NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Barkley: "It's a crazy performance! Lin's condition is really more terrifying than the game. No one knows where his limit is, and no one knows what he can do."

"It's really hard for me to imagine what Lin can do if his firepower and talent are fully unleashed. If there is a team that can hold up when Lin is at full power and not be pulled away by the Pacers, then what can Lin do?"

Barkley's words after the game are undoubtedly a question that the entire league, including the fans, are asking.

What can Lin Tian do?
What can he do when he plays at full speed without taking a rest and plays the entire game in the best condition?
This suspense, at least in this series against the Nets, cannot be revealed.

The level of the Nets team is not enough!

In the third game of the series, Carter exploded again and played the craziest and most perfect game of his career!
With Kidd's help, Carter hardly had any offense with the ball.

He repeatedly used open cuts, running, catch-and-shoot shots, and long three-pointers to end the offense.

这一场比赛，卡特29投19中，3分球13投9中，罚球3罚3中，全场比赛爆砍50分6篮板7助攻！

His firepower was fully released and his condition reached the peak of his career.

But unfortunately, he was still unable to bring a victory to the team.

He didn't even force Lin Tian to compete with him!

Tonight's stage belongs to Jordan, Jordan who has been silent for two games!

这个晚上，乔丹也是老夫聊发少年狂，全场比赛27投18中，连不擅长的3分球都7投6中，再加上10罚9中的罚球，乔丹今晚轰下51分3篮板2助攻！

Especially the fourth quarter!

In the fourth quarter, Carter might have been out of energy, or Jordan might have discovered his running habits and characteristics. In short, he was locked down by Jordan in the fourth quarter. He made only 6 of 2 shots and scored only 5 points!
而乔丹在这一节却再度打出超高水准，7投5中，3分球2投2中罚球3罚全中拿下15分！
The gap between the two in the fourth quarter was also reflected in the final score of both sides.

115: 105!

The Pacers had a 10-point advantage and won the game!

Big score 3:0!

The Pacers won three games in a row and got the match point in the series! They are only one step away from advancing!
And on this night, Jordan and Carter competed against each other, and the exciting duel with each scoring 50+ is destined to become a classic that people will reminisce again and again.

This peak showdown between North Carolina brothers ended with the senior brother's victory.

Lin Tian’s target tonight is Kidd!
Although these two guys didn't score high points tonight, they both played a textbook game that a point guard should play.

That night, Kidd scored a triple-double of 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 19 assists, with rebounds and assists both being his playoff career highs! Kidd fought hard that night and had the best performance of his career!

Lin Tian, ​​who played against him, scored double 21 with 15 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists!

The same big triple-double, the same unimaginable sum of three numbers, but Lin Tian is better than Kidd, both in terms of data and scene!
What makes Kidd fans even more desperate is that this is the most perfect, beautiful and strongest mode that Kidd can play at the moment!
But what about Lin Tian? He can still score unparalleled points. He can even score 50 or 60 points and still make 17 or 8 assists!
He is undoubtedly the best defender in active service!
This game completely destroyed the last hope of Kidd's fans.

Originally, Kidd's fans could set some prerequisites to brag about Kidd.

For example: Kidd is the best pure point guard or the best traditional point guard at the moment.

But after this game, they obviously couldn't say that anymore.

Beat you the way you are good at, what else can I say?
Who is the best one? Is there any suspense?

If Lin Tian can lead the team to a victory using Kidd’s method, can Kidd do it using Lin Tian’s method?

Can Kidd explode anytime, anywhere and score 40, 50 or even 60 points in a game?
It might be easier to kill him!

After the Pacers won three games in a row without any trouble, the suspense of this series was officially over!
The remaining fourth game was basically just a formality, allowing New Jersey to earn more ticket money for one more game.

After being beaten like this, the Nets were lucky not to be swept and the Pacers gave them face.

But unfortunately, face? What face?

I, Mr. Lin, have never given face to anyone in my life!

In particular, the Nets obviously do not desire this so-called face.

After the extreme outburst and madness in the previous game, Carter, Kidd, or the twin towers in the interior were obviously not in good shape in this game. Their spirits were broken up in the previous game, and they were not too obsessed with extending the series.

This game actually shows that neither Carter nor Gasol are suitable to be the team's first core candidate, they both lack some quality.

No matter how brilliant their personal talents are, how gorgeous their skills are, or how popular their playing style is, their desire for victory is really not that crazy.

