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"Brother Lin, how do you know your jersey will be torn?" Yi Jianlian is not as smart as Kidd, an old fox. His face is full of innocence and stupidity.

"Think about it slowly." Lin Tian put on his jersey and came to the front court again, ready to attack.

This time, the ball was given to them for free by the American team!
"By the way, Jason, look at this." After running to the front court, Lin Tian suddenly exerted force in front of Kidd, tearing a hole in his jersey, and then looked at Kidd: "Continue later."

"FUXX!" Kidd rolled his eyes. He had never seen a guy as shameless as Lin Tian.

Fortunately, Bird, who was off the court, also saw that Kidd's human roadblock tactic had failed, so he immediately made a substitution, taking out Lewis, who had few chances, and bringing back the team's core player Kobe.

This lineup is an enhanced version of the previous one.

Kobe and Wade rushed together, and Kidd and Garnett passed the ball to them.

The American team must continue to attack and continue to play 3-2 zone defense!

After all, although this set of defense is currently mediocre on the defensive end, it is very useful on the offensive end!
Bird knew very well that conventional tactics would be difficult to work against the Chinese team, and it would be difficult to find tactics and lineups that would take both offense and defense into account.

Then what he needs to do is to find a lineup and system that can gain an advantage in one aspect and produce results.

It’s fine as long as it’s effective for just one stage!

Therefore, Bird was not going to change his style of play until this 3-2 zone defense was broken.

He has so many hidden gadgets and surprises!
However, his persistence only lasted for three rounds.

Because in the next three rounds, the Chinese team won all the games!

Lin Tian passed the ball to Zhang Jinsong in the corner and he made a 3-pointer. Twice he received the ball and used his footwork and shooting range to score 2 goals in a row!
However, because no one dared to pull Lin Tian's clothes to stop him from returning to defense, the American team's fast break resulted in Lin Tian's extremely fast return speed. The American team made three fast breaks with one pass. One time, Wade's layup was directly blocked by Lin Tian and flew out of the three-point line. Another time, Kobe's shot missed due to Lin Tian's interference.

Of the three chances, the US team only seized one, with Kobe and Wade completing an aerial relay to score 2 points for the team.

But when the game reached this point, Bird knew that this trick could no longer be used.

So he made quick substitutions, taking out Kidd, Wade and Battier and replacing them with O'Neal, Artest and Davis!
The lineup of the American team on the court became Davis, Kobe, Artest, O'Neal and O'Neal Jr.!
"Strong Man Combination!" Su Qun couldn't help but say, "This Bird has so many tactics. He has prepared so many different moves that he can't stop using them."

"These five guys are stronger and fatter than each other. Each of them is like a small tank or a big black bear in their respective positions!"

"Let's see what kind of trouble this absolutely powerful combination can bring to the Chinese team!"

"Harris has also been substituted!" Yang Jian said from the side: "Da Yao Ming, who has rested for about 5 minutes, is back and replaced with Da Ba, who just made a great contribution. The Chinese team is playing with two towers! Dayao + Da Ba, we are also a combination of two strong men!"

"Then Zhu Fangyu replaced Chen Ke. Haha, this is interesting! Artest versus our Zhu Fangyu! I wonder if these two will create some new sparks."

"Zhu Fangyu is a tough guy who fought in the World Championships. His opponent in a one-on-one fight was sent to the hospital. It goes without saying that the matchup between him and Artest is quite interesting. Add in the 'workaholic' Jinsong, and our lineup is also very tough!"

"We are not afraid of any strong men group!"

After both sides changed into super heavy weapons, the tempo on the field naturally slowed down. Both sides began to fight positional battles, physical battles, and muddy hand-to-hand combat!

To be honest, this style of play is not good for the Chinese team. After all, they are not as good as the American team in confrontation, and their personnel reserves are not as rich as those of the American team.

In such a head-on confrontation, it is difficult for the Chinese team to gain the upper hand.

But Harris had no choice.

