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It’s a pity that Lin Tian’s skill bag doesn’t have any skills like clairvoyance, otherwise he would be able to cleverly meet them outside his sisters’ room at night.

"Didn't you two bring me to the game? Didn't you two say you liked Lin and wanted his autograph? I was helping you." Elizabeth looked aggrieved, as if she had suffered some great injustice.

"Who taught you to do that, Elizabeth?" the left twin, number one, scolded. "We let you go to school in New York, and all you do is throw your room number around in front of 2 people?"

"You're dead! Starting this month, your pocket money will be cut in half!" Twin number one on the right cursed, "You're embarrassing me!"

"Olsen?" Lin Tian was shooting a basketball while strolling to the front of the audience and greeted them casually.

"you know me?"

The three Olsens responded almost at the same time, showing the tacit understanding between the sisters.

At the same time, all three of them only said "I", showing their fake sisterhood.

Then, at this moment, the twins showed a tacit understanding that far exceeded that of non-twins. The sisters pushed back at the same time and pushed the young Elizabeth back.

"I know you." Lin Tian shrugged, emphasizing the word 'they' on purpose, and took a special look at the youngest, Elizabeth.

After all, it can’t be used now, what about in the future?
Who can predict what will happen five years from now?

After receiving a touching response from the little girl, Lin Tiancai continued, "It's too hard not to know you two."

Lin Tian was not joking when he said this.

The three people in front of me are none other than the famous Olsen sisters in the United States!
Of course, the big names right now are the twin sisters, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, who debuted as babies on television in the 80s and have since risen to stardom as teen idols across the country.

They are called the legend of the North American entertainment industry. Some people say that they are the two most influential young women of the new generation in Hollywood. At one point, their popularity was even comparable to that of top diva Britney Spears.

They are both billionaires at a young age, and are two of the world's 100 richest women. They just got their names on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 04, and are among the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine, and the world's 30 most beautiful female bachelors...

Simply put, the twin sisters have become famous at a young age. When other girls are still worrying about their livelihood, they have joined forces to build a business empire worth 10 billion US dollars.

As for the young one, the one who was clinging to her elder sisters and was still in school and needed to be supported by her elder sisters, she was the future famous Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth Olsen.

Well... not important.

At least for 4-5 years it won't matter at all.

"Oh, I thought who it was? Aren't they the Olsen sisters who are super cute and sweet, the ones that make everyone jealous and make men want to protect them, and the ones that are inseparable and never apart, and therefore have never even had a boyfriend?" A voice came over with obvious sarcasm, obviously trying to stir up trouble.

Someone who might be happier than Dolan after Lin Tian came to New York.

Hilton.

Needless to say, the relationship between these girls was quite ordinary.

There are two excellent girls on similar tracks, so there is a lot of competition among them.

Most importantly, Hilton was not included in any of the Olsen sisters' long list of titles.

Of course, she has also been included in many similar lists.

'The 50 most hated women in the United States', 'The 30 most hated American women', 'The 10 most useless second-generation rich men in the United States', 'The 30 women you least want to marry'...

Hilton is on all these lists.

All I can say is that this is a direct confrontation between poor students and top students. This is jealousy, naked jealousy.

But Hilton also has her advantages.

"Honey, have you changed your taste? Now you like this kind of, um... ordinary type?" Hilton didn't care whether Lin Tian took the initiative to strike up a conversation or what the people were talking about. He just twisted his waist and stood beside Lin Tian, ​​and kissed him on the face.

"You can try it. Twins, or celebrity twins, will definitely feel different."

This is Hilton's advantage.

I am thick-skinned, courageous, and the best in the world.

You two little bitches, how dare you hook up with my man on my turf?
"Don't bully my sisters!" At this time, a childish voice came, and Olsen No. 3, who was ignored by everyone, stood up and said, "My sisters are completely different from sluts like you who can be fucked by anyone!"

"Elizabeth!" The twins slapped Olsen No. 3 on the head. "Don't say that."

