NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

As for the final MVP of the Rookie Game, of course there was no suspense. It was awarded to Gilbert Arenas who scored 30 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists tonight!
He also became the second second-round pick after Lin Tian to win the Rookie Game MVP!

For the Pacers, this can be considered a kind of inheritance!
Lin Tian, ​​a second-round pick, led the team to glory and the peak. Since he is likely to leave the team next year, can Arenas, another second-round pick, lead the team to another glory?

Of course, even if Arenas can't fulfill his role as the Pacers' new second-round pick, he still has his partners.

Although he is two years older than him, Ginobili entered the league one year later than him!

Ginobili's performance tonight was also outstanding!

He scored 29 points and 10 assists. Although he failed to win the game in the end, the image of this Argentine was once again imprinted in the hearts of every fan!

They also remembered again that just last summer, this guy used his breakthrough to inflict an extremely humiliating defeat on the American team!
In fact, besides these two guys, the Pacers also have Tony Parker!

He scored 18 points tonight. He is also a guy with pretty good potential and can definitely become an All-Star level player in the future!
With these three young people, even if Lin Tian leaves the team after next season, the Pacers will definitely not sink quickly. They will definitely continue to play influential and entertaining games in the East!

In short, the entire Pacers team was extremely happy that night! Even Ginobili, who unfortunately missed the MVP of the Rookie Game, was very calm and happy. He had a good relationship with Arenas and was happy for his buddy from the bottom of his heart.

Then, it’s the much-anticipated Saturday night!

There are three individual events to be held this evening!
Traditional 3-pointers, slam dunks, and brand new skills challenges!

It must be said that the appeal of these three competitions this year is much greater than ever before!

The 3-point contest brought together top shooters from all over the world. Lin Tian, ​​the most popular player, also returned to the arena after many years and participated in the 3-point contest again! Of course, compared to winning the championship, fans hope that Lin Tian can come up with some new tricks in the game.

Like a dunk from the three-point line?
Lin Tian: I just have a cheat, not wings!

With full expectations, the fans at the scene kept shouting the names of the shooters they supported, venting their emotions like crazy.

Everything was the same as usual, with light shows, singing and dancing shows, the host making cameos and gags, and the fans booing in good faith.

Then, eight shooters entered the court one by one, ready for tonight’s 8-point showdown!
The expressions of the eight people at this moment are also different!
Lin Tian and Nash stood together, talking and laughing in a relaxed manner. Peja, the tallest one, stood next to them, but at this moment he had his eyes slightly closed, as if he was about to fall asleep. Next to them were the two veterans, Wesley and Barry, who were also talking and laughing, and no one knew what they were talking about.

Then came Billups and Ray Allen, two assassin-type killers known for their cold-bloodedness. They both looked solemn and said nothing, as if they were not about to participate in a 3-point contest but the finals.

It is worth mentioning that Allen's teammate, Bucks rookie Reed did not stand next to the team's big brother Allen, but stood next to Lin Tian. He and Allen were very far apart on the left and right. Needless to say, these two must not have a good relationship!
It's no wonder that the Bucks sent away Glenn Robinson, the team's big brother who had a growing grudge against Ray Allen, during the offseason.

Their original goal was to promote Ray Allen and reunite the team, but they did not expect that Ray Allen was not a leader at all. The team's record did not improve at all, and even entering the playoffs was a problem.

The lack of improvement in the record has undoubtedly made the Bucks management a little anxious. Their goal is to recreate the glory of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar era! Now that it seems that there is no end in sight, they have begun to consider a complete reconstruction!
At this time, Reed, who was originally inconspicuous on the Bucks' bench, seized the opportunity and put on an extremely brilliant performance this year!
His 3-point shooting percentage this season is as high as 46%, ranking first in the league! At the same time, he can hit 1.7 three-pointers per game, which is also in the top ten in the league! A top shooter in both quality and quantity is rising!
It was Reed's rise that made the Bucks interested in Allen, a guy who always had a bad relationship with his teammates and had led the team for many years but the results had never improved.

