“The Memphis Grizzlies are the perfect team.”

After the opening match of the new season, David Blatt's words became completely popular. After all, it is a very rare thing to make the head coach of his biggest competitor admit his perfection.

Of course, Blatt's words still caused some controversy. According to internal information, some Cavaliers players were very disappointed with the coach's speech.

As the head coach, if you don’t comfort your players, you will immediately praise the opponent’s strength, which is undoubtedly a very morale blow.

Although I don’t know whether this rumor is true or false, at least people have seen the shortcomings of David Blatt. Sometimes, once the crack appears, it will become bigger and bigger.

The combination of the three giants + European meritorious coaches is far less beautiful than everyone imagined.

The Cleveland people's wish to win the championship was cast in a shadow at the beginning, and Link and the Grizzlies finally got rid of those doubts.

People began to believe that the Grizzlies did, as Link said, have 6 to 7 people who can be selected into the top 50 superstar rankings. Because yesterday, Tobias Harris performed better than Love, and even Jimmy Butler performed better than James.

In just one game, the Memphis Grizzlies reversed their reputation. Now, almost the whole world believes that the Grizzlies can win this year's championship. If even the Cavaliers can do it, there will be no second team in the league that can stop the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies did make their devastating offensive, and after the opening game, they won the second strongest Pacers in the Eastern Conference last season.

On October 31, the Grizzlies' first away game in the new season, playing against the Pacers.

This game was originally a highlight, after all, the battle between George and Link was also very eye-catching.

But the game also lost its greatest appeal due to Paul George's absence from pre-season training camp.

Speaking of which, George really couldn't escape the misfortune.

In the original history, in the summer of 2014, George suffered a terrifying 90° fracture of his calf in the Dream Team's training game.

However, in today's time and space, George has not suffered such a devastating blow. George has been safe all summer.

Link was originally complacent about this, thinking that his arrival might allow George to escape. As a result, George was still injured in pre-season training camp.

Although the injury is not as serious as the original 90° fracture of the calf, George still needs to rest for half a season.

In addition to George, another Pacers' general David West also missed due to injury. In addition to George Hill and Stephenson who left this summer, the Pacers are now broken.

Without George, Hill, West, and "No. 1 James" Stephenson, the team cannot be supported by just one Hibert.

Therefore, the Indiana Pacers' prospects this season are very worrying.

Facing the Pacers, who had four of the five starts last season, the Grizzlies won 99-82 away with no blood.

Looking at the Pacers fans' down-and-out appearance, Link sighed.

Who would have thought that this team that has fought with the Big Three Heat for two consecutive years would suddenly fall?

The starting five tigers instantly lost four of them due to injuries and transfers, which is a huge blow to any team.

After the Grizzlies won the Pacers, the NBA has started the new season for four days, with a total of 26 games. All 30 teams have also appeared one by one.

However, this season seemed to be cursed. In just 4 days and in just 26 games, each team suffered injuries to varying degrees.

The worst of them is the Thunder. They were still going to the championship this year, but Durant broke his right metatarsal bone a week before the start of the season and will not return until December to January.

If it was just like this, it wasn't too bad. With Westbrook, the Thunder could survive 2014.

Little did he know that Westbrook lost the lottery in the second game of the new season.

Yesterday, in the Thunder and the Clippers' game, Westbrook only played for 9 minutes and was injured due to a crack in his right hand. Previously, players such as Durant, Reggie Jackson, Jeremy Lamb had already been on the injury list, and now they have injured Westbrook again. In an instant, only 8 players in the Thunder can play.

For this reason, they had to go to the Development League to make gold. The Thunder's record is probably difficult to hold on before Durant's return.

The Thunder are just a reflection of the serious injury problems this year. After November, the Grizzlies have basically no complete lineup among the opponents they encounter.

On November 1, the former Bobcats, who were renamed Charlotte Hornets, only allowed the opponent to score 69 points in the whole game. The Hornets' score was so low that in addition to their poor strength, the Hornets' Al Jefferson, the scoring champion, was absent due to injury, so the Hornets' offense was in a mess and could not be organized at all.

Boss Qiao was worried when he watched it off the court. This summer, he introduced powerful players such as Stephenson and Gary Neal to the team, and paired them with two core players, Jefferson and Kemba Walker. He thought he could successfully enter the playoffs in the East, which was not very competitive.

But because Jefferson was injured, the Hornets are now defeated in three games! At the beginning, they were hit by the head.

On November 3, the Pelicans defender Holiday was absent due to a fracture of his right leg. Although Davis attacked very hard, the "thick eyebrows" are not yet fully physical. The Grizzlies won the victory easily again. Before they knew it, they had already started with four consecutive victories.

But this time, even Link himself was not very excited. Because in these four consecutive wins, except for the Cavaliers who opened the game, the Grizzlies have never played a team with a complete lineup.

Such a four-game winning streak is indeed not very valuable.

And this large-scale injury made Link worried.

After the game against the Pelicans, espn also reported on the situation of large-scale injuries this year. According to statistics, in just one week since the beginning of the 2014-15 season, the combined injured players of all teams have reached nearly 100!

The injury is like a domino. After the first one fell down, the one behind couldn't stop.

Looking at the entire NBA history, it seems that no season has experienced such a cruel start. What does it mean to have an injury list of nearly 100 people? This is the number of players on 7 teams!

Although some of these 100 players are short-term players with 10-day contracts, even if you put aside these unconventional rotation players, the injury problem is very serious.

"If this continues, the NBA may be about to break up before the All-Star Game."

"The league should reduce the number of regular season games or lengthen the regular season game time! As it turns out, the current competition system is a great harm to the health of players!"

"The Thunder and Pacers have basically been injured and disabled this season, and I hope other teams don't follow in the footsteps."

Fans also began to worry. After all, what charm does NBA have without a star to play?

The Grizzlies are now paying close attention to the physical problems of the players. In the past two years, the reason why the Grizzlies have dominated the league is not only because they are strong, but also because the Grizzlies miraculously encountered no major injury problems in two years.

In the past two seasons, all major Grizzlies' major rotation players have played more than 70 times, making them the healthiest team in the league. There have been almost no injuries in the playoffs.

Health means everything. If a team cannot stay healthy, then no matter how strong the paper lineup is, it will be useless.

However, even though he had been paying close attention and careful, the defending champion also reported bad news after two years of good luck.

On November 5, the Grizzlies played away against the Suns in the reconstruction. There was no suspense or highlight in this game, but Randolph's rebounding battle in the second quarter changed the calm game.

Randolph suddenly fell to the ground without any warning after robbing the board. At first, Link thought that the "big black bear" just slipped his feet and was about to pull him up, and he complained about his increasingly bulky body.

But when Link saw the painful expression on Randolph's face, Link's heart suddenly jumped.
Chapter completed!