The Grizzlies won the Warriors 110-91, with a score difference of up to 19 points. To be honest, this score does not make most people feel strange. The Grizzlies and the Warriors are not teams of the same level. One team wants to work hard to make some achievements in the playoffs, while the other team just wants to sign for the lottery next season.

What people talk about in this game is not the score, but Link's magical performance of 6 of 8 three-pointers. In 2011, on the Grizzlies, who averaged less than 4 three-pointers per game, suddenly a player made 6 three-pointers in one game, and his shooting percentage was very high. When this player was a magical undraft, it was difficult not to attract people's attention.

"Link responded strongly after two consecutive losses. He used a series of three-pointers to bid farewell to the shadow of losing streak!"

"A very terrible question is: What else can Link do? Or, what else is there that Link cannot do."

"It's hard for you to imagine that the three-pointer after the dribble is a move that can be done by a undraft. The Grizzlies gave Link a lot of free space, and Link also used his second 30-point night in his career to give back the Grizzlies' trust."

A regular season game, but because of those 6 three-pointers, Link once again attracted much attention. Many people believe that if it weren't for Link's Memphis, his popularity might be even greater than Griffin.

This statement is obviously not groundless, because soon, Link was recognized by the league.

The day after the Grizzlies and Warriors' match ended, the NBA officially announced the list of the two best players of the week in the East and West this week. Link defeated Kevin Martin with his all-round data averaging 24.2 points, 6.7 assists and 9 rebounds this week, winning the Best of the Week honor for the first time in his career!

Although Martin, who ranked second in the voting, led the Rockets to a three-game winning streak this week, his personal data of 25.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists is not as convincing as Link.

After receiving this notice, Link jumped up excitedly. It seems that he was busy again during the media opening period this afternoon. The Best of Week, and the Best of Week was also won in the West where the strongest people were. This is an amazing honor.

Although they have 23 chances to compete for the best player of the week in a season, for most people, this is still an honor they can't match.

Link's selection marks that he has become the only player of the week among the rookies this year! Yes, the only one!

In the East, the Best Week is mostly divided by Howard, Stoudemire, Ross and James, and there is no problem with the No. 1 pick in Wall. In the West, there is a dispute over the heroes. Although Blake Griffin's data is gorgeous, the Clippers' poor record is destined to miss the Best Week.

When neither of the top scorers were selected for the best of the week, Link did it. What neither of the top scorers could do, the Chinese were out of the draft.

It doesn't matter if you think about it, it will definitely cause an uproar.

Link looked at the newspaper reports happily, and his career had become more and more dreamy.

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On the last day of March, the Grizzlies did not play. Now the playoffs are approaching, and Hollins doesn't want the team's lineup to go wrong before the playoffs. Therefore, today's training ended early and the intensity is not high.

At night, Link was bored watching TV at home alone. Since joining the Grizzlies, Link has had such a leisurely night.

Usually, he either plays games, practices more at night, or plays outside with his teammates.

But now the playoffs are approaching, and Randolph and Tony Allen, the two veteran drivers, rarely go out to play. In addition, Hollins now explicitly prohibits Link from practicing more at night, for fear that he will be injured due to fatigue before the playoffs. Therefore, Link can only sit at home and watch TV and chat with Rachel on his phone.

Bored Link suddenly changed to the TV station, and there were also several games to be broadcast live today. However, during the live broadcast, a short program of playoff preview was inserted, which attracted Link's interest.

"The regular season is half a month away, and now the situation in the east and west parts has stabilized. Let's start with the second half. On the east side, the Hawks, Knicks, Philadelphia and Indianapolis should not be able to jump into the first half anymore. The gap between their ranking and the top four in the east has been greatly expanded. So if nothing unexpected happens, the matchup between the East is already very clear."

With the host's analysis, the TV screen showed the prediction matchup table for the East this year.

"To be honest, it's quite chaotic. The gap between the teams is not big, and there is still room for floating rankings. But what I can be sure is that the Trail Blazers, Hornets and Grizzlies will definitely rank 6, 7, and 8. The final order may be different, but these three teams will never be able to rush to the sixth place or above. The Spurs, Lakers and Thunder must be prepared for tough battles, because in the West, even the teams in the top eight and lower half are very strong."

Looking at the analysis on the TV, Link curled his lips. The Grizzlies' current record is 45 wins and 31 losses, and they have surpassed the Hornets to become the seventh in the West again. In the next half month, the Grizzlies will only win five or six more games and their ranking will rise to sixth place.

It is indeed not easy to win five or six games in half a month, but it is not impossible to do it. Why does this host look down on the Grizzlies so much?

In the West, anything is possible. For example, a undrafted player of the week.

At first, Link was worried that his existence might lead to changes in history, and he was afraid that he would not be able to help the Grizzlies perform the Black Eight Miracle.

But now, Link is not worried at all. It’s not that he is confident that he will definitely beat the Spurs, but that he thinks the Grizzlies may not continue to enter the playoffs as eighth in the West.

History will indeed change, but what has changed is not the end of the game against the Spurs, but the Grizzlies' regular season ranking!

Link also thought about it. If he had joined, the Grizzlies' record would be the same as in the original history, which would be too boring. Since he had one more self, he should be able to win a few more games.

If the Grizzlies can enter the playoffs as higher than eighth, wouldn’t they have to worry about Black Eight’s failure?

What does the Grizzlies have to go to the sixth ranking? This is a very terrible statement.

When he first entered the league, Link was indeed not very confident about himself. But now, when he scored a triple-double, won the rookie MVP, won the best of the week, and created one incredible thing after another, Link really realized a miracle of the NBA slogan that happened here.

The eighth place in the West? The old history, it's time to change.

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On April 1, 2011, the Grizzlies ushered in a focus battle. They will face their direct competitor in ranking at home, the New Orleans Hornets.

The Hornets are now one win behind the Grizzlies and have now fallen to eighth place in the West. If they win this game, their ranking will rise to seventh place in the West. Because the Hornets and the Grizzlies have more advantages in the past record. Therefore, even if they are on par with the Grizzlies, their rankings can be higher than the Grizzlies.

Everyone thought it would be a fierce game, and the scene of Link winning the Hornets in overtime is still vivid in my mind.

However, just one and a half of the game were stunned. At the end of the half game, the Grizzlies had already led the Hornets by 13 points.

"Chris Paul's condition is a disaster today. Although he gave 8 assists in the first half, he made 0 of 5 shots in the whole first half, without any score in any sports, and scored a pitiful 1 point with only free throws! If Carl Landry hadn't performed well, the Hornets might have fallen behind more!"

Although Hubby Brown is on the side of the Grizzlies and he also hopes that the Grizzlies can win, he really didn't expect that the Grizzlies would eat the Hornets so much this time.

In the second half, Randolph was so angry that he strengthened his defense against Landry, and the Hornets' offense was instantly caught. Paul still performed poorly. At this critical moment of competing for the playoff rankings, the "Queen Bee" lost the chain.

In the end, although Paul gave 13 assists in the whole game, he scored only 5 points, and his shooting was as low as 25%.

Link continued to maintain his good form after the upgrade, with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, making 11 of 19 shots in the game, with a shooting percentage of 57.9%, which is worthy of inheriting Hill's efficiency in shooting percentage of outside players that year.

93 to 80, the Grizzlies easily defeated their direct competitor at home and set a distance of 2 games with the Hornets. The record between them and the Trail Blazers, the sixth in the West, was tied!
Chapter completed!