NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

What does it mean that misfortunes often lead to blessings, and blessings often lead to misfortunes?
Tonight is it.

Good news: Although the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills did happen, it was not that exaggerated. No fans entered the stadium and no large-scale fights occurred. The conflict tonight was just one of the daily conflicts in the NBA. The most that could be done was a suspension of 1-2 games and a fine of 2 to 3.

The worst brawl in NBA history did not happen.

Bad news: Artest was heartbroken. Not only did he leave the game early, he also packed up and left Detroit early. This guy, who already had some psychological problems, recovered a little last year by fighting side by side with Lin Tian, ​​but he felt uncomfortable again tonight because no one supported him.

This guy is missing! For the next ten days, no one could find him. He just gave Bird a face and told Bird that he was fine, but he needed to rest and calm down.

The good news: Although there is no support from Steve Jackson and O'Neal Jr. tonight, and although Artest is fighting alone tonight, at least no bigger conflict has occurred, and Artest's reputation will not be completely ruined.

The bad news: But the Pacers' team atmosphere is doomed. After this incident, few people criticized Artest, as he only committed a flagrant foul. This time, Bird and Carlisle were criticized for failing to create a new locker room culture.

Less than half a year after Lin Tiancai left, the team was already showing signs of collapse.

Good news: Artest's defense and one-on-one play still have a certain market. If the Pacers want to trade, they can still send Artest out in exchange for a good return.

The bad news: The whole world knows that the Pacers are in internal strife, and that Artest is in a bad mood again and it will be difficult for him to return to the team.

Good news: The team can legitimately promote Josh Howard, who has great potential. This guy played quite well in the more than ten days when Artest disappeared. Some people even think that he can become an All-Star within two years.

The bad news: Even if Artest returns to the team now, he may have to start as a substitute.

.........

There are many more similar stories of blessing and disaster being interdependent, but no matter what, the Pacers are destined to be in turmoil this season.

As for Lin Tian, ​​he finally got in touch with Artest after the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills and had a good chat with him.

Finally, before hanging up the phone, Lin Tian only told Artest one sentence: If you are not happy, then change places. If you like this place more, then put away your temper, start from the bench and play well to regain your dignity.

As for what Artest or Artest and Bird will choose in the end, that is not something Lin Tian can or is willing to interfere with. Anyway, whether it is a trade or a return to the team, the Pacers are not an opponent that Lin Tian needs to worry about for the time being.

He now has to prepare for another big battle of the team!

On December 12, the Knicks will challenge the Phoenix Suns away!

Before this day, the Knicks played 21 games with a total of 14 wins and 7 losses. Their situation was still the same as before, fierce in offense but weak in defense.

But tonight, they are about to meet a team with almost exactly the same characteristics as them!

After experiencing the failed attempts of Hardaway, Marbury and others, the Phoenix people still refused to believe in evil this summer and found another point guard to save the team!

After all, as an outlier in the league, the Suns have always liked to build their team with point guards.

In their team history alone, there have been excellent or top-notch point guards such as Walter Davis, Paul Westphal, Kevin Johnson, Jason Kidd, Anfernee Hardaway, and Stephen Marbury.

Among these people, except Marbury, the others have basically achieved some good results.

Now, the Suns have welcomed another point guard, Steve Nash!

This is the second time Nash has played for the Suns in his career. The last time he was sent to Dallas as a bargaining chip in exchange for Kidd. Now, the bonus in that year's transaction has become the hope for the team's revival and he has returned to the team.

But of course, fans are not very interested in this white guard who is over 30 years old and whose best year in his career was leading the team to the Western Conference Finals as the third player.

Fans didn't feel Nash could get the team back on track.

In the first few games of the season and during the preseason, Phoenix fans booed Nash and the team's management a lot.

But that was already the beginning of the season.

By now, Nash has acquired several new nicknames, all given to him by Phoenix people.

