Jimmy Butler and his Miami Heat really resembled the Grizzlies of old—a group of players from humble beginnings gathered together, yet capable of generating immeasurable power.
In the next day's practice, Link was also extremely serious.
All the Grizzlies players knew what that meant: Link did not want them taking their next opponent lightly.
The long regular season stretched across six months and consisted of a full 82 games.
It was undoubtedly very difficult to keep the players one hundred percent focused every game, every day.
That was why Link did not actually make things so serious before every game.
Before the previous game against the Wizards, Link had not put too much pressure on everyone.
But against the Heat, Link did not want to lose because of an underestimating mindset.
So, from the very beginning that day, he had been extremely focused and serious, conveying the message to everyone that the Heat were tough to play against and needed to be prepared for properly.
As a result, everyone snapped out of the mindset from crushing weak opponents yesterday and began seriously preparing for tomorrow's game against the Heat.
Link's caution was not excessive nervousness. Although the Grizzlies were now on a nine-game winning streak and held the best record in the league, he had never forgotten that the Grizzlies had lost to the Heat in just their second game of the new season.
The Grizzlies had actually experienced the Heat's character long ago.
It was just that, as the season went on, many people had forgotten that the Heat were one of the few teams to have beaten the Grizzlies this season.
Ironically, after the Grizzlies lost to the Heat back then, the people who criticized the Grizzlies most viciously were precisely the same media members who now looked