Four Hundred and Sixty: Only Call the Police

Brazilian center Split climbed up from the ground in embarrassment. Facing Link, he was a little too tense.

Splitter wouldn't be so nervous if it was another player who didn't score 20 points in two straight games. Even if he does want to shoot, Splitter reaches out.

But Link, the Brazilian knows, if he just reaches out, he'll be shot. Unexpectedly, after taking off, it was detonated instead.

Popovich also looked anxious. Now the Spurs are still 1 point ahead. According to the plan, as long as the Spurs can bite the score in the first half, it will be a success. Popovich put the key to the victory in the second half. But for some reason, Popovich is a little nervous right now.

What are you kidding? Are you an old coach who wants to be nervous because of an undrafted trash talk?

But then Popovich knew that his nervousness wasn't because of Link's trash talk. It was because after Link finished spouting trash talk, he could immediately put it into practice.

The Spurs' offense is still going well. This time, Parker hit a pull-up jumper with ease in the mid-range. After all, the French are the youngest in the GDP portfolio. After Duncan and Manu Ginobili gradually became functional, Parker carried the Spurs' offensive banner this year.

This season, Parker, who is turning 30, is averaging a career-high 20.5 points per game. As long as Popovich gives the opportunity, Parker is really capable of scoring.

It's just because the playing style is not flashy enough, and in a team like the Spurs, Parker's scoring ability is often overlooked.

Once again, the Spurs turned the deficit back into three, and the team was as solid as ever.

But before Popovich could be happy, that anxiety rushed to his forehead again.

Because Link scored again!

As soon as Parker scored a goal, Link fought back with Conley on offense.

This time, Conley was in control of the ball outside the three-point line. Link pretended to be out to catch the ball, and he ran outside the free throw line, but suddenly turned 90 degrees and cut to the basket!

Leonard reacted quickly, and immediately wanted to follow. But just as he took a step, he was firmly blocked by Randolph. This time, Leonard was completely unable to get rid of Randolph's frontal cover.

In this way, Link took a small circle around the court,

Cut inside. But the question is, how can Conley on the left side of the court pass the basketball through the crowd to Link on the right side of the court?

The answer is simple, pass the lob!

Seeing that Conley threw the ball into the air at the right time, before the Spurs players could react to what happened, Link stood up from the ground, grabbed the basketball with one hand, and snapped it into the frame!

Link had finished the dunk, and Split still had a confused expression on his face.

When did this guy come over? How did the ball get there?

Alley-oop dunk, the Grizzlies narrowed the difference to 1 point! Moreover, it is still in such a highly ornamental way!

Link scored consecutively, and he has already scored 4 points in the second quarter. It seemed that Link didn't mean to be afraid at all. He seems confident enough to last with the San Antonio Spurs!

Popovich still did not change his strategy, but waved his hand, "According to the original plan!"

He still doesn't believe that an exhausted Link can kill the game by himself! Continue to defend one-on-one and continue to force him to play singles!

Then the entire second quarter almost became Link's solo show!

Link can make breakthrough dunks in transition offense. Not only does he have to convert goals, but he also uses dunks to boost morale and deter the Spurs by the way.

On the move, the emergency stop jumper can still enter. Leonard's long arms didn't seem to have an impact on Link, and the guy's mid-range shots were as steady as a machine that couldn't make mistakes.

Post-up singles, not to mention, this is already Link's signature show. Now the whole league mentions the post-up singles of perimeter players, and the fans will first say Kobe Bryant. And the second one, with a high probability, will say Link.

Leonard would encounter Link's most violent attack every time on the offensive end. He felt that defending Link for one round would cost the same as defending against others for two or three rounds!

At this time, Leonard's mind couldn't help but echo the words Link said to him at the beginning of the second quarter, "Do you think me and you, who will be exhausted first?"

Stevens also changed Link's rotation strategy. Instead of letting Link play eight or nine minutes at a time, he won Link in the middle of the second quarter and let Link play at the end of the second quarter.

Although the total playing time is the same as in the first quarter, this way, Link does not have to fight continuously with high intensity, which is equivalent to getting a "intermission" time in a quarter.

Now, for Link and Stevens, saving a little more energy is accumulating a little more hope of winning.

As a result, Popovich was in a frenzy throughout the second quarter. He wanted to force Link to play singles, but Link scored 12 points in the second quarter and 20 points in the half! Kill Popovich to the core!

Leonard was also heartbroken. Link scored 8 points in the first quarter. Leonard thought this would be Link's highest single-quarter score today. Who knows, Link directly scored 12 points in the second quarter, which made Xiaoka very injured.

