NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves put out their strongest five-man lineup!

And having these five people on the field at this time means one thing.

Unless the game goes wrong, there is a high probability that these players will play the entire quarter!
That means that the playing time of these players tonight will be off the charts again, and they will all have to aim for 45 minutes!

Stimulate!

Then Lin Tian’s task in the fourth quarter is also very simple.

Don't let the game go to waste, keep the game suspenseful!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, in the Timberwolves' first attack, Iverson chose to force his way through Lin Tian, ​​and then while Christie retreated to defense, he passed the ball to Szczerbiak on the outside!

Normally, Lin Tian should have run over quickly to assist in defense and fill the space left by Christie, but Lin Tian's speed was a little slower than usual.

Slow enough for Szczerbiak to complete an open 3-point shot!
"Shh!"

The difference between the two sides has narrowed to 8 points!
"Well done, Wally!" Iverson excitedly stretched out his hand and clapped his hands with Szczerbiak: "Let's defend this ball! Within 3 minutes, I will tie the score!"

Tie in 3 minutes?

Quite ambitious.

After Lin Tianye dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he did not waste any more time talking to Iverson. Instead, after two consecutive crotch kicks, he chose to break through from Iverson's left side again, and with another step he left this guy behind him.

Then after Lin Tian arrived near the free throw line, Garnett appeared again!

This guy continued to squeeze his already overdrawn body, forcing himself to muster up the strength to run out and assist Lin Tian in defense.

But facing Garnett's assisting defense, Lin Tian just made a fake move by slightly pausing and raising his head to look outside, which tricked Garnett into shifting his center of gravity and moving half a step toward the outside.

Just this half-step space is enough!

"boom!"

Now that the Timberwolves have a lineup of one big and four small players, and Garnett has been fooled by Lin Tian again, their basket will be completely defenseless against Lin Tian!
After easily breaking in with a one-handed slam dunk, Lin Tian didn't say much this time. Instead, when passing by Iverson and Garnett, he raised his wrist and tapped his wrist several times with his other hand.

The sarcasm is simple and obvious.

3 minutes to tie? Check the watch! You don't have much time left!

"FUXX!" Iverson cursed, but this time he didn't play against Lin Tian alone. Instead, he passed the ball to Cassell. He then turned on the off-ball mode and ran back and forth in the Pacers' position, trying to completely destroy the Pacers' defense.

With his deterrent power on the offensive end, after such a frenzy, he did indeed disrupt the Pacers' defense. Then Cassell took advantage of this opportunity to easily break into the inside, and then passed the ball to Sprewell who cut in for a layup, and the Timberwolves scored another 2 points!
If it was a normal game, Lin Tian would shout at this time: "Don't worry about Iverson! Everyone, just focus on your own, leave Iverson to me!"

Just this one sentence can greatly reduce Iverson's threat on the off-ball end, and his teammates will no longer be distracted and fail to defend properly because of Iverson's presence.

But Lin Tian just didn't shout tonight, he just didn't say anything about this.

"Lin didn't talk much tonight." Barkley, who had worked with Lin Tian, ​​frowned: "I always felt that something was wrong with him tonight. Although his stats were great and he scored high points, I just felt that something was wrong."

"Maybe the mysterious shaman power has erupted? Look at the clothes you're wearing!" Kenny joked, "With you wearing this, there's no way he can fight well!"

"That makes sense!" Barkley slapped the table and said with a smile: "Kenny, although you look stupid, sometimes you are really a genius!"

As Barkley spoke, he swaggered over to the row of hangers next to the studio and began to choose jerseys.

"FUXX! Why doesn't Allen have the largest size jersey? What, there's one for Cassell? Who wears that? It'll get contagious and make you ugly! As for this one, I think Trall is good, this guy is tough and has guts."

When Barkley sat on the bench again, his jersey had been changed to Sprewell's, and the score difference on the court was still 9 points!
The two sides fought back and forth for several rounds within these two minutes, but the success rate was not high.

Of course, the difference is that the Timberwolves are really inefficient. With their physical strength completely overdrawn, they really have no way to deal with the Pacers' dense defense.

As for the Pacers, Lin Tian was trying to make the team inefficient.

He barely attacked on his own, and the passes he made looked good.

However, these are not the most comfortable offensive areas for these guys in the team!
For example, he would pass the ball to Artest, who was standing in the corner but hated shooting three-pointers the most. He would also pass the ball to Christie, who was halfway through the cut, and let him back up to Sprewell, who was a circle bigger than him. Or he would pass the ball to Haslem under the basket and let him forcefully challenge Garnett's defense.

