526: Silent Response
After eating Rachel's lunch, Link drove to the training ground.
Although I just created a miracle of 13 three-pointers in a single game yesterday, it was once a glory after all.
Link is not thinking about personal honors now, but about the Grizzlies' record-breaking things.
57 wins and 12 losses are the record after the Grizzlies won the Knicks. There are still 13 games to play before the end of the regular season. In these 13 games, the Grizzlies are only allowed to lose at most 2 games.
I have to say that this is indeed a very challenging goal.
Link has seen the schedule. In the last 13 games, the quality of his opponents is not bad. During this period, he will have to face the Rockets twice, once against the Spurs and once against the Lakers.
Among them, the Spurs are the strongest. Moreover, they are very eager to kill the Grizzlies. After all, the Spurs have been eliminated by the Grizzlies in the past two seasons, and Popovich must be resentful.
Although the Rockets and Lakers are not ranked high, it is because of this that it seems dangerous.
For these two teams, they can fight to the playoffs!
Therefore, while ensuring that these games can be safely passed, the Grizzlies must also ensure that there are no surprises in other games.
So overall, losing at most two games is not easy.
Link now has a more intuitive impression of the Bulls' 72 wins and the Warriors' 73 wins in the future.
How powerful can you win more than 70 games!
Just as he was thinking, Link had arrived at the stadium. Although there was no game today, there were still a large number of fans gathering outside the Federal Express Arena, holding banners to cheer for the team.
Seeing Link's car passing by, the fans even cheered violently.
Link opened the car window and waved with the fans. Suddenly, the screams rose by another octave.
If you don’t know, you think Link is an entertainment star.
After entering the underground parking lot, Link stepped into the player passage, he was stopped by a local team reporter.
Journalists are also classified. Some team reporters have great authority. Not to mention the player passage, they can even go in to shoot in the locker room.
However, the team reporters generally don’t ask any embarrassing questions, so although they can wander around the player’s passage, the players are not disgusted.
"Hello, Ball, it's pretty early today." Link said hello to the reporters skillfully. These reporters and players who followed the team were usually very familiar with each other.
"It's getting late, it's already noon. Your performance yesterday was simply phenomenal, Link, congratulations!"
"Thank you, Ball. Do you have any questions? If not, I'll go to the locker room."
"There is really one, about Kevin Durant, are you interested?"
As soon as he heard the name Kevin Durant, Link's expression became serious instantly.
What tricks did that guy play?
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"He is trying to provoke a war."
Randolph looked very angry at the news on his phone.
"The war has begun, Zach. I hope you can clean up Sergi Ibaka this season and obey it." Tony Allen replied to Randolph while changing his shoes.
"Don't worry, that spring guy doesn't want to continue jumping around this season. Hello, Link, why are you so quiet today? You broke the league three-point record yesterday. Today, Durant said that you want to kill us in the playoffs, so don't you be angry?" Randolph turned his eyes to Link and frowned.
If the big black bear went to the orphanage with this expression, it would probably scare all the children to cry.
This morning, Kevin Durant said in an interview with reporters, "Link's record-breaking performance is indeed amazing, and it is undoubtedly a great game. But no matter what, our goal this year is to win the championship. We will kill every opponent in the road, including the Memphis Grizzlies. Don't forget that we are the only team that has won at home so far this season."
At first glance, Durant's speech seemed fine, but it was no coincidence that he specifically named the Grizzlies.
"What's so angry about? If I were to say the same." Link changed his equipment calmly and fought with Durant for three years. Now, Link didn't feel angry no matter what Durant said.
They have been used to being hacked by that dark-bellied guy.
"That guy Durant, since he won us in the Western Conference Finals last season, his tail has been soaring to the sky. Oh, by the way, there is also the 0.9-second final in the last game. Damn, one tiebreaker and the other are all wins with a slight difference. But that guy seems to be very relaxed to beat us." Randolph looked at Durant's photo on his phone screen, and the more he looked, the more angry he became.