"Especially in front of tens of thousands of people." Hilton was now in complete control of the situation, feeling so relaxed: "Otherwise, your image of a pure beauty or teenage idol would instantly collapse to the same level as mine."

"By the way, it's worth mentioning that I've only slept with one person in the past few years. Do you know how many people your sisters have slept with? I mean sleeping together. I don't think they have the guts to sleep alone! After all, they are conjoined twins."

"By the way, I heard a legend that when you two go to the toilet, you will wipe each other's butts. Is that true?"

"I won't waste my time talking to you." The Hilton sisters snorted, then looked at Lin Tian again and sat back in their chairs without saying a word to Hilton.

I can’t win the argument. I absolutely can’t win the argument.

How come an heir to a top conglomerate worth tens of billions talks only about shit, piss, farts, and sex?
"Let's go, dear. I have to find another seat. If I sit with the top students, my whole body will itch and I won't want to watch the game any more." Hilton did not continue to attack, but stopped while he was ahead and turned around and left.

After all, if the spray continues, who knows if some of the Olsens will really get angry and jump up to scratch their faces.

Lin Tian looked at Hilton's triumphant look, and then looked at her eyes that had curved into two crescents due to her smile. Lin Tian was very sure that Hilton was indeed itchy, but it was hard to tell where it was itchy.

However, Lin Tian believed that he must relieve the itch himself.

Unfortunately, there were less than 20 minutes left before the game started, and there was no time to give Hilton an injection or inject some positive energy to help her relieve the itch.

At night, only at night.

"You shortsighted bastard!" a certain Olsen snorted.

"If you like this kind of slut, you will get HIV sooner or later!" Another Olsen snorted.

"Sister, aren't we allowed to swear?" The third Olsen asked an innocent question.

"Shut up! Your pocket money from now on will be cut in half!" The first two Olsens once again showed their tacit understanding.

Of course Lin Tian didn’t know that the twins were bullying the youngest Olsen. He walked for a distance with Hilton, and then Hilton found a place to sit down.

"Is Madison Square Garden your home?" This time Lin Tianzhen was a little curious: "Why do I feel like you always sit wherever you want when you come here?"

"I'm very rich." Hilton's eyes were a little bit angry at the moment. It was obvious that she enjoyed the feeling of bullying others, especially when the person she bullied was someone she hated very much.

"By the way, do you want to have further contact with those three? If you do, they are staying in our hotel. I can give you the room number if you have the ability..."

He hid and hid. This time, even Lin Tian couldn't stand this crazy woman. He should just play basketball well. If he continued talking, all the contents of this chapter would be lost.

In the first preseason game, with the expectations of all the fans in the stadium and even all the fans in New York, this game must be played well, otherwise, the picky New York media will not care whether you, Lin Tian, ​​are a superstar or the savior of New York.

When they criticize others, they don't give them any face at all!

Speaking of which, who is the Knicks' opponent tonight?

Oh…right!
I remembered.

"Brother Lin, why are there so many beautiful women around you wherever you go?" Dayao walked over and greeted Lin Tian with a hint of envy.

In the preseason, the main focus is to prioritize a team that is close to home. The Knicks have the Nets, their half-city little brother, so they must be beaten first!

After greeting Yao Ming, Kidd, Carter and others and joking with each other, the players from both sides walked onto the court, ready to start tonight's game!
Although it is a preseason game, that is to say, both sides are destined not to put too much effort into it tonight, and the starting players will most likely only play for 20 minutes, but after all, it is the first official appearance of the new season, so both sides will not be too perfunctory.

At the very least, the head coaches of both teams sent out their strongest lineups to deal with this game.

On the Knicks side, Nelson picked the five-man team of Okur, Stoudemire, Anthony, Jackson and Lin Tian.

As for the Nets, they have their old five: Yao Ming, Gasol, Kittles, Carter and Kidd.

"Hello everyone, I'm your old friend Kenny! Long time no see."

"Hi everyone, I'm Charles!"

