N-A-A Chapter 485 I didn't want to be tricked either, but he said I was a piece of trash.
Chapter 485 I didn't want to be tricked either, but he said I was a piece of trash.
Upon arriving at the frontcourt again, Lin Tian ignored Allen Iverson, whose eyes were gleaming red and who was grimacing, determined to stop his shot.
Given Iverson's defensive capabilities, aside from being wary of his speed and steals, you can just ignore him the rest of the time.
He is superior in weight and height, and even surpasses Iverson's signature agility and speed. Technically, they are roughly evenly matched.
If I don't beat you into a sex slave, how can I, Lord Lin, even bother to show my face in the world?
Lin Tian, with his back to the basket in the low post on the right, waved for everyone to pull him away, then suddenly made a quick back turn, accelerated sharply, and charged towards the basket from the baseline!
As Lin Tian turned around, his arm swung back unintentionally, hitting Iverson directly and pushing him backward, thus completely shattering Iverson's last chance to catch up and defend.
Then Lin Tian charged towards Garnett, who was coming over to help defend the baseline!
He fearlessly jumped up and raised the ball high with both hands.
"You're finished!" Garnett saw the angle and timing of Lin Tian's takeoff, roared, and jumped up after Lin Tian with full confidence.
Unless Lin Tian could fly, Garnett was 100% confident he could block that shot!
then……
Then he discovered that Lin Tianzhen could really fly!
Just when it seemed the two were about to collide head-on, Lin Tian suddenly sidestepped in mid-air, leaned his upper body back, and quickly retrieved the basketball from his head to his chest.
This pull-up move allowed him to avoid Garnett's block, and the two of them in mid-air gave everyone the feeling of just brushing past each other!
Finally, Lin Tian, relying on his incredible hang time, blew past Garnett in mid-air, glided to the other side of the basket, and once again exerted force from his waist, raising the basketball in his hand once more.
"boom!"
Then came a loud bang, followed by a long silence.
The entire target center was silenced by Lin Tian's dunk.
How is that possible?
Is he even human?
This gliding distance, this hang time, this core strength.
Too scary!
"FUXX!" In the TNT studio, Barkley excitedly swore and then ripped off his clothes again.
He took off his suit jacket, then removed the Garnett jersey underneath, revealing the Pacers' yellow number 7 hidden beneath the Garnett jersey.
"Fuck you!" Kenny couldn't hold back any longer: "You're wearing a Pacers jersey underneath? Aren't you hot, you bastard?"
"I'm not pretending anymore!" Barkley shouted excitedly. "I'm not pretending anymore! What mysterious shamanic power, what incredible supernatural science, to hell with it! To hell with it! I'm an Indiana man for life!"
"Will they retire your jersey? You're just a mercenary who's only played for a year?" Kenny immediately mocked, striking at Barkley's weak spot.
But this time Barkley was clearly too excited, completely ignoring Kenny's trash talk, and continued, "We Indians will always be champions! Lin is the greatest NBA player in the world!"
"This shot reminded me of my first big brother Julius's one-handed volley, and it also reminded me of Michael's crazy layup in the 1991 Finals. Those shots were just as crazy as this one."
"But if you ask me, this is the greatest dunk in NBA Finals history!"
While Barkley was going crazy, Lin Tian was still lying on the floor.
He truly unleashed all his energy on that shot.
He jumped too far and then dunked with too much force, so he couldn't land properly.
Not only did it fail to stand, it also somersaulted backward.
The experienced Lin Tian didn't rush to get up. He lay on the floor and shook his ankles and knees a couple of times. His landing posture just now wasn't very graceful, and Lin Tian needed to make sure he wasn't injured at all.
Of course, the reason why Lin Tian was so relaxed and not in a hurry was because he saw Iverson had already reached out for the ball and was sprinting towards the frontcourt, wanting to take the opportunity to launch a fast break.
If you want to play, then I'll give it to you!
Anyway, the Pacers' goal tonight is to fish for fish!
After giving the fishing line a couple of sharp tugs, you have to let the fish swim happily for a while longer, otherwise the fishing line will break.
Before Lin Tian could get up, Iverson had already driven to the basket and completed a fast break layup, scoring on the fast break.
As Lin Tian slowly got up from the floor, Iverson stormed towards him, yelling, "I'm not afraid of you, Lin! It's all 2 points, there's no difference!"
"You know the difference yourself. Look at your fans, are they cheering for your goal? They're all waiting for the ball to go out of play! They're waiting for the ball to go out of play so they can watch the replay of that goal!"
"You must want to see it too, Allen."
"I don't want to!"
