NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 206 Slash Yang Guo’s broken arm! Kick the lame man's bad leg hard!
"You Indiana people are so dirty when you curse." Oakley picked his ears and said as if his ears were raped by three hundred strong men: "They weren't so bad before!"

The game was about to start now, and ten players from both sides walked onto the court, waiting for the game to start.

The Pacers' starting five have not changed, they are still Schmitz, Barkley, Christie, Miller and Lin Tian, ​​and the Knicks are finally waiting for the return of their leader!
Patrick Ewing played in the playoffs for the first time this season, plus his old partner Charles Oakley, Larry Johnson who returned from suspension, 'Central Shooting King' Alan Houston and strong and stable point guard Cha Lee Ward!
"We haven't thanked you yet, Lin." Ewing wore a protective gear on his wrist and kept moving his hands at the same time. He looked at Lin Tiandao: "Without you deliberately showing off, we wouldn't have been able to defeat Miami in the first round. people."

"Don't you hate me?" Lin Tian curiously asked the question that had been bothering him: "It's all about fighting. Why do you hate Miami so much, but you don't seem to hate me?"

"Because we are not stupid." Oakley said: "It's our fault that we fight with you. Everyone fights fairly. If you win, you win, if you lose, you lose. Man, who doesn't have a few guys who often fight together?"

"But those guys in Miami are all rubbish and cowards. They took the initiative to stir up trouble and then chose to shrink their eggs. Their behavior was too treacherous and too disdainful. Of course, there is also Pat's and our little one." The grudges are there.”

"You guys can't beat Lin together?" Barkley nudged Oakley with his elbow and said, "You don't hate Lin. Does this have anything to do with it?"

"Yes." Oakley rolled his eyes, but his answer was extremely honest.

Yes, if you can’t beat him, what’s the use of hating him?

Get beaten again?

"You two! What are you doing!" tonight's referee Bavetta noticed Barkley's restless elbow, looked at this side and said: "I'm warning you, be careful! If anyone dares to enforce the law in my place, In the game……"

"Okay, okay Bavetta, stop talking nonsense, let's kick off the ball." Ewing said impatiently: "We all know what you are going to say, and you should also know that no one in the league today will go to him. Lin's trouble, unless that person is a stupid idiot or a masochist."

"Or do you think there is anyone in today's league who can beat Lin?"

Bavetta snorted, then swept through everyone present like a demonstration, and then finally blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air!

Ewing's physical fitness is far better than Schmitz, and he has always jumped higher than Schmitz, but this time he wanted to hit the basketball with his left hand to hide his fracture at the beginning of the season and another injury at the end of the season. Injured right hand again!

Suddenly changing hands, Ewing felt obviously awkward and uncomfortable, which made him misjudge the placement of the basketball, and Schmitz won the jump ball!
The Hoosiers got the ball on their first possession.

"Rick! Wait a minute and get ready to get the ball on the right side. Attack from Patrick's right side. Whether it's a breakthrough or shooting, all go to his right!" Lin Tian saw Ewing's caution and immediately told Schmitz to pay attention. Ewing's wrist.

This is called kicking the cripple's bad leg!
He took the knife and slashed at Yang Guo's severed hand!
"Lin, I can hear it!" Ewing grimaced and looked at Lin Tiandao: "But do you think a Frenchman can kill me? I put this hand behind my back, and he is no match for me!"

"Stop talking nonsense Patrick, Rick is an Italian who rides horses!" Lin Tian did not rush to attack this time. This is the NBA. The most important thing here is not to play basketball that you like to make yourself comfortable. Here, the most important thing is The purpose is to make the opponent uncomfortable and attack the opponent's weak areas!
And Lin Tian is now convinced that Ewing's right hand is the most vulnerable part of the Knicks!
No matter how well Ewing recovers from his injury or whether he has recovered, Lin Tian cannot let him find his form and regain his confidence!
Lin Tianyao kept attacking his defense from the beginning of the game, making him doubt himself, making him feel that his injury was not healed at all, and making him scared!
This is the NBA! In the world's top basketball league, there has always been no virtue of humility, no shame in using a tactic, and no sense of fair play.

Just to take advantage of your illness and kill you!
"Actually, I'm Dutch!" Schmitz explained to Lin Tian while running quickly towards the inside: "I was born in Eindhoven."

