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This first half was definitely the happiest and craziest half for the Indiana players in the past month or so. They were released! All released!
Although the opponent is just a bottom-ranked team, this bottom-ranked team was very arrogant last month and even shit on our heads!
I must give him a slap in the face today!

During the entire ten-minute halftime break, the fans were in a state of extreme carnival. The noise they made during the halftime break was probably louder than the noise made by more than half of the teams in the league during normal games!
If there is any earthquake monitoring agency in Indiana, I'm afraid everyone will have to work overtime tonight.

There was no way, the vibration in the stadium was too great.

Definitely comparable to a small earthquake.

Then when the third quarter began and the players from both sides stepped onto the court again, Lin Tian continued his god-like performance and crazy output tonight.

In the first attack of the third quarter, Lin Tian faced the poor ghost No. 1 Ford at the top of the arc.

Ford, who played for less than 6 minutes in the first half, was now fully focused. He lowered his center of gravity and looked at Lin Tian fiercely: "I won't be fooled again! Don't try to trick me into committing a foul! I will get back at the team in the second half!"

"That's great." Lin Tian curled his lips while dribbling the ball. Then he suddenly took a signature sideways step to create distance, then raised the ball into the sky.

Ford, who had just sworn not to be fooled and would never commit fouls again, and wanted to get back the game for the team, almost immediately forgot his oath. He was like a dog seeing a bone, and as soon as he saw Lin Tian collecting the ball and raising his hand, he jumped up.

Then?

Lin Tian got 3 free throws and Ford got his fourth foul. Both of them have bright futures and wonderful performances.

Seven seconds into the third quarter, Ford was fouled because he jumped too easily and then went down again.

This time the guy was so angry that when he walked to the sidelines, he raised his leg and kicked a drink bottle at the sidelines.

Then the drink bottle happened to hit the referee on the head.

The referee immediately turned around and saw Ford, who looked unhappy and angry.

So why are you still hesitating? It's definitely intentional!

"Technical foul!"

The referee gave Ford a technical foul without even thinking about it.

A full beverage bottle is so painful!
The referee was very generous by not expelling him directly.

But who knew that Ford was totally ungrateful. Not only did he not explain to the referee or apologize, but he opened his eyes wide and shouted with his arms outstretched: "Why do you give me a technical foul! I didn't do it on purpose! I didn't aim at your disgusting ugly head!"

"You have a big head, a big target, and you can easily kick it, and you blame me? FUXX! Instead of blaming me for kicking you, why don't you blame your own big head?"

Ford's unnecessary output can only lead to one result.

Second technical foul, this guy was expelled directly!

This night was definitely the worst and most painful night in Ford's short career. He felt that no one would be more depressed and desperate than himself tonight.

Crawford: No, I am! I am much more depressed than you!

You just lost playing time and your stats are bad, but Lin has stolen my life!

Why should he use my signature move?

Still using it!

And use it in different ways!
And it looks better than mine!

Crawford was really beaten into despair by Lin Tian that night.

He regretted why he didn't keep a low profile and restrained himself after the decisive battle that day, and why he had to provoke the Indian.

But obviously, it was too late to regret. He still had to watch Lin Tian on the court dribbling behind his back and doing small jump steps to shake him off and score again and again.

Continuous Minotaur.

With Ford almost self-destructing and being sent off by the referee, Crawford being beaten dizzy by Lin Tian to the point of doubting his life, and Curry's legs being as weak as ever in the second half of the game, his stamina tank bottomed out early, and the Bulls' most scoring players were all useless.

In the first half, they could still rely on their firepower to barely compete with Lin Tian and the Pacers, but in the second half, with Lin Tian making five consecutive free throws in less than 10 seconds after the start to widen the gap to more than 5 points, they were defeated. No matter whether it was Crawford, Curry or Gill who came off the bench, none of them could get the ball into the basket.

