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The rhythm of this game is basically like this.

In the first three and a half quarters, both sides went back and forth, and the hit rates and various statistics of both sides were very good, and the score was also extremely high!
With 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score between the two sides was temporarily fixed at 119:120!
The Pacers are still trailing by 1 point!
At this time, the shooting percentage of both sides exceeded 54%, and the 3-point shooting percentage also reached more than 45%!

In addition, both teams played at a high tempo, with a high number of shots and were heavily dependent on three-pointers, so in terms of shooting percentage, both teams can truly be described as having both quality and quantity!

However, the happy time of mutual honesty is almost coming to an end!

"Okay guys, we've had enough fun, it's time to work hard to take the game back!" Carlisle spread his hands and said, "Ben, Al, Doug, Vince and Lin, go ahead!"

"Expand the defensive area for me, switch when encountering a pick-and-roll, and don't give them shooting opportunities! Everyone, speed up your feet, stick to me, and increase your physical confrontation! Communicate more on the defensive end, pay attention to their baseline cutting backdoor, pay attention to their lob passes and ground shots to directly put the ball under the basket."

"Lin, Al, you two go face Bibby and Peja, increase the physical contact and make it difficult for them to pass the ball!"

"Doug, stick to that Turk and make it difficult for him to organize the team's offense. His basic dribbling skills are problematic. Find a chance to cut off his ball!"

"Everyone else, after you defend, be ready to run a fast break at any time! Okay, that's it, let's go and win the game!"

"understand!"

The five people who were called stood up at the same time, responded loudly, and turned and walked onto the court.

For the Pacers, the warm-up is over and it’s time to exert their strength!
In the first attack after returning to the court, Lin Tian easily passed Bibby one-on-one again, broke into the inside and quickly passed the ball to Carter outside the three-point line.

Carter took the ball and shot directly.

"Shh!"

Carter hit his 6th 3-pointer of the night, which was also his 37th point of the night!
In the first game of the finals, Carter's performance was perfect, continuing to consolidate his position as the number one big fish in the free market!
122: 120!

The Pacers once again overtook the score and took the lead!

Judging from the pace of tonight's game, this 2-point deficit will not make the Sacramento people feel anxious at all. Anyway, they can come back in one round, so it's very easy!

The fans’ cheers are still louder than the last, they are still extremely excited, looking forward to the team’s first victory in the finals history!
But their excitement lasted less than 15 seconds!
Because the Pacers are getting more motivated!

Lin Tian began to play close physical defense against Bibby from the midfield, and at the same time he kept attacking, looking for opportunities to steal the ball.

Bibby was a little embarrassed by Lin Tian's sudden increase in defensive intensity, but after all, he was the second pick, so he didn't make a direct mistake. Instead, he quickly passed the ball to Turkoglu, but Turkoglu couldn't organize an offense after getting the ball.

Because Christie's hands were always placed in the place he hated the most, Christie was interfering with and blocking his dribbling and breakthroughs at all times. This kind of skilled defender was the type of defense that the young Turkoglu feared the most.

After dribbling continuously but unable to get rid of the opponent or find an opportunity, Turkoglu could only pass the ball to the other side, where the team leader Peja was.

The situation after Peja got the ball was even worse than Tekoglu's. He was not good at dribbling and broke through, and he met Harrington, who was full of energy and jumped up and down like Hanamichi Sakuragi.

Facing the strong and jumping Harrington, Peja didn't even dare to dribble the ball. Instead, he turned around with the ball in both hands, waiting for his teammates to come forward and respond.

Fortunately, at this time Bibby ran for his life and finally got rid of Lin Tian and rushed to Peja.

Peja passed the ball to Bibby as if he had seen a savior, but when Bibby got the ball, there were only 2 seconds left for his attack. At the same time, he had not completely gotten rid of Lin Tian. The moment he received the ball, Lin Tian had already squeezed past Peja and stuck to him.

Whether in terms of weight, height or wingspan, Lin Tian had an absolute advantage over Bibby. In less than 2 seconds, Bibby didn't even see the basket, let alone complete the shot. He didn't even have time to straighten his body before the 24-second buzzer sounded.

24 seconds violation!
Facing the sudden increase in defensive intensity from the Pacers, the Kings were clearly unprepared and were forced to commit a 3-second violation before they even got to the 24-point line!

For the Kings, a team that walks the league with shooting, offense, passing and cutting and has made it all the way to the finals, it is not difficult to defend their missed shots. But like in this round, forcing them to commit a 24-second violation and not even completing their shots is really difficult!

After all, this is what the king does best.