"Sorry Rick, but you really look like an Italian! Oh damn, Charlie, you are so rude. Didn't you notice I was talking to Rick?" Lin Tian was talking nonsense and avoiding Wo. Germany's sudden sneak attack did not allow him to successfully steal the ball.

Then Lin Tian suddenly dribbled the ball from behind. This dribbling seemed to be a mistake, because the basketball landed very far away from Lin Tian!
Ward's eyes lit up, and he immediately reached out again to steal, but this was what Lin Tian was waiting for. He once again dribbled the ball from behind, this time with a larger amplitude and faster speed, and at the same time, the landing point was very forward!
At this moment, Ward completely lost his defensive position and was left behind by Lin Tian!
Then Lin Tian immediately accelerated and rushed towards the inside!
He took the left path!
It's Ewing's right hand that's rushing!
"Come on Patrick, let me see if your hand is okay!"

After roaring, Lin Tian held the basketball in one hand and jumped high, pulling his whole body into an inverted bow shape.

He took off very early and glided very long!

This gliding distance allowed Lin Tian's body to completely stretch out, full of ultimate beauty!
But jumping like this is obviously very easy to get blocked!

The longer the gliding distance, the easier it is for defenders to predict and evaluate, allowing them to instantly judge better opportunities to block shots!

"Go to hell Lin!" How could an experienced Ewing miss this opportunity? He jumped up towards Lin Tian, ​​then raised his hands high at the same time, trying to block Lin Tian's dunk.

But just after he jumped up, Ewing was still scared when he saw Lin Tian's powerful and indomitable look!

His right hand obviously shrank back, and a flaw immediately appeared in his originally perfect defense!
This is what Lin Tian has been waiting for! At the moment when Ewing's defensive movements deformed, Lin Tian suddenly exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and his whole body launched the ultimate impact towards the basket like a spring!

At the same time, the basketball in Lin Tian's hand also hit the back of Ewing's head with great ferocity.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, Lin Tian was almost riding on Ewing's neck, completing a powerful and shocking one-handed slam!

"How about Rick! I said his right hand is not working anymore!" After Lin Tian scored, he immediately turned back to find Schmitz and said to him: "You will do the same later!"

What the hell are you talking about?

Schmitz looked at Lin Tian with a look of constipation.

Ewing only had a broken wrist, not an amputation. Can I dunk on him?

Schmitz's expression at this moment does not require a systematic study of unreactions and psychology. You can tell what he is thinking right now.

I won't! I don't! I do not want!
Completely negate the three consecutive times!
Seeing that Schmitz had no confidence at all, Lin Tian felt that he must help him find some confidence!
After all, he can swim in the regular season and only get 9 points and 6 rebounds per game, but not in the playoffs!

Especially, if the opponent has a weakness and does not attack it, it will be even more difficult for the Pacers to win the championship!
Lin Tian is very sure that the weakness of this Knicks team is Ewing!
In other words, it's Ewing who didn't take care of his injuries at all! The best way to defeat the Knicks is to scare Ewing first. As long as Ewing is scared and loses his courage and will to fight, the rest of the Knicks will also be in disarray.

Not to mention that in Lin Tian's memory, historically these two teams also met in the second round.

As for the result?

4: 1!

The Pacers win! Although Schmitz couldn't say all the blows and bloodbaths against Ewing in that series, he was definitely the one who performed better!
Without me, Lin Daguan, to feed the ball, you can be better than Ewing in this series. Now that you have me, if you don't completely blow up Ewing, I, Lin Daguan, won't have to mess around in the future!

Can't afford to lose this man!
In the first round of the Knicks' offense, they gave the ball to the returning Ewing without even thinking about it. Firstly, the first ball was given to the boss to get a feel for it, and secondly, it was Schmitz. It is recognized as the weakest and easiest point to break in the Pacers' starting lineup!

Facing Schmitz, Ewing raised his hand and faked a shot to shake Schmitz's center of gravity. Then, he quickly bent over and cut in, strode to the basket and made a layup.

Facing an empty basket, he chose a layup instead of a dunk, which once again showed that Ewing was very unoptimistic and unconfident about his right wrist. He was obviously using various methods to avoid and reduce the use of his right hand.

"How about Lin? You think he can beat me? If this Spanish man can beat me, my Ewing's name will be written upside down!"

