With a romantic proposal, of course, there must be a victory in the game as a foil.

At home, the Grizzlies encountered desperate resistance from the Trail Blazers. But in the end, the Grizzlies gritted their teeth and slapped the Trail Blazers, the "I can't beat Xiaoqiang" to death.

Today, the Trail Blazers played very hard. After a six-game winning streak in mid-December, the Trail Blazers' record has become 16 wins and 15 losses, and it is a trend to squeeze into the top eight in the West.

As a team that was still a strong Western Conference team in the past few seasons, the Trail Blazers naturally hope that they can rise as soon as possible and return to the playoffs as soon as possible. The price of completely playing bad is too high, and not every team can accept it.

Therefore, for the Trail Blazers, they must do their best to win every game, even against the Grizzlies with the highest record in the league.

At the beginning, Wesley Matthews shot Link with two three-pointers in the face. Both of them were out of the draft, Matthews seemed very excited when he faced Link. These two three-pointers also demonstrated the Trail Blazers' determination to compete in every game.

Afterwards, Lillard broke through quickly and successfully attacked the basket.

Aldridge made a steady jump shot from mid-range, making Randolph have no temper, and the Trail Blazers started 10-2!

But after the timeout adjustment, the Grizzlies recovered. Link used screens to hit Matthews, and pressed Matthews closely on the defensive end, making it impossible for him to easily start a jump shot.

Conley made a shot against Lillard and did not make a surprise. As a result, the No. 0 defender, who was still in his childhood, began a crazy performance of blacksmithing on the outside.

As for Aldridge, Stevens directly asked Gasol to defend him. The Trail Blazers center was 2.06 meters J.J. Hickson, who was a power forward when he first entered the industry. Therefore, if Randolph changed to defend Hickson, he would not suffer too much in height.

In this way, it would not be so easy for Aldridge to score a goal on Gasol, who is 2.16 meters tall and has excellent defense.

In the subsequent game, the Grizzlies played steadily all the way. In the last 58 seconds of the game, the Grizzlies used their strong defense to seal the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers did not score a single point in the most critical 58 seconds!

In the end, the Grizzlies won the game 96-88 at home.

Although it was not a great victory, it also brought a perfect end to Tony Allen's proposal.

Link scored 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game, including 5 of 8 three-pointers, with a three-point shooting percentage of up to 62.5%! It was like he shot himself with a look of 8 rebounds. Matthews responded.

After the game, Link, who won the game and just won the best and All-Star position for the month, surpassed Tony Allen and became the most popular target among journalists.

In the interview, Link blessed Tony Allen, and also said that he would continue to work hard to keep the Grizzlies rising.

After the interview, Link took a shower quickly and ran out of the locker room before his teammates reacted.

He still has a date tonight.

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"I didn't expect Tony Allen to be a tender man. They were so happy tonight."

Walking on the bank of the Mississippi River, the breeze gently blew Rachel's hair. She lifted all her hair behind her ears and looked at the tall man beside her.

At this time, there was only one gap between them.

"When I gave you the ring today, I found that you seemed very excited?" Link asked tentatively, and the wind by the river made him wrap his coat tightly.

"Of course! Every girl likes those things!" Rachel didn't tell the truth. Indeed, every girl likes those jewelry.

But in fact, things are not the point, the point is, whose intention is this.

"Well, I see you obviously don't like to wear these things."

"That's because of work, right, work needs it. When will you have time tomorrow, we've done the interview."

"Don't, I just finished the game, can I stop working? By the way, Rachel, this year's All-Stars are held in Houston. Are you familiar with Houston? Anyway, I'm not busy with the All-Stars this year, otherwise we'll find a place to play in Houston."

Link did have a rare leisure time this year on All-Star Weekend. Last season, he had to participate in the three-point competition, rookie competition and All-Star competition, and had competition tasks for three consecutive days.

But this year, Link is no longer a rookie. The three-point competition has broken the records, and it is boring to participate again. Therefore, this year's All-Star Weekend, Link only needs to play the main game on the last day.

The rest of the time, except for commercial activities, Link can freely allocate it.

"Okay, of course I'm going to the All-Star Weekend. But haven't you played for the Rockets before? You should be tired of Houston."

"Forget it, I don't know anything about Houston except the road from Toyota Center to home. Then let's just say that, see you in Houston this All-Star weekend!"

"Haha, you may be the first player in NBA history to ask a reporter out, but not for work. When facing reporters, it's too late for others to hide." Rachel slowly approached Link until their shoulders and arms were close together.

"Maybe it's because I didn't treat you as a reporter." Link vaguely touched Rachel's hand.

"Then who do you think of me?"

"Of course it's a friend."

For some reason, Rachel felt a little disappointed when she heard this answer. But the next second, Rachel felt that her cold hands suddenly became warm.

Link grabbed her hand, but his face still seemed to be like nothing happened.

Rachel smiled and it turned out that Link had such a personality in this regard. No wonder, it was like a piece of wood.

He can talk to Pierce on the court, and yell at George Carl, "You have to find someone to guard me." But in life, especially when facing himself, he has become completely different.

It was like Tony Allen, who was tough on the court, had completely changed his personality when facing his girlfriend.

So does this mean that for Link, he is not just an ordinary friend?

Originally, the wind on the banks of the Mississippi River was very biting, but now, Rachel felt warming in an instant.

She grabbed Link's hand and then simply hugged Link's strong arm.

"Let's go back, it's too cold." Rachel said relaxedly.

"Well, I'll take you to a taxi. Tomorrow, I have time in the morning. If you want to have extra practice, I have to practice more. So if you want an exclusive interview, you can come to me in the morning."

"Well, then, can you answer my question just now? Who do you think of me as? Just a friend?" Rachel stopped, stood in front of Link, and put his hands around Link's waist.

At this time, the two were only a few centimeters apart. Link could clearly see every strand of Rachel's hair, but even so, her skin was still flawless.

"So, will you be my girlfriend in the future?"

Link's heart was beating, and he would never say that Tony Allen was cowardly.

Before he could react, Link felt his lips touching something soft. Only then did he realize that the distance between Rachel and him had now become 0.
Chapter completed!