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"Don't you think Howard's performance was very tough? He was not afraid of you. He stood up bravely. He used his own expulsion as a price to cheer the team up."

"Two stupid and meaningless technical fouls can boost the team's morale? What kind of broken logic is this?" Lin Tian snickered and said, "If he explodes to protest against unfair penalties, to protect injured teammates, or to punish opponents for dirty moves, then there's no problem."

"But now, let me ask you, why was he expelled? Do you dare to say it out loud? When you say it out loud, don't you think it's a joke?"

Lin Tian paused for a moment. He knew that the reporter was embarrassed to give the answer himself, so he asked and answered himself: "Because my provocation and shouting did not receive any response from the other side, I was so angry that I got two technical fouls."

"I would call this the most childish and inexplicable technical foul in history."

"It's still two!"

"Then Lin." Seeing that his colleague was being scolded by Lin Tian without any chance to fight back, a reporter beside him stood up and said, "I'm very curious, why do you think the Celtics are still going all out and fighting desperately when their chances of winning are slim?"

"Isn't this worthy of respect and recognition? Isn't this a reflection of their team's strong cohesion and their determination to never give up?"

"Of course not." Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders and said without hesitation: "They did this not because the team has strong cohesion! Otherwise, Marbury wouldn't have suddenly disappeared, right? Or is it that the Celtics' cohesion is not playing with Marbury?"

"Let me put it this way. What was the reason why they tried their best to catch up in the second half, played hard and showed everyone their toughness, unity and never giving up?"

"After they were leading 3:1 but we tied the game twice in a row, the team's morale and mentality have collapsed! It's because they no longer have any unity and cohesion, and they are on the brink of collapse!"

"Someone or some people in their team know very well that there is only one way to keep the team's fighting power and the team's superficial cohesion: to use ridiculous efforts to pursue a task that can never be achieved!"

“This is their only way.”

"Lin, you mean that if we are 30 points behind at halftime, we can just give up and not play the rest of the game, right? All teams that are behind by a large margin in the first half should just surrender, right?"

"I didn't say that." Lin Tian waved his hand and said, "What I meant is that David, who dared to challenge the giant Goliath, was of course a brave warrior, but more importantly, he was wise. He knew how to knock down Goliath. If David didn't have wisdom, he wouldn't use a slingshot to shoot stones."

"But if he took a sword and wore armor to fight Goliath in hand-to-hand combat, then I'm sorry, he would just become another nameless corpse killed by Goliath's sword."

"So, do you understand what I mean? The Celtics' counterattack in the fourth quarter tonight was entirely to maintain their so-called face and maintain the team's cohesion. They were not fighting for victory."

"Because they know very well that they can't win! It's like they are destined to lose in the seventh game!"

Lin Tian was at full fire at the press conference, almost engaging in a debate with the crowd, and he left all the reporters at the conference speechless.

Anyway, Lin Tian had a great time criticizing the entire Celtics team that night. After he criticized the players, coaches and even the team culture to nothing, he stood up and looked at the reporters on the scene. After making sure that no one dared to challenge him again, he left the press conference triumphantly.

He definitely exceeded expectations on the task assigned to him by old Nelson!

After returning to the locker room, Lin Tian clapped his hands while looking at his teammates, and said to everyone: "After the fourth game, the Celtics players made a series of arrogant and disrespectful remarks, which made us quite angry."

"So today, I hit back at them with even more arrogant and crazy remarks. I let them know that when it comes to trash talking, even their entire team combined is no match for me!"

"But you must also know what impact my criticism will have on the team!"

Lin Tian paused again, then said: "If we lose the next game, we will become the biggest joke in the NBA! In the next five years, our behavior will be mentioned as a joke again and again, and will be ridiculed crazily."

"But if we win, they are a joke, and their big words after the fourth game will become the crazy talk of crazy people. Now, tell me, who is the biggest joke in the NBA?"

"Celtics! Celtics! Celtics!"

"Very good, then, let's go home! And then, send the Celtics home too!"

The night ended with the entire Knicks team shouting "Celtics!"

They will then return to New York for the final game of this series.

For both sides, it is a win or go home game. For both sides, it is a must-win game!
When the series reaches this point, no matter who it is, there is no need for any pre-match mobilization or preparation.

Both parties understand each other very well and know each other very clearly.

Know which player on the other side likes to shoot from which position and which position is prone to miss, and also know which player on the other side can defend and which player is simply impossible to defend.