Three minutes into the third quarter, the Bulls relied on Chandler's tip-in to score the first point of the third quarter!
But this tip-in was obviously not enough to help the Bulls catch up, and the gap between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger.

With 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Lin Tian broke through Gill again and made a layup under the basket. This shot brought Lin Tian's score to 60 points again!
At the same time, the gap between the two sides was widened to 30 points!
Just look at the helpless, lonely, confused and dazed expressions of the main players of the Bulls and you will know: the Bulls are finished tonight!
At this point, Carlisle no longer let Lin Tian play. He only waited for one round, called a timeout when the ball was dead, and replaced Lin Tian.

Before leaving the court, Lin Tian suddenly turned around and jumped onto the technical platform, shouting to the fans in the stands: "This is my horse!"

“This is my horse!”

“This is my horse!”

The fans at the Conseco Center were completely released. They cheered along with Lin Tian. Every shout of theirs seemed like a sharp knife piercing Crawford's heart.

regret!

But the good news is that with Lin Tian's departure, the Pacers' revenge tonight has come to an end.

Yes, it’s just that the revenge tonight has come to an end!

Lin Tian is a well-known petty person. Seeing you do whatever you want so arrogantly in his home court, how could he possibly just bully you once and then let it go?
Especially, the Bulls and Pacers have to play two games in a row!
With such a tight schedule, it’s hard to even forget.

What can Lin Tian do? He can only fight again!
The second game between the two sides moved to the United Center in Chicago, and it was almost a replica of the previous game.

Lin Tian scored crazily, and the Bulls were able to find their rhythm and respond at certain times, but more often they could only get beaten in the head and were beaten badly by Lin Tian and the Pacers.

The two teams are not on the same level in every aspect!

If there is any difference between the two games, it is that Lin Tian's condition in the second game declined slightly. He "only" scored 42 points in the first three quarters, and the total score of the two games barely exceeded 100.

Also, at the last moment of the third quarter, when Lin Tian once again faced Crawford and played his signature back-dribbling hop step, and then made another buzzer-beating 3-pointer, raising his score to 42 points, Lin Tian once again jumped onto the technical table and shouted to the fans.

Again!
But the difference with Crawford is that with Crawford's current status, even if he shouts this to the fans at the United Center, the people of Chicago may not buy his words.

How can someone who has been cared for by a lion look down on a wild wolf?
But Lin Tian is different.

He was once one of the Chicago Lions, and the most ferocious one at that.

The Chicago vice-GOAT second only to Jordan, truly worthy of the title.

He yelled 'This is my horse' at the United Center, and was met with wild cheers, shouts and excitement.

Then, the referee came over and gave Lin Tian a T, indicating that you can't do this.

But even though Lin Tian quickly returned to the bench and started putting on various protective gear and ice packs for maintenance, the fans at the scene couldn't stop having fun.

He said, "This is his horse." Hey! He still thinks this is his home!
He still loves us!
He just brought his talent to Indiana temporarily. After all, he is a kid from Chicago, a young Caesar. After seven years of working outside, Lin finally missed home!
If you miss home, bring him back!

"Go home, Lin! Go home, Lin!"

"We want Lin! We want Lin!"

"Give us Lin! Give us Lin!"

"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"

The fans at the scene began to roar wildly, shouting Lin Tian's name and the name of General Manager Jerry Krause.

Since Jordan, Lin Tian, ​​Pippen, Rodman and others left in 98, the Bulls dynasty collapsed overnight. The Bulls have never made the playoffs again, and Krause has never received even a cheer or shout at the United Center or even in the whole of Chicago.

Whenever the fans saw him, they wanted to spit at him.

6 years! It's been 6 years since Jordan left!
Krause once again felt the enthusiasm and love of the fans.

Klaus, who was sitting in the box, actually had some tears in the corners of his eyes at this moment. This fat guy who always put profit above everything else was really touched!

Look, our fans still love me and still know how important I am!

