"It's a shameful day for me, I'll keep it in mind and give a better performance in the next game," Westbrook replied in a press conference with his eyes unconscious.

"I had a chance to finish the game, but I messed up. Memphis is a fortress, and I think we have to take longer to defeat him." Durant spread his hands helplessly and sat next to him. Westbrook, who scored the same number as his jersey, was even more embarrassed.

"The Grizzlies' system is quite mature. Now, even with Rudy Guy's poor shooting percentage, the Grizzlies can win. They play great, but we will come back." Brooks first affirmed the Grizzlies' strength, but then expressed his unwillingness.

From the first round of last season's series to the present, the Thunder have been crazy about winning the Grizzlies. But in the end, they lost two points, and the Thunder's morale has been hit hard from top to bottom.

But Link couldn't control what happened to Thunder. Although the black-hearted brother lost again, Link knew that Durant would not fall or sink. That guy's glory had not even begun.

Of course, after the game, some reporters continued to question Link. They believed that Link's "blaming the blame" behavior at the critical moment seemed very unmanly.

"If he really had the game, he would solve the problem by himself like Durant, instead of handing the ball to his big brother at a critical moment."

"You all say that Link was a cool and wonderful story, but in my opinion, that was just a helpless move after Link couldn't take action."

"It was Zach Randolph who killed the game, not Link. After the game, Randolph should have been selected as the best in the game, not Link."

Such reports from the media look really bad. But Link is immune. As long as one person wants to criticize you, he can have countless reasons. Instead of being upset for these people who hate him, Link is better to be happy for those praises.

After defeating the Thunder, the Grizzlies finished two of the three games of the "Devil's Opening" game.

On December 30, the Grizzlies will beat San Antonio to face the Spurs for the first time this season. After this game, the 2011 game will all end and the 2012 journey will begin.

As of now, the Grizzlies have not encountered too intensive schedules. So Link believes that in less than four months, the Grizzlies will have to run around.

Speaking of the Grizzlies' opponent Spurs in the next game, they still play quite firmly this season.

Last season, when the Spurs were crushed by the Grizzlies in the Western Conference semi-finals, everyone thought the GDP era was over, and they were getting older this season and could not perform well again.

However, Popovich used practical actions to interpret what it means to turn decay into magic.

Since the beginning of the rookie season, the Spurs have won two consecutive victories against the Clippers and Texas rival Rockets respectively.

In the game against the Clippers, the Spurs beat Paul and Griffin to 25 points. Duncan scored 20 points and 8 rebounds. His condition was much better last season. The Spurs scored 6 players in double digits, and it turns out that they can still compete with the Western Conference strong teams.

Against the Rockets, Duncan scored 22 points and 12 rebounds, which meant to return to the top. In this game, the Spurs won not as much as they played against the Clippers, but they only won 20 points.

The Spurs won two consecutive victories, which allowed them to rejoin the ranks of Western Conference strong teams again.

Who said the Spurs dynasty is coming to an end? The Spurs will never die before Duncan retires.

So the game on December 30 was also quite intense.

The Spurs' desire for revenge is not as strong as the Thunder. After all, the Spurs players are old and they are indifferent to life and death.

But without a desire for revenge does not mean that the Spurs will easily let the victory go.

In the series last year, Randolph beat Old Deng. Today, Duncan avenged his previous shame and defeated Randolph with only 37.5% shooting percentage in the game, scoring only 10 points.

On the other hand, Duncan had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and he proved that he was not old yet. San Antonio's No. 21 rookie still has "room to rise". After getting rid of the trouble of plantar fasciitis, Duncan seemed to instantly become the "Flying Devil" who is afraid of everyone.

In addition to Duncan, the performance of the Spurs was as good as ever. Ginobili scored 24 points, Parker scored 15 points, and Blair scored 14 points. Of course, today Link also faced the man named Kavay Leonard for the first time at the basketball court.

Leonard played 12 minutes today. Although he scored 6 points, his 22.2% shooting percentage was very bad. Link played with him for two rounds, and he didn't feel anything special, and the defense was just that.

But it must be admitted that Leonard's physical condition is enviable. His long arms and big hands are very conspicuous on the basketball court.

Leonard is still in the stage of adapting to the NBA rhythm, so his performance is generally normal. Link believes that when he meets Leonard next time, he will not be so relaxed.

In the end, Link scored 20 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, and Guy scored 19 points and 10 rebounds. However, two fists could not match four-handed hands. Under the leadership of Old Dengtou, the Spurs finally won three consecutive victories at home 95-90. The Grizzlies also ushered in their first defeat of the season in San Antonio.

The San Antonio's "returning" performance surprised the media, but for the Grizzlies players, especially for Randolph, who was beaten by Duncan, all that was left in this game was frustration.

"Damn it, I blamed me today, it was because my performance was so bad!" After the game, Randolph, who only scored 10 points and was extremely inefficient, kept complaining.

A player who was abused by you last season and suddenly completed a counterattack this season. This kind of thing is not good for anyone.

"Okay, Zach, you know, losing is never the responsibility of someone. Let's take it easy, man, let's win back." Tony Allen comforted the Big Black Bear while changing his clothes, "But seriously, this is a wake-up call for us. This season will be very difficult, so don't take it lightly because of the previous two consecutive wins."

"Otherwise, let's play a game!" After Tony Allen finished speaking, Link had an idea and thought of an interesting thing.

"Oh? What game!?" Randolph's eyes shone. This guy likes this kind of thing.

"We were fifth in the West last season, so this season, we should try to make our ranking higher. In this way, we can get a home advantage in the playoffs. Otherwise, we will not be allowed to shave our beards from today until we get the fourth or above in the West. What do you think?" Link smirked. He really couldn't imagine what Randolph, who had no neck, looked like after growing a big beard.

That's all the heads above the shoulders! And it's so round as a football.

Although it is just a small proposal, to be honest, with this sense of ritual, players will pay more attention to the goal of having to enter the top four in the regular season.

"Okay, I accept the challenge! What about you? Does anyone dare not play??" Sure enough, Randolph immediately agreed. With this guy in the locker room, Link would never be afraid of the cold.

"Come on."

"Isn't it just not shaving your beard? What's the difficulty?"

"We are definitely the top four in the West, sure!"

Everyone nodded and agreed to Link's proposal. The haze of the game was instantly swept away, and everyone had stronger determination and motivation at this time.

At this moment, Hollins, who had attended the press conference, walked back to the locker room. He kept waving to the players, "Let's go, it's time for us to set off for Chicago."

The next game of the Grizzlies will be the Chicago Bulls led by MVP last season. Since the two games are only one day apart, I am afraid of going back to Memphis. Therefore, the Grizzlies players will set off directly from San Antonio and fly to Chicago to prepare for the game.
Chapter completed!