Six Hundred and Ninety-Four: Hulking Grizzly

Before the game, the cheers from the Bradley Center weren't too loud.

In the stands, the fans were sparse. Link even saw quite a few fans wearing Grizzlies jerseys, wondering if they came all the way from Memphis.

Aside from the Grizzlies fans who came to cheer, I really don't know how many people can watch this game.

In a place where popularity is so low, there is naturally no need for any starting introduction ceremony. The starting five tigers of both sides stepped directly into the stadium to prepare for the game, and Link greeted everyone on the opposite side with great general style.

Just finished the battle with the Thunder, and Link's mind is full of the Thunder, the playoffs, the Western Conference finals...Milwaukee Bucks? Link thought they were here for a warm-up match.

The Bucks' starting lineup is indeed unremarkable, and the back line has changed from last season's Ellis + Jennings to veteran Luke Ridnour and 11-year No. 8 pick Brandon Knight.

Ridnour has been tepid in the league, and at the peak of his life, he was at a level of 10+5. Brandon Knight is even more tragic. The scene of being knocked down by Irving twice in a row in the All-Star rookie game is the most memorable moment of his career so far.

The center is played by "artist" Larry Sanders, who entered the league in the same year as Link. Why do you call this guy an "artist"? Because in the future, this guy will actually put tens of millions of annual salary and don't want to go to sell tofu without playing basketball! No, it's for art.

But he never imagined that when he didn't get his art done and wanted to come back and earn an annual salary of tens of millions, he would no longer have that chance.

As for the forward line, Ilyasova and Link's younger brother, Giannis Antetokounmpo, stood on the front line.

Compared with the original Grizzlies, the Bucks' set of starters is more like a hodgepodge of all kinds of third-rate and nine-teaching.

Even their coach, Larry Drew, is a "wanderer" who has been wandering.

It is worth mentioning that the Bucks' bench was still sitting on the Grizzlies' "next Kobe" o.j. Mayo. He, who was still enjoying the core position in Dallas last season, has successfully become a substitute through his own death this season.

His reunion with the Grizzlies can't even be hyped as a topic.

I don't know what Mayo's mood is at this time watching Link lead the Grizzlies all the way.

Let the Grizzlies go to the great task, it was his own back then...

Such a team has a record of 7 wins and 30 losses.

It's really not surprising at all.

The Grizzlies players were exhausted, but the skinny camel was bigger than a horse. Link believes that it should be very easy to win such a team at the bottom of the league.

The referee blew the whistle, and Larry Sanders won the basketball with a faster bounce.

Gasol didn't seem to be off the ground very much, obviously he couldn't jump up. The right to attack the ball was taken away by the Bucks, and Ridnour calmly controlled the ball to advance.

Ridnour had just crossed the midfield line when he handed the ball to Knight. Knight is now the Bucks' focus, although the image of him being knocked over twice in a row by Irving is very embarrassing. But in addition, Knight is also able to contribute 18.2 points per game this season.

This statistic is Knight's career high.

Without a doubt, he's the Bucks' most explosive scorer this season. When the state is normal, he can score the next ten points, and when the state is good, he can also draw more than thirty points.

Half a month ago, Knight scored a career-high 37 points in a game between the Bucks and the Lakers on January 1.

Knight had a strong desire to attack today. After he made a three-threat move, he called Ilyasova to cover himself.

Although the Bucks are currently at the bottom of the league, although their target this season is Andrew Wiggins. But as a young player, Knight doesn't want to keep losing like this.

After a season, there are occasionally one or two games, and the Bucks players also want to win very much.

For example, facing the first in the league! After all, what better way to increase media exposure than beating the league's No. 1?

Knight's breakthrough was very quick, and Iguodala dragged his tired legs to traverse, but the traverse speed was much slower than usual.

Coupled with such a block by Ilyasova, Iguodala directly lost his defensive position.

Knight broke through to the mid-range and made a pull-up jumper before the Grizzlies' backup came up!

As a guard who was as famous as Irving in the draft, and a guard who was also predicted to be selected in the No. 1 overall pick in college, Knight didn't want to sink in.

He was heartbroken to be dumped by Detroit, but in Milwaukee, everything could start all over again.

"brush!"

The basketball went into the net, and Knight took the lead for the Bucks. Until then, Linkez finally heard faint cheers from the stands.