In short, under Lin Tian's rather shameless passing choices, his teammates frequently missed shots.

Then Lin Tian displayed the highest level of shamelessness.

"It's okay, just keep doing it when you have the chance! I believe in you! We are buddies! We are teammates! Don't be afraid, I'll cover you!"

Carlisle couldn't help but cover his head when he saw Lin Tian's shameless look of encouraging his teammates.

Shameless!

You want to control the points and don't want the score to be widened quickly, but you end up not shooting and missing the ball, leaving your teammates to their own devices.

Your own technical statistics are not affected at all, and then you turn around and comfort your teammates that everything is fine?

They really sold the person and wouldn't let him go. They insisted that someone help count the money before letting him go!
Carlisle had never seen such a shameless person!
However, as the saying goes, God is watching what you do. If you are shameless, God will definitely punish you.

For example, after this period of offensive slump, perhaps everyone learned from their mistakes and were unwilling to let Lin Tian down, or perhaps it was Lin Tian's encouragement that boosted the morale of his teammates.

In short, the Pacers' offense suddenly came back to life!

Lin Tian’s not-so-high-quality passes actually began to turn into assists!
Artest received the ball in the left corner and made an iron-blooded three-pointer facing Szczerbiak!
Christie received the ball under the basket but failed to make a layup directly. However, he dribbled the ball very toughly and pushed Sprewell three times, driving the "madman" crazy. Christie suddenly turned around and made a jump shot, scoring another 3 points.

Then in the fourth quarter, the most exciting scene happened.

Haslem got the ball under the basket and wanted to score directly with a hook shot, but Garnett's defense was too fierce. He ran over from 3 meters away and slapped Haslem's hook shot back!
This hook shot didn't even leave Haslem's hand before Garnett held it tightly.

"FUXX!"

After being blocked, Haslem controlled the basketball, exerted all his strength, roared, slammed the basketball heavily on the floor, then jumped and hit Garnett's stomach with his elbow.

Then Haslem took advantage of the moment when Garnett was in pain and couldn't jump again, and quickly jumped up, raising his hand and making a two-handed dunk!
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!"

After the dunk, Haslem excitedly pounded his chest with his hands and roared wildly at Garnett who was dunked by him!

108: 93!

After this dunk, the gap between the two sides widened to 15 points!
There were only 6 minutes left in the game.

Sanders immediately called a timeout to adjust.

At this moment, Lin Tian has a headache.

The game is going to cost money.

Lin Tian scratched his head somewhat helplessly. His teammates were so fierce that it was a bit scary...

The Timberwolves won't just give up like that.

No!

We can't let them give up!
Lin Tian suddenly moved to block Iverson, who was already a little depressed due to fatigue, overdrawn and being beaten to a climax by the Pacers, and gestured to him with his wrist again.

"It's been two 3-minute games, how did you catch up with us?"

"Is it that our timekeeping methods are different, or are you planning to surpass us in your sleep after falling asleep at night?"

“Get lost!” Iverson, who was exhausted, raised his head and glared at Lin Tian: “You think you are so great? You think you are ahead because of yourself?”

"Your teammates played well! What you did tonight was just a bunch of shit! You have no ability to kill me! Your teammates just performed above their level tonight!"

"If you have the guts, let's fight one-on-one and see who is the real joke!"

When Lin Tian heard Iverson say this, he snorted and used all his acting skills to make a charming and annoying villain expression: "Wait and see who will be beaten."

After saying that, Lin Tian turned and left, returning to the Pacers' bench.

"Done!" Iverson and Lin Tian, ​​who were sitting on the bench, said to their coach at the same time.

"He won't pass the ball next, he will challenge me one-on-one! On the offensive end, I am 100% sure that I can beat him and keep scoring points, but on the defensive end..." Iverson said this and looked at Garnett.

"Don't worry, I'm here! As long as he gets below the free throw line, I guarantee he won't be able to shoot at all." Garnett patted his chest, indicating that there was no problem at all and he would leave everything to him.

"Iverson and the others will not rest, and will definitely go all out to catch up! But Sanders is not a fool. With this score difference and this physical condition, he will only let Iverson and Garnett play for another 2-3 minutes at most!"

"So, next, give me the ball!" Lin Tian looked at Carlisle and all his teammates and said, "I'll take care of them!"

Carlisle and his teammates heard the same words, but understood them in completely different ways.

Carlisle: I, Mr. Lin, am about to start acting. Within 3 minutes, I will make them narrow the gap to within 10 points!
Teammates: I, Mr. Lin, am about to start my performance. Within 3 minutes, I will increase the score difference to more than 20 points!
The charm of language is clearly revealed at this moment.

