The five-year contract with a maximum salary of 80 million has made James Harden the focus of attention of the media and fans, and the new core Harden created by the Rockets has not disappointed those who pay attention to him.

After scoring the first point of his career with the Rockets, Harden soon received another pass from Jeremy Lin.

This time, Harden launched an attack from a 45-degree angle on the left side of the three-point line, dodged the Pistons' first interception with the help of a pick-and-roll, and then faced the misplaced defense of Pistons point guard Blanton Knight, Harden made a series of one-handed early dribbles in advance, supplemented by a fake action of quick start and pull, deceived the opponent into constantly retreating, and he himself made a quick stop from 19 feet away and shot.

With a "brush", Harden cleanly made another city for the Rockets.

5：0

Although the Pistons, located in the Eastern League, are not as weak as they think.

Last season, the Rockets went 34-32 and missed the playoffs for the third year in a row, while the Pistons were even worse, starting with a 4-20 record and ending the season with a miserable 25-41 record.

The two teams met once last season, and the Rockets won 97-80 at home, but the Pistons have won 12 of the last 15 meetings between the two sides in Auburn, so for the Rockets, the Pistons playing at home are not a "good to gnaw" bone.

But with the arrival of James Harden, the Rockets at this time are full of confidence, and the balance of victory is tilting in favor of the Rockets.

Sure enough, Pistons quarterback Starkey missed a layup, Asik grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed to Jeremy Lin, who directly passed the ball to Harden who rushed forward with a long pass throughout the whole process.

After "brushing" Harden to receive the ball, a "European step" dodged the Pistons player who was sticking to the defense, and put the ball into the Nets very easily.

7：0

The Rockets got off to a very good start, James Harden fully showed his strength, scoring 7 points in a row, and even the Pistons fans on the scene gave a lot of applause for Harden's wonderful performance.

"Run, pay attention to your position" Rockets head coach McHale also calmly commanded the players on the court on the sidelines, and Harden's joining of the line of fire gave Coach McHale a boost of confidence.

After that, the two sides exchanged offense and defense, Jeremy Lin's breakthrough layup helped the Rockets lead 18-12, but the Pistons' backcourt combination of Blanton Knight and Starkey immediately helped the Pistons play a wave of 5-0 scoring**, closing the score to 18-17.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Rocket's hand was getting better and better, and James Harden hit consecutive three-pointers from outside the three-point line, leading the Rockets to play small ** again, and ended the first quarter with 30:22.

Harden, the core of the Rockets, was in excellent form in this quarter, scoring 16 points and four assists in a single quarter, while his partner Jeremy Lin also scored six points and three assists in this quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Harden once again made the fans in the city let out a burst of exclamation, "Beard" wandered outside the three-point line to ignore the defense, flashed three Pistons players in a row with realistic feints, and finally forced a layup in the face of Pistons center Monroe.

At the moment when the basketball crossed the net, the referee's whistle sounded again.

Just now, Harden scored a goal in 1v4 and also made a defensive foul on the opponent's center Monroe, 2+1!

With a "brush", Harden's free throw hit allowed the Rockets to expand the margin to 11 points.

However, after that, the Rockets made more mistakes, and the Pistons took advantage of the situation to play a 10-4 attack wave and once again close the score.

At this time, the "Harlem" combination suddenly became powerful, Jeremy Lin's breakthrough and Harden's jump shot, the two scored 10 points in a row, and the Rockets scored 10-0**, 47:32.

The Pistons were forced to request timeouts and personnel changes, and Andre Drummond, who was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the ninth overall pick in this year's NBA Draft, was given the opportunity to play and formed the "twin towers" with center Monroe.

Watching Drummond get the opportunity to play in the "same year", not to mention how envious he was when he was tall and strong, as a "Tanhua" show, he kept observing Coach McHale, always waiting for the coach to apply for a replacement.

The Pistons' personnel adjustments worked wonders, as Harden and Jeremy Lin broke into the Pistons' interior several times to no avail, while the Pistons gradually recovered the score.

"Brush" With a three-point shot from Pistons guard Starkey, the Pistons chased the score to within 10 points.

"Toot" at this point Rockets head coach McHale asked for a timeout.

After arranging the corresponding tactics, Coach McHale looked at the players on the bench and said slowly: "Royce White, you replace Parsons", then turned his head to look at Tony Douglas and continued: "Tony, you replace Lin"

In the end, Coach McHale set his sights on the tall and strong, who could feel his rapid breathing and the sound of his blood beating.

"Are you going to play? Going to play? Gao Dazhuang kept asking himself in his heart, he finally waited for the debut of his NBA career, "calm down, calm down"

"High...", but Coach McHale's words were interrupted as soon as he spoke, and the one who dared to interrupt the head coach was James Harden, the "core" player of the Rockets.

"Coach, I still want to play" Harden just glanced at Tall and Strong, and then said to Coach McHale in a firm tone.

