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"Boom!"

"Buzz!"

With the sound of iron hitting the target that made the entire Palace of Auburn Hills cheer wildly again and seemed to overturn the entire arena, and the buzzer indicating the end of the game sounded at the same time, the Pistons won!

In other words, the Pistons won again!
In the first two games of the series, the Pistons, who were playing at the Palace of Auburn Hills and had the league's top team defense and the best defensive system in the league, won consecutively!

In the first game of the series, the Pistons raised their defensive intensity to the highest level. They entered the finals mode right from the start. The team's physical confrontation and almost manic style of play made the Pacers team lose all their armor!

No one on the Pacers, including Lin Tian, ​​could adapt to the Pistons' sudden and terrifying intensity. They only scored 68 points in the first game of the series!
This is the Pacers' lowest score in a single game in 7 years! They were completely restricted by the Pistons!

Of course, the Pistons themselves only scored 79 points.

However, this is not because the Pacers have good defense, but because of their own offensive level and offensive rhythm.

The Pistons don’t know much about offense, but they are confident that they can make all teams in the league ignorant of offense!

Throughout the game, Lin Tian was the only Pacers player to score in double digits, but he only made 32 of 11 shots, including no touch from beyond the 3-point line, where he made only 7 of 1 shots. In addition, he made 14 of 12 free throws, allowing him to barely get 35 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists.

If we say that Lin Tian, ​​who scored more than half of the team's points, only performed far below his average level, he still carried the team's offense and fulfilled his responsibilities as a leader.

Well, apart from Lin Tian, ​​the only others who scored were Artest who scored 7 points and Parker who scored 6 points. No one else scored more than 5 points!
It can only be said that the entire Pacers team was lost in this crazy physical confrontation!

The second game was almost a replica of the first game, with Lin Tian still the only player on the Pacers scoring in double digits.

他今晚手感略微提升，但也就只有27投12中，其中3分球也7投3中，算是回到了常规水平，再加上15罚11中的罚球，林天今晚拿到了38分12篮板5助攻。

It was thanks to Lin Tian's slightly improved touch and condition that the Pacers scored 77 points tonight, while the Pistons still scored 79 points!
With 3 seconds left in the game, the Pacers had a chance to win the game, but unfortunately, facing Billups' entanglement and almost direct pulling defensive moves, Lin Tian missed the desperate 3-pointer!
The Pacers suffered two consecutive losses at the start and ended their road trip in the worst way, returning to Indiana.

They are already in a desperate situation.

In the next third game, the Pacers must not afford to lose!
If the score becomes 0:3, the suspense of this series will disappear ahead of time!
Before the third game of the series began, Lin Tian was stopped by several reporters and was interviewed.

"It's generally believed that Billups fouled on the shot at the end of Game 2 of the series, but the referee didn't call it. What do you think, Lin? Do you think Billups fouled?"

"If the referee didn't blow the whistle, it's not a foul! I used the same method to deal with Chauncey in the game. I also pulled his jersey, but the referee didn't blow the whistle. As long as the scale is the same, I think it's OK!"

"You have no problem with this kind of call, don't you think the league is favoring the Pistons?"

"No opinion, no opinion."

"If the referee calls the same thing tonight, do you think Indiana is being targeted by the league?"

"As long as the standards are the same, it's not targeting, it's fair competition!"

"What are your goals and strategies for tonight's game?"

"More fierce and tougher than them!"

……

This interview was broadcast almost in real time on several major television stations across the United States. Lin Tian's toughness and ferocity, which were completely inconsistent with his appearance, once again left an impression on a large number of fans.

"It's admirable!" Barkley said sincerely after watching the interview with the fans: "It reminds me of the days when Michael played against the Bad Boys. At that time, Michael didn't complain even a word!"

“Strong people never complain about their environment. They don’t even try to change it. They just conquer it.”

Hearing Barkley's words, Kenny immediately grinned and said, "So Charles, what did you do? Facing a bad environment and a strong opponent, what did you do?"

But unexpectedly, Barkley is now much more shameless than before. He said with a smug smile: "Join the environment! Become a part of a bad environment, and then bully those who haven't joined! Don't tell me, this feeling is great!"

