In June, a fanatical summer day has arrived. Even in Memphis, a city not known for its sunshine, the weather is very clear.

People's lives continue on the streets of Memphis. Street musicians sang songs, and many tourists were queuing up to visit the "Elvis" former residence in Yayuan. Everything seemed to be no different, but some things changed significantly.

For example, you will obviously find that there are more and more pedestrians walking on the street wearing the Grizzlies No. 0 jerseys. Most of them only wear the away No. 0 jerseys. To the locals' explanation, "the away dark blue jerseys look more like the big villain, which is more in line with the style of Memphis."

The jersey with the Chinese surname "lin" written on it has become a new fashion on the streets of Memphis.

The sun shone through the window and shone into the bedroom of a two-story building. In the bedroom, a strong man slowly opened his eyes. Perhaps because the sun was too dazzling, he covered his face with his palms and then slowly sat up from the bed.

In the bedroom, there were still game videos on the TV. On the ground, there was a dark blue Grizzlies No. 0 jersey scattered. The man who had just woken up was the real owner of this jersey.

"Uh, damn, when did you fall asleep yesterday?" Link looked at the clock. It was already half past ten, and he rarely got up so late.

Last night, Link was alone in his room to watch the game video and saw it very late. He didn't know what time he fell asleep. However, getting up late did not delay because the Grizzlies no longer need to train today.

To be precise, the Grizzlies don't have to train until the pre-season training camp in the 12-13 season begins. Because the Western Conference Finals were over a day ago.

In the sixth game of the series, Link beat the Thunder and defended the glory of the Federal Express Arena, and won praise from the whole world.

But in the seventh game of the series, the Grizzlies failed to last in Oklahoma City.

In the tiebreak battle, the Oklahoma City Thunder gave all of it. Durant scored 36 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds in the whole game, completely carrying the young team.

Link's data is not bad either, with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, and a beautiful double-double. But compared with Durant, it's a bit worse.

Of course, if Durant had only 36 points, the Grizzlies would not have lost. After all, the Thunder three young masters scored more than 80 points in the fourth game of the series.

The key is that in addition to Durant, Thunder forward Ibaka also magically made 11-11 shots in this game, and even made 4 free throws, which really achieved a 100% shooting percentage!

NBA history, only six players in the playoffs maintained a 100% shooting percentage on the premise of more than 9 shots. In the millennium, only Yao Ming made 9 shots in the playoffs in 2009. The last time someone made 11 shots in the playoffs was 27 years ago.

After the game, even many reporters and commentators commented in disbelief, "Even when no one is defending in training, no one may be so accurate!"

With Durant's performance so well, Ibaka also played a record-breaking super performance, coupled with the whistle that was always biased towards the Thunder. In the end, the Grizzlies lost 103 to 109 and unfortunately in the tiebreak match of the Western Conference Finals.

It's just one step away from the Western Conference Championship.

However, after the game, there was a scene that was very interesting. Durant did not cheer and looked a little depressed. It was obvious that the series reached the tiebreak, which was seriously inconsistent with his expectations.

Durant was unhappy, and Link was even more unhappy. It was a surprise to reach the Western Conference Finals last year, but it was a pity to fall in the Western Conference Finals again this year.

What's more, he only lost 6 points in the tiebreak.

Therefore, the unwilling Link was still watching the Thunder video after the series ended, until last night.

Although they lost the ball, the media has overwhelmed articles praising Link and the Grizzlies. After all, their performance exceeded expectations.

At the beginning, even Kenny Smith, who was most optimistic about the Grizzlies, believed that the Grizzlies could only win two games at most. Most people insisted on the viewpoint of 4-0 and 4-1.

As a result, the Grizzlies and the Thunder fought to the last second of the last game.

As for Link, his performance not losing to Durant in the series has attracted many people's attention. Among them, he grabbed the floor and shot to kill the game, and then squatted on the ground and stared at Durant's shot, becoming one of the most classic scenes of the season.

But these praises could not satisfy Link, and he was still very unwilling to give up. After all, it was the Thunder who finally picked up the Western Conference Championship trophy on the court.

When he thought of this, Link felt very heartbroken. So he could only use research videos to numb himself.

The weather outside was clear, but Link's mood was indeed gloomy in the room.

Just then, Link's cell phone rang. He answered the phone lazily, then looked at his sloppy self in the mirror.

"Link, are you awake?" Randolph's voice ended up on the other end of the phone.

"Of course, what's wrong?"

"I just want to remind you not to forget what happened in the afternoon. You are the team's storefront."

"Oh," Link rubbed his eyes and his hair that had not been washed in two days in the mirror. "Don't worry, I'm a person who cares about my personal image."

"Haha, everyone knows it's a joke? Accept the failed ending?"

"If you don't mention this, I might tell you a few more jokes." Link curled his lips. Lan Pang really didn't mention it.

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you. Be careful with yourself, remember the failure, but don't always immerse yourself in the failures of the past. See you in the afternoon, Link."

"See you in the afternoon, man."

After hanging up the phone, Link sighed. This afternoon, it seemed that he couldn't stay at home comfortably.

Link did not forget what Randolph said. This afternoon, the new Grizzlies boss Robert Pera will invite all the players to dinner, which is the first time I have met everyone.

Robert Pera's official acquisition of the Grizzlies from Michael Haysley happened one day after the Western Conference Finals.

In fact, the two sides may have reached an agreement long ago, but they just don’t want to affect the players who are fighting. So when the Grizzlies’ playoff journey ended, the Grizzlies officially announced the news.

Link was not surprised when he heard this. After all, there was a lot of controversy about Haysley's sale of the team during the regular season.

Although the Grizzlies players were not very concerned about this because they focused on the game at the time, they were all mentally prepared in advance.

So the team suddenly announced that it had changed its boss at the end of the season, and the players were not surprised.

When meeting with the team's new boss, Link naturally had to dress more formally in order to show respect.

So he opened the door of his wardrobe and found that several expensive suits were almost dusty.

"Oh, you'll buy another one." Link said to himself, but quickly rejected the proposal.

It would be a waste to be so squandered.

Having said that, although the new boss has just taken office, Link has more or less heard many rumors about Rudy Guy.

Indeed, Guy had been rumored in the past two seasons, but the Grizzlies had never taken any substantial action.

I wonder if this new boss will be more decisive and decisive? What changes will the Grizzlies undergo after he takes office?

Link didn't know how much deviation the Grizzlies' development trajectory will be from the original ones. But he can guarantee that with his own experience, history will definitely not be copied exactly the same.
Chapter completed!