One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-Four: Surprise at the End of Career

The Wachovia Center is one of the most difficult homes to attack this season, and the 76ers have a very high winning rate here.

Before today's Christmas Day game, people thought that even if the Grizzlies could win, they would experience a tough battle at this Devil's home court.

But at this time, the Wachovia Center was lifeless, completely devoid of the joy and festive atmosphere of Christmas Eve.

No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like the reaction that fans should have when a fierce battle is going on.

Because the fierce battle ended long ago.

At this time, there were only two minutes left before the end of the game, but the Philadelphia 76ers were already 23 points behind the Grizzlies.

In the eyes of many fans, the moment Joel Embiid was sent off, the game could no longer become more intense.

After all, the biggest highlight of this game is the cross-border battle between Embiid and Link!

No...it's because after Embiid left the game, the 76ers simply didn't have enough strength to compete with the Grizzlies.

Link is sitting on the bench at this time. He has already scored 34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

For comparison, Embiid only scored 6 points today, while Simmons had 15 points and 5 assists.

The hope of Philadelphia's rise, the two stars of hope that the fans had high hopes for, became worthless in front of Link.

In fact, this is the real reason Philly fans are so dead right now.

The reason why they lost was not because of the huge point difference, not because Embiid was sent off like a fool after being provoked by Link.

It's because Philadelphia fans have almost suffered a "dimensionality reduction blow."

The "process" of the 76ers simply cannot come to fruition in front of Link.

Last season, Philadelphia fans could argue that their loss to the Raptors was simply due to bad luck.

If Leonard hadn't made that corner three-pointer that would go down in history, the story of the league would have been very different.

But now, Philadelphia fans suddenly realize that even if they do reach the Finals, it won't be of much use.

Because they were in front of a grizzly bear,

It really seems to be lacking in strength.

Embiid and Simmons, two guys who are held in the palm of Philadelphia fans like treasures, did not display any value at all today.

When you take out your best players and prepare to fight to the death with the opponent, but find that your best players have no power to fight back in front of the opponent, you will know how desperate the Philadelphia fans are at this time.

The 76ers exposed many problems today. For example, their offensive space is too small. While the defense is at the top level in the league, the 76ers' offense is very stretched.

In addition, Simmons, the all-powerful champion, is completely incompetent in front of Link.

Embiid can't even handle Gasol, let alone play against Jokic.

As for Richardson and Harris, they are indeed excellent players and they do have championship genes.

But don’t forget, they were never the core. This is true for the Grizzlies, and it is true for the 76ers.

If the 76ers want to win, it depends on how high the ceilings of Simmons and Embiid are.

The most cruel thing about this game is that Link told the world with his actual actions: "Their upper limit is just like that."

If this was a best-of-seven series, then the 76ers would no longer have the confidence to continue playing.

As of now, the 76ers have no way to take victory away from the Grizzlies.

So far this season, the 76ers have been considered a strong championship contender.

But today, the 76ers will definitely be labeled as a "pseudo-strong team."

The Grizzlies once again succeeded in cracking down on counterfeiting.

In front of the real top teams in the league, "Five-Star Philadelphia" is simply weak.

Philadelphia fans' Christmas Eve was torn to pieces by the claws of a grizzly bear.

Two minutes later, the buzzer sounded to end the game.

122 to 98, the Grizzlies easily won the Christmas game on the road with a 24-point deficit.

The final Christmas battle of Link's career came full circle.

This game somewhat disappointed the fans. No one expected that the Grizzlies would win so easily.

Of course, from a fighting perspective, this game is definitely worth the price of admission...

After the game, Marc Gasol, who had not appeared in front of the media for a long time, became a hot topic.

Although Embiid was sent off after just one and a half minutes on the court today, Gasol's defensive effect on Embiid during that quarter and a half was obvious to all.

Of course, there are many reporters around Link. When asked about issues related to Embiid, Link repeatedly emphasized: "I've said it before, our backup center can handle him. Joel Embiid is a keyboard warrior, he only talks about social media Awesome."

