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"This glass of wine is for my big brother! A glass of wine for my forever big brother!" In the dance floor full of lights and wine, there was an iron tower. No, it was a guy who looked like an iron tower but whose silhouette looked like a mushroom. He was holding a big glass of wine in his hand and howling.

"My life's guide, my most important friend, my best mentor, my eternal brother, the person I am most grateful to in this life, Lin! I toast him with this glass of wine, thank him for not caring about what I did to him during the game!"

"I'm a villain, a complete bastard, a damn devil, and I deserve to go to hell! But my brother, please forgive me!"

That person, of course, is Ben Wallace.

Da Ben had only said half of his words when Rashid rushed out from the side, kicked him aside, and then took the half bottle of wine in his hand and said: "I want to toast to Lin too!"

"Give me the best big brother! A brother who is willing to sacrifice his life for me. If Lin needs me, I am even willing to go to the streets with him to fight! I am willing to be his shield and bulletproof vest! I am willing to block the knife for him!"

"These two idiots." Billups huddled in the corner. He felt like he couldn't even raise his head. It was so embarrassing. How could these two do such a thing?
They came all the way to Indiana, and after Brown's clear curfew order, they insisted on bringing a few people out, saying they wanted to have some fun.

The result is this?

What the fuck is this?

A peace toast? An apology banquet? Or a two-person talk show?

How come we, the iron-blooded Detroit, came up with these two things?
Shame on you! What a shame!
Billups has been complaining in his heart since he arrived. He really feels like sitting on pins and needles and has already planned to run away.

It was because there were so many people at that moment and everyone hadn't drunk enough, otherwise Billups would have left long ago.

Well...some people have already drunk enough.

"My brothers are right!" Wells rushed onto the dance floor holding a bottle of wine and shouted, "When I was in Portland, I regarded Lin as my idol! I always dreamed of fighting with him on the streets! The two of us can beat 50 people together!"

"He hit 48, I can at least knock down 2!"

"Three idiots!" Hamilton also moved next to Billups and sat with him. The two looked at each other, and then this pair of backcourt partners with great tacit understanding didn't need to say a word.

Walk! Go now!
So, the two of them stood up together, and then walked towards the door.

"I'm finally free. I don't want to embarrass myself with these bastards anymore in my life." Billups pushed open the door of the box. He felt free!
Then he didn't even have time to stretch, he quickly turned around and faced behind him, then pushed Hamilton into the room.

"What the hell are you doing, Chang..." Before Hamilton's Chauncey could finish his words, Billups pushed him into the room and closed the door again.

"Larry is here!" Billups swallowed his saliva, his face pale: "Do you think he found us?"

"Absolutely not!" Hamilton confidently stated that Brown could not have discovered that they had sneaked out, and at the same time he took out a mask from somewhere and put it on his face.

"Take that shit off of yours." Billups realized that everyone was mentally retarded tonight, except for him. "This shitty mask is your true self! It's easier for people to recognize you with this thing on!"

"Then what do we do?"

"What should we do?" Lin Tian had discovered the two guys who wanted to run away at some point, so he sneaked up to them, put his arms around their shoulders and said, "Of course, we should continue playing the music and dancing!"

Then, Lin Tian pushed the two of them into the box again without saying anything, to watch Daben's performance.

As for what program it was, Lin Tian couldn't understand either, and had no idea what this guy was mumbling about. Anyway, according to Ben himself, it was the song "HERO" from last year's All-Star Game!
It can't be said that they are completely different, but at least they have nothing to do with each other.

.........

The Pistons canceled all training the day after arriving in Indiana. The reason was that Larry Brown was unwell and the old man was unable to participate in the training.

But as for the real reason...

Rumor has it that Larry Brown was drained dry by his old lover when he was coaching in Indiana, to the point where he couldn't even get up and almost lost his life.

As for whether the news is true or not, there is no source for the rumors anyway, and there is no legal responsibility. No one cares whether it is true or not.

Anyway, after receiving the news, the Pistons players didn’t care whether the old man was squeezed dry or not. They all cheered and then turned over and lay on the bed.

Take a rest for a while.

We had too much fun last night.

.........

A day later, players from both teams gathered at the Conseco Center again, and the sixth game of the series started on time!
This game is also considered by many to be the Pistons' last chance!
Facing an opponent like the Pacers, if they can't win Game 6, once the Pacers' form and morale are fully brought out and they completely regain their feeling, then they will definitely not win Game 7!
After all, this is the Pacers!

