Just when Warriors fans were yelling that Link was the best defensive player for the rest of the year because of his good luck and Curry was sure to win the MVP, the second round opponent of the Grizzlies was officially released.

On May 2, the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 111-100 away and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 4-3, successfully advancing to the second round.

At first glance, this is a very ordinary score. Moreover, the Trail Blazers played so hard in the first round, so they are definitely not the match of the Grizzlies.

But in fact, everyone outside is discussing the possibility of the Trail Blazers continuing to create miracles!

The Trail Blazers can eliminate the Clippers 4-3, which is not as simple as you can see on the surface. Because the series that defeated the Clippers made the Trail Blazers the ninth team in NBA history and can counterattack and win the series while falling behind 1-3!

That's right, the Trail Blazers once fell behind the Clippers 1-3, but they did not give up resistance, but broke out collectively and pulled the game back.

That's why they are called "a team that comes back after walking around hell."

From paper, the Trail Blazers are definitely not as powerful as the Grizzlies. But with such an example of a 1-3 reversal victory in front of you, no one knows what the Trail Blazers can do.

And after experiencing a "death", they will definitely be able to perform even stronger.

Many people believe that the Trail Blazers may be in a bad mood this year! This "dark horse power" will even make the Grizzlies unable to resist.

In short, this round, which should have been a suspenseless game, has now become more and more popular.

People want to see if the miracle of the Trail Blazers can continue when facing the Grizzlies.

The morning after the Trail Blazers reversed and won the victory, Jogel also called everyone to hold an emergency tactical meeting. It was obvious that the Grizzlies themselves were also very concerned about the Trail Blazers.

Being able to make a comeback when lagging behind 1 to 3 is not something that can be done by luck alone.

Link was also very surprised to learn that the Trail Blazers really turned around and won.

In the original history, the Clippers did experience a reversal under a 3-1 lead this year. But in the original history, the Clippers' opponents were not the Trail Blazers, but the Rockets. They were not reversed in the first round, but in the Western Conference semi-finals.

At that time, Paul was only one step away from his dream of the Western Conference Finals. But no one expected that the Clippers would be eliminated when they had the advantage.

After that, the joke "a 183 man sneaked into the floor of the Western Conference Finals" was ruined by fans.

But Link never expected that after changing opponents and changing time, the Clippers were still tragic...

It is really not unfair to say that the Clippers are a regular season team. They just went to the playoffs in the regular season and came to the playoffs. When it was time to do it, the Clippers always lost their links at critical moments.

Link shook his head and did not continue to think about the Clippers. At the moment, his opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers, and he must focus all on the Trail Blazers.

Dave Joggle and Quinn Snyder carefully analyzed the Trail Blazers' game video. The reason why the Trail Blazers were able to turn the tables when they were behind 1-3 was not only because the entire team was from the starter to the substitute, but also because Damien Lillard's performance was very brave!

This third-year point guard was not at all inferior when facing Chris Paul, and frequently made shots at critical moments, showing his big heart.

Since entering the league, Lillard has gone to Link Training Camp every summer to train. He is a very ambitious and determined guy. As an older rookie, he knows very well that he does not have as much growth time as others.

All he can do is to put in more effort than others.

Obviously, his efforts have achieved results. Link really doesn't know whether to be happy or worried about this.

On the one hand, Lillard made great progress because he participated in his training camp. On the other hand, the Trail Blazers have now become an obstacle to the Grizzlies' three consecutive championships...

After a break of analysis, Jogel and Snyder decided to use double-team tactics against Lillard!

Although Link defended Lillard alone in the regular season, Lillard may not be so easy to lose in one-on-one in the playoffs.

Moreover, it was also a very disadvantage to let Conley defend the second position. Conley was only 1.85 meters tall, and he could not gain any advantage in defending the Trail Blazers' Matthews or C.J. McCollum.

Therefore, Conley must be the first line of defense to defend Lillard, and the Grizzlies can only find ways to double-team.

Joggle and Snyder knew that only Lillard was restricted, the Grizzlies were truly safe. Otherwise, you would never know what the No. 0 defender would do in the next second.

Well, it seems that all those who wear No. 0 jerseys are not easy to mess with...

But the double-team tactic is not something that can be fought just by fighting. Without careful planning, double-teaming is easy to cause problems.

How to double-team, when to double-team, who will double-team... all these details need to be perfect.

Otherwise, the Trail Blazers will definitely let the Grizzlies taste the taste of being offended by the following.

First of all, Lillard likes to play pick-and-roll with Aldridge very much, so the first step to double-team is to attack the pick-and-roll behind!

Moreover, the big man who was attacking could not leave Lillard's side. He had to force Lillard to try a difficult shot or force him to shoot.

Anyway, Lillard can't be comfortable.

In this way, the Grizzlies' defensive ability at the fourth position is very high. First of all, this person must keep up with Lillard's footsteps and have solid defense skills.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to hold on to the number 0.

With the idea here, the candidates are already very obvious. There is still the best defensive player who can play the No. 4 position in the Grizzlies.

In the last round of the series, Link performed very well in the fourth position, tortured Anthony Davis to death. After Tobias Harris fell to the third position, he also played very actively.

In this round, Jogel hopes that Link will continue to be active in the fourth position. But his mission is not to limit Aldridge, but to find a way to block Lillard!

As long as Lillard is blocked, the Trail Blazers will not do anything out of the ordinary.

In terms of conventional strength, the Trail Blazers cannot beat the Grizzlies.

After finalizing the tactics, the Grizzlies began to practice the double-team strategy that afternoon. However, since the game was going to be played the next day and the training time was very short, in the eyes of most people, no matter what adjustments the Grizzlies make, the maturity of the tactics will definitely not be too high.

During the media opening session that afternoon, a reporter interviewed Jogel, "Coach, do you have any special targeted settings for the Trail Blazers? Do you think your arrangement can work in just one afternoon?"

Jogel was very cautious. He didn't want to make trouble, so he didn't answer positively, "It's not appropriate to discuss tactics now, so we can talk about something else."

This unclear answer naturally cannot satisfy the reporters. Since the answer cannot be obtained from Jogel's mouth, the reporters can only make up for it themselves.

It is generally believed that the only change in Jogel was to let Link defend Lillard.

Link was like a brick, wherever he had time to make up for it.

Not only the media, but even Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts and Lillard himself think so.

What can the Grizzlies do? It's just to use the best defensive player to limit the opponent's number one scorer.

To this end, they also prepared corresponding solutions.

The entire Trail Blazers team is full of confidence. The young Pelicans can’t help the Grizzlies, which does not mean that the Trail Blazers are the same!

That night, Lillard was interviewed by a reporter.

During the interview, Lillard was full of confidence, "I respect Link, and I respect the Grizzlies. In fact, we have a good relationship in private. But it is precisely because of this that we will not show mercy on the court. We just came back from hell, and we are fearless now. My teammates and I can't wait to continue the miracle!"

The next day, Lillard's words were passed to Link through the reporter.

People thought Lillard's imposing speech would silence Link, but Link just smiled slightly.

"Hell? Hahahaha, neither the Trail Blazers nor Damien have ever seen what the real hell looks like. But don't worry, soon, just tonight, they will see it."

After Link finished speaking, he blinked at the camera.

It seems that Death is about to start his hunting game again.
Chapter completed!