NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 566: The opening game, a fierce chop against the Pistons! I want to take back everything I lost!

"Oh my God! Lin's dunk is so violent?" Barkley couldn't help but exclaimed: "If I only looked at the basketball hoop, I would have thought that this ball was dunked by Shaq! Besides Shaq, is there anyone else in the league who can make such a big fuss about dunking?"

Kenny followed up, "Based on this movement, the league significantly reinforced the basketball hoop after Shaq broke the rim twice. Otherwise, I think Lin would have become the first guard in history to break the rim."

"He only weighs a little over 90 kilograms! How can he have such great strength?"

Barkley said with lingering fear: "The whole basketball stand almost fell down! At this moment, I suddenly hated the league's behavior of reinforcing the basketball stand, otherwise we would have seen how a guard pulled the basket down on the spot."

"His strength seems to be even more terrifying than before! After all, we can't just remember Lin as a basketball player. He is also a champion in the 100-meter race and a boxing champion who can pin Tyson to the ground and use him as a punching bag."

While the two people were exclaiming, Lin Tian had already let go of the basket and started to defend.

The Knicks' first attack of the new season definitely met the conditions to shock everyone.

"Lin Tian's first goal of the game, a 7-second blitz to knock down the new FMVP, and his dunk almost knocked over the basketball stand!"

Even many journalists have already written the headlines in their heads and are ready to publish articles at any time.

In the next attack of the Pistons, Billups, who had just lost, was determined to get back at the scoreboard. He had to score once to stabilize the situation and save his face.

Yes, just score, it doesn’t have to be exciting.

Because Billups is very clear about his abilities and playing style, if he wants to play beautifully, there is a high probability that he will not only fail, but also be defended beautifully by others.

Pragmatism is his style!

Fortunately, the Knicks' defense is still a mess, so it is not difficult to score a goal.

So, Billups came to the frontcourt, waved to Rashid to come up and cover him, then he rushed forward quickly, reached the basket in the blink of an eye, and raised his hand to end the attack with a layup.

He has already thought of all the trash talk.

"They are both 2 points, what's the difference?"

"Snapped!"

But the moment he shot the basketball, he was greeted by a crisp sound!
Lin Tian, ​​who had been following him, rushed over, jumped high, and slapped Billups' layup into the backboard.

Billups forgot one thing, the Knicks' defense is a mess, there's no doubt about that.

Four out of their five starting players are defensive black holes and sieves whose defense is indistinguishable from air, but they have Lin Tian!

The best defensive player in the league.

It is indeed easy to score when matching up against other players on the Knicks, but what about when matching up against Lin Tian?

Hehe... Mr. Lin has not let down his guard!
Especially when Lin Tian was obviously trying his best and knew that Billups would definitely find a way to get one back, it would be even more difficult to break through Lin Tian's defense.

Simply put: it's your own fault!

Then Lin Tian caught the ball in the air, turned around quickly, and dribbled forward as soon as possible.

After all, the Pistons are the league's top defensive team. Even though the game had just started and even though the team leader had just been blocked, they did not lose their defensive discipline at all.

When Lin Tian dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, the Pistons players had basically taken their positions, and there were no open spaces for the Knicks to attack in the entire half.

But obviously Lin Tian doesn't care about this.

If there are no flaws or spaces, then Lin Tian will create them himself!
It was another simple acceleration that easily passed Billups, and then as Billups approached him, he suddenly exerted force with his shoulder to push Billups away. Then Lin Tian took a sideways step back to create distance and got another open opportunity.

"Shh!"

Of course Lin Tian would not give up this kind of opportunity. He had already completed the shot before Hamilton's defense came up!

"Where are you?" Lin Tian shouted at Billups after scoring the goal, "Is this all the FMVP can do?"

Billups was not fooled by Lin Tian's provocation at all. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt again, but this time he did not single out Lin Tian. Instead, he called on his teammates and used the Pistons' complicated tactics with them.

After a rather complicated round of running, Hamilton got the basketball in the mid-range, and when he was about to shoot, he suddenly saw Houston's big hand reaching out to him.