This has been the king of the league for many years!
Especially if you analyze it carefully, you will find that although both sides have won and lost in the past five games, the rhythm of the game has actually always been under the control of the Pistons. The scores of both sides were very low. 5 points is considered a high score, 80 points is not low, and 70 points is common!
The two sides played for five games with extremely low scoring efficiency and extremely slow pace, but the Pistons failed to win the series.

The current situation is actually obvious: the Pacers have begun to adapt to the rhythm and scale of the Pistons. The defense in the fourth quarter of the last game is the best example! The Pacers are no longer afraid of the Pistons' defensive intensity and physical confrontation.

They were able to give the Pistons the same response on the defensive end.

With the defense of both teams almost equal, whoever has better offense will win this series!

But as we all know, when it comes to defense, the Pistons are the best in history, but what about offense?

Not to mention how bad their offense is, on the other side they have Lin Tian, ​​a guy who has begun to be called the 'best attacker in history'.

No matter how confident the Pistons and Brown are, no matter how determined they are to win, they know very well: if they compete with the Pacers in offense, their chances of winning will probably be less than 30%!

So before the game started, Brown once again rudely emphasized their game strategy for tonight.

"Same as the last game! If Lin gets into the paint, I'll make him bleed! Not just Lin, but everyone on the Pacers, as long as they get into the paint, I'll make them go back lying down!"

"Treat our three-second zone as your own bedroom! Anyone who wants to come in will have to pay a price! Anyone who wants to rush in to score points, let them leave some scraps here, understand?"

"Show the momentum and scale you had in the last two minutes of the last game! You did a great job in the last game. We were just unlucky to lose. Keep up this intensity and carry it through the entire game. Then they won't be able to beat us!"

"There's no way! They can't maintain such top-level condition and energy for the entire game. The last game was their limit! Let's go all out and win this game! Beat them!"

"Kill them! Kill them!"

The Pistons players will never lack blood and courage, and will never be afraid or give in.

The toughness in their bones will never change!
There is absolutely no problem with Brown's arrangement, and there is no problem with his ideas and strategies. This is the optimal solution and best strategy for the Pistons at the moment.

It is their best choice to take down the Pacers.

But there's just one problem.

That is, in the previous game, the Pacers really couldn't make a shot!
In the past five games, except for Lin Tian, ​​no one on their team averaged double digit points!
The Pistons could only gain the upper hand over the Pacers, who were in such a slump, but could not win the game. It can be seen from here that the Pistons have reached their limit!
Because the Pacers have hit bottom, and once they hit bottom, they will inevitably rebound!

Like tonight!

The entire Pacers team, including Lin Tian, ​​finally bounced back after missing 5 games!

In the first attack of the game, the Pacers still gave the ball to Lin Tian, ​​and the Pistons still used the previous defensive strategy.

But this time, when Lin Tian attracted a double-team after setting the screen and passed the ball to Haslem who was completely left open after being separated, Haslem received the ball and shot.

This time, it finally hit!

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Haslem scored!
In this series, he averaged 5 minutes of playing time in 38 games, but only averaged 2 points and 8 rebounds per game. In the first and fourth games, Haslem was completely eliminated without scoring a single point!
His shooting percentage dropped from 49% in the regular season to 28%!

You know, 90% of Haslem's shots were in absolutely wide open positions, and there were people on the Pacers who could not seize these absolutely open positions. In the previous games, the entire Pacers team was like this!
Given this state and touch, it is normal that they couldn't score in the first few games.

Haslem, who was terrible in terms of both statistics and efficiency, scored on his first shot tonight.

The excited Haslem raised his arms and shouted, and kept beating his chest to celebrate his good start.

This ball was very important to boosting his self-confidence. Even though it was just one ball, but he was able to hit it at the very beginning of the game, it was absolutely a huge boost to Haslem's self-confidence!
At the same time, it also greatly boosted the confidence of all the players on the Pacers team.

For example, in the Pacers' second offensive round, Lin Tian broke through and passed the ball to Artest again. Artest did not hesitate after getting the ball. He did not even make a gesture to break through to the inside. He just jumped up and threw the ball from outside the three-point line.

"Boom!"

The momentum from the buzzer beater in the previous game failed to carry over into this one, as Artest's three-pointer bounced out of the rim.

Although the basketball did not go in, Haslem, who had just made the shot, showed momentum and ferocity rarely seen in the previous games. He stretched out a hand from between the two Wallaces and hit the ball out again.

Then Miller, with his tall height and long arms, took advantage of his height to catch the basketball in his arms. After landing, this guy pulled himself up again and made another small lob shot from close range!

"The momentum of these two goals at the beginning is good!" Kenny said: "In the previous games of the Pacers, it was Lin who led the charge, or even just Lin who charged and opened up the situation."