They wanted to send him away!
Not only can it promote the younger Reed, but it can also send away the expensive Allen, which is definitely killing two birds with one stone!
His position in the team is about to be taken away by someone, and Allen is not a magnanimous big brother type of figure. It would be impossible for him to have a good relationship with Reed!

However, although everyone can see it, no one will go up and ask directly questions like "Little Reed, why don't you stand with your team leader?"

Well, even if others don’t ask, Lin Tian will.

"Brave boy, why don't you stand with your team leader?"

"Ah? What? What?" Reed was obviously confused. He really didn't expect that someone would ask him directly like this at the All-Star Game!

Are all these big guys so direct and exciting?

Of course not.

The only direct and stimulating person is Lin Tian!

But unfortunately, Reed left before he could answer the question.

The game is about to start! He is the first to play tonight.

The others returned to their seats after the host introduced them.

Maybe it was because it was his first appearance, or maybe it was his first time participating in such a big game, Reed was a little nervous, and the young man missed any of his first shots!

After a terrible start, even though he performed well in the next few points, Reed only got 14 points in the end, a score that would make it difficult for him to enter the finals.

"It's okay." After Reed returned to his seat, Lin Tian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Michael has shot single digits, Gary has also shot single digits, you are much better than both of them."

"Thank you." Reed nodded gratefully, and his emotions were obviously more relaxed.

The next player to come on the court was Barry. After winning the Slam Dunk Contest with the slogan "White Men Can Fly", this son of a famous player has basically not dunked in recent years and is a pure 3-point shooter.

Unlike his father, he is just an ordinary role player, but he has a big heart and rich experience. He easily scored 18 points after coming on the court, which is a good score and has a good chance of entering the finals.

Then Wesley, Billups, Nash, Peja and others came on the court. Their results were all average, ranging from 15 to 22 points, neither particularly high nor low.

"I've told you before, a second-round pick shouldn't come out and embarrass himself by getting last place, right?" Allen's voice suddenly came from in front of Lin Tian and Reed. This guy was about to go on the court too.

"I bet his score is lower than yours!" Lin Tian snorted and said, "He definitely can't do it."

"Thank you." Reid was obviously still a little nervous, and had a habitual fear of the team leader: "But Ray is very good! I often lose to him in three-point games in team competitions."

"But you can win tonight!" After Lin Tian patted the guy again, he stopped talking and watched Allen go on the court to shoot.

then
13 points!
This top shooter in the league, known as the strongest shooter after Miller, also performed very poorly and actually scored a score lower than Reed!
"See, I told you. Be more confident, you can do it!" Lin Tian stood up with a smile: "It's my turn now."

"What are you laughing at?" Allen was obviously in a bad mood as he walked back to the court.

He didn't dare to provoke others, but he found it easy to bully Reed.

"Laughing that you scored one point lower than me!" This time, Reed was not afraid. He snorted and fought back against Allen.

Allen was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that this kid would dare to resist him!
After saying "let's see" lightly, he quickly left the scene and sat down nearby!
Lin Tian was the last player to appear tonight. Before him, the three players with the highest scores were Peja with 22 points, Nash with 20 points and Barry with 18 points!
In other words, as long as Lin Tian gets 19 points, he can advance to the finals! If he gets 18 points, he will have to play against Barry. If he gets less than 18 points, he will be eliminated.

disuse?

How can it be!

Lin Tian shook his arms and fingers, concentrating and preparing to start shooting.

I said, I came to Atlanta to win the championship!

"Swish!" A crisp sound gave Lin Tian a good start for his first round of shooting.

In the first point, Lin Tian scored 4 goals in a row, but unfortunately the flower ball did not go in.

Then in the second point, Lin Tian scored 6 points!
He also scored 4 points at the top of the arc.