'Fire Phoenix', 'Nirvana', 'Desert Storm', 'Sun God', and Nash's favorite and the most popular one -

'Son of the Wind'!
This season, without Nowitzki and Finley by his side, Nash had to use himself as the absolute core to support a team's record for the first time in his career. After becoming the first core to complete the game, he also completely released all his abilities and potential on the offensive end.

After he entered his thirties, the team doctors in Dallas declared that he had serious injury risks and would most likely be completely destroyed by injuries within 2-3 years.

Nash has evolved again, and this time the magnitude and speed of the evolution are astonishingly great!
It directly evolved him from an ordinary All-Star level to an MVP level!

Since the start of the season, Nash has led the Suns to a record of 17 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in the league! At the same time, many players on the team have played at the best level of their careers!

Marion averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds per game, both career bests!
Kenyon Martin, the No. 01 pick in 16 who the team spent a lot of money to buy in the summer, averaged 9 points and rebounds per game, both of which were career bests!
Joe Johnson averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, a career high!
Quentin Richardson averaged 14 points and 6 rebounds per game and 8 three-point shots per game, both career highs!
Finally, Steve Nash himself averaged 15 points and 12 assists per game, of which assists were also his career high!
Other young players like Barbosa also played impressive games and recorded impressive statistics.

Although Nash's statistics this year seem to be so-so, the changes he brought to the Suns team are definitely beyond everyone's expectations!
This year's Suns, led by Nash and head coach D'Antoni, like the Knicks, have set off a crazy small ball storm in Westbrook.

They mainly played a crazy style of play of 7 seconds or less. The whole team kept running and shooting. With crazy attacks and shots, they led this new offensive storm together with the Knicks.

There are two most important reasons why there is such a slight gap between the two teams in terms of wins!

The Suns' Martin and Marion are both top defenders in the league, and the rest of the players like Johnson and Richardson also have average or above-average defensive abilities. They lose a lot of points because they run fast and aggressively.

In very rare cases, they are able to defend against the opponent's attacks.

Another reason is that they are lucky.

The shooters on both sides were of similar level, but they missed the ball less often in one or two games, so they won a few more games than the Knicks.

As for the Knicks, their offense was not as balanced as that of the Suns, and they were not able to have all five starters score in double digits.

Their scoring points are more intensive and more explosive.

球队前三号的得分手分别是场均22.5分8.7篮板的小斯、场均21.3分5.1篮板的安东尼以及场均23.3分8.5篮板13.1次助攻的林天！

The average points per game of the three top scorers are comparable, but everyone can see that Lin Tian is the absolute core and brain among the three. He alone supports the team's entire offensive system!
除了这三名绝对核心之外，奥库场均14.7分6.8篮板，史蒂夫·杰克逊场均8.5分4.3篮板2.3助攻。

Barnes, Wallace, Muhammad, Smith and others on the bench also performed well.

Compared with the Suns, the Suns have Nash, the super commander, with several light machine guns, firing and chasing from all directions.

The Knicks, on the other hand, are led by the 'Rambo'-like superhero Lin Tian, ​​assisted by two Gatling shots, Anthony and Stoudemire. They don't use any tactics like roundabout, outflanking, and ambush, but directly attack the opponent's core position, engaging in a head-on collision and a head-on clash!
Today, the two teams with the highest average points per game, the best running, the best offense and the best dunking in the league today finally met head-on!

"A game that makes people's blood boil just thinking about it, a peak match that makes people look forward to it before it even starts!" Before the game started, Barkley sat in the studio and said with a little excitement: "I know that defense is the most important thing for the championship, but who can refuse a top offensive feast?"

"This isn't the first time Lin has played in such a crazy battle!" Kenny followed up, "Lin once played an epic matchup with the Trail Blazers, and also teamed up with the Mavericks to play a historic match in which both teams scored 370 points, the highest score in history."

"Tonight, the Knicks and the Suns, the two teams that officially introduced the 'small ball' concept to the league and created a storm on the east and west coasts, can they bring us another historic duel?"

