NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 16: Responding to trash talk, Westbrook is anxious
Lin Chuan immediately retreated to the sidelines, threw the ball to Harden and ran toward the front court.

Although Fisher is the nominal point guard of the substitute team, everyone knows that the actual point guard of this team is Harden.

Even when playing at the same time as Westbrook, the primary person in charge of handling the ball is still James Harden!
"Harden, pass it to me when you get the chance!"

Lin Chuan waved his hand toward the front court and pointed outside the three-point line at a forty-five-degree angle.

"it is good."

Harden understood what he meant, and after moving to the frontcourt, he waved to Lin Chuan to set up a screen from the outside.

Sefolosha, who was facing Harden, immediately took small steps towards him the moment he saw Harden standing outside the three-point line.

With a stretch of his arms, he blocked all of Harden's passing routes.

At the same time, his eyes were fixed on Harden, and his mental strength was highly concentrated, trying to lock Harden down.

Harden's pick-and-roll gesture did not escape the attention of Sefolosha who was staring closely at him.

Sefolosha quickly and briefly turned his head to the side and confirmed Lin Chuan's position, and then immediately shouted to his teammates to come up and limit Harden.

Harden dribbled the ball in front of his body, to the left and to the right, avoiding Sefolosha's left hand that was trying to steal the ball, and then quickly pulled back to break through to the left.

Although Sefolosha realized Lin Chuan's pick-and-roll at the first moment and prepared to turn around and catch up with Harden, Lin Chuan blocked him too tightly. His wide and fat body held him firmly in place, and he could only watch Harden break into the basket.

Perkins, who was called for support by Sefolosha and was originally matched against Lin Chuan, was limited by the threat of Harden's breakthrough to the basket and mid-range and long-range shots. He hesitated and stood stagnant near the free throw line.

Facing the team's starting center, Harden simply bowed to the Buddha and made Perkins spin around. The moment his center of gravity was lifted, he rushed in and drove straight to the basket.

But Sefolosha followed closely behind. Although he was blocked by Lin Chuan just now, as a defensive stalwart, he had encountered such things too many times.

With rich experience, he quickly turned around and rushed to the inside when he saw Harden wanted to continue breaking through.

Finally, he appeared beside Harden when he walked to the basket, and was about to engage in a fierce confrontation to make Harden miss the shot.

But the ball suddenly disappeared from Harden's hands the moment he jumped.

"Where's the ball?"

The thought occurred to Sefolosha and Perkins at the same time.

Whoosh!
The basketball was passed behind Harden's head at an extremely hidden angle.

The direction of the ball was exactly Lin Chuan who had been lying in ambush outside the three-point line!
"Don't think about it!"

It can be said that he is worthy of being one of the Thunder's three young players. Westbrook gave up defending Fisher at the first moment, chased the ball, jumped into the air to form a 45-degree angle with the ground, and tried to steal the ball.

But Westbrook is fast, and Lin Chuan is even faster.

The ball was decided when the two of them exchanged glances just now, and he knew the timing of passing the ball better than anyone else.

After Westbrook got the ball a moment earlier, Lin Chuan smiled slightly as he looked at Westbrook who lowered his head in front of him in order to steal the ball.

A small lob shot completely ignored Westbrook's efforts to jump up for defense, and he easily made the ball just like in the shooting training half an hour ago.

After making a three-pointer, Lin Chuan stared at Westbrook in front of him and his expression became serious.

He looked for a moment, then bent down slightly.

Lin Chuan leaned forward slightly, slowly stretched out his left hand, and under the puzzled eyes of others, slowly placed it on his knee and gestured horizontally.

Lin Chuan moved his mouth a few times, and said in a voice that everyone could hear,
"Too Small, You."

"Fuck." Westbrook was angry and amused. He didn't expect that his boomerang would come so soon.

He had just dunked over Lin Chuan in the previous round, but in this round, Lin Chuan immediately returned the dunk with a different way of scoring.

It just so happens that both of them were talking trash, but what Westbrook said was more like trash talk, while what Lin Chuan said sounded more like the truth!

Who made Lin Chuan 210cm tall while Westbrook is only 191cm!

The difference between the two was almost 20 centimeters. Lin Chuan's words were so sarcastic and he couldn't refute it!

So infuriating.

"Give me the ball and watch me beat him!"

Westbrook laughed in anger, giving off an aura that someone was not to be trifled with.

Even his teammate Durant had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and give him the practice stage.

When Westbrook once again rushed into the inside with the ball, although Lin Chuan was already prepared, he still almost lost his balance due to the impact of Westbrook who was using all his strength.

But Lin Chuan still relied on his center's physique. Not only did he not retreat a single step, he also opened his arms and tried his best to interfere with Westbrook as much as possible.

But Westbrook seemed to be in great touch this time. Even though Lin Chuan was disturbed to the limit, he used the strength of his waist and abdomen to withstand the impact of the collision. With the help of the little space created by the collision, he barely turned around in the air, switched his right hand from the tomahawk dunk posture to a layup, and then threw it towards the backboard.

The ball hit the edge of the backboard and fell accurately into the basket.

"Ha, Lin Chuan, you're nothing but that!"

Westbrook was still preparing to talk trash, but Lin Chuan had already passed the ball and ran out with the guards to seize the initiative.

"Fuck, wait a minute!"

After discovering that Lin Chuan's touch continued from G5 to this training game, Harden no longer treated him as a rookie who had a breakout game, and cooperated with Lin Chuan again in this round.

He continued to call for a pick-and-roll and then passed the ball to Lin Chuan who was cutting inside. With no one guarding him, he dunked the ball directly after receiving it, hung on the basket, cheered, and then jumped down.

The starting team was so angry at his cocky look.

Seeing that the two were about to compete, Durant, as the team leader, couldn't help but join in.

As he watched everyone having more and more fun, his hands gradually became warm.

In the next few rounds, although Lin Chuan received many passes and scored a lot, he still felt a little powerless facing the two young masters Dewey who were firing at full speed at the same time.

Although the two future MVPs have not yet reached their peak, their advantages are still too obvious.

Durant's shooting, superb dribbling and breakthrough at the same height, Westbrook's athleticism and explosiveness all made Lin Chuan miserable.

The obvious gap in team strength caused Lin Chuan's substitute team to fall behind by a lot of points in an instant.

But fortunately, Westbrook didn't care about other people when he got excited. Even if Durant had a better opportunity, he still rushed to the inside to confront Lin Chuan. Even though his hands were cold and he missed a few shots, he still enjoyed it.

Brooks watched from the sidelines for a while and felt that it was about time. After all, they were going to play Game 6 tomorrow. If these guys were wasting their energy recklessly here, then there would be no need to play tomorrow.

After this battle, he was sure that Lin Chuan was not a flash in the pan. His performance against the starting lineup led by Durant and Westbrook was also quite outstanding, completely outshining Perkins.

In the end, Lin Chuan will definitely have a lot of scenes!

(End of this chapter)