871: Unknowingly Approaching History's Second

27 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks, and only 1 turnover.

Link completed his comeback game with a perfect stat line.

At first glance, Link's stats looked good. But by his standards, they were actually fairly "ordinary."

It was like when a bench player occasionally put up 30 points, people would be amazed. But when a superstar scored 30, it was simply business as usual.

But if someone told you that Link had compiled most of those stats before halftime, then they instantly became far from ordinary.

"First player in NBA history to record a 20-point triple-double in one half!"

"Link makes a dominant return, reminding everyone of the terror of the league's number one player!"

"The Grizzlies end their losing streak. Could this be the start of another winning streak?"

On the first day of Link's return, he dominated nearly every news outlet.

Whether people liked Link or not, they had to face an overwhelming flood of reports related to him.

Link smiled in satisfaction as he looked at the buzz he had created.

By now, people had probably tossed Draymond Green to the back of their minds.

Link really wanted to know what expression Green had on his face right now. The stats Green had believed would be difficult to surpass had been effortlessly eclipsed.

31 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals—those were the brightest stats of Green's career so far.

And Link? In his first game back, aside from points scored and three-pointers made, he had surpassed that loudmouth in every other statistical category.

And he had done it in under 30 minutes.

Green, after all, had needed a full 41 minutes to post the best stats of his career.

Who would still remember Draymond Green's insignificant numbers in the face of