One Hundred and Fifty Nine: Wright's Dream of Stardom
The fact that Link beat Conley in a shooting game hasn't really caught the Grizzlies' attention. After all, everyone has moments when they feel overwhelmed. What's more, it's just an unguarded shooting practice, and it's not too revealing.
Although Link's confrontational training in the afternoon was still accurate, the players also felt that it was normal. Bonner has also made 7 of 7 3-pointers in official games, but he can't be called the NBA's great shooter.
However, Hollins found that Link's three-point performance was not just as simple as feeling hot, but the guy's entire offensive stability had been greatly improved.
Well, anything can happen on the training ground. What happened to Link had to be tested by the official competition.
Tomorrow, the Grizzlies will meet their last opponent in March, the Golden State Warriors. The most famous Warriors team in recent years is undoubtedly the "Golden State Gang" who created the "Black Eight Miracles".
But after so many years of changes, only Monta Ellis was left of the "Golden State Gang". The current Golden State Warriors is an out-and-out team, as bad as it gets. Their goal is not to win, but to pick a lottery pick.
For most Grizzlies players, tomorrow's game against the Warriors is nothing special. The Warriors are not strong, and the Grizzlies have just experienced a two-game losing streak. The next game is undoubtedly the best chance for the Grizzlies to get rid of the shadow of the losing streak.
But for Link, the next game will be interesting. Today and Conley three points, it is not enough fun. But tomorrow at FedEx Arena, Link and Stephen Curry will have a good three-pointer!
In the eyes of others, Curry may still be a thin guard who is not very talented, and the All-Star seems to be his ceiling. But Link knew very well that the baby-faced No. 30 guard was not simple at all.
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Marcus Will continued to accompany Link to practice, to be precise, urging Link to leave early.
The game is going to be played tomorrow, and Hollinst told Will, "Don't let him practice too late!"
So, Will accompanied Link in the training hall until eight o'clock in the evening. As soon as eight o'clock arrived, Will stopped training immediately.
"Unbelievable, you've been tired all day, but the shooting rate in the interfering shooting practice is still so high!" At the end of the training, Will's first word was "incredible".
At first, Will also thought that Link was simply feeling good today. But to be able to be so efficient in the end, it is not simply a good feeling to explain.
"I stay every day for extra training, right? Will." Link smiled, sweating profusely, he picked up a bottle of Gatorade and poured it, of course, not orange.
"Yeah, you practice every day."
"So, is it weird that I can make progress? It's nothing incredible, Will. The more I put in, the more I get. I feel like I'm breaking through another bottleneck, and every time I break through, I get a huge Progress." Link was flickering vigorously, and he naturally couldn't tell others the real reason for his high hit rate.
But then again, Link did put a lot of sweat into the upgrade. So strictly speaking, he wasn't fooling around.
"I know how diligent you are, Link, and I have no doubts about your progress. Go back to rest, you're late, and Hollins should blame me again."
"Don't worry, I also want to go back to rest early. Tomorrow's game...you have to stay strong!" Link clenched his fists and played the first NBA game after the upgrade. People feel excited!
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The FedEx Arena on March 30 was in the spotlight, because Link scored a triple-double on Pierce, and now the Grizzlies' No. 0 undrafted player has become a player in the United States. In other words, the Grizzlies finally have a star who can attract them at the box office.
At this point, the Grizzlies had just experienced a two-game losing streak, and countless Memphis fans hoped that the Grizzlies could use the Warriors to regain their form.
Of course, people are also very curious about what kind of performance Link can show today.
When Link was warming up today, he deliberately tried every position beyond the three-point line. Thankfully, the hit rate is as terrible as it was yesterday!
This promotion Link has been looking forward to for a long time, because he is very clear that the 08-09 season is almost the best season of Hill's aging. He had expected that he would be in great shape after the upgrade, but he really didn't expect that the upgrade brought him such a huge improvement.
Shooting accuracy is only one aspect. Hill still has some shadows from his peak period in terms of physical fitness during this period. Therefore, Link can't wait to wait for the game to start soon, so that he can slowly experience the dividends brought by the long-awaited upgrade.
On the flip side, though, the Warriors' players don't want to lose at FedEx Arena. Although the Warriors have a poor record this season, this team is not a lamb to be slaughtered.
The team's star, Monta Ellis, is a well-known arena rat. Although he is unruly, he is arrogant and will not give in easily.
The team's small forward Dorell Wright won the championship with the Heat. After entering the Warriors this season, he ushered in a personal data blowout explosion. He naturally hopes to play well in every game. After leaving Wade, the only thing he thought about was how to stand on his own and become a superstar.
David Lee, a former All-Star forward, is naturally full of strength. From New York to Oakland, he has had enough of being abused every game. Although the Warriors' record this season is not very good, but David. Lee is very hard every game.
Of course, the most important thing for the Warriors is Stephen Curry, last year's No. 7 rookie. The emaciated guard who graduated from Davidson College has always been a key training target for the Warriors.
In a game against the Clippers last season, Curry became famous in the United States with a gorgeous triple-double of 36 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds. That game made Curry the first player in the class of 2009 to record a triple-double, and the seventh player in NBA history to record a triple-double in his rookie season.
Since that triple-double performance, Curry has really started to gain popularity in the league.
Coincidentally, Link also entered the global scene with this triple-double performance this year, and the two became famous in very similar ways.
Therefore, one of the highlights of this game is, what kind of sparks can the two rookies who are famous for their triple-doubles create!
Before the game, Warriors small forward Dorell Wright was excited, and it was clear that he was desperate to beat Link on his own.
But now, the mentality of people wanting to beat Link is very different from before.
In the past, other people wanted to beat Link because they couldn't afford to lose that person, because they didn't want to lose to a yellow-skinned undrafted. But now they want to beat Link because it is the way to prove themselves.
Come to think of it, what an honor it was to beat a player who had a triple-double on Pierce! Wright didn't want to waste such an opportunity. He also wanted to be famous and to prove himself. Then defeating Link is the best shortcut to fame!
Wright is not blindly confident. He has improved a lot this season, and his three-point shooting has become very stable. His three-point shooting percentage remained above 40% for a period of time, and he was invited by the league to participate in this year's three-point contest.
Just two weeks ago, on March 12, Wright just threw an 8-for-11 three-pointer performance against the Magic, which allowed Wright to score a career-high 32 points.
Wright has always thought of himself as a starlet, only because the Warriors' attention this season has been so low. There is a rare chance to be exposed today, he will be tight!
The three-pointer is Wright's important weapon in defeating Link today!
Link didn't know yet that he was already being targeted by a coveted opponent. But if he knew that the guy was delusional to beat him with a three-pointer... Link would probably laugh so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth.
Isn't this self-inflicted!
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