One Thousand Two Hundred and Forty-Nine: The Team that Replaced the Warriors (2/5)

Just as Link missed the winning goal, Jordan gave Link another mouthful of milk...

Link was simply convinced. After Jordan became the owner of the Hornets, he originally didn't like to discuss the performance of active players.

But this time, he actually shared his views so quickly.

It feels like it’s completely intentional!

In fact, Jordan really wanted to encourage Link. He personally said that Link would soon tie James, but Link immediately missed the buzzer beater, and Jordan felt a little embarrassed.

So as soon as the game ended, Jordan gave his explanation and tried to save face.

It's just that Jordan probably doesn't know that his "poisonous milk" level is about to catch up with his fadeaway jumper. Originally, Link could really make a comeback in the next game.

But after being encouraged by Jordan, Link felt he was in doubt again!

If you take one mouthful of poisonous milk, you will be poisoned and die!

Link was about to cry but had no tears. Could it be that this was Jordan's last resort to prevent himself from surpassing him...

Sure enough, after Jordan's social media was posted, the media were ready to watch the excitement.

Let’s see when Jordan’s second bite of poisonous milk will come true.

There is definitely no way to hide anyway, so Link can only ask for blessings.

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Although the Grizzlies lost to the Jazz, the loss of this game was not maliciously amplified by the media and fans.

In their view, it was a pity that the Grizzlies missed their tenth consecutive victory.

But the loss to the Jazz was just an ordinary loss.

Everyone believes that with the Grizzlies' strength, they will be on the right track soon.

Although Jordan's poisonous milk is very powerful, it is impossible for the Grizzlies to win every game with a decisive victory.

Therefore, even Sam Smith, the number one Lin Hei, did not sneer after the Grizzlies lost to the Jazz.

It's no longer what it used to be,

Grizzly Bear and Link will not be blackmailed just because they lost a game.

After all, the black grizzly bear was happy for a while, but it didn't feel good at all to be slapped in the face immediately.

The Grizzlies did not disappoint. After losing to the Jazz, the aggrieved Link immediately brought two big wins to the Grizzlies.

Against the Nuggets at home on November 17, Link unscrupulously scored 39 points and easily defeated his opponent.

Today, Nuggets coach Mike Malone deliberately put Jerami Grant, a 3D forward who has grown rapidly in recent years, into the starting lineup just to curb Link's performance.

Jerami Grant's physical condition is indeed very good. Although he is the same height as Link at 2.03 meters, his wingspan is an exaggerated 2.20 meters!

Last season, Grant made 39% of his three-pointers. As a swingman at the third or fourth position, he averaged 1.3 blocks per game and was very consistent with the requirements and standards for unlimited defense changes.

He is a player who contributes greatly on both offense and defense.

Seeing Jerami Grant starting, many people thought Link would be in a tough fight today.

However, Link, who tried hard to keep the game away from the winning goal, made Jerami Grant look embarrassed.

Throughout the game, Grant was very active in defending Link, but Link's rich arsenal of weapons made Grant's activeness useless.

When Link dribbles the ball on the outside, Grant simply cannot rely on his wingspan advantage to complete the steal.

At the beginning of the game, Grant tried several times to interfere with Link's dribbling.

But the result is that as long as he moves, Link will get past him easily.

After that, Grant didn't dare to steal rashly. But he found that even so, he was helpless against Link.

Because Link's impact is too strong!

Although Grant is tall and has long arms, his strength and tonnage are average. He is a "slender" type of player. Faced with Link's impact, Grant was completely pushed away.

Finally, Link began to make mistakes in the mid-range.

His shaking, retreating, and changing direction left Jerami Grant completely confused.

Link can grab the slightest bit of emptiness every time and pull it up to complete the shot.

Facts have proved that just having excellent physical condition does not necessarily make you an excellent defensive specialist.

Jerami Grant is an insurmountable mountain for 80% of the league's players.

It's a pity that Link belongs to the top 1%.

In the end, Jerami Grant did not fight Link to the end. Because within a few minutes of the start of the fourth quarter, the game entered garbage time.

