Three Hundred and Eight: Strong but Not Bald
In many cases, to test whether a player is capable or not, it is often judged through the critical moment of the fourth quarter decisive battle. Therefore, before the start of the game between the Grizzlies and the Wizards, countless media are looking forward to the ultimate showdown between Link and Wall in the fourth quarter.
Everyone wants to see, Link and Wall, two 10th rookies, who can turn the tide at the critical moment.
However, the game was almost over by the end of the first quarter...
When Link woke up the next day, he couldn't wait to turn on his cell phone and TV. Sure enough, the news about the Grizzlies being peddled disappeared overnight. Instead, it was all about that 50-point victory!
"The Grizzlies with five players scoring in double figures, the three-point shooting rate is three times higher than the Wizards. People say that the Grizzlies are a defensive team, but the Wizards certainly don't accept this statement. Because the Grizzlies The Wizards can't resist the attack."
"The Wizards actually allowed the Grizzlies to take 21 more rebounds! Kevin Seraphim played 30 minutes, but only 1 rebound was recorded! Can you imagine, this is the number of rebounds a player at the 4th position should get. ?"
"Everyone thought that the Wizards would cause trouble for the Grizzlies, and Wall's remarks before the game strengthened this idea. However, it turns out that Wall just made a big joke with us. 13 points and 7 turnovers, no more With 3 turnovers, he can get a double-double!"
In the media, all kinds of remarks are complaining about the Wizards and praising the Grizzlies, which is completely one-sided. After all, the point difference in this game is indeed too exaggerated. The league plays nearly 1,400 games a year and has been playing for so many years. But yesterday's game was able to rank in the top ten points in so many games, which shows how special it is.
Some media even said, "Link won, he was right, our previous remarks were indeed farting."
Not to mention the media, even Wizards head coach Randy Whitman couldn't help but blackmail himself, "We have a player who played 30 minutes and only had one defensive rebound. If you let me play now 30 minutes, I can also catch a defensive rebound, I promise you. This state, it is impossible to win the game!"
Whitman may not have thought that he would one day become a member of the league's historical records.
Of course, among all these remarks, Link's sentence is still the most classic.
"At first I thought we could only win by 30 points, but unexpectedly, we won by 50 points."
You say he is modest...it seems to be pretending again. If you want to say that he is pretending, it seems that he is being humble again...
In short, this game allowed the Grizzlies to get rid of the haze completely, and let the Wizards fall into the siege of the media.
On the Internet, there is a picture that P is very good. A grizzly bear snatches Wall who was taken up by P. This picture can fully explain the current situation of the two teams.
Wall was also very angry, but now he couldn't spray Link, and he couldn't keep his mouth idle, so this guy started spraying his head coach.
After the game, in addition to mocking Seraphim, Whitman also said that the players played too softly. As a result, Wall couldn't sit still.
"We started the game too far behind and that's why we lost. We had a lot of open shots and we didn't hit. We had a lot of turnovers and they made a lot of shots. But I'm not soft, I'm Knowing that my teammates weren't soft. We just didn't play as hard as the other team, and the Grizzlies' touch was amazing."
However, in order to ensure the harmony of the locker room, Wall finally added a sentence, "But in any case, I will respect the decision and arrangement of the head coach."
It seems that Wall has not been a good stubble since he was a child. Can't spray opponents, even his own head coach.
However, after the big loss, the Wizards not only did not unite as one to overcome the difficulties, but instead spat each other in the nest, Link thought it was weird enough.
Some teams can't get up, it's not without reason.
After this game, in addition to those ironic words, the entire league was also amazed at the offensive firepower of the Grizzlies. Since Link has served as the core of the Grizzlies' offense, the Grizzlies seem to no longer be a strong offensive and defensive team, but have become quite balanced.
In the past, what the Grizzlies lacked the most was an effective outside offensive point. But Link, seems to have solved this problem perfectly.
He can shoot stably, break through, pass the ball, has a big heart at critical moments, and has a high offensive efficiency. Such an outside core has been dreamed by the Grizzlies for a long time.
This season, various facts have proved that Link is the most suitable core for the Grizzlies. Therefore, people are now looking forward to how to build a lineup around Link after the new boss takes over the Grizzlies?
This topic is obviously more interesting than guessing who will take over the Grizzlies.
