NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

This highly anticipated game ended in a way that no one could have imagined. No one cared about the final score, and few people could even remember who won the game.

What everyone can remember is the exciting scene in the first half of the game where Lin Tian and Jordan fired at full speed and crazily. What everyone can remember is the scene where Barkley was so powerful in the first half, as if he was some kind of psychological master, and then was as quiet as a chicken in the second half, hardly saying a word.

At the same time, there is a small number of people who can remember something different.

For example, Stern's close assistants heard the sound of things banging in Stern's office for 10 minutes at the beginning of the second half of the game.

Then, the sound temporarily ended, and Stern opened the door to his office and asked, "Are they both back? How much has the ratings dropped?"

“It didn’t come back, it dropped 67%!”

The assistant knew very well what Stern wanted, and very cleverly chose to answer the question with the simplest words. Otherwise, Stern's anger might be directed at someone.

"FUXX!"

Stern, who always maintained a gentle and easy-going appearance in front of outsiders, rarely swore, then slammed the office door, and then there were bursts of noises of things being thrown and thrown coming from inside.

Stern was really furious about Jordan and Lin Tian's willful behavior!
In Philadelphia, Iverson, who was not playing, watched the game at home, then snorted with disdain. At the same time, he secretly made a decision.

I will never mention the scoring title again, and I will never compete for such a title again.

With these two guys doing this, the value and importance of the scoring title will definitely experience a cliff-like drop!

Irritability!

"I want to do this again in the future!" Kobe looked at the competition venue without Jordan and Lin Tian, ​​and muttered: "Find an opportunity to make a big move! I want everyone to remember me!"

In New Jersey, Kidd stared in disbelief and said, "What did you say? Isn't this the first time that Lin has done something like this? He once took away your entire team's Olympic gold medal, and then returned it to you two whole years later?"

"FUXX! Yao, you Chinese people have such a good temper! If anyone dares to take my gold medal away, I will kill him on the spot!"

"What if this person is Lin? Will you do it too, Jason?" Carter asked a soul-searching question with a smile.

"Then I can only use reason and emotion to persuade him to return it to me as soon as possible!"

"We have to play against them for the second consecutive year." In New Orleans, Davis had just finished their last game, in which the Hornets defeated the Hawks with difficulty and secured the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.

This is also the second consecutive year that the Hornets have entered the playoffs and the second consecutive year they have faced Lin Tian and his Pacers.

"What are you afraid of? We'll play to our best level! I don't believe we can be more embarrassing than Washington!" Mashburn patted his chest with a ferocious look, but his words were so cowardly!
I didn't even think about beating the Pacers, I just thought it would be fine as long as I didn't lose too badly!

"That's right, why should we be afraid of them! This is our first year in New Orleans! With a best-of-7 game, we may still have a chance to win a game! We have more chances than last year!" Veteran Wesley said that the team could not be swept from the perspective of the league's updated competition system!

He is a little more promising than Mashburn, but not much!
"Chauncey, if everything goes well, we may meet that Indian guy this year. Are you confident?" Hamilton, who had just finished the game, took off the mask on his face and asked about his backcourt partner this year.

"Yes!" Billups' performance was much more promising than those next to him: "I have confidence in facing anyone! What's more, we have Rasheed! He can definitely deal with Chris!"

"No problem, leave Chris to me, I will definitely beat him up." Rashid had a huge necklace hanging around his neck. He shook his head and said, "Then Lin and Michael..."

"Shut up!" Billups quickly interrupted what Rashid wanted to say.

Don't say, don't ask, don't mention it!

Don’t even talk about this kind of topic, let’s talk about it after the competition!
The game between the Knicks and the Pacers ended in the most anticlimactic and unexpected way.

In the second half of the game, the Pacers players had no intention of continuing to fight. They all wanted to celebrate with Lin Tian and Jordan. After all, when these two left, they had clearly said that they would see each other later and left their address!
These two big guys went out to have fun early, so how could the other people on the team still have the mood to continue playing the game?
Therefore, the Pacers played quite badly in the second half of the game!
In the end, they were reversed by the Knicks and suffered a heavy defeat in the second half. The team lost to the Knicks by 109 points with a score of 99:10. The Pacers failed to win the last regular season game of the season.

However, it is obvious that the Pacers players are not worried about this at all.

Now, it's ladder climbing time!

