NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 222 Xiao Hua's Thoughts

"Fight some spirit in the second half! Give your home fans some explanation! Knicks!"

Lin Chuan whispered, causing the fans around him to look at him more friendly.

"See, I told you that Lin Chuan absolutely loves our team! Not only has he been showing us goodwill, he's also looking forward to us making it to the finals!"

"That's right. We're in the finals this season. It's a new breakthrough in the new century. Whether we can win the championship or not is not certain. We can definitely win the championship next season!"

"I don't need to say more, it's already great."

The fans around him were discussing happily, but none of them knew what Lin Chuan was really thinking.

In fact, he also has his own selfish motives in wanting the Knicks to reach the finals.

That is...

I think the Knicks should win... Otherwise, my analysis of Anthony in this game would be wasted...

A true portrayal of Lin Chuan's inner thoughts.

He didn't want his several hours of work to go to waste.

That would be such a loss!

On the field, the cheerleaders performed hard to fill the gap during the halftime break.

The girls dressed in hot costumes, attracting the attention of fans on the sidelines.

But Lin Chuan was not interested in watching these, as he had to focus on the next group of 2-meter-tall black men.

The second half of the game started in full swing.

Lin Chuan glanced at the score.

56: 52.

The Heat currently lead by 4 points.

The main thing was the final 7:0 wave, which allowed them to successfully overtake the score in the end.

The Knicks will definitely make corresponding adjustments during the halftime break.

They will also show their coping methods in the next games.

On the court, Anthony was seen running to the frontcourt, attracting James' defense.

But he did not ask Felton for the ball like he did before, but pulled him aside.

It seems that he has given the stage to his teammates.

It seems that this is not Anthony's style.

As Lin Chuan was thinking this, he saw him suddenly start running. With the help of Shumpert's cover, he went around to the 45-degree wing position, then drove straight into the penalty area and successfully received the pass.

Just as James followed closely behind, with his long arms raised high in the air, gathering strength, ready to block Anthony's most familiar and favorite shot under the basket, he suddenly threw the ball into the air.

On the sidelines, Lin Chuan widened his eyes.

Behind Anthony and James, a man wearing goggles suddenly flew up.

He rose into the air like a lithe beast, his whole posture in the air stretched out like a bow.

Then, his right hand grabbed the basketball that was falling in the air, and at the same time, the side of his body hit James' back hard.

James was only focused on staring at Anthony in front of him, and completely ignored the fact that there was a power forward with extremely excellent athletic ability who was eyeing him from behind!
Even though he had suffered a knee injury and his athletic ability had declined compared to his peak period, at this moment, he pounced on the basket like a beast!
"Oh!"

The collision of muscles made a dull sound. James was caught off guard and was knocked over, and Anthony in front of him was also knocked off balance.

The real protagonist, Stoudemire, was using all his strength to penetrate the net!
What the hell!

Seeing how powerful Stadler was, even Lin Chuan couldn't help but exclaim.

He didn't expect that this guy, who had been injured, could still show such athletic explosiveness.

The Knicks are so terrifying!
This dunk stunned James.

He didn't expect that he would be dunked on.

What I didn't expect was that Anthony would choose to pass the ball.

With this guy's playing style, shouldn't he just attack with the ball? !

Anthony ran past James and high-fived Stoudemire.

This is also the solution they came up with during the half-time break.

Although several offensive players have practiced passing the ball back and forth to look for opportunities.

However, not much training had been done on alley-oops before.

This time it was also a risky move, mainly to break the deadlock.

Unexpectedly, I succeeded on the first attempt just after the start of the second half.

With such a previous record, James probably wouldn't dare to push too hard.

Not to mention that Anthony would choose to pass the ball, if James continued to press so hard, he would get into foul trouble again.

"That's it! Anthony! That pass was awesome! Stoudemire, your dunk was awesome too! Just play like that!"

Not far from Lin Chuan, Spike Lee, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't control his emotions anymore and started shouting.

