NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 209 New Yorkers fighting to the death! The biggest bet of Ewing's career!

"Come on, let me see how you can score 30 points with a 50% shooting percentage! Are you going to take 70 shots?" Although Schmitz was uneasy and scared before going on the court, when he got to the court, he has scored [-] points in the past two games. The self-confidence he developed still gave him the courage to trash talk Ewing!

"Shh!"

In response to Schmitz's trash talk, Ewing raised his hand and hit a mid-range jumper. Tonight, he was indeed confident, and his shooting posture was no longer as disjointed and stiff as in the previous two games. He had a long-lost touch. , seems to have returned to his own body!

"It's okay Rick, it's just a lucky ball! He can't be accurate for the whole game!" Lin Tian patted Schmitz's butt to comfort him. He didn't want the confidence that Schmitz had finally cultivated to be ruined by Ewing again. Call me back.

"Don't worry, Lin! I will kill him!" Schmitz said as he ran towards the frontcourt: "Do you still have to pick and roll?"

"Of course!" Lin Tian said with a smile, and Schmitz blocked Starks again, leaving Ewing in front of Lin Tian. But this time, Johnson obviously received Van Gundy's instructions before the game. , he rushed in front of Lin Tian immediately, and formed a double-team on Lin Tian with Ewing!
  "Double-team me? You really haven't watched any of our game videos!"

As Lin Tian said this, he passed the ball lightly from behind to Christie.

After Christie got the ball, he decisively pulled it up and shot a 3-pointer!

"Boom!"

Unfortunately, due to bad luck, Christie failed to hit this absolute open ball opportunity.

Oakley grabbed the backboard and quickly found Starks. The number one Raider captain in the 90s immediately launched a counterattack after getting the ball. He didn't care about Ewing's principle that he was not fast enough and was more suitable for positional warfare. He was so fast. He jumped out toward the frontcourt.

As the Pacers are experts at playing fast, naturally many people quickly turned around to defend. Lin Tian blocked Starks, and at the same time directed Christie and Miller to guard left and right to prevent the other Knicks' air cuts and not leave the opponent open. .

As for Lin Tian himself, he immediately attached himself to Starks and did not give him any chance to make a move!

But who is Starks?

The most reckless man in the 90s! He didn't care that Lin Tian was taller and stronger than him. He charged all the way and went to the basket to force a shot despite Lin Tian's defense!

"Snapped!"

Although Lin Tian is not good at blocking shots, he is very good at cutting the ball! Seizing the right opportunity, he slapped the ball away without even waiting for Starks to lift the ball!

But the cut-off basketball was not picked up by Lin Tian, ​​but picked up by a Knicks player. Then he jumped up high after stepping out: "Keep it cut!"

"boom!"

With a loud noise, New York's King Kong Ewing grabbed his hands on the basket and shook it, roaring with all his strength, announcing that he was back with full blood!

The entire Madison Garden was infected by his excitement, and the fans roared in the same style at Ewing!
  "Sorry, Lin!" Schmitz didn't return to his position in time until this moment. He looked at Lin Tianda, who had just hid aside in time and was not blocked by Ewing, and said, "I'm not as fast as him."

"I don't blame you." Lin Tian looked at the extremely arrogant Ewing and snorted: "If he wants to be tough, let's be tough!"

In the next round, Lin Tian no longer cooperated with his teammates in the pick-and-roll. Instead, he passed the aging Starks with the ball, went directly to the basket, and jumped up against Ewing!
  No matter how you look at it, Lin Tian wants to retaliate for Ewing's dunk just now with this ball, and he wants to respond!
  "Come on, kid! Let me see what you're capable of!"

Oakley and Ewing, one on the left and one on the right, came towards Lin Tian, ​​and then jumped up almost at the same time!

The Knicks double ghosts knocked on the door!
  Not to mention Lin Tian, ​​even Jordan would not be able to benefit from it!
  But Lin Tian didn't confront these two guys head-on at all. He was in the air, but the ball was under his waist! Lin Tian flicked his wrist, and the basketball bypassed Oakley's armpit and passed directly behind him.

"boom!"

After a loud noise, the basket caused the entire basketball stand to shake violently!