On this evening, except for the Pacers, the league arranged a total of 12 matchups. More than half of the teams in the league played today and finished their last game of the regular season!
It was after this game that the rankings of the Eastern and Western Conferences were naturally finalized!
west:

1. Los Angeles Lakers 61 wins and 21 losses.

2. Dallas Mavericks 57 wins and 25 losses.

3. Sacramento Kings 56 wins and 26 losses.

4. Minnesota Timberwolves 53 wins and 29 losses.

5. Seattle SuperSonics 47 wins and 35 losses.

6. Utah Jazz 46 wins and 36 losses.

7. Portland Trail Blazers 45 wins and 37 losses.

8. Phoenix Suns 44 wins and 38 losses.

The rankings in the West are very stable. The top four are the same as last year. They are still the same four teams. These four teams basically represent the strongest forces in the West! There is a very obvious and insurmountable gap between them and the teams behind them in terms of strength!
Well, except for maybe the fifth-placed SuperSonics! Although they only had 47 wins, they were one of the two teams with the best record in the second half of the Western Conference! After the All-Star Game, their record was only behind the Lakers, ranking second in the Western Conference!
Their match against the Timberwolves is likely to be the most interesting and exciting game in the first round!
east:

1. Indiana Pacers 64 wins and 18 losses.

2. New Jersey Nets 58 wins 24 wins.

3. Orlando Magic 57 wins and 25 losses.

4. Boston Celtics 50 wins and 32 losses.

5. Philadelphia 76ers 47 wins and 35 losses.

6. Detroit Pistons 45 wins and 37 losses.

7. Milwaukee Bucks 43 wins and 39 losses.

8. New Orleans Hornets 42 wins and 40 losses.

The situation in the East is very similar to that in the West. The top three rankings have not changed, with the Nets, Magic and Pacers still competing for supremacy.

Of course, there are clear gaps between these three teams. The Pacers are the best, and then there are the Nets and Magic, whose records are almost exactly the same.

Apart from these three teams, the teams below them in the Eastern Conference, at least in terms of apparent combat effectiveness, are declining rapidly!

At least, in the minds of fans, commentators, media and bookmakers, apart from these three teams, the rest of the teams in the Eastern Conference are just there to accompany the prince to study. There is no room for fantasy, let alone winning the championship!

The barrier between strong teams and weak teams is extremely obvious!

Especially after the first round of games was changed from 5 games to 3 wins to 7 games to 4 wins, the probability of an upset is actually even smaller!
The longer the series is, the higher the margin for error, which is more advantageous for strong teams and the more likely they are to advance easily.

But theory is theory, and actual combat is naturally another matter!

At least, the fans of the teams outside the top three in the East had no intention of giving up just like that! They were hoping that their home team could teach those strong teams a lesson and let them know: our team's strength cannot be taken lightly!

In addition to the 16 teams whose seats have been completely arranged, those bottom-ranked teams in the lottery zone that were vying for the No. pick have also secured their spots through a whole season of hard work!

The Nuggets and the Cavaliers, the two opposing teams that had been in a slump from the beginning of the season to the end of the season, finished last and second to last as they wished. Their records were both 17 wins and 65 losses, but the Cavaliers swept the Nuggets because they won two consecutive games in the head-to-head confrontations between the two teams!

Therefore, the Nuggets became the last team as they wished and got the highest probability of drawing the No. 1 pick. As for the Cavaliers, they could only come in second!
In addition, the third from the bottom is the Spurs with 22 wins, and the fourth from the bottom is the Knicks with 24 wins. Together with the Heat with 25 wins, the Clippers with 26 wins, and the Grizzlies with 27 wins, these teams have become the worst teams in the league today!

Of course, the worst team is definitely the Grizzlies, because the other teams are playing badly, letting the game go, and really want to lose, while the Grizzlies are the only team among these teams that does not have the draft pick, they really want to win, but they really can't win.

They really tried their best, but only managed 27 wins.

As for who will get the No. 5 pick in the end and who will select the player of their dreams, it all depends on their luck when they draw the lots in May!
In addition, because the game has been played, although the league has not yet announced the regular season awards, the results of various individual data champions are already very clear!

Allen Iverson became this year's steals king with an average of 2.7 steals per game, followed by Lin Tian with 2.6, and Jordan ranked fifth with 2.2. It is also worth mentioning that Christie also had 2.1 steals!

The Pacers' perimeter trio averages nearly 7 steals per game! Their perimeter defense and aggressiveness are definitely the best in the league!

