On April 25, 2015, 18,000 fans cheered for their players at the New Orleans Arena.

On the court, Link and Anthony Davis fell to the ground, competing for a floor ball.

What surprised Davis was that Link was as hard as he did

Even though the Grizzlies are now leading by more than 10 points, and even if the total score in the series has become 3-0, Link has not slacked off at all.

He did not refuse to do such dirty and tiring tasks just because he was a superstar, nor did he relax himself because he was far ahead.

Link and the Grizzlies are undoubtedly Davis' best teachers, which really makes him understand what the playoffs are.

In the playoffs, your opponent will grab every weakness of yours and beat them hard, until you hurt, until you have no power to fight back, until the moment the game whistle sounds, and until they finally win!

This is what the Grizzlies and Link do. As long as they go on the field to fight, they will not show mercy. Whether they are leading 10 points or falling behind 10 points, they are all just as bloodthirsty.

In the end, Link took the lead in holding the ball into his arms on the floor. Before he could get up, Link passed the ball out and handed it to Mike Conley.

With Link's active and tough battle, the Grizzlies got a chance to play fast attack.

Conley made a quick breakthrough. He has been recuperating for so long in the regular season just to expose the greatest strength in the playoffs.

He did not disappoint Link's expectations and successfully made a layup.

After this goal, the Grizzlies led the Pelicans by 13 points. Once again, before the half-time game, the Grizzlies led the Pelicans by double digits!

"Link is definitely a player born for the championship. He interprets to the world what a real superstar is! If you stand from Link's perspective, you may not be too lazy to compete with Anthony Davis. After all, the Grizzlies are far ahead, and even without this goal, the Grizzlies can still maintain the lead. But this is Link, he is conveying a message all the time - I want to win!"

On the commentary stage, even the local New Orleans commentator praised Link.

There is no way, at present, the Pelicans really have no chance of defeating the Grizzlies.

To be precise, the Pelicans have been killed since the intermission in Game 1 of the series.

In the game where Bill Simmons shaved his head, the Pelicans finally lost 23 points to the Grizzlies. The Pelicans made some progress in the second game, "only" losing 10 points to the Grizzlies...

In the last game, the Pelicans finally returned to their home court. The young people tried their best to win back the game, and they did push their limits.

In the first three quarters, the Pelicans and the Grizzlies played very anxiously. After three quarters, the Pelicans even led by 5 points!

Just when everyone thought that the Pelicans might really save their face, Link appeared with a sickle again.

In the fourth quarter, Link scored 17 points in a single quarter. He made a big shot and made Anthony Davis stunned.

Maybe at that time Davis was only thinking about one thing, "How could there be such a guy in this world!?"

With Link's super god performance, the Grizzlies scored 39 points in the fourth quarter and defeated the Pelicans in one fell swoop. They persisted for three quarters, but failed to withstand Link's crazy counterattack in the last 12 minutes.

In the end, the Grizzlies reversed 123-108 to win the game. Link scored 40 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game, which was also the first time Link scored 40+ points this season.

When the Pelicans thought they could do miracles, Link simply frowned and destroyed them.

After the third game, the huge gap in strength between the two sides was already very obvious. Moreover, the total score of 3-0 was enough to break the Pelicans' final fantasy.

Therefore, after Link made a little effort in the last game and made a good-looking Pelicans. Today, no one thought the Pelicans could win.

But even in this situation, Link was still fighting, still bravely knocking to the ground, and still never slacking off.

What he did undoubtedly completely closed the "windows" of New Orleans, making the entire New Orleans dim.

Davis stood up from the ground and gasped. Link beside him also stood up, but he was as if he was fine and immediately retreated.

Davis shook his head and the four matches against Link made his horizons even higher.

It turns out that this is how the top stars in the world play...

Davis's first playoff journey was really eye-opening.

In the second half, the Grizzlies still maintained their suppression of the Pelicans. The more they played, the more they became absent-minded.

What does it mean to have no hope of victory? When you cannot close the score difference to single digits in your best state, it is called hopeless victory.

The Pelicans' life-and-death battle was not as anxious as imagined. The Grizzlies had already replaced the main lineup in the last half of the quarter. But in the end, they still won the game with 11 points 109-98.

The moment the electronic beep sounded, it means that no game in the Pelicans can narrow the score difference to single digits. They lost 0-4 with no fighting back!

"It's over, and it's undoubtedly a relief for the Pelicans players. Now, they can finally escape from this devilish land and enjoy their vacation."

After the game, even the commentator was happy for the Pelicans players.

This kind of competition is really tormenting...

After the game, Anthony Davis and Link hugged. Link said some comforting and polite words and said goodbye to him.

Pelicans coach Monty Williams was interviewed by the sideline media as soon as possible. Williams's face was full of the word "helplessness". He kept sighing in front of the camera.

"What else can I say? They are perhaps the strongest teams we have ever met... They have no weaknesses."

"No weakness at all", this is what Monty Williams gave to the Grizzlies.

Being able to let a head coach say such words means that he and his team are really powerless.

The Grizzlies players weren't really excited to win the first round of the series. After all, this was a task that had to be completed for them.

So after the promotion, everyone was generally calm.

Link didn't talk much about the game at the post-match press conference, but kept saying good things about Davis.

But the reporters gathered together not to listen to Link praise Anthony Davis.

"I'm glad I don't have to face Anthony Davis before the start of next season. He is an amazing player, both offense and defense, and the entire court, he can cause trouble for his opponents."

"With his skills, he is definitely not a guy who is easy to mess with. He deserves our high-standard defensive treatment."

"The other party is very talented and makes me deal with it seriously every night."

Link rarely praises his opponent at press conferences, which only shows that Link does not treat Davis as a real opponent at all...

Just imagine, the Warriors and the Grizzlies are fighting now. Will Link be so Quad Raymond Green?

With Link's personality, it would be nice not to scold people.

Anyway, Link is the winner now, no matter how much he praises Anthony Davis, it doesn't make sense.

A reporter couldn't sit still anymore, so he raised his hand and stood up and asked a question that was very destructive to the atmosphere of victory.

"Link, as we all know, last season you became the first unanimous MVP in NBA history and achieved an amazing achievement. But this year, it is generally believed that the competition for MVP is very fierce. Most of your votes have been taken away by Stephen Curry. Not only can you not be elected for the unanimous vote, but the position of the MVP is even in danger. Do you think you can continue to be the MVP this season? Do you have this confidence?"

As soon as the reporter's question came out, the press conference was silent in an instant.

This is a complete way to pick up any pot without opening any pot!

Everyone can see how strong Curry's performance this season is. He is indeed one of the popular candidates for MVP now.

Sure enough, when Curry was mentioned, Link stopped praising others. After all, Curry was his real opponent.

"If he is really that strong, why didn't he get the best of the month at a time? I'm looking forward to someone causing me trouble because my budget for expanding the showroom is not enough."

Link responded confidently to the reporter and pretended not to be ashamed.
Chapter completed!