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"Indeed, it was really just these two changes." Kenny followed up: "On the offensive end, Lin called out isolation tactics time and time again, repeatedly letting his teammates completely separate him, and then rushed in to attack the Celtics' hinterland."

"And the Celtics' defense and two big players, who are so proud of them, really can't defend against Lin! I can only say that Lin's offensive power is really unparalleled! There is really no one who can compare with him."

"The question now is: Does Lin need a rest? He played the entire first and second quarters. Will Nelson let him rest?"

As soon as Kenny finished speaking, the second quarter of the game had already begun, and Lin Tian was not on the court!
Lin Tian, ​​who played the entire first quarter, sat on the bench, drank energy drinks in big gulps, and began to rest.

"Now, it's time to test the rest of the Knicks." Seeing the lineup on the court, Barkley immediately said, "This is the first time the Knicks have gained a 10-point advantage in this series. Let's see if the rest of the Knicks can hold up!"

Can you hold on?
I can’t stand it!
The Knicks were in a cold state in this round.

Whether it was Anthony or Stoudemire, whether it was Okur or Jackson, they all played very badly and had very low shooting percentages.

This was when Lin Tian was present.

Now that Lin Tian is not on the court, they are facing the Celtics who are eager to win and try their best to catch up with the score. How can they possibly withstand it?
On the Celtics side, two starters, Duncan and Davis, temporarily went down to rest, while Pierce, Marbury and Howard played on the court with two substitutes during this transition period.

Without Lin Tian, ​​the Knicks' offense and defense both declined drastically. They couldn't score and they couldn't defend!
Especially Marbury, who had a poor performance in the first quarter. After finding that the person defending him had become Ward, he immediately dribbled to the basket and got his first 2 points of the night.

Then Marbury shot from outside the 3-point line and made it 3 points!
After Marbury scored 5 points in a row, he felt that he was in good shape again. When he returned to defense, he actually gestured towards Lin Tian with a provocative look on his face.

Unfortunately, Lin Tian didn't even look at him, but lowered his head to tie his shoelaces.

The main point is to completely ignore you and don’t take you, Marbury, seriously at all!
Perhaps it was Lin Tian's disregard that made Marbury furious again. This guy was determined to prove himself at this stage. In the next two consecutive rounds, he chose personal attack again, but unfortunately, both attacks failed to score.

Instead, it was Okur who found his touch and finally made his first three-pointer of the night.

The gap between the two sides widened to more than 10 points again!
5: 3!

Two minutes into the second quarter, both teams scored a total of three goals.

Then old Nelson still didn't let Lin Tian play and asked him to continue sitting. Instead, Rivers couldn't sit still. He took out Marbury, who had missed consecutive attacks, and Mark Blount, the substitute center who had not played much, and replaced them with Duncan and Tony Allen.

Since Lin Tian is not playing, he has to narrow the score as soon as possible!

He couldn't stand the team's inefficient attack that scored two goals in two minutes.

You must hurry up!

As soon as Duncan came on the court, the Celtics found their rhythm again.

Well, it’s not like they found the feeling, their shooting percentage was still very bad, but Duncan and Howard completely dominated the basket!

They grabbed three offensive rebounds in the next two minutes and scored on second possession all three times.

On the defensive end, Duncan and Howard also withstood the Knicks' repeated attacks, either blocking shots or interfering with shots, forcing the Knicks players to be less willing to attack the inside and only dare to complete shots from mid-range and long distances.

Another 2 minutes passed, and this time the Knicks failed to score even 1 point. Although the Celtics had a bad touch and couldn't play their tactics, they relied on Duncan and Howard's frontcourt rebounds and at least 3 second-chance attacks to score 6 points.

31: 36!

After 4 minutes of the second quarter, the gap between the two sides narrowed to 5 points!
At this time, old Nelson could no longer bear it and asked the referee for a substitution.

Lin Tian appears again!

"Lin, this is probably your last rest tonight. You will probably have to play the entire 32 minutes of the game." Before Lin Tian came on the court, old Nelson patted Lin Tian on the shoulder, indicating that it was up to him next!

"No problem." Lin Tian nodded and said, "I have encountered more difficult situations than tonight many times, and I have handled them all."

After high-fiving Ward, Lin Tian appeared on the stage again.

"Here he comes! Here he comes!" Barkley said loudly, "Based on what I know about Lin, he will most likely not rest tonight and he will play the rest of the game."

"Except for garbage time, of course!"

"This means that the decisive battle between the two sides has already begun in advance. Every minute and every round from now on will be a decisive battle!"

"I thought you didn't dare to come up!" Pierce chewed gum and said lightly, "If you don't come up, I'm going to beat you up."

