NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

After coming to the front court again, facing Iverson, whose eyes were glowing red and whose teeth were bared, determined to defend his shot, Lin Tian simply chose to ignore him.

With Iverson's defensive level, apart from being wary of his speed and direct steals, the rest of the time just pretend he doesn't exist.

They have the advantage in tonnage and height, and even Iverson's signature agility and speed are superior, which means that technically the two can barely be said to be equally matched.

If I don't beat you into a meat stick, why would I, Mr. Lin, still be hanging around?
Lin Tian held the basketball with his back to the basket in the low post on the right side. He waved his hand to signal everyone to move away from him, then suddenly turned around quickly, accelerated suddenly, and rushed towards the basket from the baseline!
While turning around, Lin Tian's arm swung backwards inadvertently and hit Iverson directly, pushing him backwards, which completely destroyed the last possibility of Iverson catching up and defending.

Then Lin Tian rushed towards Garnett who came to assist in defense at the baseline!
He jumped fearlessly and raised the ball high with both hands.

"You're done!" Garnett saw the angle and timing of Lin Tian's takeoff, roared, and jumped up confidently following Lin Tian.

Unless Lin Tian can really fly this ball, Garnett is 100% confident that he can block Lin Tian's shot!

then……

Then he discovered that Lin Tian could really fly!

It seemed that the two were about to collide head-on, but Lin Tian suddenly turned sideways in the air, then leaned his upper body backward, and at the same time, he quickly retrieved the basketball in his hands from his head to his chest.

This pull-up shot just happened to allow him to avoid Garnett's block, and the two of them in the air gave everyone a feeling like they were just brushing shoulders!
Finally, Lin Tian relied on his incredible air-staying ability to pass Garnett in the air and glided to the other side of the basket. He exerted force from his waist once again and raised the basketball in his hand again.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, and after the bang there was a period of silence.

The entire target center was silenced by Lin Tian's knock.

How can it be?

Is he still human?
This gliding distance, this air-staying ability, this waist and abdominal strength.

Too scary!

"FUXX!" In the TNT studio, Barkley excitedly blurted out swear words, and then his clothes burst open again.

He took off his suit, took off the Garnett jersey underneath, and then revealed the yellow No. 7 of the Pacers hidden under Garnett's jersey.

"FUXX!" Kenny couldn't help it. "You're wearing a Pacers jersey underneath? Aren't you hot, you bastard?"

"I'm not pretending anymore!" Barkley shouted excitedly, "I'm not pretending anymore! What mysterious shaman power, what incredible supernatural science, go to hell! Go to hell! I'm a part of Indiana all my life!"

"Will they retire your jersey for you, a mercenary who only played for one year?" Kenny immediately mocked Barkley upon hearing this, hitting his soft spot.

But this time Barkley was obviously too excited. He completely ignored Kenny's trash talk and continued, "We Indians will always be champions! Lin is the greatest NBA star in the world!"

"This shot reminded me of my first big brother Julius' one-arm flying shot, and it also reminded me of Michael's crazy pull-up shot in the 1991 Finals. Those shots were just as crazy as this one."

"But if you ask me, this is the best dunk in the history of the NBA Finals!"

While Barkley was going crazy, Lin Tian was still lying on the floor.

He really used all his energy in this goal.

The jumping distance was too far, and the force used in the final turn and dunk was a bit too strong, so he was unable to stand steadily when he landed.

Not only did he fail to stand steadily, he also fell backwards.

The experienced Lin Tian did not get anxious. He lay on the ground and shook his ankles and knees twice. The landing posture just now was not very beautiful. Lin Tian had to make sure that he was not injured at all.

Of course, the reason why he was so leisurely and not in a hurry was because Lin Tian saw Iverson reaching out for the ball, and then he ran towards the frontcourt, wanting to take the opportunity to make a fast break.

If you want to fight, I’ll give it to you!
Anyway, the Pacers' goal tonight is to fish!

After pulling the fishing line twice, you have to let the fish swim happily for a while, otherwise the fishing line will break.

Lin Tian didn't get up in time, and Iverson had already rushed to the basket and completed a quick layup, succeeding in the fast break.

When Lin Tian slowly got up from the floor, Iverson ran towards him aggressively: "I'm not afraid of you, Lin! They're both 2 points, there's no difference!"

"Whether there is a difference or not, you know it yourself. Look at your fans. Are they cheering for your goal? They are waiting for a dead ball now! They are waiting for a dead ball so that they can watch the replay of the goal just now!"

"You must want to see it too, Alan."

"I do not want!"