"No, think about it, after all, you'll never be able to spike a ball like that in your entire life."
"I don't want to!"
"Stop lying to yourself, you're really looking forward to it, aren't you?"
"Shut up! I won't... FUXXX!"
Iverson was arguing with Lin Tian when Lin Tian suddenly shoved him, then quickly moved to the side to catch the ball, and immediately pulled it up and threw it!
"Whoosh!"
Lin Tian received a pass from Christie and continued to contribute to the team's scoring!
"Alan, you're doomed to lose today! You're nothing but a bunch of spineless dogs with nothing left but your voices! You're going to lose tonight!"
In response to Lin Tian's trash talk, Iverson launched another furious attack.
Or rather, it was a series of frenzied attacks!
Iverson was completely blinded by rage.
As Iverson's partner, Garnett was eager to block Lin Tian's historic dunk, hoping to get revenge for himself.
At least in the future, when fans recall Lin Tian's dunk, Garnett's fans can retort: After being dunked on by Lin, our KG responded so strongly!
In the ensuing match, both of them fought with ferocity, unleashing all the strength they had accumulated over the past two days.
The effect was very obvious; the Timberwolves' score increased rapidly as they worked hard to narrow the gap.
Especially during the three minutes Lin Tian went to rest at the beginning of the second quarter, neither of them chose to go to rest. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Timberwolves launched another surge!
When Lin Tian returned to the court with 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the Timberwolves not only caught up but also took a 2-point lead over the Pacers!
Seeing Lin Tian come up again, Iverson glared at him fiercely and said, "You see him, Lin! You see him?! We'll take you down! We'll maintain our lead! Until tonight we completely crush you!"
"Whoosh!"
In response to Iverson, Lin Tian hit a pull-up jumper from beyond the three-point line, and the Pacers regained the lead!
"Your lead doesn't last very long, does it? Or is this amount of time already quite long and satisfactory to you?"
Lin Tian's words once again ignited Iverson's fighting spirit!
That bastard, how can he be so annoying?
With Iverson's blood boiling and his eagerness to defeat Lin Tian and the Pacers fueled by his desire to beat them, the Timberwolves began to pick up the pace!
They started playing a fast-paced transition offense, and whenever there was an opportunity, Iverson would lead his teammates to charge forward!
This is his favorite and most proficient rhythm!
Meanwhile, judging from the game, Iverson's approach was quite effective! The Timberwolves' entire team was very efficient in scoring, constantly increasing their points.
But this is also the pace the Pacers like, this is the pace they expect!
The faster they run, the faster the Timberwolves' stamina declines!
In the second half, they will definitely become a bunch of weaklings!
Meanwhile, in order to further exhaust the Timberwolves' stamina, Lin Tian not only led his teammates to run alongside the Timberwolves, but also took the lead in increasing the intensity of the defense. The two sides were running wildly and engaging in frantic physical confrontations, with people constantly falling to the ground and the sounds of flesh colliding echoing continuously.
In the remainder of the second quarter, both sides once again engaged in a fast-paced offensive battle, with both sides employing all-out offense and defense, resulting in significant fatigue on both sides!
As for the score, it naturally continued to rise. At the end of the first half, the score was temporarily fixed at 65:67!
The Timberwolves, playing at home, managed to reverse the score and maintain their lead thanks to a surge in play during the early part of the second quarter when Lin Tian was absent.
However, their potential problems are also very obvious.
Iverson only rested for about 2 minutes in the first quarter.
Garnett opted to rest when the team led by as many as 6 points at the end of the second quarter.
Upon seeing Garnett leave the court, Lin Tian immediately increased his offensive aggression. In the last three possessions of the second quarter, he chose to attack the basket and scored on all three!
It was thanks to his three drives that the Pacers managed to narrow the gap to 2 points.
However, the Pacers team did not take this slight deficit seriously at all.
Especially as the team walked towards the locker room, Carlisle asked Lin Tian, "How much effort?"
"They're rotten. If I wanted to, we'd be leading by at least 15 points right now!" Lin Tian's confident demeanor completely put Carlisle at ease.
He was genuinely afraid that the team would overextend themselves and lose the game again.
After all, it wasn't just Lin Tian who was working hard in the first half.
Carlisle is also secretly working hard!
He deliberately slowed down his reactions, and when making personnel adjustments, he also deliberately slowed down the speed at which he substituted players.
His "slow start" manifested on the court as Sanders' ability to dominate Carlisle through rotations and tactical changes!
At least in the first half, Sanders looked like the smarter one.
