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After saying this, Marbury looked at Duncan with great anticipation.

Duncan showed his trust, so Marbury reciprocated by showing his confidence!
We are the best match!
"High double screen?" Duncan couldn't help laughing when he heard what Marbury said, and then said, "Cover your grandma's legs! You don't have to play for the rest of the fourth quarter! Sit on the bench and think about what you should do in this team."

"Think carefully about how big the gap is between you and Lin, and think carefully about what level you are at!"

"Doug, arrange the next players to play. Stephen should have a good rest. You can arrange the others! If you are dissatisfied with me and think that I am undermining your prestige as a coach, great! Stephen goes up and I go down."

Duncan, who has always been easy-going, introverted and taciturn, suddenly showed his strong side at this moment!
Even though Rivers and Duncan have worked together for many years, he has never seen Duncan like this!
It's just that although Rivers' tactics are average and he's slow to respond on the court, he's not a fool after all. He's just been praised to a height that doesn't belong to him.

He knew exactly what he should do now.

In any case, it is definitely not a choice to stand on the side of Marbury or to seek peace and make Marbury and Duncan reconcile.

He knew that what he had to do now was to listen to Duncan.

"Tony, you replace Stephen. I want you to entangle Lin and go against him and defend him! The rest of you, when we dribble across half court, come back more often to support. Be careful of Lin's tight defense and give Tony enough support."

"For the rest, just continue fighting as before!"

After saying this, Rivers looked up at Duncan. He wanted to see if Duncan was satisfied, but to his surprise, Duncan didn't even look at him. Instead, he tilted his head back and drank his drink.

Duncan is not the kind of person who likes to talk too much about the team's tactics.

The reason why he exploded this time and yelled at Rivers and Marbury was because he had really lost enough!
Since leading his team to the finals in 99, his career has stagnated. He has failed repeatedly in the first two rounds of the playoffs. His team has lost repeatedly when everyone thought they had won.

Then he left the court with great regret again and again.

This time, Duncan doesn't want to do this anymore!

They once again took a 3:1 lead and once again got the match point.

He didn't want to be eliminated and become a joke again.

So, Duncan finally broke out.

He just couldn't stand failing.

As for Marbury?
He still doesn't understand why Duncan, who had just expressed his trust in him, suddenly exploded and said he would not play on the court with him.

What did I do wrong?

What is there for you to be angry about, you bastard?
It must be that Duncan doesn't want to cover for me! It must be like this! This damn idiot, who usually looks stupid and doesn't care, is actually trying to trip me up!
Rubbish!

A person like Marbury would never have thought that the question Duncan just gave him was actually his last chance.

What Duncan meant was that as long as you, Marbury, say that you will no longer play one-on-one and will attack according to the tactics and not get carried away, then I will forgive your misattacks and low-level mistakes in three consecutive rounds.

But unfortunately, Marbury couldn't understand.

If you don't understand, just sit on the bench.

"Finally a substitution." Bird watched the Celtics' five-man team finally make a roster change on TV and couldn't help but say, "If it was the Pacers, I wouldn't let this idiot play for even a minute! What a disgrace!"

"Does he deserve to wear green?"

"Larry, didn't you complain in the first half that the Celtics' defense was too fierce and too harsh? Their defense against Lin was too dirty and too fierce, which could easily cause Lin to get injured. Don't they deserve to wear green?"

"Shut up!" Bird cursed, "Are you thinking of changing jobs?"

When Carlisle heard this, he immediately picked up the bottle and obediently poured a glass of wine for Bird.

Watch the game! Watch the game!
The two brothers were happily watching the game, so what were they talking about in the workplace?
Affect the atmosphere!

On the court, Tony Allen, who replaced Marbury, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Lin Tian did not put any tight defense on him, there was no need.

This kid's organizational ability is negligible, and his offensive ability is almost negligible.

He just showed a little bit of talent on the defensive end, but overall, this guy is clearly not qualified to play at this level of the game at this stage.

Not strong enough.

But the Celtics really have no other options and no other candidates to use.

In the following games, without Marbury, the Celtics' offense, which was already not worth mentioning, could only rely on the one-on-ones of Pierce and Duncan. Apart from their one-on-ones, the Celtics could hardly play any other stable routines, nor did they have any other reliable way to score.

