Antetokounmpo's confident pregame remarks had filled the fans with endless speculation about this matchup.
After all these years, had someone finally emerged who could challenge Link?
Though, in Link's own words, this would be the final year of his career.
Still, seeing someone capable of defeating Link emerge in his final year would count as witnessing history.
On the morning of game day, the area outside FedExForum was already packed with news vans from every major media outlet.
But Memphis fans had long since grown accustomed to scenes like this.
This season, such a spectacle was set up outside FedExForum every other day.
Still, this game was indeed somewhat special, because the Bucks were arguably the best team the Grizzlies had faced so far this season.
Against a team riding a sixteen-game winning streak, people believed that even the Grizzlies would feel immense pressure.
Antetokounmpo would be more than happy to put an end to Link's ten-game winning streak plan.
His series of remarks yesterday had already made his attitude clear.
So that evening, when Antetokounmpo and his teammates arrived at FedExForum, the confidence on his face made it seem as though they were facing some Western Conference lottery team.
Antetokounmpo wore a dark red suit and sunglasses, looking full of vigor.
By this point in the season, the reporters had filmed countless players arriving at the arena.
But no one else had looked this calm and unhurried upon arriving at FedExForum.
Even James, Durant, and Leonard had entered FedExForum with tightly furrowed brows. They all knew that a hard battle awaited them here.
Antetokounmpo alone possessed a confidence against the Grizzlies that could not be found in other superstars.
He really was arrogant. A sixteen-game winning streak gave a player that much of a psychological boost.
Yet when Antetokounmpo