Apart from the overweight Barkley, there is absolutely no other person on the court who can produce this effect!
  "Nice pass Lin!" After the goal, Barkley smacked the backboard hard and gave Lin Tian a high-five!
  He has a feeling that tonight the two sides will definitely decide the outcome inside!

With Barkley's dunk, the players from both sides have completely warmed up. After completing the warm-up exercises, the battle will naturally begin!

In the next few minutes, the game was just as Barkley thought. The Knicks re-established the traditional play style with Ewing as the absolute core and the inside as the first pivot. Almost every ball would pass through Ewing's hands. It's up to him to decide how to attack.

And Ewing, who has returned to form, has completely played to the level of a top center, shooting, breaking through, playing hard, and supporting! Throughout the first half of the game, Ewing was almost omnipotent. He finally found his dignity and feeling in the game!

Ewing made 8 of 5 shots and 5 of 4 free throws. In the 10 minutes he played, Ewing very efficiently scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks! He once again becomes the patron saint of New York! In the previous two games, he only got this data after playing the entire game.

Ewing is resurrected tonight!
  In addition to Ewing's extremely strong performance, although Starks, who returned to the starting lineup, only took 2 shots, they were all difficult 3-point pull-ups, and he hit all 2 goals and scored 6 points! Coupled with the support of Houston, Johnson and others, who each scored 4 points, the Knicks scored 28 points in the first ten minutes of the game!
  For the Pacers, Schmitz performed poorly tonight. He was fouled twice by Ewing early and was sent off. Although he made all 2 of his shots before leaving the field, he only scored 2 points and 4 rebounds. Fortunately, Barkley was in great form tonight, taking over Schmitz's duties and killing everyone in the paint!

他5投4中，罚球2罚全中，单节比赛拿下10分3篮板！

Miller and Christie performed quite well, scoring 3 and 4 points respectively.

Although Lin Tian did not score a particularly high score in the first ten minutes of the first quarter, he still scored 7 points and 5 assists. In this night where the intensity was obviously different from the previous ones, Lin Tian deliberately restrained his performance. Desire, he sent out 5 assists but did not make a single mistake!
  This is actually the reason why although Lin Tian has become the league's assist leader this season and also the league's turnover leader, no one has criticized him for playing too flashy and flashy.

Most of Lin Tian's mistakes are concentrated in the first three quarters. In the critical fourth quarter or when the score is tight between the two sides, Lin Tian rarely makes mistakes!
  He knows very well when to play and when to be serious!
  In the first ten minutes of the game, the two sides tied at 28:28!
  As Bird called a timeout, the two sides were bound to start rotating in the next period of time.

"Patrick, hands!" As soon as Nick saw Ewing coming off the field, he immediately rushed over to check Ewing's wrist. He was really worried that Ewing would suffer injuries that would affect his entire career because of his temporary weakness.

Van Gundy, who was next to him, frowned, but didn't say much, and instead began to lay out tactics.

……

"Ben, can you withstand it?" Bird asked worriedly, looking at Ben who was out of breath after playing less than 4 minutes.

"It's okay! I can withstand it, but the amount of activity is too much when I get up." Daben gasped: "Ewing tonight is so damn energetic! It's better than that Mexican chick I slept with a few days ago. Much more ferocious! But I can withstand it!"

"Very good! When Ewing breaks out, your defense is crucial to us!" Bird nodded: "Next, let's change our rotation! The New Yorkers obviously want to seize the opening and the top. At halftime, they will go all out from the beginning to beat us!”

"If they want to catch us off guard, they have to be prepared to be beaten back by us! Next, Lin, Reggie, Joe, Doug and Ben, the five of you come together! Run and charge! Release all your firepower to me! Let them know how powerful you are!"

"The last 2 minutes! Let New Yorkers know what the damn offense is!"

As the timeout ended, the five people who were called by Bird walked onto the court together. This lineup of one big and four small, or four small and one small, can be said to be totally different from today's mainstream play style!
  What is popular now is that the inside is king, the higher the better, and the closer to the basket the easier it is to score!
  Although Jordan's many championships and the Bulls' lack of qualified centers have been able to create a dynasty, the league and fans' views on the matter of being king in the paint have begun to change. There are also crazy coaches like Old Nelson who will play some Novel tactics like run and gun.

