On May 4, Grizzlies fans who were almost moldy were finally able to flock to the Federal Express Arena to watch the second round of the Grizzlies' playoffs.

The Warriors started the second round of the match against the Rockets a day ago. The Grizzlies, who advanced early, waited until today before waiting for their second round opponents.

In most people's predictions, the Grizzlies' second round opponent should be the Los Angeles Clippers as last year.

But the tenacious pioneers made people's expectations fade. Although they were scarred, they eventually stepped into the Federal Express Arena, entered the palace of the king, and prepared to seize the throne.

The Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies, one of them has just created a miracle of a 1-3 turnover, while the other one has firmly controlled the league's first position.

Before these two magical teams could officially collide, many sparks emerged.

Before the game started, espn specially released Lillard's exciting highlights in the last round of the game.

Espn's move only wants to express one point, "This is a top point guard who is not afraid of Paul in the playoffs!"

Lillard has indeed become famous this season, and he even made the Trail Blazers his own team.

Before this season, everyone felt that Aldridge was the key to the Trail Blazers' revival. But now, almost everyone believes that Aldridge is Lillard's assistant.

Lillard has always been a "retrograde". He has not been officially selected as the All-Star this year. His subsequent selection was only because he replaced the injured player and was used as a replacement.

His popularity is not particularly high in the West. When it comes to Western defenders, people will think of Harden, Westbrook, Curry and others.

Lillard? He will most likely be forgotten.

It was not until he led the team to counterattack the Clippers in the last round that people suddenly realized that Lillard was such a powerful character.

Lillard is quite similar to Link in this regard. They are both older rookies and are not favored by others, but they all crawled out of doubts with their own practical actions.

Such players are usually very scary, not just because of how good their skills are, but because they have an extremely strong heart that is almost impossible to destroy!

In the last round of the Pelicans, Link broke down his mentality in the Pelicans in just a few rounds in the first game.

Once the opponent's mentality collapses, they will retreat step by step. The grizzlies will become easier and easier when they fight.

But when faced with Lillard, such good things are not easy to happen. Unless you really encounter major setbacks, Lillard will not be so easy to have an imbalance in his mentality.

A tenacious and undefeated opponent is always the hardest to deal with.

So, when Lillard heard Link say “They have never seen the real hell yet”, the young Trail Blazers guard just waved his hand indifferently.

"I know Link's style. He always likes to try to panic the opponent before the game starts. I have to say that this is a wonderful move. But for me and the Trail Blazers, this move doesn't work."

Lillard still believes that nothing is more difficult than falling behind 1-3.

They have experienced the most difficult things, but what else can't get through?

Before the game began, when players from both sides entered the court to warm up, Lillard and Link hugged each other surrounded by a bunch of cameras.

Lillard is right, his personal relationship with Link is indeed very good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept feeding Link in the All-Star Game.

Link first congratulated Lillard on leading the team to escape death, but he quickly said bluntly, "You know, Damien, I really want to watch you keep winning. But I can't lose, this is my mission."

"You have your mission, I have mine. Let's do our best to play a good match. It's all about the game. By the way, you said you'll let me see what hell is really like. Are you serious?"

"Of course, I don't like to joke around." Link looked directly into Lillard's eyes, and the reporters seemed to feel lightning flashing in their sights.

"Well...then let me experience it, don't let me down, Link."

After saying that, the two separated and went to their respective half.

How close they were just now, how fierce they would be on the basketball court later!

Men's friendship is such a wonderful thing.

As soon as Link returned to his own half, Conley immediately came over, "Link, are you very confident."

"Don't you?" Link patted Conley on the shoulder.

"Not really, it's just that there's really too little time to practice tactics..."

"It's okay, be brave. Just remember that I will be guarding you all the time."

Conley looked at Link and felt much more at ease in an instant.

Although Conley has also been selected for the best defensive lineup, Lillard opened the flower in front of Paul, who was also strong in defense in the last round.

It is reasonable for Conley to be nervous.

But with just one sentence, Conley felt at ease.

The Olympic champion's son shook his head with a smile. Speaking of which, this is not the first time Link has inspired him.