It is precisely because of the almost 7 steals per game that the Pacers' average fast break points per game ranks first in the league! And it is far ahead of all other teams!
Topping the block list is block king Ratliff, who averages 3.3 blocks per game this season. Second is Ben Ben, who averages 3.2 blocks per game!
Although Big Ben is of average height and is not very effective in defending top inside players such as O'Neal, Duncan and others, his advantage is that except for those real monsters, he does very well in all aspects, whether it is assisting defense, top defense, backup defense, or expanding out to defend the opponent's small guard!
This is why he is called the No. 1 blue-collar center in the league today!
In the assists list, Kidd averaged 10.1 assists per game, becoming the assists leader for the first time in his career, while Lin Tian ranked second with an average of 9.4 assists per game.

After Lin Tian monopolized the assists title for five consecutive years, this year due to the addition of Jordan, the team's tactics changed, there were more singles, and he himself improved his personal offensive power, so he finally gave up the assists title!

However, although he lost the assists title, Lin Tian became the scoring leader of this season!

Well...even though there are two people in charge, the scoring champion is the scoring champion!

Lin Tian and Jordan both played 80 games this season, scoring a total of 2502 points, with an average of 31.27 points per game!
Exactly the same! Exactly the same!
For the first time in the league's history, the scoring champion had a double yolk!

You know, in a long season, wanting two people to have exactly the same score, and both of them have to be the highest in the league, the difficulty and randomness of this is really too great!
An unprecedented first time!
It will almost certainly be the last time in the league's history!
In terms of average rebounds per game, Garnett became the league's rebounding leader this season with an average of 13.4 rebounds per game. Ben ranked seventh with an average of 10.4 rebounds per game, and Webber ranked tenth in the league with an average of 9.8 rebounds per game!
The 20 rebounds per game averaged by these two brothers is another important reason why the Pacers rank first in the league in fast break scoring!
With rebounds inside, steals outside, and Lin Tian, ​​the best fast break propulsion engine in history, it would be strange if the Pacers couldn't launch a fast break!
In this season, because Lin Tian and Jordan were too dazzling and crazy, the data of everyone except them had a significant decline.

Webber averaged 14.3 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. After this guy was willing to take a back seat and become the team's third-in-command, his average points per game dropped again!

Christie only averaged 8.3 points per game this season. He really gave a lot of shooting opportunities to his teammates. Christie this season is focusing on defense!
In addition, the trio of Arenas, Ginobili and Parker on the bench can score a total of 28.9 points this season. The firepower of these three people is higher than any substitute trio of any team in the league!

The Pacers have the strongest starting lineup, and they also have unparalleled substitutes!
The Pacers this season are strong and balanced!

Their goal will be to win four consecutive championships for the first time since the Celtics won eight consecutive championships!

The Pacers' goal is to do something that no one has ever done or even come close to!
They are ready! They can't wait to beat up their first-round opponent, the Hornets, to show their form and determination!
For the second year in a row, I beat you up!
This year, we can even have one more fight!

"I think the Hornets will win tonight!" 20 minutes before the first game of the first round of the playoffs, Barkley said in the TNT studio with a face full of grievance: "The Hornets can win!"

He was in pain! He was uncomfortable! He was aggrieved!
His face was swollen and he felt that his whole life was terrible!

How could these two bastards be so shameless? How could they do such a thing?
Don’t you know that your brothers are in dire straits because of the choices you two made?
Don’t you know that because you two left the stage early, I was ridiculed by the whole world? Three days!

Do you know how I spent the three days between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs?
Lin Tian, ​​Jordan: We don’t know! We don’t know what you said on TV!

You, Sir Charles, said something to the camera, but you didn't contact us in advance, right?
Who should we blame? It's definitely not us!

Also, if we knew, if you, Barkley, discussed it with us and said you wanted to commentate it this way.

Then we two brothers will definitely not play in the first half!

Maybe I'll even call Kenny and have a good chat with him about this extremely happy thing!

When there is something happy, let’s enjoy it together!

"Charles, do you want to listen to what you are saying? This is work, don't bring your personal emotions into work, understand? We are commentators! We have our responsibilities! You can't keep being stupid like this!"

Kenny has also been going through the most difficult time in his life these days. He has been in great pain these days, especially when he was on the show.