In the next two points, Lin Tian continued his stable performance. Although he did not hit the target, both flower balls went in. In the end, Lin Tian scored 9 points in the next two points and a total of 23 points.

He surpassed Peja's 22 points and successfully entered the three-point finals as the first place!

After the first round of pitching, there was naturally another cheerleading performance on the scene. Then the host came on stage again and pulled over Lin Tian, ​​Peja, and Nash who had entered the finals, and asked them what they thought about the finals.

"Just relax and shoot, it doesn't matter how many points you get." Nash remained humble as always.

"I hope to win the championship." Peja's voice is full of Eastern European style: "I like the feeling of being first."

"What about Lin?" The host handed the microphone to Lin Tian.

After Lin Tian took the microphone, he did not say anything. Instead, he turned around and took a step, took the 3-point contest trophy that was already placed in the center of the court, and then, amid the crazy and excited cheers of the fans, he walked all the way to Jordan with the trophy.

"Michael, hold it for me so I don't have to move it later. It's very heavy, but don't steal it. After all, you don't own any of it."

"FUXX! Do you think I'm a waiter? And I'm helping you get the trophy?"

Jordan's frowning protest was completely suppressed by the crazy and excited shouts of the fans. Except for Lin Tian, ​​no one heard his protest. All they saw was Lin Tian handing the trophy to Jordan and then swaggering back to his seat.

Arrogant!

Too embarrassing!

This kind of operation of grabbing the trophy before shooting has never happened in NBA history!

Of course, he also mocked his embarrassing past of only getting single-digit scores in the 3-point contest.

However, isn’t this guy afraid of being embarrassed if he doesn’t win the championship later?

The host immediately threw this question to Lin Tian.

"There is no championship that I can't win, only the ones I don't want to win." Lin Tian shrugged and said, "This is easy."

After hearing Lin Tian’s words, the fans at the scene immediately burst into carnival again.

They like such arrogant players!
In other words, who could dislike him except his defeated opponents?
Peja's expression obviously became more solemn, but Nash was still able to smile and high-five Lin Tian, ​​saying: "I'm thinking about whether I should score two less, so that you won't retaliate against me after you embarrass yourself."

"I am the king's good friend!"

"Vote for yours!" Lin Tian waved his hand, and turned back to the rest area with Peja, whose face became even gloomier, waiting for Nash's result.

1 minutes later.
24 points!
Nash in the final was completely different from what he said. This guy didn't hold back at all and directly scored a very high score!
This score is enough to win the championship in most years!
Next up was Peja.

Perhaps something has changed in his home country, as the tall striker has been rather quiet this season and far less interesting than he was last summer.

But when he was on the court, his pitching level drove the fans crazy!

27 points!
He directly scored the highest score in the history of the 3-point contest.

The previous highest score was 3 points created by Hodgson, a role player during the Bulls' first three consecutive championships!
Well, it is worth mentioning that the year Hodges made the highest record in NBA history was 1990, the year when Jordan made the 5-pointer.
When your leader picks up food, you turn the table; when your boss smokes, you blow the wind; when your leader forges iron, you break the record.

Hitting the team leader in the face on the spot is a total act of suicide!
Anyway, Lin Tian felt that with Jordan's personality, in the games after that season, he would probably have to challenge Hodges at least 300 times, and each time he would have to score 100 goals before it would count.

But Hodges is also a god. He has participated in the three-point contest in 11 of his 8-year professional career. The reason he didn't participate in the four years was because there was no three-point contest in the first four years of his career.

How about it, have you found any blind spots?
Not bad!

Smart friends must have discovered that 8+4=12 instead of 11.

Why is this so?
It’s time for Mr. Lin’s lecture.

In the last three years of his career, from 90 to 92, Hodges won three consecutive years and won three consecutive three-point contests, becoming the first person after Bird and also one of the only two players in the league to win three consecutive three-point contests.

And then? He lost his job.

