738: Blast Down Unpopular
Zach Randolph's smiling photo appeared on the front page of the websites of major news portals the next day.
Of course, his words "Link is first-class in both betting and playing basketball" also made people imagine.
Randolph, who was once a mixed society in Portland, lost what he said.
For a time, various urban legends about Link emerged one after another.
"Link won 50,000 yuan in card games! Randolph lost to tears!"
"Jordan II Link actually asked the Grizzlies to cancel the ban on gambling on planes."
"Are great stars all addicted to gambling?"
Looking at this gossip news, Link wanted to cry without tears. He just made a bet just to avoid everyone's excitement. Who knew that he would really make such an upset?
Later, because of curiosity, Link really watched that game. Wiggins and Embiid's performance was a disaster.
First of all, the scores of 57 to 60 on both sides are very low. Link of course knows that NBA is different, so he cannot use the NBA's scoring standards to measure NCAA.
But the whole game is 57 points, even if it is placed in the NCAA field, it is a low score.
In addition, Wiggins' performance of only 1 of 7 shots was really a shame as the No. 1 candidate.
You should know that in the eyes of people today, the 2014 draft was compared with the 1996 and 2003 drafts. It is generally believed that another golden generation will be born in 2014.
As the most highly anticipated player in this "golden generation", Wiggins only scored one sports game in the game, and he almost disappeared at the critical moment. Link really suspected that this guy had developed the habit of health preservation in college.
As for the other man, Embiid, he left the court early due to a back injury, and it was understandable that he didn't play well. Link probably wouldn't have fallen into the third pick if it weren't for the injury.
After watching this game, Link could only shake his head helplessly. What else could he say? It's all fate!
When the momentum is booming, you can't lose even if you want to lose!
My title of "gambling like life" has now been confirmed.
Link really doesn't understand when his image has developed into the villain's side and is irreversible. When people think you are a villain, even if you don't do evil, you will go deeper and deeper into the villain's pit. He obviously did nothing, but in the outside world he has become a "big gambler who tames Randolph."
This big upset of ncaa still caused a big sensation in the basketball world. Even if the game has ended, people are still discussing it heatedly.
Facts have proved that basketball games cannot be accurately predicted. Even if two teams seem to have a huge gap in strength, the results of the game are likely to be completely different from those imagined.
Therefore, those fans who do not want to see the Grizzlies break the 72-win record are also looking forward to a team that can stage a real upset in the NBA.
Now that the Grizzlies cannot achieve 72 wins, they can only rely on the unpopularity.
But Link is not Wiggins, and he will never allow himself to suddenly become invisible when the team needs it.
On March 26, the Utah Jazz almost became the Stanford of the NBA. Before the game started, no one had hope for the Jazz. They had a record of only 23 wins and 48 losses, and they were one of the weakest teams in the West. Compared with the invincible Grizzlies, they were like an elephant vs. an ant.
However, the Jazz made the defending champion suffer in this game.
The Jazz is not doing well for one person today, but for everyone, they perform very well.
Favors made 10 of 16 shots and efficiently scored 22 points and 10 rebounds, causing the smile on Randolph's face to disappear again.
Hayward also gave 18 points, and Link's defense was very strict, but the white small forward from Butler University showed his talent.
In addition, Kanter, Trey Burke and Richard Jefferson also scored in double digits, and the Jazz even maintained the lead from the fourth to the tenth minute of the third quarter.
What later changed the fate of the game was frontcourt rebounding.
After the fourth quarter began, the Grizzlies seized the second offensive opportunity. Link used his terrible bounce ability to frequently take rebounds from Kanter and Favors, and Randolph also showed his extremely keen rebounding sense.
In the last quarter, the Grizzlies snatched a total of 5 frontcourt rebounds and fought for 5 second offensive opportunities.
With these key second attacks, the Grizzlies turned the situation around. In the end, they defeated the Jazz 107 to 99.
"Although the Grizzlies won the game, I believe that the Grizzlies fans must have been shocked and sweated!"
