NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 224 Anthony who doubts his life

"We also watched the live broadcast, and it was true. The whistle in the last few minutes was a bit too biased."

After listening to Lin Chuan's story about what he saw and heard in New York, Brooks touched his chin and responded to the former.

"After all, it's a big city. It hasn't been to the finals for many years. It's not surprising that the league does this to attract attention. And no matter what, the Heat lost twice in the finals before. It was too ugly to be swept by Western Conference teams. There is no need to let them in again."

Lin Chuan felt helpless.

It seems that what the coach said is correct.

From the league's perspective, it really doesn't make sense for this Heat team to make the finals.

The aging Wade no longer has the strength of a giant.

LeBron, who has suffered repeated defeats, is no longer the darling of the league and Nike. The current top star is still Kevin Durant of the Thunder.

And this season, Anthony is more valuable than James.

Considering these considerations, this black whistle seems reasonable...

Bullshit!!!!
"No matter what, it's very wrong to call a foul!"

Durant appeared out of nowhere, his face full of dissatisfaction.
"This is really unfair to the losing team! Even though I don't like the Heat, I hate this kind of external means to force them to lose!"

Durant is one of the most basketball-obsessed people in the league, and he always plays seriously when he's on the court.

He also disdains these unfair practices the most.

Even though the Heat almost eliminated him last year, causing him to lose his first trip to the Finals, and even though James has always been better than him in previous years.

Even though James didn't play in the Olympics due to a minor injury, they lost to the Chinese team in the Olympic final.

But he couldn't help but stand up at this moment and speak out for them.

"That can't be helped. It's a business alliance after all."

Brooks patted Durant on the shoulder.

"There's no point in saying this, just focus on your training."

Lin Chuan also nodded and said,
"Indeed, the black whistle is disgusting, but it has nothing to do with us if the Heat are blackballed. The focus should still be on the finals. We'd better pay more attention to it."

Lin Chuan walked into the three-point line, took a basketball and passed it to Durant and continued,
"When it comes to the finals, the key is to be wary of their penalty standards in the finals. If there are any problems, then we can deal with them. If not, just pretend that nothing happened. The focus now is to make targeted arrangements based on the opponent's habits."

Durant caught the ball and said,

"Speaking of which, didn't you just come back from New York? You're here to gather intelligence for us. So, tell me what you gained. You didn't just go to watch a game? Finding the opponent's weaknesses is just a cover."

"Humph."

Durant's words hit the nail on the head, but he actually doubted that he had not fulfilled his duties seriously.

You know, he watched the game very seriously! The intensity of the ball bullets is no less than those flying to various places all day long!

"You will know if you try it yourself."

Seeing how Lin Chuan was planning and strategizing, Durant also wanted to compete with him.

"I want to see what you want to perform. I am different now than I was during the Olympics!"

Durant stretched his body, ready to show Lin Chuan some MVP style.

But he saw that Lin Chuan just curled the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly, as if he didn't take his harsh words to heart at all.

After Lin Chuan caught the ball, he stretched out a finger to provoke him.

"Provoke me? Watch me explode you!"

Durant walked forward to defend Lin Chuan, talking trash.

Having said that, his actions were still very serious.

After all, it would be embarrassing enough if you were really fooled by the big center Lin Chuan using his skills.

"Show me what new you got."

Durant stared at Lin Chuan's movements intently, but saw him suddenly perform a triple threat.

"Triple Threat? This is one of my signature weapons in my arsenal. Do you understand how to play it?"

But Lin Chuan immediately took a tentative step forward and dribbled the ball between his legs.

Is this a breakthrough?

After a quick thought, Durant stepped back a little without any hesitation.

Just this distance is enough to make a move.

Seeing Lin Chuan suddenly raise his hand, Durant felt something was wrong.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Lin Chuan's right foot had retreated at some point.

Oh no! When!
Durant quickly stopped himself.

At this moment, Lin Chuan in front of him had already transferred the strength from his legs to his upper body, and was now making a move to attack.