But in the final analysis, these are not mainstream styles of play!

No one really thinks this style of play can be successful!

But now, Bird has put together a lineup in which no one on the team exceeds 203 centimeters.

Hmm... Ben, who has already grown an afro, would be about 210 centimeters tall if he included hair. But his actual height, Lin Tian said: It's impossible to say! Absolutely unspeakable!
  As expected, the Knicks were once again accurately predicted by Bird! They removed Oakley and brought in Childs. The Knicks also brought in a senior and a junior, and now the five people on the court are all good offensive players!
  But they, one senior and four juniors, are much more serious than the Pacers! Not to mention that Ewing is 213 centimeters taller than everyone else. The rest of them are basically the standard forward height of 198 centimeters!
  At least in terms of confrontation and physicality, the Pacers suffered a disadvantage!

In the first attack after the timeout, Lin Tian faced Starks again. Facing this guy who was once called the "Jordan Terminator", Lin Tian was not afraid at all.

Jordan can destroy him, so can he!

After continuously dribbling at the hip to find rhythm, Lin Tian suddenly made a hesitant step and made a large change of direction, and once again easily passed Starks!

As he grows older and suffers more injuries, Starks is no longer the excellent defender he was back then when he was able to defend Jordan.

His current defense is all about experience and hard work.

And sometimes, his hard work has some counter-effects.

Such as this ball!
  After Lin Tian passed Starks, he charged while observing the situation on the field. After noticing that Starks did not give up but pursued with all his strength, Lin Tian suddenly slowed down and waited for Starks. One step, and then at the moment when Starks couldn't brake in time and had a rear-end collision with himself, Lin Tian jumped up and took action!
  "Snapped!"

After a muffled sound, Lin Tian was knocked out by Starks, but before he lost his center of gravity, he still gently pushed the ball out!

"Shh!"

As Lin Tian fell to the ground and slid, the basketball also hit the basket accurately!

"Dudu! Two points are valid, plus one free throw!"

The referee's whistle also sounded very timely. Such an obvious foul did not require any hesitation. Lin Tian scored a very strong 2+1!

Walking to the free throw line, Lin Tian looked back at the annoyed Starks and said: "John, I heard that you once called Jordan the terminator? I'm curious how you ended him. Did you end him in the regular season? Because I remember If you are right, you have never won against Michael once!"

"Shut up!" Starks said with a sullen face, "I will end you tonight!"

"How to end it? Use this kind of rear-end accident to keep me on the free throw line, and then let me take the penalty until my hands are weak and I have no energy to do anything else?"

"You're good at talking, Lin, but that won't let you win!" Starks stood still and continued to fight with Lin Tian.

"Really? But I have never lost even a series in my life? What about you? Every year in the playoffs, you end the season with a losing series, right? Do you need me to show you mine? Championship ring?”

"Okay John, stop talking. You will definitely say that my two rings were given to me by Michael. No problem. I will invite you to Indiana to watch our game in June this year. I will let you take a look then. How about my brand new ring?”

Lin Tian's self-questioning and answering questions left Starks speechless. He could only leave a dry sentence of "wait and see", and then quickly ran to the frontcourt.

Another poor guy who overestimated his capabilities and was easily defeated by Lin Tian. His trash talk was no match for Lin Tian!
  "Shh!"

Lin Tian made the free throw steadily at the free throw line, and then quickly turned around and returned to defense. No matter how fiercely he sprayed just now, Lin Tian knew how fierce the Knicks lineup was. Chu!
  Be careful!

As soon as he ran back to his own half and stood in front of Starks, Starks had already pulled it up!

At this moment, Starks is still 3 meters away from the 2-point line!

Lin Tian really didn't expect that in this era, besides him, anyone would dare to shoot like this!

Still under a coach as rigid as Van Gundy.

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Starks hit his third three-pointer of the quarter!
  "Boy, I'm going to end you like this! Don't you want me to see your championship ring? Come on! Defeat me and let me see it!" Starks stared at Lin Tian, ​​as if he wanted to fight to the death with Lin Tian. Look!
  This is the Knicks’ strategy!
  This is also the strategy used by many teams today when facing the Pacers.

