NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

After McGrady scored the goal, he excitedly shouted to Wallace and other defensive players: "Come on! Guard me! Your defense is not as good as my grandma's!"

McGrady's trash talk obviously stimulated Wallace. In the next round, this guy ran actively and non-stop. He kept using his teammates' screens and pick-and-rolls, and finally succeeded in gaining a little space from McGrady's pursuit. Lin Tian also knew that his little brother needed the basketball, so naturally he passed the ball quickly!

Wallace got the ball and made a fake move on the spot, causing McGrady to slightly raise his center of gravity. Then he immediately bent down and accelerated, passing McGrady in one step and taking two steps to the basket before he could start to move forward.

Although Bosh couldn't handle those traditional tall inside players and was often defeated by talented monsters like Stoudemire and Smith, he found his defensive feeling this time. As Wallace got up, he slapped him in the face and sent his layup directly into McGrady's hands.

After grabbing the basketball, McGrady lowered his head and ran towards the frontcourt. After he got to the Knicks' three-point line, he raised his head and found that no one was defending him!
The Knicks players either didn't have time to retreat to defend, or retreated without defending and had already run to the basket.

Lin Tian, ​​the only player on the team who was good at defense, was entangled with James at the moment and had no way to catch up.

When McGrady saw this situation, he didn't hesitate. He paused slightly outside the three-point line to take aim, then pulled up and threw the three-pointer.

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, McGrady scored 5 points in a row and led the team to quickly catch up!
67: 73!

The difference between the two sides is only 6 points, and there is only 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the second quarter!
"Wow! McGrady is here!" Kenny shouted, "Never underestimate this guy who almost won the scoring title last year! If he hadn't been so unlucky, I think he would definitely be able to compete for the MVP and would have won the scoring title a long time ago!"

"Only those who are not strong enough will say that they have bad luck!" Barkley corrected him: "I never complain about my bad luck!"

"Yes, because you found the thickest thigh in NBA history!" Kenny laughed, "If Lin's legs were a little thinner, you would never win the championship in your life."

"Yes, you found someone with thin legs. Hakim is just an average center, right?" Barkley stared at Kenny and fought back viciously.

"Hakeem is certainly one of the best players in history, but the problem is, I am not one of the best point guards in history! Who would think of me when ranking the top 50 players in NBA history or selecting MVPs or the top ten point guards in NBA history?"

"I'm just an ordinary player! So it's not shameful for me to play next to top stars, but what about you?"

"Who is the MVP, rebounding champion, multiple All-Star, and All-NBA first team member? Who has all these achievements, but can only win championships by relying on others? Who has to carry talent from Philadelphia to Phoenix, Houston, and then to Indiana? Is it me?"

"Charles, tell me now, who is more shameful between the two of us?"

"Just wait until you kiss my ass!" Barkley was speechless for a moment. He knew he couldn't argue with Kenny on this topic.

Who made Kenny shameless? He said that he is just an ordinary player and it is normal to be embarrassed?

No matter how thick-skinned Barkley is, he can't say that he and Kenny are players of the same level and it is natural for him to hug Kenny's legs.

This story once again tells me: If you want to save face, you have to be beaten.

McGrady on the court has completely entered the state!
Although Lin Tian quickly widened the score again with a layup, McGrady turned around and deceived Wallace in the mid-range, and while jumping and causing a foul, he also scored 2 points!
"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded and McGrady stood on the free throw line.

As he made another free throw, the gap between the two sides narrowed to 5 points!
70:75!
The competition between the two sides in the first half officially entered a fierce stage.

Lin Tian came to the frontcourt again. Facing Bibby's entanglement, he turned his back and began to crush towards the inside!

Bibby is also a monster with nicknames like "Devil Muscle Man". This guy who loves fitness and strength training is definitely the top level in the league in terms of strength. But now he was facing Lin Tian head-on without any fake moves or false tactics, and he was actually pushed back continuously.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After several consecutive collisions, Lin Tian suddenly made a half-turn dribble towards the middle. After tricking Bibby into shifting his center of gravity, Lin Tian quickly turned to the other side and raised his leg to go straight into the inside.

But this time, Lin Tiancai had just turned halfway when he knew something was wrong!

There is someone on the other side of you!

James!
This guy let go of Anthony at some point and came to Lin Tian, ​​double-teaming Lin Tian at the most critical moment!
If it were anyone else in the league, they would not be able to react in time and would run directly into James' arms, and then either make a traveling mistake or have the ball snatched away by James.

This guy's awareness and choices of assisting defense are indeed excellent!

Including James himself, everyone felt extremely satisfied with his defensive choice this time.

I am a genius!

I’m just awesome!

"Oh!"

Then there was a dull thud, and Lin Tian bumped into James.

But the referee did not blow the whistle, and James' hand did not touch anything when he took the ball.

