{"id":10505,"date":"2023-01-24T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/nba-top-5-performances-jan-23-jalen-greens-career-high-42-points-end-houston-rockets-13-game-losing-streak\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:05:02","slug":"nba-top-5-performances-jan-23-jalen-greens-career-high-42-points-end-houston-rockets-13-game-losing-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/nba-top-5-performances-jan-23-jalen-greens-career-high-42-points-end-houston-rockets-13-game-losing-streak\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Top 5 Performances, Jan. 23: Jalen Green&#8217;s career-high 42 points end Houston Rockets&#8217; 13-game losing streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- tml-version=\"2\" --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Top Players:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last time Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green took the court, he played one of the worst games of his young career. <\/p>\n<p>He more than made up for it against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. Green scored his career-high 42 points in the Rockets&#8217; win and had a 13-game losing streak. <\/p>\n<p>        &#8220;It feels good,&#8221; Green said.  &#8220;The players turned to me, the coaches turned to me. We needed it. We wanted it. We came out and executed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\"\/>\n<p>Green, the No. 2 pick in the 2021 draft, had 13 points on 3-of-13 shooting in Saturday&#8217;s loss to the Timberwolves. He scored his 10 points on the Rockets&#8217; decisive 13-4 run late in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal is to be one of the best players in the NBA. I&#8217;m trying to learn as much as I can to stay on track.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p><strong>others:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Damian Lillard had 37 points and 12 assists for the Portland Trail Blazers against the San Antonio Spurs. With this performance, the Blazers went on his third straight losing streak.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p>&#8211; DeMar DeRozan capped his 1,000th career game with 26 points in the Chicago Bulls&#8217; 111-100 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>&#8211; Domantas Sabonis had his sixth triple-double of the season in the Sacramento Kings&#8217; big win over the Memphis Grizzlies. He finished with 14 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<p>&#8211; Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of 29 points in the first quarter as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Detroit Pistons. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<p>Jayden Armant is an Inside the Heat contributor. He is a student at Howard University. You can reach him at jayden.armant@bison.howard.edu or follow him on Twitter @.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaydenarmant\" onclick=\"return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Namant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMimAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5zaS5jb20vbmJhL2hlYXQvbWlhbWktbmV3cy9uYmEtdG9wLWZpdmUtcGVyZm9ybWFuY2VzLWphbi0yMy1qYWxlbi1ncmVlbnMtY2FyZWVyLWhpZ2gtNDItcG9pbnRzLWVuZC10aGUtaG91c3Rvbi1yb2NrZXRzLTEzLWdhbWUtbG9zaW5nLXN0cmVha9IBnQFodHRwczovL3d3dy5zaS5jb20vbmJhL2hlYXQvLmFtcC9taWFtaS1uZXdzL25iYS10b3AtZml2ZS1wZXJmb3JtYW5jZXMtamFuLTIzLWphbGVuLWdyZWVucy1jYXJlZXItaGlnaC00Mi1wb2ludHMtZW5kLXRoZS1ob3VzdG9uLXJvY2tldHMtMTMtZ2FtZS1sb3Npbmctc3RyZWFr?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Today&#8217;s Top Players: The last time Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green took the court, he played one of the worst games of his young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/usatsi_19846624_168389536_lowres.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}