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"I am very grateful to the old friends in Los Angeles for this game... uh, the guys in Los Angeles! Thank you for their efforts! If they hadn't played more than 100 overtimes with the Timberwolves, we wouldn't have won so easily tonight."

"Intensity? It's okay, just so-so, a little harder than against the Bucks, but nothing like the Pistons! Against the Pistons, I really felt like I was suffocating, but I didn't feel that way tonight."

"The Timberwolves' defense is OK, a little better than the Bucks, but that's about it."

"How did I feel tonight? I sweated a little bit. With this level of intensity, I know I played for 43 minutes, but that's because the intensity tonight was too low. I didn't get excited at all. I couldn't get tight at all."

"How do I feel about tonight? Just an ordinary regular season game!"

"Yes, I made a lot of mistakes, some of which I would never make normally. I am very dissatisfied with my performance, very dissatisfied, yes, that's it."

"How much do the turnovers have to do with the Timberwolves' defense? It has little to do with them! After all, the people I played against were either Allen or Sam, both of whom are great, but their defense, you know."

"I hope that in the next game, I can get my feeling back and make fewer mistakes. I have to increase the intensity of my training and make myself more nervous."

"It may be difficult for me to get nervous during a match. After all, the intensity of the next match may not be as strong as tonight, so I decided to give myself an extra set of strength training when I go back tonight. Well, forget it, let's do it tomorrow. I will give myself an extra set of strength training tomorrow."

"Why not tonight? Of course it's not that I'm tired, I have an appointment, well, our entire team has an appointment. I have a reservation at a very famous restaurant in Minnesota. We are going to celebrate tonight's victory and maybe celebrate our another championship in advance."

"After all, I've already started thinking about what posture I'm going to use when I lift the championship trophy again!"

"Yes, we are sure to win. That's what I think. After this game, I am sure we will win, so I would like to thank the guys in Los Angeles again! If they hadn't lost so tenaciously, we wouldn't have won so easily!"

That evening, Lin Tian at the press conference was like a Gatling gun at full firepower, firing "bang bang bang bang" in all directions!
He criticized this and that, and even after criticizing and mocking the entire Timberwolves team, he did not forget to disgust the people of Los Angeles as well.

As for the Bucks who were also mocked by him...

Well...no one cares about their feelings.

Not worth mentioning.

But I was still furious.

Everybody was furious.

What kind of bastard can disgust everyone in the circle after winning a game?

"Allen, if you're still a man, just pin that bastard Lin to the ground and beat him! Beat him to death!" Even someone as proud as Kobe couldn't hold back his anger and called Iverson overnight, asking Iverson to teach Lin Tian a lesson.

"If it's too difficult and you think you can't do it, then I'll do it myself next year!"

"I can't do it? I'm just a little tired today. When the next game starts, I'm going to beat Lin!" Iverson hung up the phone cursing and looked at Garnett in front of him angrily. These guys were all mad at Lin.

Of course, some people were furious, while others were screaming with joy.

"Did you hear that, Rashid? Lin said we are the strongest opponent he has met this year! He praised us! He said we are the runner-up!" Big Ben happily called Rashid.

Then the Pistons' duo of inside players, who were feared by the entire league, excitedly let out bursts of unbridled laughter.

"We have to share our happiness and achievements with Chauncey and Richard!"

"I'll call Chauncey and you call Richard!"

After laughing for a while, the two bootlickers quickly reached an agreement, hung up the phone, and called the team's backcourt twin stars separately.

"Fuck you, you're crazy." Billups didn't even listen to what Rashid said and just hung up the phone.

"Get out! I'm running." Hamilton hung up the phone rudely.

Two lunatics.

The same thought came to Hamilton and Billups' minds at the same time.

I originally thought that these two inside players just looked stupid, but I didn’t expect that they are really stupid!
That night, Lin Tian and his teammates were extremely high-profile, super arrogant, and swaggering. They came in a group and wanted to beat drums and gongs to the largest nightclub in Minnesota and asked for the largest box.

Then?

Then, when the waiters placed a large amount of drinks, fruit plates and other things in the box, Lin Tian closed the door of the box. Then Lin Tian looked at everyone in the box and said with a smile: "Brothers, let's only eat fruit plates tonight!"

"fruit dish?"

Although the people at the scene didn't quite understand what was going on, looking at Lin Tian's expression, everyone knew that what he was about to say was definitely not a good thing.

"There are no girls tonight. Pack up all the drinks and bring them back to the hotel. You can't drink them tonight."