"No, you think, after all, you will never be able to dunk this kind of ball in your life."

"I don't want to!"

"Don't lie to yourself. You are looking forward to it now, right?"

"Shut up! I don't...FUXXX!"

Iverson was arguing with Lin Tian, ​​but Lin Tian suddenly pushed him, then quickly moved sideways to catch the ball, and then just threw it!

"Shh!"

Lin Tian received the pass from Christie and continued to contribute to the team's scoring!
"Alan, you are doomed to fail today! You are nothing but a bunch of stray dogs with only your voices left! You are doomed to fail tonight!"

In response to Lin Tian's trash talk, Iverson launched another crazy attack.

In other words, crazy attacks again and again!

Iverson has completely gone mad with rage.

As Iverson's partner, after being dunked by Lin Tian at a historic level, Garnett wanted to block Lin Tian's shot at least once to get back at the score.

At least when fans recall Lin Tian’s dunk in the future, Garnett’s fans can fight back: After being dunked by Lin, our KG fought back so strongly!

In the following game, these two people were so bloodthirsty that they used up all the strength that had been accumulated in their bodies over the past two days.

The effect is also very obvious. The Timberwolves' score is increasing rapidly, and they are trying hard to narrow the gap.

Especially during the 3 minutes when Lin Tian went to rest at the beginning of the second quarter, these two players did not choose to rest. Relying on this opportunity, the Timberwolves reached another climax!
When Lin Tian came on the court again with 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the Timberwolves not only caught up with the score, but also overtook the Pacers by 2 points!
Seeing Lin Tian coming up again, Iverson looked at Lin Tian fiercely and said: "Did you see that, Lin! Did you see that? We will kill you! We will continue to maintain the lead! Until we completely blow you up tonight!"

"Shh!"

In response to Iverson, Lin Tian made a pull-up jump shot from outside the three-point line, and the Pacers took the lead again!

"Your lead wasn't maintained for very long, or was this long enough to satisfy you?"

Lin Tian's words made Iverson's blood boil again!
This bastard, why is he so annoying?
As Iverson was full of energy and couldn't wait to defeat Lin Tian and the Pacers, the Timberwolves' tempo began to slowly pick up!

They started playing a fast-paced transition offense, and whenever there was an opportunity, Iverson would lead his teammates to charge!

This is his favorite rhythm and the one he is best at!
At the same time, judging from the scene, Iverson's play was quite effective! The Timberwolves' scoring efficiency was very high, and they kept increasing their scores.

But this is also the rhythm the Pacers like, and this is the rhythm they expect!
The faster they run, the faster the Timberwolves' physical strength will decline!
In the second half of the game, they will definitely become a group of weaklings!

At the same time, in order to further deplete the Timberwolves' physical strength, Lin Tian not only led his teammates to run wildly with the Timberwolves, but also took the lead in increasing the intensity of defense. The two sides were running wildly and engaging in crazy physical confrontations. People kept falling to the ground, and the sound of flesh colliding continued to ring out.

In the rest of the second quarter, both sides once again fell into an extremely fast-paced team offense. Both sides were attacking and defending at the same time, and the physical energy consumption of both sides was quite large!

As for the score between the two sides, it naturally continued to rise. At the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was temporarily fixed at 65:67!
The Timberwolves, playing at home, successfully reversed the score and maintained their lead thanks to the climax played by Lin Tian at the beginning of the second quarter.

But their potential problems are also very obvious.

Iverson only rested for about 2 minutes in the first quarter.

Garnett chose to rest when the team was leading by as many as 6 points at the end of the second quarter.

As soon as he saw Garnett go down, Lin Tian immediately increased his offensive aggressiveness. In the last three attacks of the second quarter, he chose to attack the basket and all of them were successful!

It was thanks to his three attacks that the Pacers successfully narrowed the gap to 2 points.

However, the Pacers team didn't care at all about this small gap.

Especially when the team was walking towards the locker room, Carlisle asked Lin Tian: "How much strength?"

"They are terrible. If I wanted, we would be leading by at least 15 points now!" Lin Tian's confident look made Carlisle completely relieved!
He was really afraid that the team would overdo it and lose the game again.

After all, in the first half of the game, it wasn't just Lin Tian who was working hard.

Carlisle is also working hard secretly!
He deliberately slowed down his reaction, and when he made personnel adjustments, he also deliberately slowed down the speed of his substitutions.

His "slow beat" was reflected on the court as Sanders defeated Carlisle by changing rotations and tactics!

At least in this first half, Sanders looked like the smarter one.

As for Lin Tian, ​​although he scored 30 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the first half, he did not actually give his full strength.