Although Duncan and Pierce were able to succeed in singles from time to time and contribute some points, such piecemeal scoring was obviously not enough to help the team close the score.

But fortunately, the Celtics' defense has a solid foundation. After no one attacked, it was difficult for Lin Tian to find another opportunity for a fast break. They could only continue to fight a positional battle with the Celtics.

But in positional warfare, the Knicks' methods were not enough, and their offensive efficiency once again returned to its normal level tonight.

The two sides kept going back and forth over the gap of more than ten points, depleting each other's strength, and both sides entered into a muddy war of attrition.

This tug-of-war between the two sides continued until the last three minutes of the game.

The gap between the two sides is still 13 points!
These advantages were accumulated when Lin Tianjie crushed Marbury's group at the beginning.

89: 102!

Barkley said: "I think neither side can do anything to the other at the moment. Next, both sides have to look forward to their role players standing up. Only when the role players stand up can the situation be changed! Just like Smith in the first game."

"In other words, the important thing in the next game is no longer tactics or anything like that, but on-the-spot performance! Whoever's players can suddenly explode in the next game will have a better chance!"

Kenny: "The Knicks just need to maintain the situation on the court. They have a double-digit lead, but the Celtics are in urgent need of someone to step in. They are lagging behind. If they continue to fight and tear each other apart, the time left for them will be less and less, and it will be more and more difficult for them to win."

"The Celtics need a climax to catch up, and the Knicks certainly want to use this to completely widen the score and leave work early, even if it's just one minute earlier?"

"Next, let's see who can break this deadlock first!"

At the end of this timeout, the Knicks were the first to break the deadlock.

What made the Celtics even more unable to resist was that it was not Lin Tian who broke the deadlock, but the rest of the Knicks players who had been silent for three and a half quarters, or the entire series, and suddenly exploded at this time.

An outbreak without warning!
First, Anthony received the ball outside the three-point line and made his first three-pointer of the night. Then Lin Tian found Okur on the outside, and Okur also made another three-pointer with quick shots!
These two consecutive three-pointers widened the gap to nearly 20 points. Although Duncan's powerful dunk at the basket saved the team a little bit, with less than 10 seconds left, Stoudemire, who only scored 4 points and only one goal in the night, finally got his chance.

He cut into the Celtics' basket from the wing and received the pass from Jackson. This time he had plenty of space to take off!
He jumped up and rushed towards Howard under the basket!
"Snapped!"

Howard failed to react in time, and this time he finally failed to stop Stoudemire's attack. At the same time, he also failed to control his own movements and slapped Stoudemire on the arm.

"boom!"

But this mild blow was not enough to change Xiao Si's determination to break through Huashan this time!
Stoudemire slammed the ball into the basket with one hand across Howard!
At the same time, of course, there was also the referee's whistle!
"Dwight Howard committed a hand foul! The goal was valid, and one free throw was added!" "Dwight Howard committed his sixth foul, and he left the court!"

Stoudemire's 2+1 and Howard's sixth foul occurred at the same time, and this round basically became the round that completely killed the game!

The excited Stoudemire didn't get up after scoring the goal, but lay on the ground and yelled wildly. He had really been suppressing his emotions for too long.

Won!

Everyone knows that we win!

There will be absolutely no problem with this game!
The whole Madison was filled with cheers, and the fans were cheering and shouting excitedly!

With Stoudemire's free throw, the Knicks widened the gap to more than 20 points for the first time tonight!
91: 111!

There was only 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game.

Not to mention the Celtics' limited firepower, even if the Knicks came, they would not be able to catch up with the 90-point difference in 20 seconds.

In this game, the Celtics could not catch up no matter what.

The outcome is decided.

Rivers didn't insist any further. He didn't force his main players to play the last minute or so.

When Stoudemire was shooting free throws, he had already replaced all five main players and chose to surrender.

In the last 1 minute and 30 seconds of the game, the role players on both sides did not score any points on the court. Their touch was bad, especially because the outcome of the game was already decided and both sides were a little absent-minded.

As time ran out, the Celtics suffered a crushing defeat!
However, the Celtics are not too worried about this loss.

The Celtics still have one home game left!

From players, coaches to fans, everyone knows one thing: they still have the upper hand.

They have home court next and a big advantage in the series, so they are full of confidence!

Victory and destiny are still in the Celtics' own hands.

After the game, Kenny also started the summary time after each game.