As for the reason for unemployment, it actually has something to do with Jordan.

After the Bulls won the championship in 92, Hodges angrily criticized Jordan for not speaking up for black people, not being a qualified leader, and not even worthy of being a black person.

This accusation is quite serious! But Jordan never paid any attention to him. Jordan never responded to his former teammate in any way on any occasion.

Anyway, after this year, the Bulls did not renew Hodges' contract, making this guy a free agent. No other team in the league signed him, so this guy was completely unemployed.

Then, in the 93 All-Star Game, Hodges, as a free agent, used the media extensively to build momentum and publicity. In addition, fans were eager to see him win the three-point contest for the fourth time in a row, so they petitioned and wrote crazy letters to the league, hoping that Hodges would continue to participate in this year's three-point contest.

Then, Hodges became the only player in NBA history to participate in the three-point contest as a free agent.

It’s just that, maybe it was because he didn’t train with the team this year, and didn’t have any systematic training, so his shooting in the game was a mess, and he didn’t even make it past the preliminaries and was directly eliminated.

This is also the last story he left in this alliance.

This is a bit far-fetched, but in short, Peja's 27 points and Nash's 24 points have already set the bottom line for this 3-point contest.

The most intense three-point contest in history! The highest level three-point contest in history!
A new 3-point contest record, so high that it is a bit outrageous. If Lin Tian wants to beat Peja, he can only miss 1 fancy ball and 3 ordinary ball at most, or miss no more than ordinary balls.

This is not much different from Lian Zhong!
Peja's level is really amazing!
But what is Lin Tian doing here tonight?

Just to shock the world!

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what he said on the track and field field.

I come, I see, I conquer!
Brother Caesar is really something. Just thinking about these words makes our blood boil!

So, Lin Tian started!
"Boom!"

It was a bad start, as Lin Tian’s first shot missed. The fans at the scene couldn’t help but exclaim. If he missed the first shot, the pressure on him for the remaining shots would be too great!

"Boom!"

Then there was another sound, and Lin Tian hit the target twice.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for Lin. This start is really bad, but in the final analysis, Peja's shooting is too good." Barkley in the commentary booth couldn't help but sigh. His little guy still couldn't hold on.

What a pity.

Then, Barkley became excited because Lin Tian had just taken away the trophy of the three-point contest!
If you lose, then give it back.
Hiss, so exciting!
Little brother, you have never lost such a big man in your life, right?
Well, this is the time!

Lin, get tough!

Barkley was already cheering in his heart!
He expected Lin Tian to keep missing shots and score less than 27 points.

There are many people who have the same idea as Barkley.

If the number of people were even so large that they were listed one by one, this chapter could reach two million words!
In short, everyone is looking forward to it now.

But Lin Tian's performance soon disappointed all those who were eager to see Lin Tian embarrass himself.

After missing the first two shots, Lin Tian never missed the next shot!
After the first point, all three balls hit the target! After the second point, all five balls hit the target!

The third and fourth points are also correct!

Lin Tian came to the last point with an extremely high score of 22 points. If he made all the shots here, he would become the new three-point contest champion. If he missed an ordinary shot, he would tie with Peja. If he missed more than one, he would lose.

At this time, no one had time to think about winning or losing or gloating, everyone's mood was aroused.

Will it all go in?

meeting!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Five crisp sounds were heard in succession, and the basketball passed through the net again and again, creating waves on the net again and again.

Lin Tian did it!
After he made the last shot, Lin Tian quickly ran to Jordan's side. Just as Jordan stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand to high-five Lin Tian and hug him, celebrating that his younger brother had won the highest-scoring and most valuable 3-point contest championship in history.

Lin Tian did not high-five Jordan. He reached out and grabbed the trophy from Jordan's other hand, then high-fived Jordan. Then, when Jordan was completely numb, he quickly left Jordan and walked towards the host with the trophy.