At the same time, both teammates and Carlisle were completely relieved because of Lin Tian’s words!

"Must win!"

"we are the champion!"

After shouting a final slogan, the Pacers' five starting players once again walked onto the court, ready for the final 6 minutes of the decisive battle.

The Timberwolves did not make any substitutions. At this point in the game, they must fight for the entire 6 minutes!
The Timberwolves kicked the ball out from the sideline, and Iverson faced Lin Tian with the ball at the top of the arc. Then, after continuous dribbling between his legs, he suddenly changed direction and made a strong breakthrough. He pushed against Lin Tian and made his way to the basket. Then he took advantage of the situation and forced a layup against Lin Tian.

"Snapped!"

During the defensive process, Lin Tian also aimed at Iverson's arm and slapped it out.

"Shh!"

After the snap, 2+1! Iverson scored 2+1!

"What a great shot! It was great by Allen! This shot helped the team regain confidence and feeling! Most importantly, this shot was really crucial!" Kenny said immediately: "If this shot didn't go in and the Pacers scored two more, the difference between the two sides would have been 2 points!"

"This goal might be the one that can save the game!"

Kenny was explaining excitedly, but Barkley was a little depressed. He touched the Timberwolves jersey on his body and felt that it was so prickly. The little wolf doll that he originally wore on his chest had been twisted off by Barkley and was rubbing back and forth under the table.

After Iverson made the free throw, he glared at Lin Tian angrily: "Do you think it's over? Do you think you're going to win?"

"Lin, don't think you are safe!"

"Really?" Lin Tian was still dribbling the ball easily, and there was no sign of any emotional fluctuation on his face. After he came to the frontcourt, he once again asked his teammates to move away from him, then turned around and once again used his back to hold Iverson back.

At times like this, you have to attack from behind!

"Bang! Bang!" After two consecutive violent collisions, Lin Tian had easily squeezed Iverson to the area below the free throw line. Then he saw Garnett coming from the baseline to assist in defense out of the corner of his eye. Lin Tian immediately turned towards the baseline in a "very cooperative" manner.

"Snapped!"

The two men collided directly with each other, and Garnett screamed and fell down!
"Offensive foul!"

The referee quickly made a decision, indicating that Lin Tian had committed a foul!

Lin Tian didn't say much. After all, this foul was only his third foul. After easily putting the basketball on the floor, Lin Tian started to return to defense.

"Well done Kevin!" Iverson stepped forward and tried to help Garnett up, but Garnett did not extend his hand.

He is so tired!

He was so tired that he couldn't even move. He needed to take a deep breath. After lying on the floor for a few dozen seconds, Garnett finally stretched out his hand reluctantly, and then stood up with the help of Iverson.

"This bastard is so strong." Garnett gasped for breath and even looked back at the floor reluctantly. For the first time in his life, he felt so comfortable lying on the floor!
"With this goal, we'll get within 10 points!"

Iverson slapped Garnett's butt again and dribbled forward again.

"Lin's move was totally out of place! This turn was totally unlike him. He should have noticed Garnett coming to help defend!" Kenny frowned and said, "If it was normal, Lin would definitely turn around from the top line and avoid Garnett."

"But this time..."

Did Lin do it on purpose?
This idea suddenly appeared in Barkley's mind.

But he just showed up and didn't say it out loud.

Barkley looks like a silly idiot, but he actually knows where the boundaries are. If people say that Lin Tian did it on purpose, someone might come up with some nonsense and impose it on Lin Tian.

But even though I don’t say it, sometimes, once some ideas come up, it’s extremely difficult to push them back!

Barkley recalled the process of the game and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Lin Tian tonight seemed to be in good shape, but his playing was just so-so.

Abnormal, very abnormal!
In the Timberwolves' offense, Iverson played pick-and-roll this time, and his ace pick-and-roll duo with Garnett broke up as soon as the pick-and-roll was broken up. Then Garnett rarely went straight to the basket after the pick-and-roll. Iverson did not let his partner run in vain, and threw the ball into the sky.

"boom!"

Then Garnett came down from the sky and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands, narrowing the gap to 10 points again!
"Hoohoho!"

This time, the person responsible for howling and roaring became Garnett!

"Come on! Lin, come on! You are about to be finished! We will win!" After the cooperation, Iverson once again shouted at Lin Tian, ​​indicating that they could win.

After taking a look at the time and the score difference, Lin Tian knew that the show was almost over!
Coming to the frontcourt, Lin Tian dribbled the ball between his legs continuously, and then suddenly made a fake change of direction, making Iverson think that he was going to force a breakthrough into the inside, but then he pulled up and shot a 3-pointer!
"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, the score that the Timberwolves had been struggling to catch up with was once again widened.

