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"Pat Riley." Lin Tian covered his ears and said, "Hasn't he always been the leader of Miami? You and Gary, neither of you are the leader of Miami."

Lin Tian's words really made Mourning and Payton's original momentum lower in the blink of an eye. Then Lin Tian continued to attack the two guys and said, "Let's continue. Even if Vince goes to Miami and becomes the leader, then what?"

"Next year you get sick and he retires, Vince is the only one who supports the team and bears all the pressure. And then according to Pat's habit, he lets him play 45 minutes in every game, and he wants him to die on the court?"

At this point, Lin Tian looked at the two guys and said, "I think we should meet at the game! Before the game, don't do this boring stuff anymore."

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he didn't even give the two old guys any face and just pulled Carter away.

"You can go anywhere, to Minnesota, Milwaukee, or Toronto, but don't go to Miami." After walking away, Lin Tian immediately gave his advice.

"Do you hate them both so much? I used to think you hated Karl Malone the most!" Carter scratched his head, not quite understanding.

"No, I respect them very much. If there is a chance, I would like to recruit them to my team and help them win a championship ring!"

"I won't let you go because of Riley! That guy never treats players as human beings, but only as tools for his own success! If you are valuable, he will treat you as his own son. If you are not valuable, he will immediately change his attitude and treat you as the product of his wife's infidelity."

"I don't know how much you can achieve if you go to the Heat, but I am sure that you will not be happy."

"Don't think that Alonzo and Riley are as close as father and son now. If Alonzo has any problems with his kidneys, Riley will immediately throw him out like trash! Just like he threw away Hardaway a few years ago."

"If it weren't for his personality and behavior, how could a coach of his level be driven out of New York and Los Angeles without even one player supporting him?"

"In short, just listen to me, it's absolutely right!"

In response to Lin Tian's words, Carter just nodded as if he understood, but there was nothing he could do about it, after all, Carter was not like Lin Tian, ​​he did not have the third eye.

He couldn't see how Riley would deal with Mourning in the future, or how he would trick him back. He also wouldn't know that Wade had dedicated everything to the Heat, but had to leave in depression in the end. He also wouldn't know about Riley's cold-blooded behavior.

But Lin Tian believed that Carter would listen to him.

The good thing about this little brother is that he listens to advice, but his problem is that he is too selfless.

Carter loves basketball, but he doesn't love winning that much.

Some people will give up many personal interests for victory, but Carter is the kind of person who will give up victory for his personal interests.

This is why he flew back to North Carolina to attend his graduation ceremony the night before Game 7, resulting in a lot of missed shots in the Game 7. This is also why he did everything he could to ask the team to trade him because he was unhappy in Toronto.

At the same time, this is also the reason why he played as a substitute in the league for so many years with a minimum salary even though he was obviously very rich.

He loves basketball, but he doesn't pursue victory and honor.

Being happy when winning and glad when losing is his label.

Such a guy is indeed not suitable to be the boss and soul of a team. He is more suitable to be the second in command and do things that he is good at!

Far away.

Back to the game!

In the first game of the series, the Pacers, who had rested for a whole week, faced the Heat, who had just finished two rounds of bloody battles and were at the peak of their confidence, condition and fighting spirit!
Although the current Heat team's strength on paper and the level of several core players may be so-so, their fighting spirit, tenacity, resilience and the confidence brought by defeating the strong in two consecutive rounds are enough to raise their combat effectiveness by at least one level!
Lin Tian even felt that, in a sense, this Heat team was stronger than the Heat team that met him in the Eastern Conference Finals two years ago!
Lin Tian had a feeling that this team composed of outdated stars and nobodies might bring him enormous trouble!
"beep!"

With a whistle, the referee standing in the center circle threw the ball into the air, and the game began!
Although Mourning has been attacked by kidney disease once, his performance on the court this year is still quite good. After slapping the ball to Payton, Mourning quickly ran to the frontcourt, ready to take position.