Bring Lin back?
It’s not impossible…

Although Klaus is a little timid sometimes, he is a real man of action most of the time. He was so emotional that he immediately picked up the phone and called the team owner Reinsdorf.

"Boss, what do you say we should work hard this offseason to re-sign Lin?"

"Of course! Are you sure?"

"Yes! We have feelings for Lin, and we didn't have a falling out at the time. Scott can come back, so why can't Lin? As long as we give him money! Lin has long said: his new contract is only about money! It is almost impossible for Indiana to keep him, and they have never tried to keep him."

"He will definitely leave. As long as we give him enough money, I think we have hope again!"

"Enough money? 4 million in 1 years?" Reinsdorf muttered, "If it's Lin, it's not impossible."

……

Klaus just felt like six dots flew over his head.

4 million in 1 years?

He didn't even know how to tell his boss.

Call him stupid, but he at least knows that Lin Tian’s contract with the new team is only for 4 years at most.

But 1 million? Just mentioning that number made Krause want to rub Reinsdorf's head against the horns on the Bulls logo.

Anyway, judging from Klaus’ connections and the information he has learned recently, 3 million yuan in 1 years may not be enough to win over Lin Tian, ​​let alone 4 years?
If Lin Tian is willing to say one more word to me, it will be considered as Lin Tian's sentimentality!
"If it really doesn't work, it's okay to increase it a little bit." Reinsdorf's voice came again: "Four years, 4 or something like that, I can accept that! I'll leave it to you. You can offer Lin a lower price first, such as 1.1 million for four years, and then slowly raise it to show our sincerity."

"By the way, you can also call Scott. Doesn't he have a good relationship with Lin? Together, the two of you can definitely deal with Lin!"

As Klaus listened to Reinsdorf's words, he cursed like crazy in his mind.

He was completely disappointed with this stingy boss. You asked me to find Lin by myself, but you also asked me to bring Pippen with me?

Damn it, doesn’t that just make me lose face twice?
How could Pippen not know how much Lin Tian's contract is worth now? How could he not know that 4 million for 1 years is just bullshit?
Klaus was 100% sure that if he went to Pippen with this price and invited him to go with him to persuade Lin Tian, ​​he would definitely be met with ruthless ridicule and looks like an idiot.

Pippen would think he was mentally retarded.

A strong urge to resign suddenly surged into Klaus's heart.

This is an idea and impulse he has never had since he became the general manager of the Bulls.

Because after Reinsdorf's words, Klaus was certain of one thing.

That means the Bulls can never rise again! With such a boss, unless the team is lucky enough to use the 1.7% probability to draw the No. pick, otherwise this team is finished!

The world is so big, Klaus wants to see it.

……

Of course, Lin Tian didn't know that his fight had made Klaus want to resign and go home. Of course, Lin Tian didn't care about it.

His goal was not to fire Klaus.

If we have to say what Lin Tian’s next goal is, then his goal is: to fire all the general managers in the league!
After two games against the Bulls and both won huge victories, the Pacers took a day off and came to Boston's TD Garden, where they will have a direct dialogue with their top contender for a playoff spot, the Celtics!
Currently, the Celtics have a record of 35 wins and 35 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference, while the Pacers have raised their record to 34 wins and 35 losses thanks to these two wins over the Bulls.

As long as the Pacers defeat the Celtics tonight, they will surpass their opponents in winning percentage and return to the top eight in the Eastern Conference!
On the other hand, the Celtics have been in good form recently. If they can win this important battle for a playoff spot, they will extend their lead to 1.5 games. A lead of this magnitude will allow them to take the initiative again in the fight for the playoffs!

Before the start of this season, the Celtics traded away Antoine Walker, one of the team's twin stars, because the team's record had not improved for many years. However, the assets they got in return were mediocre. The team had almost no reinforcements and went from a dual-core to a single-core.

This also turned the Celtics, who had won 47 or 8 games in the past few years, into a team that hovered around a % winning rate this season.

The decline was not much, but they were completely uncompetitive in the playoffs.