"But ha, there's plenty of fruit plates, plenty of mineral water, plenty of snacks and everything else! Okay, guys, let's eat and drink!"

"If we're not drinking and looking for girls, then why are we here?" Howard's little head was filled with big question marks.

"It's so plain, what's the use of it! Sooner or later it will make the brothers feel cold." Artest spread his hands to express his dissatisfaction.

"This is called underestimating the opponent strategically and paying attention to the opponent tactically! We are confusing those idiots of the Timberwolves! This is Minnesota, do you think they don't know whether we came to play or not and how we played?"

Lin Tian spread his hands and continued, "I bet someone is going to tip off Iverson and the others right now, telling them how much wine we ordered, how long we played, and how much fun we had."

"Then in the next game, they will treat us like drunkards, look down on us, and be anxious to fight back and win!"

"They underestimated the enemy, they were careless, they were self-righteous, we can easily kill them!"

"Don't drink tonight. Wait until we win the championship and drink for a week. I'll treat you. Is that a problem?"

"No problem! I want three more popcorns and two chicken legs." Artest, who had just protested the most fiercely, changed his stance instantly and started to eat a bucket of popcorn: "Where are the rookies? Where are our rookies? What are you doing? Go and put on a show!"

The happiest person that night was undoubtedly Christie. This guy didn't want to come at first, but Lin Tian refused to let him leave and insisted that he come with him. He even used words like "we are a family, we can't do without you" to force him to come.

Christie came trembling with fear, and all the way explained to his wife what was going on and why he had to come, etc., and repeatedly assured him that he was just there to show his face and would leave and return to the hotel in 15 minutes at most.

Then, when Lin Tian told them how to play tonight, Christie became extremely excited.

He called his wife directly and said, "We won't drink tonight or have any outsiders with us. We'll just chat, eat fruit and drink Coke here!"

At almost the same time, Iverson hung up the phone. He looked at Garnett, who was sitting next to him, with an angry face and said, "Those bastards actually went to celebrate! And they were not celebrating their first win."

"According to my friend, they were celebrating their victory! Celebrating their victory in advance! FUXX! What a bunch of bastards! And you know what Kevin? Even that bastard Christie went! They really got carried away and thought they had it all figured out!"

"Then let them know that they are not stable at all!" Garnett's face was also full of gloom. This feeling of being looked down upon and completely underestimated is too terrible!
Next game, fight back! We must fight back!
Let the Indians know who is the real king!
.........

Two days later, the two sides had the second game of the series.

"How was the nightclub in Minnesota?" Before the game started, Iverson even had a bit of resentment on his face. He looked at Lin Tian and said, "I heard you guys had a great time all night long?"

"It's an unforgettable night!" Lin Tian said with a smile: "Let me put it this way, I never thought that I could have fun like this in the field! It's so fun, Allen, I'll take you with me next time."

"After we win the championship, how about we do it together?"

"You will pay the price for your arrogance and arrogance!" Iverson looked at Lin Tian and said viciously: "You underestimate us, we will make you pay the price!"

"I underestimated you guys in the last game, didn't you realize that I didn't play well?" Lin Tian shrugged and said casually, "What price did you make me pay? Did you buy all the drinks in the nightclub after the game?"

"You really contributed to Minnesota's GDP! We spent tens of thousands of dollars that night!"

"You will pay the price, Lin! You will regret it! FUXX!" Iverson walked away cursing. Looking at his back, Lin Tian pulled the other starters of the Pacers to his side.

"Tonight, we didn't give them any chances or any hopes. We completely messed up the game from the very beginning and beat them completely!"

"Whether it's offense or defense, we'll go all out! Use all our strength! In the first quarter, I want a 15-point advantage at least! What do you think? Do you have confidence?"

"Have!"

Artest and others raised their hands and shouted together. They were very depressed now.

A group of grown men ate pizza and popcorn all night and howled all night.

It's so unsatisfying, so depressing, and so ineffective.

I'm going to vent all this frustration on the damn Minnesotans tonight!

It's all your fault! It's all your fault!
I'll kill you to vent my anger!

The players were angry because they didn't have fun, and they wanted to vent their anger, or rather the anger transformed from lust, on the Timberwolves, so they burst out with tremendous fighting power. This was an unexpected gain for Lin Tian. He had never thought that this vegan way of playing without drinking and looking for girls would allow the team to gain unprecedented unity.

It seems that we need to organize more activities like this in the future!
Lin Tian's real goal that night, of course, was to make Iverson, Garnett and even the entire Timberwolves team think that the Pacers had underestimated their opponents and were too excited, and make them think that they were drunk.

