NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

In this game, the Pacers ultimately failed to break their own record for the largest winning score in NBA history that they set in the first half of the season.

After all, it is indeed a bit difficult to win by another 70 points.

Especially in the fourth quarter, Collins finally gave up his dignity and put out a messy lineup that no one recognized. Then the game instructions he gave to his players were extremely simple.

"In the fourth quarter, you have two tasks: make yourself happy, and make the other team's main players happy, so that they can leave the court quickly!"

"Also, even if the other team has guys like Arenas and Ginobili, don't overdo it. Let them play happily, until they are so happy that they don't even bother to play with you. Do you understand?"

Collins still remembers the ruthless play of Arenas and Ginobili, who scored crazily during garbage time!
The reason for those two 70-point defeats, wasn't it because these two guys were able to score points desperately in garbage time?
Who can bear this?

Must pay special attention!

We must focus on them! We must ignore them!

Until they are too embarrassed to attack!
Focus on one thing, we can’t lose by 70 points anymore!

As for the Wizards players, they also feel that Collins' method is the only way.

Unless they still want to lose by 70 points, they have to use Collins' trick.

Bet the other side still has some shame.

Well, I have to say that Collins made the right bet.

These guys on the Pacers really have some dignity to lose.

In the fourth quarter, Jordan, who scored 59 points, and Lin Tian, ​​who scored a triple-double of 27 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists, did not play. Arenas and Ginobili, the two musketeers, originally wanted to hold back their strength to make a big move and let the Wizards know how powerful they are.

Wizards: Okay, okay, I get it, I get it, you guys are awesome!
Lie down, do whatever you want, don't resist! We don't resist!
When Ginobili found himself breaking through, he could go straight into the inside without even accelerating, and then easily made a layup with no one to help defend or protect the basket; when Arenas dribbled outside the three-point line and the opponent didn't even bend down to watch him shoot a three-pointer.

I'm sorry to fight these two guys.

It would be too boring if I didn't resist.

The mentality and playing style of other Pacers players are almost the same.

Lazy, boring, and unmotivated.

In this situation, no matter how loose the Wizards' defense was, their scoring efficiency declined rapidly.

Even in one round two minutes into the fourth quarter, Ginobili and Arenas began passing the ball to each other at the top of the arc.

"You do it."

"No, no, you, you come!"

"Hey, hey, hey, come here. I've already won the Rookie Game MVP. Tonight's MVP has to be given to you."

"Oh, you're too polite, Gilbert. I just called one. It's your turn now."

"I just hit two in a row, it's your turn, Manu."

"I've fought several of them, come on, come on."

"Buzz!"

The two guys were just acting cute and silly at the top of the arc, passing the ball back and forth several times when the 24-second timer rang.

Pacers, 24-second violation!
YES!

Collins on the sidelines almost wanted to jump up to celebrate.

The plan goes through!
I knew it would work!
What is a genius coach, what is a gifted person, what is a tactical genius?
That’s me!
As for Carlisle on the other side of the court, his expression at this moment was also very interesting. He really didn't expect that the opponent could be so shameless. He even went into non-resistance mode. There was really no bottom line.

Then, after playing for another two minutes, Carlisle didn't want to let several of his important rotation players continue to play on the court.

Arenas, Ginobili and Parker were all substituted out.

Stop it! If you keep on hitting me, I'll have mental problems.

A few kids kept torturing the other side and caused them to suffer from psychological trauma and PTSD.

That would be a great sin!
Substitution
With the coaches and players on both sides in this state and mood, the following game will be super boring!

The last few minutes of this game could even be selected as one of the five worst single quarters in history.

High school games are more exciting than this.

The ratings of this game began to fall wildly and plummet in the second half of the fourth quarter.

The game peaked at 1100 million viewers in the second quarter when Jordan was on fire, but that number shrank to less than 80 in the second half of the fourth quarter.

A drop of more than 90% is probably going to go down in history.

