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In the next round, Wade chose to break through again, but this time he noticed the shortcomings of his dribbling. The basketball was no longer so far from his body and the amplitude was no longer so large.

But in this way, his lethality when breaking through is greatly reduced.

"Oh!"

With a dull sound, Miller successfully predicted Wade's breakthrough route and accurately blocked Wade in front of him.

"Beep! Offensive foul!"

The referee immediately made a call, stating that Wade committed an offensive foul.

"Well done Brad!" Lin Tian quickly stepped forward to help Miller up and patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement.

What is psychological warfare?

That’s it!

Wade's signature move is his wide-open dribbling, with large amplitude and long strides. He dribbles the basketball like a meteor hammer, smashing it everywhere with a "bang bang bang" sound. Ordinary defenders simply can't keep up with his speed!

In addition, this guy's rhythm is extremely strange, and his "Phantom Step" is also famous all over the world, which makes it difficult for the players who assist in the interior defense to catch the timing and angle of his shot.

But after being interrupted twice by Lin Tian and being talked to for a long time, Wade unconsciously changed the amplitude of his dribbling and lowered the height of the basketball from the ground when breaking through.

In this way, Lin Tian behind him would indeed not be able to steal the ball from him, but his offensive route would also be much easier to judge.

This time, Miller successfully caused Wade to commit an offensive foul!
Carlisle, who was off the court, immediately saw that Wade was in an extremely conflicted and unconfident state. This state would inevitably cause the player to be hesitant when playing, and on the court, hesitation would lead to defeat!
"Double-team him!" Carlisle shouted from the sidelines, gesturing with both hands.

The Pacers began to change their defense and they began to target Wade.

Carlisle's order basically announced that Wade's performance tonight would be extremely miserable.

After all, he is still a freshman, and Wade's various skills are far from reaching their peak, especially his ability to combine breakthroughs and shots, the accuracy of mid-range and long-range shooting, and the details when breaking through. Wade still needs a lot of hard practice to improve.

Now, he still relies more on his talent to play.

This style of play is fine against most teams in the league, but it is obviously not enough when facing the Pacers, who have multiple top perimeter defenders and a very smart inside player.

Wade, who scored 5 points with 3 of 7 shots in the first half of the first quarter, started to encounter difficulties after the first quarter and was completely locked down by this group of veterans of the Pacers!

之后整整两节多的比赛，韦德总计12投3中只拿到8分，另外还送出了8次失误，这个晚上，他总计17投5中拿到15分5篮板4助攻8次失误。

In the second half of the first quarter alone, Wade made four consecutive turnovers!
Wade played pretty badly tonight!
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was his worst game since entering the NBA.

He was completely defeated by Lin Tian.

The fourth quarter of the game became complete garbage time, and Wade did not play in the entire fourth quarter.

Like Wade, the person who did not play in the entire fourth quarter was of course Lin Tian. In complete contrast to Wade, Lin Tian was in full swing tonight. He made 22 of 13 shots in three quarters, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 2 of 15 free throws, scoring a big triple-double of 13 points, 41 rebounds, and 11 assists!
89: 111!

The Pacers easily won this match against the league's new generation of stars!

It was also this game that allowed Lin Tian and the Pacers to end their terrible five-game losing streak, and Lin Tian also recovered from his previous extremely bad state.

Pacers, set sail again!
And this time, Lin Tian obviously will not let the team face similar difficulties again!
He had a feeling that his current state had reached the peak of his career!

How do you describe this feeling?

After washing away all the impurities on his body, Lin Tian even felt that he was only ninety-nine heavenly thunders away from becoming an immortal!
He is confident that he can destroy all opponents in the days to come!
What’s interesting is that two days after defeating the Cavaliers, the Pacers traveled to the Knicks to challenge the New York Knicks led by this year’s No. 1 pick Carmelo Anthony!
After Wade is Anthony?

