NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 241: Three-point rain from the sky, a triumphant regular season
finally come!

Lin Chuan's heart trembled, and he felt a burst of joy. Then he immediately focused his consciousness in his brain and listened to the next words of the system.

"The start of a new season has been detected. System task: [Establish a Dynasty] has been triggered."

"Mission requirements: surpass last year's regular season record, win the championship of the season, and complete three consecutive championships."

“Reward: Peak Stephen Curry’s shooting ability.”

"Do you want to accept it?"

Lin Chuan couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

In fact, last season, he already felt that his panel was strong enough.

He has no rivals on the court.

After winning the championship, Antetokounmpo's physical fitness was rewarded, and his only weakness was made up.

What remains are only strong points and stronger points.

It's not a full-grid hexagonal warrior, but it doesn't have any dents.

But even so, Lin Chuan also thought that maybe the system would give him further enhancements and even issue new tasks.

Unexpectedly, in the first game of the new season, everyone entered the locker room and prepared to go on the court, but this task came late.

But it's enough.

With this body, if he gets another three-pointer from Curry, he really doesn't know what the other players should do.

Although the mission requirements are very demanding.

After winning 74 games last season, the system asked him to go one step further and win the championship, but he did not feel that this was being too harsh on him.

With Antetokounmpo's physical fitness and the addition of the Splash Brothers, he is confident that the team will be able to surpass last season's results.

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan suppressed his inner excitement and said to the system,
"Take the task."

"Ding!"

"Mission: [Establish a Dynasty] has been accepted. I hope the host can successfully complete the mission and receive the reward."

Hearing the final prompt from the system, Lin Chuan couldn't help but smile.

I didn’t expect this system to be so user-friendly, and I didn’t forget to encourage him.

"Why haven't I seen you so humane before?"

Lin Chuan still wanted to chat with the system.

But the system seemed to be dead, silent and motionless.

No matter how Lin Chuan called it, there was no response at all.

Just like usual.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan didn't care and brought his thoughts back to reality.

He slowly stood up and glanced at everyone in the locker room.

After everyone quieted down and focused their attention on him, Lin Chuan slowly spoke,

"Everyone, the preseason results have caused many people to question whether we still have the dominance. Countless people are now waiting for us to lose in our first game of the season, and then criticize us verbally, thinking that we can't complete the three consecutive championships this season and establish a dynasty."

"so……"

Lin Chuan stopped and observed everyone's expressions.

Durant looked relaxed.

In his view, the opponent was just that Knicks team.

The team they swept last season.

Anthony is just a fancy guy.

It looked like it was attacking a kaleidoscope.

But compared to him, there is still a lot behind.

When it comes to the Olympics, I can only help myself.

Whether it's three-point shooting or basket shooting, he's not as good as me in everything.

This player is simply a low-profile version of him in all aspects.

And he is playing against the Knicks team, in which he is the leader.

Durant naturally looked down on it.

Last season, Westbrook was able to sweep them even without playing.

This season, there are two new strong players in the starting lineup, so it is not difficult to beat them.

Curry, who was traded for the deal, seemed a little nervous.

This was his first game after joining the Thunder, and he was facing a team that made the finals last season, so the pressure was relatively high.

If he fails to perform well, he will inevitably face accusations and criticisms from the media and netizens.

Thinking of this, he naturally felt a little overwhelmed.

Thompson on the side had a serious expression, but Lin Chuan did not see any trace of nervousness on his face.

Lin Chuan could understand it after thinking about it for a while.

His heart is not ordinary big.

Several classic playoff performances also earned him the title of G6 Soup.

It also gave rise to words such as the coming of Buddha.

I guess from his perspective, no competition would make him feel stressed.

Despite this, everyone's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan nodded with satisfaction and continued,

"Then let's show our best form, defeat the Knicks in this game, and crush all the doubts! Let them know that as the defending champions, we have only one goal this season, and that is to win three consecutive championships and establish a dynasty!"

"it is good!"

Everyone responded.

Walk into the venue.

The game was held at Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of Oklahoma City.

