NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 273 The European Emperor is possessed! The Pacers swept the preseason!

"The host obtains Larry Bird's basketball talent: the spirit of Big Bird!"

No need for any extra explanation, just such a short line is enough to make Lin Tian excited!

This time, Ou is definitely at grandma’s house!

Bird's basketball talent!

This is much better than any other skills!

This is much better than those talents such as running, boxing, and rugby!

This is basketball talent!

Lin Tian's first basketball talent!

Or, Lin Tian is also willing to give it another name: Larry Bird Skill Pack or Larry Bird Skill Encyclopedia!

This contains all of Bird's talents! From trash talk to shooting ability to defensive positioning, basketball IQ, court vision and ability to rebound and score!

Or to put it more bluntly: Even if Lin Tian does not have any other skills, relying on this talent, not to mention making him the next Larry Bird and the top ten in history, he can at least become the top all-around player in the league. Defender!

This is the foundation for the top ten small forwards in history and the current number one small forward in league history!

The bonus to Lin Tian is all-round.

Now, as long as Lin Tian doesn't commit suicide by building roads and farming, his career will almost certainly be as good as Bird's!

The only thing that's a bit confusing is the name of this talent.

Big bird spirit...

In short, Lin Tian is really confident about the coming new season!

“精钢手套LV4(0/36000)：增加宿主单防能力17%、抢断能力35%、协防能力17%、盖帽能力12%、护筐能力12%！比赛最后5分钟，若宿主进入兴奋或暴怒状态，提升效果在当前基础上额外增加38%！”

So the first thing he did was to fuse the LV3 glove interception with the LV3 first defense, and then upgraded the fused skills to LV4!

This improvement is absolutely huge and all-round!

After Lin Tian felt a chill, he quickly began to study his skills. He is now a real big business!

“闪电侠LV2(0/4000)：增加宿主急速运球能力8%，增加宿主破包夹能力8%，增加宿主突破能力8%，宿主空中进行身体接触被严重犯规后，打成2+1的概率额外增加7%。”

Tsk tsk tsk...you don’t have to think about this choice at all!

You don’t have to think twice to know which one is the most cost-effective!

So Lin Tian used more than 3000 experience points to upgrade the 'King of Shooters', 4400 experience points to upgrade the 'Lightning Killer', and more than 6000 experience points to upgrade the 'Flying Mamba'!

After a wave of consumption, Lin Tian basically used the chime again with so little experience points, leaving less than 1000!

Then, because of the breakthrough attribute of 'Lightning Killer', Lin Tian's explosive power was greatly improved, and 'Flying Mamba' improved Lin Tian's jumping. The evaluation of these two abilities also directly reached the S- level.

Age: 26

Height: 191 cm

Weight: 88KG

Physical evaluation: Bounce S-, Speed ​​S+, Strength A+, Physical fitness S+, Explosion S-, Coordination S+, Consciousness S+

Overall body rating: S

Offensive evaluation: Shooting S, dribbling S-, passing S+, breakthrough S-, low post B-, dunk A, fast break S+

Offensive overall rating: S-

Defensive evaluation: S- in rebounds, S+ in steals, B+ in top defense, B+ in blocks, A+ in assist defense, A- in position blocking, S in single defense

Defensive overall rating: S-

Characteristics: All-Seeing Eye, Pretty Boy, Lightning Speed, Human Cannon, Czech Iron Man, China's Leap, Big Bird Spirit

Then, Lin Tian merged 'The Flash' with the same breakthrough skill 'Killer Beetle'!

“闪电杀手LV2(1601/6000)：增加宿主急速运球能力15%，增加宿主破包夹能力9%，增加宿主突破能力15%，宿主空中进行身体接触被严重犯规后，打成2+1的概率额外增加8%，晃倒对手概率增加5%！”

As for Carter, this guy has never been an excellent defender, at best he is above average.

Compared with the comprehensive and huge improvements Bird brought to Lin Tian, ​​the level improvements of Lin Tian's skills seemed a bit mediocre.