"The game is over, and the next match begins." Lin Tian looked at Bibi, who was breathing heavily and slowly retreating, and said, "I hope you can hold on for a while longer."

"If you fall down as soon as we exert our strength, then this game will be too boring!"

"It's just one round. Do you think you can defend us like this all the time? We're just not prepared!" Bibby was not willing to be outdone, but his tone of response clearly lacked confidence.

"Not prepared enough?" Lin Tian immediately laughed: "This is the finals, you said you are not prepared in the finals? Do you think this is the sunset red basketball game held in your neighborhood?"

“The real winner is the one who has everything ready at the beginning of the season!”

"Shut up!" Bibby cursed. Although the 'White Devil' was famous, his trash talking skills were really not that good. He was defeated before the end of a round, and the opponent had no chance to fight back!
What's worse is that it's not just Bibby's trash talk that is powerless to fight back, but the entire Kings team as well!

After the Pacers committed a 24-second violation, the Kings seemed to have completely forgotten how to play and how to break through the opponent's defense.

First, Lin Tian drove to the basket and made a layup, widening the score difference to 4 points. Then, in the next attack, they were defended by the Pacers in a very awkward manner. In the end, Peja made an outrageous 3-pointer against Harrington.

The ball started falling without even touching the basket, and after being caught by Big Ben, it was thrown directly towards the front court!
What about Ben's passing? It's still the same old flavor, the same old formula.

If Lin Tian hadn't started fast-forwarding when Peja shot, this ball would 100% have gone out of bounds!
Even if Lin Tian started running as soon as he shot, he could only barely catch the basketball before it went out of bounds.

Then, because Lin Tian rushed too hard, he couldn't even complete a dunk, but instead completed the attack with a layup!
"I made a good pass, Lin!" Big Ben raised his hands excitedly, saying that his passing skills were no less than Webber's.

"Great pass!" Lin Tian gave Ben a thumbs up and said, "Don't ever pass this again in your life. Let this kind of pass be like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook and be forever buried in history!"

In the next few minutes of the game, the Kings could not find the feeling of attack. Facing the Pacers' defensive formation with full mobility, confrontation and aggressiveness, the Kings were unable to launch any effective counterattack.

Even though Adelman called two timeouts in a row to help the team slow down, it was of no help at all!
In the three minutes that followed, the Kings, known for their offense, only scored 3 points, while the Pacers scored 4 points from inside and outside shots!
再加上之前步行者队拿下的7分，在终场前5分钟到2分钟的时间里，猛然将强度提起的步行者队打了国王一个17：4！

They were originally 1 point behind, but now they are leading by 12 points!
When the time came to the last 2 minutes, after Bibby missed another 3-pointer, Carlisle no longer let his main players play. He took the initiative to call a timeout, then replaced the five main players and brought some water cooler players to the court.

The suspense of the game ends here!

140:130!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, this offensive battle finally came to an end!

After playing back and forth with the Pacers for a full 43 minutes, the Kings suddenly became vulnerable in the face of the Pacers' suddenly increased defensive intensity. They were unable to give any response and regretfully suffered this painful defeat!
It was the performance in the last 5 minutes that made everyone realize: these two teams are indeed not on the same level!
As long as the Pacers exert a little force, the Kings will immediately be unable to bear it and fall down!

If the Kings' combat power is 3000, then the Pacers' is at least 1!
So, even though Bibby scored 36 points and 11 assists in this game, even though Peja scored 33 points and 6 rebounds, even though Divac scored a near triple-double of 15 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists, even though Jackson scored 19 points from inside and outside, even though these guys' performances in the first 40 minutes of the game were perfect, they just couldn't hold on!

If you can't beat it, you can't beat it!

至于步行者队那边，林天拿下全场最高的47分7篮板8助攻，卡特41分4篮板2助攻，韦伯22分10篮板9助攻！

Even without considering the huge gap in defense and pressure-resistance between the two sides in the last few minutes, even if we only count the performance of the absolute core players, the Pacers are actually firmly ahead of the Kings!
The Kings were suppressed in all aspects.

After the game, when TNT was summarizing the game, Barkley said bluntly: "After watching this game, I am very sure that we can celebrate the birth of a new dynasty in advance!"

"4:0, 4:1 at most, there won't be any other score. The gap between the two teams is really too big."

"In terms of offense, the two teams may be evenly matched, but if you add in defense and physical confrontation, as well as the ability to withstand pressure at critical moments of the game, and the ability of the leaders of both teams to resolve the game at the last moment"

"When all these are added together, the Kings and the Pacers are really not on the same level! After all, if even the Pacers' defense, which they are not very good at, can completely suppress the Kings and prevent them from scoring for 3 minutes, how can the Kings compete with the Pacers?"