Although he didn't choose to dunk, Ewing's trash talk didn't stop at all.

"I told you, Rick is Portuguese! Not Spanish!" Lin Tian continued to refute Ewing.

"Holland, Eindhoven!" Schmitz once again pointed out what was wrong between the two people, but his voice was so small and soft that no one could even hear it except himself.

In this round, Lin Tian once again rushed inside, and then after attracting help from the defense, he passed the ball to Schmitz on the bottom line. Just as Schmitz got the ball and was about to take a shot directly, Ewing rushed over aggressively. Waving his arms, he had a ferocious expression that said if you dare to take action, I will kill you.

Well, maybe Ewing didn't actually make a fierce expression on purpose, it was just his ugly appearance that made him look scary.

But Schmitz was frightened. He shivered, and although he still shot quickly, his shot missed the basket.

Fortunately, there was Barkley under the basket. This guy elbowed Oakley away, then jumped up to grab the rebound, and then tipped the ball in with both hands.

"Rick, be tougher!" Lin Tian stretched out his hand and patted Schmitz's butt and shouted: "We are relying on you in this series!"

"I'll work hard, Lin." Schmitz nodded, but his words showed no confidence and didn't make anyone think he could do it.

In the next few minutes of the first quarter, Schmitz's performance was really unsatisfactory. Facing Ewing, he was unwilling to rush to the basket and play. Lin Tian passed the ball to him several times. He always chose to finish with mid-range shots.

It's just that he didn't feel very good tonight. He only hit one goal in 4 shots!
And because Lin Tian was focused on making Schmitz feel and confident, and kept feeding Schmitz the ball, this caused some problems with the Pacers' offensive rhythm, which was not as smooth as before, so they were here. For a period of time, it also fell into a disadvantage!
The reason why he was at a disadvantage was not only Schmitz's failure to live up to expectations, but also because Ewing killed everyone in his first game back! He scored at the basket three times in a row, and also provided a lot of screens for Houston and others to find space for his teammates to shoot.

On the defensive end, in addition to being dunked by Lin Tian at the beginning, he also completely supported the Knicks' basket and did not score any basket goals by the Pacers.

Seven minutes into the first quarter, when both sides entered the first timeout, the Pacers were temporarily trailing the Knicks by 7 points, 13:18.

As soon as Schmitz sat on the bench, Lin Tian came to sit next to him, put his arm around his shoulders and said: "Rick, you can't do this! Our goal is the championship! Why are you doing this for me?" Shall we attack the city?"

"Lin, don't we have you, Charles and Reggie? And Doug and Joe, I'm not actually that important, right? In fact, I think if I really can't stand Ewing, we can let Ben try !His defense has been getting better and better recently!"

"Rick! Wake up! We need you to wake up!" Lin Tian rubbed Schmitz's head heavily and yelled: "Think about why you are playing here, you are really willing to just be a shooter. ? Where is your talent? When you were young in the Netherlands, weren't you regarded as Chamberlain by your friends? "

"I said, I'm He... you know?"

"FUXX! I'm not an idiot. Of course I know you are from Eindhoven. I also know that you went to high school in Almonte and your university is Marist College. There is a girl in the psychology department of your school who likes to wear Black ribbon and gold-rimmed glasses, when she went to Pennsylvania as an exchange student...FUXX, why am I telling you this?"

Lin Tian cursed, then looked at Smith and said: "What I want to say is, I know you, so I trust you! I believe you can defeat Ewing! Especially now that Ewing is just a paper tiger, his The injury has not recovered at all! Didn't you notice that he didn't dare to dunk? Didn't you notice that he didn't dare to shoot his signature mid-range shot?"

"His injury has not fully recovered at all. He may never be able to become the invincible top four center and the patron saint of New York in this life. He is no match for you!"

"But, Lin, I'm just..."

"I don't care what you were before, but after this series, you will have a brand new nickname: Ewing Terminator! You will end the era of the four major centers, and you will completely defeat him!" Lin Tian Dali said Clapping his hands, he continued to encourage Schmitz: "You can do it."

"No, I think, I can't, otherwise I'd better give you more cover, Lin."

Looking at Schmitz's appearance, Lin Tian couldn't help but cursed again. Then he thought of something, patted Schmitz on the shoulder and said: "On the offensive end, you don't dare to fight him. On the defensive end, you always Have the courage to face him!"