Lin Tian felt that this schedule arranged by the league was quite interesting. Even if he looked ahead, after the game in New York, the Pacers would return to their home court to face the third team led by a representative of the 03 generation.

LeBron James and the San Antonio Spurs he leads!
Anthony's performance this season is definitely one of the best in history. He has averaged 21.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game so far this season. His average points per game ranks first among this year's rookies, and he is also the Knicks' leading scorer.

The Knicks team can now be barely said to be a gathering of new stars. The team has done a very good job of rejuvenation, and most of the starters are young people.

Power forward Stoudemire was last year's Rookie of the Year, small forward Anthony's goal is to win this year's Rookie of the Year, center Okur just started this year, and the No. 2 position is Gerald Wallace who finally squeezed into the team's rotation this year.

Among the starters, only Charlie Ward is a veteran who has played for the team for many years. The rest are either rookies or have just entered the rotation.

Including the Knicks' bench, it is mainly composed of young people.

Although the Knicks have a mediocre record now, they are only ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference.

But everyone can see what they have been doing over the past few years.

Make the roster younger, wait for the veterans to leave, save costs, optimize the roster, and try to have fewer players with big contracts on the team.

Finally, this summer, get Lin Tian!

Yes, the entire league knows about Dolan and the Knicks’ ambitions. Everyone knows that it is an open secret that the Knicks want Lin Tian. Everyone also knows that as long as Lin Tian wants to come, the Knicks will definitely offer him a super contract that will make everyone stunned!
Lin Tian is definitely a nightmare for the Knicks.

This bastard who had eliminated them many times in the playoffs, who had beaten the "New York Gang" of the past to a complete defeat, and who had never won a single match in the playoffs.

The Knicks are the team's biggest rival and arch-enemy after Jordan and Miller. Even the only championship the Knicks won was said by many to be due to good luck that they did not meet Lin Tian and the Pacers, otherwise they would have never been able to win the championship.

How do New Yorkers view Lin Tian, ​​an absolute enemy and mortal rival who NTRed the entire New York on the spot in Madison and made Spike Lee wear his jersey and Hilton sleep in his bed?

Very true!

Quite true!

"MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!"

"Lin! Come to New York! This is your home!"

“Everything you love is here!”

"The hottest girls in America are waiting for you in New York!"

"We still have the wildest men if you need them!"

"And even anything else you want!"

"You can get everything here, you can be the Muhammad of New York!"

"You will be the king of Madison! We will love you more than we loved Michael!"

The fans started to cheer wildly as soon as Lin Tian entered the stadium, and Lin Tian even saw two old friends, Spike Lee and Ewing, in the front row. The two of them had a very good understanding of each other and both wore the No. 7 jersey of the Knicks.

But as we all know, no one on the Knicks wears No. 7.

Both of them smiled and showed Lin Tian the names on the back of their jerseys.

LIN!

Well, the jerseys have been arranged directly.

Sitting next to these two people was Houston, who was ruled out for the season due to a knee injury. This guy was not wearing Lin Tian’s jersey.

There is no way, because those two either retired or are just fans, and neither of them works for the Knicks? They are essentially just fans, and it is their freedom to do what they want.

But Houston is an active player after all, and he will be fined for wearing this kind of jersey.

But the guy was wearing an empty Knicks jersey without a jersey number or name on it. He held it up with a smile and asked Lin Tian to sign it for him.

Very sexy!
"You match the Knicks' blue very well! Give up the shitty yellow of Indiana!" Spike laughed and waved at Lin Tian, ​​indicating that everything was ready except Lin Tian.

Ewing also said to Lin Tian: "Don't look at those two guys, Carmelo and Amare, who are very unruly and seem to be unyielding to anyone, but they are very convinced of you and are willing to be your younger brothers."

"I'll tell you a secret. We have a special training class every week. It's called 'Simulate how Lin will play after he joins the team.' We've already started practicing the tactics after you join the team!"

