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Just as Popovich had anticipated, he had slowed the Memphis Grizzlies down in the second game of a back-to-back.

There were two minutes left in the game, and the two sides were tied!

The entire game had been a clumsy, grinding affair. Both teams had brought tremendous defensive intensity, making their offenses painfully disjointed.

The Grizzlies were already exhausted from playing back-to-back, and now they had run into a Spurs team with such absurd defensive intensity. Their offense had consequently hit a wall.

Including Link, nobody was in particularly good form today.

After exploding for 29 points in just three quarters last game, he had only 25 points so far today, with his shooting percentage having fallen below 45%.

Without question, this was not Link at his best. Under Leonard's defense, Link had clearly been struggling today.

Though Link wanted to put the game away in one burst, a huge hand always seemed to be in front of him at the crucial moment.

Link had tried passing as well, but the rest of the Grizzlies were ice-cold, like Milwaukee's winter temperatures.

In the first half, the Grizzlies had shot just 43.2%. By this point in the second half, it had gotten even worse, dropping to only 41.9%!

The Spurs had not been much better. The last time the two teams met, Duncan had posted a triple-double to lead his team to a road win, snapping the Grizzlies' streak of going more than a full season without consecutive losses.

But today, Duncan had been unusually inefficient.

His 4-for-7 shooting in the first half had been normal enough. But in the second half, the "Stone Buddha" had made just one of five shots.

Ginobili, Kyle Anderson, Parker, and the rest of the guards were all shooting below 40%.

Though Leonard was shooting