"HAHAHAHAHA AHAHA! Michael! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha I'm dying of laughter! Michael, hahahahahaha Michael! Who can save him? Who can save him from the embarrassment? Who can bring his soul back from hell?"

Barkley couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into laughter. Lin Tian's regret for not being able to embarrass himself disappeared in an instant.

Compared to Michael, who stretched out his hand in front of fans across America and even the world but was ignored, and then slapped him in a perfunctory manner after the trophy was snatched away, Lin Tian’s embarrassing incident was nothing!
happy!

This year's All-Star Game is really fun!

Lin Tian ignored Jordan who was in a confused and awkward state, and walked straight back to the center of the court and started chatting with the host.

"Lin, congratulations! The highest score in the history of the three-point contest! You have created a new historical record!"

"Is that the only one?" Lin Tian looked at the host with a smile.

The host slapped his forehead and immediately said, "You are still the player with the most consecutive shots in the history of the three-point contest! You scored 23 consecutive shots! You broke the historical record of 3 consecutive shots created by Peja 16 minutes ago!"

"What do you have to say about this?"

"There is one more." Lin Tian continued.

"Anything else? No more." The host was really confused at this moment. What other records were there?
"Hit all 5 flower balls?" The host tried to guess one at random. He didn't know if anyone had hit all 5 flower balls before.

"No, what I mean is." Lin Tian stopped bullying the host whose head was sweating and said with a sly smile: "This year's competition also has the strongest runner-up and the strongest third place in history, isn't it?"

"Ah? Ah! Oh, hahahaha, Lin is really humorous. Well, Lin, tell us about your feelings after winning the championship. Why did you go to take the trophy back just now? Didn't you say you should keep it?"

Mr. Lin, you dare to laugh at Nash and Peja in such an occasion. He, a small host, would not dare to do that. He will still make a living from this in the future. Although it is almost impossible for Nash and Peja to argue with him just because of a joke or two.

But what if?
There was no need, absolutely no need to take risks, so the host laughed awkwardly twice and quickly changed the subject. Then, he regretted it. He wanted to slap himself, he wanted to change the subject back, he wanted to laugh at Nash and Peja for a while.

As for the reason, it was of course Lin Tian.

"Oh, I'm afraid Michael will take the trophy away. After all, he only has the last place in history. Sorry, the second to last place. He must have dreamed of this three-point championship trophy for more than ten years! I think he probably fantasizes about having one every night."

"So, in order to prevent him from taking the things away, in order to prevent him from sneaking away and not even attending the All-Star Game and running back home overnight, I decided to take it back first. Well, it's that simple."

It's that simple?
The host felt sweat on his back and he could feel Jordan staring at him.

In Jordan's opinion, this crappy host was looking for death, he was deliberately bringing the topic to himself.

Is this crappy host a hired helper by Lin, hired specifically to humiliate me?
Please, please ...

The host was already wailing in his heart, Jordan's eyes of death brought him huge pressure!
So, the guy didn't dare to continue the interview. He just said, "Well, thank you Lin for your performance and your hard work! Let's congratulate him for winning the 3-point competition! Next, we will take a break and then proceed to the second individual competition tonight."

“This year’s new show, the league has prepared new spice and fun games for everyone!”

"Skills Challenge!"

"The so-called skills challenge is to test the skills of the players, so the participants are the most skilled defenders in the league. The specific process of the game is..."

While the host was quickly introducing the process and rules, he also took a basketball and started to perform. As for Lin Tianze, he was too lazy to return to the locker room, so he sat directly on the sidelines, waiting for the host to finish his performance, and after Marbury, Kidd and Payton came out and appeared with him, he prepared for the game.

Of course, there is also the final round of tough talk before every game.

