As always, Link always wakes up before the alarm goes off.

In the cramped rental house, he washed up briefly, picked up two slices of toast, and sat at home to listen carefully.

But Link suddenly reacted that he couldn't have heard Upshaw honking his horn downstairs today, and he couldn't hear it again.

With a wry smile, Link picked up the gear he needed to wear today and prepared to leave.

The next chapter of Upshaw's life will be written by his own hand.

Link was the first to arrive at the arena, a habit he developed during his short ten-day trip to Houston.

After so much hard work and three NBA games, Link's progress bar is about to be filled. In other words, playing different levels of matches will result in different progress bonuses.

Link took out his basketball shoes, and Teh suddenly remembered that Upshaw had said that if he made it to the NBA, he would give him a pair of basketball shoes.

Now, Link, however, has written two words on his basketball shoes.

"R.I.P. Zeke."

From now on, Zike. Upshaw will fight alongside Link.

It took more than 40 minutes for Link to practice before his teammates arrived one after another. It can be seen that everyone is very motivated today, and no one wants to lose in the context of Upshaw's death.

Of course, everyone is also eager to help Link out of his breath and let the Rockets see the backbone of the development league players.

Before the start of the game, the players returned to the locker room to change their jerseys. Instead of going to his locker, Link sat down in front of Upshaw's closet and wore Upshaw's number 0 shirt on his body.

"Link?" Connell looked at Link in amazement, and he thought that Link was so exhausted that he was in a trance and wore the wrong jersey.

"Coach, I want to wear the number 0 shirt in the future. I can't get a new shirt ready now, can I just wear Zike's? ”

Link looked at the number on his chest and smiled slightly. In the past, his No. 5 jersey actually didn't mean anything, just because the team immediately assigned him No. 5 when he played in junior high school, so he has been wearing No. 5 until now.

Now, however, Link has truly found his shirt number.

Number 0, start from 0 and move forward bravely. Number 0, with Upshaw's expectations, marches forward.

The whole dressing room was watching Link, and no one in the room was more qualified to wear Upshaw's shirt than Link.

After listening to Link's explanation, Conor also nodded and did not stop again, "I will discuss with the referees, today, No. 0 is yours." ”

Link stood up, Upshaw's jersey was a little short for him, but it didn't hurt. He looked at his teammates in the locker room and raised his right fist.

"Today, let's get a win for Zike!"

"Roar!"

Everyone in the locker room yelled at the load, and at that moment, the Chinese wearing the No. 0 jersey seemed to be a heroic army commander.

At that moment, Conor also believed. That kid will succeed.

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The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are probably the most familiar development league team for Chinese fans. After all, in the future, Chinese player Zhou Qi will play for the Vipers.

The Vipers have had a bit of luck over the Blues, who have always had the backing of NBA teams. In the 07-08 season, the Vipers were affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the 08-09 season, the Vipers were acquired by the New Orleans Hornets.

And since the 09-10 season, the Vipers have been affiliated with the Houston Rockets. Compared to the blue team, the Vipers at least don't have to worry about their livelihood, and they don't have to worry about the team being disbanded one day.

So, compared to the players in the blue team, the Vipers players looked very relaxed today.

Among them, Demaré. Carol is one of the most relaxed.

Carroll was drafted by the Grizzlies with the 27th pick in the first round in 2009 and played in 71 games for the Grizzlies, averaging just 2.9 points per game.

This season, he was traded to the Rockets. However, due to the lack of opportunities with the Rockets, he was sent to the Development League for training.

Carroll is very active in playing and dares to fight. Although he is depressed in the NBA, he is in the development league.

Today, the Vipers have long known that Link will be on vacation, and Carol also thinks that there is no opponent except Link. Therefore, he was very relaxed at this time. Today's game is destined to be dominated by him.

However, ten minutes later, when Demaré. Carroll couldn't help but swallow when he saw Link come on the court with the team to warm up.

Carol knows a lot about Link. He was a little annoyed some time ago when the Rockets chose to give Link a 10-day contract instead of recalling him. A failed draft, why can he be in the Rockets before himself.

So during that time, Carol looked up a lot of information about Link. Of course, also saw him in Luke. Babbitt scored a triple-double on his head and a double-double on Stephenson's head.

After that, Link played well in all three games of the Rockets, which made Carroll recognize Link's strength. He knew very well that the Chinese was indeed stronger than himself.

Therefore, seeing that Link seemed to be going to play today, Carroll's relaxed posture was instantly swept away.

Link, who was warming up, seemed to notice that someone was staring at him, so he turned his head to look at Carol.

The two looked at each other, and Link's hideous eyes frightened Carol to hang his head directly.

Even so, Link kept his eyes on his counterpoint. An ordinary victory can't satisfy Link's appetite. What he needs is a big victory, a slaughter! Grant. Hill isn't afraid of an NBA fringe player, and neither is Link!

Demaré. Carol Link actually knows that since the 13-14 season began playing for the Atlanta Hawks, Carroll has established himself in the NBA. Although he is not a star, he is also a quasi-"3D" player who can score more than ten points per game.

As of 2019, when Link crossed over, Carroll's peak was a qualified starter. And Grant. Hill was at his loneliest, and he was able to do what Carol could only do when he was at his peak.

Thinking of this, Link's confidence increased. Cal. Jones, Morey, and Upshaw, all watch. The real struggle starts today!

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"Hello viewers and friends, and welcome to the live broadcast of the Development League. I believe everyone has been looking forward to today's game for a long time, the Vipers are in Oklahoma City, and they are about to face Link, who has just been abandoned by the Rockets! ”

Before the game started, on the commentary stage, the local commentator in Oklahoma was already dancing excitedly.

"The Rockets gave up on renewing Link's contract, which was an absolutely stupid decision! I'm sure that lad will prove it today. Zeke. Upshaw's departure was a huge blow to all of us, including Link. But the strong blue team won't fall on this, and Link will definitely turn his grief into strength and let the invading Houstonians go home empty-handed! ”

Before the start of the game, the blue team held a moment of silence for Upshaw. At that moment, the whole stadium was silent, and even the fans stood up in silence.

After the silence ended, Link jumped up and moved his body. It can be seen that he is particularly excited today.

It was also at this time that the commentators and fans alike discovered something that set Link apart today.

"Wait, Link wasn't wearing his No. 5 shirt today, he was Zike. Upshaw's No. 0! He's going to wear Zike's players and play in place of his friends! ”

At this moment, more than 3,000 fans throughout the stadium cheered for Link's move. Link, however, remained unmoved, and his eyes never took their eyes off Carol the whole time.

Carol was stared at by Link, that guy didn't come to play at all, but to fight hard!

As the ball jumped, Carroll was forced to stand next to Link. As a small forward, he has to stand on the left and right of the midfield line.

"Man, tell me a word for Morey."

As soon as Carol got closer, Link spoke to him.

"Tell him it's a great gift from me."

After saying that, the referee threw the basketball, and the blue team won the first attack.

Link immediately plugged in to the frontcourt, and Carroll, who was a little frightened, couldn't keep up immediately.

Taking advantage of this gap, the point guard of the blue team directly and quickly got on the ball and hit the ball into Link's hands, and the blue team was going to play a quick attack as soon as he came up!

Link received the basketball, and with all his strength, he jumped up in the paint area, and hung the frame with both hands!

As soon as the scene opened, Link used a "heavy hammer attack" to startle Carroll.

Link landed and patted the number 0 on his chest. A massacre against the Vipers has officially begun!