Kevin Martin, produced by West Carolina University. That's right, it's West Carolina, not North Carolina.

During the NCAA period, Martin averaged 23 points per game, and ranked second in the NCAA Division I league in his junior season. However, due to his thin body and strange shooting posture, Martin was not selected until the end of the first round.

However, even so, he was the first player to be selected by a professional sports club in the first round.

Until the third year after entering the NBA, Martin was still criticized by the media for his ugly shooting posture. Then Martin didn't care about it at all, and he still did his own thing. In the third grade, he averaged 20 points per game. In the 2008-09 season, he scored a career-high average of 24.6 points, and was the Kings' well-deserved star at that time.

However, few people noticed that Kevin Martin, in addition to the three-point shooting percentage of 41.5%, his free throws per game were also as high as 10.3 times! Based on Martin's 86.7% free throw rate, that is to say, Martin's free throw alone is enough to score 9 points in each game!

This guy can become an excellent scorer, which is inseparable from his superb foul-making skills.

Although Kevin Martin's free throw count has not reached 10.3 times this season, he averaged 8.4 free throws per game, which is not low.

What does it mean to have 8.4 free throws per game? This season, only two players in the league have free throws above Kevin Martin. One is Blake Griffin, who has postponed a year to start his rookie season, and the other is Dwight Howard, who is often "cut".

However, these two guys are pure insiders, and most of the shots are at the basket, so it is normal to be able to make fouls. As a shooter guard, Martin can rank behind these two big guys, which shows how superb his foul-making skills are.

Link was really unwilling to accept that he was fouled by Martin at the beginning. Harden only took over the title of "King of Porcelain" after Kevin Martin. It seems that facing Martin, it is not a good idea to fight with him.

At the free throw line, Kevin Martin made two free throws to tie the score. And what Link is most passive now is not that Martin scored two points, but that he had a foul early on.

"Be careful of that guy, don't stick it too tightly!"

After Martin's free throw, Conley patted Link on the back to remind him. Link nodded. Today's defense may not be enough by relying solely on fierceness.

In the subsequent attack, Link used the ball-breaking breakthrough he had specially practiced before the game to force Kevin Martin to use a pure scorer like Martin, which is difficult to use as the core of the team building. This is why, at the time, he was good at the Kings but could not score.

In addition to scoring, Martin has many shortcomings. Among them, defense is undoubtedly one of his biggest shortcomings. Due to his physical ability to confront each other, Martin's defense has always been criticized. His poor defense is different from Harden's poor defense. Harden and his poor defense are mainly due to their attitude. But if you defend carefully, you can still withstand it for a while.

Martin's poor defense is purely a matter of ability.

Link forced Martin to hit the basket, carried him away and easily made a layup. Hayes made up for it in time, and his grasp of the defensive position was as accurate as ever.

But due to his height, which is known as "2 meters in shoes", Hayes is not an excellent blocker. Link's layup eventually crossed Hayes' fingertips and fell into the net.

"Beautiful layup, Link and Martin started the mutual attack mode at the beginning. The Rockets' defense must be strengthened!"

4-2, the two teams faced each other in the beginning. Adelman shook his head and sighed.

Link has made great progress now than when he was with the Rockets. He has a very decisive breakthrough and has a higher confidence in layups in the mid-range game. Who said that senior players will definitely be finalized? At least Link doesn’t!

But what's the use of sighing now? Link is already a player of other teams. Although Link will become a free agent again this summer, Adelman can guarantee that Morey and the team's boss Alexander will not sign back to Link at a high price.

Martin felt the pressure, and the No. 0 attack was stronger than he thought. So he just wanted to do one thing now to get Link out as soon as possible!

So, Martin took the second consecutive round and he had a strong desire to score today!

This time, Link deliberately did not press Martin for a tight end. Because if he fouled again, he would go down to sit on the bench. However, Martin's touch was really good, undoubtedly continuing the powerful firepower of the previous two games.

Link only gave Martin some space, but with the help of this little space, Martin just made a mid-range shot with his "sham handle".

Link, who has advantages in height and wingspan, is actually very good at sealing, but for a shooting scorer who has a feel, this little interference is not enough!

4 to 4, the scores were tied again!

"Although the game hasn't been long since, I've already smelled the smell of gunpowder. Neither side wants to lose. Link's early foul made him very passive now. Link's defensive style is actually more rude than this, but he dares not be rough now."

Barkley is more focused, a foul expert, who is an opponent Link has never met before. What will you do this time?

Link began to think that Kevin Martin was very difficult. This guy who was not good-looking was never a superstar. But Link believed that he was definitely a player with greater strength than fame.

This time, Link was still the ball-holding attacker. He used a noticeable change of rhythm to shake off Martin, and even used cover to pass Martin.