"I'm here, what about you? Can you still come?" After scoring the goal, Lin Tian glanced at Iverson, then turned around and returned to defense again.

"FUXX! Almost there!"

No one knows what Iverson almost missed. Was it that he almost defended Lin Tian, ​​or that the Timberwolves almost narrowed the gap to single digits, or that Lin Tian almost missed the shot.

But in short, the difference between the two sides is now 13 points!
In the next few minutes, the two sides were once again engaged in a fight. The Timberwolves tried every means to score points, while the Pacers were able to punish the Timberwolves anytime and anywhere.

Because the Timberwolves' defense, at this stage, really couldn't keep up! If they could barely keep up in a one-on-one situation, once the Pacers players started running, setting screens, breaking through and passing the ball, the Timberwolves' defense would immediately fall into a situation where they could not focus on one thing while focusing on another.

They couldn't keep up, they couldn't run, and their defensive rotations almost disappeared.

Fortunately, although they really can't run on the defensive end, they can still rely on their personal abilities and strong talents on the offensive end to add some points to their team from time to time.

As for the Pacers, under Lin Tian's control, the scores of both sides have been hovering around 10-15 points. Whenever the Timberwolves scored, he would try his best to find an opportunity to score back.

If the Timberwolves failed to score, Lin Tian would handle the ball relatively casually to ensure that the Pacers would not completely widen the score.

And when the game came to the last 3 minutes, Lin Tian started to increase the stakes!

In order to prevent the Timberwolves from replacing their main players due to the huge score difference of more than 10 points, Lin Tian once again relaxed his defensive intensity against Iverson, allowing this guy to get into the paint and score twice in a row, one of which was a 2+1!

Thanks to Iverson's consecutive 5 points, the Timberwolves narrowed the gap to 7 points!
At this time, there are only 2 minutes and 20 seconds left before the end of the game!
Then the Timberwolves suddenly pressed the whole court!

They wanted to take advantage of Iverson's consecutive scoring to reverse the downward trend in one fell swoop!
But these guys obviously didn't see Lin Tian's expression.

Lin Tian's eyes lit up when he saw the Timberwolves pressing the entire court!
Full-court press is good!
Very good!

Come stroll with me, everyone!

Today I will let you know what it means to be exhausted and what it means to be so tired that your legs become weak!

So in the next ten seconds or so, Lin Tian suddenly burst out with all his advantages in speed, skills and agility!

He dribbled the ball alone, frantically mobilizing the Timberwolves' defense. It seemed that he was almost unable to get through half court because of the Timberwolves' sticking to the ball, but Lin Tian jumped across half court at the last moment and did not commit an 8-second violation.

Then, facing the Timberwolves' early double-team, Lin Tian was even more at ease, constantly tearing, splitting and destroying the Timberwolves' defense.

In just this one round, Lin Tian kept running with the ball, and completely dissipated the momentum that the entire Timberwolves team had just mustered!

In other words, it’s completely used up!

Finally, when there were only 3 seconds left in the offensive time, Lin Tian passed the ball directly to Haslem under the basket. At this moment, there was no one under the Timberwolves basket, and even in the entire 3-second zone. Haslem easily took the ball and jumped, completing an open dunk!
"Everybody, come on! We're almost there! Lin was almost forced into a desperate situation by us! Just 3 seconds!" Iverson was extremely upset because the goal was conceded. He kept clapping his hands. He wanted to encourage his teammates again, let them work harder and catch up with the game.

At least on the surface, the Timberwolves players are still motivated.

But that's only on the surface.

There is really not much they can do now, and these starting players have already exceeded and broken their limits several times.

Not a drop left! Really not a drop left!
However, even if it is gone, the players' offensive talents are still there. This time it was Cassell. This guy who was not good at three-pointers did not enter the three-point line because of lack of physical strength. But this time when Iverson's pass came to his hands, this guy did not hesitate.

"Shh!"

After another crisp sound, the gap between the two sides narrowed to 6 points!

There is 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game!
6 points, there is definitely someone to catch up with!
Even though Lin Tian hit another mid-range jump shot less than 15 seconds later, there was still 1 minute and 25 seconds left and they were 8 points behind, but they could still catch up!

.........

This kind of thinking lasted until the last 18 seconds of the game!
The Timberwolves tried their best and gave their all but still fell behind by 7 points!
Lin Tian’s performance in the last two minutes was so stable!

