NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Under Lin Tian's full-strength defense, Nash called for two pick-and-rolls but failed to get any comfortable offensive opportunities. Seeing that the offensive time was insufficient, Nash could only suddenly turn around and accelerate while dribbling with his back to the basket, choosing to force a breakthrough to one side.

Then once again, Nash stopped in the mid-range and took his signature layup shot.

But this time, because Nash only rested for 4 minutes in the first half tonight and played the entire second half, and Lin Tian suddenly increased the intensity, he suddenly felt a lack of leg strength when he jumped, and he felt weak for a while.

The lack of leg strength resulted in insufficient jumping height and imperfect coordination of muscles throughout the body. The most direct result was that the shot was obviously short and hit the front edge of the basket.

The rebound of this ball was long and low, and almost fell directly into Lin Tian's arms.

After holding the ball, Lin Tian turned around and launched another counterattack. He accelerated towards the frontcourt and after getting to the basket, he pushed Johnson, who was defending him, away with his shoulder. Then he took a step forward and slammed the ball into the basket with one hand.

12 points!
Then the Suns continued to run wildly. Nash knew his body quite well!
He knew that he did not have the physical strength and energy to play for 44 minutes. The ball just now had made him realize that it would be difficult for him to break through Lin Tian’s defense. If he wanted to close the score, he had to rely on his teammates!
Nash dribbled the ball again and kept looking for open space for his teammates. Under Lin Tian's strong defense, Nash couldn't even stand firm once. His feet went soft and he fell to one knee on the floor, but fortunately, Nash was Nash after all.

The moment he fell to the ground, Nash passed the ball with one hand!

This was a ball with an arc. When the shot was released, the basketball almost flew close to the ground, but when it reached the basket, it had already drawn a beautiful arc and came right to Martin's chest, and he hugged it.

But unfortunately, Martin has also played for more than 40 minutes tonight, and tonight he needs to keep running back and forth between the basket and outside the three-point line to defend. He also has to take care of Okur outside the three-point line, and take into account the defense and rebounding under the basket.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Martin is the most tired person in the audience at this moment.

So no matter how strong his physique is, his legs felt a little weak at this moment.

Under normal circumstances, facing Okur's defense, Martin only needs to lean with his shoulder, then pull up and do a two-handed dunk.

But at this moment, facing Okur's defense, Martin was able to push Okur away after leaning his shoulder, but he himself could hardly jump up.

Okur returned to the defensive position in time and opened his arms to block Martin's shot. Under the interference, Martin, who was not very good at hand skills, certainly found it difficult to seize this opportunity, and the basketball immediately bounced out of the frame.

The rebound was caught by Stoudemire, who quickly passed the ball to Lin Tian, ​​who continued to counterattack.

The entire Suns' defense had already been in a state of panic. Marion, Nash and Johnson all accelerated and retreated towards their own half at the same time to prevent Lin Tian's counterattack.

Relying on his height and long arms, Johnson quickly approached Lin Tian and became the first line of defense blocking Lin Tian.

But Lin Tian suddenly stopped, turned forward and accelerated to the side to break through again.

Johnson wanted to catch up with Lin Tian's almost unslow and extremely fast change of direction, but his legs and feet, which had been running for more than 40 minutes, could no longer hold on.

As he slid sideways, Johnson felt his legs go weak, and then he sat down on the floor in embarrassment. He then lay there holding his calves, unable to get up.

Lin Tian, ​​who was about to leave, ignored all the other players on the Suns team and slammed the ball into the basket with one arm!
141: 127!

The Knicks led by 14 points.

As for D'Antoni, no matter how much he dislikes calling timeouts, he has to signal a pause in the game at this time.

We need to ask the team doctor to check out what's wrong with Johnson's calf.

As the team's best wing attacker and one of the team's few reliable one-on-one defense experts, Johnson's role in this Suns team is huge.

Fortunately, the team doctor quickly gestured to D'Antoni that he was not injured, just overtired and had cramps, but it would be better not to play this game.

If the fight continues, no one can say whether the situation will get worse.