In addition to the veteran duo of Payton and Mourning, the Heat's other three starters are former All-Star power forward Eddie Jones, the only player in the league for whom Kobe has played as a substitute, blue-collar power forward Brian Grant with excellent defensive and rebounding abilities, and Kendall Gill, who once won the steals title but is no longer at his peak!
If all the players in this lineup of the Heat were in their prime, they could barely be called the Four Heavenly Kings. However, except for Jones, who is still barely in his prime, the others are obviously past their prime.

So instead of calling them the Four Heavenly Kings, Lin Tian felt that it would be more appropriate to call them the Miami Sunset Red Dance Troupe.

All old guys who don’t have much career left.

At the same time, Lin Tian was also very clear that there was only one trick to deal with this team of old men.

Run! Run like hell!
They may be able to keep up in the first half, but in the second half, the team's physical strength and condition will inevitably decline drastically. At that time, the Pacers will be able to easily create a climax and secure the victory of the game!
If you want to run, in addition to speeding up your own pace, it is also very important to find a way to speed up the opponent's pace!

Only when you run towards the goal, are you really running!
So, when Payton just passed half court, Lin Tian rushed up quickly and started to press him.

"What's wrong Gary? Didn't you fix Allen very smoothly last time? Now try to fix me! Let's see if your gloves are leaking."

After years of confrontation with Lin Tian, ​​the trash talk king Payton has developed a good habit of keeping his mouth shut. Now when he faces Lin Tian, ​​it’s just like when he faced Jordan!
Even if you can't spray it, you may not be able to beat it.

Talking back? That's just asking for trouble!

Payton ignored Lin Tian's ridicule, and after dribbling to the frontcourt, he quickly passed the ball to Gill who was coming out of the low post. After getting the ball, Gill only dribbled one step, and then jumped up and threw it from outside the three-point line!
"Shh!"

The fact that Gill, whose three-point shooting has not been stable throughout his career, can shoot three-pointers so decisively and resolutely is actually very telling!
The Heat team is now truly united!
All of them are in the most confident period of their lives!

Not to mention that they are facing the Pacers now, even if they are facing the Martian team that Jordan faced in the movie, they are full of confidence and believe that they can win!
This is the spiritual transformation of a team after consecutive victories and defeating the strong with the weak!
The following games also confirmed Lin Tian’s idea.

The Heat, a team that is out of fashion, played to their best on both offense and defense! They were not at all inferior to the Pacers!

They used their crazy fighting will, desperate grabbing, increasing physical confrontation and completely reckless playing style, and never allowed the Pacers to widen the score!

Their success rate on the offensive end is actually not that high, and their pace on the defensive end is not even that fast. Although they shoot decisively, they don't make many shots that they shouldn't have made!

Facing the Pacers, they held on!
Lin Tian, ​​who wanted to bring the Heat into his own rhythm at the beginning and actively increase the confrontation and speed, discovered after playing more than half of the game: it was the Pacers who were brought into the Heat's rhythm!
It was not the kind of rhythm where the two sides engaged in a positional battle, fighting hand-to-hand in repeated attacks and defenses.

But it was obvious that both sides played very quickly, with many transitions between offense and defense and a lot of shots.

But in this situation, the hit rate of both sides was very low, but the defensive intensity of both sides was very high!

Simply put: both sides are running defense!
Although he started running, Lin Tian didn't feel comfortable at all. He could feel that this was not the rhythm he liked at all. He could also feel that his teammates were also playing very uncomfortably!
On the other hand, the Heat team, a group of veterans, are getting more and more comfortable and confident as the game goes on. They are clearly getting into their best rhythm!

At the end of the first three quarters, the score between the two sides was only 60:59!

The Heat are currently leading by 1 point!
If you only look at the scores of both sides, you will definitely feel that this is a very slow game. Every attack will be trapped in a positional battle, and every shot is the product of careful consideration. You will definitely feel that in this game, the team must want to play every attack until the last 24 seconds of the 5-second attack limit before taking a shot.

But just the opposite!
The most intuitive number can reflect the playing styles of both sides in this game.

The Pacers have already taken 81 shots, and the Heat have already taken 88 shots!

