NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade
Chapter 192 All-star starting lineup!Angry Michael Jordan!
Chapter 192 All-star starting lineup!Angry Michael Jordan!
After hanging up Connery's call, Lin Tian didn't stop for a moment and immediately called Jordan.
"Michael, where are you?"
"Locker room." Jordan's tone was surprisingly good at the moment. He was not unhappy at all because of losing and being ignored by Lin Tian.
Needless to say, this bastard must be waiting to see Lin Tian's joke. He wants to see how Lin Tian handles this Shura field!How to explain to the girls.
Explain?I'm a time traveler on horseback, tell me what the hell!
"Do me a favor Michael, you owe me!" Lin Tian stopped talking to Jordan and went straight to the point, asking for help: "Don't refuse! It's very simple. Let's meet at the door of the passage in 5 minutes!"
After Lin Tian finished speaking, he hung up the phone without giving Jordan a chance to refuse.
Then he made his third call without stopping.
"Angelina, where are you?" Lin Tian's call was to Julie, who should be the best to deal with and the least likely to cause problems.
"We're almost at the hotel. When will you come?" Julie's response was just as Lin Tian expected, clean and straightforward!
He is a good girl who has clearly said that he will not fall in love!
Lin Tian glanced at his watch. Fortunately today was Christmas and the game started very early. It was only 7 pm. In the past, this was the time when the game started, but now, Lin Tian can handle it!
"2 o'clock, I will be at your place on time!"
"Are you still leaving?" Julie's question was always simple and straightforward.
"Don't go!"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
solved!
There is only one left, and it doesn’t matter at all!
Lin Tian then called Theron and asked her to meet at the door of the player tunnel, which was also the place where he and Jordan arranged to meet.
While talking on the phone, Lin Tian quickly walked out of the locker room, and then found Theron at the place they had agreed to meet.
"Charize, let's wait for a while. Michael invited me to their home for the Christmas dinner, let's go together." After Lin Tian saw Theron, he continued to use his fast-cutting style tonight.
I don’t give you a chance to ask questions, I don’t give you a chance to object, and I don’t give you a chance to refuse!
It's straight up!
"Hey Lin, we're here." Jordan hugged Juanita and led his two sons, walking over from a distance.
Lin Tian quickly took out two pairs of sneakers, two jerseys and two sets of knee pads, elbow pads, headbands and other protective equipment from his bag, and said with a smile: "Jeffrey, Marcus, this It’s a gift for you, I hope you like it.”
"FUXX! Lin, what kind of bullshit Christmas gift is this!" Jordan took one look at it and scolded him directly: "AND 1? Your own brand of sports equipment, you gave it to my son as a gift? You spent 1 point Do you have any money? Is there any difference between this thing and the one bought in a street store? "
"Of course there is a difference!" Lin Tian took out a pen seriously and signed his name on the jersey on the spot, and then gave the thing to the two Jordans: "Look, it's different! I hope you like it."
"They won't like it! Their daddy has the best-selling exclusive signature shoes in the world and the best sports equipment in the world, why would they use yours? FUXX! Lin, I've never seen that in my life You are such a bastard and shameless guy! There is no way anyone can be as shameless as you!"
"No, dad, I actually like it very much! I have always wanted Lin's signature sneakers! You don't know, AND 1 is so handsome! We young people are the most..." Jeffrey only said half of what he said, and did not dare to continue. , Jordan's murderous aura can scare even NBA superstars, let alone two children?
Lin Tian did not give Jordan a chance to continue scaring the children, and said quickly: "How about letting Juanita go around with Chariz first? Didn't you say that Phil wanted to talk to me? Let's hurry up. time."
As soon as Lin Tian said this, Jordan finally knew what help Lin Tian asked him to do.
Help lie and get into this unfounded party.
"Office, Scott and the others are all here, waiting for you." Jordan finally expressed his loyalty and did not sell Lin Tian directly. Then he added very thoughtfully: "It may take several hours. I Saw Phil get the drink.”
"I won't bother Juanita. I happen to have a friend in Chicago. How about I go meet her and then we meet again?" For such a smart person, Theron immediately said that he was OK. No need for Juanita's company.
"Then we'll see you later." Lin Tian didn't dare to be pretentious at this moment. He didn't pull any strings at all. After saying hello quickly, he pulled Jordan back to the player tunnel.
In the player tunnel, Jordan asked curiously: "Where are the other two girls? How do you solve them?"
"I'm going to solve it now. I wish you a good night. Michael, I have to go find Jennifer." Lin Tian didn't waste any time talking nonsense to Jordan, the instigator. He waved his hand and walked in the other direction of the passage. At the same time, he also I took out my phone and called.
"Jennifer, where are you? I'm in the parking lot."
The real battle is about to begin!
……
At two o'clock in the morning, when Lin Tian put Jennifer and Charlize to sleep, and then knocked on Julie's room, he couldn't help but sigh. He really relied on Nedved's iron halo and the strength on his arm tonight. With the double BUFF blessing of that physical rune, otherwise I would no longer be a time traveler, even a cultivator, my legs would be weak and I would have to hold on to the wall to walk.
Julie opened the door, holding a women's cigarette in her mouth, wearing lace pajamas. The ultra-short pajamas perfectly showed off her perfect curves and slender legs. Plus, leaning against the wall, she looked The lazy and playful expression on her face is truly worthy of a compliment from a world-class beauty.
Julie didn't say much, but took a puff of cigarette and sprayed it on Lin Tian's face: "You better still have the strength."
At this point, if Lin Tian said any nonsense, he could no longer be considered a human being. He took a sudden step forward. Lin Tian stopped Julie and lifted her directly on his shoulders. He ignored Julie's scream and threw her directly. On the sofa.
"You need to take a bath." Julie suddenly stretched out her foot and touched Lin Tian's shoulder. Lin Tian looked at the tiny feet that were completely different from Julie's height and couldn't help but grab them and rub them. After a while, he frowned and said, "I think you need to wash it too."
Even though Julie was playing the role of a sexy girl throughout the whole process, she couldn't hold herself any longer. She quickly took her feet back, put it in front of her nose and sniffed it in a very nondescript manner: "Nonsense! It has no smell."
"I didn't say it smelled." Lin Tian smiled evilly, stretched out his hand, held the little foot again and said, "Did you wear black stockings?"
"I have everything in my suitcase, what do you want to do?"
"Go change it!"
A few minutes later, when Lin Tian came out of the shower, Julie had already put on a standard OL outfit very well, except that she didn't wear high heels. Lin Tian leaned on the sofa and said: "Come on Angelina, Tell me what projects we have tonight."
Julie raised one foot and put it on the sofa, leaned her upper body forward and said: "Lin, you are not so tired that you have to use this method to continue. If you are really so tired, we can go to bed directly. Just hold me to sleep, I promise not to touch you."
Look down on people, right?
When Lin Tian heard this, he jumped up!
Some things cannot be tolerated in this life.
What kind of plot, what kind of temptation, what kind of new gameplay, let’s do it next time!
Let me convince you first!
……
Lin Tian didn't know what time he fell asleep that night, but he really felt that he had just closed his eyes when he was awakened by a warm touch. Lin Tian lowered his head and looked at Julie who was working hard.
At this time, Lin Tian's phone rang. Lin Tian glanced at the call and instinctively wanted to throw the phone aside, but Julie climbed up and whispered in Lin Tian's ear: "Answer the phone. "
"It's a girl."
"I know, that's why I asked you to answer the phone."
Seeing Julie straighten up, Lin Tian stopped talking and picked up the phone.
"Charize, are you awake?"
"I've arrived at the airport." Theron's voice still sounded very normal: "Did you enjoy last night?"
Ah this...
How to answer this question?
"Juanita's roasted turkey is very good, I quite like the taste." Lin Tian thought for a while, then opened his mouth and said nonsense.
Then, Lin Tian had nothing to do with Theron.
After chatting for more than ten minutes, I finally hung up the phone.
Just as Lin Tian hung up the phone, the phone rang again. Looking at Julie, who was already a little exhausted, Lin Tian said, "It's a girl again. Can you pick up?"
"Take it!" Julie bit her lip. At this time, she was not willing to admit defeat!
"Jennifer, are you okay?"
Lin Tian saw Julie's persistence and had no choice but to answer the phone again.
I hope Julie can hold on!
Just think of it as a physical training for her to film Tomb Raider in two years. If she can resist this wave, then she can shoot some action movies or something. It really shouldn't be too easy!
Well, it is worth mentioning that when Lin Tian was angry with Julie, or Julie was angry with herself, the system started giving gifts to Lin Tian again. This generous and wealthy gift giver was of course Michael Jordan!
This time, Jordan's mood was completely different from the previous times when he gave gifts to Lin Tian.
In the previous few times, Jordan was angry, unhappy, and felt insulted.
He felt betrayed by the tauren and felt that Lin Tian had changed his mind.
But this time, Jordan was in a happy mood. He even began to regret that he shouldn't have teased Lin Tian so much yesterday. What a good young man. Although he is usually unreliable and talks nonsense, on a stage like the Christmas battle, That’s still very face-saving!
"Lin Tian claimed that he will never forget Chicago. The two years here are his most precious memories! 》
"After the Christmas war, there is nothing but warmth. After the fiery showdown, a pair of hardcore friends are hidden!" 》
"Lin Tian claims to be Michael Jordan's best friend and calls the two a healthy competition! 》
"Love and kill each other!"Lin Tian said he wanted to beat Jordan because Jordan was his best friend! 》
"Merry Christmas Michael!"Lin Tian said he hoped Jordan would like the Christmas gift he sent! 》
Well, just these few headlines made Jordan feel happy when he read them. He felt that he had not protected Lin Tian in vain last night, nor had Juan Rita been angry with Lin Tian to let him go and forced himself to eat the portion for Lin Tian. Turkey prepared for the day.
I almost died!
Of course, the media, which always likes to stir up trouble, cannot just say good things about Lin Tian and Jordan in newspapers. In addition to these reports, there are actually more reports that are stirring up trouble.
"With or without Scott, we can all beat the Bulls. Lin Tian said the Bulls are not scary!" 》
"Michael can't score 40+ triple-doubles every day. The Bulls played at a super level tonight!" 》
"Lin Tian said that his winning goal was all stimulated by Jordan's trash talk!This buzzer beater was all thanks to Jordan! 》
"If we meet in the playoffs, what do you think your winning rate is?"Lin Tian: 100%! 》
"Calling that his biggest dream is to beat Jordan, the real reason why Lin Tian left Chicago is finally exposed!" 》
"Happier in Indiana!"Lin Tian actually doesn’t miss Chicago! 》
Jordan didn't read these disturbing news at all!He doesn't care!
Lin Tian even praised me, but the rest must have been taken out of context by those bastard reporters to drive a wedge between our brothers!