Looking at those top basketball stars, which one doesn’t have an almost pathological pursuit of victory and an almost harsh attitude towards himself?

Well, okay, there are a few exceptions, but those monsters must have qualities that are more important than persistence and paranoia.

Physical talent beyond his time!
But players like Carter and Gasol obviously don't have that kind of thing. They are more suitable to be the second-in-command of the team, assisting stronger players to compete for the championship.

Kidd always has a crazy desire for victory, and he is always passionate about the game. He even has a "scoring king's heart" that is not afraid of failure or missed shots. As long as it is his turn to shoot, he will never show mercy or fear.

Unfortunately, the old man's offensive ability is really not worth mentioning.

Yao Ming will have leadership qualities in the future. He will be someone who can roar and unite his teammates when the team is in a disadvantageous and desperate situation.

But he is obviously too young now. He has not had such experience in the past 20 years of his life. Perhaps only by throwing him into a place full of thorns and crises can his potential and the sense of leadership responsibility in his bones be truly stimulated.

As the four major stars of the Nets each had their own problems and shortcomings, there was really no suspense in the fourth game of the series.

The Pacers took control of the game early on and maintained their lead. In the last 5-6 minutes of the fourth quarter, the game entered garbage time.

86: 109!

A 23-point victory brought this series to an end.

The 23-point victory was also a tribute to Jordan's jersey number. What New Jersey people should be most grateful for at this time is perhaps that Rodman, who wore No. 91, is not on the Pacers' roster.

The Pacers advance to the finals for the fourth consecutive year!
They will face the final hurdle of the NBA's first four consecutive championships since the Celtics' eight consecutive championships!
Their opponent this time is definitely the strongest and most ferocious one among their opponents in the past few years!
Los Angeles Lakers!
This season's Lakers have shown terrifying dominance in the regular season. At the same time, in order to ensure the health and physical strength of the players in the playoffs, the team has been in a state of recuperation for minor illnesses and minor recuperation for normal health throughout the season.

The three big stars, O'Neal, Kobe, and Malone, have all had games where they were quickly discharged from the front line due to minor injuries, or stayed away from the front line even without injuries. Each of them has accumulated enough strength, and each of them has pushed his or her condition to the most extreme state before the start of the playoffs.

The Lakers cannot afford to lose in this finals!
So far in the playoffs, the Lakers, like the Nets, have also achieved an exciting 12-game winning streak!
They swept their opponents easily in the first and second rounds. In the divisional finals, facing the Jazz led by the team's former starting power forward O'Neal, the Lakers pinned the opponent who had defeated them many times in the 90s to the ground and beat them up!
In this round of the series, O'Neal Jr. had no power to fight back against Shaquille O'Neal and Malone. In the first two rounds, he played MVP-level performance. O'Neal Jr., who seemed to be the league's future No. 17.5 power forward, averaged only 7.5 points and 39 rebounds per game in this round of the series, and his shooting percentage was as low as %!

For an inside player, there is only one explanation for this shooting percentage: he was being guarded by someone!

When the team leader O'Neal played so badly, the entire Jazz team naturally could not offer any resistance, and it would be difficult for them to pose any threat to the Lakers!

In the four games of the series, the Lakers' lead at the end of the first three quarters of each game was at least 13 points! And the final difference in each game was at least 17 points!
In all four fourth quarters of this series, the Jazz had only 55 seconds in total where they trailed by less than 10 points! The rest of the time, they were all playing with double-digit deficits!
In the second and fourth games of the series, the Jazz lost by 37 points and 33 points respectively!
It can be said that in this round of the series, the Jazz were really beaten dizzy and had no ability to fight back!
And their former leader Malone was one of the culprits in this series. In the third game of the series, the Jazz's first home game in this series, the people of Salt Lake City did not give Malone any tribute video or cheers from the audience.

What they gave Malone was crazy boos and crazy insults!
Words like traitor, coward, mercenary, etc. were put onto Malone one after another. He was sprayed from the inside out by the fans who once regarded him as a hero and a totem!
This may also be the reason why Malone scored 24 points and 12 rebounds in the third game of the series and 27 points and 10 rebounds in the fourth game.

The roar and insults from the Jazz fans made him angry!
Originally, this seemed like a very sad story, but in the fourth quarter of the game, everything was finally eased.

As the suspense of the series disappeared and the end of the game drew closer, the fans in Salt Lake City could no longer hold back. Some began shouting Malone's name, some began shouting MVP, and then the voices became louder and louder, and more and more people started shouting.

