Modern NBA Iron Man? I win at Atlanta starts Jalen Green 150. Just fight for rockets

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In what is known informal as NBA’s “Load Management” era, it is quite rare for a player to participate in all 82 games in a season.

For example, when Tari Eason did it for Houston Rockets Like a rookie In the campaign 2022-23He was one of only 10 players in the entire league to do so. Eason mostly came from the bench that season, an average of 21.5 minutes per day. Match.

Now consider the ongoing row for fourth -year shooting guard Jalen Green. Houston’s Matchup at Atlanta on Tuesday night was Green’s 150. Considering the match game, which made in almost two full seasons worth of uninterrupted action. All of these 150 games start and contained a relatively high workload with green average just over 32 minutes. In that stretch, Green has led Houston to score on average more than 20 points per Match.

“I think it’s super important,” said Green, who led Houston with a team high 25 points of 45.8% shooting during Tuesday’s win over Hawks. Houston (32-14) has won four equal matches and stays at No. 2 at the Western Conference Positions.

“At the end of the day, people come to see you play,” Green said. “So being able to go out and perform every night. It means a lot to me.

The last game Green missed came on February 26, 2023During the campaign 2022-23, where Rockets lost in Portland. Then-Blazers star Damian Lillard scored a historic 71 points Against a reconstruction of the Houston team coached by Stephen Silas.

Now 22 years old, Green clearly prioritizes fitness, and that only adds his prolonged value with Rockets. As it is said, accessibility is the best ability, and it will be a big part of the career arch for Houston’s No. 2 Collected Draft elections from 2021 first round.

“That’s something you don’t take for granted,” head coach Ime Udoka told Rockets Wire’s Brian Barefield After Tuesday’s victory in Atlanta. “He haven’t missed a game since I’ve been here. He plays through everything. He plays through injuries and pain, and some things that most guys would sit out of. It takes a certain amount of toughness for sure . ”

“You look at him to be a little small frame and think he is not the most physical guy,” Udoka said of Green. “But he has the toughness to be able to play through everything. Many nights he has been ill and had swelling or injuries that most guys would sit from from. We knew it about him last year after he played all 82, And he has had great this year.

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