Tony Allen's overall defense is still in place, and there are many small movements in his hands, and today he is defending Harden, which gives Cheng Lei a very good opportunity.

Parsons is no longer the same Parsons as before, now, his pace is much slower, and in front of him, Cheng Lei can find a lot of offensive opportunities.

Moreover, Harden is also happy to pass the ball to Cheng Lei, the relationship is good, and it is so easy to ask for the ball, so now many people find that they understand the Rockets a little, and the two bigwigs of the team like to pass the ball to a rookie, but I have never seen this kind of thing before.

After Harden tested Tony Allen a few times again, he found that this guy was like a big rooster, with a stomach smell of gunpowder, and Harden was really afraid that this guy would learn from Bowen and give himself black feet, so he tried to keep it as much as possible.

Anyway, if Cheng Lei has a chance, then focus on Cheng Lei.

After shaking it twice, he passed the ball to Cheng Lei, and at the same time as passing the ball, he also ran towards Cheng Lei and took the initiative to make a block for Cheng Lei.

After easily opening the distance of Parsons, Cheng Lei opened his hand and made another mid-range shot.

Today's hand feels very hot, and two mid-range shots have been thrown.

Parsons is depressed, every time he plays against his old club Rockets, he always has to step on his scars, that is, he does things with his injuries, and the newcomer of the Rockets is really not an ordinary difficulty.

In the face of Cheng Lei, who is faster than himself and has a very good hit rate, Parsons has no way at all.

The Grizzlies coach may have also seen the Rockets' targeted play, and originally wanted Parsons to improve the team's three-point strength, but now, before this point began to play a role, he was pinched and beaten by the Rockets, which was uncomfortable, too uncomfortable.

Decisively called a timeout and replaced him with Evans.

It can be seen that today the Grizzlies are determined to win the Rockets at home, otherwise, this substitution will not come so quickly, and it is less than two minutes into the game.

Conley must do a good job of the role of commander today, whether the team can win depends on how well he can connect the team, if he blindly plays the inside, other points can't be opened, it is easy to be targeted by the Rockets.

Defending someone who earns more than him a year, Paul naturally gives it his all, although Paul thinks Conley's contract is too much.

Since Grizzly is willing to give such a high, it means that Conley still has his own unique value.

In the face of Paul's defense, Conley did not change the dissatisfaction with dribbling the ball across the half court, he was looking for the position of a teammate, although Gasol has a strong advantage on the inside, but if you want to play the full ability of the inside, you must open the outside.

Tony Allen was fully committed to defense today, and the offense didn't count on him much, it was up to Evans and himself who came on.

Evans has taken a very similar route in his career to LeBron, both are breakthrough players, both rely on their bodies to eat, and when it comes to three-pointers, Evans is not very accurate.

After a brief analysis, Conley decided that he might as well do the ball himself.

After signaling Tony Allen to come up and block the dismantle, Conley quickly got rid of Paul's defense, and after standing firm, he shot directly with three points.

Boom...

The hand was still a little cold, and the ball bounced out, but fortunately, Gasol Jr. still protected the rebound.

Again the ball was passed to Evans on the outside.

Evans and Cheng Lei have known each other in the first few games, and they also know how to beat Cheng Lei.

After taking two steps back, he accelerated directly, like a small train, and crashed towards Cheng Lei, as long as he hit the grizzly bear, Cheng Lei was also mentally prepared, that is, hand-to-hand combat with Evans.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

The collision between the two muscles, Evans still had a little advantage by the inertia of rushing up, and after knocking away a little position, Evans threw the ball directly.

Two points from mid-range shooting.

If you can't score three points, it will always be a hidden danger, although this goal is scored, but it is not the style of play that Conley envisioned. Fortunately, the Rockets' three-point shooting today has not yet started to fire, and until now, they have all been mid-range shots.

Looking back, when everyone was not fully in place, Paul saw that he was in a good position, and unexpectedly sneaked one, and just reached the three-point line, he threw the ball directly.

The ball flew steadily to the basket.

Swish... Three points in hand.

Whatever you're afraid of, Conley was speechless for a while, just thinking that the Rockets didn't open a three-point today, turned his head, and Paul threw a three-pointer directly.

The ball returned to the hands of the Grizzlies again, and they just shot a three-pointer, and it didn't feel very good, so it was better to give the ball to the inside first, and slowly find a feeling for yourself.

Marc Gasol is not only able to play the inside line, but also shoots from the free throw line to the inside, and this time, after making a cooperation with Wright, he pulled out to the free throw line to receive the ball.

Only the variety of playing styles will make it impossible for Team Rocket to judge the attack intentions they are preparing to attack.

After getting the ball, Gasol Jr. did not rush to attack, holding the ball high with both hands, making a strategy.

It wasn't until his teammates were tightly guarded that he started attacking.

And Gasol Jr.'s attack at this time is also very simple, that is, he made a detailed breakthrough action with his body pressing, and then quickly raised, stretched his hands to the highest, and threw the ball on tiptoe.

"This kind of ball is really impossible to defend, I can only pray that he can't throw it himself!" The Rockets' bench players lamented.

European players have the technical characteristics, Gasol Jr. has, strong adaptability, accurate shots, accurate free throws, good footwork, in addition, Gasol Jr. is also a tough style that other European players do not have.

The inside line of the Rockets is young, energetic, and can fight hard every game, which is why De Shuai likes Capela.

In retrospect, Capela was also given a great opportunity.

Harden took advantage of Cheng Lei's blocking and dismantling to enter the interior line step by step.

directly let the center of gravity of the Grizzlies' interior line be here, and the ball was directly stuffed to Capela.

After Capela took the ball, it was also a very easy two-handed dunk, which was so fragrant.

Conley tried to shoot a three-pointer again after blocking and dismantling this time, but he still didn't score, but he rushed to the basket, won the rebound, and took advantage of the card position of Gasol Jr. in it to go directly to the rebound.

Conley was a little anxious today, desperate to win this game, which caused some changes in his mentality, the more he forced to shoot threes, the more he couldn't shoot.

On the Rockets' side, as always, play your own game, if you are strong inside, then let you be strong, anyway, I can play in the offense.

Not long after Paul hit a three-pointer, Harden was also a step-back step, throwing in his first three-pointer of the game.

For the Rockets, as long as the three-pointers can be scored, everything is not a problem, there is nothing that cannot be solved by a three-pointer, if there is, then two three-pointers.