Although he didn't get a chance to play in the whole game, Link was very excited all night.

After all, this is the Toyota Center, this is the NBA, and this is the place he once could only see through TV.

Next to him was Chase Bardinger, and then there were "Little Cannon" Kyle Lowry, Jordan Hill, Contney Lee and other Rockets stars who were once familiar with them.

Behind him are nearly 20,000 fanatical fans. In the Development League, the number of about 2,000 fans has already shocked Link. In the Toyota Center, there are ten times more people watching the game than the Development League! Similarly, the cheers are ten times more than those in the Development League.

In addition, the fierce confrontation on the court, the referee's rushing whistle and the roars of the players and the head coach all made Link, who was sitting on the sidelines, soared adrenaline.

A position like the bench can’t be bought with money. As a fan, Link is a strange thing to be able to follow in such an atmosphere.

Therefore, even in the last garbage time, Link still enjoyed it. Argentinian Scola's performance today was perfect, and he ruled the penalty area instead of Yao Ming.

Watching Scola sweat and win on the court, Link wanted to experience this feeling and contribute to the team's victory.

But it is obvious that this is not realistic. Yesterday he participated in a whole day of business activities and today he was training separately from the team. In this case, the head coach will definitely not send him on the court.

But Link was not discouraged. He still had two chances to play. As long as he could perform well in one of them, he might be able to sign the second ten-day short contract?

Just as Link was thinking about it, the Pistons called to stop the game. At this time, there was 1 minute and 48 seconds left before the end of the game, but the Pistons were nearly 20 points behind.

Judging from the Pistons' previous performance today, it is unlikely that they will tie the score. Therefore, the purpose of this timeout should be to replace the main player and announce that the game has completely entered garbage time.

Link stood up and brimmed with the players who ended up. Although he was not familiar with the Rockets players, he still had basic politeness.

After high-fives, Link sat back on the end of the bench. He found that many cameras were facing him. As a yellow-skinned player, he was never afraid of not having a camera. Unfortunately, today he could not perform for those Chinese fans who loved him.

"Link! Come here!"

At this moment, at the noisy scene, Link heard a shout.

His heart suddenly beat faster and then turned his head to look at Adelman. At first, Link thought he had heard it wrong. Because today, he thought Adelman was calling him more than once, but it turned out to be just his fantasy.

But when Link saw Adelman waving at him, he couldn't help but tremble.

This time, he is really calling himself!

The Rockets looked at Link in surprise, looking at this new teammate who had never trained with them. Link was also stunned for a moment, but soon tore off the disposable training suit and ran to Adelman.

He came to NBA, isn’t he just playing games?

"Link took off his training suit, and Coach Adelman intends to let him play in less than two minutes. Let's see what kind of performance Link can bring to us!"

At the same time, the CCTV commentator yelled with excitement. This is the second time that the Rockets have a Chinese player appear in the Rockets after Yao Ming fell.

Although it was just garbage time, and although it was only less than two minutes in the last, at this time, all the fans in China who had time to watch the football were focused on Link.

The huge Chinese market was completely mobilized by the Rockets at this time.

Adelman looked at Link and did not arrange any tactics. He only said one sentence, but this sentence made Link full of fighting spirit.

"Remember, don't lose this enthusiasm."

After Adelman finished speaking, he pushed him into the court before Link could react.

At that moment, Toyota Center made a huge cheer, and countless Chinese fans stood up from their seats, and they were extremely proud at this time.

"Who is this guy? I remember the Rockets didn't have this person in the last game." On the live commentary stage, Chris Webber who commented on this game was not as enthusiastic as Chinese fans and CCTV commentators.

"Tom Lin, nicknamed Link. Two days ago, he also played for the Oklahoma Blues. The day before yesterday, he signed a 10-day short contract with the Rockets. He has performed well in the last two games in the Development League, winning triple-doubles on Luke Babbitt and two-doubles on Stephenson's head. It is precisely because of these two games that he has attracted the attention of the NBA."

Beside Webber, Kevin Harlan started reading according to the information. He had no expectations for Link. All fools knew what the Rockets meant to sign Link.

At the moment of the Rockets' recession, no one can match the attention a Chinese player can win for them.

As for the performance of this Chinese? Who cares?

