NABC Chapter 664 Open the door! Come out and see God! Lin Tian finally gets...
Chapter 664 Open the door! Come out and see God! Lin Tian finally gets...
During the 20-minute halftime break, Don Nelson didn't give any specific instructions. He simply reminded all the players to screen more, set more picks and rolls, and engage in more small plays where two players set screens for each other.
Especially for Lin Tian, whether there's the ball or not, everyone needs to provide him with more screens!
Because Don Nelson predicted that Brown would definitely start double-teaming in the second half!
Even if he doesn't double-team Lin Tian, he will at least set up some kind of coordinated defense to contain him.
Larry Brown will not stand idly by and watch Lin score another 40+ points in the second half!
He can't stand this!
Therefore, the defensive intensity and tightness that Lin Tian will face in the second half will be far greater than in the first half!
But this also means that the rest of the Knicks players will have plenty of space and open shot opportunities.
If they can maintain their lead, a 6-point deficit is practically within their grasp.
As for Lin Tian, Old Nelson didn't give him much advice.
He trusted Lin Tian too much; this guy never let him down!
As for the Bobcats' locker room, Brown first praised Felton again, encouraging him to keep up the good work. Then, just as Don Nelson had predicted, he changed the defensive strategy!
Double-team! In the second half, he's going to double-team Lin Tian!
He also instructed everyone to be more aggressive on the defensive end, telling his players to be tougher and more decisive!
If Lin Tian makes a breakthrough, he's willing to have his player grab Lin Tian and pull him down from the air! As long as it's not a 2+1 play, then send him to the free throw line!
He wouldn't tolerate Lin Tian continuing to score so easily and recklessly!
Soon after the halftime break, both teams' players returned to the field, and neither coach made any substitutions, maintaining their existing team lineups.
There's no need to make any adjustments! At least not now!
The Knicks had possession of the ball for the first time in the third quarter. As usual, Lin Tian calmly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Just as he approached the three-point line, Felton and Carroll, two guards, rushed towards him.
The double-team tactic has officially begun!
Lin Tian handled the double-teaming by the two men with absolute ease!
Just kidding, what haven't I seen, buddy? A mere double-team, you think I'd get nervous and make a mistake?
In the first round, Lin Tian took advantage of Houston's open position, first dribbling backward to create some space, then suddenly accelerating forward, completely drawing the attention of the two guys double-teaming him to himself.
Then, Lin made a clever behind-the-back pass, sending the ball to Houston on the wing.
A wide-open jump shot from two steps inside the three-point line – that's exactly Houston's favorite shot!
Houston receives the ball and can confidently shoot without needing to adjust.
"Bang!"
After a muffled thud, Houston's seemingly sure shot bounced off the rim, and Okafor grabbed the rebound. Now it was the Bobcats' turn to launch a fast break!
Felton received the ball and continued to advance, and when Lin Tian closed in, Felton quickly passed the ball to Carroll on the wing. Carroll then lobbed the ball to Anderson, who was following up on the other side.
When Anderson got the ball, not a single Knicks player could keep up with him. He easily started and scored two points with a layup! The Bobcats were still extending their lead!
For the next two minutes, Lin Tian didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he kept looking for his teammates, wanting to see if they were feeling anything and test their condition tonight.
Then?
Then the score difference between the two sides reached 12 points again!
There was no way around it; tonight, the Knicks players seemed to have held a grand meeting, found a shaman, and poured all their energy into Lin Tian.
Lin Tian was full of energy and had unlimited stamina, but the others kept missing their shots and just couldn't find their rhythm tonight!
Three minutes into the third quarter, Lin Tian didn't take a single shot, instead participating in the offense primarily through passing. His teammates, however, were extremely disappointing, with each player performing poorly.
Facing double-teams, Lin Tian's rational approach to play didn't yield much benefit for him, nor did it help his teammates gain anything.
The Knicks' players were struggling with their shots, especially in the first phase of the fourth quarter. Aside from a rapid increase in missed shots, they didn't contribute much in other areas.
Three minutes into the third quarter, Lin Tian once again advanced the ball. This time, instead of passing, he made a fake pass to draw the Bobcats' defensive focus in that direction.
Even Felton, who had been sticking close to Lin Tian, glanced in that direction at the same time Lin Tian made another move!
Another three-pointer has been unleashed!
"Bang!"
Perhaps because he had rested for the entire halftime break and hadn't taken a shot in the first few minutes of the third quarter, Lin Tian's three-pointer bounced off the rim and missed!
Just as Okafor turned around to grab the rebound, he suddenly felt a tremendous pressure coming from behind him, and he couldn't jump at all!
