Eating My Own Melon (Fourth Update)

After the Clippers and Rockets' Game 7 battle ended, Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace rubbed his sore eyes, ready to call it a day after this exhausting stretch.

Judging by the Clippers' form over the past few games, they truly counted as formidable opponents. Don't mistake the fact that the Clippers had needed seven games to beat the Rockets as a sign of weakness. If not for Sterling's incident, the Clippers would never have let the series drag on to a seventh game.

And after playing a Game 7, the Clippers had been forced into even better form, which would help their performance in the second round.

But even so, Wallace remained full of confidence in the Grizzlies.

As long as Link was fine and avoided injury, the Clippers still would not get anything out of the Grizzlies.

Wallace admitted that the Clippers might cause the Grizzlies some trouble, but not enough to take away the win.

Just as Wallace was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep, the phone on his desk rang.

As the professional general manager of a professional team, Chris Wallace, like most of his peers, kept two phones on hand: one for work and one for personal use.

Wallace had not expected his work phone to ring so late at night.

After answering it, Wallace realized that the call was from the league office.

"What!? Mm, all right, I understand. Mm, goodbye." After just a few words, Wallace ended the call.

At that moment, the television was showing Chris Paul being interviewed. Paul faced the cameras with high spirits. After all, he had taken another huge step toward his championship goal.

Seeing this, Chris Wallace could not help shaking his head.

What a pity. When that ambitious Paul woke up tomorrow morning,