NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

After the All-Star Game known as the 'Last Dance', the progress of the season has begun to accelerate again!
First of all, the trading deadline is here. During this deadline, there are quite a few teams that have begun to make drastic reforms to their teams!

The first is the Bucks. After sending away "Big Dog" Robinson during the offseason, the team's record has not improved at all. In addition, Ray Allen and Reed had an obvious confrontation in the All-Star Game, so the Bucks' patience with Ray Allen and the team's head coach Karl has run out.

They chose the younger Reed!
The Bucks sent Allen, who had played for the team for seven years, to the Supersonics in exchange for some draft picks and other assets.

Also, almost at the same time as they sent Allen away, they announced the dismissal of head coach George Karl and appointed Terry Porter as interim head coach.

This team, which has been hoping to make a breakthrough in the past few years, has started rebuilding after years of no improvement in performance!

Another team that chose to make a trade before the deadline was the Miami Heat. They sent away Payton, the team's leader for the past few years, to Seattle. With Alonso basically retiring, the Heat decided to speed up their dive and strive for a higher draft pick!
The Supersonics acquired two strong players in succession, forming a new outside trio, and welcomed back Payton, the former soul of the team and Seattle's city hero!

As for whether Lewis, Ray Allen and Payton can create sparks and let the Supersonics regain the glory of many years ago, we will have to wait and see!

Another team that made a big deal was the Bulls. The Chicagoans, who had been at the bottom of the table since Jordan left, chose to buy Jalen Rose from the Spurs this time. They found themselves a true star outside player.

Klaus hopes that Rose can lead the two high school students in the team to help the team recover quickly, otherwise, he will really be kicked out!
After the Spurs sold Rose, they will officially start their dive! Richmond and Rose, who were traded during the short Duncan era, have left, and Robinson has also announced his retirement. The Spurs era has not even come yet, and it is completely over!

Now, Popovich and Buford have set their sights on this June's draft, hoping to get a truly outstanding super talent to make the team rise again!
Then there was a not-so-big deal: The Magic traded that year's best rookie Mike Miller for the Grizzlies' second-round pick, Gordon Giricek, who averaged 12 points per game, and a future first-round pick.

It is said that this deal was made because of Giricek's impact and scoring ability, and the goal was to add another scorer to the team, but everyone knows: this is the Magic management cutting costs and avoiding luxury taxes!
Giricek can earn nearly 200 million less per year than Miller. Add in the luxury tax, and this deal saves the Magic nearly 400 million!
As for Miller's departure, which would make McGrady extremely angry because the team traded away his best guy on the team, the Magic management obviously didn't care.

If they cared about this, they would not have let O'Neal go!

What’s more important is that the Magic’s management is now somewhat in a bad mood.

Because that year, in 2000, although they recruited McGrady, Duncan, Malone and Hill at the same time, the team's playoff performance was always terrible.

Now that Hill has fallen and Malone has left, the Magic's chances of winning the championship are getting smaller and smaller. What makes the Magic management even more anxious is that Duncan refused to renew his contract with the team in advance!

That year, Duncan signed a four-year, $4 million contract with the Magic, and that contract would end after the next season, which is the 4600-03 season.

The Magic could have renewed the contract early this season, but when the Magic put the contract extension in front of Duncan, the expressionless big man directly refused it, which undoubtedly made the Magic management feel uneasy.

The performance has not improved and the core players may be preparing to run away.

What can they do?
They can only cut spending and take things one step at a time.

Also, the Trail Blazers, who have not seen any improvement in their performance in the past two years and can only make it to the second round of the playoffs at best, but have spent the most money and paid the most luxury taxes, can no longer sit still.

The team owner Paul Allen obviously felt that the team was in such a mediocre state and had no point at all, so he learned from his mistakes and directly chose to trade!
And once they move, it’s a big move!
The Trail Blazers sent two strong players, team leader Rasheed Wallace and forward Bonzi Wells, whose performance was second only to Rasheed, to the Pistons.

