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This conflict between the two players basically became the final highlight of the game. After separating the two players, the referee quickly went to watch the video of the game and then quickly gave their judgments.

Both Artest and Anthony were directly expelled. Before leaving the court, they were still cursing at each other and gesticulating at each other, looking very aggressive. In the end, security guards were even dispatched to lead the two men to their respective player tunnels and let them return to the locker room.

As the two men left, the anger of both sides did not grow greater, but instead they calmed down completely.

The score has already been completely opened, and the next thing is to see which coach will be the first to replace the water cooler lineup for garbage time.

Four minutes before the end of the game, Lin Tian made a very casual shot with two steps outside the three-point line and hit it accurately. This shot brought Lin Tian's score tonight to over 4 points again, and the Pacers' lead also reached 3 points.

After this goal, Carlisle took the lead and waved his hand, and five players were replaced again. This time, he did not even use the second lineup, but directly used the team's ultimate water dispenser five-man lineup. Tonight, the Pacers team had the entire team on the court and felt the feeling of the game.

In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 121:99, with the Pacers taking a 22-point advantage and easily defeating the Knicks.

However, what no one expected was that just as the team was preparing to be interviewed, attend a press conference, and then go out to have some fun, an assistant coach quickly ran to the court and shouted, "Oh no! Ron is calling someone! He said he wants to kill Anthony!"

After hearing this, no one was in the mood to play anymore.

No, it was just a few trash words and a few swings of the arms. Is it necessary to make such a big deal about it?
The group of people had no mood to accept any interviews at this moment. Lin Tian rushed into the player tunnel first. He had to calm Artest down.

Conflicts between players on the field are just conflicts on the field, and suspension is no big deal.

But if you get involved with the gang, or even if someone gets hurt outside the court, not to mention Lin Tian, ​​even Stern won't be able to clean up Artest's mess.

To put it mildly, the Pacers' season might be ruined because of the fight between Artest and Anthony! This kind of thing cannot be dealt with by suspending one or two people for dozens of games. Stearns will never tolerate such off-court incidents.

Yes, that’s an understatement!
To put it in a bigger picture, who knows what kind of public security incident that might happen. If things go wrong, the person might have to go to jail, or even be banned from the league for life!
In the era when the league was full of drugs, gambling and gang backgrounds, Stern had issued lifetime bans before!

Artest must not be allowed to accomplish this!

With a bang, Lin Tian pushed open the door of the locker room and was about to open his mouth when he saw Artest who was on the phone. However, when Lin Tian opened his mouth, he didn't say a word. Not only that, he also waved his hand to signal his teammates who were following behind him not to be nervous and to relax.

Because as soon as he came in, he heard what Artest was saying.

"He really knows you, Seventh Uncle! He's one of ours! Absolutely one of ours, don't worry, I won't touch him, we're all family, why are you fighting? It's just a joke, hahaha... What? Or your distant relative? His mother is the aunt of the nephew of the son of your uncle's wife's brother? That's your relative, isn't it my relative!"

"Don't worry. From now on in the league, I will follow Carmelo. If anyone dares to cause trouble to him, I will kill him."

Because of Lin Tian's signal, the entire team heard what Artest said on the phone, and they also knew the reason why Lin Tian suddenly calmed down.

I actually can become a relative, and it's such a weird relationship.

But at least, there will be no fighting tonight.

Can't fight?

Almost an hour later, Lin Tian realized that he had underestimated the intelligence of Artest and Anthony.

Or overestimated.

Because just one hour later, all the players from both teams arrived at the huge ladder that Dolan had carefully prepared for Lin Tian. Anthony and Artest were actually hugging each other's shoulders as soon as they arrived.

Then the two of them stood on the stage in the center of the venue at the same time. Even though they hadn't started drinking yet, they both looked like they were drunk.

Anthony: This is my brother! My real brother! The only brother in my league!

Artest: This is my nephew! My dear nephew! From now on, I will follow him in the league. If anyone dares to touch him, he will touch me and I will kill him!
Anthony: Bro!
Artest: Nephew!
After the two called each other, they hugged each other directly, and they were just short of crying loudly. Then they took out yellow paper and burned it to become sworn brothers on the spot. As for why one called him brother and the other called him nephew...

Lin Tian didn’t understand, nor did he want to understand.

If others are willing to discuss their own issues, what can Lin Tian do?
Do you really want to listen to these two people recount the grievances and hatreds of three generations of their ancestors?

Lin Tian came here today for something important!
"Lin! My dear Lin! Haha." Duolan opened his arms and rushed towards Lin Tian. After giving him a good hug, he said, "Do you need me to introduce you?"