On time, Barkley and Kenny appeared on TV again. Generally speaking, TNT is quite casual about broadcasting preseason games, that is, just picking a few games to broadcast to warm up.

This New York civil war has undoubtedly become the hottest game of the night because of Lin Tian's participation.

"The lineups of both teams are still very worth looking forward to." Kenny immediately got into the state and quickly began to analyze: "Although they have not made it to the finals, the Nets have been a top team in the Eastern Conference in the past few years."

"They are the touchstone of top teams. The teams that can beat them are top teams that are at the championship level. The teams that can't beat them are just ordinary teams at best."

"But the most noteworthy thing is obviously this new Knicks team." Barkley followed up: "As for the reason for the attention? Lin! This one reason is enough!"

"With Lin here, even if he hasn't played a single game, even if the Knicks haven't brought in any other strong players this summer, Lin alone is enough to turn the Knicks, who didn't make the playoffs last season, into a contender for the championship!"

"This is the role and influence of a superstar! With the addition of the young duo of Anthony and Stoudemire, the future of the Knicks is definitely worth looking forward to! I am quite optimistic that they will win at least two championship trophies in the next four years!"

"In addition, I am also looking forward to what changes Lin can bring to this team, this city and himself after wearing a new jersey."

"No. 14! A brand new No. 14 jersey. During the Knicks media day, someone asked Lin why he chose this jersey. Is it because he is twice as good now as he was when he played for the Pacers?"

"But Lin's answer was strange. He said it was because No. 14 was the jersey number of his idol and favorite player."

"But unfortunately, my colleagues and I have searched all the famous players in history, but we can't find a person who wears the No. 14 jersey and has any connection with Lin to become his idol."

"So I guess Lin's idol is most likely his basketball mentor or an outstanding star in China!"

Kenny and Barkley kept chatting on TV, and players from both teams had already walked onto the court wearing their jerseys.

The Knicks players are still very relaxed and they don't have any burden at the moment.

This is consistent with the label that this group of people have always been labeled as.

Each one is more reckless than the other, each one is more courageous than the other, each one is more confident and arrogant than the other.

It's just a preseason game, so these people in New York really won't be nervous at all.

As for their head coach, old Nelson, he also did not take his first coaching job seriously.

Before going on the court, he gave instructions to his players.

"Fight with all your might, fight with all your might, charge forward, run, throw when you want to, dunk when you want to, that's it, that's it!"

It's that simple!
But this simplicity will surely be the most prominent signature and style of the Knicks this season.

The referee blew the whistle and the basketball was thrown quickly into the air. Yao Ming easily got the first wave of ball possession and the basketball was given to Kidd.

Kidd took the ball to the frontcourt, but Lin Tian's defensive intensity was not strong at all. It was a preseason game, so it was just a warm-up.

Kidd passed the basketball to Yao Ming, who easily crushed Okur in the low post, turned around and made a hook shot, scoring the first goal for the team.

In terms of shooting range, Okur is slightly better than Yao Ming, but in terms of other things, there is not much that Okur can compare with Yao Ming.

The gap between the two people is all-round.

After easily scoring the first goal, the Nets players quickly retreated to defend.

Lin Tian was not in a hurry. In the first attack, he slowly dribbled to the frontcourt, then waved to signal Stoudemire to come up and do a pick-and-roll with him.

After the two separated, Gasol quickly retreated to block Stoudemire's attack, but Kidd immediately stood in front of Lin Tian again.

But it didn't work.

Given Stoudemire's athletic ability, how could Gasol be able to stop him?
Stoudemire was like a mammoth rushing out of the primeval forest. He crushed Gasol to the inside, then raised his hands and Lin Tian's basketball came into his hands.

Then Xiao Si rose from the ground, pulled up an onion on dry land, and split Mount Huashan with one hand!
"boom!"

After a loud bang, Stoudemire started the game by bending over Gasol and doing a one-arm dunk!
"Beautiful! 'Little Bully' Stoudemire started the game with his signature bully-style force! The pick-and-roll between him and Lin will surely shine on the court this season, providing us with wonderful moments time and time again!"

