NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Lin Tian knew that if the Rupert family sincerely wanted to use their influence to expand the influence of this emerging award, they would definitely contact Pelinka.

This also means that the next matter has nothing to do with Lin Tian, ​​and can be left to Pelinka, a guy with a darker and more ruthless heart.

He can handle it.

As for Lin Tian himself, he will only be responsible for the competition part!

Anyway, the ones who are anxious now are not Lin Tian or Pelinka, but the organizer of the award.

There is only half a month left until the award ceremony!
Lin Tian was actually a little surprised. Why did these guys come to find him only now? What were they doing before?
Did they think of this only when the time came? Did they think they would definitely attend this crappy award ceremony?

That’s too ridiculous!

Such a large group, such an important award, carrying out such a surprise attack?

But of course, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Lin Tian, ​​so Lin Tian is too lazy to get involved or even think about it.

Don't give a damn about me, Mr. Lin! If you pay enough, we can talk about everything else!
As for the Lawrence Award, perhaps only Lin Tian, ​​an unprecedented "weirdo" in the world, can help them quickly gain attention and enter the public eye.

After all, in the whole world, besides Lin Tian, ​​who else can sweep the basketball world and the 100-meter race at the same time, and achieve both at an almost unprecedented level?

Even that's not all. In the boxing arena, which Lin Tian has never made much effort to develop and has only treated as a hobby, he also has an Olympic gold medal and even smashed Tyson into a sack in the octagon cage.

Three projects, all world-class.

An absolute monster! Absolutely the only one of its kind in the world!

Today, Lin Tian’s presence and status in the sports world are definitely much higher than he imagined!

In the hearts of many European media that love cross-border rankings and many Lin Tian fans, Lin Tian is now a super sports star who is guaranteed to be in the top ten in history and has the hope of becoming the number one athlete in history!

Or to give another example.

In the basketball world, the only one who has completely become popular and is known by people all over the world is Jordan. He is also known as the only cultural symbol that transcends basketball.

Bolt is also a strong contender for the title of GOAT in the sports world due to his terrifying dominance in the 100m and 200m events. Many people even think that if Bolt were an American, he would have already been the world's number one athlete.

In the boxing ring, Ali was also once a strong contender for the title of the greatest athlete in history, and if Tyson had not been affected by scandals, negative news and repeated violations of the law, he would definitely have become a popular symbol used worldwide!
Boxing, running, basketball.

Taken individually, these projects are far from comparable to football in terms of attention, scale, earning power, influence, development history or any other aspect.

There are definitely 5-6 cultural symbols in the football world and well-known top players that can be counted out!

Pele, Maradona, Beckenbauer, and perhaps Beckham and Ronaldo, who are slightly weaker but have many fans.

And more than ten years later, there are Messi and Ronaldo. These people have transcended football itself and become cultural symbols.

The sport of football has the energy and soil to cultivate so many "world idols" who are better than football itself.

Taken separately, football is definitely the world's number one sport by a huge margin.

No project can compete with him.

But what if you can play basketball, boxing and running at the same time and become the best in all of them?
This is Lin Tian’s current influence and status!

The first in history! Even the only one in history!

The only thing he lacks now is that he is too young. If he were 50 years old now, he would definitely be a top figure who cannot be ignored wherever he goes and at any occasion.

Even if there are some warlords, party leaders, heads of state or the like who like to play basketball or are fans of Lin Tian, ​​Lin Tian might be able to bring some peace to those countries.

This is the power and charm of sports.

This is also the reason why Lawrence wants Lin Tian to go to the scene to support them so much!
He is the strongest person in sports in the world today, bar none!

Flying from the United States to Monaco while his season was still going on, and then attending the awards ceremony.

This style, the volume of topics, and the chain reaction and attention it brings will definitely make the "Lawrence" award, which has only been held for three years, burst into huge energy overnight and attract the attention of a large number of people who originally did not know about this award.