Needless to say, this is the improvement brought by the 'Big Bird Essence' to Lin Tian. Bird's signature is the coordination of consciousness and body.

After merging this skill, Lin Tian gained an additional ability bonus of being knocked down, which can be regarded as an additional gain!

“闪电杀手LV3(0/12000)：增加宿主急速运球能力17%，增加宿主破包夹能力11%，增加宿主突破能力17%，宿主空中进行身体接触被严重犯规后，打成2+1的概率额外增加10%，晃倒对手概率增加6%！”

Therefore, although the team focuses on offense in the new season, its defensive ability still needs to be mentioned. Otherwise, if the team suddenly puts on five players and 2.5 of them are colanders, the game will definitely become more difficult.

Lin Tian was worried that when he went to the game tomorrow, he would see a Bird who had been sucked dry and looked like a human being...

“精钢手套LV3(5311/18000)：增加宿主单防能力15%、抢断能力30%、协防能力15%、盖帽能力10%、护筐能力10%！比赛最后5分钟，若宿主进入兴奋或暴怒状态，提升效果在当前基础上额外增加36%！”

First of all, both physical coordination and consciousness have been improved by leaps and bounds, directly reaching the top ceiling level of the S+ league!

In addition, the improvement of abilities such as shooting, rebounding, assisting defense, blocking shots, and blocking are also improved by relying on the "Big Bird Essence". These are also the things Bird is best at!

Lin Tian can only say that the talent of this professional counterpart is amazing!

A number of abilities have been greatly improved, even directly reaching the league's ceiling level. I can only say that Bird's level is indeed worthy of his name!

He accumulated a total of about 4000 experience points in the second half of last season. The season gift package has 1 experience points. The training camp was connected with the Asian Cup trip, and Lin Tian gained more than 15000 experience points. Now Lin Tian, I happen to have 3 experience in hand!

After fighting for half a year, I can finally enjoy it!

These are all skills that are not worth Lin Tian's waste of experience points.

Well, that's pretty much it. Otherwise, I really can't find any shortcomings.

Then Lin Tian couldn't help but think about gathering yin and replenishing yang, Nie Xiaoqian and so on...

He is indeed one of the top ten monsters in NBA history!

After this huge improvement, Lin Tian also opened his system panel again.

After all, Lin Tian is a defender, so you can't accuse him of average blocking skills, right?

If I insist on saying that Lin Tian has any weaknesses now, it is probably that it is a bit difficult for him to defend players in positions 3-5. If he encounters the league's top defensive masters, such as Kidd, Pippen, Peggy, etc. When Dun is waiting for others, his post-up skills are probably not that interesting.

Can attack and defend, can break out and shoot, can pass and shoot!

Although his back-up skills are not excellent, he has a tonnage advantage against all No. 1 positions in the league. He can defeat almost all No. positions with his body!

It is precisely these qualities that allow him to fight against those black monsters without falling behind despite his mediocre physical fitness.

These skills mainly improve Lin Tian's shooting, breakthrough, finishing at the basket and defense abilities. They are also very comprehensive and cover almost the most basic abilities on the court. The improvement is also very large!

Today's Lin Tian is definitely a nightmare for all No. 1 positions in the league, and even all defenders!

Hiss... shivering! nausea! too disgusting!

Think of something else quickly!

The rest is actually to upgrade almost all the experience points of stud to 'Flying God Pig' or to upgrade the three low-level skills of 'Lightning Killer' and 'Flying Mamba' and 'King of Shooters' just obtained.

