One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-Four: There’s More to Come After Forty

During the break, the cheerleading girls in the Oracle Arena seemed to have lost some energy.

Nowadays, no one cares about the beautiful girls on the court. Link's crazy scoring performance in the past three quarters is what everyone is paying attention to.

"The shooting percentage was 52.5%, and we scored 32 points in three quarters. As long as Link was on the court today, he was doing one thing, and that was scoring! From the beginning of the game, Link's desire to score was frighteningly high. But no one expected that, He has actually been able to maintain his scoring momentum until now.”

Mark Jackson was stunned. In the past three quarters, Link was simply a scoring machine.

I thought today would be a night for Link and the others to work together, but as a result, the efforts of others were more on the defensive end.

All the offensive work was taken care of by Link.

"No one knows what will happen in the last quarter of the game. The Warriors still have a chance, but Link's scoring momentum has no intention of stopping. As we all know, Link's offensive power in the fourth quarter is unparalleled. Mark, what do you think? How many points can Link finally score today?"

"About 40 points. In the previous Western Conference semifinals against the Rockets, Link had a 40-point triple-double. Today Link may not be able to get a triple-double because he has been focusing on scoring. But if he scores more than 40, he should not a problem."

Mark Jackson does not expect the Warriors to limit Link in the fourth quarter. Link has already scored 32 points. It will be easy for him to score another 8 points.

On the bench of the Warriors, everyone was ready. They all know that Link's scoring momentum in the first three quarters is mostly a warm-up.

In the fourth quarter, that guy will really be on fire!

Durant was very upset. Throughout the first three quarters, he was overwhelmed by Link.

After only three quarters, Link had already scored nearly as many points as Durant did in the previous game.

He knew that what he said to Link after the last game had angered Link. But he won't just talk and not do anything. In the fourth quarter, Durant will also increase his shots.

He not only wants to win the game, but also suppress Link in his personal performance!

When the players from both sides reappeared, the air at the scene seemed to have become a lot heavier, making the fans breathless.

The live footage gave Link a close-up, and below is his current score, and Mark Jackson's predicted final score.

No one will laugh at or question Mark Jackson. After all, the highest score Link has ever scored with the Warriors this season was 60 points!

40 points may sound exaggerated, especially in the playoffs.

But this is really not a problem for Link.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies sent a baseline ball.

The moment Link approached the Warriors' half, everyone in the audience tensed up.

Before Durant could get close to him, Link suddenly started moving towards Conley.

It can be seen that after scoring 32 points in three quarters, Link is still not satisfied, and his desire to score is still very strong!

Seeing Link running towards him, Conley and Link exchanged a hand-to-hand gesture.

Normally,

Hand-to-hand passes will lead to breakthroughs to the side where there is no one.

But after receiving the ball, Link suddenly paused and rushed towards Conley's side!

"Damn it!" Durant also quickly changed his focus. Throughout the game, he felt as if he was a puppet, going wherever Link asked him to go.

But facing Conley between the two, Durant didn't dare to squeeze.

After all, Conley is a guard and is much smaller than Durant.

If Conley takes advantage of the situation and is called for an offensive foul, it will be even worse than the loss.

Taking advantage of the gap when Durant was unable to come back in time to defend, Link drove straight in and directly challenged Green!

Although Green was shrinking from the basket at this time, he was ready to pounce at any time.

He knows that Jokic is definitely receiving the ball from outside the three-point line now. As long as Link passes the ball, he must immediately save it to interfere with the shot.

However, Link did not pass the ball. He took off directly towards Green and made a layup.

Green had no choice but to jump up and block the ball. But in the air, Green found that Link's expression was very calm.

It was as if he was facing an unguarded empty basket!

After seeing Green take off after him, Link curled up in the air and put the ball back to his chest. Avoiding Green's palm, he stretched his body again.

Link's beautiful lever action caused Green to miss. Not only that, his arm also touched Link's Tianling Cap uncontrollably.

Link received a big slap on the top of his head, but he still pushed the ball steadily forward.

