Like most young players, Anthony Davis is full of longing for the playoffs.

After performing in the regular season, who has never fantasized about leading the team to defeat strong enemies in the playoffs, defeating the generals, and breaking through the siege?

Anthony Davis also had such fantasies, and he believed that the Pelicans were not completely unlucky. Even if they really couldn't win, he and the Pelicans should be able to cause huge trouble for the Grizzlies.

In short, they will not sit and wait for death like prey. They will fight to the end, cherish every game in the playoffs, and show their strength to the fullest.

But after just one round against Link, Davis realized the cruelty of the playoffs.

The real playoffs are more dangerous than he thought.

Unlike the regular season, no round here is easy. Here, only strength can give you the right to survive.

And, no one will show mercy to you.

If the Grizzlies can use four games to solve the Pelicans, they will never delay the fifth game. If they can use three quarters to end the game, they will not spend the last minute with the Pelicans.

This is Anthony Davis' first understanding of the playoffs, and their opponents will try their best to solve the problem quickly.

After Butler made a layup, the offensive ball rights returned to the Pelicans.

Now Davis is very clear that one-on-one with Link is not a wise choice. Although Davis is the breakthrough for the Pelicans to break the deadlock, the situation is different now, and Davis must rely on the power of his teammates.

This time, Davis did not continue to fight against Link at the low post, but set up covers for the team's No. 2 scorer Tyrek Evans.

Tyrek Evans is undoubtedly the example of his debut as a peak, and his peak is only one year.

In his rookie season, Evans averaged 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. Before Evans, only Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James were able to score 20+5+5 data in his rookie season.

There is no doubt that it is a historically high-profile rookie stat.

At that time, everyone thought Evans' future had great potential.

As a result, in the second year of his career, Evans not only did not improve, but his data also shrank to 17.8 points, 5.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds.

In the third season, 16.5 points, 4.5 assists and 4.6 rebounds, and in the fourth year, 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists...

His annual regression can be said to be quite stable.

Gradually, Evans was abandoned by the king, and a super rookie died.

However, after coming to the Pelicans, Evans showed signs of recovery. This season, he averaged 16.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, making the Pelicans' second scoring point besides Davis.

Evans not only regained his reputation, but also his confidence.

So, as soon as Davis's cover was in place, Evans confidently broke through.

He believes in Davis's cover quality, and also believes in his ability to break through the offense.

Seeing Tobias Harris defending himself being blocked by Davis, Evans was secretly happy.

He jumped with one foot and raised his hand to make a layup. I will take care of the Pelicans' first point in the playoffs!

But Evans had just started to jump, and Yu Guangzhong saw a palm.

"Um!?"

Evans also realized who it was, and the basketball was directly shot to the rebound!

Who else can it be? Only Link, the "Bear King", can do such cruel things.

The moment Evans broke through, Link quickly changed defense and turned around and chased after him. From beginning to end, Evans was within Link's hunting range.

But Evans, as a prey, had no idea about this.

Evans was knocked to the ground, but Link's block was actually very clean, so the referee did not call a foul.

Cut Davis's ball first and Evans's attack. Both of the Pelicans' top scorers were taken by Link in turn.

After continuing Davis, Evans's mentality also collapsed.

Link in the regular season is already terrifying enough, but Link in the playoffs can actually improve his strength!

This time, Link did not pass the ball from the backcourt for a long time, but dribbled through the midfield line by himself.

In the Pelicans' half, facing Davis' blockade, Link's upper body swayed, which made Davis's legs weak.

He had no idea where this guy would break through.

But Link did not break through in the end, but passed the ball to Conley who cut from the left without warning.

After receiving the ball, Conley broke through and scored a basket. His left hand scored a basket with great success, and Asik could not block it at all.

6-0, the Grizzlies continue to lead!

Link has not scored yet, but his influence is everywhere. He has assisted 1 steal and 1 block, even if he doesn't score, it has made the Pelicans quite passive.

"See Kevin? The Pelicans are in trouble, not the Grizzlies. What do you expect these playoff rookies to play in the FedEx Arena? To be realistic, Memphis is the cruelest place in the league!"

Bill Simmons felt refreshed inexplicably. It turned out that being a supporter of Link and the Grizzlies was such a comfortable thing.

Is it a pleasure to leave the prejudice behind and watch Link play?

At this time, the Pelicans players are already lacking in confidence. At this time, the head coach should pause and comfort the young players so that they can not get deeper and deeper in fear.

But he was so desperate that Pelicans coach Monty Williams was also a playoff rookie.

The last time he led the team to play the playoffs was in the 10-11 season, but the team was kicked out after only four games, so he had no experience at all.

In the following three seasons, the Pelicans won more than 35 games in any season. Monty Williams spent most of his time losing, and it was difficult to summarize his experience of winning.

The reason why the Pelicans still keep Monty Williams as the head coach is to put it bluntly, they want to find him to lead the team to rebuild the team, and they don’t expect him to lead the team to achieve any good results in the playoffs.

Without a timeout, Pelicans players must move forward alone in fear.

In fact, Monty Williams himself might be afraid.

Davis still received the basketball at mid-range this time, but he did not try to play behind his back, but wanted to attack in the face frame.

Davis turned around and faced the basket, protecting the ball very carefully.

He flexibly made several three threat moves, trying to disrupt Link's center of gravity.

But Link didn't move at all, and there was no unnecessary movement except that one hand was always in front of Davis.

Link not only makes aggressive steals and blocks, but also is very steady when it is time to stabilize.

Seeing that his three threats had no effect, Davis made a fake shot and dribbled through the ball!

Davis's pace is very big and very flexible. So although it is absolutely not fast, it is still very easy to break through the opponent's defense line.

But Davis had just taken the first step and was stopped by Link.

Link's light speed reaction did not allow Davis to play his advantage in his pace at all.

"Oh no!" Davis knew he was stuck again, but there was no other way at the moment.

The passing route has been blocked, and Davis's only choice is to attack the box!

He had no choice but to take a gamble, and rushed up like a comet hitting the earth.

Davis has an advantage over Link's height and wingspan. Once he rushes, it is basically impossible to be blocked.

In this case, either Davis succeeds in dunking or the opponent commits a foul.

Block Davis? No one can do this kind of thing.

However, when Davis took the air, he saw that Link's height was gradually surpassing him!

After a while, Link pressed his hand on the basketball.

Davis was blocked by this powerful force and lost all his gravity and fell to the ground.

And the basketball in his hand was eventually blown away by Link.

Anthony Davis's frontal breakthrough was directly exposed by Link! Beside Link, Davis, who played superstar data in the regular season, was as powerless as a middle school student!

Davis fell off the court, but Butler immediately received the basketball that was blown out by Link and led the team to a fast attack.

Where is Link? He looked at Davis who was lying on the ground and smiled slightly, as if it was easy to complete the incredible big shot just now.

Then, Link walked over to "thick eyebrows" and stretched out his right hand in the posture of a strong man, "Boy, is it okay?"

The mentality of the entire Pelicans team has collapsed!

Their strongest end point is in front of Link, and there is no threat at all!

Randolph, who was sitting on the sidelines in a suit and tie, shook his head helplessly. He thought to himself that if Davis had met him, he might not be so miserable.

It's a pity that the kid is not very lucky.

"Now, who else do you think there is something wrong with the Grizzlies' fourth position?" Bill Simmons in the barber chair spread his hands, and he said that Link is really capable of all five positions.

Kevin Harlan next to Simmons didn't say anything, but just sighed.
Chapter completed!