"I'll do whatever it takes!"

"It's not that you try your best, but you can definitely do it!" Seeing that the timeout was about to end, Lin Tian suddenly thought of something. He looked at Schmitz again and said: "In this way, when you defend this guy next , stay away from him, give him space to shoot, and it won’t be a problem if he pulls him out directly!”

"But don't jump! In any case, no matter what fake move, don't jump! Just let him shoot, give him space to attack, block all his routes to the basket, and let him shoot, I said it clearly enough Alright."

"It's very clear, but Ewing's mid-range jumper..." Schmitz hesitated. After all, Ewing's mid-range jumper is Ewing's special skill!

In Ewing's career of more than 10 years, everyone who defended him has increased physical contact, worn him out, tortured him, prevented him from shooting from mid-range, or made it more difficult for him to shoot.

But Lin Tian did exactly the opposite?
"If he scores from mid-range, it's mine! I'll help you carry everything! Just say I taught him that! Let's go on the court!"

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he stood up, looked at each other with Bird in a very tacit understanding, and after nodding to each other, Lin Tian and Schmitz walked onto the court together.

Of course Bird knew why Lin Tian wanted to feed Schmitz the ball, and he also knew why Lin Tian suddenly wanted to help Schmitz find confidence in this series.

One-handed Ewing is definitely Schmitz's best chance to find confidence. Lin Tian can see that Ewing is out of shape and is a paper tiger. Of course Bird can also see that. This is definitely Schmitz's best chance to find confidence. !
And more importantly, if Schmitz can find the confidence to regain his form before this season in this round of the series, then it will play a huge role in the next round of games!

The Pacers' opponent in the next round will most likely be the Bulls, and the whole world knows that the Bulls' weakness is the inside line! If the Bulls' inside line can be broken, the pressure on Lin Tian, ​​Miller and Christie will be greatly reduced, and the winning rate in the next round will definitely be higher!

Lin Tian, ​​this is simply taking precautions and preparing for the next round of the series!
Therefore, Bird, who can see what Lin Tian wants to do, doesn't care at all about Lin Tian talking to himself during the timeout and not listening to his arrangements. He believes in Lin Tian!
"Reggie, what did Larry arrange just now?" After walking to the court, Lin Tian looked at Miller and asked curiously.

"He asked us to listen to you." Miller curled his lips and said: "This is the first time I have seen a head coach who doesn't care at all that the players don't listen to him, and still lets others listen to him."

"Because I'm worth it all!" Lin Tian looked at Miller confidently and said, "How about we play a No. [-] tactic first?"

As the baseline ball was kicked out, Lin Tian dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, stretched out his hand to direct the players' movements, and he was observing the movements of his teammates from the top of the arc.

Miller first started running from the left wing, then ran to the free throw line, then used Schmitz as a screen, circled around him, and then suddenly turned around and ran towards the baseline again, with Christie doing it for him on the way. A crossover screen and then Christie sprinting the other way helped him draw the Knicks' attention.

And just when Miller finally shook off the defender and ran toward the corner, the basketball in Lin Tian's hand had already flown in his direction. When Miller reached the bottom corner, Lin Tian's pass also arrived at almost the same time. Houston was at least 3 meters away from Miller because of Christie's screen. With Miller's shooting speed and adjustment ability, this ball The only thing Houston could do was pray, he couldn't interfere at all.

"Shh!"

For a shooter of Miller's caliber, with such a big open space, the probability of scoring this goal is definitely higher than not scoring!
The Pacers recovered 3 points as soon as they came up!
The 'No. 3' tactic in this round is actually a double-cover tactic specially designed for Miller, with a screen on the ball line and a cover on the bottom line to create opportunities for him to catch and shoot.

And if the opponent's defense keeps up with Miller and prevents him from receiving the ball outside the 3-point line, he will cut towards the basket, and Christie will provide him with a third screen, allowing Miller to directly Opportunity to catch the ball and cut!
After running this set of tactics, Miller was able to get a total of 3 opportunities to catch the ball and attack. He would also be covered by his teammates three times in total, and his running route was actually an Arabic numeral '3'!
This is why this tactic is called Tactic No. 3.