"Let's go to the bathroom and take care of our physiological problems before the game starts, full of anticipation! Otherwise, every time you go to the bathroom during the game, you will miss countless wonderful scenes!"

On the court, players from both teams have already walked onto the court.

The Knicks team includes Okur, Stoudemire, Anthony, Jackson and Lin Tian.

The Suns have Martin, Marion, Richardson, Johnson and Nash!

Lin Tian and Nash made eye contact early on, both of them had excitement in their eyes!

This is certainly not the first confrontation between Lin Tian and Nash. When Nash was on the Mavericks, the two had played against each other countless times.

But both of them knew very well that, in a sense, this was their first confrontation!

This is the first time that two people stand at both ends of the court in the most relaxed and free mode!

Game start!
As the referee blew the whistle, Martin, the former No. 1 pick with explosive physique, grabbed the basketball and passed it to Nash next to him.

After Nash got the ball, he just dribbled forward once and passed the ball to the frontcourt.

The one who caught the ball was 'hacker' Marion!

This guy, who has the body of a power forward but is faster than most power forwards in the league, is a standard fast break maniac. After getting the ball, he only slapped the ball once and rushed from the 4-point line to the free throw line area. Then he slapped the ball again, and the whole person jumped off the ground and sent the ball into the basket with one arm!
Stoudemire really couldn't keep up with this ball.

Although Stoudemire is known for his explosive physical fitness and is a beast-style power forward, he is still no match for this guy who has the speed of a No. 3 position.

But fortunately, Stoudemire doesn't need to be faster than Marion.

Because he is more fierce than Marion!
Less than 10 seconds later, Lin Tian and Stoudemire set a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and then Lin Tian made a perfect one-handed ground pass. The basketball passed through the crotch of both Marion and Nash at the same time, and went straight through the entire Suns' defense line and landed in Stoudemire's hands.

After getting the ball, Stoudemire didn't even need to take a step. He just jumped up from the ground, raised one arm high, and split the mountain with force again!

"boom!"

After another loud bang, Stoudemire roared at Marion and excitedly showed off his muscles.

"Ugly freak, stop me!"

"Who are you calling ugly?" Marion's eyes widened immediately when he heard this.

This guy obviously doesn't have the self-awareness that Cassel does and doesn't think he is ugly.

On the contrary, he might even think he is very handsome!

Otherwise, would the little brother be so angry?

"Sean, you haven't been around since you were a kid, and everyone around you has told you that you're handsome, have you?"

“Not when I was a kid.” Marion was very honest and actually answered Lin Tian’s question directly: “When I was a kid, everyone said I was ugly, but after I grew up and became fully grown, my friends and family said that I looked very attractive, very elegant, and very stylish!”

“Besides, girls love dating me!”

Seeing Marion's proud look, Lin Tian couldn't help but ask again: "Let me guess, did you fully grow up when you showed excellent basketball talent and started to become a basketball star?"

"That's about the same. I forgot the details." Marion scratched his head, indicating that he couldn't remember.

But his expression and reaction already told Lin Tian the answer.

That's it!
That's absolutely the case!

This guy, it's absolutely fucking stupid that because he plays basketball well and has shown the potential to enter the NBA, the people around him have changed from true friends who speak the truth to fake friends who just want to flatter him and get some benefits!
That's it!

Case solved!
What did that sentence say?

When you reach a high enough position, you will no longer hear the truth. The people around you will only think about flattering you, telling lies you like to hear, and flattering you to the point of being completely disoriented.

Only in this way can they benefit from you!
Why are there so many foolish and mediocre rulers throughout history?

Are they really unmotivated or stupid?
Well, a large part of it is.

But sometimes, it is really because they cannot hear the real voices, the voices that are truly meaningful.

They lost themselves in the waves of boasting and flattery.

But how can I say it? Marion's friends were not completely hopeless. They didn't say that he was handsome or that he was a hot guy.

They just said he was stylish and had good temperament.

