One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty-Seven: The Inheritance of No. 1 in History
The game is over and the fans inside the Bradley Center are completely out of control.
Some people were cheering wildly, and some people couldn't help crying.
After Link rolled the ball off the court, he embraced his teammates one by one.
Marc Gasol was the first to rush up, and he took Link into his arms.
His older brother had Kobe, and now, he has his lifelong friend.
"Link, come back often in the future. Without you, we would be at a loss." Gasol hugged tightly, after all, he had worked with Link for ten years.
Link snuggled up on Gasol, exhausted. But he knew that whenever he was exhausted, there was always the Spaniard's solid shoulders to lean on.
"You will be the leader of the locker room in the future, Mark. Please urge them and don't break the Memphis Breathing sign." Link patted Gasol on the back and said goodbye to his old friend who has worked together for ten years.
After Gasol, Mike Conley also joined up.
There has been no technical foul in this career so far. The defender, who has won the Best Teammate Award for two consecutive years, has been silently delivering ammunition to Link for ten years and controlling the rhythm of the team.
He may have been ignored by outsiders, but only Link knows how trustworthy this guy is at the most critical moment.
Of course, the son of the Olympic champion has not forgotten. When he was questioned, who was steadfast on his side.
"Enjoy the rest of your life, Link." Conley just said a few words, the grizzly master said not much, because he kept his most sincere feelings in his heart.
Iguodala walked up with a smile and patted Link on the shoulder. He didn't forget his mission in Memphis. He was here to assist Link!
Back then, Link was so tired that he collapsed directly on top of him. Back then, people still took that photo and compared him and Link to Pippen and Jordan in the 21st century.
Iguodala thinks he is not as great as Pippen, but Link... In Iguodala's heart, he has a higher status than Jordan!
Jokic rushed to Link crying, like a 300-pound giant baby.
Hi, be careful to remove the word "like".
From the plank support for less than 20 seconds during the trial, to being returned by Milan. To be one of the best 5s in the league until now...
Jokic has always been accompanied by Link in his growth path. Link is like his patron saint. As long as Link is there, Jokic will always feel at ease.
The most important thing is that, as a second-round pick, Link has always been Jokic's spiritual pillar!
But now, his patron saint, his spiritual pillar, is leaving. From now on, the burden of the Grizzlies will be carried by him.
Jokic is not afraid, but really reluctant.
No one cares about him drinking Coke anymore, but he's not happy at all.
Although he usually looks silly, Jokic is a person who attaches great importance to feelings.
Now that he is suddenly separated, Jokic can't control his emotions at all.
"I don't want you to go, Link..."
"Don't cry, it's so embarrassing. We won the game, four in a row, shouldn't we laugh?"
"Fuck the four consecutive championships, aren't you crying yourself?"
"Me? I didn't cry, I got sand in my eyes, Nikolai."
"What a bad excuse, what a bad excuse..."
The two of them complained about each other and moved each other at the same time.
Before Link could react, Howard and Ross hugged him at the same time.
Although Ross and Howard had only been working with Link for a year, they were equally impressed by the charisma of the decade's greatest superstar.
"Thank you for giving us the chance to be reborn, Link." Rebirth, that's the key word for Ross and Howard in the Grizzlies.
Without Link's invitation, Rose might now be wasting his last minutes on some hopeless lottery team. O'Brien Cup? Not even thinking about it.
Without Link's tolerance, Howard might still be idle at home, struggling with child support for his illegitimate children.
In a way, their careers were saved by Link!
"I appreciate your help too, guys. Stay if you can. Even after I'm gone, this team still needs you." Link patted Rose and Howard, without them, Grizzlies The season is by no means a surprise.
"If we can, we will all choose to retire in Memphis, Link." Rose and Howard only played in Memphis for one year, but they are already "Memphis people".
That's the magic of the Grizzlies.
From the prodigal son Randolph to now Ross and Howard, this city has always had an unexpected healing effect.
Dillon Brooks and Jai Michael Green are both quite lost, and they still don't want to say goodbye to this great leader.
Both had long careers, but they knew they would never meet a better leader than Link.
Only when old Carter and Link hugged, they were smiling.
Because this 43-year-old veteran will also leave the stage where he has struggled for most of his life.
His career is complete, and he will come to an end with Link's legend.
In his opinion, the most correct decision he made in his career was to accept Link's invitation to join the Grizzlies!
Afterwards, Link pointed to his friends and former teammates who came to watch the game on the spot, and thanked them one by one.
At this time, even Kevin Durant, who was standing in front of the TV, felt a little sore in his nose.
Link left, he should have set off fireworks to celebrate three days and three nights. What's wrong with feeling right now...
At the end of the game, Durant suddenly felt that something was missing in his life.
Without Link, he doesn't seem to have such a strong desire to win...
"Enjoy the rest of your life, you son of a bitch." After Durant muttered to himself, he picked up his phone and posted a social media update.
"Salute to the enemy of life."
Enemies and friends are sometimes on the line.
After saying goodbye to everyone, the temporary podium has also been built.
Michael Jordan, Adam Joke and Bill Russell were already waiting on stage.
Link's seventh championship trophy in his career is just around the corner!
In NBA history, only two people have won a total of seven championships in their careers. One is Frank Ramese, who played for the Celtics in ancient times, and the other is God-level role player Robert Horry.
The former is just a player at the end of the Celtics' bench, and the latter has the big heart attribute of filling up skill points, and it happens to be able to join the championship team every time.
These two people can win 7 championships, not so much because of their strength, but because luck accounts for a large proportion.
And Link is the only person in modern basketball history who has won 7 championships with his core position!
Link looked around and found that no one moved.
It's an old rule, if Link goes on stage first, others will follow!
As long as Link is around, that's a rule the Memphis Grizzlies will never break.
Link looked at the championship trophy, and then slowly walked towards the podium.
The moment he stepped on the podium, there was a unified cry from the Bradley Center: "Thank you, Link. Long live, His Majesty the King."
This is definitely the highest courtesy a player has ever received on the road.
Michael Jordan was now standing in front of this new legend, looking at him.
Link also stared at Jordan without evading his eyes.
Few people dare to look Jordan in the eyes, not even Jordan's teammates.
Because of Jordan's status as the "God of Basketball", it will always give people a great sense of oppression.
But Link can't feel this kind of oppression. After all, he is also a "god"!
Jordan smiled and didn't continue to look at Link.
Sitting in the number one position in history for so long, my butt hurts. That being the case, it's okay to change someone to sit and sit...
The super legend picked up the O'Brien Cup, then turned around and handed it to Link.
Suddenly, the cheers at the scene seemed to overturn the dome of the Bradley Center!
The alternation of the old generation of legends and the new generation of legends has officially begun!
"Congratulations, Link. 4-0, you did a clean job. Four consecutive championships, nine 50+ points in the playoffs... These are honors that I have never touched. You are very strong. , maybe... It's really a little bit stronger than me."
After speaking, "Old Rogue" handed the trophy to Link.
Link took the heavy O'Brien Cup and gave Jordan the first kind smile.
"I'm glad you actually came to give me the award, Michael. Then, you can be the owner of the team without worrying about the number one thing in history."
Afterwards, Link vigorously lifted his seventh championship trophy above his head.
With the cheers of the fans in the audience, this moment will be permanently frozen in history.
Leaving an unattainable figure to leave...
Well, there's no better ending than this.
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