Seven Hundred and Seventy-Three: First Strike Is Strong

The day before the high-profile Western Conference finals between the Grizzlies and the Spurs, Link successfully detonated the entire basketball world under the watchful eyes of the fans.

In the NBA's official best team list, Link squeezed out scoring champion Kevin Durant and was successfully selected to the best first team!

The five players selected for the All-NBA First Team are Paul, Harden, Link, James and Noah.

Although in the selection of the All-Star starting lineup, the league has eliminated the center position and only divided the frontcourt and the backcourt.

But in the selection of the best lineup, the tradition of selecting two backcourts, two frontcourts and one center was still retained. This rule has not been changed since 1989.

Therefore, Durant lost in the fierce competition with Link and James. To put it bluntly, Durant is indeed more qualified than the Bulls center Noah to be selected for the first team. But there is no way, who made Durant be divided into a talented forward line?

In this era of scarcity of centers, even if Noah's data is not outstanding, it is enough to make him the best first team.

After the results were announced, Durant and Link both made NBA history.

But Link believes that Durant must not be satisfied with his "achievement".

After losing the All-NBA first team this time, Durant became the tenth player in NBA history to become the scoring champion but not selected to the All-NBA first team after Anthony last season.

For Durant, that's really nothing to be thankful for.

But Link is different. He was selected into the best team and became the third player in NBA history to win MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Double Player of the Year after two great players in NBA history. A burst of stars!

At the same time, he has also become the fourth player in the active league to be selected for the double first team year after year, besides Paul, Howard and James!

Link is shoulder to shoulder with Jordan and Olajuwon, which is undoubtedly a very gimmicky topic. Link's popularity alone has even overshadowed the Western Conference finals itself.

Durant must be the saddest person during this period of time. He lost the MVP, lost the game victory, and now he can't even make the best first team, creating a "mileage sadness", which is really miserable enough. . Durant is quite uncomfortable, he can be described as a complete defeat of Link this year.

So far, the results of the NBA regular season awards for the 2013-14 season have all been announced. This year, several important awards were almost all accepted by the Grizzlies.

They are like a bunch of gangsters, reaping all the wealth they see along the way.

The Grizzlies have played really well so far this season. And they are only one step away from perfection - the championship!

As long as the Grizzlies can win the championship this year, this may become the most successful season in the history of the Grizzlies and even the history of the NBA!

When interviewed by reporters that afternoon, Link's answer was quite firm, "We are ready to deal with it. In the game tomorrow night, our Spurs will take advantage!"

Seeing Link's serious attitude, the reporters were a little surprised. They thought Link would be quite relaxed in the face of the aging Spurs. After all, the whole world knows that Link's biggest opponent is the Thunder and Durant.

The biggest opponents are already out early.

Shouldn't it take a big breath?

Besides, Link has only just made history. Now, people say he can match Jordan and Olajuwon! If ordinary players received such praise, they must have been in the air long ago.

But instead of relaxing, Link showed a serious side.

"So, what do you think of ESPN's polls? As far as I know, there's only one state in the nation that supports the Grizzlies, and that's Tennessee. It turns out that fans would rather see the Grizzlies' dynasty collapse. Will you feel the pressure?" The reporter continued to ask questions and brought out the most popular survey results.

Faced with this question, Link's tense face finally showed a smile, "If the approval rate can be linked to the winning rate, we may be eliminated by the Mavericks in the first round. If one day there are suddenly more people who support me, I'd be surprised instead. Pressure? Non-existent, the more people don't want to see the Grizzlies win, the more I want to win. So thank you for the strength this poll has given me."

"Cut, childish idiot."

At this time, Popovich, who was staying in a hotel in Memphis, was watching the live broadcast of the press conference.

Seeing Link's fearless face, Popovich felt sick.

He has confidence in his team and tactics, and Link is just like Durant, just a scumbag.

Popovich can guarantee that he will show the Grizzlies what a true champion is!