Lin Tian, ​​who is calm and rational, can score and pass the ball, is really difficult to deal with! If you can make him lose his mind and focus on working alone, although he can score a lot of points, it seems to be much easier to deal with than him who has a perfect combination of passing and attacking!

"You're dead!" Lin Tian's eyes flashed. He looked like I'm going to tear this bastard like you to pieces right now. With his aggressive dribbling and complicated fake moves, Starks tried his best. He used all his strength to prevent himself from being passed by Lin Tian.

But just when the two people came to the three-point line, Lin Tian paused for a moment, and just when Starks breathed a sigh of relief, the ball in Lin Tian's hand suddenly passed out!

It's the corner again, it's Miller again, it's Christie's screen again!
  "Shh!"

There was a crisp sound, and Miller hit another 3-pointer!
  Miller and the Pacers have played this tactic of catching the ball and shooting directly after using a screen countless times this season!

Lin Tian's passing always reassures Miller. He knows that as long as he can run out of space, the basketball will definitely come to his hands!

"Do you think I will fight you in a duel?" Lin Tian looked at Starks and said with disdain: "Are you worthy? A little ant said a few rubbish words to make me lose my mind? Do you think Who are you? Michael Jackson or the President of the United States?"

"You are just a poor guy who can't even start and is at the end of his career! If I were the owner of the Knicks, I wouldn't even consider retiring your jersey! Because that would bring down Bernard King. , Earl Monroe and Willis Reed level!”

"These people definitely don't want to be hung on the ceiling of the arena with you!"

"Ball!" Lin Tian's string of trash talk successfully angered Starks!

Taking the initiative to provoke Lin Tian not only failed to anger Lin Tian, ​​but was actually angered by Lin Tian!

With his eyes on fire, Starks quickly came to the frontcourt with the ball, and then made a gesture to ask all his teammates to pull away for him.

Then, this guy ignored Lin Tian and rushed inside. Then he suddenly stopped near the free throw line, pulled up and shot a jump shot!

Even if Lin Tian's ball was not deflected by him at all, it was completely in front of him, and his palm could almost press on Starks' shooting hand, but Starks just shot it!

"Shh!"

One second later, this extremely tough emergency stop jumper landed accurately! Starks hits another difficult fairy ball!
  With this kind of playing style and such an easy-to-get character, he is the number one nerve knife and double-edged sword in the 90s, and he is indeed well-deserved! "Boy, come on! Guard me! Let me see how you became a championship! Just these two strikes, you can't kill me!" Starks became more and more arrogant after scoring the goal, and directed at Lin Tian roared: "Don't even try to beat me by just passing the ball!"

"Really?" Lin Tian was still in midfield at the moment, but when he said this, he suddenly straightened up, threw the ball towards the Knicks' basket with both hands!

Christie, who didn't know when to get rid of Johnson and complete the steal, had already rushed to the basket. He jumped up skillfully, grabbed the basketball with both hands and slammed it into the basket!
  An alley-oop dunk spanning half the court was born!
  "Look, it's all 2 points. I'm easier than you, more comfortable than you, and even better-looking than you!" Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders and looked at Starks and said: "I won't be able to shoot against you. I’ll fuck you all up!”

"Wait and see!"

As he spoke, Starks once again asked for the ball toward the baseline. He wanted to continue to challenge Lin Tian. He wanted to beat Lin Tian until he was convinced and could no longer talk trash!
  This time, Starks fought all the way to the basket against Lin Tian's defense. Then when Lin Tian completely covered all his shooting angles and shooting spaces, the guy suddenly half-turned around and faced him with his back. The basket and Lin Tian, ​​then just like Hu Tui, threw the basketball towards the basket!

"Shh!"

There was another crisp sound, and this time, even Lin Tian couldn't help but curse!
  This basketball looks like it was raised by Starks.

It seems to be equipped with precise guidance. How to throw it will go to the basket!

Lin Tian even wanted to ask the referee to come over and see if there was a magnet in the basketball, which specifically dropped it into the basket!
  Amazing! This guy seems to be in a state of killing everyone tonight!
  However, Lin was still not in a hurry. In the next two rounds, Starks chose to play Lin Tian alone, and scored the ball with Lin Tian's defense in place. One of the two goals was from Starks. Lin Tian forced the ball to a dead ball at the free throw line. He kept moving his feet and colliding with his body, and finally managed to get an inch of space to take a shot.