Eventually, the shouts merged into the same cry.

"Carl, go win that damn championship!"

"Carl, kill Indiana!"

"Let the damn Lin die!"

The fans gave Ma Long their most sincere blessings!
Malone, the top star who has always been portrayed as a villain and is known as the dirtiest, most shameless and most hated player in the entire league, also had tears in his eyes at this time.

He gave up and lost so much for the championship.

As he gets older, he knows very well that this year is his last chance.

After this year, even if he can still compete for the championship, his status in the team and his weight in the championship will only get lower and lower, and his contribution will only get smaller and smaller.

Malone is not interested in or wants the kind of championship that is won purely as a leg-holding championship, or a championship won purely as a role player or a water cooler player!
The Lakers are in great shape this year. They have won 12 consecutive games in the playoffs. Kobe and O'Neal are both extremely healthy, and the role players are also in great shape. If they can't win the championship this year, Malone really doesn't know when he can win the championship. Does he really have to join that Asian kid's team?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
This is Ma Long’s last dignity and face. If he were allowed to join Lin Tian’s team, he would really rather live his life without a championship!
Just before the start of the finals, on the last day of May, another major event that will attract the attention of the entire NBA and involve nearly half of the teams in the league is about to begin.

NBA draft lottery!

This evening, the draft order for one month will be determined! All teams have been playing badly for a year just for a higher draft pick. They have been looking forward to the No. 1 pick for a long time!
Especially this year, this year is called an epic super year!

Many people say that this year will be the biggest one in recent years!
After James announced that he would skip college and go directly to the NBA, and Anthony also said that he would join the NBA after winning the NCAA championship, this year's rookies have become one that countless people are looking forward to!
Countless people have predicted that with the two greatest players in Anthony and James, this year's rookie year will be a super year that can be compared with the top draft years such as 99, 96, and 84!

In this kind of year, the team's ranking is really crucial!

This year's suspense is equally high.

Is it Carmelo Anthony, the super scorer who completed the NCAA Grand Slam in his freshman year and won all the honors possible?

Or is it LeBron James, the strongest high school student in history who is known as the Son of America and is being frantically fought over by top sneaker brands such as Nike, Adidas, and Reebok?

Or, will some teams make a non-mainstream choice and select an unpopular rookie as the No. 1 pick?

At the very least, tonight, some of the above suspense can be confirmed, and everyone can at least start simulating the draft rankings!
Judging from the regular season record, the Nuggets have the greatest probability of getting the No. 1 pick, followed closely by the Cavaliers, then the Spurs, Knicks, Heat, Clippers and Grizzlies!
These seven teams are the biggest favorites to get the top three picks in this year's draft lottery!
At the draw ceremony, representatives from each team were nervous and silent, some were eager to try, and some were experienced and chatted around and built good relationships with people.

Regardless of what these people were doing, when Stern walked to the center and began to announce this year's draft picks, everyone fell silent! Everyone was waiting for Stern to read out the final list.

No. 13, Phoenix Suns!
The Suns, who had the lowest probability, failed to pull off an upset. Their representative Marbury shrugged his shoulders and was not too regretful. After all, their probability of getting the No. 0.5 pick was only %, which was better than nothing. It would be normal if they didn't get it.

Next up are the Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, and Chicago Bulls
One team after another flashed by, there were no upsets, and no one was lucky enough to jump to the top three picks.

Until the seventh to last pick appeared, the whole of Portland was excited! All the Portlanders who were watching the draft jumped up and cheered!
Because the Grizzlies who were supposed to be here didn't show up, but the Clippers took their place! This means the Grizzlies will get a draft pick that is at least in the top three!
The Grizzlies representative at the scene looked pale and in great pain.

Because they sold this draft pick many years ago, after a series of twists and turns, this draft pick is now in the hands of the Trail Blazers. Portland's mid-season gamble was successful!

They traded Rasheed and Wells for a top-three draft pick! Their rebuild was completed in no time! The Portlanders couldn't be unhappy!
As for Brand, the representative of the Clippers, whose draft pick dropped one place for no reason, he could only sigh helplessly. It seems that he will have to wait a little longer for the team to rise.

Then the Heat were sixth.

Then, the biggest upset of the night happened!
骑士！

The Cavaliers, who had the second-to-last record, only got the fifth pick!
This is the lowest pick they can get tonight!
There were waves of wailing throughout Cleveland.