After four months, fans are looking forward to seeing the team's majestic appearance again.

They have been waiting for this game for a long time.

As soon as Lin Chuan and his companions stepped onto the court, thunderous cheers rang out throughout the entire stadium.

Even Curry and Thompson are NBA players who have played for several years. They also reached the second round of Game 7 with the Warriors last year. Even though the pressure was full in the sixth game and it was a life-and-death battle at home, they had never seen such enthusiastic fans as those at the Thunder's home court.

The decibel level at the home stadium reached almost 100, causing Curry to frown and cover his ears.

At this moment, he saw Lin Chuan beside him seemed to be saying something to him. Curry took his hands off his ears and showed a puzzled expression.

"Is it because the sound is so loud that you are not used to it?"

Curry nodded.

"Oklahoma fans are so enthusiastic. In this small city, watching the Thunder games is their biggest entertainment. You get used to it after staying here for a long time."

Curry nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, although his previous Golden State Warriors team was located in Oakland, across a bridge from San Francisco, it is not considered a big city.

But compared to Oklahoma, it is still much more prosperous.

There really is nothing here except this team.

It is also for this reason that these fans support their own teams so sincerely.

Thinking of this, Curry suddenly clenched his fists.

Suddenly, the previous tension dissipated a lot.

What replaced it was fighting spirit.

In this case, he should put in a good enough performance to give back to the fans who support the Thunder.

Only in this way can we justify the hard-earned money spent by these fans.

Lin Chuan noticed Curry's changes out of the corner of his eye, and felt much more relieved.

It seems that in this way, Curry will not have performance problems due to psychological pressure.

At the beginning of the game, Lin Chuan skillfully bullied Chandler, successfully jumped the ball and passed it to the backcourt.

But this time, he did not dawdle and fall behind like he did in previous games. Instead, he saved his energy and slowly entered the inside to compete with Chandler.

But a bow.

Then, in the incomprehensible gazes of several Knicks players, he suddenly stepped on the accelerator and sped away.

He was so fast that he passed through Chandler and was almost level with Anthony.

The Knicks players finally reacted and quickly narrowed their defensive formation.

"Don't let him succeed in stealing! Stop him!"

Woodson on the sidelines roared in shock, but Lin Chuan was too fast.

Before Xiao Si could stop him.

Lin Chuan has already rushed to the paint area.

At the same time, Curry had already thrown the ball away.

A long pass hit the ground.

The ball passed through Stoudemire's crotch, bounced off the ground and landed accurately in front of Lin Chuan.

"Good news."

Lin Chuan muttered to himself, stretched out his big hands to grab the ball, and then used his own impact force to suddenly fly directly into the air.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Chuan was like a bow with the bowstring pulled to its limit, forming a perfect C shape in the sky.

Then he pulled the ball from behind his head to the front of his body, and used his own gravity to slam the ball into the basket.

It truly embodies what a slam dunk is.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the basket, making a squeaking sound.

All the fans in the stadium were shocked and the cheers stopped for a moment.

After all, even they had never seen such a scene.

Lin Chuan, who seemed a little slow last year, scored his first point this season with a fierce and violent two-handed slam dunk!
No one would believe it!
The next moment, the paused cheers broke out again, far exceeding the previous ones.

Even the metal link brackets on the top of the stadium made a dull resonant sound.

Behind him, Stoudemire, who originally wanted to jump up, only shot the air and fell back to the ground in embarrassment.

The look he gave Lin Chuan was full of surprise.

That ball just now was not something that could be played by a technical player.

Even the current top dunker, the White Beast Blake Griffin who reinterprets the aesthetics of violence, is no more than this!

Seeing Lin Chuan turning around and noticing his gaze, he just kept a tense face, as if in his opinion, that dunk was not a cool and exciting operation, but just mediocre.

That's why he didn't even celebrate and just went back to defense.

I don’t know how hard this man trained during the offseason to be able to do this, at least he, Stoudemire, can’t do it.

Lin Chuan ran back with a nonchalant look on his face, but he was actually extremely happy.