Now Martin is not only at a disadvantage in confrontation, but also has a fast movement speed. I have to say that he is really a big colander.

Although Nash's defense was not good, the Suns were originally a team with more offense than defense. Although Irving and Thomas Jr. later suffered losses on the defensive end, they could rely on the power of the system to cover up their disadvantages.

And Martin really exposed this naked disadvantage to his opponent. No wonder the Rockets are going to fight for the playoffs this year.

Martin's defense is really good at Bellini. As someone who often practices against Tony Allen on the offense and defense, it is not a problem for Link to score under a loose defense like Martin. Link feels that he should be able to score high scores today.

After shaking away Martin, the Rockets couldn't watch Link score again. "Diamond" Scola made up for defense, and he had no choice.

Although Link wanted to get high scores and wanted to teach the Houston Rockets a lesson, he had not lost his mind yet.

He calmly pointed the ball to the left and sent it to his good friend Randolph.

Randolph received the ball at zero angle on the right and shot from the middle distance. Although Randolph's shooting speed was not fast, Scola made up for it even slower.

Link's breakthrough made the Rockets' defense very passive. It can be said that he disrupted the Rockets' defensive strategy alone.

"brush."

Randolph, who is still physically strong, has made a very stable player and made another mid-range shot. The Grizzlies may be one of the teams that rely on mid-range shots the most in the league. In this way, players from five positions have one and a half-bats.

6-4, the Grizzlies successfully attacked for three consecutive rounds, and Link and Randolph took charge of all the scores. Adelman sighed. It seemed that Link had decided to use breakthroughs to beat Martin today. No wonder he was practicing fighting breakthroughs when he warmed up before the game. Hollins and Link were planning to catch the weakest link in the Rockets' defense.

Now Adelman has two choices, one is to join the "best supporting role" Contney Lee. He is entangled with Link, but in that case, the Rockets' offensive firepower will be greatly reduced.

The second is to ask captain Bathir to defend Link, but in this way, Martin will have to face Guy, which is also not easy.

Adelman never expected that he would be defeated by Link. Moreover, the rockets personally released this sharp knife to the Grizzlies, and he was so futile that he would not survive.

The game continued with the mutual scoring of the two teams. On the Rockets, Link's breakthrough made the Grizzlies bloom everywhere. Not only could he score by himself, but he could also assist in time with his teammates.

The Rockets relied on the personal attacks of Martin and Scola to bite the situation. Martin felt hot, unless Link pressed tightly, or scored a goal. Scola played well at the low post today, and the Big Black Bears encountered a tough fight.

After playing for 5 minutes in the first quarter, Link had scored 6 points and 3 assists, with a 100% shooting percentage, no mistakes, and was terrifyingly efficient.

Martin was already out of breath, and the confrontation with Link made him consume a lot of physical energy. He knew that if he continued to consume this, he would sooner or later be killed by this No. 0.

So, this time, Martin winked at Hayes. Martin did not continue to play without the ball, but instead held the ball to confront Link outside the three-point line, and called Hayes to come out to cover.

Link's defense was very active and he got rid of the cover very quickly. He turned around to Hayes and walked around in front of Martin.

"Martin wants to break through, but there is no chance. Link's defense is so easy, he sticks to Martin!" Barkley was excited, but suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Posted to Martin? No, don't post it!

Before Barkley could shout out the words in his heart, Martin had already leaned against Link and forced himself to jump.

Martin's foul is different from Harden's future. Harden relies on "delay" and you can't even hide. Martin's foul is more dependent on "acting".

Link jumped slightly to interfere, but found that Martin suddenly leaned back, fell to the ground and rolled twice.

"Doududududududu!" The referee whistle sounded, and Link looked at the referee's gesture, and he actually pointed to himself!

"The Grizzlies' No. 0 shot foul, and the offensive side went to the free throw line!"

"Fuck, what's the matter!" Link was also anxious and said something Chinese.

"Tomato? What are you talking about? Calm down, kid!" The referee made the fucking tato, making Link speechless.

The referee probably muttered in his heart, why is this boy's accent so strange?

"This is obviously a fake fall, he's a rogue!" Off the field, Hollins also got angry. Link played so well today, but if the penalty was really given, Link would have to end up.

After all, it was quite dangerous to get two fouls before the game was finished. In order to protect Link, Hollins had to replace him.

However, Hollins' yelling did not work, but almost took a technical foul. If it weren't for the assistant coach Elston Turner holding on in time, Hollins would probably not be able to escape.

Link shook his head with his waist and looked at Martin, who was still pretending to be hurt on the ground, and was furious.

Tony Allen took off his training suit and stood in front of the technical table. Link knew that he had to end up. Link was really unhappy when he was restricted by Martin using this method.
Chapter completed!