The fifth pick is good, but for them, it's too bad!

They can't choose James, the super talent from Cleveland!
No matter what, there is no way James will fall to fifth!
He couldn't even get out of the top two!

Clevelanders were desperate.

The failure to get James almost drove countless Cavaliers fans to collapse.

The management was even more furious, and then they quickly started the trading mode, and had begun to inquire about the teams that had not yet appeared, to test their psychological price and see if they could get a higher draft pick.

While the people of Cleveland were suffering, the people of New York and San Antonio were cheering!
If the Cavaliers are in trouble, it means that at least one of these two teams will be in the top three!
Just as everyone held their breath, waiting for this historic moment, wanting to see who would make it into the top three, Stern read out this year's fourth pick.

Then the cheers in New York and San Antonio got even crazier.

Denver Nuggets!

The last and second to last teams both unexpectedly failed to make it into the top three and only got the fourth and fifth picks!
This time, it was the Nuggets fans' turn to lament.

This time's draw was full of ups and downs, surprises and surprises!
The Nuggets' general manager Vandeweghe had just been chatting with the Cavaliers with a smile, saying that it's not that we can't sell our draft pick to you, as long as the price is right, we can negotiate.

Then after this result came out, Vandeweghe cursed and hung up the phone angrily.

The fourth and fifth are brothers in distress, what’s the point of trading?
The two teams fought openly and secretly for a whole season, and were nicknamed the two most proud teams for a whole season. They were ridiculed and mocked, but when they arrived at the draft, they became the dragon and the chick.

Damn it, fuck it!
When it came to the next three picks, everyone was extremely nervous!
Everyone is looking forward to it, waiting for the final moment to come!

Third pick: Memphis Grizzlies!

Portland cheered! Although it was not the top two, it was a huge profit!
Second pick: San Antonio Spurs!

Popovich at the scene excitedly punched the table and couldn't help but curse out a swear word that represented excitement!
After Duncan, Popovich finally got another chance to get the team back on track!
A super talent will come to the team at any time. The question now is: Anthony or James?

Both!
Popovich said he is not picky!
As long as the team has any one of these two, it will be enough to complete the reconstruction!

Thinking of the sadness of the past few years, Popovich's eyes were red!
It’s finally over!

As for number one?

No more suspense!
New York Knicks!
It has been 1985 years since they selected Ewing in 18 and they once again got the first pick in the first round!
The Knicks are about to set sail again!
The entire Big Apple city cheered excitedly and wildly when Stern read out the name of the Spurs!

coming!

finally come!

The team has been in decline for so many years, and finally it’s time to wait!
"Hey? Lin? Who do you prefer to play with? LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony? Or do you have other candidates? Just tell me! I have the No. 1 pick! Even if you want O'Neal... Well, O'Neal is a little difficult, but no matter who you want, I will get it for you!"

Lin Tian listened to Dolan's excited and somewhat crazy tone on the other end of the phone, and couldn't help but pick his ears and said, "James, I said, I'm not ready to join your team yet! I'm about to play in the finals, and you're asking me here who to choose in the draft, is that appropriate?"

"Who cares about that? You want to play with James? No problem! I think he's better too! You two would make a perfect team! That's him!"

"James Dolan! Wake up, I'm calling you!" Lin Tian felt a little helpless about Dolan's 'love-brain'!

"You rejected James, so you just want to play with Anthony? Great minds think alike! I think so too! Anthony is from New York and is much more reliable than James, the kid from a small place!"

"His playing style and playing ability are very compatible with yours! So."

Go to hell.

Lin Tian hung up the phone directly. He was in no mood to listen to Dolan's nonsense anymore. Otherwise, who knows what else this bastard would say.

I've never seen anyone lick like this in my life!
Lin Tian has considered sending Dolan a box of wool, and then giving him some brown paint. Go COS Feiyangyang!

You can only help Beautiful Sheep and push forward in your whole life, and you can never think of hyping up Pleasant Goat.

After hanging up the phone with Dolan, Lin Tian didn't bother to care who this guy would choose. After all, no matter how much you flatter him or how non-mainstream he is, can you still use the No. 1 pick to choose someone like Michael Sweetney?

There is no such possibility!
That possibility shouldn't exist, right?
Forget it……

Let’s talk about it next year, let’s talk about it next year!

However, this year's draft lottery order is as messy as that in northwestern Shanxi!