Accompanied by Barkley's cheers, the game between both sides quickly entered the rhythm.

The Nets' offense was quite smooth. Except for Carter who was somewhat uncomfortable being restricted by Jackson, the twin towers in the interior played very comfortably. They could almost have whatever they wanted in one-on-one situations under the basket. Okur and Stoudemire simply couldn't defend against these two guys.

Of course, Okur and Stoudemire are not good at defense, and they don’t have any intention to focus on defense. They are both the type of people who score 9 points on offense and 1 point on defense.

What’s more important for both of them is that they can make the most of their 9 on the offensive end!

In previous seasons, the team could only rely on Ward to organize the offense and share the ball. The two really couldn't perform on the offensive end in a way that matched their abilities and worth.

With an offensive level of 80 points, it would be good if they can perform between 6 and 70 points.

But now we have Lin Tian, ​​who is at the 80-point level. If Lin Tian doesn't let them perform to 100 points, then there's no need for him to be called the 'No. point guard in history'!
Lins sets the screen and Stoudemire keeps passing the ball. Lin Tian will rely on his own abilities to use a variety of passes to feed the basketball to Stoudemire, allowing him to perform all kinds of cool, gorgeous and fierce attacks on the basket.

After passing the ball with one hand in front of his chest, Stoudemire received the ball and started to dunk directly.

After a one-handed ground pass, Stoudemire received the ball and jumped up for a layup.

After attracting a double-team, he passed the ball from behind, and Stoudemire received the ball and jumped to avoid Gasol and made a reverse layup.

After the pick-and-roll, Stoudemire quickly ran down, Lin Tian threw the ball into the sky, Stoudemire descended from the sky, once again made a powerful slam dunk in the air!

If the pick-and-roll cooperation between Lin Tian and Stoudemire is full of masculine hormones and explosive violent aesthetics, then the cooperation between Lin Tian and Okur is more elegant and chic.

Stoudemire would attack the basket again and again after the pick-and-roll, while Okur would retreat out of the way again and again after the pick-and-roll, allowing Lin Tian to use his breakthroughs to compress the opponent's defense. Then, after Okur was completely left open, Lin Tian's return of the ball was always extremely timely.

In the first quarter alone, Okur had three absolutely wide-open opportunities. He had three chances to shoot from beyond the three-point line and seized two of them.

In these three times, after the two-person pick-and-roll, Okur retreated to the three-point line and Lin Tian rushed to the basket. If the Nets double-teamed Lin Tian, ​​Okur would be left open. If the Nets did not double-team, then Lin Tian would have an easy time rushing into the Nets' inside.

Okur's mid-range and long-range firepower also prevented the Nets' defense from recovering at will, and they were unable to block Lin Tian and Stoudemire's attacks at the basket.

And if it's just Lin Tian and two inside players playing a completely different style of pick-and-roll, the Nets can actually barely hold on, after all, the Knicks can't really defend their twin inside towers.

But if Anthony, who has already shown the potential of a top offensive player, plays one-on-one on the weak side, the Knicks' offensive system and three-dimensionality will be completely enhanced!

During the game, Anthony received the basketball in the mid-range area many times and then played one-on-one.

With his now extremely mature shooting skills and kaleidoscopic one-on-one ability, although Kittles is a top-notch defender in the league, he has few ways to deal with an offensive master like Anthony who has two completely opposite skills and styles, namely, floor flow and flying flow.

Finally, the Knicks also have Jackson, who was promoted to the starting lineup this year. He is usually silent, very low-key and quiet, and can be said to be the least conspicuous guy in the starting lineup.

This guy's defense, cutting, awareness, shooting skills, and fast break awareness and enthusiasm have become the best piece of the puzzle in the Knicks' starting lineup.

He does the dirty work that Anthony and Stoudemire can't do!

Positioning, defense, fighting, cutting, off-ball screens...

