: One Thousand and One: The first win in team history
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Reverse Growth Superstar
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- 2021-03-03 01:22:10
Link had 43 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists. In the last 4.2 seconds, he completed steals and shot past James.
For the second consecutive game of the finals, Link performed a magical performance and performance.
He successfully defended the Grizzlies' home court and won all two games in Memphis.
The whole world was scared, and finally Link actually made a fake move on the defensive end. This bold strategy made the Cavaliers' persistence fall short.
The Cavaliers played much better today than the last game. James had a 30-point triple-double and Kelly Irving scored 26 points efficiently, including the key three-pointer in the last 41 seconds of the game.
Love made 5 of 8 shots from beyond the three-point line, and also scored 22 points.
Even Mozgov, who has always had no sense of existence, played very well today. Although his statistics are not good, the Russians fully demonstrated the fighting will of the "fighting clan" on the basketball court.
Until 4.2 seconds before the end of the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers were still in the lead.
But now, all these efforts have vanished.
The Cavaliers are 0 to 2, and they have to face the worst situation.
"The Cavaliers have no retreat. They have one foot hanging on the edge of the cliff. The Grizzlies now only need a light push, and LeBron and his teammates will be broken to pieces." Mike Brin let out a big breath. , The hanging heart finally let go.
Since the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies have been chasing points. Seeing 12 minutes to finish, the Grizzlies still failed to equalize the score. In the last 40 seconds of the game, Irving made such a terrible three-pointer.
I believe that all the fans at the scene are as nervous as Mike Brin.
Even watching the ball is so nervous, God knows how Link calmly steals and throws the winning goal under such high pressure.
The word "big heart" was created specifically for Link.
"Mike, do you think the Cavaliers can still launch a counterattack in Cleveland?" Kevin Harlan looked at the downcast voices of the Cavaliers players, and casually asked a question.
"Counterattack? No, there will be no more counterattacks. The Cleveland Cavaliers may be able to steal a victory at home, but they will never reach the ultimate victory! Think about it, if I suffered two such major blows in a row, I am sure I have no heart to fight." Mike Brin said bluntly.
Today, the performance of the Cavaliers is very tenacious. The last 21-point reversal by Link in the last game seemed to fill them with fighting spirit.
But tonight, when Link ends the game in such a cruel way again, the Cleveland Cavaliers' fighting spirit will be difficult to re-burn.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted. Continuous blows were devastating for the Cavaliers.
Mike Brin couldn't help but look up at the dome of the Federal Express Arena, and at the wall on which the two championship pennants were hung.
Three consecutive championships, the Memphis dynasty, the Link era... these are unstoppable!
"The Memphis Grizzlies can establish three consecutive dynasties."
Five years ago, if someone told you something like this, you would treat him like a fool.
But reality is often more magical than people's boldest imagination.
At the press conference after the game, Link also expressed the same views as Mike Brin.
"We will resolve the battle quickly and send the Cavaliers home quickly. They played well, but we don't want to lose."
It seems that "Bear King" can't wait to turn his dream a year ago into reality.
As expected by Mike Brin, the Cavaliers did not stage a good show of Jedi counterattack in Cleveland. In the third game of the series, the demoralized Cavaliers sleepwalked.
James made 7 of 22 shots and only scored 20 points with a 31.8% shooting rate.
The performance of the other two giants Love and Owen is not much better.
Irving made 3 of 14 shots, including 2 of 9 3-pointers. The audience only scored 10 points, the performance was terrible.
People have always said that Irving is a better helper than Wade.
But Irving like today is not as good as a twilight Wade.
Love made 2 of 12 shots, and his proud three-pointer missed all 8 shots, without a hit.
Throughout the game, he only scored 4 points. In contrast, Whiteside, who has always been known for not attacking, scored 12 points today.
The three Cavaliers combined only scored 34 points, which happened to be the same as Link's score alone.
Their horrible performance created the biggest difference in this year's finals.
104 to 82, the Grizzlies bloodbathed the Cavaliers in the quick loan center.
Last summer, when LeBron James made the decision 2.0, from "Brothers Basketball" back to "hometown basketball", almost everyone in the Cleveland area thought they would usher in their own spring.
But now, they have to face a situation that is more chilling than bad.
3 to 0, the Cavaliers have no hope at all. Link not only never played a tiebreaker in the finals, but even played only once in Game 6.
In Game 4 of the series, the Cavaliers finally ushered in their first victory in the finals in team history.
Yes, in 2007 and this year, the Cavaliers participated in two finals, but only won this game.
The main victory of the Cavaliers in this game was J.R. Smith's sudden draw. J.R. shot 10 of 16 in the game, 8 of 12 from beyond the three-point line, scoring 28 points.
With the magical performance of JR Smith, the Cavaliers finally beat the Grizzlies by 4 points and finally saved some face for themselves.
But after the game, neither the Cavaliers on the court nor the Cleveland fans in the stands were totally happy.
They finally ushered in their first playoff victory in team history, but that was all.
No team came to the finals, just wanted to win the first team history. Every team that comes to the Finals is definitely rushing to win the championship.
can't win, what's the point of winning the finals?
This is not an event that focuses on participation, this is the NBA where the winner is king!
Here, there is no room for the weak to survive.
After the fourth round of the series ~EbookFREE.me~ Link did not seem to be very upset when interviewed by reporters at the press conference.
He is very relaxed, and even jokes with reporters from time to time. This is the first time people have seen Link still feel so good after losing.
"Linke, we all know that the president of the league and the O'Brien Cup are on the scene today. But today you were not able to take the championship trophy back, which must be very regrettable."
"Yes, it's a pity. To tell you the truth, we were all ready to party in the locker room. Fortunately, I didn't let Tony during the intermission. Allen opened the champagne to celebrate in advance. Otherwise, you might be in the second half. You will see a group of drunks playing ball,"
Link's speech caused the reporters to laugh.
"But it doesn't matter. In this way, we finally have a chance to win the O'Brien Cup at home. The first two wins, we have won the Cup away from home. I have never experienced it in the cheers of home fans. The feeling of the O'Brien Cup. So in the next game, we won't let any accident happen again!"
After Link finished speaking, some Cleveland media believed that Link was underestimating the enemy, and they still felt that the Cavaliers would be able to make another victory.
But Link didn't bother to talk to them at all. Those guys would always only live in their own dreams.
Compared to fighting with them, Link has more important things to do now.
That night, Link did not return to Memphis with the team, but took a flight to Oklahoma City.
This important life moment of three consecutive championships, he has to talk to his good friend.