Once, Starks went to the basket, with Ben in front and Lin Tian chasing behind him, and scored the ball with an incredible hook in the gap!
  And when this hook was scored, the first quarter of the game had also come to an end!
  Throughout the first quarter, Starks made 7 of 7 shots and scored 17 points!
  Such a crazy performance did not let the Knicks take the lead.

Because in the gap between his two consecutive hits, Lin Tian also hit a mid-range hit, and once again found Ben, assisting Ben for a dunk!

Lin Tian also scored 12 points and 8 assists in the first quarter!
  Starks crazy? Then make him crazy!

Lin Tiantian will not accompany him crazy. The Pacers are not at all desperate to accompany Starks. They play the most correct and rational offensive basketball!

They score easily and effortlessly, with almost no fairy balls or difficult goals!

This kind of offense is obviously much more reliable than the Knicks' personal madness.

In particular, Starks is not Jordan, nor is he Kobe or Iverson. He cannot maintain a 100% shooting rate throughout the game and keep hitting fairy balls!
  Even though Starks' performance was no different than God coming directly to the court, the Knicks still fell behind by 1 point in the first quarter!
  39: 40!

The Pacers really can't guard the Knicks, but the Knicks want to guard the Pacers? That is obviously impossible!
  At this moment, Van Gundy's face was very ugly off the court. He bit his lip and had many bad premonitions in his heart.

He felt that this game was simply a replica of the first game between the two sides!

The Knicks had a perfect touch right from the start and kept hitting the ball, but they couldn't get rid of the Pacers at all, because the Pacers could also use various methods to reasonably send the ball into the basket!

As the game progresses, the players' physical strength and condition decline. When the Knicks cannot guarantee their superb shooting percentage, the Pacers can still rely on their reasonableness and rationality to continue sending the ball into the basket!

The magic ball cannot be accurate for the entire game, but fast break dunks, open shots, and dunks under the basket can allow players to score stably even when their physical condition is declining!

Van Gundy didn't want this game to be like that one. The magic ball opened the way at the beginning and couldn't open up the score. At the end, the touch dropped and he had no choice but to lose.

But...what should we do?

As Van Gundy thought, he couldn't help but look back at Ewing. This guy played the entire first quarter today, and before he could sit down, Nick pulled his wrist and checked him again.

Is this guy's hand healed? If it's fine, why is Nick so anxious to check? If not, how could he be in such good condition?

Could it be that……

Van Gundy couldn't help but frown, and he had a bad premonition.

After Nick checked Ewing's palm, this guy ran over and said: "Coach, I don't need to rest in the second quarter, I can continue to play! We must take advantage of the fact that we still have enough energy to catch up with the score first, and then take the lead as much as possible. , and open up the score!"

"Patrick, are you okay? Your hand..." Van Gundy looked at Ewing with doubt on his face.

"It's okay, it's Nick who made a fuss and was always worried about my wrist, but it's completely healed! I even had a super friendly relationship with him last night after a long absence, and guess what? It was so fast! He recovered Peak!"

Ewing's pretending to be relaxed did not relieve Van Gundy's doubts, but he still nodded and said: "In the second quarter, Patrick, Charlie, Larry, Charles and Chris, you five will come together."

"Damn, it's not you Childs, it's another one. Don't you think what we need now is a striker? Chris Mills, come on! Remember, let's slow down the speed in the second quarter. Don't go any further. Take those shots that are too difficult! Be tactical and positional!"

"Suppressing the rhythm and running is something that Indiana is good at, and we have Patrick, we play positional warfare, we play at the basket! Use height and weight and confrontation to deal with them! Understand? Fight with them in hand-to-hand combat and mud fighting. , fight with them physically! Go and torture them, do you understand?"

"Charles, you have the biggest responsibility! Remember, whether it is offense or defense, don't leave the basket or the three-second zone! And, every time after we attack, if we don't score, then you have to fight for offensive rebounds. If we score, you interfere with their serve! You know what I mean?"

"Don't let them serve quickly, don't let them play fast break?" Oakley is also an old man, and he immediately understood what Van Gundy meant and thought.