技能：挡拆投篮LV4(1972/8000)、犹他城墙LV2(1931/3000)、飞翔曼巴LV3(0/20000)、顶峰时刻LV3(4812/20000)、飞天神猪LV4(911/16000)、快枪手LV2(1321/4000)、攻防一体LV4(672/28000)、射手之王LV3(0/8000)、精钢手套LV4(0/36000)、闪电杀手LV3(0/12000)

物品：肥厚脂肪(3次)、伤病豁免(1次)、谜样年纪(3分钟)、恶意犯规(3次)、89-90赛季帕特里克·尤因体验卡(全场)、87-88赛季迈克尔·乔丹体验卡(单月)、钢铁意志(1次)

XP: 870

Task: None yet

“射手之王LV3(0/8000)：3分命中率提升5%，中距离命中率提升6%，比赛最后20秒三分命中率额外提升3%，并且若是接球后直接投篮，投篮命中率额外再增加3%！”

I just don’t know whose ankle will be harvested by me next season?

After improving two skills in a row, Lin Tian had spent 14500 experience points and still had 15500 points left. Lin Tian took a look at his remaining skills. Well, although there was a lot of experience left, Lin Tian Tian Neng actually has very little room for choice.

After his defense improved a lot, Lin Tian had no intention of stopping and upgraded the skill 'Flashman' obtained in the training camp to LV2!

Name: Lin Tian

Looking at his dazzling array of skills, Lin Tian's first thought was to streamline them!

Then, considering that Webber is not good at defense, Miller, whose defensive ability is average, will definitely decline further in the new season as he grows older and suffers from injuries.

"Flying Mamba LV4 (0/20000): The host's finishing ability at the basket is increased by 16%! The shooting percentage when breaking through the layup or slipping the baseline is increased by 16%, and the jumping ability is increased by 11%. If the jumping evaluation reaches A-, then Every time the bounce increases by one level, the finishing ability and lever ability increase by an additional 3%!"

Lin Tian has always left these two skills, 'Pick-and-roll shooting' and 'Utah Wall', alone and allowed them to grow wildly, because for Lin Tian, ​​one of the two skills has too little bonus, and the other has no actual effect. Big, very low value for money.

Unprecedented confidence!

He feels that unless the team encounters the same concentrated injury wave as last season this year, it will be impossible to lose the championship!

With this confidence, Lin Tian and the Pacers players ushered in the preseason!

On October 10, the Pacers hosted their first show of the season at their new home court, the Conseco Center Arena!

The new arena can accommodate 19000 spectators, which is much larger than the old arena's capacity of less than 18000.

And all the facilities are brand new and look full of technology! Today's Conseco Arena is definitely one of the most luxurious arenas in the league, and even though the new arena can seat nearly 2 people, the fanatical Indiana fans have not let the team down. The arena was packed to capacity once again, and the attendance rate reached 100% again!

This kind of atmosphere can be found in the preseason. Indiana's ball market is definitely enough to make more than 70% of the league's teams envious!

As for the Pacers' opponent tonight, it is last season's championship: the New York Knicks!

This season for the Knicks can be described as a troubled and unlucky year!

After Jordan announced his retirement on the night of the Finals, team veteran John Starks was obviously inspired by his inner thoughts and also announced his retirement in August!

Although the team's remaining leader, Patrick Ewing, did not retire, his wrist injury recurred again for unknown reasons in the summer. As a last resort, Ewing had to undergo another operation. After this operation, Ewing He needs to rest for 4-6 months, which means that he will not be able to return to the court before Christmas.

The important contributors to the team's championship last season have retired or been injured. The Knicks, who have lost three main players at once, are generally looked down upon by the outside world! Not only do almost no one think they can defend the title, there are also many people who think the Knicks will fall directly out of the playoffs!

After all, the way they look now, they really look like the kind of team that would break up after just one year.

For example, in this preseason, even though the Knicks have all their elite players, except for Oakley, Houston and Ward, the five other people in their starting lineup have become Marcus Camby and John ·Wallace.

Compared with last year's lineup of Jordan + Ewing and Starks on the bench, it is really far behind!

As for the Pacers, Bird didn't try out any experimental lineups, try things out first and then do it for real. He directly came up with the team's strongest starting five!

Ben Wallace, Chris Webber, Doug Christie, Reggie Miller, Lin Tian!

