Ben Simmons' outstanding performance after the opening gave Philadelphia fans great confidence.

The 76ers ranks sixth in the league in defensive efficiency and is one of the best teams in the league in defense.

Ben Simmons undoubtedly played a very critical role in it.

This season, Simmons is basically playing against defenders, and he can directly lock the opponent's offense from the source.

After the tomahawk-like buckle just now, Simmons looked at the scene, as if he was looking at someone.

Sure enough, Jenna was really on the sidelines.

Link curled his lips. It seemed that Simmons would be very excited to play today, and he had to find a way to curb him.

So in the subsequent attack, the Grizzlies did not continue to use Conley to hold the ball and organize the attack.

The one who carried the ball became Link.

For most teams with only one organizational core, Simmons' defense can directly strangle their offense source.

But the Grizzlies have always been a team with a core organization, from Conley to Link to Gasol, they can organize offenses.

On the sidelines, 76ers coach Brett Brown curled his lips, benefactors of the defending champion and the founder of two dynasties. Without coaching reminders, the Grizzlies players knew that they would adjust.

Conley suffered only one round, and the Grizzlies changed to the ball holder, and their adaptability was very strong.

Link was calm and composed in the face of Tobias Harris' defense.

Harris is also an excellent defensive player, but he still suffers some losses when facing Link one-on-one.

Link commanded the offense outside the three-point line. He did not play singles in a crazy manner as soon as he came up, but tried to connect the opponents like a real organizational defender.

Just as Embiid was still staring at Link with all his attention, ready to assist in defense at any time.

But Gasol suddenly leaned on Embiid with his back and asked for the ball on his back!

Link did not hesitate and immediately hanged the ball into the inside line.

As the Grizzlies' substitute center, Gasol actually got the ball early!

"Damn, you don't really think you can solve me easily, do you?" Embiid was a little angry. He was now a top center in the league. Gasol said he would play as soon as he got up?

Embiid put all his strength in defending Gasol, and he was about to make the Spanish lose his life.

Let them see what they will end up underestimating!

Gasol pushed one step back, and Embiid, who had weaker lower limbs, was knocked back repeatedly.

The more this happens, the harder Embiid wants to withstand the impact and prevent Gasol from getting close to the basket.

So much so that when Link cut out from Gasol, all the center of gravity was thrown forward and he had no time to adjust his pace to defend the basket!

He was completely nailed to the middle distance by Gasol.

Embiid was still praying, praying that Gasol would not see Link entering the penalty area.

Unfortunately, high-level support is not only not Gasol's weakness, but rather his strength.

In this way, Link easily received the basketball and went straight to the basket.

Embiid, who was originally responsible for wiping Harris's butt, missed the best time to make up for defense because he was busy competing with Gasol.

Link took two steps and jumped high, ready to attack the basket.

But at this time, Ben Simmons came over to stab him in a diagonal manner.

Although Simmons is not a very outstanding blocking hand, his height and wingspan are all there, so his ability to release is still quite excellent.

Link stared at the basket in the air, while Simmons squirted his arm.

This time, Simmons' backup defense was very sudden. Even if Link reacted, it would be impossible to find his teammate in the open position as soon as possible.

However, just as Simmons' palm was about to be blocked to the basketball, Link suddenly pulled the ball back to his waist and passed it behind him!

During the whole process, Link stared at the basket from beginning to end, without moving away at all. But the basketball flew accurately towards Conley, who was empty outside the three-point line in the diagonal rear.

"This!?" Simmons was shocked.

The media and fans praised their good passing vision.

Little did he know that Link was even more perverted, and he didn't need any vision to pass the ball!

He stared at the basket throughout the whole time, just passed casually, and gave the ball accurately to his teammates.

This kind of pass that is like Steve Nash is something that many defenders cannot do.

In terms of omnipotence, no one can compare to Link.

Conley received the basketball and made a steady shot.

When it comes to Conley, people will never equate him with a label like "three-point shooter".

Indeed, Conley is not a point guard who relies specifically on three-pointers, but his winning percentage is very stable in three-point shooting.

Conley has maintained a very good three-point shooting percentage every season so far in his career.

"brush!"

Ben Simmons cried, what a wonderful thing it is to be able to shoot three points...