In comparison, in the Pacers' record-breaking battle against the Mavericks before the All-Star Game, the two teams only took 84 and 89 shots respectively at the end of the third quarter!

But if you look at the scores, after the third quarter of that game, both sides had scored over 100 points, but tonight, the combined scores of the Heat and Pacers just broke 100!

Just by looking at the number of shots, you can tell how fast the two sides played, and by looking at the final score, you can also tell how strong the two sides were tonight!

The Pacers made 81 of 25 shots, with a hit rate of 30.1%. Among them, they made only 3 of 19 three-pointers, with a hit rate of only 3%. Only 15.7 of 8 free throws were considered a qualified hit rate.

热火队那边的凄惨状况不遑多让，他们88投27中，命中率30.6%略占上风，但他们的3分球是可怜的16投1中，仅仅6%的命中率！或者说他们自从开局第一次进攻命中了那个3分球之后，接着的15个3分球全铁了！
As for their free throws, they only made 10 out of 5, barely reaching 50%.

Both teams were so tough tonight!
And because the Pacers have always played like this, they are absolutely confident in their offense. Regardless of whether the shot goes in or not, everyone will continue to shoot one after another!
As for the Heat, although this kind of crazy running style of play tonight is totally not their style, they now have extreme confidence!
They believe that no matter which style they use, they can defeat all opponents!

When these two completely different sources of confidence collided, the two sides were tied in the first three quarters.

But in the fourth quarter, the balance of victory began to tilt towards the Heat.

Because even though they keep missing shots, the Heat are still confident!

After all, in the first two rounds of the playoffs, this is how they won the games and their opponents! They just like this rhythm!
Their secret weapon is that even though I don’t know how to attack, you don’t have to understand it either!

We all missed shots together and couldn't score any points!

Then, the Heat used their rich experience in missing shots to gain the upper hand in the game and win it!
This is their style!

But as for the Pacers, no matter how confident they are, no matter how many victories they have achieved by scoring goals and attacking continuously, in a situation like tonight, some of them can't help but start to doubt themselves.

Can I really?

Can I really make the shot?
Will I continue to iron tonight?

When self-doubt began to appear and when the players became hesitant in shooting, the gap between the two sides began to slowly widen!
The more you hesitate, the easier it is to miss the shot. When the opponent starts to become hesitant and unconfident, the Heat's self-confidence will become stronger!
The Heat's shooting percentage still hasn't improved much, but they are starting to take the initiative in the game!
Their lead began to slowly expand!

1 point…3 points…5 points…

But when the game entered the last 2 minutes, the Heat had already taken a 7-point lead!

Of course, the scores of both sides were still very low. In the first ten minutes of this quarter, the Heat only scored 13:6.

Not much, but enough!

With the success rate and efficiency tonight, the 7-point gap and 2 minutes really give people the feeling that it is an insurmountable gap!

During the timeout, Carlisle looked at the players on the bench who were somewhat dejected, and instead of tolerating them, he yelled at the players. As a young coach, he rarely lost his temper, and he was able to maintain his composure most of the time.

But tonight, he was not angry if the players couldn't make a shot, nor was he angry if the players couldn't defend their opponents or even lost the game.

But at this moment, Carter, Webber, Christie, Parker and others all looked dejected.

The current situation of this bunch of bastards is obviously that they are scared. They dare not attack because of the dilemma of missing shots in a row. They are shocked by the increasingly aggressive style of play of the Heat!

Seeing that his angry remarks still failed to get the players to raise their heads, Carlisle cursed in his heart.

He knew that this was because the team's past victories had been too easy and continuous, and the players had not encountered difficulties for too long.

At the very least, he felt that he couldn't do it tonight, and it would be difficult for him to make the entire team confident again tonight.

But.

Why do we have to cheer everyone up?

Five courageous people are enough. As long as there are still people who dare to go up and win the game tonight, everything will be fine! The momentum of the group will be back in a minute!
The victories of the past few years have cultivated not only the confidence of the players, but also Carlisle's confidence, which has become more and more sufficient over time! He is confident that even if the team is 7 points behind, they will definitely be able to turn around!

