NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

"See you next year!" Richardson, whose legs were sore from standing, was finally able to change his posture and move the trophy from his left hand to his right hand instead of standing there motionless just for the sake of momentum.

See you next year!
These few words caused a storm at the scene in the blink of an eye!

Here it comes!
The most powerful dunk contest in history is coming!

The fans immediately burst into wild cheers!
The battle of the century in 2000 actually has a second round!
And this time, the lineup will definitely be stronger!
The fans were shouting Lin Tian and Carter's names crazily, making bursts of noise, they were really happy!
The fans in front of the TV were even more excited!
What is happiness?
This is the ultimate happiness!
Especially the fans of Lin Tian and Carter, they are so excited that they are about to jump up!
real man!
real man!
Just do it face to face! Just accept the challenge face to face!

Then, almost everyone started thinking about another question.

Lin Tian, ​​Carter, and Richardson are three of the top dunkers in history, so what about the fourth one?
Who will be the fourth person? Who is qualified to stand here and compete with the three of them?

Kobe?

Although he is also a dunk king, it feels a little off.
McGrady? Francis? Mason? Or some other top dunker?
In short, the anticipation for the next NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest was pushed to the peak by Lin Tian and others the moment this one just ended!

The NBA has received a huge amount of attention and traffic! They are also excited that they have found five people to be the judges of the dunk contest!

In the entire NBA's temporary office area in Philadelphia, the only person who is not so excited is probably Stern. What would this old man say now?

Tangled!

Of course he is extremely excited that the dunk contest has become so popular!

But the problem is, he was blackmailed!

Just now.

At this moment, the screen of Stern's mobile phone was still on.

There is a message from Lin Tian on it.

"benefit!"

Just such a simple word made Stern so angry that his teeth itched!
This damn bastard!
This is what Lin Tian did just now with his hands under the table!

While the whole world was waiting for him to express his opinion, Lin Tian quietly took out his mobile phone and sent this message to Stern.

Before Stern received this message, he was extremely excited! He immediately fell in love with Richardson! He is a good seedling! He can be cultivated!
Then, just when he began to analyze and guess how Lin Tian and the others would respond and what they would do, he received this text message and almost went straight to the other side!
Cerebral hemorrhage, no!

The blood clot in my brain is about to break through my scalp and spray directly onto the ceiling!
What kind of stinky fox could send him a text message like this during a dunk contest with tens of millions of fans around the world watching the live broadcast!

Stern's hands were shaking as he held the phone, and he almost crushed the phone to pieces!
Well, he can't crush it.

After all, the old man was using a Nokia 1100!

The best-selling mobile phone in history with sales of 2 million units!

An indestructible machine that can be used for self-defense, hurting enemies, cracking walnuts, and padding table corners!
Why do I want to introduce this phone suddenly?

Because Nokia 1100 has a built-in Snake game, and the Snake game's studio, which is also the copyright holder, has long been acquired by Lin Tian.

Lin Tian can earn a lot of money for every game with built-in Snake sold!
It is no exaggeration to say that this mobile phone is Lin Tian’s number one cash cow now!

So it must be introduced in detail!
Okay, back to Stern, with an excited heart and shaking hands, he looked at Lin Tian who was actually sitting there motionless, waiting for his reply. For the show effect, for next year's dunk contest and even the entire All-Star Weekend, he replied to Lin Tian.

“It’s not enough to just participate in the dunk contest.”

"benefit!"

Lin Tian’s reply was still such a simple sentence.

Stern took a deep breath and told himself not to be angry, because anger would give the devil room!

Then, he sent another message: "Next year's All-Stars, you will have a full meal. When scheduling the new season, I will make it easier for you."

no reply
FUXX!
“The easiest race!”

Stern had no choice but to send another message.

He knew that he only had a few dozen seconds. After these few seconds, Lin Tian would never agree to any of his requests!
What can you do when your life force is in Lin Tian's hands? Who can blame him for being so popular and capable of doing anything?
Who made the number one player in the league such a bastard?
Who made the most important person in the NBA's internationalization and globalization plan such a bastard?

What can I do? Just bear with it.

"The minimum number of back-to-back games and the most relaxed schedule, allowing you to play 3 games against strong teams and 4 games against weak teams!"