As the referee blew his whistle, Ben, who was 2 meters tall, couldn't beat Camby, who was 10 centimeters taller than him.

The Knicks got the first wave of the ball!

Ward is still so mature and stable. He can't produce any exciting moments or beautiful statistics, but he is the kind of person who can help the team to protect the bottom line and stabilize the team.

"Long time no see." Ward and Lin Tian are also old rivals. From the Bulls to the Pacers, the two have faced off countless times. Ward admits that although he is not Lin Tian's opponent at all, he is against Lin Tian. But very understanding!

For example, when dribbling this time, although Lin Tian was the steal leader last season, based on his past abilities, he would never be able to steal the ball from his hands!

Ward knew very well when Lin Tian would take action, when he would increase the pressure, and when he would make a sudden attack!

"Snapped!"

Before he could go over Lin Tian's behavior in his mind, Ward suddenly felt a light touch on his hand, and then the basketball in his hand disappeared, and Lin Tian also disappeared from in front of him almost at the same time!

"Boom!" A few seconds later, a bang came. Lin Tian had completed a one-stop steal and then dunked with both hands!

The entire Conseco Arena immediately burst into huge, crazy cheers!

This is the first goal on this court, and it is perfect for Lin Tian to complete it with a signature steal and dunk!

Amid the crazy noise of the fans, Ward looked at Lin Tian in disbelief. With his understanding of Lin Tian and his years of experience in confrontation, it was impossible for Lin Tian to break this ball!

Logically speaking, Lin Tian should be completely out of reach!

However, Lin Tian just completed the steal in the midst of lightning and flint!

If it can be so fast, so fast that Ward can't even react, then there is only one possibility!

Lin Tian has become stronger again! And it has become significantly stronger!

Watching Lin Tian's handsome dunk and turning back to defend, Ward swallowed for no reason.

He suddenly remembered that when the two met for the first time, although he was not Lin Tian's opponent, he was not beaten so miserably. At that time, it was mainly Jordan who beat Houston and Johnson, and neither he nor Lin Tian was the protagonist.

Ward even imagined that if he was on a team without a big center, in a team that focused on fast offense and had an open coach coaching him instead of a stubborn guy like Van Gundy, maybe he would be no worse than Lin Tian. ?

But now...

In less than 5 years, he has already been left so far behind by Lin Tian.

Ward was thinking wildly. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt again. This time he did not force the ball. Instead, he quickly distributed the ball to Houston who came out from the baseline, but Houston did not get the ball at all. Although Miller's defense is average when it comes to taking shots, the only thing he's good at defending is this kind of off-ball shooter!

I'm Miller, the founder of the non-ball world, who are you riding on?

In desperation, Houston was able to give the ball to Camby inside, but Camby faced the best defender among the young generation in the league. His two shots, let alone the strong attack, were all in the 3-second zone. Can't get in.

He could only give the ball to Oakley again. When Webber saw Oakley taking the ball, he immediately became excited!

I, Chris, don't let me die, you old man!

If Miller is good at defending off-ball shooters, then Weber, who can't defend, is best at defending a pure blue-collar guy who can't attack! Putting his height and wingspan here, he still has some intimidation when he stands still with his hands raised.

Oakley didn't dare to single out Webb, so he could only turn around and want to return the ball to the outside, but as soon as he turned around, the basketball in his hand was taken away!

Lin Tian!

He once again wandered up behind Oakley without knowing when, and when he turned around, he snatched the basketball away from him!

Start the fast attack again!

This time Miller is on the left, Christie is on the right, and Lin Tian is dribbling in the middle. While attracting the Knicks' defense, he is observing the situation on the court. Then when he rushes into the 3-point line, he turns his head to the left and looks at Miller. , but the basketball flew directly to the right basket!

"boom!"

After a bang, Christie dunked with both hands and scored 2 points again!

