For the Rockets, who have just had a number of new players joining, it is undoubtedly a great achievement to be able to easily win the first game of the season on the road.

After the game, the Rockets players were also sought after, with Jeremy Lin being asked to be interviewed by Houston Radio, Gao Dazhuang being interviewed by CSN reporters in charge of Houston's live game, and Harden being interviewed by NBA.com.

After being interviewed live on the pitch, all three entered the locker room amid the cheers of the fans.

The head coach of the Rockets, McHale, was so happy that he took off his suit and wore a white shirt for the interview, and joked with Nelson Lewis, the director of public relations, for Louis to stand in front of the TV camera for the interview.

The Rockets locker room is completely open to the media, but the visiting locker room at the Auburn Hills Palace Arena is very small and there are so many reporters who come to cover the news, so the whole locker room is packed.

Harden's closet is facing the door, he is putting his feet in the ice bucket to soak in ice water, and holding a mobile phone is taking a selfie, facing the crowd of reporters, Harden said that he will take a shower before giving an interview, and then he staggered into the bathroom.

However, at this time, Gao Dazhuang just came out of the shower room and returned to his closet and began to change his clothes, so a large number of reporters began to surround the rookie, who scored 30 points in the first half.

"Gao, first of all, congratulations on playing a great game, but you have a competitor," a reporter from the Houston Chronicle was the first to ask.

"Huh? Rival? All NBA guards are my competitors," replied the tall man as he changed his clothes.

"I'm talking about this year's rookie, and in the games that have already been played, Anthony Davis scored 21 points and seven rebounds in front of Duncan of the Spurs," the reporter said, holding up the microphone in his hand.

"Oh, very good results," Gao Dazhuang replied with a smile.

"And Damian Lillard of the Trail Blazers, who had 23 points and 11 assists in his career debut today," the reporter continued.

"He's always been very strong, he's watched his fights, it's in China," Gao stressed.

"You three are the best performers of this rookie for the time being," another reporter chimed in.

"I think you're missing one," Gao Dazhuang suddenly asked rhetorically.

"Who?" The tall and strong words immediately aroused the curiosity of the reporter.

"Drummond of the Pistons, he grabbed 10 rebounds today," said the tall man with a smile.

"Yes, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 steal, but it's a lot worse than you," one reporter replied as he flipped through the materials in his hand.

"Gao, are you excited about your first win in the NBA?" The questions were asked by journalists from within China.

"Yes, I'm excited about the victory in this past game, but now that this is in the past, we want a win in the next race," Gao Dazhuang replied.

"Gao, you performed so well today, would you be willing to play his substitute?" A reporter pointed to Harden's closet.

"I just want to play, whether it's the main team or the substitutes, I just need to help the team," replied the tall and strong man

"And what do you think of his performance today?" The reporter continued to ask.

"I've said it a long time ago, he's a very, very good player, and you can see that, 40 points, 12 assists, oh, horrible stats," Gao replied.

"But if you were given the same amount of playing time, you might be able to do the same," the reporter threw a pointed topic at Gao Dazhuang.

"Maybe, but it doesn't matter, the most important thing is that we won the race," replied the tall and sturdy calmly.

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When Gao Dazhuang was interviewed, Jeremy Lin was also interviewed by reporters on the side, but the number of reporters on his side was still significantly less than that on Gao Dazhuang's side.

"Talk about Harden's performance in this game, right?" And the reporters who interviewed Jeremy Lin focused more on his teammate Harden.

"It's fun to play with a player like that, you just have to hand him the ball when it matters and say, 'Let's play for us,' and he's going to be a great player," Lin replied in English.

"What do you think of the play of being tall and strong?" The reporter continued.

"For him, I can only pay the greatest tribute to this kind of performance tonight, and as a rookie, in his NBA debut, under so much pressure, and still being able to play in his own way, it's amazing," Jeremy Lin also gave a great assessment of Tall and Strong.

"They're all very smart players, you have to trust them, they know what to do on the court, they're very smart, Harden is a great player, and the tall and strong are a big star and I'm very happy to be teammates with them," Lin continued.

A reporter asked him if he was going to wear a beard on Halloween, just like he wrote on social media, Jeremy Lin looked dazed, "I didn't write this, who is making up the story?" ”

At this time, Harden happened to come out of the bathroom, and the reporters immediately shifted their positions, and only a few domestic media continued to interview Gao Dazhuang.

Judging from the number of interviews with reporters, Harden is indeed the most popular player on the Rockets, with Tall and Strong in second place and Jeremy Lin in third.

Harden returned to his closet and began to change his clothes in the closet, first putting his shorts in, then putting them down, first putting the close-fitting thermal pants in, because they were too tight, he had to jump up hard, and half of his butt was exposed, and then he put Polo's shorts on the outside of the trousers, then put on black jeans, put on a white polo undershirt, and then put on long sleeves, and the word "OBEY" was written on his chest.