Forced into a desperate situation, Stern could only reveal his trump card and hope that Lin Tian would agree.

This is definitely the greatest privilege he can give to Lin Tian within the rules!

You know, the NBA's annual regular season schedule is a very complicated thing! You have to consider the rationality of the journey, the rationality of the schedule, and the situation of each of the 29 teams. It's so difficult!
Among these, the league can intervene in one area, which is back-to-back games, that is, games are played on two consecutive days.

Moreover, in addition to the number of back-to-backs that can be arranged, the back-to-back of playing two consecutive games at home and the back-to-back of playing one game away and then flying to another city overnight to play another game are completely different concepts!

Even the strength of back-to-back opponents and the comparison of team strength between the first game and the second game can be manipulated!

For example: they play back-to-back games away from home, playing the Lakers and Mavericks in Los Angeles and Dallas within 24 hours, while you play the Warriors and Grizzlies back-to-back games at home. In theory, they are both back-to-back games, but can the difficulty be the same?

In addition, the league will play 82 games every season. Among these 82 games, the confirmed games are one home and one away game against the other 28 teams, which is 56 games. In addition, there will be 4 full games against the other 4 teams in their own division, which is 64 games!
These 64 games cannot be played, they must be played!

But the remaining 18 games can be managed!

According to the rules, these 18 games must be played against 10 other teams in the same half but not in the same division, that is, 9 home and 9 away games!
Anyone who has learned addition and subtraction within 20 can see that the remaining games cannot be divided evenly!
So, who do you play at home and who do you play away, who do you play against 4 times and who do you only play against 3 times, it is definitely doable!
To give another example, the Pacers will play four games against bad teams like the Raptors and Cavaliers next season, but only three games against strong teams like the Magic and Nets.

Then the strong teams like Magic, Nets, and Heat will fight each other for four games!
These tiny gaps may seem insignificant, but if you calculate them one by one, the difference between the two will be a gain and a loss, and at the very least, it's a difference of 2-3 wins!
To put it bluntly, if Stern keeps his promise, the Pacers will have won 3 more games than all other teams at the start of next season!
Of course, the premise is that they don't lose when playing against bad teams like the Raptors, Wizards, and Cavaliers.

From this we can see that Stern really showed great sincerity!

Even after he did this, if Lin Tian still refused to agree, he could only hire a killer to throw Lin Tian into the Mississippi River.

What a bastard!

"make a deal!"

Fortunately, this time Stern didn’t even wait for 2 seconds, Lin Tian sent an OK message over.

Needless to say, this guy was just staring at his phone, waiting for him to open his mouth!

This behavior made Stern curse again.

Dead fox!
Seeing Lin Tian stand up and challenge Richardson to a fight, Stern stopped watching the live broadcast. He knew what would happen next and that the ratings would definitely skyrocket!

Stern will no longer worry about these things that are bound to happen.

What he needs to worry about now is how to maintain this enthusiasm and how to add extra fuel to it so that people will remember this matter!
And more importantly...

Lin Tian agreed that he would have a full meal at next year's All-Star Game!

Participate in any project!

Since everything has been agreed, there is no way Stern would let Lin Tian just happily participate in the game, dunk, and shoot three-pointers and then leave.

We must give him some extra trouble!

This is also why Stern quickly walked out of his office.

He quickly gathered the staff of the competition department and issued work instructions.

"No matter how you do it, no matter what you do, you must come up with a brand new individual event for next year's All-Star Game! Provide me with at least 10 plans within a month, and then we will study carefully based on these 10 plans to decide what to do!"

"Mr. President, are there any specific regulations and requirements for this new individual event?"

"It's fun, people want to watch it, anyone can participate, and most importantly: it's completely different from the two old events of dunking and three-pointers!"

"What I mean is: don't bring out the mid-range shooting contest and layup contest just to make up the numbers and embarrass yourself! If someone gives me this kind of advice, I will fire him!"

"Also, I don't even want to hear about these nonsense quiz contests and quick quizzes! We are a sports league, where do you think this is? Is this some Ivy League quiz show? I can just give this stupid idea a name, how about The Brain?"

"Okay! Now that you understand, get back to work and stop being an eyesore here!"

"understand!"

As the staff quickly dispersed, Stern's eyes narrowed again.

Little fox, always trying to take advantage of me.

