Two Hundred and Sixty-Two: The Worst Is yet to Come

Losing to the San Antonio Spurs for the second time this season has left the Grizzlies players feeling a little nervous.

The Spurs this season are really hard to mess with. Tim Duncan is getting more and more courageous. At the age of 36, he can still achieve a recovery.

Kawhi Leonard, a rookie, also somewhat solved the Spurs' weakness at the 3 position. Leonard was unknown when he was drafted, but he is now well-known. His data is not amazing, but his defensive ability and occasional explosive data make people talk about it.

And Link knew that the guy could do more than that.

After losing to the Grizzlies in the Western Conference semifinals last season, people said that the Spurs dynasty was coming to an end and that the myth of GDP immortality was about to come to an end.

Now, however, the Spurs are ranked second in the West and have defeated countless powerful enemies. It seems that they still have the ability to turn the world upside down in the west!

The San Antonio Spurs have never been easier.

Time enters February, and the schedule is still tormenting the nerves of all 30 teams in the league.

On February 1, there was a day off, and the Grizzlies were immediately greeted by a back-to-back round of off-site. No. 2 plays the Hawks in Atlanta, and No. 3 will fly to Oklahoma City to play the Thunder. During this period, in addition to sleeping, you also need to fly for at least two hours.

After the Thunder, it's not over yet. There was no game on the 4th, but on the 5th, the Grizzlies flew from the west to the east coast to challenge the eastern giants Boston Celtics away. On the 6th, the Grizzlies continued to return to the home court back-to-back. And their opponent in this game, Hollins attaches great importance to it - it is the San Antonio Spurs again!

The back-to-back schedule has become more and more frantic, starting with back-to-back home games, and then back-to-back in the West. Now, it's a back-to-back race across the East and West!

From Boston to Memphis, there is no direct flight by civil aviation at all, and it must be transferred. It takes about five or six hours to sit down in total!

There are private nonstop flights available for Grizzlies players, but they still require more than three hours of flight time.

After playing the difficult Celtics, I immediately flew back to Memphis on a more than three-hour flight, and then slept and played the Spurs again...

The picture was so beautiful that Hollins didn't dare to think about it.

You don't have to fight to know that the game that day will definitely be very tough. In any case, Hollins needs a victory over the Spurs.

The Spurs are still a possible playoff opponent for the Grizzlies, and Hollins doesn't want to go into the playoffs with a 100% record.

Just looking at these schedules, Hollins thinks it's hard enough. But it's harder still to come...

On February 2, they played the Atlanta Hawks. Although the distance was long, the Grizzlies still slaughtered each other 96-77 cleanly.

Losing to the Spurs last game, the Grizzlies players have been very aggrieved. I met a soft persimmon today, sure but give it a good squeeze.

As a result, it was directly crushed.

The Grizzlies let the Eagles not get 80 points, which is indeed a reflection of the huge gap in strength between the two sides. Kevin Harland, who explained the game, joked, "In the East, the Eagles may not have encountered this kind of defense."

Link scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists today, and the scoring data was once again the highest in the team.

With Randolph ups and downs because of the dense schedule and Gay losing his core position, Link has unknowingly become the Grizzlies' top scorer!

For comparison, "Single King" Joe Johnson and "Mid-Cut Boy" Josh Smith only scored 21 points today.

But over the Eagles, the Grizzlies players were not too excited. Because after 24 hours, they have to face the Thunder that is not easy to deal with.

The Thunder played at home on No. 1, took a day off on No. 2, and played against the Grizzlies at home on No. 3 without running around. Also, the Thunder are mostly young. It can be said that their physical reserves are much better than the Grizzlies.

On the second day of the game, Scott Brooks waved his hand and let the Thunder run and fight, completely killing the Grizzlies.

In the first three quarters, the two sides played indistinguishable Zhongbo, but in the key rounds of the last quarter, the Grizzlies missed several shots due to lack of physical strength, so they regretted saying goodbye to Oklahoma City with a difference of 6 points.

In this game, the Thunder attacked very hard. Durant scored 36 points, Westbrook scored 21 points, and James Harden scored 26 points.

Link and Guy performed well today, the former 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, the latter 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. But the exhaustion of physical fitness allowed the Grizzlies to pass by with victory.

Although it was only a few rounds of misses, in such a critical match, a few rounds were enough to decide life and death.

The Grizzlies have returned to the locker room unwillingly, losing first to the Spurs and then to the Thunder, and the Grizzlies have been getting revenge this season.

The Grizzlies and the Thunder have played 3 games this season, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses. Played two games with the Spurs and didn't win one straight game.

Everyone was very annoyed. If they had just been physically fit for another 2 minutes, even if it was just 2 minutes, the Grizzlies might be able to bite the game down!

"Damn it, fucking shrinking the season!" Randolph angrily threw his jersey to the ground as soon as he returned to the locker room. He is undoubtedly the most affected Grizzlies player this season.

Because of the relationship between physical fitness and injuries, Randolph's state of ups and downs this year is very huge. Sometimes it still gets 20+10, but sometimes it almost disappears. Under such circumstances, his numbers also dropped significantly.

In the regular season last season, he averaged 20.1 points and 12.2 rebounds per game, but only 13.7 points and 9.2 rebounds this season. If it wasn't for Link's growth and Gay's comeback, the Grizzlies would definitely lose their strength this year.

"Okay Zach, don't get angry all the time. You'll gain weight if you're angry all the time. Look at you, your belly has gotten bigger again." Link patted Randolph's belly, causing the depressed teammates in the locker room to laugh smiled.

"I..." Randolph was speechless, and he immediately lost his temper. Last season, he "moped" Link, but this time, Link has also started to "motivate" him.

But Randolph always felt like he was missing something. Usually, after Link finished speaking, Tony Allen would answer. Randolph looked up, but did not find Tony Allen.

When the game is over, the players go back to the locker room. Because some people want to be interviewed, and some people like to stay on the court, so generally who came back and who didn't, it's not necessarily clear if you don't look carefully.

"Where's Tony?" Randolph asked.

Link also raised his head and looked around the locker room, but he did not see Tony Allen. If there is no interview, Tony Allen is usually the first to go back to the locker room, but today he hasn't come back until now, which is really strange.

"That guy wouldn't go and fight Durant, would he? He was tortured enough by Durant today." Conley made a joke.

"Durant tortured us enough. By the way, at the end of today's game, Tony limped a few steps after trying to block the landing. That guy, will something happen?" Link suddenly remembered a terrifying detail.

With such a dense schedule, every team has frequent injuries. And today Tony Allen defended very hard and consumed a lot.

Link shook his head, but he must not crow.

As a result, at this time, Tony Allen walked into the locker room with the help of the team doctor. It turned out that Tony Allen had just gone for a checkup.

"I don't think I can play the next few games, guys." As soon as he entered the door, Tony Allen gave everyone a helpless smile, and his ankle was swollen into ham.

The kind with oversized roots.

Link really wanted to slap himself, this mouth is too open!

First Arthur and Conley, then Randolph, and now Mr. Tony. This is the fourth injured player for the Grizzlies this season.

It was impossible for this kind of thing to happen last season. This year, there have been too many surprises.

In the last two games, the Celtics and the Spurs played back-to-back, without Tony Allen?

Link can already imagine how desperate Hollins is now.

For some reason, Link's eyes moved to Jimmy Butler unconsciously.