Rockets center Asik beat Trail Blazers center J.J. Hickson in the jump ball, and the Rockets took the lead in possession.

This was Harden's first home show, and it was obvious that Harden was very excited, and he did not pass the ball to his own point guard Jeremy Lin after receiving the ball, but drove the ball forward himself, and directed his teammates to run at the top of the three-point arc, signaling to open up space.

Ten seconds later, Harden launched his own attack at the top of the three-point arc.

In the face of the defense of the Trail Blazers Matthews, Harden's continuous duffle plus cross-stepping and sliding steps forced Matthews to keep retreating, "squeak", and after a very confusing dumble, Harden made a direct stop-and-go jump shot near the free throw line.

Although Matthews struggled to pounce on Harden, Harden's shot was quite quick.

With a "brush", the iconic Harden-style goal, and in the cheers of the fans in the stadium, Harden easily won his first goal at the Toyota Center.

"MVP, MVP ......" After Harden scored an easy goal, some radical fans have now begun to chant the MVP slogan, and won the pandering of more and more fans.

However, the cheers of the fans have not yet fallen, and the Trail Blazers launched a counterattack, Lillard quickly advanced to the front court with the ball, and played a block and pick and tear with power forward Aldridge, and cut directly to the baseline for a layup.

2：2

The Rockets attacked, Jeremy Lin passed the ball to Harden, and Harden attacked Matthews again, still breaking through from the top of the three-point arc to the basket.

I have to admit that "Bearded" Harden is indeed the league's top breakthrough player, and the continuous realistic virtual shaking made Matthews a little out of position, and Harden immediately changed direction sideways, flashing Matthews in an instant.

"Oh" Harden's sharp breakthrough caused a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene.

However, when Harden cut inside to face the combined block of Aldridge and J.J. Hickson, the shot he chose was bounced off the basket.

The Trail Blazers took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and Lillard went straight into the basket with a single knife, a change of direction, and after colliding with defender Jeremy Lin, he directly picked up the basket.

4：2

"Hey" The Rockets attacked, and Harden motioned for Jeremy Lin to come over to block the demolition, but before Jeremy Lin ran to the predetermined position, Harden broke through in the opposite direction and swept past Matthews' side.

However, Matthews reacted quickly, and although he was flashed by Harden, he still chased after him, while Aldridge, the interior of the Trail Blazers, stood up early in the defensive position.

At this time, Harden took a step back, opened up the space for the shot, and made a jumper.

"When" Harden's step-back jumper bounced off the basket again.

A minute later, Harden received Jeremy Lin's burst pass from outside the three-point line and shot an open three-point jumper, but the ball slid out after a spin in the hoop.

"Alas," the Houston home fans suddenly let out a sigh of regret.

Appearing in front of the home fans for the first time, "The Bearded" Harden certainly didn't want such a dismal start and he needed to show his aggression to the Houston fans.

As the team's "top salary" player, Harden also has the undisputed right to fire unlimitedly.

"When", "When", "When"...... But the continuous sound of "striking iron" made the Rockets' "new leader" Harden's brows furrow tighter and tighter.

Breakthrough layup, no; Pull-up jump shot, no; Pull out three points, still no ...... Harden, who had a very smooth hand in the first two games, was in trouble in his opening game at the Toyota Center.

The Trail Blazers took advantage of Harden's crazy iron during this time to launch a continuous offensive wave and gradually pull the score away.

"Ahh

"Brushed" Lillard to make an easy layup in the middle of the fast lay.

At 16:2, the Trail Blazers extended their lead to 14 points.

"The Rockets are going to ask for a timeout, the current situation is very unfavorable for the Rockets, the game is 5 minutes, the Rockets' tactics are Harden shooting, Harden shooting, Harden shooting, but Harden is now 1 of 8 shots" on-site commentator Bill Vorrell said anxiously.

The referee's whistle blew, and sure enough, Rockets coach McHale called a timeout.

"Harden has lost the feeling of crazy scoring in the first two games, and today the Trail Blazers have been using one-man defense, but Matthews is a player with enough strength, and he is very aggressive in defense, and his defensive attention is relatively focused, so he is a good outside defender, and he reacts quickly and has good stealing ability," commented Russ Peterson, another on-site commentator.

"Harden's performance just now reminds me of the Harden in last year's Finals" Bill Worrell criticized mercilessly: "In last year's Finals, facing the Heat led by James, the beard scored a total of 62 points in 5 games, with a shooting rate of 38%, and now, when the game is played, Harden has missed 7 consecutive shots and 3 low-level errors...... He seems to be back in that damn American Airlines Center again."

"Having been playing alongside Durant and Westbrook, Harden has rarely had the opportunity to exercise his big heart, and when faced with unprecedented defensive pressure and mental challenges, Harden is often overwhelmed" Bill Warrell's criticism hit the nail on the head.