Now, let me tell you who is taking advantage of whom!

Don’t even think about getting any of next year’s projects!
After tonight's dunk contest, the players continued to go out and play as usual, then got up lazily to participate in the final charity event. Then in the afternoon, there was another complicated, long and boring interview session.

If there is anything worth mentioning about this full day's schedule, it is that during the roundtable meeting, all the All-Stars in the Eastern Conference expressed unparalleled respect and love for Jordan!
They showed Jordan the greatest respect in their lives and praised him as great as Jesus who guided them to a new world!
Jordan very wisely frowned at the whole team's collective crazy praise and flattery.

He felt that things were not that simple!
This bunch of scumbags have played against me before in the regular season this year. They are all so desperate that they wish they could break my old bones!
respect?

Jordan doesn't care whether they respect him or not. In fact, Jordan enjoys the fact that these bastards disrespect him and challenge his kingship!

Sports leagues are like this. Today someone looks down on me and I get angry. Tomorrow someone says I'm not good enough and I condemn him. What's the point? Is this just playing house?

You have to dislike each other, hate each other, and then want to smash each other's brains out on the court, that's exciting enough!

That's the real NBA!

Therefore, Jordan expressed full vigilance and concern about the team's sudden change of character, which was like being possessed by an evil spirit.

Throughout the interview, the subsequent training, and finally entering the locker room to change clothes, Jordan was extremely alert and cautious, as if at any time some big guys would put a sack over his head and carry him all the way to the Atlantic Ocean to sink him.

The consequences of Jordan's actions were also very tragic.

When everyone was about to go out, Lin Tian slapped Jordan from behind, trying to tell him that it was time to go to the gym. However, Jordan, who had been alert, turned around and punched him!
What will be the consequences of punching Lin Tian without any warning?

The result was that Lin Tian subconsciously reached out and grabbed Jordan's fist, then pressed and flicked it. In the blink of an eye, Jordan was facing away from Lin Tian again, or to the world.

Lin Tian directly tied his hands behind his back and pressed him to the ground.

Of course, it only took a moment.

Because the next moment Lin Tian finally reacted, and quickly let go and stepped back, feeling a little embarrassed: "Michael, why are you joking with me like this? I swear I didn't mean it."

Whether it was intentional or not is not important at all.

Anyway, the other people in the East saw this scene clearly, and then they unconsciously moved a little further away from Lin Tian.

It's so scary!
Some even whispered, "Don't attack Lin, whether it's a frontal attack or a sneak attack."

Another person said, "If you must fight, attack him from the front. If you do that, he can hold back and not beat you to death!"

"Ben, Vince, I can hear you two mumbling."

These two little brothers are full of rebellion!

Are they actually discussing how to deal with me?

I'm tired of living! I'm absolutely tired of living! I'll find an opportunity to have some fun with you guys!

As the live DJ and various celebrity performances came to an end, the MC finally began to introduce all the players!
According to convention, the order is first substitutes and then starting players.

Originally, this time should belong to Iverson, Mutombo and others. After all, this is Philadelphia, and the fans will definitely give them the biggest and warmest cheers.

But since reaching the Eastern Conference Finals last year, the 76ers have been in a slump this season. Mutombo and Iverson were injured one after another, and neither of them made the All-Star starting lineup.

And because their injuries could not be fully recovered before the All-Star Game, they naturally failed to make the All-Star Game bench lineup.

In other words, this year in Philadelphia, there is no absolute protagonist and no host city!
Under this circumstance, the fans can cheer for the players on the field with the most extreme and heartfelt cheers without any burden or scruples!
At this point, the popularity gap between the players became apparent.

The first ones were Dazhi and Dayao. Not only did they not receive any cheers, they were also booed by the fans at the scene.

After all, everyone is saying that these two won unfairly and are not worthy of the All-Star starting position!
Apart from the two of them, the rest of the players did not receive any boos. Including Lin Tian and others, the fans cheered enthusiastically!

Among them, Jordan, Lin Tian, ​​Kobe, Carter, McGrady and others received the loudest and longest cheers.

These are some of the most popular and likable players in the league today.

"Relax, it's okay, just treat it as an exhibition match." When the entrance ceremony was finally over and both sides began the final warm-up, the first thing Lin Tian did was to find Yao Ming and tell him not to be nervous.