Even if Miller doesn't get a chance after running this whole set of tactics, and all opponents keep up, then there is a high probability that Christie and Schmitz will get an open position.

Even if everyone fails to get open and misplaced opportunities, the Pacers still have Lin Tian, ​​who can attack by himself or give the ball to Barkley when the opponent is crowded.

If the opponent can keep up with everyone after running this set of tactics and the defensive rotation is still perfect and flawless, without giving the Pacers any chance of mismatch...

Impossible, in this era, there is no such a complete and perfect defensive system!

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, the basketball was once again in the hands of Ewing, who was in excellent condition today.

"Are all you Italian chicks so proactive? How dare you confront someone after being beaten like this. Do you really enjoy this feeling of being abused, little girl?" When Ewing saw Schmitz, he immediately continued to spray rubbish. talk.

"I'm from the Netherlands! I'm from Eindhoven, the Netherlands!" Schmitz clapped his hands heavily, and at the same time roared to cheer himself up, and then followed Lin Tian's arrangement and stood 1 distance in front of Ewing. A distance of about meters.

This distance allows him to interfere with Ewing's shooting in time, and also allows him to keep up with Ewing's stride breakthrough in time without being staggered.

"Why don't you come and make out with me, little girl?" Ewing mocked again, and then made two shooting fakes in succession, but Schmitz was unmoved this time, not jumping at all, and his center of gravity was pressed very well. !
After a series of fake moves, Ewing cursed, and then had no choice but to quickly pull up and shoot a mid-range jumper that he was best at!

As for Schmitz's all-out defense, Ewing said: Where is the defense? I can't see it!

"Boom!"

But it's one thing not to be able to see it; it's another thing to be able to make it!

There is an obvious disconnect in Ewing's shooting action, and the injury to his right hand is obviously still bothering him! Barkley jumped up and grabbed the rebound, then quickly turned around to find Lin Tian, ​​and threw the ball directly outside the 3-point line!
"Run!" Lin Tian roared, and then rushed towards the frontcourt. Facing the double team of Ward and Houston, Lin Tian was not afraid at all. Instead, he continued to compress the Knicks' defense, and then After reaching the basket, he suddenly passed the ball behind the back without looking at anyone, and the basketball immediately came to Christie who followed up from the side!

The moment Christie got the basketball, he jumped up, quickly attracting Houston's attention. However, although the basketball in Christie's hand flew out immediately, it was obviously not heading for the basket!

Houston yelled bad, but he had no time to change his defensive position. He didn't even have time to turn around when he heard a loud noise behind him.

"FUXX! Reggie, you actually know how to dunk?" Lin Tian's exaggerated voice came over: "Tell me the truth, is this the first time you dunk in your life?"

"I was also a dunker when I was young!" Miller let go of the basket and landed on the ground. It was he who just received the pass from Christie, completed the alley-oop, and dunked successfully.

"You have to tell me clearly whether you're going to dunk or you're going to talk. I heard from Charles that you are very fast but always make girls happy. Isn't that the reason?" Lin Tian continued to chase Miller and ask questions.

"Shut up! Charlie is starting to push forward!" Miller cursed, intending to use Ward to catch the ball and start pushing forward to distract Lin Tian.

"I don't care whether he pushed forward or not, tell me the truth first!" Lin Tian just glanced at Ward from the corner of his eye, then made a hidden gesture with his left hand, and then didn't even twist his body in Ward's direction. .

Just when Ward was a little proud, thinking that Lin Tian, ​​an idiot, had completely forgotten about himself just to amuse his teammates, Christie suddenly appeared in front of Ward, blocking his way!

Before Ward could react to get rid of Christie, the basketball in his hand was stabbed from behind.

Lin Tian!

"Doug!" After Lin Tian stole the ball, he rushed towards the front court and called Christie. How could Christie hesitate? After taking a look at the situation on the court, the basketball in his hand immediately flew towards Lin Tian.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, Lin Tian succeeded again with a gliding chop with both arms!

7: 0!

The Pacers' timeout call was extremely successful. They hit a climax in less than 1 minute after coming back and took the lead in one fell swoop!
This time, it was Van Gundy's turn to call a timeout!
"Tonight is the first day of Ewing's comeback, so the bald man will definitely replace Ewing, replace their substitute lineup, and then shift their offensive focus outward and let Houston and Johnson focus for a period of time!"