Jordan at this moment is somewhat similar to the trio of girls last night.
How do you describe this state?It was the kind that they believed in Lin Tian 100%. Even when Lin Tian was too lazy to lie, they would lie to themselves and ignore the facts.
Or to put it another way, that is: "I don't want to be caught, but he called me baby!"
……
After the Christmas game, the Pacers returned to Indiana and played two more games in December. They won the Canadian double-header of the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies at home.
Then, on New Year's Day, the Pacers traveled to the New York Knicks.
Facing the aggressive Knicks, the entire Pacers team performed somewhat abnormally. Three-point champion Miller was targeted by mid-range shooter Alan Houston. He only made 14 of 3 shots and 3 of 7 0-pointers. Among them, the performance was extremely poor, and the others, such as Barkley and Dumas, also performed poorly and had mediocre shooting percentages.
步行者全队称得上打的不错的，就只有19投8中拿下20分11次助攻的林天以及拿下19分6篮板5助攻的杰伦·罗斯！
In this game, because the Pacers were still only 5 points behind in the last 12 minutes of the game and had hope of winning, Bird still brought on Dumars and Miller, whom he trusted more, to partner on the front line.
But the result was that these two failed to show their strength on the offensive end, and they were beaten badly by Larry Johnson and Alan Houston on the defensive end.
In the end, the Pacers also lost this battle between the top teams in the Eastern Conference with 88:105.
Their record is temporarily fixed at 20 wins and 11 losses!
However, this defeat is not even the end. On January 1rd, the Pacers will set sail westward. They will have a 3-game Western Conference here and face the Jazz, SuperSonics, and Trail Blazers. , Nuggets and Timberwolves, to put it simply, apart from the Spurs, they have fought against the four northwest teams one after another!
This trip to the Western Conference can definitely be called a devil's trip. Except for the Nuggets, which are completely weak and weak teams, the SuperSonics and Jazz were the Western Conference champions last year and the year before last. Ranked first and third in the Western Conference.
The Spurs and Trail Blazers are slightly weaker, but only slightly weaker. Both teams have a winning rate of more than 60%, and are currently ranked fifth and sixth in the Western Conference!
If it weren't for the Nuggets, the last team in the league, to lower the difficulty, more than half of the teams in the league would have to be prepared for a big losing streak when they come to the northwest region to play away games.
On January 1, in an away game against the SuperSonics, which had made a big deal in the summer, Lin Tian faced his old rivals led by Payton and Vin Baker. Lin Tian did not hold back at all in this game. In the first quarter of the game, he made sudden inside and outside shots. Scored 3 points.
At the same time, Barkley inside also completely defeated Baker. Not only did he score 9 points in the first quarter, he also caused Baker to foul twice and leave the game early.
In the second quarter of the game, Payton played hard and played hard against Lin Tian. He used a full-court press against Lin Tian. He almost gritted his steel teeth to guard Lin Tian and protect himself.' Mittens' nickname.
In this quarter, Lin Tian indeed made 2 of 0 shots and failed to score 1 point, but he sent 4 assists and led the team to continue to expand the point difference.
In the following third quarter, Payton continued to stick to Lin Tian's life and showed his best defensive player level, allowing Lin Tian to only score 3 points in this quarter!But he can prevent Lin Tian's scoring, but he can't stop Lin Tian's passing and the Pacers' entire team's terrifying scoring ability.
Although Lin Tian did not score, the Sonics were slowly opened up by the Pacers.
At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two sides had reached 15 points, but the SuperSonics were the league's top power. They made sudden inside and outside shots in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, and in Payton and Schramm Under the leadership of husband and Vin Baker, they hit a 14:3 offensive climax and narrowed the point difference to less than 5 points.
Then, next is Lin Tian's performance.
He hit a pull-up from outside the 3-point line, grabbed the rebound, and then hit a layup from the entire court. Then the defensive end intercepted Payton's dribble one-on-one, and once again went to the frontcourt and dunked!
After a personal 7:0 offensive climax, the Pacers once again widened the point difference to more than 10 points!And they have maintained an advantage of about 10 points. No matter how hard the Sonics chased, they just couldn't catch up. They were just so close!
Until 40 seconds before the end, Lin Tian caused Payton to foul again. When he walked to the free throw line, George Karl stopped resisting and replaced all his main players and officially surrendered.
After Lin Tian made two free throws from the free throw line, Bird only waited for one round before quickly calling a timeout and replacing all his main players.
In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 98:84. The Pacers used a 14-point advantage to get their Western Conference trip off to a good start.
Although Lin Tian's scoring efficiency in the whole game was not very high, only 22 of 9 shots, he successfully broke away from Payton in the fourth quarter and once again beat Payton into a 'fingerless glove', the league's number one. In the glove terminator's position, Lin Tian became more and more stable.
But at this time, the excited Indiana people didn't know that this game would actually become the only game they won among the five games in the Western Conference!
The day after the game against the Sonics, the entire Pacers team came to the Denver Plateau, back-to-back, consecutive away games, the main players were overdrafted yesterday, and the unbearable weather in the Denver Plateau.
After adding up these factors, today's Pacers team was a little out of shape. In the game against Denver, the Pacers were more like the bottom team in the league. They were suppressed by Denver almost the entire game. They fought hard and couldn't turn over until the fourth quarter.
Although they narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points in the end, they still couldn't resist and finally saw a glimmer of victory. The Denverites were like hungry wolves, and finally lost 87:95, an 8-point disadvantage. Lost this game.
Then in three games against the Trail Blazers, Jazz, and Spurs, the Pacers suffered another humiliating defeat of three consecutive games!
Since Lin Tian's comeback, the team's invincible state has been gone forever. Continuous away games have exhausted the Pacers' veterans. In addition, these teams have the league's top insiders, and the game with them, It also completely exposed the Pacers' shortcomings of poor internal air defense capabilities and insufficient height.
Against the Jazz, Malone scored 37 points and 13 rebounds. Against the Spurs, the San Antonio Twin Towers scored 55 points and 29 rebounds. Against the Trail Blazers, the twin towers of Sabonis and Wallace also scored 44 points and 20 rebounds.
The Pacers' inside line was completely blown away!
While the team was completely beaten inside, Bird trusted the veterans more and was more willing to let Dumars and Miller play more, unconsciously reducing the playing time of Rose, who had performed well in the first two months.
在这波4连败之中，罗斯场均时间暴跌到了26分钟，他的场均数据也从之前林天刚复出时的几乎20+5+5下降到了14分4篮板3助攻。
So, after the team returned to Indiana, Rose, who had been dissatisfied since the Christmas game, found Bird and Lin Tian after a training session.
"Larry, Lin, I am a straight character, I always say what I say." Rose looked at Lin Tian and Bird and said: "I really feel that I should play more and play longer. These recent events During the game, sometimes I am in better shape, but I can’t help the team at the last minute.”
"I really don't want to have to sit on the bench and watch when the team needs me. I hate this feeling. I also don't want to be powerless every time the team falls behind. I will support the coach's coaching. and Lin’s status, but I feel that I have not received the respect I deserve.”
Bird listened quietly to Rose's words. To Lin Tian's expectation, this guy who had always been unruly as a player actually nodded in agreement: "You're right Jaylen, the rotation in these games is indeed mine." It's your fault, sometimes you're in better shape than Reggie or Joe, but I reduced your playing time because I trusted the veterans more."
"I will pay attention and carefully study my rotation problems. We are all for the good of the team, so I also feel that this matter is nothing. I will increase your playing time, especially in When you’re in good shape.”
"Thank you." Ross had already prepared a lot of rhetoric. He even studied a lot of evidence for this meeting, hoping to use it as a bargaining chip to convince Bird and Lin Tian.
He even prepared a set of data about himself as the player with the highest field goal percentage after receiving a pass from Lin Tian, and the player who gave Lin Tian the most assists. He was just waiting to use this if the negotiation with Bird didn't work out. Come and bring Lin Tian to the same front as yourself.
Unexpectedly, all of them are no longer needed now?It went smoothly beyond my imagination!
Could it be that... I, Jaylen Rose, am much more important in the hearts of Bird and Lin than Miller and Dumars?
This is normal!I'm only in my early 20s, and those two old bastards who are about to retire can't run or jump high. Why should they compete with me for team status?
Thinking of this, Ross couldn't help but feel proud, and his lips were grinning to the base of his ears.
"You go to train first, Jaylen. Lin and I will discuss specific rotations and tactical changes." After Bird finished speaking, he waved his hand, indicating that Rose could leave first.
After Ross closed the door, Lin Tian said: "I really didn't expect that Larry is a person who admits when he is wrong."
"What are you talking about?" Bird rolled his eyes and said: "Right is right, wrong is wrong. I have been too superstitious about veterans in these games. I have given Jaylen, including Ben and Dell too little playing time. When we were beaten inside, I was too superstitious about the outside touch instead of increasing the inside defense."
"Isn't this the reason for losing? What's not to admit? Even if Jaylen doesn't come to me, in the next few games, I will increase his playing time and adjust the order of the rotation." I didn’t expect that although you seem to be a self-righteous and arrogant man who cannot listen to words, you are actually very willing to listen to opinions and are willing to change yourself." Lin Tian nodded happily, expressing his appreciation for Bird's willingness to listen. Comments on the approach, very satisfied.
"I'll just think you, bastard, are complimenting me." Bird said, and gave Lin Tian a pair of middle fingers with both hands.
"But you promised him so readily." Lin Tian also gave a pair of middle fingers and said to Bird: "I'm worried it will have the opposite effect."
"Reverse effect?" Bird put away his middle finger and extended his two little fingers to continue provoking.
"What if he's overconfident? What if he thinks you're looking at him as the hope of the team's revival?"
"If he plays well, he may not be the hope for the team's revival." Bird, who is like a man, immediately understood what Lin Tian meant, leaned back, fell on his chair and said: "But if he If we are in a hurry and want to seize the team and seize power, there are so many outstanding swingmen in the league, so we don’t have to rely on him.”
"It's my fault this time. I'm just a little anxious. I hope the team can quickly get out of the haze of losing streak and ignore the possible consequences of my words." Bird said this and looked at Lin Tiandao again: "Or I'll tell you, those of you who are interested in tactics and psychology have dirty hearts!"
"You didn't remind me?"
"Who told you to talk so fast? Let me remind you, how can I remind you? Just tell you to shut up, and then whisper a few words next to your ear?" Lin Tian snorted and said: "You can't speak without thinking. Blame me?"
"I am the head coach and general manager of the team, and you are talking to me like this?" Bird glared and cursed: "Do you believe I made you sit on the bench and then traded you to Minnesota or Milwaukee?"
"Then you can become a hero in those two cities. When I lead them to become a dynasty, the fans there will definitely appreciate your selflessness!" Lin Tian shrugged and said, "Maybe they can even give you a thumbs up There's a statue! It says on the statue: Our team's greatest non-staffer."