"Now you can think about how you want to play, and I'll pass the ball to you later!" Lin Tian patted Yao Ming's butt and said.

"I'm going to take a 3-pointer." Yao Ming smiled innocently and scratched his head to indicate that there weren't many things he could play with.

OK, if you can shoot three-pointers, that's fine! After all, Yao Ming's style of play is about the same as Duncan's. Don't look down on the other because the other's play is ugly. These two are not suitable for the All-Star Game at all. Just play for a while, score some points, and then leave early.

Otherwise, it will be a torment for both the fans and themselves!
After Lin Tian advised Yao Ming again, he turned around and wanted to go to the West to have a chat with him and tell him to relax. After all, Yao Ming only defeated the one-kidney warrior Alonso, so it was not too much for him to be the starter.

But the one who was defeated was Garnett! The pressure on him was not small at all!

However, just as Lin Tian was about to go over, he found Nash boxing in front of Dazhi and asking him to relax. To the side of Dazhi was Nowitzki, the shy German who was rubbing Dazhi's head.

Seeing this, Lin Tian knew: I don't need to go there alone! They have their own friends!
So, Lin Tian started more important work.

While old man Jordan was still taking a long stretch there, Lin Tian gathered everyone near the bench.

"Everyone, remember what we said that night? This All-Star Game is not our stage, and we are not the protagonists."

"Let's fight for Michael tonight! We want to give him a perfect, brilliant, flawless final battle! Let him leave this stage as a winner! Is that ok?" "No problem! Leave it to us!"

"But there is still a problem." Lin Tian continued to lay out his plan: "If Michael knew about this, given his personality, he would definitely be unhappy and would refuse, or even give up playing to reject this good intention."

"So what I mean is, let's not tell him, don't let him know! Just treat it as a surprise for him!"

"No problem!" A group of young players from the Eastern Conference nodded one after another. Regarding Lin Tian's call for everyone to pass the ball to Jordan and help him win the MVP, at least no one objected openly.

Anyway, most of them don't have much chance to get this thing, only the few who are capable can get it.
Lin Tian, ​​who had the greatest hope, gave up directly. Carter, who had the highest popularity, was Lin Tian's younger brother. The remaining two starters, Yao Ming, were also Lin Tian's younger brothers. McGrady might have some thoughts about it, but this guy has never been the type of person who must grab or fight, so he didn't say a word.

As for the others, they all knew that they were just supporting roles tonight, so it didn’t matter to them who was the protagonist!
Of course, the main reason why everyone could agree so easily is that the people selected for the All-Stars this year are basically all young people. The only one who can be called a veteran is Mourning, and Kidd is at most half a veteran. As for the rest, basically all of them have clear lights shining in their eyes.

Well, there was a gleam of boredom and sleepiness in Duncan's eyes. He had absolutely no interest in this stuff.

If Miller, Barkley, Ewing, Payton and other veterans were selected for this year's All-Star Game, they would definitely not be fooled by Lin Tian, ​​and they would definitely not be controlled by Lin Tian in just a few words. They would be able to see what Lin Tian was thinking in an instant, and then?
Then they will be even more excited to conspire with Lin Tian!
Pit Jordan!

This is so damn interesting!
He still misses the good times when the big guys were arm in arm and discussing how to stimulate Jordan.

They are all youth!
"You have bad intentions, don't you?" Mo Ning walked over with a gloomy face and asked Lin Tian.

But unfortunately, this guy was not prepared to ask for an answer at all. He left before Lin Tian even started to share his thoughts enthusiastically.

Boring!

Then Kidd also walked over with his pants held up. When Lin Tian saw this guy, he immediately became excited!

If we were to say who has the dirtiest heart in the East right now, it would be Lin Tian and Kidd!

This guy must be thinking the same thing as me! Come on, let's conspire together!
"That chick was really hot last night! Lin, how about going again tonight?"

Go to hell!

Lin Tian gave Kidd, a guy whose brain was full of caterpillars, a middle finger.

He deserves to be beaten by his wife!
Get out! Get out!

He looked at the others again, and no one wanted to come over and talk to Lin Tian about this, which made Lin Tian really disappointed.

For a moment, Lin Tian actually felt a bit like he was looking down on all the other mountains, and that it was cold at a high place.
However, despite their disappointment, no one was willing to ruin Lin Tian's show.

