The provocative words of the tall and strong made the Pistons' No. 9 rookie Drummond lose his composure, and in the next round, Drummond used his unskilled back-to-back single skills to force the interior line, and as a result, he ate a "big hat" from Rockets center Asik.

The Rockets grabbed the rebound and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and small forward White made a jump to the basket, and Drummond followed closely behind to block.

"When" Drummond's block didn't touch the ball, but his tall arm still interfered with White's layup very well, and the ball bounced out of the basket.

But just when Drummond was snickering and was about to accept the defensive rebound, a sound suddenly jumped high against him, and with a light touch of his finger, "brush", the flying basketball was made up into the net.

"What" Drummond looked back and found that the Rockets No. 14 was tall and strong who had just made up for the basket next to him.

The tall man who made the basket this time didn't even look at Drummond, turned around and ran to his own half, but the more this happened, the more Drummond was furious.

The Pistons attacked, Drummond received a pass from his teammates on the baseline again, "Peng" and "Peng" could face the strong defense of Rockets Paterson, and after trying to attack unsuccessfully, Drummond did not lose his cool and blindly beat it, but passed the ball out.

But today is destined to be a tragedy for Drummond, with a "snap", Gao Dazhuang suddenly appeared on Drummond's passing line, and directly stole his pass, and the whole scene looked as if Drummond passed the ball directly to Gao Dazhuang.

"FUCK" Drummond scolded and hurriedly chased back, but at 2.10 meters, how could he catch up with the tall and strong rushing speed.

After the steal, Gao Dazhuang once again used his ball control speed to the extreme, dribbling all the way and running wildly, and soon broke into the Pistons' three-point area.

However, in the face of the Pistons' key marking, the tall and strong who had just stepped into the three-point area calmly distributed the ball to his teammate Patterson, who was inserted from the wing.

"Pop" Patterson received the ball and immediately made a through ball, and once again passed the ball to the tall strong hand who had rushed into the inside.

But this inside and outside pass successfully mobilized the Pistons' defensive formation, and at this time, only the Pistons guard Starkey was attached to the tall and strong.

In the face of Starkey's individual defense, Gao Dazhuang did not hesitate, a sideways basket, "brush", Gao Dazhuang scored again.

With a "beep", when this year's "Tanhua Show" was tall and strong scored 11 points in a row and led the Rockets bench lineup to overtake the score, the Pistons' No. 9 rookie Drummond was replaced by the Pistons.

After losing the "Twin Towers" lineup, Gao Dazhuang attacked the Pistons' interior more unscrupulously, but when the Pistons appropriately contracted their defense, Gao Dazhuang and Douglas hit three points in a row, completely blinding the Pistons.

Rockets coach McHale, who commanded from the sidelines, originally planned to send the main lineup again in the second half of the third quarter, but considering that the situation on the court was extremely favorable to the Rockets, he did not want to see personnel adjustments break the rhythm on the court, so Harden and Jeremy Lin watched from the wall throughout the third quarter.

"Toot" with the referee's whistle, the third quarter of the game ended.

At 94:84, the Rockets' bench lineup accidentally "chiseled" the Pistons in the third quarter, and the tall and strong who appeared in the NBA for the first time scored 18 points in a single quarter, becoming the biggest contributor to the Rockets' success in overtaking their opponents.

"Well done," Rockets coach McHale smiled and patted the tall shoulder on the shoulder.

Although they took a 10-point lead, the Rockets made another personnel adjustment in the fourth quarter, with Harden, the core player of the Rockets, and Jeremy Lin, the starting point guard, coming on one after another, but they replaced Douglas and White.

The tall and strong man who was in excellent form remained on the court, but was pushed to the position of small forward.

In the No. 3 position, Tall and Strong may be slightly inferior in height, but its speed, power, and explosiveness can make up for these differences.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jeremy Lin, who dribbled to the frontcourt, passed the ball to Harden, who launched an attack at the top of the three-point arc.

