One Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Eight: The Owner of the Top Center

On December 23, the day before Christmas Eve, the Grizzlies ushered in their last opponent before the Christmas game, the San Antonio Spurs, at FedEx Arena.

The Spurs currently have a record of only 11 wins and 17 losses, ranking tenth in the Western Conference. The post-GDP era and Leonard's departure have severely damaged the Spurs' vitality.

The Spurs are no longer one of the strong teams in the Western Conference. Although they have two major stars, DeRozan and Aldridge, they still cannot stop the Spurs' decline.

Although the Spurs have not fallen to the bottom of the league, judging from the current situation, it is indeed difficult to reach the top eight in the Western Conference with the strength of the Spurs.

The last time the Grizzlies and Spurs met, the Grizzlies won the game easily.

Therefore, Barkley and most people believe that it should not be difficult for the Grizzlies to continue their winning streak with the Spurs.

However, competitive sports is not a comparison of combat effectiveness on paper.

Although judging from the books and recent results, the Grizzlies are indeed much better than the Spurs.

But in today's actual game, the Spurs performed beyond people's imagination.

Uncertainty, this is one of the charms of competitive sports.

Of course, for Link, such uncertainty is just too fucked up.

Today, the Spurs, who were playing away from home, were not at ease.

I don’t know if the Spurs players want to give themselves a Christmas gift, but in short, they started very strong today.

In the first round of offense, Aldridge scored a three-pointer against JeMychal Green's defense.

That's right, a three-pointer.

Aldridge is a fourth-position player who can shoot very accurately from mid-range, but three-pointers have never been Aldridge's specialty, and he himself doesn't like to shoot three-pointers.

So far in Aldridge's career, the season with the highest number of three-pointers per game was only 1.5 three-pointers.

Last season, Aldridge only attempted 42 three-point shots in 82 games combined.

This is a player who rarely shoots three-pointers, but he hit a three-pointer in the first attack of the game.

From that moment on, the game seemed destined to be special.

Subsequently, DeMar DeRozan also began to exert force.

Facing Link's defense, DeRozan made a mid-range jump shot.

Link's defense on this shot was watertight. When DeRozan stopped suddenly, Link also stopped as if he had overcome inertia, leaving no room for DeRozan to take action.

Miraculously, DeRozan managed to hit the ball steadily despite Link's interference!

First, Aldridge hit a three-pointer after the opening game, and then DeRozan beat Link to succeed.

Even Hubie Breen in the commentary box said helplessly: "It seems that the people of San Antonio have been protected by God today."

It would be okay if the situation just happened only once or twice, but the key is that the Spurs were like gods in the whole game today.

Aldridge seems to be able to score goals as soon as he takes a shot. He is simply a shooting machine that can make no mistakes. He uses various fancy jump shots to score goals in the mid-range, making it impossible to defend him.

DeRozan is even more fake. He made many emergency stops in the mid-range today. No matter how strict Link's interference is, the basketball is like a cruise missile, always able to hit the target.

The touch of DeRozan and Aldridge has also been passed on to others. Today, the Spurs can shoot three-pointers individually, and they can shoot them very accurately.

In this way, the Spurs used incredible shooting percentage to suppress the Grizzlies.

The fans were happy to see it, but Link was extremely depressed.

A game that could easily be won ended up like this.

Why is it that the Spurs are in such a great state that the Grizzlies just happened to do it!

Can you still play a weak team well?

At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs took a 12-point lead with a terrifying three-point shooting rate of 66.7%.

Among them, DeRozan and Aldridge both shot over 60%!

If the Grizzlies weren't strong enough, the game would probably have been put into garbage time.

Although the Grizzlies are very passive now, everyone knows that the final result is not certain yet.

In the fourth quarter, the game will officially enter Link time!

Although Aldridge and DeRozan were amazing enough today, Link is often unstoppable in the fourth quarter.

Link did not disappoint everyone. In the first half of the fourth quarter, Link had already begun to take over the game.

He worked frantically to grab rebounds, score hard, create space for his teammates, and quickly got the score back.

But it wasn't enough, because Aldridge and DeRozan's shooting percentages in the fourth quarter were still terrible.

The Spurs had been frustrated for a season and finally got a chance to vent their anger against the Grizzlies. It was obvious that Aldridge and DeRozan didn't want to let go easily.

So, in the second half of the fourth quarter, Link and the Spurs twins staged a real fairy fight.

The two sides attack each other, and no one can guard against the other. It depends on who breaks the string first.

In this way, Link performed the miracle of scoring 17 points in the last five minutes of the game!