"Shameless!"

Neither Barkley nor Kenny could have imagined that their casual chat would affect some people's lives.

For example, in a house in the Gothic district of Washington, a young man with an incomparable unique temperament and a slender figure like a spider was listening to Barkley and Kenny while nodding silently.

He thought this fat guy was so smart! This fat guy was right!

In the third game of the series, Lin Tian fulfilled his promise.

He really hit harder, harder, more crazily and more decisively!

His 3-point shooting is not good and his mid-range and long-range shooting is also extremely inefficient?

Then attack the inside! Attack the inside like crazy!

In this game, Lin Tian made 3 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter, and only 1 of 2 long two-pointers from mid-range and long distances. After realizing that he was not in good form tonight, he immediately changed his game mode and style.

Shock!

Crazy attack on the inside and the basket!

Facing the entanglement of Billups and the Pistons' defense line guarded by Big Ben and Rasheed, Lin Tian started the charge!

Charge after charge! Each charge was more decisive and crazy than the last!
He rushed to the inside again and again, then threw himself into the air, then looked for confrontation and physical contact, and finally completed the shot.

Under Lin Tian's fierce playing style and almost crazy attack, he got a career-high 27 free throws tonight! And hit 22 of them.

在靠着罚球拿到22分的同时，林天还24投9中，3分球3投1中，拿到了本轮系列赛的第一个40+！

41 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists!

On this night, Lin Tian once again played the full 48 minutes, once again carried the team on his shoulders, and in the last 2 minutes of the game, he successfully caused Ben's 6th foul and knocked him off the court.

In the next 2 minutes, without Big Ben guarding the basket, Lin Tian was completely unstoppable. Lin Tian, ​​who had a mediocre touch and difficulty putting the ball into the basket in the first 46 minutes of the game, seemed to be liberated and put the basketball into the basket 3 times in a row!

It was thanks to these three clean scores that the Pacers finally held on to the victory and took the lead in the final moments of the game!
76: 80!

This night, the Pacers finally got their first victory in this series with great difficulty!
Winning is of course cause for celebration, but the problem is that on this evening, Lin Tian was still the only one on the Pacers team to score in double digits!

The team continued to perform poorly as a whole, and no one could provide help or support to Lin Tian.

This was also the third consecutive game in which Lin Tian scored more than half of the team's points, and the third consecutive game in which he played the entire game!

rest?

All the facts prove that unless the Pacers give up in this series, Lin Tian can forget about taking a rest.

The team can't maintain its advantage when he is on the field, what if he goes down?

No need to guess the result!

But no matter what, thanks to Lin Tian’s madness, the Pacers finally restored the suspense of the series, and they once again saw hope of advancing.

But it's only temporary.

Because in the fourth game of the next series, Larry Brown changed his game strategy.

Of course, these are just changes in details.

For example, without lowering the level of physical confrontation, Billups can defend Lin Tian alone outside the three-point line. If Lin Tian breaks in, the two Wallaces will immediately double-team him and shrink to the basket according to the actual situation.

This means that Brown gave the areas outside the three-point line and in the mid-to-long distance to Lin Tian!

If you can make it, you are awesome!

But you want to attack my inside again like you did in the last game and get more than 20 free throws?

impossible!
At the same time, on the offensive end, Brown also made fine adjustments. The proportion of Billups' attacks with the ball increased significantly. Brown asked Billups to attack Lin Tian as much as possible and consume Lin Tian on the offensive end!
As for whether Billups can score?
Brown doesn't care about this at all!
What he wanted was to wear Lin Tian down, to make sure that Lin Tian had no time to rest! He wanted to make him so tired that he would get cramps!

In particular, the Pistons have two extremely tough inside players, Ben Wallace and Rasheed!

They have an absolute advantage over Haslem and Miller! Brown asked them to increase their impact and fight for frontcourt rebounds, allowing them to participate more in the fight for frontcourt rebounds!

In this way, even if Billups' offensive efficiency is a mess, the Pistons can still ensure their scoring.