"I don't need to explain what it means if we lose this game, right? We will lose a home court, which is just the minimum. The confidence of the old hands on the other side will be even greater, and they will be more energetic! They will also be more aggressive in the next game!"

"We must put an end to them tonight! Let them know that we are completely different teams from the 76ers and the Magic! Let them know that our strength is simply not comparable to those two crappy teams!" "Kill them! In the last 2 minutes, we must make up for the 7-point disadvantage and crush them completely! I want them to forget the feeling of victory after this game. I want them to forget what they did in the first two rounds of the series!"

"I want them to be afraid of us! Got it?"

"Understood!" Lin Tian was the first to stand up, followed by Big Ben, Harrington, Miller and Arenas!
These five people were just named by Carlisle, and they are also the five most badass and toughest people on this Pacers team!
The hearts of these five guys are bigger than each other, and they all have the personality that if you are cruel, I will be more cruel than you!

In the last 2 minutes, they are definitely more reliable than Carter, Webber and others who are obviously out of shape at this moment!

The game continues!

The Heat still had their starting five players on the court. Lin Tian took the ball from the baseline, but this time he didn't rush forward. Instead, he slowly carried the ball to the front court and opened his hands to signal everyone to move away!

Payton's defense was 2 steps away from Lin Tian, ​​and he was letting Lin Tian shoot!

This can’t be blamed on Payton, but Lin Tian’s mid-range and long-range shooting was really bad tonight!

他3分线外只有7投1中，中距离投篮也同样只有11投3中！今晚的林天，绝对处于他整个职业生涯中手感最糟糕的几个夜晚之一了。

Faced with Payton's deliberate let-up shot, Lin Tian did not choose to directly shoot to try his touch. Now is not the time to be willful!
Lin Tianyun carried the ball and began to move forward slowly!
Yes, keep moving forward, he is testing Payton's bottom line!

You let me go two steps when I was outside the three-point line. Now that I'm inside the three-point line, will you still let me go?
put!
Payton keeps backing away!

He always kept a distance from Lin Tian. To him, Lin Tian now posed basically no threat from mid-range or long-range. The only thing he had to be careful about was Lin Tian's breakthrough!

Payton's retreat meant that Lin Tian did not encounter any defensive pressure near the free throw line!

"Do you really think I'm O'Neal?" Lin Tian said with a smile, then suddenly pulled up and shot the ball at the free throw line in an almost free throw posture!

"Shh!"

"My hand just feels bad, not broken!" After scoring, Lin Tian waved his arms and yelled at Payton: "Just keep letting me go!"

It’s fine if you don’t defend the 3-point shot, but you don’t even defend the free throw shot?

Payton, do you really think I can't even make a free throw tonight?

"FUXX!" Payton gritted his teeth and cursed.

He was mainly scolding himself. He was indeed careless in the last round. He completely forgot that no matter how bad Lin Tian's touch was, his shooting range would not be so outrageous that he could not even make an open shot from the free throw line!
Fortunately, there was only 1 minute and 40 seconds left and the Heat were still leading by 5 points!

Payton dribbled quickly to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Mourning again.

At times like this, the giant under the basket is always more reassuring!

But the problem is that Mourning has already fought for 40 minutes tonight! If he had not been sick, this shot would have been absolutely no problem.

But now?
Ben, with his explosive brute force, trapped Mourning outside the 3-second zone. No matter how hard Mourning tried, he couldn't move forward even a single step. His legs really began to become weak and he had no strength to push forward!

"Alonzo!" Just when Mourning was unable to beat Big Ben and was in a dilemma, a familiar hoarse shout suddenly came, and Mourning subconsciously passed the ball in the direction of the voice!
This voice is very familiar, it must be from someone he has known for a long time!
"Thank you, Alonzo!" Lin Tian hugged the basketball, turned around and started pushing forward again!

Of course, Mo Ning was familiar with Lin Tian's voice! The two of them had indeed known each other for 5-6 years!

Nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong!
This time, Lin Tian pushed his speed to the extreme. After flashing like lightning all the way, he forced his way into the Heat's territory. Then, regardless of the fact that Payton and Jones were defending in front of him, he just started forward and jumped high!