"The Knicks survived a desperate situation and won a very difficult game despite a big score difference! Both sides were in a state of strife and even strength for 45 minutes or more of the game."

"Although the Knicks maintained the lead for almost the entire game, the Celtics did not give up. They kept chasing and were full of confidence. They did not let the Knicks relax at all!"

“上场时间就是最好的证据！林今晚打了42分30秒，除了第二节的前4分钟和最后的1分30秒，林打满了其余的时间，同时安东尼、杰克逊、奥库三人的登场时间也都超过了40分钟！”

"Although the Knicks won by 21 points, they definitely tried their best to win the game. The process and difficulty of this game are definitely much greater than the apparent score difference!"

巴克利也道：“不错，今晚尼克斯绝对是拼劲全力了！林今晚轰下64分14篮板9助攻4抢断4盖帽的超级准三双数据！他在这个晚上打出了无与伦比的比赛！”

"Without him, the Knicks might have been in a passive position since the first quarter. The Celtics definitely have the ability to defeat the Knicks without Lin in just 20 minutes!"

"Fortunately, in the last moments of the night, the rest of the Knicks players found their rhythm. They scored three goals in a row. They used their performance in the crucial moments to win the game together with Lin Tian!"

"I believe that all Knicks fans are hoping that their home team can maintain this momentum and touch in the next game and continue to use offense to give the Celtics a head-on blow!"

"I also believe that the next game will be even more exciting! Let us wait with full anticipation for the crucial battle in Boston in two days!"

"Let's see whether the Celtics will defend their home court or the Knicks will continue their miracle of comeback!"

"Tonight's live broadcast ends here!"

Barkley and Kenny finished their analysis, but the verbal battle between the Celtics and the Knicks had just begun.

"The game has just begun."

This is what Lin Tian and Pierce said to the media at the press conference after the game.

"We'll win two more games and take over this series! Send the people of Boston back to their beach. If I were them, I'd start looking for vacation tickets now so I don't run out of options!"

This is Lin Tian.

"We will defend our home court! We haven't lost even one game at home in this year's playoffs! We will continue to defend our home court! We will continue to defend the TD Garden! No one can capture Boston!"

This is Pierce.

"This is the first time I've seen someone talk about the home team being a dragon and the away team being a worm so righteously. So far, they have indeed never lost at home, but from now on, they won't win any more games this season!"

This is Lin Tian again.

"We've won Madison! We've won a game at Madison Square Garden! And they've lost two games in a row at TD Garden. I don't know where Lin's confidence comes from, but I think it's stupid! Very stupid! If I were them, I would definitely take the time to watch the video, analyze the game, and then look for the non-existent possibility of winning."

"Come on, they've even won Madison. The Harlem Globetrotters have won in Madison before. So, Bostonians, are you going to compete with the Harlem Globetrotters? And if it were me, I would never stand there and yell after the opponent just scored nearly 70 points."

"If someone had scored that many points on my head, I would have been ashamed to face people and would have hidden myself and cried."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot. Their main guard is indeed hiding. Stephen seems to have left the game before the end? Where is he now? I'm curious, can the Bostonians find him now?"

Can you find it?

Of course I can’t find it.

Marbury did not ask for leave, did not tell anyone, and did not return to the locker room or hotel. He simply left the team and disappeared.

Lin Tian's words were like stabbing Pierce directly in the ribs with a knife, causing this guy great pain.

At the same time, Lin Tian was extremely malicious and directly exposed the suspected internal strife within the Celtics.

There was no way. What if all the reporters and fans didn't notice that Marbury had left the game early? What if no one noticed that he might have fallen out with the team again? What if the security guard who told Lin Tian that Marbury had left Madison early didn't tell anyone else?
Didn’t that big guy lose a good opportunity to eat melon?

Such a good and big melon, Lin Tian would not allow anyone to be unaware of it! Nor would he allow anyone to ignore it!

Report! Report this to me!
All the reporters who interview me tonight, report to me about the Celtics' internal strife!
"What? No problem! Small matter!" Dolan received a call from Lin Tian after the press conference. Lin Tian asked him to report the Celtics' internal strife crazily.

There's no need to mention things like he scored 60 points or the team's last-minute recovery.

Lin Tian wants the front page of all New York media tonight to be "Marbury and Duncan suspected of internal conflict"! (End of this chapter)