The Toyota Center's personal record for the highest score belongs to Harden, who has just joined the Rockets for a few years.

On 2/20/13, in the Rockets' home game against the Thunder, Harden shot 14-of-19 from the field and 11-of-12 from the free throw line, scoring 46 points. And these 46 points are the highest individual score record at the Toyota Center.

Many people may be surprised, after all, Harden has only been with the Rockets for a few years. When it comes to the Toyota Center's highest scoring record, it is easy to think of Yao Ming and Maddie, or the major veteran superstars who came to the Toyota Center to play away.

However, Maddy's most of a single game during his time with the Rockets was 48 points, but that was on the road. Yao Ming's highest score in a single game at the Toyota Center was 41 points, which is still some distance from the first place.

In fact, behind Harden is not Yao Ming or Maddy, but Scola. The Argentine had scored 44 points at the Toyota Center, the second-highest individual score in a single game at the Toyota Center.

"Big Dream" Olajuwon scored 52 points on the Rockets' home court that year, but the Rockets' home court was not the Toyota Center at that time.

So, it's a magical fact that the young Harden is indeed the player with the most points in a single game at the Toyota Center.

But today, there's a good chance that the record is about to be rewritten.

Because now that the half game is about to end, Link has already scored 28 points!

"Link, Link again! Oh my God, how many goals did he score in the second quarter? The Rockets changed a lot of people to defend him, but none of them worked! ”

When Link scored on the head of Motaiyunas with a throw, Jeff Brown. Van Gundy's emotions were out of control.

28 points in a single game, which is already a high score. But Link now scored 28 points in the first half and was quite efficient!

Beside Van Gundy, his partner, who had been raising the bar with him, was speechless. He once said that Link couldn't stand up to a team by himself, but Link did.

The entire second quarter was almost all Link's solo performance. When the Grizzlies pulled the space open and upped the tempo, Link simply did whatever he wanted.

The Rockets also thought about the bag, but Carter and Gasol's three-point score was unrelenting, and you dared to let him go in, so that the Rockets had to fall into passivity.

If it weren't for the Rockets' own offense playing very well today, it is estimated that the game would have fallen into garbage time by now.

was scored by Link again, and Motai Yunas felt more uncomfortable than anyone else. So far in the game, the Lithuanians have scored zero eggs! Link did what he said he would, and it really didn't leave Motaiyunas without a point.

On the defensive end, Motai Yunas was almost beaten by Link, and he felt that the 10 centimeters taller than Link was useless. No matter how much he interfered, Link was able to score in a different way.

Lithuanians also went from being angry at the beginning to being afraid.

Now, as soon as he confronts Link, Motaiyunas is extremely nervous. And when you are nervous, the performance is even worse. The defense is also timid, and the shooting is inaccurate.

With 30 seconds left in the second quarter, the Rockets had the ball in their hands on the final offense.

At this point, the Rockets were already three points behind the Grizzlies. Although it is not much behind, with the Grizzlies plagued by injuries and fouls, and the Rockets themselves are not bad at shooting percentage, the Rockets are very defeated by even one point.

Harden holds the ball from the perimeter and waits for the final seconds. When the time on the timer changes to "8", he calls Howard to cover and break through immediately!

Harden's scoring in the second quarter was much weaker than in the first quarter. Allen's defense has kept Harden still not quite finding his rhythm. Whether it is the shooting percentage or the efficiency of touching porcelain, it is much lower than the first quarter.

So Harden didn't do it either, see Tony. Allen was still guarding himself, and Harden hit the ground and passed the ball to Howard at the moment when Howard cut in after the pick-and-roll!

Cutting inside to attack the frame after blocking is one of Howard's favorite ways to attack. After rushing up, Howard's offense will become more intimidating.

But seeing Gasol, who was tall and arm-long, standing under the basket with his arms raised and waiting, Howard hesitated.

If he flares up, it will be difficult for him to put the ball in through Gasol. If Gasol makes an offensive foul, it will be even more than worth the loss.

Just then, Howard caught a glimpse of Motai Yunas, who was cutting down to the basket. So, when the 24-second offensive time was about to run out, Howard chose to pass!

"Pass the ball again, this time it was Motai Yunas, he took the ball and walked to the basket!"

This time, all the Rockets fans felt it was time for the ball to go in. In the second quarter, Motai Yunas was indeed tortured badly by Link. But even if you can't shoot, you should always go to the basket and dunk.

Motaiyunas was ready to wreak havoc on the basket. Link said he couldn't get a point? Now let him regret saying something like that!

Gasol was blocking Howard, so he couldn't interfere with Motaiyunas at the first time.

Motaiyunas took two big strides after receiving the ball, and as long as he could dunk the ball, the Rockets would only be one point behind. Moreover, he also broke Link's curse.

