On the base of the Fastest Progress Award, there are four lines of small characters written.

The first line, “2011-12”.

The second line, "NBA's fastest progressive player."

The third line, "Tom Lin." These are also the two largest font words among the four lines.

The fourth line, “Memphis Grizzlies.”

Until Link boarded the plane back to Memphis, he was still looking at the trophy in his hands. The fastest-progress player award may not be an important award in the eyes of some people.

After all, when people compare a star's personal honor, the most rewards are just a few times, the three honors of champion and mvp. You rarely see people saying that because whoever wins the fastest progress award is awesome.

But this was Link's first regular season award after all, and he cherished it very much.

This time, Link was very happy because he won the award from the bottom of his heart. The happiness brought by this sense of accomplishment even exceeded the happiness brought by triggering the reward clause.

Therefore, when Link got off the plane and found that he had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his account, he was calm. Now, Link is no longer winning honors for money, but for his career.

After all, which player wants his career to be dull? What's more, Link, who has idol abilities.

As soon as the players walked out of the airport exit, they found that reporters and fans had gathered in large numbers in the airport lobby.

The Grizzlies players returned to Memphis with a total score of 4-0, and Link also won the fastest-progressive player trophy, which naturally made the local media and fans in Memphis very excited.

Link looked at the reporters and fans gathered around him and felt like a hero returned in triumph.

"This is just the fastest progress award, just such a big formation. You said, if I could come back with the MVP trophy one day, what would Memphis look like?" Sitting on the team bus and looking at the enthusiastic fans outside the window, Link and Randolph started chatting.

"If you can get the MVP trophy, I guess the mayor of Memphis and the governor of Tennessee will come to meet you. The whole Memphis will probably be empty." Randolph replied casually. Anyway, he had never really thought about what Link would look like to win the MVP trophy. Because the word MVP is too far away for the Grizzlies players.

After all, it is an MVP trophy. Only the most dominant star is qualified to attract such honors.

But looking at Link's changes over the past year, Randolph suddenly felt that anything might happen to that kid.

Last year he was just out of the draft, but this year he became the fastest-progress player and the core of the Grizzlies. God knows what else he can do in the future. mvp? Maybe it can really do it.

After the Grizzlies' bus arrived at the Federal Express Arena, the players disbanded on the spot and received a rare rest time.

Since the Grizzlies and the Spurs both swept their opponents 4-0, they both had a few more days of rest. So Hollins could also suspend training for one day and give the players a breath.

The Grizzlies' series war has temporarily ceased, and of course everyone knows it's just a brief calm before the fiercer war.

Meanwhile, in San Antonio, the players' daily training is still the same.

Burris Dior was swaying in the locker room with a cup of coffee, Duncan was discussing something with Popovich, flirting from time to time.

Parker is tidying up his sneakers, and Ginobili is always paying attention to his locker, fearing that his underwear will be stolen and frozen again.

This is the Spurs locker room, where the day for Spurs players' fulfilling starts.

Among all these players, Kavay Leonard is the most special.

He doesn't like to tell jokes, and he basically has no reaction to other people's jokes. After training all day, you may see Duncan's cute smile, and you may see Popovich changing his tricks to make the media laugh, but it is very likely that you won't see Leonard changing his expression.

Even, it is very likely that he cannot hear a word.

However, this taciturn silent child has now been fully accepted by the Spurs. In the middle and late period of the regular season, Leonard, who was first-year, is already the third position that the Spurs cannot beat. In the series of the Spurs swept the Mavericks 4-0, Leonard played very well.

Everyone knows that Leonard doesn't like to talk or yell. But everyone knows how much power this taciturn child has.

During training this afternoon, Popovich found that Leonard's three-point shooting was very hot. In the regular season, Leonard's three-point shooting percentage was 37.6%, but Leonard averaged only 1.7 three-pointers per game, and the sample was not large, so this does not prove that Leonard's three-point shooting is excellent.

In fact, Leonard's three-pointer is indeed not very stable. His mission to the Spurs is more about defense than attack.

But today, Leonard's three-point shooting percentage in training made Popovich's eyes lit up.

The guy's palm was too big to troll the ball comfortably.

Therefore, the balls Leonard shot in a very low arc and flat. Ordinary people have to shoot in this arc, and their three-point shooting percentage is estimated to be 20%.

But today, no, to be precise, Leonard performed well in three-pointers throughout the playoffs.

Leonard averaged nearly 3 three-pointers per game in the playoffs, and his shooting percentage was as high as 40%!

To be honest, this is a surprise that Popovich did not expect.

The old man suddenly felt that maybe he could allow this kid who averaged less than 8 points per game to take on a more difficult offensive task to restrain Link.

So Popovich picked up the tactical board and began to write and draw.

If you want to deal with Link, you can't rely solely on a firm defense, and you also need to have a matching offense.

Popovich smiled proudly, as if he had found an important offensive point in the third position.

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On May 15, 2012, the second round of the NBA playoffs officially started. The Grizzlies went to the Att Center in San Antonio, a place they were extremely familiar with.

I have been looking forward to this game from players to fans for a long time. But the process and results of this game are unexpected.

The game ended in the fourth quarter, and the Grizzlies were 12 points behind the Spurs! The San Antonios opened fire today, and they were completely weak when they faced the Grizzlies last season.

It's the Spurs' offensive round, and Leonard quietly ran to the three-point line. At this time, Tim Duncan had already won the position and basketball in the inside.

Old Dengtou performed very well today. He has scored 26 points so far, with a shooting percentage of up to 60%. It can be said that after being beaten by Randolph last season, Duncan completed his revenge this year, tortured Randolph, who had a bad knee, tortured to death.

Seeing this, Link had to double-team up. Duncan was too strong today. If Randolph alone defended, he would probably have to score a goal this round.

Double-team Duncan, which is also what Lionel Hollins means.

However, as soon as Link got on, Duncan gave the ball very tacitly to Leonard, who was ambushed outside the three-point line.

Link chased after the fastest speed and tried his best to interfere. Leonard's three-pointer was not accurate, which is a well-known problem. Link believes that as long as the interference is in place, Leonard's three-pointer will not be able to continue to hit!

However, Leonard's long arm allowed him to easily avoid Link's blockage and take action calmly. As soon as Link landed, he heard the sound of the Nets rolling behind him.

"How is that possible!?" Link yelled, then looked up at the data on the big screen.

"Shot again for three-pointers! This is already the third three-pointer that Kavay Leonard scored today! 3 of 3 three-pointers, with a 100% shooting percentage! God, I think even Popovich probably didn't expect Leonard to be so accurate today!" Steve Cole on the commentator stage helped Link tell Leonard's data, and Leonard was full of confidence today!

After scoring this goal, Leonard has scored 16 points tonight! As a player who averaged only 7.9 points per game in the regular season, Leonard can be said to have exceeded the task!

Of course, this also means that Link's defensive deficit today!

After this three-pointer, the difference between the two teams also became 15 points! At this time, there were only 5 minutes left before the game ended, and the Grizzlies were in danger!

Link gritted his teeth and said that the first round of the Nuggets was too easy. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Western Conference semi-finals came, the Spurs gave themselves a warning.

Leonard put great pressure on Link on both offense and defense.

Looking at Link's incredible appearance, Popovich smiled proudly.

Leonard's three-point shooting percentage actually did not surprise him, because he had deliberately increased the number of times Leonard took to the three-point line.

He had known for a long time that No. 2 would not disappoint him!

Link looked at the taciturn No. 2 in front of him and felt very uncomfortable. It would be really suffocating to face such a "can't speak" player.
Chapter completed!