Garrison Mathews has unleashed the Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets’ three-game winning streak has made Garrison Mathews a star in the greater Houston area. Perhaps that’s hyperbole, perhaps in the two games that Mr. Mathews has started the Rockets have won, and perhaps he has turned the Houston Rockets into an unstoppable juggernaut.
The Rockets' current three-game-winning streak coincided with Mathews receiving his three highest minutes totals of the season. Simply, the more Garrison Mathews plays, the more the Rockets win, and his impact on the Rockets is easy to identify.
Mathews’ presence has an outsized effect on the Rockets' offense. Over the past three games, the Rockets’ offensive rating has been 116.2 points per 100 possessions, compared to a 98.7 offensive rating over their first 17 games. His impact hasn’t been limited to the past three games either. In the 168 minutes he has been on the court, the Rockets have posted a 118.5 offensive rating, and in the 797 minutes he’s been in the G-League or on the bench, they have a 97.3 offensive rating. Quite literally, Garrison Mathews has had a worst to first impact on the Rockets’ offense, but can it continue?
Mathews won’t continue to turn the Rockets’ offense into the best in the league, but he doesn’t have to make a significant impact. When Mathews is on the court, the Rockets’ two biggest offensive deficiencies suddenly right themselves. This season, the Rockets have the seventh-worst effective field goal percentage (50.5%) and the worst turnovers per 100 possessions (18.0) in the league.
With Mathews on the court, the Rockets’ effective field goal percentage spikes to 57.4-percent, a full percent above the Golden State Warriors league-leading mark of 56.3-percent, and their turnovers per 100 possessions fall to 13.9, a mark that would be the 10th best mark in the league.
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