NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

In the first quarter of the game, Lin Tian hardly passed the ball. Even though he had no injuries in the first place, he finally got the order to let loose.

整个第一节，林天是快快乐乐的打满了整节，他17投11中，其中3分球5投3中，罚球5罚4中，单节拿下29分3篮板1助攻2抢断的漂亮数据！
Even though Lin Tian scored 29 points in a single quarter, the Bulls did not fall behind by too much!
The reason is that the inside and outside duo of Crawford and Curry had a very good touch in the first quarter. Crawford made 4 three-pointers and scored 3 points in a single quarter. Curry was also a lone man under the basket, scoring 19 points with 7 of 5 shots!
The 29 points scored by these two people together were actually a trade-off with Lin Tian!
With the outburst of these two guys, the Bulls scored 35 points in the first quarter, only 1 point behind the Pacers!
"The offensive and defensive performances of both teams in the first quarter were quite exciting!" Barkley said during the intermission of the first quarter: "Crawford's offensive talent and Curry's touch under the basket are really amazing! With Lin performing in such a crazy state, the Bulls were able to hold on!"

"In fact, if it weren't for Ford's chaotic play in the early stages, the Bulls might still be leading now!"

Kenny continued, "The strengths and weaknesses of these two players are quite obvious. Curry's stamina and Crawford's confrontation are both major flaws that they cannot ignore. Whether they can continue their current performance is the key to whether the Bulls can continue to hold on!"

"At the same time, another key question is: Can the Pacers withstand the Bulls' offense when Lin is not there?"

"Let's see, in the second quarter, the Pacers really didn't play Lin! He played the entire first quarter. Even if there is no time limit, Lin always needs to rest. He can't play 48 minutes in every game!"

"Holding on in the 5-8 minutes when Lin is not there and not letting the team dig too big a hole is what the other Pacers should do!"

In the second quarter, the Pacers sent out a five-man lineup of Artest, Parker, Howard, Bonner and Haslem!

This is also the strongest rotation lineup Carlisle can get now!
On the Bulls side, Ford, who hardly played in the first quarter, and Curry, who scored 10 points in just eight minutes in the first quarter, fought on the court with Antonio Davis, a blue-collar player, and Donyell Marshall and Ronald Dupree, two shooters with a 40-point shooting percentage of over 3%!

Without Lin Tian's restraint, Ford was not afraid of Parker at all. He passed Parker and shot to the basket to get 2 points, overtaking the score by the way.

But Parker, who has been a starter for a month, is no longer the same old player. It is really impossible for him to support a team and become the core. But if he is asked to be a striker and continuously attack and score, Parker can definitely do it with ease!

He turned around and forced his way through Ford in the same way, then responded with a signature turnaround and 2 points under the basket, helping the team regain the lead!

But in the next few rounds, the Pacers' old problem recurred! The Bulls' Marshall and Dupree each scored a 3-pointer, while the Pacers' Artest missed a strong breakthrough shot, and Haslem also missed a mid-range jump shot.

Two minutes into the second quarter, the Pacers fell behind by 2 points again!

The condition and energy of their substitute lineup are really worrying.

"Go, Lin!" This time, Carlisle no longer said anything like he had to sit for 4 minutes before he could go on the court to play. He was very clear about the current state of the team, and he also knew that without Lin Tian, ​​the team's current lineup would be at the bottom of the league.

So this time, he quickly brought Lin Tian onto the court, replacing Artest who had played for 10 minutes in the first quarter.

"He only rested for 2 minutes!" Barkley exclaimed, "It seems that Lin is in really good condition! It's really reassuring to play so early."

"But Carlisle can't stop him from playing." Kenny followed up: "If they continue to play like this for another two minutes, the Pacers will really fall behind by more than 2 points again!"

"The Pacers' current lineup is still too thin!"

After Lin Tian came on the court, he first comforted the somewhat frustrated Parker. After all, although the two three-pointers made by the Bulls were not made by the player he was defending, the assists were all made by Ford!

If Parker hadn't been unable to keep up with Ford, causing his teammates to need to help defend and thus miss the Bulls' shooter, it wouldn't have been so easy for the Bulls to widen the score!

"It's okay, it's just 5 points! We'll be back in 1 minute!" Lin Tian patted Parker's shoulder casually, then gave the basketball to Parker and asked him to dribble forward.

As for Lin Tian, ​​he ran directly to the low post with empty hands, blocked Ford behind him, and prepared to ask for the ball for a singles game!
"Boy, you were having fun bullying our kid just now!" After Parker immediately passed the ball to him, Lin Tian tested Ford's defense and said to Ford, "Then try to bully me! You have to defend me at least once tonight!"