As much as the fans enjoyed watching Jordan slaughter everyone in the first half of the game, they cursed so badly in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter when the TV was turned off.

Especially those fans who were called by friends during the third quarter or halftime and turned on the TV to watch the game, they kept cursing.

If there weren't any technical statistics on TV, they would definitely think their friends were playing a trick on them!
What the hell is this? Why do you insist on making me come back to see it?
The intensity of this game is not as good as the novice mode of NBA Live.
But no matter how the fans protested and felt disappointed, the Pacers won the game easily and ultimately beat the Wizards by as many as 55 points!
The Pacers won by more than 200 points in three games. No matter how the two teams play in the next game, this year's bloodbath and humiliating victory over the Wizards will definitely go down in history.

In the history of the NBA, no team has been able to lose so many consecutive losses to another team in one season. It's too miserable to lose so much and lose like this.

It's hard for the US team to win by so much against Japan.

At the same time, the match between the two teams also illustrates a problem.

Never mess with someone you can't afford to mess with!
After all, in addition to the team's crushing defeat, continued lottery, being ridiculed by all walks of life and even the psychological trauma of the players, the most painful situation for the team owner Pollin is that a large number of fans returned their season tickets, resulting in the team's average attendance this season being less than 85%, ranking last in the league!

Denver, the second-to-last team in the league, has an attendance rate of 93% this season.

Got beaten by the second to last one!

The Wizards' revenue from peripheral products, game tickets, and in-stadium beverages has dropped dramatically this season. Although the final financial report has not yet been released, everyone knows: they are definitely last!

In addition, many of Pollin's industries and businesses have seen their assets shrunk significantly due to the incident with Jordan. The Wizards' market value has also fallen from the middle of the league to the lower reaches of the league, and his company's stock has plummeted as a result.

That is to say, Paulin has a strong foundation and is mentally strong enough. Otherwise, with this huge blow, if it were someone with average mental quality, the old man might have suffered a cerebral thrombosis or a stroke.
But no matter how Pollin handles this crisis, whether he sells the team or not, one thing will not change.

The Wizards have become a laughing stock of the entire league!
They have become a negative example.

Everybody was laughing at them.

Don't even talk about the NBA. Looking at the entire sports circle, this move by the Wizards can be called a top joke.

At the same time, after this game, Jordan's form finally returned to normal!

The slump and poor form that started from the All-Star Game in February disappeared, he started to exert his strength again, and his personal data and efficiency all improved significantly!

With Jordan's recovery, the Pacers' record naturally improved steadily. In the first half of March, with Jordan's recovery, they once again won seven consecutive games!

Then they lost to the Dallas Mavericks on the road. In this game, the Pacers were blown up by the Mavericks' indiscriminate bombardment. Although they scored 118 points, the Mavericks' three forwards also played at their best level. The team scored 130 points and won this scoring battle!

It is worth mentioning that although the Pacers lost this game, Lin Tian played an extremely wonderful performance. He scored perfect 52 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists in the game, which made Nash unable to open his eyes.

Press him down and beat him!
In other words, the Mavericks' offensive state was really good tonight, otherwise, with Lin Tian beating Nash like that, it would be extremely difficult for them to win the game.

After the 52-point, nearly triple-double, Lin Tian was obviously very upset. How could a decent person be happy when he lost the game despite getting such a good result? Anyway, Lin Tian didn't understand the behavior of getting 7-80 points but losing the game and then taking photos in the locker room.

If we lose the game, there is nothing to celebrate!
If you want to celebrate, you have to wait until you win!

I should not be the leader of a useless group, let me start with myself!

So, in the next day's back-to-back away game against the Spurs, he continued to unleash his strong scoring ability, scoring 51 points from inside and outside, leading the team to a 29-point win over the Spurs!
Then the team came to Houston, facing another weak team in Texas. Lin Tian broke out again, scoring a big triple-double of 44 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists. While leading the team to two consecutive victories, the team also ended its last Western Expedition of the season.

