Link stood panting on the right horn, ready to respond at any time.

However, before Link could move a step, the guy who had no expression on his face throughout the game posted it up.

For the first time, Link discovered that he used to prefer those kind of opponents with broken mouths. Although the trash they sprayed was annoying, at least it could make you feel his joy, anger, sorrow, and fear, and let you touch his emotions.

What about Leonard? Link is facing him, and it feels like he is facing a machine without emotions.

Does anyone want to fight the cold machine? Surely not.

"Damn it!" Link pushed Leonard away and started running. Seeing this, Conley made a straight pass and sent the ball to Link who ran to the free throw line.

Link took the ball and shot directly. Before he could take action, he found a big hand with an exaggerated proportion stretched out in front of him.

It was Leonard again, and that guy was sealed again!

"Bang!"

Link missed the shot, and Leonard successfully defended!

"Kavai's defense today was very good. He was not in a hurry throughout the game and seemed to be able to keep up with Link's pace easily. Link scored 20 points today, but his shooting percentage was only 41%. There is no doubt that such a shooting percentage is much lower than Link's average shooting percentage."

This was the first time that Cole, who was commenting on the game, saw Link being so embarrassed. Compared with the past, Link easily abused Richard Jefferson, he played too embarrassed today.

After Leonard defended again, he did not roar or celebrate, but instead ran to the frontcourt, prepared to catch the ball, and started the attack in the next round!

Link felt tremendous psychological pressure, and he finally knew why Leonard was called the "Terminator". A cold opponent will really make you fall into deep self-doubt.

In the end, Ginobili's throw completely lost the suspense of the game. In the last 32 seconds, the Grizzlies were still 13 points behind and failed to narrow the gap to single digits.

After this goal, Hollins called for a stoppage of the game and then removed all the main players.

Att Center, San Antonio fans cheered and cheered. After being accidentally eliminated by the Grizzlies last season, Spurs fans were looking forward to this victory. Now, they have waited for what they are looking forward to!

After a few dozen seconds of the timeout, the electronic beeps rang throughout the game. The Spurs players cheered, and they successfully defended their home court!

106 to 93, the Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Holy City!

"The great San Antonio Spurs, they knocked the unstoppable Grizzlies to the ground! They won five consecutive games in the playoffs! The Grizzlies have never lost in the playoffs before, and facing the Nuggets, the score difference is in double digits in 3 games in 4 games. It is such a wild beast that is unstoppable, but they were defeated by the Spurs. Congratulations, they have taken an important lead of 1-0!"

After Cole finished speaking, he looked at the data sheet in his hand. People said that the Spurs have almost no changes every year, and they still have GDP after playing. But over the past year, the Spurs' changes have actually been very huge.

Duncan scored 26 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals, with a shooting percentage of 60%. It is hard to imagine that Duncan can usher in the third spring of his career.

Last season, people said that GDP will be brilliant, and Duncan, who is almost 40 years old, will also decline rapidly.

As a result, this No. 21 not only did not decline, but its condition improved a lot.

Danny Green made 15 points and 6 rebounds, made 3 of 6 three-pointers, and his overall shooting percentage was 54.5%. Last season, the Spurs almost didn't have such a person. Last season's playoffs, Green only played in garbage time.

Burris Dior 7 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, another old monster. Although he didn't score much, he caused huge trouble to the Grizzlies today. Compared to last season's McDyce and Dejuan Blair, Dior obviously made the Spurs more flexible on both offense and defense.

Of course, the most important thing is that number 2.

16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 blocked, limiting Link's shooting percentage to almost fall below 40%. One of the steals was snatched from Link.

Last season, the Spurs were unable to play the No. 3 player in the data. This year, the "Terminator" emerged, clamping the Grizzlies' offensive core.

Looking at these players and looking at these data, Cole couldn't help but sigh that the Spurs had not changed much on the surface, but in fact, they were no longer of the same level as last year.