"Just once, even if I don't beat you up tonight, how about that?"

"Buzzword!" Ford's face, which had just relaxed a little, became worse again because of Lin Tian's trash talk.

Isn't it just to protect you?
It's not difficult at all! I can do it!
"No need for help defense!" Ford even shouted confidently to his teammates behind him.

But unfortunately, he was shouting into the air, and there was no teammate behind him who wanted to come up and help him defend.

Everyone is waiting to grab a rebound or serve the ball from the baseline, and then quickly start attacking to see if they can add another 2 points to their technical statistics!

Lin Tian didn't say much about Ford's confidence, because he had plenty of ways to use practical actions to prove the gap between himself and Ford.

After blocking Ford with his back, Lin Tian suddenly turned towards the baseline. Then he only took this one step and suddenly gathered the ball and raised it up, as if he was going to make a smooth turnaround shot.

Because the speed was too fast and too sudden, Ford had no time to think, nor did he have time to wonder whether this ball was a trap.

The desire to defend Lin Tian at least once made him jump up at the first moment and want to block Lin Tian.

But obviously, he was fooled!

As soon as Lin Tianyi saw his prey had taken the bait, he took an easy step forward, allowing himself to jump over Ford and cause him to foul while still maintaining his hand shape to complete the shot!
"Shh!"

"Dudu!"

Two more voices, enough to make all the fans at the Conseco Center cheer wildly, rang out at the same time, and Lin Tian scored 2+1 again!

Poor Ford received his third foul in the first round against Lin Tian.

According to NBA practice and custom, he had to go down and rest again.

At this point, Ford, who had just started to play well and scored 2 points and 2 assists in a row, had finished the first half of the game.

Ford put his hands on his hips, his face full of disbelief and confusion. He didn't understand why he was fooled again? He had watched Lin Tian's move countless times during the video class, and Skiles had repeatedly told him not to jump! The most important thing to defend against a monster like Lin Tian who was full of fake moves was not to jump!
But Ford was fooled again and again.

He hates it!
But hatred is useless. Hatred will not reduce his number of fouls. He can only walk off the court with regret and let Crawford come on to replace him.

Pippen and Gill also played at the same time as Crawford. Skiles hoped that these two veterans could use their experience to stabilize the team and maintain this slight lead.

"I finally get to play against you, Lin!" Crawford said excitedly as he came up: "I've been waiting for this opportunity! I've been waiting to fight you and beat you up!"

"Are you this year's rookie?" Lin Tian looked at Crawford and couldn't help asking.

"I was ranked eighth in 2001..."

"You were already in your 01rd year in 3, why are you acting like you're meeting me for the first time? Have we really never played against each other before? Is it true that every time the teams play against each other, either you or I get injured? By the way, which team were you on before? The Raptors or the Hawks?"

"I have always been with the Bulls!" Crawford suppressed his anger. Just as Lin Tian said, he actually competed against Lin Tian at least three times every year. This year was already his seventh time competing against Lin Tian on the court!
As for the previous 6 times, why did Lin Tian have no impression at all and act like he didn’t know him at all?

Maybe it was because Crawford averaged only 4 points per game in his first year, or maybe it was because he averaged only 8 points per game in his second year, so Lin Tian couldn’t remember him at all, or he didn’t have the opportunity to play one-on-one with Lin Tian in the previous two years.

This year is the first year of Crawford's explosion!

"Ah! I get it! You must have played too badly before, so you were always DNPed by the coach. Then it's normal that I don't know you!" Lin Tian continued to poke Crawford's heart with the knife, attacking his most vulnerable place.

After all, Lin Tian knew very well that this guy was the only one in NBA history who scored 4+ points in four completely different teams. At the same time, this guy also had the second strongest retirement game in NBA history!
This kind of scoring maniac may enter the zone at any time and then play an unstoppable super game.

So even though Lin Tian mocked and attacked him verbally, he was actually very careful in his heart.

He doesn't want to be the background board for Crawford's first 50 points in his career!
And making your opponent's mentality unbalanced is always the best way to make him perform badly!
For example, while Lin Tian was stabbing Crawford's chest with a knife, he was also paying close attention to the movement of the basketball.
Just when Crawford was distracted and thinking about how to hit back at Lin Tian... Lin Tian suddenly moved to block in front of him, and then intercepted the ball passed by Gill!

