Link woke up at home the next day to find that he had received text messages from a number of stars.

"Come on, I can see you're a little frustrated, but it's by no means the biggest difficulty you've ever encountered." Written by Jeremy Lin.

"When a soldier goes to the battlefield, if he gives up, sooner or later he will die! Come on, go back to the home court and play hard, Lao Tzu will support you! Written by Paul George.

These two text messages were normal, and the next few links were a little speechless.

"Go and embrace failure, I'm afraid of a hair, him, I was 3-1 ahead of the Suns back then, and it was reversed, remember, don't panic when you are caught by a double bag, just turn over and jump shot!" Posted by Kobe Bryant.

"When the have you been so gentle? Look at the smug look of Durant with his nostrils to the camera, damn me. You elbow him, and your elbow makes his nose bleed! Technical fouls? Technical fouls are, as long as you don't get banned, you can foul hard! Let him be afraid of you! "From Cousins

"It's still the same sentence, guy, the future is yours." From the old Deng Tou

It's not just Dirk, basically as long as he has a personal relationship, he doesn't give up easily.

It can be seen that people's expectations of Link are really very high. This was a bit unexpected by Link.

The media and fans outside of Memphis basically think that Link is finished, but this group of people who play in NA are more optimistic about Link.

Speaking of which, they used to be not optimistic about Link, but after they were all cleaned up, they were optimistic about Link. They know better than anyone that Link is not a player who can be beaten so easily.

Although some of these text messages are serious and some are funny, to be honest, Link is in a much better mood after reading them.

Link got out of bed in good spirits and turned on the TV to listen to sports news as usual.

Since there are only two games going on in the NA right now, one for the Heat and the Celtics, and one for the Grizzlies and Thunder. Therefore, the city of Memphis, naturally, has become all the attention.

On TV, ESPN reporters were conducting interviews on the streets of Memphis, mostly interviewing some local fans and asking them what they thought of the current dire situation.

"We haven't lost at home in the playoffs this season! What do I think, you ask? We'll get them in Memphis, don't worry! ”

"Link is the most improved player this year, so when you come back to Memphis after two games, you'll see his improvement!"

"The Grizzlies always get everything done at home, and this time it was the same. Come on, Grizzly Bears! We are not afraid of any enemy! ”

On the TV, there are enthusiastic and still high morale fans. Link saw it, and his heart became more comfortable.

Just rush to these fans and friends who are optimistic about themselves, and you can't give up first!

While being 2-0 down is tricky, it's not the end of the world.

Thinking of this, Link turned off the TV and went straight out to the training gym.

Talking too much is useless, action is the most effective way!

Meanwhile, Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins is also struggling. If you want to turn the tables when you are 2-0 down, you can't shout a few slogans and suddenly have combat effectiveness.

On a tactical level, there has to be adjustments.

And now, Hollins has a very tricky question at hand - who should defend James Harden?

James Harden is the sixth man, which means he often staggers when the Grizzlies' main team rests. In this way, it is Bombset who is opposite Harden.

Bombsett is certainly a good player, but he is still a little less interesting than Harden. In the first two games, Harden averaged 60 three-pointers per game! That's what Bombset turned out to be when he defended Harden.

Jimmy Butler? No, Hollins can't send Butler out at all. The NA playoffs are no joke, any shortcomings of the players will be caught and magnified, so the immature players and coaches dare not use them.

That's why, most teams in the playoffs are short rotations. Because, if the coach wants to reduce the shortcomings of his team, he can only use the most "economical" people.

Butler was traded for Mayo by the team, with the goal of developing the next Tony Allen. Hollins could see Butler's potential, and he could see that he was working hard. But this year, it's not yet time for him to perform.

Finally, Hollins and assistant Elston Turner you look at me, I look at you.

Only one person was chosen.

During afternoon practice, Hollins and Turner approached Link and said they were discussing some tactical changes with him.

With such seriousness, Link thought that Hollins wanted to attack again with Randolph as the core of the offense. As a result, Hollins simply said, "I need to increase your playing time." ”

"Huh? That's a good thing, I'm sure I agree, I don't need to discuss. Link readily agreed, isn't it just a few more minutes, the biggest talent of this body itself is good physical fitness

"No, you don't understand, it's not as simple as a few more minutes. We need someone to look after James Harden at all times, so as long as Harden is there, you're going to have to be on the court. Of course, Tony could have defended Harden, but he couldn't sustain our firepower. So, you're the only one. In such a situation, you also have to make sure that you have enough stamina to play key balls at critical moments. I think you can see that sometimes the victory or defeat is really those two rounds. If you can grasp it, you will win, and if you can't grasp it, you will lose. So, you have to be mentally prepared, it's not going to be an easy job. ”

Hollins knew that this might be a bit too much of a responsibility for a sophomore. But it can't be helped, it's the playoffs. What are the playoffs? Push out a player to be a better version of yourself!

The players who played better after the playoffs were forced.

Now the Grizzlies obviously can't handle the Thunder according to the regular way of playing, so someone can only stand up and break the routine.

Link put away the hippie smile and nodded slightly, "Don't worry, Leon, I'm ready at any time." ”

A physical and mental test? Sounds pretty grinding. But if you don't sacrifice, how can you be the top scorer?

If there is no sacrifice, what to talk about defending the home field!

The unbeaten home record in the playoffs is a record that everyone is proud of. Link didn't want to watch Durant standing on the floor of the Federal Express arena and said proudly, "It's not hard to take this place." ”

In order to save his strength for the next day's competition, Link's afternoon training was not as intense. When the media opened, when the reporters entered the training gym, they found that the others were sweating profusely.

Only Link, holding a thermos cup, sat on a chair, crossed Erlang's legs.

I don't know, I thought it was the old man guarding the door of the training hall!

The reporters looked surprised, what is the situation? Giving up on treatment outright?

Faced with the surprised expressions of the reporters and the microphones that were just about to be stuffed into his mouth, Link looked calm, "Don't panic, there are still more than 20 hours before the game starts." The most important thing now is to enjoy the peace of the moment. ”

Link made the image of the "wolfberry boy" appear in the league n years ahead of schedule.

But Link knows very well that the biggest charm of "Goji Berry Boy" is that as long as he wants to, he can immediately put down the thermos cup and show his performance! People only question the attitude of the "wolfberry boy", not the ability!

When Link puts down the thermos tomorrow, he will definitely let the West No. 1 who has come from afar to see what the unbeaten home court in the playoffs looks like.