"Rick, the play you just defended against Ewing was great! You will be our secret weapon against Ewing tonight, so you also come down to rest, and when Ewing comes on the court in the second quarter, you can continue to fight with him. Counterpoint! Lin and Reggie, if they want to play on the outside, we will accompany them!"

"Let them know what the most powerful trio in the league is!"

Bird's arrangement was quick and precise. When the timeout ended, the Knicks replaced Ewing with the 38-year-old veteran and former All-Star big man Buck Williams.

Lin Tian almost laughed out loud when he saw Williams coming up.

Is this little Van Gundy crazy? Let a 38-year-old man come up. Is this because he is afraid that he will not be happy enough?
Lin Tian was thinking about how to educate Buck Williams, but Johnson had already resisted Christie's defense and hit a very difficult 3-pointer!

The Knicks feel really good tonight!

Lin Tian didn't think much when he came to the frontcourt. He directly called the big man who had just come on to cover him, and then Lin Tian directly faced Buck Williams!

Facing the 38-year-old old man, Lin Tiantian would not be polite to him. He accelerated his feet. Not to mention catching up, Williams had no time to react or turn around, and was beaten by Lin Tiantian. Just kill him!

After passing Williams, facing the inside without Ewing, Lin Tian naturally moved forward and easily scored 2 points again!
After scoring 2 points, the Knicks once again showed off their power from the outside. Houston bypassed multiple screens and caught the ball directly against Miller, pulling up from mid-range and hitting the shot!
The Knicks are in really good shape tonight!
Their entire team performed well!
But again, it's very difficult for the Knicks to score, but Lin Tian's scoring is very easy!

He called a screen again, then stepped past Williams for a layup!
"Old comrade, why don't you find a nursing home? The basketball court is no longer suitable for you." After scoring twice in a row, Lin Tian looked at Williams and shrugged casually.

This guy's speed is really too slow. After Lin Tiandu's layup, he ran to the 3-point line. This guy just completed his turn.

A veteran is a veteran! Faced with such humiliation, he didn't even look away or open his mouth, pretending that he didn't hear Lin Tian's provocation.

"Hey! You! Can! Hear! My! Sound! Sound!" Lin Tian suddenly amplified his tone, lengthened the tail tone, and shouted word by word: "You! Can't! Deafness! Stop it!"

"FUXX! Get out!" No matter how well-mannered Williams was, he couldn't hold back at this time and cursed.

"Not deaf, just not deaf. I'm really afraid that you have become dazzled and deaf!" Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders, looked at Williams and said: "If your eyes are not dazzled and your ears are not deaf, you are not a disabled person. , I feel no burden at all when I torture him!”

In the next game of the first quarter, Lin Tian went crazy against Williams!

He used screens to pass Williams time and time again, and then either made a layup himself, or waited for the Knicks' Oakley, Johnson and others to help defend, and quickly passed the ball to the missed teammates, allowing them to easily score points. .

To say that little Van Gundy is really awesome, or really slow to react!

Lin Tian chased Williams' butt and beat him up, almost turning him into a hornet's nest. Little Van Gundy actually refused to call timeout or make substitutions!

Van Gundy did this because of his slow reaction and lack of adaptability, but the bigger reason was that the Knicks' offense was against the Pacers!
Both Houston and Johnson showed very good form. The two of them hit many difficult goals in the first quarter.

And Charlie Ward, after being bullied by Lin Tian for a whole quarter, at the last second at the end of the quarter, he threw in a super-long buzzer-beating 3-pointer near the center circle!
Various magic shots allowed the Knicks to not only hold on to the score, but even gain a 2-point advantage at the end of the first quarter!

29: 31!

The Knicks once again demonstrated their resilience and the attributes of everyone. In the first quarter of the game, Ewing only played for a few minutes, but they still withstood the Pacers' firepower and used more magical and crazy games. The firepower made everyone stop looking down on them.

During the break, the Pacers team was still in a very relaxed state and mood. Almost everyone in this team was an experienced veteran who was used to seeing big scenes. Such an opponent could suddenly score any ball. They have seen too many games!
On the other hand, the Knicks were so accurate and abnormal that they took a two-point lead with a long-range buzzer beater.