They got five players from the Detroit Pistons, including Clifford Robinson, Collis Williams, Selke Rebria, Jon Barry and Chuckie Atkins, as well as the unprotected first-round pick from the Grizzlies in 5 and the Pistons' own first-round pick in 03!
It doesn't matter if you don't know these five people. Among them, except for Clifford Robinson who has been to the All-Stars and won the Best Sixth Man Award, which means he is of some standard, the others are really not worth mentioning and are just extras.

In this deal, even including Robinson, the five of them have the same name in this deal.

Extra!

Pure extra!
The Trail Blazers' deal has two and only two purposes: saving money and the Grizzlies' draft pick!
They got rid of Rasheed and Wells' contracts worth nearly $3 million over the next three years, and in return they got expiring contracts and change.

However, considering the Grizzlies' current poor record, this first-round pick is likely to be in the top five or even top three! It's even possible to get the No. 1 pick!
In such a big year for the draft, this draft pick of the Grizzlies is enough to help the Trail Blazers quickly complete their rebuild!
Even the Trail Blazers, who are currently in the playoff zone, have taken action, so the other teams will naturally not just stand by and watch.

As Anthony's performance in the NCAA is getting better and better, Wade and other seniors are also preparing to participate in the draft, and the news that James dominates the high school arena and will most likely skip college and enter the NBA directly spreads, the competition in the league's lottery zone is becoming more and more intense!
The Nuggets, who currently have only 13 wins and are ranked last, sent away their best players James Bochy and Chris Whitney in exchange for a few unknown water cooler players.

Even if trading Juwan Howard had not made their salary too low, directly below the poverty line, the Nuggets would most likely send away this fairly capable power forward.

The Nuggets have already started, so the 14-win Cavaliers next door will naturally not be polite. They directly announced that Wagner, a freshman who was full of energy and dunking in the Rookie Challenge the day before, was out for the season, and then sent away the powerful veteran Trony Hill in exchange for air.

Next is the Knicks, who have already won 17 games but lost the initiative in the tanking matchup.

The Knicks directly sent away the team's second-in-command, Kurt Thomas, who was good at offense and defense and averaged 16+8 per game. Then the team leader Alan Houston's knee injury cleverly recurred after the All-Star Game, and Houston directly announced that he was out for the season!

The team's newly drafted rookie, Stoudemire, also had some ankle problems and needed to rest for 1-2 weeks.

Everyone can see that if he didn't have a high probability of winning the Rookie of the Year award, the Knicks would most likely not let him rest for only 1-2 weeks, but would have DNPed him directly.

Come on! Do it!
Just put it on the spot, no shame! Let's see who has a worse record and who is more likely to get the No. 1 pick!

The intensity of the lottery zone nowadays is no less than that of the upper zone!
除了13胜的掘金、14胜的骑士、17胜的尼克斯之外，还有19胜的马刺以及21胜的热火和快船。

Of course, there is also the Grizzlies, who also have 20 wins but have nothing to do with this year's draft. They are suffering!
These teams are playing very fiercely!
Even if some teams find it difficult to surpass the Nuggets and the Cavaliers, the two most powerful teams, and cannot get the highest probability of getting the No. 1 pick, but if they can take one more step forward, it is a step forward!

Every increase in probability is an opportunity!
An opportunity to acquire top talent and save the team!
Compared with the unbridled competition between teams on the edge of the playoffs and those top worst teams, the top teams in the league have not made many moves.

Whether it is the Lakers, Mavericks, Kings in the West or the Pacers and Nets in the East, none of them have made any trades. Obviously, they are all very satisfied with their current lineups and would rather choose stability than make risky trades.

When the trade deadline passes, there will be less than two months left in the regular season, and each team will basically have about 20 games left.

It is worth mentioning that after the All-Star Game until the end of February, Jordan didn’t know whether he was really infected with a virus that made him miss shots, or whether he was cursed or drugged by someone. In short, his touch and condition in the All-Star Game continued in the regular season!

He scored 19 points on 7 of 27 shots.

He scored 24 points on 10 of 33 shots.

He scored 29 points on 9 of 27 shots.

He scored 34 points on 12 of 35 shots.

In short, Jordan's performance was extremely bad throughout February!
He just couldn't make the shot, he just couldn't get the basketball into the basket!
Fortunately, the current Pacers are neither the Bulls of the past nor the Wizards of last season. Jordan is very important in this team, but not so important that they can't win if he plays badly.