D'Antoni nodded solemnly. Although he was stubborn and lacked adaptability, and was the kind of person who was good at building a system but not good at on-the-spot command, he was not the kind of person who wanted his players to fight for him and ignored the health of his players for the sake of a victory.

On the contrary, he has always done a pretty good job protecting his players.

The question now is…if Johnson is replaced, who will take over?
D'Antoni felt that there were only a few people he could use. After looking back several times, he finally said, "Leandro, it's up to you now! In the last less than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, withstand the pressure and fill in the gap left by Joe!"

Barbosa nodded mechanically, and without expressing any determination, he just walked directly onto the court.

I have to say that D'Antoni is still too young now.

If he had said these words to Barbosa earlier, during the halftime break when Barbosa was most confused, it would have probably had a miraculous effect.

But now, after Barbosa sat on the bench for the entire second half, when you talk to him now, Barbosa basically doesn't hear a word.

As for the consequences?

The best outcome is that Barbosa stands still and cannot catch the ball at all, so he is at least just a "spectator" rather than an "undercover".

Soon, the short timeout called by D'Antoni ended. Both sides only replaced one player, Barbosa, and 10 players continued to wait for the game.

Last 2 minute and 25 seconds.

Once again, Nash was tightly guarded by Lin Tian as soon as he received the basketball. Lin Tian stuck to Nash very closely. Even though Nash asked for two screens in a row, Lin Tian was able to predict the direction and timing of the screen and react first, making it impossible for Nash to find opportunities for the team through pick-and-roll.

Seeing that the offensive time was getting less and less, Nash knew that he couldn't delay any longer, so he immediately dribbled backwards while waving his hands to signal everyone to move away from him.

He has to play singles!

Then, Nash accelerated and sprinted towards the inside without even waiting for his teammates to fully move out of position.

His speed was not as fast as Lin Tian's, so he could only push Lin Tian to the inside, and then use the same trick again to circle around the Knicks' inside.

Nash's original idea was to lead the Knicks around, then find the weaknesses in their defense, and then complete a shot or pass.

But after two consecutive laps, Nash found that he could only circle with Lin Tian, ​​and could only circle back and forth in the interior with Lin Tian, ​​and the others simply ignored him!
Last 3 seconds!
Even Nash couldn't remain calm at this moment, and couldn't wait for any so-called real chance to make a move.

He could only suddenly stop and turn around, then raise his hand and throw the ball towards the basket.

This is both sudden and freehand, look at the path and direction of the basketball's flight...

I can't see anything at all!

Because this is what Lin Tian has been waiting for.

Less than 20 centimeters after Nash's basketball flew away from his fingertips, Lin Tian, ​​who had been waiting for it, slapped the ball back with a slap!
Another blood cap!
"Quick attack!"

This time, Lin Tian didn't even need to shout, Jackson had already hugged the basketball and ran towards the frontcourt.

Then after encountering the Suns' defense, Jackson passed the ball to Lin Tian who was following up in the middle. After Lin Tian got the ball, he didn't let it stay in his hands for even a moment. As soon as he got the ball with his left hand, he exerted force again and pushed the ball towards Anthony on the other side.

After getting the ball, Anthony took a confident 3-point shot. If this shot had made it, even the Suns would have had no chance of making up the 15-point deficit within two minutes.

"Boom!"

But unfortunately, the basketball bounced out of the rim and failed to go into the basket.

But the Knicks attacked so quickly and their outside attack power was so terrifying that the Suns had huge problems with their retreat and protection of rebounds.

At this time, Nash was the only one standing in the entire 3-second zone, ready to grab the rebound.

But he can't grab a single rebound!

"Oh!"

Nash felt a huge force pressing down on his head so hard that he couldn't even lift it up. Then he felt someone turned off the lights in the stadium.

There was darkness in front of him.

"boom!"

Then, there was a loud bang, and Nash finally saw the blue No. 14 jersey. He finally understood what had just happened.

Lin Tian rode on his own head and completed a bloody dunk with one arm or two arms.

Nash couldn't see how the dunk was done, he only knew that the score difference was widened to 16 points.

