Players from both sides stood in the designated position, Gasol Jr. and Turkish Omire Asik stepped into the central circle, and the battle was about to begin.

Before the game started, Harden and Link were given a split-screen shot, and then the data comparison of the two players' recent games were attached below.

Link's data cannot be said to be bad, but it is indeed not amazing. He played 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists in the Bucks, 22 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists in the Jazz, and 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists in the Warriors. Link is still versatile, but it is reasonable to be versatile.

What about Harden? The data can only be described as explosion.

The opening match had 37 points, 12 assists and 6 rebounds, the Hawks had 47 points, 7 assists and a 73.7% shooting percentage. In the last game, the Blazers lost, but they also scored 24 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds.

Just looking at the data, it is indeed as McHale said, "Harden's worst game was as good as Link."

It can be seen that Harden's expression was very solemn before the start of the game. But what about Link? He looked relaxed.

Link kept echoing the words in his heart, "Don't worry, I will always look behind you. Just move forward bravely and move forward. I'll do the rest."

Therefore, Link doesn’t have much to worry about now. It feels great to have a strong backing to take care of the opponent’s number one scorer!

Stevens is not afraid of James Harden. Harden has not encountered a truly top-notch defense in the Thunder last season, including the first few games of this season.

In the past, other teams would put the resources for top defense in Westbrook and Durant. In the past few games, the Rockets' opponents did not have the ability to top defense.

So, when Harden encounters a real top defense, Stevens believes that the young beard will encounter the first Waterloo after transferring to the Rockets!

Amid the referee's whistle, Marc Gasol helped the Grizzlies get the first attacking ball. Iguodala looked at the empty dome of the FedEx Center and ran to the frontcourt.

Link just stood outside the three-point line and felt that his vision was blocked. In front of him, the guy with a high appearance and height was a full five centimeters taller than Link!

A great forward is very tall!

Chandler Parsons, another inspirational model of a second round pick, was selected in the second round in 2011, and defeated the big brother Chase Bardinger who entered the industry in 2009 in just 6 games, and since then he has firmly taken the position of the Rockets' small forward.

When Parsons first participated in the draft, he was considered to have no outstanding characteristics, his athletic ability was average, and his free throw shooting percentage as a small forward senior was only about 50%, which was really eye-catching.

In his senior year, he averaged only 11.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Generally, players who can only produce such data in NCAA cannot play any name in NBA.

However, Parsons used his excellent foundation to make himself progress wildly. Not only did he survive in the NBA, he also turned the "no outstanding characteristics" in the scout report into the current "no big shortcomings".

As for defense, Parsons is very active and not afraid of confrontation. Moreover, the height of 2.08 meters is in the third position, and the defense is simply too advantageous!

Also a rookie with a relatively low qualification than Link, Parsons' defense and Harrison Barnes' defense are completely different.

Barnes is timid and over-tight. And what about Parsons? He just works hard!

Link pushed and ran away before he got rid of Parsons and came out to catch the ball. And as soon as Link received the ball, Parsons pressed up.

I have to say that this defense is much tighter than Harden. Before Harden was opened to the Ren and Du meridians by Artest, his defense may not be that tight.

But Link did not stop the ball. As soon as he got the ball, he transferred the ball to Iguodala.

Iguodala's opponent James Harden, who took the ball! It started interestingly.

Harden obviously did not prepare much defensively for Iguodala because he believed that his opponent today was Link.

Little did I know that Iguodala broke through directly as soon as he came up and caught Harden off guard!

Iguodala is one of the famous Devil Muscle Man in the league. She was previously known as the representative of the Brutal Small Forward, along with James and Josh.

Iguodala is indeed a beast when she thinks of beasts. For example, this time, while everyone in the Rockets were still confused, Iguodala leaned on Harden to break into the inside, and then slashed the ball into the box with one hand.

Asik made up for defense, but his pace was too slow. Before he could fight against Iguodala, Iguodala completed the dunk.

McHale looked at the question mark, what's the situation? Iguodala scored the first goal first? Shouldn't it be Link? This is different from what is written in the script!

After scoring the goal, Iguodala pointed to the stands, with no expression on her face and retreated directly.

When Iguodala no longer paddled, he might have brought about a tsunami.

"This Andre Iguodala does have an advantage in all aspects. Iguodala is not at a disadvantage in the second position. But it doesn't matter, now the Rockets are offensive."

The commentator slapped his sweat, but he didn't realize what level of defense the Rockets faced.

Jeremy Lin swept in with the ball. Although he almost scored 40 points on his head during Lin's crazy period, he was still a point guard with the "passing first" style.

Moreover, in McHale's system, Harden is the core, so Jeremy Lin cannot play his greatest role.

Jeremy Lin first played a pick-and-roll with Asik, but the quality of the Turkish pick-and-roll was not high. Conley easily bypassed and came to Jeremy Lin again.

So the No. 7 defender chose to pass the ball and returned the ball to Harden outside the three-point line!

Then, people were disappointed to find that Stevens did not send Link to defend Harden, but still used Iguodala to face him.

"Iguodala defends Harden, let's see what Harden will do!"

Harden drove the ball twice and prepared to break through. But Iguodala did not give him a chance. He took the initiative to lean on the ball to confront him, disrupting Harden's dribbling rhythm. The basketball seemed to be out of control at any time.

Harden had no choice but to hand the ball to Parsons and then wanted to get a chance by running without the ball.

But Harden found that no matter how he ran, he could not easily get space like in the previous few games. Iguodala was like his shadow, following him like a shadow!

As Iguodala said, the defense the Rockets encountered in the first three games is too weak!

In Memphis, there is no chance to score easily!

Jeremy Lin and Harden failed to match the two offensive strong points, and the Rockets' offense instantly entered x**d mode.

Every head coach has his own style, and McHale is by no means a tactical master.

If a few cooperations fail, the Rockets players have to come by themselves.

Parsons finally barely handed the ball to Harden. Of course, the opportunity was not good.

Harden took a step back and jumped after receiving the ball, but Harden has not yet mastered this move.

Under the interference of Iguodala's face seal, the basketball hit the forefront of the basketball, which was a lot shorter!

"Beautiful defense, James Harden has no room to attack! Iguodala tries to make his myth interrupt in Memphis!"

While talking, Link threw away Parsons and ran to the frontcourt and raised his hand to ask for the ball. The old man Gasol made a long pass from the backcourt to find Link Parsons? He had been left with one position away.

Link didn't have to worry about anything. He had been thinking about the counterattack later. So as soon as Harden made a mistake, Link immediately responded.

When he received the basketball, there was no one in front of Link. He wanted to end the battle with a one-handed dunk as usual.

But after thinking about it, I have to give the proud Rockets a little color. Let them see how powerful the Rockets' old players are.

So, Link jumped high amid the cheers of the fans, and drew a circle in the air with both hands before dunking it into the basket!

The whole audience took a breath and the windmill dunked!

"Is this Link?? Are you sure he is not possessed by Iguodala!?" From the commentator to the fans, everyone was shocked. This was the first time Link used this fancy dunk in actual combat!

Why is this guy jumping higher than he did during his rookie season?? Don’t tell me that he can still develop in his twenties!

After Link landed, he opened his arms and made a dive of a glider. Today, Memphis also has high-altitude work to watch.

Back at his own half, Link brigades with Iguodala.

Two attacks, two forwards, and two dunks. The Grizzlies, a team that has always been simple, has never been so irritable.

At the beginning, the Grizzlies showed extremely aggressiveness.

Harden was a little confused. The trend of this game should not be like this. What was the battle between himself and Link?
Chapter completed!