What can he do at this time?
How about technical players like Abdul-Jabbar, Dazhi and Li Nan?

I'm afraid that I'll be smashed to pieces by the opponent in any minute!
Throughout the second half of the second quarter, the American team relied on this five-man team to play, and they indeed had the upper hand on the court!
However, this advantage was only on the surface, and they were not able to lead the Chinese team by too much in the score.

As for the reason?

This style of play has a slow pace and low efficiency, so scoring is naturally slow!
In addition, China also has two players of absolute height, Yao Ming and Da Ba!
These two guys rushed to the inside with all their might, to grab rebounds, to assist in defense, and to attack. With their efforts, the Chinese team got 4 offensive rebounds in the second half of the quarter, which also gave them four more second-chance opportunities.

Thanks to these second-chance attacks and another three-pointer by Zhang Jinsong, the Chinese team was only 3 points behind the American team with 7 seconds left in the second quarter!

But even with these 6 points, Lin Tian didn’t want them to keep it!

"Shh!"

5 seconds before the end of the first half, Lin Tian made a 3-pointer from the top of the arc against Davis' defense, narrowing the gap to 3 points!
Then Lin Tian gave an order, and the Chinese team suddenly started to press the entire court!
This sudden change of tactics really caught the American team off guard.

After all, it has always been the American team that has relied on its physical talents to bully others by playing full-court press, but can the opponents play full-court press against the American team?
Not to say it's unique, but there are really few people who dare to challenge the limits and seek death.

After all, competing with the American team in terms of physical fitness and confrontation is just courting death!

But the Chinese team came up with this move all of a sudden. More importantly, at that moment, Garnett and Kidd were not on the court for the American team. The two brains of the team were not there, and the one controlling the ball was Davis, who was easily carried away and only wanted to score one more goal in the last 5 seconds!
Lin Tian stuck closely to Davis from the backcourt, preventing him from advancing easily.

Then before Davis reached the center line, Zhang Jinsong suddenly appeared and blocked Davis's position to continue breaking through from the right.

Davis reacted very quickly, dribbling the ball behind his back and trying to break through with his left hand.

But this is what Lin Tian is waiting for!
Davis dribbled the ball behind his back, but the basketball did not return to his hands, but was intercepted by Lin Tian!
Even if you watch it in slow motion, this shot was more like Davis passing the ball to Lin Tian from behind!

After stealing the ball, Lin Tian made a long pass and passed it to Zhu Fangyu who was still outside the US team's three-point line.

After Zhu Fangyu got the ball, he had no time to hesitate. He just pulled up and shot as the whistle sounded to end the first half!

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, the Huaxia team scored 10:6 in the last 0 seconds of the first half, tying the score in one fell swoop!

45: 45!

The two sides shook hands and entered the halftime break with the same score!

The smile on Bird's face 10 seconds ago disappeared in an instant!
If Bird was willing to give his team an 10-point score in the first half 8 seconds ago, now there are only 3 points left!

This is a bullshit fight!
Davis's mindless attack was also recorded in Bird's little notebook!
In the second half of the game, he is destined not to get too much playing time. As for who will his time be allocated to?
That depends on the specific situation in the second half, and then we can make a detailed analysis!

In stark contrast to Bird's change from ease to anger, Harris on the opposite side was gloomy at first, but when Lin Tian and Zhu Fangyu made three-pointers in succession, the old man immediately burst into laughter.

There couldn't be a more perfect halftime show!
In the second half, let’s continue the duel on the same starting line!
During the halftime break, Kenny said to Barkley, "How about it, Charles, how would you rate the two teams in the first half?"

"Both teams played well and their performance was very high. It was obvious that Larry prepared a lot for this match. He used a lot of new tricks to deal with the Chinese team and achieved some good results."

"It's a pity that we couldn't maintain the lead we had worked so hard to gain. Although a 6-point advantage is not much, it will definitely give the team a lot of confidence and allow them to play better in the second half of the game!"

"But now we have been quickly caught up by the Chinese team. This has a huge impact on us!"