With a score of 131, the Grizzlies defeated the Nuggets. Link's 39 points also allowed him to vent all his frustrations after losing to the Jazz in the last game.

After the game, a reporter asked Jerami Grant: "What is it like to watch Link all over the field?"

Grant put his hands on his hips with a painful expression: "How should I put it? I probably know what hell looks like."

See, is this something humans do? It almost made people and children cry.

After the Nuggets, the Grizzlies also ushered in the "dessert" of the Warriors.

Last season, the Warriors also battled with the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals.

But this season, the Warriors are already a bad team!

This summer, absolutely no one thought that the Warriors dynasty would collapse so quickly or so completely.

All summer long, people said the Grizzlies were going to collapse, that the Grizzlies were doomed.

In the end, it was the Warriors, the Grizzlies' biggest rival in recent years, who were defeated.

In addition to Durant leaving, the biggest reason for the Warriors' demise was injuries.

This season, Curry, Thompson and even the newly joined D'Angelo Russell have been plagued by injuries and have barely played properly.

So much so that when Link stepped onto the court to confront the Warriors, he couldn't even recognize the Warriors' starters!

Although the Warriors are now in trouble, the two sides are old enemies after all.

Therefore, the Grizzlies still showed no mercy and slaughtered the Warriors well at FedEx Arena.

The brothers want to eat meat, but Link can't control it. There is no other way. The Warriors' second-round pick starters have to bear the pain alone that does not belong to them.

How brutal were the Grizzlies in this game? It's not difficult to know just by looking at the statistics of the Grizzlies players.

Jokic scored 28 points, and Conley came back to life and scored 21 points.

Gasol had 18 points, Dillon Brooks had 17 points, Rose had 22 points...

Fortunately, Dinwiddie and the others are no longer here, otherwise, they would definitely be more energetic.

The final score of this game was 136 to 95.

At first glance, there seems to be no problem, the same is more than 100 and more than 90. 136 points in a single game, to be honest, is not an exaggeration in today's league.

But after careful calculation, the point difference reached an exaggerated 41 points!

The grizzly bear was slaughtered.

41 points is also the highest single-game point difference in the league this season.

Even a year ago, the intensity of this game was definitely not what it is now.

But this is the NBA, and no team can stay in its prime forever.

Whoever "dies" first will be unlucky first.

If the Grizzlies could beat the Warriors by 41 points in the past, Link would definitely have a good chat with his "old friend" Draymond Green.

Link would never give up until he was sprayed to the point of self-isolation.

But at the press conference after the game, Link did not do that.

For this current Warriors, to be honest, there is nothing worth showing off even if they win.

To put it bluntly, the Warriors are just a little better than the Development League teams right now. A team composed mostly of second-round picks and undrafted draft picks is not a G-League team.

If you are complacent because of the victory in this game, then you are devaluing yourself.

Not only did Link not add insult to injury, he also said in front of reporters that he hoped Curry and Thompson could recover soon. He didn't want his career rival to be absent in his last year.

Sure enough, men's friendship is all about fighting.

However, Curry and Thompson did not find Link's words warm.

Damn it, you are in your last year and you are still thinking about defeating us...

The game between the Grizzlies and the Warriors was disappointing. They were the best team in the league a year ago, but now they are in a very different situation.

However, the warrior's loneliness will not make Link and the Grizzly Bear feel lonely.

Because there are already other teams that have taken over the Warriors' position and are eyeing the Grizzlies.

For example, the Los Angeles Clippers!

After the game, Link looked at the schedule.

In the next game, the Grizzlies will face the Clippers, who are ranked first in the strength rankings, for the first time this season!

By then, the Clippers' powerful forward reserves will definitely cause huge trouble to the Grizzlies.

Leonard, the "faceless guy", is also one of the few players in the league who can really contain Link.

The most important thing is that the Clippers definitely have the ability to drag the game into the final moment.

This is what Link is most worried about.

Jordan's last poisonous milk has not expired yet.

If Bizhen is dragged into the last moment, it’s hard to say what the outcome will be.