"Well, you guys do your best, kill the Houstonians and to hell with them."

On Christmas night, December 25, in the Grizzlies locker room.

All Grizzlies players gathered, staring at a tiny phone screen.

On the phone screen, it's Tony. Aaron's image of him on a video call with his teammates.

Tony. Aaron accidentally hit his head with a basketball during training yesterday, and thought it was nothing serious, but he found a right corneal injury when he was checked......

Tony. Allen won't be away for long, probably four or five games. But today's Christmas war, he will definitely not be able to catch up.

It's not just that you can't play, Tony. Aaron didn't even have the qualifications to come and see it.

Because after the corneal injury, the team doctor bandaged him very exaggeratedly. Aaron turned into a one-eyed dragon, which was very inconvenient to go out, and if the corneal wound was infected, it would be even more difficult to lose.

Therefore, Tony, who can't play and can't go out. Aaron used a video call to cheer up his teammates.

"Yes, mission guaranteed, Captain One-Eyed!" Link deliberately saluted, causing the other players to start laughing.

The atmosphere in the Grizzlies' locker room is as harmonious and cheerful as ever, and although this game has been advertised as a tough battle by the outside world, the Rockets and Grizzlies seem to have to shed a layer of skin in this game.

However, the Grizzlies players were not too nervous before the game, and it was the healthiest state of mind to deal with the game with a calm mind.

"Adam. The joke is already here, this guy must be looking forward to seeing us lose. After hanging up the video, Link continued to put on his gear and chatted with Iguodala on the side without saying a word.

Iguodala's return to the line of fire fills Tony. The vacancy left by Aaron. Otherwise, Josh might be in big trouble today.

Old Carter must not be able to carry that macho man, and Iguodala is back just in time to match Josh.

"The Houston Rockets have high hopes, especially with the signing of Josh. After Smith, they are even more confident. I think that's why the joke must have decided to come and see the game. Josh. Smith, seemingly overnight, became the savior of the rocket. Iguodala spread his hands, he wasn't going to let Josh get his way!

After such a long break, Iguodala has long wanted to return to the circle.

However, it was also because of the long rest that Iguodala may have to readjust to the intensity of the game.

However, he is confident that he will be able to recover soon.

He says he wants to protect the glory of the grizzly bear, but it's not just a joke.

Soon, players from both sides came out to warm up.

Another year of Christmas wars, and the Grizzlies have another formidable enemy.

Every time, people say that grizzly bears will roll over at the Christmas war. But the Grizzlies haven't lost on Christmas Eve so far.

After Link came out, he glanced at the stands. In the middle of the back of the technical desk, I saw Adam with a smile. Joke.

Joke sees Link looking at him, so he nods at Link to express his friendliness.

But Link knows very well that this guy is a smiling tiger! In order to change the pattern of his domination of the league, he actually introduced an all-star voting reform.

Although the results of the vote have not yet been released, Wallace and Pera have also indicated that they will vote no.

But Link is well aware that the proposal will most likely pass, and everyone wants their players to be closer to the All-Star weekend than to be sucked out by Link.

And this may just be the first step in the joke to put down Link and the Grizzlies, and God knows what else he will do in the future.

Big Ball City + Yes Sir, that's the façade that the joke wants. Unfortunately, neither the Grizzlies nor Link met the requirements.

Link smiled at the joke and muttered something in his mouth.

But after Link finished speaking, the smile on the face of the president of the alliance disappeared without a trace in an instant.

I saw that the joke fist was clenched, and his face turned red because of the soaring blood pressure.

Link's lips, jokes read clearly.

"Take a good look at how I destroy hope, you can't interfere in this game, Mr. President."

The joke never expected that Link would be so disrespectful to the president of the alliance.

It seems that it is not so easy to tame a wild grizzly bear.

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The game between the Rockets and the Grizzlies was intense from the start.

Harden was in great shape, hitting a three-pointer as soon as he came up.

But the Grizzlies are not weak, Jimmy. Butler responded with a beautiful breakaway, and Harden's defense was a thin sheet of paper in front of Butler.

A little bit of force can be pierced.

The two sides played very anxiously, the Rockets did not want to lose to the Grizzlies again, and the Grizzlies naturally did not want to lose face in front of Christmas and the home fans.

In this way, the two teams punched me and kicked me until the rotation time.

In the ninth minute of the first quarter, in the case of a tie between the two sides, Iguodala replaced Link, and finally re-entered the Federal Express Arena after many days.

And on the Rockets' side, new signing Josh. Smith was in the limelight. McHale wasn't lying to anyone, and he did put Josh on the court on his first day on the pitch.

Iguodala was so excited to be able to play up against the Rockets' winning cards, and of course he was excited.