Then, the Timberwolves will feel that they might have a chance to beat the Pacers!
In the end, they tried their best, overexerted themselves, lost the game, and the entire series!
It is worth mentioning that Christie's face is now filled with a happy smile.

Because his wife was talking to him on the phone almost the entire night, after learning that this group of people were actually eating pizza and singing in the nightclub, Jackie said very casually: You can attend this kind of party once a month in the future!
This kind of benefit made Christie very happy.

Of course, he was the only one who was happy. As for the others, if they were beaten to death, no one would ever participate in such a game in the future!
All I can say is that human preferences are not the same.

Soon, the starting players of both teams stood on the court again. It was still the same ten people without any changes. In fact, there was no room for change for the coaches of both sides. They only had so many cards in their hands.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle and the second game of the finals began!
Miller easily seized the first offensive ball for the team, giving the Pacers a chance to attack.

After Lin Tian got the ball, he accelerated and rushed forward. Once again, he broke through the Timberwolves' defense in the blink of an eye and went straight to the Timberwolves' basket.

In the last game, when Lin Tian came here, Garnett was able to return to defense and stand under the basket to interfere, but today, Garnett is still near the free throw line.

Even if he tried his best, he couldn't catch up with Lin Tian!
Even when Garnett just wanted to speed up to return to defense, he immediately felt waves of fatigue. He felt that his legs were as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

too tired!
In the first round, Garnett felt a sense of powerlessness.

The same feeling also appeared in other players of the Timberwolves.

For this ball, the entire Timberwolves team almost watched Lin Tian rush to the basket and complete the slam dunk but they were powerless to do anything.

2: 0!

Then when the Timberwolves attacked, Lin Tian directly defended Iverson from the backcourt, Christie followed Cassell on the spot, and the remaining players of the Pacers returned to their own half to prepare for positional defense.

The two backcourt players of the Timberwolves were closely guarded by the two strongest defenders of the Pacers, which caused huge problems for their advancement and organization. Although they did not make direct mistakes in the early stages, the attitude shown by the Pacers really scared the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves, who originally wanted to show their strength from the beginning and gain the upper hand, were caught off guard by the Pacers' high-intensity defense!

Although Iverson barely dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and quickly called Garnett to cover him.

But this time Haslem's help defense came very quickly, and he arrived much faster than in the previous game. In short, just as Iverson wanted to observe the situation, he was already closely followed by Haslem.

If it was a normal Iverson, he would have easily gotten rid of Haslem's defense at this time, but tonight Iverson, like Garnett, also felt a wave of fatigue at the beginning of the game. He wanted to change direction and dribble to get rid of Haslem, but he stumbled and almost fell. Even though Iverson reacted quickly and hugged the basketball before everyone else, without making any mistakes, he didn't even have time to catch his breath before Lin Tian arrived!

"Snapped!"

Lin Tian aimed at the ball in Iverson's hand, stretched out his hand and hit it, and the basketball immediately flew out of Iverson's control.

After Lin Tian grabbed the basketball, he didn't even have to think about it. He just dribbled the ball and ran as fast as he could!
This time, because the starting position was relatively close to the inside, when Lin Tian reached the frontcourt, three Timberwolves players had already returned to defense.

However, Lin Tian just glanced at these three guys, then ignored them and jumped up and shot directly from outside the three-point line!
Chase 3 points!
"Shh!"

Then there was another crisp sound, and Lin Tian turned quickly again, found Iverson, and stuck close to him.

"At least 10:0!" Lin Tian shouted, "I'm going to beat them 10:0 at the start! Cheer up! Defend with all your strength! I'm going to make sure those Minnesota puppies can't even see the basket!"

"Kill them!"

"Ouch!"

"Ron, shut up! What are you yelling about?"

Lin Tian rolled his eyes. This Artest was fine when they were not playing against the Timberwolves, but when they were playing against the Timberwolves, he kept howling and screaming, just like his fucking undercover agent.

If you were yelling about this when we were playing against the Timberwolves, then I didn't see you doing any piston movements when we were playing against the Pistons!

"But I am the 'beast'!" Artest continued to feel wronged.

"You're poultry!"

"Just in front of you I am a poultry, but in front of others I am... Run! Lin, run!"

Artest was halfway through his words when he suddenly stretched out his long arms and slapped the ball that Iverson was about to pass to Nesterovic, intercepting it in the air. He then swung the ball forward, assisting Lin Tian in completing another fast break!

"boom!"

