The Grizzlies started with a five-game winning streak, and to be honest, they haven't caused any uproar. But since the victory over the Heat, the Memphis Grizzlies have immediately become hot.

In ESPN's latest Combat Power Index rankings, the Grizzlies surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers, who have the Miami Heat and F4 combinations, to rank first in the league!

It's also the first time in Grizzlies history that they're at No. 1 on this list!

Charles. Barkley said on a TV show, "The Memphis Grizzlies have been making great progress in the past two years. When Guy was around, countless people thought the Grizzlies were crazy. Now, they're really crazy, crazy that even the defending champions will be slaughtered by the Grizzlies. ”

In short, after the victory over the Miami Heat, the Grizzlies became popular overnight. A 6-game winning streak + slaughter of the defending champions has made more and more people start to face up to this team that has not existed for the past 20 years.

Link woke up the next day and saw almost all the media praising the grizzly bear, and he was naturally in a good mood. He even received a text message from Kobe, and Uncle Snake said that he couldn't wait to play against Link, who had improved a lot.

Link replied to all the congratulatory text messages one by one, then ate breakfast and prepared to head out. Just then, Link received the manager Jeff. Austin's phone.

"Link, can you hear me?" Austin's opening remarks are somewhat strange.

"Of course you can, what's wrong?"

"I'm in Greece right now, and I'm afraid that the international signal will not be good."

"Oh, let's make a long story short Jeff." Link pouted, it's late 2012, is Austin really going to attack a Greek black account?

"Don't you wonder what I'm doing in Greece?" For Link's such a calm reaction, Jeff. Austin was very surprised.

"What else can you do, isn't it just looking for the next star of hope? Everyone knows that you like to explore the international player market. ”

"Hehe, count you kid smart. Do you know how amazing this guy is right now? He's literally the second Kevin. Durant. He has the size of a center, but he has the mobility of a small forward and the passing ability of a point guard. God, I don't know where these guys came from. ”

"Who? Would you read his name? Link laughed wickedly, the string of letters must have been enough for Austin to drink a pot.

"Uh...... His name is ...... Yang Nis. Anteto ...... Artet ...... Arttocomb ...... Okay, I can't pronounce his name fluently yet, but I promise the world will know the basketball star next June. ”

"Hahaha, I'm afraid his name didn't mess up the alphabet and then randomly combine it. Okay Jeff, come on, what's the matter with me? I'm ready to go out to the gym. In the afternoon, I'll take a plane to Oklahoma City. Link looked at his watch, and ended the joke.

"The call is about Oklahoma City, and Nike invites you to go to the local children's shelter in Oklahoma City in the afternoon, play basketball with the kids, and give them a few pairs of Nike sneakers. You know, you're one of Nike's faces. ”

"Okay," Link nodded, "no problem, as long as they can wait for me to finish training." ”

Participating in commercialization and charity events is already a common thing for Link.

"But...... There is a special place for this event this afternoon......"

"Uh...... Just say it. "Hear Jeff. Austin added a but, and Link knew it wasn't a good thing.

Do you have to let some female athletes go with you? That's not a bad thing.

Nike also invited Oklahoma City local star Kevin Brown. Durant walks with you, so ...... Enjoy your wonderful afternoon, Link. ”

Link: "......"

and Kevin. Durant, go to a business event together? Link slapped himself, just now he was still thinking about female athletes, wake up the bricks!

Thinking of Durant's gloomy face when he looked at him, Link believed that he would definitely have a very, very "pleasant" time this afternoon.

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Oklahoma City, where Link's dream of professional basketball began.

His sweat is watered here, his best brother is buried here, and of course, after entering the NBA, Link also formed an indissoluble bond with Oklahoma City.

Because by mistake, he became mortal enemies with the city's most prestigious basketball player. And in the playoffs, the Thunder and Grizzlies also met for two consecutive seasons.

The city of Oklahoma seems to have an endless story to tell with Link.

But Link never expected that this time he would come to Oklahoma City and encounter such a fucking thing.

When Link and Durant got into the same car, Link just felt uncomfortable. If you go to shoot commercials with other people, you might be able to talk a few words. But with Durant...... There's no talk at all.