Even though Jordan played so badly, they still had a record of 10 wins and 8 losses in the 2 games after the All-Star Game!

The biggest reason for being able to achieve such a great record with Jordan undercover was of course Lin Tian! He was not infected by Jordan, but played an extremely wonderful performance in the games for more than half a month!

33.3分8.1篮板9.4助攻2.3抢断1.1盖帽！

At the same time, the hit rates reached 49%, 41% and 89%!

In the second half of February, Lin Tian played the best performance in the league and directly won the February Player of the Month award. This time, there was no Jordan to share the honor!

Compared with Lin Tian’s brilliant performance, Jordan’s performance in the past half month has been terrible.

His average statistics are also far behind Lin Tian!

乔丹在这半个月中场均数据只有29.4分4.6篮板和2.8助助攻，三项命中率也暴跌到了41%，27%和80%
在这十多场比赛过后，常规赛仅剩下最后45天左右的时候，林天本赛季的数据变成了31.5分9.4助攻7.2篮板2.9抢断！

But Jordan's statistics dropped to 31.9 points, 3.0 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 steals!

The gap in average points between the two players has rapidly narrowed to 0.4 points!
With the Pacers having played 58 games this season, the difference between Lin Tian and Jordan's total season points is actually only 23 points!
In other words, as long as Lin Tian scores 24 points more than Jordan in the next game, he will become the league's scoring leader this year!

The competition and suspense for the scoring title definitely reached its peak in March!

And again, this year is the first time in NBA history that the first and second players in the scoring list are from the same team, and the gap is so small, almost negligible!
Judging from the scoring ability of these two players, they may be able to make up for the gap or even overtake them in one game!

Jordan or Lin Tian? Who will be the scoring champion?

This has also become a very big suspense in this season's regular season!
It is worth mentioning that Kobe has overtaken McGrady's average points per game this season. His current average points per game is temporarily fixed at 29.7 points. Kobe threw out a wave of 2 consecutive 9+ points because of the absence of O'Neal due to injury in February. His current average points per game has reached 40 points!
Although O'Neal has announced that he will officially return on March 3, Kobe's average points per game will most likely begin to decline, but this year is definitely a year of different significance for him.

This is the first time in Kobe's career that his average points per game exceeded O'Neal!
Although it was just the regular season, we finally surpassed it!
Many people began to speculate whether the Lakers' throne would begin to shift because of this?
However, it is hard to say whether the Lakers' kingship will change. The Pacers met a familiar face again in their first game in March.

Washington Wizards!
Look, isn’t this a coincidence?
Jordan was feeling depressed because of his poor form and declining touch.

Your Wizards are here!
Otherwise, what about relatives? What about fate?

This is the third clash between the Wizards and the Pacers this season. In the previous two times, the Wizards had the largest point difference in history and the second largest point difference in history, respectively, and were nailed to the pillar of shame by the Pacers.

What about today?
Anyway, judging from the opening situation, the Wizards might be in an even worse situation today.

Because Jordan is going to kill someone!

Less than 3 minutes into the game, Jordan attacked the inside several times and caused fouls, causing Kwame Brown to receive two fouls early on, and the guy was defeated.

Of course, considering Brown's personality and attitude, he might be happy if Jordan kicked him out like this!
It’s much more fun to sit on the sidelines than to be abused on the court!

Just 3 minutes into the game, Jordan not only knocked Brown down, he also took 7 free throws and made 6 of them. In addition to his 2 successful shots, Jordan scored 3 points in 10 minutes!
His attitude tonight couldn't be more obvious!

I've had enough of the so-called low period, and I don't want to be held back any more!

It's you! You are unlucky! Today I will sacrifice you Washingtonians!
Then, his condition suddenly returned to normal!

In the first quarter, Jordan hardly took any shots. He just rushed to the basket and attacked the Wizards' 3-second zone again and again!

He seemed to have returned to 10 years ago, throwing himself into the sky again and again, and then trying to find a way to make a move!
Jordan played this game with a spirit and energy that is definitely not what someone of his age should have!

Obviously, Jordan gave himself enough psychological hints in his heart!
He won't allow himself to rot any further!
Since my shooting touch isn’t good and I can’t make the shot, I won’t shoot today!