Well, he stuck to the bottom line of human aesthetics. After all, when Marion was young, he only had the possibility of entering the NBA, not really becoming an emperor...

While Lin Tian and Marion were talking nonsense, Nash had already dribbled to the frontcourt again, and immediately found Johnson on the wing, who passed the ball to Richardson at the baseline. Richardson took the ball and shot a three-pointer without thinking! "Swish!"

After a crisp sound, the 3-pointer was made!
Looking back, Lin Tian was too lazy to continue discussing with Marion whether he was handsome or ugly, but instead received the baseline ball from O'Neal, quickly moved to the front court, then looked left and right and found that none of his teammates had any absolute open space.

Lin Tian dribbled the ball forward, pushing Nash back two steps. Lin Tian himself took a step back outside the 3-point line, took a look and made a 3-point shot in a wide-open space!
"Shh!"

Lin Tian's average points per game this season has dropped to a new low in recent seasons, but it's not because Lin Tian can't attack or his ability has declined.

It was purely because Lin Tian faced too many double-teams, and his teammates were also very good at shooting. He was too lazy to attack himself, and two easy passes allowed his teammates to get huge shooting space.

Then just pass it on!

How relaxing.

However, the Suns tonight, at least at this stage, are not planning to double-team Lin Tian or switch defense, allowing Nash to match up against him.

Nash's defense meets Lin Tian's offense...

Let me put it this way, against Nash, how many points Lin Tian can score depends entirely on how many points he wants to score.

After all, Kildare is not good at attacking and Naismith is not good at defending. The advantages and disadvantages of these two top point guards in the league are well-known!
On the defensive end, Nash is at the bottom of the league in all aspects except for his excellent ability to predict positioning and cause offensive fouls.

The only players who can survive in the league with worse defense than him are probably short guys like Boykins and Nate Robinson.

After Lin Tian made the three-pointer, Nash dribbled to the frontcourt again, but this time he did not choose a pick-and-roll attack. Instead, he waved his hand to signal everyone to move away, suddenly accelerated, and then rushed to the mid-range area against Lin Tian, ​​and then suddenly jumped up, accompanied by a fade away that was a bit absurd.

No, it's a backward shot.

This huge amount of backward movement made Lin Tian feel helpless. He couldn't just rush over and risk Lin Tian being blocked by Nash, right?

No need!
"Shh!"

Then there was a crisp sound, and Nash's mid-range shot hit the target!

After one round, Lin Tian naturally would not let Nash go. He quickly came to the low post, blocked Nash with his back, and then reached out for the ball.

If you dare to threaten my little Lin Tian, ​​then Mr. Lin can only use Nash to fight against you!
"Oh!"

In the first confrontation, Lin Tian used all his strength and forced Nash to retreat two steps.

Lin Tian, ​​who then gained space, did not attack directly, but continued to squeeze Nash, ran towards him and launched a second attack.

"Boom..."

This time, Lin Tian failed to hit hard!
Nash, who has a very high basketball IQ, saw that Lin Tian was about to confront him again, and he reacted quickly and moved aside!
If this happened to a young and inexperienced person or someone with insufficient lower body strength, he would most likely fall down in a panic.

But who is Lin Tian?

Although he didn't see that Nash was going to remove the chair directly, his core strength was absolutely excellent and his lower body strength was as stable as a mountain.

So although Nash's move surprised Lin Tian a little, he did not make any mistakes.

Instead, Lin Tian took advantage of the situation and shot the ball into the basket!
"Steve, where are you? Why did you let me shoot?" After Lin Tian scored, he deliberately spread his hands and looked at Nash and said, "Did I hurt you with that blow? How about I be gentler next time?"

how about it?
Lin Tian really didn’t know, because Nash chose to remain silent and shut up. He turned around and went to the baseline, asked his teammates for the baseline ball, and continued to advance!
This time Lin Tian's defense was even more ruthless than before. He didn't want to be shot in the face continuously by Nash. Nash's consecutive attempts to break away and make pick-and-rolls failed. In the end, he could only pass the ball to Johnson, allowing the team's strongest singles player to solve the problem with his own singles.

