As usual, Link always wakes up before the alarm clock rings.

In the small rental house, he washed up briefly, picked up two slices of baked toast, and sat at home and listened carefully.

But Link suddenly realized that he could not hear Upshaw honking the horn downstairs today, and he could not hear it again afterwards.

With a bitter smile, Link picked up the equipment he needed to wear today and prepared to leave.

The next chapter of Upshaw's life will be written by him.

Link was the first to arrive at the arena, a habit he developed during his short ten-day trip to Houston.

After so long hard work and the baptism of three NBA games, the progress bar in front of Link is about to be filled. In other words, the progress bonus you get is also different when playing games of different levels.

Link took out his basketball shoes, and Te suddenly remembered Upshaw's words that if he entered the NBA, he would give him a pair of basketball shoes.

But now, Link wrote two words on his basketball shoes.

“r.i.p. zeke (rest, zeke).”

From now on, Zeke Upshaw will fight with Link.

After Linka practiced for more than 40 minutes, his teammates arrived one after another. It can be seen that everyone is full of energy today, and no one wants to lose against the background of Upshaw's death.

Of course, everyone also wanted to help Link exhale and let the Rockets see the character of the Development League players.

Before the game started, the players returned to the locker room to change their jerseys. Instead of walking towards his locker, Link sat in front of Upshaw's locker and put Upshaw's No. 0 jersey on his body.

"Link?" Connor looked at Link in surprise. He thought that Link was too tired and was in a trance and wearing the wrong jersey.

"Coach, I want to wear No. 0 jerseys in the future. Now I can't prepare a new jersey. Can I wear Zeke's directly?"

Link looked at the number on his chest and smiled slightly. In the past, his No. 5 jersey actually had no meaning. It was just because the team assigned him No. 5 when he was playing in junior high school, so he has been wearing No. 5 until now.

However, now, Link has really found his own jersey number.

No. 0, starts from 0, move forward bravely. No. 0, move forward bravely with Upshaw's expectations.

The entire locker room looked at Link, and no one was more qualified to wear Upshaw's jersey than Link.

After listening to Link's explanation, Connor nodded and stopped him, "I will discuss with the referees. Today, the 0th will belong to you."

Link stood up, Upshaw's jersey was a little shorter, but harmless. He looked at his teammates in the locker room and raised his right fist.

"Today, let's win for Zick!"

"roar!"

Everyone in the locker room yelled at the load. At that moment, the Chinese wearing the No. 0 jersey seemed to be a heroic army commander.

At that moment, Connor also believed that the boy would definitely succeed.

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The Rio Grande Valley Vipers may be the most familiar Development League team among Chinese fans. After all, Chinese player Zhou Qi will play for the Vipers in the future.

The Vipers are more lucky than the Blues, and they have always had the support of the NBA team. In the 2007-08 season, the Vipers belonged to the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the 2008-09 season, the Vipers were acquired by the New Orleans Hornets.

Since the 2009-10 season, the Vipers have been affiliated with the Houston Rockets. Compared to the Blues, the Vipers at least don’t have to worry about their livelihoods, and don’t have to worry about the team being disbanded one day.

So, compared with the Blues players, the Vipers players seemed very relaxed today.

Among them, Demare Carroll is the most relaxing one.

Carol was selected by the Grizzlies in the 27th pick in the first round in 2009, playing for the Grizzlies in a total of 71 games, with an average of only 2.9 points per game.

This season, he was traded to the Rockets. However, because he had no chance at the Rockets, he was transferred to the Development League for training.

Carol is very active in playing basketball and dares to fight. Although he is depressed and unsuccessful in the NBA, he is a call for the wind and rain in the Development League.

Today, the Vipers had long known that Link would be on holiday, and Carol also thought that he would no longer have opponents besides Link. Therefore, he was very relaxed at this time. Today's game is destined to be dominated by him.

However, ten minutes later, when Demare Carroll saw Link warm up with the team, he couldn't help but swallow.

Carroll knows very well about Link. Some time ago, when the Rockets chose to give Link a 10-day short contract without choosing to recall him, he was a little angry. How could he join the Rockets before he was a loser?

So during that time, Carol checked a lot of information about Link. Of course, he also saw his deeds of winning a triple-double on Luke Babbitt's head and taking a double-double on Stephenson's head.

After that, Link played well in three games in the Rockets, which made Carol realize Link's strength. He knew very well that the Chinese was indeed stronger than himself.

Therefore, seeing that Link seemed to be appearing today, Carol just glanced away in an instant.

Link, who was warming up, seemed to find someone staring at him, so he turned his head and looked at Carol.

The two of them looked at each other, and Link's hideous eyes scared Carol so much that he lowered his head directly.

Even so, Link still stared at his matchup. An ordinary victory could not satisfy Link's appetite. What he needed was a big victory, a massacre! Grant Hill would not be afraid of an NBA marginal player, nor would Link!

Demare Carol Link actually knows that since playing for the Atlanta Hawks in the 13-14 season, Carol has gained a foothold in the NBA. Although he is not a star, he is also a quasi-"3D" player who can average more than ten points per game.

As of 2019 when Link traveled through time, Carol's peak was a qualified one. Grant Hill's most lonely period was also able to do what Carol could do during his peak period.

Thinking of this, Link's confidence increased greatly. Carl Jones, Morey and Upshaw, watch it. The real struggle starts today!

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"Hello everyone, everyone, welcome to the live broadcast of the Development League game. I believe everyone has been looking forward to today's game for a long time. The Vipers have come to Oklahoma City and are about to face Link, who has just been abandoned by the Rockets!"

The competition has not yet begun, but the local Oklahoma commentator on the stage was so excited that he was dancing.

"It is absolutely a foolish decision for the Rockets to give up renewing the contract with Link! I believe that the guy will prove this today. Zeke Upshaw's departure has brought a huge blow to all of us, including Link. But the strong Blues will not fall, and Link will definitely turn grief into strength and let the invading Houstonians return empty-handed!"

Before the game began, the Blues held a silence ceremony for Upshaw. At that moment, the audience was quiet, and even the fans stood up and observed silence.

After the silence, Link jumped and moved his body. It can be seen that he was particularly excited today.

It was also at this time that the commentator and fans discovered something unique about Link today.

"Wait, Link is not wearing his No. 5 jersey today, but Zeke Upshaw's No. 0! He plans to wear Zeke's players and play in place of his friends!"

At this moment, more than 3,000 fans in the entire arena cheered for Link's actions. However, Link was unmoved, and his eyes never moved away from Carol from beginning to end.

Carol was so angry that he was staring at Link. That guy was not here to compete, but to fight desperately!

When jumping the ball, Carol was forced to stand beside Link. As a small forward, he had to stand at the center line.

"Man, please tell me a word to Morey."

As soon as Carol approached, Link spoke to him.

"Tell him that this is a big gift I gave him."

After saying that, the referee threw the basketball and the Blues won the first attack.

Link immediately inserted into the frontcourt, and Carol, who was a little scared, failed to keep up immediately.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Blues point guard directly hit the ball quickly and hit the ball into Link's hand. The Blues had to make a quick attack as soon as they came up!

Link received the basketball and tried his best to jump up in the paint area, hanging the frame with both hands!

At the beginning, Link used a "heavy hammer to attack", which scared Carol trembled.
Chapter completed!