This is why they want to find Lin Tian.

This is also the reason why they hope Lin Tian will come to the scene.

So, it was they who begged Lin Tian, ​​not Lin Tian who wanted to win the award.

As I said before: the current Laureus Awards are just a gimmick, but they have absolutely no influence.

They still need at least 5-8 years of accumulation before they can truly grow up and become the real award that can be called the Oscar or Nobel Prize in the sports world!
But if there is Lin Tian, ​​with Lin Tian's support and the fact that he traveled thousands of miles to receive the award, the discussion and growth rate triggered by the Lawrence Award will definitely spiral upward in a geometric form!
However, although Lin Tian knew how much Lawrence needed him, he also knew that this matter could not be rushed. Even whether Pelinka could handle it in the end and finally reach an agreement was another matter.

This level of cooperation and mutual achievements cannot be explained in just two or three sentences.

Especially, the time is too short!
现在已经是4月30日了，5月1日和5月3日是步行者队和凯尔特人的第三和第四战，而5月6日就是劳伦斯盛典的当天！
All in all, even if Lin Tian sets off on May 5, Pelinka will have less than a week to negotiate with the other side.

So what Lin Tian is actually thinking about at this moment is that Pelinka can reach an agreement with the other side for cooperation next year. If they talk about it a year in advance, there will be much more time.

So Lin Tian only spent a little time on this matter, and then he completely put it behind him and began to prepare for the third game of the series!
In the first two games played in Indiana, although the Pacers won the first game by 23 points and the second game by 10 points, judging from the process, it was not that easy for the Pacers to win.

After all, Walker and Pierce are really hard to deal with! They have too much fat on their bodies, and their playing style is too oily. It is much more difficult to completely hold them down than to hold down Mashburn or someone like that!

But their problems are also obvious.

These two are pure finishing points. It's no problem to let them fight one against one or even one against two, but how can they do anything else?
Sorry, can't do it!

We two brothers just attack, attack, and attack again, and all of them are individual attacks!
It stands to reason that a Celtics team like this should be equipped with a top point guard for both of them, and then the entire team should be fully integrated, so as to maximize their combat effectiveness.

But the problem with these two is: if you don’t find someone of Payton or Kidd’s level, they will never listen to you!

Even if Payton or Kidd really came, these two might not give them face.

We are all gangsters, who is afraid of who?
This is why the Celtics, despite having two top one-on-one experts in the league's top ten, still cannot achieve 50 wins.

No chemical reaction!

But their strength lies in the fact that they can win 46-7 just by relying on physical reaction, and they can crush more than half of the teams in the league just by relying on pure talent!

In the second game of the series, the Pacers were almost forced into danger by these two guys. When the fourth quarter started, the Pacers were still 5 points behind!

In the end, Carlisle quickly changed the formation, letting Jordan and Lin Tian defend Walker and Pierce, and then letting Christie roam around, looking for opportunities to double-team and steal the ball.

In addition, Big Ben no longer stepped out to help defend, but completely shrank under the basket, letting the Celtics shooters go. As long as Pierce or Walker came in, Big Ben would immediately attack to help defend and block them both outside the 3-second zone!
Carlisle's defensive changes successfully strangled the Celtics, completely destroying their 5-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter. In the entire fourth quarter, the Celtics only scored 14 points and were defeated by the Pacers on a 29:14 offensive frenzy.

From leading by 5 points at the start of the fourth quarter to trailing by 10 points at the end of the game, the Celtics used this game to show that they have talent, and their talent allowed them to win some games, but when facing the Pacers, this little talent: not enough!

Then, just before the third game of the series, when Lin Tian was changing clothes in the locker room, his phone suddenly rang.

"Lin, are you in the locker room?" Pelinka's voice came over, mysterious.