This is Van Gundy’s solution!

Since we are destined to not be able to beat the Pacers if we try to attack, then let’s not compare with offense! Use what we are good at, what made the "Gangs of New York" famous back then, to fight against the Pacers!
  To put it simply: increase the rhythm, increase confrontation, hit the basket, and grab rebounds!

On the Pacers side, Bird looked at his players and said: "If Van Gundy wasn't an idiot, he must have realized that he is no match for us in a confrontation. He can only support us with the difficult magic ball." After a while, I couldn’t win the game!”

"So in the second quarter, the Knicks will definitely use their best defense and slow half-court position to face us. They will slow down the pace and there will be a lot of physical confrontation! And here they are At home, they will have some advantages on the whistle, so our second quarter will definitely be very difficult!”

"Remember, the most important thing when playing with a Knicks team like this is to stay calm! No matter what moves they use to deal with you, no matter what trash they spout, you must stay calm! This is Madison, no matter how fair the referee is, It will definitely be detrimental to us!"

"Don't worry, Larry. In my whole life, I'm the only one who can break other people's mentality. No one can mess with my mentality!" Lin Tian stood up with a smile and said: "I can continue! Over there with the Knicks , and they will definitely not let their main force rest!”

"Lin is right! I have been playing football for 20 years, and I have always been the only one who breaks other people's mentality. How can others break me? Even Michael! It was me who made him break!" Miller followed. got up.

"Reggie, when has Michael ever been bitten to pieces by you? Hasn't he defeated you every time?" Barkley stood up curiously and said, "A loser can still beat a winner to bits?"

"Shut up, fat man! You are a loser who averaged 40+ points per game because of him. If you had tried harder, Michael wouldn't have won his third championship!" Miller snorted in disdain.

"What about you? You are so powerful, but you don't have a chance to meet Michael! You don't even have a chance to be defeated by him!"

Seeing that these two people were about to spray all the way to the court again, Lin Tian patted the two people and said: "Win this series, and then we go to the Eastern Conference finals, fuck Michael well! Let him know what failure is!"

"This time, we take back everything that belongs to us!"

"Not bad! Take them all back!" As soon as Miller and Barkley heard that they could beat Jordan, they immediately stopped bickering and walked towards the court with Lin Tian.

"Did I say you three are going to play?" Bird rolled his eyes and cursed: "How about you three discuss it and choose someone to be the coach?"

"Then you get a free salary?" Barkley said to Bird again in a mean tone.

The angry Bird immediately cursed: "You damn fat man, do you really think I've forgotten that you fought with that idiot Irving against me in your rookie season? Do you believe I gave you little shoes? You won't be able to do anything about it in the future. Play?"

"You know what is the most important thing between a top head coach and a top general manager, Reggie?" Lin Tian suddenly said with a bad smile: "Shameless! Look at our Larry, he can call that fight a fight, it can be seen that How thick-skinned he is! That time, he was the one getting beaten! Of course, Charles’ level of deflection is also top-notch in the league!”

"What the heck, it's just a useless gadget. It's not worth mentioning. It's not worth mentioning!" Buckley scratched his bald forehead and giggled. He actually seemed a bit honest.

"FUXX! Get out of here, get out of here! I don't want to see you three! Ben, Doug, you two are coming too. If you two can't stand their bad mouths, you can beat them up directly! I I guarantee that you will not be banned or fined."

After Bird finished his instructions, he sat on his bench angrily. Lin Tian, ​​who teased Bird, got another 50 experience points from Bird as he wished. How happy!
  "Isaiah, tell me why young people today are such jerks? Don't they have any respect for their head coach?"

"Larry, you made a mistake." Thomas smirked and shrugged: "Our generation doesn't respect you either! You forgot that I once said that if you were a black man, you would beat even my grandma. Are you no longer a rookie?"

"FUXX!" Bird cursed again, hugged his arms and stopped talking.

Is there another head coach in this league who feels so aggrieved? From players to assistant coaches, everyone had nothing to say to him?

Tonight, curfew!
  damn it! There is a curfew tonight!

Want to go to New York? Want to experience the bustle of New York City?

Feel the ass!

Just stay calm in the room!
  Then, I, Uncle Larry, go out and play by myself!
  Hey!