"Also, a little-known fact, or a point that no one has ever noticed, has this Pacers team ever failed to perform well on defense since it was formed in 97? Has they ever failed because of their own poor defense or because their opponent's defense was too good?"

"No! Not at all! Not even once! Whether their opponents are the Bulls, Heat, Knicks or Jazz, they have faced the best and most defensive teams in the NBA over the years, but is there a team that can limit their firepower?"

"Is there even one team that can be beaten offensively just because they are not good at defense?"

"No! Not at all!"

"The Pacers' defense may not be the best in the league, but it is definitely not lagging behind! They just don't like it, not that they can't! When they want to defend, they can contain almost all teams and players!"

"This year's Kings are probably the best example!"

"And speaking of this, the situation of this finals is actually very clear."

"One good news and one bad news."

"The good news is: Lin and Indiana fans can enjoy a very relaxing series and celebrate their emergence as a new, true dynasty!"

"The bad news is for those Kings fans, the neutral fans who just want to see a great Finals, the fans who want to see the David and Goliath win, the fans who want to see the Kings comeback."

"You will be disappointed! This round of finals will most likely become the most boring and least suspenseful round of finals in the past 20 years!"

"If I were an Indian, I would prepare champagne, streamers, fireworks or other things for celebration in advance, because after a week, the prices of these things will probably increase wildly, and it will not be cost-effective to buy them then!"

Just by looking at his expressions, you can tell that Kenny next to Barkley agrees 100% with what Barkley said, but this is a show after all, and he can't just say "yes, yes, yes, yes" next to him.

He has to have a point of view and spark some discussion.

"So Charles, do you think there will be any twists and turns if the Pacers win the championship this year?"

"Not anymore."

"So what do you think will be their biggest problem on their way to the championship this year?" "Is the biggest problem that their opponents are too weak?" Barkley shrugged and said, "As the last game of the three consecutive championships, to be honest, the Pacers really didn't face any challenges in the playoffs this year."

"The Heat are a group of veterans who are no longer at their peak, the Nets are a group of rookies, the Hornets are not worth mentioning at all, and the Kings made it to the finals thanks to the Lakers' injury benefits. I doubt that if God hadn't been tired of the Pacers and Lakers matchup, the Kings would definitely not have made it to the finals!"

"After defeating so many opponents so easily, I can only say: It's too boring! Look at the opponents Michael faced when he won three consecutive championships? His opponents wanted to beat his brains out that year!"

"But what about this year? This year, Lin didn't even lose a few hairs. His hairstyle wasn't even messed up, and he was able to win the championship!"

"Stop! Wait!" Kenny quickly caught the blind spot in Barkley's words: "When Michael won three consecutive championships, his opponents wanted to beat his brains out? Charles, can you have some shame? What you mean by beating his brains out is to let him average 41 points in the finals and 4 points in 40 consecutive games?"

"Ahem." Barkley's face turned red for a rare moment. His little thought was actually seen through!

"In short, the value of Lin's third championship is really not that high! His opponent was too weak! If we have to point out a flaw, the only flaw of this championship is that there is no equally great opponent to match the greatness of Lin and the Pacers!"

"What a shame! It's such a shame. In such a great year, the opponents they encountered were old and young, and they were just like no one else. It was completely unable to reflect the greatness and toughness of Lin and this Pacers team."

"But no matter what, no matter how strong their opponents are, the Pacers still did it! We can congratulate them in advance and congratulate them on becoming the champions. This is an absolute dynasty! This is a real dynasty! This is a genuine dynasty!"

“They are great!”

Barkley's words, which were extremely rare, did not cause much discussion and debate across the United States. There was nothing that could be done about it, because most people felt that Charles was right!

His point of view, which was extremely rare, was agreed upon by the majority of people. Except for a very small number of argumentative people and psychopaths who just wanted to disagree with others, everyone felt that: Charles was right!
The Pacers' championship this time is indeed within reach, and the challenges they faced along the way are indeed negligible!

This is completely different from the situation when they swept 15 consecutive games to win the 00 championship!

Although the Pacers in 00 swept all the way and did not lose even a single game, their opponents included the unstoppable O'Neal and his 67-win Lakers, the Heat's quartet who were determined to win the championship and had 61 wins, and the fledgling 76ers and Celtics.