"But in tonight's game, it was the other players of the Pacers who opened fire and scored first! Let's see if this momentum can continue tonight! Charles, what about you? What do you think of this game?"

"How do I see it?" Barkley grinned, then suddenly opened his shirt, revealing a blue No. 3 jersey.

"Detroit must win! Ben can grab at least 30 rebounds tonight! Kill! Beat Indiana!"

Kenny was almost shocked by Barkley's move.

Wow, you’re addicted to metaphysics, right?

It's getting more and more thorough, right?

On the court, after Billups scored a mid-range shot, this time the rebound was grabbed by Lin Tian again. After getting the ball, this guy changed his steady style in the previous games and rushed towards the Pistons' half with the ball!
Even though Lin Tian was extremely fast and rushed to the Pistons' half in the blink of an eye, the Pistons' discipline and defensive habits were really good. As soon as Lin Tian got outside the three-point line, they had already arranged their defensive formation and were ready for battle!
If it were the previous few games, Lin Tian would definitely have chosen to play steadily, but tonight is different!
Tonight, the Pacers are going to set the pace! Lin Tian wants to set the pace and speed of the game. He doesn't want to be led by the Pistons anymore!

So this time, Lin Tian suddenly made two consecutive dribbles between his legs to find the rhythm, then suddenly accelerated and launched another charge towards the Pistons' inside line!
Although Lin Tian was trapped in the Pistons' defensive siege in the blink of an eye, he quickly found his teammates and passed the ball to Christie on the other side with a one-handed pass.

Another open 3-pointer! Christie didn't hesitate after receiving the ball. His teammates all contributed and scored, and he was not willing to fall behind.

Decisive shot from outside the 3-point line.

"Shh!"

"It's back! 'Scalpel' is coming too!" Kenny shouted, "The Pacers made their first 3-pointer tonight! Let's see if this shot can get their shooting touch back and if they can connect!"

To be honest, it is difficult to connect them into a chain.

Because even though the Pacers players were in good shape tonight, under the leadership of Lin Tian and stimulated by the victory in the previous game, they played more decisively and fiercely tonight, but the problem is that the Pistons' defense is really top-notch!

Even if they need to double-team Lin Tian constantly, even if Lin Tian can always find teammates in open positions, the Pistons can always complete the rotation and help defense in the first time, fill the gap, and interfere with the Pacers players' shots.

The Pacers did not get as many open shots and great opportunities as they imagined!
Especially when Brown found out that Lin Tian was obviously going to lead his teammates to attack first instead of attacking himself tonight, he ordered the players to speed up the rotation and increase their lateral speed and defensive enthusiasm! Improve it!
In order to win, the Pistons' defensive intensity tonight was truly raised to their maximum level!
Whether it was the confrontation, scale, ferocity or rotation speed, the Pistons players did their best. Driven by the Pacers and Lin Tian's madness, the Pistons also played at their best tonight!
After double-teaming Lin Tian, ​​they can rotate quickly to fill the gap caused by the double-team, and then continue to remind each other non-stop to fill the newly appeared gap.

As long as we make up for it quickly enough, there will be no gaps in our defense!

That’s the principle the Pistons are upholding tonight!
Under the Pistons' crazy defense, the Pacers players were not afraid!
On the defensive end, they really can't play the same crazy defense as the Pistons, but the problem is that the Pistons don't have a guy like Lin Tian who requires the Pacers to double-team and help defend constantly.

The Pacers used one-on-one and never-give-up spirit to fill the gaps time and time again, block their opponents time and time again, and use their bodies to withstand the attacks of their opponents time and time again.

Lin Tian held on to Billups tightly, causing this guy who had performed well and made magical shots in the previous few games to completely fall into silence. Not only was he unable to score points himself, but he also found it difficult to truly organize the team's offense.

Christie played to his strengths in prediction, experience and awareness on the defensive end. He repeatedly bypassed the screen and stood between Hamilton and the ball handler, allowing Hamilton to run frantically and constantly looking for screens, trying to use his off-ball skills to score, but in the end he couldn't even get the ball.

Artest started a real hand-to-hand fight with Wells, who was in the starting lineup tonight. A meat tank and a muscular beast were wrestling each other around the entire court.

As for Haslem, although he is no match for Rasheed in terms of height, skills, confrontation, ability, etc., he also plays close defense with all his might, making it difficult for Rasheed to shoot directly after receiving the ball. But if Rasheed wants to play one-on-one at the basket or in the low post, Miller's help defense will come in time.