Last 1 minute and 56 seconds.

pause!

D'Antoni called for another timeout.

"It's so exciting! The game between these two teams is like it was played at double speed, at least one level faster than all other teams!" Barkley praised Lin Tian after his tip-in: "In just over a minute, the two teams played so many rounds."

"But the Suns were clearly not in good form tonight and were completely suppressed by the Knicks! After Lin's tip-in, I think the Suns' chances were almost gone."

"No matter how strong their offensive capabilities are, it is impossible for them to make up for the 16-point gap in two minutes!"

Kenny continued: "The one who deserves more praise is obviously Lin, he has already sent out 25 assists tonight! This is the second time in his career that he has sent out so many assists. At the same time, he is just a little distance away from continuing to chase or even create a higher record."

"But what did Lin do? In the past minute, he first made two consecutive individual attacks without hesitation to extend the score to 14 points. Then he took advantage of his vision and passed the ball to Anthony."

"I can only say that Lin really doesn't care about statistics, records or anything else! He is a real basketball player who plays only for winning!"

"But, although he gave up chasing his career-high single-game assists, Lin still did other things." Barkley said with a smile: "With the 6 points and 1 rebound just now, Lin has once again achieved a triple-double!"

"40 points, 25 assists, 10 rebounds!"

“他是NBA历史上第一个打出这个数据的人！他是NBA历史上第一个能做到40+25+10的人！同时也是历史上第一个40+25的人！值得一提的是，上一个打出35+25的人，也是林！”

"He is the only person in NBA history who can do this, and do it twice!"

"The closest person to him is Magic Johnson, who once had great stats of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 20 assists! But obviously, even Magic Johnson's stats back then are not as good as Lin's tonight!"

"Even without counting triple-doubles, 35+25, and just 30+20, Lin is only the fifth player in NBA history to do it! Before Lin, only Kevin Johnson, Magic Johnson, Isaiah Thomas and Mahamud Lauv had done it."

"But if it's 35+20, then Lin is the second one who can do it. My old buddy Kevin once got 37 points and 20 assists!"

"As for 35+25 and 40+25, they are the only ones in history!"

"This evening, Lin once again achieved the ultimate in the seemingly opposite combination of points and assists! He once again created a record that has never been seen before and will never be seen again, and a new record that will be admired by future generations for a long time!"

Kenny followed up, "More importantly, there are still about 2 minutes left in the game! Lin, will you continue to break the record? Will Lin make his own record even crazier?"

“I’m really looking forward to it!”

"Double-team him! Double-team him throughout the court! Two people, if that doesn't work, then three! Don't let him catch the ball, don't let him catch the ball no matter what!" D'Antoni was a little exasperated at this point. Not only had the score gap been widened to the point where it was almost impossible to catch up, but Lin Tian had already produced such epic statistics.

He is no longer thinking about winning the game. What he is thinking about now is to stop Lin Tian from breaking the record!
He wanted Lin Tian’s data to freeze here!

Otherwise, if Lin Tian gets some data like 45+20 to 40+30, even if D'Antoni doesn't care about defense and the opponent's scoring data, he won't be able to go out and see people.

I can't afford to lose this person!

Who is not a superstar, the best point guard in history? Although D'Antoni is the best guard in Italy's history, he is still the best in history, right?

Expecting Lin Tian to break the record? Worried about Lin Tian breaking the record? Afraid of being embarrassed if Lin Tian breaks the record?

Various thoughts and moods appeared in the minds of different people. Different people had different ideas, but only the hardcore fans who were most familiar with Lin Tian would have another completely different idea at this time.

That kind of inexplicable but very uncomfortable premonition.

After the timeout, these fans finally understood why they had that premonition.

Lin Tianxia went to have a rest!
He didn't return to the court!
In just over 1 minute and 50 seconds, the team was leading by 16 points. Old Nelson thought it was garbage time, so he substituted Lin Tian off the court!
What a bullshit record and bullshit career night, just sit there and take a rest!

Old fans: Yes! That's right! It's right! Whenever Lin Tian is close to a new record, he will choose to rest, which will make thousands of fans sigh.

