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Chapter 95 Two Minutes of Madness
Lin Yi's arrogant attitude and two consecutive strong offensive and defensive performances aroused the booing and non-stop shouting of all the Rockets fans in the entire Toyota Center. They wanted to use their voices to tell that first-year kid, this is not you It's not your turn, a rookie, to call the shots here.

Even the local Houston newspaper reporters and TV station staff in the media seats were booing along with the fans in the arena.However, their boos were not only to express their dissatisfaction with Lin Yi, but also to Adelman in the Rockets' rest area.

When the opponent's center was ravaging the Houston Rockets, which has a center tradition, their most reliable inside big man was thrown on the bench by the head coach to rest. This is an incomprehensible behavior for many people, including these reporters. Expressing his anger with his own voice, Adelman is really like a pile of shit in their eyes now.

"Oh, it seems that everyone is expressing dissatisfaction with Lin Yi's performance. It seems that Adelman's life is not good. There are already fans yelling at him behind his back." Walley could see that the fans wanted to express This is what he wants to express as a supporter of the Rockets, and Adelman's arrangement also makes him feel puzzled.

"I've said long ago that the Rockets can't beat the goddamn Princeton. Only Rudy knows how to use a good big man. Rick will only use those who don't score and only pass flops. , such as that goddamn bearded Divac, that guy who can play like he's on TV and can be an actor." It seems that Barkley was quite dissatisfied with Rick Adelman's original Princeton insider.

The Chinese reporters in the media seats were more dissatisfied with why Lin Yi provoked his compatriots. Fan Ling and others were also guessing why Lin Yi did this. Didn't he know that this match would be broadcast live domestically?
How is this different from making enemies for yourself, let alone for your compatriots, you must know that YAO's status in the domestic sports world can almost surpass all athletes.Why did Lin Yi anger his opponent so much? It was not good for him. Fan Ling also complained about Lin Yi's performance just now, but she was thinking about Lin Yi's future.

Only Lin Yi knew why he did this. He was not an iron man, and he couldn't really stay on the court for 48 minutes. Asking his opponent to rest for an extra minute off the court would be a threat to him.He must use his strongest performance to drag the opponent back to the court, so that the physical exhaustion of both sides can be at the same level, and then the Heat can have a chance to win.

Yao's weight is both his advantage and his disadvantage. When Lin increases the speed of the inside attack and makes the opponent have to follow his rhythm, that is the chance for the Heat to win.What's more, Wade has not started his sprint performance with his unrivaled speed. The lack of moving speed is the defect of YAO. His huge body can't move freely in the two restricted areas.

However, seeing that Adelman did not intend to replace Yao on the field because of his attack, Lin Yi knew that such an attack hadn't touched the pain nerves of the old man with the white beard. Purpose.

As for YAO, Lin has a lot of respect for this pioneer in the NBA. After all, the other party has greatly improved the status of the Chinese in the NBA, regardless of how many official operating methods there are. After all, YAO used his own hands and achievements to tell everyone that the Chinese can also have their own place in the NBA, and YAO's skills at the basket and that soft touch have always been the template for many centers, although the lack of athletic ability It made him unable to become a superstar supporting an era, but he has done enough.

YAO has also always been one of the targets that Lin Yi wants to surpass. Although he can't perfectly restrain his opponent in a one-on-one situation, he will try to use his best style of play to restrain his opponent's performance. Fighting against such an opponent is also the only way for Lin Yi to grow up.

But respect is respect, the competition is not because of the resistance that respects whoever has to give up. Lin Yi is not used to handing over the victory to others. He will use his most perfect performance to answer the opponent. Defeating an opponent may be the greatest respect for a competitor.

As for those boos, Lin Yi, like Wade, now knows how to appreciate this kind of alternative encouragement from his own perspective, because he has already stung the nerves of his opponents, that's why he is hated by so many people, this is his purpose , he doesn't need to win the respect of his opponents, victory is the most important thing.Now he is going to continue to stimulate the old man with the white beard, Rick Adelman.

A perfect defense just now has controlled the ball in the hands of the Heat. Wade used his lightning-fast breakthrough to equalize the score on the field before the opponent has fully returned. The two teams returned to the same starting line. Now, less than 35 seconds have passed.

McGrady took Alston's pass, and his dim sleepy eyes have gradually brightened.Although he is now troubled by back injuries and is no longer the omnipotent super scorer, he will not allow a first-year kid to give him such a big humiliation. He will use his own hands to regain this field. He will To make that kid regret what he said just now, he will use both hands to prove that he is still the magical Mr. 35 Seconds.

Lin Yi has read the opponent's intentions from McGrady's eyes holding the ball. He began to pay attention to changing the direction of his face to the basket when he was tearing up against Scola. His eyes were always fixed on the opponent's footsteps.Scola, who was busy vying for the position with Lin Yi, didn't realize that the opponent's attention was no longer on him. He was still desperately using his body to resist Lin Yi's arm on his back. The guy is much taller than him in height.

