Draymond Green had always held a grudge over Link's earlier remarks, and he had been looking for a chance to strike back.
Green was not the kind of guy who would just swallow a loss.
If someone pulled dirty tricks on him on the court, he would definitely hit back even harder.
The same went for social media. Link had sarcastically called him a "triple-single superstar," saying he was jealous of Green, which had thoroughly pissed Green off.
So when he learned today that the Grizzlies had nearly lost to the Pelicans, Green finally seized the opportunity to make a big deal out of it.
In some ways, Green did have the credentials to talk. Up to this point in the season, among the Warriors' wins, the number decided by fewer than ten points could be counted on one hand.
In several games, both the Warriors' scoring totals and their margins of victory had been outrageous.
On November 1, the Warriors easily crushed the Trail Blazers 127-104 on the road.
The last time the Grizzlies beat the Trail Blazers, they had only barely escaped thanks to Link's game-winner.
On November 3, the Warriors demolished the Thunder 122-93, another effortless slaughter.
On November 10, the Warriors crushed the Denver Nuggets 125-101. On November 21, they blew out the Pacers 120-83. On November 23, they brutalized the Lakers 148-105 to complete their revenge.
Those 148 points were also the highest single-game scoring total of the season, aside from the Grizzlies' 149 points against the Hornets!
Then today, they defeated the Suns 138-109.
Warriors games often featured absurd scoring totals. Their blistering pace and overwhelming volume of made threes left opponents utterly unable to resist.
Against that backdrop, Green naturally did not think much of the Grizzlies' games.
The war of words between