"If I have to give a score, I would give both teams an 8! They are both excellent and played what the coach wanted them to do."

"Charles, such a neutral, rational, unbiased, and non-predictive and forward-looking mid-field analysis is really not your style at all! What's wrong? Is there something that someone has caught on you that makes you dare not speak freely?"

Kenny would not let Barkley go and end the first half with such nonsense! He had to ask Barkley what was wrong.

"Shut up, Kenny. I've been honest all my life. I won't be caught by anyone." Barkley snorted disdainfully, then sighed and said, "I'm just afraid that my words will affect the outcome of the game. You know, I have mysterious shamanic power from my ancestors."

"I'll go to you!"

Kenny waved his hands in disgust, too lazy to say another word to Barkley.

Let's take a halftime break! Let's go to commercial break, or I'll be pissed off by this fat guy sooner or later!

In the locker room of the Hua Xia team, Yao Ming was breathing heavily. He played for 14 minutes in the first half, which actually didn't seem to be a lot, and was even less than his playing time in the Nets.

But the problem is... he really played at full intensity during the 14 minutes he was on the court, and Lin Tian almost treated him like an animal.

Don't stop attacking as long as you have the energy, and go inside when you have the chance.

While you still have plenty of energy, consume more of it, so that you don't end up wasting your energy by working too long during the halftime break.

But now, seeing Yao Ming panting and so tired that he could hardly lift his arms, Lin Tian knew that it was time!

"System, use the physical recovery card on Dayao."

A green light that only Lin Tian could see immediately rushed out from Lin Tian's body and then entered Dayao's body.

then……

Then nothing happened.

After all, there is no stamina bar on Yao Ming's head. No one can see how much stamina he has left, let alone the speed at which his stamina recovers.

However, Lin Tian believes that Yao Ming will be able to recover to full health at the beginning of the third quarter.

At that time, give him a good boost and let him sit on O'Neal for a few more times.

Then in the second half of the third quarter, let this guy go down and rest for 7-8 minutes. When he came back in the second half of the fourth quarter, he was full of health again.

Tonight, Lin Tian will do whatever it takes to make Yao Ming play like a pillar of the sky and a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the interior!
As for Lin Tian himself, he really didn't fire much on offense in the first half of tonight's game. He only scored 15 points in total. Considering his firepower and ability, as well as his status in the Chinese team, he definitely intentionally restrained his firepower in the first half.

As for why Lin Tian did this, it was definitely not because Kidd’s defense was good.

If Kidd had this ability, could he have been defeated by Lin Tian and his team for so many years?
It was purely because Lin Tian knew: his teammates were full of energy in the first half, so he had to share the ball with them while they were full of energy and motivation, letting them take more shots and attack more, so that in the second half, when the US team's defense intensity would be raised to another level.

When they can't withstand the intensity of the American team and their physical strength is rapidly declining, that's when it's time for them to take action!
This evening's game was definitely an extremely tough tug-of-war!
Even Lin Tian had to save his energy to ensure that he could retain abundant energy at the crucial moment of the fourth quarter!
Lin Tian could also clearly feel that the American team had not yet given their all and had not yet started to fight for their lives! In the second half of the game, they would definitely increase the intensity of the game again.

At that time, the players of the Huaxia team would definitely not be able to hold on, and the only one the team could rely on was Lin Tian!
Before that moment comes, Lin Tian must keep his physical strength as full as possible!

Lin Tian’s ideas were basically the same as Bird’s on the opposite side.

Bird's rotations in the first half were very scattered and numerous. Except for Okafor, the other 11 players all got playing time, and 9 of them played for more than 5 minutes!

And no one on the team played for more than 15 minutes. Bird played average basketball to the extreme!

However, this is only the first half.

In the second half of the game, Bird was not prepared to do so.

For him, the first half of the game was a test, a time for him to show off his fancy skills and warm up.

