Although they had been slaughtered by the Cavaliers by more than 20 points in the last game, the Grizzlies fans inside FedExForum were still incredibly passionate today.
Link had already promised them that he would win the championship before the June 13 due date.
The Grizzlies fans believed him without question.
After all, Link had fulfilled every promise he had ever made to this city.
When the Grizzlies won their first championship, Link had told all of Memphis that it would not be the Grizzlies' last title.
At the time, the entire world had mocked him, saying he had gotten lucky once and should just shut up instead of making such big claims.
Yet this small-market Grizzlies team had truly built an unbelievable three-peat dynasty.
Last season, when the Grizzlies' dynasty was ended by the Warriors, Link told everyone in Memphis that the Grizzlies would soon get back on track.
Back then, people said that no dynasty team in NBA history had ever bounced back so quickly, so there was no way Link could achieve his goal.
Yet this year, the Grizzlies eliminated the Warriors 4-2.
Perhaps to Cleveland's media and fans, Link's words about winning the championship before June 13 had merely been an offhand remark.
But Memphis fans had never doubted that it could be done.
If Link said it, then he would definitely make it happen!
Before the game began, James gathered everyone into a huddle and fired up his teammates.
Looking at how united the Cavaliers were, Link truly could not imagine that, in the not-too-distant future, Kelly and Irving would voluntarily request trades.
Of course, whether Irving would still do so in this timeline was impossible to know.
But based on Link's past experience, things like this generally would not deviate too far.
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