308: Strong but not bald
Many times, to test whether a player has strength, it is often necessary to judge by the critical moment of the fourth quarter decisive battle. Therefore, before the game between the Grizzlies and the Wizards began, countless media were looking forward to the ultimate showdown between Link and Wall in the fourth quarter.
Everyone wants to see who can turn the tide when it comes to the key, Link and Wall.
However, the game was almost over when the first quarter was played
After Link woke up the next day, he couldn't wait to turn on his phone and TV. Sure enough, all the news about the Grizzlies being sold disappeared overnight. Instead, all the 50-point victory!
"The Grizzlies, who scored in double digits, have a three-point shooting percentage of three times higher. People say that the Grizzlies are a defensive team, but the Wizards definitely don't accept this statement. Because the Grizzlies' offense, the Wizards can't resist at all."
"The Wizards actually made the Grizzlies get a full 21 rebounds! Kevin Seraphin played for 30 minutes, but there was only one rebound to be recorded! Can you imagine that this is the number of rebounds a player in the fourth position should get?"
"Everyone thought the Wizards would cause trouble for the Grizzlies, and Wall's comments before the game were even more determined. However, it turned out that Wall was just a big joke with us. He made 13 points and 7 mistakes, and if he made 3 more mistakes, he could get a double-double!"
In the media, all kinds of remarks are complaining about the Wizards and praise the Grizzlies, which is completely one-sided. After all, the score difference in this game is indeed too exaggerated. The league has to play nearly 1,400 games a year, and has played for so many years. But yesterday's game was able to rank among the top ten points in so many games, which shows how special this is.
Some media even complained, "Link won, he was right, our previous remarks were indeed farting."
Not to mention the media, even Wizards head coach Randy Whitman couldn't help but criticize himself, "We have a player who played for 30 minutes and only had one defensive rebound. If you let me play for 30 minutes now, I can also catch a defensive rebound, I promise you. In this state, it is impossible to win the game!"
Whitman might have been killed and never expected that he would one day become a member of the league's historical record.
Of course, of all these remarks, Link's words are always the most classic.
"I thought we could only win 30 points at first, but I didn't expect that we would win 50 points."
You say he is humble, it seems that he is pretending to be humble again. If you say he is pretending to be humble again, it seems that he is pretending to be humble again.
In short, this game completely lifted the Grizzlies out of the haze and put the Wizards in the media's siege.
On the Internet, there is a picture that is very good, and a Grizzlies took away Wall who was being pounced. This picture can fully illustrate the current situation of the two teams.
Wall was also very angry, but now he couldn't spit Link, and he couldn't spit out his mouth, so the guy started spitting out his head coach.
In addition to mocking Seraphine after the game, Whitman also said that the players played too softly. As a result, Wall couldn't sit still.
"We were too far behind at the beginning of the game, which is why we lost. We had a lot of open spaces but we didn't hit. We made a lot of mistakes and our opponents made a lot of shots. But I wasn't soft, I knew my teammates weren't soft either. We just played less than the opponent's effort, and the Grizzlies' touch was so amazing."
However, in order to ensure harmony in the locker room, Wall finally added, "But no matter what, I will respect the head coach's decisions and arrangements."
It seems that Wall has been a good guy since childhood. He can't criticize his opponent and doesn't even let his head coach go.
However, after losing the big score, the Wizards not only did not unite to overcome the difficulties, but instead criticized each other in the nest. Link felt that it was also weird.
Some teams cannot get up, but there is a reason.
After this game, in addition to those ridiculous words, the whole league was also amazed at the Grizzlies' offensive firepower. Since Link served as the core of the Grizzlies' offensive, the Grizzlies seem to be no longer a team with strong offense and weak defense, but have become quite balanced.
In the past, the Grizzlies lacked the most effective offensive points on the outside. But Link seemed to solve this problem perfectly.
He can shoot stably, break through, pass the ball, and he is still a big heart at critical moments, and his offensive efficiency is high. Such an outside core has been dreaming of for a long time.
This season, various facts have proved that Link is the core that suits the Grizzlies the most. Therefore, people are now looking forward to how to build a lineup around Link after the new boss takes over the Grizzlies?
