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Chapter 575: Tactical crushing! Old Nelson sees through Popovich!

In the first 11 minutes of the first quarter, the two sides fought back and forth. The Spurs certainly couldn't defend against the Knicks' crazy offense, and they didn't really defend very hard.

After all, Popovich has given the order, the focus tonight is offense!
But both of the Spurs' forwards are at least in the top 15 of the league today, and McGrady is a strong contender for the top five in the league!
When these two guys were attacking with all their might, it was quite difficult for the Knicks to hold them down.

James' physical talent and vision, McGrady's omnipotent personal scoring and equally top-notch vision, even if the two of them are attacking with all their might, they can fully organize the team's offense while attacking, without any stagnation or obstruction in the team's offense.

When the first quarter entered the last minute, the main players of both teams, such as McGrady, Anthony, Okur, etc., went down to rest one after another. The only ones left on the court were Lin Tian and James, who led the team's other starting and substitute lineups to compete on the court.

First, James dribbled through and passed the ball to JR Smith outside the 3-point line, assisting him to make a 3-pointer!
Then Lin Tian dribbled the ball, changed direction, and performed his signature step-back move, and then he made a decisive 3-pointer!

Then James broke into the inside again, and this time he overcame Smith's defense and made a one-handed layup!
When this goal was scored, there were only 7 seconds left in the first quarter!

The Knicks team quickly sent the ball out from the baseline, Lin Tian dribbled the ball all the way, and in the blink of an eye he reached the Spurs' three-point line, and then forced a three-point shot with only two seconds left on the offensive time!
"Shh!"

"Buzz!"

After a crisp sound, Lin Tian also made the three-pointer!

38: 43!

The efficiency of both teams in this quarter was astonishingly high. Not only did their shooting percentage exceed 50%, but the total score in a single quarter also exceeded 80 points!
"In the second quarter, we need to concentrate!" After this extremely exciting offensive and defensive confrontation, Popovich stood in front of everyone with a tactical board and said to everyone: "In the opening stage, they will definitely not let Lin play!"

"If the Knicks don't do anything fancy, there's a 99% chance that they'll let Anthony take the substitutes to play during this period. This is our best chance to overtake the score!"

"Raise your defensive intensity! Everyone, defend with all your strength, and use all the skills you've practiced!"

"Let's use the defense we suddenly raised to teach them a lesson!"

"Tracy, LeBron, both of you play at the start of the second quarter! Use our intensity to quickly catch up and overtake the score! Four minutes, LeBron, are you okay? I need you to play for another four minutes."

"No problem! I will beat Melo and prove that I am the top pick of the 03 generation!"

On the other side of the court, old Nelson looked at his players and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Popovich will definitely change his strategy in the second quarter. He can't beat us! In other words, no one in this league can match us on the offensive end!"

"They will strengthen their defense, they will try their best to defend, and they will target Melo! So, in the second quarter, Lin, you and Amare will continue to play! Play for another 4 minutes. Do you have any problems with your stamina?"

"No!" Lin Tian and Xiao Si stood up at the same time, indicating that there was no problem.

"Mero, as for you, take a break. For the entire second half of the second quarter, I want you to beat them to death while they are tired!"

"no problem!"

Anthony was not at all unhappy about Nelson's change in rotation. Instead, he clenched his hands and was full of fighting spirit.

Come on! Let’s have fun!
At the beginning of the second quarter, when players from both teams walked onto the court at the same time, the Spurs players were confused.

Didn't they say that Anthony was leading the team? Didn't they say that they were going to rotate and we were going to go all out against them?
Why are Lin Tian and Xiao Si still here?

Then wouldn't all our arrangements be fucking wasted?

On the Knicks side, Lin Tian and Stoudemire high-fived each other proudly.

Old Nelson guessed it all!
Then this time, we will definitely win!
"Mermit, be ready to catch the ball and shoot at any time. Without Chris Bosh, none of them can keep up with you! Gerald, Matt, you two should be ready to cut and look for opportunities at any time. The basketball will be in your hands!"

"In these four minutes, let's speed up completely! Let's speed them up!"

"no problem!"

The Spurs actually have two options at this time.

1. Popovich admitted that he had made a mistake in prediction and took down James, the absolute core player who needed to rest, to rest for a while.

This option would allow James to get the rest he needs, but it would also cause the Spurs' morale to plummet.

2. Go ahead and fight hard. Anyway, Lin Tian on the opposite side has not rested. We are young and strong! But the previous arrangement is all wasted, and the team is likely to suffer a big loss.

To be honest, if it was Nelson or Bird, who are quick to react and completely shameless, they would definitely call a timeout or make a substitution immediately after the first round.

But Popovich obviously wasn't thick-skinned enough to admit his mistake directly. He chose to fight on. Apart from standing up and shouting a few words to encourage everyone to stay calm, not to be afraid, and not to worry, Popovich did nothing.

Lin Tian took the basketball handed to him by Wallace and started the first attack of the second quarter.

Because the Spurs' positioning was very neat, he was not in a hurry to advance, but slowly came to the frontcourt.