"Snapped!"

There was another crisp sound, and the ball in Hamilton's hand was directly snatched away by Houston. Anthony, who was nearby, grabbed the basketball and then threw it again to Lin Tian who was already running fast in the frontcourt.

Anthony's pass was also very cunning. The basketball just jumped over Billups' fingertips and landed in Lin Tian's hands. Lin Tian ran quickly to the Pistons' three-point line and suddenly stopped. Then he directly collected the ball and took a three-point shot!
"Shh!"

After another sound, Lin Tian started the game in a hot state, making 3 of 3 shots and scoring 7 points!
The Pistons haven't scored a single point so far!
It could be said that the Pistons did not play clearly enough. In the first attack, Billups challenged Lin Tian alone. In the second round, Hamilton's off-ball movement encountered Houston, the current number one master of off-ball movement.

What can we say about Houston's old arms and legs and his knees that have been repaired several times? In this league, he has three weaknesses.

Don’t defend against those who are fast, don’t defend against those who are strong, and don’t defend against those who have good rhythm.

Of these three types, one he can't keep up with, one he can't hold on, and one he is easily fooled and fouled.

In other words, there are only a handful of people in this league that Houston can defend! 95% of the time, he is the team's absolute defensive loophole.

There are only two types of people he can defend.

One is a pure offensive waste who can't attack at all, and the other is Hamilton.

Houston is very familiar with Hamilton's off-ball movement, catching and shooting, and his timing of catching, passing, shooting and breaking through.

Maybe when Hamilton was in school, he watched Houston's game videos to find the rhythm and methods of running.

So Houston just came up and slapped the basketball accurately away from Hamilton's hand.

It’s nothing, just prediction!

He just thought that Hamilton would catch the ball and shoot at this place, and he was even waiting for Hamilton to come there!
But no matter what the reason was, the Pistons were hit by a 7:0 offensive wave at the start, and the Palace of Auburn Hills fell into silence again.

Then Billups came to the frontcourt again, and after another run, the basketball was given to Rashid. The big man took a step back after receiving the ball. After stepping out of the three-point line, he took a confident three-point shot!
"Boom!"

But unfortunately, the Pistons were perhaps too excited about tonight's championship flag-raising ceremony, so their shooting touch was really bad. Rasheed was absolutely open this time, but the basketball just didn't go in!

The rebound was once again grabbed by Lin Tian who rushed into the inside, and then he dribbled forward quickly again!
This time, Billups and Hamilton had already put in their best efforts, trying to block Lin Tian's route and slow down his speed, but Lin Tian was not moved at all. He rushed all the way to the Pistons' basket despite the double-team.

Then Lin Tian did not choose to shoot himself, but suddenly passed the ball behind his back with one hand, giving the basketball to Stoudemire who was following up.

After receiving the ball, Stoudemire ignored Ben Wallace who was standing at the edge of the three-second zone and showing off his power, nor did he attack the inside. Instead, he jumped up and made a clean mid-range shot for 2 points!
"Are you still living in last season? I have evolved a long time ago!" After scoring the goal, Stoudemire was equally excited, waving his right hand for shooting, as if he had just made a decisive shot.

"Hold on, don't rush! Don't rush!" Billups clapped his hands vigorously, reminding all his teammates to calm down.

"Let's score the next goal! We stabilize the situation, rely on our defense, and wait for their touch to fade. Then we'll be able to catch up in no time!"

After Billups finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal Big Ben to serve the ball, and then dribbled the ball to the front court.

After multiple players on the team tried and failed, Billups gave the ball to Artest this time, asking him to single out Anthony on the wing!

This is also the Pistons' reserved project. When the team's offense is not open and the whole team is in bad shape, it is time for Artest, who is still outside the system, to play singles.

Of course, Artest's singles can sometimes help the team turn things around and find a chance to win, but sometimes they can completely bring the team into the abyss.

There's nothing he can do about it, his ability is just this much, after all, he's not some top star who's good at singles.

His singles were only useful sometimes.