"Anyway, last year's Western Conference Finals and the one at home a few days ago, they finally won. It's easy to shut up Durant, this season wins the Thunder in the playoffs, and they have to win before Game 7. In this way, Durant is obedient."
After saying that, Link stood up and jumped around twice. The No. 0 on his chest also swayed up and down.
"Hehe, I just love to hear you say this. Let's do it together and completely end the grudge with Thunder. I'm very annoyed when I hear him complaining from time to time." Randolph also stood up and waved.
Everyone stood up and were ready to go to the training ground.
"Well, but before that, we still have our own things to do. Break the record and make the Thunder guys jealous."
Link pushed open the door of the locker room and found Dave Joggle slowly walking towards the training ground with a cup of coffee.
Joggel looked at the Grizzlies players in surprise. There are still 40 minutes before the training begins. Are everyone so in line?
All Grizzlies started training in advance, and this kind of thing is indeed quite new.
As Tony Allen said, the war between the Grizzlies and the Thunder has begun.
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The news about Durant was hyped up. After all, he was the only guy who was not convinced after Link broke the three-point record.
Kobe said: "Records are for breaking. I'm very happy that someone can break my records."
"Link is a future fighter and he can adapt to any position on the court," O'Neal said.
Reggie Miller commented: "Link's three-point performance is very dazzling. He is not a shooter because he can do things that other shooters cannot do. He is an all-round player, and in the true sense he can do the ultimate in every aspect."
Hubby Brown even thought: "If I were to choose Kobe and James, the next screen in the league, I would choose Link."
In short, everyone praised Link unanimously.
Only Durant said coldly that he wanted to defeat the Grizzlies.
But this time, Link was unexpectedly silent. He did not fight against his "old friend" Durant and did not fight back.
But gradually, people discovered that Link did not fail to fight back, but changed his counterattack.
On March 27, the Grizzlies played away against Wizards John Wall in order to get rid of their infamy and performed well today and scored a career-high 47 points!
You know, Link's career highest score was only 45 points.
However, Link cruelly destroyed Wall's career night at the last moment. He scored three-pointers and one steal at a critical moment, allowing the Wizards to ruin the victory.
Once the God of Death's sickle is taken out, no one will be spared.
With 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Link's triple-double night destroyed Wall's battle of reputation.
You can do as strong as you can, but the Memphis Grizzlies can win the game with a stronger performance!
Facing the Rockets on March 29, the Grizzlies still have no mercy. Iguodala joined forces with Tony Allen, allowing the decent Harden to score only 7 points in the game.
Link and Randolph both scored 20 points, scoring 25 points and 21 points respectively. The Grizzlies also easily won 104-90.
After this game, a reporter asked Link if he still holds a grudge against Rockets general manager Morey. Link's answer was teased by the media as the two most expensive words in the United States.
Link's answer was: "fvk touch rey!"
Then, he received a fine of $50,000 from the league. 25,000 per word is indeed expensive.
On the last day of March, the Grizzlies played against the Minnesota Timberwolves away.
In this game, Rubio, the "Spanish Golden Boy" performed very well. Not only did he score 23 points in the whole game, he also sent 10 assists and 9 rebounds, winning a accurate triple-double!
But unfortunately, Link scored 35 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, which made Rubio accept the defeat with tears in his eyes.
Link has a strong desire to attack today and is very active in rebounding. The Timberwolves' second-year white center Greg Steinsma was dunked by Link.
The reason why Link was so excited today is because the Thunder just capsized on the Timberwolves a day ago!
Therefore, the significance of the Grizzlies winning the Timberwolves is self-evident.
In the end, after losing to the Thunder, the Grizzlies ended their March schedule with a four-game winning streak. At the same time, they also won the 60th victory of the season!
After the game with the Timberwolves, the latest issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine chose Link as the cover character, and the title was very appropriate.
Chapter completed!