No matter how the Timberwolves chased, double-teamed, or changed their defensive tactics, no matter whether the Timberwolves used full-court press, half-court zone defense, or double-teamed in advance, Lin Tian handled it with ease.

Facing the Timberwolves' crazy defense, Lin Tian showed his terrifying speed, ball-handling ability and vision.

He really drove the Timberwolves into despair.

I can’t catch up, I really can’t catch up! There is really no way to limit it.

If the Timberwolves hadn't been able to continue scoring, the suspense of the game would have been gone long ago.

And as Lin Tian passed the ball to Miller in the last 14 seconds, assisting Miller to complete another dunk, expanding the team's lead to 9 points, the Timberwolves players finally gave up.

Sanders called the last timeout and replaced all the main players early.

But unfortunately, he only arrived 14 seconds earlier. If he could replace these players 14 minutes earlier, the Timberwolves might have had some chances in the next game.

But now, after another game in which everyone tried their best, was exhausted and completely overdrawn, the Timberwolves' fate has been determined in advance.

That night, the Timberwolves' four main players all played for more than 40 minutes, with Iverson and Garnett playing the entire second half, with playing time exceeding 45 minutes each.

In addition, Szczerbiak played 37 minutes and Nesterovic played 30 minutes.

The Timberwolves basically only used 6 players throughout the game today. They really wanted to win this game!

They were really 'close' to winning this game too!
艾弗森拿下41分，加内特20分17篮板7助攻3抢断4盖帽，斯普雷维尔和卡塞尔两人分别拿下14分和17分，替补上场的斯泽比亚克投中5个三分总共拿下18分。

These people were all very good and took out everything they could.

But the team still lost.

Because the Pacers were equally strong that night, Lin Tian scored a big double-double of 45 points and 18 assists. Although he made 6 turnovers for various reasons tonight and missed a lot of good opportunities, when Lin Tian controlled the ball and the rhythm throughout the game, he still gave perfect data!
In addition to Lin Tian, ​​Artest scored 12 points, Christie scored 11 points, Haslem scored 10 points, Miller scored 8 points, and Parker, who came off the bench, also scored the team's second-highest 15 points!
The Timberwolves starters played well, and the Pacers played well too!
At the same time, although the Pacers did not have many players playing, with only 7-8 people rotating, they had more physical reserves. In their three-round series, they consumed a lot of energy only in the first round against the Pistons, and it was at that time that they entered a state of overdraft.

But in the next two rounds, the Pacers won the series in a sweeping manner. Compared with the Timberwolves, they were really well-rested and in good shape!
They can afford it!
In the next game, even if these players fight for 40 minutes each, the Pacers can handle it!

Even if we ignore the consumption of both teams in the divisional finals and only look at the ages of both teams, the Pacers still have an absolute advantage!
Among the 8-9 most important players in the team, only Lin Tian is over 30 years old. He is the oldest player in the team.

As for the Timberwolves, Cassell and Sprewell are both on the verge of retirement, both of them are veterans in their 30s.

Although Iverson and Garnett are young, one of them is not good at defense and the other is not good at attacking, which means that they have to work twice as hard on the offensive and defensive ends respectively to make up for the defects and loopholes caused by their teammates' lack of energy.

Physical fitness is destined to be one of the biggest influencing factors in this round of the series!

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, all the Pacers players walked onto the court to celebrate this hard-fought victory. They once again got off to a good start in the finals. Having won a game away from home, they will have an absolute advantage in subsequent games!
In contrast, the entire Timberwolves bench was almost silent at the end of the game.

They were all so tired that they might not even realize that the game was over. Iverson still had his head covered with a towel and Garnett was leaning back in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

They actually knew very well what losing this game like this meant.

This means that there is basically no chance of playing the second game.

Because there was only one day of rest between the first and second games, they would almost certainly lose the second game!

At this point, the Timberwolves players finally reacted.

After playing this game like this and losing, it would be better to surrender directly at the beginning and then fight for the next game with better condition!
But unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world. After this game, although the overall score was 1:0, in fact, the Timberwolves had been forced into a desperate situation!
It was not until Sanders patted each main player on the shoulder, reminded them that the game was over, and asked them to stand up and shake hands with their opponents with him to show their grace that the Timberwolves players finally stood up, shook hands with the Pacers players and hugged them.

But less than 20 minutes later, Iverson and others regretted their decision.

What a display of grace!
If you have the time, why not rest for 20 seconds to recover your strength?
Those bastards on the other side don't deserve any kindness!
Because at the press conference after the game, Lin Tian gave the Timberwolves the final blow!

As for this interview, Iverson and others had the same feeling after watching it.

Where is my knife?
I want to kill Lin Tian! (End of this chapter)