While people were cheering for the Grizzlies and Link, the Grizzlies players were unable to celebrate the victory.

Because as soon as the competition ended, they changed their clothes and boarded the plane back to Memphis, saying goodbye to this glamorous city.

Back to back to back, this kind of schedule that will only appear in the shrinking season. It can be said to be the most inhumane schedule in the history of the NBA League. Players have to experience double destruction in psychological and physical fitness, and there is no time to celebrate victory.

Before Link could enjoy defeating Wade and James, he had to rush to the next battlefield without stopping.

Fortunately, the shrinking season will not happen often, otherwise Link would have to be driven crazy.

The next day, Link slept until noon before waking up. It wasn't that he was lazy, but the consumption in Miami yesterday was too great.

After fighting James for the whole game, Link felt as if his body was hollowed out. Whether it was defensive or offensive, the pressure James gave was huge. So yesterday, Link fell asleep almost as soon as he got on the team bus.

Link climbed up with his tired body. Outside the window, the sky in Memphis was no longer dark. In April, the weather gradually warmed up, and the pleasant summer was coming.

The arrival of summer indicates that the playoffs are approaching step by step.

When he thought of this, Link was completely sleepy. In order to gain a home advantage in the playoffs, the only way to do it is to stick to this month.

As usual, Link turned on the TV to watch the news while eating before going out. He missed the five best yesterday, but yesterday, Link happened to catch up.

Looking at the scene where Jimmy Butler tripped himself in front of the bench, Link almost spit out the milk. It was really hard for Hollins to be in a bad mood on the bench yesterday.

But to be honest, it feels really good to shoot on Wade and James' heads. What a pity, yesterday it was at the Heat's home court and the fans were not heard.

After seeing the five embarrassing people, Link went out to drive. But as soon as he walked out of the house, he retreated.

He forgot to get his luggage.

After today's game, the Grizzlies immediately flew to Oklahoma City again, so the players had to take their luggage directly to the stadium today and set off immediately after playing against the Warriors.

Just came home to have a sleep, and I had to leave again

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That night, the Grizzlies still performed well in their home match against the Warriors.

Although the Grizzlies are fighting back to back, and they played very fiercely with the Heat yesterday. But the Warriors' hard power is really not good. Ellis was traded, Curry was injured in his ankle for the ninth time, and the Warriors lost their double guns in the backcourt, which was equivalent to losing their offensive firepower points.

So at home, the Grizzlies killed the Warriors effortlessly and won two back-to-back winning streaks with 98-84.

Link looked at the bench without Curry and sighed secretly. This is likely to be the last season to abuse the Warriors casually, because after this season, Mark Jackson will take over as the head coach of the Warriors.

Mark Jackson established a complete system for the Warriors, and allowed Curry and Klay Thompson to exert their power.

After that, the Warriors will enter the Steve Cole era. By then, the Golden State Warriors will be hard to describe.

After playing the game and accepting interviews from reporters, Link and his teammates embarked on the journey again.

24 hours later, in Oklahoma City, the exhausted grizzly bear finally fell under the thunderous youth storm.

The Thunder this season are already strong and still dominate the throne of the West. What's more, the Grizzlies are fighting back to back for the third consecutive game, running back and forth for the third consecutive game.

Today, even Link, who has always been known for his good physical fitness, has failed. Although he scored 22 points, his shooting percentage of 42.1% and 1-of-5 three-pointers were obviously lower than the average. Physical fitness issues made Link's offense less stable, and the Thunder were more energetic because they had just rested for two days.

So, the Grizzlies lost to the Thunder 94-98 away. Durant and Westbrook teamed up to score 52 points, and James Harden, who came on the bench, also scored 14 points. Their firepower is really worthy of being the number one in the West.

At this point, the Grizzlies' match against the Thunder this season has ended. Unlike last year, the Grizzlies meet the Thunder this season, with a record of only 1 win and 3 losses!

After being mentioned by reporters after the game, Link and Hollins were both alert.

Link remembered that this year the Thunder reached the finals! And the whole process basically advanced with a devastating victory.

In the original history, the Thunder 4-0 in the first round of defending champion Mavericks, and ended the Lakers' final glory 4-1 in the second round. In the Western Conference Finals, only the experienced Spurs won two games. If Harden and Westbrook had not suddenly cut off power in the finals, James' first championship might have to be postponed.

On Hollins, he had to plan a playoff match this season. He met the Thunder 1 win and 3 losses in the regular season, which is obviously not a good result. So in the playoffs, the Grizzlies need to avoid the Thunder as much as possible.

Judging from the current ranking, if the Grizzlies remain third in the West, they will encounter the second Spurs in the second round of the playoffs. But if they fall out of the top three, they will have to meet the Thunder in advance in the second round!

Therefore, the Grizzlies' strategy is very clear next. Keep the third-ranked Western Conference as much as possible and prevent the two teams in Los Angeles from taking advantage of it.

For the Lakers and the Clippers, they certainly don't want to have the Los Angeles derby in the first round of the playoffs.

Compared to hurting each other, they are more willing to play against the inexperienced Thunder. So, in the next half month, the Lakers and the Clippers will definitely start sprinting like crazy. As long as they get third in the Western Conference, they can avoid the Los Angeles Derby being staged in advance.

The task of Grizzlies maintaining the ranking is very difficult.

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"What did you say? Are you interested in the Memphis grizzly?" A casually dressed black man sat in front of a young and gentle young white man, looking surprised.

"What? Do you think it's so incredible?" The young man smiled, with a confident face.

"Well, what do you think? Memphis is not a big market, and the Grizzlies are not the most profitable team. I know that they have made progress in the past two years. But you can also see that even so, no one regards them as orthodox teams. To put it bluntly, their current identities are more like shit-making sticks. They can achieve results, but it is difficult to get real honors." The black man spread his hands and knew too much about the NBA.

After all, he was one of the players back then.

"At present, this is the case, you're right, Anfenny. But if we intervene, everything may be different." The white man was still very confident. After all, it was not luck that he could reach his current position. He believed in his judgment.

The black man named Anfini is "penny" Anfini Hardaway, once one of the most famous successors of Jordan. But his ending is similar to another Jordan successor, Grant Hill, who eventually failed to reach the expected height due to injury.

Hardaway couldn't believe that the 35-year-old "diamond king" Robert Pera would actually pull himself into the Grizzlies.

Indeed, Pera, who has already achieved success in her career, grew up in Los Angeles, loves basketball and wants to have her own team.

But Hardaway really doesn't know what Pera wants to acquire the Grizzlies. Can the Grizzlies help him make money? It's not necessarily.

Although the Grizzlies are being sold now, this is indeed the best opportunity to intervene in the NBA. But the Memphis Grizzlies? To be honest, the Grizzlies were a joke in the era when Hardaway played! This inherent impression is still deeply rooted in Hardaway's heart.

"Different? Do you think what will become different if we intervene?" Hardaway spread his hands and saw that he could not say Pella, he decided to listen to what this genius capitalist would say.

"We can build a team around Link, Anthony. If we intervene, we will tailor everything for him, from teammates, coaches to management, we will provide him with the best resources. And he, I don't know what you think, but in my opinion, that guy is definitely a trustworthy cornerstone player. He is only in the second grade, Anthony, but he has already defeated most of the league's stars. I can see his potential. If he is used reasonably, the Grizzlies will get rid of the status quo, get rid of your so-called scoundrel identity, and become a real champion contender. And we will make a fortune because of this! Haysley rescued the Grizzlies from the dire Vancouver, and we should take the Grizzlies a step further."
Chapter completed!