With the basketball in hand, why would Lin Tian hesitate? He immediately dribbled the ball to start the attack and ran wildly towards the front court!
However, this time, Lin Tian did not increase his speed to the limit at the first time. He even deliberately slowed down, giving Crawford the opportunity to chase back to the basket and then return to defense.

Why do you want to do this?
Because there is a trick that Lin Tian has long wanted to try!

After reaching the edge of the 3-second zone, Lin Tian suddenly slowed down, then he moved the basketball from behind to the right with his left hand, while his whole body swung to the right with a large amplitude.

Then, just as Crawford moved in this direction, the basketball suddenly came to the left side from behind!
Lin Tian also took the opportunity to jump to the left, passing Crawford, and jumped high to do a two-handed slam dunk!
“shake and bake!”

Crawford's signature skill that made him famous!
That's why he is called 'the unlucky essence of humanity'!

"Oh! Oh! What did Lin do! So fast! Too fast!" Barkley exclaimed immediately!
"If I'm not mistaken, Lin used shake and bake!" Kenny's analysis is always calmer than Barkley's: "This is exactly the trick that Crawford brought into the league, it's Crawford's signature skill!"

"Lin used this trick in front of Crawford! His intention couldn't be more obvious."

"He's provoking! He's seeking revenge!"

"He's getting revenge on Crawford for what happened last month!"

Barkley followed up, "It's great to have grudges! The game will be more exciting if there are grudges!"

"I think Lin might have big news tonight!"

"Do you like this move? You can give it to your beloved mother!" Lin Tian immediately mocked Crawford after scoring the goal: "I think she will remember some wonderful and happy nights!"

"FUXX! Lin, FUXX!" Crawford was in a terrible mood, and this feeling is very easy to describe.

Tauren!
A very arrogant minotaur!

The kind that makes people roll their eyes in front of you!
Not only do I want you, the Minotaur, I am also much stronger than you.

At least for Crawford himself, it is almost impossible for him to complete this move and then dunk in an NBA game.

My physical fitness is not enough.

But Lin Tian really just strolled in the garden.

Crawford's mentality is obviously not right.

What we want is for you to have a mental breakdown!
The entire Conseco Center was also filled with cheers at this time!

What is a team leader and what is a city hero?
That’s it!

The fans of Indiana also knew very well at this time: Crawford's nightmare had just begun! In the next games, he would have bad luck!
Lin Tian flew back to the backcourt easily, as if he had just done something very mediocre.

Although there was no expression on his face, he was actually thinking about how to further humiliate Crawford so that this guy would know that there are some people you can't afford to offend!
Is this my horse?
Are you doing this on my land while I’m away?
Trample you to death!
But it's a pity that the Bulls' players who controlled the ball at this time were the experienced Gill and Pippen. They were both quite calm and knew that if they gave the ball to Crawford at this time, he would definitely be beaten by Lin Tian and doubt his life.

So in the next few rounds, the Bulls' ball almost never passed through Crawford's hands, but was basically handed over to Curry to solve the problem.

Eddy Curry has O'Neal's weight and huge body, and his touch and skills under the basket are also quite excellent!

If this guy develops well and doesn't mess around and waste his talent, he will most likely become one of the most dominant centers in the league after O'Neal.

But unfortunately, although this guy can be called a 'little shark' in terms of talent, in terms of Huo Huo's own talent, he can be called a 'megalodon'.

Not only did his weight soar rapidly, surpassing O'Neal himself early on, but he also didn't like to train, never played basketball during the offseason, and indulged in eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and other such things!
These bad habits also led to a serious lack of physical strength, and he often ran out of power during the game.

他如今的比赛风格，经常就是上半场15-6分，6-7个篮板，然后全场比赛打完17-8分，7-8个篮板。

There was a huge contrast between the first and second half, and the reason for this was that after the second half, this guy became unable to play.

Such a large weight is all fat, and he is already gifted for being able to maintain his strength for half a game!
The same was true in tonight's game. In the second quarter, Curry was madly bullying the technical Miller and the extremely low Haslem under the basket. With his height and skills, it was really easy for him to deal with these two guys and he could crush them easily!
In about 3 minutes, Curry scored 9 points including free throws, but the Pacers were unable to widen the score, and the two sides remained in a tense and tug-of-war state.

The similarity is that Curry tortured the entire inside line of the Pacers under the basket, while Lin Tian also tortured Crawford severely.

But what Crawford didn't expect was that with only three minutes left in the second quarter, Curry once again received a pass from Pippen and then turned around and shot the ball.

Missed.

Grab again.

Still missed.

Grab again!

After Curry jumped up twice to grab the rebounds, he was breathing heavily visibly. This guy didn't even try to tip the ball in right after getting the ball.

