At the beginning of the game, when jumping the ball this time, Capela was fully prepared, and kept paying attention to Marc Gasol's movements, the two jumped almost at the same time, in terms of bounce speed, Capela still had an advantage, in front of Marc Gasol, and dialed the ball out.

The ball went to Ariza, passed back to Paul, and the Rockets began their first offense.

Tony Allen is indeed a ruthless character on defense, hasn't Harden gotten the ball yet, Tony has begun to defend him in a kraft candy style, almost where Harden goes, where he goes.

"It looks like Harden has suffered it today!" Cheng Lei muttered.

The first ball, everyone knows, is usually the team's boss offense, so this ball is either played by Harden or Paul.

"Run!" Paul reached out and made a commanding motion.

The players on the court began to move, this tactic was formulated for Harden, and the purpose of everyone running was also very clear, that is, to help Harden carry out multiple gears, so that he could start attacking after receiving the ball smoothly.

First Ariza, when Harden ran without the ball, came up to help him block, Tony Allen, an experienced veteran in defense, saw Ariza move, he took a small step back first, so that when Ariza blocked in time, he would only slow down a little bit, and he could still keep up.

After Harden got the ball, everyone tried to pull the position away to ensure that Harden had enough offensive space, and the Grizzlies were also very confident in Tony's defense, and no one came up to help defend.

Cheng Lei was a little worried, Harden's mental state today was not very good, and he went out all night after doing it, and it is estimated that he has not eased up.

"Brother Deng, come on!" Cheng Lei could only silently cheer for Harden in his heart.

Harden was slowly dribbling the ball, testing Toney's defensive center of gravity, at this time, Paul had already run towards Ariza's position, and the off-ball blocking allowed Ariza to get rid of Parsons' defense smoothly and rush in the direction of Harden.

"Do you want to come over again to block the demolition!" Tony smiled coldly.

At the moment when Ariza was in position to block and pick, Tony Allen took another small step back, and Harden was transported from the other side of Ariza, that is, his left side.

For a left-hander, breaking to the left is the biggest advantage.

However, Tony Allen has taken a small step back and adjusted his defensive positioning, and while Harden passed Ariza, Tony Allen also bypassed Ariza from the other side.

"He is worthy of being a defensive warrior, and the timing is just right!" Barkley praised.

As a player of that era, I have a special feeling for defense, and there are really not many players who are good at defending now.

"Someone who has been on the defensive for a while, no joke!" O'Neill said.

Although the current Harden is strong, in O'Neal's eyes, there is still a gap compared to Kobe Bryant back then, although his relationship with Kobe was not very good during that time, but, indeed, Kobe Bryant was definitely the first quartile at that time.

Seeing that Tony Allen was not pulled away by himself, he appeared in front of his eyes again, his center of gravity was pressed down, and the standard defensive posture was unfolded, and Harden became serious.

Although you Tony Allen is strong defensively, but only strong, can you really defend yourself?

"Tony, wouldn't it be tiring for you to defend like this!" Harden dribbled the ball and suddenly turned sideways to Tony and asked.

"What do you think?" Tony's hands spread out widest, waving in front of Harden constantly.

"I think you're tired, but it's futile, you can't stop me!" Harden said confidently.

With that, Harden started to kick in, dribbling with his left hand and cutting straight inside from outside the left three-point line.

"Naive, so you want to get over yourself?" Tony Allen hinted at his feet, directly followed Harden, and never lost his defensive position.

When Harden burst into the vicinity of the free throw line, he suddenly took a step forward with his left foot, took his right foot as the axis, and after his body pressed Toney, the whole person turned quickly.

This kind of ball, as long as Haddy turns, then, Tony will inevitably lose his defensive position, which he knows very well, with his legs forced, moving in the direction of Harden's turn, not letting Harden hold himself down.

Harden turned around smoothly, Tony Allen came up and took a step slower, Harden directly used his legs a little harder, and the whole person jumped up.

Shoot backwards.

Tony Allen jumped to his feet, trying to make the final block.

The ball flew over Tony Allen's palm and towards the basket before it was blocked.

It was a thrilling ball, and if Tony Allen could have been quicker, it would have been broken, but now, it was Harden who won.

Harden scored the first goal for the Rockets.

“YES！” Cheng Lei clenched his fists and waved excitedly.

It seems that Paul is right, even if Harden was in the limelight last night and played today, he can still play his own contribution, and his understanding of Harden is still not comprehensive enough.

"Count yourself lucky, the game has just begun, we'll see!" After Tony Allen finished speaking, he ran over and prepared to attack.

"Hey, I can't help but be ashamed, why are you running so fast!" Of course, Harden has to seize the opportunity to complain about Tony Allen, and it would be best if he could say that his mentality collapsed.

Because it was Tony Allen on the line, Parsons needed to be more active in the attack, and he did just that, having been treated as a joke since last year's injury, and this season, Parsons needs to prove himself again.

Judging from the recent games, Parsons is recovering quite well, although he still hasn't played at the level of his salary, but it's better than not being able to play.

Conley controlled the ball steadily, and Marc Gasol did not stand directly under the basket this time, but pulled near the free throw line, ready to respond.

After the ball was passed to Marc Gasol, Gasol maintained the standard triple threat move, keeping an eye on the position of the players on the field.

Wright ran from inside to outside and made a cross with Parsons, who cut in to the inside.

With a shake of his raised hands, Marc Gasol sent the ball to Parsons, who cut in the air, and Parsons went straight to the basket.

Ariza jumped up from behind to touch Parsons' ball, but Parsons hit his belly hard in the air and hit the basket with a lever.

Is Parsons back to his peak? In the audience, Grizzlies fans were overjoyed.

Immediately afterwards, it turned into a crying and laughing expression, and the steady dunk actually bounced out and flew away.

O'Neill on the comment table laughed out loud, this expression, like a two-hundred-pound child, he didn't lose anything on this trip, and the materials for the top ten embarrassments were in hand.

Fortunately, the wheat was turned off, otherwise, it is estimated that O'Neill's demonic smile would have spread.

"Shaq, we're professional commentators, can we be more professional," Barkley said with a dry cough.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was excited, I couldn't hold back!"

Not to mention anyone else, it's the Grizzlies' bench that is full of joy, and as for the Grizzlies head coach, laughing is called an embarrassment.

Fortunately, Marc Gasol was in the crowd, took the rebound down, and pressed Capela to force the ball in.

The Grizzlies team has several All-Stars, but they can't produce too good results, on the one hand, injuries, and on the other hand, there is no superstar who can decide the outcome of the game.

Although Harden looks tired today, his role as a superstar is irreplaceable.

However, this time Harden did not play, and Tony Allen kept a very close eye on it, and there was no chance, so he passed the ball back to Paul.

Paul faced Conley, maintaining the standard triple threat move, swinging his body and constantly testing Conley.

With a shake of his hand, he made a pass to the inside, and when Conley skimmed the corner, Paul accelerated his whole body and broke through to the left.

Suddenly, he stopped quickly, just two steps, and after opening up the distance between him and Conley, Paul stopped and jumped straight away, not dragging the mud and water at all.