"I made an in, a breakthrough pass from Link. Although Link doesn't often appear in the No. 1 position, I can guarantee that once he starts organizing the offense, his organizational ability is definitely no worse than any point guard in the league, including Simmons!"

Kevin Harlan shook his head. Although Simmons finally missed the ball, the problem lies with Embiid.

If Embiid is not so competitive with Gasol, he can assist Link in time as he follows the tactics.

On the basketball court, a team's defense is often closely linked.

If a problem occurs in one link, it will lead to a series of chain reactions.

Unfortunately, it was Simmons who took the blame this time.

After Link assisted Conley to score, he kept shaking his head, as if saying: "The defense of the sixth place in the league is nothing like this."

"Joel, focus, your target is not Mark Gasol, it's Link!" On the sidelines, 76ers coach Bret Brown also shouted at Embiid, expressing his dissatisfaction with the defense just now.

Embiid was so angry. He wanted to start the performance, but now he was beaten by Link. He was really unwilling to accept it.

He just wants to get back the scene as soon as possible now.

In the first attack, the 76ers' ball holding point changed, from Simmons to Richardson.

At this time, Simmons stood at the low post, Harris and Richardson played pick-and-roll, Horford stood at the bottom corner, and Embiid stood at the top of the arc.

At first glance, Simmons, who was standing in a low position, was more like a center forward.

This season, Embiid is more of a space-based play.

It can be said that his tactical role is an evolutionary version of Horford.

Although Embiid can shoot three-pointers, his favorite is to play singles at low posts.

Therefore, Embiid's average score has dropped sharply this season, and he has also played a bit frustrated.

When he thought of Link taking advantage of the situation, Embiid slapped his thigh.

Only do it!

I have made all the harsh words before the game, how can I be cowardly now?

So, Embiid, who was supposed to be standing outside the three-point line, suddenly sank into the inside line and asked for the ball on his back.

Link found Ben Simmons' expression a little surprised, just so surprised, which means Embiid has begun to stop playing according to the routine.

So willful in the NBA arena, sooner or later it will be a mistake.

Richardson, who was in control of the ball, was also stunned. Embiid had no running tactics!?

But seeing Embiid was so active, he still handed the ball in.

"A substitute center can handle me, what a joke!" Embiid said to himself in his heart, and then sat backwards.

"Bang!" The loud noise made after the two collided reminded everyone that Embiid had made great efforts.

But strangely, after such a fierce collision, the distance that the "Emperor" advanced was almost negligible.

He was completely in the same place!

Embarrassing, extremely awkward.

Embiid felt that his sweat was flowing out, but it was not tired, it was embarrassing.

Just before Embiid could react, Gasol changed his top defense to affix defense, forcing Embiid to close the ball with both hands.

In this way, Embiid was forced to stop. The number one center in the East, he was in a tough battle with the Grizzlies' substitute center on the offensive end for the first time!

Seeing Embiid's offense failing, the rest of the 76ers immediately started running and ready to respond.

But unfortunately, Embiid is not an excellent passer, and his support for passing is quite eye-catching. In this case, he cannot deliver the ball to his teammates in time like Gasol or Jokic.

Embiid was a little panicked. When he was still hesitating, Link double-teamed up, and took the opportunity to slap hard, cutting off the basketball in Embiid's hand.

"It made a mistake, Joel Embiid made a mistake when he held the ball for the first time today! It seems that Link really didn't lie. Gasol's defense this time is perfect!"

While Kevin Harlan spoke, Link made a long pass from the backcourt after a complete steal and sent the ball to Jamie Cheung Green.

The latter easily smashed the buttons and successfully ate the cake.

Embiid's mistake made the 76ers overtaken by the Grizzlies. Simmons' performance also came to an abrupt end.

"Joel, calm down!" Brett Brown yelled again. He knew very well that the failure of one offense and one defense just now would be because Embiid did not act according to tactics.

Embiid was already irritable and was scolded by Old Brown, which added fuel to the fire.

But there is no way, he can't confront the coach in person.

So, this guy could only swallow his anger and was so frustrated.

At this moment, Link shook his finger at Embiid who was coming towards him: "I said everything, you can't even beat our substitute center. How about it? I didn't say a big deal, right?"

Link could see that although the game had just begun, Embiid was on the verge of going wild.

Since that's the case, let's ignite him completely!
Chapter completed!