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"How long can you play like this?" Billups, at least on the surface, was completely unmoved, as if Lin Tian had just made an open layup.

After all, a person's name may be wrong, but a nickname can never be wrong!

A guy nicknamed 'Mr. Clutch' must have a huge heart.

"I can fight like this all day long!" Lin Tian bent down easily, hooked his finger at Billups and said, "Come on, let's see who will be the winner tonight!"

Billups' calmness and composure gave the other Pistons players a shot in the arm, allowing them to calm down quickly. In the next attack, Rashid made a close-range jump shot.

In the next few minutes, Lin Tian was very clear that his teammates could no longer be relied upon. Whether it was Anthony, Stoudemire, or Jackson, Smith and others, at this time, they were completely unable to match the strength of the Pistons.

Facing the Pistons' full-strength defense, the Knicks players felt a huge gap. In the first three quarters, they were able to run, attack and make shots as they pleased.

But in the fourth quarter, when the Pistons stepped up their intensity, they suddenly couldn't do anything...the feeling of frustration was quite strong.

From this perspective, Brown's strategy was definitely successful.

But the problem is...

His strategy only worked on other members of the Knicks team, not on Lin Tian.

That means it has no effect!

With one minute left in the game, the score between the two sides was still close!

121: 120!

The Knicks were still leading by one point, but in the past few minutes, the scoring efficiency of both teams had dropped significantly, and the number of possessions had also decreased significantly. Under the control of Billups and the perfect control of the rebounds by the two Wallaces, the rhythm of the game was completely in the hands of the Pistons.

But even so, they just couldn't reverse the score!
Just 1 point!
They caught up to just 1 point many times, but just like that, they could never make the comeback!
At this point in the game, even Billups was getting a little impatient. Being suppressed for so long was a very bad thing for the team.

Although it is only 1 point, being behind is being behind. Continuing to lag behind and being unable to overtake will put the players under tremendous pressure.

"We scored this goal!" Billups shouted.

"Don't let them score this goal!" Lin Tian also raised his arms and shouted!

"Don't worry about that bastard! Let's go to 1!" Billups organized his teammates to move again.

"Don't worry about what that bastard is doing, we have to defend against him!" Lin Tian also reminded his teammates to defend again.

"Richard! Go around!" Billups began calling his teammates.

"Richard, don't answer him! He didn't say please!" Lin Tian blocked Billups' position and continued to make trouble.

"Fuck, are you done yet?"

"Damn it, I'm not done yet!"

Just as the two were arguing like kids, Billups suddenly made a one-handed behind-the-back pass and sent the basketball to Rashid who had just run out from the basket and rushed outside the three-point line.

This time, Stoudemire followed closely. He opened his arms and tried his best to interfere with Rashid's shot and prevent Rashid from making an easy shot.

Although Rashid was disturbed by Stoudemire and had to adjust the arc, he was extremely determined and threw the ball directly!

This is his characteristic, and he also has this confidence!

"Boom!"

But what followed was a crisp sound. Rasheed missed the three-pointer and Okur grabbed the rebound, but before he could hold his hands tightly, Artest beside him had already stretched out his claws and grabbed the basketball in Okur's hand to the floor.

But before Artest could rush over to grab the ball, Anthony got down on the floor before him, holding the basketball in his arms while shouting, "Timeout! Timeout!"

The referee confirmed the ownership of the ball, and then ignored Artest's protests who was pressing on Anthony, and decisively gave the Knicks a timeout!

Anthony played for his life and fought for the ball for the team!
The score difference between the two sides is still 1 points!
Last 42 seconds!
During the timeout, Nelson didn't say much, but tried his best to let Lin Tian, ​​who only rested for less than 2 minutes in the second and fourth quarters tonight, rest well. Then before everyone was ready to go to the court, Nelson said: "Give the ball to Lin! Then pull away!"

Old Nelson understands that for the current Knicks team, the more critical the moment, the simpler the play has to be!
The simpler it is, the greater the chance.

In order to make the game easier, old Nelson even did not let the team serve the ball from the midfield, but instead suddenly served the ball from the baseline.

This sudden change of tactics made the Pistons players somewhat uncomfortable, and the defensive strategy they had originally planned could no longer be used.

Even when the referee blew the whistle and the ball could be served, Lin Tian rushed to the frontcourt, causing the Pistons to not even dare to put on tight defense in the Knicks' backcourt. Otherwise, who knows if Lin Tian's speed would have led to a fast break.

So the entire Pistons team retreated quickly, Anthony took the basketball, dribbled it easily across the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Lin Tian.

"You guys are running like this, it must be tiring." Lin Tian dribbled the ball and said in a relaxed manner, "How long can you play like this?"

Billups was just about to repeat Lin Tian's words "I can play like this all day long" exactly as he said, but Lin Tian had already answered.

