Chapter 863: New Opponent Appears

The Grizzlies defeated the Kings and successfully avoided a losing streak, allowing the Grizzlies to safely spend October and November.

And when time just entered 12, Link gave the whole world a surprise.

To be precise, even he himself was "surprised".

Early in the morning on the first day of December, Link saw the league news and found that he had become the best player of the month!

As a veteran starting his fifth NBA season, Link also knows some of the league's unwritten rules.

For example, you cannot refresh data when others have given up the game. That will be considered disrespectful behavior.

Another example is that rookies usually help the "old men" of the team with some chores. Even if you are 30 years old, as long as it is your first time to play in the NBA, you are not immune.

It is also one of the many unwritten rules in the NBA that the Player of the Month award is not easily given to players on the injured list.

If you think about it, you will know that this rule is actually not nonsense.

If a player averages 30+10+10 per game and leads the team to a complete victory record, but only plays two games in total before getting injured, then the Player of the Month award will naturally not be given to him.

So after his injury, Link didn't think about the best thing at all.

Little did he know that in the end, the honor actually fell to him.

Link then immediately looked at the news from various media and found that they were actually quite surprised.

However, after some analysis, it is reasonable for Link to win the best award of the month.

To quote an ESPN article, "Although Link was injured, you could not find another player who could compare to him throughout the entire Western Conference. There was no one who could even come close to him."

Subsequently, the article analyzed the November data of Link and Curry in detail.

Why analyze Curry? Because Stephen Curry is the most vocal candidate for the Western Conference Player of the Month nomination in November. Not only did he lead the Warriors to a record of 13 wins and 3 losses in the first month of the new season, but his personal statistics are also very impressive.

His averages of 23.8 points and 7.8 assists per game rank fifth in the league, his 1.94 steals rank seventh in the league, and his 92.3% free throw shooting rate ranks third.

In all 16 games, Curry had at least 5 assists. He is the player with the most number of at least 5 three-pointers and at least 5 assists in a single game in NBA history.

At the same time, he also scored 30+ points in four games, a performance that broke the 40 mark.

It can be said that Curry has completely performed at a superstar level.

Link also knew that this was the season when Curry began to dominate the league. He became unstoppable starting from the 14-15 season.

Give him the best of the month, no problem at all.

However, Link's performance in November was even better than Curry.

The first thing to bear the brunt was the 63 points Link scored against the Rockets on November 8!

Four games of 30 points and one game of 40 points all pale in comparison to Link's 63 points.

After all, 63 points is the league's highest single-game scoring record since Kobe's 81 points, and it cannot be ignored.

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Link also led the team to break the record of 7 consecutive wins by double-digit points, demonstrating the Grizzlies' strong dominance.

In addition, Link had two triple-double performances in November, which Curry cannot touch.

In terms of average data per game, Link is not worse than Curry.

In November, Link averaged 30.5 points per game, ranking first in the league, a full 6.7 points higher than Curry! Averaged 8.5 rebounds per game, first among the 3rd position! Averaged 8.3 assists per game, third in the league, second only to Paul and Rondo, two pure point guard playmakers.

Curry's average data per game is terrifying enough, with many statistics ranking at the forefront of the league, but Link has surpassed him in all aspects!

Although it is true that he is not as good as Curry in steals and three-pointers per game, Link's 1.4 blocks per game are also out of Curry's reach.

In terms of shooting percentage, the abnormally accurate Curry is one of the only two players in the league so far in the new season who has shot 49% from the field, 40% from the three-point range, and over 90% from the free throw line. .

That's right, just one of them.

And another player who meets this condition is Link...

Curry's performance in November has already caused a storm across the league. But if there is one person who can play better than this guy who caused the storm, it goes without saying that everyone knows how terrifying it is.

Therefore, although Link did not play for a week in November, the league still awarded Link the Player of the Month.

The few games that Link missed could not hide his greatness and excellence.

After reading the analysis in the ESPN article, Link himself shook his head.

Curry is probably very depressed now. He performed like a super giant, but was pinned down by another super giant.

It's not that I'm not strong enough, but the other party is abnormally strong!

He was able to perform at the best level of the month while playing health basketball, and Link was quite speechless.

I have no choice but to accept this award with a smile.

After winning this award, Link has won Player of the Month 9 times in his career!

Don't think that the number of 9 best players of the month does not seem so exaggerated, but in fact, in the history of the NBA, there are only 4 players who can win the best player of the month 10 times or more in their careers.

O'Neal, a historical monster, has played in the NBA for 19 years and has only won the Best of the Month 12 times.

As a man known as "God", Jordan has won the best of the month 7 times more than the current Link.

It is quite incredible that Link can win his ninth Best of the Month award in the first month of the fifth year of his career.

For comparison, Wade has only won Player of the Month 4 times in his career, and Howard has only won 4 awards for so many years.

Carmelo Anthony, who was as famous as James in the draft, has only won it 3 times in his career so far! Kelly Irving, as a highly popular player, has never done so even once.

Link only needs to win the Best of the Month award once more to surpass Garnett, who has also won the award 9 times, and rank fourth in NBA history!

Seeing Link achieve so many achievements even though he was injured, Warriors fans of course gave up.

In the afternoon, when Link paid attention to this matter again after training, he found that the Internet had become a mess.

"Giving the Player of the Month Award to an injured player? Is the league serious?"

"If Link plays those three more games, his average data may not necessarily be better than Stephen's!"

"That's ridiculous. Why doesn't the league only count the game where Link scored 63 points? That way, Link would average 63 points per game!"

"Is the best player of the month given out so rashly? Stephen played full attendance. Who knows if Link can produce data that surpasses Stephen if he also plays full attendance."

"The league takes great care of Link. This award should belong to Stephen. No player has ever had such a privilege, and Link is the first."

Sure enough, Link won the Player of the Month award while injured, which made Warriors fans very unhappy.

It's strange to be convinced when you see the star player of your own team playing so well without winning any awards.

"Damn it, I didn't steal this month's award." Link curled his lips. The alliance is willing to give it to me, so what can I do?

He sprayed everything on his head.

Link looked at these comments and was indeed a little angry. But Link isn't going to compete with the fans yet, so there's no point in that.

But Link never expected that after returning home at night, Warriors players would actually join the battle.

Draymond Green, who has flourished under Steve Kerr this year and gained huge popularity, couldn't help but speak out on social media.

"It doesn't matter. You will know who is the real best of the month in a fight. The next time you meet a grizzly bear, Stephen can surpass Link in all aspects. He is garbage."

Although the outspoken Green quickly deleted the post, there is no doubt that the matter has spread rapidly, and fans have already retained screenshots as evidence.

The fans provoked Link, but Link didn't care.

But when the opposing player provokes, Link can no longer sit idly by.

"Dream Chaser" Green caused friction between the Golden State Warriors and Link for the first time, and the two teams stood on opposite sides of each other for the first time.

Link and James, Link and Durant, Link and the Spurs are all old enough.

Now Link and the Warriors will turn a new page in history.

The new pattern of the alliance is about to unfold.

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