Marc Gasol reacted extremely quickly, took off first, and palmed the ball back to his own half.

Grizzlies attack first!

Conley held the ball through half the court and came to the top of the arc to organize.

The Grizzlies' opening strategy is very clear, which is to start from the inside.

Therefore, Randolph dropped directly to the low post to get the ball.

Griffin, who was facing him, stood still and fought with all his strength.

Since the second half of the season, Rockets No. 32 has been training with Ben and has made great progress in defense.

This point was even confirmed by Shen Fei himself.

Shen Fei watched several Rockets games at the end of the season.

In his opinion, today's Griffin is much better than him in the original time and space in terms of defensive awareness and defensive skills!

For example, now, Randolph is advancing from behind.

If it had been in the past, the big black bear might have gone to the basket unimpeded, just like he ravaged the Clippers inside in the original time and space.

Although Griffin has great talent, he has almost no skills in defending back-up play, and his strength is not top-notch, so naturally he cannot guard Randolph.

But now Griffin puts his little hand on Randolph's waist, and then sneaks his knee forward, not being polite to the black bear at all!

Although Randolph was still able to get closer to the three-second zone with his advantage in tonnage, it could be seen from the way he gritted his teeth and exerted force that it was not easy for him!

Finally reaching the shooting range, Randolph turned to the left with force, raised his right hand and shot with a hook...

Griffin spent all his strength on the confrontation and found it difficult to take off.

But, a huge figure suddenly appeared from behind him...

"Snapped!"

The basketball was slapped away by a palm.

The person coming is none other than Yao Ming!

He followed the arrangement before the game and helped Griffin defend.

Randolph also spent most of his energy on confrontation, and his jump was not sufficient.

This directly caused the shooting arc to be lower than usual, making Yao Ming's shot blocking much less difficult.

After the ball was slapped away, Curry was the one who reacted fastest.

He controlled the ball immediately and launched a counterattack immediately.

The next moment, McGrady and George flew together on both wings, and Griffin and Yao Ming also followed behind Curry at high speed.

At the same time, the Grizzlies generals returned to defense at full speed.

Mike Conley rushed to Curry's side immediately, trying to delay it.

But the Rockets didn't give him a chance on the 30th.

Curry suddenly took a step to the right, blocking Conley's path, and then raised his butt slightly, firmly blocking Conley behind him.

Conley was very anxious after losing his defensive position. He took small steps and tried to get in front of Curry from the side.

But the cute god seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, constantly making fine adjustments laterally, always blocking Conley's path.

In this way, Curry slowly moved towards the Grizzlies penalty area, while Conley was "dancing" behind him.

In the Grizzlies penalty area, Gasol realized something was wrong and immediately turned sideways to defend Yao Ming while being ready to make up defense at any time.

As the "white bear" among the two bears, Garfield is the absolute defensive core of the Grizzlies.

His individual defense ability may not be top-notch, but his defensive awareness and assist defense ability are both excellent. He is a solid defensive level defender.

But this time, Kawhi has to defend Yao Ming and Curry at the same time!

In such a situation, even if it is replaced by Howard to defend, it will be difficult to balance the situation.

Curry suddenly braked suddenly, and Conley accidentally hit him behind him.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounds.

At the same time as the referee blew the whistle, Curry flicked his wrist and made a throw that just passed the fingertips of Xiaojia and flew towards the backboard.

The ball hit the board and hit the net.

Two points scored, plus a penalty!

"yes!"

After scoring, Curry, who was knocked to the ground, punched the air.

For a rookie, what could be more satisfying than using a 21 to start his first playoff journey in his career?

The fans at the scene were also extremely excited:

"Beautiful, this doesn't look like a second-year rookie, it's clearly the performance of a veteran in the playoffs!"

"Stephen, you are my god!"

"Those who think the Rockets will overturn in the playoffs will be slapped in the face tonight!"

...

The fans were talking to each other, and the more they talked, the more excited they became.

In fact, their mood has a lot to do with public opinion on the Internet.

Although the Rockets are unstoppable in the regular season, before the start of the playoffs, some people are still not optimistic about this team from Houston.

They feel that the Rockets' record is indeed the best in the league, but there are too many newcomers in the team and they may not be able to adapt in the playoffs. The team's main players, Yao Ming and McGrady, also lack the experience of winning in the playoffs.

What's more, it also brought out the curse of McGrady not being able to pass the first round.

In their eyes, the Rockets are still the same "nervous" team they were in the past that could collapse at any time.

The human heart is actually very easy to be shaken.

Some Rockets fans also began to worry after seeing these public opinions.

And Curry's strong start undoubtedly gave them a shot in the arm!

............

Amid cheers from the sky, Curry stepped onto the free throw line and made the extra free throw without a hitch.

3:0.

The Rockets take the lead!

In the transition between offense and defense, Conley passed the ball to Mayo on the wing.

The latter immediately called for a screen and started a pick-and-roll with Xiaojia.

With his thick body and excellent pick-and-roll effect, he helped Mayo firmly block defensive players.

Mayo took the opportunity to accelerate the breakthrough.

But the moment he started to speed up, George, who was guarding him, suddenly turned around and bypassed Xiaojia's blockage.

Then, he reached out with his ghostly hand and cut the ball from behind Mayo!

The ball bounced off the ground and flew toward the baseline.

Griffin had quick eyes and quick hands, bent down to intercept the ball, and then prepared to pass the ball to Curry.

But Conley reacted quickly and immediately stood in front of Meng Shen, not giving the latter a chance to catch the ball.

Griffin had no choice but to turn his head and look to the other side...

There was also a Grizzlies player in front of McGrady.

Look at George again...

After the ball was intercepted, Mayo immediately defended Pickle, obviously trying to make up for it.

During the hesitation, the attack time has passed 4 seconds, and the 8-second violation is not far away.

[Can't wait any longer...]

Griffin thought to himself, so he started dribbling the ball forward.

Grizzlies small forward Sam Young saw this and immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to intercept.

He stepped forward and stretched out his hand towards the ball...

Unexpectedly, in the flash of lightning, Griffin used a light dribble behind his back to pass Sam Young cleanly!

"woo..."

This incredible feat also aroused exclamations from the fans at the scene.

After completing the pass, Griffin had a smooth road in front of him.
To be continued...