At this point in the game, it is no longer a test of the abilities of the coaches of both sides. At this point, it is a test of the strength of the strongest players on both sides, and the ability of the absolute core and ace players of both sides to withstand pressure!
Whoever can withstand the pressure, whoever can perform better in desperate situations, whoever can save the team, will become the hero of the entire team and even the entire city.

What everyone knows is that every time this happens, Lin Tian will never disappoint the fans!

This evening is no exception!
At the beginning of the seventh game of the series, Lin Tian showed his unparalleled personal ability and began to attack the Celtics' position!

This evening, Lin Tian was no longer as keen as before on attacking the basket, attracting the defense, and then either passing the ball or taking a personal shot to end the possession.

This evening, Lin Tian started to make some moves in the middle distance!
Because the biggest loophole in the Celtics' defense lies here!

They will defend tightly outside the three-point line, and they will rely on their twin towers to shrink to the basket!
But they will also selectively give up the area from the free throw line to the 3-point line.

Firstly, no matter who it is, the shooting rate in this area is relatively unstable. Secondly, with the Celtics' defensive resources, they must selectively let go of some areas, and they cannot deploy defense in every area of ​​the half court.

Relatively speaking, the two areas outside the three-point line and under the basket, one has a higher single score after hitting the target, and the other has the highest hit rate, which is theoretically the most efficient area on the court.

Therefore, the Celtics can only choose to appropriately give up some mid-range areas to strengthen the defense of the basket and three-pointers.

This defensive strategy was actually implemented by the Celtics throughout the regular season and the first few games of this series.

It’s just that when it came to the seventh game, the Celtics implemented this strategy more thoroughly.

It's about shooting from mid-range, blocking the basket and 3-pointers, and betting that you can't get in!
Lin Tian’s response was simple, direct and extremely tough.

After attacking the basket twice at the beginning, he found that the Celtics' twin towers were tightly guarding the three-second zone and refused to leave, causing his two layups to fail due to interference. Lin Tian no longer stubbornly attacked the basket.

Since everyone knows that the Celtics defend fiercely under the basket, there is no need to squeeze under the basket.

Go for the middle distance!
Starting from the third round after the start, Lin Tian’s playing style changed again!
He accelerated directly outside the 3-point line and forced his way past Allen, then took two steps inside the 3-point line and threw the ball!
hit.

He called for a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, then with the help of the screen, he only dribbled one step before stopping suddenly, and took half a step inside the 3-point line and threw the ball in!
He held the ball outside the 3-point line and observed the Celtics' defense, then suddenly accelerated, then pulled back from his crotch near the free throw line, took a step back and threw it in!
After calling for a screen on the wing, he faced a double-team from Duncan and Allen. He forced his way through the gap between the players and still made a mid-range jump shot!

Less than halfway through the first quarter, Lin Tian had already transformed into a handsome mid-range shooter, making four consecutive mid-range shots!
The Knicks also relied on Lin Tian's terrifying lethality in the mid-range area, scoring 15 points in the first half of the game and leading the Celtics by 7 points! "In the final analysis, this game is about the ability and breakthrough level of the core players in both lineups." After the game entered the first official timeout, Kenny said: "Lin has set an example. He found the only 'loophole' in the Celtics' defense and after a fierce attack, the team took the lead."

"Next, it's time for Duncan or Pierce to fight back. If the two of them don't stand up, if the two of them can't respond, then the Celtics will be in trouble tonight."

As soon as Kenny finished speaking, the Celtics played a very classic combination.

Duncan and Pierce set a pick-and-roll, then Duncan quickly ran down the field. After receiving the pass from Pierce, Duncan turned around and pushed Okur and Stoudemire behind him. Then he jumped up and dunked with both hands!

"New trick! The Celtics really have something new!" Barkley shouted in surprise, "We haven't seen this trick before. Even when the Celtics play pick-and-roll, they tend to let Howard come out. Duncan rarely takes the initiative to provide cover for his teammates."

"Because he is too heavy, too much dribbling will affect his health and reduce his deterrence under the basket."

"I can only say that all the Celtics players have fought hard! What affects the body and what is prone to injury, obviously doesn't matter at this moment!"

"The important thing is to win!"

However, less than 10 seconds after Duncan made this layup, the Knicks scored again!

This time it was Anthony who scored. The guy who had regained his feeling in the last game received the pass from Lin Tian on the wing. After a fake dribble and a step forward, he immediately stopped and shot. It was another mid-range half-court shot that went into the bag accurately!
Anthony's scoring is definitely very bad news for the Celtics!

If it was just Lin Tian alone, they wouldn't be able to defend him. They just needed to attack with all their strength and get back the lost points.

