One Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-One: An Opportunity to Test Your True Strength (3/5)

Dillon Brooks stepped to the free throw line as the Grizzlies fans cheered.

Even some Grizzlies fans feel a little unfamiliar with Dillon Brooks.

After all, he didn't play much time in his rookie year and only played 18 games last season due to injury.

In the past two years, he was definitely a marginal figure.

But by this time, all of Memphis must have remembered the name.

Link watched Dillon Brooks walk to the free throw line and smiled with relief.

With the two youngsters Jokic and Dillon around, Link can retire with confidence.

The Grizzlies will use them as the cornerstone in the future and still remain among the top teams in the Western Conference.

Speaking of which, the Grizzlies are really a team with extraordinary temperament.

Link, the greatest player in team history, was an undrafted player.

Future cornerstones Jokic and Brooks are both second-round picks...

However, this is the Memphis Grizzlies. They have no gorgeous appearance and no explosive talent.

But he just knows how to win.

Dillon Brooks made an extra free throw and quickly tied the score as soon as the second quarter started.

Kenning Atkinson, who had been complacent just now, stood up nervously again. The performance of Dillon Brooks and Jermichael Green was beyond his expectation.

Those two "wastes" will actually become the key to the Grizzlies' equalizing the score. Who would believe it?

Brooks scored 6 points in a row, which made LeVert very unwilling.

He couldn't bear to be so humiliated by an unknown passerby.

So in the next attack, LeVert raised his hand to ask Irving for the ball early, and he wanted to give Brooks one back.

Brooks does seem to be a player who is easy to bully. He lacks wingspan and is not fierce enough. He is completely different from Tony Allen, a guy who is easy to bully at first glance.

LeVert and Brooks are just the opposite. He has always been a high-profile guard with high potential.

He also very much wants to realize his talent as soon as possible.

"You'd better tell that kid to give you the ball."

Just when LeVert was about to hold the ball in singles, Link, standing next to Durant, suddenly spoke.

Durant glanced at Link suspiciously, but did not respond.

Link also looked at Durant and smiled softly: "I don't mean anything else. I say this because it is impossible for him to score. I might as well give you the ball."

After Link finished speaking, LeVert held the ball and prepared to break through!

Brooks' wingspan is less than two meters, which means he does not have a wide defensive range.

However, as soon as LeVert took a step, Brooks moved sideways very quickly and blocked the way.

Then at the moment the two sides collided, LeVert felt that his ribs were almost broken!

What kind of confrontational intensity is this?

Brooks is indeed an unattractive guy, but if you think he is a docile sheep, wait until you are deflated.

LeVert didn't expect Brooks' defense to be so tough. Brooks pestered LeVert like a bulldog and kept biting him.

LeVert couldn't break through, and in the end he had no choice but to shoot from mid-range against the defense.

A bad choice.

"Bang!"

LeVert took an angry shot under Brooks's defense, and this may be the last time he takes such a willful shot in the game.

With Irving and Durant, there is often only one chance to be willful.

If you get in, Irving and Durant might even give you a few shots to play with.

If he doesn't score, he'll have to sit out this game and occasionally shoot open shots.

"Damn!" Durant yelled, but it was not because LeVert failed to score, but because he was lamenting that Link was so confident in his teammates.

Dillon Brooks' performance was pleasing, but that wasn't all the surprise.

This time, the Grizzlies offense played fast.

Although Jokic is fat and big, he can run and play with the team.

This time, Link played a pick-and-roll with Jokic. At the moment when the pick-and-roll was formed, Link found Jokic with a ground-breaking pass, helping him easily walk to the basket.

But Jordan is not a vegetarian. Although his defensive effect is not as good as before, he is still one of the best frame protectors in the league.

He stayed close to Jokic, ready to block the fat boy's layup at any time.

But Jokic was not in a hurry. He walked to the basket crookedly with his own "drunken eight immortal steps", and then threw the ball behind his back very lazily.

People who don't know may think Jokic made a mistake because his action just now was so careless.

But anyone who knows Jokic’s style knows that this is a wonderful pass.

Jokic is the kind of person who seems lazy, but when he looks at the data after the game, he scores a triple-double.