There is no need to rush for the first attack.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Lin Tian saw the panic on the faces of the Spurs players at a glance. That was the players' instinctive subconscious reaction after the coach made a wrong arrangement.

Of course, Lin Tian would not miss this opportunity and immediately teased: "Your coach's prediction was wrong."

"If the coach's predictions are always wrong, then it's understandable that your hair is falling out so quickly. It's just too much trouble, right?"

"Shut up! Can you please stay away from my hairline!" James was helpless. I have already taken off my headband, why are you still pulling my hairline?
"But it's already very far away from me! If you want it to be farther away from me, you have to work hard on your own and move it higher..."

"Enough!" James cursed, and decided to forget about his hairline. Then he quickly stepped forward and used his taller body to block Lin Tian's breakthrough route.

This is the most common defensive tactic used by James when he played as a point guard in the past two years. His height of over 2 meters and top speed in the league allow him to always use his physical talents to crush his opponents when playing the number one position.

But this guy obviously forgot: Lin Tian does not belong to the majority, in fact, Lin Tian is unique!
This kind of close defense against Lin Tianshang is basically tantamount to seeking death!

Facing the extremely close defense of James, Lin Tian didn't need to use any fancy tricks. He just needed to turn his back, then make a fake head move to divert James' center of gravity, and then quickly turn around and accelerate dribbling to leave James behind!

In other words, if 100% of the defenders in the league dare to defend Lin Tian closely in a one-on-one situation, Lin Tian can use this trick to defeat them completely.

"Whoosh!"

James only felt a flash before his eyes, and then he could only watch Lin Tian rush into the penalty area.

However, the Spurs' defensive intensity and enthusiasm were finally raised. When Lin Tian rushed into the inside, the entire Spurs' defense line also shrunk. But Lin Tian dealt with the shrinking defense of McGrady and JR very easily!
With a low pass without looking at anyone, the basketball flew into the hands of Okur on the wing.

Although James had already pounced on Okur when he got the ball, Okur passed the ball to Wallace. Wallace took the ball, rushed to the inside and then returned the ball to Lin Tian again.

Even the Spurs' defense finally had some obvious loopholes after such continuous contraction, expansion, and contraction.

Stoudemire was completely left open under the basket, and Lin Tian made an easy high pass, successfully assisting Stoudemire to make an alley-oop dunk!

"What a wonderful pass! What a selfless sharing of the ball! Who says the Knicks can only rush around mindlessly?" Barkley immediately shouted: "They play simply because they can get the highest average points in the league just by using simple methods!"

"And if the opponent wants to use defense to challenge them, they can also put the ball into the basket in the most complicated and gorgeous way!"

"Do you like close defense?" After Stoudemire's dunk, Lin Tian quickly stuck to James and leaned against him: "Come on, let me see how you deal with this move!"

Faced with Lin Tian's sudden intensity and full-court pressure, James did not show weakness. He turned around and pressed Lin Tian with his butt, then opened his hand to ask for the ball.

But he had used his body to bully too many people who were not as strong as him, and he had become accustomed to it. He once again forgot that he was facing Lin Tian!

Almost at the moment when JR passed the ball, Lin Tian slapped away James' arm that was stuck on him, then turned around and got in front of James.

Then, the basketball came directly into Lin Tian's hands, as if JR had passed the ball directly to him.

After getting the ball, Lin Tian didn't hesitate at all. He didn't even need to take a step forward. He just jumped up from the spot and slammed the ball towards the basket with both hands!
"boom!"

After a dull thud, the Knicks extended their lead to 9 points!
"LeBron, you have to position yourself!" After landing, Lin Tian said another piece of trash talk to James.

But James didn't look at Lin Tian.

Instead, he looked at the referee, spread his hands and said, "He committed a foul! He hit my hand! He slapped my arm off with one slap! Why didn't you call the foul!"

Oh, you're complaining?
So it’s the boy’s skill?

However, no matter how skilled you are as a virgin, if you get angry at the referee in Madison, you must be crazy, right?
There is no way the judge will pay attention to you!
Sure enough, as Lin Tian expected, the referee completely ignored James' protest and didn't even look at him. Instead, he gave the ball to JR and signaled JR to serve quickly.

James saw that the referee ignored him, so he turned to JR and said, "Be careful when serving! You have to see their players clearly, how can you just serve like that!"

When JR heard this, he mumbled something and then raised his hand to pass the ball to McGrady outside the 3-point line.

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Then JR didn't even look at James, whose face had become very ugly, and ran past him with his head lowered.

In other words, JR is still a little rational now, otherwise, with his temper, he would bump his shoulder with James in protest at any moment.

I'm sorry, my buddy is in a rebellious period now, and I don't want to give you any face for calling him little emperor or old emperor!
"Pfft!" Lin Tian couldn't hold back his laughter in this situation, and he had no intention of holding back at all, so he just laughed out loud.

Sometimes, this kind of laughter that comes from the heart is more annoying than all those fancy trash talk.

For example, James' expression at this moment has completely changed.