In other words, their goal has shifted from performing well and striving for a breakthrough in the playoffs to just making it to the playoffs.

From this perspective, there is a huge gap between the Pacers and the Celtics in their goals!

The subsequent progress of the game also speaks for itself.

The single-core Pierce was helpless against the Pacers' strategy of using Artest as the main defender and Christie to harass at any time. He simply could not escape from the targeting of these two people, and every attack was extremely difficult.

If it was before, the team still had a Walker who could help him out of trouble.

But the problem is, besides Pierce, the team now only has LaFrentz, Ricky Davis and others. Can they expect these people to beat the Pacers?
Pierce felt that it would be more reliable for him to continue to challenge Artest!
Throughout the game, Pierce, who was alone, was surrounded and blocked by the Pacers. He made only 21 of 8 shots, scored only 20 points and made 4 turnovers. The team leader played so badly, let alone the others.

In this playoff spot-fixing battle that was worth two games at a time, the Celtics failed to cause too much trouble to the Pacers and were easily defeated by the Pacers!

It was after this game that the Pacers' winning rate returned to 50%, and the team returned to the playoffs after a month!

Eighth in the Eastern Conference!

And their next goal...

Well, there is basically no next target. The seventh-placed Cavaliers now have 41 wins and 30 losses, and the gap with the Pacers has reached 5.5 games. With only about 10 games left in the regular season, it is basically impossible for the Pacers to surpass the Cavaliers.

"I know the probability is small." Lin Tian said after the game against the Celtics, "But I don't care. Our goal is to win as many games as we can and surpass as many opponents as we can!"

"We want to enter the playoffs with the highest possible ranking and start the playoff campaign!"

"So what is your goal for this year's playoffs?"

"What's your goal this year?" Lin Tian smiled confidently in response to the reporter's question: "Nothing has changed. We are still the champions! Our goal this year is still the championship!"

"But you only have a 50% win rate now, you are only ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, you..."

"We will create a miracle!" Lin Tian shrugged and continued to say to the reporter: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

The heart of a champion!
Lin Tian plagiarized Tomjanovich's famous quote, but no reporter at the scene dared to refute it.

It's not just because the Pacers have won five championships in the past six years, nor is it just because Lin Tian has returned.

The biggest reason is that Lin Tian played for 40 minutes tonight and scored 49 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, which was a near triple-double. In addition, after he was completely released from the ban in the last three games, he scored at least 40 points in three consecutive games. His condition is really a bit scary!
However, Lin Tian's subsequent performance told everyone that his condition had just started to improve! And his words "never underestimate the heart of a champion" were no joke!
At the same time, Lin Tian also proved that his firepower is not only effective against bottom-ranked teams.

Lin Tian will still play against the top teams in the league!

Against New Jersey, the second-best team in the Eastern Conference, Lin Tian played the full 48 minutes, scored 58 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists. In the last minute of the game, he used pick-and-rolls to single out Yao Ming twice and made 1-pointers each time, thus securing the victory and helping the team win 3 consecutive games!

After this four-game winning streak, the Pacers set out on their journey again and began their last trip to the Western Conference in the regular season this season.

In the first game, against the Western powerhouse Mavericks, facing the most ferocious offensive team in the league, Dallas, Lin Tian once again played for 47 minutes, scoring 61 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals.

In the last 3 minutes of the game, the Pacers were once behind by 10 points, but then Lin Tian made shots from inside and outside, scoring 16 points in a row, including a buzzer-beating mid-range jump shot at the last moment!

Lin Tian led the team to a 3:16 offensive frenzy in 3 minutes, allowing the Pacers to pass the test with difficulty and win the first game of the Western Expedition.

Afterwards, the Pacers came to San Antonio to face the Spurs, who are ranked ninth in the Western Conference and are only one win behind the eighth place and are struggling for a playoff spot!

