Being behind 3-0, countless teams want to break the "curse" of being out if they fall behind 3-0. But these teams have one thing in common, that is, they all fail in the end.

The Clippers players knew this, so they became very discouraged after the game.

At the post-match press conference, the Grizzlies were lively, and the Clippers, who had completely given up resistance, said a word in front of everyone that made the Clippers management angry, "We are sure to lose this season, it's over, and everything is over."

The fans know the team's destined to lose. But it is indeed inappropriate to admit defeat as the head coach. It can only be said that Denagro has been completely defeated. Moreover, he also knows that he has lost his position as a coach and doesn't care what the management thinks of him.

Denagro's remarks quickly entered the ears of the Clippers players. There is no doubt that his remarks became the last straw to kill the Clippers.

The day after the game, Link was punished again. The league officially announced that if Link makes any extreme inappropriate moves, he will take measures to suspend the game.

However, everyone knows that Link will not be fooled. On the basketball court, he is still the most dangerous killer.

Sure enough, one day later, the Grizzlies won this key battle with the main player only half a quarter of the game.

At this time, the Clippers were no longer interested in fighting. Anyway, they lost, so why bother to struggle? So, they were 32 points behind the Grizzlies at halftime, finally allowing the main players of the Grizzlies to rest early.

100 to 82, this is the biggest score difference between the two sides since the beginning of the series. When Denagro and Paul have given up, the Clippers really have no combat power.

At the beginning, when the Clippers and the Grizzlies met in the Western Conference semi-finals, they absolutely never expected that the final outcome would be swept out!

Paul was originally full of confidence. He thought that the Clippers had made a lot of progress after experiencing the first round of baptism, and were enough to compete with the Grizzlies.

But it turns out that he still thinks the Grizzlies too simple. A team that can win 70 wins in the regular season is not a joke.

"4-0, the Memphis Grizzlies swept the Los Angeles Clippers and became the first team in the league to advance to the division finals! God, almost every series in the West is difficult to solve. But the Memphis Grizzlies defeated their nemesis in such a crazy way." Barkley looked at the Grizzlies players who were slapped each other on the court. So far, their championship path has been very smooth!

The day after the series ended, the Clippers' official announced the waive of Winnie Denagro. Although the arrival of this coach made the Clippers' team from a bottom team to a strong team in the playoff level, there is no doubt that the Clippers' second round of the playoffs still did not meet the management's expectations. They asked Paul to join forces with Griffin not to play in the second round.

In addition, Denagro's voluntary concealment in front of the media has even touched the bottom line of the management. As a head coach, you can lose, but you can't admit defeat before you even play. If even the head coach admits defeat, who else is willing to fight for you?

Looking at the news of Denagro's fire in the training hall, Link couldn't help but shake his head. Although Denagro's performance in the playoffs was indeed very bad, he was the one who led the Clippers on track.

But the league is so cruel. No matter how great your past achievements are, the team will abandon you if you say you are abandoned. This is NBA, a business world with a weak human touch and victory over all the business world.

However, the Grizzlies don't have so much time and energy to sympathize with Denagro. Although the experience of sweeping the opponent 4-0 in two consecutive rounds made the Grizzlies very strong. But everyone knows that everything is not over yet.

It can even be said that everything has not really begun.

The next opponent, no matter who advances from the Spurs or the Thunder, is not a tough trick to chew. Not to mention, the Miami Heat, which won the MVP this year.

So even if they beat the Clippers, the Grizzlies players did not relax at all on the training ground. They all knew that they wanted more than that.

At this time, the team's training today has entered the stage of special practice. Each player's training program at this stage is different. Some may be practicing shooting, and some may make layups in practice confrontation. As for Jimmy Butler, his training program is still unmovable defense.

At the beginning of the season, members of the Grizzlies coaching staff wanted Butler to practice shooting. After all, as an outside player, if they don’t shoot, the limitations will be very large.

Then after half a season, the Grizzlies' shooting coach exclaimed that Butler was the most talented player he had ever met. Because of his speed of improvement in shooting, he was simply amazing!

Of course, there is naturally a big brother Tony Allen as a set.