At the moment of the game, Hubby Brown said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
He couldn't imagine what the game would have been like without those 5 frontcourt rebounds.
Since Kansas lost to Stanford in an upset, the word "unpopular" seems to have become the main theme of this period.
And today, Jazz undoubtedly lets people see the possibility of unpopularity happening in the grizzly bears.
The 72 win record, which was originally destined to be broken, became confusing again in an instant.
Now, Link has experienced how difficult it is to win 72 in a single season!
Because Link had experienced a 73-win season in the Warriors, since then, he felt that 72-winning seemed not a particularly impressive record.
Especially after the Grizzlies won 70 wins last season, it seemed that 72 wins were just two more games.
But after real implementation, Link found that it was not easy to win these two more games. Now the Grizzlies only have 4 games to lose, and in the next 11 games, God knows what else will happen.
Only by participating in many things can you deeply understand the difficulty of it.
However, Link did not feel much pressure because of this. He just told himself, "You must focus on every game and every opponent!"
He takes tens of millions of dollars in salary from the Grizzlies every year, not to complain about the huge pressure.
Compared to the Development League period when even eating is a problem and having to go to teammates' house to eat and drink, these are not stressful at all now.
When Link encounters difficulties, he will first think of a solution to the problem, rather than complaining about the world.
But others don’t know about this. According to espn’s analysis, “The Grizzlies have very high ratings in every game, but I bet that half of the people watch the Grizzlies to watch the Grizzlies lose!”
People are increasingly looking forward to the emergence of unpopularity. A group of "experts" led by Bill Simmons also believe that the pressure from Link and the others in the Grizzlies will begin to appear. This pressure will eventually lead to the emergence of unpopularity.
As a result, what awaited them was a series of amazing performances.
On March 28, even though Curry made a big shot from the three-point line, the Warriors still lost by 7 points. Because Link scored 40 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, Curry's 5 three-pointers were also eclipsed. The Warriors wanted to create an upset, but were stopped by Link himself.
On March 30, the resolute Trail Blazers played against the Grizzlies for the last time this season. The Trail Blazers have won five consecutive victories since the last loss to the Grizzlies. Lillard and Aldridge are getting better, and they have begun to appear more and more in the "Best Duo".
Today at the Federal Express Arena, the two partners inside and outside also performed well. They teamed up to score 50 points, and Lillard also saved the situation with unreasonable three-pointers at critical moments many times.
But this is useless. Link scored his eighth triple-double this season today, with 33 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. It is worth mentioning that Link's seventh triple-double this season was exactly what he got on the Trail Blazers in the last game...
It has been a while since Kansas lost to Stanford, and people have found that the unpopularity seems to be getting farther and farther away from the Grizzlies.
On the 31st, Link scored 30 points and contributed a 5.2-second three-pointer. The Nuggets almost created an upset, but were knocked down by Link with a sword.
On April 2, he played against the Timberwolves. Link scored 25 points but gave 12 assists, and his performance was still explosive.
On the 4th, Link did not give him a chance to play the Nuggets again. He scored 32 points in the game, making the Nuggets lose completely by 11 points.
When playing against the Spurs on the 6th, **Vic racked his brains and did not find a way to curb Link. He scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. When Link scored this data again, no one was surprised.
Since the Jazz almost overthrew the Grizzlies, Link has been like he pulled out the insurance grenade and blown up a big hole in the league!
In 7 games, Link averaged 31.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 8.8 assists per game! He used his own strength to completely destroy the "unpopularity".
After the Grizzlies beat the Spurs, Dwyne Wade's most worried thing also came.
After the Grizzlies won the Spurs, it indicates that Link has broken the 70-win record of last season and won the 71st victory of the season!
The Grizzlies fight against the Heat in the next game, and this is the moment to witness history!
The Miami Heat just hit the hurdle of 72 wins.
If the Grizzlies can defeat the Big Three and win 72, the value will be too high.
Chapter completed!