But if other players around Lin Tian also start to score, then the Celtics' system will have huge problems. So the Celtics dared to let Lin Tian shoot mid-range shots at will today, betting that other Knicks players would not be able to make the shot.

They would rather believe that the Knicks' full-body explosion in the last game was just a temporary unexpected situation, and that their full-body poor performance and inability to make shots is the norm.

In other words, the Celtics can only gamble like this, they can only do this, they have no other choice.

If all the Knicks players explode and they can't defend the Knicks' offense, then they don't have to play.

In terms of offense, who can beat the Knicks in today's league?

But unfortunately, the following game was completely opposite to what the Celtics expected.

Okur couldn't find an opportunity outside the three-point line, so he took two steps inside and made two consecutive jump shots in the free throw line area.

Jackson also hit a jumper from the near-rim area close to the basket.

This evening, the Knicks' jump shot percentage skyrocketed!
And the price surged for all members at the same time!
Among the entire Knicks' starting lineup, except for Stoudemire who had never practiced mid-range shooting, the rest of the players made shots and scored points in the first quarter!

Therefore, in the first quarter, Stoudemire only played for 7 minutes before going off to rest early.

他进攻端2投0中1分没得不说，防守端还完全顶不住邓肯，被邓肯7分钟内就轰下了14分的高分！

Duncan is really firing on all cylinders tonight!
Also firing on all cylinders was Pierce, who made 3 of 4 shots from beyond the 3-point line and scored a total of 11 points, fully unleashing his firepower.

Thanks to the explosive performance of both the team's inside and outside stars, the Celtics kept the score close!

And the score was kept close despite the Knicks' explosive offense!
Even though the Knicks scored 31 points in the first quarter, even though Lin Tian had 12 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in this quarter, even though the defensive tactics arranged by the Celtics before the game were shattered by the Knicks in just half a quarter, they still held on.

29: 31!

In the first quarter, the Celtics were only trailing by 2 points.

Then the second quarter began. Lin Tian, ​​Okur and Anthony, the three players with the highest scores in the first quarter, continued to play. All three of them played the entire first quarter. Judging from what old Nelson meant, these three might have to play the entire first half!

As for the substitutes, they are Barnes and Ward, two players with better shooting ability but average size and physical fitness.

Obviously, Nelson Sr. acknowledged the fact that it was difficult for the team to break into the Celtics' inside line and that it was difficult to maintain its impact and scoring efficiency at the basket when the Celtics had twin towers.

Since he couldn't rush in, since Stoudemire was completely restrained and Smith had also started to disappear after his stunning performance in the first game, there was no need to rush in.

Let’s compete in basketball shooting today!
The Celtics' choices are similar to those of the Knicks. Pierce, Duncan and Howard, three players who played the entire first quarter, continued to play in the second quarter. It seems that these three are not going to rest!

This game is going to turn into a physical showdown in advance!
"Hit the basket and three-pointers! Keep doing it!" Before the start of the second quarter, Rivers gritted his teeth and finally made a decision: "They can't be so accurate all the time! They can't score steadily in the mid-range!"

"We keep the score close and shoot from mid-range. Then, I believe they will miss some shots. That's when we can make a comeback and overtake the score!"

The tactics arranged by Rivers were well supported and executed by his players.

But the problem is that as Lin Tian continued to hit his mid-range shots again and again, the Celtics finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Their two inside players really couldn't bear to see Lin Tian making easy shots and hitting the target time and time again.

Halfway through the second quarter, Lin Tian had already made four mid-range shots, once again scoring another 4 points with ease, without even breaking a sweat.

Seeing that Lin Tian was almost always hitting the target in the mid-range area, Howard finally couldn't help it.

When Lin Tian once again broke through Allen and reached the free throw line, raising his hand to throw another shot, Howard suddenly stepped forward and opened his hand to interfere with Lin Tian's shot.

Hey, here you come, bro!

When Lin Tian saw Howard coming, he immediately became excited.

Not only did he stop shooting the ball, he also started showing off.

"Come on, aren't you very arrogant? Didn't you provoke me in the last game? Come on, cut me off!"

As Lin Tian spoke, he quickly dribbled the ball between his legs. The dazzling and provocative dribbling made Howard very angry. This kind of dribbling, which was as fierce as a tiger but still stayed in the same place, usually only appeared on wild basketball courts.

Not to mention the NBA, even in the NCAA, few people can dribble like this.

Firstly, it is useless and a waste of energy; secondly, it is easy to make mistakes; thirdly, it is easy to get beaten!
But it is obvious that Lin Tian has enough physical strength and is not afraid of making mistakes or getting beaten.

He used it without any burden. (End of this chapter)