It was in the second half of the game that he turned up the intensity and even the scale!
"From the first round of the second half, the whole court is pressing! Everyone, keep a close eye on your opponents, no matter if their players have the ball or not, increase the intensity and confrontation!"

"I want every one of them to struggle just to get to the front court. I want every one of them to be so tired that their legs are weak when they stand in their position on the offensive end."

"Consume them!"

"There are only 2-3 players on this Chinese team who can match our intensity throughout the game, and another 3-4 players who can match our intensity at certain times. As long as we show our intensity, confrontation, and our signature, they will be completely helpless!"

"They will soon be too tired to stand! And when that happens, it's time for us to widen the score!" "Jason, Shaq! You two have the biggest mission tonight! Kill Lin and Yao! As long as these two guys are exhausted and can't hold on, we'll win!"

"Especially Yao! He only has 33-35 minutes of stamina in the NBA. In the international arena, because of the greater pressure and more confrontation, his stamina will only be worse! Sean, I want you to double-team him. In the second half of the game, as long as he has the ball, double-team him!"

"As for Lin, Jason, you figure out a solution."

After Bird said this, Kidd couldn't help but want to curse.

What do you mean I'll think of a way? If I had a way, would you guys sweep us in the playoffs? Would you guys win us consecutively?
Just leave it here and talk bullshit to me.

As for Bird's morale-boosting words to encourage everyone, Kidd didn't listen to a word he said. He didn't believe it!
……

In the second half of the game, both sides changed sides and started again.

The Chinese team still controlled the first wave of ball possession. When Lin Tian was preparing to receive the ball in the backcourt, Kidd rushed over immediately and put him under full-court pressure. At the same time, Lin Tian took a quick look and found that the rest of his teammates were also accompanied by an American player.

Sure enough, when the second half of the game started, the American team turned up the intensity!
The signature full-court press appeared.

They have to start taking advantage of their physical strength and talents!

Lin Tian blocked Kidd with his back, dribbled forward leisurely, and said mockingly: "Based on my understanding of Larry, he must have told you to figure it out on your own during the halftime break, and then try your best to defend me, right!"

"He certainly can't give you any useful plans or methods, nor can he give you any advice. After all, no one can do what no one has ever done before, right?"

To be honest, Kidd really wanted to stop defending, shake hands with Lin Tian, ​​high-five him, hug him, and then the two brothers would find a place to sit down, drink, and curse at Bird for being a piece of shit.

But unfortunately, I can’t stop.

All he could do was look back at Bird with eyes full of resentment.

But in just a glance, Lin Tian suddenly accelerated and flashed past him.

Lin Tian accelerated and went straight into the three-point line, but almost at the same time, Kobe and Battier quickly approached Lin Tian. Lin Tian waited for a while, and when the two got closer to him, he passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu on the wing.

After Zhu Fangyu got the ball, he made an adjustment and then jumped up to shoot.

But he had just raised the basketball when Battier, who was in front of Lin Tian just now, was already in front of him again!
Battier's lateral movement speed far exceeded Zhu Fangyu's expectations. In the first half, Battier's lateral movement was definitely not so fast!
This time he couldn't even shoot the ball, as Battier slapped it right down in the face.

Then Battier, with his quick eyes and hands, grabbed the basketball and found Kobe.

Kobe dribbled the ball quickly, pushing forward against Lin Tian in front of him. When he was close to the three-second zone, Kobe suddenly dribbled with his back and passed the ball back to the three-point line.

Kidd received the ball outside the three-point line, paused slightly, and then just threw it!

The Chinese men's basketball team does not have Battier's elusive and amazingly fast assist defense speed. No one can catch up with Kidd, except Lin Tian. No one can keep up with the American team's fast break. They can only watch Kidd shoot from outside the three-point line.

"Shh!"

After the crisp sound, Kidd scored the first goal in the second half.

"Speed ​​up your shooting tempo! Speed ​​it up! Reduce your shooting adjustment time as much as possible! The American team is serious! Their defensive aggression and lateral movement speed have increased significantly!"