It’s true that my touch was not good, and it’s also true that I missed the shot.

But this damn dunk can still miss?
With this indomitable momentum and terrifying impact force, Lin Tian raised the ball high with one hand, and then after making physical contact with Payton and Jones in the air, he smashed the basketball down heavily!
"boom!"

After a loud bang, Payton and Jones were completely unable to block Lin Tian's dunk, and he once again completed a stunning one-arm dunk over their heads!

The entire scene finally erupted into a huge cheer!

The Conseco Center has been quiet for a long time tonight!
They were suppressed by the Heat for almost the entire game, they were not in good shape for almost the entire game, and the Indians did not dare to release the passion in their hearts wantonly for almost the entire game. They were really holding it back tonight!

But after Lin Tian scored 4 consecutive points, the gap between the two sides was narrowed to 3 points. Even though there was only 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the game, the Pacers fans were completely relieved!

Won!
Every Indiana has this confidence! Our Lin is back!
We are sure to win this game!

We will definitely win!

Just so confident!

Riley on the sidelines did not call a timeout, but let Payton continue dribbling and organizing!
At this point in the game, he knew that a timeout would not be of much use, so it would be better to save it for a more critical moment.

At the same time, the Heat's veterans on the court are definitely worthy of new appointments! Their experience, ability, and ability to fight against big scenes never disappoint!

Sure enough, this time Payton did not forcefully look for Mourning, but instead passed the ball to Gill. Gill used his speed to easily break through Miller, and then passed the ball to Jones who was cutting in the middle. After Jones got the basketball, he shot directly from the free throw line!

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, the Heat finally broke the scoring drought! The gap between the two sides reached 5 points again!
75: 70!

Payton waved his fist angrily. After this shot went in, he felt that they were basically secure tonight!

Stable? Not stable at all!

Before Payton even put down his waving fist, Lin Tian had already taken the ball from the baseline and once again charged towards the Heat's defense!
Keep pushing! Keep switching offense and defense! This is something that is engraved into Lin Tian’s DNA!
In less than 5 seconds, Lin Tian made his way to the Heat's 3-point line. Except for Mourning who couldn't come back, the other four players of the Heat all stood in their defensive positions, staring at Lin Tian, ​​ready to double-team him at any time!
Seeing that four people were almost forming a square and waiting for him to rush in, Lin Tian just stabilized for a while outside the three-point line, then he accelerated again and rushed towards the encirclement of four people!
"He's coming!" Payton was delighted. He knew that Lin Tian's touch was not good tonight. He also knew that if this guy wanted to play fast, he would definitely choose to continue to attack! That's why the Heat's defense line was so small. He was waiting for Lin Tian to fall into the trap!

You can dunk over me and Jones, what about the four of us? Can you dunk over four of us?

If Lin Tian knew what Payton was thinking now, he would definitely tell Payton: I can't! But does it matter?

"Whoosh!"

There was a sound of breaking through the air. Payton, who had been already addicted to the game, looked at the basketball in disbelief as it passed by his ears. Payton forgot that Lin Tian was the real number one player. He was not Iverson and he could pass the ball!
Then the entire Heat team watched helplessly as the basketball fell into the hands of the shooter who struck fear into the entire league.

Reggie Miller!

"Shh!"

Miller would never hesitate or show any mercy in this kind of absolutely wide open space. He raised his hand and swung his knife, and a crisp sound was heard!

75: 73!

Last 50 seconds!
The gap between the two sides has reached 1 goal!

The Conseco Center was filled with cheers again, and the fans were celebrating wildly, cheering for Miller! Riley didn't dare to keep his last timeout at this moment, he stretched out his hand and called his last timeout, he had to arrange the next round.

The five players of the Pacers now received applause and treatment like heroes. Carter, Webber and others, who were a little out of shape and had their heads hanging just now, now revived and stood up to high-five Lin Tian and others to celebrate!