The fact that the Pacers were able to sweep two top teams with 60+ wins in a row that year already shows how strong the Pacers were! Not to mention that the Pacers themselves won 75 regular season games that year!
The reason they had it easy that year was because they were strong!
But this year they are relaxed because their opponents are weak!

The situation, of course, is completely different.

Of course, as the saying goes, everything has its limits, too much is as bad as too little, and too much poisonous milk can easily cause choking.

Right after Barkley blew the Pacers and received national recognition, the Kings played an absolutely perfect game!

In the second game of the series, all five starting players of the Kings exploded, and various magical shots came in one after another. The whole team played at an unprecedented top level. The five starters all scored more than 20 points, among which Peja and Bibby once again teamed up to score more than 60 points!

In this game, the Kings played with their spirit, they played in their own style, maintained their dignity, and won the second game of the series with a 16-point advantage, and tied the score to 1:1!

After such a nearly crushing defeat, many Kings fans, Lin Tian haters, and guys who hated the Pacers who had disappeared in the previous two days couldn't wait to stick their heads out. They began to madly laugh at Lin Tian, ​​the Pacers, and Barkley.

Several TV stations also took advantage of the popularity and directly launched programs, inviting some famous commentators to mock and ridicule Barkley on TV, saying that this series is still suspenseful, that the Kings still have a chance, and that they can turn the situation around soon.

After all, there are still two home courts behind us, right?

A lot of voices appear at this time!
Just like a bird that has been waiting for a long time finally seeing an insect coming out of the ground, they were extremely excited. For a moment, not to say that the whole of America was supporting the Kings and believed that they could win the championship, but at least it was no longer as one-sided as after the first game.

Of course, it’s not that Lin Tian and the Pacers are so hated that everyone wants to see them lose, but there are still many people in this world who like to watch strong teams overturn, the weak defeat the strong, and the underdog triumph over the strong!
But unfortunately, the carnival only lasted for 3 days.

Just 3 days!
Because three nights later, when the two sides moved to the Conseco Center in Indiana, the Pacers once again eliminated all suspense!
Not only did they lose the game, but they almost scared the Kings away!

In this game, as if to prove their toughness and that the loss in the second game was just a result of their momentary carelessness, the Pacers raised their intensity to the fullest from the very beginning of the game.

From the beginning of the game, they used half-court zone defense and double-team defense, which were the tactics that could best counter Princeton's back-to-back runs, baseline walks, and pick-and-roll passes.

Moreover, while playing a double team defense, Lin Tian and Christie also added more intensity to Bibby and Peja. Lin Tian wanted to stick close to Bibby from the first second of the game and attack him from all sides.

Christie stayed almost non-stop with Peja, sticking close to him the entire time and not giving him any easy chances to shoot.

In the third game of the series, the Pacers stopped playing around and didn't try too hard on offense. They just increased the intensity of their defense!
Do you want to shoot? Do you want to run? Do you want to play some fancy offensive basketball?

Beat the ass!
I’ll beat you until your face is covered with peach blossoms!

This night, the Pacers showed the same intensity as they did in a fight with the Heat in the Eastern Conference, and the same focus that the team had shown when facing top opponents such as the Lakers, Jazz, and Bulls in the past!

So what was the Kings' reaction when the Pacers' intensity reached its peak?
No response!

Or there is no way!

Their physical confrontation could not keep up with the Pacers. Bibby was known as the 'White Devil'. His tonnage and confrontation were first-class among the No. 1 position. However, when he met the number one cannon and the tank-like Lin Tian on the back line, he had almost no ability to fight back.

The only guy in the team with good physique was forced into such a mess by Lin Tian, ​​not to mention those technical guys like Divac and Peja.

They were pushed all over the field by the rough Indians and could hardly stand!
Under such circumstances, how could the Kings possibly compete with the Pacers?

69: 89!

当全场比赛结束的时候，国王队全场比赛只拿到69分，他们的投篮命中率仅有31%，3分线外更是17投4中只有24%的命中率。

In addition to the miserable shooting percentage, they made 31 turnovers throughout the game, and lost 37 rebounds at 56:19!
They were completely vomited! They were also completely beaten!

The reason why the Kings only lost by 20 points and the Pacers only scored 89 points was not because of how good the Kings' defense was. On the contrary, the Pacers only scored 89 points tonight, which had nothing to do with the Kings!

The Kings relied on the fact that the Pacers put too much energy into defense, and the excessive confrontation caused the Pacers' shooting feel to decline significantly.

The Pacers failed to seize many open shots tonight.

This is also a sequelae of high confrontation and slow pace. If the confrontation is too fierce, it will really affect the feel!
But anything that does not affect the feel of the shot has little to do with the Kings.