What's more, the Pistons don't rely on scoring to win. It's expected that they can't make the shot. As long as their opponents can't make the shot either, they can win the game!

Brown's sudden change of tactics worked in the fourth game of the series!
Although Lin Tian can always easily pass Billups and easily get to the mid-range for shots, his feel tonight is the same as before the series.

Very bad!

The level of confrontation was too high and the scale of confrontation was too large, which made Lin Tian's muscles all over his body in an extremely tense state, and also made Lin Tian consume more energy than before.

This made it difficult for him to seize the fleeting opportunities. At the same time, when the Pistons tried their best to shrink the inside line, it was difficult for Lin Tian to easily get free throws and opportunities to attack the basket directly like in the previous game.

Therefore, although Lin Tian defended Billups to only 19 of 4 shots tonight, he only scored 12 points and 5 assists, and also made 4 turnovers, which can be regarded as completely defending Billups.

But his own level of attack declined because of his constant output and confrontation on the defensive end. This evening, Lin Tian made only 33 of 10 shots and 3 of 5 three-pointers. Although he still got 0 free throws and made 11 of them, he only scored 9 points tonight. Although he also had 29 rebounds and 14 assists, this kind of output is indeed difficult to help the team win.

This is also the first time that Lin Tian scored less than 30 points in this round of the series!
As for the rest of the team, no one scored in double digits! The Pacers only scored 61 points tonight! This is also their lowest single-game score this season.

As for the Pistons, although Billups made 19 of 4 shots, and even Hamilton only made 14 of 4 shots, Big Ben grabbed 17 rebounds, including 7 offensive rebounds, and Rasheed got 13 rebounds, including 5 offensive rebounds!
The double Wallace's 30 rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds became the key to the Pistons' victory tonight!
68: 61!

The Pistons won Game 7 of the series with a -point advantage!

In the last 54 seconds of the game, the Pistons still had a 12-point lead. Lin Tian left the court early to rest because the outcome of the game was no longer in doubt.

These 54 seconds also became the first rest time he got in four games!

In this series, Lin Tian has tried his best, but he can't stop the Detroit team from changing the series score to 3:1! Considering that the fifth game of the next series will be held at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pistons are only one step away from advancing!

At least, now, except for Indiana's diehard fans and Lin Tian's absolute fans, no one is optimistic that the Pacers can reverse the series.

Game 5 is likely to be the last game of the series!
A player as experienced as Larry Brown will not let such an easy chance of advancement slip away from him!

"So far, this series is the toughest series I have ever experienced in my life!" Brown said in an interview after the fourth game: "I have never seen such a tenacious and crazy guy. I have won many series and lost many."

"But the only round of the series that made me feel crazy and sweaty like this one! Only this one!"

"The series isn't over yet, and we all know how powerful Lin is! He won't give up the game, and we won't give up advancing! We'll try our best, we'll give it everything we have, and end the series in the next game at the Palace of Auburn Hills!"

"Because we know how powerful Lin is! We also know that the longer the night, the more trouble there is. I will not let anything go wrong in this series!"

Brown made no secret of his admiration for Lin Tian. This old man, who had a complete falling out with Iverson a few years ago because of Lin Tian, ​​also expressed his highest respect for Lin Tian that evening.

But more people could understand what Brown meant.

"Lin is very strong, but we won't give him any chance!"

But for Lin Tian, ​​opportunities are never given by others.

He stole it himself!
In the fifth game of the series, the two teams returned to the Palace of Auburn Hills. The fans here once again launched all kinds of crazy insults and boos. Countless fans released the most primitive anger in their bodies here.

Players with slightly poorer psychological quality simply cannot play well in such a place.

At the same time, Lin Tian also noticed that his old friends, Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, also came to the scene and were watching in the front row.

These two signature duos from the Pistons' heyday of the previous generation came to the scene. There is no doubt that they came to cheer for their team!
The bad boys of the previous generation have become bad uncles, but the bad boys of the new generation have just assembled and are about to officially hit the road!
If we can defeat Lin Tian tonight and end Indiana's dynasty, then the entire Detroit will definitely not sleep all night and will celebrate wildly all night long!