"You didn't speak too aggressively, which caused you to offend the mafia over there and get kidnapped. Now you want me to rescue you, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Pelinka said, "In this game, I want you to go all out and beat the Celtics to death. The more impressive the statistics can be, the better! If possible, I hope you pass the ball to Michael less! Even if it's just tonight."

"When I was negotiating, those old bastards actually said that you are not necessarily the team's first choice and the absolute core. They think you are on par with Michael and they think it is not worth spending too much on you!"

"Tonight, let them know that they are wrong! Very wrong! Okay?"

"No problem." Lin Tian nodded and hung up the phone.

You want numbers, right? You want me to be better than Michael and dominate, right?
No problem, it's just a matter of sprinkling some water.
It's hard for Jordan, he has to rely on himself to perform well in this game.

You have to find a reason, a suitable excuse!

Otherwise, it would seem a bit unfair to just suddenly and recklessly do it.

Or just say you hate green?
Seems a bit outrageous.
Say you hate Pierce's face?
It's also a bit bullshit.

Say you hate Pierce's green face?
Hey! This is good! This is reliable!

While Lin Tian was thinking about random things, he put on his equipment, then led his teammates, quickly left the locker room, and walked through the player tunnel into the main arena of the North Shore Garden Arena.

This was the nth time that Lin Tian had come here. To be honest, he didn't have a very good impression of Boston and NDRC.

Everything here is unpleasant. This is the place with the most serious racial discrimination in the United States, and the fans here are very unfriendly to the visiting players.

Even if you ask Bird, now that Auerbach has basically retired from the team and is living out his retirement, he actually has no feelings for this place. If it weren't for the fact that all his honors and the peak of his life were achieved here, he would really only have hatred for this city.

Simply put: this city sucks.

For example, when the Pacers walked into the stadium, all kinds of insults came flooding in.

The fans here are not friendly to begin with, and in the more than ten years since Bird retired, they have become accustomed to winning and have yet to see any hope for the team to rise.

They are used to winning, they long for winning, but the team has only had failures and poor results in the past decade or so. Repeated lottery draws and disappointing performances in the playoffs have made the fans very angry, and their patience has been almost worn out!

Therefore, today's Celtics fans are becoming more and more violent, and their trash talk is becoming more and more like the annoying Salt Lake City people!
Even before the game started, when Lin Tian looked around the entire stadium, he saw several scattered slogans, all of which contained swear words directed at the two team leaders, Pierce and Walker.

Lin Tian looked at those slogans and felt they were dirty!
The curse is too dirty!
When this kind of situation of cursing one's own people starts to occur and no one stops it, you know how bad this city is.

Lin Tian would not pretend not to see these slogans that were too dirty to even be repeated!

He is a person who is born with a sense of justice!

He couldn't stand the overly extreme insults and targeted humiliation, nor could he stand the situation where players tried their best to play for the team but were eventually turned against and scolded by the home team fans!
Did the players not want to play well? They had already given everything! But the fans ignored the objective facts and just kept insulting and venting.

Regarding this kind of behavior, Lin Tian said: I, Captain Dragonfly, will never allow this kind of thing to happen, and I will never sit idly by and watch it happen!

Punish these fans!
"Paul, look over there!" When the game was about to start and the starting players of both teams had already walked onto the court to prepare for a jump ball, Lin Tian pulled Pierce over and pointed at one of the signs and said, "They are scolding you!"

Mr. Lin is upholding justice!
He wanted Pierce to recognize that guy's face and not give him autographs or take photos with him!

Let these fans insult the players again!

"Antoine, look over here, someone is scolding you here too!"

Since Pierce recognized the person, Walker certainly couldn't miss this important scene.

"I swear, this isn't Indiana fans! We're not that dirty! I swear this has nothing to do with us! Because these two guys are both wearing your No. 33 jerseys! By the way, who on your team wears No. 33?"

"Larry Bird." Pierce muttered the name of the owner of the No. 33 jersey with a gloomy face.

Hiss. What a coincidence?