Next, the Pacers will return to Indiana to prepare for the remaining games. Except for the finals, they will not come to the West to play away games this season!

I have to say, Stern is a good guy!

After receiving the benefits, he really did the job. The Pacers' schedule this season is really very easy!

It is also worth mentioning that after Lin Tian’s three consecutive 3+ games, his and Jordan’s average scoring data were narrowed again!
Originally, Jordan had begun to widen the gap with his performance in the first half of the month, but during these three games, Lin Tian had a crazy outburst while Jordan kept a low profile, and the gap between the two narrowed rapidly!
After this game, Jordan's total score was only 18 points ahead of Lin Tian!

For example, if Lin Tian scores 40 points in the next game and Jordan only scores 22 points or less, then the scoring champion throne will change hands!

At the same time, because of the peculiarity of their team of two people competing for the scoring title, it is very easy for one person to perform well while the other takes fewer shots. Once this situation occurs, the gap between the two people will narrow rapidly!
This is an effect that two people from different teams cannot achieve.

In the remaining games of March, the Pacers continued their strong performance. They only lost one game against the Nets, and won all the other games!

整个3月，步行者队拿下了14胜2负，他们的总战绩已经达到了60胜14负了！

They continue to sit firmly in the first place in the league. The second-placed Lakers now have only 57 wins and 17 losses, and the third-placed Nets have only 52 wins and 22 losses.

The gap between the Mavericks, Kings, Magic and other teams will be even bigger!

With only 7-8 games left in the regular season, the Pacers have basically secured first place in the league. As long as they don't go on an outrageous losing streak, the Lakers will have almost no chance of overtaking.

As time enters April, the regular season has truly come to the final stage, and each team in the league will begin to fight for their final position!
The Pacers actually have very little pressure because they have already secured the top spot in the league. For the remaining games, the most important thing for the Pacers is to avoid getting injured!

Carlisle also began to rest the team's players starting in April.

Several of the team's main players were divided into three groups to rest!

In early April, Jordan and Webber rested for two games, then Lin Tian and Big Ben rested for two games, and then Christie, Arenas, Ginobili, Parker and other rotation players also rested for two games.

In these 6 games, the Pacers only have 3 wins and 3 losses, but it is obvious that the Lakers behind them have given up catching up. O'Neal and Malone, the two absolute core inside players, did not appear in April. They rested for almost half a month until the last two games of the regular season, when they took to the field again!

So even though the Pacers only have 3 wins and 3 losses, they are still firmly in the first place in the league! And with only two games left, the gap between them and the Lakers is still 3 games. No matter what happens in the next game, the Pacers will not fall from the first place in the league!

In the penultimate game of the regular season, the Pacers, who had rested for a long time, finally gathered all their main players this evening. The rest was over! They were going to start preparing for the playoffs!

As for their opponents, they are striving for a defeat so as to lock in the Cavaliers, who are second to last in the league!

This season, the Cavaliers are determined to get their city's son LeBron James. They want to get this super genius so that the team can return to the top. In their eyes, there is nothing else except the No. 1 pick!

So, this evening, the Cavaliers also chose to rest!
What do you say about the Cavaliers' behavior?

If you don't take turns to rest, even Mr. Lin wouldn't be able to recognize all of your starting lineups. Now you're still taking turns to rest, then I really won't be able to recognize any of them!
I don’t know any of them!

Since you don’t know him, just abuse him!

110: 71!

Another 39-point victory!

At the same time, what is more worth mentioning than the game itself is that in this game, Lin Tian once again scored 44 points, while Jordan only took 14 shots and scored 21 points.

在这场比赛之后，林天出战79场，场均31.3分9.4助攻6.1篮板2.6抢断！

乔丹出战79场，场均31.4分2.9助攻4.8篮板2.2抢断！

The battle between these two for the top scorer has really reached a fever pitch! They will decide the winner in the final battle!