Then the Knicks' offense still couldn't find a reliable offensive point. Among the team's current starting five, only Houston is good at offense, but he was blocked by Miller. There was no chance to shoot, and in the end Camby could only make a crooked machine gun shot from the mid-range, and the basketball hit the basket with a bang.

Weber elbowed Oakley away, grabbed the rebound, then turned around and only glanced at it before he threw the basketball into the frontcourt with one hand!

After Lin Tian got the ball, he turned around smoothly and passed Ward, then took three steps directly, and then jumped up and performed another gliding chop that he was good at!

"boom!"

In the first three rounds, the Knicks were powerless to fight back. They didn't even have a chance to use their best positional defense and positional combat. The Pacers didn't give the Knicks a chance to get into position at all!

It wasn't until 2 minutes and 20 seconds into the game that the Knicks finally broke the scoring drought with a forced facial shot from Houston. The Pacers' offense finally fell into a positional battle in the next round. .

But for today's Knicks, positional warfare is not their safe haven, but a perfect opportunity for the Pacers to set off another round of storm!

Just when Ward and Houston were still trying to entangle Lin Tian and prevent him from organizing the offense, Lin Tian had already given the ball to Webber near the free throw line, and then Lin Tian quickly circled towards Webber, only to knock the Knicks away. The team's defense was dizzy.

Then Lin Tian tried to cooperate with Webber hand-in-hand. At the same time, he walked towards the 3-point line. At the moment when the Knicks' entire defensive focus was on him and the line expanded, Webber suddenly came behind him. Passing the ball, the basketball flew directly to the hands of Christie who was cutting under the basket!

"Boom!" After another explosion, Christie dunked again with one hand! At this time, not even a Knicks player saw him!

Far away in Sacramento, Adelman turned on the TV when he had nothing to do, and wanted to see how Chris Webber, whom he had always wanted to get, was doing with his new club. After seeing the ball, he immediately cursed: "FUXX! This is my Princeton!"

Yes, Princeton!

The Pacers only used one position battle to let countless knowledgeable people see their tactics.

The high post supports the inside, the defenders run around, the forward cuts without the ball, the center covers, and the high ball holder passes the ball behind him to blast the opponent's anus.

A flexible, elegant, relaxed and freehand offensive system! In this era when defensive tactics and systems are not yet very complete, a gorgeous pass-and-cut system appears immediately with the help of backdoor slipping to the baseline and counter-running coupled with the distribution of the ball by two top passers!

The next Pacers played a gorgeous offense that shocked the entire league. Everyone of them was running, and opportunities always appeared in unexpected places. Webb and Lin Tian also always used incredible methods. , passing the ball to those fleeting opportunities.

The defensive system that the Knicks are proud of has no place at all under the joint operation of these two people and the crazy running of others.

Falling apart, falling apart!

In the first quarter of the game, the Knicks, who had no sense at all and didn't even know what was going on, lost by 13 points!

Then at the end of the first half, they lost by 25 points!

Second half of the game?

In the second half of the game, they narrowed the gap a bit, but that was because Lin Tian, ​​Weber and others all left the game early!

这一场比赛，林天打了24分钟，拿下14分7助攻4篮板，韦伯打了22分钟，拿下12分8篮板5助攻，克里斯蒂登场 17分钟，拿下8分5篮板3助攻。

The person who played the most excitedly in the whole game was Vince Carter!

卡特今晚出战全队最高的31分钟，拿下22分5篮板2助攻！再加上4次让人血脉喷张的狂野暴扣，让整个康塞科中心的球迷都疯狂的欢呼呐喊！

This Pacers team is so fun to watch!

And also in Sacramento, Adelman watched the tactics he had planned countless times in his mind being executed so easily and freely by the Pacers. He hated it in his heart!

I hate that Weber doesn't understand me and refuses to come to Sacramento. I hate that the Kings' bosses, the Maloof brothers, are too soft and cowardly. They don't want to believe in themselves and don't dare to forcefully challenge Weber!

They all asked for it!