Didn't touch anything!
Where's the ball?

James widened his eyes in disbelief, but what he saw was Anthony holding the basketball, rushing into the inside, then jumping high in the air, confronting JR for a while, and then stuffing the ball into the basket with incredible force!

"boom!"

When did he cut? How did Lin pass the ball?

James, who was right next to Lin Tian, ​​could not see Lin Tian's performance, but the fans in the entire stadium, the fans in front of the TV, and the commentators could see it very clearly!
For this ball, Lin Tian turned around at the critical moment, before colliding with James, and he shook his wrist incredibly. The basketball quickly passed through James' crotch and flew into the hands of Anthony behind him!

"How many eyes does Lin have?" Barkley said in disbelief. "If he wasn't wearing basketball shorts, I would definitely suspect that his P eye can see things! Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how he can see the absolute blind spot on the court while posting up!"

"Whether it was LeBron's help defense or Carmelo's movement, Lin should not have seen it at all. How could he do that?"

"So you're going to pull down your idol's pants and take a good look at his...?" Kenny couldn't help but complain about Barkley on the spot.

"FUXX! You damn bastard, how can you say such disgusting things?" Barkley was stunned for a moment, and then felt nauseous. How could Kenny be so vicious?

"When you kiss my ass, I won't shower for a week!"

The two commentators whose words were becoming increasingly vulgar and the exclamations of the entire Madison Garden were definitely enough to show how amazing Lin Tian's shot was!
Breaking through double-teams, passing the ball with one hand, finding teammates in blind spots, completing crotch passes... these things, taken individually, are not anything worthy of special praise.

But if he all appeared at the same time and concentrated in a short moment, it would really make everyone applaud with their mouths wide open.

Wonderful! So wonderful!
"It's okay, LeBron, we're fighting back! We're chasing the score!" McGrady patted James' butt, showed him a smile, and said directly to JR at the baseline: "Ball!"

JR was stunned for a moment, then quickly passed the ball to McGrady, who dribbled directly to the frontcourt.

McGrady must win this game!

You actually said that I was just assisting a young man?
I can do this kind of thing, but you can't fucking tell it!
Say it out loud and I’ll show you what’s in store for you!
After McGrady came all the way to the frontcourt, he faced Wallace's defense again. He started with continuous dribbling between his legs, constantly using the swing of his upper body to deceive Wallace. Then suddenly, McGrady's change of direction became larger, and after two consecutive super large change of direction dribbles, he suddenly accelerated forward to break through!
With such a simple crotch-down acceleration, Wallace was easily left behind! This is also McGrady's signature when he breaks through!
He doesn't rely on too many techniques or details to mobilize defenders. He doesn't need to do that.

He uses his crotch to find the rhythm, and after finding the rhythm, he uses his height, stride and speed to shake off his opponent!

Considering his absolute talent, even if his breakthrough was criticized by many as being a straight line and being too simple and direct, that was enough!

No one can defend against it.

"Oh!"

With a dull thud, McGrady was blocked by someone.

Lin Tian appeared in front of him incredibly, blocking his way, and stood still with both feet in advance, only to fall down after the collision.

"Offensive foul! Change the ball!" The referee's decision was timely and accurate. He immediately gave McGrady an offensive foul. "I won't be fooled next time!" McGrady looked at Lin Tian, ​​muttered something, and turned back to defend.

"I thought you were the boss of the team, LeBron." Lin Tian also stood up easily, and when James passed by him, he said happily: "Now it seems that Tracy gave you this title of boss."

"When he really wants the ball and starts scoring, he's the boss and he's the guy that calls the shots, right?"

"wrong."

James really wanted to say this, but the past minute or so proved that Lin Tian was right.

"Everyone, cheer up! Let's defend this ball!" McGrady, who was the first to return to the half court, began to applaud vigorously, and then shouted loudly to boost the morale of the team: "It was my fault for that ball just now. I ignored Lin! Let's fight back in this round!"

After saying this, McGrady couldn't help but look at James, and the two people's eyes met in the air.

This is my team!
The same thought appeared in the minds of two people at the same time.

"Wow, there's murderous intent in his eyes!" Lin Tian is a shrewd man, so he immediately noticed that the two of them were starting to have a quarrel.

It’s good to have a quarrel!
If we don't make a fuss, wouldn't it be that the few minutes that I, Mr. Lin, have just worked in vain?

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Try harder and make more effort, let’s see if we can take these two brothers apart tonight!
In the last minute of the second quarter, there were no exciting moments from either side. Lin Tian scored one goal and assisted once, while McGrady and James from the Spurs each attacked once and made all of their shots.

In the last minute, the score was 1:4!

The difference between the two sides is still 7 points.

74: 81!