Thomas and Dumas would certainly not miss this possible scene!

On the court, coaches from both teams had not changed their starting lineups at this point in the series.

Of course, one side played very well and did not need to change the formation.

On the other side, no matter how well they fight, there are only a few people who can be used!
For the Pacers, this win or go home game has begun!

At the beginning of the game, the Pistons continued with the successful tactics of the previous game, blocking Lin Tian's way to the basket as much as possible, letting the two Wallaces shrink in the interior, trying every means to increase the level of physical contact and confrontation, while letting Billups continue to attack Lin Tian!

On this night, Brown's move once again had a magical effect!
And this time the magic appeared on the offensive end!
In the first three attacks of the game, the Pistons gave two of them to Billups to play one-on-one.

The first time was when Billups dribbled and fought at the top of the arc, but failed to find any chance to shoot. Instead, he almost made a mistake. After Lin Tian snatched the ball away, Billups turned around and chased the ball until the basketball was about to fly across half court, then Billups pulled the ball back.

Then, before the 24-second bell rang, he forced a jump shot from one step in front of the center line, facing Lin Tian's defense, and threw the ball into the basket.

"Shh!"

Then there was a crisp sound, and Billups hit a magical shot at the beginning of the game!

Then, this ball seemed to completely open up Billups' Ren and Du meridians, and this guy's touch was completely opened!
Next, he continued to attack Lin Tian one-on-one. Almost every time, Lin Tian was able to defend well, and every time Lin Tian's hands wanted to stick completely to Billups' body, but almost every time, Billups was able to use incredible methods and touch to send the ball into the basket!

In the first quarter, this guy made 9 of 7 shots and scored 17 points!
Even though Billups' offense was so sharp and crazy, almost playing at the best level of his career, the Pistons' defense did not slacken at all. They still operated perfectly like a machine and executed their procedures accurately, not giving the Pacers almost any open shot opportunities.

At the same time, they used every possible means to protect the basket and target Lin Tian, ​​raising the level of confrontation to the extreme!
It can be said that the standard of the Pistons tonight, if taken one step further, is fighting!

The two sides were almost fighting!

But unfortunately, the Pistons have the super star Billups, but Lin Tian is isolated and helpless!
Although he made 11 of 5 shots in the first quarter and scored 14 points, which seemed quite efficient, the other players on the Pacers only scored 4 points in total.

The score of the entire Pacers team was only 1 point higher than that of Billups alone!
But the Pistons did have someone standing up!

Hamilton, Rashid and others all scored in this quarter, and they scored 25 points in the first quarter!
This is the first time in this series that a team can score 25 points in a single quarter!
They played the best defense of the series so far!

At the same time, considering the playing style and rhythm of both sides in this series, the gap of 7 points is absolutely huge!

After all, in this round of games, it is normal for these two teams to score 7-8 points in half a quarter!

The efficiency and pace are both extremely slow!

In the second quarter, Lin Tian certainly could not rest and went straight to the court to continue fighting, while the Pistons sent out their ace sixth man, who is also the strongest contender for the best sixth man of the season.

Bunch Wells, nicknamed "Bon".

This guy who came to the Pistons with Rashid is also a well-known tough guy and a representative of recklessness.

One of the things he is most famous for is that in the series against the Spurs, he averaged 60 points and 23 rebounds per game with a hit rate of 12%!
The guy who fought him one-on-one throughout that round of the game was a dirty version of Bowen who had not been blessed by Lin Tian!

That series made Wells famous in the league.

Although Wells has not really shined yet, his low-post skills and huge weight allow him to face most defenders with ease!
But tonight, Carlisle made a mistake.

Instead of letting Artest, who was bigger and more suitable for defending Wells, he let the skilled Christie face Wells.

The result of this matchup was that it was Wells' turn to explode in the second quarter. In the first four minutes against Christie, Wells scored 4 points with free throws. Then Carlisle finally reacted and replaced Artest to face Wells.