This team deserves to be unable to see its rise!

Live it!

Except for Adelman, because the Pacers are the most popular team to win the championship in the new season, many interested people watched this game. Of course, they did not really sit in front of the TV and watch the whole game. But there isn't that much free time.

More people ask their editing team and analysts to cut out a highlight of the Pacers game for analysis and study after the game.

then……

In just over 20 minutes, the entire Pacers team played, leaving many senior head coaches in the league confused!

The Pacers' offensive system is really unsolvable!

Two top ball handlers and guys with extremely comprehensive vision handle the ball, and the remaining three cover each other and run around looking for opportunities.

What's even more frightening is that among the Pacers' starting players, only Ben has no offensive ability. However, Christie and Miller not only shoot accurately and can run, but also have good vision and passing ability.

Such a tactical system of mobile attack and all-people troops.

It’s hard to do...

The Pacers this season might be much stronger than the previous two seasons!

You have to start setting up in advance and start studying strategies to deal with them in advance!

Most coaches have almost finished their preliminary research on the Pacers. Next, they have to prepare for their own games. The most they can do is ask analysts to edit more Pacers games to save a few. After saving, I will watch and study again. After all, I have only played half of the game now, so the sample is still too small.

Except for one person.

Although it was already late at night in Los Angeles, Jackson did not hug Jenny, who was already asleep, to have a good rest. Instead, he stripped his upper body and once again studied the Pacers game video.

After watching it countless times, Jackson finally turned off the TV, then leaned back on the bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

"Lin, this guy, has actually improved compared to last season... What kind of monster is this guy? He has already won the MVP, scoring champion and assists champion. How can he still improve? Incredible, incredible."

Then Jackson suddenly thought of two years ago, the summer when Lin Tian was about to leave the Bulls, Klaus had found him for the first time and discussed the offseason strategy with him.

Klaus came up with a crazy idea that Jackson couldn't even imagine.

Rectify Lin Tian, ​​trade Pippen, and let Jordan go!

This crazy idea was regarded as a crazy moment by Jackson as an idiot at the time.

But now that I think about it, maybe that annoying fat guy is right!

While half the league was shocked by the Pacers' performance in a preseason game and began to study them carefully, the Pacers did not stop their progress.

The league has prepared a total of 7 preseason games for the Pacers this year, all of which are games against the teams surrounding the Pacers. Preseason games are about getting a feel for the audience and letting the audience warm up, and the coaches will try out the lineup. Law, that’s it! The most important thing here is not winning or losing, but reducing travel expenses.

All games are played nearby.

Therefore, in the Pacers' six games, except for the Knicks in the first game, the rest of the games were played against opponents in the same district: Bulls, Bucks, Pistons and Cavaliers.

Among these four teams, except for the Bulls, who were beaten once by the Pacers at home and away and lost two games in a row, the other teams were defenseless and clean when facing the Pacers. Lose the game.

Of these four teams, although the Bulls have just received the No. 2 pick Brand, the team is obviously still in the process of rebuilding. They will have to be bad for at least 3- years before they have the possibility of recovery, while the Cavaliers are The team just split this summer.

As for the Bucks and Pistons, they are certainly not bad teams. They both entered the playoffs last season. The Pistons' Hill and the Bucks' three Musketeers are all famous offensive combinations in the league today.

However, when facing the Pacers, the Bucks and Pistons did not show anything special. They did not appear to be much better than the Cavaliers and Bulls. They both lost by 10 points in the first quarter. Lose another 7-8 points, and in the second half, the point difference will quickly widen to more than 20 points.

Then the main players of the Pacers clocked out at about the same time.

Regardless of whether the Pacers won by 30 points or 10 points at the end of the game, when these four teams faced the Pacers, their reactions and rhythms were extremely consistent!

The main thing is a relaxed and freehand style!

Weber and this team are a perfect match! The two parties are truly a match made in heaven. Put together, they are like a match made in heaven and earth, and they work together like a fish in water!