The ones who should be anxious now should not be the Pacers, but the Knicks!
After all, in the first quarter of the game, the Knicks threw in 4 three-pointers and 6 jump shots above the free throw line. These mid- and long-range shots away from the basket accounted for 80% of all their points!

And what about the Pacers? Lin Tian scored a game-high 19 points in the first quarter, 14 of which came in the 3-second zone!
Impact! He just kept hitting the basket, and the Knicks had nothing to do with him!
Continuously hitting the basket or constantly throwing mid- and long-distances, which one has a higher hit rate and which one is easier to maintain, needless to say, everyone knows!

Moreover, the Pacers can defend the Knicks' shots. They defend almost every time in place. It's just that the Knicks were so accurate tonight that they just kept going.

But the Knicks couldn't prevent Lin Tian's breakthrough!
Not only because the stubborn Van Gundy kept using Buck Williams, but even when Ewing was there, they couldn't guard Lin Tian!

His speed and ability to accelerate after the pick-and-roll are simply not something the Knicks' current staff can withstand!

"Rick, at the beginning of the second quarter, Patrick will definitely be on the court, and the Knicks will definitely attack him! Do you still remember the last time you two faced off in the first quarter? Just continue to defend him like that! As long as you can stabilize yourself If you don't deceive your focus, he will definitely be locked up by you!"

"That ball in the first quarter was not luck! It was Patrick's shooting touch that was very stiff and pulpy. He never recovered at all!"

"I know Lin! I'll try it!" After Schmitz said, he threw off the towel and stood up directly. The 6-7 minutes of rest seemed to have brought a wave of confidence back to his body. .

Joining Schmitz on the court were Barkley, Best, Dumars and Fred Hoiberg.

The team's third shooting guard, a pure walk-on.

Bird put him on the court at this time...

Hmm... Lin Tian didn't understand why.

This guy has never played in this period this season. His time is obviously only during the garbage time of the fourth quarter.

"Fred practiced very well and worked very hard. His 3-point shooting has improved a lot. I think he can give us a surprise!" Bird seemed to have seen through Lin Tian's thoughts and muttered to Lin Tian in a low voice. .

"Then I'll wait and see." Lin Tian smiled. He was not a ball tyrant. He had to ask the head coach and general manager to sign and hire people according to their own ideas. If he had this idea, he would have done it as early as this year's trade deadline. At that time, let Bird bring Tracy McGrady!
In the Knicks' offense, Ewing once again faced Schmitz with the ball in the mid-range. He used his signature fake move to deceive Schmitz's center of gravity, but Schmitz remained unfazed. To move is to keep distance and open your arms to prevent Ewing from rushing to the basket.

Seeing that his fake moves couldn't deceive Schmitz, Ewing could only curse, then directly pull up and throw a mid-range shot.

"Boom!"

His most trusted and signature scoring skills came out once again.

"Patrick, your shooting is not as accurate as my grandma's!" Schmitz asked Ewing to hit him twice in a row. Schmitz's confidence improved significantly, and he even started to talk trash with Ewing!

Ten seconds later, Schmitz got the basketball on the other side of the court. Instead of making a fake move, he pulled it up and shot. The basketball slid toward the basket, and then he hit it accurately!

"Shh!"

The Pacers tied the score!

"Did you see it? This is how the shot looks!" After the goal, Schmitz beat his chest and said harsh words to Ewing. He was completely in the state!
"Spanish kid, how many times did I beat you in the first quarter? 3 or 4? Have you forgotten the feeling of being ravaged and trampled on by me? I will let you relive it now!"

"I'm Dutch! Eindhoven, Netherlands! Remember this place, because I will completely become your nightmare in this series!" Schmitz continued to give Ewing a step of space in the low post this time. He lowered his center of gravity and stared at him closely.

Ewing quickly came to his favorite area to catch the ball. As soon as he arrived here, Ward's pass flew over: "Hit him! Let this weakling know how good you are!"

While passing the ball, Ward's shout also came over. His original intention was to remind Ewing to push inside as much as possible and sit down.

But before he could finish his words, Ewing pulled it out!
In the first two strikes, Ewing felt that he did too many fake moves, causing him to lose his rhythm!

This time, he had to pull up and shoot directly after catching the ball!
This is his favorite rhythm and the most comfortable shooting feeling!
After taking the shot, Ewing felt good and still maintained the shooting posture with one hand, looking very coquettish.

(End of this chapter)