As they were talking, Artest and Anthony began a head-on confrontation!
Artest put all his strength into it and hit Anthony three times in a row! If it was last season, Anthony would have been pushed to the basket by Artest.

But this time, Anthony only took two steps back in three attempts! His strength has increased significantly this summer.

Moreover, Anthony's poor defense is completely different from Houston and Okur's poor defense due to physical talent problems.

Anthony's physical talent is definitely enough to support him to become one of the league's top defenders, but his problem is: he can't defend and doesn't like to defend. His defensive positioning, skills, and control of defensive details such as blocks, steals, and delays are all quite poor.

But when he wants to defend and is willing to defend, if he encounters an opponent who is willing to go head-to-head with him and wants to see who is more ruthless, he can rely on his physical talents to contribute quite exciting defensive rounds.

Such as now.

Artest can hardly move him!

When Artest wanted to make two more shots until the ball entered the 3-second zone, Lin Tian appeared again!

He magically appeared in front of Artest, grabbed the ball and intercepted it, then Lin Tian turned around again and launched an attack!
This time the Pistons' defense against him was even more exaggerated, with Hamilton and Billups in front and Artest behind. While Lin Tian was advancing, he observed the situation in the frontcourt with his peripheral vision. Even though three opponent players were surrounding him, he was not anxious or nervous at all.

It was not until Lin Tian carried the basketball to the free throw line that he suddenly stopped. Without giving others any chance to double-team him, Lin Tian passed the basketball to the other side with a ground pass.

Alan Houston didn't need to make any adjustments after receiving the ball, he just threw it from mid-range!
"Shh!"

Still on target!

Up to now in the game, the comparison between the shooting percentages of both sides is extremely tragic.

Knicks: 100%!

Pistons: 0%!

Then even Billups was a little annoyed. This time he chose to attack individually again. After fighting against Lin Tian to the mid-range, he suddenly turned around and retreated. Then he used Rashid's screen to jump up from the top of the arc and made a long-range 2-point shot.

"Boom!"

After another crisp sound, everyone tonight believed that God had taken away all the Pistons' touch.

Because the Knicks' defense is really not worth mentioning, they only had a few moments when their defense was okay, and the rest of the time, it was terrible!
But the Pistons just couldn't score when the opponent's defense was so bad!
This time, the basketball was caught by Lin Tian who turned around and retracted quickly. Then he took a look and suddenly swung it with one arm, and the basketball was in Anthony's hands in the frontcourt in the blink of an eye.

After getting the ball, Anthony did not do any of the fancy moves like changing direction in front of his body and dribbling between his legs that he liked very much in the first two years of his career. Instead, he suddenly stopped again two steps inside the three-point line, then just jumped up and threw the ball!

"Shh!"

You can still get in!

The Knicks team's shooting was so accurate tonight!
In the next round, the situation where one side was scoring goals crazily while the other side was unable to score was finally broken.

Rashid's mid-range straight-arm shot still failed to go in, but this time Ben finally got into position and raised his hand to put the ball into the basket.

The Pistons broke the egg!
And immediately afterwards, Okur's three-pointer failed to return the favor. After the basketball bounced out of the basket, the Knicks' shooting percentage was no longer 3%.

Although Okur missed the shot, Lin Tian rushed into the inside and rushed out before Big Ben grabbed the rebound, and slapped the ball to the outside again. However, this time the target was not Okur who had just missed the shot, because his angle was not good.

This time it was Anthony who caught the ball!
After Anthony got the ball, there was no Pistons player defending in front of him, so what else is there to say?
The knife fell from the hand, and the 3-point shot was taken!
"Shh!"

The Knicks’ crazy touch seems to have no end!

Their madness lasted throughout the first quarter!
It's not just the starting players who are accurate, even the substitutes were incredibly accurate tonight!
Even when the first quarter ended, the gap between the two sides had reached 30 points!
51: 21!

The defending champion Pistons were beaten by the Knicks by 51 points!
This team is known as the team with the best defense in the league's history, but they couldn't even put up a single blow against the Knicks.

Of course, one of the reasons is that the Pistons had a bad touch tonight and missed all the open shots.

