Triple-Doubles in a Row

Link's beautiful no-look behind-the-back pass was only the beginning.

Over the next few possessions, Link organized the Grizzlies' offense with impeccable precision.

In the fourth minute of the second quarter, it was Link and Gasol again.

After the pick-and-roll, Link was immediately double-teamed by Bosh and James. It was clear that the Heat's strategy was to make it impossible for Link to pass the ball out.

Yet Hubie Brown, seated at the commentary table, watched the basketball somehow slip between the two defenders' bodies, bounce off the floor, and reach the cutting Gasol!

Gasol drove to the rim with the ball, and Lewis came over to help. Then, while still on the move, Gasol passed to the open Randolph.

The Spaniard's passing ability was nothing short of masterful for a center.

The latter calmly knocked down a mid-range jumper, and the Memphis Grizzlies closed the gap once more!

Though this basket was not a direct assist from Link, playmaking and assists were never necessarily linked. A player with many assists did not necessarily have great organizing ability, and a player with great organizing ability did not necessarily rack up huge assist totals.

Link's first pass had pierced the Heat's defense, even though the basket was ultimately completed through a Grit and Grind combination. Without Link's direction and that initial pass, however, the ensuing sequence would never have existed.

Randolph had already begun celebrating the basket, yet Hubie Brown still could not figure out how Link had gotten the ball out while being double-teamed.

It was not until the arena's giant screen replayed the possession from several angles that Hubie Brown understood everything.

When Bosh and James trapped him, Link truly had no conventional passing lane. So he chose an unconventional route—through Bosh's legs.

With a between-the-legs bounce pass, Link had