Without waiting for Durant to move forward to block the shot, Lin Chuan had already found the space for his shot and threw the ball out before the big hand came over.

swoosh~
Swish!
The basketball hit the net.

"Fuck, you actually fooled me!"

Durant touched his head, somewhat incredulous.

Although Lin Chuan had used triple threat to dodge his opponents in previous games, that was because there was too much information on the field.

Lin Chuan's triple threat has never been considered a good offensive means, and due to his body size, it seems to be of little use.

But it was a one-on-one situation at the moment, and Durant was still fooled.

This even shocked him.

"Any ideas, Kevin?"

After scoring the goal, Lin Chuan asked with a smile.

Durant touched his chin, feeling very puzzled.

"What comes to mind?"

Seeing this, Lin Chuan smiled and shook his head, saying,

"Maybe after a few more fights, you can see the problem."

Brooks on the side had already seen something, and when he was about to open his mouth, he saw Lin Chuan blinking at him, so he stopped thinking about reminding him.

Yes, it's Durant after all. He should be able to figure out what's going on within a few rounds.

Brooks swallowed his words and sat aside to watch the two continue their duel.

Three minutes later.

Durant's forehead was already slightly sweaty.

It wasn't because there was something wrong with his physical strength or the weather was too hot.

But I began to doubt myself.

In just these three minutes, Lin Chuan and he launched five attacks, all using the triple threat starting moves.

And he actually made this triple threat very stressful.

This made him wonder, could it be that he was too exhausted after resting for two days after the seventh game?

Even a big center who is not good at outside offense using three threats is struggling?
But he had to admit that the triple threat used by Lin Chuan was full of familiarity.

It was like he had defended this at least dozens of times over the years.

The more rounds you play, the stronger the sense of familiarity becomes.

Fuck, what's going on?
This familiar feeling was as if the Lin Chuan in front of him was not a center, but a small forward!

Lin Chuan made another tentative step, and this time, he chose to circle the ball down from above, then broke through, put his shoulder against Durant, and easily made a layup.

But before the ball entered the basket, it hit the ground once and then slowly fell in.

This is it!

The moment the ball hit the basket, the crisp sound of the iron made his brain flash as if it had been electrocuted.

Yes!

This familiar feeling!

Durant's eyes lit up and he blurted out,
“Isn’t this Anthony!!!”

Hearing this, Lin Chuan and Brooks smiled at each other.

Durant is really something.

I didn't remember it until I had been playing for seven or eight rounds.

"Yes, this is Anthony's triple threat. I watched his entire game and also watched his triple threat highlights on the plane. Now, I have completely analyzed his moves!"

Lin Chuan said with a smile.

Durant was also shocked when he heard it.
"You, you, you! These three threats are the way for that guy to survive. You've cracked them?"

"Yes, next, we can do a special training!"

Lin Chuan looked very proud. Brooks beside him also found it interesting.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chuan has talent in this area.

too.

After all, during the Western Conference Finals, he gave Ibaka special training on defense against Duncan's offense.

This also caused the latter to suffer a heavy loss in G7.

The beating was horrible.

That was when he showed his ability to target his opponents.

Watching Lin Chuan call all the team members together and start targeted teaching.

Brooks sighed.

It is a great honor to have such a player.
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6 month 6 day.

The first game of the finals was played in Oklahoma.

The Knicks have just finished their pre-game warm-ups.

In the player tunnel, Anthony also made a final inspiring speech and walked onto the court.

He was used to the insults from the sidelines.

His eyes were all focused on the player on the opposite side.

Durant.

And Lin Chuan.

Two twin stars.

No, these two at this moment should be called two giants.

But he is not afraid of the opponent.

He also has several quasi-All-Star level helpers around him.

In terms of team strength, he doesn't think his team is weaker than the opponent!

"Go! Win the first game!"

Facing the boos from the audience, he shouted today's goal.

........................