But unfortunately, Johnson was facing Jackson, who had the strongest defensive ability and willingness on the Knicks. Jackson was almost the only player on the Knicks who started from defense and became a starter relying on his defense and enthusiasm.

After a series of moves, Johnson was still unable to break free of Jackson's defense, and his final shot was a miss.

However, looking back at the Knicks' offense, Okur's attempt from outside the three-point line also missed and bounced out of the rim.

The missed shots by both sides finally put a pause on the madness and continuous exciting rounds at the beginning of the game. In the following games, the players on both sides returned to their normal level and no longer made crazy consecutive hits.

But considering the offensive rhythm and ability of the Knicks and Suns as well as their almost negligible defensive ability, the normal level of these two teams is already quite scary!
After the first quarter, both teams scored over 40 points.

41: 42!

The Knicks entered the second quarter trailing by one point.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Nash sat on the sidelines to rest temporarily, and the person who took his place to organize the team was Barbosa, nicknamed "Brazilian Lightning".

The second-year player Barbosa has seen a significant increase in both playing time and number of shots this year, and his statistics have also increased visibly. Under this premise, Barbosa's self-confidence has naturally skyrocketed.

It suddenly increased, and this guy came up and provoked Lin Tian.

"I heard you're fast?" Barbosa dribbled the ball to the front court and looked at Lin Tian and said, "But I don't think you're as fast as me!"

"Do you know why you only heard that I'm faster?" Lin Tian has seen too many provocations of this level: "Because you are too bad, you didn't even have the qualifications to stand on the same court with me last year."

"So you can only hear about it, but you can't see it with your own eyes."

"You weakling, who gave you the courage to challenge me? Jesus or your cute grandma who knows nothing about basketball?"

Lin Tian's words left Barbosa speechless.

If you can’t say anything, see you on the court.

Barbosa is a point guard who is completely different from Nash, and even has a completely opposite style.

Nash is a passer first, assisted by personal scoring.

But Barbosa had almost no eyes for his teammates, he could only see the basket.

This is an offensive 2 position that is more like a 1 position.

His 3-point accuracy, lightning-fast breakthroughs, and personal offense are the reasons why he has a foothold in the league and why he dares to challenge Lin Tian.

He doesn't think he is slower than anyone else!
"Snapped!"

Unfortunately, just as this guy was about to get ready to slam his hips and look for a chance to break through, Lin Tian impatiently slapped him right on the basketball that Barbosa was dribbling.

The basketball instantly escaped Barbosa's control and rolled towards the Suns' backcourt.

"Come on, let's test our speed." Lin Tian shouted in Barbosa's ear, then suddenly accelerated. In the blink of an eye, he rushed past Barbosa and rushed towards the basketball.

"Whoosh!"

Barbosa only felt a gust of wind in his ears, and then Lin Tian flashed past him, widening the distance between them.

Then even though Barbosa tried his best to catch up and speed up, the distance between him and Lin Tian did not narrow at all, but became larger and larger!
Until Lin Tian hugged the basketball, he even looked back at Barbosa, then suddenly jumped up and pushed the ball into the basket with one hand!
The Knicks went ahead by 1 point.

"Where are you, Brazilian boy?" Lin Tian looked at Barbosa teasingly and asked, "Or do you mean the speed at which you shake your hips when you dance the samba?"

"Don't mention it, it's pretty good."

While Lin Tian was talking trash, he also slapped his hand.

"Here we go again! Lin hits the butt again!" Barkley laughed, "This is almost Lin's signature move. To the coach, to the opponent, I like to see Lin do this!"

"He always manages to make his opponents lose their temper while joking around!"

Barbosa's mood collapsed!
As a player who is not known for his calmness, stability and big heart, the young Barbosa is obviously not very good at dealing with such provocations from opponents.

