Evan. Turner was humiliated by Link's shackle as soon as he came up.

Indeed, most people have the impression that Link is a player with a technical stream.

However, his physical fitness is also very strong.

Even if James and Link go head-to-head, they may not be able to take advantage, let alone just one Evan . Turner too.

Turner defended very aggressively, but the gap between the two sides was too big.

In the opening first round, Link gave the Trail Blazers a dismissal.

Sure enough, with the strength of the Trail Blazers, they can't pose any threat to the Grizzlies by defense.

The outcome of this game depends on the offense of Lillard and McCollum!

Portland's backcourt double-shot shot pressed again, and this time, Lillard called for Meyers. Leonard set himself up as a cover.

Leonard can pull away from the three-point line after covering, which is just the right space for Lillard to break through.

Lillard was very fast, and the moment he bypassed the cover, he began to "shift and accelerate".

Although Conley worked very hard, it was indeed very difficult to catch up with Lillard with cover interference.

The black jersey-clad No.0 defender drove straight into the three-second zone, and he was as calm as ever.

If it was against another team, Lillard would definitely choose to go straight to the frame. But in the face of the Grizzlies...... He knew it couldn't be that simple.

After stepping into the restricted area, Lillard looked warily to his side. Sure enough, Link was already rushing towards him!

Link was like a high-speed approaching fighter plane, and he stepped next to Lillard in two or three steps.

"Damn!" Lillard knows Link too well, after all, he's a regular at Link's training camp himself.

He knew that Link wasn't going to sit idly by. So, even if you succeed in breaking through the grizzly bear, don't think that everything is fine.

Lillard didn't choose to challenge Link, he didn't want to be eaten of Link's spicy hot pot.

This No. 0 defender, who has always been indomitable, was shocked by Link, who also wore No. 0!

Lillard finally chose to pass the ball, and the target of the pass was naturally Evan who was vacated by Link. Turner.

Turner was standing outside the three-point line, and he hesitated, still wondering if he should step in and ask for two points. After all, Turner still has a B number in mind about his three-point ability.

But seeing Link turn the gun and approach at great speed, Turner didn't dare to hesitate any longer.

If you hesitate any longer, the opportunity will be gone! Link's deterrence on the defensive end is really terrifying!

So, before Link pounced, Evan . Turner makes a three-point shot.

However, Turner's less than 30 percent three-point shooting rate was remarkably consistent.

In the case that Link did not interfere with the shot in time, Evan . Turner's three-pointer still stumbles out of the box!

"Didn't go in, the Trail Blazers' offense missed again! Evan. Turner had a great three-point opportunity, but he couldn't take it. ”

Turner's chagrin, sure enough, the playoffs are a completely merciless stage!

In the playoffs, any shortcomings you have will be caught by the opponent and infinitely magnified.

Turner believes he will have plenty of open three-point opportunities to come. However, he was not happy about it at all......

"Damn!" Lillard gritted his teeth, very unwilling.

Link's coverage on the defensive end is almost the entire half!

No matter where you are, there is a chance that he will appear unnoticed and prevent you from scoring.

This sense of oppression reminds Lillard of the 2015 playoffs.

It was the last year of the Grizzlies' three-game winning streak, and in the second round of the series, the Trail Blazers, who had just completed a comeback from a 3-1 deficit, ran into the unbeatable Grizzlies.

Everyone thought the tough Trail Blazers were going to cause problems for the Grizzlies, and as a result, Lillard was completely unproductive by Link and Conley in that series.

In several games in a row, his shooting percentage was below 30%, and he did not score more than 20 points.

Lillard didn't think his more mature self would be desperate for the Grizzlies' defense, which he didn't feel that way last season.

But at this moment, he realized that he was wrong.

Two years later, he still can't break through Link's defense!

The Trail Blazers' offense missed again, but the Grizzlies didn't miss the opportunity to pull the score.

