Dinwiddie's appearance did not cause much of a stir. After all, neither the fans nor the media knew about his training.
There were four minutes left in the first quarter. The Grizzlies had Dinwiddie, Richardson, Link, Harris, and Harrell on the floor.
For the Cavaliers, Irving, James, and Love were still on the court as well. It seemed that before Link went to the bench for a rest, Tyronn Lue did not dare make any rash moves.
In Tyronn Lue's view, the Grizzlies were unlikely to keep extending their lead with this lineup.
Although Link had not yet checked out, the Cavaliers' Big Three were all still on the floor too. There was no way they would get beaten senseless by Link leading a bunch of reserves, right?
Maybe they could even cut the deficit a little.
As long as the Grizzlies did not push the lead into double digits before the end of the first quarter, Tyronn Lue would consider the quarter a success.
If the Cavaliers could eventually trim the gap to within five points, that would be even better.
Just as Tyronn Lue thought that, Link drove with the ball!
James puffed out his chest and met him head-on, holding nothing back.
Of course. James had coasted through an entire regular season precisely for moments like this.
It had to be said that James's resistance was incredibly physical. Link felt as though he had crashed into a mountain; his opponent did not budge an inch.
At the same time, Love and Irving came over to trap him. The Cavaliers' strategy was to throw everything they had at stopping Link!
As for everyone else, they could not kill the game anyway.
Link was trapped in the encirclement, and Irving was already ready to swipe at the ball.
But