As for Lin Tian, although he put up an impressive stat line of 30 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the first half, he didn't actually play at full strength.
Slow down on defense, slow down when passing, and don't miss those fleeting opportunities. Be softer when squeezing onto screens, don't push yourself too hard...
If Lin Tian hadn't played like that, subtly letting the game slide without anyone noticing, would Iverson have scored 24 points in the first half? Would the Timberwolves have been leading at halftime?
Dream on!
Even so, the Timberwolves' problems are quite obvious.
On the Pacers' side, Lin Tian and Carlisle both "went undercover," and they fought tooth and nail, exhausting Garnett and Iverson, but they only led by 2 points in the first half.
Because while the Timberwolves can tighten up their offense and still make some shots, they really can't keep up defensively; they just can't move their feet.
too tired!
The legs of all the Timberwolves' key players felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
Lin Tian really had to be very, very careful, and very restrained to avoid passing the ball to those obviously open spaces, which is why he missed so many opportunities.
If Lin Tian really goes all out, then what he just said wasn't just bragging!
The Timberwolves are now down by at least 15 points!
However, Lin Tian was also very clear about this.
The first half of the performance was just the beginning!
The second half is where the real test of acting skills begins!
Based on Lin Tian's experience, the Timberwolves' physical strength is almost at its limit and at a bottleneck!
Normally, if a person doesn't stop or rest, but attacks with all their might, then under extreme excitement, their adrenaline can be continuously secreted, and they can gain some extra power to break through their limits and create miracles.
But once they stop to rest, that feeling of exhaustion will immediately return to them many times over, and their fatigue will surge towards them like a tidal wave.
So, if there's no halftime break and these guys keep playing like this, for the championship and a winning start to the Finals, then the Timberwolves could really continue to explode and show their powerful energy.
But once they rest, once they sit down in the locker room to clear their minds and try to recover their physical strength, they will find that what they get is not energy and strength, but double the fatigue!
Who told them to be in such a state of extreme exhaustion right now?
If Lin Tian's guess is correct, he can completely crush the Timberwolves within 5 minutes of the second half!
Unfortunately, we can't fight them!
If we crush the Timberwolves, then Iverson, Garnett, and the others will have to rest, right? Wouldn't all the acting in the first half have been for nothing?
This situation is absolutely unacceptable!
The second half is where the true Oscar-winning mode is unleashed!
Let the Timberwolves players know what a true top-tier fisherman is!
However, what Lin Tian didn't expect was that while he was planning how to showcase his acting skills in the second half to make the Timberwolves players even more exhausted, someone in the next locker room was giving him a hand.
Iverson and Garnett!
"They've had a long rest!" During halftime, Iverson, exhausted and barely able to keep his eyes open, threw the towel off his head and stood in the middle of everyone, saying, "Their rotation speed isn't great, and their defensive intensity is just so-so!"
"They are nowhere near as good as the Lakers! Absolutely nowhere near as good! Their performance today was completely off!"
"They don't have many ways to deal with us. They've tried their best, but they just can't gain an advantage in the score!"
"I could feel that Lin's defense was looser than usual! This was the easiest half I've ever played against Lin! He was terrible tonight! He's definitely out of sorts because he's been resting for too long!"
"Yes, I know he scored 30 points in the first half! But his defense was terrible! I'm definitely going to blow him up tonight!"
"And me, in the second half I'll increase my defensive coverage. I won't stay camped in the paint anymore! I'll come out and expand my defensive area!" After Iverson finished speaking, Garnett also threw off the towel on his head and stood next to his brother.
"He only scored 30 points in the first half because my defense was inadequate, because I was lazy! It's my fault, I apologize to everyone, I was just too tired!"
"But now, I've found my rhythm, the fatigue is gone! I'll beat Lin! I'll beat the entire Pacers team! My defense will be at its peak in the second half!"
"Then, we'll win the game! Win the game!" Iverson roared, raising his arms high. "Win the championship!"
"Championship!"
"Championship!"
"Kill the Indians!"
Led by Iverson and Garnett, the Timberwolves players roared and cheered loudly!
They're back in form! They believe they can win!
Sanders wasn't particularly happy about the players' frenzy.
He felt that something was not quite right.
He always felt there was something he hadn't considered.
At the same time, the players' current condition makes it impossible for Sanders to suggest that they rest and give up on the game.
He knew very well that, given Iverson and Garnett's personalities, if he had said it before the game, the two guys would most likely have agreed. But now, with the game going back and forth in the first half, the two guys would not only disagree, but would also be furious.
They would feel insulted.
If things go wrong, those two guys might even lose respect for him, and then he'll really have lost more than he gained!