Although preseason games have never been a stage to test a team's true strength, for example, the Spurs only had 6 wins and 2 losses in 4 preseason games, and the Lakers only won 1 game.

But the Pacers are obviously not a 'preseason team'. They just can't wait to show their fierce and sharp fangs in advance!

The loss last season was too painful for the Pacers! None of them saw it happening again.

This season, the Pacers have only one goal: to take back everything that belongs to them!

The Pacers' united will not only scares the head coaches and general managers of many teams in the league, but their terror can also be seen in the pre-season rankings, prospects, and odds!

In the new season MVP prediction list given by the largest and most professional media in the United States such as ESPN, NBC, ABC, TNT, Bleachers, CBS, etc., no matter who is ranked 2-5, all media have their first pick. I chose Lin Tian!

In Las Vegas, they also gave a very low odds for Lin Tian to win the MVP! Obviously, the actuaries here are also very optimistic that Lin Tian can defend the MVP title!

Lin Tian's odds of winning the MVP are only 100:125!

If you can get MVP by buying Lin Tian for 100 yuan at the beginning of the season, then by the end of the season, you can only get 125 yuan!

Let's put it this way, even if Real Madrid goes to China to play in the Football League for a season, their odds of winning the championship will be higher than this.

And what about Shaquille O'Neal, who is ranked second? 100:750!

Buy O'Neal for 100 bucks at the beginning of the season to win the MVP, and then when he really gets it at the end of the season, you can get 750 US dollars!

How to describe the gap between these two people?

It almost means that Lin Tian can be awarded an award directly.

In addition, these same media also unanimously selected the Pacers with the first pick in their first team strength rankings of the new season and final championship predictions!

Of course, the actuaries in Las Vegas say once again: You’re right!

They also put the Pacers at the top of the odds list, and also gave an odds that looked very good: 100:400!

Although it looks very good, you must know that these are the odds of the championship! At this time in the past, the winning odds given by Las Vegas for the top favorite were basically much higher than this number!

The only team that can compare with this year's Pacers in terms of odds at the beginning of the season is the Chicago Bulls in the 95-96 season!

No other team can compare with this year's Pacers!

In other words: The Pacers are definitely the number one and top favorite to win the championship this year!

Even if the season hasn't started yet, many people have already assigned them tasks: If they don't win the championship, they will fail!

As for the reason, in addition to the addition of Webber, it is also because the way this team was eliminated last year left a deep impression on people! Everyone believes that they will definitely come back!

In addition, the performance of this team in the preseason is really amazing and beautiful!

Who can refuse a team that is so gorgeous and crazy, and brings the ultimate audio-visual enjoyment to fans every moment?

"Winning 6 points in 127 games, how terrible are the Indianapolis this year? 》

"Last year, the lack of personnel pushed the Heat to a dead end. This year, the entire army will attack and the Pacers only have the goal of winning the championship!" 》

"The Pacers have become the favorites to win the championship before the season starts!" How stable is the Pacers championship? 》

"The heat will kill you?" The Pacers would not agree! The only thing standing in front of them is injuries! 》

"It may not help the Heat to get Malone. They may be defenseless against all the Pacers!" 》

"Can the Lakers' three Musketeers plus the 'Zen Master' snipe the Pacers?" Can the Spurs Twin Towers reach the Finals again? 》

"The Heat, Spurs, Lakers, and Pacers are competing for hegemony among the top four. Who can finally stabilize the championship? 》

"The Trail Blazers may be able to find a way out among the chaos. Can they reach the finals with all the players on board?" 》

"Goal 70 wins?" Can the Pacers break the Bulls' single-season wins record this year? 》

"The lineup is complete!" Just looking at the lineup on paper, the Pacers are already number one in the league today! 》

"From the starting lineup to the substitutes, there are soldiers who can fight!" At least 3 of the Pacers' substitutes can become starters or even core players on other teams! 》