After this dunk, the Pacers had already beaten the Timberwolves 7:0 at the start!
And the Timberwolves haven't even completed a single shot yet!

"10:0 may be a bit conservative. I think 15:0 is more in line with our momentum tonight!" After scoring the goal, Lin Tian and Artest high-fived each other, and then once again started the full-force defensive mode.

In this offense, the Timberwolves finally got some momentum. Garnett held the ball and faced Lin Tian in the high post with his back to the basket. Then, living up to everyone's expectations, he once again did not play hard with his back to the basket, but instead made a high-post jump shot!
"Boom!"

With the sound of iron hitting the target, the Timberwolves finally completed their first shot of the night!
After Miller grabbed the rebound, the Pacers did not rush for a fast break this time. Instead, led by Lin Tian, ​​the whole team moved forward to the frontcourt leisurely.

Lin Tian at the top of the arc stretched out a hand and shouted tactics. The players kept running according to the tactics. Then Lin Tian suddenly made a one-handed pass without looking at anyone. He was still outside the three-point line, but the basketball directly pierced the entire Timberwolves' defense and cut into the hinterland!

Artest took the ball passed by Lin Tian, ​​jumped directly on the spot, and pressed the ball into the basket with both hands!

9: 0!

Less than 3 minutes into the game, the Timberwolves were stunned by the Pacers!
Fortunately, the Timberwolves have real top stars!

At this time, Iverson stood up again. He successfully broke through Lin Tian, ​​then rushed to the basket and faced the double-team of Miller and Lin Tian. He forced a layup and sent the basketball into the basket with a high rebound!

9: 2!

The Timberwolves scored!
"Did you say you would beat us to 0-? Did you do it? Huh? Tell me loudly, did you do it?" After scoring the goal, Iverson immediately found Lin Tian and started trash-talking him.

"I! Didn't! Do! It!" Lin Tian put his hands to his mouth and yelled at Iverson, "But if my team was beaten 9:0 at the start, I wouldn't start yelling after scoring a goal."

"We scored four times as many points as you! How dare you argue with me?"

"FUXX!" Iverson found that there was really no better way to deal with Lin Tian except to curse him directly.

This bastard is so owed.

But unfortunately, while Lin Tian is "debt-ridden", he is also very strong.

Especially when he was determined to give the Timberwolves a warning and wanted to completely defeat them at the beginning of the game, he was unstoppable!

On the offensive end, Lin Tian rushed into the basket again and again, rushing into the Timberwolves' hinterland to attack and impact. When the Timberwolves players were scared by his rush and began to retreat to the basket, this guy began to show his good touch and terrifying shooting range.

Mid-range and long-range shots came one after another and went in one after another!
Lin Tian in the first quarter was simply unstoppable!

It would be fine if the offense was unstoppable, but the Timberwolves could still fight back with offense like they did in the last game.

But the problem is that the Pacers' defense tonight is completely not at the same level as in the last game!
After the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves players were horrified to discover a problem.

That was the last game, it seemed like the Pacers didn’t even try their best!

Because their confrontation, enthusiasm and level of physical confrontation on the defensive end have all been raised by at least one level!
The open spots that were available in the last game were gone in this game.

The space that could be gained through physical confrontation in the last game is also gone.

The Timberwolves feel that the Pacers' players have been upgraded to a whole level!

Actually, that’s not the case.

If we have to say what the difference is for the Pacers in the two games, it is actually Lin Tian.

Although Lin Tian's statistics exploded in the last game, he did not put much energy on the defensive end and he deliberately gave up many balls.

More importantly, the Pacers' defense is very dependent on Lin Tian's command, constant encouragement and reminders. In the last game, Lin Tian almost didn't command his teammates on the defensive end, but today, he has been doing so from the beginning!

In addition, Lin Tian and Christie did not spare their energy throughout the first quarter tonight, using full-court pressing defense to pressure and chase Iverson and Cassell of the Timberwolves.

Under the pressure of the two of them, the Timberwolves' offense came to a complete standstill, and it was difficult to organize a proper offense. In addition, the whole team did not move much and did not have the energy to move, so the Timberwolves' offense was really difficult.

Finally, and more importantly, it’s not that the Pacers have become stronger, but that the Timberwolves’ physical fitness has really reached its limit.

They were more tired, slower and more sluggish than the last game.

They were almost powerless to fight back!
After the first quarter, the Pacers were already leading by 16 points! Lin Tian's bold words at the beginning of the game came true!

Lin Tian himself scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the first quarter, which is an extremely versatile data!