Both teams scored astonishingly high points in the first half of the game. Nowadays, many teams may not be able to get this score even if they play the whole game, but these two teams did it all in just half a game tonight!
In the first half of the game, Lin Tian easily scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, and if nothing unexpected happens tonight, Lin Tian will most likely get another triple-double! In addition to Lin Tian, ​​Stoudemire scored 11 points, Anthony scored 14 points, Okur scored 6 points, and Houston also scored 4 points.

McGrady was the highest scorer for the Spurs and the main contributor to the team's ability to catch up in the second half of the second quarter.

He scored 10 points in a row at the end of the second quarter and finished the half with a game-high 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

James also performed very well, with 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and he continued to show his all-round ability.

During the half-time break, Barkley and Kenny continued to analyze the game as usual.

"The second half of the game was quite unfavorable for the Spurs! Their main players played for too long! Especially LeBron, he played the entire 24 minutes of the first half. Although McGrady did not play the full game, his playing time was more than 20 minutes, and he played the entire second quarter."

"As for the Knicks, not only are they still leading, but their main players are also playing very healthy minutes. Whether it's Lin, Carmelo or Amare, their playing time is less than 20 minutes!"

"From the score point of view, the two sides are evenly matched and the gap is almost negligible, but from the perspective of tactics, strategy and physical reserves, I am still more optimistic about the Knicks in the second half of the game!"

While Barkley was analyzing the game, the situation in the locker rooms of both teams was completely different.

The entire Knicks team was quite relaxed. They drank water and chatted. The fact that old Nelson successfully predicted Popovich's tactics several times in the first half of the game made them extremely confident!

We are better than you and our coaches are better than yours.

What can you use to defeat us?

And just as Barkley said, no one on the Knicks side was very tired. Although Lin Tian and Stoudemire played for more than 15 minutes in a row, they also got a lot of rest time. They played easily throughout the game tonight.

As for old Nelson, he simply arranged the tactics and briefly mentioned a few minor deficiencies in the first half of the game, then let the players rest to prepare for the second half of the game.

As for the Spurs, although Popovich did not yell at the players or lose his temper, his brows were tightly locked and he looked melancholy.

It's not just because the atmosphere in the team is quite bad at the moment, the most important reason is: James is gasping for breath, and McGrady is sitting next to him drinking water, and these two guys who originally had a good relationship are now not saying a word.

They both remained quiet.

Popovich has seen this scene many times, but he had only seen it on players from other teams. This was the first time he had encountered such a sudden internal conflict among his own players.

Popovich was at a loss at this moment.

He didn't know whether he should persuade the two to put aside their little conflict, or side with one of them, or just turn a blind eye and pretend he didn't notice anything?

Popovich was really confused at this moment.

This is the biggest shortcoming of his coaching career and the biggest gap between him and Phil Jackson besides the number of championships.

If we only talk about technical and tactical levels, the levels of these top coaches are about the same and the difference is not too big. The gap between them is more reflected in on-the-spot command and luck.

Well, luck is one of the most important indicators of whether a head coach can advance from the first to the top.

Popovich is definitely a top-notch coach in terms of system building, on-the-spot response, and personnel changes, but why has he only won five championships, and none of them consecutively?

Is it really because he doesn't have Jordan or Kobe, or because Duncan is not as good as O'Neal?

Well, okay, that is indeed a very important reason.

但这不是11：5以及3个三连+1个2连对上五个单独冠军的最重要原因。

The difference between him and Jackson lies in how to deal with conflicts within the team and relationships with players.

Popovich doesn't know how to deal with conflicts within the team, and he is not good at dealing with those troublesome players.

Throughout Jackson's coaching career, no matter what kind of birds, beasts, demons or monsters, as long as they came to his team, they had to play honestly and peacefully. Throughout his entire coaching career, it was Kobe, who was eager to emerge as the boss, who had a serious conflict with him.

But the result?

The result was that Kobe discovered Jackson's good points only one year later. After discussing with the management, he invited Jackson back again and achieved the second peak of his career.

What about Popovich?
He has a bad relationship with any player who has a bit of temper and ego, and he can't handle it, from Derek Anderson, Stephen Jackson, Turkoglu in the early days, to Richard Jefferson, Judean Blair...

And most importantly, Kawhi Leonard directly destroyed the Spurs' strong team attributes.

There are so many players who have fallen out with Popovich during his career.

He never proved that he could deal with the troublemakers and integrate the team.

He can make marginal players who can't find jobs in the league become important parts of the team and maximize their potential, but there is always something missing in his team.

GDP was lucky to meet under Popovich's wise eye and work together for more than ten years to win countless honors!

And Popovich was lucky enough to meet three guys like GDP who have top abilities but never cause trouble, don't ask for team status or even more money, and he met three of them at once.

But in fact, even Ginobili and Parker had unpleasant experiences with the team and Popovich in the last years of their careers.

In short, Popovich is a little overwhelmed at the moment.

No, it’s quite confusing?
What should I do? (End of this chapter)