Snapped!
After receiving the pass, Anthony immediately lowered his center of gravity, pulled the basketball behind him and protected it.

In front of him, Durant had already rushed forward.

Anthony smiled contemptuously.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, he had already beaten James, who was ranked fourth in MVP.

James' defense was so good that he was ranked second among DPOY players during his peak period.

Undoubtedly a player who is good at both offense and defense.

Even under his defense, he can score 40+ points.

The Durant in front of us is just a lame player who is strong on offense but weak on defense.

See how I beat him!
"In the last round, I beat James who was ranked fourth in MVP. This round, I will also beat Lin Chuan who was ranked third and you who won the MVP!"

Anthony observed his surroundings with his peripheral vision, without stopping his trash talking.

But the only response he got was a sneer.
"Can't you see your own strength clearly? Mr. Donut?"

Grass!
Anthony smiled.

Laughed in anger.

This was the trash talk Garnett had used against him before.

I didn’t expect Durant would dare to continue his previous words!

"Look!"

Anthony stopped talking nonsense and launched a triple threat.

Sure enough, it came!

Durant perked up and watched Anthony's movements attentively.

Just as Anthony pulled the ball down, he shot with lightning speed and instantly knocked the ball to the ground.

what!
Anthony's eyes widened.

I couldn't believe what was happening before my eyes.

He was actually intercepted by this guy who was not good at defense while he was performing the triple threat move he was best at?
It happened so suddenly that he didn't even try to fight back.

By the time he reacted, Durant had already successfully scored the ball.

"That's all!"

Durant made a too small gesture and looked at him provocatively.

Anthony smiled.

It was just an accidental success, and you thought you defended well?
He has to do it again to prove his strength!
Facing each other again, he was more cautious.

Durant also felt something and did not act rashly.

But just when Anthony thought he had dribbled past him and was about to break through, he was blocked by Durant again, and the ball did not move forward with him.

Half a step slower.

Robertson, who was standing by, saw this and immediately prepared to grab it.

Anthony hurriedly took a half step back and took control of the ball, but the ball was dead at this time and the space for passing the ball was blocked, so he had to make a hasty shot.

With a clang, the attack failed again.

Seeing this, the coach on the sidelines was afraid that Anthony would fall into the same crazy state as James in the last two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, so he quickly reminded him during the next round.

This also made Anthony break out in a cold sweat.

Almost.

I was almost led into trouble by Durant's few words!
Scary guy!

Anthony calmed down quickly.

But given Durant's point, he is difficult to deal with.

Try someone else instead.

On the court, there were no obvious defensive weaknesses among the Thunder players.

Anthony put his thoughts aside for the time being and waited silently for the opportunity.

At this time, the Thunder team took advantage of the time when the opponent's main player was not attacking and frequently shot, establishing a score advantage.

Half a quarter passed and the Thunder began to make substitutions during the free throw period.

Kevin Martin was substituted in.

Anthony's eyes lit up.

This guy!
This is the defensive weak link he has been silently waiting for!
Snapped!
Anthony passed the ball and looked at Kevin Martin who was switched to him, and he couldn't help but grin.

"What? Are you confident that you can score points against me?"

"Oh, you are quite self-aware."

Anthony smiled and used a triple threat.

If I can’t beat Durant, then I can beat you, Martin?

Just when he was fantasizing about breaking his scoring drought with a mid-range shot.

Martin, who had been shaken out of space by him, appeared in front of him again at some point, with his hand on the ball.

Snapped!
With a dull sound, Anthony was pressed back to the ground with the ball before he could even make a shot.

"Beep!"

Traveling violation!

The referee moved his hands around in front of him twice and took the ball from Anthony.

At this moment, Anthony was puzzled when he saw Kevin Martin, who had a calm expression in front of him.

Even doubts arose.

How is this going?

He can even beat James, so how come when he comes to the Thunder, even Martin, the shooting guard who has the worst defense and is much smaller than him, can block him?

Has my offensive level declined? !
(End of this chapter)