He also mocked James and almost got close to him.

If it weren't for his special identity, the Knicks security would have kicked him out.

Spike Lee's action made James' temple throb, but he didn't dare to do anything.

If there was a conflict with the spectators on the sidelines, it would only take a moment to be sent off.

Seeing that James was angry but didn't dare to touch him, Spike Lee became even more arrogant and kept provoking the other party with words.

James was so angry that he couldn't curse or ignore her.

You can only start solving the problem in your own way.

He called out to the referee who was not far away, and when the referee jogged over, James grabbed the referee's clothes and pointed at Spike Lee to complain.

The referee was also helpless. He didn't expect that coaching a game of this level would require him to deal with these trivial matters like coaxing a child.

I had no choice but to step forward and warn Spike Lee to get out if he continued to cause trouble, and that was the end of the matter.

Spike Lee was shocked to see James complain to the referee. He sat down and kept muttering,

"I never thought that this former No. 1 player in the league is a pure baby and he even calls himself a king. I have never seen a king go to an adult to complain like a wronged child. I have never seen such a thing in my life."

Lin Chuan was laughing secretly in the back.

Is this something you have never seen before? You know, this is not the first or second time that he has complained to the referee. He even puts pressure on the league again after the game and forces it to pay attention.

Spike Lee is still too young.

I don't understand the king's strength.

However, after James complained to the referee, he seemed to think he was protected and played more confidently.

Although they were originally on the verge of being caught up, he organized a series of attacks and widened the score gap a little.

Anthony didn't know what James had just said to the referee, but seeing his confident look made him a little nervous.

Could it be that he knew what the referee was thinking and wanted to protect them in this game?

Thinking of this, he became a little hesitant when fighting.

The performance in the third quarter was also unsatisfactory.

However, the Knicks always have a player who doesn't care about other people's feelings and can even be said to care about nothing.

That is their best sixth man, JR Smith.

After Anthony missed his third consecutive shot, the Knicks were forced to use their fourth timeout.

The head coach looked a little worried.

After all, the boss didn't perform well today and the score is still behind.

This is a win or go home game. If they lose, all their efforts this season will be wasted.

He looked at Anthony, put his hands on his shoulders and said solemnly,

"Melo, you have to stand up! Otherwise, no one will score and we will really lose!"

Anthony also seemed a little guilty. He was thinking too much and was a little hesitant when shooting in this quarter. Once he hesitated, it was difficult to make the shot.

"It's okay, coach, I can score too!"

At this time, a voice came from the crowd.

Everyone looked over and saw that the person who spoke was JR Smith, who was wearing the No. 8 jersey. He was extremely confident and had no sense of being a role player at all.

The head coach nodded without any hesitation.

Having coached JR for a season, he is very familiar with how this player plays.

Just reckless.

Even if I don't agree, it doesn't seem to make any sense.

And at this moment, what the team needs most is someone who can break the deadlock.

And JR, who is bold and not the focus of defense by opponents, is the most suitable candidate.

The premise is that he has to be on the good side of the nerve-wracking knife today.

The pause ends.

The Knicks returned to the court in full force.

James came to Anthony, put his hands on his knees, and said with disdain,

"It seems that this is all you can do? You can't even make a shot, so that's the end of it."

Anthony was too lazy to pay attention to him and shook his head.
"You rely on the referee's stuff. Do you really think that you can get ahead because of your high level?"

Rely on the referee?
James' ears twitched and his expression became a little confused.

When did he ever lean on the referee?
In other words, since he moved to the Heat, the referees' favor for him has long gone.

He also wanted to find Anthony to ask for clarification.

But the opponent had already started running to receive the serve.

He had no choice but to keep up with the defense.

However, the person who caught the ball was not Anthony.

To James' surprise, Anthony became the deputy again.

At this time, the main attacking player on the court became JR!

He caught the ball and shot without hesitation, quickly narrowing the score.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was successfully tied.