In this game, Carlisle brought out Artest to match him up with James, and it turned out that this strategy worked quite well! Under Artest's crazy defense throughout the game, although James still scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 27 assists with 9 of 9 shots, he also made 6 turnovers!
If it weren't for Randolph's overwhelming performance in the interior, scoring a big double-double of 39 points and 18 rebounds, the Spurs would have been defeated by the Pacers long ago!

But thanks to Randolph's outburst, the Spurs held on to the score until the end!
Then it was Lin Tian and Artest. With 23 seconds left in the game, the two suddenly increased the intensity of their defense near the free throw line and double-teamed James. Then Artest stole the ball, and Lin Tian received the ball and made a quick slam dunk, expanding the lead to 5 points!
Then Popovich called a timeout, and after some instructions, James came up and made a determined breakthrough, and when he got to the basket, he did his signature fire-raising and tomahawk dunk!
"Boom!" After a loud bang, the Spurs successfully narrowed the gap to 10 points with 3 seconds left in the game.

Then the Spurs committed an intentional foul, and after Lin Tian made two free throws again, James raced against time, rushed to the basket and completed a slam dunk to get another 2 points, but because there was not much time left, the suspense of the game completely disappeared.

In this game, in addition to the Spurs twin stars combining to score more than 60 points, Lin Tian himself played for 47 minutes again, scoring 55 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, a near triple-double. It was also thanks to Lin Tian's firepower and his steadiness at the final moments that the Pacers once again got through the danger!
Next, the Pacers traveled day and night and came to Salt Lake City, where they faced the Utah Jazz led by O'Neal Jr. and Malone Sr.

As Lin Tian's mortal enemy and the number one unlucky guy under Lin Tian, ​​Ma Long has already announced that this year is his last year and he has decided to retire.

Maybe it was because he decided to retire, or maybe it was because he finally let go of his obsession with the championship, but Malone unexpectedly became very peaceful this season. He even shook hands and hugged Lin Tian before the game.

“Lin, you won!” For the first time in his life, and most likely the last time, Ma Long praised Lin Tian face to face: “You are the strongest rival of my life. You are better than me. I am convinced of losing to you, but tonight is the last battle between us. I will never lose again!”

"Karl, thank you for your compliment." Lin Tian said with a smile: "But I have to say that there are many people who have defeated you, from Iverson to Pierce to Michael, Robinson and Olajuwon."

"I am just one of them, not worth mentioning!"

"Also, the word nemesis means that there is a back and forth, there are wins and losses, and it is difficult to tell who is the winner and who is evenly matched."

"But there's no such thing between us! I've always been the one crushing you!"

"Go to hell! Don't give me a chance, otherwise I will retire half a month in advance, and I will definitely give you an elbow and make you lie down and be carried out!" Ma Long was really touched by Lin Tian this time. He gave him the middle finger and turned and left.

Lin Tian and Ma Long, they must still hate each other. They will never become friends, nor will they just laugh it off and forget their grudges.

But at least, tonight, when the two of them met for the last time on the NBA court, they had somewhat let go of their grudges.

What happens on the basketball court should be resolved on the basketball court!

Maybe he untied the knot in his heart, or maybe it was the relief after letting it go completely. In short, Malone, who averaged only 15 points and 7 rebounds per game this season and never scored more than 30 points, erupted with the craziest firepower of the season on this night.

He scored 41 points and 17 rebounds in the game, while his inside partner O'Neal scored 30 points and 15 rebounds. The two top inside players combined to score 71 points, making the entire inside line of the Pacers completely defeated.

But facing such crazy output and perfect state of these two people, Lin Tian continued to explode without any surprise!
Tonight he played a full 1 minutes without a single second of rest, scoring 48 points, 68 rebounds and 15 assists! His firepower alone almost offset the explosion of Malone and O'Neal. Under his madness, the Pacers successfully gained a 7-point advantage in the last two minutes of the game.

Then, the Jazz relied on the inside to win the game, and the shortcomings of insufficient outside help were revealed. Their starting guard Arroyo was unable to even get the ball to the inside in the face of Lin Tian's full-strength defense.

