One Thousand One Hundred and Thirteen: I Won Again This Time

On January 25, while the Grizzlies defeated the Rockets, the Warriors also defeated the Charlotte Hornets on the road.

As a team with a winning percentage of just over half, the Hornets are naturally no match for the Warriors. Facing Batum, whose strength has declined severely, Durant also scored an outstanding 33 points.

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

Link said that the Warriors would lose before the Grizzlies, but Durant said disdainfully that we would see. As soon as Link defeated 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, Durant didn't have much confidence last season. He has just joined the Warriors and has yet to win the O'Brien Trophy.

But it's different now. As the defending champion, Durant certainly doesn't want to see everything he finally has taken back by Link.

Therefore, they were already at odds with each other, and the level of hostility has soared this season.

As the season continues, the battle between the two sides will only become more intense.

The day after both sides won the game, on January 26, the NBA officially announced the complete list of participants for this year's All-Star Game.

In the West, Curry, Harden, Link, Durant and Anthony Davis formed the All-Star starting lineup.

A striker as strong as Leonard can only be relegated to the bench. This shows how fierce the competition in the Western Conference is.

But even in the fiercely competitive Western Conference, Link still became the All-Star vote leader.

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

Compared with three consecutive championships, being the vote winner for five consecutive years does not seem to be a big deal.

However, in fact, before Link, there was only one player who could be the All-Star vote winner for five consecutive years - Michael Jordan.

As the most popular star in the world, Jordan has become the All-Star vote winner 9 times in his career! Among them, there have been 7 consecutive votes.

This record seems incredible now. Because in NBA history, apart from Link and Jordan, only Carter and Julius Erving can be the vote kings for three consecutive years.

Others cannot even do it for three consecutive years.

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

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

Although Link is the vote leader, the Warriors are not completely defeated in terms of the All-Star lineup.

For the Grizzlies, only Link, the top vote-getter, made the All-Star team. As for the Warriors, including starters and substitutes, a total of four people were selected for the All-Star team!

The four giants Curry, Klay, Green and Durant were all selected!

At this point, the Warriors have an overwhelming advantage.

Therefore, fans from both sides also argued fiercely on the Internet.

Some people say that it is greater to win the vote for five consecutive years, and others say that it is even greater to have four players on a team selected as All-Stars at the same time.

Both sides held their own opinions and had a lot of quarrels on major basketball forums.

The hostility between Link and Durant, 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 having four people selected to the All-Stars are not great. Victory is great.

Although the Grizzlies passed the test against the Rockets, their challenge is not over yet.

Just one day after the battle with the Rockets, the Grizzlies ushered in another opponent that was not easy to mess with-the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers and Grizzlies have already met twice this season. One of them was Link's buzzer-beater and the other was a huge victory for the Grizzlies.

Currently, the Grizzlies lead 2-0 with a total score.

Today's game against the Trail Blazers was similar to the Rockets' game, because the opponent also had an X factor, which made the progress of the game very unpredictable.

In the last game, the Rockets' X factor was Decker. Today, the Blazers' X factor is 2013 second-round pick Allen Crabbe.

Crabbe joined the team in 2013. In the first two seasons of his career, he averaged no more than 5 points per game and had no sense of presence. Like most second-round picks, he seems destined to quietly leave the league.

But since 2015, Crabbe has become a part of the Trail Blazers' main rotation, averaging about 10 points per game.

As a substitute for the Trail Blazers' "double backcourt", this data is already outstanding enough.

Today, Crabbe also came off the bench, but he shot a shooting percentage that put both Lillard and McCollum to shame.

Crabbe hit 6 goals in 8 shots from beyond the three-point line, and his three-point shooting rate was as high as 75%!

This terrible shooting rate prevented the Grizzlies from completely leaving the Trail Blazers behind.

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

In the last three minutes of the game, Link kept Crabbe in check, directly blocking his magical performance.

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

115 to 109, the Grizzlies encountered "unexpected surprises" in two consecutive games, but in the end they were suppressed with hard power.

After the game, Lillard shook his head helplessly.

From the inside, Lillard is confident that he can give it a try with the Golden State Warriors. But against the Grizzlies... never mind, never won once...

The Grizzlies once again won without any danger. The Grizzlies had already defeated the last two most powerful opponents in January.

Their winning streak has also accumulated to 10 consecutive victories.

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

If the Grizzlies beat the Trail Blazers and the Warriors failed to do so, it would be equivalent to Durant losing to Link again.

On January 28, after joining the Trail Blazers and Rockets, the Grizzlies defeated the Jazz in one go in back-to-back games.

People were surprised to find that the Grizzlies seemed to become more terrifying after experiencing a bitter battle with the Raptors!

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

The Grizzlies players are like a group of Saiyans. Every time they are on the verge of death, it means a significant increase in strength!

Now, the Grizzlies have won three of their last four games in January. The only remaining opponent, the Suns, seems to pose no threat to the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies' victory in the last four games in January is almost a certainty. Now, it's up to Durant and the Warriors.

What was very unfortunate was that on January 29, the Warriors overturned at the Moda Center!

"C.J. McCollum hit another three-pointer. This is his fifth three-pointer in this game! This number is the combined total of Curry, Thompson and Durant!"

After McCollum hit a three-pointer over Klay, the commentators cheered.

Today, the Warriors' three-point shooting felt very bad. Durant shot 1 of 7, Klay shot 2 of 6, only Curry's 2 of 4 was relatively normal.

Looking back at the Trail Blazers, perhaps it was because they were very unwilling to lose to the Grizzlies in the last game. So today, they vented everyone's grievances on the Warriors.

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

Although the Warriors led most of the time, the Trail Blazers refused to let go.

Finally, at the last moment of the game, McCollum's three-pointer allowed the Trail Blazers to lead the Warriors by 2 points in the last 3.4 seconds.

Fans all over the Moda Center stood up and cheered for their players. They failed to defeat the Grizzlies, but they must defeat the Warriors!

In the end, Durant executed the buzzer-beating shot, but his three-point shot missed the frame and failed to hit.

113 to 111, McCollum almost killed the Warriors, ending the Warriors' winning streak!

"Fuck!" Durant cursed the moment the game ended.

He failed to seize the last opportunity. He allowed a team that had just lost to the Grizzlies to defeat him and ruined everything with his own hands!

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

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

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

Facing the camera, he smiled and said: "I have always believed that the Warriors are not invincible. Compared with the Grizzlies, the chance of winning against the Warriors is greater. Of course, the Warriors are not easy to beat, but if the probability of beating the Warriors is 10%, then The probability of beating the Grizzlies is only 1%. I'm happy that we seized that 10% chance today."

Lillard's support and stomping after the game made the Warriors extremely embarrassed.

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

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

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

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