In the end, Link got his wish and sat down in a chair—after being thoroughly roughed up by Randolph, of course.
The moment he sat down, Link's entire body went limp.
He had not felt it while gritting his teeth and holding on out on the court, but once he relaxed, the exhaustion hit him with full force.
Just last game, he had battled Antetokounmpo until the very end. Today, he had gone toe-to-toe with the Lakers in Los Angeles all the way until now.
What the hell.
Now that the adrenaline had faded and his body was no longer so fired up, Link was greeted by his body's "protest."
Heaviness, soreness, weakness—Link did not even know how he had managed to hold on until now.
Eighty-three points in a single game. Even Link himself had not expected that.
Before the game began today, Link had thought he would score at most around sixty points. After all, sixty-three had already been his limit in previous games.
Who would have thought that he would raise his career high by twenty points in one go today?
Link smiled and shook his head. What a crazy night.
Soon, the final buzzer echoed throughout the arena.
This highly anticipated battle of the century came to an end in the most unbelievable fashion.
123 to 111. The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Western Conference's second-place Los Angeles Lakers by twelve points on the road.
After beating the Bucks yesterday, the Grizzlies had claimed another victory in this grueling back-to-back.
With that, the Grizzlies' record this season became 47 wins and 3 losses. At the same time, it meant that from their victory over the Utah Jazz on November 29 last year to now, the beginning of February, the Grizzlies had achieved an unbelievable 33-game winning streak!