Cousins ​​is full of energy today. Although his mind is always lacking in tendencies, this guy is still quite passionate about the game.

At 2.11 meters, he is slightly shorter than Gasol Jr., but with his stronger bounce ability, Cousins ​​still won the first basketball for the Kings.

The Kings were controlled by Tyrek Evans himself. After Evans scored the scoreback last season, the Kings immediately corrected this mistake this season.

But some mistakes cannot be reversed. For example, after playing for a year of point guard, Evans can no longer find the spirituality he used to be. His current effect of playing point guard is very average, and from organizational effects to assist data, it is not as good as the first year.

Link directly guarded Evans, but did not press close to each other, but instead made a breakthrough in the main defense.

Evans' unstable shooting is his biggest weakness. In three seasons, Evans' three-point shooting percentage has not exceeded 30%, and this year it is only an exaggerated 20.2%.

Not to mention three-pointers, Evans is not even reliable in mid-range shots. Half of his average shots come from the basket, which shows what kind of player he is.

Evans called Cousins ​​to cover the screen from outside the three-point line, but for such a player who only breaks through, it is not difficult to defend against him and the big man's pick-and-roll cooperation.

Just retreat and it's over.

Link walked away directly from Cousins ​​and waited behind Evans for him to come in!

Sure enough, even though Link gave him such a big gap, Evans did not choose to shoot. It seems that he still knows his shooting level. This is better than Westbrook, at least Evans is not sluggish.

After Evans rushed out of Cousins, Link blocked him mercilessly and interrupted Evans' breakthrough.

Due to plantar fasciitis injury, Evans's starting speed is much worse than before. This is also the reason why his score has decreased year by year in the past three seasons.

With ease, Link forced Evans to stop. Evans had no choice but to hit the ball to Cousins ​​who cut in. After receiving the basketball, Cousins ​​directly faced Gasol and made a layup, which was the kind of force that had no dodge.

The next second, the person in the penalty area was overturned! The referee's whistle sounded, and Cousins ​​waved his fist, and he thought he had won a foul.

As a result, the referee shouted No. 15 and then pointed to the technical station. My cousin realized that the referee was calling an offensive foul!

"Occurrence foul!? What!?" Cousins ​​rushed towards the referee with surprise. The first round of the game began, and this guy was about to explode on the spot.

The teammates quickly persuaded Cousins ​​to get rid of it, and then my cousin gave up.

Link sighed, rushing over like you, who will foul if you don't make you foul?

In this way, the Grizzlies easily gained offensive ball rights. The Kings are not very disciplined in defensively, and their new coach Kees Smart is not a coach who is good at placing defense.

Today, the Grizzlies players are obviously deliberately feeding the ball to Link, hoping that he can get more points. It is better to obey orders than respect, so Link took the ball and started to play singles against Evans!

Evans was still very serious in defense. Although he was a little confident, his attitude was still there.

But Link just used a very beautiful and dramatic change to pass this former best rookie.

Evans has average defensive judgment. In the past, he mainly relies on athletic ability to defend. Now that he loses his athletic ability, his defense is even more insane.

With ease, Link broke into the middle distance and then made a soft move before Evans caught up.

"Brush!" The basketball was hollowed out into the net, and the Grizzlies scored the first goal very easily. It can be said that they scored without even executing the tactics.

"The Kings' defense must be tighter, otherwise the score will be widened soon." Jaylen Ross doesn't want this game to be beaten, otherwise it will become very boring tonight.

But unfortunately, the Kings' second attack was still a blacksmith!

This time, Evans forced a layup with a force. Maybe Evans wanted to avenge his previous shame, but this approach was indeed very inappropriate.

Not to mention the Grizzlies' black and white bears inside, Link doesn't mean that they can make a strong breakthrough just by saying that they can make a strong breakthrough.

After all, his weight and strength are completely different from last season. In the end, Evans missed a layup in a very strong confrontation and fell out of the bottom line in a mess.

The Grizzlies immediately began to fight back. Taking advantage of Evans' fall, if the Grizzlies are fast enough, they can form more and fight less.

Don’t say that victory is not good, there is only victory in the world of competitive sports that will defeat the enemy.

Link took the opportunity to land at the bottom corner on the right, and Mike Conley broke through and passed the ball and found the unattended Link. The latter made a calm three-pointer, and the basketball entered the net for the second time!

5-0, after two rounds, the Kings were already behind by 5 points before they could react.

Cousins ​​had just run back to his half, and was about to run back again, and his heart was cold.

"It won't be so unhappy all the time, there will definitely be a turning point." Cousins ​​picked up the basketball and comforted himself silently in his heart.

Sometimes this is the case in basketball games. It is possible that the opponent enters several times in a row, and then he also enters several times in a row. Could it be that the Grizzlies can still widen the gap in the first quarter?

Only by pulling one point in a minute can you get 12 points! What's more, the king will not let the Grizzlies open one point in a minute!

Cousins ​​sent the baseline ball, he must score this time!

Last season, Cousins ​​averaged 12.4 shots per game, and in nearly 20 games he played as a substitute. This year, Cousins' number of shots increased to nearly 15 times, and every game. The Kings completely untie Cousins' shackles, making him the team's offensive core.