"You two are quite introverted, it's better to be enthusiastic when you face the children later, you are their heroes!" The female assistant sent by Nike to Durant and Link cheered on the striker who didn't say a word in the car.

Link smiled awkwardly and nodded, what's the matter with this level of introversion? Can't you see how subtle the atmosphere is in the carriage?

Finally, at the gate of a local children's welfare home in Oklahoma, the two got out of the car and could finally be separated for a while.

Link was very enthusiastic about the children, and he gave them a lot of free food and a few pairs of Link's special edition sneakers. As an undrafted pick, Link knows that every little dream is actually very big. Therefore, I am very enthusiastic about these children who are small now but don't know what career they can do in the future.

Durant has a lot of face, and he sent signed shoes directly. When I gave away the shoes, I didn't forget to give Link a playful look.

As if to say, "I've given away signed shoes, and you're still sending Kobe Bryant to the sixth generation." ”

"Tinima's belly is black! You even want to win me by giving away shoes! Link was speechless, although Durant doesn't talk much, he can sometimes be angry.

Later, the two played basketball with the children in the orphanage. Link basically let the kids score goals, and even hugged a kid to complete the dunk.

Durant, well, directly started the "Your Basketball Dream" performance. For a child's layup, Durant is a volleyball hat as soon as he reaches out. Link covered his forehead, does Lao Mei like to play treasure so much?

Link felt that if he had been abused like this by an NBA star as a child, he probably wouldn't want to play basketball anymore.

After two and a half hours of "suffering", Nike's commercial charity activities finally came to an end today. Link actually had a lot of fun with the kids, and the reason why he felt "tormented" was because it was too awkward to work with Durant.

During the event, Nike naturally took several group photos of Durant and Link. One of them had Link and Durant face the camera with their hands on their chests back-to-back.

The photo looks like "good buddies", but only they know how stiff Link and Durant laugh. After the final product came out, looking at the bright smiles of himself and Durant in the photo, Link had to sigh at the terrifying ability of millions of retouchers.

"Do you eat together in the evening? You two can talk a little bit more. After the event, a proposal from the Nike staff scared Link and Durant to wave their hands.

"Uh...... Forget it, we have a tactical meeting tonight. Link quickly came up with an excuse.

"I'm not going either, I still have to ...... today Water my cactus. Yes, I have to water it every day, but it's troublesome. ”

After Durant finished speaking, Link's first reaction was, "Damn, you also raise cacti?" ”

The second reaction was, "Your cactus needs to be watered every day?" I'd have died a long time ago, what kind of excuses are you! ”

The Nike staff smiled awkwardly and waved goodbye to Link and Durant. I believe he has also heard Durant's clumsy excuses, so he didn't embarrass the two anymore.

In the end, only Link and Durant were left standing on the street. The two of them let out a sigh of relief, now that there were no outsiders, they could finally tear off their masks.

"You're going to have a tactical meeting so late? For tomorrow's game? Durant glanced warily at Link beside him.

"You're still watering a cactus so late? You're going to water the cactus, and we're going to have a tactical meeting. ”

"Cut, no matter what, I won't let you win tomorrow. I know, you won LeBron yesterday and we lost to LeBron in the finals last season. But basketball is not just about size, and rest assured, the outcome of tomorrow's game will not change compared to last season's Western Conference Finals. ”

After Durant finished speaking, he was ready to leave coolly, leaving only Link with a handsome back. The previous season, the Thunder were eliminated in the first round by the Grizzlies. Last season, the Thunder had to go to a tie-break to win, and Link was perfect.

In Durant's opinion, he must completely overwhelm Link in both individual performance and team wins to win! Therefore, it is also excellent to properly give Link a little pressure with a handsome back before the game.

"Hey, Kevin."

"Huh?" Durant stopped, turned his head, and faced Link with only half of his face and a broad back.

The handsome explosion has wood!

"Your excuse is really clumsy. Huh? Don't be angry? I'll just tell you the truth, hey......"

Durant got into the car angrily, and such a handsome picture was ruined by that idiot!

It seems that only tomorrow on the basketball court, goodbye will be known!