Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight: The Mentality Is Broken...

Finding Link staring at him, Anthony, Davis frowned.

For some reason, a trace of fear arose in his heart.

Originally playing in the playoffs for the first time, Davis was a little nervous. What's more, he was very unlucky to play in the playoffs for the first time and ran into the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference...

He is still the No. 1 player in the Western Conference who can even defeat the 67-win Warriors.

Davis shook his head and stopped thinking.

Anyway, he didn't mainly compete with Link today. He was still very confident against Tobias Harris.

Davis knows very well that he is the Pelicans' hope to win, and he has no intention of evading responsibility.

He will do his best. If he can win a game against the Grizzlies, it will definitely make himself famous and prove his strength.

Davis then avoided Link's gaze and stared at the basketball instead.

Link smiled, Davis had already started to run away! His eyes had betrayed him.

The referee threw the basketball into the air, and Gasol grabbed the basketball from Omer Asik's head.

In the stands, the cheers flooded the entire arena. Just the sound of the fans shouting and stamping their feet gave Davis, who was experiencing the playoffs for the first time, some palpitations.

Conley stopped outside the three-point line and calmly directed the offense.

Anthony Davis stood in front of Link, extending his long arms. Davis's official height is 2.08 meters, but in Link's opinion, he must be taller than that. The wingspan is 2.27 meters, which is very superior.

He stood in front of Link like a loveseat.

Seeing Davis taking the initiative to defend Link, the fans cheered even louder.

Davis did not match up with Link on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, Pelicans coach Monty Williams specially arranged for him to defend Link.

The biggest shortcoming of the Pelicans' lineup is that the third position is too short. Tyreke Evans and Quincy Pondexter are both less than 2 meters tall.

Although height is not everything in defense, Evans and Pondexter are not very strong defensive players.

If they were asked to defend Link... Monty Williams couldn't believe how serious the consequences would be.

Therefore, he simply asked Anthony Davis to defend Link and use a solid shield to block the opponent's sharpest spear.

Davis is undoubtedly an offensive and defensive star. His excellent physical condition makes him always unfavorable on the defensive end.

Averaged 2.9 blocks and 1.5 steals per game, which speaks volumes. Davis has led the league in blocks for two consecutive years and is very likely to be selected for the All-Defensive Team this year.

Letting Davis defend Link is the Pelicans' best way to contain Link.

Link was not surprised when he saw that Davis was defending him, but became excited.

Now, no need to look for it, the opponent will come to you on his own initiative!

Link ran to the right corner and challenged Davis without holding the ball. He knows very well that Davis is not only the Pelicans' strongest defensive player, but also the core of the Pelicans' defense.

As long as Davis is fished out of the penalty area,

The Pelicans' defensive quality will be greatly reduced.

After Link pulled Davis away, Conley knowingly sent the ball to Gasol who was sitting in the low post.

Facing the one-on-one defense of Turkish Asik, Gasol had no trouble scoring.

Gasol leaned back suddenly, knocked Asik away, turned around and hooked, and easily scored a goal.

2-0, the Grizzlies scored first. Moreover, this crushing offensive showed the domineering power of the defending champion.

Although Gasol scored, Kevin Harlan cheered for the Pelicans.

"Anthony Davis did not let Link receive the ball in this round. His defensive range is wide enough even in front of Link! If he keeps it up, the Pelicans will definitely get a chance!"

"Pfft!" As soon as Kevin Harlan finished speaking, Bill Simmons almost couldn't help laughing.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I don't think Davis guarded Link just now. Anyway, keep watching the game."

The Pelicans' first attack was not as gentle as the Grizzlies'. As soon as they came up, they planned to look for Anthony Davis!

Almost everyone thought that Davis' opponent today was Tobias Harris, but when the Pelicans players all attacked, they found that Harris was defending in front of Pondexter.

As for Link, he was staying at Davis' side.

Today, Link is the real No. 4 player for the Grizzlies!

"Link actually defended himself in front of Davis. How confident he is! In terms of height, Link is completely at a disadvantage! I know that Link once played the fifth position, but Anthony Davis is different from other insiders. He His independent offensive capabilities are among the best in the league."

Kevin Harlan still has full confidence in Anthony Davis. He believes that players like Davis will be the dominant players on the basketball court in the future.

Davis leaned on Link in the low post and raised his hand to ask for the ball. As a pure No. 4 position, he believed that he could take advantage of the low post singles.

Link did not go around, but stood firmly behind Davis.

Eric Gordon steadily dropped the ball into the penalty area, and Davis gently stretched out his hand to grab the ball.

Davis' big hands allowed him to easily and steadily grasp the basketball. He was not polite to Link and leaned back suddenly the moment he got the ball!

Although Anthony Davis is not a heavy inside man, he is not weak either.

But after Davis hit him like this, Link didn't even take a step back!

Anthony Davis was stunned by Link, and he was stuck in place in embarrassment. The most taboo thing for inside players when playing in low singles is that they can't stand up to others.

"This..." Kevin Harlan really didn't expect that Link could beat Davis so easily.

God knows how strong Link is...

Davis was also a little surprised. Is this the intensity of confrontation in the playoffs?

But he has always been one of the best position fours in the league. After finding that he could not carry Link, Davis immediately changed his strategy, leaning on Link and turning around to break through.

He believes that with his greater strides and better height and wingspan, he should be able to easily defeat Link in the breakthrough attack.

But Davis turned his back and just took a step. Before he could attack the frame, he found that the basketball was out of his control!

Davis looked down and saw that Link had made a clean cut of the ball.

"How is it possible..." Davis really didn't expect Link's reaction to be so fast. Logically speaking, the defensive players would all focus forward, making it difficult for them to retreat in time.

In most games, whenever Davis encounters an opponent who is defending him, he immediately turns around and always makes a sudden move.

In fact, Davis's judgment was not wrong. His mistake was in treating Link as an ordinary person.

Link sliced ​​off the basketball and quickly passed Davis, keeping the ball firmly in his hands.

Seeing Link kill him almost effortlessly, Davis' mentality collapsed...

In just one round, he seemed to see a huge gap between himself and Link.

Link immediately got the ball after stealing the ball and assisted Jimmy Butler to make a fast break.

The fans in the stands of FedEx Arena were still cheering, and Bill Simmons didn't think the scene just now was that surprising.

They had expected this outcome.

And, this is just the beginning.

Anthony Davis's nightmare tonight is still there.

He will definitely be impressed by his first playoff trip and remember it for life!

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