Iverson, who was facing Lin Tian, ​​had a nightmare in the first quarter of tonight's game. He made only 10 of 2 shots in the whole quarter, scored only 5 points and made 2 turnovers!
It is no exaggeration to say that this first quarter was the worst quarter in Iverson's career!
Then, at the beginning of the second quarter, even though the team was already 16 points behind, Sanders, who had long seen that his players were already at the end of their strength and had to rest, replaced his four main players at the same time and only let Szczerbiak lead the team on the court.

This time, no Timberwolves player questioned Saunders, and no one said anything about whether he could still play or whether he was going to beat the Pacers.

They are really tired!

Originally, what Sanders was thinking was that the Pacers could rely on the Timberwolves' substitutes to defeat the Timberwolves in one wave, and he could also legitimately let his main players rest for a while.

Even if the price of returning is two consecutive home losses, at least if the players can rest for one more game, the team still has hope when they go to Indiana.

But if the situation continues tonight, and the players fight hard on the court for a victory that is basically impossible to get and completely overdraw their energy, then the team will really be hopeless.

But at this moment, Carlisle on the opposite side seemed to know what Sanders was thinking. In the second quarter, he also played with an almost full substitute lineup!
There is only Artest in the starting lineup, and with Parker, Howard, Tabak and Bonner, they form a lineup that looks very weak at first glance!
The ten people from both sides present here are just like chess pieces meeting their equals, generals meeting talented people, and weaklings fighting each other.

Everyone is very new and their skills are not that good, so naturally no one can widen the score!

Even after halfway through the second quarter, the Timberwolves recovered 2 points and narrowed the gap to 14 points!
The first one to replace the main player this time was Carlisle!
He was dissatisfied with the team's performance in recent period and took the lead in picking up Lin Tian and others.

But at this time, Sanders held back!
He ignored Iverson and Garnett's strong desire and request to play, and firmly rejected the two's idea of ​​playing.

Not only did he not bring these two up, he even replaced Szczerbiak!

Since we need to take a break, let’s take a break together!

Saunders' choice this time was extremely firm and would not be questioned by any Timberwolves player. He executed his game plan very firmly.

In fact, Sanders has come to his senses now.

In the last game, there was a high probability that I was tricked by the opponent.

They didn't have any kind of break at all.

They simply didn't have the strength!

The opponent deliberately lowered the intensity of the game so that their main players could play on the court as much as possible!
This will further consume and overdraw the physical strength of the players.

dirty!
It's so damn dirty!

Sanders looked at Carlisle opposite him, and he wanted to beat up this sinister and dirty guy Carlisle to vent his anger!
The reason why he was angry was that Sanders knew very well that he was slow to react. If he had discovered the Pacers' purpose in the last game and let the main players rest in the last game, the outcome of tonight would definitely not be so one-sided!
The Timberwolves definitely have a chance to win tonight!
At the same time, Sanders also believed that if the two sides fought fairly, his chances of winning would definitely be more than 70%!
But unfortunately, he had no chance to regret. He could only accept the hellish start of two consecutive away losses, and then find a way to get back at Indiana!

Throughout the rest of the second quarter, Sanders did not let his main players play. No matter how Iverson and others repeatedly asked to play, Sanders refused.

This time he finally stood up and made up his mind!

This scene, let it go!

If the substitutes on both sides can still fight back and forth, then when the main players of the Pacers beat up the Timberwolves substitutes, it was really a beating. They pressed them to the ground and beat them. After the beating, they were hung up and whipped. After the whipping, candles were lit and started dripping. After the dripping,...

cough cough.

You can’t fight anymore. If you continue, it will be against the rules.

In short, he was abused terribly!

In less than half a quarter, the Timberwolves' bench lost 13 points. By the end of the first half, they were already 27 points behind the Pacers!

The suspense of the game basically ended and disappeared.

During the halftime break, Sanders snorted and walked into the player tunnel without looking back.

Before he walked into the player tunnel, Garnett, Iverson and other guys who had been pressed on the bench by him for a whole quarter had already entered the player tunnel one step earlier than him. They were very unhappy!
They couldn't understand Sanders' decision!

Sanders knew very well that, at least at this stage, he had lost the trust of his players. He decided to have a good talk with his players during the halftime break. He had to explain this matter clearly, otherwise, the team would likely face a crisis of trust.

Sanders would never allow that to happen.

He must regain control of the team.

Fortunately, although the guys in the team are more rebellious than each other, they are all simple-minded and not the kind of people who are full of tricks.

Sanders believed that the 15 minutes at halftime were enough for him to explain to the players. (End of this chapter)