Bird waved his hand, too lazy to continue talking nonsense with Lin Tian, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, one more thing, do you know the results of the second phase of the NBA All-Star voting?"
"Is Reggie still ahead of Michael?" Lin Tian knew as soon as he saw Bird's evil smile that something good was going to happen.
"Leading! And not only leading, his lead has also expanded! From a lead of less than 5 votes in the first stage, he is now 10 votes ahead of Michael! Reggie has received a total of 130 million votes! Let's put it this way , Reggie has never received 130 million votes in any year in his life! I think you can let him treat you to dinner!"
"Then he has to treat him to a big meal." Lin Tian said with a smile: "Where are the others?"
"You just want to ask yourself." Bird rolled his eyes and said: "280 million votes, which has broken the NBA historical record. If this trend continues, your final votes will most likely exceed 400 million! This number really scares even me.”
"The 240 million votes that Michael created last year already seemed incredible to me. I thought this record would last for at least 10 years! Unexpectedly, in less than a year, this record has been significantly refreshed by you!"
"Do you, China, really have 20 billion people?"
"There's not that much, just over 10 billion. Larry, you really should read more books so that you don't look so stupid!" Lin Tian shrugged and said: "Where are the others? Others Larry, do you really want me to ask you one by one?"
"Here in the East, you are ahead of everyone with 280 million votes. The second in the backcourt is Reggie with 130 million, then Michael with 120 million, and then forward Grant Hill with 140 million votes. His votes also belong to the entire league. The second most.”
"Added to Charles with 100 million votes and Mutombo with 70 votes, you five are currently the top vote-getters in each position."
"Except for Michael, Ewing at the center position currently has 65 votes, and Kemp at the forward position has 90 votes. The three of them are hopeful and possible, surpassing the current starters and counterattacking to become the All-Star starter."
"The Western Conference is more interesting. O'Neal and David Robinson received 71 and 69 votes respectively. The suspense and competition between the two of them for the center position will definitely last until the last second."
"Then there are Malone, Garnett and Duncan. The votes of these three people are 58, 55 and 50 respectively! They all hope to become the starting forward of the All-Stars. Looking at the current public opinion, Malone has the highest number of votes. It’s actually the most unsafe.”
"Because he has a grudge against you! Now everyone knows that the source of this year's sudden increase in All-Star votes comes from China, and also from you! Many people have been very smart and timely recorded canvassing votes in Chinese. As for advertising, it’s hard to say how effective it will be.”
"Then there is the backcourt of the Western Conference. Gary is actually the only guy in the Western Conference who can basically lock in the starting lineup. He has received 119 million votes. Not only has he become the Western Conference vote leader for the first time in his career, he is also significantly ahead of the Western Conference. Other defenders.”
"But I heard that his ability to become a starter depends entirely on your Chinese fans, because they think you can easily defeat Payton and then easily win an All-Star MVP. That's why so many people give him vote."
"As for the last position in the Western Conference backcourt, Kobe currently leads with 61 votes, but closely followed by Stockton with 57, Marbury with 55, and Kidd with 51. These guys are all considered qualified. Opportunity to compete for the last All-Star starting spot."
"How about it, how do you feel when the Western Conference is in such chaos? At least 70% of the credit for this chaos must be attributed to you. If it weren't for your fans suddenly starting to vote for you crazily this year, and at the same time... I also voted for other people. It’s really impossible for everyone to get such an exaggerated number this year.”
"I have no interest in the chaos in the West. I'm just curious about what Michael thought after knowing that the gap between himself and Reggie was getting wider and wider." Lin Tian touched his chin and said: "You say, if I What will happen if he announces that he is willing to give up his All-Star starting spot to Michael?"
"What will happen to him? If you say this to the media, then you'd better pray that Michael doesn't have a nuclear bomb in his hands, otherwise, he will 100% put a nuclear bomb on your head!" Bird said, While making a bazooka firing gesture with both hands, he fired a shot at Lin Tian.
"Then let's wait and see!" Lin Tian leaned back in his chair easily. He had a feeling that this year's All-Star Game would be another rewarding journey!
Happy!
……
After this brief but very productive conversation, Bird changed the team's rotation pattern and tactical details in their first game back at home.
The first is to make the team play faster, let Barkley increase the number of passes after grabbing rebounds, and let Lin Tian and Rose run thoroughly and heartily. At the same time, it also allows the team to watch a lot of old Nelson's games in the early 90s. That Warriors video so the team can play faster!
Then it reduced the playing time of Dumars and Anji, the two veteran players on the court, so that they could rest as much as possible and take on less responsibility during the regular season. After all, they had already struggled for their lives in the first month of Lin Tian's absence. , which allowed the Pacers to maintain a winning rate of about [-]%. Now they should take a break.
The playing time of these two people has been reduced, and the person who benefits the most is naturally Rose!
Rose's playing time, number of shots, and average data per game have all been greatly improved!His self-confidence returned to him again.
The team's first game after losing four games in a row on the road, against the Nets at home, they went straight to full fire, beating the Nets 4:121!
41分的大胜让步行者终结了4连败的阴霾，同时，罗斯在这场比赛中上场30分钟，拿下21分4篮板4助攻的漂亮数据！他再一次成为了球队的第二号得分手！
Then, in the next five games, Bird continued to increase Rose's weight in the game, and his number of shots and playing time began to increase significantly.
In the 4 games after a 6-game losing streak, Rose averaged 33 minutes per game, scoring 20.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists, shooting 55% from the field, and over 3% from 40-point range!
In these six games, Rose has almost become the second-in-command of the Pacers. Whether it is his role on the court or his statistics, he is second only to Lin Tian, who averaged 23.4 points, 11.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game during this period!
Under the leadership of this pair of young stars, the Pacers also won 6 consecutive victories as they wished!Once again they are on the right track!
After this 6-game winning streak, the Pacers lost to the Charlotte Hornets on the road, and then they started their winning streak again. With a 2-game winning streak, they bid farewell to January and welcomed February!
In the blink of an eye, there is only about half a month until the All-Star Game begins.
The Pacers are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with 30 wins and 16 losses. They are only one game behind the Hawks, who are third in the Eastern Conference, and may overtake at any time. At the same time, they are only 3 games behind the second-place Heat in the Eastern Conference. With a gap of three games, in the remaining half of the season, they have a very high possibility of surpassing the Heat and becoming second in the Eastern Conference.
As for the first place in the Eastern Conference, of course it still belongs to the Bulls for the time being, but the Bulls have now won 35 wins and 10 losses, and Pippen has recovered his health in late January and returned to the team.
A complete version of the Bulls leads the Pacers by 5.5 games in only half a season. In this case, if they want to overtake the stable Bulls, they can only pray for Jordan to be injured.
But although there is no chance of surpassing the Bulls, the Pacers have opened a 4-game gap with the fifth-place Cavaliers. They have basically locked a seat in the top half.
In addition, throughout January, Lin Tian averaged 24.4 points, 11.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game. Unfortunately, the team suffered a 4-game losing streak. This wave of losing streak also prevented Lin Tian from playing. He got his second Player of the Month award as he wished.
But now with the increase in appearances, Lin Tian has finally appeared on the official data rankings for the first time. If the data in December is included, his average of 12 points per game this season ranks seventh in the league, and he ranks 22.1 steals. 7th in the league, with 2.1 assists, directly topping the assist list!
At the same time, Lin Tian has become the only player in the league to rank among the top ten in the league in terms of scoring, steals and assists!
Even if the limiting conditions are changed to: ranking among the top ten in the league in any three main statistics, only Lin Tian, David Robinson, and Shaquille O'Neal in the entire league can do this!
O'Neal and Robinson both scored, rebounded and blocked shots!
Lin Tian is the only one who can take into account scoring, assists and steals!
At least in the first half of this year, from a statistical point of view, Lin Tian is definitely the number one point guard in the league today!
Of course, Lin Tian doesn't care at all about this kind of unfair ranking that only looks at the data.
He knows very well that before winning the championship, things like ranking in the top ten in the league in three statistics are all fake!
Only if he leads the team to win the championship and wins the championship, will he truly become the number one point guard in the NBA recognized by everyone!
Now, Lin Tian has only one goal for the time being: to win as many victories as possible in the regular season, so as to gain more home court advantage in the playoffs!
However, every team, including the Pacers, has not yet reached the time to charge and fight hard. They all still have the last relaxing days before the start of the All-Star Game.
When the trade deadline comes two weeks after the All-Star break, that's when all the teams grit their teeth and really fight hard!
At that time, it was not only the time for each team to make final adjustments, but also the time when each team was gearing up and starting to fight for a playoff spot or the 98 draft pick!
You know, although 98 is not as good as 96, when you can catch an All-Star talent with your eyes closed, it is still much brighter than 97, when the stars were dim!
Mike Bibby, Leif Lafrentz, Jordan's juniors Jamison and Carter from North Carolina, Jason Williams, known as "Little Lin Tian", Kansas super genius Paul Pierce, and The equally talented Ogwokandi and Robert Traylor are also geniuses who can change a team!
In short, this generation of rookies shines much brighter than the 97 generation when Duncan was the only one to look forward to!It's worth risking your life for every team to win a high-ranking draft pick!
Of course, those things that ruin the team have nothing to do with Lin Tian as usual. With him on the team, it is impossible to ruin the team!
In Lin Tian's eyes, there will always be only the championship!
In February, the Pacers continued their good form at the end of January. They won 2 consecutive victories, bringing their winning streak to 2 games again. They also easily surpassed the Hawks and became third in the Eastern Conference!
Then, the Pacers welcomed the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, at home, intent on revenge!
In this game, the Bulls showed a completely bloody and extremely fierce attitude. They took on the attitude of the finals tiebreaker and went all out from the beginning of the game to beat the Pacers, who have always been slow and mediocre in defense. There was no way to fight back. In the first quarter of the game, the Pacers trailed the Bulls by 11 points!
In the second quarter of the game, Phil Jackson once again showed his determination to fight for his life tonight. He unlocked the playing time limit that had been stuck since Pippen's comeback, and directly let Jordan, who played the entire first quarter, And Pippen continues to appear!
At this time, Bird made a mistake. He did not change the lineup in time, allowing Barkley to take the substitute lineup to fight Joe and Pi on the court. The result is naturally conceivable!
The second quarter lasted less than 2 minutes, and the Bulls used their signature pressing defense, beating the Pacers without any ability to fight back, and widening the point difference to 17 points in one fell swoop!
Although Bird reacted quickly and quickly changed his main lineup, a huge gap had already formed. Even if the Pacers chased wildly in the subsequent games, they were still unable to catch up with the score. In the end, when the game When the final whistle sounded, the score between the two sides was fixed at 101:90!
