1139: Leave some memories for them (4th Update)
This time, it's not just Draymond. Green wants to take the Grizzlies.
The Warriors have been completely swept away by the Grizzlies after a surprise three-game losing streak in early March.
Now, it's clear to everyone that "regaining the first place in the West" has become a blank check, and the Warriors are no longer likely to cash it on.
The Grizzlies' winning streak in March really showed their dominance to the fullest.
Whether it's against a weak team or a strong team, the Grizzlies are guaranteed a victory.
With little left in the regular season, it is almost impossible to overcome such a large margin of victory.
The battle for the first place in the West has actually existed in name only. The Warriors have already lost this competition when they lost three in a row.
Are they willing? Of course not!
As the defending champions, the Warriors are a head short of the Grizzlies this season, both in terms of popularity and record. This kind of thing, put on any defending champion team, they will not be happy.
has obviously become the king of the world, but he has not received the treatment that the king of the world deserves.
This sense of disparity is not acceptable to everyone.
It's just that Durant, Green and others have bigger mouths and spray more against Link, so on the surface, it seems that they have been fighting against Link all along.
But in fact, Curry, Thompson, Kerr, and everyone else on the Warriors are also desperate to beat the Grizzlies.
Now, with the first place in the West already hopeless, the last meeting between the two sides during the regular season is the Warriors' only chance to save face.
They will block the honor, pride and dignity of the defending champions and fight the Grizzlies to the end!
Playoffs? The playoffs are a playoff thing.
In the regular season, the Warriors don't want to lose either!
Therefore, at this time, other Warriors players other than Green and Durant are also in a state of gearing up.
On March 26th, they will never let this day become a day that will break the hearts of the Warriors!
Once again, the clash between the two teams was wildly publicized by the league and major television stations.
Although Durant was missing, it did not diminish the enthusiasm of fans for this game in the slightest.
Two days before the game, fans from both sides appeared in the square outside the Oracle Arena to confront each other.
As a result, the local police in Auckland had to triple their presence around the stadium to prevent clashes between fans on both sides.
ESPN's advertisement is also brainwashing and repeating the trailer of Grizzlies VS Warriors.
For everyone, this is the final battle of the regular season that will be in the spotlight.
It can also be said that this is a preview of the playoffs.
Because the confrontation between the Grizzlies and the Warriors is definitely at the playoff level!
The day before the game, Durant in a suit appeared on a talk show on a local television station in Oakland.
Although he sprained his ankle, Durant never disappeared from everyone's eyes.
This time, the show invited him to a talk show, undoubtedly to seize the popularity of this game to promote it.
Therefore, on the talk show, the topics that the host and Durant talked about were very sharp.
"Let's be honest, Kevin, what do you think is the Grizzlies' winning percentage in your absence?"
"I can't calculate the exact probability, but I know the Grizzlies' chances are slim. I trust my teammates, and I can't wait to see them beat the Grizzlies. Durant was talking and laughing in front of the camera, but he was actually panicking.
Without themselves, who should the Warriors put against Link? That's a problem.
Green? If Green is going to defend Link, then who's going to care about the Grizzlies' European twin towers?
Matt. Barnes? Come on, Barnes is a villain in front of everyone else, but a docile sheep in front of Link.
When did that guy not get blown up against Link? Durant even thinks Barnes is about to become "forest-phobic."
Ian. Clarke? If Clark can get Link, the Grizzlies won't have a 13-game winning streak recently.
Durant is bound to win one bite at a time on the show, but in fact, the Warriors have not found a way to contain Link until now!
Kerr couldn't sleep that night, his eyes bloodshot but still staring at Link's game footage.
He had been working on a strategy to defend Link, but then he gave up.
There's no defensive expert like Leonard, and talking about defending Link is nonsense.
And the only guy in the Warriors who can play against Link is out due to injury.
Tomorrow's game, relying on the current lineup...... I can only fight against the grizzly bears.
They don't have a way to defend Link, the only way is to score more points than Link.
However, Kerr was a little worried......
Because he doesn't know if it's the Warriors players or Link who will go crazy on the offensive end after completely untying the shackles.
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On the night of March 26, the Grizzlies walked into the visiting locker room at Oracle Arena.
Link stood in front of a locker in the middle of the locker room, staring at the door of the locker, standing still.
"What? Are you meditating? Wade, who was changing clothes, didn't understand what Link was doing, so he asked jokingly.
"No, I'm reminiscing about what happened here last summer." Link said, touching the door to the locker.
Last summer, Link walked past the Trail Blazers and Spurs with a wounded Grizzlies to the Warriors.
Facing the "Galaxy Battleship" with Durant joining, Link really couldn't withstand the impact of this fierce firepower.
In the end, the Grizzlies were eliminated by the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals with a total score of 4-2.
In Game 5 at Oracle Arena, when Link lost the game and watched the Warriors get the match point that night, he was extremely upset.
So back in the locker room, Link smashed his fist into the locker at Oracle Arena, smashing a dent directly.
Jokic still remembers the suffocating silence when he was terrified.
Seeing Link angry, he didn't even dare to breathe.
Although this wasn't the first locker Link had broken, Link didn't say anything more after that.
But this scene is still fresh in everyone's memory until now.
Wade was with the Heat last season, so he didn't know what was happening in the visiting locker room at Oracle Arena.
Link stroked the locker door as if stroking his own scar.
Last summer's experience with the Western Conference Finals was arguably the worst injury in Link's career so far.
Inexplicable injuries, a lackluster lineup, being eliminated by a sworn enemy, and a four-game winning streak shattered...... These wounds have not yet fully healed.
After a minute, Link shook his head, then sat down and began to change clothes.
The dressing room is still very quiet, but it's not the same as last summer's dead silence.
Today's quietness is a kind of quietness that is ready to go!
After Link changed his gear, he stood up and staggered twice. Then he clapped his hands, and everyone's eyes were immediately focused on him.
"Guys, I still remember the defeat here last summer. You must think I'm going to play and say a bunch of motivating nonsense, right? No, I'm not that boring, I know you don't like to hear it, I just want to tell you ......"
Link paused, then knocked on the locker behind him, "I just wanted to tell you that it's time to leave some indelible memories for the Golden State Warriors too!" ”
"Roar!"
Like a pack of hungry wolves, the Grizzlies rushed out of the locker room with a roar.
They love this kind of "hanging" leader, and they eat this set.