Link stepped into the stadium with contemptuous eyes of Weber and Harlan. When he saw the big "r"-shaped logo in the center of the stadium, his heart was beating faster.

The Toyota Center is really special for every Chinese fan, and he has now stepped on the floor of the Toyota Center nine years ago.

At this time, both sides replaced the full substitute lineup. The Rockets sent Jermaine Taylor, Contney Lee, Link, Patrick Patterson and Jordan Hill, which was a veritable garbage time lineup.

On the Pistons, Will Bynum, Ben Gordon, Austin Dayer and Monroe were replaced. It is worth mentioning that the Pistons still remained on the court. After all, the Pistons were injured, and Hamilton and Prince were both older and should not play for too long. So, McGrady, who came on as a substitute, had to finish the garbage time.

Now, garbage time instantly became interesting. Because people all discovered that Link will compete with McGrady!

After the game started, the Rockets took the lead in attacking. In fact, Link hoped to partner with Lowry, but now Lowry has become the main point guard of the Rockets, so he can only endure Jermaine Taylor's slow propulsion speed.

Link didn't know any tactical arrangements of the Rockets, so he could only rely on his own instinct to read the game to run. He pulled to the bottom corner on the right and freed up space for his teammates as much as possible.

Taylor was really not polite. Seeing his teammates pulling the space away, he raised his hand to ask for a cover for Jordan Hill. As a marginal person who may be cut off at any time, Taylor naturally hopes to deepen his impression in Adelman's heart through one or two highlights.

So, after Hill's cover was in place, Taylor broke through with the ball.

Don’t think that when the game is time to get garbage, everyone will stop working hard. Although the outcome of the game has been decided, everyone is a substitute player. For the sake of playing time, they definitely hope to perform well.

Therefore, the Pistons substitute point guard Will Bynum has a very tight defense.

Will Bynum is only 1.83 meters tall, and it is undoubtedly very difficult to survive in the NBA with his height. After all, there are not many geniuses like Paul in this world.

He was not tall enough, so he tried hard to get it together. Bynum defended very fiercely, which greatly delayed Taylor's breakthrough speed.

Therefore, when Taylor entered the inside and was about to force a layup with his height advantage, Pistons substitute center Deye had already rushed over.

Dai Ye is not a big star. His peak career was when he won the championship with the Spurs in the 13-14 season.

Although this guy is average in ability, he has an active defense, especially his obsession with steals and blocking.

Therefore, this California insider arrived from the side while Taylor took off and jumped high, and slapped Jermaine Taylor's raised basketball away like playing volleyball!

"Oh! It's so miserable, who do Jermaine Taylor think he is? Do Russell Westbrook? Hahahahaha."

Seeing Taylor overestimating himself, Weber and Harlan on the commentary stage laughed and laughed.

The basketball was suffocated and headed straight to the bottom corner on the right. It was about to leave the boundary, but it was held by a pair of big hands.

It was Link, the first time Houston No. 5, who received the basketball!

"Link caught the rebound, which was the first effective data he had in the NBA. But I believe Tracy wouldn't let him score easily."

As soon as Webber finished speaking, he saw that Link didn't jump, and he threw the basketball to the basket in a leisurely manner.

Everyone, including Adelman, was surprised! What is this guy doing? Even in garbage time, you can't take action so casually! Just keep defending, you can't jump!

Just as everyone was about to laugh or curse, a black shadow suddenly jumped out and grabbed the basketball flying into the air.

Then, the "Black Shadow" exerted all his strength, his muscles bulged, and he smashed the ball into the basket!

"Bang!"

The basket was bent down under the huge pressure. When people looked closely, Jordan Hill was hanging on the basket. After he landed, he whistled to the sky. Nothing could make Hill feel more excited than an all-time dunk.

"Air relay, this is an aerial relay! How did he see Hill? As far as I can tell, this guy hasn't even practiced with the Rockets. But no, this is impossible!"

Weber covered his head with his hands. Such a secret aerial cooperation should have appeared on two players who had a very tacit understanding. But the fact is that this is the first time Link and Hill compete in the same game!

There are only two possibilities that can explain the goal just now, either Link and Hill's blind cats met the dead mouse, or the No. 5 reading game is comparable to that of point guard!

Adelman smiled. He liked to play with his brain. McGrady looked at Link in shock. Why was his strolling posture so familiar?
Chapter completed!