"That seems to have something to do with us?" Lin Tian rubbed his head with his hand and said, "No wonder they said something like their bird is not as big as his bird. I thought they were saying that your little Pipi is too small."

"So it means you're not as good as Larry!"

Looking at Lin Tian's asking question even though he knew the answer, the corners of Pierce and Walker's mouths twitched.

They were very angry! We are not blind! Such a big sign was erected there, how could we not see it?
But what if I saw it?
Go up and argue with the fans or fight with them? Ask the security guards to kick the fans out?
That will be of no use other than being regarded as a wimp, narrow-minded, immature, impulsive idiot!

That would only make their situation worse.

Therefore, the best way is to pretend not to see it and play seriously.

But now, they can no longer pretend not to see it.

This feeling is terrible.

It's like when you fart in a crowded elevator, and everyone else would have just kept quiet and taken a few deep breaths to get over it, but then someone next to you points at your head and yells, "He farted! He farted! It stinks so fucking bad!"

What can Pierce and Walker do?
Beat Lin Tian up to vent your anger?
This is a good idea, and it can make you feel relieved.

But obviously, these two people are not good at hands-on work.

What else can they do except swallow their anger and continue to pretend not to see it and act calm?
"Hey! Antoine! Paul! Why aren't you two talking? Why aren't you looking at me? Why don't you go and educate those rude fans? Are you embarrassed? Then I'll go! I'll help you!" Lin Tian said, and suddenly walked towards the sidelines.

"FUXX! Lin, what are you doing?" Pierce and Walker were shocked. These two really thought that Lin Tian was going to deal with those fans in the way he was best at!

Although it feels good to see those extreme fans getting beaten up, after all, they are our own kids and we have to protect them even if they are unfilial!

Pierce and Walker were about to run towards Lin Tian's direction and persuade him to calm down, but they were suddenly stunned.

Of course, Lin Tian did not go up and fight with the fans directly.

He is here to add fuel to the fire and add insult to injury, not to be an idiot.

Lin Tian called a sideline referee, a league staff member and two security guards, muttered a few words to them, and then pointed at the very uncivilized signs in the stands that targeted Walker and Pierce.

The security guard nodded, although his expression was full of disdain and a word was written all over his pouting lips.

"none of your business!"

Lin Tian said that it was indeed none of his business, but it was a matter of justice!
I don't represent Indiana now, I represent justice!

Although they were originally completely too lazy to care, when a star player of Lin Tian's level took the initiative to bring up the matter and protested seriously, the league officials and on-site security did not dare to continue to ignore it.

After 2-3 minutes, more security guards appeared in the surrounding stands and gestured to the fans to either hand over the signs or leave the venue.

Lin Tian didn't care how the matter was resolved. He just walked back to the center of the court and asked, "Has the game time passed?"

"It's two minutes late." The referee glanced at his watch, then looked at Lin Tian with respect: "But if it's because of this, I think it's worth it to be two minutes late!"

"Of course it's worth it!" Lin Tian looked at Pierce and Walker with a sly smile. "Normally, this nationally broadcast game will be officially released 3-5 minutes before the game starts. My visit to the technical desk just now will definitely attract the TV station's cameras to follow me all the way."

"Antoine, Paul, do you know what this means?"

"This means that fans across the United States have seen the shameless and disgusting behavior of some of your fans. You will get more support! More people will stand with you, and more people will speak up for you!"

"Yes, yes, you are awesome, you are awesome." Pierce really didn't want to bother with Lin Tian anymore.

Yes, more people are standing up for us, but what does that mean?
This means that the whole United States knows that Pierce and Walker were insulted by their own fans at home! The whole world knows that they are not liked by local fans.

Damn it!
Originally, it was a small matter, and ordinary fans would not pay attention to those little things on the sidelines, but now, everyone has seen it! Everyone knows it!