He had to slow down.

But even so, Miller and Haslem of the Pacers couldn't do anything to him.

Who makes Curry, a human tank, the type these two people are least good at and have no way to deal with?
With their broad and thick bodies and a pair of big elbows, these two Pacers players really couldn't get past them or reach the ball.

After taking a deep breath, Curry stood on tiptoes again, made a fake move, and then made a 360-degree turn to pass Miller, and at the same time, he stuck out his butt and pushed Haslem directly out.

Then Curry raised his hand easily and sent the basketball into the basket!

"This shot really has the feel of the authentic O'Neal! Soft touch, flexible footwork and huge body!" Barkley looked at Curry's look and once again put him together with O'Neal.

"But if Shaq, who is known for his laziness and lack of ambition, is compared with Curry, he will immediately look like an extremely hardworking and diligent teenager!" Kenny immediately teased: "And if it was Shaq, he would definitely not have made a layup after turning around just now, but a violent rim-bashing!"

"Come on!" Barkley said, "If it was Shaq, he would have hit it the first time he caught the ball. Why would he have to tip it in three times in a row?"

"More importantly, looking at Curry's current condition, he will most likely be too weak to stand up in the second half! As we all know, this guy only has enough energy for half a game."

On the court, Lin Tian watched Curry ravaging his guys in the paint like a bomb, and couldn't help but ask, "Karal, how much do you weigh?"

"Who the hell is Karal? I'm Jamal!" Crawford cursed, "I weigh 86 kilograms!"

"86 kilograms is good!" Lin Tian's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this: "This is a good number!"

"Good numbers?" Crawford said, "I have no idea what you are talking about."

But Lin Tian said: You don’t have to understand, just feel it with your heart!
In the next round, Lin Tian quickly let Crawford know why he asked this.

He went straight to the low post and reached out for the ball!
Christie, who has worked with Lin Tian for many years, knew what this guy was going to do when she saw Lin Tian go directly to the low post without dribbling.

So he immediately waved his hand to signal everyone to help Lin Tian clear one side, and then he gave the ball to Lin Tian, ​​allowing Lin Tian to play a low-post singles game.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" After getting the ball, Lin Tian put away all his back-to-the-basket skills and just went straight ahead, using his body to attack hard!
You know what, I really miss this feeling!
Before Lin Tian perfected his back-to-the-basket skills, he used this method to bully the short point guards in the league!
It works every time and the results are amazing!
After three consecutive collisions, Crawford, who was 5 cm taller than Lin Tian but 7 kg lighter, was almost broken apart. Then Lin Tiancai suddenly stepped back to create distance, raised his hand and made a jump shot!
"Your toughness is beyond my imagination! I thought you would fall in an instant! I respect you! You're a real man!" After scoring the goal, Lin Tian actually gave Crawford a thumbs up immediately, and then said: "To show my respect for you, I will continue to play like this!"

Lin Tian's words made Crawford's blood boil.

I want to fight, I want to beat someone up, I want to... forget it, it’s okay!

In the next three rounds, Lin Tian used this trick to punish or bully Crawford. He launched attacks in the low post again and again, pushing Crawford all over the place and causing his ribs to hurt!

Even Artest couldn't help it. He approached Lin Tian and said, "Boss, can you give me some fun? I haven't been so hard on anyone in a long time. It's so fun to watch!"

"Fuck off!"

Lin Tian waved his hands and asked Artest to move away from him, then he once again turned his back to Crawford who was about to fall apart, and made a hard shot in the low post for the fourth consecutive time.

I, Mr. Lin, did this just to vent the anger of my teammates!
Crawford: Why are you looking for Curry? Why are you looking for me?
Lin Tian: Stupid! I didn’t go to Curry because I, Mr. Lin, couldn’t beat him!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

There were three consecutive muffled thuds, and Lin Tian once again chased Crawford to the edge of the Bulls' three-second zone. It has to be said that the Bulls' defense is really bad. Lin Tian has played like this for the fourth time in a row, but still no one comes to assist and no one helps.

But this time, even though no one helped and Crawford had no power to resist, Lin Tian failed to hit the ball!

A simple close-range bank shot actually bounced out of the rim!

"Ball!" Crawford's eyes lit up when he saw Lin Tian's ball missed!

After quickly taking the ball from Chandler, the guy felt that the time for revenge had come!
Advancing at full speed, Crawford is going to play the transition offense that he is best at!
After pressing Lin Tian all the way to the outside of the Pacers' 3-second zone, Crawford suddenly stopped and dribbled the ball behind his back, and his upper body shifted to one side. Then, after he observed that Lin Tian also moved half a step in this direction, he immediately took the ball back from his waist with great excitement and jumped to the other side.