Of course, those have nothing to do with Link. As long as the media don't bother the Grizzlies players, they can discuss whatever they want.
After reading all the news, Link ate breakfast, packed his things, and drove out in his Land Rover.
The big victory has passed, even if it is a massacre victory of 50 points, it cannot always be immersed in the glory of the past.
Now, Link is no longer complacent about successfully carrying out the massacre plan. He has a new plan, a plan for extra training.
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Today's training was the same as before, and Hollins didn't dare to put on the intensity. Therefore, even the confrontational training ended hastily after only 15 minutes.
The amount of training is not large, but it is good for the players' physical recovery and health. Anyway, the Grizzlies' opponent, the Kings, is not too strong tomorrow. Hollins believes that the basic amount of training should be enough for the team to defeat the Kings.
Link didn't leave after training today, but stayed to practice his cross-step mid-range shot.
Although Link's cross-step mid-range shot is quite mature at this time, Link hopes that he can do better than Hill. It is not easy to have such a good foundation. It would be a pity if we do not strive for perfection.
If this trick can be practiced as unsolvable as Nowitzki's golden rooster independent retreat step, it will be refreshing just thinking about it.
So, Link, his trainer Will, and the exhausted Jimmy Butler stayed in the training hall until night.
At 7:30, Link, who was shirtless and drenched in sweat, suddenly stopped his movements, opened his hands, and looked down at his body.
"What are you doing? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Will noticed Link's strangeness, so he asked with concern.
"Uh...no, I'm just a little tired." Link waved his hand with a smile, and sat on the sidelines.
Just now, he upgraded again.
"Grant Hill's ability has been superimposed in the 05-06 season."
The subtitles are still in front of my eyes, and then slowly fade away. Grant Hill in the 2005-06 season, Link really didn't have much impression of Hill in that season. Because that season, Hill only played a total of 20 games.
In the 2005-06 season, Hill got a hernia strangely. He is really a guy who is blessed by God and cursed by God.
Although he once used various measures to tighten his abdomen, after experiencing the previous injuries, the Magic rushed him back to the hospital bed. At that time, Hill even expressed pessimistically, "If surgery is still needed, I will consider retiring."
Only played more than 20 games in a season, the sample is indeed too small, even Link, a Hill fan, can't tell what Hill played in that season.
But the previous season, Link was very impressed. After returning from injury that year, Hill was selected as the All-Star starter, averaging 20 points per game. It stands to reason that Hill in the 05-06 season should not have regressed too much compared with the previous 04-05 season.
So, Link stood up and picked up the basketball, and tried it all, shooting, breaking through, laying up and so on. But he was disappointed to find that he seemed to be the same as before. Offensive skills have barely changed, and speed and jumping have not improved substantially.
Could it be that this upgrade just passed so smoothly?
At this moment, Jimmy Butler walked towards Link. The guy who was also sweating profusely clapped his hands, and then shouted, "It's getting late, Link. Play a set of heads-up with me, and let's go home after the fight."
"Oh..." Link nodded slightly, and he just wanted to see what he got from this upgrade from the actual confrontation.
The heads-up between Link and Butler generally only hits 5 balls, and Link goes first. Because Butler is in the heads-up, the main practice is not offense, but defense.
Link, as always, first used a few tentative steps to lure Butler, but now Butler will no longer be fooled.
Seeing this situation, Link broke through directly after changing direction. He originally wanted to shoot with a cross step, because he knew that he couldn't handle Butler, and he would only suffer if he fought with that kid. But after leaning on Butler this time, Link found that Butler didn't seem to be that tough today.
So, Link directly leaned on Butler to go to the basket, and easily succeeded in a layup! A layup in a confrontation was Link's favorite.
"What's wrong Jimmy? How are you soft today? Tired?"
"No, I was just about to ask why you are so hard today. Damn, it makes my chest tight. If I block you like this, you can't squeeze in, Link. Could it be that you used to be Take it and call me?"
After listening to Butler's words, Link now knows where he has improved in this upgrade.
The physical confrontation ability he developed last summer, coupled with Grant Hill's excellent physical confrontation ability in the 2005-06 season, seems to have allowed Link to develop a simple and crude scoring method.
Link scratched his head happily. It seems that he can become stronger without becoming bald.
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