The Bulls defeated the Pacers by 11 points and successfully avenged the Christmas Day game!
After the game, Jordan, who scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, said proudly: "Lin said it right in the last game. I really can't get a 40+ triple-double every night, but I We can still bring victory to the team! We are still unstoppable!"
"We have one more showdown this season, and I'm so happy, it's just 3 days away! We're back at the United Center in 3 days, and I'm going to let Lin and all the trash in the Pacers know who is the king of the league! I'm going to let They know that when we are all out, they are not worth mentioning!"
Then, the Pacers defeated the 76ers again at home, and then they set sail again, heading to Chicago to prepare for the third showdown with the Bulls this season, and also the last showdown in the regular season!
I don’t know what kind of thinking the league has that would allow the two teams to play three consecutive games in about 40 days!But the two games, three days apart, gave both sides the illusion that they were playing a series.
On February 2, the morning of the third game of the season between the Bulls and the Pacers, which was also the last day of the first week of February, the league finally announced the final results of this season's All-Star voting!
After almost three months of competition and countless fan votes, this season's All-Star starting lineup is finally released!
The final list of the ten Eastern and Western All-Stars this season also made the entire league exclaim!
This result is really unexpected!
In the Western Conference, O'Neal finally defeated Robinson with 99 votes with 94 votes and successfully became the starting center in the NBA Western Conference. As for forwards, perhaps the BUFF of "having a grudge against Lin Tian" was too loud. Malone was continuously eliminated at the last moment. Garnett and Duncan surpassed him, not only receiving only 81 votes, but also losing their All-Star starting positions.
Duncan received 89 votes and Garnett received 93 votes. These two young No. 21s became All-Star starters for the first time in their careers at the same time!
In the backcourt, Gary Payton became the vote king of the Western Conference for two reasons: his 'fingerless glove' and Lin Tian's 'glove finisher'. He scored a career-high 150 million votes and became the starting guard of the Western Conference All-Stars. Kobe defeated Kidd, Stockton and Marbury and became the All-Star starter as a substitute.
It is worth mentioning that Kobe is still the youngest All-Star starter in NBA history. He is also the first player in history to become an All-Star starter after playing less than 10 starts!
From Kobe's treatment, we can also see how high Los Angeles' exposure is and how much Kobe's style of play attracts fans!
The five starting players in the Western Conference were finally settled into: the Los Angeles double star of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the double No. 21 striker of Duncan and Garnett, plus Payton's 'fingerless glove'.
The east side is more interesting than the west side!
First of all, Ewing failed to complete the counterattack. He only received 88 votes, losing to Mutombo's 92, and failed to become the starter.
Hill in the frontcourt received 171 million votes, and Charles Barkley received 128 million votes. The two of them will join hands to become the starting forward in the Eastern Conference!
As for the East’s back line…
Michael Jordan, who relied on his brutal performance against the Pacers in the past few days, managed to save a lot of points for himself, and also attracted a large wave of votes, which made his vote count continue to grow in the last two days.
In the end, Jordan scored 168 million votes, setting the second-highest voting score in his career.
But he failed to enter the All-Star starting lineup, and his votes still only ranked third!
Lin Tian's good friend Reggie Miller received 169 million votes with an extremely slim advantage, and thrillingly won the last spot in the All-Star starting lineup!
This is because Jordan just beat up the entire Pacers' perimeter in the days before the All-Star voting deadline, leading the team to a victory and regaining a lot of votes for himself.
If the second matchup between the two sides hadn't been so disparate, the vote gap between Jordan and Miller would have been even greater!
"Jordan was kicked out of the All-Star starting lineup! 》
Just this piece of news is enough to drive the entire public opinion tonight directly into madness, lead to countless topics, and make fans across the United States initiate endless discussions!
The popularity of this discussion is likely to be even greater than the All-Star Game itself, and it will even be mentioned again and again for many years to come.
After all, this is Jordan, the king of the league, recognized as the strongest, who has won countless honors and five championship trophies. This is Jordan, who leads the league first and ranks first in the scoring list. Just such a person, being squeezed out by others. An All-Star starting lineup?
Incredible!This thing is so incredible that when many fans heard the news, they thought April Fools' Day had been moved forward from April to February!
They couldn't think of any reason, no reason why Jordan wouldn't be in the starting lineup.
Not only fans, but also many players, coaches and retired celebrities have joined the discussion. Except for those clowns who simply want to attract topics and attention, almost everyone unanimously believes that this season’s All-Star starters It should be Jordan.
Even local Indiana fans were caught off guard. Three All-Star starters?Two of them pushed Jordan to the bench?
This feeling is so unreal!
Moreover, at this time, if you ask Indiana fans what they think of the results of the All-Star voting, their answers are basically very straightforward.
Does Miller deserve to start in the All-Star Game?Not worthy!
Are you happy with Miller starting?So cool!
Who the hell wants to see Jordan become an All-Star starter?Of course, it’s our Miller who shoots 3-pointers that is the most exciting and beautiful!
Compared with the thrilling starting battle between Jordan and Miller, which was only 403 votes apart, Lin Tian received a record-breaking [-] million votes, significantly refreshing the All-Star vote record, and directly refreshing the record to a level that will never be surpassed by future generations. An unattainable level!
What was the record for All-Star votes before this year?The 240 million votes Jordan created last year, what about going forward?But around 120 million votes.
This year, Lin Tian directly tripled the previous year's record, improving last year's record by as much as 3%!
This number will most likely be maintained for many years.
But compared to the fact that Jordan was squeezed out of the All-Star starting lineup and Lin Tian won the vote, it seems a bit insignificant.
That's Jordan, who just won two consecutive championships!
At the same time, a very serious meeting was also taking place in the NBA headquarters building in New York.
"I think the voting rights of overseas fans should be canceled or canceled in proportion! They don't understand basketball at all! They are insulting basketball, and their random voting makes our All-Star starters a joke!" An official said seriously, Directly stating that the Chinese fans’ vote was too exaggerated and should be banned.
"Skov, I understand what you mean, but seriously, do we really care about fairness or rationality in voting? Isn't the purpose of the All-Stars to let fans see the people they most want to see appear on the basketball court? Up?"
Stern looked at this subordinate and spoke calmly: "And, more importantly, when has the issue of voting ever received such high attention and discussion? Even if the voting just came out today , many subsequent impacts have not yet exploded, but I really feel that this matter will do more good than harm to us!"
"The topic, attention, discussion, and national participation have all reached their peak! This is good for our brand development and the reputation of the alliance!"
"But American fans want to see Michael more! There are more than 10 billion people in China. If they really want to see someone, they will definitely be able to see it! What about the interests of local American fans? What about their preferences?" Another The official stood up and expressed his opinion.
"You also said Scott, there are more than one billion people in China! If they all become our fans and are willing to spend money for our games, how much benefit do you think we will have? How much profit do you think we can make? ?I think I need to emphasize our purpose again: globalization! Internationalization! Globalization!"
"The NBA brand, I hope it will be a global label. I hope people all over the world watch the NBA! I even hope some fans can cast 1000 million votes for their favorite players! That proves that 1000 million people are paying attention. Our league is willing to pay for our league! Is there any better news than this? Huh?"
Scott said unwillingly: "But our local fans..."
"If our local fans are unhappy, just vote! To be honest, Lin only got 400 million votes this time. How many votes came from China? Only 240 million votes! That is about 60% of the total votes! China The number of people who actually participated in this vote is only two thousandths of their total population!”
"To be honest, I think this number is too small. If they could cast tens of millions of votes, I would be happier! As for us, if we can't even defeat two thousandths of others, then it's really It’s a bit embarrassing.”
"But we all know that Miller is not as good as Jordan. Compared with Jordan, Miller is not worthy of the All-Star starting position!" Another official stood up and expressed his opinion.
"Does Kobe deserve to be there? Essentially, is there any difference between Kobe getting a lot of votes from California and Miller getting a lot of votes from China? Is Kobe more worthy of being an All-Star starter than Stockton or Kidd? Why? Don’t you have any objections to Kobe becoming the starter due to his influence in Los Angeles?”
At this point, it was already clear to all officials that this meeting was more appropriately a notification than a discussion.
Stern had already decided everything in his mind. The meeting was to convince everyone, not to listen to everyone's opinions.
"So, I think we have reached a consensus." Stern looked at everyone with a smile and said: "We will accept all the votes from China, including votes from all over the world, for the time being, without any changes!"
"At the same time, we also have to celebrate that the NBA's globalization plan has officially taken a very great step! Fans from Asia have begun to participate with us!"
"Finally, I feel that we have been able to set the promotional tone and theme for next year's All-Star Game in advance."
Stern paused for a moment, then his eyes gleamed, and he said excitedly: "Avenge Jordan! Send Jordan back to the All-Star starting lineup! Keep the honor of All-Star voting champion in the United States! Let's promote it like this, you have no problem. "
After saying this, Stern adjusted his glasses and leaned back on his chair, as if I said what I said, and who of you agrees and who disagrees.
Oppose?
You've already made the decision, why don't we object?
Not surprisingly, everyone passed.
"Then, you can start planning this matter in advance. Go to the reporters and media you have good relations with, including some retired celebrities who are closely related to the league, and let them express more of this in major programs and occasions. meaning."
This meeting at NBA headquarters will definitely not be made public. Except for relevant people in the industry, no one would even hold such a meeting until today.
But almost everyone in the basketball circle will definitely be stimulated by Jordan not starting the game and make various remarks. However, those remarks will take 2-3 days to fully ferment. Who can let him? This is not the Internet age, where millions of people can see a tweet immediately?
In the era of print media, it takes 1-2 days for news to spread.
But that is for ordinary fans, for NBA players, especially for those involved, they can express their opinions tonight!
The Bulls locker room was extremely quiet tonight. No one dared to make any sound. Even the players' breathing was much quieter than usual.
As for the reason?
Jordan has long been tired of playing the All-Star game. He is really too lazy to play. His favorite way is to just dunk a couple of baskets without working hard.
Even after he was over-consumed in the first two months of this year and supported the team's record by himself, he was already thinking that after he entered the All-Star starting lineup, he would just find an excuse not to play or to play less, so that he could Take advantage of this rare weekend and take a good rest.
But what do you say about this thing?
I don’t have to like it or want it, but you can’t steal it!
After learning that he had been kicked out of the All-Star starting lineup by Miller and Lin Tian, Jordan didn't say a word. His expression looked ugly as if he had just eaten 3 pounds of shit. He was furious!
So it's completely understandable why the Bulls locker room is so quiet right now.
At the very least, Jordan's mood will likely improve after another good beating of the Pacers tonight.
Fortunately...tonight is the game against the Pacers!
Otherwise, this atmosphere will have to be maintained for at least another week.
Kill the walkers!
This is the only thing on the minds of all the Bulls players at this time.
