After a seven-game winning streak, Link directly regained the top spot in the MVP rankings.

Link still remembers the first time he was on the top of the MVP rankings in his career, and the whole world was questioning him and saying that he was not worthy.

But this time, almost no one jumped out and said Link was not worthy.

If Link is not worthy, no one in the league will be worthy of this position.

This time, the reason why espn ranked Link first is very simple.

"Victory is the goal of basketball games, triple-double is not."

Obviously, Westbrook's average triple-double average was at a disadvantage in a series of extremely valuable games led by Link.

Moreover, Westbrook's two matches with Link proved that his triple-double did not necessarily bring victory to the team.

The Thunder's current record of 25 wins and 19 losses is indeed difficult to satisfy.

Westbrook's intentional triple-double behavior has become increasingly obvious.

So, without a doubt, Link regained the throne of MVP No. 1!

Although this is just a ranking list prepared by ESPN, it does not represent the final result of MVP selection.

But being able to maintain the lead on this list undoubtedly proves that Link is now the closest person to MVP.

Link returned to the top of the MVP rankings, which is something that everyone expected. Even the Warriors fans cannot find Link's fault.

You need to have a record and data. Even if you have a personal performance when Link competes with other superstars, he still has the advantage.

Westbrook is very unwilling to accept it. He has not won the regular season MVP in his career so far.

If you can't win the regular season MVP, how can you prove that you are stronger than Durant?

But unfortunately, Westbrook's opponent is too strong. Even a triple-double average per game cannot shake Link's position.

When fans around the world cheered for Link to return to the top of the MVP rankings, Link didn't have time to be happy.

On the night after the battle with the Cavaliers on the 20th, the entire Grizzlies flew to Toronto without stopping.

On the 21st, they will play a round of away back-to-back games with the Raptors in Toronto.

Since it's winter now, the temperature in Toronto is incredibly cold.

And from the airport to the hotel in the middle of the night, there were several conversions from air conditioning to no air conditioning.

Frequent alternation of hot and cold is really tormenting.

So, early the next morning, while Link returned to the top of the MVP rankings, Chief Team Doctor Moon also told the team: "Link has a high fever and may miss tonight's game."

"This is a damn schedule, fortunately everyone else is fine." After learning the news, Jogel couldn't help but shake his head.

From Memphis to Toronto, a 2 and a half hour trip, 1280 kilometers.

He really couldn't figure out why the league had to arrange such a long-distance back-to-back competition. Moreover, it was two places with a huge temperature difference.

In fact, from a basketball perspective, back-to-back games really have no meaning.

But NBA has always been a business alliance. In order to enrich the schedule and harvest more US dollars, back-to-back competitions have become commonplace.

To put it bluntly, back-to-back games are not for basketball, but for commercial value. Therefore, players will definitely feel uncomfortable because of back-to-back games.

"In fact... several of us have colds, but we haven't reached the point where we have a fever. So strictly speaking, other people have something to do. I think you have a cold, Dave."

Moon curled his lips. Although it was just a common cold, it was still quite distressing to have so many people suddenly got hit.

Jogel touched his nose, which was red from the paper, and smiled embarrassedly, "There's no way, Toronto is really cold."

As for Link, he also agreed to the suggestion of a truce tonight.

With a high fever and weak body, Link felt that this was even more uncomfortable than the cracks in the clavicle.

Although the bone cracks hurt, at least you can still use your strength, and you will be able to endure it.

But now Link is troublesome to connect the glass of water and becomes weak all over!

Besides, this is just a regular season game, and the Toronto Raptors and the Grizzlies are not mortal enemies. Therefore, it is not harmful to miss a single game.

Link appeared with an injury after a bone fracture at that time because he was in the playoffs and there was no way.

But in fact, Link still attaches great importance to the regular season this season.

He really wanted to challenge the 74 win record he broke back then.

The Grizzlies are in good shape this year and their lineup is perfect, which is the best opportunity to challenge this record.

But I have to say that this is a very difficult record.

74 wins means that the Grizzlies only lose 8 games in a season.

And until now, the Grizzlies have lost 4 games.

In the next three months, it is really a fantasy.

But...why is it necessary to break something easy?

How easy is it to surpass a guy like Jordan to become the number one basketball superstar in history?

Jordan's promotion of the entire league and its communication role in basketball are incomparable to modern players in any way.

Therefore, if you really want to surpass Jordan, you have to score better than him and use your score to make up for the shortcomings of your historical status.

Jordan only had 72 wins once, so I'll take it twice, three times!

Previously, Link had won 70 wins and 74 wins at one time, but that was not enough.

If he can lead the Grizzlies to win 70+ games three times in an unprecedented way, then he believes that the distance between him and Jordan should be closer.

Of course, all this must be based on ensuring the health of teammates and yourself.

If everyone is exhausted, Link also asks everyone to force themselves to break the record and cause injuries, which will definitely be more than worth the effort.

Link won't lose the championship for his regular season record.

So in today's game, Link had to wait and see first.

It is naturally best if your teammates can handle the Raptors, but if others can't handle it...

Link had no choice but to decide whether to appear.

Therefore, although he agreed to the suggestion of a truce tonight, Link still told Jogel not to put himself on the injury list.

Every victory from now on is very important to Link.

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DeRozan and Lowry sat in the locker room, without saying a word.

The Toronto Raptors have lost four consecutive times recently, and their record has also become 28 wins and 17 losses, officially surpassed by the Boston Celtics and fell to second in the East.

This is the result that the Raptors don't want to see.

First in the regular season division? That's not the Raptors' real goal.

The reason why they want to rank first in the Eastern Conference is that they don't want to meet the Cavaliers in the playoffs in advance.

James' dominance in the East made all teams desperate. Every hopeful Eastern team wants to avoid the Cavaliers in the playoffs as much as possible.

If the Knight is killed in advance, it will undoubtedly be a happy ending.

And if the Cavaliers finally enter the division finals, they will have the chance to compete with the Cavaliers for the finals ticket.

The only way to avoid the Knights is to get the first place in the East District!

Whether it is second or third, it is inevitable that you will meet the Knights in the second round.

Although James is not very strong in winning the regular season, he will 100% guarantee that the team ranks among the top three.

Therefore, only by winning the first place in the Eastern Conference can we ensure that we do not meet the Cavaliers before the division final.

Of course, fourth and fifth in the division can also avoid encountering the Cavaliers in the second round. But besides playing bad teams, who is willing to lose intentionally?

And if you are not sure about losing, it will be completely defeated.

The situation is very serious for the Raptors. They want to go as far as possible in the playoffs this season, and the ranking of the number one in the East is the basic conditions.

And the four consecutive losses that just passed undoubtedly gave them a blow.

So as the two leading players of the Raptors, Lowry and DeRozan are under great pressure now.

If they lose to the Grizzlies today, they will lose five consecutive times!

At this moment, Lowry suddenly raised his head and looked at DeRozan with a little excited expression, "There is a chance, DeMar! The news says that Link may miss this game because of a fever!"
Chapter completed!