This topic is obviously more interesting than guessing who will take over the Grizzlies.
Of course, those have nothing to do with Link. As long as the media don't bother the Grizzlies players, they can discuss anything they want.
After reading all the news, Link had breakfast, packed up his belongings, and drove out the door with his own Land Rover.
The big victory has passed, and even a 50-point massacre victory cannot be immersed in the glory of the past.
Now, Link is no longer complacent about his successful implementation of the massacre plan. He has another new plan, OnePlus Practice plan.
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Today's training is as always, and Hollins dares not take the intensity. Therefore, even the confrontational training ended in just 15 minutes.
The training volume is not large, but it is beneficial to the players' physical recovery and health. Anyway, the Grizzlies' opponent, the King, is not too strong tomorrow. Hollins believes that the basic training volume should be enough to let the team defeat the King.
Link did not leave after training today, but stayed and practiced his cross-step mid-range shot.
Although Link's cross-step mid-range shot at this time was quite mature, Link hoped that he could do better than Hill. After finally having such a good foundation, it would be a pity if he didn't keep improving.
If you can practice this move as unsolvable as Nowitzki's Golden Rooster's step-back, it would be refreshing to just think about it.
So Link, together with trainer Will and Jimmy Butler, who had the strength to lose his power, stayed in the training hall until evening.
At 7:30, the shirtless and sweaty Link suddenly stopped his movements, opened his hands, and looked down at his body.
"What are you doing? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Will noticed Link's strangeness and asked with concern.
"Uh, no, I'm just a little tired." Link waved his hand with a smile and sat on the sidelines.
Just now, he upgraded again.
"Grant Hill's ability has been superimposed in the 2005-06 season."
The subtitles are still in front of me, and then they slowly fade away. Grant Hill and Link really have no impression of Hill in that season. Because that season, Hill only played about 20 games in total.
Hill in the 2005-06 season had a strange hernia. He was such a guy who was favored and cursed by God.
Although he used various measures to tighten his abdomen, after experiencing the previous injuries, the Magic hurriedly pushed him back to the hospital bed. At that time, Hill even said pessimisticly, "If surgery is needed, I will consider retiring."
He only played more than twenty games in a season, and there were really too few samples. Even Link, a Hill fan, could not tell what Hill played in that season.
However, in the previous season, Link was impressed. Hill was selected as the All-Star after returning from injury that year, and averaged 20 points per game. Logically speaking, compared with Hill in the 2005-06 season, the previous season should not have a big regression.
So Link stood up and picked up the basketball, shot, broke through, layup, etc., and tried it all. But he was disappointed to find that he seemed to be no different from before. His offensive skills were almost unchanged, and there was no substantial improvement in speed and bounce.
Could it be that this upgrade has passed in a simple way?
Just then, Jimmy Butler walked towards Link. The guy who was also sweating profusely clapped his hands and shouted, "It's getting late, Link. Come with me to have a one-on-one fight. After the fight, we'll go home."
"Oh" Link nodded slightly. He also happened to see from the actual confrontation what he got from the upgrade.
Link and Butler usually only play 5 goals in a one-on-one match, and Link attacks first. Because Butler mainly practices not offense but defense in a one-on-one match.
As always, Link first used a few tentative steps to induce Butler, but now Butler will no longer be fooled.
Seeing this, Link changed direction and made a breakthrough. He originally wanted to shoot with cross-steps because he knew that he could not withstand Butler, and fighting hard with the kid would only suffer a loss. But after leaning on Butler this time, Link found that Butler didn't seem to be so hard today.
So, Link leaned directly into the basket and easily made a layup! Link liked the layup the game the most.
"What's wrong with Jimmy? Why are you soft today? Too tired?"
"No, I was just about to ask why you are so hard today. Damn, it makes my chest feel stuffy. If I block you so much, you won't be able to squeeze in, Link. Could it be that you used to be so constrained to fight me?"
After listening to Butler's words, Link now knew where he had made progress in this upgrade.
The physical confrontation ability that he had already practiced last summer, coupled with Grant Hill's excellent physical confrontation ability in the 2005-06 season seemed to have allowed Link to develop a simple and crude scoring method.
Chapter completed!