It is so difficult to hold back laughter while doing a show! It is as difficult as climbing to heaven!
For example, at this moment, after hearing Barkley say that the Hornets were going to be upset in the first game, he had to poke himself in the waist hard to make himself speak normally.

Well, only in this way could he barely retract his expression and tone of gloating and watching a joke.

"I know what I'm talking about!" Barkley continued firmly: "The New Orleans people are ready! This is the first playoff game in their team history, they will not give up! They will show their attitude and strength!"

"Baron is the most likely person in the league to defend Lin. He has both weight and speed! Mashburn can also use his youth, weight, vitality and size to deal with Michael. And PJ, this old bastard is really vicious."

"He will make Chris pay the price. Also, with Wesley's experience and Magloire's height, this Hornets team is much stronger than last year! In particular, I want to say"

"Then let's bet on something, Charles?" Kenny couldn't stand Barkley's nonsense anymore and interrupted his useless analysis.

"As everyone knows, I am a devout Christian. I hate all bad things, such as gambling! I have sworn before God a long time ago that I will never participate in any gambling in any form or with any stakes in my life!"

"Do you want to listen to what you are saying?" Kenny snorted and said, "Can you repeat what you just said?"

"Of course!" Barkley said proudly, "I don't gamble! This is for God!"

"What if I bet on the Hornets to win?" Kenny continued to ask.

"So what do you want to bet on?" Barkley immediately blinked and looked at Kenny, as if tonight we brothers might as well just put the property deed here and make a life-and-death bet.

confidence!

I believe the Pacers will win!
"FUXX! Go to hell! You fat bastard!" Kenny couldn't bear it any longer. He secretly gave him the middle finger under the table and cursed out loud.

He knew that Barkley was thick-skinned and shameless, but he never expected this guy to be so shameless!

You really just treat what you say as fart!

As the first playoff game of the season, the Conseco Center was naturally packed with enthusiastic fans. There were carnival fans everywhere, and excited fans screaming everywhere!
They have a hunch that the four consecutive championships that no one has achieved since the 60s will happen this year!

Our team will definitely make this dynasty journey even crazier and more unrepeatable this year!

Accompanied by the crazy shouts of the fans, the Pacers' starting players once again stepped onto the court. Facing the Hornets, the Pacers certainly did not need any adjustments or changes. They still used their most commonly used starting lineup.

The Hornets on the opposite side also brought out their strongest lineup!
Baron Davis, David Wesley, Jamal Mashburn, PJ Brown, Jamaal Magloire!
The Hornets' lineup seems to be strong, and the players in each position are well-known figures in the league.

But compared with the Pacers on the opposite side, it is really not worth mentioning!

On one side are two MVP-level outside players, two All-Star-level inside players and a versatile 3D player.

On the other side are two fringe All-Star players and three quality rotation players.

In terms of status and player ability alone, the two teams are worlds apart! And their regular season win difference of more than 20 games is actually very telling.

They are indeed not a team of the same level!

Of course, the Hornets are not completely without advantages!
Their biggest advantage in this series is their height in the interior!

"Snapped!"

At the opening jump ball, Magloire, who is known as the weakest All-Star in history, relied on his 215 cm height and over 230 cm wingspan to easily pass the ball to Davis from in front of Ben Wallace.

After Davis got the ball, he was not afraid of Lin Tian at all. He lowered his head, accelerated, dribbled and broke through, and brought the ball to the frontcourt as soon as possible. Then, after two consecutive changes of direction outside the three-point line, this guy suddenly accelerated and rushed into the inside!
Of course Lin Tian was not thrown off by Davis. He bit him tightly and kept himself in front of Davis.

Davis's impact force, which was like a bull when facing other No. 1 players in the league, was nothing compared to Lin Tian!
He tried his best but was unable to completely shake Lin Tian off. Instead, Lin Tian remained in a defensive position!
After making his way to the basket, Davis suddenly jumped up regardless of anything, not caring at all about the fact that Lin Tian opened his arms to block in front of him, and forced a jump shot!
Just by looking at his twisted body and awkward shooting posture, you can easily see that this guy is likely to miss this shot.

Can you forge iron?
That’s such a good thing!

"Snapped!"

Davis felt that before he even shot the ball, a big hand suddenly appeared in front of him and pressed it down.

"run!"

Lin Tian roared and ran towards the front court with the ball!
Christie was on his left front side, and Jordan was following behind Lin Tian. The Pacers' 3-line fast break appeared again!