He demonstrated this operation a long time ago.

But because he didn't want others to think he had super powers, he didn't show off his new skills until the regular season started.

Explosive physical fitness.

And the tricks derived from it.

For example, a breakthrough dunk.

This time he finally got it installed.

Although Xiao Si didn't say anything just now, from his shocked and envious look, Lin Chuan could also get a glimpse of what he was thinking.

It seems that the other party was also fooled by him.

Perhaps because they were given a warning at the beginning, the Knicks' first attack seemed a little unfocused.

It ended with a missed shot.

Curry advances with the ball.

Seeing that the point guard in front of him was only 1.85 meters tall, he jumped up and shot without hesitation.

It was a surprise attack.

The basketball went into the net, and Curry announced his joining with a three-pointer.

The Knicks quickly counterattacked and chose to serve quickly.

JR Smith, who was promoted to the starting lineup, responded with a three-pointer.

Seeing this, Curry just smiled and didn't say anything, but looked at Klay who was defending the opponent.

Klay shook his head with some disdain, then pointed to the three-point line.

Curry smiled and nodded to show that he understood.

In the next round, Klay made a few simple moves and came outside the three-point line, creating some space.

Then he directly received the pass from Curry.

"Don't think about it!"

JR caught up with Klay at the last moment, and his expression relaxed a little.

He didn't think the opponent would dare to take a three-pointer when he was defending closely.

But Klay didn't even look at him and shot without dribbling.

JR tried his best to block the shot, blocking the space to the limit, but ultimately failed to prevent the ball from being shot.

But at least I can't get in.

I've been so defensive.

JR thought so and turned to look at the basket.

As he watched, the basketball drew an arc and fell into the net again.

WTF?

JR was a little bit incredulous.

But Thompson was used to it and retreated without even celebrating.

But he looked at Lin Chuan and made a three-point gesture.

It was like an explanation for the often inaccurate performances in previous training matches.

I haven't always been that iron-willed!

It's just that I just didn't feel good when I first arrived!

Lin Chuan also understood what he was thinking, so he immediately pointed at the opponent, and before his opponent crossed the half court, he trotted forward to high-five him to celebrate.

Two consecutive hits at the start!
But the Knicks don't dare to play like that.

You have to shoot three-pointers, but don’t shoot randomly.

They stabilized the tempo and Anthony began the attack.

Seeing the Knicks fall into their previous style of play, Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel annoyed.

So boring.

The Knicks knew they couldn't beat them this way, but they went back to their old ways for safety.

He now just wants to use the team's new style of play to destroy the team that reached the finals last season.

Watching Anthony's shot being interfered by Durant and missed.

Lin Chuan grabbed the rebound and threw it out.

Running slowly to the frontcourt, Lin Chuan provided a screen for Curry, and then did not choose to cut inside, but instead reached out directly to the outside.

Curry also understood what he meant and immediately passed the ball.

Chandler was still inside and had not yet attacked.

In order to prevent Lin Chuan from suddenly rushing into the penalty area and dunking like he did just now, he did not stand at the edge of the penalty area on standby as he did in the past, but instead hid under the basket to prevent being swiped.

But this deprived him of the opportunity to rush out to defend.

Seeing Lin Chuan catch the ball again, he just sighed secretly, gave up rushing out to defend, and simply turned around to protect the rebound.

Even though he knew that Lin Chuan's open three-pointer was very stable, he had no choice but to do this.

Watching the basketball go into the net again, Chandler felt a little desperate.

Can't guard against it.

There's no way to prevent it.

This center who can shoot three-pointers and wreak havoc in the interior is powerless even if he achieved the best defense in a single season in the past two years and won the DPOY award.

If he really wants to defend against the opponent, he would have to grow two heads and four arms to do it.

Seeing Lin Chuan also make a three-pointer.

The Knicks did not call a timeout.

Woodson frowned and stared at the situation on the court.

He didn't think that a few three-pointers would be enough to defeat them.

They were also a team that made it to the finals last season.

There is still some ability in chasing points.

(End of this chapter)