Dolan was obviously referring to the 12 top beauties with curvaceous figures lined up in two rows behind him, wearing bunny girl costumes of different colors.

"Is it important?" Lin Tian now understood why Dolan called this party the best in New York. These 12 girls were indeed much prettier than the mediocre girls from other places.

It's at least two levels higher.

"Of course they are important! They are my treasures!" A plain-looking old man beside Dolan said with a smile: "Hugh Hefner! Nice to meet you, Lin, but I have always liked you!"

"I don't understand basketball and I don't like it, but I really admire your style. I think we can definitely become good friends."

As soon as the name was announced, Lin Tian immediately knew who this person was!

The famous founder of Playboy Entertainment, America's number one playboy and playboy, the man that men all over the world dream of becoming, and a real man who keeps changing girlfriends throughout his life.

Even when he was 80 years old, he once lived with seven top beauties and claimed that he maintained intimate relationships with them. But later Hefner said: Seven people were indeed a bit stressful. After some cuts and heartache, he finally only dated three top beauties at the same time.

If Chamberlain's claim of 2 has no evidence and is full of doubts, and it can be basically confirmed that Chamberlain was bragging, then this man's claim that he has dated 2000 girls in his life is not only very credible, but will also make people doubt his modesty.

Anyway, most people think: there is definitely more than this number!
There are many successful people in this world, but almost all of them will say: I still have regrets in my life, and if I could start over again, I would do this and that; or they will say that although I am very successful, I envy someone's life and I would be willing to trade with him.

Some of these successful people's words come from the heart, while others are to maintain their image, but no matter how true they are, they are definitely controversial.

But only Hefner, this guy, said that he had no regrets in his life and he would not trade his life with anyone else, everyone believed it.

Especially all men believe: This guy is serious.

And all men in the world, except homosexuals, are absolutely willing to shout to Hefner: I am willing to trade with you!

He is such an enviable and jealous old man!

Such a person, who said that he and Lin Tianshen had known each other for a long time, would definitely become friends. Lin Tian thought: He was really good at judging people!

This guy and Lin Tian’s hobbies are absolutely the same.

They are definitely fans of vulgar culture and ordinary people full of low tastes.

“这12个姑娘，是2004年1-12月花花公子杂志的封面女郎！除了一月已经拍过并且开始发售之外，其余11个可是完全神秘并且未知的。”

"And I haven't even had time to touch September and November." Hefner said this to Lin Tian without any hesitation. Then he looked at Lin Tian with a smile on his face: "This is the first time I bring them out together, if I don't owe that damn James a huge favor."

"There's no way I can bring them out at this time!"

"Come on, Lin, choose a few. Any few are fine, as long as you don't make them cry and feel disappointed. But I have to take the rest back. Even James, don't even think about touching their hair at this time!"

"See, Lin!" Dolan was not upset at all because he didn't have a share. Instead, he said excitedly, "Only in New York! Only in New York can you enjoy this! Come on, let's have a perfect night!"

“September and November then!”

Of course Lin Tian would not miss such a benefit. He would not be polite, even to the point of being a little rude, and directly reported the information that Hefner had just passed on to him.

"Hahahaha!" Hefner laughed, "I knew it! I knew it, James! No wonder you two are friends, because you two are shameless bastards!"

After saying that, Hefner waved his hand, and the 10 girls left with him. The remaining two girls stood beside Lin Tian with shy looks on their faces.

"Won't he stay to play?" Lin Tian was very curious. Isn't such a lively place what Hefner likes? Why did he just leave?
"He has his own way of playing." Dolan shrugged and said, "In his place, no man other than him is allowed to appear. But I think he must have remembered you! Maybe you can also be on the cover of Playboy?"

"You should go. Your round figure and extra fat can better satisfy men's preferences." Lin Tian smiled and then put his arms around the waists of the two girls without any hesitation and said, "I want to find a place to play Landlord. Do you have poker cards and a table here?"

……

That night, Lin Tian truly experienced the desire and enthusiasm of the New York people for him.

At the same time, Lin Tian also developed a sense of respect for Ray Allen.

Who can remain calm and refuse the other party's request when facing a four-ball attack?

What a man! This is a real man.

After finishing two battles in New York, Lin Tian and the entire Pacers team returned to Indiana to prepare for the next game.

They have a day off and will face the San Antonio Spurs!

Since Duncan left the Spurs, the Spurs have never made it to the playoffs. What's worse is that the team overdrew a considerable number of draft picks in order to trade for Richmond and Jalen Rose. After all, no one could have imagined that Duncan, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would run away, right?