Just when the reporters thought he was going to be interviewed, Harden took out a GUCCI bag from his black backpack, took out perfume and applied it to his armpits, and borrowed emollients from his teammates and applied them to his arms and stomach.

Harden's series of "panaches" made the reporters who had been waiting for nearly 5 minutes shake their heads again and again, looked at each other and smiled, but fortunately, Harden then put on a small black bag and began to be interviewed.

"Thank you very much to the coach and all the players on the Rockets team for believing in me"

"I think I just want to play"

"There were so many rumors and a lot of crazy stuff last week, but I just wanted to play"

'I'm just trying to score and create chances for my team-mates'

'Gao is a very good player, his hands were hot today and he helped the team a lot'

"I'm sure we'll be like that for the whole season"

"I feel blessed by God to be in this position"

"It's clear that I'm doing something right, and I have to stay humble, keep doing what I've been doing, focus on what I've had to do, and make some progress after each day."

"As you know, it's a new role for me, my job is to do the best I can, whether it's in a game, in training, even off the field, when I'm in charity and whatever, it's a new role, it's going to take time to get used to, but I'm sure I'm ready."

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Harden kept answering questions from reporters, and finally Harden raised his phone and said, "Hey guys, there's a text message from Durant, it means a lot to me, and this kind of thing is something that only your good brother would do."

Speaking of Durant, Harden suddenly opened up the conversation, and he continued: "I learned a lot from Durant and Westbrook, every game, every training session, they were very well prepared, not only in the game, in training they were mentally prepared for the next game, I learned a lot from them, of course, not only from the two of them, from Maynor to Collisson, everyone on the Thunder team has grown into a man in me, Basketball players have played an important role in the road......"

After nearly 15 minutes of interviews, Harden politely declined the reporter's interview and was about to leave the locker room, before leaving, Harden said to the tall man, "Hold on, man, we have to go"

The big win over the Pistons in the first game of the new season has made people look forward to more from the youngest team in the league, and a large number of media have also commented on this game.

"The Pistons were completely crushed by the Rockets" This is the Detroit Free Press's evaluation of this game: The Rockets' tactics are not complicated, that is, to open up the space on the court, let Harden, tall and strong to create opportunities, they keep blocking and breaking, which makes us unbearable, they did a good job of opening up the court space, they can all cut, they can shoot, and they can create opportunities for teammates, and we lost the game"

"The new leader of the Rockets" This is ESPN's evaluation of Harden: Coming to the Houston Rockets from the Oklahoma City Thunder, for James Harden, he may have lost the opportunity to impact the championship, but he will win more, in addition to the 5-year 80 million contract just signed, Harden will become a starting core player from the bench, will become the undisputed team leader from the team's third scorer, and will get more time and opportunities to show himself and become the team's superstar.

"Tall and strong debut is reminiscent of the emperor" ESPN also gave full recognition to Gao Dazhuang's play: Rockets rookie Gao Dazhuang is one of the strongest rookies in this class, and may even threaten Anthony Davis's best rookie. In his first game for the Rockets, he had 30 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in the first half, which was comparable to the first game of James' rookie season, when James had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals in his rookie season debut in 2003.

"Comparison of Chinese players' NBA debuts: tall and strong make history", of course, the domestic media also reported on this battle at length, and "Sports Weekly" even turned out the report card of Chinese players' NBA debuts:

Wang Zhizhi, the first person in the Chinese NBA, played 8 minutes in the game between the Mavericks and the Hawks on April 6, 2001, 2 of 5 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 6 points, and 3 rebounds, in addition to 2 fouls, no turnovers.

On February 28, 2002, in the game between the Nuggets and the Warriors, he made his NBA debut, playing 14 minutes, but he only missed 1 shot, and handed out 5 fouls, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover.

Yao Ming, in the game of the Rocket Sync Walker on October 31, 2002, Yao Ming, as the champion show, only missed 1 shot in 11 minutes and failed to score, with 3 fouls, 2 rebounds and 2 turnovers.

Yi Jianlian, in the game between the Bucks and the Magic on November 1, 2007, got 25 minutes of playing time, 4 of 5 shots, 1 of 4 free throws, and delivered 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal.

Sun Yue, in the game between the Lakers and the Bucks on December 8, 2008, played 5 minutes and 14 seconds, scored 4 points on 2-of-3 shooting, and scored 4 fouls and 2 turnovers.

And today, November 1, 2012, in the game between the Rockets and the Pistons, Gao Dazhuang played 24 minutes, scored 30 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 11-of-17 shooting, creating the best debut of Chinese players in the NBA.