1176: Pachulia defeated
Link stood on the sidelines, hugging his teammates one by one.
His 51 points are so dazzling that the topic of discussion is Link now.
However, Link still thinks it's a team win.
Without Jokic's aggressive blocking, without Harrell and Richardson's aggressive scramble, without Conley's assist, where would he have scored 51 points?
And that round was just the tip of the iceberg of the Grizzlies' teamwork today.
The biggest difference between this year's Grizzlies and last season is actually this.
This is no longer a team that Link is struggling to support alone, this is a team that everyone has built together!
Watching Link still hug his teammates one by one after scoring 51 points, Mark Lee. Jackson couldn't help but think of the way Green and Durant were arguing in the game just now.
The cohesion of these two teams has already been decided.
Although each individual has a great influence on the game, basketball is a team sport after all.
The better the team, the better the chance of winning the game.
Mark. Jackson couldn't help but look at the lost Warriors fans around him, and they must have been very uncomfortable watching the Warriors lose the game at Oracle Arena.
But it's quite possible that something will happen that will make them even more uncomfortable......
After the game, reporters almost all gathered around Link.
As a player second only to Jordan in the 50+ times of a single playoff game in NBA history, Link has naturally become a sweet spot in the eyes of reporters.
However, in the face of questions about 50+ points, Link was not very excited.
"History is second, there's nothing to brag about. It's like every year in the finals, you don't report on the overall runner-up. ”
"I'm happy to get the high score, but I'm even happier that we won the race."
"Individual performance? No, no, no, it's a teamwork. ”
Link was suddenly so modest that reporters were a little unaccustomed to it.
However, Link is not modest, it is just that the reporters are not asking the right questions.
At the post-game press conference, when reporters asked questions about the series, the familiar Link was back immediately!
"Draymond. Green said we're never going to make it past the Western Conference Finals, and I appreciate his confidence, a little bit like me. It's a pity that he doesn't have our strength. ”
Link complained to Green fiercely, and for 51 points in a single game, Link was not very proud.
But Link was quite happy with the win.
Green was also stubborn, saying: "The Grizzlies played really well today, but just like before, they were just temporarily ahead. If the series were compared to a game, the Grizzlies would have only finished the second quarter and had a one-point lead. We still have plenty of time and a chance to get the game back. ”
Green still looks like he won't admit defeat, but his words aren't too convincing.
Today, the Warriors allowed Link to score 51 points with ease, so could it be that their defense will suddenly get better in the next game?
After three games, everyone can see that the Warriors have basically reached the limit. However, the Grizzlies are still pushing the limits!
In the "second half" of the series, the Warriors may not be able to catch up with the Grizzlies. But the Grizzlies, on the other hand, could have played better.
After taking a 2-1 lead in the series, the huge pressure shifted to the Warriors.
On the Internet, the voices questioning the Grizzlies have become quieter, and the voices mocking the Warriors have never been higher.
Warriors fans fought back on the net, and it is estimated that even they were completely impressed by Link's 51 points in a single game.
The Golden State Warriors are in a huge crisis, and they only need to lose one more game and get the match point early by the Grizzlies, and everything will be lost.
Over the years, no team has been able to complete a comeback with the Grizzlies taking the lead in getting a match point.
They didn't want the dynasty to collapse before it was built.
Durant doesn't want to be trampled under Link's feet after moving to the Warriors.
He chose to join forces with Curry, Thompson and Green with more than just a championship.
Regardless, the Warriors must not let the Grizzlies get the first match point right now.
They've already started to think about how they managed to clean up the Spurs with a 4-0 aggregate score in the last series.
Perhaps, some places can follow suit a little bit when facing grizzly bears......
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Leading 2-1, it relaxed Link's tense nerves a little.
While the Warriors still have a chance, the initiative is already in the hands of the Grizzlies. In the next game, the Grizzlies only need to win one more game at Oracle Arena to basically secure the series!
Now in the East, the Cavaliers have a 3-0 lead over the Celtics. Not surprisingly, this year's finals will face off against James again.
Link pouted, every Finals he has played so far in his career has been against LeBron. James.
Although last year was a year apart, overall, the second decade of the 21st century belonged to him and James.
Link is a little heartbroken for Lao Zhan, since he has himself, James's already low Finals winning rate has plummeted.
Last season, he finally didn't have himself, but James was killed by the Warriors after Durant joined early......
It's miserable, it's really miserable.
But that's the way it is in competitive sports, there is always only one winner. Michael. Jordan wasn't going to show mercy to others because they didn't win the championship, and neither was Link.
In any case, the next game at Oracle Arena, Link must win.
He won't give the Warriors any chance, but in the face of the Warriors and Durant, Link won't have any mercy!
There were only two days between the third and fourth battles. It's the equivalent of only one day of rest, and the two sides are back in the arena.