"Okay, pay more attention to open up space and run aggressively" Coach McHale was stunned for a moment after hearing Harden's words, but immediately agreed to his request.

"Come on," the Rockets players yelled as they leaned together on the court.

"FUCK" saw his teammates walking towards the court, Gao Dazhuang suddenly had a dirty word in his heart, everyone is selfish, Gao Dazhuang is no exception, his desire to fight at the moment is very strong, you must know that the mood of watching and playing is completely different.

"I'm not here to watch the game, I'm going to play, I need to prove myself, I'm not ......worse than him at all," Gao Dazhuang looked at Harden, who was loudly commanding his teammates on the court, and the fists in his hands were getting tighter and tighter.

After the Rockets adjusted the personnel on the court, they strengthened the perimeter projection, but the Pistons' shooting rate also went up, especially the new rookie Drummond grabbed 3 offensive rebounds in a row under the Rockets' basket, helping the Pistons play a wave of 8:0 attack.

At the end of the first half, although Harden scored a game-high 28 points and six assists in the first half, the Rockets were overtaken by the Pistons 56-57.

"People have to run, but the ball has to move fast, and now the Pistons have two high forwards on the inside, and we have to break .......them from the outside," Rockets coach McHale was not happy with the team's performance in the first half.

"You adjust in the second half, take a break, and then play in the second half of the third quarter" After arranging the tactics, Coach McHale said to Harden, then turned to look at the tall and strong and said, "High, ready to play"

"Good" Tall and Strong has been waiting for Coach McHale's words, and his heart has long been surging.

"NBA, I'm coming," Gao Dazhuang said silently in his heart, since he came into contact with basketball, Gao Dazhuang has been dreaming of this moment.

"Come on," Harden suddenly stood in front of the tall man and stretched out his hand, and said with a smile.

"Slap" After being stunned for a moment, Gao Dazhuang also stretched out his hand and slapped Harden's palm, and then said: "I will break them"

At the beginning of the second half, the tall and strong wearing the No. 14 jersey of the Rockets officially appeared on the NBA court.

The score was 56-57, and the Rockets trailed by one point.

Personnel on the field:

The Rockets have the following players on the court: center Asik, power forward Patterson, small forward White, point guard Gao Da Zhuang, and point guard Douglas.

The Pistons' on-court players are: center Monroe, power forward Drummond, small forward Prince, point guard Starkey, and point guard Knight.

"Da Zhuang" saw Gao Da Zhuang playing, and Patterson immediately passed the ball to Gao Da Zhuang.

The tall man after receiving the ball ignored the point guard Douglas's signal to ask for the ball, but slowly advanced the ball at the top of the three-point arc.

At this time, it was the Pistons who were in charge of guarding the tall and strong, and Starkey was in charge.

Rodney Starkey, like Tall Strong, can basically be a two-way guard, and on the Pistons, his first position is point guard, and the second position is shooting guard.

In 2008, after Billups was traded, he became a key target for the Pistons, and he lived up to expectations, averaging 16.5 points and 5.4 assists per game in his starting games in the '08-09 season.

The tall and strong man who was bent on fighting couldn't hold back his excitement for a long time, glanced up at Starkey, suddenly increased his speed, and after rushing to Starkey, he shook several times in a row, turned sideways, and instantly threw Starki behind him with an arrow step.

Starkey's strengths are his penetration and passing vision, but his biggest weakness is his defense, and it is clear that Starkey has misjudged his explosiveness at the moment.

After the tall and strong flashed Stucky, he rushed to the Pistons basket in two steps and soared directly into the air.

Drummond, who was sitting in the basket, immediately pounced on the block, but the tall and strong were also prepared, and tried to break Drummond with a reasonable charge in the air and made a layup.

"Smack", but the tall and strong layup just made a shot, and was knocked out by Drummond!

"What?" Seeing the ball cut off by the Pistons players, Tall and Strong couldn't help but glance back at this rookie from his class, the outstanding agility he had just displayed was completely inconsistent with his huge size.

"Shaq?" The block just now made the tall and strong sound of the retired shark O'Neal.

Drummond does have explosive physicality, an extraordinarily long reach, exceptional bounces, and great athleticism in this rookie.

The 2.10-meter-Drummond arm span almost reached 2.30 meters, which made Drummond's defensive range quite wide, and the tall and strong layup just now was intercepted by Drummond's super long arm span.

In fact, before the draft, many media outlets believed that Drummond, who has the best reach and excellent athleticism, will be one of the best defenders in the NBA in the future.

"The NBA really crouched tiger, hidden dragon" Gao Dazhuang frowned, he ate a "big hot pot" on the first offense in his NBA career, which is definitely not a good memory.

The Pistons then hit a counterattack and scored two points on a layup by Starkey.

56：59

"Passing" However, although the first attack was blocked, the confidence of the tall and strong did not suffer, and he began to take the initiative to ask his teammates for the ball.

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