Lin Tian clapped his hands and reminded his teammates that if they continued with the pace of the first half, the situation where Zhu Fangyu was directly intercepted would definitely not be the first time.

The tempo must be increased!

Even if the result is bound to be a drop in hit rate, it is better than being directly interfered with or intercepted.

After this round, Lin Tian dribbled across half court again. Bird did not actually make any changes to his defensive strategy against Lin Tian.

Well, okay, he just let Kidd think of a solution. Whether there will be any changes depends on Kidd, not Bird.

But the defensive changes of the American team appeared in the defense of the Chinese team's off-ball players.

All the players on the Huaxia team were not as relaxed when running as they were in the first half. Every time they ran, they had to make a lot of physical contact. The screens that they could bypass in the first half were no longer bypassable. The roads that they could pass by just walking straight in the first half required them to squeeze several times in the second half.

The level of competition has been significantly improved!
After dribbling to the frontcourt, Lin Tian noticed that his teammates could no longer move freely, and it was even more difficult to find any open shooting opportunities.

So Lin Tian didn't look at it any more and once again threw the ball into the inside. After Yao Ming got the ball, he turned around again and made a shot with a slight backward shot. Even O'Neal couldn't reach a giant like Yao Ming who was 226 cm tall and leaned back.

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, the Chinese team finally scored!

But these two points obviously cannot cover up the problems that the Chinese team will encounter next.

Because the improvement in the strength of the American team was so obvious, all the players of the Chinese team, except Lin Tian and Dayao, including Dazhi, were a little uncomfortable.

In other words, quite uncomfortable!

They soon felt tired and began to breathe heavily.

The capabilities and confrontation between the two sides are indeed not on the same level.

As for the general situation, he is just an excellent role player in the Mavericks. He is the fifth or even sixth person in the Mavericks. Although his stats are good and he plays well, opponents do not target him as a star.

But in the Chinese team, he is the third in command, and the American team has focused a lot of energy on him.

In addition, Dazhi's playing style is somewhat soft, so he didn't play well even in the third quarter.

Throughout the first half of the third quarter, only Yao Ming and Lin Tian from the Huaxia team could score. The rest of the players either couldn't receive the ball at all or were unable to complete the shot even after receiving the ball.

The gap in talent between the two sides was clearly revealed in this quarter!
The crisis of the Chinese team has just begun.

In the first half of the third quarter, thanks to the strong performance of Yao Ming and Lin Tian, ​​the Chinese team was able to score points one after another.

But when the third quarter was just halfway through, Bird changed his tactics again and started double-teaming Yao Ming!

As long as Yao Ming got the ball, the team would immediately confront and double-team him, making it impossible for Yao Ming, who was already exhausted from the continuous output, to score.

Not only was he unable to score, he couldn't even pass the ball. Within 1 minute, Yao Ming made 2 turnovers!
It was precisely because of these two mistakes that the Chinese team was hit by counterattacks from the American team one after another, and the gap between the two sides was quickly widened.

63: 55!

The United States leads by 8 points.

At the same time, Yao Ming’s physical strength has reached its limit!

But his output tonight is definitely good! Yao Ming has scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks tonight!

Facing the Dream Team and O'Neal, even with Lin Tian feeding the ball crazily, he was able to achieve this data in less than 3 quarters, which is definitely worthy of praise!
Harris, who was off the court, requested a timeout at this time.

He saw that Yao Ming could no longer hold on, and continuing to play would only be useless and would only overdraw his energy.

Harris knew that he couldn't force it any longer. Even though he knew that without Yao Ming on the court, the Chinese team would have to be supported by Lin Tian alone, he had to make a substitution.

Yao Ming got on the bus and left. Harris also replaced Zhu Fangyu and Li Nan, who had only played for less than 7 minutes in the second half but were already exhausted and could hardly breathe, and replaced them with Chen Ke and Zhang Jinsong.

Even if he is reluctant, Harris has to add more rotations, otherwise he won't have to play in the fourth quarter. His players will sooner or later suffer cramps facing the tight defense of the American team.

