One Thousand One Hundred and Thirty-Four: Extreme Start (4/5)
After the timeout, the Rockets were still looking for the first scoring opportunity of the game.
D'Antoni didn't believe that the situation would develop as Link thought.
The Rockets' offensive power is also among the best in the league, and there is no way they can be suppressed by the Grizzlies.
Of course, the situation will not develop in the direction Link wants, because the current situation is all the result of Link's hard work!
During the timeout, D'Antoni made everything clear to the players. He told everyone Link's plan and hoped that everyone would stop Link no matter what.
However, the first to be stopped was Team Rocket themselves.
This time, Ryan Anderson finally got a chance to shoot a three-pointer.
Taking advantage of the moment when Jokic was shrinking, Harden accurately delivered the ball to Anderson.
However, Anderson had just raised the basketball above his head when he discovered that Jokic was already rushing towards him.
Not everyone can bear the pressure of seeing a huge piece of "pork belly" approaching him.
Of course, not all big players dare to save the opponent's shot like this.
After all, a guy of Jokic's size doesn't have the same inertia as Link and others, who can resist just as easily.
Once they charge up, they almost turn into an uncontrollable big truck.
Jokic's menacing look startled Anderson. This space-oriented fourth position shot very hastily, and took the shot without completing the shooting action.
Naturally, a ball thrown after being startled is completely inaccurate.
And what about Jokic? He made a beeline for the Grizzlies bench. When the Grizzlies players saw this, it took only one second to dodge!
Jokic was like a depth bomb, directly "exploding" the bench into rubble.
"Nikola Jokic's blocking was too aggressive. The Grizzlies players ducked away for a second, and then I thought of O'Neal's classic flying save during the Suns, hahahaha!"
Although the scene just now was a bit funny, D'Antoni couldn't laugh at all.
Once you pause and come back,
The Rockets' offense just missed, which is not a good sign!
And it can be seen that besides Link, everyone else in the Grizzlies team is also working very hard. Jokic could have completely ignored the ball just now.
However, the huge guy blocked it with all his strength.
If the rest of the Grizzlies team gets excited too, the game will be really difficult to play.
Gasol grabbed the rebound and handed the ball directly to Link.
The Grizzlies got another chance to open up the score!
Jokic hasn't gotten up yet, and the Rockets are now equivalent to 5 defenses and 4 defenses.
Just enough to free up one person to defend Link.
"Stop him, stop him!" D'Antoni yelled from the sidelines with such force that those who didn't know thought the game had already reached the last two minutes of the fourth quarter.
Beverly gritted his teeth and followed Link, while Harden was also moving closer to Link.
But Link's speed is too fast. Even when running with the ball, his speed is not much different from when running without the ball.
Link rushed to the basket, and Beverley and Harden jumped up to block the layup.
But how could such a level of pursuit stop Link?
I saw him making a pulling action in the air very easily. Link's super ability to stay in the air made it easy for him to complete these actions.
Link could even do a mid-air layup, let alone an ordinary pull-up layup.
What's more, Harden and Beverley are not great rim protectors.
In the air, Harden and Beverley could only watch as Link easily scored the ball with extremely gorgeous moves.
13-0, the point difference is still widening!
"Fuck!" Harden and Beverley cursed in unison.
It’s not that I don’t want to stop Link, it’s that I really can’t!
"The Rockets are 13 points behind, and they haven't scored yet. Link has scored all the team's points so far. Both sides seem to have gone to extremes today!"
Link looked up at the big screen, 13 to 0, which was nothing to the Rockets.
We must continue to expand the score!
"Retreat, retreat!" Link's shout rang out again. After Jokic shot up from the "ruins" on the bench, he immediately returned to his defensive position.
Durant, who was watching the game in his hotel in New York, swallowed his saliva. This game was so different from what he imagined!
"Work harder, James!" Durant cheered Harden in his heart, but as soon as he finished working hard, Harden overturned again.
This time, Harden used the cover of "Cake King" Capela to break through.
In an ideal world, the success rate of this attack should be very high.
If Gasol helps defend, Harden can easily cooperate with Capela in an alley-oop.