Attack! Go to the basket! Even if it's a free throw, you have to get the feel back!
Throughout the first quarter, Jordan attacked the inside like crazy and fought with his opponents again and again. In the first quarter alone, he stood on the free throw line 11 times and made 10 of them, plus he scored many times in the low post and near the basket.

Tonight, Jordan scored 26 points in the first quarter alone!
Not to mention three-point shots, even mid-range and outside the three-second zone shots, Jordan only took two in the first quarter!
Just keep killing in!

All 26 points were scored at the basket except for free throws!

The entire Wizards team was really numb from being beaten by Jordan at this moment.

Resist? Who dares to resist? I just hope Jordan will give me a quick death!

Big brother, what a vengeance!

What a huge grudge! You beat us by 140 points in the first two games combined, and you’re still not satisfied?
If you still can't get rid of your anger, go find the boss! Go find Pauline! Why are you making things difficult for us?
Jordan: I won't!

Just bully you!
Who made you bump into me at this time?
You are out of luck! Well, Lin Tian believed this.

He believed that Jordan was not targeting the Wizards, at least not tonight!
Given Jordan's character, he must have decided long ago that he would wash away his poor condition and performance in the first game in March. He wanted to face the game in a brand new state!
Not to mention that they are facing the Wizards today, even if they are facing the Lakers, Nets, Mavericks or even the Mars team he played against back then, Jordan will have nothing to say. He will definitely rush in with all his might!

Tonight, we must regain our momentum!
Under Jordan's madness, the Pacers naturally showed unparalleled dominance on both offense and defense in the first quarter!
36: 18!

In the first quarter, the Pacers led by as many as 18 points!
Of course, there are some problems with Jordan's style of play.

That is the huge consumption of physical energy. This style of play requires gathering all the strength to rush into the inside, fight and risk one's life in every round. Even though Jordan has the bonus of the "Bond Halo" and is not an ordinary forty-year-old man, he is still extremely tired after playing like this!

Jordan did not appear on the court for the first 6 minutes of the second quarter. He sat on the sidelines to rest.

During these six minutes, the Pacers slowed down their pace and did not further widen the gap between them and the Wizards.

Even the gap between the two sides narrowed!
As for the reason, of course it’s not because the Wizards played so well and suppressed the Pacers, but because Lin Tian is not in a hurry!
Since Jordan wants to regain his momentum and rhythm tonight, Lin Tian must help his guys get back their feeling.

As for Lin Tian’s way of helping out, it’s just about doing nothing!
He didn't push fast breaks much, nor did he take the initiative to attack much, he just focused on killing time!
After all, Jordan played like that in the first quarter. If Lin Tian played again in the second quarter, there would be no need to play the second half of the game.

The score difference was widened to 40 points in the first half. How could Jordan find his form in the second half?
So, when the second quarter was six minutes in, the score between the two sides became 6:39, and the Wizards recovered the 47-point gap.

Then, Jordan came on stage!
"Without me, you can't even beat this weak team?" Jordan walked onto the court, shaking his arms and stretching his muscles.

"The court is yours today." Lin Tian didn't say much. He quickly passed the ball to Jordan, indicating that you are in charge tonight!

I will do it!
Jordan snorted and said nothing. After dribbling to the frontcourt, facing Stackhouse who was two steps inside the three-point line, Jordan suddenly jumped up and threw the ball!
Jordan, who took so many shots in the first quarter but didn't make many shots outside the 3-second zone, suddenly shot one directly from outside the 3-point line!
Stackhouse had no time to defend. He could only watch the basketball fly over his head and then fly into the basket behind him.

"Shh!"

Then, a crisp sound was heard!
Jordan made a three-pointer and the gap between the two sides once again reached more than 10 points!
"You're in good shape." Lin Tian reached out his hand and touched Jordan's. "You've been undercover for a month. How do you feel?"

"I feel like I'm full of strength!" Jordan stared at Stackhouse in front of him. In the second quarter, the killing began!
In the next 6 minutes, Jordan fully demonstrated to Lin Tian and everyone else what it meant to be "full of strength".

