Looking at the score on the electronic screen, Lakers fans no longer had the arrogance they had at the beginning of the game.

To be honest, the difference between 10 points is not big in this era. A few three-pointers or a few quick counterattacks may overtake.

But the Grizzlies' state shown in the first quarter made them feel scared.

Link scored 15 points in a single quarter, making both James and Anthony Davis pale.

Howard, Jokic and others also performed very well. It turns out that without their excellent defense, the Lakers would not have scored 22 points in the first quarter.

Before the end of this quarter, the Grizzlies in the hearts of Lakers fans should be a very powerless pseudo-strong team.

Their players should be seriously lacking in talent, and their old lineup should be inactive.

Link should be like James in the 1.0 period. Although he has super personal abilities, he cannot turn the Grizzlies back to a top team in the three consecutive championships due to the lineup.

After all, they can actually play 50% with an opponent like the Chicago Bulls, and they can actually lose to the Miami Heat without Jimmy Butler.

But now, Lakers fans' impression of the Grizzlies has completely changed.

Grizzlies are strong, they are still very scary.

In terms of control over the game, they are not even inferior to the three consecutive championships!

Most importantly, Link's ability is even stronger than everyone expected.

The Grizzlies can't contain Anthony Davis on the fourth position today?

It doesn't matter, Link's solution is to get more points than Davis!

On James' head, Link's score was almost never blocked, as if he was facing some unknown person.

No one knows how such a Grizzlies lost to the Heat and how they were almost overturned by the Bulls.

All they knew was that the Lakers were in danger tonight.

If the Lakers lose to the Clippers and then to the Grizzlies, Lakers fans will really be unwilling to die.

And Lakers players will definitely be quite disappointed.

Lakers fans were still in shock, and the electronic beeps at the beginning of the second quarter started.

After the start of the second quarter, Link did not play for the time being, he would take a break first.

Also not playing, Jokic, Joggel has always been very strict in protecting big players.

So Anthony Davis, Marcus and Morris met.

Marcus Morris is a powerful player and he is an important signing for the Grizzlies this summer.

But in front of Davis, Morris was really not enough to see.

Confrontation, speed, height, wingspan, projection... It is no exaggeration to say that Morris is weaker than Davis in all directions.

So in the few minutes when Link was away, Davis began to score wildly.

He forced the offensive rebound from behind Morris, and then made a layup directly through Morris, making a 2+1.

He directly pulled the ball at mid-range, and Morris had no way to interfere. Although the two were in the match, there was no difference between Davis's hitting Morris and misplaced.

During the few minutes of Link's rest, the score difference was approaching, and Lakers fans seemed to see hope.

When Link was away, the Grizzlies were helpless with Davis.

But soon, this beautiful picture was over.

In the ninth minute of the second quarter, Davis leaned against Morris' breakthrough layup and was destroyed by Howard who came back from defending.

Howard's enthusiasm did not decline at all in the second quarter. Although he could not block Davis directly, he made Davis' layup deviate from the basket.

Then, Howard and Davis took off at the same time to compete for rebounds. But there is no doubt that Davis's current secondary bounce ability is incomparable to Howard.

Seeing that the defensive rebound was about to fail, Howard simply pulled Davis in the air and took the initiative to apply for a foul.

Now that the number of free throws has not reached, Howard would rather make a foul than let Davis attack directly from such a deep position after getting the rebound.

It's embarrassing, ugly, and stumbling. These words are perfect for Howard now.

But at least everything he did worked.

No matter how ugly the scene is, Howard did his best to curb the Lakers' offense.

The referee called Howard a rebound foul and the Lakers were going to serve again.

But this also means that the Grizzlies can rearrange their defenses.

Moreover, the defense is arranged in the starting lineup.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to die with a foul, Jogel took Link, Jokic and other main players back.

The moment Link came on the court, the atmosphere of the game seemed to have changed.

Before, Davis had a relaxed and pleasant fight. But now, he only had fear in his heart.

"Howard's hard defense allowed the Grizzlies to finally return to the main lineup with a 4-point advantage. Next, let's see if the Ad can still maintain the same state as before."

As soon as Mike Bryn finished speaking, Davis missed.

This time, he bravely shot a three-pointer under Jokic's interference.

But Jokic is not Morris. Morris' height cannot interfere with Davis, Jokic can.

Link and the others just came back, and the Lakers' scoring momentum was cut off.

Link seemed to be Davis' nightmare. As long as he was present, the halo of Davis would disappear instantly.

"Now the Lakers are only 4 points behind, and Davis's scoring performance during this period is very good. I wonder if Link can continue his performance in the first quarter."

Kevin Harlan's words became a placebo for many Lakers fans.

They all thought to themselves: "Link's performance in the first quarter has been so good, and it's impossible to be better than that in the next three quarters!"

However, things went against my wishes.

After Link's first attack after coming back, he stared at the basket firmly after receiving the basketball.

James knew at that time that Link would not pass the ball.

Sure enough, Link once again used a sharp breakthrough to plunge into the basket and caused McGee to foul.

That's right, James was easily overtaken by Link again. Everything still has not changed, and the Lakers' defense is still very fragile in front of Link.

The dreams of Lakers fans have been shattered again.

"Another fatal breakthrough, it seems that Link wants to respond to Davis's performance just now, and doesn't want to wait for a second. Link has completely turned on the scoring mode today. How many points will he score? The second game has just begun, but his scoring is close to 20."

After Link caused the damage, he couldn't wait to stop on the free throw line.

Lakers fans struggled to interfere, but in fact they all knew that it was just futile.

Sure enough, Link made both free throws, widening the gap again.

At the same time, Link's personal score also reached the 17th.

The scene was given to LeBron James, and he looked helpless.

He had tried his best, but he couldn't even let Link stop his scoring.

This kind of helpless expression is very rare on James' face.

Link's breakthrough was just a warning, warning everyone that he was still as dangerous as he did in the first quarter.

Then, Link started a series of crazy scoring performances.

One round, Link passed James with a rhythmic cross step and broke to the edge of the penalty area.

Seeing James retreating with all his might, Link suddenly stopped and pulled him down.

James no longer had the super power that could fight inertia before. He staggered back and was shook near the bottom line.

Link, who was retreating, threw the ball into the basket with one hand, 19 points!

A minute later, the nightmare comes again.

The Grizzlies helped Link clear the low post on the right, and Conley quickly sent the ball to Link.

Link played James from a low post. In an era when everyone caught the ball outside the three-point line, the art of low post singles has rarely been shown to fans.

Link leaned against James and suddenly turned back, his movements were quite like a golden rooster independent.

James didn't react slowly and blocked Link's face. But the next second, the sound of the Nets rolling still arrived as promised.

"I went in again, 21 points! Before the half-time game was finished, Link scored 21 points. What did he want to do? What did Link want to do to LeBron!?"

Mike Brynn was completely crazy. Link's desire to score today was completely different from the previous games!

It seems that Los Angeles fans really annoyed Link.

After just one round, Link once again held the ball against James.

James's current expression can be described as horror. In so many years of his career, no one can win more than 20 points in less than half a game against James!

This is the first time James himself has encountered this situation.

The "king" who has always been stable has also begun to panic.
To be continued...