309: The Beginning of the Thrill
In the confrontation with Jimmy Butler, Link could clearly feel that the biggest improvement in this upgrade was the improvement in confrontational ability.
During the offseason last year, Link deliberately practiced strength and gained weight in order not to be pushed away by others this season. Facts have proved that Link's ability to confront is indeed improved a lot this season, especially on the defensive end, who can withstand muscular men.
However, now, his ability to confrontation has been further improved, which is undoubtedly good news for Link. This means that he can use his body to force some less strong defenders not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end.
Due to the intensive schedule and short training time this season, Link didn't upgrade until almost April. But this upgrade should be enough for him to perform better in the following season.
After all, basketball is a confrontational sport. After being strong in confrontation, there are definitely only benefits and no harm. People like Nash and Curry who do not rely on physical fitness are a minority after all, and they are all point guards.
As a forward, his ability to confrontation needs to be very strong. Link has not forgotten how he was killed by James as a little boy last season. But if he meets LeBron Link again this season, he believes that his performance should be better.
Thinking of this, Link was very excited. But he still fell asleep quickly because tomorrow, Link would want to show his strength.
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Cousins is very happy every time he sees Link. After all, Link is one of the few friends of Cousins in this league.
However, for other Kings players and coach Keith Smart, every time they go to Memphis is a nightmare for them. Because until now this season, the Kings have never beaten the Grizzlies.
As expected, today's ending should still be like this.
At this time, the game had reached the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, and Marcus Thorton's jump shot lost his sight under the tight block of Tony Allen.
Thorton was almost killed by Keith Smart today, and he rested about one minute in one quarter. After all, he was the Kings' strongest offensive firepower point today.
However, until now, Souton's physical fitness is almost exhausted. Physical exhaustion is undoubtedly a desperate thing for shooting.
Thorton's shot came out of the box, Gasol Jr. took the rebound and gave the ball to Conley.
Conley just passed the ball to No. 0 who had cut into the basket just after halftime!
Kings small forward John Selmons suddenly felt cold and was about to be broken again.
Selmons held Link, but Link took Selmons three steps slow. Although the speed was forced to slow down, each step was very solid.
Selmons felt as if he was blocking a tank, only to be crushed.
After reaching the basket, Link carried Selmons and made a layup easily. Selmons lowered his head helplessly. He no longer remembered how many times he was eaten by Linkqiang today.
Link is very aggressive today, completely different from what you saw in the game video. Before Selmons was ready, he was dragged into a hand-to-hand battle by Link.
"I made a very tough layup. Link likes to fight today. Selmons is indeed too light and thin. He is originally a second-place player. It is not wise to let him go to the third-place." Hubby Brown was sympathetic to Selmons on the surface, but in fact he was secretly happy about Link's goal.
"Link has successfully made several strong breakthroughs today, which is not like his style." Off the field, Grizzlies assistant coach Elston Turner also found it strange. In everyone's impression, Link has always been technical and has nothing to do with rushing around with his body.
"Maybe, that guy wants to try some other offensive methods. In short, after becoming the core of the offensive, he has changed a lot." Hollins was not surprised. Is there still less surprise that Link brought to this team?
In Link's crushing offensive, the Grizzlies finally defeated the Sacramento Kings 119-110 at home. Link scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and once again became the Grizzlies' most dazzling star. Since Rudy Gay was injured, Link's single game score has not been lower than 25.
Cousins scored 23 points and 8 rebounds, but he had no choice but to graduate with six fouls early. This is his second consecutive game of six fouls this season in the Grizzlies. This guy's mind is really immature now.
"You won again, damn it. Let's train together this summer, and I have to beat you once." After the game, Cousins started to complain while hugging Link.
Link smiled. It seemed that as long as he became stronger, Xia Tian would not be afraid of no one to accompany him.
The game ended without any suspense, but Link was very happy. At least, he proved that his ability after upgrading could also play a role in actual combat.
In this way, in addition to relying on skills on the offensive end, Link will also be able to score more in addition to his skills.
With his new skills, Link and the Grizzlies achieved a pretty good record at the end of March. On March 22, although the Grizzlies lost to the powerful Trail Blazers, they immediately won a big victory in Staples' Clippers on the 24th.
Griffin was holding his mouth today, of course he wanted to prove that he was the well-deserved All-Star forward. However, today, Uncle Zach tortured Griffin to death, fulfilling the saying that Ginger is still old.
Griffin made 6 of 16 shots in the game, scoring only 14 points. Link scored 20 points and 11 assists, scoring double-double for the seventh time this season. If those three triple-double were included, then Link scored double-double for the tenth time!
After the game, Griffin was embarrassed to find that not only did he not correct his name, he seemed to have helped Link to correct his name.
In the last four games in March, the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers again on the 25th. Kobe scored only 18 points. He found that it was difficult for him to score too late.
On the 27th, the Grizzlies won without any suspense.
The Grizzlies lost to the Rockets away from home, and Dragic's 25 points broke out, making the Grizzlies unable to defend. However, facing the Bucks, the Grizzlies won another game against the Bucks.
In the last four games in March, the Grizzlies won 3 wins and 1 loss, and their record was quite good.
So far, 50 games have passed in the 2011-2012 season. In April, each team will compete in the last 16 games.
Fortunately, the Grizzlies' current record of 37 wins and 13 losses still allows them to firmly occupy the top three seats in the West. If nothing unexpected happens, the Grizzlies' players' image as homeless people should be almost relieved.
Although there is only one last month left in the regular season, there is still no loss. Under normal circumstances, there are not many games in April. But this year, there will be 16 games in April. If the final crash is over, no matter how good the results are now, it will be futile.
At the beginning of April, the Grizzlies' schedule was quite exciting. This year's first back-to-back match will be waved to the Grizzlies.
What’s even more exciting is that the Grizzlies’ first opponent in the back-to-back game is the three giants of the Heat!
Link looked at LeBron James in the magazine and remembered his experience of being crazy last season
Chapter completed!