With a "brush", Harden easily scored another goal and scored his 30th point in the game.

Soon, the Pistons scored a goal from center Monroe, and the Rockets attacked again.

"Hey" Harden still motioned for a teammate to pass the ball at the top of the three-point arc, but the ball happened to be transferred to the tall and strong hand.

Gao Dazhuang turned his head to look at Harden, and suddenly passed a powerful direct pass, and Prince, the Pistons defender standing opposite Gao Dazhuang, immediately subconsciously took a step forward to interfere.

At this time, Gao Dazhuang suddenly collected the ball, and the ball that was almost passed out was deducted by Gao Dazhuang.

Facing Prince, who lost his center of gravity, the tall and strong accelerated sideways, instantly broke through the Pistons' defense, and made a step-back jumper before the Pistons could make up for it inside.

"Brush", Gao Dazhuang also scored his 20th point in the game with a clean jumper.

"Nice feint," Harden said with a meaningful smile to the tall man.

I don't know what the specific reason is, Harden's offense in the fourth quarter of the game is also extremely strong, in the next three offenses Harden chose to break through to the basket, and all of them rushed straight to the basket from the high position, and did not use too much cover, this three consecutive goals completely demonstrated Harden's amazing personal threat.

The tall and strong showed off the versatility of his offensive talents, with consecutive pull-backs or step-backs, step-back jumpers, or pull-out three-pointers.

The Rockets' offense was completely finished by Harden and Tall Stout throughout the fourth quarter, and Asik tried to attack a few times, but all of them went wide of the basket.

And the Rockets' starting point guard Jeremy Lin passed the ball more to Harden, while power forward Patterson kept making the ball to the tall and strong.

"Huh?" Although the coach of the Rockets standing on the sidelines saw a hint of abnormality on the court, whether it was Harden or Tall Strong, the offense at this time was very resolute, and the efficiency was good, and the point difference with the Pistons has been maintained at about 10 points, so he has not changed everything.

Finally, in the Houston Rockets' season opener, the Rockets defeated the Detroit Pistons 118-105 to get their first win of the season.

James Harden, the Rockets' newly signed "top salary" player, played 36 minutes, scored 40 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals and 1 block on 14-of-27 shooting, and in terms of playing time, shots, shots, free throws, points, assists, steals 7 data are the highest in the team, there is no doubt that the Houston Rockets can already be regarded as Harden's private property.

And Harden's debut also made history: Harden became the first player in the NBA to score at least 40 points and 12 assists in his debut with a new team.

In the history of the Rockets, there are three players who can score 40 points and 10 assists in a single game, and the person who did it before Harden is called Tracy McGrady.

On April 8, 2007, Maddy scored 40 points and 10 assists against the Sacramento Kings, and now Harden's debut miracle may have hinted that the bearded man will replace Maddy's hazy sleepy eyes as the new totem of the Rockets.

But Harden is not the only one who made his debut in today's game, and the glory is not exclusive to Harden, because Harden, who is "in full swing" today, was "challenged" by his teammates.

The "Tanhua Show" selected by the Rockets this year is tall and strong, playing 24 minutes, scoring 30 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 11-of-17 shooting.

Although Gao Dazhuang has fewer points, assists, steals, rebounds and other aspects than Harden, there is no doubt that Gao Dazhuang played more efficiently, and it was Gao Dazhuang who led the Rockets bench to a 10-point lead in the third quarter.

Gao Dazhuang's 30 points in the half of his NBA career debut will surely leave a heavy mark not only in the history of the Rockets, but in the history of the entire NBA.

Compared with the "twin stars" Harden and tall and strong, the other players of the Rockets are much inferior.

Jeremy Lin had 10 points and eight assists, Asik had eight points and nine boards, Patterson contributed seven points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Parsons, the team's third-highest scorer, scored just 11 points.