Mashburn is considered to be a monster with top physical fitness in the league. He ran all the way back to the basket, then turned around to have a one-on-one fight with Lin Tian.

But what he didn't expect was that just as he turned his head, Lin Tian had already shot the ball!
"Too slow, Jamal!" Lin Tian roared, and he was already close to Mashburn.

Mashburn had just turned around for this ball, how could he possibly jump up and defend?
He hadn't even stood firmly when Lin Tian knocked him off the baseline!

"boom!"

Then there was a loud bang. Lin Tian grabbed the basket with one hand, swung on it for a while, and then came down. He said to Mashburn, "Change your nickname, Jamal. Don't call yourself 'Monster'. Call yourself 'Little Cutie', it will suit you better!"

In response to Lin Tian's provocation, Mashburn remained very restrained and calm. He quickly turned back to the baseline and prepared to serve.

"No one is arguing with me now." Lin Tian turned his head with regret and happened to see Jordan who had just run to the position and was about to turn back to defend: "Michael, how about we have a fight?"

"Young people nowadays are so cowardly! How can I beat them?"

“Yes, you can beat them.” Jordan spat, and pulled back the hand that was just stretched out to high-five Lin Tian: “Not only can you beat them, you can also beat their coach! Do you think they don’t want to argue with you? Their coach won’t let you!”

"Barang, is this true? Your coach doesn't allow you to trash talk me?" The so-called bold assumption must be carefully verified. Now that Jordan has made a bold assumption, Lin Tian must carefully verify it.

“What the hell?” Davis took the basketball and looked at Lin Tian in confusion: “Which coach would be so cowardly? We have never received such guidance and requirements!”

"Then I understand!" Lin Tian clapped his hands and looked at Mashburn and said, "Jamal, so, it's just that you are a coward, right? It has nothing to do with your teammates, coaches or anyone else, you are just a coward, right!"

"Shut up!" Mashburn cursed and walked away quickly.

The most important rule in today's NBA is not to talk trash to Lin.

You can't scold him, and you can't beat him after he gets angry.

Then don't waste your time talking to him, you'll gain nothing except making yourself miserable!
"Lin! Do you think you can bully people at will? Do you think you are so great because you can fight? Do you think we will be afraid of you just because you can beat Tyson?" Davis dribbled the ball and yelled at Lin Tian, ​​obviously trying to get back the face for his buddy.

"Yes, it's great to be able to fight. I beat Tyson, so isn't it normal for you to be afraid of me?" Lin Tian said innocently, "Aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid. Bah! I'm not afraid!" After Davis said that, he suddenly bent down and accelerated again, launching another strong charge towards the inside!

This is his most signature offensive style throughout his basketball career, and it’s the secret weapon that enabled him to make it all the way from the slums of Los Angeles to an NBA All-Star!

Unfortunately, this guy obviously completely forgot how Lin Tian taught him in the playoffs last season.

"Snapped!"

This time, Davis rushed into the inside again, and then once again forced a jump shot against Lin Tian.

But this time, Lin Tian didn't even need Big Ben's help. He identified the position, calculated the timing, jumped up in advance, and then slapped the basketball in Davis' hand!
Another blood cap!
This time the basketball fell into Christie's hands, and he immediately dribbled forward and launched a counterattack.

"I'll follow Lin!" Davis shouted, accelerating on the spot and trying to catch up with Lin Tian.

But he was obviously overthinking it. Lin Tian was very fast when he had the ball, and was a nightmare for defenders throughout the league.

And when he doesn't have the ball, his speed will only be faster!

Before he even broke through the three-point line, Davis had already been left behind by Lin Tian. By the time Lin Tian crossed the center line, Davis was already more than one meter behind Lin Tian!

With just a few steps, Lin Tian directly left Davis, a guy known for his explosive power, so far away that his taillights could not be seen!

"Doug!" Lin Tian yelled, and Christie's pass arrived immediately. When Lin Tian received the ball, he was already inside the three-point line. Then he suddenly held the ball with both hands and pushed it towards the middle. Mashburn immediately turned his head to defend Jordan who was following up in the middle.

But the basketball did not fly towards Jordan, but remained in Lin Tian's hands.

"boom!"

When Mashburn reacted, all he could see was Lin Tian hanging on the basket.

Mashburn didn't even see how Lin Tian dunked the ball! He was just too fast! (End of this chapter)