Knight silently waved his fist, then gave Ilyasova a high five, looking very excited.

"Damn, my fault!" Iguodala raised his right arm and was easily scored by a kid, which made Iguodala very self-blame.

Link didn't blame Iguodala, but the physical problem of the big guy seemed to be more serious than he thought.

Following the Grizzlies' offense, Antetokounmpo, as he said before the game, had no reservations about Link.

Being entangled by a "big spider", Link felt a little upset. For a split second, he was back in yesterday's matchup with Durant.

In fact, it's not that Link can't get rid of Antetokounmpo, but it takes a lot of physical strength, just like dealing with Durant yesterday.

In Link's expectation, he might be able to take care of the young "Brother Antetokounmpo" with half-success. But in fact, Link seems to have to work hard to defeat this guy who regards himself as an idol.

However, Link's strength is poor now.

In Link's not very active run, Antetokounmpo blocked Link's receiving line.

In desperation, Conley had to break through by himself. Ridnour's defense has been terrible, and it's not difficult for Conley to get past him.

But the difficulty is that the moment Conley hit the basket and layup, the athletic and active Larry Sanders killed him. His height of 2.11 meters and slender arms put a lot of pressure on Conley.

In order to avoid the block, Conley had to change the arc of the layup. However, once the arc is changed, the quasi-head is missing.

"Boom!" There was a crisp sound from the basket, and Conley's layup was hit by Sanders' defense!

Gasol immediately ran to the basket, he wanted to fight for offensive rebounds.

However, Sanders took off quickly after interfering with Conley, stunned to grab the rebound before Gasol.

Gasol is not an athletic player, and the disadvantage of not recovering his physical fitness makes his bounce and speed even worse.

After two rounds of one offense and one defense, the Grizzlies feel cumbersome.

Whether it’s Iguodala, Gasol, or even Link, who can’t get rid of Antetokounmpo, all of them are like lead on their feet, unable to run or jump.

It all seemed to make sense, considering they were still fighting the Thunder 24 hours ago and enduring Milwaukee's sleet at 4 a.m.

The defending champions are not machines, they are people too! As long as you are human, you will feel tired.

After Larry Sanders managed to get the rebound, the Bucks fought back.

Ridnour quickly hit the ball to Knight, Knight rushed all the way, and finally sent the ball to Antetokounmpo who cut in from the other side!

Then people were surprised to find that Antetokounmpo had thrown away two or three positions of Link!

Link has always done a great job of defending on the ground or in transition. Even if it is a fast break, it is difficult for others to completely get rid of Link's shackles.

As a 3 position, Link has averaged 1.4 blocks per game this season, which is no joke. His chasing and daring again and again, always make people feel frightened.

Link mainly strengthened his defense last summer, and his defense this season has been excellent from stats to effects.

But this time, Antetokounmpo easily got rid of Link.

Link really felt that he couldn't run, of course, he could still be fast if he gritted his teeth and rushed hard. But in the case of exhaustion, this kind of power can not burst out at any time.

And Antetokounmpo's pace was really too big. Link felt that Antetokounmpo only took two or three steps to go out, and he had already run far.

In the case of throwing off Link, Antetokounmpo completed a powerful one-handed dunk after receiving the basketball!

Although Antetokounmpo is thin, his dunk strength is not small at all. The powerful dunks completed by players with slender arms are always full of extreme violence and beauty!

"The counterattack was successful, Giannis' quick move was very positive, and even Link couldn't keep up! The Bucks lead 4-0, and the defending champion doesn't seem to be in shape today!"

On the commentary stage, the commentator's roar made the Bradley Center seem to have regained a bit of vitality.

Bucks fans have found a problem - in the face of the seriously injured Grizzlies, it seems that they will not necessarily lose!

So, after Antetokounmpo dunked, the Bradley Center finally burst into violent cheers.

Beat the league first? That may be the only consolation Bucks fans can take this season.

Instead of yelling angrily after the dunk, Antetokounmpo smiled and pointed to the sky.

Just now, he threw off his idol and completed the dunk, not to mention how happy he was.

Link stopped and shook his head. The Bucks played fast today, and their athleticism is really good.

After just two rounds, Link felt that his body was extremely heavy, not to mention the others.

How about an easy victory? This trip to Milwaukee is starting to get less interesting.