After years of decline and the generosity of the Knicks, the Spurs finally got their chance this year! They got their chance to rise again!
This season, James has indeed demonstrated unparalleled ability and dominance as soon as he entered the league. So far this season, he has averaged 20.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.

If James can maintain this data until the end of the season, he will become the third rookie player in the league to average 20+5+5 after Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan.

An absolute newcomer of historical level!
最少从数据上来看，詹姆斯的20+5+5比安东尼的21分以及韦德的场均18+5+4要明显好上一个量级。

Of course, the statistics of Wade and Anthony are now steadily increasing, especially after Wade was promoted to the team. It is hard to say what kind of average statistics these three players can achieve by the end of the season!

But what is certain is that these three will definitely become lifelong enemies, and they will most likely fight each other to the death for more than a decade. At least now some people have nicknamed them the '03 Three Heroes', and some have even directly stated: The new generation of Jordan, Barkley and Olajuwon is here!
As for the Spurs, the team officially became a bottom-feeder after David Robinson retired, but after James joined the team this year, the Spurs' record has improved significantly. They currently have 18 wins and 17 losses, temporarily ranking eighth in the Western Conference, and are expected to return to the playoffs this year.

If the team wants to re-enter the playoffs, it is obviously not enough to rely on James alone.

In addition to James, the team's current No. 2 scorer is Zach Randolph, a defensive inside player who averages 17 points and 8 rebounds per game. He not only has first-class strong play under the basket, but is also very good at mid-range and long-range shots.

In addition, the team also got the all-around forward Hedo Turkoglu, the blue-collar center Rasu Nesterovic and Bruce Bowen from the Kings, who wanted to cushion Lin Tian a few years ago but was directly knocked into the air by Lin Tian, ​​resulting in a serious concussion.

After the collision, Bowen stayed in the hospital for almost a month before passing all the concussion examinations and tests. He was allowed to leave the hospital only after it was confirmed that he was fine, but he also said goodbye to this season and the Heat.

Riley did not renew his contract, and this guy couldn't find a job in the league. He could only go to Europe again to look for opportunities. After wandering for several times, Bowen finally returned to the league and joined the Spurs last season.

After a season of training and Bowen's own hard-working training and defensive style, coupled with his increasingly accurate corner three-pointers, this season, Bowen has finally gained a foothold in the league!

He now averages 9 points per game, with a 3-point shooting percentage of 39%, including 3% for 48-pointers shot right after catching the ball in the corners. In addition, his defense has been recognized by all teams and the public, and he is still a strong contender for this season's best defensive team!
Finally, it is worth mentioning that Bowen is now the representative of clean defense in the league. He plays cleanly, defends simply, and never uses tricks or dirty moves to hurt people. He, Battier of the Grizzlies, and Christie of the Pacers have a nickname of "Clean Defense Three Musketeers".

From this perspective, Lin Tian could have won the Nobel Peace Prize for what he did back then.

Allen, Carter, Kobe, Szczerbiak, McGrady and others must at least raise funds to buy Lin Tian a suite in Beverly Hills to do him justice!

"Lin, long time no see." James grinned, revealing his forehead wrinkles, showing his middle-aged smile, and clapped his hands with Lin Tian. "It's amazing, I still feel like it was just yesterday when I played in your Produce Camp."

"But when I woke up, I found that we were actually playing against each other in the NBA!"

Lin Tian was just about to open his mouth to greet James when someone from the technical desk suddenly called James. The guy turned his head, took a look, then quickly apologized to Lin Tian and walked to the technical desk.

Then Lin Tian watched this guy go through a set of awkward preparations, then he picked up the coal powder and rubbed it on his hands, and finally sprinkled the coal powder into the sky with a "puff".

There were several photographers around James, who chased him and took pictures. Then after taking a look at the materials, several photographers nodded, but did not disperse. Instead, they followed James and came to Lin Tian again.

"Lin, long time no see! It's really a dream to be able to compete with you on the court." James repeated his opening remarks as if he had lost his memory.

However, after taking a look at the camera next to him, Lin Tian could understand.

But even greeting seniors and friends has to be filmed...

Lin Tian could only say: He really knows how to have fun.

The chosen one is someone who has good looks.

I'll find a few teams someday and have some fun doing this!
When the time comes, make sure to do the greeting scene 30 times and see if those old bastards will collapse and get angry.

Then, just keep the footage of them getting angry!
Well, that's how it goes! It's fun!
After both sides warmed up for a while, the ten starting players from both sides officially stepped onto the court.