From this perspective, Lin Tian is the most disappointing player in history!

none of them!

New fans: What is this?

D'Antoni: Down? Hooray!
Suns player: So should we still use the same tactic? Should we double-team Charlie Ward?

Barkley: "I just know that when we are full of expectations, Lin will disappoint us!"

"Lin never satisfies his fans when it comes to breaking records! Compared to the statistics, he likes to take an extra 1-2 minutes of rest. This habit of his is really terrible!"

Kenny: "Now Lin has to deal with Nelson, another guy who doesn't care about stats at all, who was willing to fight with the team owner and lose his job in order to protect his players from playing with injuries!"

"Pessimistically speaking, Lin may not be able to break any big records in his lifetime, unless he performs bravely and his teammates also perform well, and the opponents can hold on and fight with them to the end!"

"But to be honest, the frequency of this kind of competition is probably lower than the probability of Charles not eating meat for a week!"

"It's the kind of thing that is very likely to happen, it could happen at any time, it would be reasonable if it happened, but you might never see it again in your life."

"I hate your lame metaphor." Barkley frowned and said, "I don't like it! But I have to say that Lin + Nelson is definitely bad news for fans who like to watch Lin break records."

"The two of them being together is terrible, in a way!"

The last two minutes of the game on the court did not cause any waves, although the Suns scored consecutively and Richardson threw in two consecutive 3-pointers.

But the score difference between the two sides was too big and the time was short. At the same time, Ward was very stable. In every offensive round, no matter whether he could score or not, he could consume the offensive time to the extreme, making it impossible for the Suns to use any strength!

In the end, when the whistle sounded to end the game, the Knicks easily held on to their victory, winning the game with an 8-point advantage!
147: 139!

This night was destined to be a crazy record-setting night. Players from both sides played very exciting and beautiful statistics and performances on the court. It was a top and most extreme crazy offensive battle in the league today!
On the Suns side, Nash scored top stats of 33 points, 17 assists and 7 rebounds, but he was still outshined by Lin Tian. Marion scored a big double-double of 25 points and 14 rebounds, Johnson scored 23 points, Richardson made 7 three-pointers and scored 28 points, and Martin also had 19 points and 13 rebounds.

All five starters scored in double digits, with four of them scoring more than 5 points, but the substitutes only scored 4 points in total. In addition, Johnson collapsed to the ground due to cramps in the final moments. The problem of the Suns' insufficient substitutes and over-reliance on the five starters once again surfaced.

On the Knicks side, Stoudemire scored a career-high 43 points and 10 rebounds. This night was definitely the most exciting and shining night of his career so far!
Anthony also scored 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists!

The other person, of course, was Lin Tian, ​​who had the best performance tonight and put in a perfect performance!
In addition to his 40 points, 10 rebounds and 25 assists tonight, he also had 3 steals and 4 blocks. At the same time, he locked up Nash in the final moments and eliminated Barbosa in the early second quarter, once again achieving both offense and defense.

Lin Tian once again proved that even in a team like the Knicks that has no defense at all, he can use his defense to change the team and kill the game!
With the three superstars scoring more than 100 points together, there is almost no possibility for the Knicks to lose!

Once they launched their offensive, firstly, no one could defend against them, and secondly, no one could surpass them in firepower!

Their firepower is absolutely at the top level in history!

The only team that could even compete with them might be the Pacers, which was at its peak a few years ago and was also led by Lin Tian!
《Epic offensive battle! Lin and the Knicks once again have the last laugh!》

《Nash vs. Lin! The two most capable offensive point guards in active service face off!》

"The ultimate offensive confrontation! Gorgeous basketball is what fans love to watch the most!"

"Beautiful! Smooth and flowing! Passionate! Who says you can't play beautiful basketball without defense?"

"Who says a high-scoring game is just an exhibition game and has no intensity? One player had cramps, and many were out of breath after the game. The intensity of the game between the Suns and the Knicks was far greater than a defensive battle!"

《Attack! Attack! Attack again! Looking forward to the next matchup between the two teams! 》

"Many unnamed team executives expressed the hope that the team can play small ball and run and gun to increase ratings and expand the market!"

