One Thousand One Hundred and Six: The Difficulty of Becoming the Greatest in History

After the Grizzlies won seven games in a row, Link regained the top spot in the MVP rankings.

Link still remembers that when he topped the MVP rankings for the first time in his career, the whole world questioned him and said he was unworthy.

But this time, almost no one jumped out to say that Link was unworthy.

If Link is not worthy, then there will be no one in the entire league who is worthy of this position.

This time, the reason why ESPN ranked Link first is very simple.

"Winning is the goal in basketball, not a triple-double."

Obviously, Westbrook's triple-double per game fell behind in a series of highly valuable games led by Link.

Moreover, Westbrook played against Link twice, proving that his triple-double does not necessarily bring victory to the team.

The Thunder's current record of 25 wins and 19 losses is indeed difficult to satisfy.

Westbrook's deliberate triple-double behavior has become more and more obvious.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Link regains the throne of MVP!

Although this is just a ranking prepared by ESPN, it does not represent the final result of the MVP selection.

But being able to maintain the lead on this list undoubtedly proves that Link is now the person closest to the MVP.

Link's return to the top of the MVP rankings is a welcome return. Even Warriors fans can't fault Link.

If you want records, you need records, and if you need data, you need data. Even if we just look at Link's personal performance when playing against other superstars, he still has the advantage.

Westbrook is very unwilling. So far in his career, he has not won the regular season MVP once.

If you can't win the regular season MVP, how can you prove that you are better than Durant?

But unfortunately, Westbrook's opponent is too strong. Even averaging a triple-double per game cannot shake Link's status.

While fans all over the world were cheering for Link to return to the top of the MVP rankings, Link had no time to rejoice.

On the night after the battle with the Cavaliers on the 20th,

The entire Grizzlies team flew to Toronto without stopping.

On the 21st, they will play a back-to-back away game against the Raptors in Toronto.

Since it's winter right now, the temperatures in Toronto are frighteningly low.

And going from the airport to the hotel in the middle of the night, you have to go through several transitions from air-conditioned to non-air-conditioned.

The frequent alternation of hot and cold is really torturous.

So, early the next morning. While Link returned to the top of the MVP rankings, chief team doctor Moon also informed the team: "Link has a high fever and may miss tonight's game."

"This damn schedule, luckily everyone else is fine." Joger couldn't help but shook his head after hearing the news.

From Memphis to Toronto, it takes 2 and a half hours, 1,280 kilometers.

He really couldn't figure out why the league would arrange such a long-distance back-to-back game. Moreover, they are two places with huge temperature differences.

In fact, from a basketball perspective, back-to-back games really don’t make any sense.

But the NBA has always been a business league. In order to enrich the schedule and collect more US dollars, back-to-back games have become commonplace.

To put it bluntly, back-to-back games are not for basketball, but for commercial value. Therefore, players will definitely feel uncomfortable playing back-to-back games.

"Actually... we have several players who have colds as well, but they don't go as far as fevers. So technically, everyone else has something too. I see you have some colds too, Dave."

Moon curled his lips. Although it was just a common cold, it was quite distressing to have so many people suddenly infected.

Qiaogel touched his nose that was red with paper and smiled sheepishly, "I can't help it, it's really cold in Toronto."

As for Link, he also agreed to the suggestion of a truce tonight.

Suffering from a high fever and feeling weak all over, Link felt that this was more uncomfortable than when he had a broken collarbone.

Although the bone fracture hurts, at least I can still exert my strength, and it will be over.

But now Link finds it troublesome to even get a glass of water, and his whole body feels weak!

Besides, this is just a regular season game, and the Toronto Raptors and Grizzlies are not mortal enemies. Therefore, missing a game doesn’t hurt.

Link played with an injury after suffering a broken bone, because he was in the playoffs and had no choice.

But in fact, Link still values ​​the regular season this season.

He really wants to challenge the 74-win record he broke that year again.

This year the Grizzlies are in good shape and have a perfect lineup. This is the best opportunity to challenge this record.

But it has to be said that this is a record that is very difficult to break.

74 wins means the Grizzlies only lose 8 games a season.

So far this season, the Grizzlies have lost 4 games.

In the next three months, they only lost less than 4 games. I have to say that this is really a fantasy.

But...what's the need to break something that's easy?

How easy is it to surpass a guy like Jordan and become the number one basketball superstar in history?

Jordan's role in promoting the entire league and spreading basketball is unmatched by modern players.

Therefore, if you really want to surpass Jordan, you have to perform better than him and use your results to make up for your lack of historical status.

Jordan only had 72 wins once, so fine, I'll win it twice, three times!

Previously, Link had already won 70 wins and 74 wins, but this was not enough.

If he can lead the Grizzlies to an unprecedented three times of 70+ wins, then he believes that the distance between himself and Jordan will get closer.

Of course, all this must be based on ensuring the health of teammates and yourself.

If everyone is exhausted and Link asks everyone to injure themselves in order to break the record, it will definitely be more than worth the gain.

Link will not lose the championship just for the sake of regular season results.

So for today's game, Link can only wait and see.

It would be best if teammates can handle the Raptors, but if others can't handle it...

Link can only decide whether to appear or not.

Therefore, although he agreed to the suggestion of a truce tonight, Link still asked Jorge not to put himself on the injured list.

From now on, every victory is very important to Link.

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DeRozan and Lowry sat in the locker room without saying a word.

The Toronto Raptors have lost four consecutive games recently, and their record has also become 28 wins and 17 losses. They have been officially surpassed by the Boston Celtics and fell to second place in the Eastern Conference.

This is a result the Raptors don't want to see.

First place in the regular season division? That's not the Raptors' real goal.

The reason why they hope to be ranked first in the Eastern Conference is that they just don't want to meet the Cavaliers early in the playoffs.

James' dominance in the Eastern Conference has made all teams desperate. Every promising Eastern Conference team wants to avoid the Cavaliers in the playoffs as much as possible.

If the knight is killed early, everyone will undoubtedly be happy.

And if the Cavaliers finally reach the conference finals, they will have a chance to compete with the Cavaliers for tickets to the finals.

And the only way to avoid the Cavaliers is to get first place in the Eastern Conference!

No matter whether you are second or third, you will inevitably meet the Cavaliers in the second round.

Although James does not have a strong desire to win in the regular season, he will 100% ensure that the team ranks among the top three.

Therefore, only by finishing first in the Eastern Conference can we ensure that we will not meet the Cavaliers before the conference finals.

Of course, the fourth and fifth teams in the conference can also avoid meeting the Cavaliers in the second round. But apart from playing a bad team, who is willing to lose on purpose?

And if the speed of losing is not grasped well, it will be completely overturned.

The situation is very serious for the Raptors. They want to go as far as possible in the playoffs this season. The first ranking in the Eastern Conference is the basic condition.

The past four consecutive losses have undoubtedly given them a blow.

So as the two leading stars of the Raptors, Lowry and DeRozan are now under a lot of pressure.

If they lose to the Grizzlies again today, they will have lost five consecutive games!

At this moment, Lowry suddenly raised his head and looked at DeRozan with a somewhat excited expression, "There is a chance, DeMar! The news said that Link may miss this game because of a fever!"

After hearing what Lowry said, DeRozan raised his head slightly and clenched his fists.

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