This time offensively, Link broke through the ball, attracted the defense and assisted Gasol to hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner.

Although the Grizzlies are playing the old twin-tower lineup, their ability to open up space is no worse than that of the Warriors.

Without defense, Link can suddenly kill the Trail Blazers. Help defense, Gasol and Jokic's three-point is not covered.

The game had just begun, and the Trail Blazers seemed to be deadlocked.

At both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, they have no power to fight back!

Terry. Stotts knew the Grizzlies were tough to deal with, and he prepared a lot for that.

But now he found that people still underestimate the power of grizzly bears!

This year's first round, which is known as the most intense in history, has nothing to do with the Grizzlies......

After that, the Trail Blazers fell into a circle of iron and missed consecutive games.

The Grizzlies' defense is leaky, and even if it does, there is Link, a super defense expert, to wipe his ass.

It's not like the Trail Blazers haven't gotten a chance, but every time, they've been defused by Link, who arrived in time.

Evan. Turner is very self-reproaching right now, but if his scoring threat is a little bigger, the Trail Blazers won't be so passive.

He was ignored by Link again and again, and Link let him go again and again to recklessly defend others.

Even so, Turner still didn't serve.

When he can't score, Link will be more reckless in defending others.

Stepping into the playoffs, Turner felt very powerless in the face of the Grizzlies as a giant.

This is not a battle he can control at all!

The Grizzlies have been beating the Trail Blazers 12-0, forcing Stotts to call a timeout.

After a timeout, Lillard broke through and drew a foul on Gasol and made two free throws, which allowed the Trail Blazers to break the scoring drought.

"The Trail Blazers still don't have a playoff score, and they simply can't adapt to the Grizzlies' playoff-level defense."

Hubi. Brown pouted, this game, no, is the end of this series, and the conclusion is basically already closed.

Stotts wants to rely on the backcourt two-gun offense to fight the Grizzlies, and this trick may still work in the regular season.

But in the playoffs, defense that seems to be less important than it used to be directly determines how far a team can go.

The defense is good, and there are no obvious shortcomings, so that you will not be hit by the opponent in the sore spot.

In the past championships, any one is basically a strong defensive team.

No matter how fierce the Suns attacked back then, wouldn't they be able to rush out of the west?

Although the Warriors' offense is terrifying, their defense has always been in the top five in the league.

The Trail Blazers didn't have a good enough defense to already decide that they wouldn't have a high ceiling in the playoffs.

It's impossible for this kind of team to cause trouble for the Grizzlies.

Sure enough, Lillard's two free throws didn't change anything. The Grizzlies continued to keep the Trail Blazers under control, and the whole game became completely one-sided.

Peel off a grizzly bear? Is the score difference within 10 points?

Inexistent.

In the ninth minute of the third quarter, the Grizzlies led the Trail Blazers by 32 points as Dinwiddie hit a shot from beyond the three-point line!

The point difference broke through the 30 mark, which made the Trail Blazers lose confidence directly.

Garbage time is inevitable.

Grizzlies fans who came to watch the game were cheering, and although garbage time was boring, they were still very excited to see the team win.

And the neutral fans who were in front of the TV with high expectations were disappointed, and finally watched the Grizzlies play a playoff game, only to have garbage time again......

As it turned out, everyone was overestimating the Trailblazers.

Or it can be said that everyone has not yet figured out how strong the grizzly bear is.

It's true that last season's Trail Blazers caused a lot of problems for the Grizzlies. But this season's Grizzlies are not unbeatable to last season.

After being killed once, the grizzly bear has become even stronger.

The game isn't over yet, Bill. Simmons leisurely posted a post on his social media.

"You want to see the grizzly bear run into real trouble? Then turn off the TV. Because they will have to wait until the division finals at the earliest, the Grizzlies will not run into trouble. ”

In Simmons' view, all the games in the first two rounds of the Grizzlies have nothing to look forward to.