The last time the battle for the scoring title was so intense and fierce until the last day of the season was in the 93-94 season between O'Neal and Robinson!

That year, O'Neal scored 41 points in the last game and thought he had won the scoring title. But who would have thought that Robinson, who came on later, would score points like crazy, even in garbage time.

Robinson even asked his teammates to commit intentional fouls in the latter part of the fourth quarter to save time so that he would have more opportunities and possessions to score.

In the end, Robinson scored 71 points, beating O'Neal's 29.79 points with an average of 29.35 points per game, and won the scoring title that year!
And this time's competition is definitely more exciting and thrilling than the last time!

First of all, Jordan and Lin Tian’s data are closer!
As of now, Lin Tian has scored a total of 2473 points, averaging 31.30 points per game, and Jordan has scored a total of 2485 points, averaging 31.45 points per game.

The gap between the two of them is smaller than that between O'Neal and Robinson.

To put it more directly, as long as Lin Tian scores more than 12 points more than Jordan that night, he will be the scoring champion, otherwise it will be Jordan.

What’s even more exciting is that these two play on the same team!

They will play together in their last game. If nothing unexpected happens, they will play together in the last regular season game of the season. In this game, both sides will also compete for the scoring champion!
If there are two people in a team, the game will be much more interesting!
How to compete? Is it to get points with all your might, or is it to be friendly and respectful, with no one making a move, or is it something else?

Anyway, this final battle has nothing to do with the final ranking, whether the team makes the playoffs or the draft picks. Because Lin Tian and Jordan are neck and neck in terms of average points per game, everyone is looking forward to this game!
They all wanted to see how Lin Tian and Jordan would handle this game and what choice they would make.

Las Vegas even released the odds early on, allowing everyone to guess who between Lin Tian and Jordan was more likely to become the scoring champion.

Jordan, who currently has a higher average score per game, undoubtedly has lower odds and a greater probability. Various media outlets have come out to analyze this situation, and the players naturally cannot avoid this kind of question. In every interview they have in the past two days, they are asked this by reporters and asked to give their own answers.

Some people are too lazy to answer this kind of question and simply ignore it, while others clearly give their answers and support. There are even more people who just want to watch the fun and are secretly adding fuel to the fire!

Those who don't like to pay attention to this are led by McGrady, the guy who said at the beginning of this season that he would win the scoring title. Although he has now surpassed Kobe again to become third on the scoring list, he will not be able to win the scoring title unless he scores at least 81 points in the last game and Lin Tian and Jordan don't score a single point.

So when the reporter asked questions, McGrady seemed very impatient: "I don't care about those. The regular season is just the regular season, and the playoffs are the stage for the stars. To be honest, I have no interest in regular season honors such as scoring champions. I have matured!"

"Now, I'm already thinking about our first-round playoff opponent!"

Iverson, who is currently averaging only 27.5 points per game due to injuries this year, showed a completely different mentality from McGrady: "I am looking forward to it! If we didn't have a game that day, I would even go to Indiana to watch this game!"

"I don't know what will happen to Michael and Lin, but I will definitely watch carefully! I'm right in front of the TV!"

"Michael and Lin are competitors. They are aggressive, competitive and never admit defeat." Kobe said to the camera, "I expect them to win this game with crazy scoring and reckless release."

"Their opponents are in trouble!"

"It's very likely that the two of them will start a scoring frenzy at this time, and they may even keep scoring in garbage time. I don't think there is anything to be embarrassed or afraid to admit, because it's for the scoring title."

"Shaq did something like this back then!"

"I didn't do it! It was David Robinson who did it. It had nothing to do with me."

"But I'm curious about what is the highest score scored by two players on the same team in the league today?" O'Neal, who was right next to Kobe, asked curiously, "Whatever the number is, I think Lin and Michael will break that number tonight!"

"I'll stay in front of the TV."

Lakers coach Jackson showed his sinister side: "To be honest, this game is a test for Lin. The ball is in the hands of the point guard. Will he pass the ball to Michael? Or not?"

