On January 25, the Grizzlies beat the Rockets at the same time as the Warriors beat the Charlotte Hornets on the road.

As a team with a win rate of just over half, the Hornets are naturally no match for the Warriors. In the face of Batum, whose strength has declined severely, Durant also blasted out excellent statistics of 33 points.

Although they are playing two completely different games, fans still feel that Link and Durant are competing against each other.

Link said that the Warriors would lose before the Grizzlies, and Durant disdainfully said that we would see. As soon as Link won against the Rockets, Durant slaughtered the Hornets.

Even last season, when Durant joined the Warriors in his first year, the two were not so hostile to each other.

After all, last season's Durant didn't have much confidence. He's just joined the Warriors and hasn't lifted the O'Brien Cup yet.

But now it's different, and now as the defending champion, Durant certainly doesn't want to see everything he has so hard to have, and he will be snatched back by Link.

Therefore, they have already been at odds with each other, and the degree of hostility has skyrocketed this season.

As the season progresses, the battle between the two sides will only intensify.

On January 26, the day after both sides won the game, the NBA officially announced the full list of participants in this year's All-Star Game.

On the western side, Curry, Harden, Link, Durant and Anthony. Davis made up the All-Star starting lineup.

A forward like Leonard can only be relegated to the bench, which shows how fierce the competition is in the West.

But even in the highly competitive West, Link still became the All-Star ticket king.

Speaking of which, this is the fifth consecutive year that Link has become the All-Star vote king.

Compared to the three consecutive championships, it seems that it is not a big deal to be the vote king for five consecutive years.

However, in fact, there is only one player who can become the All-Star vote champion for five consecutive years before Link - Michael. Jordan.

As the most popular star in the world, Jordan has become an All-Star ticket winner 9 times in his career! Among them, 7 times have been the ticket king for consecutive years.

This record is inconceivable now. Because in the history of the NBA, in addition to Link and Jordan, there are only Carter and Julius. The two of them were able to become the ticket kings for three consecutive years. Others, not even for three years in a row.

Link's five consecutive times are already the second most in history.

Obviously, Link will be the player most likely to break Jordan's record of being the top voter for seven consecutive years.

While Link is the top voter, the Warriors aren't completely defeated when it comes to All-Star rosters.

On the Grizzlies' side, only Link, the ticket king, made the All-Star lineup. And the Warriors, including starters and benches, have a total of four people selected for the All-Star team!

Curry, Klay, Green and Durant, all selected!

At this point, the Warriors have an overwhelming advantage.

As a result, fans on both sides also quarreled fiercely on the Internet.

Some say it's greater to be the top voter for five consecutive years, and others say it's even greater for a team to have four All-Star players at the same time.

The two sides insisted on their own words, and they quarreled in major basketball forums.

The hostility between Link and Durant, and between the Grizzlies and the Warriors, has undoubtedly infected fans on both sides.

But in Link's view, winning the vote for five consecutive years and four All-Stars is not great, victory is great.

Although the Grizzlies have been in danger against the Rockets, their challenge is not over.

Just one day after the game with the Rockets, the Grizzlies had another tough opponent to mess with - the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers and Grizzlies have also met twice this season, one with a Link strike and one with a Grizzlies victory.

Currently, the Grizzlies are leading 2-0 overall.

Today's game against the Trail Blazers was similar to the one against the Rockets, because the opponent also had an X-factor that made the game very elusive.

In the last game, the X-factor for the Rockets was Decker. And today, the Trail Blazers' X-factor is the '13 second-round pick Allen. Crabbe.

Crabbe entered the industry in 13 years, and averaged no more than 5 points per game in the first two seasons of his career. He, like most second-round shows, seems destined to leave the league in silence.

But since '15, Crabbe has been a part of the Trail Blazers' main rotation, averaging about 10 points per game.

As a substitute for the Trail Blazers' "backcourt double gun", this statistic is good enough.

Today, Crabbe also came off the bench but shot a shot that made both Lillard and McCollum embarrassed.