And after such a game, the Kings players were really confused.

After all, in their impression, this game or this series should be an offensive battle, a game in which both sides run, shoot and blast.

But how did it inexplicably turn into a defensive battle?
It’s not that the Kings have never seen strong defense, but the key is who gave them this high-intensity defense!

If a team that specializes in defense, such as the Pistons, Magic, or Heat, gave the Kings this level of defense, they wouldn't think it was a big deal.

But now, it is a team like the Pacers that has beaten them so hard on the defensive end that they are completely confused!
21投6中的佩贾，18投5中的毕比，还有10投3中的迪瓦茨和12投只有2中的鲍比·杰克逊，他们在离开球场的时候，甚至都无法相信自己这场球居然是这么输的。

It was completely beyond their expectations, and the content of the game was totally not in their game plan!
Then, in the following fourth game, after a day of rest, the Kings had made sufficient preparations and mental preparations, ready to go all out, compete physically with the Pacers, regain their ground, and win this extremely important game!

After all, for the Kings, if they lose one more game, they will be behind 1:3. Even if they still have two home games, it will be a huge blow to them to lose the match point so early!
Therefore, Adelman gave his players a lot of psychological preparation before the game, asking them to relax and be prepared, not to be afraid, not to hide, but to do it bravely!
After all, this is the finals!
We can't afford to make the same mistake twice in a row!

But when the Kings took to the court, the Pacers' reaction once again greatly surprised them.

The Pacers, who were as fierce as wolves and tigers in the last game, smashed the Kings' position like a siege hammer, but on this night, they suddenly stopped fighting against them!

Run! Bang! Throw!
The Pacers suddenly started playing the kind of game that the Kings most wanted to play. They suddenly started attacking frantically and concentrated all their energy on the offense!

This change really caught the Kings off guard, and they were beaten by the Pacers 3:12 in just three minutes.

Fortunately, Adelman finally reacted at this time, quickly called a timeout, and then gave the players a thorough analysis and a lesson before allowing the Kings players to return to the court.

If the Pacers want to fight on offense, then come on!

It is true that we in Sacramento have many shortcomings, but when it comes to offense, we are better than anyone else!
The Kings players walked onto the court with full momentum, and were about to roll up their sleeves to get into a good game, but suddenly they discovered that the Pacers on the opposite side were even crazier than them!

How crazy exactly?
After a good start, Carlisle directly replaced Big Ben and Christie with Arenas and Parker!

Just 3 minutes into the game, with a 9-point lead over the opponent, Carlisle showed off his skills by using a crazy 4-guard formation!

Lin Tian, ​​Carter, Arenas, Parker and Webber who can pass the ball and act as the axis!

The Pacers' meaning couldn't be simpler. Don't you want to compete on offense? Don't you think that if you only compete on offense, neither of you will lose?

Come on! Let's have a good fight and see who will kill whom!

The Pacers' current lineup really surprised the fans at the scene, the professionals in front of the TV, and everyone who was watching the game!

How do you describe the Pacers' feeling?
It's so fucking exciting!

There is a situation where two armies are facing each other in a battle. One side, which is originally relying on high walls and thick barriers, can easily defeat the opponent by hiding on the city wall and throwing stones, shooting arrows, and throwing gold juice.

However, under the provocation of the opponent, a gong suddenly sounded, the city gate opened, and the commander of the city led his elite cavalry to rush out of the city gate, shouting: "How dare you call yourselves elite cavalry? Today, I will let you know who is the strongest cavalry in the world!"

After saying this, he mounted his horse and picked up his spear, led his men to charge out and directly attacked the enemy's central area!

This choice is irrational, and even incorrect. It does not conform to any military strategy, tactics, or logic, but he is just very excited!
Of course, the prerequisite for excitement is winning!
You must win, and you must win a complete victory, with the momentum and results of Zhang Liao's eight hundred cavalry sweeping across the Wu army, or Zhao Yun leading his troops in and out of the Han River three times, scaring Zhang He and Xu Huang so much that they dared not to fight and simply turned their horses and fled. This is the exciting choice!
If we lose, or even not lose, but just win by a narrow margin, then this choice is stupid!

This way of playing would be a joke!
So will the Pacers tonight let the fans and players get excited to the end and defeat the opponent head-on in the way the opponent is best at, or will they nail themselves to the pillar of shame? You thought he played a big game, but in fact he just pooped a stinky shit?
Of course it’s the former!
The Pacers, with their full strength attacking, cannot possibly lose to anyone in terms of offense! (End of this chapter)