"Don't say you can fight all day long. No matter how good you are at fighting, you can only fight like this for more than 30 seconds!"

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he didn't give Billups a chance to retort and started to break through directly!

Even though he only made a change of direction dribble, Artest rushed over from the wing to assist in defense. Even though he was about to pass the ball, he saw that Hamilton had filled the gap left by Artest, and Rashid was also ready to rush to the gap left by Hamilton to fill the team's gap.

But Lin Tian was still quite calm!
This time he still chose to make a half turn and forced acceleration from Billups' side, and then when he reached the free throw line, he was surrounded by Hamilton and Billups, and he suddenly stopped and stepped back.

This time, Lin Tian first stepped back, tapped the floor with his left foot, and then suddenly took the ball and continued to jump back.

From the visual effect, it seemed that he took three steps back!
But the referee, who had been paying full attention, did not make any comment. This goal was absolutely legal!
At the same time, because Lin Tian retreated three steps in a row, his retreat distance was quite far, and he jumped directly from the free throw line to outside the three-point line!
Then Lin Tian shot the 3-pointer directly!

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, the gap between the two sides was widened to 4 points again!
There are only 30 seconds left in the game!

There are very few opportunities left for the Pistons!

After making the three-pointer, Lin Tian immediately performed the three-point celebration move he designed for Anthony.

He stretched out three fingers with one hand and kept poking them on his head, while shouting excitedly!

Let you play with me!
I’m going to squeeze all your juices out today!

Brown on the other side had a gloomy face. He quickly called a timeout. He had to plan the last 30 seconds carefully!
4 points, the Pistons are not without chance!

124: 120!

"Crazy!" Barkley's voice came out again: "Extreme madness! This is the Pistons! Facing the Pistons, Lin almost replicated his madness in the first round last year! He has scored 47 points tonight! In the fourth quarter, he scored 20 points alone!" "Also, from the time Lin came on the court when the team and the Pistons were tied at 100:90, to now when there are only 30 seconds left in the game, Lin has scored 20 points! This means he scored 24 of the team's last 20 points!"

"He destroyed the Pistons' defense! After destroying the Celtics, Lin destroyed the Pistons again!"

"Now it all depends on the last 30 seconds to see if the Pistons can regain the lead." Kenny added, "If they can't take the lead and win the game, then their decision not to defend and instead compete with the Knicks on offense will become a joke."

"A huge joke!"

"Okay! The timeout is over, and the players from both teams are back on the court. The Pistons still have their top five starters on the court at the same time, while the Knicks have changed to a... um? All-defensive lineup? Let's put it that way!"

"After all, their defensive lineup can only defend a little bit compared to their offensive team. They are a team that has always been pushed to the limit!"

The lineup that old Nelson sent out for this crucial defense was Lin Tian, ​​Ward, Jackson, Wallace and Okur.

This lineup is somewhat small, but it has top-level mobility and enthusiasm. The physical fitness of these players is also good. Most importantly, these five people are indeed the only ones in the Knicks who have both clear minds and tenacious style.

As for whether they can defend against the Pistons' final attack, old Nelson can only ask them to cheer up.

There was no other way. Old Nelson had never practiced any defensive tactics on a daily basis. When it came to the Eastern Conference Finals, it was a bit too much to ask his disciples to perform a top-level defensive round suddenly.

Old Nelson said: You just play as you like, as long as you don't make any stupid mistakes and give your opponent 3+1 or something like that, then you'll pass this round!

He has never had high demands on defense.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle, and the basketball flew quickly from Rashid's hands on the sideline. The Pistons' attack started incredibly quickly!

The person who received the ball at the top of the arc was Artest. It was beyond almost everyone's expectations that this guy would get the ball first. After all, he was definitely the most unreliable and most error-prone guy on the Pistons.

But this time, Artest played very calmly. He did not force a shot from outside the three-point line to bet on three points. Instead, after getting the ball, he turned on the bulldozer mode and crushed into the inside!
Although Artest's breakthrough was ugly and ugly, it was quite useful!
He pushed Wallace in front of him all the way to the basket in an almost crushing manner, then he pushed Wallace away with his shoulder and made a bank shot under the basket, quickly getting 2 points for the team!
The whole process took Artest less than 4 seconds!
There are 26.5 seconds left in the game!
A quick two points, the result of this round is definitely acceptable!
Especially, the Knicks don’t have any timeouts!
The one Anthony just called was the last one, and they had to send the baseline ball out without a timeout!
But the Pistons obviously thought of this a long time ago. All the players found the defenders they were going to match up with nearby, and then started a new round of fighting!

This is Brown's plan, quick 2 points + full-court pressure, they want to force the Knicks to make mistakes!
But the Knicks have Lin Tian!
Even though this guy was being double-teamed by the Knicks' backcourt, he kept running. Seeing that the 5-second serve time was about to expire, Lin Tian first accelerated and ran towards the baseline, as if he was going to receive the ball nearby.

