On January 7, 2011, the Memphis Grizzlies welcomed their old rival Utah Jazz again at home.

Nowadays, the conflict between Deron and Sloan has erupted in full swing. Because of the conflict between these two top figures, the Jazz has been one of the most reported teams in the news media recently.

It is said that the Jazz are already carefully considering whether to keep Jerry Sloan or Deron Williams. Although the Jazz definitely wanted the two to continue to live in peace, this is now a luxury.

Under the premise of internal discord between the Jazz, Lionel Hollins' goal today is naturally to win. After winning 18 wins and 17 losses in a six-game winning streak, the Grizzlies have surpassed the Rockets and become ninth in the West. And there are still 3 wins away from the Hornets, eighth in the West.

Three wins are a lot less. The Grizzlies must stabilize their momentum in order to surpass them as soon as possible. Defeating the Jazz who is in an infighting is the only goal of the Grizzlies today.

Before today's game began, Randolph discovered that Link was writing something on his sneakers with a marker pen.

Yesterday, Link found a total of 20 pairs of new sneakers in the box! As well as many other miscellaneous equipment. Today he only brought two of them to the game, and the others were handed over to the equipment manager. From now on, the team's equipment manager will help him with those things.

Seeing Link writing and painting on his new sneakers with a pen, Randolph came over with curiosity.

But after a look, Randolph, who had always been fussy, did not disturb him anymore. Because he saw that the words written by Link on the side of the sole of the shoe were exactly the same as those on his old sneakers.

It says, "Rest in peace, Zike."

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Link, who wore the brand new Nike equipment, performed well in this game. Kirilenko and Hayward did not cause much trouble to Link. After all, the peak of these two people has passed, and they have not yet reached their peak. Link is sandwiched in this middle period and can just shoot the left and right.

In the whole game, Deron Williams refused to implement Jerry Sloan's tactics. Sloan asked the respected Laga Bell to remind Deron several times, but to no avail.

Deron completely let himself go today. He made 13 shots in the whole game, but only hit 4 goals. He scored the Jazz's second highest 19 points, but his shooting percentage was only a pitiful 30.8%.

Even the commentator who commented on the game shook his head and regretted, "The Jazz didn't lose to others this year, but it's very likely to lose to themselves."

Although not all players in the Grizzlies like each other, they are at least not at the point of turning against each other. In the end, the still united Grizzlies defeated the Utah Jazz for the second time 111-99 at home, winning seven consecutive victories.

Randolph and Guy continued to go higher. Guy scored a game-high 28 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, and sent 4 assists. He made 3 of 3 three-pointers, with an overall shooting percentage of 57.1%, which is one of the best games Guy has played this season.

Randolph scored 26 points and 11 rebounds maintained the level.

Because Guy performed very well today, Link didn't play much. But in the limited time, Link still scored 13 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, and his performance was still considered good. You know, Kirilenko and Hayward combined only had 14 points.

But Guy is in such a good state, and it will probably be very difficult for Link to return. Link stimulates Guy's sense of crisis, and Guy also uses his superstar performance to constantly stimulate Link. The two can be said to have fallen into a virtuous cycle.

After the match with the Jazz, the Grizzlies immediately flew to Oklahoma to play a back-to-back away game.

Speaking of which, the Grizzlies have played back-to-back games this year. Link doesn't know if it's a weak team that has no human rights. Anyway, he thinks that a team like the Lakers will never be able to play so many back-to-back games in a row.

Since this game was played in Oklahoma, Link seemed to have returned to home court. All members of the Blues arrived at the Thunder's home Chesapeake Energy Arena today to cheer for Link. In the stands in the stadium, Link also found many fans holding his avatars.

But unfortunately, Link's "home trip" was not warm. The intensive back-to-back schedule made the Grizzlies players very tired, and the Thunder have been eager for revenge since the last loss to the Grizzlies, so they played very fiercely today.

Kevin Durant did not continue to play 55 with Guy this time, but instead made 24 crazy moves and scored the highest 40 points in the game with a shooting percentage of 54.2%!

That's right, 40 points. In the past, Link found it difficult to score 52 points in the Development League. However, Durant's guy got 40 points in the NBA as soon as he broke out.

It has to be said that this made Link truly realize the gap between ordinary players and superstars. Rudy Guy played well today, but he only scored 20 points. And he himself only scored 15 points under the Thunder's strict defense.

Therefore, it is true that Link keeps motivating himself every day. Don’t always think that you are already very strong, because there is never a shortage of strong people in NBA.

In this way, in Oklahoma, the Grizzlies' seven consecutive wins ended here. The Grizzlies lost to the Thunder 109 to 105. Link has also suffered his first defeat since joining the Grizzlies.

After the game, the media not only surrounded Durant, who scored 40 points, but also pointed the camera at Link.

"How do you feel after the magical aura fades?"

"What do you think about the Grizzlies being completely suppressed by the opponent's superstar in this game?"

"Do you think the Grizzlies will get back on track? Or is the sweet moment over?"

Faced with the reporters' questions, Link was confused. Although his performance today was not amazing, he did not drag him down at all. After losing the ball, the whole team is responsible. What does my magical aura fade away?

Faced with these mentally retarded questions, Link was too lazy to answer. He said a few flattering words and left the crowd. I hope that Rachel will not be as mentally retarded as those reporters in the future

The defeat in this game still caused the Grizzlies and Link to be attacked by some reporters. This is the case with basketball games. Although you won 7 games in a row before, as long as you lose, those guys who hate you will stand up.

Link, in particular, said that this would be his beginning from magical tendency to mediocrity.

Grizzlies coach Hollins was also very troubled. He didn't believe in any nonsense that Link would tend to be mediocre, but the next game in Charlotte made him very worried.

Because after only one day off today, the team went to Charlotte to play away again. Today, the team's physical fitness problems have led to the Grizzlies losing. In the next game, with almost no rest time, Hollins really doesn't know what the team will be like.

Losing is a trivial matter. If someone gets injured due to physical overdrawing, it will be more than worth the effort.

However, Link is full of confidence in the next game. He is never afraid of back-to-back games or intensive schedules. After all, before obtaining Hill's ability, physical fitness is one of Link's best attributes.
Chapter completed!