Countless Knicks fans and Thunder fans wrote a lot of Dark Link articles on the day the All-Star voting results came out on the 14th.

But after the Grizzlies vs. Nuggets game, these articles were basically scrapped. With Charles. Barkley's words were, "In this game, Link had no black spots at all. ”

40 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds, shooting 55.4% from the field and only 2 turnovers...... It's hard to ask for a player and do better than that.

While scoring excellent statistics, Link also led the team to a comeback victory. Seriously, even Knicks fans and Thunder fans don't know how to deny Link's performance in this game.

There is simply no cooler way to shut up Kuroko with hard power.

After the battle with the Nuggets, it began to snow lightly in Memphis. This reminded Link that winter had come. It's getting closer and closer to Christmas.

Although Christmas is still a few days away, the Christmas atmosphere in the city of Memphis is already in full swing.

When Link went to the training gym the next day, he noticed that a huge Christmas tree had been erected outside the Federal Express Arena.

It's full of colorful lights, and combined with the light snow that just fell last night, it's not too beautiful.

Driving down the street after training, Link also noticed that Christmas sales had already started in major shopping malls. Every house has socks or Christmas trees hanging at the door, in short, it is as lively as the Chinese New Year.

Although this is Link's third season as a professional footballer, Link hasn't actually had a good Christmas yet.

In his first year, as a marginal man with a ten-day contract, Link was full of thoughts about how to survive in the league, and he was not in the mood for the holidays at all.

Last season, due to the shrinking season, the league decided that Christmas was the first day of the new season. The opening game of the new season is the Christmas War. Therefore, during the Christmas period, all the Grizzlies were in intense preparations, and there was no sense of festivity.

And this year, Link is experiencing the festive spirit of Christmas for the first time. Faced with this "foreign festival" that he had barely cared about in China before, Link seemed a little overwhelmed.

To him, it was as if nothing had changed. When I got home, I was still alone in the empty room, and I was still sweating on the basketball court the next day. This festival of national participation seems to have nothing to do with Link.

In the days that followed, the Grizzlies played a few more games.

On December 16, the Grizzlies beat the Jazz by 13 points in Salt Lake City. Link had 25 points, 12 rebounds and four assists, and he had a double-double for the third straight game.

On the 17th, the home back-to-back game against the Bulls. In this game, Thibodeau and Stevens played a defensive battle frantically, and the overall shooting rate of both teams was less than 40%, the score was extremely low, and the tempo was extremely slow. I don't know, I thought I was back ten years ago.

But in the end, the Grizzlies still relied on a deeper lineup to hold on to the victory. 80-71, this bizarre duel ended under the narrator's sleepy eyes. Link had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and the Grizzlies won seven in a row!

I thought that the continuous competition would dilute the festive atmosphere. However, as it turns out, Link thinks about Christmas too simply.

"Visiting the little ones at the children's hospital tomorrow?" Link was surprised when he was notified. It's not that Link doesn't do public welfare activities often, in fact, even if Link doesn't want to, Grizzly and Jeff. Austin will also arrange a variety of charity activities for Link.

What's more, Link is not averse to doing charity.

To Link's surprise, there was a special sentence on the notice - all players must appear in front of children in Santa Claus clothes.

Well, the continuous competition can't hide people's enthusiasm for Christmas.

So on the afternoon of December 18, Link and his teammates appeared in the form of Santa Claus at St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis.

Link gave a little girl Barbie and a little boy a toy and his own signed jersey.

Finally, I also played a magic card game with a boy with congenital leukemia.

It was a very meaningful day for Link, and it was very gratifying to be able to do what he could for these children.

With great power comes great responsibility.

However, after coming out of the children's hospital, Link always felt that something was missing after taking off Santa's clothes.

So, he went on with his life. Every day I go home alone, and I sweat it out on the training ground every day. By the way, I also won some games.

On Dec. 19, the Grizzlies slaughtered the Bucks by 20 points at home. "Zhan Huang" Brandon. Jennings hit 15 irons and took the Bucks with 34.6 percent shooting. Monta. Not to be outdone, Ellis struck 13 times in 14 shots, and finally defeated Jennings with a 7.1% shooting percentage and took away the title of Iron King.

On December 21, the Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks at home, which had declined, and won the second nine-game winning streak of the season!

But on Dec. 22, in back-to-back games in Houston, the Grizzlies' winning streak ended again on a nine-game winning streak.

Maybe it's to avenge the loss to the Grizzlies at the beginning of the season, but the Rockets are in great shape today! Seven players on the team scored double-doubles, including Harden who also scored 31 points and 8 assists, shot 3 of 3 from three-point range, and shot 69.2% from the field.

And the Grizzlies today may have suffered a Waterloo in three-point shooting percentage, perhaps because of back-to-back battles. The Grizzlies hit two three-pointers in the game, both of which came from Link. The other people's shots from outside the three-point line all ended in iron.

111 to 100, and just like that, the Grizzlies lost the game at the Toyota Center by 11 points.

After the game, Link was not in a high mood and his worst fears came.

Link is not afraid of losing, after all, the Grizzlies played very abnormally in this game, and it does not mean that the Grizzlies must be weaker than the Rockets. Besides, even if they lose this game, the Grizzlies' record is still the best in the league, and there is nothing to worry about.

Everyone believes that as long as the Grizzlies adjust their condition and win another wave of consecutive wins, there will be no pressure at all.

What scared Link was that after this game, his first Christmas break since becoming a professional player was about to begin.

Because the Grizzlies are in a small-ball market, even if they reached the Western Conference Finals last season, they still don't have a part in this year's Christmas game.

This is actually normal, the Christmas war, naturally, is to find the most gimmicky and box office appeal showdown. Even the Spurs and Mavericks have been ruled out of the Christmas game this year, let alone the Grizzlies.

So, after playing the Rockets today, the Grizzlies have no games to play until November 27th! Stevens has announced that on the 23rd, 24th and 25th, the team will not have to train for three days, and it will be a complete holiday! It wasn't until Dec. 26, the day after Christmas, that the players were back to report, practice and prepare for the No. 27 game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

For others, it would be a luxury to get such a small holiday during the season. After all, the NBA is not like European football, and there is such a thing as a winter break. Not all NBA players have the luck to get the Christmas break.

But for Link, it was a nuisance. What should he do with all these days?

Hanging out with teammates? On a holiday like Christmas, of course, teammates have to spend time with their families.

Reuniting with your own family? Link doesn't have that deep feelings for his current parents, and at most he can have a meal with them for a day.

Running to train on your own? On a day like Christmas, it seems a little too miserable......

Christmas phobia, which seems to be a problem that modern medicine cannot solve.

Link then sent a text message to his manager, Jeff. Austin, let him arrange something for himself to do.

Who knows, Austin actually has an arrangement......