He didn't even have time to turn around to look. He could only turn around and raise his hand to push the person pressing down on him from behind in order to protect himself.
"Beep beep!"
The referee's whistle blew immediately, and at the same time, the orange basketball appeared in front of Okafor.
From this perspective, the basketball clearly emerged from the hoop!
Lin Tian!
At this moment, it's naturally Lin Tian's turn!
He felt something was off when he took the shot, so he immediately accelerated and charged into the paint to grab the offensive rebound!
Because Lin Tian himself took the shot, he clearly predicted the ball's landing point and successfully grabbed the offensive rebound over Okafor's head, then completed the putback in mid-air.
As for Okafor's foul, the resulting 2+1 play was definitely a pleasant surprise!
"Whoosh!"
After another crisp sound, Lin Tian made the free throw, successfully scoring a 2+1!
"Mark him closely! Mark him closely! Can't two people guard him? You two better mark him closely!" Brown yelled angrily at Felton and Carroll from the sidelines, "On the defensive end, you two better mark him closely!"
"I won't allow you two bastards to have your eyes off Lin for even a second! Every single moment! Understand? Keep a close eye on this bastard every single moment!"
"Don't let him shoot! Stick to him! Don't let him shoot mid-range shots, second line of defense, get the help defense moving quickly! Force him to the basket, then everyone collapse and surround him! Understand? Surround him! Push him into a corner! Make it harder for him to shoot!"
"Don't be angry, Larry." Lin Tian happened to walk past Brown at that moment, raised his hand and gave him a light tap on the butt: "You think the two of them can do something that Chauncey and Richard couldn't?"
"If they had that ability, you wouldn't be at the bottom of the league now!"
Murder and kill!
Lin Tian's comment that the league was at the bottom infuriated Brown so much that he almost jumped up and punched Lin Tian on the head. But unfortunately, the old man was too old to jump or hit accurately. He could only angrily turn his head away from Lin Tian and continue to yell at his teammates.
He demanded a relentless, all-encompassing, and continuous coordinated defense strategy against Lin Tian!
Tonight, we must stop Lin Tian!
We can't let him score like that anymore.
But clearly, as Lin Tian said, even Billups and Hamilton, along with the Pistons' historically great defense, couldn't do anything about him. What can you expect Felton and Carroll to achieve?
The rest of the match time once again became Lin Tian's stage!
However, the difference is that he no longer focuses on mid-range and long-range shooting.
Lin Tian chose to do as Brown wanted. You don't want me to shoot? You want me to drive to the basket, to break through the encirclement and then let all the Bobcats players surround and annihilate me?
no problem!
as you wish!
In the following game, Lin Tian repeatedly came to the frontcourt, then broke through quickly, repeatedly driving into the paint or using feints and changes in rhythm in the mid-range to deceive the Bobcats' defenders.
Sometimes he's as fierce as a rhinoceros during the Great Migration in Africa, charging headlong into the paint regardless of any obstacles in his path, challenging, or rather, humiliating, Okafor.
Sometimes he's as clever as an 800-year-old fox, using his feints and changes in rhythm to trick the Bobcats' young players into jumping again and again, making them dizzy and committing fouls.
In this quarter, Lin Tian almost never shot outside the three-second zone, and only attempted two three-pointers, but missed both.
Even so, he was still unstoppable in this section!
He made 5 of 9 shots in this quarter, and also made all 9 of his free throws!
19 points in a single quarter!
Lin Tian continued his scoring spree in the last 9 minutes of the third quarter, racking up 19 points in the quarter!
By the end of the third quarter, Lin Tian had already scored 63 points!
He remains unstoppable, continuing to deliver on his promise to keep the team in the top spot.
Brown, however, had already calmed down by this time.
He realized that Lin Tian was right. With the personnel he had, it was impossible to defend against Lin Tian, and he could not stop Lin Tian's scoring trend.
Since I can't stop, I might as well accept my fate! I'm not going to defend myself anymore! I'm not going to defend myself anymore!
You bastard, do you really think you can score 100 points?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Everyone gets tired, and everyone's shooting touch fluctuates. Even if you're Lin Tian, after you've been on fire for three quarters, your shooting touch will inevitably dip a little in the fourth quarter!
Brown could also see the data. In the third quarter, Lin Tian's three-point shooting had clearly declined. Not only did he miss both of his shots, but throughout the entire quarter, Lin Tian did not make any significant contributions from the mid-range or long-range, and he kept trying to break through.
This must be because Lin Tian knew he wasn't having a good shooting night, so he used his impact and experience to score points and cover up the fact that he wasn't having a good shooting night!