"Amar'e and you will run the pick-and-roll, Carmelo will wait for the ball and shoot on the weak side, and there's Mehmet, the Turkish guy. Even though he looks like a big, stupid guy, he actually has a very beautiful shot, and he will definitely be a perfect match for you."

"By the way, you don't have to worry about the locker room issues. Charlie will help you with that. He is the leader of the locker room now. Both Carmelo and Amare respect him very much. With him around, you will definitely be able to make the transition seamlessly."

"Lin, long time no see. I have always regarded you as my spiritual mentor." The always unruly Anthony also walked up to Lin Tian and said, "I always miss the time when we trained together in the Produce Camp. Your training camp and the subsequent Produce Camp are definitely my best memories before entering the NBA!"

"If there's a chance, I really want to play with you!"

"Me too!" Stoudemire was standing next to Anthony. No matter whether their playing styles matched or not, at least at this moment, the two brothers were on the same side regarding recruiting Lin Tian.

Isn’t it said that friendships are more likely to form between young people?

Lin Tian knew that when these two teamed up after becoming successful, they disliked each other and looked down on each other completely, and their chemistry on the field was basically zero.

But now, it’s completely different, at least the two of them now look like good brothers and their relationship is very close.

Well, of course, there is something in common: the chemistry between these two players on the court is still basically zero.

There was absolutely no electricity on the court.

One relies on pick-and-roll, and his impact after running down the field is invincible, while the other likes everyone to move to one side for a one-on-one duel with him.

It would be a miracle if these two people could call each other.

This is also the reason why the Knicks seem to have a good personnel configuration now, but their record is not very good and they can only rank tenth in the Eastern Conference.

From this perspective, they really just lack Lin Tian.

But as young people, it’s okay if they play their own games on the court and don’t have any chemistry, but if they can hang out together at nightclubs after work, then they can be good friends who can have fun together!
In particular, these two people are not even competing for the position of the boss now. They all know that the team will introduce Lin Tian next year.

Both of them were very impressed with Lin Tian. No matter his ability, status, achievements or the revolutionary feelings accumulated in Lin Tian's training camp, they had no objection to Lin Tian coming to the team to lead them.

Of course, if the Knicks fail in their pursuit of Lin Tian this summer and fail to bring Lin Tian to the team, it would be another matter whether these two could still get along so harmoniously and be good brothers.

Before they left, Knicks coach Don Cheney came over and shook hands with Lin Tian. His expression was even a little flattering: "Lin, I really want to work with you. I am looking forward to it! I have prepared a lot of exclusive tactics for you!"

"Maybe this summer, no! Just tonight, we can have a good chat. You can see if you are interested in my tactics. If not, I can continue to change!"

Don Cheney's attitude is really low.

But it's no wonder. As a mediocre coach with poor team performance, no impressive resume, and who has never led his team past the first round of the playoffs, his contract is already in the last year.

Whether he can renew his contract after it expires this summer actually depends entirely on Lin Tian's words. If Lin Tian likes him, he will definitely continue to lead the team. If Lin Tian has other ideas, he will have to resign sadly.

From this perspective, Lin Tiancai is his real financial sponsor now.

However, for everything the Knicks have prepared, Lin Tian can only say "good things".

Lin Tian had experienced being recruited in advance before.

On the contrary, he is extremely experienced. More than six years ago, when Lin Tian was being fought over by a bunch of old bastards on the Bulls, Jordan and Jackson were so angry that their noses were crooked.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

No, it is this moment, far beyond that moment.

At that time, those teams sent their star players to exchange glances with Lin Tian during the All-Star Game to establish a good relationship with him in advance.

They didn't make such a big splash. But what about the Knicks now?
Before the game started, all the fans in the stadium shouted and cheered. The team's number one fan, number one star and the team's top celebrities wore Lin Tian's jerseys to welcome him in advance. The team even gave PUA courses to the little Karamis in the team in advance, so that they could accept the fact that Lin Tian would lead them.