After quickly reaching a consensus, all the people in the East had already gone to warm up. Lin Tian was not even sure whether Jordan had seen what happened here, but he did not care whether Jordan knew it or not.

I'm calling on the whole world to feed you the ball, how can you still be angry?
How selfless I am!
Lin Tian sighed, then strolled over to the western half.

"Brother Lin!" He walked over obediently, obviously much more relaxed than before.

"Play well and don't be nervous. I want to talk to Kobe about something." Lin Tian patted his head and walked forward. He walked all the way to Kobe who was stretching at the baseline and sat down.

"What's wrong, Lin?" Kobe did not stop his hands and continued stretching.

"I was thinking, given Michael's current age and mentality, he will most likely not accept your move or fight you one-on-one!" Lin Tian came up and said, "He is here to enjoy the weekend, and the match is just a sideshow. I just asked, and he said he would fight for a maximum of 15 minutes before leaving."

"That won't do!" Kobe was immediately unhappy: "Didn't we agree yesterday that we should have fun tonight?"

"So, we are brothers. I'm here to help you find a solution!" Lin Tian smiled and knew there was a way. He immediately put his hand on Kobe's shoulder and talked a lot in his ear. Kobe kept nodding, saying it was awesome!
Jordan looked at the two guys from a distance, snorted in his heart, and said to Mourning who was right next to him: "Alonzo, do you see that? I bet Kobe is going to get the shit out of him by Lin!"

Mourning didn't even bother to pay attention to Jordan. You'll know who was screwed by Lin Tian after the game. Why are you still standing here watching others make fun of you?
However, as Mourning lost one kidney, his adrenaline secretion was indeed less, and his temper was not as hot as before. He just shrugged his shoulders to show that he didn't care, then turned around and sat on the bench.

Unless there are any surprises, he will definitely be the person with the least playing time tonight.

After all, his physical condition is still very bad. The doctor said that his illness may relapse at any time, so Mourning cherishes the rest of his career very much!
If you can consume less, then consume less.

As time went by, tonight's referee walked onto the court with a relaxed look on his face, ready to start the game.

The ten starting players of both teams also quickly came on the court and took their positions, waiting for the game to begin!

"It's started! It's finally started! I think this All-Star Game is definitely an incomparable experience for us Chinese!" Su Qun said with a smile: "Three Chinese players have all become All-Star starters!"

"This is the first time in the entire NBA history that three foreign players are starting at the same time!"

Sun Zhengping followed up, "Yes, we are Chinese basketball, after all, we are world champions and Olympic gold medalists! It is only natural that we have this level! Of course, we all know that Da and Yao Ming have been questioned a lot because of this start."

"There are even many of our own people who say that these two people are unworthy of their positions! But what I want to say is: the standard for the All-Star starting lineup has never been related to the strength of the players! There has always been only one standard for who can become a starter: a lot of fans and high popularity!"

"These three of us obviously meet this standard!"

With the two commentators once again expressing their support for Dazhi and Yao Ming, this much-anticipated All-Star Game has finally officially begun!
"Dudu!"

After a whistle, Yao Ming jumped up easily and relied on his huge height advantage to get the first wave of offensive possession for the Eastern team.

Lin Tian held the ball, and contrary to his usual practice, he did not pass the ball directly to McGrady and Carter who were running fast. Instead, he played a few spinning top moves with the ball and then slowly pushed forward.

After arriving at the front court, Lin Tian passed the ball directly to Jordan and shouted, "Michael, you haven't been back for three years, you come first! Satisfy your little fan's dream!"

"Come on!" When Jordan saw Kobe gritting his teeth and looking as if he was playing in the playoffs, he immediately lowered his center of gravity, made a crossover step, took a step forward, and then pulled it up and threw it!

"Swish!" After a crisp sound, Jordan successfully hit the first ball of the game!

Then the Western Conference's offense was directly given to Kobe, who had the strongest desire and was eager to jump for the ball.

Give it to you, give it to you, all for you!

After getting the ball, Kobe was so excited that he actually imitated Jordan's action, dribbling with a crossover step and then shooting!

"Shh!"

After another crisp sound, Kobe used the same action to score 2 points.

