Three Hundred and Eighty-Five: The Best Start

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They beat the Clippers in the opening game, and easily defeated the Warriors in the second game of the new season on November 2.

Before the start of the season, perhaps no one thought that the Grizzlies' start would be so smooth. This team, which is rated only C+ in John Hollinger's new season preview, has impressed the entire league.

However, to everyone's surprise, the opening two-game winning streak was just the beginning.

On November 5, 2012, the Memphis Grizzlies finally ushered in their first home game of the new season. The fans of the Grizzlies can finally witness their new coach and new players at home. Of course, I finally saw the well-deserved core of the Grizzlies now.

Two years ago, absolutely no Memphis fans would have imagined that the Grizzlies could reach the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years. They even didn't expect that this team would be led by an Asian player.

Against the Jazz at home today, the enthusiasm of the Grizzlies fans created a perfect home atmosphere for the team.

Speaking of the Jazz, Stevens still has some special feelings for this opponent. After all, his favorite student in college, Gordon Hayward, played for the Jazz. After three years of growth, the white small forward who entered the league in the same year as Link is now a well-known player.

Meeting his mentor in the NBA, Hayward played very excitedly. He scored 19 points and 5 rebounds in the whole game, which was a good performance.

But Link's quasi-triple-double data of 22 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists overwhelmed Hayward without any suspense.

Although both of them are already in the third season of playing in the league, it has to be admitted that Hayward's improvement rate is indeed not as fast as Link.

103 to 94, the Grizzlies won by 9 points at home, starting with three consecutive victories! The Grizzlies' first home game of the season did not disappoint the fans.

Two days later, in the icy Milwaukee, the Grizzlies slaughtered the Bucks away with their impenetrable defense.

The Bucks have made a two-game winning streak before, and the offensive talents of Monta Ellis and Brand Jennings have made the Bucks very fierce.

But talent alone is not enough to attack. Once they meet a good defensive team, the two guards who are fighting for the shot will be blinded.

Today "Emperor James" Jennings hit only 30%, and Monta Ellis was "better" with only 27.8%.

The Bucks took 91 shots in the game, and these two guards combined accounted for 40 shots. This style of play made Link feel speechless, and it would be a ghost if the Bucks performed well.

108 to 90, the Grizzlies beat the chaotic Bucks who only rely on talent to attack by 18 points. Link had 25 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. If it weren't for the garbage time in the second half of the fourth quarter, Link's statistics might be better.

Some people thought before the game that the Bucks with two consecutive victories would also make the Grizzlies suffer. But in the end, the Grizzlies won the biggest victory of the season over the Bucks.

So far, the Grizzlies have won 4 consecutive victories! And this is the best start in team history since the Grizzlies entered the NBA in 1995!

Link once again led the Grizzlies to break a team history record and complete a milestone. The strength of the Grizzlies this year has been initially proven.

In the press conference after the game, the popularity of the Grizzlies was even stronger than that of the home team, the Bucks. Many people were asking about the best start record in team history, but at the end of the press conference, a reporter's question revived Link, who was already drowsy.

"In the next game, the Grizzlies will play at home against the Houston Rockets, who have won 2 wins and 1 loss since the start. As we all know, James Harden has been performing well since he joined the Rockets. Link, do you think your next game With his performance, can he surpass him? Facing the Rockets, can the Grizzlies continue to win?"

At this moment, what Link was thinking about was not how to answer the reporter's question.

His thoughts had already entered the game the day after tomorrow.

The Houston Rockets finally have an interesting opponent.

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If fans were to vote for the most unexpected trade of the 2012 offseason, the Thunder-Rocket deal for Harden would definitely rank first.

At the beginning, both the Thunder and Harden actually had the idea of ​​renewing their contracts, but they didn't know that the talks collapsed at the last moment. Therefore, this transaction is actually to catch ducks on the shelves.

And if fans are asked to choose the most surprising player so far this season, James Harden will definitely be on the list.

In the first game of joining the Rockets, the best sixth man of last season scored 37 points and 12 assists, breaking the team history record.

In the second game, Harden blasted a career-high 45 points with a terrible shooting percentage of 73.7%, just like a super shooting guard, who is about to be born in Houston.

People say that Harden has proved that he has the ability to become a superstar. The Rockets spent 80 million very cost-effectively, and the Thunder simply lost the whole world!

The Rockets played against the Trail Blazers in the third game. Although the Rockets swallowed the defeat, Harden's performance of 24 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists was still brilliant. Harden's reputation is huge, and people can't wait to see what the matchup between him and the real superstar will look like.

At this juncture, Link and Grizzly came.

Before the game started, the outside world was vigorously exaggerating the duel between Harden and Link. Although the two are not directly facing each other, this still cannot stop the media from hyping up the match.

"Link and Harden! Who can become the strongest new star this season!?"

"Both players have started to advance to a higher level. This time, the head-to-head confrontation between the two sides will definitely be very intense!"

"Link and Harden, the duel between the two hottest young players in the new season. This may become a continuation of last season's Western Conference Finals. Of course, it is also very likely to be the beginning of a new grievance!"

Looking at the exaggerated headlines in the newspaper, Link felt a little embarrassed. I don't know, I thought it was Jordan vs. Kobe.

Under the hype of the media, the game became extremely hot. So much so that the day before the start of the game, when the Rockets arrived at Memphis International Airport, they were surrounded by the media like an All-Star team.

Rockets coach Kevin McHale can be said to be proud of the spring breeze. He was questioned after failing to lead the team into the playoffs last season. But this year, the Rockets made a good start, which made McHale extremely confident.

Therefore, in an interview with reporters, he praised his players without hesitation, "James will prove that he is better than Link. As good as one of Link's best stats. So, of course, I'm pretty confident."

This old man in a suit and leather shoes is not at all polite when facing the camera. After all, he was an out-and-out villain back then.

In the 1984 Finals, McHale's "clothes-hanger" foul on Lakers forward Kurt Rambis was considered by Pat Riley to be the most insidious and malicious foul he had ever seen. In addition to fists, McHale also has an annoying tongue. In 1985, he said that he would hit the heads of 12 Lakers players with a hammer.

Although he is old, he has not been a player for many years. But McHale's blood was still hidden in his body, and if he didn't pay attention, the big tongue broke out again.

So the reporters were not surprised at all when he called Ban Linke.

Although Harden didn't like McHale's way of speaking, he actually didn't think it mattered much.

The bearded man thought to himself, when he was in the Thunder in the regular season last season, it seemed quite easy to beat Link and the Grizzlies? This year, it shouldn't be much different.

With an extremely relaxed mind, the Rockets players stepped into the land of Memphis.

But anyone who has been here knows that this is actually the most difficult place in the entire league to be captured!