Woke Up and Became a Historical Figure

ESPN displayed a map on TV showing the results of a regional survey.

The states supporting the Spurs were colored red. Then, nearly the entire map turned red.

The states supporting the Grizzlies were colored blue. Yet aside from Tennessee, the Grizzlies' home base, there was not a single blue region left on the map.

Calling the survey map brutally bloody would not have been an exaggeration. Everywhere he looked, every state was red for the Spurs.

Link was speechless as he looked at the support ratings.

Of course, that did not mean no one elsewhere supported the Grizzlies at all. The survey's rule was that if a team's support rate exceeded 50% in a given state, that entire state was deemed to support that team.

So in terms of the total vote count, the Grizzlies still had 30% support, while the Spurs had 56%. Another 14% of people had no clear preference.

Even so, the Grizzlies' support rate was still incredibly low.

What could they do? They had been last season's champions, and this year they had brutally racked up 74 wins.

Throughout NBA history, nearly every team that was excessively dominant had become public enemy number one.

To say nothing of the distant past, when the Heat's Big Three had first formed, they had practically become the enemy of basketball fans around the world. Whenever the Heat lost, countless fans collectively erupted in joy.

Back when Link had been a fan himself, he had also hoped other teams could take down the Warriors. Not because he hated Curry, but simply because the Warriors were too strong. Link wanted to see someone beat them, nothing more.

An overly dominant team was a threat to the entire league. That was why everyone was so eager to see such teams lose.