In the second quarter, Link chased and tied the score, allowing both sides to return to the same starting line.

He led the team to do this without using any shots.

The Rockets are indeed lucky enough to encounter the few situations where Link has poor shooting skills.

However, it is still unknown whether the Rockets can win with this goal.

After the score was tied, the game became anxious.

The Rockets took Lou Wei and the offensive firepower further evolved. On the Grizzlies, Link continued to use his other advantages to control the game.

Both sides kept chasing each other and playing until the fourth quarter. During this period, although the two teams kept leading alternately, the biggest difference was only 7 points.

In the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, Conley made a long shot and hit the front of the basket, forming a long rebound.

D'Antoni was about to cheer when he saw Link rushing forward and grab the rebound.

"Another offensive rebound, this is the seventh frontcourt rebound that Link has grabbed in this game! Seven frontcourt rebounds, incredible!"

Kevin Harlan shouted, shook his head and sighed.

Link is indeed much more enthusiastic about grabbing the ball today than before. He is not as accurate as the Rockets? It doesn’t matter, just grab the missing ball back.

Link is indeed making up for his lack of shooting today through other efforts. Until now, Link has scored 30 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists triple-double data. His poor touch does not seem to have any impact on him.

If the Rockets hadn't made too accurate shots outside the three-point line today, Link would have probably embraced the victory long ago.

After winning the offensive rebound, Link immediately ran outside the three-point line, and Ariza did not stick it up when she saw this.

He still plans to defend Link in the usual way he has today, both making a move and not making a surprise move.

However, Link did not hesitate this time.

He ran outside the three-point line and turned around and shot, making a very decisive move!

Ariza didn't even make any moves to interfere with the shooting. He just stepped forward and stuck the position so as not to let Link catch the offensive rebound again.

In this round, Link did not get a rebound. But the Houston Rockets did not catch it either.

Because of this decisive three-pointer, he jumped into the net and did not make any rebounds!

"What!?" Ariza was shocked. He deliberately let Link shoot three-pointers, but he didn't expect to make it.

"I actually made it. Link made the first three-pointer in the game today. He helped the Grizzlies widen the gap to 5 points! He grabbed his own shot and scored, and Link was completely rubbing the Rockets with his own strength!"

Everyone was shocked, and D'Antoni even felt that the three-pointer was like a spear, piercing directly into his heart.

Link hit such a difficult three-pointer, could it be...

Could it be that he finally got his feel back?

D'Antoni was not the only one who had this idea. Link's three-pointer just now completely disrupted the steady pace of the game!

"Link made a shot and finally made a shot. I believe that guy's self-regulation ability is impossible for him to miss the iron for 48 minutes in the whole game!" Bill Simmons said, looking at Link's previous shooting percentage.

0 out of the three-point line...

Well, after investing so much, it's time to get one.

D'Antoni was so scared that he immediately added a timeout. He didn't know if Link's goal happened to hit or if he really found the touch.

But as long as there is a slight possibility of danger, D'Antoni will eliminate it!

This is the playoffs, and he can't afford any risk.

"If Link gets back his touch at this time, it would be too bad for the Rockets."

"Hahaha, so Link is the king of key balls? Even if he can't score a goal in the whole game, he will never lose his chain at the critical moment!"

The more Bill Simmons laughs, the happier he is. Link is the kind of player who becomes more anxious the game, the stronger he becomes.

Maybe Link will feel bad, but you will never see Link doing nothing at critical moments!

Sitting on the bench, Link looked at his hands, and seemed to feel that the shooting was coming back a little.

Sure enough, the shooting feel is really mysterious.

Then next... destroy the Rockets in one breath!

After returning from the timeout, Lu Wei immediately scored a three-pointer, narrowing the gap again.

But the goal did not reduce the cheers in the Federal Express Arena at all.

In the last five minutes of the game, after entering "Link Time", all the Rockets' efforts will be in vain!

