One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-One: I Really Can’t Beat It.

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

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

And Ben Simmons undoubtedly played a very key role in it.

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

After the tomahawk chop just now, Simmons looked down the court and seemed to be looking at someone.

Sure enough, Jenna was actually on the sidelines.

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

So in the next attack, the Grizzlies did not continue to use Conley to organize the offense with the ball.

It was Link who advanced with the ball.

For most teams with only one playmaker, Simmons' defense can directly strangle the source of their offense.

But the Grizzlies have always been a multi-player team. From Conley to Link to Gasol, they can organize offense.

On the sidelines, 76ers coach Brett Brown pouted. He is worthy of being the defending champion and the founder of two dynasties. The Grizzlies players knew how to adjust without the coach reminding them.

Conley only suffered a loss in one round, and the Grizzlies changed ball handlers, showing very strong adaptability.

Link faced the defense of Tobias Harris and remained calm and composed.

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

Link directed the offense from beyond the three-point line. He did not go crazy in isolation as soon as he came up, but tried to connect the two opponents like a real point guard.

Just when Embiid was still staring at Link intently, ready to help defend at any time.

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

Link didn't hesitate and immediately lobbed the ball into the paint.

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

"Depend on,

You don’t really think you can deal with me easily, do you? "Embiid was a little angry. He is now the top center in the league. Gasol will fight when he comes up?

Embiid worked hard to defend Gasol, and he was determined to make the Spaniard unable to eat and walk around.

Let them see the consequences of underestimating themselves!

Gasol took a sharp step back, and Embiid, whose lower limbs were weak, was also knocked back.

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

So, when Link cut out from Gasol, he threw all his weight forward and had no time to adjust his pace to help defend the basket!

He was completely nailed in the mid-range by Gasol.

Embiid was still praying, praying that Gasol wouldn't see Link cutting into the penalty area.

It's a pity that high-position support is not Gasol's weakness, but his strength.

Just like that, Link easily caught the basketball and went straight to the basket.

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

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

But at this time, Ben Simmons stabbed him diagonally.

Although Simmons is not a very good shot blocker, after all, his height and wingspan are there, so his air release ability is still quite good.

Link was in the air with his eyes fixed on the basket, while Simmons fanned his arms vigorously.

This time Simmons' cover was so sudden that even if Link reacted, it would be impossible to find his teammate in the open space immediately.

However, just when Simmons' palm was about to seal the basketball, Link suddenly took the ball back to his waist and passed it behind his back!

Throughout the process, Link's eyes were fixed on the basket from beginning to end, without moving away at all. But the basketball flew accurately toward Conley, who was being released from behind the three-point line.

"This!?" Simmons was shocked.

The media and fans praise him for his good passing vision.

Little did they know that Link was even more perverted. He didn't even need vision to pass the ball!

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

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

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

Conley caught the basketball and shot it steadily.

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

It is true that Conley is not a point guard who particularly relies on three-pointers, but his success is that his three-point shooting percentage is very stable.

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

"brush!"

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

"In, it's a breakthrough goal from Link. Although Link doesn't often appear at the No. 1 position, I can guarantee that once he starts to organize an offense, his organizational skills are definitely no worse than any point guard in the league. , including Simmons!”

Kevin Harlan shook his head, although Simmons ultimately missed the ball. But in reality, the problem lies with Embiid.

If Embiid doesn't compete with Gasol so much, he can help defend Link in a timely manner according to tactics.

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

If there is a problem 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 to say: "The sixth defense in the league is nothing more than this."

"Joel, focus, your target is not Marc Gasol, but Link!" On the sidelines, 76ers coach Brett Brown also shouted at Embiid, expressing his disapproval of the defense just now. dissatisfaction.

Embiid was so angry. He originally wanted to start performing, but now he was beaten down by Link. He was really unwilling to do so.

Now he just wants to get back on track as soon as possible.

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

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

At first glance, Simmons standing in the low post looks more like a center.

This season, Embiid is executing more of a spatial style of play.

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

Although Embiid can shoot three-pointers, his favorite is low-post singles.

Therefore, Embiid's scoring average has dropped sharply this season, and he has been a little frustrated.

When he thought about how Link had just taken advantage of him, Embiid slapped his thigh.

Just do it!

He had said harsh words before the game, how could he be cowardly now?

Therefore, Embiid, who was supposed to stand outside the three-point line to open up space, suddenly sank inside and asked for the ball with his back.

Link found that Ben Simmons' expression was a little surprised, and that's right. It showed that Embiid was starting to play outside the routine.

Being so willful in the NBA will lead to something wrong sooner or later.

Richardson, who was controlling the ball, was also stunned. Embiid's movement tactics were not there! ?

But seeing Embiid being so active, he still handed the ball over.

"The backup center can handle me, are you kidding me!?" Embiid said to himself in his heart, and then sat back suddenly.

"Bang!" The loud sound made after the two collided reminded everyone that Embiid's force was not light.

But the strange thing is that after such a fierce collision, the distance advanced by the "Great Emperor" was almost negligible.

He is completely stuck!

Embarrassing, extremely embarrassing.

Embiid felt like he was sweating, but it wasn't from exhaustion, it was from embarrassment.

Before Embiid could react, Gasol changed from top defense to close defense, forcing Embiid to collect the ball with both hands.

Just like that, Embiid was forced to stop. The No. 1 center in the Eastern Conference faced off against the Grizzlies' backup center on the offensive end for the first time and got into a tough fight!

Seeing Embiid's offensive failure, the rest of the 76ers immediately started running to prepare for the response.

But unfortunately, Embiid is not an excellent passer, and his supporting passes are quite eye-catching. In this situation, he was unable to get the ball to his teammates in time like Gasol or Jokic.

Embiid was a little panicked. When he was still hesitating, Link double-teamed him, saw the right moment and smacked the basketball out of Embiid's hand.

"It's a mistake. Joel Embiid made a mistake in his first singles with the ball today! It seems that Link really didn't lie. Gasol's defense this time was perfect!"

While Kevin Harlan was talking, Link, after completely stealing the ball, made a long pass from the backcourt and sent the ball to JaMychal Green.

The latter easily smashed the buckle and succeeded in eating the cake.

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

"Joel, calm down!" Brett Brown was yelling again. He knew very well that the previous attack and defense would fail because Embiid did not act according to the tactics.

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

But there is no way, he can't contradict the coach face to face.

Therefore, this guy could only swallow his anger and feel extremely aggrieved.

At this moment, Link shook his finger at Embiid, who was walking towards him: "I told you, you can't even beat our backup center. How about that? I'm not exaggerating, am I?"

Link could see that although the game had only just started, Embiid was already on the verge of going berserk.

If that's the case, let's set him on fire completely!

Embiid was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He didn't even know that his emotions had been completely controlled by Link.