One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Seven: Surpass Everything that Can Be Surpassed
Luka Doncic sat in front of the TV excitedly and opened a can of soda.
He leaned back comfortably on the sofa, enjoying the air conditioning and relaxing his body contentedly.
Although it’s a bit wrong to say this, it really feels so good to have an early vacation!
Doesn’t he look good lying on the sofa watching TV and drinking soda? Do you have to fight those guys from the Grizzlies?
Having said that, it was more than ten days ago that the Mavericks were eliminated by the Grizzlies.
Although a long time has passed, Doncic is still impressed by those four games.
In the four games, he performed better each time. This joy of growth made Doncic very happy even though he lost.
He benefited a lot from Link's words, and his encounter with the Grizzlies also allowed him to accumulate valuable playoff experience.
This is just his first playoff trip, so why be anxious?
Besides, after this season, Link will retire.
By then, the entire league will be filled with opportunities!
After Doncic accumulates experience at this time, it will help him perform better in the next era of fragmentation.
As for this season...well, let's just watch the Grizzlies perform.
In fact, Doncic is currently sitting in front of the TV preparing to watch the Grizzlies' performance.
After the first round of the series, the Grizzlies are now in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Today, the Grizzlies will have a life-or-death showdown with the Utah Jazz in Game 4 in Salt Lake City.
That's right, the fourth battle is a life and death showdown.
The Grizzlies once again scored a clean 3-0 in the second round. As long as the Grizzlies win again today, they will successfully advance to the Western Conference Finals!
Although Doncic has taken leave early, he still pays attention to the Grizzlies' games.
In Link's final season, Doncic doesn't want to miss the final chapter of this legend.
At this time, scenes of players from both sides warming up appeared on the TV.
Link remains meticulous, and everyone knows he won't waste this chance to kill the series.
On the other side, the Jazz players looked serious.
They don't seem ready to admit defeat and want to have a bloody battle with the Grizzlies in Salt Lake City.
It is normal for the Jazz not to give up easily, because their journey to the Western Conference semifinals was much more bumpy than the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies won the first round 4-0, but it took the Jazz until Game 6 to get over Paul's body.
Paul's Thunder are extremely tenacious, even more difficult than the Thunder led by Westbrook back then!
Sure enough, the personality of the star player will really affect the team.
Judging from the paper lineup, the Jazz are slightly better than the Thunder. But the Thunder relied on their strong determination and gritted their teeth and persisted.
In the final sixth game, the Jazz won a thrilling victory thanks to Bojan Bogdanovic's shot from beyond the three-point line at a critical moment.
They fought tooth and nail to reach the second round, not just to serve as a foil for the Grizzlies!
The Utah Jazz's wish is to pull off the biggest upset in this year's playoffs. Although they have been beaten 3-0 by the Grizzlies, the Jazz players don't want to just accept their fate.
It is always a young team, and it is indeed a proud team.
It's just that in Doncic's view, the Jazz have just not suffered a beating from society...
Soon, the ultimate battle to determine whether the series will continue officially begins.
The Jazz players are indeed working hard. The iron-blooded temperament that Salt Lake City lost after Jerry Sloan seems to have been picked up by this Jazz.
As soon as the game started, Mitchell forced a layup against Jokic and caused a foul.
The shooting guard selected with the 13th overall pick really has some shadow of Kobe Bryant.
After one round, Rudy Gobert dunked on Green. The "French Spider" took advantage of his height and arm length to do whatever he wanted under the basket.
Soon, Bogdanovic scored another three-pointer on Brooks, whose arms were not long enough.
As soon as they came up, the Jazz beat the Grizzlies 8-0!
The fans in the Energy Solution Arena almost jumped to the point where the stands collapsed. The wave just now was the most enjoyable wave of offense played by the Jazz in this series.
But soon, the defending champion came to his senses.
Jokic turned his back and broke through Gobert along the baseline, then looked back and scored a layup. Gobert lost his temper with his little tricks.
Afterwards, Dillon Brooks took the ball outside the three-point line and fired a shot, and returned Bogdanovic's long shot.
In the end, Link singled out Royce O'Neal and succeeded. Link's picturesque pull-up made some Jazz fans scream.
After this, everyone thought the Grizzlies were about to gain momentum.
However, Jazz managed to hold on strong today.
It seems that the Jazz have also learned a lot from the Thunder.
So, there are advantages to meeting tough opponents in the early rounds of the playoffs. Because strong opponents will bring out the full potential of a team.