There was only one way for him to deal with it: kill Lin Tian!

If he can do it, then encouraging himself and putting all his effort into fighting Lin Tian and the others can indeed greatly enhance the self-confidence of himself and the team.

But the problem is, he can't do this!

No one in this alliance can gain any advantage after competing with Lin Tian.

Barbosa dribbled to the frontcourt again. This time he chose a more direct and simple way. He accelerated and broke through to one side, and was about to break into the inside line against Lin Tian!
But this kind of breakthrough method that relies solely on speed and lacks strength may be useful to others, but you are going to use it against Lin Tian?
Isn't that just seeking death!
Not only did Lin Tian not lose his position at all, he also stood firmly in front of Barbosa. His original plan was to use his defense to prevent Barbosa from finding any chance to shoot, and then force him to pass the ball.

But he obviously underestimated Barbosa's stubbornness.

This guy actually carried Lin Tian all the way into the inside, then he jumped up regardless of anything and shot against Lin Tian.

If one of your height, weight, jumping ability or arm span can surpass Lin Tian or be on par with Lin Tian, ​​then there is still some hope and opportunity to play like this.

But Barbosa? Obviously not. His physical qualities were completely crushed by Lin Tian, ​​and he just shot like that, which was basically a block!

"Snapped!"

There was another crisp sound, and Lin Tian once again slapped Barbosa's shot directly into the hands of Barnes next to him. Barnes dribbled forward two steps, and then passed the ball to Lin Tian again. Lin Tian immediately dribbled the ball to the extreme speed, pressing the Suns' defense and advancing madly all the way.

Then, when he reached the edge of the Suns' three-second zone, he suddenly passed the ball between his legs without looking at anyone, passing the basketball from between his legs to behind him.

Then Lin Tian quickly dodged, crossed his hands in opposite directions, clasped his thumbs together, and faced his palms towards his chest, making the shape of wings, and then gently waved them twice.

"boom!"

Then there was a loud bang, and Smith, who followed behind Lin Tian, ​​grabbed the basketball and took off directly, using both hands to windmill the ball into the basket!

"Eagle spreads its wings!" Barkley shouted, "Josh takes off again! I like this flying high school student! He is like an eagle soaring and can bomb at any time!"

After landing, Smith and Lin Tian had a perfect understanding and performed the eagle spreading wings celebration gesture together with him.

"I like this! Lin, I like this!" Smith said excitedly: "You are really a genius, the celebration you designed for me is so cool!"

"You're welcome, we are brothers!"

Lin Tian smiled at Smith without blushing at all, and had no intention of telling him that this move was exactly what Lin Tian had learned from Smith in his previous life.

The main feature is an early spoiler and it is extremely shameless.

"Design one for me too, Lin!" Anthony stood up from the bench and said with envy, "Give me an exclusive move too!"

"No problem! I promise to think of a handsome one for you!" Lin Tian patted his chest, indicating that for such a small matter, he could copy one for you in minutes. No, he would think of one for you!
Several Knicks players were still chatting and joking when the Suns had already served the ball from the baseline.

Barbosa grabbed the basketball and rushed to the front court with his head down. He was already excited. No matter what he said tonight, he had to make it one!
No matter whether it is Lin Tian or Jesus in front of you, don't try to stop him!
This time, Barbosa increased his speed to the extreme, pressing the Knicks' defense all the way to the basket, then jumped directly and made a gliding layup.

"Snapped!"

However, what awaited him was another crisp sound.

He was blood-capped again!

It’s still Lin Tian!

This guy just made a joke with Anthony, turned around and rushed to the basket to give Barbosa another blood block, and then took the basketball. Lin Tian looked back and threw the ball outside the Suns' three-point line.

This time it was Gerard Wallace who got the ball.

This freak of physique certainly didn't disappoint the fans. When he was still a few meters away from the basket, he just pulled himself up, stretched his body completely, and then slammed the ball into the basket with one arm! (End of this chapter)