On the night after the All-Star Game, Link did not appear at the players' party after the game.

According to the usual practice, All-Star MVP has never missed such parties, but Link is an exception.

No one knows where Link went, even Gasol didn't know.

At this time, on a bench somewhere in Central Park, New York.

The hero of the world, Link, was sitting there.

There is no spotlight, no cheers, no praise. Even people coming and going will not look at the bench more.

But compared to those, Link enjoyed the tranquility of the present more.

"Why don't you go to the post-match party? I can't monopolize the focus of the whole world." Rachel, who finally finished her busy work, leaned on Link's shoulder.

"It's better to stay with you instead of accepting praise from the whole world. Next time I can be alone for so long, I have to wait until summer..." Link curled his lips.

"It's okay, we've been together for a long time. Link, in the next two months, you must protect yourself and not be hurt."

Hearing this, Link suddenly stared at Rachel's eyes, making Rachel blush.

"What...what happened?" Rachel lowered her head slightly.

"It's nothing, but every time I'm together, you will tell me not to get hurt." Link smiled and leaned back to the bench again.

"Is there any? Why don't I remember?"

"I just need to remember it, and I will remember it in my heart."

Link smiled. In fact, many people don’t want him to be injured. After all, if he is injured, the Grizzlies’ record will definitely be greatly affected. If he is injured, the media will find it difficult to find hot news. Even the league’s profits may decline.

But Rachel is different from those "many people". She doesn't want to be hurt herself, she just simply doesn't want to go through hardships.

I don't know when, but Link noticed that Rachel would remind herself every time, and she would be more diligent than Judy and Saito.

But Link didn't feel nagging, and listened untiringly every time.

The two snuggled together and remained silent for a few more minutes. But even so, they would not feel bored.

"Rachel." After a long time, Link called his female companion.

"Um?"

“This summer…I have a special idea.”

"Oh? What's your thoughts? Go to the African Nature Reserve together?" Rachel immediately became excited, her eyes lit up.

Being with Link every summer is her happiest moment of the year.

"Well...you'll know then. Let's go, go back. It's getting late. We'll all leave New York early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then sit for another ten minutes."

Let's sit for another ten minutes..."

Finally, God knows how many ten minutes it took for the two people who snuggled together to pass.

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After the All-Star Game, Link beat the heroes and became the biggest winner.

The highest score record in the All-Star history, the highest score record in the All-Star history, plus a victory and the first All-Star MVP trophy in his career.

An All-Star weekend with no player is more perfect than Link.

In the media, people's praise for Link was overwhelmed, and they couldn't even find a voice of objection.

Because Link's performance in this year's All-Star Game can be said to be without any black spots.

You should say that Link relies on stacking shots to brush data, but Link's hit rate is still high.

If you say Link is the only 48 points, he has 6 assists and 7 rebounds.

To say that Link's opponent is not strong enough? That would be even more incredible.

Link's performance made people unable to pick out the thorns, so everyone could only speak in a unified manner and start blowing together.

And the biggest loser of this All-Star weekend, there is no doubt that this "honor" is Kevin Durant.

Durant was originally not involved with the All-Star due to injury. But there was no way, if you don’t do it, you won’t die.

It is obvious that nothing will happen to Durant, the All-Star, but he is not. He just wants to stand up and express himself and argue with Link.

Now, Durant's image as a "good boy" in the hearts of the media was completely destroyed. The fact that Link won the MVP also made Durant's remarks unreasonable, and more like the unreasonable trouble of a little boy.

Most of the people in the Western Conference were willing to help Link break the record, and most fans in Madison Square Garden cheered for Link.

The statement that "Link can only win awards by relying on media partiality" is obviously unstable.

This time, no media continued to stand on Durant's side to attack Link. Because Durant himself is now standing opposite to the media.

From now on, Durant has had an argument with Link again, and the media will not all help Link.

But if they continue to help Durant, then maybe...

Link and the media were originally very tense, but now, after Durant suddenly intervened, Link and the media eased.

The person who hates Link the most, this time he gave Link a divine assist.

Durant's fancy deeds made him feel uneasy even if he was injured.

But he is definitely not the only person in the world who is hurt by Link. His teammates Russell Westbrook and ESPN's famous "poisonous tongue" Bill Simmons must be very anxious now.

The reason for their anxiety is also very simple - Link continued his unrivaled performance in the All-Star Game into the regular season.

After the All-Star Game, as soon as the stars' brief rest ended, everyone continued to devote themselves to the fierce regular season battle.

The Grizzlies still maintained an extremely high winning rate thanks to Link's incredible performance when they lost their main point guard Conley.

In the first game after the All-Star Game, on February 22, the Grizzlies challenged the Trail Blazers again away.

This time, Link completely blocked Lillard from the No. 1 position. Although Lillard scored 18 points, he made only 7 of 17 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 41.2%.

In contrast, Link scored 36 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds in the game.

While scoring the 13th triple-double this season, he also led the team to win the final victory 108-96.

Link is definitely a person with clear public and private affairs. He sincerely thanked Lillard for his support in the All-Star Game before the game. But as soon as the game started, Link "turned his back and refused to recognize others."

The All-Stars scored a 30-point triple-double as soon as the ended, which made Westbrook's best position in the month precarious.

Of course, it also made Bill Simmons feel a little chilling on his head.

On February 23, the Grizzlies fought back to back and forth against Los Angeles. Since they were back to back away, the Grizzlies finally lost by 3 points.

The Clippers have put in all their efforts to defeat the Grizzlies, and they finally got what they wanted.

But Paul was not satisfied with this game because he lost completely in the showdown with Link.

Paul's data with 17 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds is actually not bad, but Link's performance of 30 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks is too much better than Paul.

After the game, local media in Los Angeles exclaimed, "Mike Conley, come back quickly. If Link continues to rampage in the No. 1 position, the No. 1 position in the entire league will be beaten to autism!"

Unfortunately, Conley failed to return on time. In the original plan, Conley could make a comeback at the end of February. However, in the latest update report of the Grizzlies, Conley's comeback time was postponed to early March.

No one knows whether Conley really hasn't recovered, or the Grizzlies deliberately want to use Link to play a few more points guards...

Losing to the Clippers was just a nap. Because after that, they won the remaining three games in February in one go.

On February 25, Link played against the Kings, with 33 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, and did not let Cousins ​​go at all.

On February 27, Link scored 42 points and successfully took revenge!

The Grizzlies No. 28 ushered in another round of back-to-back matches, but their opponents are weak. The Minnesota "Husky" has a record of only 13 wins and 44 losses.

So, the Grizzlies won the game without any effort, and Link scored 30 points and 12 assists and 8 rebounds. After the All-Star game, he led the team to 5 wins and 4 losses.

After the game in February, the Grizzlies' record was consolidated to 49 wins and 8 losses. They continued to suppress the Warriors, who had 45 wins and 11 losses, and firmly ranked first in the league.

At this point, Westbrook has completely disappeared from people's sight.

Half a month ago, he was the most likely player of the Western Conference in February.

But now, no one mentioned this matter again.

After the game in the second half of the month, everyone knew that Link's best month must be stable again.
Chapter completed!