The basketball accurately got into the hands of JaMychal Green, who caught the ball and shot!

Although JaMychal Green is not a pure shooter, last season, he shot very gratifying shooting percentages from every position beyond the three-point line.

In other words, the entire three-point line is JeMichael Green's hot zone!

Joe Harris's defense is not bad, but he really can't interfere with someone as tall as JaMychal Green with long arms.

Harris stretched out his hand, but it barely blocked Green's view.

Just like that, Jokic assisted Green to hit a three-pointer, and the Grizzlies once again successfully scored points by relying on role players that most people considered useless!

Moreover, this is already the ninth consecutive point the Grizzlies have scored since the second quarter!

The Grizzlies' performance was shocking, and their offensive power didn't seem to be as weak as last season.

Even if Link doesn't take a shot, the Grizzlies can score steadily.

It turns out that this is not a team that only relies on Link. The overall strength of this team is indeed still strong.

The performance of Brooks and Green is equivalent to setting an example for others.

In the subsequent games, all the Grizzlies players gradually found their form.

After the rotation time came, the Grizzlies did not repeat the old path of the first quarter.

Rose hit accurate shots from mid-range several times, making Temple pay the price for his lack of sudden shots.

Carter even hit a three-pointer at the buzzer at the end of the second quarter, completely shattering the Nets' plan to enter the second half with a lead.

In the end, the Grizzlies ended the first half with a two-point lead.

After just one quarter of the game, the statement that "the Grizzlies lineup has greatly declined in strength" can no longer hold its ground.

Of course, the Nets will not sit still and wait for death. After the Grizzlies fired up, they also performed better.

Dinwiddie was still invincible during the rotation, scoring points like crazy.

Durant's scoring was somewhat limited by Link, but he is still one of the Nets' most trustworthy attacking points.

The one who played craziest was undoubtedly Irving. Conley was completely helpless against Irving on the defensive end today.

Irving used a series of fake moves several times to make breakthroughs. After scaring Conley to shrink back, he suddenly made a three-pointer.

After being scored on several three-pointers, Conley did not dare to let Irving shoot. So, Irving began to break through Conley again.

Conley tried hard not to allow Irving to score directly, but he incurred a lot of fouls as a result.

Both sides put on wonderful performances, and the score remained tense until the last minute.

This opening game did not disappoint the fans who had been looking forward to it for a long time.

The first game reached a critical moment, which also allowed both sides to test their true strength.

Four minutes before the end of the game, LeVert hit a three-pointer. Howard was wrestling with Jarrett Allen for the first time, and finally struggled to get stuck.

But even so, Howard still failed to grab the offensive rebound. His current jumping and speed have really declined too much. Jarrett Allen and Howard hit the backboard at the same time in the air, letting the basketball fly out of bounds.

This situation can basically be regarded as a failure to protect the rebound.

However, at this moment, Howard rushed to the audience regardless of his own safety, and unexpectedly fished the basketball back.

Eventually, Howard fell into the crowd. Hubie Brown and Kevin Harlan were shocked. They had never seen Howard fighting so hard.

In the end, with Howard's hard work, the Grizzlies counterattacked and took the lead by two points.

Two minutes before the end of the game, Rose grabbed the basketball from Irving and then made a precise long pass to assist Brooks for a dunk.

Brooks also scored his 21st point of the game!

In the first game of the new season, he scored a career-high score. Now, no one will regard him as a passerby anymore.

One minute before the end of the game, Gasol hit a three-pointer from the right corner to help the Grizzlies gain a key lead again!

In the final anxious moments of the game, the Grizzlies showed no mercy. All the players in the team did their best to win, and everyone played a key role!

It's hard not to like the Memphis Grizzlies.

But at the last moment, Kelly Irving almost killed the game.

Facing Rose, who performed well today, Irving hit a pull-up jumper from beyond the three-point line, scoring his 37th point of the game!

Although Rose defends Irving better than Conley, he cannot completely limit his performance.

After Irving made this three-pointer, there were only 5 seconds left in the game and the Nets led by two points.

At this time, the live footage was shown to Link.

Everyone on the Grizzlies team did their best, and everyone played very well.

And this final blow, this most difficult job, is finally the turn of the ultimate ace.