NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 228: Attacking Kaleidoscope? We have two of them! Double 40+, shocking!

"You guys scored 27 points in the first half. It seems like you really didn't show any mercy."

Durant adjusted his jersey and shorts and spoke jokingly to the other party.

"You're crazy! This is the finals. If you don't give your all now, when will you do it?"

"What? Are you afraid that I'll snatch your FMVP?"

Lin Chuan walked toward the court along the player tunnel, glancing at Durant as he spoke.

"Huh? Afraid you'll steal my FMVP? That's what I wish for!"

Seeing Lin Chuan say this, Durant's tone became much higher as if he had heard a huge joke.

He pointed his thumb at himself and said proudly,

"I am the MVP of this season! Do you understand?"

He put his arm around Lin Chuan and said jokingly,

"You couldn't even beat me in the regular season, right?"

"Besides, it would be great if you could really win it. I don't care about these things that much. At least if you win it and I win it, it means that our team has won the championship, right?"

Hearing Durant's generous words, Lin Chuan couldn't help but glance at him sideways.

Seeing that Durant's expression didn't seem fake and his tone was sincere, Lin Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

What I said just now was a joke.

But there are also some temptations.

From these words, we can see that at least this guy is truly consistent in what he says and does.

Moreover, he did not have any other thoughts because of his strength.

But it does make sense.

After all, Lin Chuan took over the game several times in the playoffs before, and won with statistics far better than Durant, making the opponent seem more like the second-in-command.

He never expressed any dissatisfaction. On the contrary, he praised himself several times in post-match interviews.

Durant was so magnanimous that it seemed that his attempt was a little petty.

Lin Chuan suddenly felt a little ashamed.

He smiled and elbowed Durant, saying back,
"Then just watch me hold two trophies at home this year!"

This year, one per person is just right.

Looking at Durant holding his stomach and laughing and scolding him, Lin Chuan said secretly in his heart.

While chatting and laughing, the two walked out of the player tunnel and came to the court.

The two who were originally laughing immediately stopped smiling and straightened their backs.

Like a different person.

"We are leading them by nine points now, so let's just go all out and beat them."

"of course."

Game start.

The cheers from the sidelines grew louder.

Knicks offense.

Anthony catches the ball.

There is no doubt that as the team leader, he must take up the team's banner at this moment of lag.

Durant opened his arms, and his inhumanly long arms blocked Anthony's way like a barrier, as if announcing that this road was blocked.

"Although your triple threat is effective again, you can't take away the victory of today's game."

Listening to Durant's words, Anthony responded expressionlessly.

"You stay with the data, and I take the victory, right? But not today, I'm attacking the kaleidoscope!"

Anthony passed the basketball over Durant's head to the other side, and disrupted Durant's defense with his tentative steps.

After a few moves, Durant's body was in space and his right foot was withdrawn a little further.

flaw!

Anthony's eyes lit up, he held his breath, suddenly pulled the ball to the left, and rushed into the three-point line.

In the inside, Lin Chuan saw Durant's one-on-one defense being quickly broken through, and Anthony reached the free throw line in one sudden step.

Without saying a word, he dragged himself away from the basket, ready to give Anthony his favorite block.

呲!
After a sharp sound, as his basketball shoes rubbed against the wooden floor, Anthony did not go deep into the basket, but stopped directly one step before the free throw line.

Anthony jumped up directly using the inertia of the forward rush and threw the basketball in his hand at the same time.

Lin Chuan and Durant's double-team attack from the front and back was also a step too late.

Anthony made a beautiful pull-up shot.

"Brother, I know all the tricks. Don't try to defend me."

Seeing that the two most powerful players on the Thunder team were unable to prevent the goal by defending him, Anthony became crazy and made provocative gestures towards the two.

"He seems a little bit drifting."

Durant looked at Anthony who was returning to defense and said to Lin Chuan beside him.

"Yeah, it seems I didn't hit him hard enough. I was too soft in the first half."

Lin Chuan scratched his head, seeming to feel a little guilty.
"I'm sorry to the Knicks for not letting them learn their lesson. I will make them remember the lesson next time."

Durant glanced at Lin Chuan.