"If he attacks more, will Michael be angry? If he chooses not to attack in order to prevent Michael from being angry, will he be angry?"

"I think this game is the best test of the friendship between these two people! I am looking forward to it, but if you let me say a result, I will choose Lin to be the scoring champion!"

"Because Michael has matured, he doesn't need a scoring champion to prove himself. He has proved this season that he can play a perfect game at the age of 40. He no longer needs a new scoring champion. We all know that he is the best scoring guy in the league."

"But Lin really needs this. He is still young. If he plays with the goal of surpassing Michael, then he needs this scoring champion to add more weight to himself!"

"For Lin, there is no better opportunity than this! There is no more perfect time than this! Becoming a scoring champion next to Michael! Is there any moment more worth remembering than this?"

How could it be said that Jackson was the league's top black-bellied fox? He was an expert at sowing discord and fanning the flames.

Unfortunately, Jordan and Lin Tian have both worked with him, and they know better than anyone how dirty this old fox is.

No matter how others interpreted his words, Lin Tian and Jordan just regarded it as a long fart.

However, although Jackson's trick is of no use to Lin Tian and Jordan, what some people say may be useful.

"I think Lin will definitely win the scoring title. He is younger, has more explosive power, and is more accurate in three-point shooting. Unless Lin wants Jordan to become the scoring title, it will definitely be Lin's!" Yao Ming expressed his opinion to the media with a smile.

Then, as soon as the interview was over, this guy approached Kidd and said, "Jason, they're not going to beat me up for saying this, are they?"

"What are you afraid of? I'm here! If they beat you up, I'll stop them." Kidd patted Yao Ming's belly with a sly smile on his face.

Hehe, for this kind of thing, the main thing is to say "children speak without restraint" and to catch people off guard!
If a veteran and cunning person like Kidd said this, Jordan and Lin Tian would definitely not take it to heart at all.

But if you let a guy like Yao Ming, who looks honest, say it, wow, it will definitely have a miraculous effect!
As for whether Kidd can stop Lin Tian and Jordan
Lin Tian and Dayao are from the same hometown, so how can they beat each other to death?
For the championship, it’s worth it!

In short, at this point in the season, almost the entire league's attention is focused on the Pacers. They all want to see how Lin Tian and Jordan will play this final game!
Stern even called Melvin several times to warn him not to do anything weird at this time.

The whole world is waiting to see!

You can't let these two take a break!

They must all be fought, no one can take a break!

Anyway, Stern felt that if he didn't make this call, these bastards might really give him a rest.

At that time, fans all over the world had to send threatening letters or things like feces, women's clothing, and razor blades to the NBA headquarters.

We must take precautions before it happens!
With the entire league watching them, the Pacers' last game of the season is about to begin!
In this game, their opponent is the New York Knicks!
The Knicks have already locked in the fourth from the bottom and have no desire!
There was no suspense about the outcome of the game, and no one even cared about the outcome of the game. Everyone's attention was on the Pacers!

They were all waiting to see the battle for the scoring title between teammates Lin Tian and Jordan!
"Lin, Michael, you two just watch today's game." Carlisle felt that this game was extremely difficult. He was really worried that these two guys would fight for the scoring title, and at the same time he really didn't know what to do.

It's really hard to persuade two guys with such high self-esteem!
So, Stern's phone call was really very useful!

If it weren't for Stern's call and Melvin's instructions, Carlisle would 100% let Jordan and Lin Tian take turns to rest today!

But unfortunately, I’ve been targeted and I can’t let it go!

"Boss, big boss, have you two discussed who will be the scoring champion?" Arenas came up to them, very curious.

After he asked this question, the entire locker room instantly became quiet, and everyone leaned in to listen to how Lin Tian and Jordan were going to play.

Do you really think that only those people outside are curious?
We in Indiana are also curious about what these two bosses are going to do! (End of this chapter)