But the more important reason is: they really can't defend the Knicks!
In last season's Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons were able to rely on their strong physical confrontation, fierce style and experience to completely strangle everyone on the Knicks except Lin Tian.

But tonight, at least in the first quarter, the Pistons were completely unable to defend against the Knicks' offense.

"The three-dimensionality is so strong! From the basket to the three-point line, from catching the ball and shooting to dribbling through the ball, from pick-and-roll to breaking through and passing the ball, the Knicks have all the offensive methods and types you can imagine!"

Barkley said during the intermission: "They are now a huge arsenal! If the Knicks last season still had many weaknesses, then this season's Knicks, well, this season's Knicks, their weaknesses have not changed."

"They still don't defend, they still only know how to attack. In the first quarter, the Pistons got at least 10 open shots, but they couldn't seize them. They only made a small half of them."

"But the Knicks are so good at seizing opportunities! If it was last season, you could have many ways to stop them, using defense, height and physical confrontation to reduce their offensive efficiency."

"But tonight, the Pistons couldn't do it!"

Kenny followed up: "But of course, this is only the first game, this is only the first quarter of the first game, it's normal for players to have some above-average performances and show the results of their hard work in the summer, but this may not be the norm for the Knicks this season."

"But it is undeniable that this year's Knicks are stronger! This year, they will officially become one of the strongest contenders for the championship!"

While the two were talking, the second quarter of the game began. The Pistons were trailing by too much, and Brown, who didn't want to ruin his championship night, decided to go all out. He only let Artest and Billups go down for a rest, and brought Wells and Arroyo on the bench.

The remaining three are still in the starting lineup.

Being behind by 30 points in the first quarter was too unbelievable for Brown. He was really at a loss at the moment. Apart from letting the main players play for a while longer and trying to catch up as many points as possible when facing the Knicks' bench lineup, he really didn't know what else he could do.

The Knicks' momentum in the first quarter was really strong.

Scary!

In the second quarter, the Knicks were very arrogant. Leading by 30 points, they directly put out a five-substitute lineup of Ward, Barnes, Wallace, Smith and Muhammad.

It's just five ups and five downs, and the main theme is arrogance.

This lineup made Brown happy.

If you dare to underestimate the enemy, I will definitely make you pay the price!
In the first quarter, we were in poor condition and you were in too good condition, which led to such a result. In the next games, as long as we recover and your condition declines, even if the score difference is as high as 30 points, it is not completely impossible to reverse the situation!
Brown's dream of a comeback lasted for about 6 minutes.

In the first 3 minutes of the second quarter, relying on the firepower brought by Wells coming off the bench and the power of the two Wallaces in the Pistons' interior, the Pistons launched a 7:2 offensive climax and successfully recovered 5 points.

Then Larry Brown continued to make progress. While the team was in good shape, he brought in Billups and McDyess, Ben Wallace and Arroyo. He wanted to continue to strengthen the team's offense!
"Five minutes!" Brown was really tough at this moment, shouting: "Within five minutes, I want to reduce the score difference to within 5 points. This is also our goal in the first half of the second quarter!"

As soon as Brown finished speaking, the basketball came into Rashid's hands again. The Knicks' defense was still the same as before. This guy did not hesitate when facing the open space. He made another three-pointer with a quick move, and the gap between the two sides narrowed rapidly.

Although the Knicks' substitutes began to respond and score, they were unable to expand the score difference to more than 25 points.

Halfway through the second quarter, with 6 minutes left, old Nelson finally stopped pretending.

The five main players stood up at the same time and walked towards the court.

Five up and five down again.

At this time, the difference between the two sides was exactly 20 points!
The Pistons recovered 10 points in half a quarter.

"Damn old man." Brown looked at Nelson's rotation method which was full of contempt and disdain, and couldn't help cursing: "I will definitely beat you tonight and let you know the consequences of underestimating me!"

The contempt that Brown can feel can certainly be felt by the main players of the Pistons!

At this moment, the Pistons have also replaced their full main lineup, and the second wave of pure main force collision between the two sides has officially begun!
(End of this chapter)