"After this battle, the draft prices of many No. 05 players in the draft have soared!"

"Genius guard Deron Williams may become the No. 05 pick in the draft due to the rise of these two teams!"

"A detailed list of the top 10 young stars who are about to enter the league. Who among them can take over the mantle of Lin and Nash?"

"Deron Williams is the favorite for the No. 1 pick, Raymond Felton will not fall out of the top three, has the spring of the No. position officially arrived?"

"Shooting guards dominated the 90s, can point guards dominate the 00s?"

"Lin Tian: Shooting guards dominated the shitty 90s. Shooting guards did win 90 championships in the 6s, but two of them were won by me. I beat them up!"

……

The post-game discussion tonight was destined to be extremely exciting, with countless fans discussing topics like Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong. They were discussing how strong the Knicks' firepower was and whether they could win when facing the most famous offensive teams in history.

Of course, the most talked-about and most curious match among fans is Lin Tian VS Lin Tian, ​​that is, the peak Pacers VS this year's Knicks.

Supporters on both sides have their own ideas, but in the final analysis, this is an internal fight between Lin Tian and the fans.

For a while, Lin Tian’s fans and another group of Lin Tian’s fans actually created a huge storm on the Internet.

That is: In which year was Lin Tian the strongest? Which team was the strongest that Lin Tian played for?
As for the league's executives and scouts, they don't have the time to participate in the discussion. Even if they are caught by reporters and have to give answers, they will basically use some ambiguous official language and nonsense to get rid of the reporters.

Well...except for one person.

Michael Jordan.

This year, Jordan finally became the boss as he wished. He no longer had to look at other people's faces. When he was interviewed, he did not answer the reporter's questions about the small ball storm and the run-and-gun era. Instead, he directly scolded Lin Tian: "Chicago has always been my team. With or without Lin, we can still win the championship in 96-97!"

“I am the king of the 90s!”

"Then Mr. Michael, why did you lose the championship after Lin left in 98, and why did you lose directly to Lin?"

"The interview is over. Today's interview is over. Please leave, my journalist friends!" Jordan's public relations spokesperson and bodyguards immediately stopped the reporters when they heard this question.

They know too well what kind of person their boss is, and they also know too well what they can and cannot talk about with their boss.

Issues concerning Lin Tian are things that absolutely cannot be discussed.

After all, the executives of each team, especially those teams with poor records, bad market conditions, or even losing money, are now studying more important things!
That is: should the team be rebuilt? If so, should a point guard be the core? Or... should the team speed up?
This is a very important and serious matter!

After all, the results are not the most important thing. The most important thing is the sales of tickets and peripherals!
The Knicks and the Suns are among the teams with the best-selling tickets, jerseys, sneakers and team-related peripherals this year!

The Knicks are fine, even if they put together a group of disabled people to play, their market won't get smaller, but Phoenix...

Although Phoenix was a large city before, its basketball market had always been mediocre, neither up nor down, and was just in the middle of the league.

But this year, since the introduction of Nash and D'Antoni, and since the team started the run-and-gun style, their sales of tickets and various peripherals such as jerseys, hats, T-shirts and other things have all seen a surge!
As far as this season is concerned, the Suns' revenue and profits have surged from the previous mid-level in the league to fourth!

Second only to the Knicks, Los Angeles and Chicago!

Such a rapid growth rate and immediate effect cannot help but make those teams excited and drool.

Those are all green US dollars!
Anyway, after such a game, or the rise of these two teams, the most direct beneficiaries in the short term, apart from the owners of both teams, are the point guards who are about to enter the league or have just entered the league and are waiting for opportunities.

In particular, the reason why the executives did not copy and study the Pacers' team-building ideas before was because they believed that there was only one Lin Tian and there was nothing to imitate or copy.

It's like in the 90s, everyone knew that Jordan was invincible, but how could you copy Jordan?

But now, an ordinary Nash can also achieve such results!

That would be interesting.

We can’t find Lin Tian, ​​so let’s find Nash…

Okay, it's difficult, but no matter how you look at it, it's something that can be replicated.

