The Rockets injured another player! Amen injury update: Uduka had a false alarm and is expected to return against the Pistons

On October 23, the next Rockets regular season game is scheduled to be played at 8 a.m. on the 25th. In the game, the Rockets' opponent is the Detroit Pistons, but the Rockets will return to their home court. Compared with the previous game against the league's strongest Thunder team, the Rockets' next game will be much easier. After all, the Pistons lost today and their overall strength does not look that strong.

Compared with the Western Conference powerhouse Houston Rockets, although the Pistons are also a playoff-level team, their overall strength is far below the Rockets. The biggest problem for the Rockets now is the point guard. After all, Shepard performed poorly in the previous game, scoring only 9 points in the game, and the two backup point guards Holiday and Davidson did not get a chance to play at all. Although Shen Jing has been on the court and has given out a game-high 7 assists, Shen Jing still has to devote more energy and physical fitness to interior offense and defense, and it is impossible to take into account organizational tasks.

So the Rockets need more point guards to step up and take over the game, such as Amen Thompson in the previous game, who withdrew from the game in the 4th quarter due to calf cramps. Rockets coach Udoka had to reuse the 21-year-old young point guard Sheppard in overtime. But everyone knows that Shepard's performance on the court was not good, with low offensive efficiency and frequent mistakes. The ball passed to Durant at the last moment also missed. Without this mistake, the Rockets would not necessarily have lost in the end.

So what the Rockets can probably count on now is Amen Thompson. In the previous game, Amen Thompson made 8 of 17 shots and scored 18+4+5 in 39 minutes. Although he made 0 of 7 three-pointers, he is still the Rockets' most capable point guard.

So how is Amen Thompson’s injury? After all, he didn't play in two overtimes, which is very worrying. Amen is also the fourth player of the Rockets who is injured and missing.

However, in an interview today, Rockets head coach Uduka talked about Amen Thompson's injury. He said that Amen is fine now. He just suddenly developed calf cramps at the end of the fourth quarter of the previous game. He could have continued to play for a while, but then he couldn't hold on anymore and had to let him down to rest. Obviously everyone hoped that he could continue to play later in the game, but he did suffer from calf cramps. The reason is obvious. This is the first game. On the other hand, the first game went into double overtime. The extra game time was a bit too much for his body.

In other words, according to the information given by Rockets head coach Uduka, Amen Thompson only has calf cramps. He can just rest for a while and will not affect the subsequent regular season at all. And after the game against the Thunder, the Rockets will have two full days of rest. Except for today, the Rockets will not have a game tomorrow. It will not be until 8 a.m. on the 25th that the Rockets will play at home against the Detroit Pistons, an Eastern Conference team that is not particularly strong.

Amen Thompson will definitely play in this game. On the one hand, the Rockets need to win a victory. On the other hand, Amen Thompson's twin brother Osar Thompson is also on the Pistons. He is definitely looking forward to playing with his brothers. Therefore, in the next Rockets home game against the Pistons, I believe Amen Thompson will return, but we don’t know if the Rockets will still use the big lineup that worked well in the previous game.

But no matter what, the Rockets' Amen Thompson will be the team's starting point guard.