The one thing about being young is that you believe you can do anything. There is no limit on what you will or can become if you have confidence and put in the amount of work and effort it takes to achieve whatever goal you set for yourself.

Houston Rockets shooting guard Jalen Green exudes confidence every time he takes the court. It also helps that he is 6-foot-6 with one of the quickest first steps in the NBA.

Green, 20, has scored 30-plus points in his last three games, with his career-high 33 points coming on Friday night against the Sacramento Kings in a 122-117 loss. He joins former Rockets great Elvin Hayes as the only other Rockets rookie to have scored 30-plus points in three straight games.

Green’s three-point shot has also been on display during the last five games as he hit at least five-plus 3-pointers, which is tied for the eighth-longest streak in NBA history. He has also made six 3-pointers in four consecutive games, which ties him for fifth-longest.

Head coach Stephen Silas has watched his highly athletic rookie improve over the season by putting in the extra effort:

I knew it would come at some point. He was slowly but surely coming along. He’s a shot-maker. He can get to the rim. He can get to the free-throw line. He can shoot the mid-range. He’s making threes (pointers); 6 of 14 on threes is great. Just kind of happy for him that the work he puts in translates, and he can be further confirmed that he’s really good by working and producing and working more and producing more.

Most NBA players with Green’s skill set can tell you when everything began to click for them in the league. For the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, his moment came after the All-Star break when the game began to slow down for him game by game.

“All-Star was just a confidence builder, being in that atmosphere, playing in that game,” Green said. “On top of that, me, and Luke (assistant coach John Lucas) be in the gym working, all the time. I’m just trusting my work.”

Although Green is having individual success on the court by having career highs in points in back-to-back games, he also knows that the attention that is given to his presence on the floor opens the floor for his teammates to have more scoring opportunities.

“I feel like I draw a lot of attention,” said Green in his postgame press conference. “Last game they (Sacramento) loaded up; they didn’t load up so much tonight. When you are attacking the middle, a lot of people are going to close in, so the drive and kick is going to be there for my teammates.”

Houston (20-58) will be back in action Sunday at the Toyota Center as they welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves (44-34).