Be a step slower when defending, be slower when passing the ball, fail to grasp those fleeting opportunities, be softer when squeezing the screen, don't try so hard...

If Lin Tian hadn't played like this, letting the game go without him noticing, would Iverson have scored 24 points in the first half? Would the Timberwolves have led in the first half?

Dreaming!
But even so, the Timberwolves' problems are actually quite obvious.

As for the Pacers, Lin Tian and Carlisle were both "undercover". They fought hard and overdrawn Garnett and Iverson crazily, but they only led by 2 points in the first half.

Because the Timberwolves could still tighten up on the offensive end and still make some shots, but on the defensive end, they really couldn't keep up and really couldn't move.

too tired!
The legs of all the Timberwolves' main players felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

Lin Tian really had to be very careful and restrained so as not to pass the ball to those obviously open spaces and miss so many opportunities.

If Lin Tian really fights with all his strength, what he just said is not bragging!

The Timberwolves must be at least 15 points behind now!
However, Lin Tian was also very clear.

The acting in the first half is just the beginning!
The second half is when your acting skills are truly tested!
According to Lin Tian’s experience, the Timberwolves’ physical strength is almost reaching its limit and bottleneck period!

Normally, if a person does not stop or rest, but keeps attacking with all his strength, then in a state of extreme excitement, their adrenaline can be continuously secreted, and they can gain some extra strength to break through their limits and create miracles.

But once they stop to rest, that feeling of fatigue will immediately return in multiples and appear on their bodies, and their fatigue will gush towards them like a tidal wave.

Therefore, if there is no halftime break, and these guys are allowed to play like this, for the championship, for a good start to the finals, then the Timberwolves may really continue to explode and continue to show strong energy.

But once they rest, once they sit down in the locker room to empty themselves and try to restore their physical strength, they will find that what they get is not energy and strength, but doubled fatigue!

Who made them all so exhausted now?
If Lin Tian’s guess is correct, he can lead his team to completely defeat the Timberwolves in at most 5 minutes in the second half of the game!
But unfortunately, I can’t hit him!
If the Timberwolves were beaten badly, wouldn't Iverson, Garnett and the others have to go down to rest? Wouldn't the first half of the game have been in vain?

This situation must never be allowed to happen!

The second half is when the best actor mode is truly turned on!

Let the Timberwolves players know what a real top fisherman is!
However, what Lin Tian could not have expected was that while he was thinking about how to show off his acting skills in the second half so as to double the overdraft level of the Timberwolves, someone was assisting him in the next locker room.

Iverson and Garnett!
"They took too long!" During the halftime break, Iverson, who was so tired that he could barely open his eyes, threw the towel on his head onto the floor and stood in the middle of everyone and said, "Their rotation speed is not that good, and their defensive strength is just so-so!"

"They are far inferior to the Lakers! Far inferior! Their condition today is totally not good!" "They don't have many ways to deal with us. Even if they try their best, they can't gain an advantage in the score!"

"I can feel that Lin's defense is looser than before! This is the easiest half I've played against Lin! He was terrible tonight! He must have rested for too long and couldn't find his feeling!"

"Yes, I know he scored 30 points in the first half! But his defense is terrible! I can definitely beat him tonight!"

"As for me, I will increase my defensive area in the second half of the game. I will not continue to stay in the interior! I will rush out! I will expand my defensive area!" After Iverson finished speaking, Garnett threw off the towel on his head and stood beside his brother.

"He was able to score 30 points in the first half because I didn't defend well enough and was lazy! This is my fault, I admit it to everyone, I'm just too tired!"

"But now, I have found my feeling again. The fatigue is gone! I will kill Lin! I will kill everyone on the Pacers! My defense will be improved to the best state of my life in the second half!"

"Then, we win the game! Win the game!" Iverson raised his arms and yelled, "Win the championship!"

"champion!"

"champion!"

"Kill the Indian!"

The Timberwolves players, led by Iverson and Garnett, let out huge roars and cheers!
Their form is back! They believe they can win!
But Sanders was not too happy about the players' madness.

He always felt that something was not right.

He always felt that there was something he hadn't expected.

At the same time, the players' current state also made it difficult for Sanders to let them rest and give up the game.

He knew very well that given Iverson and Garnett's personalities, if he had said this before the game, these two guys would most likely agree. But now, when the two sides were fighting back and forth in the first half of the game, these two guys would not only not agree, but would also be very angry.

They will feel insulted.

If he fails miserably, these two guys may even lose respect for him, and then he will really end up losing more than he gains!
At this point in the game, there is no other choice.

