Paul George's performance had been nothing short of outstanding. He had already scored 33 points today, the most of anyone on the Clippers.
Beyond his scoring, George had also displayed an exceptionally versatile skill set.
George was actually one of the most underrated superstars in the league. His isolation ability was absolutely among the best.
It was only because he lacked major accolades that George was so often overlooked.
George had played with incredible ferocity today. Whenever he was on the court, he seemed to be bursting with energy.
Diving for loose balls, soaring for blocks, fighting for rebounds... George had played nothing like a superstar today. He looked more like a fringe bench player who could be cut at any moment.
Because on the court, he was willing to do anything!
It could be said that George had truly given it everything in this game. He had put every skill he had ever learned to use, all for a chance to force a Game 7.
But competitive sports were cruel. Even after George had fought himself to exhaustion, the Clippers still trailed the Grizzlies by 10 points!
And with only 58 seconds left in the game, time was running out.
The Clippers were on the brink!
With George playing so well, it was indeed abnormal for the Clippers to be in such a passive position.
Because the man responsible for all of this was an abnormal player—Link.
No matter how George scored today, Link always answered him in a similar fashion.
Everything George could do, Link could do as well. He was like an upgraded version of George, completely suppressing him throughout the game.
George facing Link was like David Robinson facing Hakeem Olajuwon. Like Wall facing Westbrook, or Wiggins facing Leonard.
That feeling of being inferior to his