If Gasol doesn't help defend, Harden will get space to shoot.
But when Harden actually passed by Capela, he found that neither of the above two situations happened.
The moment Harden bypassed the screen, Link immediately stuck to him as if he was covered in glue!
Link bypassed the screen very quickly, and he squeezed past Capela the moment Harden broke through.
Capella also tried her best to fight against Link, but she just couldn't squeeze out Link.
After all, if Capela doesn't master his strength well, he may be in danger of taking illegal cover at any time.
Missing offensive opportunities because of illegal screens is not worth the gain.
Therefore, Capella was powerless to watch Link squeeze past her.
"It's really annoying!" Harden was already a little impatient. He was beaten 13-0 by the opponent as soon as he started. Anyone else would be anxious.
Seeing that Link was so close, Harden suddenly turned around with Link as his axis and passed Link beautifully.
After turning around, Harden made a layup. But Link jumped up without hesitation and reached out to block the shot.
Once again, he made Harden's previous series of gorgeous performances worthless.
"It was blocked. Although Harden passed Link, Link still completed the block from behind. What happened to the Houston Rockets? They seem to be trapped in a strange circle where they cannot score!"
Harden felt like he was about to collapse. How on earth could he escape from Link's clutches? ?
The basketball hit the backboard. After completing the block, Link immediately took off twice and pocketed the basketball.
Harden looked back at Link, his bulging eyes filled with fear.
Link made a long pass from the backcourt and handed the ball to Conley.
Beverly rushed towards Conley like a crazed bulldog. Link couldn't handle it, but Conley should be able to handle it!
Beverley knows the Rockets need a morale-boosting defense now, and he's willing to be the one to cheer everyone up.
Beverley is getting closer and closer to Conley, and is about to prevent Conley from breaking through the basket.
At this moment, Conley casually threw the basketball into the air.
Beverly quickly turned her head and saw Link flying past, covering the entire sky.
"boom!"
"Alley-oop dunk, 15-0, Link scored 15 points in a row! God, someone come and stop him. Otherwise, the rocket will completely disintegrate in the air!"
Seeing this, everyone became uneasy. Starting 15-0, this sounds very magical.
However, this magical thing has now become a reality, happening right in front of everyone's eyes.
The Rockets players were completely stunned, and their morale dropped to rock bottom.
The low morale also made the Rockets' three-point shooting feel even colder.
After that, Gordon missed his second shot from beyond the three-point line. If the Rockets can't shoot three-pointers, their offense has nothing to fear.
Gordon's long rebound was taken by Jokic, and Jokic, a master of long passes, assisted Link to easily counterattack.
17-0, Link scored 17 points in a row! Before the first quarter was over, he had already scored close to 20 points!
D'Antoni paused again, but it had no real effect.
Because as soon as the timeout came back, the Rockets made a mistake.
This time it was Harden who broke through and scored, but his pass to Beverley was intercepted by the experienced Conley.
Link was, as always, the first one to get to the basket, and he didn't waste any opportunity in transition.
Just when everyone thought Link was going to continue cutting into the frame, he suddenly turned around after running into the penalty area and walked outside the three-point line!
This sudden reverse movement allowed Link to shake off Beverly, who had been sticking close to him, and gain some space.
Conley's pass was delivered in time, and Link caught the ball and shot!
Everyone's eyes fell on the spinning basketball. Although it was only the first quarter of the game, this shot gave people the feeling of a winning goal.
Before the basketball hit the net, Link's shooting right hand showed three fingers.
Then, the basketball hit the net.
20 to 0, Link scored 20 points in a row!
This three-pointer was like a buzzer-beater, but it didn't kill the game, but the Rockets' confidence!
"20-0, God, Link actually scored 20 points in a row. The Grizzlies beat the Rockets 20-0 as soon as they came up. I have never seen such a start. As long as Link wants to open up the score, no one seems to be there. Can stop him!"
Seeing this, Durant turned off the TV. He really couldn't watch anymore.
Sure enough, it is extremely unreliable to pin the hope of defeating the Grizzlies on others.
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