There is no way. It's because your inside partner Big Ben's influence on the offensive end can be completely ignored. You, Rashid, are not Webber. Although you are known as an all-rounder, you really don't have Webber's skills in passing the ball inside.

Once Rashid faces two people under the basket, he really has no way to find Ben who is left open, and he also lacks O'Neal's explosive power to score continuously in a one-on-two situation.

Simply put, there was really not much Rashid could do on the offensive end tonight!
In this game, the intensity of both sides was definitely higher than in the previous five games, and the brutality of the game was also much higher than in the previous games.

However, even though the defensive intensity of both sides was raised to the extreme, the confidence and decisiveness of the players on the offensive end did not decrease in the slightest. Even though their offensive efficiency was still not very high, the scores of both sides tonight were obviously higher than in previous games. At least at the end of the first half, the scores of both sides were close to 50 points.

44: 47.

The Pacers temporarily led by 3 points.

"In this game, both teams may score over 100 points!"

At the end of the first half, Kenny said lightly: "To be able to play this level of offensive efficiency under this level of defensive intensity, I think the players on both sides played the masterpieces of their careers tonight!"

"Maybe their statistics tonight are not the best in their careers, and they can't even be ranked, but if we only talk about the state and determination, tonight, everyone on the court has brought their state to the extreme!"

"Charles, you... forget it, just shut up!"

Kenny originally wanted to ask Barkley what he thought of the game, but when he saw Barkley unbuttoning his shirt again, trying to reveal his blue jersey, Kenny quickly stopped him.

It's too harsh on the eyes.

It's better not to look at it.

However, what Kenny said still makes a lot of sense. The success rate and efficiency of both sides in the first half of the game were indeed not top-notch, but the determination and attitude shown by both sides on the court were indeed the pinnacle of their careers, and even the entire league!
In addition, there is another very similar point between the two sides tonight.

That is, the scoring points were very scattered, and both sides had many players performing well.

On the Pacers side, Lin Tian still played the full 24 minutes, but his number of shots and points both created new lows in this series, but his number of assists was the highest in this series.

The main reason is that the other players of the Pacers played better and had a higher hit rate. They were able to make shots, so Lin Tian's number of shots naturally decreased and his number of assists naturally increased.

12投5中，3分球3投1中，罚球5罚5中，林天半场拿下了16分7篮板6助攻2抢断，他的数据仍旧是全面无比，仍旧是这个晚上最闪亮的球员。

In addition to Lin Tian, ​​Christie scored the second highest point in the team with 8 points, Artest scored 6 points, Miller and Parker and Howard who came off the bench also scored 5 points each.

In addition, although Haslem only made the opening shot, he grabbed 9 rebounds in the first half of the game, including 4 offensive rebounds. His fighting spirit and life-threatening attitude were also one of the important reasons why the Pacers led by 3 points!

Although at halftime Lin Tian was the only Pacers player to score in double digits, at least it was obvious that everyone's condition was improving and everyone was playing better and better. If they continued playing at the pace of tonight, Lin Tian would definitely not be the only Pacers player to score in double digits again!

The situation on the Pistons side was very similar. Hamilton scored a team-high 12 points. At the same time, with the team's two Wallaces performing mediocrely on the offensive end, the team's backup small forward, Davon Ham, an unknown and almost unremembered supporting player, stood up.

This guy, who has not yet developed a bump on his head and has not yet gone to Los Angeles, played an active style of play in the first half, cutting to the basket many times or scoring directly in transition.

He scored 6 points on 5 of 10 shots in the first half, becoming the Pistons' surprise player.

Apart from these two players who scored in double digits, Billups performed extremely badly. He only scored 7 points with 1 of 5 shots. Rasheed performed only slightly better than him, scoring only 9 points with 3 of 8 shots.

As for the team's other two starting players, Wells only scored 4 points, but he didn't take many shots. A lot of his energy was used in fighting with Artest, as if this guy was not here to play basketball tonight, but to wrestle. Only in a few minutes occasionally, he suddenly remembered that he was a basketball player and shot a few baskets.

As for Big Ben, although this guy had a 100% shooting rate, he only scored 2 points in total. However, neither the Detroit fans nor Larry Brown would blame Big Ben for this.

With 2 points, Big Ben has completed his task on the offensive end. After all, his more important job is defense. He grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and 3 blocks in the first half tonight, like a pillar supporting the sky. Several times the Pacers' determined drives to the basket were directly blocked by Big Ben.

In short, both sides played their best in the first half of the game, but were also restrained to a certain extent by their opponents.

In the second half of the game, players from both sides changed sides and at the beginning of the third quarter, both sides once again showed their top competitive state.