It is worth mentioning that James was less than 19 years old in his rookie season and his body was still developing, although his physique was simply a monster compared to high school students of the same age.

But no matter how talented he is, he is essentially still a high school student. It is obviously not a good choice for him to compete with those muscular 3-4 players in the NBA, so he did not play the 3-4 position in the future in his rookie season, but the 1 position.

After all, he is faster than 90% of the power forwards in the league, and he is not at a disadvantage in terms of speed and mobility. At the same time, his height is far beyond that of players in the same position. His current confrontation with those strong guys at the No. 3 position may not be very good, but at the No. 1 position, there are really not many people stronger than him.

Even apart from Lin Tian and Baron Davis next to him, there is no one at the point guard position who can go head-to-head with James in terms of strength and weight.

Playing the number one position will be more conducive to his performance and growth!
"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air, Miller stretched out his long arms, defeated Lasu, who was also a white guy, and got the first offensive ball for the Pacers.

James immediately lowered his center of gravity, opened his arms, and entered a defensive state.

"Come on, Lin! I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Unfortunately, I'm not looking forward to this day. Tonight is just 1/82 for me." Lin Tian replied easily, and then instead of attacking himself, he passed the ball to Artest in the low post.

Let Artest bully Turkoglu and the others first, and then change the style of play after the Spurs react.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" After three consecutive collisions, Artest pushed Turkoglu into a state of twisted and turned. He twisted all the way to the basket and easily scored 2 points before the Spurs came up to assist in defense.

On the Spurs side, James quickly came to the frontcourt with the ball. The Spurs players quickly got into position. Turkoglu and Bowen stood in the bottom corners on both sides, Sura stood at the waist position, and then Randolph quickly stepped forward and made a pick-and-roll with James.

After the two men finished blocking, Randolph quickly moved to one side, while James took the ball and went straight to the basket!
Miller quickly stepped forward to block James' breakthrough route. James is worthy of being one of the top players in history. He quickly found Turkoglu standing in the bottom corner and made a long throw. Turkoglu caught the ball and threw it.

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Turkoglu also made a three-pointer!
Then, when it was the Pacers' turn to attack again, the person defending Lin Tian changed.

Bowen, who had suffered a great loss at the hands of Lin Tian before, quickly entangled with Lin Tian and started defending him from the backcourt.

As for James, he ran to defend Christie.

"Aren't you looking forward to playing against me, LeBron? Why are you running away now?" Lin Tian said with a bit of a laugh. He just said something ruthless, and then he ran away after saying it? What the hell is this?
"This is for a greater victory!" James was very calm, said Dumbledore's famous saying, and then went with Christie.

"Bruce, long time no see." Seeing James running away, Lin Tian was too lazy to pay attention to him. He turned slightly to look at the guy who was almost kicked out of the NBA by him and said, "You haven't had a good time in the past few years, have you?"

"It's terrible." Bowen lowered his center of gravity and concentrated: "But that's what I deserve! I played the wrong way, and now I won't do that again!"

"In basketball, victory or defeat must be decided head-on! I will never use tricks to hurt anyone in my life!"

Looking at Bowen's serious expression, Lin Tian felt cold sweat on his back.

Could it be that the attack that my Great Master Lin made back then directly brought out the inner personality of this brother?
Did it directly turn my buddy from the dirty dog ​​Bowen who did everything he could to kick people and made the whole league hate him into the 'President' Bowen who plays cleanly, defends clearly and has a noble character?

Otherwise, it would be effective only if you kill her!

Carter, Allen, Szczerbiak, who are you? You chased him for a long time but didn't knock off a single hair. Well, this is also the reason why Bowen has no hair at all.

But the point is, you chased them and beat them, but didn't you make them change?
The reason is that they were not ruthless enough!

Learn from me, Mr. Lin, and you can change people in one go!

In the next few rounds, it was Bowen who defended Lin Tian, ​​and Bowen's defense was indeed very clean as he said.

A real second Battier!

Is this really a change of character?

So, has Mr. Lin definitely won the Nobel Peace Prize?

However, in terms of defensive effectiveness, because Bowen does not have as good size as Battier, his defensive effectiveness is somewhat discounted after he gives up those dirty tricks. At least when facing him, Lin Tian does not need to put any effort or mood on guarding against his feet.

Even when you use the Shadowless Kick, I, Mr. Lin, am not afraid of you. Now? Of course, you are even less to be feared!