"If it's the two of us, I'll also step up my efforts."

Anthony had no idea what the two of them were whispering about, but he didn't care.

During the halftime break, Chandler talked to him for a while.

He also knew the specific circumstances of the Mavericks' championship that year.

It’s mainly due to the condition of their team’s star player Nowitzki.

He was even a little sick at that time.

He caught a bad cold and was mocked by his opponents, Wade and James, before the game.

But this not only did not affect him.

They even won four games in a row with a score of 1:2 in the first three games, defeating the Heat team, which was forming the Big Three for the first time.

At that time, he was under much greater pressure than he is now.

That team is a team of frustrated people.

The boss Nowitzki.

He won the MVP award early on and led the team to 50 wins for many years.

But it is always difficult to go further.

In their first appearance in the finals, they were defeated by the Heat led by rookie Wade and had to watch helplessly as the other team lifted the championship trophy.

However, they achieved a record of 67 wins two years later.

But they were beaten by the Golden State Warriors, one of the few black eight teams in the league.

The evaluation has completely hit rock bottom.

And the team's point guard Kidd.

He also entered the finals as the boss but did not win the championship.

His career is coming to an end and he will most likely retire without a championship.

Peja and Marion are also All-Stars without a championship and are in desperate need of this title.

Everyone's desire for the championship was placed on the shoulders of the leader, Nowitzki.

If they win the championship, they will become the top three forwards in history.

Completely get rid of the title of wimp.

The failure, although because they faced the Heat team which was much stronger than them, will not be belittled anymore.

But disappointing so many people is also extremely stressful.

But he could withstand it all.

Finally achieved a comeback and won the championship.

After hearing Chandler's words, Anthony woke up as if from a dream.

Since he can do it, he can do it too.

He had always put too much pressure on himself before.

After the opponent saw through his triple threat in the first game, he didn't even know how to play.

I think I will be completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

Called a soft egg.

But compared to the pressure Nowitzki was under at the time, this was nothing.

The opponent he faced was stronger than the one he faced.

And his own team doesn't have that many stars.

This is clearly a bloody game.

It was a great success to beat the Heat. Now, as long as he could win a game against them, he would be considered a tough player.

In that case, what's the pressure?
And without the triple threat, he still has countless rich offensive means.

I should have been attacking the Kaleidoscope.

Anthony suddenly realized.

Let go of all this and just play normally!

Just show your own style and don’t worry about these trivial things!
Even though Lin Chuan got into form so early in the first half, he was only leading them by nine points.

Even Durant increased his shots.

But there is only one basketball.

When Durant takes action, Lin Chuan has to watch.

When Lin Chuan shoots, Durant has to move aside.

So, he didn't care if they both had to go all out or anything.

For him anyway.

It's just one turn for you and one turn for me.

Can two people score at the same time, and get 4 or 6 points in one round? !

Durant pushed the ball forward and came to the front court. He looked at the confident Anthony and said,

“I don’t know what’s wrong with you, but you seem very confident. However, with Lin Chuan and I exerting our strength at the same time, you should just accept the consequences of your defeat.”

Before he finished speaking, Durant suddenly started dribbling the ball.

He used a double change of direction to get to the inside and made a beautiful layup facing the defense.

Anthony shrugged.

Just two points.

Coming to the frontcourt, he quickly responded to Durant with his second mid-range shot.

Next round.

Lin Chuan was unstoppable in the paint, dunking over Chandler and causing a foul at the same time.

Standing on the right side of the free throw line, Anthony was ready to grab the rebound.

But Lin Chuan's free throw went steadily into the net.

Just treat it as a three-pointer, normal.

Anthony took a deep breath and his restless heart gradually calmed down.

Coming to the frontcourt, he broke through and passed the ball to Stoudemire, who then passed the ball to JR.

A three-pointer was scored from the outside.

Close the score again.

Seeing his teammates also able to score goals, Anthony gradually felt relieved.

It seems that everyone wants to win this game, so even if the two opposing teams have strong damage output, they still have a chance.

But then…

Durant stepped on the line and scored two points.

Stoudemire missed the drifting mid-range shot.