First, Billups made an extremely difficult step-back 3-pointer to tie the score for the team. Then, when the Pacers attacked, Lin Tian opened fire again, rushed directly into the inside, faced Big Ben, and once again jumped up and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!
Ben once again became the background board for Lin Tian’s poster moment.

"Ben, next time you see me, keep your head down!"

After scoring the goal, Lin Tian immediately started trash talking to Big Ben.

"I saw you lowering your head too." Big Ben scratched his afro and grinned.

This time it was Lin Tian's turn to be helpless. How could he respond to trash talk like this?

shameless!
Although Lin Tian’s trash talk was useless, the first two balls scored by both sides still showed the attitudes of both sides.

That's determination! Even more determination than in the first half!
As both teams have already reached their peak in terms of skills, tactics and attitude, the competition now is no longer just about basketball.

In the next game, both sides will compete with each other in terms of momentum!
Whoever can last longer, whoever can maintain intensity longer, whoever can grit his teeth and not retreat in this extreme confrontation, will win the game!

In addition to the breath that cannot be broken, the other thing that the two sides compete for is luck! Whoever has better luck, who can score two difficult fairy goals, who can seize more open opportunities, will become the winner tonight!
After all, both sides have done their best in what the players and coaches can control, but it is still difficult to tell who is better. So the rest can only be left to fate.

Throughout the first half of the third quarter, both sides were in an absolute balance. Neither side could gain a lead of more than 5 points. The two sides fought back and forth, constantly overtaking, falling behind, catching up, and then overtaking again.

The hit rates of both sides have improved significantly without anyone noticing.

For example, when there were 2 minutes left in this quarter, both sides scored 25 points.

69: 72!

At this point in this quarter, the two sides are still tied!
Neither side was able to widen the score in the third quarter!

When the game entered a pause again, Kenny analyzed: "Today's game will most likely go to the last minute. Players on both sides have already given everything they can and played everything they can."

"But the two sides are still unable to determine the winner! I think the coaches on both sides are also waiting. They are waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the right time to appear! But to be honest, no one can say when this time will come, and in what form it will come."

"It's even possible that there won't be such an opportunity tonight, and the two sides will most likely remain deadlocked until the end of the game! At that time, it may all depend on the luck of both sides."

"Charles? It's okay, you don't have to say anything. I just want to see if you are dead. If you are not dead, you can continue to cheer for the Pistons."

The commentary of this game has become more and more like Kenny's one-man show. Whenever he points to Barkley, Barkley will show his No. 3 Pistons jersey with a shameless look on his face, then let out lewd laughs and shout "The Pistons will win!"
Kenny had given up on him.

On the court, the timeout has ended, and both coaches have not replaced too many players. In this round of series, the rotation lineups of both coaches are getting shorter and shorter, and the number of rotation players is getting smaller and smaller.

A total of 8 Pistons players appeared on the court tonight, while only 7 Pacers players played!

Tonight is the ultimate showdown between the main players!
But at times like this, it is more likely that a surprise attack will appear!
For example, Ham scored 10 points in the first half for the Pistons.

For example, Parker is now on the court, playing as a double guard with Lin Tian!
In this series, because Lin Tian rested for less than 1 minute in total and played almost every game, Parker's playing time was also extremely limited. He could only occasionally play for a while when Christie was resting or the Pacers had to play with a very small lineup.

For example, now, in the final stage of the third quarter, Carlisle had to let Miller, who had already played for 30 minutes, rest for a while, otherwise the big man really couldn't hold on.

Haslem, Artest, Howard, Lin Tian, ​​Parker!
In the last two minutes of the third quarter, the Pacers used their small lineup of one player not too big and four players all small.

In this lineup, although the Pacers have three players who are 3 meters tall, no one is taller than 2 centimeters. In other words, three forwards who are just over 201 meters tall and two guards who are about 2 centimeters tall make up the Pacers' current lineup.

Brown obviously expected the Pacers to have such a small lineup!

Because at this time, he had the most powerful lineup he could get now!
The inside players are Rashid and Elden Campbell, both of whom are 211 cm tall. The forward line is Darwin Ham, who performed well in the first half and is 201 cm tall. The backcourt duo is Hamilton and veteran Bob Sura, both of whom are 198 cm tall!

How strong do you think the Pistons' lineup is? That's not certain.

But at least in terms of height, they completely crushed the Pacers. Brown obviously believed that the team's height would allow them to gain the upper hand in the last two minutes of the third quarter!

Very traditional and very much in line with Brown’s thinking.

Use height to beat speed, and the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score! (End of this chapter)