Then the head coach personally came on stage to discuss next season's tactics with Lin Tian in advance.

Even the team owner Dolan, who did not appear on the scene, what is he doing now?

Preparing to climb the ladder.

This guy called Lin Tian 20 minutes ago and told him that he would make arrangements after the game. He claimed that this would be the biggest, craziest and happiest climb in the history of New York, so he needed to prepare it personally, so he didn't even have time to watch the game live.

This scene made...

Lin Tian felt that it would be too exciting if I didn’t come to the Knicks!

I'm afraid that every time I come to New York, I'll be scolded by Knicks fans?
With the whole city licking the air before the game, the game started very quickly.

Miller defeated Okur and got the first wave of ball possession for the Pacers. Lin Tian held the ball and faced his old rival Ward, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"How are you doing, Charlie? Especially now that all the old guys have retired and left, do you feel like a stray dog?" Lin Tian taunted Ward while dribbling with his back to the basket.

We’ll talk about whether we can be teammates next season, but we must say everything we need to say this season.

Otherwise, thank you.

"Then you adopt me? I will be your most loyal substitute." Unexpectedly, Ward not only did not fight back, but directly said that you are right!

At this time, the huge cultural differences between China and the United States are revealed.

No matter how shameless the Chinese are, they would not say this, but Americans are different.

The best example is that Americans like to give their pets the same name as their idols. For example, in this era, the streets are full of Britney Spears and Michael Jackson.

According to a bullshit statistic from TNT, there are currently more than 39000 dogs, more than 13000 cats, and more than 7000 various strange animals in the United States with the same name.

林！
This number ranks first in the NBA, and it is also the highest among all players in the four major leagues in North America. Even if those retired celebrities are included, it is only second, second only to Jordan.

But many of the dogs and cats named Jordan are already 7-8 years old. In a few years, when they report to the cat planet and the dog planet, "Lin" will definitely become the number one in the American sports circle!

Lin Tian was too lazy to talk nonsense with Ward. After he quickly came to the frontcourt, he suddenly exerted force with his shoulder, then quickly stepped back and made a fake shot to deceive Ward's center of gravity again. Then Lin Tian continued to accelerate and rushed past Ward in one step, and then went to the basket for a one-arm slam dunk!
The main goal was to have a smooth journey along the way, with no one to help defend at all.

But Lin Tian knew that they were not letting him win.

Just look at the Knicks' starting lineup: Anthony and Stoudemire are both known for their poor defense, and Wallace has the potential and ability to become a defensive pioneer, but he has not yet fully unleashed his potential.

The remaining Okur is just an average defender who is not a sieve. As for Ward, he was indeed a defensive player when he was young, but now he is 34 years old and his physical functions have long begun to deteriorate. He could not defend Lin Tian when he was young, and naturally he has no chance now.

With this lineup, not to mention the lack of chemistry on the offensive end, even if there is chemistry, they will be beaten to pieces on defense.

In the Knicks' offense, Ward called for a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire almost immediately after he reached the frontcourt. After a quick screen, Ward pulled away and dribbled towards the inside. Then, after his route was blocked by Lin Tian and he could not move forward, this guy just took the ball and threw it into the sky.

Then here comes Stoudemire!
This guy's explosive power is truly terrifying. He fell from the sky, grabbed the basketball in mid-air, and then smashed it towards the basket with incredible violence.

"boom!!"

After a loud bang, Stoudemire used his signature domineering move and dunked the ball with both arms!
"Amare!"

After scoring the goal, Stoudemire raised his hands to show off his muscles and fully demonstrate his talent.

Then, this guy was so focused on showing off his muscles that he even forgot to defend.

Three Pacers players have crossed half court, but Stoudemire hasn't even stepped out of the three-point line and hasn't even finished posing.

"boom!!"

Then there was another loud bang, and Artest received the pass from Lin Tian, ​​dribbled to the basket with one arm, and completed a fast break.