“How did you win?” Lin Tian rolled his eyes and said, “You won the game by shooting 3-for-0 in the second quarter? How dare a scorer who didn’t score a single point brag like that?”

"You guys from the Celtics, besides bragging and bullshitting, you don't have any other tricks, right?"

"Shut up!" Pierce cursed. Of course, it would be more accurate to say that he was talking to himself rather than to Lin Tian.

Because after that, he decisively chose to shut up.

I dare not say any more.

What Lin Tian said was so right, what could he do?
Dirty words don’t hurt people, the truth touches people’s hearts the most.

After Lin Tian returned to the court, he was not in a hurry because the Celtics players had already taken their positions. Instead, he dribbled the ball slowly to the frontcourt.

The person defending him was Allen, who had not yet entered his defensive peak but had already shown his prowess on the defensive end. This guy lowered his center of gravity, which was not high to begin with, and at the same time stared at Lin Tian with his eyes, completely entering a defensive state.

Even though it's only his rookie year, his defense is still much stronger than Marbury's. At least if Lin Tian wants to pass him, one change of direction dribble is not enough, he needs at least two.

After a double change of direction in advance, Lin Tian took a jump step and pushed Allen, who had lost his position, to the side again with his shoulder. Then he suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the Celtics' inside line again.

But almost at the same time, the Celtics' changes in the second quarter were also revealed.

Allen was chasing after him.

The incredibly talented Howard took a step forward to block Lin Tian's offensive space.

Although Duncan stayed under the basket, he was also eyeing the defense and was ready to rush over to assist at any time. In addition, Pierce on the side also chose to return to the middle to chase and intercept Lin Tian.

In the blink of an eye, it was a double-team of 3.5 people!

Compared to the first quarter where Lin Tian was double-teamed only when he came to the inside, the Celtics' defense line obviously expanded outward, and the defense against Lin Tian became more solid and fierce.

But this kind of defense also means that the Knicks have open spaces everywhere.

After a slight hesitation, Lin Tian found Anthony on the wing and threw the basketball over to him.

Anthony received the ball in the mid-range, which was his most comfortable position and rhythm. Even though Davis next to him had quickly moved forward to fill the position, it was already too late.

Anthony's mid-range shot came out in response, and then a muffled sound was heard.

"Boom!"

Still forging iron!

Anthony still couldn't find the feeling.

In the next few minutes of the game, not only Anthony, but also Stoudemire, Okur and others, felt nothing!
They all missed the shot.

The entire Knicks team's shooting felt like a plague, and no one could find their feeling, so they kept missing shots.

And this plague virus that felt cold soon infected even Lin Tian.

Faced with the Celtics' almost reckless and crazy defense, as well as the ubiquitous double-teaming and assist defense, even Lin Tian lost the craziness he had in the first quarter.

In this quarter, Lin Tian only made 13 of 5 shots and scored only 13 points, but even these 13 points accounted for more than 70% of the team's points.

The Knicks scored a total of 18 points in this quarter!
Except for Lin Tian, ​​everyone else only scored 5 points. In other words, apart from Okur's 3-pointer and Jackson's dunk after an open cut, no other Knicks player scored in the second quarter.

Perhaps the only good news is that the Celtics still couldn't score, they really couldn't score.

The Celtics only scored 22 points in this quarter, and 22 of these 10 points even came from the second offense!

Their scoring depends entirely on offensive rebounds.

But even so, they still recovered 4 points, and the two sides entered the second half of the game with a gap of 9 points.

42: 51!

In the second half of the game, players from both sides were flexible and the touch of both teams improved slightly in this quarter. In addition to the fact that both sides scored more than 25 points in this quarter, there were two most obvious and intuitive data to prove that the touch of both sides had returned.

Lin Tian made 6 assists in this quarter, and he only made 7 assists in total tonight!

His teammates can make shots!

As for the Celtics, their offensive rebounds were significantly reduced, and the team was able to execute tactics and score more often on the first attack.

Marbury, Pierce and Duncan all scored singles in this quarter!
But overall, the Knicks' offense recovered, but not fully.

The Celtics' offense can still only rely on singles and the personal abilities of their stars to score points. They still don't have any offensive tactics, and they can still only rely on their personal abilities.

"How did Rivers become the head coach?" At the end of the quarter, even Bird couldn't stand it anymore: "My grandma designed more offensive tactics than him when she led the Celtics."

"Why is this idiot allowed to be the head coach here? What qualifications does he have? What idiot hired him?"

"I heard that it was Mr. Auerbach who made the decision himself." Carlisle next to him weakly revealed the little secret within their coaching circle.