Isn't it just a point guard who can pass and run, with a bunch of physical guys who can shoot, run and jump!

Try it! Must try!
In short, those young people who are about to enter or have just entered the league will definitely receive higher attention and more opportunities!
They have an opportunity to change their lives!

Of course, no matter how the fans argue, no matter what ideas the executives are putting into studying the team's new team-building ideas, and what tasks they have assigned to their respective coaching staffs and scouts, it has nothing to do with the vast majority of active players.

Players, you still have to play basketball well!
The season has just begun!

For example, the Knicks, after defeating the Suns, seemed to have some sage time because such an exciting offensive battle was so exciting. They had no touch in the next two games and lost to the Los Angeles duo, the Lakers and the Clippers.

In fact, losing to the Lakers is not unacceptable. They are a top team, so losing is fine. But losing to the Clippers, who are at the bottom of the league and only rely on Brand to win the game, really exposes the weakness of the Knicks' inside line.

Brand scored a big double-double of 41 points and 17 rebounds in this game, breaking through the Knicks' defense by himself.

Of course, these statistics are similar to O'Neal's 47 points and 18 rebounds against the Knicks the night before.

After suffering two consecutive losses in Los Angeles and being ridiculed by Los Angeles residents, the Knicks set sail again and continued their long journey in the West.

The good news is: After two consecutive losses in Los Angeles, the Knicks' form is finally back, and all the players on the team showed their best side in the following away games!
Against the Kings, the Knicks scored 141 points. Anthony, who had been locked up by Kirilenko and only scored 14 points in the previous two days, regained his form and scored a career-high 44 points, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's ending its two-game losing streak.

Then the Knicks played against the last team in the Pacific Division, the Warriors, and scored a super high score of 133 points. This time the person who broke out was Lin Tian. He scored a personal high of 51 points this season, plus 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, leading the team to 2 consecutive victories!

The Knicks have played 5 games in a row on the road in the Pacific Division, with 3 wins and 2 losses, which is considered average and not disappointing.

Then, after finishing this five-game road trip in the Western Conference, the Knicks can finally return to New York, back to their sweet and comfortable bed, and relax with their friends.

At the same time, the team's consecutive wins over the Kings and Warriors helped the Knicks regain a lot of confidence and find their form. They did not lose a single game until the end of December.

22 wins and 9 losses!
At the end of 2004, the Knicks had the team's best first 96-game winning percentage since the 97-30 season.

In addition, thanks to his outstanding performance in December and his top performance of averaging 12 points and 24.7 assists per game in a single month, Lin Tian won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December, and Nelson also won the Coach of the Month in December.

And when the time came to January, another game worthy of many fans' attention began!

In terms of strength, this game is not worth mentioning. It is a dialogue between the league's top team and the team competing for the league's top pick. Logically speaking, this is a game with no suspense and nothing to watch.

But the problem is that the protagonists of these two teams have such a close relationship, so even if there is not much suspense in the game, fans from all walks of life are looking forward to it so much!

The New York Knicks, second in the Eastern Conference, vs. the Charlotte Bobcats, second to last in the Eastern Conference!

In other words, another mode of Lin Tian VS Jordan!

In the past few years, they have been the two most talked-about and eye-catching people in the league.

Whenever the two of them collide, there will be bloody storm!
However, from teammates to opponents and then back to teammates, now one of them is a player and the other is a boss. The only similarity is that these two people are still the market guarantee of their respective teams.

Well, it’s only natural that Lin Tian becomes the Knicks’ market guarantee.

As for Jordan's current Bobcats, if he doesn't appear in the front row to watch the game, the attendance rate will be the last in the league. Everyone has no revolutionary friendship for this new team that is destined to be at the bottom.

They have no interest in watching their team get beaten by others.

But if the team loses, you can see Jordan sitting in the front row with a sad face, and if you are lucky you can even get an autograph, then it would be a huge profit!

At least one-fifth of the fans came to Charlotte and watched the game at the Charlotte Spectrum Center with this mentality! (End of this chapter)