He is responsible for all the invisible work that cannot be seen in the data.

But of course, the foundation and core of this Knicks team is still offense!
Crazy attack! Extreme attack! Attack with every possible means!
Under the leadership of Nelson, the Knicks team showed unparalleled firepower in the first preseason game.

In the first quarter, the Nets played well! The twin towers combined to score 14 points, Carter made 2 3-pointers, Kidd also sent 5 assists without a single turnover!
The Nets team had a shooting percentage of 54% in the first quarter, with only two turnovers. Everyone was in good shape and no one was lagging behind. The team scored 2 points in this quarter.

But it’s not good enough, absolutely not good enough.

In the first quarter of the game, Nelson did not rotate his players, or was too lazy to do so. He let all five starters play the entire first quarter.

In this quarter, old Nelson showed the world what basketball and run-and-gun were like in his imagination!

What is the craziest offensive tactic.

In this quarter, the Knicks scored 61 points with a hit rate of 47%. They used continuous running, continuous shooting and quick and concise cooperation to beat the Nets without any ability to fight back. They could not defend the Knicks at all!
Their shots in each round were quite fast. Although old Nelson did not mention it, Lin Tian really quietly integrated D'Antoni's "7 seconds or less" concept into the team.

In fact, the Knicks played very simply in this quarter, and their core tactic was only one: pick and roll!

With pick-and-roll as the core, the rest of the moves are expanded to include rolling down, retreating outside, and weak-side singles after attracting and compressing the defense.

Relying on this basic tactic that seems extremely simple, and the Knicks team's extremely decisive style of play, they took direct shots almost every time the first opportunity arose, and they scored 47 points in this quarter!
In the first quarter, Stoudemire scored 12 points, Okur scored 8 points, Jackson scored 6 points, and Anthony scored 9 points. These guys were all incredibly accurate!
Of course, for the Knicks, the most important person is Lin Tian!
In this quarter, Lin Tian scored 12 points and 9 assists, and only made 1 turnover! This assist-to-turnover ratio is also scary!
In such a short period of time, with such intensive and continuous attacks, he was always able to deliver the bullets to the teammates who were most suitable to fire. Lin Tian's performance in the first quarter tonight was a good lesson for Kidd on the opposite side.

What is a top point guard?

And everyone can see that if there is no Lin Tian, ​​if Ward is still the team's main point guard, the Knicks' extreme run-and-gun tactics will not be able to be played at all, and it will most likely be the same as last season, with a random shot.

If the players are in good shape, everyone can win; if they are in bad shape, everyone can lose. Without Lin Tian, ​​this year's Knicks will most likely still be on the edge of the playoffs, fighting hard for the 7th-8th place in the Eastern Conference.

But with Lin Tian, ​​this team has undoubtedly undergone a qualitative change!

This is the magic of a top point guard.

In the second quarter, Old Nisson directly replaced five players with five, letting Ward play with Barnes, Wallace, Smith and Muhammad. Logically speaking, the Knicks' bench lineup was pretty good and not too bad.

But under the organization of Ward, a somewhat mediocre point guard, the team failed to organize any effective and beautiful offense.

The volley of arrows in the first quarter turned out to be a random shot.

In the first 9 minutes of the second quarter, the Knicks scored 20 points, which was far from the same firepower as in the first quarter. The Nets' mixed lineup of substitutes and starters played very well in this stage and quickly narrowed the gap to 8 points.

Of course, many people would also think: substitutes are substitutes, there is an obvious gap in strength between them and the starters, otherwise wouldn’t they become starters?
It's normal that the Knicks' five-substitute lineup can't beat the opponent.

How do you put this argument?

It sounded reasonable, but it lasted less than a few minutes before disappearing.

Because with 3 minutes left in the second quarter, Lin Tian went up.

As soon as Lin Tianyi came on the court, the situation of the whole game was different!

The Knicks' substitutes, who had just been completely suppressed by the Nets, suddenly came alive!