Even if they were just sitting on the sidelines, their teammates' performance rekindled their hope and confidence!
Can get it!
Just defend one more ball!
"In the last 50 seconds, we won't make any substitutions! The five of you have fought so hard to get to this point in this match, and I'll give you the final chance to finish the game!" Carlisle said simply and directly: "I believe that victory belongs to us!"

"Defend this time, then hit it again, and tonight's victory will be ours! Easy, right?"

Carlisle seemed to be possessed by Bird at this time, with his hands spread out and a nonchalant look.

"Leave it to us." Lin Tian glanced at the time, took a sip of the energy drink, and then walked onto the court again with his guys!

Then, in the next 40 seconds or so, Riley's tactics obviously failed completely.

The Heat missed shots in two consecutive rounds and failed to score.

Of course, the Pacers' situation wasn't much better either. They failed to score and nearly conceded a tip-in to Mourning to seal the victory because they lost an offensive rebound!
Fortunately, Big Ben played defense with all his might, grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed the ball to Lin Tian. However, the Pacers' subsequent offense had problems. While advancing rapidly, Lin Tian passed the ball to Harrington who cut to the basket.

But just as Harrington got the ball, Jones grabbed it and the basketball flew out of the baseline.

Baseball game for the Pacers, only 2 seconds left in the game!
The Pacers are still trailing by 2 points!
The bigger problem is that the Pacers have no timeouts left. They have to throw the ball from the baseline immediately and complete the final 2 seconds based on the tacit understanding and memory from previous training!
Basically, it is a direct shot after catching the ball, and it can be dribbled 1 to 2 times at most!
It must be a one-shot kill! There is no room for error or wiggle room.

"Reggie, go to the baseline and serve!" Commander Lin Tian quickly glanced at the five people on the court. After a little thought, he found that the only person suitable for serving on the court was Miller!
Harrington just made a mistake and his mentality is unstable, Arenas is too impatient and may be impulsive, as for Big Ben?
Who dares to let him serve the ball at this time? God knows if this guy will give Lin Tian some wild ideas and throw the ball directly to the backcourt.

Therefore, Miller had to serve the ball, and the others had to run around looking for opportunities.

"Number 4!" After Miller stood under the basket, Lin Tian shouted quickly, and then all the Pacers stood together.

The biggest advantage for them now is that they are only 2 points behind, so they just need to score this one goal! It doesn’t matter whether it is 2 points or 3 points!
So, the referee blew the whistle and the Pacers started running!
Big Ben continuously screened for his teammates near the free throw line, letting the other three run around him. Then Big Ben suddenly turned and ran towards the basket. If the Heat didn't keep up at this time, Miller could immediately give an aerial relay slam dunk.

But the Heat is a team of experienced veterans after all. Mourning immediately got into position and blocked Big Ben, preventing him from receiving the ball.

But outside the three-point line, Lin Tian and Harrington had already completed an off-ball screen. Harrington blocked Payton, and Jones was obviously a step slower, giving Lin Tian a chance to catch the ball.

Lin Tian at the top of the arc immediately opened his hand to ask for the ball, and at the same time, the ball in Miller's hand flew quickly towards Lin Tian.

Just when the basketball was about to fall into Lin Tian's hands, Lin Tian looked in front of him in disbelief.

Suddenly, a pair of hands appeared in front of him!

"Snapped!"

After a sound, the hands held the basketball directly in their arms!
Bad news: Miller's pass to Lin Tian was intercepted!

Good news: It was Arenas who stole the ball!

Yellow jersey number 0!
One step outside the three-point line, Arenas stole the ball sideways and grabbed the basketball into his own hands. Then this guy didn't even look at Lin Tian behind him, nor did he care that Miller had already entered the court and ran out of the open space, and was there reaching out for the ball.

Ignore! Ignore everything!
Take the shot!

Arenas used the most unexpected choice on the court at that moment and threw the basketball towards the basket!
The basketball flew across the court. The entire Conseco Arena was extremely quiet at this time. Everyone stared with wide eyes, waiting for the final moment to arrive!

"Shh!"

Two seconds later, the basketball did not disappoint and went straight into the net!
At the same time, the buzzer on the court lit up, and the game was over! (End of this chapter)