"Of course, the team's poor start is not just Harden's problem, in fact, the slogan of the Rockets this season is NEWAGE, because in the current starting lineup of the Rockets, the most starters turned out to be the Rockets' second-round rookie Parsons last year, and last season, he only played six games off the bench to replace Badinger as the Rockets' starting small forward," Russ Peterson said.

"Lack of experience, is the biggest shortcoming of the current Rockets team, after sending away Scola, Lowry and others, the Rockets this season is almost a bunch of various benches playing starters, in the current lineup, before coming to the Rockets, Harden has only 7 starts in the past three years, Jeremy Lin has not been accepted by the team at this time last season, Asik is the bench of the Bulls, last season, Patterson can only play as a bench for Scola, before this season, the Rockets' current starters are sitting on the court as cheerleaders in the last minutes of the game...... Russ Peterson continued.

The "beep" timeout ends and the game continues.

After the timeout, the Rockets changed their style of play, and Harden no longer blindly played hard, but deployed in the center.

"Smack" Harden made a wonderful pass at the top of the three-point arc and assisted Parsons to make a layup under the empty cut basket.

At 16:4, the Rockets finally scored the second goal of the game in the opening 5 minutes.

However, the Rockets did not take advantage of this to save the decline on the court.

This time, the Trail Blazers hit back, and it was their No. 6 rookie this year, Lillard.

Lillard slowly advanced the ball to the frontcourt, first signaled his teammates to open up space, and then slowly dribbled to the three-second zone, seeing a hole in Jeremy Lin's position in front of him, Lillard suddenly accelerated, left Jeremy Lin behind him with a lunge, and instantly rushed into the Rockets basket.

Rockets' Patterson immediately rushed out to block, but Lillard seemed to be prepared, pushing the former away with his torso in the air and then hitting a layup.

"Toot" at this time the whistle sounds, 2+1!

Lillard then made a solid free throw.

And Lillard's performance is not over yet, in the next round, Lillard played more aggressively, after several quick crotch cross dribbles in a row to shake Jeremy Lin's center of gravity, one turned his back and dribbled, directly flashed Jeremy Lin's defense, and scored under the basket to pick up the basket.

Lillard, who had just scored, stole Jeremy Lin's pass again and forced Jeremy Lin to foul again.

So far in the game, unlike Harden, the core of the Rockets who shot 1 of 8, Lillard, the "rookie" of the Trail Blazers, played extremely aggressively, shooting 7 of 8 and 1 of 1 free throws, and before the end of the single quarter, Lillard had already scored 15 points.

"It's brutal, Lillard is definitely the biggest gain of the Trail Blazers this season, although he has only played two games, Lillard has shown a different level of stability from other rookie players, and he is not afraid of physical confrontation, just as he was able to pick the basket at a very tricky angle under Jeremy Lin's defense, and the most commendable thing is that he not only has a variety of offensive styles, but also has a very good passing vision, 11 assists and 7 assists in the first two games illustrate all this" Russ Peterson said.

"The Trail Blazers were very fortunate to have drafted Lillard, and Lillard was a good fit for the Trail Blazers, but the Trail Blazers' No. 1 target ahead of the draft has always been the Rockets' pick to be tall and strong," Bill Worrell said.

"Actually, the Rockets' tall and strong also played very well in the first two games, Gao is different from other players from China, he seems to be very adaptable to the basketball culture in the United States, he is very talented on the offensive end, although he is a substitute for the team with the Rockets, he still plays excellent statistics, he and Lillard are currently in the top two of the rookie list, I think the Rockets should send this scout show immediately" Russ Peterson positively affirmed the tall and strong.

At this time, the two protagonists of the narrator are playing with his second-hand mobile phone in the audience, and of course, his target is Lillard.

“2941？” This is the new ability value shown by Lillard in the basketball miracle game, and a few months ago, Tall and Strong clearly remembered that the points he spent to copy Lillard's ability were only 2198, of course, there is also a personal status problem, and it is obvious that Lillard is hot today.

After entering the league, Gao Dazhuang has scanned many players in the league, and those with a value of more than 3000 are generally the team's leading stars, of course, like the league's top superstars, the value is more than 4000.

The difference of nearly 700 values illustrates the gap between Lillard in the NBA and Lillard in the NCAA, or Lillard has made rapid progress in the past few months.

"Do you want to update your character's target skills?"

"Update" Gao Dazhuang is currently desperate to quickly improve his strength, and Lillard is also a player that Gao Dazhuang admires very much, so Gao Dazhuang still pressed the update button without hesitation.

"Update points consumed: 1486 points, are you sure?" The system prompts again.

"Oh?" To make up for the 743-point gap, Tall and Strong has to pay twice as many points, but it's clearly worth it, and Lillard today shows him the potential to become a superstar.

"Update completed," a cold machine sound sounded in the ears of Gao Dazhuang.