Frustrated! Uncomfortable!
You, Mr. Lin, are noble! Great! Amazing!

Now you have become a human rights fighter who stands up for your fellow men and is not afraid of any retaliation or injustice!

The two of us cleverly became the laughing stock of the alliance!
it is good!very good!
FUXX!

In short, in this small confrontation before the game, Lin Tian may not find an excuse not to pass the ball tonight and to attack frantically to score points.

But the fighting desire and determination of these two guys, Pierce and Walker, to beat the Pacers are at an unprecedented high!
What did that sentence say?

"Even if it's true, you can't tell anyone about it!"

This is a matter of face.

Now Lin Tian completely disregards the face of these two people.

Kill you!
Walker and Pierce looked at each other and made up their minds!
Fight to death!
Even though this game was originally a life-and-death battle for the Celtics, Lin Tian's actions before the game still completely ignited the anger of these two people.

Well, this is also the Pacers' battle plan!
Everyone knows that these two players' scoring and one-on-one abilities are among the best in the league.

But everyone also knows that these two's passing and organizational abilities are just so-so.

At the same time, everyone knows that once these two get too excited, the Celtics will most likely lose!

The more they fight, the lower the Celtics' fighting effectiveness becomes!
In addition to Walker and Pierce, the Celtics' starting lineup includes the unremarkable undrafted player JR Bremer at No. 1, the equally unremarkable tall player Eric Williams at power forward, and another unremarkable high draft pick Tony Battie at power forward.

Simply put, you can rest assured and ignore those three, as their offensive capabilities are about the same as those of Jordan's grandmother.

The referee blew the whistle and the basketball flew into the air. Batty, who was 211 cm tall, was no match for Ben in terms of jumping speed or reaction speed. So even though he was at least 10 cm taller than Ben, he was unable to jump over Ben and Ben took away the ball in the first wave.

The basketball came into Lin Tian's hands. Facing Bremer who was ready for battle as if facing a formidable enemy, Lin Tian was too lazy to talk trash.

After all, Lin Tian really didn’t know his name.

I don't even know his name, what's there to criticize?

And more importantly, Lin Tian didn't have much chance to talk trash to him.

With a change of direction and acceleration, he passed by this guy, then went straight to the basket, and made an easy shot towards Battie who had just turned around, and Lin Tian scored 2 points for the Pacers!
What do you think of the Celtics' defensive capabilities with this lineup?

Batistuta, who has the most blocks on the team, averages 0.9 blocks per game.

Their rim protection ability is almost zero.

In the second game, they were able to maintain the lead in the first three quarters, not because of defense or even any smart offensive tactics.

It was thanks to the hard work of Pierce and Walker that the game was made a little suspenseful.

On the offensive end, after being hit by the Pacers, the Celtics used their Tactic A.

Pierce holds the ball and plays one-on-one at the top of the arc.

This tactic can also be divided into three sets of sub-tactics: A1, A2, and A3.

They are A1: Pierce's singles at the top of the arc.

A2: Pierce plays a low-post single.

A3: Pierce takes a jump shot directly after receiving the ball.

Corresponding to this set of 3A tactics, the Celtics also have a similar set of 3B tactics.

Well, just change the protagonist to Walker.

The Celtics are now playing the A1 tactic.

Pierce faced Christie in the high post, and after dribbling twice to find the rhythm, he accelerated and broke through, trying to use his body to push Christie away and rush directly to the basket.

But just when Pierce reached the free throw line, Big Ben rushed up and double-teamed him together with Christie!
If he was an excellent or first-rate passer, Pierce would definitely be able to pass the ball to an open teammate to complete the offense.

But first of all, Pierce's passing is just so-so, which is not a disadvantage but definitely not an advantage.

What's more, he was anxious to show results so that he could get the momentum he wanted before the game started.

Therefore, even when facing a double-team, Pierce was not afraid at all. He made an emergency stop and then made a layup!
"Boom!"