It was completely different from the 03 draft in Lin Tian’s memory!

The top 5 and even the top 7 picks are very different!
The only thing that is not much different from before is that the Grizzlies' second pick has become the third pick, but this draft pick no longer belongs to the Pistons, but to the Trail Blazers.

However, considering that a normal person would never choose Milicic at the second pick, from this perspective, it doesn't matter whether the pick is second or third.

This year, at the end of the day, at least judging from the pre-draft calls and the talent and ability shown by the two, James and Anthony are the two unrivaled stars, and everyone else has to step aside.

It's a pity for the Nuggets and Cavaliers, who were originally in the top three, and now they will miss out on the greatest draft in their team's history. As for when these two teams can turn things around and when they can find a chance to rise again, no one knows.

But at the same time, other teams have gained a good opportunity to rise, and the future and trend of this league makes people more and more excited!

The messier it is, the more interesting it is!
Otherwise, it would be too boring if Mr. Lin, like a butterfly, flapped his wings and ended up with an alliance that was basically the same with no major changes!

However, Lin Tian didn't have time to think about and study how much chaos he had caused in the alliance and how much he had changed.

Now, he has to prepare for another trip to the finals!
This time, the Pacers' opponent is unprecedentedly strong!
The day after the draw, which was also the morning of the start of the finals, Carlisle gathered the players early.

Of course, they will not conduct any overly confrontational or high-intensity training at this time. They will just continue to hold combat meetings today.

Although Carlisle has held several similar meetings to analyze the Lakers' tactics and key personnel since the Eastern Conference Finals, neither the players, coaching staff nor Carlisle himself showed any impatience or perfunctory attitude.

Everyone was concentrating intently, trying to get more information from the meeting so that they could contribute to winning this round of the finals.

"The core of the Lakers has not changed. They are still Kobe and O'Neal, who are the most familiar to us and are also our biggest rivals in the past few years!"

"Perhaps the only difference is that this season the Lakers' top offensive player has shifted from O'Neal to Kobe. Whether in the regular season or the playoffs, Kobe is the Lakers' leading scorer and assists leader so far!"

"His comprehensive offensive ability makes him look like a younger version of Michael. This guy's imitation and learning of Michael has definitely reached the extreme! So many people are curious, is the original Michael better, or is Kobe's high-end imitation more powerful?"

"Okay Rick, I don't need this kind of encouragement." Jordan said calmly: "A fake is a fake, and an imitator is an imitator! I don't care how Kobe played when you played against him in the past few years. I only know that this year I will tear him apart completely!"

Carlisle nodded in satisfaction and continued, "At the same time, we cannot ignore O'Neal. His dominance in the interior is more amazing than Yao Ming and Gasol combined. His destructive power and scoring ability are unmatched in the interior of the entire league."

"The Lakers may shift the focus of their offense from Kobe to O'Neal at any time, and O'Neal will definitely not let them down!"

"Ben, you're going to be under a lot of pressure! Although you've long been the best defensive center in the league, everyone says that when it comes to one-on-one defense and one-on-one combat with top inside players, you're at best just passing level!"

"In the previous finals, you were never able to defeat O'Neal, so this round of the series..."

"Leave it to me! This year, I will kill Shaq! I will make him realize that he is just an old man who is out of date! His era is over before it even began!"

"I have been preparing for a long time to deal with him! I even prepared a secret weapon!"

At this point, Ben scratched his head proudly: "I haven't washed my hair since the Eastern Conference Finals!"

"Smoke him to death!"

As soon as Ben finished speaking, Weber and Christie, who were originally sitting next to him, moved to the sides quietly. No wonder they could smell a odor since just now. They thought someone farted!
"And Karl Malone! He is also our old rival. He is indeed too old. His real level is definitely not as good as his statistics show, but what cannot be ignored is that his mid-range shooting and pick-and-roll are still top-notch in the league!"

"Chris, I know that your motivation to play has been declining over the past two years, and you no longer care about statistics and honors, but this time..."

"This time, I have to teach Malone a lesson."

"Garbage should be buried in the garbage dump! Instead of wandering around and emitting a disgusting stench everywhere!"

Webber's determination was shown while he was standing, and when he sat down, he was half a meter away from Big Ben. There was enough space for two O'Neals to sit between him and Big Ben.

Carlisle continued: "Then, there is their small forward, a Russian who is only in the second year but has grown into one of the league's top defenders!"

"Andrei Kirilenko!" (End of chapter)