: Four hundred and fifty-four: getting closer and closer

With a romantic proposal, of course, there must be a match victory as a foil.
At home, the Grizzlies encountered desperate resistance from the Trail Blazers. But in the end, the Grizzlies gritted their teeth and shot the Blazers, the "unkillable Xiaoqiang" to death.
Today, the Trail Blazers are playing very hard. After a six-game winning streak in mid-December, the Blazers' current record has become 16 wins and 15 losses, and there is a tendency to squeeze into the top eight in the West.
As a team that was a strong Western Conference in the past few seasons, the Blazers naturally hope that they can rise and return to the playoffs as soon as possible. The price of a complete failure is too great, but not every team can accept it.
Therefore, for the Trail Blazers, every game must do their best to win, even if it is facing the Grizzlies with the league's first record.
As soon as the game opened, Wesley Matthews shot Link in the face with two three-pointers. Matthews seemed very excited when he played Link. These two three-pointers also showed the Blazers' determination to fight every game.
After that, Lillard broke through again and successfully attacked the basket.
Aldridge made a steady mid-range jumper, Randolph had no temper, and the Blazers started 10-2!
But after the suspension adjustment, the Grizzlies eased in. Link continued to use screens to hit Matthews, and pressed Matthews close on the defensive end, making him unable to easily start a jumper.
For Lillard, Conley kept his shots. As a result, the No. 0 defender, who was still in his infancy, started a frantic strike performance on the outside.
As for Aldridge, Stevens directly asked Gasol to defend him. The Blazers' starting center was the 2.06 meter J.J. Hickson, who played as a power forward when he first entered the industry. Therefore, let Randolph switch over to defend Hickson, height will not suffer too much.
In this way, Aldridge wants to score a goal on Gasol, who is 2.16 meters tall and has an excellent defense. It is not so easy.
After the game, the Grizzlies played steadily all the way. In the last 58 seconds of the game, the Grizzlies blocked the Trail Blazers with their strong defense. The Trail Blazers did not score a point in the most critical 58 seconds!
In the end, the Grizzlies won the game 96-88 at home.
Although it was not a hearty victory, at least it also ended Tony Allen's marriage proposal.
Link scored 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the game, including 5 of 8 three-pointers and a 62.5% three-pointer percentage! Matthews responded by shooting himself as soon as he came up.
After the game, Link, who won the game and had just re-elected the starting position of the month's best and the All-Star, surpassed Tony Allen in popularity and became the most popular subject for reporters.
In the interview, Link blessed Tony Allen and also said that he would continue to work hard to make the Grizzlies continue to climb.
After the interview, Link quickly took a shower and ran out of the locker room before his teammates could react.
Tonight, he still has an appointment.
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"I didn't expect Tony Allen to be a tender iron man. They are so happy tonight."
Walking on the banks of the Mississippi River, the breeze gently tossed Rachel's hair. She tucked all her hair behind her ears, and then looked at the tall man beside her.
At this time, there is only a gap between them.
"When I gave you the ring today, I found that you seemed...very excited?" Link asked tentatively, and the wind by the river made him tightly wrap his coat.
"Of course! Every girl likes those things!" Rachel did not tell the truth, indeed, every girl likes those jewelry.
But in fact, things are not the point, the point is, whose mind it is.
"Um...but I see you don't like these things."
"That's because... work needs, yes, work needs. When will you have time tomorrow, we will do an interview."
"Don't, just finished the game, can you stop talking about work. By the way, Rachel, this year's All-Star is held in Houston, are you familiar with Houston? Anyway, I'm not busy at this year's All-Star game, otherwise... ...Let's find a place to play in Houston."
This year's All-Star Weekend, Link is indeed a rare leisure. Last season, he had to participate in the three-point contest, rookie game and the All-Star game, and he had competition tasks for three consecutive days.
But this year, Link is no longer a rookie. The three-point contest has broken records, and it's boring to participate again. Therefore, this year's All-Star Weekend, Link only needs to play the main game on the last day.
The rest of the time, except for business activities, Link can be freely allocated.
"Okay, of course I'm going to the All-Star Weekend. But, haven't you played for the Rockets before? With Houston, you should be tired of it."
"Forget it, I don't know anything about Houston except for the road from the Toyota Center to home. That's for sure, see you in Houston this All-Star weekend!"
"Haha, you may be the first player in NBA history to ask a reporter out, but not for work. Faced with reporters, it's too late for others to hide." Rachel slowly approached Link until they reached their shoulders and arms. Are next to each other.
"It might be because I didn't treat you as a reporter." Link faintly touched Rachel's hand.
"Then who do you think of me?"
"Of course it's a friend."
For some reason, Rachel felt a little disappointed after hearing this answer. But the next second, Rachel felt her cold hands suddenly warm up.
As soon as Link grasped her hand, his face still pretended as if nothing had happened.
Rachel smiled, it turns out that Link has such a character in this respect. No wonder, like a root of wood.
He can talk trash with Pierce on the court, and yell at George Carr, "You have to find someone to guard me." But in life, especially when facing myself, he has completely changed himself.
It's like Tony Allen, who is sturdy on the court, completely changed himself when facing his girlfriend.
So does this also mean that to Link, he is actually not just an ordinary friend?
The wind on the Mississippi River used to be very bitter, but now Rachel instantly feels warmer.
She took Link's hand, and then simply hugged Link's strong arm.
"Let's go back~EbookFREE.me~ It's too cold." Rachel said lightly.
"Well, I'll take you to a taxi. Tomorrow, I have time in the morning. In the evening, I have to practice more. So if you want an interview, you can come to me in the morning."
"Well, then, can you re-answer the question I just asked? Who do you think of me? Just a friend?" Rachel stopped and stood in front of Link with his arms around Link's waist.
At this time, the two were only a few centimeters apart. Link can clearly see every strand of Rachel’s hair, but even so, her skin is still flawless.
"Then in the future, will you be my girlfriend?"
Link's heart was pounding, and he would never talk about Tony Allen again.
Before he could react, Link felt his lips touching something soft. Only then did he realize that the distance between Rachel and him had now become zero.
Now, there is no distance between them.