Sure enough, Link immediately responded to Lou Wei.

This time, Link found that Ariza was sticking tighter when defending himself. It was obvious that he no longer followed the principle of making a move without any surprises.

Now, neither he nor D'Antoni dared to let Link shoot anymore.

For others, just scoring one goal may be just luck and can continue to play.

But facing Link, the Rockets dare not be so desperate.

Link has scored many goals so far in his career, but he has scored the least luck balloon!

Every time he scores, he relies on his strength to fight.

Seeing Ariza sticking so tightly, Link, who held the ball close to the three-point line, suddenly paused and looked like he wanted to pull out three points!

Link has pierced his opponent's defense with a long-distance three-pointer more than once this season, so Ariza did not dare to slacken off and immediately jumped up to his center of gravity.

This is the time when Link is waiting for!

Taking advantage of the moment when Ariza came forward to block it, Link accelerated to pass through Ariza.

Another false action of worshiping Buddha. Facing Link, you don’t know which step he is true or which step he is false.

After breaking through Ariza, facing Capela's backup defense, Link suddenly stopped in the middle distance and then made a jump shot!

D'Antoni swallowed, and Link's confidence seemed to have made him predict the result in advance.

Sure enough, the next second, the basketball came into the net, and Link added two more points with the shot!

With this goal, the Grizzlies also widened the score again.

Link's shooting really recovered in full swing at a critical moment!

The Rockets must be very regretful now, regretting that they did not seize the opportunity to open the score when Link felt badly.

And at this time, they had no chance.

After that, in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, he was completely ruled by Link.

One minute after the emergency stop and mid-range shot, Link singled Ariza with his back, and made a handsome and elegant turn back and scored continuously!

Two more rounds later, Link received Jokic's wonderful pass from the bottom corner on the right.

He swung his finger and flew Ariza, who had become overly nervous, and then easily jumped into the game.

The basketball is unbiased and just fell into the ball net!

At this point, Link had made four consecutive shots in the fourth quarter! In the most critical minutes, he also gave back to the fans with his performance of 10 points in a row.

"This is Link, this is the power of Link's time! In his time, everything can only be listened to him, and the situation can only be at his mercy!"

Bill Simmons finally got a good time. Now, he wants to see what the Houston media have to say!

Kevin Harlan next to him was much calmer. As he said, Link's explosive scoring performance was already a common thing.

That guy would come here from time to time, and Kevin Harlan got used to it.

So instead of yelling, Harlan found a brand new league record.

"After 40 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Link scored a terrible statistic of 40 points and triple-double after scoring ten consecutive games, and this is the third time in his career that he has scored such a stat in the playoffs. Do you know Bill? This makes Link the player with the most 40 points and triple-doubles in the playoffs in NBA history!"

D'Antoni called for a stop again, and the game was 41 seconds left. Both sides had only one chance to attack, but the Rockets were 9 points behind...

Today, the Rockets made 49 three-pointers, hitting 22 of them, with a three-point shooting percentage of up to 44%!

22 three-pointers in a single game in the playoffs are also the third most playoff three-pointer record in league history!

This is already an incredible shooting percentage. You know, the Grizzlies averaged only 26 three-point shootings per game this season, and only 9 goals per game!

The Grizzlies' three-point shots and hits are already higher than the league average.

From this we can see how exaggerated the data it is to shoot 49 three-pointers in a game!

But such an exaggerated three-point data still cannot make the Rockets win.

This really made D'Antoni extremely discouraged.

After the game was suspended, Link walked to the commentary stage and fisted with the little girl who had been cheering for him.

"Thank you, your cheers are very important to me."

"I love you, Link!" the little girl said shyly after fists.

Link smiled, then walked to the bench, leaving only a tall back for people.

Bill Simmons looked at the ecstatic little girl, looked at the 9-point difference that was pulled apart at the critical moment, and shook his head.
Chapter completed!