Four Hundred and Seventy-Three: Only 1 All-Star?

"He was a hungry beast today, he ate all the rebounds!"

In the end, Hubie Brown can only use this sentence to describe Link in this game.

This sentence appeared in the sixth minute of the fourth quarter, and it was Link and Rudy Gay again, and it was a long rebound.

This time, Guy and Link, who were not convinced, took off in a row and picked up the basketball three or four times.

Guy is very embarrassed today. He thought about losing, but he didn't expect to lose so badly. The Magic trailed by 18 points, and he has only 15 points to account for so far. And in his most proud athletic ability, he also lost to Link again and again.

So this time, Guy worked very hard. He is not only competing with Link, but also with himself.

"I must grab a rebound on his head, definitely!" Guy told himself in his heart.

So Link and Guy took off in succession. The first few times, the two of them touched the rebound almost at the same time, and the falling basketball was thrown into the air again and again.

But taking off continuously is not an easy job. At the last shot, Guy has no strength, so the take-off height is slightly lower than usual.

In this way, he let Link win the 5th offensive rebound of the game! At the same time, this is also Link's 15th rebound in this game, a career high!

Then, there was Hubby Brown's sentence, "He was a hungry beast today, so hungry he ate all the rebounds!"

After Guy landed, he no longer had the strength to chase after Link. He watched as Link, who grabbed the offensive rebound, turned and wiped himself, hit the mid-range, and made a soft jumper.

When the "day laborer" who signed a 10-day contract with the Grizzlies walked into the training hall of the Federal Express Arena, Guy didn't even look at him. After all, Link had just been waived by the Rockets. If he really has the strength, the Rockets will not sign him a second 10-day contract?

Guy thought he and this guy won't be teammates for long.

As a result, they really haven't been teammates for too long. But it was Gay himself who left the Grizzlies first.

"The ball was scored, the Orlando Magic were 20 points behind, and they were completely defeated! Coach Jacque Vaughan called the game to stop. When the time-out returns, the game should enter garbage time." Hubie Brown finished, on the tablet Link's data for today has been revised up.

"34 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists, Link turned into a rebounding machine today and scored a large double-double! 15 rebounds, which is also a new high for Link's career so far in a single game! Moreover, there are also 5 are offensive rebounds. Today's Link is very violent."

Link walked off the court and after high fives with Stevens, slumped comfortably on the bench.

Today was really cool. After two days of enduring it, Link released all his power today.

Today's game gave Link a preliminary understanding of his current situation. If he were to meet the playoffs in such a situation... For the first time, Link felt that he wished time would go too fast.

In the studio, Charles Barkley looked embarrassed. A few days ago, he said the Magic could be upset at FedEx Arena, and he said Gay could explode.

As a result, the Magic are now 20 points behind. And Gay's 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 41.4% shooting percentage made it difficult for him to compete with Link.

Barkley could see that Gay wanted to explode, he was working hard all over the court, and he really wanted to win at FedEx Arena.

But unfortunately, Link used his hard power to completely suppress Guy. Only then did Barkley realize that Link and Guy were no longer at the same level.

Guy is certainly a star player, but not all stars are the same.

Like, do you think Guy and James are the same level of athletes?

"Charles, you have to be thankful that you didn't bet on your butt this time." Kenny Smith brushed aside.

Barkley just smiled and said nothing. Although the magic failed miserably today, it was a good game to see Link's wonderful performance.

After the suspension came back, both sides really changed their main lineups, and the game completely entered garbage time.

On the bench, Randolph and Gasol were both complaining, "Link took all our rebounds."

"Don't worry, there will be more days for me to grab your rebounds in the future." Link is in a good mood. Grant Hill's excellent state that was not able to continue in those days is now up to him to continue!

A few minutes later, an electronic beep ended the carnage. 105 to 82, the Orlando Magic lost the game by 23 points on the road.

A few days ago, the Magic almost overturned the defending champion Heat, they only lost the Heat by 2 points. But that doesn't mean they can take advantage of the Grizzlies.

Because maybe, now the Grizzlies are stronger than the Heat?

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Link's perfect data of 34+15+7 was touted by many media the next day.

When the Grizzlies and the Thunder fought, even if Durant met Gay, he couldn't get this kind of data, but Link did it.

On the TV, highlights of the match between Link and the Magic were playing, because Link scored too many wonderful goals yesterday. Remove the free throws, and basically everyone can be on the highlights.

Link's stellar performance and the Grizzlies' incredible record, combined with this particular point in January, finally led countless basketball commentators to ask the question, "How far are the Memphis from the championship?"

That night, on a local talk show in Miami, the famous Heat reporter Anthony Qian was invited to be the guest of today's show.

Team reporters are a very special group of people. Because they regularly report on a team, they are very familiar with the players and know the inside story of many NBA teams.

And Anthony Qian is not only close to the Heat players, he and Heat general manager Pat Riley are also old acquaintances. Therefore, Qian En is relatively well-known in the circle of reporters from the Heat and the team.

This evening, the host and Qian En had a lot of conversations. Including, what the Heat players usually do in the locker room, who is the most difficult to interview among the Big Three, etc.

But it wasn't until the end of the show that the talk show host brought out the most important issue of the day. This question is a very hot topic recently, "How far are the Memphis from the championship? Can they break the Heat's defense?"

"That's a good question, because the Memphis Grizzlies have been really good lately. They're unbeatable in the regular season this year, and Link even scored 34 points and 15 rebounds in the last game. , they have reason to be regarded as champions, but..." Qian En collapsed a lot at first, but he couldn't escape a but.

"However, I think the chances of the Grizzlies defeating the Heat are very small. The reason is very simple. The Grizzlies only have one All-Star player in Link, while the Heat have three. Experience tells us that it is not always possible to win by piling up stars, but without stars, it is impossible to win.”

Anthony Qian, full of confidence, continued to add, "Of course I know that Andre Iguodala was an All-Star, Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph were too, but that was after all. And Miami. The Heat, not counting the past, have three All-Stars this season alone. So, I stand by my opinion."

Link didn't watch the local Miami TV show, and he didn't care what a Heat reporter said about the Grizzlies.

But Anthony Qian's remarks were spread on the Internet the next day.

As a fashionable man who loves surfing the Internet, Zach Randolph clicked "Tap" at the bottom of this video and commented, "The full list of all-star entries has not been announced yet, bastard."