Link still didn't give in. He had to make Embiid remember the consequences of annoying the Memphis Grizzlies.

Embiid, who was sitting in the locker room, looked at Link's proud face on the TV and really wanted to punch the TV.

But what's the use? His defeat was irreversible.

Besides, it will hurt your hands if you do that...

Less than ten minutes after the game ended, a new meme was trending on social media.

People took a photo of Embiid’s makeup for this season on the basketball in his hand, turned it into a keyboard, and captioned it: “Trust the keyboard.”

There are also voices ridiculing Embiid on the Internet.

The video of Link easily avoiding Embiid's punch has been soaring in clicks on the Internet, and the image of him being locked on the ground by Simmons and unable to get up has also been circulated on the Internet.

For those who don’t know, I thought Embiid was beaten by two people today...

After the game, Embiid did not attend the press conference and did not update his Twitter.

This big mouth that always loved to cause trouble finally shut up in front of Link.

Facts have proved that Embiid has no say in front of Link, whether before or now.

He thought that with the current strength of himself and the 76ers, he could compete with Link.

However, nothing seems to be any different from before.

The most important thing is that Embiid didn't even win the fight this time. He was really embarrassed...

Once again, the 76ers were brutally crushed by a grizzly bear.

Link often smiled during the press conference, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood today.

Most people thought that Link was happy because he won the last Christmas battle of his career.

But in fact, the real reason why Link is happy is that he is finally free.

This is the last time in his life that he will spend Christmas with a group of sweaty muscle men.

After this game, the Grizzlies won their 15th consecutive victory of the season.

Its 29-3 record is comparable to the Bucks' 27-4 in the entire league.

By the way, just half an hour after the Grizzlies defeated the 76ers, the Bucks lost in the Christmas game, and their record became 27 wins and 5 losses.

This means that even teams as strong as the Milwaukee Bucks are beginning to gradually lose ground to the Grizzlies.

No player's final season can be as dominant as Link's.

The next day, the scene where Embiid fell down when he failed to attack Link was made into a ghost video by enthusiastic Chinese fans.

Fighting experts from all walks of life were praising Link's professionalism in dodging attacks.

UFC president Dana White even tweeted: "After Link retires, he can enter the UFC. I am willing to give him a US$100 million appearance fee."

In a good basketball game, people focus on the dozens of seconds when the conflict occurred... Link was speechless.

What about Embiid? Not only did he endure all the ridicule and humiliation, he was also fined + suspended by the league...

Link feels a little sorry for Embiid. It would be fine if he hits someone and gets suspended. At least he can show his bloodiness.

The key is that Embiid failed to hit Link with a punch. He fell down and was strangled from behind by Simmons. In the end, he had to be beaten severely by the league.

And because Embiid has made too many enemies in the past, after this embarrassment, stars such as Drummond, Whiteside, and Towns who have had issues with Embiid have also stood up and ridiculed him.

The last player who was criticized by the whole Internet was the one from the sewer.

Embiid is simply the tragic figure of the year. If there is this award at the next NBA awards ceremony, Link will definitely take the initiative to apply for the award for "The Great".

During training the next day, everyone was also discussing Embiid.

Jokic said that he lost 100 million and missed such a wonderful Christmas Eve.

Link originally wanted to join in the conversation among his teammates, but when he stepped into the training hall, he froze.

Link found that the small white bar in front of him seemed to be filling up again.

However, now Link has already upgraded and added Hill's abilities from the 1994-95 season. In other words, Link has reached "full level".

What if the small white strip is filled again? What else could change? You can't upgrade to Hill in the NCAA era.

In that case, it would be meaningless. Because Hill's abilities in all aspects during the NCAA period were not as good as those during the NBA period, and he had no superlative abilities at all.

So, what's the use of filling in the little white bars after "maximum level"?

Link curled his lips, not knowing what surprises were waiting for him next.

Or, nothing will happen?