"Look at me, old dog!" As soon as Kobe came on, he stared at Jordan with a look of rage and said, "I can do everything you can do! And I can do it better than you! I will copy your game completely, and then let you know that this league no longer belongs to you!"

"Retire early and go home to grow pumpkins!"

"It's no use being mean to me here." Jordan's eyelids twitched noticeably, but he was still not angry. He said in a relaxed tone, "If you have the guts, beat Lin once in the finals and win a championship first."

"You haven't defeated Lin in the playoffs either." Kobe snorted, "You can't beat him, so you mention someone else, your former little brother. I thought you would be more manly."

"Let me clarify something." Lin Tianyun passed by the two men with the ball: "I have never been Michael's little brother. We are equals."

"Shut up!" Jordan and Kobe once again showed their strong tacit understanding and shouted at Lin Tian at the same time.

Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders without saying anything. He waved his hand to signal Yao Ming to come up and provide a screen for him. Then he quickly broke away and made another behind-the-back pass, giving the ball to Yao Ming outside the three-point line.

It's true that we want to give Jordan a brush tonight, but it can't be too obvious, right?

Everyone has to perform, and then at the right time, give the ball to Jordan.

As for when is the right time, that depends on Kobe's trash talk level. Anyway, Lin Tian believes that if Kobe uses all the words he just taught him secretly, he will definitely be able to hit Jordan's soft spot and force Jordan to have a crazy one-on-one fight with him.

Dayao took the ball outside the three-point line and faked a shot towards the sky. The player opposite him was very cooperative. He jumped up with a smile on his face.

The main thing is that Yao Ming dares to shake and jump!

Yao Ming made a fake move and took a step to the side, then jumped up and took a quick stop 3-point shot. The basketball slid towards the basket, and then with a "bang", the shot bounced out.

This shot was extremely off target, the trajectory of the shot was crooked.

But even though the ball was crooked, all the Chinese fans were laughing happily.

They came here today to see this!

The Western team was on offense, and the basketball once again came directly into Kobe's hands. Facing Jordan, this guy suddenly changed to a back-to-the-basket singles play, and then made Jordan's signature turnaround and step-back jump shot, scoring another 2 points!
"What do you think, old dog? Have you seen what you couldn't achieve when you were young no matter how hard you tried? I'm 10 times better than you were when you were young!" Kobe kept talking trash, spitting out garbage like crazy.

"Did this bastard take the wrong medicine tonight?" Jordan was still too lazy to pay attention to Kobe. It was too difficult to irritate him with just a few words of trash talk, especially since Jordan was looking at the watch!

Head coach Rivers promised him that he would be replaced after playing for a maximum of 5 minutes, and Rivers would not send him to play again in the entire first half.

There are 4 minutes left and the mission is over.

Jordan really doesn't bother to take it to heart.

While Jordan was strolling around the court, Lin Tian and McGrady had already completed an astonishing aerial relay.

Then in the West, it was Kobe again! This guy got the ball and broke through, and after one step into the paint, he made a meaningless and unnecessary layup against Yao Ming who didn't even think about defending.

"Shh!"

Another layup.

"I can jump higher than you and I can pull the lever wider than you! I'm not Jordan's successor, I'm Jordan's terminator!" Kobe continued his trash talk.

Jordan remained unmoved, and this time Lin Tian passed the ball to Carter, allowing Carter to break into the inside and complete a one-handed slam dunk!
In the next few attacks, the West finally did not continue to give the ball to Kobe. After all, it's the All-Star Game, and it's okay to chase stars, but they have to perform too, right?
However, the ball rights in the West are not as evenly distributed as in the East.

After all, the other starting guard in the Western Conference is Francis, who is also eager to show himself and plays very independently. He couldn't wait to take the ball and start his own performance.

Under this circumstance, when the first quarter reached 6 minutes, the starting five on the Eastern Conference side all scored, including Yao Ming and Lin Tian with 2 points each, Carter and McGrady with 4 points each, and Jordan with 7 points.

Don't worry about the effectiveness of Mr. Lin's control of the court. While he focuses on treating everyone equally, you, Jordan, have a little more ball possession than others!

The situation in the West was much more interesting. Kobe scored 8 points, Francis scored 6 points, and the rest of the players took 3 shots and scored 3 points in total.