It’s his signature trick: shake and bake!

"You got Fooled!"

"You got Fooled!"

Crawford shouted a slogan with great excitement. Normally, he would have completely deceived Lin Tian and could have easily completed the layup.

But the strange thing is... he felt like he was hallucinating, because what he just said seemed to have an echo!
"Snapped!"

Then, in less than a second, Crawford knew: it was not an auditory hallucination, but there was really another person telling Crawford, informing him: You have been fooled!

Lin Tian!

Lin Tian was not knocked down by Crawford just now. Instead, he used a fake move of moving his upper body to trick Crawford, making Crawford think that he had been knocked down by him. But the moment Crawford received the ball, Lin Tian had already regained his center of gravity.

Then he jumped high, waited in the air for Crawford to pass the ball to him, and then blocked his shot!
Lin Tian slapped the basketball directly into Christie's hands near the three-point line. After Christie got the ball, he was not in a hurry to move forward because he saw Lin Tian's gesture.

The guy slowed down and then returned the ball to Lin Tian.

"That mediocre dribbling and layup just now was your special move, right?" Lin Tian said as he pushed forward, looking at Crawford, "It's your famous special move, you should be proud of it, right?"

Seeing that Crawford was silent, Lin Tian simply continued: "To be honest, this move is quite cool, but you can't do it! Your amplitude is too small, the rhythm is too monotonous, the dribbling power is not enough, the speed is not enough, and you lack creativity!"

"You used such a beautiful and beautiful dribbling move and turned it into an old man's Yangko dance! Shame on you!"

"What? You don't know what Yangko is? It doesn't matter! Anyway, all you need to know is that your dribbling and passing are terrible!"

"Let me teach you what a real shake and bake dribble is!" Lin Tian said. After beating Crawford in the low post for four consecutive rounds, he finally changed his tactics.

Lin Tian, ​​who was holding the ball outside the three-point line, suddenly made two consecutive dribbles with changes of direction, then a behind-the-back dribble with a fake move of his upper body to one side, and then after deceiving Crawford's center of gravity, Lin Tian quickly jumped to the other side and directly shot a three-point shot!
Crawford never thought that he could use this trick outside the three-point line. He had been completely shaken off by Lin Tian and could only watch Lin Tian take the three-point shot and then make it!

After this goal was made, not only did the fans at the scene cheer thunderously, but the score gap between the two sides finally began to widen!
The Pacers led by more than 10 points for the first time tonight!
In the next attack, the Bulls found Curry again, but Curry's physical strength was obviously exhausted. This time he failed to make the shot, and he didn't have the strength to grab the rebound. After Miller grabbed the rebound, he immediately gave it to Lin Tian.

"How about that 3-pointer just now?" After Lin Tian got the ball, he continued to attack Crawford: "This is just one of the ideas I thought of temporarily. Next, take a look at this!"

In the last 94 seconds of the second quarter, Lin Tian once again changed his way of playing. He used different variations of shake and bake dribbling in his offense for three consecutive times. Although they were all behind-the-back dribbling + jump steps, Lin Tian played it in a different way.

He fooled Crawford three times in a row, and got huge shooting space in one-on-one situations three times in a row and made all of them!

After Lin Tian used Crawford's special moves to humiliate him three times in a row, the first half of the game was over.

The difference between the two sides has reached 15 points!
In this first half, Lin Tian played for a full 22 minutes. He had taken 24 shots and made 17 of them, including 3 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 9 free throws. At the end of the first half, he had scored a crazy 8 points!
He also got 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks!

An extremely versatile and crazy half!
In this half, Lin Tian taught a good lesson to the two opponents who wanted to challenge him.

These two are one more miserable than the other!

TJ Ford played for less than 5 minutes before he had 3 fouls and had to rest. Crawford scored 19 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter when facing Lin Tian, ​​he made 8 of 2 shots and only scored 4 points. In addition, he was constantly targeted by Lin Tian and committed 2 turnovers and 2 fouls!
What is even more painful is that in the final stage of the second quarter, Lin Tian directly used Crawford's signature move and showed off his skills to Crawford.

Is there anything more despairing and humiliating than this?
I can do everything you can do, and in more ways than you!
Lin Tian was so strong in this half that it made people despair!

It’s really hard to say who was beaten worse between Crawford and Ford!
It can only be said that they are brothers in distress, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick! (End of this chapter)