The Knicks don't have as good an atmosphere as the Pacers. After Ewing and others walked onto the court, a solemn-looking Van Gundy immediately pulled team doctor Nick over: "Nick, tell me honestly, what's wrong with Patrick's wrist?" What’s going on!”

"Wrist? It's nothing. Isn't he playing ball?" Nick paused and then gave the answer.

"I may be stubborn, old-fashioned and have no sense of humor, but I'm not stupid! Nick, I know you. I've known you since I was an assistant coach. If Patrick is okay, you won't rush to him every timeout to see him. Wrist!"

"Tell me the truth! What happened to Patrick!"

"Hey, okay." Nick knew that he definitely couldn't hide it anymore. He looked at Van Gundy and said, "Actually, you should have guessed it."

"You damn bastard, did you really block Patrick?" Van Gundy's eyes immediately widened and he cursed: "You quack with no medical ethics! Who allowed you to block my players? You can afford it. Are you responsible? What if Patrick's injury gets worse? You damn idiot!"

"Fire you! I'm going to fire you after the game! You don't deserve to stay on my team!"

"Jeff, I think you should calm down. You've said you understand me. Do you think I'm the kind of person who just blocks players out regardless?" Nick was not angry when faced with Van Gundy's rage. He sighed and said: "Patrick asked for it, I really can't refuse him."

"He said that this was the last time in his life that he was close to his dream, and he hoped that I could help him."

Nick's words stunned Van Gundy, who was jumping up and down.

The last time you get close to your dream?
  Is Ewing's injury... already serious enough?

Does he no longer have the confidence to return to the court next year?

Van Gundy looked at Ewing and fell into deep confusion.

He is the head coach and he knows better than anyone what closure is!
  To put it simply, this is an analgesic, the ultimate analgesic. It can directly block and block people's pain, and it has the same effect as anesthetics.

However, it cannot cure injuries or relieve injuries. Its function is to seal off pain so that the human brain cannot feel pain.

But it’s just that I can’t feel the pain, the pain is still happening!
  In sports, not feeling pain is not a good thing!
  Not being able to feel it means that you don’t know whether the injury has worsened, it means you don’t know whether a certain movement has torn the wound, and you don’t know whether a certain moment will cause your injury to completely collapse!
  This is a method of self-deception, a method that makes athletes go all-in and risk everything.

After all, no one knows what will happen to a player who hits a closed ball without feeling pain.

There are countless athletes who want to force themselves to play just because they are injured, and then give themselves a shot to seal it. Then, they will never be able to reach their peak, never return to their peak state, or even leave the competition forever. !
  Top stars such as Tracy McGrady, Deron Williams, Blake Griffin, ordinary stars such as Serge Ibaka, role players such as Wayne Weaver, including those who will always be remembered by Chinese fans It hurts, CBA’s four-character MVP foreign aid Xiao Ding.

Each of these players who were once famous and famous all over the world, because of a temporary passion and a fluke mentality, insisted on playing in isolation, which led to a sharp decline in their careers and rapid decline.

Moreover, not only in the basketball arena, but also in other arenas, there are countless examples of people who completely bid farewell to their peak due to a single shot of closure.

For example, Kaka of Brazil, Umtiti of France, and another pain in the hearts of Chinese fans: Dong Fangzhuo.

These football players also experienced a rapid decline in their careers because of a shot of blockage.

From any point of view, closure is not an antidote at all, but a poison. A poison that allows players to regain their form in one game, but may lose their entire career!

Van Gundy never imagined that Ewing would be so determined for this game. At the same time, he also hated himself for not discovering Ewing's abnormality earlier. Only now that the game has gone on for one quarter did he know about Ewing. He actually gave himself a shot of closure.

Thinking of the brutal fouls the Pacers had committed on Ewing's wrist in the previous games, Van Gundy had the urge to immediately call a timeout, ask Ewing to come down, and not play in this game again.

He is stubborn and slow to react. He is ridiculed by many people as a dogmatist and a theoretical person who cannot play basketball. This is all correct.

But Van Gundy is also a coach who truly cares about his players.

He really didn't want Ewing to suffer any serious and irreversible injuries under his hands.

(End of this chapter)