Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine: League of Superstars

Conley completely destroyed Isaiah Thomas.

Today's game against the Kings was more intense than people imagined. The Kings played very well, especially Cousins, who restrained his temper today and did not do anything superfluous.

As a result, this big guy who can run, jump and shoot has brought a lot of trouble to the Grizzlies.

But the trouble lasted only two quarters, and in the second half, when Mike Conley began to share the scoring pressure for Link and pinched Thomas, the balance of victory began to tilt more and more toward the Grizzlies. .

In the end, Cousins ​​scored a double-double with 22 points and 17 rebounds at the FedEx Arena. But Conley's 25 points and 6 assists and Link's 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists still allowed the Kings to lose by 13 points.

It is worth mentioning that Thomas made only 5 of 14 shots today. Although he scored 14 points, the shooting percentage was only 35.7%.

Mike. Conley's outstanding performance, so that Cousins ​​lost his most trusted helper.

After the game, reporters were more concerned about Link's stats and the Grizzlies' two-game winning streak.

Although Conley scored 25 points and 6 assists, people seem to think he deserves it, and everyone is accustomed to it.

Since he is used to a player scoring 20+5 data, why can't he be selected as an All-Star?

Ultimately, it's a matter of exposure. In the original history, the Grizzlies didn't have much exposure, and Conley's performance was not too prominent among the star point guards to be honest. So in the case of everyone's performance is similar, Conley is often ignored.

But it's different now, the Grizzlies are the defending champs, and the whole world is staring at the 10-game winning streak. Link believes that as long as Conley can continue to output during this time, he can gain unprecedented attention.

So far, the Grizzlies have won two straight, and the results are very good. But there is still a long way to go before 10 consecutive victories.

The whole world is waiting and seeing, and finally on January 20, people are waiting for the Grizzlies' third straight game!

The Grizzlies play the Pelicans at home on January 20. This is the third time the Grizzlies have met the Pelicans this season, having won the previous two occasions.

When the two teams met for the first time this season, Link used the all-around data of 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists to "educate" Davis well.

In the second meeting, Davis was injured and the Grizzlies won easily.

Today, Davis is back, the Pelicans have a complete lineup, and they're set to win.

Davis also lived up to expectations, scoring 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 4 steals! You can clearly see how hungry Davis is to win, and he won't pass up any chance to disrupt the Grizzlies' offense.

Link is being taken care of by Davis today, and he has to face the attacks of the two longhand monsters Aminu and Davis at the same time.

In the beginning, Link was not very efficient, after all, the defense of these two people was really terrible.

But then, it was Conley again, who stood up bravely and helped Link pull the gap.

When Conley started attracting defenses, he in turn started assisting Link. The Grizzlies eventually defeated the Pelicans 102-95 under the combined offense of Link and Conley.

Once again, Link and Conley join forces to fight the enemy. When the game ended and Conley's data stayed at 23 points and 10 assists, people suddenly found out.

This guy Conley has operations!

He may always seem unknown, but whenever Link needs him, he will stand up in time to give Link the greatest support.

With Randolph declining slightly due to age, Conley has become the best offensive helper around Link this season.

After the game, Conley finally caught the attention of reporters. On the sidelines, Conley was interviewed by reporters. The reporter asked Conley, "Do you think you can make the All-Star team this season?"

Conley didn't answer yes or no, but smiled lightly, "It's up to someone else to decide, all I can do is show my performance."

The day after the game, on January 21, the NBA officially announced the results of the fourth round and the final round of voting before the start of the All-Star Game.

After the results were announced, the biggest news was undoubtedly Link's success as the All-Star vote king for the first time in his career with 1.41 million votes!

LeBron James finally got 1.38 million votes, very close to Link. But this time, the "little emperor" couldn't wear the crown.

Kevin Durant is still ranked third. He finally broke the embarrassment of his "millennium second child" and became the third child.

1.25 million votes, this is Durant's final score. It has to be said that it is still far from Link and James.

But now, Durant doesn't care too much about the All-Star vote. As soon as this matter is mentioned, Durant can proudly tell reporters, "I once defeated this year's vote king, and twice!"

So far, the East and West All-Star starting lineup has finally been released.

The Eastern Conference starters are Irving, Wade, George, James and Anthony. It is worth mentioning that this time there is no pure inside player in the Eastern Conference starting lineup.

On the west side, the starting lineup is Curry, Harden, Link, Durant and Griffin.

The starting lineup in the West was somewhat unexpected, with the appearance of two new faces, Harden and Curry.

Paul has fallen behind Curry in the third round of voting due to injury. Unexpectedly, in the end, Paul failed to complete the counterattack and put Curry in the starting lineup. After joining the Clippers, Paul was not selected for the first time in the All-Star starter.

Kobe Bryant was unable to play due to injury, so Harden replaced him.

Howard turned over completely this year. His ranking in the polls was even after Griffin and Love, and he had no chance to enter the starting lineup at all.

Both Curry and Harden were named to the All-Star starting lineup for the first time, which seemed to herald a new era to come.

Regardless, Link was once again a part of the All-Star starting lineup. He was no stranger to this.

The identity of the King of Link Tickets also proves that sentence, "As many people love you, as many people hate you."

Don't look at the fact that Link is usually hacked quite miserably, but his popularity is really high. Otherwise, so many people would not have voted for Link.

Link became the All-Star ticket king, which undoubtedly makes Memphis fans very proud. After all, he is the first all-star vote king in the history of the Grizzlies, which means that he is not only a star of the Grizzlies, but a superstar belonging to the entire league!

Historically, players who can become the All-Star vote king are not good people.

The whole Memphis was revelling, and the media who supported Link became more confident.

Link was happy too, but not just because he was the vote king. At the same time the starting lineup was announced, Link found a small vote ranking change. This change is the source of Link's happiness.

After the results of the fourth round of voting came out, in addition to determining the starting lineup, everyone's final votes were also determined. After the fourth vote, Conley has successfully surpassed the Spurs' "French sports car" Parker, rising to fifth place guard in the West.

While that still doesn't make Conley a 100% All-Star, at least it means he's caught people's attention.

It is believed that Conley will also have some advantages in the next bench lineup selected by the coaches of the league's 30 teams.

So far, Link has completed his small goals this season. The dream of becoming the All-Star vote king came true, allowing Link to confidently call himself a top star.

After defeating the Pelicans, the Grizzlies have accumulated a 3-game winning streak. There are 6 games left to meet the Oklahoma City Thunder again. Game 7 is the time to end everything.

Before that, Link believed. The Grizzlies won't be the only one on the All-Star roster.