"The greatest benefit of tying the record for 24 straight wins to start a season is that it makes Warriors players unhappy."
After the game between Link and the Lakers, that remark he made in his postgame interview hit the Warriors players right where it hurt.
Because they really were unhappy!
No one in the world wanted to see a league record they had worked so hard to create get broken by someone else.
Everyone wanted to sit at the top. Even being first in season-opening win streaks was an honor.
Only first place received all the admiration and praise.
But before the Warriors had even gotten comfortable in that top spot, they had to share half of it with the Grizzlies.
No one would be happy about that!
And it would have been one thing if the Grizzlies had simply taken their seat there. But after sitting down, Link had to grin and ask, "Are you unhappy? Good. You should be!"
Who could endure that kind of humiliation?
Therefore, Link's postgame comment cut incredibly deep for the Warriors players.
Killing a man and then stabbing him in the heart—that was Link for you.
The Warriors could only watch as the Grizzlies slowly devoured their glory, utterly powerless to stop it.
They had once had a chance to stop the Grizzlies. Unfortunately, not only had they failed to stop them, they had been disgracefully blown out themselves.
Once they lost, all they could do was silently endure everyone's mockery.
But the Warriors players were not about to just sit by and watch Link run wild. The day after the Lakers-Grizzlies game ended, before the Lakers players had even complained about anything, bigmouth Green was back online.
"They only tied the record. That means the Grizzlies still haven't surpassed us. They're