Due to physical reasons, DeRozan and Aldridge's shooting percentage began to decline in the last minute and a half of the game.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Link led his team to open up the score and eventually won.

Sure enough, Link in Link's time is invincible.

In the end, the Spurs lost to the Grizzlies 123-127 at FedEx.

Aldridge made 17 of 25 shots today, a 68% shooting rate, and scored a season-high 40 points.

Among them, Aldridge made 3 of 5 shots from beyond the three-point line today! However, it is worth mentioning that the only two missed three-pointers were missed in the last minute and a half.

Although DeRozan did not score as high as Aldridge, he still scored a double-double today with 26 points and 10 assists.

DeRozan made 10 of 15 shots in the game and 6 of 6 free throws. His efficiency was astonishingly high.

In addition, the Spurs also shot an exaggerated 62.5% three-point shooting rate today.

Even in this era when three-pointers are popular, it is really incredible that a team can shoot more than 60% of its three-pointers in a game.

The Spurs are in this state today, and they will be unlucky against any team in the league.

Such abnormal efficiency is enough for them to defeat any opponent.

The Bucks, Lakers, Clippers, Heat... Even these leading teams in the league cannot withstand the Spurs' firepower today.

It's a pity that the Spurs' opponent today is the Grizzlies.

Now that DeRozan is depressed, can he still pull off an upset...

Link finished the game with 47 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, his second 40-point triple-double this season!

Moreover, Link's shooting percentage in the entire game was as high as 68%, which was the same as Aldridge!

But the defensive treatment Aldridge received and the defensive treatment Link received were completely different.

Moreover, both Aldridge and DeRozan's shooting percentage dropped at critical moments, but Link's shooting percentage increased at critical moments.

Make a decision!

"Another perfect reversal, Link dominated another game! Today, Aldridge and DeRozan's performance was impeccable. It's just unlucky that their opponent is the number one player in the league!"

At the end of the game, Hubie Brown's shouts were drowned out by the cheers of the fans.

Thanks to Link's magical performance, the Grizzly Bear once again refused to be upset!

Defeating the Spurs may not be a big deal, but defeating a superb Spurs is enough to shock everyone.

After the game, Bill Simmons updated his social media updates.

He posted a photo of Embiid crying after being eliminated in the conference semifinals last season, and then captioned it: "After seeing Link's performance today, Embiid was scared to tears."

Link's performance today was really scary, mainly because Aldridge and DeRozan, who were already performing well, set off Link even more.

Countless people retweeted Simmons' post, and Link also liked it under his real name.

Ever since Link said "Our backup center can beat Embiid" a day ago, Embiid has been full of criticism on the Internet.

Overnight, Embiid tweeted five times to express his anger.

But Link has never responded until this like today.

In fact, Link was just telling the truth. Because he knows very well that his old partner Marc Gasol is one of the most effective players in the league in defending Embiid.

This is not Link's blind confidence, but every time he plays the 76ers, Gasol can educate Embiid.

Just like Howard, who was at his peak and wreaked havoc on countless centers in the league, led his team to the finals and was invincible, but there was still Yao Ming as the main sufferer.

No matter how awesome you are this season, you are praised by the media as "the man who only replaced James" or "the invincible Warcraft".

As long as he meets Yao Ming, Howard will definitely be labeled as his younger brother one-on-one.

And Embiid's victims are centers like Gasol!

Maybe Embiid does have better statistics than Gasol, he is "Olajuwon II", and he is "Kobe Bryant inside". But if you can't beat Gasol, you can't beat him. He is the player who can suppress you.

But Embiid just doesn't have a long memory. Although he was still severely abused by Gasol last season, he still became furious after hearing Link's truth this year.

Now, seeing Bill Simmons' tweet and Link's like, "The Emperor" is even more furious.

Indeed, Link's comeback today was miraculous, and his state was amazing.

But most of the comeback was attributed to Link. Gasol, who started in place of Jokic in this game, had nothing worth mentioning.

8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, this is all Gasol's contribution today.

Gasol was pushed to the bench this season, not without reason. In Embiid's view, an old Marc Gasol is nothing to be afraid of!

Now I can definitely handle that old Spaniard.

So, after sending five angrily tweets yesterday to blast Link, Embiid hit the keyboard again.

"Congratulations Link, but your winning streak can only stop at 14 games. See you and your backup center in Philadelphia. Also, I want to say, shut up Bill, no one wants to hear your nonsense."

Embiid is gearing up, not afraid of the upcoming defending champion and the league's No. 1 player.

The process is over, and now Embiid only wants one result - defeating the strongest team in the league!

Seeing Embiid's response, Link shook his head.

Tiehanhan, you really won’t look back until you die.

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