At this point in the competition, there are no other options left.
We have to fight!
We must take it!
Sanders raised his hands and slapped his face several times to rouse himself, and then walked to the center of the crowd after Garnett and Iverson finished their speeches.
It's his turn to cheer on the team!
Well, but probably not many people want to see Sanders' speech, so the scene shifts to the second half of the game!
In the third quarter, both sides continued their battle!
Or rather, let the show continue!
Of course, Lin Tian was also well aware that he should avoid using too much force at this time.
He overacted. If the Timberwolves actually seized the opportunity and unleashed some incredible power to win the game, he would become a laughing stock!
It's not just about losing a game; you also get criticized for things like being too relaxed, underestimating your opponent, deserving to lose, and being crushed by a low-health Iverson.
This is something that Master Lin cannot tolerate!
We need to first widen the point difference to a relatively safe yet suspenseful position before we can play with confidence.
Otherwise, it might be impossible to tell who is fishing and who is being fished.
So at the start of the third quarter, Lin Tian went all out!
He immediately drove hard to the basket, one-on-one against Cassell, and scored 2 points off the high bank shot over Garnett, tying the score.
Then Lin Tian used a screen to assist Haslem and Miller to each make a mid-range jump shot.
After his two teammates in the paint scored, Lin Tian started his own offense, repeatedly attacking the basket and scoring repeatedly!
Then Lin Tian found Artest on the wing and assisted him to make a 3-pointer!
The Pacers then successfully defended against a Timberwolves attack, and Lin Tian quickly advanced the ball and pulled up for a shot at a 45-degree angle on the left!
His three-pointer was also successful!
After that three-pointer went in, the Pacers' lead was once again extended to 11 points!
Five minutes into the third quarter, the Pacers unleashed a beautiful offensive surge thanks to Lin Tian's series of shots and passes. After an 18-5 run, Sanders finally called a timeout.
If this keeps going, it's going to collapse!
Although he hoped the game would collapse in the first half so that the main players could rest, after the halftime rally, he didn't want to give up!
All I can say is that Lin Tian's pre-match assessment of Sanders was absolutely spot on!
After the timeout, the Timberwolves immediately narrowed the gap to within 10 points with a mid-range shot from Szczerbiak. The two teams then traded baskets for another 3 minutes, with the score difference hovering around 10 points.
But Lin Tian had already figured out what tactics Sanders had set up during this timeout.
He noticed that Garnett's range of movement and impact on the defensive end had increased significantly after the timeout. He no longer camped under the basket, but instead constantly moved back and forth, appearing at the Timberwolves' defensive gaps and then filling them in.
The most terrifying defensive monster in the league today, and even in all of history, and the omnipresent Spider-Man, have reappeared on the court.
This guy's going to kill himself!
But Lin Tian was extremely happy!
I'm afraid you guys won't risk your lives!
If you don't play like your lives depend on it, and don't push your limits to catch up and exhaust your energy, then this game will be meaningless!
Therefore, for the remainder of the third quarter, Lin Tianquan consistently opted for one-on-one drives to draw Garnett's help defense, followed by wide-ranging passes to his teammates to draw the Timberwolves' defense, forcing Garnett to constantly run and help defend, leaving him exhausted on the defensive end.
To be honest, the Pacers' offensive efficiency wasn't great when they played like this. They sometimes made some difficult shots and were forced into a mess by the Timberwolves' or Garnett's defense. They even committed a 24-second violation.
But these are all things Lin Tian wanted!
As time went by, the Timberwolves players' footwork visibly slowed down!
They're getting slower and slower!
There are more and more gaps on the field!
At the same time, as their physical strength rapidly declines, although they can contain the Pacers' offense on the defensive end and prevent them from having many comfortable and attractive offensive possessions.
However, while they were able to defend, the Timberwolves also had few options on offense. Their offensive efficiency was significantly reduced due to fatigue, and the players' initiative and enthusiasm for movement were also greatly diminished.
In many offensive possessions, the Timberwolves simply had four players stand still and watch, allowing only the player with the ball to go one-on-one.
It would be a miracle if his attack was efficient!
Because of this, neither side managed to mount any impressive offensive plays in the latter part of the third quarter, with both teams achieving a shockingly low success rate.
During the final offensive play of the third quarter, when Lin Tian broke through to the mid-range, Garnett no longer came up to help defend.
This left Lin Tian, who had originally planned to pass the ball around and try to move the Timberwolves' defense around, somewhat at a loss!
Throwing it doesn't fit the tactics.
I'm not going to shoot, there's a huge open space!