Tonight, all the Warriors players had a solemn expression. They all knew that this was going to be the night that would decide the whole series.
If you go to Memphis with a score of 1-3, it will be more than lucky!
Therefore, after today's game, the physical confrontation of the Warriors players was very fierce. Coupled with the connivance of the referee, there are not too many shots of people turning their backs in this game.
Just two minutes into the game, Green deliberately dragged Jokic down while scrambling for a rebound, and the two sides almost clashed at that time.
Of course, don't look at Jokic like that, he is not a good child, after all, he is a player in his teens who is immersed in the big dye vat of professional basketball, and Jokic has many tricks.
A minute later, while scrambling for an offensive rebound, Jokic deliberately pulled Green's injured right shoulder.
Green instantly fell to the ground in pain, and Pachulia approached Jokic to reason with him.
A few minutes after the game started, the smell of gunpowder had already reached the point of exploding!
Since then, the ferocity of confrontation between the two sides has not decreased, but has continued to rise.
For a moment, fans felt as if they were watching a game from the 90s!
The referee's whistle blew frequently, and the game was interrupted frequently. But even so, the players on both sides have no intention of reining in.
Finally, in the last two minutes of the second quarter, blood was seen on the court.
In the process of a layup, Wade was directly scratched open by Pachuria's elbow.
Wade was bleeding profusely, and he covered the wound in time, but the blood still flowed from between his fingers.
Although the inauguration is not large, during a person's strenuous exercise, because the intensity of the heart ejection is greater, even if it is just a small infusion, blood will gush out.
That's why in combat sports, once an athlete bleeds, he can't stop bleeding.
Although Wade was fine, he was still forced off the field to treat his wounds.
The "Flash" played very well today and was the Grizzlies' second-highest scorer after Link.
After he went off the court, the Grizzlies' offensive firepower was greatly affected.
The Warriors took this opportunity to overtake the Grizzlies by 7 points in one fell swoop.
In the end, they entered the fourth quarter with a 7-point advantage!
"The Warriors still have a chance, they have a chance to stop something worse from happening! As long as the Warriors can tie the score today, there will still be suspense in the series! ”
Everyone was looking forward to the fourth-quarter showdown between the two sides, including Pachuria, who had just taken Wade off the court.
He's already tasted the sweetness, and next, he's about to execute his final plan for today.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Link really led the team to catch up.
He hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, and then assisted Jokic for a layup.
Seeing that the Warriors' advantage was about to be exhausted, Pachulia stepped up again.
In the ninth minute of the fourth quarter, after Gasol protected the defensive rebound, he handed the ball directly to Link, who was running forward.
Seeing that Durant came up for the first time, Link was not in a hurry. He paused, and when Jokic followed, he played a pick-and-roll with him.
Faced with Jokic's cover, Durant and Pachulia had to switch guards. Pachulia secretly rejoiced in her heart that her chance had finally come!
Link looked at Pachulia and made a breakthrough, but suddenly stopped and jumped!
The Georgian immediately took two steps forward and walked up to Link, and Jogel on the sidelines frowned, how can this scene feel like a sense of déjà vu?
Link shot and everything was perfect. But when Link landed, he felt his ankle be twisted violently!
"!" Link yelled and fell to the ground and covered his ankles.
Pachulia pretended to be innocent and went to grab the rebound, until the referee whistle blew and he covered his head with his hands to indicate that he had done nothing.
On the surface, Pachulia seems innocent. But in his heart, he couldn't stop smiling!
This trick really tried and tested, and after continuing Leonard, Link also fell! Now, the Grizzlies are about to face the same fate as the Spurs!
Just as Pachulia was on the pinnacle of his life when the Fantasy Warriors defeated the Grizzlies and won the championship for the second year in a row.
When he turned around, he saw Link standing up like a Terminator robot, covered in bruises, but still standing up like a man who had nothing to do.
"What!?" Pachuria's eyes widened, and he assured that the step he had just made was very accurate, more accurate than a shot!
Before Pachulia could react to what was happening, he was suddenly struck hard.
Pachulia felt something fly out of his mouth, teeth.
"Zach. Randolph actually rushed directly to the field and punched Pachuria, this punch is not light, Randolph will definitely be banned by the league! ”
"So what? The Grizzlies have bench depth right now enough for the worst-case scenario of Randolph's suspension. "Mike. Brin smiled, I don't know why, he still felt quite cool to see that Georgia's ruse didn't succeed and was punched instead.
This kind of scum deserves to end up like this!
On the court, players from both sides writhed, and the hostility that had been building up for a whole year erupted with Randolph's punch.
But at this time, the Warriors players no longer have the heart to watch the hand-to-hand battle between the two sides.
They all knew very well that the moment Link stood up, the hope of the Warriors standing up became very slim.