The Grizzlies have no lineup changes, but because of Randolph's condition, the Grizzlies do not have much advantage in the inside. Although Link is filled, it is equivalent to Link and Randolph's position being adjusted. So overall, the Grizzlies' overall strength is not necessarily stronger than last year.

The Spurs' 13-point victory came both unexpectedly and reasonably.

After the game, Popovich was finally able to show off happily again. He was surrounded by reporters and became the biggest star in the game.

"Tim Tim's performance is too selfish. He actually scored almost 30 points by himself. I have to criticize him later."

"Kavai only scored 16 points. Is it amazing? Please, stop asking me what I think of his performance. His performance is average."

"Link won the fastest-progress player award, not MVP. Beating him is not a big news, don't be surprised."

Once Popovich started running the train with all his mouth, even the young reporter could not keep up with his ideas.

Of course, the old man was proud. As early as the end of the first round of the series, he asked Leonard to study Link well. Now it seems that all preparations have not been in vain. Leonard ate Link tightly. If he could continue, Popovich believed that the Spurs could easily advance.

At the post-match press conference, Link's situation was completely opposite to Popovich. The more glorious Popovich was, the more embarrassing Link was.

"Link, how much trouble do you think Leonard's defense has caused you? He defends you, it's like you tangled Durant to death last season?"

"This game is your lowest score since the playoffs this season. In the regular season, Leonard also limited you to only 10 points in a game. Will this first-year striker be your nemesis?"

"How do you think of Leonard's performance? Do you think the main responsibility for the team's loss today is yourself?"

This is the first time Link is so embarrassed at a press conference. After all, he doesn't give others the chance to question himself most of the time.

But today, the performance was really bad.

Faced with these problems, Link sent out the reporters in a very official tone and hurriedly left the media reception room.

No one knows what he is thinking, is he angry? Unwilling to accept it? Or does it matter?

After the game, a reporter photographed Link being the first to change into casual clothes and leave the locker room, the first to get on the team bus, and then fell asleep!

The reporters were shocked. Did this guy think the Memphis Grizzlies won the game today? Originally, the reporters were looking forward to seeing Link go directly to the training hall to practice more, but unexpectedly, they took such a picture.

Everyone shook their heads. Maybe after taking the fastest-progress player, Link was already floating?

So, a lot of news about Link's first thing he did after losing was to sleep. Most fans shook their heads and felt sorry for him. Why did he live a life of soaking wolfberry in a thermos cup?

Why did the fastest progress award make him so relaxed?

There are even many media outlets who have added fuel to the fire, saying, "This is why Link is definitely unable to join the top stars."

In this way, the first game of the highly anticipated Western Conference semi-finals ended here. Link's attitude and state made most people predict that the Spurs could easily bring a 2-0 total score to Memphis.

It is estimated that the Grizzlies will still find it difficult to turn over in the next game.

The Grizzlies players were very frustrated after being slaughtered by the Spurs. After returning to the hotel, Hollins was preparing to study today's game video to see if he wanted to change his strategy in the next game.

At this time, it was already 12 o'clock, Hollins made a cup of coffee and was about to stay up late to work. At this moment, his door was knocked.

Hollins looked out of the cat's eyes strangely. Who would disturb him so late?

I didn't know if I didn't look at it, but I was shocked when I saw it. It was Link who stood outside the door of Hollins!

"Link? Is there anything wrong with it so late?" Hollins thought Link wanted to talk to him. Most young players would choose to talk to their trustworthy coaches when they encountered setbacks.

However, Link did not complain like a woman. He spoke directly, "Leon, share the game video with me."

"Uh, what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Is the video of the ** game? Of course, it is to study the video of the game."

"But it's already 12 o'clock in the evening, aren't you going to sleep?"

"Oh, I've just slept in the car. Forgot? I was the first to rush out of the locker room and get into the car to sleep. So now I'm in good spirits, Leon."
Chapter completed!