Fortunately, Lin Tian's acting skills were good enough. At the critical moment, he actually dribbled the ball and hit his own foot, and then the basketball rolled towards Garnett.
Seeing the basketball right in front of him, Garnett, no matter how tired he was, could only force himself to bend down and fight for the loose ball.
One was a seven-foot-tall man exhausted to the point of collapse, while the other was the fastest human legend who meticulously planned and deliberately dropped the ball.
There's practically no doubt who will get this ball!
Lin Tian caught the basketball the instant Garnett bent down to grab it, and then threw it directly to the left wing.
There was Christie waiting to shoot. After getting the ball, he didn't hesitate. Years of Finals experience made him very clear about what he should do now.
A swift three-pointer from beyond the arc, another three-pointer unleashed!
"Whoosh!"
That crisp sound extended the Pacers' lead to double digits once again!
90: 79!
The Pacers completely controlled the game in the third quarter!
At the same time, Lin Tian looked at Garnett and knew very well that his plan was already 80% complete!
Garnett was covered in sweat, and the sweat on his forehead made his head shine like Krillin after using the Solar Flare.
He looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
This guy is really going to overdraw his resources!
Apart from Garnett, who was exhausted from his relentless defensive output, the other key players on the Timberwolves are in similar condition. They seem to be in a state of near-certain doom, not quite dead, but not exactly thriving either.
When everyone sat on the bench at the end of the third quarter, they all let out a long sigh of relief, then quickly leaned back in their chairs and wiped their sweat with towels.
too tired!
They were really exhausted!
"You guys should rest for the fourth quarter," Sanders hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you keep playing, you'll be completely exhausted! That will make the next game even harder for us!"
"Next game? There is no next game!" Iverson said firmly. "In my career, there has never been a next game, only this one! We've already come this far in this game."
"We must win, we must take this! We won't consider anything else!"
"Great! We need to get off to a winning start! We've been fighting for 36 minutes, and we have no reason to give up now." Garnett expressed his support for Iverson: "If it were garbage time, then we could give up."
"If you had said before the game that we would put this game aside and go all out for the second game, that would have been fine. But now we've played a pretty good three quarters and are only down by 11 points to the Pacers."
"Give up? Give up now? That's incredibly stupid!"
"I'm not telling you to give up! I'm just asking you to rest for a bit at the beginning of the fourth quarter!" Sanders spread his hands, looking at the two guys with considerable helplessness. "Even three minutes? You two, and everyone else, need a rest!"
"Shall we go down and rest?" Iverson calmly looked at Sanders. "Isn't that just giving up? Without me and Kevin, that bastard Lin can pull ahead by 20 points in 3 minutes! What's the difference between resting for 3 minutes and giving up the game?"
"Or you could rest Kevin, and I'll go in myself. I'll hold off their offense, maintain the current point difference, and then Kevin can go in and finish the game!"
Garnett shook his head without hesitation, saying, "I'm with Allen! I'm going to win this game!"
"If we win tonight's game, we can rest in the next one! I promise you, Philip, I'll play less in the next game and rest as much as possible to prepare for the rest of the series."
"But tonight, we've given it our all, I don't want to give up, and I can't give up!"
"I must keep fighting! I must fight alongside my brothers!"
"We Minnesos will never surrender!"
"Then let's fight!" Seeing the two men's unwavering resolve, Sanders' own fighting spirit ignited. He slammed his hand on the tactical board and declared, "We'll win this game!"
"Take it down!"
"Get them!"
"Awoo!"
"Awoooooo!"
“Wuwu!”
Once again, a burst of excited and frenzied roars erupted from the Timberwolves' bench.
They let out the team's signature, beast-like howls.
This group of people made themselves a big pot of chicken soup, plus a tube of fresh chicken blood.
Their shouts and cheers reached the Pacers' bench nearby.
"Awoooooo!" As soon as Artest saw that the other side had started to howl in a group, he didn't think twice and started howling as well, pounding his chest.
Its main focus is on companionship!
Let's do it together.
"What are you doing?" Lin Tian kicked Artest in the butt. "They're wild animals, they howl, what are you howling for?"
"I'm 'The Beast' too," Artest announced his nickname, his expression even a little aggrieved.
"You're nothing!" Lin Tian rolled his eyes and waved his hand, saying, "Here, you're the hunter! Let's hunt down those dogs together!"
After Lin Tian finished speaking, he glanced at the lineup that was walking onto the court to prepare for the fourth quarter, and couldn't help but let out another burst of "hehehe" laughter.
The Four Heavenly Kings + Szczerbiak! (End of Chapter)