Rockets' Jalen Green is on another one of his heaters, but how long will it last this time?
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As the team is currently constructed, Green holds the key to the Rockets' ceiling
Jalen Green is having another one of his smoldering stretches for the Houston Rockets. Over eight games in January, Green is averaging 30.2 points on 52/48/92 shooting splits. That 48% from 3 is coming on more than nine attempts per game.
Last Monday, Green put 42 on the Grizzlies. On Wednesday, he gave Denver 34. Then it was 28 in an OT loss to Kings as he refused to let Houston go quietly, sandwiching 57 feet worth of 3-pointers around an attacking finger roll over two defenders at their peak inside the final two minutes. Green has made 15 of his last 24 3-pointers and at least four triples in his last seven games, over which he's registering an incendiary 70.1 true-shooting clip.
Houston, meanwhile, has won six of its last eight and currently owns the Western Conference's No. 2 seed, two games clear of No. 3 Memphis entering play on Saturday. Right now, this is a match made in basketball heaven -- a Rockets team built on top-end defense and depth that is a consistent alpha-dog scorer short of genuine contention.