After trying twice, Lin Tian immediately started the attack, once again going straight to the basket, and then before the defender caught up, he made an easy jump shot and scored 2 points again!
Continuing the Spurs' attack, James changed one player and set a screen with himself this time, calling out Nesterovic. After the two of them cooperated in a screen and roll in the high post, James immediately accelerated to attack the basket!
Although his weight has not yet reached its peak and his body is still growing, James' impact is not as exaggerated and terrifying as it will be in the future, but his vision and passing ability have already shown the shadow of his future.

This time, after attracting Miller's help defense, James passed the ball to Nesterovic, allowing the big man to complete a wonderful slam dunk!

What about the next few rounds?
Bowen's personal defense on the Spurs side is completely unable to stop Lin Tian's offense, and the two inside players of the Spurs, Nesterovic moves too slowly, and Randolph will need at least ten years to learn how to defend. It is a pipe dream to expect them to assist in defense in time to block Lin Tian.

The Spurs' current defensive system lacks a truly qualified inside rim protector, and the defensive abilities of the other players except Bowen are either mediocre or poor, so their current system has not even taken shape, let alone being excellent.

Anyway, Lin Tian played so easily in the first quarter!
He kept scoring or passing the ball, calmly organizing the offense and directing his teammates' movements.

He played for 9 minutes in the first quarter, scored 13 points and 5 assists. Tonight was going to be another perfect night with statistics!

Under his leadership, the Pacers scored 9 points in the first 28 minutes and 33 points in the entire first quarter, with quite good offensive firepower.

马刺队那边，詹姆斯第一节虽然就出现了2次失误，但他3次攻筐得手，同时罚球2罚1中拿下7分2篮板3助攻的漂亮数据。

Apart from James, the statistics of other Spurs players are not outstanding, basically around 2-5 points.

The Spurs also scored 25 points in this quarter.

In the second quarter, the absolute core of both teams, James and Lin Tian, ​​both sat on the bench to rest. The Spurs were led by Turkoglu and Randolph, facing Parker and Artest from the Pacers.

Unexpectedly, when James was not on the court, Turkoglu no longer squatted in the bottom corner waiting for shooting opportunities, but instead played to his talent as an organizing forward. Although not top-notch, his organization, passing, and personal offense were all quite good, and the Spurs' offense was also organized quite well by him.

Randolph sank to the basket, and played one-on-one and rubbed Bonner and Tabak at will for many consecutive rounds. His tonnage advantage and touch in the basket were really too good!
Four minutes into the second quarter, the Pacers' bench lineup was as poor as usual, and the Spurs beat them 4:11. The gap between the two sides was narrowed to only 4 point in the blink of an eye!
At this point, Carlisle could only make quick substitutions.

Just as Lin Tian said, it feels great to pretend to be an expert when you are leading by 20 points, but when the opponent is about to catch up, do you want Carlisle to continue pretending to be so smart and confident?

He can't pretend that.

There's no way, there's only one Phil Jackson in the league.

Only this old man can act like this in the playoffs or the finals.

Apart from him, no one else can do this job!
With the return of Lin Tian, ​​Haslem and others, the Pacers temporarily replaced Artest with Howard, and the remaining four players are all starters.

The same thing went for Popovich on the Spurs side. He quickly put James on the court, and together with James was power forward Robert Horry, who came from the Lakers this year!
At this time, the Spurs' lineup on the field became Nesterovic, Horry, Turkoglu, Bowen and James!
When Lin Tian saw the lineup on the opposite side, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Except for Nesterovic who is a pure blue-collar worker, the remaining three people happen to be the three people with the highest 3-point shooting percentage and the greatest control on the Spurs.

Lin Tian is too familiar with this lineup, or rather, he is too familiar with this style of play.

A star shines everywhere!

Unexpectedly, old man Popovich developed this tactical style and supporting lineup that relies heavily on James' personal ability in the first year of James' career.

However, Lin Tian is not afraid of this lineup at all.

What is your current level James?
His body is not strong enough so he can't even play the 3 position. He is just a kid whose hair hasn't even grown out yet.

"I'll defend LeBron! Everyone else, keep an eye on your own man, don't help defend, don't help defend, don't miss anyone, just keep an eye on your own man, understand?"

"understand!"

After quickly communicating with his teammates, Lin Tian rushed to James and began to press him closely!
As usual, in the first quarter, you young people are allowed to find your feel and show off your talents. Now that the first quarter is over, it’s time to do something real.

"Oh!"

As soon as he saw Lin Tian coming up, James turned around quickly, pushed Lin Tian away with his butt and said, "Are you serious about this? Then come on, Lin! I won't lose to you!"

"Yes, yes, you are the young king, a kid from Akron, everyone knows that." Lin Tian continued to stick to him impatiently, then stretched out his hand and tried to steal the ball. (End of this chapter)