The referee's whistle blew and Link punched.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he got a 2+1 opportunity!

"Oh my god, Link's offense today was simply amazing. From the fake move with the ball at the beginning to the final air lever, Link did it perfectly!"

Green also thought that Link would break through and score the ball, but Link chose to face the defense directly!

This means that Link is very confident that he can defeat the Warriors' defense.

Cole knew that Link could no longer defend himself!

The two points were valid, and Link's extra penalty was not accidentally hit.

As a result, the score difference between the two sides returned to double digits. And Link has already scored 35 points!

Two rounds later, Link broke through and created a shooting opportunity for Gasol.

But the Spaniard is not a machine after all. Although it was open, the ball was not made.

Just when Pachulia was secretly rejoicing, she found that Link was stuck in front of her.

Being stuck by Link means that the rebound cannot be saved.

The Georgian then prepared to wait for Link to grab the rebound and launch a second attack, and then directly pulled Link down.

But unfortunately, Link didn't give Pachulia a chance. Because the first time he took off, he directly added the basketball.

37 points!

After that, Durant responded with a turnaround jump shot to Link, but it was too late!

After Lin Ke attacked, he made a direct pull-up from outside the three-point line!

His shooting is not reasonable at all, it can be said that it is completely arbitrary.

However, the more Link did such unreasonable things, the more nervous the warrior became.

Because they know that Link is not a player who likes to mess around. He is not Westbrook, and he will not take random shots when his brain gets hot.

If Link starts to do something unbelievable, such as suddenly pulling up for a three-pointer, or shooting against the opponent's defense.

That can only mean one thing - Link is full of confidence in this!

Durant's reaction was a beat too slow. Link's pull made him not ready to block the ball. He just subconsciously raised his arm.

However, just raising his arms would have no effect on Link. As soon as Durant turned his head, he saw the basketball hitting the net.

Link scored the 40th point of the game! Moreover, the fourth quarter was not even halfway through!

"It seems that Link has met your expectations ahead of schedule, Mark."

"It seems that 40 points is easy for him. The Warriors are already 13 points behind, they must..."

Before Mark Jackson finished speaking, the impatient Durant once again struck outside the three-point line!

Durant was completely anxious. He didn't care about the tactics or whether the goal was reasonable.

He just wanted to narrow the gap quickly and try his best to regain one before the end of the game.

Unfortunately, he completely fell into Link's rhythm.

On the turnaround jump shot just now, Durant shot it very hastily. But when the ball goes in, nothing can be said.

But this time, Durant was not so lucky. It's not that easy to make a three-pointer casually.

"Calm down, don't rush!" Steve Kerr shouted loudly from the sidelines, but it was too late.

The Grizzlies have used this long rebound to create a fast break, although this time it was not Link who scored the goal, but Wade.

But what's the difference? The Grizzlies officially expanded the point difference to 15 points!

The impregnable Oracle Arena is about to be destroyed by the Grizzlies.

Steve Kerr had to pause the game. Sure enough, Link's firepower in the fourth quarter had no intention of stopping.

If this continues, the game will not need to be played to the last minute, and the Warriors will lose!

"What are you doing? We're falling behind!" After the Warriors players walked off the court, before Cole could speak, Green yelled at Durant.

And this is not the first time Green has yelled at Durant this season.

"I just want to equalize the score. If you can do it, I won't have to do that!" Durant was so angry that he just fought back.

The eyes of Green and Durant, "brothers in need", were filled with sparks at this moment.

Link laughed disdainfully when he saw Durant and Green arguing on the bench.

Such a team can never hope to compete with the Grizzlies!

The game is still half over, but in Link's opinion, the winner should be decided today before the game time runs out.

Link still remembers how passionate Oakland fans are about the Grizzlies. Even the signboards on the highway are used, so don’t take it too seriously.

Therefore, now we have to return a big gift to them!

Link, who has already scored 40 points, has given all Warriors fans a nightmare.

However, he wasn't satisfied yet...