Lin Tian immediately rushed to the basket after a pick-and-roll with Josh Smith, threw the ball into the air, assisted Smith in an aerial relay dunk, and helped the team widen the gap to 10 points again!
Then Lin Tian and Barnes worked together to intercept Kittles' pass. Lin Tian held the ball again and launched a counterattack. During the counterattack, he found Wallace who was following up and threw the ball into the air again, assisting this physical fitness demon to complete another crazy dunk!

Although the Nets quickly scored a goal afterwards, Lin Tian and Smith played pick-and-roll again. After attracting a lot of defensive attention from the Nets, Lin Tian suddenly made a ground pass from behind without even looking at anyone, giving the basketball to Barnes who was cutting to the baseline, assisting Barnes to complete another layup!
.........

Similar offensive rounds continued in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter. At the same time, although this substitute lineup could not compare with the starting lineup in terms of ability, their defensive enthusiasm and willingness were obviously much stronger!
With their efforts and defense as well as Lin Tian's coordination, in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, the Pacers returned a 14:4 offensive wave to the Nets.

The Knicks won by 3 points again in 10 minutes, extending their lead to 18 points!
"What are you thinking about?" When the second quarter was about to end, old Nelson leaned lazily on the back of his chair, patting his belly with his big hands casually, just like an ordinary old man who had nothing to do after retirement and liked to bask in the sun and walk his bird.

"I have always known that there is a huge gap between me and Lin. I also know that he and I are not players of the same level. I am also very aware that there is an insurmountable gap between him and me."

The person that old Nelson was asking about was Ward, who played for nine minutes in the second quarter and although did not make a single turnover, only contributed 4 points and 1 assist.

"In the past few years, we played against each other many times in the playoffs. I was beaten by him every time, and we lost to him and his team every time. I have watched countless videos of Lin's games and studied his playing style and habits countless times. I hope I can defend him the next time we face him."

"I even think that I am the person who knows Lin's game best in this league and has watched the most videos of him. Since he joined the Pacers, I have never thought about surpassing him or competing with him. I just think, what if there is a series or even a game?"

"Even if it was just that one time, I was able to stop him and kill him. It proves that I, Charlie, am no pushover."

At this point, Ward shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, and said helplessly: "But these three minutes still overturned my imagination. I found that the gap between us is simply impossible to quantify or describe."

"Only by playing on the same team, having the same teammates and being treated exactly the same, can I truly and intuitively feel the difference between the two of us."

"The gap between us is so big that it doesn't even seem like we are playing in the same league."

"Now it seems that you don't need my psychological counseling." Old Nelson patted Ward's shoulder, who was seeing through him very clearly, and said, "Then I'm relieved. I was worried that you would have self-doubt and lack of confidence because of Lin."

"Now it seems that I underestimated you. You are much better than I thought."

"Thank you, coach. Thank you." Ward nodded. He really didn't expect that old Nelson would provide psychological counseling to the players and pay so much attention to their mental health.

This doesn't sound like something old Nelson would do.

That's Phil Jackson's job.

Phil Jackson?
Just a young boy!

Old Nelson looked at Ward's grateful expression and snorted in his heart. Today I will let you know who is the real master of psychological counseling!

"You also have your strengths, Charlie, strengths that Lin will never be able to match." Old Nelson looked at Ward and said lightly: "Lin will never be able to see the game from your perspective, and will never be able to think and study the game at your level!"

"You can see a lot of things that Lin will never see in his life. Come on, don't underestimate yourself!"

Nelson's words really made Ward, who was in his 30s, almost burst into tears.

The coaches he met in his life were either iron-blooded godfathers like Riley who could barely laugh three times a year.

Either he is a workaholic like Jeffrey Stan Van Gundy, who is serious and never talks to the players, or he is a guy like Don Cheney, who is mediocre in prestige and ability.

This was the first time he had encountered someone like Old Nelson!
With just these two sentences, Ward was willing to give his life to Old Nelson! (End of this chapter)