Lin Chuan missed a difficult layup, but he grabbed the rebound and scored again.

JR missed the 1v1 three-pointer, and Lin Chuan passed the ball to Ibaka in the frontcourt for a fast break dunk.

Anthony made another three-pointer, and Lin Chuan responded with a three-pointer from the top of the arc.

Anthony turned around and made a layup, and Durant made a quick stop and missed the shot, but Lin Chuan grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Durant for a layup in the second attack.

Then two more Knicks shots missed, and Lin Chuan scored two consecutive goals in the paint.

The Knicks called a timeout decisively.

Fake!

Anthony ripped off his headband and fell into a chair.

His face was ashen.

My mentality, which had been able to remain stable, is now about to collapse.

"What the hell! Are these two guys using some kind of aiming hack? We've been playing for so many rounds and they barely missed the ball!"

Woodson scratched his bald head and fell silent.

Originally at the beginning of the second half, the score between the two sides was 57:48, with a difference of only nine points.

But in the second half, after Anthony began his true form of offensive kaleidoscope, the score had reached 75:58 after most of the third quarter.

The score difference quietly became 17 points.

Chandler didn't know what to say.

Obviously, after hearing his heartfelt words, Anthony has come out of his confusion and is playing far better than usual.

He made all 4 shots in half a quarter and scored 9 points.

But JR and Stoudemire seemed out of shape and failed to provide him with strong support.

As a result, even though the boss performed very well, the opponent quickly widened the score.

Moreover, the two opponents each scored the same score as him.

Ugh!
He sighed secretly.

Even though the Mavericks were not as strong as the Heat at the time, they were still able to win.

But all this is based on the premise that while Nowitzki performs well, others must also perform extremely well!
Now it seems that everyone else has pulled out. In this case, there is no chance of fighting the opponent until the decisive moment of this game.

and……

Chandler glanced at Lin Chuan who was sitting opposite him to rest, and couldn't help but be amazed.

This guy……

Having already scored 27 points in the first half, he scored another 9 points in this quarter, for a total of 36 points.

What kind of monster is this?

This offensive ability has obviously suppressed another player on the team, Durant.

It's really difficult for me to face off against such a monster.

Thinking of head coach Woodson's expectations of him before the game and during halftime, Chandler felt a little guilty and didn't even dare to look at him.

After the timeout, the situation did not improve.

The only change is that Durant stepped up his offense.

Scored 6 points in the last three minutes of this quarter.

The score was opened to a gap of 18 points.

Section 4.

With such a huge score gap, the Knicks have already shown that they are at the end of their strength.

After struggling for four minutes, the score did not narrow, but instead reached 22 points.

Seeing this, Woodson had to sigh and replace all the main players who were going to continue fighting.

This game was a complete surrender.

The Thunder then replaced several players and sent in substitutes to experience the atmosphere of the finals.

截至下场，林川已经砍下了47分13篮板6助攻3盖帽1抢断。

Durant also scored 41 points.

Created a new record in the finals.

40+ in the same game and the same team.

Anthony, on the other hand, scored 43 points while trying to score alone to narrow the score.

Although we lost the game, we managed to save some face.

The show is over.

The score was fixed at 123:109.

The Thunder defeated the Knicks at home and achieved two consecutive victories in the finals!

In the next game, they will go to the Knicks' home court, Madison Square Garden in New York, to play G3 and G4.

During the post-match interviews, a large number of media reporters flocked to the scene.

"In this game, the opponent's offensive kaleidoscope Anthony played very well, but it was still difficult to win. Why were you able to defeat the opponent?"

Facing the reporter's questions, Lin Chuan just smiled.
"The Knicks only have one offensive kaleidoscope, while we Thunder have two. As we all know, 2>1, so we won, it's that simple!"

Lin Chuan's concise analysis made everyone look at each other in surprise, and then there was sparse applause.

Lin Chuan folded his arms and laughed.

Durant, who was standing by, couldn't help but have three black lines on his face.

He didn't expect that Lin Chuan was quite good at telling jokes and actually had a talent in this area.

After the game, he was still sweating and almost caught a cold from listening to Lin Chuan's jokes.

(End of this chapter)