Wade was successfully broken by McGrady because of the defensive error just now, and now he began to concentrate his energy on the man in front of him. He didn't want this big man who was good at breaking through to take advantage of his negligence in defense again, after all It is impossible for Lin Yi to help him make up for his mistakes continuously.

The contest between the two forwards and guards began to unfold near the three-point line of the Heat. McGrady's swaying body changed from left to right. He quickly adjusted his center of gravity and moved. He wanted to get rid of Wade. The marking, the first step is the most important.

Shaking, to the right, McGrady's stride suddenly increased, and Wade also instantly adjusted his defensive direction, pounced on McGrady who was trying to squeeze into the inside line from his left side.Just when his pace was following McGrady's attacking pace, Maddie's slender body suddenly changed its direction.The rapid change of the opponent's center of gravity made Wade lose the opportunity to intercept the opponent at the first time, but he still reluctantly turned around, trying to catch up with McGrady from behind and stop McGrady's attack.

At the moment when Wade passed by, McGrady forcibly changed his center of gravity position, and his footsteps were a little staggered because of this, but he still kicked hard on the ground under his feet. His ability to forcibly balance his center of gravity It has always been his proud capital.

A stride distance is enough for him to adjust his swaying body. Now is the time for him to raise his head and attack the basket. As long as he can make this ball beautifully, he will be greeted with cheers from the audience. Having this confidence refilled the Toyota Center with admiration for him.

The black shadow, when McGrady just stabilized his swaying body, what he raised his head to see was not a tall basket, but an oncoming black shadow, which stood like a mountain standing before him. on the route.McGrady, who could no longer stop his breakthrough, slammed directly into the center of the black shadow. The huge rebound made McGrady lose control of the basketball in an instant, and the huge pain he felt made his back twitch uncontrollably.

"Doo, dribbling into someone, offensive foul." The referee's whistle made the fans in the entire arena blow up. They thought it was definitely the opponent's blocking, defensive foul, and it had the purpose of hurting people. McGrady Covering your back with your hands and falling to the ground is the best evidence.

However, the clear playback on the big screen in the arena already showed that they were still wrong. At the moment McGrady changed his center of gravity and broke through Wade, Lin Yi had already thrown off Scola's entanglement, and reached the defensive position half a step earlier. The raised hands directly covered all the opponent's attack routes, while the steady footsteps did not move at the moment of contact.

What's more, Lin Yi, who is good at taking advantage of his opponent's mistakes, will even exaggerate the performance of the collision just now. He fell backwards, as if the damage he suffered was a bit more than that of McGrady.

In order to get rid of Wade's marking, McGrady kept his center of gravity very low. With his lowered head, he didn't pay attention to the opponent's early blocking. When he found out, it was too late to deal with the basketball in his hand. He even had a chance to cheat for a foul. nothing.

Lin Yi knew that for such an arrogant guy, they would always remember every humiliation, and would try to return this humiliation to their opponents, but this time it became Lin Yi's mentality to use.

His eyes never left McGrady, who was entangled with Wade. When the opponent broke through and just passed half of Wade's body, Lin Yi had already entered his defensive area ahead of time. mm to calculate.

"What the hell is this little guy made of? His footsteps are like ghosts. He definitely didn't rush over at that moment, but floated over. This fucking is simply not the reaction that a human being should have." Buckley said in The screams in the broadcast booth almost pierced the eardrums of Walley who was sitting next to him, even though he was wearing a thick headset, it didn't help.

Not only Barkley was amazed, even Wade, who was well defended, looked at Lin Yi who was rubbing his chest in surprise.

"He is like a cheetah ready to attack at any time. He seems to have a natural sensitivity to danger. Has this guy already calculated that his opponent will definitely play singles with the ball?"

Of course, Wade didn't know what Lin Yi had quietly said to McGrady after the block was successfully blocked just now. You must know that Lin Yi's psychological warfare has always been to directly use his own words like needles to stab the opponent's heart. Unless the opponent is a clay figurine who won't get angry, anyone will make their own counterattack, let alone McGrady, who has always been regarded as an extraordinary talent.

Adelman, who was sitting in the rest area, was no longer stingy about moving his body like a wooden man. He finally stood on the sidelines and gave instructions for substitutions. However, it was not for YAO to reappear, but for McGrady to rest.He doesn't want to keep his core in a restless state. He is also worried that the collision just now will affect McGrady's body. Besides, there are 1 minute and 10 seconds left in the first quarter, so he won't care about his opponent. How crazy is the attack wave.

"You have to rest after all, kid. That's the moment when the Rockets will open up the score. Now you can be as crazy as you want." Adelman thought in his heart while looking at Lin Yi who was running on the field.

As soon as Lin watched Adelman replace his two core attackers, even Alston was replaced, and the replaced Brooks and Hayes had already changed the formation of the Rockets on the field.

Now Hayes and Scola are surrounded by Lin Yi, while Landry is wandering near the free throw line and involving Haslem's energy, and Artest's defensive object has also become Wade, Brooks Switch positions to mark Banks.

Double-teaming, Adelman wants to use two players with full game experience to limit Lin Yi's attack.