If his argument with Lin Tian just now was somewhat 'joking' and joking, James' expression at this moment was very similar to his famous eyes of death.

The main theme is anger.

My opponents don’t give me face, my teammates don’t give me face, and the referee doesn’t give me face.

I'm angry, I'm going to kill everyone today!

"Tracy, the ball!" James quickly ran to the frontcourt and opened his arms, wanting to ask McGrady for the ball.

But unfortunately, McGrady ignored him. At that moment, McGrady was fighting with Wallace!

The guy who almost became the scoring champion last season made several consecutive between-the-crotch dribbles, which made Wallace completely lose his balance and unable to find the right time to jump.

Then McGrady just pulled up and made his signature arc jump shot!
"Boom!"

But unfortunately, this jump shot that completely shook off his opponent failed to hit the target! McGrady's luck was really bad this time.

Stoudemire grabbed the basketball and quickly passed it to Lin Tian. After Lin Tian got the ball, he once again started the Knicks' fast break!

Fast break across the board!

The Knicks' lineup has too many people who can run and score, and with Lin Tian's speed and vision, even though the Spurs players retreated quickly, they still couldn't complete the matchup in the first time. When Lin Tian got near the free throw line, he saw two open spaces at a glance!
Then Lin Tian paused for a moment, giving the Spurs a chance to fill the gap and improve their defense.

And then?
The Spurs missed Lin Tian!

There were too many Spurs players who wanted to assist in defense and their awareness was too good, which directly led to Lin Tian in the middle getting a little space.

Since the space has been given, Mr. Lin will not let them down!

Lin Tian started and accelerated again, and in the blink of an eye he rushed to the basket. Facing the empty basket, he pulled up and slammed the ball into the basket with one hand!

"boom!"

After this loud bang, the score difference between the two sides officially widened to double digits!
After the start of the second quarter, the Knicks beat the Spurs 6:0!

An absolutely dreamy and tactically overwhelming start!

Next, James finally completed a breakthrough and found Finley who was missed, assisting him to score 2 points, allowing the Spurs to break the scoring drought in the second quarter.

But the Knicks will never stop scoring!
Barnes, Stoudemire and Wallace scored successively in the following game!
Although McGrady and James from the Spurs also scored repeatedly, the difference between the two sides remained at around 10 points!
40: 51!

With 3 minutes and 30 seconds left in the second quarter, the Spurs were still trailing by 11 points!
Then, it was time for Lin Tian to take action!
He first grabbed the rebound and tried to advance quickly along the sideline. Everyone who knew Lin Tian knew that if he walked along the sideline while advancing, he was most likely preparing for a quick stop and 3-pointer!
This time, it’s no exception!

Lin Tian rushed all the way to 3 meters away from the 2-point line when he suddenly stopped, then looked up at the basket. McGrady, who was defending him, took a step forward reflexively, but he had just taken a step forward when Lin Tian bent down and slipped past him.

Of course, Lin Tian took another step and then stopped again. This time, there was no one blocking him, and the clean three-pointer flew out of his hand and went into the net!
"Shh!"

14 points!

"Defense!" Lin Tian was so excited after scoring the goal that he shouted loudly.

ah? What?
The fans in the front row and Lin Tian’s teammates were all stunned. What did he say?
"I'm used to it." Lin Tian spat in his heart. When has this team ever done anything like defense? He immediately changed his words and said, "Prepare for the next attack!"

Oh, that's right!

The Knicks players showed a useless tacit understanding at this time, and at the same time made an exaggerated expression of relief.

They didn't defend much when they were behind, let alone now that they are leading by 15 points?

Defense? There is no such thing!
For example, next, James easily got an open opportunity after a pick-and-roll. Although his three-pointer missed, Nesterovic grabbed the frontcourt rebound and put the ball in.

The Spurs never stopped chasing points!

Then the Knicks quickly served the ball from the baseline again, and Lin Tian dribbled the ball again and quickly advanced along the left sideline!
This time, the person standing in front of him was James. James opened his arms to hold Lin Tian, ​​while his feet quickly stepped back to block Lin Tian's advance.

It has to be said that this guy, who is nearly 205 cm tall, has strong muscles and is absolutely fast, is really a monster! If other guards in the league were to face James's overwhelming advantage in speed, pressure and size, it would be difficult for them to complete any effective fast offense.

But the same thing goes, Lin Tian has never been any other defender!
Facing James' close defense, Lin Tian dribbled all the way to the three-point line and then suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back and moved laterally to create a little distance. Then when James came forward again to block Lin Tian, ​​he dribbled the ball behind his back and moved laterally again!

With two identical moves, one on the left and one on the right, that were like mirror images, James really couldn't catch up this time!

After all, he is too tall, and it is really difficult for him to move back and forth like this. He is a monster, but not Terminator T1000!

Lin Tian, ​​who successfully created an open space, did not hesitate and once again jumped out from the three-point line, and the basketball slipped out of his hands again!

"Shh!"

Another crisp sound was heard, and Lin Tian made two consecutive three-pointers!
42:57! (End of chapter)

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