Haslem and Miller, who were suppressed by the Jazz throughout the game, also showed their attitude at this time. They used circling, crazy physical contact and confrontation to squeeze the two players' receiving space and angles.

After taking both approaches, in the last two minutes of the game, Malone and O'Neal Jr. couldn't even receive the ball to initiate an offense, let alone score.

Under such circumstances, the Jazz only scored a total of 2 points in the last two minutes, thanks to Arroyo's insignificant mid-range jump shot after the game was already decided.

Due to insufficient firepower and weak outside offense in the final moments, the Jazz unfortunately suffered a defeat!
So far, the Pacers have a record of 39 wins and 35 losses! Since Lin Tian was completely released from the ban and began to play without scruples and fire at full power, the Pacers have won 7 consecutive games! In these games, Lin Tian scored more than 40 points in all games, and had 3 performances of 60+ points and one game with an output of 50 points!

Lin Tian played completely crazy in these 7 games!

More importantly, since the victory over the Celtics, Lin Tian has hardly had a rest. In the four games against the Nets, Mavericks, Spurs and Jazz, his playing time was more than 47 minutes in all of them! He played the entire game in two of them!
All the guys who said Lin Tian was short of energy in the middle of the season shut up after Lin Tian's crazy output.

After all, after so many games in a row of crazy attacking on the court, if this is still a lack of physical strength, then no one in the league has sufficient physical strength!
After defeating the Jazz, the Pacers finally waited for a relatively weaker opponent. They faced the Trail Blazers, who are currently ranked 11th in the Western Conference and have begun to rebuild.

Facing such a weak team, Lin Tian finally did not play the whole game, and his hot form finally showed a downward trend.

He 'only' played for 41 minutes, made only 25 of 11 shots, and scored a large triple-double of 33 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. At the same time, the Pacers finally did not have to fight to the last round to decide the outcome, and defeated the Trail Blazers relatively easily, continuing their winning streak.

After such a perfect westward expedition, the Pacers won five consecutive away games as they wished, and their entire March game came to an end!

They started with 2 wins and 3 losses and ended with 8 consecutive wins!

They achieved a great record of 10 wins and 3 losses in the entire month's games, ranking third in the league during the same period!

If you didn’t watch the game, you would definitely feel like the invincible Pacers are back!
But if you watched the game, or at least looked at the technical statistics, you would know: it’s not the invincible Pacers who are back, but the invincible Lin who is back!
The Pacers' winning streak and explosion were all thanks to Lin Tian!

Throughout March, Lin Tian played 3 games, averaging 13 minutes per game, including 39.1 games at the beginning of the month where his playing time was limited, and 5 consecutive games where the playing time did not exceed 5 minutes! This shows how crazy Lin Tian played in the last few games!

在这13场比赛中，林天场均拿下45.5分11.3篮板8.8助攻2.8次抢断的恐怖数据！
而如果只算他解除了限制之后的8场比赛，那么林天场均更是能够轰下夸张的53.3分10.9篮板8.3助攻3.5抢断！

It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that the God of War has descended to earth or Jesus has come!

More importantly, while Lin Tian was so crazy, the Pacers also won 8 consecutive games in these games!

Lin Tian wants both data and performance!

Of course, Lin Tian also won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in March. This award is not that impressive, but it is the first time that Lin Tian has won it this season.

This March, Lin Tian's play made the entire league terrified. Almost all teams were terrified by Lin Tian's firepower, and were glad that they did not encounter Lin Tian and the Pacers during this period, and did not become his victims!
As March comes to an end, the gap between the Pacers and the Celtics has widened to two games. With only seven games left in the regular season, it will be very difficult for the Celtics to surpass the Pacers!
Thanks to Lin Tian’s March carnival, the Pacers finally got out of the predicament and barely secured a playoff spot!
But in addition to these good news, as March came to an end, some bad news also came. (End of this chapter)