3 points, mid-range, post-up, face-up, pull-up.
Jordan, who was an offensive kaleidoscope, changed his style of rushing to the basket in the first quarter. He began to show his unparalleled offensive skills and comprehensive scoring methods in every corner of the half court.

Jordan could feel that he was back! His form was completely back!
There is no reason, no why, just like people have their ups and downs and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. There is no logic, every player will go through similar moments.

At a certain period, he suddenly has a good touch and keeps scoring high points, or at a certain period, he suddenly loses his form and obviously has no injuries, but just can't make the shot and his hit rate plummets.

Sometimes, this kind of thing has nothing to do with the player’s own training, the team’s tactics, or the opponent’s defense. He just can’t do it for any reason.

But one day, all these touch, state and other things will inexplicably fly back and return to these players, allowing them to dominate again!

For example, Jordan tonight!
He went completely crazy!

第二节6分钟的时间，乔丹9投7中，其中3分球2投2中，罚球3罚全中，轰下了19分！
He had already scored 45 points in the entire first half of the game!
And the best news for the Wizards now is that in the last 6 minutes of the first half, not only did Jordan dominate the offense, but the rest of the Pacers players also dominated the defense!

23: 5!

In 6 minutes, the Pacers launched a 23:5 offensive climax!
In the first half, we fought hard to narrow the gap to 8 points, but in the blink of an eye, it widened to 26 points again!
Well, for the Wizards, the score difference is actually a little small. If it were 36 points, it would be perfect!

It would even be perfect if the score difference between the two sides could reach 46 points at halftime.

If that were the case, Jordan would definitely be embarrassed to beat the person to death like he did in the first half, and even hang him up and continue whipping him after beating him to death.

The team lost by 50 points, and then was slashed by 7-80 points by the opponent's core.
Who can afford to lose this person?
Of course, they have almost lost face, but if they can save a little, they really have to try their best to save it, right?

Losing by 5-60 points would be fine, but if we are beaten by 7-80 points, then we really can't play, and the team should just be disbanded!
During the halftime break, the Wizards head coach really wanted his players to stop defending and stop resisting, especially Jordan. He wanted to let Jordan do whatever he wanted and not defend him at all.

Bet! Bet Jordan is embarrassed to play alone on the court. At least he won't score high points anymore, right?
But unfortunately, the coach's dignity prevented Doug Collins from saying something similar. If he said this, and some other player spread it, he would really have no chance of staying in the league anymore.

I will never find my next job!

Therefore, even if Collins is thinking about losing quickly and getting the Pacers' main players off the court, since they have lost by more than 140 points in the first two games, losing another 50 points today won't be a big deal!
The only bottom line is, don't let those two monsters on the opposite side score you points anymore.

With Collins' prayers, Jordan actually restrained himself a bit in the third quarter. He didn't just bombard and attack like he did in the first half.

Jordan also found it boring. He beat Stackhouse to pieces, crushed him, and stepped on him on the ground, but this guy didn't give any response. Whether he was attacking or defending, he just lay down and did whatever he wanted. This attitude made Jordan lose the enthusiasm and he was too lazy to beat him anymore.

Then, the game between the two sides was quite harmonious, with each side taking turns to play, and the progress of the game was very fast.

Then, with 5 minutes left in the third quarter, something happened that made Collins crazy!
The team's sophomore center Haywood got the basketball under the basket, then turned around and passed Webber, then he just pulled up, put all his strength in both hands, and slammed the ball into the basket!
A very violent two-handed dunk!

If it was just a dunk, it wouldn't be a big deal. The Pacers wouldn't beat the guy up again just for a dunk, right?
The problem is that Haywood was having a blast dunking!

After this guy dunked, he not only pulled the basket hard twice, but also shook the basket hard twice, causing it to shake.

Then after landing, this guy wiped his eyes twice with one hand.

NBA Universal Provocation: Where are you? Where is your defense? I can't see you!

Extremely arrogant!

It was so arrogant that Lin Tian couldn’t react!
Lin Tian even quickly looked up at the scoreboard, that's right!

84: 50!

The Pacers were leading by 34 points. Was he hallucinating? How come this guy was so excited after a dunk as if this dunk could give the Wizards a 30-point lead?