The most important thing is that Link always says what he says. This time, Conley also believes in Link 100%.

Since that's the case, let's join forces to let Lillard die at the Federal Express Arena!

The game began soon, and both starters shook hands, greeted each other, and then stood in the designated position.

It seemed that the smell of gunpowder on both sides did not seem to be that strong. But everyone knew that this was just the tranquility before the storm.

On the Trail Blazers, Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge and Lopez are still forming the starting five Tigers.

They were all very energetic, as if there was no difficulty to stop them.

After the referee blew a whistle, the ball was thrown into the air. Robin Lopez jumped up and pushed the ball into Lillard's hand.

The fighting spirit Lopez showed when competing for the ball fully demonstrated the Blazers' determination.

Jogel stood anxiously on the sidelines at the beginning because he didn't know how much the double-team tactic he arranged could be implemented.

As long as there is a mistake, Lillard will break through the Grizzlies' defense!

Lillard slowly controlled the ball and was ready to go one-on-one with Link.

But when Lillard crossed the midfield line, he was surprised to find that the Grizzlies were still using Conley to defend themselves!

"Without a switch, Coach Joggle didn't use Link to block Lillard! He still chose Conley. Could it be that the Grizzlies did not make any adjustments!?"

Not only Lillard, but even Hubby Brown, who was watching the game, held his glasses in surprise.

Where is Link? He is now in front of Aldridge!

Everyone thought Joggel had played the wrong chess. Instead of letting Link defend Aldridge, it would be better to let him defend Lillard!

Is that guy unclear who is the most threatening player of the Trail Blazers now?

Aldridge is very strong, but if you don’t defend against Lillard, you will not be able to curb Aldridge alone.

"Lillard is ready to attack. Is this a decision-making mistake or a trick? We will get the answer soon!"

While speaking, Lillard called Aldridge to cover it. Since the Grizzlies didn't need Link to defend themselves, Lillard wouldn't be polite.

After taking advantage of the cover, Lillard successfully got rid of Conley.

Without hesitation, Link let go of Aldridge and replaced him with Lillard.

Lillard was not panicked. Under normal circumstances, the big guys just came to delay the defense change after pick-and-roll. They would withdraw after the smaller guys came.

And this gap is Lillard's chance to score! In the last round, he knocked the Clippers down.

Lillard thought Link would definitely withdraw, and he had to withdraw. Otherwise, Aldridge would be emptied.

But after Conley got rid of the cover and caught up with Lillard, Lillard realized that something was wrong.

Neither Link nor Conley left him, but double-teamed on the spot!

"Double double-team, the Grizzlies decided to double-team Lillard in the first round!" Hubby Brown stood up, Jogel's strategy was completely different from what people imagined!

Lillard was stunned for a moment and directly attacked after pick-and-roll? What the hell is this tactic!

Now Lillard thinks that his attack will definitely not work, and his best choice is to give the ball to Aldridge.

But Link, the best defensive player and Conley cleverly blocked Aldridge's catch route, and Lillard, who was sandwiched inside, couldn't pass it out at all!

Lillard is an attacking point guard, and passing and organizing are not his strengths.

What's more, it's under the double-team of two defensive masters!

Lillard could only pass the ball with a poor vision, but the ball was passed by a sluggish and slow. Gasol, who was assisting in defense, stretched out his long arm and cut off the pass.

In addition to Conley and Link, Gasol in the inside is also one of the keys to defending Lillard.

The Grizzlies used a full three layers of defense to curb the Trail Blazers' No. 0 defender.

Lillard made a mistake in the first leg of the game!

Jimmy Butler immediately got off the ground, and Gasol once again showed his accurate long pass ability in the backcourt.

In the flash, the Grizzlies fought back, leaving only Lillard in the wind.

This is the first time he has encountered such a defensive strategy and doesn't know how to deal with it at all.

It feels like being double-teamed by the best defensive player, but it's not a good feeling at all.

Just as Lillard was stunned, Link patted his shoulder.

"Don't panic, this is just the beginning, man. Now, please allow me to officially welcome you, my friend, to hell! Just now, that's a welcome ceremony for you."

Seeing Link's confident look, Lillard swallowed.
Chapter completed!