After all, if the Pacers are not killed, they will definitely be killed by Jordan!
(End of this chapter)
After hanging up Connery's call, Lin Tian didn't stop for a moment and immediately called Jordan.
"Michael, where are you?"
"Locker room." Jordan's tone was surprisingly good at the moment. He was not unhappy at all because of losing and being ignored by Lin Tian.
Needless to say, this bastard must be waiting to see Lin Tian's joke. He wants to see how Lin Tian handles this Shura field!How to explain to the girls.
Explain?I'm a time traveler on horseback, tell me what the hell!
"Do me a favor Michael, you owe me!" Lin Tian stopped talking to Jordan and went straight to the point, asking for help: "Don't refuse! It's very simple. Let's meet at the door of the passage in 5 minutes!"
After Lin Tian finished speaking, he hung up the phone without giving Jordan a chance to refuse.
Then he made his third call without stopping.
"Angelina, where are you?" Lin Tian's call was to Julie, who should be the best to deal with and the least likely to cause problems.
"We're almost at the hotel. When will you come?" Julie's response was just as Lin Tian expected, clean and straightforward!
He is a good girl who has clearly said that he will not fall in love!
Lin Tian glanced at his watch. Fortunately today was Christmas and the game started very early. It was only 7 pm. In the past, this was the time when the game started, but now, Lin Tian can handle it!
"2 o'clock, I will be at your place on time!"
"Are you still leaving?" Julie's question was always simple and straightforward.
"Don't go!"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
solved!
There is only one left, and it doesn’t matter at all!
Lin Tian then called Theron and asked her to meet at the door of the player tunnel, which was also the place where he and Jordan arranged to meet.
While talking on the phone, Lin Tian quickly walked out of the locker room, and then found Theron at the place they had agreed to meet.
"Charize, let's wait for a while. Michael invited me to their home for the Christmas dinner, let's go together." After Lin Tian saw Theron, he continued to use his fast-cutting style tonight.
I don’t give you a chance to ask questions, I don’t give you a chance to object, and I don’t give you a chance to refuse!
It's straight up!
"Hey Lin, we're here." Jordan hugged Juanita and led his two sons, walking over from a distance.
Lin Tian quickly took out two pairs of sneakers, two jerseys and two sets of knee pads, elbow pads, headbands and other protective equipment from his bag, and said with a smile: "Jeffrey, Marcus, this It’s a gift for you, I hope you like it.”
"FUXX! Lin, what kind of bullshit Christmas gift is this!" Jordan took one look at it and scolded him directly: "AND 1? Your own brand of sports equipment, you gave it to my son as a gift? You spent 1 point Do you have any money? Is there any difference between this thing and the one bought in a street store? "
"Of course there is a difference!" Lin Tian took out a pen seriously and signed his name on the jersey on the spot, and then gave the thing to the two Jordans: "Look, it's different! I hope you like it."
"They won't like it! Their daddy has the best-selling exclusive signature shoes in the world and the best sports equipment in the world, why would they use yours? FUXX! Lin, I've never seen that in my life You are such a bastard and shameless guy! There is no way anyone can be as shameless as you!"
"No, dad, I actually like it very much! I have always wanted Lin's signature sneakers! You don't know, AND 1 is so handsome! We young people are the most..." Jeffrey only said half of what he said, and did not dare to continue. , Jordan's murderous aura can scare even NBA superstars, let alone two children?
Lin Tian did not give Jordan a chance to continue scaring the children, and said quickly: "How about letting Juanita go around with Chariz first? Didn't you say that Phil wanted to talk to me? Let's hurry up. time."
As soon as Lin Tian said this, Jordan finally knew what help Lin Tian asked him to do.
Help lie and get into this unfounded party.
"Office, Scott and the others are all here, waiting for you." Jordan finally expressed his loyalty and did not sell Lin Tian directly. Then he added very thoughtfully: "It may take several hours. I Saw Phil get the drink.”
"I won't bother Juanita. I happen to have a friend in Chicago. How about I go meet her and then we meet again?" For such a smart person, Theron immediately said that he was OK. No need for Juanita's company.
"Then we'll see you later." Lin Tian didn't dare to be pretentious at this moment. He didn't pull any strings at all. After saying hello quickly, he pulled Jordan back to the player tunnel.
In the player tunnel, Jordan asked curiously: "Where are the other two girls? How do you solve them?"
"I'm going to solve it now. I wish you a good night. Michael, I have to go find Jennifer." Lin Tian didn't waste any time talking nonsense to Jordan, the instigator. He waved his hand and walked in the other direction of the passage. At the same time, he also I took out my phone and called.
"Jennifer, where are you? I'm in the parking lot."
The real battle is about to begin!
……
At two o'clock in the morning, when Lin Tian put Jennifer and Charlize to sleep, and then knocked on Julie's room, he couldn't help but sigh. He really relied on Nedved's iron halo and the strength on his arm tonight. With the double BUFF blessing of that physical rune, otherwise I would no longer be a time traveler, even a cultivator, my legs would be weak and I would have to hold on to the wall to walk.
Julie opened the door, holding a women's cigarette in her mouth, wearing lace pajamas. The ultra-short pajamas perfectly showed off her perfect curves and slender legs. Plus, leaning against the wall, she looked The lazy and playful expression on her face is truly worthy of a compliment from a world-class beauty.
Julie didn't say much, but took a puff of cigarette and sprayed it on Lin Tian's face: "You better still have the strength."
At this point, if Lin Tian said any nonsense, he could no longer be considered a human being. He took a sudden step forward. Lin Tian stopped Julie and lifted her directly on his shoulders. He ignored Julie's scream and threw her directly. On the sofa.
"You need to take a bath." Julie suddenly stretched out her foot and touched Lin Tian's shoulder. Lin Tian looked at the tiny feet that were completely different from Julie's height and couldn't help but grab them and rub them. After a while, he frowned and said, "I think you need to wash it too."
Even though Julie was playing the role of a sexy girl throughout the whole process, she couldn't hold herself any longer. She quickly took her feet back, put it in front of her nose and sniffed it in a very nondescript manner: "Nonsense! It has no smell."
"I didn't say it smelled." Lin Tian smiled evilly, stretched out his hand, held the little foot again and said, "Did you wear black stockings?"
"I have everything in my suitcase, what do you want to do?"
"Go change it!"
A few minutes later, when Lin Tian came out of the shower, Julie had already put on a standard OL outfit very well, except that she didn't wear high heels. Lin Tian leaned on the sofa and said: "Come on Angelina, Tell me what projects we have tonight."
Julie raised one foot and put it on the sofa, leaned her upper body forward and said: "Lin, you are not so tired that you have to use this method to continue. If you are really so tired, we can go to bed directly. Just hold me to sleep, I promise not to touch you."
Look down on people, right?
When Lin Tian heard this, he jumped up!
Some things cannot be tolerated in this life.
What kind of plot, what kind of temptation, what kind of new gameplay, let’s do it next time!
Let me convince you first!
……
Lin Tian didn't know what time he fell asleep that night, but he really felt that he had just closed his eyes when he was awakened by a warm touch. Lin Tian lowered his head and looked at Julie who was working hard.
At this time, Lin Tian's phone rang. Lin Tian glanced at the call and instinctively wanted to throw the phone aside, but Julie climbed up and whispered in Lin Tian's ear: "Answer the phone. "
"It's a girl."
"I know, that's why I asked you to answer the phone."
Seeing Julie straighten up, Lin Tian stopped talking and picked up the phone.
"Charize, are you awake?"
"I've arrived at the airport." Theron's voice still sounded very normal: "Did you enjoy last night?"
Ah this...
How to answer this question?
"Juanita's roasted turkey is very good, I quite like the taste." Lin Tian thought for a while, then opened his mouth and said nonsense.
Then, Lin Tian had nothing to do with Theron.
After chatting for more than ten minutes, I finally hung up the phone.
Just as Lin Tian hung up the phone, the phone rang again. Looking at Julie, who was already a little exhausted, Lin Tian said, "It's a girl again. Can you pick up?"
"Take it!" Julie bit her lip. At this time, she was not willing to admit defeat!
"Jennifer, are you okay?"
Lin Tian saw Julie's persistence and had no choice but to answer the phone again.
I hope Julie can hold on!
Just think of it as a physical training for her to film Tomb Raider in two years. If she can resist this wave, then she can shoot some action movies or something. It really shouldn't be too easy!
Well, it is worth mentioning that when Lin Tian was angry with Julie, or Julie was angry with herself, the system started giving gifts to Lin Tian again. This generous and wealthy gift giver was of course Michael Jordan!
This time, Jordan's mood was completely different from the previous times when he gave gifts to Lin Tian.
In the previous few times, Jordan was angry, unhappy, and felt insulted.
He felt betrayed by the tauren and felt that Lin Tian had changed his mind.
But this time, Jordan was in a happy mood. He even began to regret that he shouldn't have teased Lin Tian so much yesterday. What a good young man. Although he is usually unreliable and talks nonsense, on a stage like the Christmas battle, That’s still very face-saving!
"Lin Tian claimed that he will never forget Chicago. The two years here are his most precious memories! 》
"After the Christmas war, there is nothing but warmth. After the fiery showdown, a pair of hardcore friends are hidden!" 》
"Lin Tian claims to be Michael Jordan's best friend and calls the two a healthy competition! 》
"Love and kill each other!"Lin Tian said he wanted to beat Jordan because Jordan was his best friend! 》
"Merry Christmas Michael!"Lin Tian said he hoped Jordan would like the Christmas gift he sent! 》
Well, just these few headlines made Jordan feel happy when he read them. He felt that he had not protected Lin Tian in vain last night, nor had Juan Rita been angry with Lin Tian to let him go and forced himself to eat the portion for Lin Tian. Turkey prepared for the day.
I almost died!
Of course, the media, which always likes to stir up trouble, cannot just say good things about Lin Tian and Jordan in newspapers. In addition to these reports, there are actually more reports that are stirring up trouble.
"With or without Scott, we can all beat the Bulls. Lin Tian said the Bulls are not scary!" 》
"Michael can't score 40+ triple-doubles every day. The Bulls played at a super level tonight!" 》
"Lin Tian said that his winning goal was all stimulated by Jordan's trash talk!This buzzer beater was all thanks to Jordan! 》
"If we meet in the playoffs, what do you think your winning rate is?"Lin Tian: 100%! 》
"Calling that his biggest dream is to beat Jordan, the real reason why Lin Tian left Chicago is finally exposed!" 》
"Happier in Indiana!"Lin Tian actually doesn’t miss Chicago! 》
Jordan didn't read these disturbing news at all!He doesn't care!
Lin Tian even praised me, but the rest must have been taken out of context by those bastard reporters to drive a wedge between our brothers!
Jordan at this moment is somewhat similar to the trio of girls last night.