"They will definitely replace Yao." Bird waved the tactical board in his hand and said during the timeout: "Next, the Chinese team must be a team with Lin as the core! They can only rely on Lin! So, it's time to use the tactics we have been practicing against Argentina!"

"Jason, Kobe, Ron, Sean, Kevin! The five of you come on! Press tight in the backcourt, and when you get to the frontcourt, attack BOX 1!"

"I don't care how strong Lin is, or how terrifying his attack power is. Anyway, from now on, I don't want him to get any points! As for the others, I believe they won't get any points! Do you understand?"

"understand!"

The five people called by Bird stood up at the same time and walked onto the court again.

The game continues with the last 4 minutes of the third quarter!
Lin Tian had just gotten the basketball from the backcourt when Kidd and Kobe ran towards him.

The American team's signature high-pressure, full-court press is here!

Lin Tian quickly observed the situation on the court. Chen Ke and Zhang Jinsong were entangled by Artest and Battier respectively. Although Garnett had to follow Daji and Daba alone in the interior, the two interior players of the Chinese team were too far away from Lin Tian. If Lin Tian passed the ball directly from the backcourt, the American team would most likely steal the ball directly!
After seeing the situation on the court, Lin Tian made up his mind.

He knew that now he could only rely on himself!

"Liu, get ready to play! If Lin is double-teamed and makes a mistake, you must replace Zhang immediately!"

Harris's reaction was also incredibly quick. He immediately decided to replace Liu Wei to give the team an additional ball-holding point to help Lin Tian dribble across half court.

However, the next scene proved that his worries were obviously unnecessary.

Facing the two top defenders in the world, Lin Tian didn't bother with them at all. He chose to speed up and break through, rushing past Kidd who was slightly slower!

The American team's seemingly iron-clad double defense was broken by Lin Tian in an instant!

But then after Lin Tian rushed to the front court, he had to stop again.

Because the positioning of the American team is really a bit scary!
Except for Garnett who was still guarding the inside, the other four members of the American team surrounded Lin Tian on the court.

Of course, they did not directly surround Lin Tian with four people, but they formed a corner with each other, they could support each other at any time, and their defense line could also be contracted to double-team at any time.

"This... is a box?" Barkley hesitated and muttered, "Bird actually gave Lin a box?"

Kenny next to him couldn't help but say, "This is the American team! This is known as the strongest American team! They actually used this high school-level tactic to deal with Lin?"

"Well, if there's one person in the world who deserves the US team to use this box strategy to deal with, it's Lin."

"But Lin is not unfamiliar with this so-called Box 1 tactic," Barkley said. "Sloan used it on Lin when he played against the Jazz in the finals."

"The following year, in the playoffs against the Heat, Riley also used this thing against Lin, but the result was... both of them failed! Their teams lost the series."

"Charles, wake up. The Heat team that year won the game! They won that series after using the BOX. That was also the only series that Lin lost after joining the Pacers!" Kenny quickly pointed out the mistake in Barkley's words.

"That's not the point, Kenny! The point is not whether the Pacers won or lost, the point is that this trick didn't work on Lin! The Heat didn't win that series because of this so-called BOX1, they relied on my retirement! So they blew up the Pacers' inside line."

"Can you please have some shame? FUXX!!" Kenny almost choked to death on his own saliva. How could Barkley make such a sudden turn and brag at a time like this?

It’s really shameless!
However, after being nearly knocked off balance by Barkley, Kenny quickly recovered and continued, “But who were the people who defended Lin back then? It was Russell, Hornacek and Ellis from the Jazz, and Marley and Mashburn from the Heat.”

"But what about tonight? The ones defending Lin tonight are Kobe, Kidd, Battier and Artest! If you were to find the 10 best defensive perimeter players in the world, these four would definitely be on the list!"

"With completely different defensive levels and defensive resources, I think it will be difficult for Lin to truly organize the team's offense for some time to come!" (End of this chapter)