In this way, the Jazz faced off with the Grizzlies today.
Both sides played their part on both offense and defense, and even the rotation time was inseparable.
Jazz sixth man Jordan Clarkson attacked the basket time and time again, but Grizzlies super sixth man Rose also did his part!
Throughout the game, Jazz used actions to shout: "I don't want to go home just yet!"
In the first three quarters, the two sides alternated the lead 15 times, with the maximum point difference being only 11 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Jazz relied on a defensive counterattack that took advantage of the Grizzlies' mistakes and entered the fourth quarter with a 7-point advantage!
Mitchell was like a god today, making several difficult shots against Link's defense and hitting them steadily.
This made Mike Breen, who was commentating on the game, couldn't help shouting: "The Grizzlies are very likely to suffer their first defeat in the playoffs in Salt Lake City!"
Then, the fourth quarter came.
Just as Jazz fans were cheering fiercely to cheer for the players on the field, Link's consecutive goals completely silenced the Energy Solutions Arena.
Everyone could see that Link was ready to take over the game.
Link's moment is officially on!
In the fourth quarter, Link scored consecutively like crazy. He quickly devoured the Jazz's 7-point advantage, and then led the team to continue to widen the point difference.
In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Jazz even used a three-man contraction to stop Link.
But the damn thing still can’t be stopped!
In one round, Link was even blocked by Gobert, Mitchell and Royce O'Neal at the same time, twisting the ball into a twist, which made the Salt Lake City fans stunned.
If you can't prevent this, then why not give it a try!
Just like that, Link was amazing again in the fourth quarter. Finally, in the last 58 seconds of the game, he used a beautiful back-turning fadeaway jumper to widen the point difference to 14 points!
The biggest point difference in this game!
After this goal, Mike Brin discovered that Link's personal score had actually become 51 points. He scored 22 points in one breath in the fourth quarter!
He truly deserves to be the king of the final quarter. He can sprint if he wants to.
And this time's 51 points was also the seventh time in Link's career that he scored 50+ points in the playoffs!
We are only one away from Michael Jordan's incredible record of eight 50+ points in the playoffs!
Michael Jordan's record of eight 50+ points in the playoffs has always been one of the highlights of his career, and is also considered the record least likely to be broken.
After all, except for Jerry West, Chamberlain, Iverson, Link and Jordan, no player can score 50+ points in the playoffs twice in his career.
James and Kobe have only done it once each.
But Link is really close to this record now, scoring 50+ points in seven playoffs. You must know that even Chamberlain, who has scored 50+ points in the playoffs, has only scored 50+ points in four games!
Link's 51 points today is simply incredible.
When he said that he wanted to surpass Jordan, he really didn't just say it casually.
Link is going to surpass all records that Jordan can surpass!
Doncic looked at Link's performance in the fourth quarter and was so shocked that he opened his mouth and forgot to close it the whole time.
The Jazz worked very hard today, and they even performed beyond their level.
Unfortunately, their opponent is Basketball Jesus.
Doncic shook his head. Fortunately, that guy is retiring...otherwise, others will not be able to play in the future.
The Grizzlies relied on Link's performance in the fourth quarter to fight bravely, while the Jazz, as the major media assessed before the playoffs - they did not have a player who could stand up and make the final decision in critical moments.
The Jazz's key goals have always been their weakness. Although Mitchell is powerful, he always fails in critical moments.
In the first two games, Mitchell's shooting percentages in the fourth quarter were 1 of 5 and 0 of 5 respectively.
Bogdanovic can't solve problems with the ball, let alone Gobert.
At the critical moment, a group of big guys from the Jazz could only stare.
As a result, the 14-point difference was maintained until the end.
Although the Jazz resisted bravely today, they still did not escape the fate of being swept 4-0.
Looking at Link celebrating on the TV, Doncic took a deep breath and adjusted his heartbeat.
Although it was only across the screen, Doncic was still stunned by Link's final performance.
He truly deserves to be the "god" of this era. Once he takes action, no one else has anything to do with him.
Two 4-0s, the Grizzlies really moved forward too fast.
Link did not break his promise. He used the shortest time to bring the Grizzly Bear to the most critical moment!
Now, the Western Conference Finals are just around the corner.
The two teams in Los Angeles will also complete their fateful showdown with the Grizzlies.
It's just that I don't know which one it is yet.
The battle between the Clippers and the Lakers is not as straightforward as the Grizzlies and Jazz.
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