His small lineup is just enough to restrain the Grizzlies' twin-tower lineup. It shouldn't be too hard to fight!

As for Link... Popovich believes that the dude, who is more silent than Duncan, will take care of him.

The old thief is full of confidence, this fantastic season for the Grizzlies will be completely shattered by the Spurs!

At that time, he would have to see if Link could face all this calmly.

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After the training, Link took a shower and prepared to leave. For some reason, he had achieved a very great achievement, but he just couldn't get excited.

Those various titles, the number of XXX players in history, can indeed contribute to a player's career.

But at the end of the day, a championship is still the most important metric for a star to be great.

The battle with the Spurs is imminent, and Link's mind is full of tomorrow's game, and there is no "cap space" in his head to leave the emotion of joy.

Only after defeating the Spurs and winning the Heat for the second time, Link guesses that he will really get excited.

After changing his clothes, Link walked out of the locker room. But when he passed the training hall, he found that Jimmy Butler was still practicing on the basketball court.

"Jimmy, there is still a game tomorrow, let's go!" Link stopped and shouted at Butler on the court.

"There are 100 shots left, I'll go after I shoot!" Butler waved at Link and continued to shoot.

Surprisingly, after being interrupted by Link, Butler's hand was still hot, and he made 10 more shots before hitting the iron.

Link shook his head and left alone.

On this team, perhaps only Jimmy Butler is the most reassuring to stay and practice. Because that guy's physical strength, like water in the ocean, will never dry up.

Even if it's a late workout, Butler will show up to you with energy the next day.

After all, in the original history, he was a player who was killed by Thibodeau for 48 minutes and still remained strong.

Link's physical fitness is very good in the whole league. However, Link thinks that Butler's physical fitness is better than him!

At least let Link play for 48 minutes without letting him rest for a minute, Link can't do it.

It's good for Butler to look for his state in advance today. After all, tomorrow will be the first time that kid will start in the Western Conference finals in his career!

With the Grizzlies' healthy lineup this year, Butler has had little chance to start.

Tomorrow, in the face of an important game, but suddenly got an opportunity, Butler naturally wants to seize it tightly!

So, he tempered himself like crazy tonight. First, I hope to get a good night's sleep, and second, I hope to stay in a good state.

Seeing Butler working so hard, Link is more confident in tomorrow's game.

Popovich must have thought he was ready for the Grizzlies, so wait and see!

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On May 20, 2014, Tennessee, on the only blue land in ESPN's regional survey of approval ratings, the 2013-14 season of the Western Conference peak battle finally started!

74 wins against the Grizzlies VS 62 wins against the Spurs, this is undoubtedly a strong dialogue. Not only the fans, but even the two sides themselves can't wait for the game to start soon.

The lineup sent by the Spurs today is the same as that of the Western Conference semifinals. Parker, Green, Leonard, Duncan and Split are the starting five tigers of the Spurs.

It looks like this lineup is pretty unremarkable. But in fact, apart from Split, the other four are very powerful players, even if they are singled out. Split can't be called strong, but honestly not weak either.

But Popovich is very clear, this is just a fake starter. After the Grizzlies get used to the traditional game rhythm, he will suddenly send in Boris Diaw, disrupting the Grizzlies defense in one fell swoop! At that time, the black and white bears will become a burden to the Grizzlies instead.

At this time, the Grizzlies' starting five tigers also stepped into the court one after another. Then, before the match started, Popovich's eyes widened.

Grizzly messed up his plans!

The Grizzlies actually changed the starting lineup for the first time! Jogel removed Randolph and replaced him with Jimmy Butler.

At the beginning of the game, the Grizzlies made a lineup of one big and four small!

"The Grizzlies have changed their ranks. This is a once in a century! However, why did you remove Randolph? Is he injured?"

Link blinked from Butler, and then he was ready!

Today Link is going to let the old thief Bobo know what it means to strike first!

The referee blew the whistle, and Marc Gasol got the first shot for the Grizzlies.

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