In particular, Felton, who was matched up against Lin Tian, had an excellent performance tonight. Although he wasn't as explosive as Lin Tian, he still had 24 points and 13 assists by the end of the third quarter!
Tonight is definitely the most brilliant night of Felton's career! Even if his brilliance is completely overshadowed by Lin Tian, it doesn't matter!
Brown believed that Lin Tian would definitely strengthen his defense in the fourth quarter and would closely guard Felton, which would further dampen Felton's offensive touch!
More importantly, the Bobcats' offense was really good tonight. They shot over 50% from three-point range and over 50% overall! Everyone was at their best.
They were still leading even at the end of the third quarter!
90: 98!
They still have an 8-point advantage. They withstood Lin Tian's relentless bombardment and this wave of Lin Tian's insane firepower!
Since that's the case, let's keep the firepower going, keep our offensive momentum going, and keep pushing forward!
Tonight, I'll challenge you to another offensive contest!
Brown made up his mind in his heart!
He simply didn't believe that Lin Tian could maintain top-notch shooting form and score consistently throughout the entire game!
The reason Brown was able to make this decision was not only because the team's offense was really good and they still had a chance to win, but also because he had long been exhausted by Lin Tian.
You only score around 60 points in 3 quarters. If you play freely the whole game, how many points can you get?
An amazing 80 points!
So what? It's not the first time!
Wait, Lin Tian got 80+ before?
Forget it! It's not important! It's fucking unimportant!
The important thing is, as long as the Bobcats win tonight, even if Lin Tian scores 100 points, it will be a joke! It will be the behavior of a stat padder!
It's not worth mentioning at all!
Win! As long as we win, nothing else matters!
With this in mind, Brown began to devise the team's tactics for the fourth quarter.
Of course, despite this determination, when arranging tactics, he still required Felton and Carroll to double-team Lin Tian, and still demanded that everyone provide support in defending Lin Tian at any time.
The only difference was that he said something to Felton.
"In the fourth quarter, do whatever you want! Play the best night of your career!"
"Go and beat the Knicks, beat Lin! You'll become the nation's number one rising star! You'll become America's hero!"
"Don't tell anyone your name; let the world ask you your name!"
"Then answer them loudly."
"I am Raymond Felton!"
Brown's words ignited Felton's passion!
More importantly, he was in really good form tonight. Maybe he can't score 60 or 70 points, but if he continues to deliver tonight...
In the end, you might be able to get a 30+20!
If Lin Tian, who scores 7-80 points in the entire game, manages to get 30+20 and win the game...
Felton knew that Brown's words would come true!
No need to tell others your name anymore!
People all over the world come to ask him what his name is and who he is!
Let's do it! Tonight, we have to do it!
As Felton and Brown made their decision, little did they know that Lin Tian's fans, Knicks fans, and fans who wanted to watch the excitement were already eagerly popping champagne!
With 63 points in 3 quarters, the Knicks couldn't pull away, and were even trailing. What does this mean?
This means that Lin Tian will continue to play in the fourth quarter and will continue to give his all! He will not leave the court early to rest!
Now, even the most pessimistic Knicks and Lin Tian fans are chanting the slogan 80 points!
More optimistic fans, however, said that 90 points is nothing!
Of course, there are even more fanatical fans.
They have already started offering incense to Chamberlain.
"Don't worry, old man! Someone has taken over your job!"
"Lin will probably be even crazier tonight than we expect."
Barkley, watching the score, was equally excited: "Even if the Bobcats fight tooth and nail, they can't stop Lin! They're still leading! I think this lead will be the biggest regret of their lives!"
Kenny nodded in agreement with surprising enthusiasm, saying, "I think tonight we're going to witness a whole new chapter in history! A crazy moment that no one has ever done before is about to begin!"
Barkley paused, then looked at Kenny in surprise and said, "I really didn't expect you to be even more optimistic and even crazier than me!"
Kenny shrugged and said, "It's not that I'm optimistic or crazy, it's just that Lin is such a monster! He's like a god sent down by God to teach us how to play basketball—invincible, indestructible, and unbeatable!"
"Kobe, stop practicing and come watch the game." In Los Angeles, Vanessa called out to Kobe for the first time ever, interrupting his training and inviting him to watch the game.
"Don't you hate it when I watch games at home and want me to spend more time with you guys?" Kobe was taken aback; this was the first time Vanessa had ever invited him to watch an NBA game at home.
"I don't understand basketball, but I think you'll definitely regret it if you don't watch this game." Vanessa shook her head. She knew Kobe very well, which was why she took the initiative to invite him.
Otherwise, who knows how many times Kobe will watch the game tape after tonight.
It would be better to let him watch the live stream! (End of Chapter)