But unfortunately, after Lin Tian completely shook off the defender, he faced Battie, who had mediocre defense, while Pierce faced Christie, who was like a dog-skin plaster, and Ben Wallace, who was at the level of the best defensive player!

These two people, one in front and one on the side, blocked Pierce's shooting space completely. When Pierce shot, not only was his posture a little deformed, but the curvature of the basketball had to be greatly increased to avoid Ben's block.

For this kind of magical ball, if it goes in, it's luck, if it doesn't go in, it's normal!
Webber next to him grabbed the backboard, took a quick look, and then used his unique skill again, throwing the ball towards the front court with one hand.

Lin Tian, ​​who was running fast, got the basketball and raised the ball above his head with both hands. Bremer, who was originally sticking to him, immediately moved his feet and subconsciously turned around to chase the person behind him.

But when he turned around, this guy realized that he had been fooled!
There was no Pacers player behind him at all. At the same time, Lin Tian had already made a fake pass, flashed past him, went straight to the Celtics' basket, and jumped up with an extremely violent one-arm dunk!

"boom!"

After a loud bang, Lin Tian raised his arms and grinned fiercely at Bremer.

"Boy, I advise you to get off the field sooner rather than later, or I'll beat you up real bad tonight!"

Bremer swallowed.

Didn't dare to speak.

How dare he speak?
As an undrafted player who entered the league in his first year, his status, ability and popularity are not worth mentioning. Of course, what is more important is that Lin Tian has become an urban legend in Boston.

Although the video of his performance in a Boston nightclub has been leaked a long time ago, the people watching that night were all drunk and they might have seen double when looking at people.

Secondly, at least 10% of these guys who love going to nightclubs are the kind who speak in an exaggerated manner and like to brag. When they describe to their friends what they saw and heard that night, they would like to exaggerate the already exaggerated facts times!
So after several years of fermentation and rumor, the story today is becoming less and less like something that humans can do.

In other words, it's becoming more and more like an urban legend.

The most exaggerated version is that Lin Tian is not a human being but some kind of alien race from China, and the 100 thugs he knocked down are actually members of the Vampire Alliance. This is a fight to the death about race and survival, the ultimate showdown between faith and the mysterious forces of the East and the West!

A slightly more normal version says that Lin Tian dealt with more than 40 people alone that night. Those 40 people had at least 4 AK47s and more than 10 pistols in their hands, and even two grenades were detonated on the spot.

But Lin Tian killed all those people with his bare hands.

Well, this version is already a little more normal.

Others include the story of Lin Tian who, in a fit of rage for his beloved, massacred the entire Boston gang overnight; the story of Lin Tian who came to negotiate on behalf of the Indiana gang, but the negotiations failed, and then he simply cleared out all the people on the streets of Boston.

There is also something about the legendary mysterious "Hongmen" that has dominated the American underworld.

In short, it's quite outrageous!
It is so outrageous that if someone showed everyone the real video of the incident and told them, "That night, Lin only beat a dozen people and made them lie on the ground screaming. No one died and no hot weapons were used."

Absolutely no one would believe it!

They will look at that person with a mocking expression and say, "Ignorance is good! This world will only let you know what you are willing to know and should know. This video is what you should believe, but it is not the truth."

"In short, those who understand will understand, and there is no need to continue talking if you don't understand. Anyway, this is all I can say. If I say more, both you and I will be in danger. I hope you can go back and think carefully about what the facts and the truth are. If you can figure it out, then you will understand. If you can't figure it out, then you will also be happy."

Then, you will add a caring look to the mentally retarded person and pat that person's shoulder with pity, indicating that you are actually very happy, unlike us, who have to carry so many secrets and sins and live a difficult life.

Well, this is the image of Lin Tian in the minds of many Bostonians today.

Supernatural Inhumans, Mafia leaders, Hongmen elders, or James Bond and Ethan Hunt. (End of this chapter)