In the end, the Grizzlies relied on a stubborn defense to maintain the advantage until the end, 95-89, the score of both teams was not high, but the level of this game was not low at all.

At the end of the game, the San Antonio fans booed in disappointment. So far this season, they have only lost 10 games, and this is the 11th game.

Even the defending champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the youthful Oklahoma City Thunder, failed to get even a single victory against the Spurs.

However, the Grizzlies did. With extreme tenacity, they had the last laugh.

The Spurs players are not so emotional, and the players on this team are all experienced veterans. They have won countless glory, and in turn, they have experienced countless failures.

A loss in the regular season is not enough for them.

However, Vicky is a little concerned, it stands to reason that he has been coaching the NBA for decades, and he has long been accustomed to winning and losing. But today's game was completely out of his control.

That No. 0 Chinese disrupted his tactics again and again, and broke his plans again and again. Seriously, if the Grizzlies don't have Link, Vicky guarantees that this game will be won. Even if Parker and Duncan weren't in good form today, he had that confidence.

However, there is no if in the NBA world, and Vicky smiled self-deprecatingly after the game, and he was defeated by the draft. This may be a rare experience in his coaching career.

His concern is that if the Grizzlies and Spurs remain in their current standings, they will likely meet in the playoffs. As the No. 1 player in the West, the Spurs don't want to face such a strong opponent in the first round.

First in the West, the Spurs are definitely trying to keep it. So now the only thing to pray for the Grizzlies is to overtake the Hornets and move up to a higher ranking.

While the old man was thinking, the reporters had already gathered around. Every game with Spurs, Vicky is always the favourite. After all, the old man runs the train with his mouth full of shame, and even many young people are ashamed of themselves.

"It's a shameful loss, pop. The Spurs were just one step away from winning. A TNT reporter was the first to put the microphone to Vicky's mouth, and the reporters looked at him expectantly, wondering what Vicky's response would be.

"Isn't there any more defeat that you don't regret?" Vicky did not disappoint everyone, and his rhetorical question made the onlookers laugh.

"Tim and Parker didn't do very well today, were they too tired? When are you going to start taking a break this season? ”

"yes, both Tim and Parker are in a bit of terrible shape. But what can I do? The trade deadline has passed, and I can't trade those two bastards away. As for rotational rest, the league explicitly prohibits rotating rest for no reason, so I never knew about this kind of thing, and I don't know what you're talking about. ”

"Poof!"

The reporters couldn't help but laugh one by one, if Vicky was not the head coach, he might have become a very successful talk comedian.

"One last question, pop. Link had a standout performance today, recording a double-double of 24 points and 10 assists, the third time in his career. In your opinion, he was the Spurs' biggest trouble today? ”

After hearing this question, the playful smile on Vicky's face disappeared in an instant. He raised his head slightly and glanced at Link, who was also being interviewed by reporters. I can't help but think that there may be another monster in the west in the future. It's best to have an Eastern Conference team sign him this summer.

"Link is a very good player, he deserves to be the Rookie Game VP. To be honest, my tactics were a mess today because of him. If I play the Grizzlies again, Link will be put on my list of top dangerous targets. ”

The reporters thought that Vicky would continue to tease Link and continue to joke haha. As everyone knows, this old handsome man gave Link a very high affirmation.

Vicky does have a penchant for jokes, but journalists know that he never likes to boast about people. The old man has seen too many excellent players, from David Robinson to Tim Duncan, from the top pick to the undrafted pick, everyone has seen Vicky.

Therefore, unless it is a really good player, it will not let Vicky say good things.

After Vicky finished speaking, he walked straight back to the players' tunnel. Today, let's give up the stage to that Chinese rookie.

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After the match, Link was in a good mood. Being able to beat the Spurs, he instantly relaxed inside.

What's more, the main reason why the Link Grizzlies were able to beat the Spurs today.

In today's game, Randolph and Gasol both performed as car accident scenes. Randolph shot 267 from the field, and his only contribution was to defend Duncan and score only eight points.

Gasol Jr. shot 14 from the field and the Spaniard scored more points and assists than he scored today.

Others, the hit rate is also very average. Battier's hit rate is only, and Mayo's big brother's hit rate is even more "high" to 0.

In the entire Grizzlies team, only Link and Conley's shooting percentages can be seen.

Although Conley hit a key three-pointer today, his 22-point stat was not bad. But as a point guard, Conley only had 1 assist today. At this point, Link's role comes into play.

Link arguably connected most of the Grizzlies' offense, and also oscillated back and forth between the third, fourth, and second positions. Basically, where he is needed, he will go to fill the position.

On top of that, he did a good job in all three positions. At the No. 3 position, he blew up Richard Jefferson on the offensive end. In both the second and fourth positions, he was also very successful in defending Bonner and Ginobili.

Thinking that he had experienced so much today and made the Spurs suffer such a big deflate, Link was full of a sense of accomplishment.

It wasn't until Randolph sat down next to Link that he was relieved of his joy after the victory.

"Link, you did a great job tonight!"

"Uh" looked at Randolph's expression, and Link knew that nothing good was going on, "Say, and then what?" ”

"And then, what else then? I'm here to congratulate you! Of course, if you would like to invite us to your house to celebrate, we will definitely not refuse. ”

"Damn!" Link secretly despised in his heart that Randolph would never do anything that was not good for him.

"But tomorrow we'll have to fight the king back-to-back, Zack."

"It's okay, we can wait until the back-to-back is over and then celebrate slowly." patted Link on the shoulder, and before Link could agree, Randolph was able to settle the matter.

Link is speechless, this guy Randolph is probably thinking about how to pit himself every minute! Well, Link was in a good mood to win what he thought was the key victory.

It's just a treat, and it's not a big deal.

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The day after the Spurs victory, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis early in the morning. They will also play the Kings back-to-back at home tonight.

Although it was back-to-back games, the Kings were not strong, and the players did not have much psychological burden.

The evening was not well attended, after all, it wasn't much of a high-profile match. The only impressive shot was when Cousins actually went over and hugged Link before the game started

As we all know, Link and Cousins' cooperation in the All-Star Game turned them completely from enemies to friends. Now in the whole league, apart from John Wall, Cousins is the only one who will be so friendly to Link.

Although they were friendly before the game, neither of the two would let anyone during the game.

The Kings were suppressed throughout the game, and Cousins was even more prevented from shooting just 4-of-11. He was so annoyed by the black and white bear that he lost his temper at the referee during a penalty blow and applied for a technical foul for himself.

Seeing such a grumpy big man, who was so friendly to him before the game, Link felt a little admired for his affinity.

There is nothing to say about this game, the difference in strength between the two sides is too huge. The Kings played fancy, and Cousins and Marcus Thornton's dunks made the game look intense.

However, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and as a result, the Kings were 25 behind when they looked at the score.

"Since Gay was injured and Mayo's playing time was getting shorter, the Grizzlies didn't seem to be very passionate. There are no three points like rain, and there are no flying buckles in the sky. They just patiently fought positional warfare and did a good job of attacking positions. But this dull style of play has allowed them to win game after game. ”

"yes, grinding and strangling, that's the Grizzlies' style of play and label. It's an old style of playing, but it's old, it's not necessarily impractical. Look, the Grizzlies may have another big win today. ”

Hubiblin uses the words grit and grd to describe the grizzly bears, and when he says them, his tone is incredibly proud.

Brown Sr. may not know that the two words he casually uttered were about to become labels that belonged to an entire era of the Grizzlies.