How do you describe this state?It was the kind that they believed in Lin Tian 100%. Even when Lin Tian was too lazy to lie, they would lie to themselves and ignore the facts.
Or to put it another way, that is: "I don't want to be caught, but he called me baby!"
……
After the Christmas game, the Pacers returned to Indiana and played two more games in December. They won the Canadian double-header of the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies at home.
Then, on New Year's Day, the Pacers traveled to the New York Knicks.
Facing the aggressive Knicks, the entire Pacers team performed somewhat abnormally. Three-point champion Miller was targeted by mid-range shooter Alan Houston. He only made 14 of 3 shots and 3 of 7 0-pointers. Among them, the performance was extremely poor, and the others, such as Barkley and Dumas, also performed poorly and had mediocre shooting percentages.
步行者全队称得上打的不错的，就只有19投8中拿下20分11次助攻的林天以及拿下19分6篮板5助攻的杰伦·罗斯！
In this game, because the Pacers were still only 5 points behind in the last 12 minutes of the game and had hope of winning, Bird still brought on Dumars and Miller, whom he trusted more, to partner on the front line.
But the result was that these two failed to show their strength on the offensive end, and they were beaten badly by Larry Johnson and Alan Houston on the defensive end.
In the end, the Pacers also lost this battle between the top teams in the Eastern Conference with 88:105.
Their record is temporarily fixed at 20 wins and 11 losses!
However, this defeat is not even the end. On January 1rd, the Pacers will set sail westward. They will have a 3-game Western Conference here and face the Jazz, SuperSonics, and Trail Blazers. , Nuggets and Timberwolves, to put it simply, apart from the Spurs, they have fought against the four northwest teams one after another!
This trip to the Western Conference can definitely be called a devil's trip. Except for the Nuggets, which are completely weak and weak teams, the SuperSonics and Jazz were the Western Conference champions last year and the year before last. Ranked first and third in the Western Conference.
The Spurs and Trail Blazers are slightly weaker, but only slightly weaker. Both teams have a winning rate of more than 60%, and are currently ranked fifth and sixth in the Western Conference!
If it weren't for the Nuggets, the last team in the league, to lower the difficulty, more than half of the teams in the league would have to be prepared for a big losing streak when they come to the northwest region to play away games.
On January 1, in an away game against the SuperSonics, which had made a big deal in the summer, Lin Tian faced his old rivals led by Payton and Vin Baker. Lin Tian did not hold back at all in this game. In the first quarter of the game, he made sudden inside and outside shots. Scored 3 points.
At the same time, Barkley inside also completely defeated Baker. Not only did he score 9 points in the first quarter, he also caused Baker to foul twice and leave the game early.
In the second quarter of the game, Payton played hard and played hard against Lin Tian. He used a full-court press against Lin Tian. He almost gritted his steel teeth to guard Lin Tian and protect himself.' Mittens' nickname.
In this quarter, Lin Tian indeed made 2 of 0 shots and failed to score 1 point, but he sent 4 assists and led the team to continue to expand the point difference.
In the following third quarter, Payton continued to stick to Lin Tian's life and showed his best defensive player level, allowing Lin Tian to only score 3 points in this quarter!But he can prevent Lin Tian's scoring, but he can't stop Lin Tian's passing and the Pacers' entire team's terrifying scoring ability.
Although Lin Tian did not score, the Sonics were slowly opened up by the Pacers.
At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two sides had reached 15 points, but the SuperSonics were the league's top power. They made sudden inside and outside shots in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, and in Payton and Schramm Under the leadership of husband and Vin Baker, they hit a 14:3 offensive climax and narrowed the point difference to less than 5 points.
Then, next is Lin Tian's performance.
He hit a pull-up from outside the 3-point line, grabbed the rebound, and then hit a layup from the entire court. Then the defensive end intercepted Payton's dribble one-on-one, and once again went to the frontcourt and dunked!
After a personal 7:0 offensive climax, the Pacers once again widened the point difference to more than 10 points!And they have maintained an advantage of about 10 points. No matter how hard the Sonics chased, they just couldn't catch up. They were just so close!
Until 40 seconds before the end, Lin Tian caused Payton to foul again. When he walked to the free throw line, George Karl stopped resisting and replaced all his main players and officially surrendered.
After Lin Tian made two free throws from the free throw line, Bird only waited for one round before quickly calling a timeout and replacing all his main players.
In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 98:84. The Pacers used a 14-point advantage to get their Western Conference trip off to a good start.
Although Lin Tian's scoring efficiency in the whole game was not very high, only 22 of 9 shots, he successfully broke away from Payton in the fourth quarter and once again beat Payton into a 'fingerless glove', the league's number one. In the glove terminator's position, Lin Tian became more and more stable.
But at this time, the excited Indiana people didn't know that this game would actually become the only game they won among the five games in the Western Conference!
The day after the game against the Sonics, the entire Pacers team came to the Denver Plateau, back-to-back, consecutive away games, the main players were overdrafted yesterday, and the unbearable weather in the Denver Plateau.
After adding up these factors, today's Pacers team was a little out of shape. In the game against Denver, the Pacers were more like the bottom team in the league. They were suppressed by Denver almost the entire game. They fought hard and couldn't turn over until the fourth quarter.
Although they narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points in the end, they still couldn't resist and finally saw a glimmer of victory. The Denverites were like hungry wolves, and finally lost 87:95, an 8-point disadvantage. Lost this game.
Then in three games against the Trail Blazers, Jazz, and Spurs, the Pacers suffered another humiliating defeat of three consecutive games!
Since Lin Tian's comeback, the team's invincible state has been gone forever. Continuous away games have exhausted the Pacers' veterans. In addition, these teams have the league's top insiders, and the game with them, It also completely exposed the Pacers' shortcomings of poor internal air defense capabilities and insufficient height.
Against the Jazz, Malone scored 37 points and 13 rebounds. Against the Spurs, the San Antonio Twin Towers scored 55 points and 29 rebounds. Against the Trail Blazers, the twin towers of Sabonis and Wallace also scored 44 points and 20 rebounds.
The Pacers' inside line was completely blown away!
While the team was completely beaten inside, Bird trusted the veterans more and was more willing to let Dumars and Miller play more, unconsciously reducing the playing time of Rose, who had performed well in the first two months.
在这波4连败之中，罗斯场均时间暴跌到了26分钟，他的场均数据也从之前林天刚复出时的几乎20+5+5下降到了14分4篮板3助攻。
So, after the team returned to Indiana, Rose, who had been dissatisfied since the Christmas game, found Bird and Lin Tian after a training session.
"Larry, Lin, I am a straight character, I always say what I say." Rose looked at Lin Tian and Bird and said: "I really feel that I should play more and play longer. These recent events During the game, sometimes I am in better shape, but I can’t help the team at the last minute.”
"I really don't want to have to sit on the bench and watch when the team needs me. I hate this feeling. I also don't want to be powerless every time the team falls behind. I will support the coach's coaching. and Lin’s status, but I feel that I have not received the respect I deserve.”
Bird listened quietly to Rose's words. To Lin Tian's expectation, this guy who had always been unruly as a player actually nodded in agreement: "You're right Jaylen, the rotation in these games is indeed mine." It's your fault, sometimes you're in better shape than Reggie or Joe, but I reduced your playing time because I trusted the veterans more."
"I will pay attention and carefully study my rotation problems. We are all for the good of the team, so I also feel that this matter is nothing. I will increase your playing time, especially in When you’re in good shape.”
"Thank you." Ross had already prepared a lot of rhetoric. He even studied a lot of evidence for this meeting, hoping to use it as a bargaining chip to convince Bird and Lin Tian.
He even prepared a set of data about himself as the player with the highest field goal percentage after receiving a pass from Lin Tian, and the player who gave Lin Tian the most assists. He was just waiting to use this if the negotiation with Bird didn't work out. Come and bring Lin Tian to the same front as yourself.
Unexpectedly, all of them are no longer needed now?It went smoothly beyond my imagination!
Could it be that... I, Jaylen Rose, am much more important in the hearts of Bird and Lin than Miller and Dumars?
This is normal!I'm only in my early 20s, and those two old bastards who are about to retire can't run or jump high. Why should they compete with me for team status?
Thinking of this, Ross couldn't help but feel proud, and his lips were grinning to the base of his ears.
"You go to train first, Jaylen. Lin and I will discuss specific rotations and tactical changes." After Bird finished speaking, he waved his hand, indicating that Rose could leave first.
After Ross closed the door, Lin Tian said: "I really didn't expect that Larry is a person who admits when he is wrong."
"What are you talking about?" Bird rolled his eyes and said: "Right is right, wrong is wrong. I have been too superstitious about veterans in these games. I have given Jaylen, including Ben and Dell too little playing time. When we were beaten inside, I was too superstitious about the outside touch instead of increasing the inside defense."
"Isn't this the reason for losing? What's not to admit? Even if Jaylen doesn't come to me, in the next few games, I will increase his playing time and adjust the order of the rotation." I didn’t expect that although you seem to be a self-righteous and arrogant man who cannot listen to words, you are actually very willing to listen to opinions and are willing to change yourself." Lin Tian nodded happily, expressing his appreciation for Bird's willingness to listen. Comments on the approach, very satisfied.
"I'll just think you, bastard, are complimenting me." Bird said, and gave Lin Tian a pair of middle fingers with both hands.
"But you promised him so readily." Lin Tian also gave a pair of middle fingers and said to Bird: "I'm worried it will have the opposite effect."
"Reverse effect?" Bird put away his middle finger and extended his two little fingers to continue provoking.
"What if he's overconfident? What if he thinks you're looking at him as the hope of the team's revival?"
"If he plays well, he may not be the hope for the team's revival." Bird, who is like a man, immediately understood what Lin Tian meant, leaned back, fell on his chair and said: "But if he If we are in a hurry and want to seize the team and seize power, there are so many outstanding swingmen in the league, so we don’t have to rely on him.”
"It's my fault this time. I'm just a little anxious. I hope the team can quickly get out of the haze of losing streak and ignore the possible consequences of my words." Bird said this and looked at Lin Tiandao again: "Or I'll tell you, those of you who are interested in tactics and psychology have dirty hearts!"
"You didn't remind me?"
"Who told you to talk so fast? Let me remind you, how can I remind you? Just tell you to shut up, and then whisper a few words next to your ear?" Lin Tian snorted and said: "You can't speak without thinking. Blame me?"
"I am the head coach and general manager of the team, and you are talking to me like this?" Bird glared and cursed: "Do you believe I made you sit on the bench and then traded you to Minnesota or Milwaukee?"
"Then you can become a hero in those two cities. When I lead them to become a dynasty, the fans there will definitely appreciate your selflessness!" Lin Tian shrugged and said, "Maybe they can even give you a thumbs up There's a statue! It says on the statue: Our team's greatest non-staffer."