Last season, Jimmy Butler had almost no three-point shooting range, and he could not adapt to the NBA's three-point shooting line, with a miserable three-point shooting percentage of only 18.2%. But this season, with the efforts of the shooting coach and Butler, his three-point shooting percentage increased by 20 percentage points.

Although there are few shots, I am sure.

For Butler, who doesn't have to be the main attacker, his progress in such a way has exceeded the management's expectations. Therefore, after that, Butler's training center has returned to defense.

So defensive training became Jimmy Butler's daily compulsory course. With Tony Allen, an experienced teacher and Link, a powerful sparring opponent, Butler's progress in defense is obvious.

Under the supervision of the trainer, Jimmy Butler and Link's single-handed "performance" began again. Link was not polite to Butler because of this training. Relaxation on the training ground was irresponsible for the game. This was what Link learned in the Development League. He has followed this principle until now.

So, the two of them were fighting on the training ground. Link faced Butler with the ball, suddenly turned around and raised his elbow secretly during the turn. Of course, Link knew the strength, his elbow would not really hurt Butler's health, but it was enough to make the guy feel so stuffy that his chest was so painful.

After being elbowed, Butler seemed to have relieved his strength. Link seized the opportunity and then took a big step and hung the frame with both hands! The basket made a loud noise, which even attracted the attention of everyone else on the training ground.

"You are still too weak! If the one who elbowed you just was Kevin Durant or LeBron James, you can't expect them to be as gentle as me! The Western Conference Finals and Finals are who is more willing to fight for life!" After the dunk, Link yelled at Butler. Although he entered the league one year earlier than Butler, Link really entered the role of a strict teacher.

Seeing this scene, Tony Allen felt glad. Since Jimmy Butler officially entered the rotation this season and was able to practice with everyone, the pressure on him has been much less. Otherwise, just now, Teacher Tony guessed that he was the one who was hit by the elbow.

"Damn it, don't be proud of Link. Come on, I'm going to cover you this time!" Jimmy Butler rubbed his chest and responded without any weakness. Everyone was used to the bickering of these two guys on the basketball court.

The first time the two of them yelled at each other, they really scared everyone. People thought that these two guys were really in conflict. But afterwards, everyone found that these two guys had to yell at each other almost every training. But once the training was over, the relationship between the two was so good. Over time, they got used to it.

Link didn't want to show off his power, but he knew that he was fierce to Butler on the training ground, so that he could be fierce to others during the game.

In the next two rounds of the series, if it is really against Durant and James, Link will need Jimmy Butler to stand up and play a role. Those two guys are not something Iguodala or Tony Allen can deal with alone, and everyone must work together!

In the next practice, Link gave Butler another iron shoulder. But this time, Butler did not retreat, but endured the pain and continued to force him up, actively confronting Link, which led to Link's final layup missed!

Link fell to the ground in a mess during the confrontation with Butler, but there was an excited smile on his face.

Such a defense is probably enough to make Durant and James suffer too.

"This is right, Jimmy, this is defense! Basketball is a sport of muscle fighting, so you should not give up any inch of land. In the next two rounds of series, you should be as tough as you just now, do a good job, man!"

"Tsk, be careful about yourself. If you hurt you, I will not be able to take responsibility. Then, who will take us to win?" Butler said coldly, but still stretched out his hand and pulled Link who was lying on the ground.

Seeing that scene on the training ground, everyone couldn't help but smile. It was precisely because of these players on the team who were willing to help others improve that the Grizzlies became better.

Think about how much Link learned from the old team members in the past. Tony Allen, Randolph, Iguodala and even Bathil, without them, Link would not be the current Link.

And Link, at this time, handed over what he had learned to Jimmy Butler.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Link is more like a leader. He will not only make himself better, but also make his teammates better.

Everyone was extremely excited to see Butler being abused before and unable to take care of himself, and now he can bring Link to the ground.

"Okay, next one! Tobias, it's your turn, don't think you can be lazy today!" After training with Jimmy Butler, Link hooked his fingers at Tobias Harris again.

Everyone immediately started to cheer, while Harris stood up with his forehead. He thought he had just swept the Clippers and could escape today. As a result, Link was still very strict with everyone.

Watching the young players grow up, the old players remained at their level. Robert Pera, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the office, was excited.

Come on the Western Conference Finals quickly, the Grizzlies can't wait and are about to advance to the next round!
Chapter completed!