Ball distribution? They didn't distribute the ball, they just played to their heart's content!

Originally at this time, Rivers should have waited for the ball to die, called a timeout as agreed, and then replaced Jordan to start the first rotation.

Of course, Rivers did so. He asked for a timeout from the technical table and waited for the Western team to finish their attack before Rivers called a timeout.

"You have to give him a tough Kobe." When Lin Tian was defending Francis, he whispered to Kobe, "If I'm not mistaken, Michael will go down at the end of this round. The next time he comes up, it will be at least in the third quarter! Think about it yourself."

"I know!" Kobe muttered with a gloomy face, then he dribbled the basketball to the frontcourt and faced Jordan again.

This time, Kobe chose a very aggressive style of play, with no confusing footwork, no changes in rhythm, and no beautiful fake moves as assistance.

Kobe turned around and pushed Jordan in the chest with his shoulder!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With three consecutive muffled thuds, Jordan was pushed back by Kobe all the way and came directly to the 3-second zone. Then Kobe accumulated strength and exerted force again, and suddenly rushed towards Jordan again!

"Oh!"

This time the sound was even more frightening. If you didn't know, you would probably think there was some blood feud between these two people!

Then, when Kobe's collision caused Jordan's ribs to ache slightly, he suddenly turned around and was about to rush towards the basket.

Logically there should be nothing wrong with turning around, but this time, Kobe's elbow was raised higher than Jordan's chin, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and almost hit Jordan's nose directly!
"FUXX!" Jordan was really angry this time!
Little brother, I'm just fighting with you for fun, you really want to show some strength, right?

Jordan, who never suffered a loss, stopped defending this time. He just used both hands to grab Kobe's arm and threw him to the floor.

"Oh!"

After another muffled sound, Kobe was knocked down directly. Then this guy climbed up from the floor in an instant, and stuck directly to Jordan's chest, with his forehead also sticking to Jordan's forehead, and started to attack him!
"You're just going to attack because you can't win, right? If I were you, I would apply for retirement after the fight today! Oh, I forgot, you can't retire. You promised your boss that you would play for him until the end of this season!"

"Then your boss will treat you, a worthless guy, like a lost dog and kick you out!"

"At that time, you will be homeless! This alliance will no longer need you!"

"What the hell did you say?" Jordan's sore spot was touched again!

Ever since Lin Tian reminded him during the opening game, Jordan had tried to test the Wizards' owner, saying that he was a little tired and that he might as well retire early and return his shares to him so that he could manage the team.

But the result of the conversation obviously disappointed Jordan.

The other side kept making excuses and saying a lot of empty words, but they just didn't want Jordan to retire early and insisted that he finish the season.

All the reasons were mentioned, such as for the team, for the market, for your reputation, Michael, for the entire NBA, and for world peace.

The main point is to just draw the pie in the sky but not give a single grain of salt!

If Lin Tian hadn't said those words to Jordan, Jordan might not have taken this matter to heart at all.

But the problem is, Lin Tian said it, and now it seems that he not only said it, but he was probably right. Jordan's mood was very bad at one point!

In the past month or so, the Wizards' record has been pretty good. Brown's statistics have even reached 6 points and 4 rebounds per game, which is exactly double that of the first month. Brown's progress also made Jordan feel a little relieved.

At this rate of improvement, by the end of the season, he will be averaging 12+8 per game!
Even if we can't win the Rookie of the Year award, it's because we are young and not well developed!
By next year, we can defeat Yao Ming, Gasol and the like in a matter of minutes!
This is also the reason why Jordan didn't bother to respond to Kobe's provocations and trash talk at the beginning of the game.

He is no longer the young man who was easily provoked and ready to fight at any time.

Jordan now always wears a suit and tie, looking like a successful man.

T-shirt and jeans? He had locked them in the closet long ago!

But now, Kobe's words touched Jordan's sore spot, causing Jordan to completely lose his mind, but he also became angry.

He looked at Kobe with his eyes wide open and said, "Don't go down to rest if you have the guts. I'll show you what a real tough guy is!"

"Let's wait and see!" At this time, Kobe would never give in. He continued to talk trash and winked at Lin Tian.

Just this one blink of an eye made Lin Tian feel that this kid's acting skills had improved again! He has the potential to become a master! (End of this chapter)