As the clock was winding down late in the first half, Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green had the ball in his possession at the top of the key, waiting on teammate Eric Gordon to set a screen to give Green a little more room to operate.
With the shot-clock becoming a factor, Green decides to shoot from the top of the key with the defender sagging off him trying to prevent him from using his lethal first step to get inside the lane. As the shot goes in, you can see the relief on the 19-year-old rookie’s face, who had missed all his attempts from three-point range up to that point.
Although that shot won’t be viewed as anything spectacular by anyone watching the highlights, it meant everything to a player who has been in a horrendous shooting slump lately entering the game shooting less than 20 percent from the field and three-point range.
In the 125-110 loss to the Portland Trailblazers on Friday night, Green was able to find some of that offensive aggressiveness that made him the…