55 to 56, at the end of the half, the San Antonio Spurs are only one point ahead!

"Too tenacious! The Spurs gave Link a chance to play singles, and Link was stunned to score! Once again, Link scored 20 points in half a game! His own score accounted for the team's score. It can be seen that Link is trying to force Popovich to change his strategy with his strong attacking power. I just don’t know how Popovich will respond!” Hubie Brown saw Lin again It's no surprise that Gram scored 20 points in the half.

This guy has such strength.

After returning to the locker room after halftime, Popovich was still the same, "Continue to execute according to the original plan, give me a firm one-on-one defense!"

In the second half, Link should be tired! He still doesn't believe it, Link can also score 20 points in the second half!

On the other hand, in the Grizzlies locker room, Link was trying to rest, taking every second to rest.

To score 20 points in the second half of Leonard's defense is not just technical work, but also physical work. Fortunately, the Grizzlies still played a few decent pick-and-rolls in the second quarter, such as that beautiful alley-oop dunk.

But these occasional pick-and-rolls did not allow Link to save much energy. In the second half, Link knew that he would be tortured like falling into hell.

After a short break, the intermission time was over. Link stood up and changed into a new set of jerseys. The one just now was completely soaked in sweat and uncomfortable to wear.

In the player tunnel, Randolph tugged at Link, "Don't be brave if you can't fight, the Spurs can't wait for you to be so excited. If you go on like this, you can't even lift your legs in the fourth quarter."

Link did not answer Randolph, but instead asked Randolph a question, "Remember the annoying North Shore Gardens in Boston?"

"Of course, I'll never forget that damn place in my life," Randolph replied.

"Hey, the North Shore Gardens dome with the honor pennants is really beautiful. If there's no way to get the Spurs, the FedEx Dome is destined to be bare! I know it's just a routine, but even if it's just a regular season. , and let the people of San Antonio be afraid of us! So, don't worry. Me and the Spurs, they must be the first to fall!"

Randolph stopped and watched the trot walk to No. 0 on the field.

Have you set your goals so high already?

At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs launched a fierce attack, which is bound to close the game in the second half.

They first scored two goals in a row, but Link's first shot hit hard and failed to continue the score. So, the Spurs got a 5-point lead!

In a normal game, a 5-point advantage is nothing. But in this game, the Spurs lead the Grizzlies by 5 points, which is already a gratifying number! After all, once the two sides have faced each other, the score has not been able to expand.

"What am I talking about? That kid is not Superman, he can't do it!" When the Grizzlies attacked again, Popovich relaxed a lot.

Link had just shot a shot, which was a sign of his physical decline. The old man believes that the Grizzlies will collapse from now on.

This time, Link did try to attack a few times, but in the end, he failed because he couldn't break through Leonard's defense.

The basketball passed in a circle, and finally fell to Conley. Xiao Kangli looked up at the attack time, so he decided to bite the bullet and attack himself.

In the end, Conley missed a jumper behind a screen. Duncan made up the defense too quickly. The role of this old monster on the defensive end is not reflected in the data. If it wasn't for Duncan's timely change of defense and blocking, Conley might have scored.

Splitter turned around to get the rebound, Popovich breathed a sigh of relief, and the Spurs finally took the initiative!

Um? and many more? Why is there someone behind Split?

Popovich's eyes widened, and the next second, the Brazilian began to suffer.

Split was about to grab the rebound, but suddenly he felt something hit him from behind, and he lost his center of gravity in the air!

In the end, a pair of hands appeared on top of Split's head, grabbed the basketball, and then smashed the basketball out of the frame back into the basket across him!

"Boom!" The basketball hoop sank suddenly, and Split was knocked out of the bottom line in embarrassment.

Supplementary deductions!

Everyone thought that No. 0 was dead, but at this critical moment, he stood up again, and the Spurs' hopes of completely pulling the score were lost.

Link almost fell when he landed, but Iguodala helped him behind. The explosion just now caused Link to consume too much energy. So when I landed, my legs softened a bit.

"Thank you, Andrew." Link patted Iguodala on the shoulder and took a few steps before the Spurs sent the baseline ball.

He will not let go of a few seconds of lazy time.

Seeing the ball, Popovich walked back to the bench and sat down.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted. The Spurs were able to pull the score again and again, but were hindered by Link again and again, which was very demoralizing. This time, even Popovich has lost his temper.

"Call the police!" Popovich yelled at Budenholzer after sitting back on the bench.

"Call the police?" Budenholzer thought he had heard it wrong.

"Tell them there's a monster in the FedEx Arena." Popovich buried his face in his hands, Link didn't collapse, he was almost collapsed by Link.