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6 games, 4 double-double + 1 accurate triple-double! Average of 21+11, Rockets pick up treasures, core 5-year contract price

12:33pm, 10 May 2025【Basketball】

The showdown between the Rockets and the Warriors continues. In Game 6, the game did not allow the Rockets to be eliminated by the Warriors away as everyone imagined. On the contrary, the Rockets' three armies spent their lives and blossomed inside and outside, and actually won a goal again away. In this way, the Rockets now draw the Warriors 3:3 with a big score. In the next tiebreak battle, the situation is no longer controlled by the Warriors, because the reason why the Rockets can become second in the West is because their overall strength is stronger than the Warriors.

As long as those young players slowly adapt to the intensity of the playoffs and the game environment, they can still defeat their opponents. Although it cannot be asserted now that the Rockets will definitely win the tiebreak, many advantages are in the hands of the Rockets. For example, the Rockets have home advantage in the next game, the players are younger and their physical fitness recover faster. More importantly, apart from Jaylen Green, many core players of the Rockets have regained their best form.

In this game, Van Vreet became the best player again. He scored 29 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game. Van Vreet may be just an ordinary defender in the regular season, but in the last three games of the playoffs, Van Vreet has become a superstar point guard. He scored a total of 80 points in three games, becoming the most critical player for the Rockets to draw with the Warriors.

In addition to Van Vreet's sudden outbreak, Rockets' main center Alperen Shinkyung performed very well in these 6 playoffs. After 6 games, Shin Kyung averaged 20.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 2 steals and 0.3 blocks in 36 minutes per game, with a shooting percentage of 46.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 28.6%. More importantly, in 6 games, Shin Kyung scored double-double data in 4 games, and another game scored a quasi-triple-double.

In the fifth match between the two teams, Shen Jing scored 15+9+9 in a single game. Even though he failed to score a double-double in Game 1, Shin Kyung became the Rockets' player with the most points in that game, scoring 26 points and 9 rebounds. If Van Vreet and Jaylen Green had not performed too poorly in that game, the Rockets might have defeated their opponents long ago.

So, Van Vreet's outbreak allowed the team to rise quickly and won the last two games. Shin Kyung's performance is the basic foundation of the Rockets. When Jaylen Green performed poorly, Shin Kyung stabilized the Rockets' offensive situation. He can score almost 21 points per game and contribute on both offense and defense. The Twin Towers, which are partnered with Adams, have become a nightmare for the Golden State Warriors inside.

So, in this critical showdown in the playoffs, Shin Kyung obviously stood the test, used his performance and data to prove his ability, and further proved how great the five-year $185 million contract the Rockets gave him last summer was. It can be said that last summer, he renewed his contract with Shen Jing for 185 million yuan for five years, with an average annual salary of 37 million yuan per year, which is not particularly high in the entire league. After all, Shen Jing did not get the maximum salary, and the Rockets obviously found a treasure with such a contract.

Now, this contract can be regarded as a bargain price. Combined with Shin Kyung's All-Star performance in the playoffs, we know that the contract signed by the Rockets is obviously very cost-effective.