But after only one step, he suddenly turned around and accelerated towards the Pistons' frontcourt, shouting, "Throw it!"

One word is enough!
Jackson at the baseline quickly understood Lin Tian's meaning, and threw the ball towards the front court with one hand like throwing a javelin.

Lin Tian accelerated madly regardless of anything, completely shaking off the double defense of Billups and Hamilton, and rushed towards the Pistons' hinterland.

"Defend! Keep up with him! Defense!" Brown shouted anxiously, hoping that his disciples could catch up with Lin Tian and complete the defense, but Lin Tian's speed was too fast.

By the time he caught the basketball, the distance between him and Billups and Hamilton not only did not narrow, but instead became larger and larger!
After Lin Tian got the ball, time in the game began to pass rapidly.

Then, he played hide-and-seek with Hamilton on the court, from the basket to the corner, from the corner to the wing, and from the wing to the top of the arc.

Lin Tian's speed was too fast, and his rhythm and speed of turning and changing directions were too strong. The Pistons' backcourt duo tried their best to stop him but failed. Instead, they wasted a lot of time with him. It was not until Lin Tian ran to the top of the arc and the rest of the Pistons' players had run across half the court that Lin Tian was hugged by Big Ben.

But Lin Tian had already used up almost 10 seconds of the game time, and the Pistons only had more than 16 seconds left.

Lin Tian, ​​who has the second highest free throw percentage in the league since the playoffs, second only to Nash, will have to take two free throws.

Considering that there was almost no chance that he would miss these two free throws, most people believed that the Pistons were doomed to lose!
And Lin Tian certainly would not disappoint those who believed in him. After standing on the free throw line and making both free throws steadily, the gap between the two sides was still 2 points!
With less than 17 seconds left, the Pistons were out of options, and it was too late for the iron-blooded 2-2- play.

Billups quickly caught the ball in the backcourt, then pushed forward with all his strength, made his way to the frontcourt and threw it!
"Boom!"

This muffled sound basically determined the Pistons' fate tonight.

Especially after the rebound was grabbed by Okur and he once again found Lin Tian in the first time, it announced the death sentence for the Pistons tonight.

They lost!

With only 7 seconds left in the game, the Pistons did not choose to foul Lin Tian.

After all, they were trailing by 4 points and had no timeouts.

Even if they succeed in committing a foul, and Lin Tian misses both free throws, and then they make a 3-pointer, there will not be enough time left for them to do it more than once.

The 10 seconds wasted by Lin Tianping were really fatal!

It was so fatal that it sentenced the Pistons to death! Otherwise, the Pistons would have had ten more seconds and a chance to fight again!

But unfortunately, they didn't have this opportunity. They didn't catch Lin Tian. They could only painfully accept the loss of the first game of the series!

Of course, it is also a pity that Lin Tian only scored 49 points tonight.

If he could have been fouled one more time by the Pistons, he would have scored 50+ tonight!
But of course, for Lin Tian, ​​who has already had countless wonderful performances and broken countless records in the playoffs, 50 points in one more game is not much, and points less is not a big deal either.

What’s important is that he successfully led the team to victory tonight with his magical performance of 22 points in the fourth quarter!

The Detroit players, full of confidence, fell into complete silence when the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

Lost the first game of the series, and lost at home!
This is definitely a heavy blow to them!

Although the series has just begun and although they are only 1:0 behind, I think of Lin Tian’s past achievements and how he fought back and reversed the situation last year when he was behind 1:3.

Pistons fans cannot help but be pessimistic.

He turned the tables last year when he was 1:3 behind, and this year he’s leading 1:0. Can he still let the cooked duck fly away?

At the same time, Detroit fans began to lament the unfairness of fate.

More than 10 years ago, they formed the Bad Boys 1.0 and led the team to win two consecutive championships. But this time they met Jordan, and Jordan shattered the team's dream of three consecutive championships.

Now, they have formed the Bad Boys 2.0 with almost the same style, but this time they are even worse off. They met Lin Tian. They were eliminated in the first year and suffered a heavy blow at the beginning of the second year, which silenced the Detroit people.

Why are we so unlucky?
Why are we always educated by super stars?
Why do we always lack superstars?
Isaiah Thomas: A-choo! A-choo!

I feel like someone is scolding me!

Brown had a serious look on his face after the game. He certainly knew that the responsibility for the loss was his. He did not give the correct command and let the team compete with the Knicks in offense first, which led to the team's loss.

At least judging from the course of the game, even if Lin Tian scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, when the team defended with all their strength, they were able to make up for the 10-point deficit in one quarter!

If we had focused on defense from the beginning tonight and played the mode the team is best at, we might not have lost the game!
No, it's almost certain to win!
It's all my fault!

Brown cursed and stood up from the bench. He was going to the press conference and take responsibility! (End of this chapter)