On November 21, the Grizzlies played the Charlotte Hornets on the road.
Before this game, the Grizzlies had already put together an astonishing 13-game winning streak! In other words, they had yet to experience the taste of defeat since the season began.
After Link sealed the game over Aminu with a beautiful turnaround fadeaway on November 7, the Grizzlies continued racking up wins. They defeated the Denver Nuggets, Pelicans, Jazz, Clippers, Mavericks, and Timberwolves in succession.
The Timberwolves were truly miserable. Less than a month into the season, this was already their third time facing the Grizzlies—and they had been thoroughly crushed all three times.
In their previous game, the Grizzlies had held the Timberwolves to just 71 points.
In this era, where teams were practically embarrassed to greet others without scoring triple digits, the Grizzlies had kept the Timberwolves from even reaching 80. That was downright ruthless.
At the moment, the Grizzlies led the entire league with a 13-0 record. Meanwhile, the "Galacticos" Warriors were only 12-2 so far this season.
Just as Mbah a Moute had believed, the Grizzlies' winning streak had practically trampled the entire league flat.
Today, against the 8-4 Hornets, no one thought the Grizzlies would lose either. A 14th straight win was practically a certainty.
The Hornets had actually been quite impressive this season. An 8-4 record was far from poor. After finally making the playoffs last season, their goal this year was naturally to remain among the top eight teams in the East.
But against the powerhouse Grizzlies, riding a 13-game winning streak, the Hornets simply were not good enough.
Sure enough, from the opening tip, the Grizzlies firmly took control.
Clearly, the "French Pippen" Nikola Batum, whom Old Man Jordan had spent heavily to acquire last year, was no match for Link.