"I'm the best in the world. I'm the most skilled person in this league." Marbury still looked like the 'Bandit Ma'. Lin Tian even felt that if he told him now that he would become the 'Political Commissar Ma' in the future, Marbury himself would be the first one to not believe it.

impossible! Absolutely impossible!
"If I win, I will be the best in the world." If Marbury is a bandit, then Payton is a robber. These two guys seem to be competing to see who is more difficult to deal with and who is more arrogant, one with his nose facing the sky and the other with the corners of his mouth facing the sky.

"Just do your best, have fun and have fun." Kidd looked obviously a little reluctant.

Lin Tian saw this guy secretly practicing high-post jump shots this morning!
Obviously, this guy has no confidence at all!

Shooting one step inside the 3-point line is recognized as the area with the least stability, the lowest efficiency and the most difficult to practice.

A guy like Kidd probably won't take more than five shots from this area in a season.

Lin Tian understood very well what Kidd was thinking now.

As long as we don’t embarrass ourselves and don’t get a score like Jordan’s 5 points in a single game, we can win!
And Kidd must have greeted all of Stern's female relatives within 18 generations in his heart, and at the same time, greeted all of Stern's male relatives within 18 generations on behalf of the eastern lowland gorilla.

The main goal is to kill without letting anyone go, and no one can escape!
"You hid the trophy? Why didn't you put it in the middle of the venue? I wanted to take it away in advance." Lin Tian looked around and found that these NBA guys were too bad.

This time he actually hid the trophy.

Definitely not worth playing with!
Is it easy for me? I just want to get a trophy in advance and touch it for fun.
Lin Tian's words naturally caused the fans at the scene to laugh again.

Marbury followed up by saying, "I just wanted to take it away, but I couldn't find it."

"Find the basket first. If you take that thing away, won't you have to bring it back later? What's the point of wasting time?" Payton didn't tolerate Marbury and started to criticize him.

"Alright, alright, Gary, Lin also wants to be taken away. You're a senior, so you should talk to him too." Kidd smiled and fanned the flames with the look of a peacemaker.

"I can't beat him, but I can beat this guy to death." Payton shrugged, looking very truthful.

"You old dog who is about to retire, what are you talking about?" Marbury's eyes widened and he taunted, "You are a piece of trash who can't even make it to the All-Star Game, and you dare to shout here?"

"Win a series first, kid. Have you ever won a series in your life?" Payton snorted, "If I win a series in a year, it's enough for you to chase for a lifetime! All-Star? Humph, you're going to make me laugh to death."

"I'm going to win you a championship this year! You're a loser who can only play for the lottery!"

"Have you forgotten that we still have games to play this season?" Payton squinted at Marbury and said, "I can crush you to death with one hand."

"The game begins! The game begins!"

Seeing that the two men were cursing more and more fiercely, and looked like they were about to fight at any time, the host scratched his head which was already covered in sweat. He now had only one thought in his mind.

Add more money, damn it, add more money!
Is an all-star individual competition so difficult?
"Wait to die!" Marbury cursed and was the first to walk towards the competition area.

"I bet you can't finish it within 30 seconds." Payton pouted and walked towards the waiting area: "If you can finish it within 30 seconds, I'll apologize to you."

"30 seconds? Do you think I'm you? Your old legs can't even move? 30 seconds? I can finish it for you in 27 seconds!" After saying that, Marbury ignored Payton and walked directly to the competition area, waiting for the game to begin.

"You are so bad." Lin Tian looked at Payton and said, "30 seconds? Can you do it within 30 seconds?"

"Basically no." Payton said with a mean look on his face, "I'm in pretty good shape if I can last 10 seconds 5 out of 30 times, and that was during training. Now this kid is impatient and eager to prove himself, and he's under the gaze and spotlight of people."

"30 seconds? 40 seconds is impressive!"

Isn’t it said that these old guys are worse than each other?
Each one is dirtier than the other, and more sinister than the other!
It would be strange if a young man like Marbury, who is full of competitiveness, could get any benefits from an old bastard like Payton!
“3, 2, 1, GO!”

Game start! (End of chapter)