Just as Link had expected, the impact of scoring 83 points in a single game and winning a record 33 straight games was simply immeasurable.
That night, one that could never be replicated, turned the NBA into the topic of discussion for everyone around the world.
Eighty-three points in one game. Thirty-three straight wins in a single season.
Even considered separately, both records carried tremendous weight.
But what if those two great records happened on the same night?
No one had ever witnessed anything so insane.
Lakers players asking Link for his autograph after the game was only the beginning.
It was not until the day after the game, when the news had fully exploded, that Link learned what it meant to be hit by a flood.
As long as you pulled out your phone and opened a news site or Twitter—or turned on the television and watched any news program—
You would find that all of them had been flooded with the Grizzlies' 33-game winning streak and Link's 83-point performance.
"This is the greatest miracle in basketball. What Link has achieved in the regular season is beyond my reach."
Michael Jordan posted that tweet just half an hour after the game ended, and it was still going viral the next morning.
For the "god" himself to use the words "beyond my reach" was truly shocking.
After all, Jordan had always been the defining figure of modern basketball. He was a banner flying high above everyone else, the goal and direction that all players strove toward.
But this time, Link had climbed to the summit and torn down Jordan's banner.
A 33-game winning streak in a single season utterly eclipsed Jordan's longest single-season streak of 19 straight wins.
Eighty-three points in one game utterly eclipsed Jordan's career-high single-game total of