Haywood's actions surprised and confused the Pacers players, but they were not angry either.

For example, Lin Tian’s reaction was: If you want to play, then go ahead and play, let’s see what your level is, a dunk can make you so happy!

The Pacers are preparing to increase their intensity to make Haywood happy, but the Wizards are not so relaxed.

Simply put, everyone's mood at the moment can be expressed in one sentence.

"Xie Baoqing, Xie Baoqing, why did you bother to mess with Li Yunlong?"

What? Lin Tian didn't know what Haywood wanted to do, and he didn't care.

But he will let Haywood have a good taste of his Italian cannon!

In the first round after Haywood's dunk, Lin Tian rushed directly into the inside from the wing, and took off directly towards Haywood. After the two collided in the air, Lin Tian exerted force again, roared, and slammed the ball into the basket through Haywood!
"boom!"

After the explosion, Lin Tian gave Haywood a perfect response with an extremely violent dunk!

Then, Lin Tian also stretched out a hand and waved it in front of his eyes a few times, and gave it back to you with the same action!
If the Pacers' revenge had stopped there, Haywood's action just now would not have made the other Wizards players so angry and confused.

Everyone knows how petty these two backcourt players of the Pacers are! These two never bear grudges!
All grudges are always avenged on the spot!

If you, Haywood, are so provocative, won't the other side kill you?
This is actually the reason why Collins did not replace Haywood.

Now that Haywood is out, the opponent can't find anyone to retaliate against. What should they do if they just retaliate against the entire Wizards team?
Also, since Haywood made the mistake, he should have been punished himself. What's the point of sending someone else up now?
If we make a substitution at this time, it will obviously be the new player who will bear the anger and revenge of the Pacers.

If Collins really dares to do this, he is not protecting Haywood, he is forcing the next center to die!
No, no, I can't do this!
As a coach, I, Collins, advocate fairness and justice. Whoever starts the fire is responsible for putting it out!

Besides, the other side is already angry now, so they must vent their anger!

Let it out! Let it out on our ignorant center! Let it out as much as you can!
Delay him!
As long as Jordan doesn't score 6-70 points in a single game again, and as long as he doesn't break the record for the biggest loss in NBA history tonight, that'll be fine!

The Pacers’ revenge will certainly not stop here!

The defensive intensity, which had been lowered, was raised again. Stackhouse's pass to the inside was directly blocked by Ben, and then the Pacers once again advanced to the frontcourt.

This time, it's Jordan's turn!
Still holding the ball in the low post, after a series of tentative fake moves, Jordan suddenly turned quickly and passed by Stackhouse in the blink of an eye. The speed of this turn was so fast that Jordan himself almost couldn't stand.

He was turning too fast, and when he was about to lose his balance, Jordan reached out to the floor for support, then he took a jump step to stabilize his center of gravity. Without any intention of slowing down, Jordan pulled up again!
"Oh!"

After a dull thud, Jordan suddenly burst out with incredible strength, rising from the ground. After colliding with Haywood in the air, his long arms were raised high and then dropped heavily, once again passing through Haywood's head and smashing the basketball into the back of his head.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, Haywood was dunked on for two consecutive rounds!
"Do you regret it?" Jordan said to Haywood after landing: "Just dunk, but why are you provoking me? Who gave you the confidence?"

"It's too late to regret, just wait for death!" Jordan viciously trash-talked Haywood.

At this moment, this second-year rookie really started to feel weak! These were Lin Tian and Jordan!
Offending these two people at the same time?

Am I crazy?

Why did I just do that?

It was unknown why Haywood was so arrogant just now, and Lin Tian and Jordan didn't care about it at all.

In their eyes, Haywood's action just now had only one meaning.

Come on, kill me!
Then satisfy him!
In the remaining game of the third quarter, Lin Tian and Jordan both exploded!

The two of them, one after another, began to launch wave after wave of fierce bombardment on the Wizards' position!

110: 59!

At the end of the third quarter, the gap between the two sides had once again widened to more than 50 points!

As for Heywood?
Collins hated this guy for always looking for trouble and making people angry, causing the whole team to get beaten. So even though Haywood had 5 fouls, Collins refused to replace him.

Stay here! (End of this chapter)