Must fight!
Must win!

Sanders raised his hands and slapped his face several times to cheer himself up, and then after Garnett and Iverson finished their speeches, he walked among the crowd.

It's his turn to cheer up the players!
Well, but probably no one wants to watch the part where Sanders gives a speech, so the scene turns to the second half of the game between the two sides!

In the third quarter, both sides continued to fight!
In other words, keep on showing!
Of course, Lin Tian also knew that he should avoid using too much force at this time.

He was overacting. If the Timberwolves really took advantage of the opportunity and unleashed some incredible force to win the game, he would become a laughing stock!
It's not just about losing a game, but also about being criticized for taking too much time off, underestimating the opponent, deserving to lose, and being beaten by the low-health Iverson and so on.

Mr. Lin can't stand this thing!

We have to first widen the score gap to a relatively safe and suspenseful position, so that we can play with confidence.

Otherwise, it might be hard to tell who is fishing and who is being fished.

So at the beginning of the third quarter, Lin Tian went all out!
Cassell started with a one-on-one attack and got to the basket. He then scored 2 points against Garnett's high rebound, tying the score between the two sides.

Then Lin Tian used the pick-and-roll to assist Haslem and Miller to make a mid-range jump shot each.

After his two inside teammates scored, Lin Tian started his personal offense, continuously attacking the basket and scoring consecutively!
Then Lin Tian found Artest on the wing and assisted him to make a 3-pointer!
Then the Pacers successfully defended an attack by the Timberwolves. Lin Tian quickly advanced and shot from a 45-degree angle on the left!

The 3-pointer also fell into the net!
After this three-pointer, the Pacers' lead once again reached 11 points!
Five minutes into the third quarter, the Pacers launched a beautiful attack wave under Lin Tian's series of shots and passes. After an 5:18 offensive frenzy, Sanders finally called a timeout.

If you keep fighting, it will collapse!

Although he hoped that the game would be broken in the first half so that the main players could have a rest, after cheering himself up during the halftime break, this guy didn't want to give up anymore!

I can only say that Lin Tian’s evaluation of Sanders before the game was really very accurate!

After the timeout, the Timberwolves immediately narrowed the gap to within 10 points with a mid-range shot by Szczerbiak, but after the two sides played back and forth for another 3 minutes, the difference hovered around 10 points.

But Lin Tian had already discovered what tactics Sanders had arranged during this timeout.

He found that after Garnett came back from the timeout, his range of movement and influence on the defensive end increased significantly. He no longer stayed under the basket, but kept running back and forth, constantly appearing in the Timberwolves' defensive loopholes and then filling them.

The most terrifying defensive monster and omnipresent Spider-Man in today's league and even in the entire history appeared on the court again.

This guy is starting to play with his life!
But Lin Tian was super happy!
I’m just afraid that you won’t fight for your life!
If you don't play for your life and don't try hard to catch up and overdraw your physical energy, this game will be meaningless!
Therefore, for the rest of the third quarter, Lin Tian chose to make a one-on-one breakthrough to attract Garnett's help defense, then make a large-scale move, let his teammates pass the ball, and then mobilize the Timberwolves' defense, forcing Garnett to keep running for help defense and running around on the defensive end.

To be honest, the Pacers' offensive efficiency was not very good when playing like this. They sometimes had some forced shots, were forced into a difficult position by the Timberwolves or Garnett's defense, and were even prevented from causing a 24-second violation.

But these are what Lin Tian wants!

Because as time goes by, the movements of the Timberwolves players have become visibly slower!
They are getting slower and slower!

There are more and more gaps on the court!
At the same time, as their physical strength declined rapidly, although they were able to curb the Pacers' offense on the defensive end, they were unable to play too many comfortable and beautiful offensive rounds.

But although they were able to defend, the Timberwolves also had few options on the offensive end. Their offensive efficiency was significantly lower due to lack of physical strength, and the players' enthusiasm and initiative in running were also greatly reduced.

In many attacks, the Timberwolves just had four players standing there watching, allowing the guy with the ball to play alone.

With this kind of attack, there's no way he could be efficient!
It is precisely because of this that neither side made any great offensive plays in the second half of the third quarter, and their success rates were so low that it was unbearable to watch.

By the last attack of the third quarter, Garnett no longer came up to assist in defense when Lin Tian even broke through to the mid-range.

This made Lin Tian, ​​who originally wanted to pass the ball and mobilize the Timberwolves' defense, a little unsure of what to do!
Go ahead and shoot, it doesn’t fit the tactics.

Don’t shoot, there’s a huge open space!