When Artest can complete a fast break dunk in this situation, you can see how bad the Knicks' defense is and how slow they are to retreat. This is not a question of defensive ability, but that this Knicks team has never thought about defense at all!

Ward dribbled to the frontcourt again. As a veteran, he was very clear about the team's core goal this season.

Let Stoudemire and Anthony play for fun. As for the results, we’ll talk about it later!

So since he knew that the two of them were not compatible, Ward's approach was to treat the two brothers equally, giving each of them one, and they were happy without fighting over anything.

In this round, Ward came to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Anthony.

Anthony, who had the ball near the waist, was not afraid at all facing the league's top defender Artest. He held the basketball with both hands and kept tapping the floor with one foot, which was his signature tentative step.

After several consecutive attempts, Anthony suddenly let go of the ball, then made a cross step and changed direction to create a little space, then he just jumped up and threw it!

"Shh!"

There was another crisp sound, and Anthony's mid-range jump shot also hit!
The first two goals showed the talent of the Knicks. Whether it was Anthony's shooting or Stoudemire's physical fitness, they were definitely the best in the league!
What they really lack is a truly top-notch point guard to bring them together.

It’s just that Anthony’s problem is the same as Stoudemire’s.

This guy was also very arrogant when facing his predecessor Artest who also came from Queens, New York. After scoring the goal, he stretched out two fingers and kept tapping his head, making his signature celebration move and posing excitedly.

But the problem is, he hadn't finished talking trash, and hadn't even uttered the last word of 'I'm not afraid of you', when Artest had already flashed past him and joined in the fast break again.

This time, after Lin Tian dribbled the ball quickly, he didn't find a teammate inside who could attack the basket directly, so he simply shot the ball from outside the three-point line after two consecutive cross-shots!
"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Lin Tian hit a 3-pointer!
For the entire first quarter, both sides were in this state of extreme offensive.

The Knicks' offensive resources are indeed quite abundant. In addition to the two strong points of Stoudemire and Anthony, Okur can shoot from beyond the three-point line. Although Gerald Wallace can be almost ignored in positional offense, he is fast and fierce when running fast breaks!

Although Ward has never been a star defender, he is conscientious, calm and steady. Although he cannot make any beautiful and exciting passes, he has no problem controlling the ball and distributing it evenly to the opponents.

Under his distribution, the Knicks played well in the first quarter and did not fall too far behind the Pacers.

35: 32!

After the first quarter, both teams scored more than 30 points, and the Pacers only led by 3 points.

Lin Tian scored 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter. Every time he scored or made a beautiful pass, the fans at the scene would cheer him. Even when he stood on the free throw line, the Knicks fans would not hesitate to shout "MVP".

There is really no difference from the home court.

不过尼克斯队那边的双少也是表现优秀，安东尼9投5中拿下10分，小斯8投4中罚球4罚3中拿下11分，奥库也投中2个3分拿下6分。

Although Wallace only scored 4 points, his two dunks were so explosive that the Knicks fans turned against him and cheered for him!
"Did you have fun?" However, although the team performed well in the first quarter and scored 35 points, Carlisle's expression was not good at all. He stared at his starting players and said, "You played like garbage in the first quarter! It was terrible! It was terrible!"

"Do you think this is an All-Star Game or an exhibition game? It's exciting to face off against the opponent and listen to the cheers of the fans, right?"

"Okay, enjoy the second quarter sitting on the bench! Tony, Chris, Josh, Matt and Primoz, the five of you go up!"

"FUXX!! I haven't been paying attention to you guys lately, and you just beat me up, right? Sit on the bench and reflect on your actions! Everyone!!"

After Carlisle vented his anger on the team, he sat on his bench angrily and stopped talking.

He has placed great emphasis on defense this season, requiring the team to fully improve their defense and requiring everyone to focus on defense, but what about the first quarter?