But just as Motaiyunas was about to press the ball into the basket, Link came from the side and instantly jumped to the same height as Motaiyunas.

"You won't get any points."

Link muttered in a low voice, and then with a force of his arm, he directly fanned the basketball and flew out!

Motai Yunas felt his heart petrify in an instant, and he died!

Moteyunas earned a regular place in Serie A giants Benetton before he became an adult, and he has more experience playing professionally than Link, a senior who was drafted out of the draft.

But today, in just one quarter, Link refreshed Motaiyunas' perception of the concept of "strong". He had never been so tormented by any of his opponents, and Link gave the Lithuanians a taste of what it means to be truly desperate.

Link spread his arms to balance and landed on the ground. This time, when he looked at Motai Yunas again, there was no anger left.

At this time, in his eyes, Link could only see fear.

The 24-second offensive time is up, the ball is exchanged, and the Grizzlies have 5 seconds to attack.

"Link blocked Motai Yunas' almost inevitable dunk, and it wasn't that easy to score points on Link's head. Don't think the rocket is safe, 5 seconds is enough time for Link to do a lot of things! ”

McHale, who was on the sidelines, shook his head, very helpless.

It seems that the goal was a failure due to a missed attack by Motaiyunas.

But in fact, this ball was doomed from the beginning of Harden and Howard's pick-and-roll.

When Harden and Howard no longer dare to take the initiative to attack unscrupulously, when they are both shocked by the Grizzlies' defense, it means that the Rockets have lost control of the game.

Before they knew it, they had been suppressed.

In the final five seconds, the Grizzlies had the last offensive possession before the end of the half. The whole Rockets team was under tremendous pressure, and throughout the second quarter, they had nothing to do with Link. In the last round, he also knew that a miracle would not happen.

As long as Link receives the ball, there is nothing they can do.

Gasol sends in a long ball from the baseline, and the target is Link. Although Ariza pressed close to prevent Link from receiving the ball, Link only had to hang up a screen to get rid of him.

As soon as Link got the ball near the halfway line, Ariza and Beverley posted up. At this point, Link wasn't even close to the three-point line. But even so, the Rockets still sacrificed the strategy of wrapping up early.

They have already been beaten by Link, and in the last 5 seconds, the rocket swears to defend against one!

Link didn't think about it and immediately handed the ball to Conley, who was empty. Beverley had to step back, and Conley may not have scored as explosively, but it's not like he can let go. Today, the Grizzlies' big four shooting percentage from the outside is very impressive, as long as they put it, they can really score.

Conley didn't panic because there was little game time left, and after breaking Beverley away, he handed the ball to Link again!

Today, Link undoubtedly has unlimited firing rights!

Link received the basketball just in time to cut one step outside the free throw line, so he immediately stopped shooting.

At this point, in addition to Ariza, Howard followed up and pounced, interfering with Link's shot.

At this time, it is equivalent to two people blocking Link!

The average player is heavily interfered with by one person and has a low hit rate. But Link was defended by two people at the same time, and Rockets fans still couldn't put their minds at ease.

They all prayed in their hearts that Link would miss the shot.

But unfortunately, Link never knew what it meant to be merciful to the enemy.

With two big hands from Ariza and Howard, Link leaned back slightly in the air and made quick shots to dodge the block.

Howard turned his head immediately after landing and saw the basketball hit the front of the basket. At the same time, the red light flashed on the rebound, and the second quarter of the game was over!

Howard let out a big sigh of relief, and finally took Link down! But before he could grin, the basketball that fell twice went through the net!

He and Ariza didn't change anything, and Link seemed to ignore their defense and still shoot the ball beautifully.

"Entered, whistle-blowing pull-up jump shot! In this way, Link has scored 30 points in the first half of the game! 30 points in a half, ladies and gentlemen, this is the highest personal half-time scoring record since the start of the season! The Memphis Grizzlies were in trouble for a while today, but Link, he single-handedly turned the tide! ”

After Harden saw Link score, he stood there for a long time without reacting. 30 points in the half, and most of the goals were scored by individual singles, and the number of free throws was not much.

In such a situation, he can score 30 points in the half, which Harden thinks is incredible.

Link didn't celebrate the goal in a high-profile manner, he just clenched his fists and swung it hard before walking into the tunnel with his teammates.

The injuries of Randolph and Iguodala have indeed greatly reduced the strength of the Grizzlies.

But if then the Rockets think they can overturn the Grizzlies' rule, they are very wrong!

Link assured that the Grizzlies' reign will not be interrupted this year as long as he is still around.

Jeff. Van Gundy looked at Link's halftime 30 and then at Toyota Center's highest all-time 46 points.

Today, he has always had a strong feeling.

He always felt that a new record was likely to be born. Link felt that way back when he led the Grizzlies to a tiebreaker at the start of the second quarter.

Now it seems that Link is not far from breaking the record for the highest score in the Toyota Center......