Bird waved his hand, too lazy to continue talking nonsense with Lin Tian, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, one more thing, do you know the results of the second phase of the NBA All-Star voting?"
"Is Reggie still ahead of Michael?" Lin Tian knew as soon as he saw Bird's evil smile that something good was going to happen.
"Leading! And not only leading, his lead has also expanded! From a lead of less than 5 votes in the first stage, he is now 10 votes ahead of Michael! Reggie has received a total of 130 million votes! Let's put it this way , Reggie has never received 130 million votes in any year in his life! I think you can let him treat you to dinner!"
"Then he has to treat him to a big meal." Lin Tian said with a smile: "Where are the others?"
"You just want to ask yourself." Bird rolled his eyes and said: "280 million votes, which has broken the NBA historical record. If this trend continues, your final votes will most likely exceed 400 million! This number really scares even me.”
"The 240 million votes that Michael created last year already seemed incredible to me. I thought this record would last for at least 10 years! Unexpectedly, in less than a year, this record has been significantly refreshed by you!"
"Do you, China, really have 20 billion people?"
"There's not that much, just over 10 billion. Larry, you really should read more books so that you don't look so stupid!" Lin Tian shrugged and said: "Where are the others? Others Larry, do you really want me to ask you one by one?"
"Here in the East, you are ahead of everyone with 280 million votes. The second in the backcourt is Reggie with 130 million, then Michael with 120 million, and then forward Grant Hill with 140 million votes. His votes also belong to the entire league. The second most.”
"Added to Charles with 100 million votes and Mutombo with 70 votes, you five are currently the top vote-getters in each position."
"Except for Michael, Ewing at the center position currently has 65 votes, and Kemp at the forward position has 90 votes. The three of them are hopeful and possible, surpassing the current starters and counterattacking to become the All-Star starter."
"The Western Conference is more interesting. O'Neal and David Robinson received 71 and 69 votes respectively. The suspense and competition between the two of them for the center position will definitely last until the last second."
"Then there are Malone, Garnett and Duncan. The votes of these three people are 58, 55 and 50 respectively! They all hope to become the starting forward of the All-Stars. Looking at the current public opinion, Malone has the highest number of votes. It’s actually the most unsafe.”
"Because he has a grudge against you! Now everyone knows that the source of this year's sudden increase in All-Star votes comes from China, and also from you! Many people have been very smart and timely recorded canvassing votes in Chinese. As for advertising, it’s hard to say how effective it will be.”
"Then there is the backcourt of the Western Conference. Gary is actually the only guy in the Western Conference who can basically lock in the starting lineup. He has received 119 million votes. Not only has he become the Western Conference vote leader for the first time in his career, he is also significantly ahead of the Western Conference. Other defenders.”
"But I heard that his ability to become a starter depends entirely on your Chinese fans, because they think you can easily defeat Payton and then easily win an All-Star MVP. That's why so many people give him vote."
"As for the last position in the Western Conference backcourt, Kobe currently leads with 61 votes, but closely followed by Stockton with 57, Marbury with 55, and Kidd with 51. These guys are all considered qualified. Opportunity to compete for the last All-Star starting spot."
"How about it, how do you feel when the Western Conference is in such chaos? At least 70% of the credit for this chaos must be attributed to you. If it weren't for your fans suddenly starting to vote for you crazily this year, and at the same time... I also voted for other people. It’s really impossible for everyone to get such an exaggerated number this year.”
"I have no interest in the chaos in the West. I'm just curious about what Michael thought after knowing that the gap between himself and Reggie was getting wider and wider." Lin Tian touched his chin and said: "You say, if I What will happen if he announces that he is willing to give up his All-Star starting spot to Michael?"
"What will happen to him? If you say this to the media, then you'd better pray that Michael doesn't have a nuclear bomb in his hands, otherwise, he will 100% put a nuclear bomb on your head!" Bird said, While making a bazooka firing gesture with both hands, he fired a shot at Lin Tian.
"Then let's wait and see!" Lin Tian leaned back in his chair easily. He had a feeling that this year's All-Star Game would be another rewarding journey!
Happy!
……
After this brief but very productive conversation, Bird changed the team's rotation pattern and tactical details in their first game back at home.
The first is to make the team play faster, let Barkley increase the number of passes after grabbing rebounds, and let Lin Tian and Rose run thoroughly and heartily. At the same time, it also allows the team to watch a lot of old Nelson's games in the early 90s. That Warriors video so the team can play faster!
Then it reduced the playing time of Dumars and Anji, the two veteran players on the court, so that they could rest as much as possible and take on less responsibility during the regular season. After all, they had already struggled for their lives in the first month of Lin Tian's absence. , which allowed the Pacers to maintain a winning rate of about [-]%. Now they should take a break.
The playing time of these two people has been reduced, and the person who benefits the most is naturally Rose!
Rose's playing time, number of shots, and average data per game have all been greatly improved!His self-confidence returned to him again.
The team's first game after losing four games in a row on the road, against the Nets at home, they went straight to full fire, beating the Nets 4:121!
41分的大胜让步行者终结了4连败的阴霾，同时，罗斯在这场比赛中上场30分钟，拿下21分4篮板4助攻的漂亮数据！他再一次成为了球队的第二号得分手！
Then, in the next five games, Bird continued to increase Rose's weight in the game, and his number of shots and playing time began to increase significantly.
In the 4 games after a 6-game losing streak, Rose averaged 33 minutes per game, scoring 20.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists, shooting 55% from the field, and over 3% from 40-point range!
In these six games, Rose has almost become the second-in-command of the Pacers. Whether it is his role on the court or his statistics, he is second only to Lin Tian, who averaged 23.4 points, 11.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game during this period!
Under the leadership of this pair of young stars, the Pacers also won 6 consecutive victories as they wished!Once again they are on the right track!
After this 6-game winning streak, the Pacers lost to the Charlotte Hornets on the road, and then they started their winning streak again. With a 2-game winning streak, they bid farewell to January and welcomed February!
In the blink of an eye, there is only about half a month until the All-Star Game begins.
The Pacers are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with 30 wins and 16 losses. They are only one game behind the Hawks, who are third in the Eastern Conference, and may overtake at any time. At the same time, they are only 3 games behind the second-place Heat in the Eastern Conference. With a gap of three games, in the remaining half of the season, they have a very high possibility of surpassing the Heat and becoming second in the Eastern Conference.
As for the first place in the Eastern Conference, of course it still belongs to the Bulls for the time being, but the Bulls have now won 35 wins and 10 losses, and Pippen has recovered his health in late January and returned to the team.
A complete version of the Bulls leads the Pacers by 5.5 games in only half a season. In this case, if they want to overtake the stable Bulls, they can only pray for Jordan to be injured.
But although there is no chance of surpassing the Bulls, the Pacers have opened a 4-game gap with the fifth-place Cavaliers. They have basically locked a seat in the top half.
In addition, throughout January, Lin Tian averaged 24.4 points, 11.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game. Unfortunately, the team suffered a 4-game losing streak. This wave of losing streak also prevented Lin Tian from playing. He got his second Player of the Month award as he wished.
But now with the increase in appearances, Lin Tian has finally appeared on the official data rankings for the first time. If the data in December is included, his average of 12 points per game this season ranks seventh in the league, and he ranks 22.1 steals. 7th in the league, with 2.1 assists, directly topping the assist list!
At the same time, Lin Tian has become the only player in the league to rank among the top ten in the league in terms of scoring, steals and assists!
Even if the limiting conditions are changed to: ranking among the top ten in the league in any three main statistics, only Lin Tian, David Robinson, and Shaquille O'Neal in the entire league can do this!
O'Neal and Robinson both scored, rebounded and blocked shots!
Lin Tian is the only one who can take into account scoring, assists and steals!
At least in the first half of this year, from a statistical point of view, Lin Tian is definitely the number one point guard in the league today!
Of course, Lin Tian doesn't care at all about this kind of unfair ranking that only looks at the data.
He knows very well that before winning the championship, things like ranking in the top ten in the league in three statistics are all fake!
Only if he leads the team to win the championship and wins the championship, will he truly become the number one point guard in the NBA recognized by everyone!
Now, Lin Tian has only one goal for the time being: to win as many victories as possible in the regular season, so as to gain more home court advantage in the playoffs!
However, every team, including the Pacers, has not yet reached the time to charge and fight hard. They all still have the last relaxing days before the start of the All-Star Game.
When the trade deadline comes two weeks after the All-Star break, that's when all the teams grit their teeth and really fight hard!
At that time, it was not only the time for each team to make final adjustments, but also the time when each team was gearing up and starting to fight for a playoff spot or the 98 draft pick!
You know, although 98 is not as good as 96, when you can catch an All-Star talent with your eyes closed, it is still much brighter than 97, when the stars were dim!
Mike Bibby, Leif Lafrentz, Jordan's juniors Jamison and Carter from North Carolina, Jason Williams, known as "Little Lin Tian", Kansas super genius Paul Pierce, and The equally talented Ogwokandi and Robert Traylor are also geniuses who can change a team!
In short, this generation of rookies shines much brighter than the 97 generation when Duncan was the only one to look forward to!It's worth risking your life for every team to win a high-ranking draft pick!
Of course, those things that ruin the team have nothing to do with Lin Tian as usual. With him on the team, it is impossible to ruin the team!
In Lin Tian's eyes, there will always be only the championship!
In February, the Pacers continued their good form at the end of January. They won 2 consecutive victories, bringing their winning streak to 2 games again. They also easily surpassed the Hawks and became third in the Eastern Conference!
Then, the Pacers welcomed the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, at home, intent on revenge!
In this game, the Bulls showed a completely bloody and extremely fierce attitude. They took on the attitude of the finals tiebreaker and went all out from the beginning of the game to beat the Pacers, who have always been slow and mediocre in defense. There was no way to fight back. In the first quarter of the game, the Pacers trailed the Bulls by 11 points!
In the second quarter of the game, Phil Jackson once again showed his determination to fight for his life tonight. He unlocked the playing time limit that had been stuck since Pippen's comeback, and directly let Jordan, who played the entire first quarter, And Pippen continues to appear!
At this time, Bird made a mistake. He did not change the lineup in time, allowing Barkley to take the substitute lineup to fight Joe and Pi on the court. The result is naturally conceivable!
The second quarter lasted less than 2 minutes, and the Bulls used their signature pressing defense, beating the Pacers without any ability to fight back, and widening the point difference to 17 points in one fell swoop!
Although Bird reacted quickly and quickly changed his main lineup, a huge gap had already formed. Even if the Pacers chased wildly in the subsequent games, they were still unable to catch up with the score. In the end, when the game When the final whistle sounded, the score between the two sides was fixed at 101:90!
The Bulls defeated the Pacers by 11 points and successfully avenged the Christmas Day game!