"Josh. Smith is on the scene, having lost his job in Detroit just the day before. But now, it has become the key to the Houston Rockets' counterattack. Josh's arrival has made a qualitative change in the flanks of the rockets, so let's see how effective this change is! ”

Iguodalamo shook his fists, and Josh slowly approached him.

It was Terry who came off the bench and was in control of the ball, directing the offense from beyond the three-point line. Seeing this, Smith immediately went up to set up cover.

Iguodala scrambled to follow, and as Terry went around cover, Iguodala didn't switch guards, believing that Dellavedova would entangle Terry.

Sure enough, the aggressive "Australian Groundhog" forced Josh out of Josh and went around to Terry, worthy of being the thug next to the big guy.

But at the same time, Josh, who was still doing the pick-and-roll, immediately went down and cut into the basket.

Terry was quick to get the ball in as soon as he could.

Iguodala tried to chase after him, but found that he couldn't seem to get his best speed.

Sure enough, the body has not fully adapted to the intensity of the game!

But fortunately, Josh is not fast, and Iguodala still has physical contact with Josh and interferes.

But Josh didn't have the consciousness to slow down, he forced Iguodala to the basket and forced a layup!

Iguodala was pushed away by a strong Josh, who made a layup on Whiteside's defense.

Whiteside was then whistled for a foul and Josh scored the ball.

On the first shot of joining the Rockets, Josh took a 2+1!

"Nice offense, Josh. The arrival of Smith will take the Rockets' second team firepower to the next level! Will the point difference be widened? Can Josh really change the game? ”

At this point, the camera swept over the stands and swept to the president of the league.

I saw the joke applaud happily, in stark contrast to the surrounding Grizzlies fans.

Iguodala was very unwilling, and the responsibility for conceding the goal this time was mainly on him. It's been a long time since Iguodala has played a competitive game, and Iguodala isn't in the best physical condition.

But today, as soon as I came up, I met Josh who played with his body, and Iguodala was indeed a little unlucky.

And Josh, who was just cut by the Pistons, is now desperate to prove himself, and he wants to be a real helper to a team at a playoff level.

Therefore, he is more active than usual, and may even play at a super level.

Iguodala was at his worst possible time, and he had a worst opponent.

Subsequently, Carter Sr.'s layup was chased by Josh, and the fans at the scene were wide-eyed.

Everyone thought that Josh was no longer good, but they didn't know that he had put on such a rebellious performance.

As once the best block No. 3 spot, Josh seems to have brought his peak form to the Rockets.

After blocking Carter Sr., Josh received a basketball on the offensive end for the second time in a row.

Iguodala let Josh step and the embankment prevented him from breaking through.

As a result, this guy who has a three-point shooting rate hovering in the range of 20% all year round, but he took this opportunity to shoot directly!

Josh. Smith is notoriously daring to shoot, and it is precisely because of his daring to shoot that Josh's shooting percentage has been miserable.

But once in a while, once Josh pulls up, his lethality on the outside is completely different.

Iguodala hurriedly blocked, but the distance was too far to form an effective interference.

In this way, Josh's three-point hollow net only rolled up a "white wave".

With five straight points and one block in just three rounds, Josh's debut with the Rockets seemed destined to be quite successful!

Link shook his head, Josh in the rocket period actually had a little more "convulsive attribute".

Usually it doesn't look like much, but once it is smoked, it may be more effective than Harden.

It's just that I didn't expect that Josh was drawn away from the first game of the Rockets.

Josh's two shots gave the Rockets a five-point lead, and the balance seemed to have been broken.

In the following matches, Iguodala was repeatedly scored by Josh. Josh's onslaught on the counter-attack made it difficult for Iguodala, who had just returned from injury, to resist.

In the second quarter, Josh continued to put in excellent performances. Although he didn't play much, he always broke the ice in the few minutes he did.

The Rockets found an advantage in rotation time, coupled with the fact that the main lineup itself played well.

In the end, before the end of the half, the Rockets relied on Josh, who scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting, and Harden, who scored 14 points on 7 free throws at halftime, to take a 7-point lead!

57-50, the Grizzlies were rarely in a trailing position before halftime!

Speaking to the half-time of the game, McHale expressed his affection for Josh, "I knew he could bring something, I knew he could show himself. In the second half, we will keep the press down and try to deliver Christmas gifts to the Houston fans. ”

Rocket Shock seems to have really worked and seems to have really solved their biggest shortcoming.

The jokes in the stands were satisfying, and if the Rockets could extinguish the Grizzlies' spirit, it would be excellent.

But Link is not in a hurry, he believes in Iguodala's promises. He knew that the guy was just going to need some time to get used to......

Josh may be a dangerous convulsioner, but Iguodala, he's a needle-caliber player.