Fortunately, Lin Tian's acting skills were good enough. At the critical moment, he dribbled the ball and hit his own feet, and then the basketball rolled towards Garnett.

Looking at the basketball that was already in front of him, no matter how tired Garnett was, he could only force himself to bend down and fight for the floor ball.

But one is a seven-foot-tall man who is almost exhausted, and the other is the fastest legend in human history who planned carefully and deliberately dropped the ball.

There is almost no suspense about who will get this ball!

Lin Tian grabbed the basketball at the moment Garnett bent down and fell to the ground to grab the ball, and then threw it directly to the left wing.

There was Christie waiting to shoot. This guy didn't hesitate after getting the ball. Years of experience in the finals made him know exactly what he should do now.

The three-pointer came out again from outside the three-point line!

"Shh!"

After this crisp sound, the Pacers' lead was once again expanded to double digits!

90: 79!

The Pacers completely took control of the situation on the court in the third quarter!
At the same time, Lin Tian looked at Garnett. He knew very well that his plan had been completed by 80%!

Garnett was covered in sweat, and the sweat on his forehead made his head as shiny as Krillin after he used the Sun Fist.

He looked as if he had just been fished out of the water.

This guy is really going to be overdrawn!
Apart from Garnett, who was exhausted due to his crazy output on the defensive end, the other main players of the Timberwolves were in similar condition. The feeling they gave people now was that of standard death: they would definitely not die, but if they lived, they would not expect to live well.

Everyone sitting on the bench at the end of the third quarter let out a long sigh, then quickly leaned back in their chairs and wiped their sweat with a towel.

too tired!
They are really too tired!

"In the fourth quarter, you guys should take a break." Sanders hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you keep playing, you'll be completely exhausted! Then it will be even more difficult for us in the next game!"

"Next game? There is no next game!" Iverson said in a very tough tone: "There has never been a next game in my career, only this one! Now we have reached this point in this game."

"Then we must win, we must take it! We won't consider anything else!"

"Good! We are going to have a good start! We have fought for 36 minutes, we have no reason to give up at this time." Garnett expressed his support for Iverson: "If it is garbage time now, then we can give up."

"If you said before the game that we should put this game aside and go all out for the second game, that would be fine, but now we have played a good game for three quarters with all our strength, and we are only 3 points behind the Pacers."

"Give up? Give up at this time? This is too stupid!"

"I'm not asking you to give up! I'm just asking you to take a break at the beginning of the fourth quarter!" Sanders spread his hands and looked at the two guys helplessly: "Even for 3 minutes? You two, including everyone else, need a break!"

"Let's go rest?" Iverson looked at Sanders calmly, "That's giving up, isn't it? Without Kevin and I, that bastard Lin can open the score to 3 points in 20 minutes! What's the difference between resting for 3 minutes and giving up the game?"

"Or, you let Kevin take a rest and I'll go up. I'll hold off their attack, maintain the current score difference, and then let Kevin go up to end the game!"

Garnett shook his head without hesitation and refused: "I'm with Allen! I must win this game!"

"As long as we win tonight, we can rest for the next game! I promise you, Philip, I will play less in the next game and rest as much as possible to prepare for the rest of the series."

"But tonight, we have fought to this extent. I don't want to give up, and I can't give up!"

"I have to keep fighting! I have to fight with my brothers!"

"We Minnesotans will never surrender!"

"Let's fight!" Seeing these two people so determined, Sanders' blood was completely ignited. He slapped the tactical board and said, "Let's win this game!"

"Take it!"

"Fuck them!"

"Ouch!"

"Ahhh!"

"Woo!"

There was once again an excited and crazy roar from the Timberwolves bench.

They let out the team's unique, beast-like wolf howl.

The group of people helped themselves to a large pot of chicken soup, plus a tube of fresh chicken blood.

The noises of them shouting and encouraging themselves also reached the Pacers' bench nearby.

"Ahhh!" When Artest saw the other side actually started to howl in a group, he pounded his chest and started howling without thinking.

The main thing is a companionship!
Let’s do it together.

"What are you doing?" Lin Tian raised his leg and kicked Artest in the buttocks: "They are beasts, they scream, what do you scream?"

"I am also 'The Beast.'" Artest reported his nickname, and his expression actually seemed a little aggrieved.

“You are a piece of shit!” Lin Tian rolled his eyes and waved his hand, “In our place, you are the hunter! Let’s hunt the dogs together!”

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he took another look at the lineup that was walking onto the court to prepare for the fourth quarter, and couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

The Four Heavenly Kings + Szczerbiak! (End of this chapter)