Banks' running speed is not as fast as Brooks, who is like a little monkey. Brooks' task is to rush into the penalty area at any time to find trouble for Lin Yi. No matter how nimble a big man is, he will have defensive pressure in the face of such an accelerated impact.

But Adelman's wishful thinking quickly came to nothing. Lin Yi's ability to deal with double teams was much stronger than he imagined. Scola originally planned to defend Lin Yi, and then Hayes waited for an opportunity to double-team. A trap-like inside defense was planned seamlessly.

But he still underestimated the flexibility of Lin Yi's footsteps. As soon as Lin received the basketball that Wade hung to him, he did not choose to hold the ball with both hands.Instead, he used his right hand to directly hold the basketball in the air, and at the same time put his left hand on Scola's body, the whole body turned directly and flew into the air, a standard small hook, which made the player who was too close Scola has no chance to stop the jump.

Hayes didn't even have a chance to pinch the defense. He watched the opponent's stretched long arms lightly send the ball into the basket. It was simple and direct. After landing, Lin rushed to the two guys who were half a head shorter than himself and shook the ball. shook his head.

What he meant was very clear. This level of pinching defense was meaningless to him, because the difference in height made the opponent's one defense and one supplement method long ago lost the threat.

On the offensive end, it was difficult for Scola and Hayes to get past Haslem and Lin Yi's two-person defense. The Heat's hierarchical positions on the periphery also made Brooks' breakthrough lose speed.The little monkey who barely broke through could only add another block to Lin Yi's statistics.

The re-armed Scola and Hayes directly adopted a double-team when Lin Yi attacked again, but Lin Yi's height above the front line shattered their imagination again, and Lin Yi's clear vision and good touch made Lin Yi directly Across the gap between the two, the ball was stuffed into Haslem's hands. Haslem's light layup once again added two points for the Heat.

Lin Yi was telling Adelman with his own actions that this level of double-teaming would not have much effect on him. Scola and Hayes were doomed to be unable to completely block him due to his height disadvantage, not to mention that he was not that A brainless center who can only play hard at the basket.

One minute and 40 seconds passed, but Lin Yi had stopped the opponent's four consecutive attacks. In this short period of more than one minute, the Heat quickly tied and overtook the score on the court. The clock is probably the most frustrating time at the Toyota Center.

The Rockets fans in the entire arena are being tortured by Lin Yi's strong offensive and defensive performance, while their big man is firmly pressed on the bench by the coach to rest. The dazzling red Big Three before the season, Now two of them have been replaced by rotation. Is this the fantasy combination that Morey's liar advocated that can break through the curse of the playoffs?
A weak McGrady plus a restricted playing time YAO, damn Adelman made it impossible for these fans to see the Rockets have any hope of resurgence, the only superstar on the court who is still desperate is that beast-like Adelman Tester, he is still using his strong body to suppress Wade's offensive footsteps, but his slow footwork still cannot suppress the Heat's momentum, especially the first-year guy who has been tossing inside.

All the fans in the audience were expressing their dissatisfaction with Adelman's tactics with their roars. They didn't understand why YAO, who could control the opponent's inside attack, would continue to sit on the sidelines and let a first-year rookie in their territory wreak havoc on.

Lin Yi used his attack and defense to hit the bottom line in Adelman's heart. The more hesitant Adelman's reaction was, the bigger the score on the field would be. He would also be overwhelmed by the reaction, and now every time Lin Yi can hold the ball, Adelman's nerves will be beating sensitively.

2 minutes was enough for Lin Yi to toss a result that shocked everyone inside the Rockets. He also used this kind of performance to arouse the fighting spirit in the heart of Yao who was sitting on the bench.

Spoelstra stood quietly on the sidelines and watched Lin Yi's ups and downs inside the Heat. He knew in his heart that all of this was at the cost of Lin Yi's overdrawn physical strength, but Lin Yi was very smart in the early stage. He didn't have too much physical contact with Yao, so he could last the entire first quarter.

Now this time period is the time when they want to increase the score, so that Lin Yi can also have a short rest period in the second quarter. After all, he can't support the whole game by himself. This kid has already carried enough burdens. , he couldn't do more.

A first-year rookie can play the leading role in offense and defense in such a game. Both Spoelstra and Wade are already very satisfied. Even Wade can hand over the focus of attack, he does not have too much The breakthrough is to take over the task of continuing to attack the opponent's defense line within the time when Lin is on the field.

Red Big Three?Wade doesn't care who the opponent is. When his lightning-quick footsteps restart, that's the deciding moment.What's more, with Lin Yi helping him on the field, the revived Heat will burn out any opponents who stand in their way.

Both sides are accumulating strength, but the Rockets are very depressed on one side, while the Heat on the other side exploded strongly in Lin Yi's crazy performance in 2 minutes.

Regardless of the outcome of the game, Lin Yi has used his performance to tell the people in the Toyota Center that this is your territory, but the people who make the decisions may not necessarily be Houstonians!

(Today is finally better... My head is not so hot, but I am still a little dizzy. I will compensate everyone after the 20th. Recently, both the quality and speed have been dragged down by the body. I am very sorry.)
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