"There may be a 10-man rotation in the new season!" The Pacers' personnel reserves are extremely abundant, and no one in the league can match them! 》

"The new system is eye-catching!" Who can withstand the Pacers' onslaught? 》

"Under the dual-core drive, the Pacers' offense is defenseless! 》

"The ball doesn't stop, the ball doesn't stop!" Mercury is pouring down the ground and thousands of horses are galloping! The Pacers' offense is art! 》

"Bird's coaching ability is absolutely top-notch in history. No one except him can create such an amazing tactical system in one offseason! 》

"The schedule is very good at the beginning of the regular season. Will the Pacers start with a 14-game winning streak? 》

In the two days before the start of the regular season, which was also the last break before the start of the season, the media from all walks of life were crazy about praising the Pacers. From the system to the personnel to the season preview and record estimation, the Pacers were favored by everyone and were regarded as Everyone praised wildly.

Before the season even started, the Pacers were praised as if they could easily break the Bulls' historical record of 74 wins this season and win the championship in the playoffs. They were actually praised by the media, fans and colleagues. It blew to the sky.

Bird was not happy at all when he saw the crazy touted news. On the contrary, he frowned very tightly.

This kind of flattery, if not careful, will cause changes in the players' psychology. They want to win but are afraid of losing, be praised highly, and have overwhelming self-confidence. Then they will be too arrogant, not taking their opponents or even teammates seriously, thinking that they are really good. Invincible in the world, and then...

It's very likely that the higher you are praised, the more painful it will be when you fall!

Bird, who has been dealing with the media for nearly 30 years, knows these media very well. No matter how harshly they praise the Pacers today, wait until the Pacers really encounter difficulties and start losing streaks, losing games, and getting injured. When , it was these reporters who jumped out to criticize the Pacers for being incompetent, self-righteous and overly arrogant!

In short, regardless of whether the team wins or loses, reporters never lose.

In the afternoon before the first game of the new season, Bird walked into Conseco Arena with this anxiety and uneasiness. He hoped to sound a wake-up call to the players before the start of the season, telling them to avoid arrogance and impetuosity. , don’t take the praise from the media and fans to heart.

He has to tell the players that they have to play the game one by one, eat one bite at a time, don't panic because of losing, and don't be disturbed by outside voices. Criticism and praise complement each other.

Well, just tell them that!

After reaching the door of the locker room, Bird thought about his words and then pushed open the door of the locker room.

"We must guard against arrogance and impatience, and don't take the praises of the media and fans to heart! The games must be played one by one! Only if we win in the end, the praises now are valuable! If we lose, the voices praising us now will be It will turn into crazy criticism and ridicule!”

"And what we have to do is use our strength and the final championship to tell them: every sentence, every word and even every punctuation mark they praise us for is right!"

When Bird pushed to watch the door, he saw Lin Tian standing in the middle of the locker room, lecturing all the players. He had already started giving eye drops to the players before Bird started!

"We can't win all the regular seasons! There will definitely be surprises in the long 82 games. We will lose, we will lose in a row, and we will be upset! But what I want to say is that we will be the final winner. Otherwise, we will be number one in the regular season, and we will win the final championship! And, we will win several championships in a row! Do you understand, everyone?"

"understand!"

Under the leadership of Webber, the entire Pacers team raised their hands and cheered at the same time. They were full of fighting spirit, full of desire and confidence to win the game.

But Bird could also see in the eyes of each of them: These people are not arrogant, self-righteous, and do not feel that they have won everything!

Be confident but not arrogant, proud but not arrogant!

Bird walked into the locker room and stood next to Lin Tian. He had never been so confident in his heart!

Even though he hasn't played a single game in the regular season, Bird is already extremely certain of one thing!

The championship this season must belong to the Pacers!

Seeing his players all staring at him, Bird said no more nonsense, but simply raised his arms and said: "Let's go and smash the Phillies! Turn that 'Son of Philadelphia' into 'Philadelphia Cripple'" '!"

(End of this chapter)