"Even the wisest man can make mistakes!"

Bird shook his head, then silently opened a bottle of wine and poured himself a glass.

Tonight, he was feeling quite conflicted and melancholy.

He supports both teams. He hopes both teams win and doesn't want either team to lose.

He didn't feel this conflicted when he was faced with several girls inviting him to the senior prom at the same time in high school.

After all, his waist and back were not injured at that time, and he was still young and honest, so he could proudly say: I want them all.

But tonight, it's obviously impossible to have it all.

25: 28.

In this quarter, the Knicks lost another 3 points. The 13-point advantage that Lin Tian gave the team in the first quarter is now only 6 points.

70: 76!

The gap between the two sides is only 2 goals!
The Knicks could be caught up by the Celtics at any time.

In this quarter, Lin Tian not only made 6 assists but also scored 11 points.

His statistics tonight have reached a quite exaggerated 53 points!

At the same time, he also had 7 assists, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks!

Lin Tian has already reached his peak!

He did everything he could, but the team still only led by 6 points tonight.

The 6-point advantage, compared with his output of 3+ near triple-double in 50 quarters, is really not worth mentioning.

But for Lin Tian now, he is not tired at all, or he has forgotten what tiredness is.

He felt that he was in the best condition!
Come on! Last 12 minutes!

Aren't they the Celtics?

"Lin still didn't rest!" Barkley shouted at the beginning of the fourth quarter: "Or rather, all the starting players on both sides didn't rest! They all played."

"Both sides knew what this game meant and what the significance of this game was. Both sides brought out all their main players and strongest lineups to face this final quarter."

"Let's see if this quarter can decide the fate of these two teams!"

"Besides Lin Tian's best performance, no other player on the Knicks team scored more than 10 points! In other words, the rest of the players combined only scored more than 20 points, barely half of Lin Tian's."

"As for the Celtics, Duncan scored a team-high 17 points, Pierce scored 14 points, Marbury also scored 8 points, plus Davis scored 11 points and Howard scored 7 points. The team's five starters all played well."

"Of course, their shooting percentage was quite mediocre. They were able to score 3 points in three quarters because they relied on rebounding! This was also the Celtics' biggest advantage in this game."

“篮板数55：40，凯尔特人赢了15个！其中前场篮板更是19：4，凯尔特人也赢了足足15个！”

"The result of the difference of 15 offensive rebounds is that the Celtics scored 2 points in the second attack, while the Knicks scored only 28 points! If it weren't for Lin's madness, the Celtics would definitely be in the lead with this huge gap!"

Then Kenny said: "If the Celtics' magic weapon is defense and rebounding, then the Knicks' magic weapon tonight is Lin! They only have Lin! Although the team's touch improved slightly in the third quarter, no one knows whether this barely acceptable touch can continue into the fourth quarter!"

"The Knicks urgently need a surprise player like Smith in the first game to provide enough help to Lin!"

"After all, Lin is really too lonely now! So far in tonight's game, Lin has made 38 of 17 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 3 of 18 free throws. He has already scored 16 points tonight, but what about his teammates?"

“林天的队友总计只有40投9中，3分球9投2中，罚球6罚3中，只拿到23分。”

"Too bad! I don't even know how to describe Lin's teammates other than too bad."

"Their poor performance also made the Celtics' double-team defense even crazier and more exaggerated. They didn't even defend the rest of the Knicks players. It was precisely because of this that Lin's shooting percentage was actually declining rapidly."

"Except for the first quarter when he had a very high shooting percentage, his efficiency in the remaining two quarters was not that good."

"Of course, this is compared to himself! If compared to his teammates, he is so efficient that it's like he came from another dimension to play this game."

"I thought Lin's teammates last year were bad enough after Webber and Ginobili were ruled out for the season, but I never expected that this year's Knicks team, with all its players out, would be even weaker!"

"Anthony and Stoudemire are not as good as Parker and Artest. This is really unexpected!"

"In the fourth quarter, and if there are subsequent games, I really hope that the rest of the Knicks players can perform at their best! Give Lin Tian enough support!"

While the two commentators were analyzing the situation, Marbury had already dribbled the ball to the frontcourt again.

The fourth quarter continues!
"Stephen, how many points did you score against me tonight?"

"3-pointers? How many shots were there? 7 out of 1? And that's even after I completely ignored you and didn't even match up with you, letting you shoot open -pointers."

"Noob! Allen is at least 10 times stronger than you!"

"Shut up!"

"Alan at least won't choose to run away when facing me, you weak woman!"

Marbury's mentality collapsed! (End of this chapter)