McHale overestimated the strength of his team.

He thought that this game would be very anxious, but he didn't expect to be beaten 10-0 as soon as he came up.

When James. Harden's offense doesn't seem to be as strong as one might think when facing a strong defense. It can be seen from all sides that Harden is still immature.

The performance of the first three games alone cannot define Harden as a superstar. After all, this is the first time he has led the team as a core player. Link, on the other hand, was already the centerpiece last season, leading the Grizzlies to the hell of the playoffs.

In terms of the ability to play tough battles, Harden is really not as good as Link.

During the timeout, McHale kept emphasizing the three-point shot, which was the only way to quickly close the score. He laid out a lot of pick-and-roll tactics for Harden, Jeremy Lin and Parsons.

McHale still doesn't understand that in front of the Grizzlies' defense, blocking and pick-and-roll alone can't solve the problem.

After a brief respite, the two sides re-entered the pitch. Link moved his arm, trying to relax his muscles.

When it's time to do a big job, you can't mess up.

"The game is restarting, and the Houston Rockets haven't scored a point yet. The scoring ratio between Harden and Link has also become 0-7, and Link is far ahead. Before the game, people said they wanted to see the ultimate matchup between Link and Harden, but Andre. Iguodala stepped up and stirred things up. Now, Harden must take out the 'guards' around Link before the matchup can continue. ”

Everyone is expecting Harden's comeback, and if this game is so finalized, it will be too boring. After all, the game was very well publicized two days ago, and if it ended so uneventfully, many fans and commentators would be disappointed.

Fans want to see a great matchup, but Stevens doesn't. The manager's responsibility is to lead the team to win, not to lead the team to a good game. As long as he can win, Stevens doesn't care how ugly the scene is.

The Rockets came back from a timeout and attacked again, and this time, Harden's off-ball movement was much more aggressive. While he was running, Patterson and Asik gave the beard double cover.

After the Rockets came out of the 13th pocket, they immediately received a timely pass from Jeremy Lin. Now, all he has to do is shoot three-pointers!

However, as soon as Harden looked up, he saw Link! The audience was boiling, and their long-awaited counterpoint finally appeared!

"Link switched to James. In front of Harden, Iguodala went to defend Parsons. Finally changing positions, can Harden turn the tide with this offense?! ”

Link was not affected by the sudden cheers, and he switched positions not to attract attention, but simply because of defensive needs. Iguodala was delayed by two covers from two inside lines, and Link had to temporarily leave Parsons on the defensive side.

First, Stevens emphasized that Harden must not be given an open shot. Second, Link also believes that Iguodala will be in front of Parsons in time, and he has great trust in Iguodala.

Thus, this perfect change of defense was formed. Stevens couldn't help but applaud off the court, and the defensive chain of Link and Iguodala really didn't break anyone.

These two guys don't need to communicate verbally, and they can switch defenses tacitly just by relying on their ability to read the game.

Harden also wanted to rely on this offense to boost the team's morale, so after being blocked by Link for a three-point shot, the beard did not pass the ball, but made a few tentative moves.

He's going to singled Link!

Link has one hand in front of Harden's eyes at any given moment, and the other hand interferes with his dribbling. In short, it is not to let Harden easily pull up the shot.

In the end, Harden opted for a pull-up jump shot after the breakaway!

But at this time, Harden's offensive means are still too simple, and this kind of pull-up jump shot is not confusing for Link at all. Link raised his arm and jumped slightly, which seriously interfered with Harden's shot!

"It's still a defensive shot, James. Can Harden ...... this time Hey, I still didn't get in! ”

The commentator sighed, Harden was completely clean sheets by Iguodala and Link today!

"It's already a shift defense, but no matter how you switch it, Harden is facing a top defender. By the way, even if it's rotation time, the Grizzlies can still send Tony. Allen is the kind of player who was named to the best defensive team last season. The Memphis defense, it's terrible! ”

A team with three outside guards at the same time? It's horrible!

Harden hit the iron, and Link immediately rushed to the frontcourt! He doesn't have to worry about rebounding at all, and the Black and White Bears won't let Asik and Patterson have any chance to scramble for offensive rebounds.

As Stevens said, Link only had to think about how to score today!

After receiving Gasol's pass, Conley played a long pass to Link before halftime.

In the eyes of fans and commentators, Link is facing James at this time. Harden. In Link's eyes, what stood in front of him was an ATM.

By the time Link received the basketball, the Rockets' defense hadn't quite retreated. He made a fake pass that caught Harden's attention. Then an acceleration easily cleared Harden.

Link himself shook his head, Harden's defense is really Buddhist. As long as he is passed, even if it is only half a body, he will not chase it directly!

So Link made an easy pull-up jump shot in the middle distance, a textbook pull-up shot, Link scored the ball in the way Harden failed just now, which seemed to be a one-on-one teaching!

"Look at this breakaway and the shot, that's the right way to open up a pull-up jumper, James. Did Harden learn? The commentator couldn't help but tease, and then looked at the data by the way.

Link has scored 9 points in a single quarter! And, there's no sign of stopping.

More than ten seconds later, Jeremy Lin's bottom corner three-pointer finally helped the Rockets open. But even so, the Rockets still trailed by 9 points. There is still a big gap between Harden and Link's scoring ratio.

"Tough, damn it, don't let him do whatever he wants!" This time, before the Grizzlies attacked, McHale yelled at all the Rockets players.

Maybe McHale was ready to rush up and make a "hanger-style foul" on Link. But he looked down and realized the suit he was wearing, so he could only convey his thoughts by shouting.

Parsons defended very hard in the next round, and I have to say that a "rich and handsome" who still wants to play well is indeed a very good player.

It's no wonder that many teams are rushing to give him big contracts in the future. Therefore, even if you are lucky, you must have the support of strength.

But now Parsons is still too young. He tried to pester Link and not let Link catch the ball. Link then played with Gasol, who was holding the ball in the high post, and broke through after getting the ball!

Parsons was delayed by Gasol for some time, so after getting out of cover, the good-looking second-round pick rushed towards Link like a mad bull. He and Harden's defense is a world apart. If Harden encounters this situation, he will stop and watch Link shoot.

Harden: Chasing? What is there to chase? Let him take two points, and I'll get three more and I'll be done.

But Parsons is different, as a second-round show, he knows very well that hard work is the capital to survive!

Just as Parsons was about to catch up with Link, Link suddenly took a big arc back step as if he had eyes on the back of his head!

Parsons was too hard to turn around! So he could only forcibly change his center of gravity and raise his arm to seal Link's shot.

As a result, the shot was not blocked, and Parsons slipped and fell to the ground because of it!

Parsons fell, and he was shaken to the ground by Link's very abrupt step back! Haha, it's not the first time Link has done it. Seeing this picture, Andrew. Bynum's ass must still be aching! ”

The rich and handsome man lay on the ground in embarrassment, looking up at Link. At this point, Parsons had only one voice inside him.

"This guy is too strong!"

Easy shot, basketball into the net accurately, Link scored two more points! Fans in the stands cheered and the entire Grizzlies bench danced. Nick. Young and the others learned the action that Parsons had just slipped, and McHale was out of breath.

Why don't the idiots on the grizzly bench go to Hollywood!

But no matter how much McHale complains, Link's offense is indeed exciting enough.

The most important thing is that before you know it, Link's single quarter score in the first quarter of the game has become 11 points.

From the first quarter, Link took over the game. How many points will he end up with? Stevens didn't know.

But the young coach assured that in the future, no one will say that Link is not as explosive as Harden's scoring explosiveness.