But at this time Wells' condition had completely improved. This guy played with confidence and was very smart. Facing Artest, who was better than him in weight confrontation, Wells came to the three-point line again. In the second half of the second quarter, he found an opportunity and made a three-pointer from the left and right!
Wells became a surprise player in the second quarter, scoring 13 points in a single quarter and helping the Pistons extend their lead to 12 points!
44: 32!

At the end of the first half, the gap between the two sides was slowly widening, but the Pacers could not find a solution or countermeasure.

Carlisle was completely at a loss.

He had no one to turn to and no solution to his problem.

Make bricks without straw!

This helplessness continued until the end of the third quarter.

The person who exploded in the third quarter was Rashid.

This all-around inside player made three 3-pointers in the third quarter! Although this guy was too excited and celebrated too much, and the referee gave him a technical foul because of the "roaring" part, he successfully helped the team continue to expand the score with the "Tianzun" part.

At the end of the third quarter, the Pistons' lead had reached 18 points.

64: 46.

The Pacers are on the brink of elimination.

During the intermission, Carlisle's eyes were a little dull. He was really helpless and had no idea what to do.

The team only has so many players available, what can he do?

Their inside line could not compete with the two Wallaces, and although their outside line could theoretically hold up or even have the advantage, today they happened to encounter Billups and Wells who broke out one after another. Although each of these two people only broke out for one quarter, it was enough to punish the Pacers, because no one on the Pacers side could match up with these two guys, and no one could respond on the offensive end.

Up to this point in the game, except for Lin Tian who scored 21 points again, no one else on the team scored in double digits.

Not only was Carlisle at a loss with a dull look on his face, even the Pacers players had no expression on their faces, without any smile on their faces.

Everyone could see that the Pacers' defeat was imminent.

"It's a pity that I can't accept it and I don't want to accept it, but this is the fact." Kenny sighed and said, "The Pacers' throne may end here."

"They are exhausted, and at this point in the season, they are really tired."

"They have only used 7-8 players in rotation for almost the entire season, and the playing time of the team's main players ranks first in the league. They have become extremely dependent on Lin, and Lin has done everything he can to make the team better."

"Lin's performance in March and April was amazing. He used his ability to help the team enter the playoffs and maintain the dignity of the dynasty team."

"So I think the dynasty has finally come to its collapse! After all, even if Ginobili and Webber return next season, it is hard to say what kind of performance they can play and how much strength they can recover! And more importantly, will Lin continue to stay in Indiana?"

"The team has been doing subtraction for many years, and has been getting weaker and weaker for many years. Will Lin really have no complaints about the team's actions and be willing to continue to stay with the team?"

"Kenny, now is not the time to talk about this." Barkley frowned and said, "I don't like what you said. I think you are wrong. The game is not over yet. There are still 12 minutes left in the game."

"This is the NBA, where miracles happen. Every week, we see more exaggerated comebacks with bigger points difference than this one! Including Lin himself, he has done it countless times! Lin has also done more exaggerated comebacks than this one!"

"I understand you, Charles. You were once a part of this team and an important member of the dynasty, so you don't want to accept the reality, but the current situation is obvious."

"The Pacers are powerless. Their players have lost their confidence. Their players are overwhelmed. They were completely blown up by the Pistons! Maybe they can make a comeback next year, but they can't do it this year!"

"No, they can do it! I believe in them!" Barkley said firmly and firmly: "They can do it!"

"How do we do this? There must be a plan, a way!"

"It's very simple. Just make the shots that should be made and defend against the Pistons' offense. It's that simple!"

"You've said a lot of nonsense." Kenny snorted and said, "Then I have another way, Charles. As long as the Pacers limit the Pistons' score to less than 100 points and make their own score exceed 100 points, they can complete the reversal."

"As for how they did it? Hey, just defend the Pistons' offense and put the ball in! It's that simple."

Listening to Kenny's obviously sarcastic words, Barkley rarely got angry, nor did he argue with him. He just shrugged and said, "Anyway, I believe that the Pacers' season will not end like this."

"They're going to turn the game around, they're going to win it!"

"If you must let me give you a reason, let me give you a reason."

"Lin! It's that simple, Lin!"

"He is the biggest miracle in this place where miracles happen!" (End of this chapter)