Anthony, on the other hand, only got a few rare chances to shoot in a few short rounds.

Also because of the long period of inaction, James neglected to defend him, and Anthony took this opportunity to successfully increase his personal score to 20 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks successfully reversed the score.

It came to 76 to 78.

Leading by two points also shows that the situation between the two teams is still tense.

It was also thanks to JR's multiple shots in the third quarter.

Lin Chuan was also able to obtain enough data to analyze JR's shooting.

But after analyzing for a while.

Lin Chuan also felt that it didn't have much significance.

For this kind of nervous player.

His projection is only about himself.

Other factors have little impact.

Whether it is an open shot or someone is defending.

The defense is relatively easy, and it is still close interference.

None of it meant much to him.

As long as his touch is good, even if the defense almost blocks all shooting angles, he can, like Kobe, find the only possibility from the impossible and force the ball into the basket.

Once his touch is bad, even if no one is guarding him and he is allowed to shoot from three meters outside the three-point line, he may still have a hit rate of less than 40%, which is shocking and helps the opponent win.

So for this guy, just keep calm and send people to defend normally.

There is no need to pay too much attention.

After taking a look at the score, Lin Chuan realized that the strength of the two teams was indeed not much different.

Until the fourth quarter of the seventh game, the scores kept rising alternately.

It seems that the fourth quarter will still be shaky.

This is true.

Coming to the fourth quarter.

Several stars on both sides made collective efforts.

James and Wade continued the James-Wade connection, with the two taking off from both wings and frequently attacking the basket.

Ray Allen also occasionally made sudden shots and used three-pointers to help the team.

As for the Knicks.

Anthony and Stoudemire also started to exert their strength, using mid-range shots to counter James and Wade.

JR also showed a three-point shooting level that was no less than Ray Allen, and responded to Ray's goal with an unreasonable three-pointer.

The scores between the two sides were always going back and forth.

But the Knicks had a scoring point that was not right at this time.

That was Chris Bosh.

Although he was severely restricted by Chandler and Stoudemire before, Bosh began to find opportunities to shoot in the fourth quarter.

He suddenly came to his senses, remembered his status as a giant, and joined in scoring.

The Knicks were suddenly in a state of misery.

Without him.

As another core player of the team.

Tyson Chandler has always been known for his defense.

Although in the last game, he exerted his strength in the middle and blew up the Heat's weak inside line, tying his own highest score in the playoffs.

But it was always short-lived.

With Haslem's crazy fight, Chandler, who didn't have much offensive ability, had no chance to score.

With three minutes left, the Knicks were quietly trailing by seven points.

It looks precarious.

They could be defeated by the Heat at any time and lose the game.

Spike Lee also looked worried. As a die-hard fan of the Knicks, he was more worried than anyone else when he saw the team in such a critical moment.

Is the chance to reach the finals again after 99 going to be shattered here?

Diagonally opposite Lin Chuan, Xiao Hua, who was wearing a suit, pushed his glasses, looked at the situation on the court, and frowned slightly.

He didn't expect that the Knicks would be so disappointing.

Playing a tiebreaker at home against the aging Heat, they were able to get to this point.

The game went on till the very end and we were still far behind.

At this time, he also heard David Stern beside him say with emotion,
"It seems that the Heat is still stronger. James, who has three MVPs, is still better than Anthony. The Knicks will have to wait a little longer after so many years of anticipation."

hold on?
After hearing Stern's words, Silver immediately perked up.

The Knicks were defeated by the Heat in a game seven and it wasn't a good ending to fall in the Eastern Conference Finals.

This won’t do…it’s not conducive to the healthy development of the alliance.

The era of giants banding together is not a good one, and we must not start this good start.

If we let them win the championship, there will be too many people taking shortcuts in the future.

At the very least, they should be like the Celtics, chasing dreams when they are old and then forming a team again.

Watching the Knicks taking their fifth timeout, Silver raised his eyebrows.

He decided to take action.

(End of this chapter)