Live broadcast on December 13 news rocket veteran Eric Gordon said in an interview this week that this young rocket team began to understand the significance of defense.
Although the rocket’s defense still ranks the bottom (28th) in the league, at the critical moment of the last 10 games (the last 5 minutes and the score difference is less than 5 points), the defense of rockets can rank in the league.
Talking about the difference between the last 5 minutes and the first 43 minutes, Eric Gordon said: “It is the degree of concentration. This is a mentality. If you have a mentality of victory, defense is the starting point of this mentality. Attack itself can play some roles, while defense can help us create easier opportunities on the offensive side.”
“We began to realize that through defense, we can create offensive opportunities. This is the reason why we can win some games-defense, we can play wonderful games on the court.” Eric Gordon continued, “This is the real name of basketball. If we play defense, go to the court to limit our opponents and create easier shooting opportunities on the court, we will be a very interesting team.”