There is no one defending at all!
A group of old players were brought into the rhythm of the Knicks' young players, and then ran around foolishly following the opponent.

shame!

Anyway, Carlisle didn’t think that the spark-flying game in the first quarter was good to watch. It was completely inconsistent with the pre-match tactical planning and fighting spirit. It was terrible!

So, in the second quarter, he directly made five substitutions, sending out a pure bench lineup of Tony Parker, Chris Jeffries, Josh Howard, Primoz Brezec and Matt Bonner.

Aren't you guys playing? Aren't you guys following along?

Then just sit on the bench and watch!

Have fun watching it!
The Knicks now fielded their new gangster combination: led by Anthony, with Stephen Jackson, Matt Barnes and others, they played an offensive lineup of one big and four small players.

Don Cheney’s idea was very simple: everyone played well in the first quarter, so let’s continue like this in the second quarter and have fun!
To be honest, the Knicks' lineup is really bad right now. Except for Anthony, the rest of the players just look scary, and they have not made any name in the NBA yet.

But the problem is: the Pacers' lineup is even worse. Except for Parker, the others didn't even make it into the team's rotation.

When two very bad lineups fight on the court, there is no doubt that the strongest point of each team will be compared. If the strongest person can lead the team, then the team can take the lead.

Unfortunately, Parker is obviously not as good as Anthony now.

Anthony is a serious scorer who averages 20+ points per game. The Pacers' second-year player Jeffries, who is unable to take on the responsibility, is almost pinned to the ground and beaten up by Anthony.

After being beaten three times in a row by Anthony at the beginning of the game, the Pacers quickly replaced Howard with Anthony, but this adjustment did not bring about any significant changes. Howard's defensive performance was only slightly better than Jeffries'.

At the same time, facing the Knicks' gangster combination, the Pacers' young players are somewhat scared. They look scary, but he can really help you in the game!

With their hands tied, the Pacers could neither attack nor defend.

In short, the Pacers were beaten by the Knicks!

In the first 7 minutes of the second quarter, the Pacers were outscored by the Knicks on a 19:6 offensive climax. The Knicks had already replaced their starting lineup, while the Pacers were still being abused on the court with those five players.

Whether it was the host and guests in front of the TV or the commentators on the scene, they all speculated again and again that the Pacers would have to replace the starters and replace Lin Tian and others to save the situation.

Every time Carlisle stood up to give instructions, every time the game went into a timeout, they felt that Carlisle was going to make a substitution.

But every time, there was no change!

This situation and this lineup continued until the end of the second quarter without any changes.

Carlisle just refused to make substitutions, and he didn't even ask his starting lineup whether they had realized their mistakes and were ready to repent.

The old man was really angry.

50: 66!

At the end of the first half, the Knicks were already leading the Pacers by 16 points! They had a 34:15 offensive frenzy in the second quarter, beating the Pacers by 19 points!
Looking at the entire season, the Knicks probably haven't had this kind of huge lead in a single quarter many times.

Tonight, this group of people had a great time fighting.

"It seems that Carlisle is quite dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first quarter! The Pacers this season are mainly defensive. Their fast break points and offense-defense transition times have decreased significantly compared to previous seasons. They have become a defensive team this season."

After the first half of the game, Barkley began to analyze the situation of the Pacers in the first half of the game: "I think the Pacers' locker room must be very exciting at halftime. Carlisle must be furious at the players."

"Then the second half of the game will be a real challenge and battle for the Knicks! The Pacers in the second half will definitely be completely different."

As Barkley said, as soon as Carlisle entered the locker room, he ordered Jeffries, who was closest to the door, to close the door. Then he looked at everyone fiercely, and then threw his tactical board to the ground.

"Didn't I teach you? Didn't I analyze the Knicks' style of play before the game? Didn't I tell you how to play against the Knicks? Didn't you bastards ignore everything I said before the game?"

"Lin, you speak!" (End of this chapter)