Therefore, when Cousins ​​asked for the ball, the rest of the Kings could hardly refuse, including Evans.

This time, Cousins ​​did not fight Gasol in the low post, but chose to catch the ball at the middle distance. He had a range and speed, so there was no problem in playing Gasol at the middle distance.

As a result, just as Evans passed the ball to Cousins, Link abandoned Evans and double-teamed it.

My cousin got her ball at mid-range as she wished, but she was caught in double-team!

"Two double-teams, Tyrek Evans' poor shooting ability allows Link to boldly double-team the Kings inside!"

"Damn, I'm so merciless!" Cousins ​​muttered, but if it were him, he would have used the same method to Link.

He was double-teamed, and it was logical that he should pass the ball as soon as possible. But Cousins ​​was caught by Link and Gasol Jr., who was good at defending, and there was no passing route. What's more, even if he passed the ball, Evans' shooting might not necessarily threaten the Grizzlies' basket.

Just when Cousins ​​was still hesitating, Link slapped and poked the basketball in Cousins' hand away!

The Kings' offense failed again!

This time, Link passed the ball to Guy who was running in the front. Guy rode a thousand times and ignited the whole game with one hand! 7-0, Keith Smart called for a stop!

"Good boys, this is the game I want. Keep our defense and don't let the Kings use their vitality to show off their momentum. As for the offensive end, I wish you a happy one." During the suspension period, Hollins made almost nothing. So far, the Kings did not cause any trouble to the Grizzlies, and Hollins did not need to make adjustments.

After returning from the timeout, the Kings took the lead in substitutions, Fredette and Isaiah Thomas, appeared to replace the mediocre Marcus Thorton and Francisco Garcia, aiming to score quickly!

Seeing the "Strongest 175 on the Surface" appearing, Link finally felt that this game was finally interesting.

But Evans was embarrassed. Thomas came on the court and he became the second position again! The Kings' positioning of Evans has been shaking, and Evans doesn't know what he should do.

After the game started over, Thomas Jr.'s organization did make the Kings' offense smoother. Fredette borrowed an unball cover to get out of the three-point line and caught the ball.

Unfortunately, "Lonely" Fredette's shot eventually deviated from the basket. Rudy Guy was tall and his arms were long, so it was not too easy to defend against the young Fredette.

The Kings continue to score no points!

After the Grizzlies played, Xiao Kangli took Thomas Jr. and successfully scored a layup. Thomas Jr. is indeed at a loss at 1.75 meters tall, not to mention that the Kings do not have a good enough defensive system to help Thomas Jr. cover up his shortcomings. 9 to 0, the Sacramento Kings fell into dire straits!

"The Kings have not opened yet. They have changed many people to attack, but the defense against the Grizzlies is still not painful. Who will take over the hot potato next?"

Looking around, there is only the strongest 175 on the surface that has not been attacked, so come!

Thomas' advantage is obvious, shooting and breakthrough. Thomas Jr.'s three-point shooting percentage is 37.9% this season, the highest in the team. The basket finishing rate is 64.8%, which is incredible with his height.

But this time, Thomas Jr. faces Conley, who is good at defending, and it is not that easy for him to score.

Thomas was stunned, but Conley did not lose his position at all. He was like an old ball player, watching Thomas operate as fierce as a tiger, but he still stood there.

In the end, Thomas Jr. had to borrow Cousins' cover to break through. But unfortunately, the big black bear Randolph came out when Thomas Jr. made a layup and slapped the ball away.

Randolph's head collided with little Thomas, just like a big truck hitting a little electric donkey.

Since Randolph first slapped the basketball and then knocked down Thomas due to inertia, he still did not commit a foul!

Cousins ​​gritted his teeth and ran back today!

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At the end of the first quarter, Link organized the last attack. At this time, the fans at the scene were much quieter and not as excited as they were at the beginning.

Defending Link became Travis Outro, a No. 3 and 4 swingman who had dunked on Yao Ming's head.

Otero was tall and long and surging, and it was rumored that he could reach the upper edge of the rebound when he jumped.

But Link quickly ended the rumor because after using the cover to break through, Link faced Ultralo's high throw and hit the board, Ultralo did not complete the block.

The basketball was hitting the board and red light appeared on the rebound. After the first quarter, Link looked up at the score, turned around and left the field.

34 to 21, huge numbers are printed there, telling everyone that this crazy score is the truth!

The Grizzlies, who have always been known for their defense, scored 34 points in the first quarter! They led the Kings by 13 points in the first quarter!

Cousins ​​was very depressed on the bench. He thought it was impossible to be led by the Grizzlies in one minute. However, now, the king is more than 12 points behind!

Sure enough, fg cannot stand randomly. Sometimes, the game does not necessarily mean that both sides have offensive and defense, but it will really be one-sided!

However, what fans are most concerned about now is not the difference in points, nor is it the exciting highlights of the first quarter.

The only thing they paid attention to was Link's scoring. After the first quarter, including the buzzer-beating layup just now, Link has already scored 12 points!

It's only 6 points away from Griffin's 18 points when he played against the Raptors.

When Link came out, Randolph deliberately made a bitter and revengeful expression, "Look at you, is this what people do? You will be bored if you surpass Griffin so easily."

Link spread his hands out and did not answer.
Chapter completed!