With only 30 seconds left in overtime, the San Antonio Spurs trailed the Grizzlies by eight points.
They had almost no hope of winning.
The AT&T Center was deathly quiet, but it had not been like this when regulation had just ended.
Back then, everyone had been waiting to see Leonard completely shut down Link, who had just missed a game-winning shot.
Back then, every Spurs fan had been waiting to see the Grizzlies pinned to the floor and beaten senseless.
Back then, almost everyone had believed there was no longer any suspense in the game.
But everything that had happened since had been vastly different from what people expected.
The entire overtime had been completely dominated by Link.
Right after it began, Link scored eight straight points with a coast-to-coast dunk and two 2+1 plays, leading his team on an 8-0 run.
After that, although the Spurs began scoring, they could not stop Link on the defensive end.
Link drove with utter determination. He was like a sharp blade—every time he pierced the Spurs' paint, blood was drawn.
Trading baskets like this, the Spurs had no chance of tying the score.
The San Antonio Spurs were utterly powerless to fight back. In the third quarter, the Grizzlies had also put together an 8-0 run, but Danny Green had defused the Spurs' crisis then.
But now, with Danny Green's magical three-pointers no longer falling, the Spurs seemed to have lost their only means of winning.
Link controlled the tempo beyond the three-point line, preparing to execute the final possession.
Already up by eight, if Link scored this basket as well, it would be like driving the final nail into the Spurs' coffin.
"How many points has Link scored in overtime so far?" The commentator stared blankly. His only impression of