1001: First win in team history
Link scored 43 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists, completed the steal in the last 4.2 seconds and drifted past James to shoot the final shot.
In the second consecutive game of the finals, Link showed his magical performance and performance.
He successfully defended the Grizzlies' home court and won all two games in Memphis.
The whole world was frightened, and in the end, Link actually made a fake move on the defensive end. This bold strategy made the Cavaliers' persistence fail.
The Cavaliers' performance today was much better than the previous game. James scored a 30-point triple-double, and Kelly Irving scored 26 points efficiently, including the key three-pointer in the last 41 seconds of the game.
Love's 5-point shot from 8 out of the three-point line, and 22 points were also recorded.
Even Mozgov, who has never had a sense of existence, played very well today. Although his data is not good, the Russians fully demonstrated the fighting will of "fighting tribes" on the basketball court.
Until 4.2 seconds before the end of the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers were still in the lead.
But now, all these efforts have fallen into vain.
The Cavaliers were behind 0-2 and they had to face the worst situation.
"The Cavaliers have no way out. One of their feet is already hanging on the edge of the cliff. The Grizzlies now only need a light push, and LeBron and his teammates will be crushed to pieces." Mike Brin let out a big breath, and his hanging heart finally let go.
Since the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies have been chasing points. Seeing that the 12-minute walk was about to finish, the Grizzlies still failed to tie the score. In the last 40 seconds of the game, Irving was even more insulted in such a deadly three-pointer.
I believe that all the fans on the scene are as nervous as Mike Brynn.
Even those who watched the game were so nervous. God knows how Link calmly made a steal and scored a winning goal under such high pressure.
The word "big heart" was simply created specifically for Link.
"Mike, do you think the Cavaliers can still launch a counterattack in Cleveland?" Kevin Harlan asked a question casually as he looked at the Cavaliers' players' dejected voice.
"Counterattack? No, there will be no counterattack. The Cleveland Cavaliers may be able to steal a victory at home, but they will never reach the ultimate victory! Think about it, if I had suffered such a major blow twice in a row, I would have no intention of fighting." Mike Bryn said bluntly.
Today, the Cavaliers performed very tenaciously. The last game was reversed by Link 21 points in the last quarter, which seemed to have made them full of fighting spirit.
But tonight, when Link ended the game in such a cruel way, the Cleveland Cavaliers' fighting spirit will be difficult to rekindle.
One round of action, then decline, and then exhaustion. Continuous attacks are devastating to the Knights.
Mike Bryn couldn't help but look up at the dome of the Federal Express Arena, and look at the wall with two championship pennants hanging.
Three consecutive championships, the Memphis Dynasty, the Link era... These are already unstoppable!
"The Memphis Grizzlies can establish a three-game winning dynasty."
Five years ago, if someone told you such a thing, you would definitely treat him as a fool.
But reality is often more magical than people's boldest imagination.
At the press conference after the game, Link also expressed his views like Mike Brynn.
"We will quickly resolve the battle and quickly send the Cavaliers players home. They play great, but we don't want to lose."
It seems that the "Bear King" can't wait to turn his dream a year ago into reality.
As Mike Bryn expected, the Cavaliers did not perform a Jedi counterattack in Cleveland. In the third game of the series, the depressed Cavaliers sleepwalking throughout the game.
James made 7 of 22 shots and scored 20 points with a shooting percentage of 31.8%.
The other two giants Love and Irving are not much better.
Irving made 3 of 14 shots, including 2 of 9 out of 3-pointers. He scored only 10 points in the game, and his performance was terrible.
People have always said that Irving is a better helper than Wade.
But today's Irving is not as good as a twilight Wade.
Love made 2 of 12 shots in the game, and he was proud of his three-pointers, missing all 8 shots, and none of them hit.
He only scored 4 points in the whole game. For comparison, Whiteside, who has always been known for not being able to attack, scored 12 points today.
The Cavaliers' Big Three scored 34 points together, which was exactly the same as Link's score.
Their terrible performance created the biggest score difference in this year's finals.
104 to 82, the Grizzlies beat the Cavaliers in the Quick Loan Center.
Last summer, when LeBron James made a decision 2.0 to play back from "Brother Basketball" back from "Hometown Basketball", almost everyone in the Cleveland area thought they would usher in their own spring.
But now, they have to face a situation that is even more heartbreaking than being disguised.
3-0, the Cavaliers have no hope. Link hasn't just never played tiebreak in the finals, he even played once in the sixth game.
In the fourth game of the series, the Cavaliers finally ushered in their first finals victory in their team history.
That's right, in 2007 and this year, the Cavaliers participated in two finals, but only won this game.
In this game, the Cavaliers mainly won by j.r. Smith suddenly pulled up. J.r. made 10 of 16 shots in the whole game, and 8 of 12 shots outside the three-point line, scoring 28 points.
With the magical performance of J.R. Smith, the Cavaliers narrowly defeated the Grizzlies in 4 points, and finally saved some face for themselves.
But after the game, neither the Cavaliers on the field nor the Cleveland fans in the stands were completely unhappy.
They finally got their first playoff victory in team history, but that's all.
No team came to the finals, just to win the first victory in the team history. Every team came to the finals must be aiming to win the championship.
If you can't win the championship, what's the point of winning the first finals?
This is not a competition that focuses on participating in, this is the NBA where the winner is the king!
Here, there is no room for the weak to survive.
After the fourth game of the series, Link seemed not very upset when he was interviewed by reporters at a press conference.
He was very relaxed and even joked with reporters from time to time. This was the first time people could still feel so good after seeing Link lose.
"Link, we all know that the league president and O'Brien Cup are on the scene today. But today you were unable to bring the championship trophy back, which is definitely a pity."
"Yes, it's a pity. To be honest, we were all ready to have a party in the locker room. Fortunately, I didn't let Tony and Allen celebrate in advance during the break, otherwise, you might see a group of drunks playing in the second half,"
Link's speech made reporters laugh.
"But it doesn't matter. In this way, we finally have the opportunity to win the O'Brien Cup at home. The first two championships were won, we were all away. I have never experienced the feeling of lifting the O'Brien Cup amid the cheers of home fans. So in the next game, we will not let any accidents happen again!"
After Link finished speaking, some Cleveland media believed that Link was underestimating the enemy, and they still felt that the Cavaliers could win another game in one go.
But Link was too lazy to pay attention to them at all. Those guys would always live in their own dreams.
Compared to fighting with them, Link now has more important things to do.
That night, Link did not return to Memphis with the team, but boarded a flight to Oklahoma City.
Chapter completed!