After the game, Jordan, who scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, said proudly: "Lin said it right in the last game. I really can't get a 40+ triple-double every night, but I We can still bring victory to the team! We are still unstoppable!"
"We have one more showdown this season, and I'm so happy, it's just 3 days away! We're back at the United Center in 3 days, and I'm going to let Lin and all the trash in the Pacers know who is the king of the league! I'm going to let They know that when we are all out, they are not worth mentioning!"
Then, the Pacers defeated the 76ers again at home, and then they set sail again, heading to Chicago to prepare for the third showdown with the Bulls this season, and also the last showdown in the regular season!
I don’t know what kind of thinking the league has that would allow the two teams to play three consecutive games in about 40 days!But the two games, three days apart, gave both sides the illusion that they were playing a series.
On February 2, the morning of the third game of the season between the Bulls and the Pacers, which was also the last day of the first week of February, the league finally announced the final results of this season's All-Star voting!
After almost three months of competition and countless fan votes, this season's All-Star starting lineup is finally released!
The final list of the ten Eastern and Western All-Stars this season also made the entire league exclaim!
This result is really unexpected!
In the Western Conference, O'Neal finally defeated Robinson with 99 votes with 94 votes and successfully became the starting center in the NBA Western Conference. As for forwards, perhaps the BUFF of "having a grudge against Lin Tian" was too loud. Malone was continuously eliminated at the last moment. Garnett and Duncan surpassed him, not only receiving only 81 votes, but also losing their All-Star starting positions.
Duncan received 89 votes and Garnett received 93 votes. These two young No. 21s became All-Star starters for the first time in their careers at the same time!
In the backcourt, Gary Payton became the vote king of the Western Conference for two reasons: his 'fingerless glove' and Lin Tian's 'glove finisher'. He scored a career-high 150 million votes and became the starting guard of the Western Conference All-Stars. Kobe defeated Kidd, Stockton and Marbury and became the All-Star starter as a substitute.
It is worth mentioning that Kobe is still the youngest All-Star starter in NBA history. He is also the first player in history to become an All-Star starter after playing less than 10 starts!
From Kobe's treatment, we can also see how high Los Angeles' exposure is and how much Kobe's style of play attracts fans!
The five starting players in the Western Conference were finally settled into: the Los Angeles double star of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the double No. 21 striker of Duncan and Garnett, plus Payton's 'fingerless glove'.
The east side is more interesting than the west side!
First of all, Ewing failed to complete the counterattack. He only received 88 votes, losing to Mutombo's 92, and failed to become the starter.
Hill in the frontcourt received 171 million votes, and Charles Barkley received 128 million votes. The two of them will join hands to become the starting forward in the Eastern Conference!
As for the East’s back line…
Michael Jordan, who relied on his brutal performance against the Pacers in the past few days, managed to save a lot of points for himself, and also attracted a large wave of votes, which made his vote count continue to grow in the last two days.
In the end, Jordan scored 168 million votes, setting the second-highest voting score in his career.
But he failed to enter the All-Star starting lineup, and his votes still only ranked third!
Lin Tian's good friend Reggie Miller received 169 million votes with an extremely slim advantage, and thrillingly won the last spot in the All-Star starting lineup!
This is because Jordan just beat up the entire Pacers' perimeter in the days before the All-Star voting deadline, leading the team to a victory and regaining a lot of votes for himself.
If the second matchup between the two sides hadn't been so disparate, the vote gap between Jordan and Miller would have been even greater!
"Jordan was kicked out of the All-Star starting lineup! 》
Just this piece of news is enough to drive the entire public opinion tonight directly into madness, lead to countless topics, and make fans across the United States initiate endless discussions!
The popularity of this discussion is likely to be even greater than the All-Star Game itself, and it will even be mentioned again and again for many years to come.
After all, this is Jordan, the king of the league, recognized as the strongest, who has won countless honors and five championship trophies. This is Jordan, who leads the league first and ranks first in the scoring list. Just such a person, being squeezed out by others. An All-Star starting lineup?
Incredible!This thing is so incredible that when many fans heard the news, they thought April Fools' Day had been moved forward from April to February!
They couldn't think of any reason, no reason why Jordan wouldn't be in the starting lineup.
Not only fans, but also many players, coaches and retired celebrities have joined the discussion. Except for those clowns who simply want to attract topics and attention, almost everyone unanimously believes that this season’s All-Star starters It should be Jordan.
Even local Indiana fans were caught off guard. Three All-Star starters?Two of them pushed Jordan to the bench?
This feeling is so unreal!
Moreover, at this time, if you ask Indiana fans what they think of the results of the All-Star voting, their answers are basically very straightforward.
Does Miller deserve to start in the All-Star Game?Not worthy!
Are you happy with Miller starting?So cool!
Who the hell wants to see Jordan become an All-Star starter?Of course, it’s our Miller who shoots 3-pointers that is the most exciting and beautiful!
Compared with the thrilling starting battle between Jordan and Miller, which was only 403 votes apart, Lin Tian received a record-breaking [-] million votes, significantly refreshing the All-Star vote record, and directly refreshing the record to a level that will never be surpassed by future generations. An unattainable level!
What was the record for All-Star votes before this year?The 240 million votes Jordan created last year, what about going forward?But around 120 million votes.
This year, Lin Tian directly tripled the previous year's record, improving last year's record by as much as 3%!
This number will most likely be maintained for many years.
But compared to the fact that Jordan was squeezed out of the All-Star starting lineup and Lin Tian won the vote, it seems a bit insignificant.
That's Jordan, who just won two consecutive championships!
At the same time, a very serious meeting was also taking place in the NBA headquarters building in New York.
"I think the voting rights of overseas fans should be canceled or canceled in proportion! They don't understand basketball at all! They are insulting basketball, and their random voting makes our All-Star starters a joke!" An official said seriously, Directly stating that the Chinese fans’ vote was too exaggerated and should be banned.
"Skov, I understand what you mean, but seriously, do we really care about fairness or rationality in voting? Isn't the purpose of the All-Stars to let fans see the people they most want to see appear on the basketball court? Up?"
Stern looked at this subordinate and spoke calmly: "And, more importantly, when has the issue of voting ever received such high attention and discussion? Even if the voting just came out today , many subsequent impacts have not yet exploded, but I really feel that this matter will do more good than harm to us!"
"The topic, attention, discussion, and national participation have all reached their peak! This is good for our brand development and the reputation of the alliance!"
"But American fans want to see Michael more! There are more than 10 billion people in China. If they really want to see someone, they will definitely be able to see it! What about the interests of local American fans? What about their preferences?" Another The official stood up and expressed his opinion.
"You also said Scott, there are more than one billion people in China! If they all become our fans and are willing to spend money for our games, how much benefit do you think we will have? How much profit do you think we can make? ?I think I need to emphasize our purpose again: globalization! Internationalization! Globalization!"
"The NBA brand, I hope it will be a global label. I hope people all over the world watch the NBA! I even hope some fans can cast 1000 million votes for their favorite players! That proves that 1000 million people are paying attention. Our league is willing to pay for our league! Is there any better news than this? Huh?"
Scott said unwillingly: "But our local fans..."
"If our local fans are unhappy, just vote! To be honest, Lin only got 400 million votes this time. How many votes came from China? Only 240 million votes! That is about 60% of the total votes! China The number of people who actually participated in this vote is only two thousandths of their total population!”
"To be honest, I think this number is too small. If they could cast tens of millions of votes, I would be happier! As for us, if we can't even defeat two thousandths of others, then it's really It’s a bit embarrassing.”
"But we all know that Miller is not as good as Jordan. Compared with Jordan, Miller is not worthy of the All-Star starting position!" Another official stood up and expressed his opinion.
"Does Kobe deserve to be there? Essentially, is there any difference between Kobe getting a lot of votes from California and Miller getting a lot of votes from China? Is Kobe more worthy of being an All-Star starter than Stockton or Kidd? Why? Don’t you have any objections to Kobe becoming the starter due to his influence in Los Angeles?”
At this point, it was already clear to all officials that this meeting was more appropriately a notification than a discussion.
Stern had already decided everything in his mind. The meeting was to convince everyone, not to listen to everyone's opinions.
"So, I think we have reached a consensus." Stern looked at everyone with a smile and said: "We will accept all the votes from China, including votes from all over the world, for the time being, without any changes!"
"At the same time, we also have to celebrate that the NBA's globalization plan has officially taken a very great step! Fans from Asia have begun to participate with us!"
"Finally, I feel that we have been able to set the promotional tone and theme for next year's All-Star Game in advance."
Stern paused for a moment, then his eyes gleamed, and he said excitedly: "Avenge Jordan! Send Jordan back to the All-Star starting lineup! Keep the honor of All-Star voting champion in the United States! Let's promote it like this, you have no problem. "
After saying this, Stern adjusted his glasses and leaned back on his chair, as if I said what I said, and who of you agrees and who disagrees.
Oppose?
You've already made the decision, why don't we object?
Not surprisingly, everyone passed.
"Then, you can start planning this matter in advance. Go to the reporters and media you have good relations with, including some retired celebrities who are closely related to the league, and let them express more of this in major programs and occasions. meaning."
This meeting at NBA headquarters will definitely not be made public. Except for relevant people in the industry, no one would even hold such a meeting until today.
But almost everyone in the basketball circle will definitely be stimulated by Jordan not starting the game and make various remarks. However, those remarks will take 2-3 days to fully ferment. Who can let him? This is not the Internet age, where millions of people can see a tweet immediately?
In the era of print media, it takes 1-2 days for news to spread.
But that is for ordinary fans, for NBA players, especially for those involved, they can express their opinions tonight!
The Bulls locker room was extremely quiet tonight. No one dared to make any sound. Even the players' breathing was much quieter than usual.
As for the reason?
Jordan has long been tired of playing the All-Star game. He is really too lazy to play. His favorite way is to just dunk a couple of baskets without working hard.
Even after he was over-consumed in the first two months of this year and supported the team's record by himself, he was already thinking that after he entered the All-Star starting lineup, he would just find an excuse not to play or to play less, so that he could Take advantage of this rare weekend and take a good rest.
But what do you say about this thing?
I don’t have to like it or want it, but you can’t steal it!
After learning that he had been kicked out of the All-Star starting lineup by Miller and Lin Tian, Jordan didn't say a word. His expression looked ugly as if he had just eaten 3 pounds of shit. He was furious!
So it's completely understandable why the Bulls locker room is so quiet right now.
At the very least, Jordan's mood will likely improve after another good beating of the Pacers tonight.
Fortunately...tonight is the game against the Pacers!
Otherwise, this atmosphere will have to be maintained for at least another week.
Kill the walkers!
This is the only thing on the minds of all the Bulls players at this time.
After all, if the Pacers are not killed, they will definitely be killed by Jordan!
(End of this chapter)
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