When the Warriors officially announced that they signed Steve for five years and $25 million. When Kerr was the head coach, people didn't really feel it very strongly.

Now, everyone is immersed in the fierce confrontation of the division finals, who has the heart to care about a team that has been eliminated early.

Except for Warriors fans, no one cares who the Warriors change as head coach. Whether they change Cole or Van Gundy, people don't care.

But Link frowned as he looked at the news. He is the only one in the world who knows that a new era is coming.

Steve. Kerr's joining the Warriors is a sign and a turning point in the entire history of the NBA.

Prior to that, Steve. Kerr isn't that great, and the Golden State Warriors aren't a big part of the league. Most teams in the league are trying to change, but their style of play is still somewhere between traditional and new.

But when Kerr joins the Warriors, everything will change. In the future, this league will undergo earth-shaking changes in terms of game style and pattern.

The boundaries between the future and the present are so blurred.

Link shook his head and didn't continue to think about the mess.

For now, what he has to think about is not the future and the future, but the San Antonio Spurs.

A few days ago, after the game shifted to San Antonio, the Spurs did put up a tough resistance. They regained their rhythm at home, just like they did in the '07-08 season.

On May 25, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs finally pulled one back 107-102, turning the series to 2-1.

And this became the first time the Grizzlies lost a month after the start of the playoffs.

At the same time, GDP finally got their 111th playoff victory, becoming the trio with the most playoff wins in NBA history.

However, after the game, Popovich was not as happy as people thought. Because the victory in this game came too late.

In Popovich's plan, the Spurs should have won the game two games earlier. But it was too late to win the series once it had already reached San Antonio.

This game, Tony. Parker shot below 30 percent from the field in the first three quarters, but suddenly exploded in the final moments.

He threw a burst and even hit a difficult step-back three-pointer on Link's head.

Relying on Parker's magical scoring performance in the final moments, the Spurs got away with it.

But with the exception of the few minutes when Parker erupted in the final stages, the Spurs were suppressed throughout the game, just like in the previous games.

Popovich is well aware that he can't expect Parker to explode every day, just as he can't expect Green to explode every day.

This time they won thanks to Parker's outburst, so what about the next one? What's next?

There will always be times when the Spurs can't break out, and in that case, the Spurs are often powerless against the Grizzlies.

What's worse is that now the Grizzlies only need to win one more game to win the match point! So, this victory for the Spurs was too late.

Popovich, who won the game, was particularly uneasy, let alone Link, who lost the game.

Although the Grizzlies still have a 2-1 overall lead, Link still feels that it is not safe enough. So, he didn't have the heart to think about the impact that Cole might have. Right now, Link only has Spurs on his mind.

Sure enough, in the fourth game of the series, Popovich's worst fears came.

At the ATT Center, the Spurs lost the magical aura of their first two games. Under the Grizzlies' rapid infinite rotation system, the Spurs' offense collapsed across the board.

In such a situation, the Spurs have neither the magic of Danny. Green also didn't have the "French sports car" that suddenly woke up in the last minutes.

Tony. Parker scored just 14 points in the game today. Leonard scored 10 points, "Stone Buddha" Duncan only scored 9 points, and Danny. Green, on the other hand, scored the fewest points of any starter, scoring just three points today. Coming off the bench, "coffee expert" Dior had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Joseph 11 points, Manu. Ginobili 5 points.

Team offense and individual offense, the Spurs both overturned today. As a result, the Spurs trailed the Grizzlies by as many as 27 points at most, and in the middle of the fourth quarter, they pulled out all of their main players early.

If it was just the Spurs' personal offensive disadvantage, they wouldn't have been beaten so badly.

The point is that in addition to the Spurs' own poor performance today, Link also showed his best offensive performance since the Western Conference Finals!

The loss in the last game reminded Link that the Spurs were the 2014 NBA champions in the original history. As long as they are given the slightest chance, they can turn the tide.

So in the fourth game, Link played extremely seriously, and his desire to score was higher than in the first three games.

Although Leonard defended hard, Link still used his all-round offensive skills to score in exchange for methods.

Leonard was able to prevent James in the original history, and to put it bluntly, he relied on one move to shoot without letting go. But for Link, this trick didn't work.

Link, whether he throws or bursts, is the top presence in the league. As a result, Leonard has little advantage on the defensive end.

This would-be FMVP wants to become completely famous in the league, and it is estimated that it will be some time later than in the original history.

In the end, Link scored 40 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds and as many as 5 steals in the game! This is the second time Link has scored 40 points in the playoffs this year after playing the Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals on May 8.

Although it is not an earth-shattering 40-point triple-double like last time, this data is still exaggerated enough. At the same time, it was also the fourth time in Link's career that he scored 40 points in the playoffs.

For comparison, Kobe Bryant, a scoring maniac, has scored 40 points in the playoffs 13 times in his career so far. At an average rate of one game a season, it would not be difficult for Link to surpass Kobe.

In garbage time, the Spurs recovered quite a few points. But in the end, the Grizzlies still won the crucial fourth game 105-92.

At first glance, the 13-point difference doesn't seem particularly exaggerated. But in fact, it took a long time for the Spurs to narrow the gap to 13 points.

This shows how suspenseless this game is.

3-1, the San Antonio Spurs have basically missed the finals. This is the end of the playoff journey for this aging team.

Popovich is now less frustrated when he faces reporters.

It's not because he's found a way to deal with the grizzlies, it's because he's numb to lose!

He has thoroughly recognized the gap between the Spurs and the Grizzlies.

"Of course we're not going to give up yet, but ...... It's been a tough series indeed. I don't think the Grizzlies will have any opponents even in the Finals. ”

Popovich smiled helplessly, believing that he and the Spurs had the strength to compete for the title this year. If the Spurs were to play against the Heat or the Pacers right now, Popovich felt they could win.

But alas, they ran into perhaps one of the strongest teams in NBA history.

Duncan silently looked at Link on the field and shook his head secretly.

He remembers saying to Link after a game many years ago, "The future is yours."

But he never imagined at the time that the future would come so quickly......

Maybe it's not that the future will come too quickly, but that you'll grow old too quickly.

Duncan didn't think much of it, and he silently walked back to the players' tunnel.

Next, throw all these troubles to the Heat and the Pacers.

The era of GDP has officially come to an end! The 111th victory was their final reward and consolation.