Crabbe hit 6 of 8 shots from beyond the three-point line, shooting 75% from three-point range!

This terrible shooting percentage made it impossible for the Grizzlies to completely leave the Trail Blazers behind.

However, at the critical moment, Link's excellent defense made Crabbe deflated.

In the final three minutes of the game, Link kept a clean sheet against Crabbe, directly stopping his magical performance.

At the same time, Carter Sr. stepped up and scored two key goals to close the game completely.

115-109, the Grizzlies suffered "unexpected surprises" in two consecutive games, but in the end they were suppressed by hard power.

After the game, Lillard shook his head helplessly.

From the inside, Lillard has the confidence to wrestle with the Golden State Warriors. But and grizzly bears...... Forget it, I haven't won once......

Once again, the Grizzlies won without a hitch, and the Grizzlies, the last two toughest opponents of January, have already been managed.

Their winning streak has also accumulated to 10 consecutive wins.

Now, the pressure is all on Durant's side. Because the day after tomorrow, the Warriors' opponent is precisely the Trail Blazers!

If the Grizzlies win against the Trail Blazers and the Warriors don't, it would be the equivalent of Durant losing to Link one more time.

On Jan. 28, the Grizzlies followed the trail blazers and Rockets and took out the Jazz in back-to-back games.

People are surprised to find that the grizzly bear seems to have become even more terrifying after a bitter battle with the Raptors!

Their dominance, cohesion and chemistry seem to be even better than in the first half of the season.

Grizzly Bear players are like a group of Saiyans, and every time they are on the verge of death, it means a huge increase in strength!

Now, the Grizzlies have won three of their last four games in January. The only remaining opponent, the Suns, doesn't seem to pose much of a threat to the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies' win in their final four games in January is almost a foregone conclusion. Now, it's up to Durant and the Warriors.

And very unfortunately, on January 29, the Warriors overturned at the Moda Center!

C.J. McCollum hit another three-pointer, his fifth three-pointer of the game! This number is the sum of Curry, Thompson and Durant! ”

McCollum cheered after Klay hit a three-pointer on the head.

Today, the Warriors had a terrible three-point shot. Durant is 1 of 7, Klay is 2 of 6, but only Curry's 2 of 4 is normal.

On the other hand, the Trail Blazers may have been very unwilling to lose to the Grizzlies in their last game. So today, they vented everyone's grievances on the warriors.

McCollum exploded completely from beyond the three-point line, and Lillard also burst Curry into a sieve full of holes.

While the Warriors were in the lead most of the time, the Trail Blazers were resilient and refused to let go.

Finally, in the final moments of the game, McCollum hit a three-pointer to give the Trail Blazers a two-point lead over the Warriors in the final 3.4 seconds.

The fans at the All Moda Center were standing up and cheering on their players, who couldn't beat the Grizzlies, but they had to crush the Warriors!

In the end, Durant executed the killer shot, but his three-point shot stumbled out of the box and missed.

113-111, McCollum quasi-kills the Warriors, ending the Warriors' winning streak!

"!" At the end of the game, Durant cursed.

He didn't make the last chance to beat a team that had just lost to the Grizzlies and buried everything with his own hands!

He lost the game with the Warriors first, and he also lost this battle with Link!

The moment the game ended, Lillard and McCollum immediately surrounded several more reporters.

Lillard was very proud, and the grievances after losing to the Grizzlies finally disappeared.

Facing the camera, he smiled and said: "I always think that the Warriors are not invincible, and they have a better chance of winning against the Grizzlies than the Grizzlies." Of course, the Warriors are not easy to play, but if the probability of winning the Warriors is 10%, then the probability of winning the Grizzlies is only 1%. It's great that we took that 10% opportunity today. ”

Lillard's stomp after the game made the Warriors extremely embarrassed.

After the game, Durant was absent from the press conference.

Although the Warriors did not officially give an explanation, all reporters knew the reason for Durant's absence.

That guy just ran away. Link scored another crucial victory in the duel with Durant.