Jordan: I thought he was there to help me!

Chapter 551 The final offensive battle begins, Lin, the god of mid-range combat.

As Lin Tian relentlessly provoked Howard, trying to lure him up, he also noticed out of the corner of his eye that Allen was sneaking up behind him, intending to launch a sneak attack.

How could a cunning old fox like Lin Tian be tricked by a not-so-cunning little fox?

He seized the opportunity, suddenly taking a step back and almost ramming directly into Allen. A scream followed, and he leaped up, releasing the basketball which flew towards the rim. At the same time, Lin Tian shouted, "AND ONE!"

This is clearly not a request for protection from his contracted sneakers; Lin Tian is asking the referee for the whistle!

"Beep beep!"

The referee didn't disappoint Lin Tian; he instinctively blew his whistle.

"Whoosh!"

Then came a crisp sound, and Lin Tian's mid-range shot went in!

"Blocking foul, 2 points awarded, plus 1 free throw!"

After the referee blew the whistle, although he felt something was off, he didn't say much and still gave his ruling.

Allen incredulously spread his arms wide, saying, "I didn't do anything! He bumped into me! I didn't do anything! I didn't even stick my hand out!"

"You bumped into me, and you bumped into me so hard it hurts!" Lin Tian said shamelessly. "You blocked my way forward, um, my way back! If you hadn't blocked me, I would have already taken a step back and was shooting a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line!"

"You're kidding me." Even Pierce, who was usually quite close to Lin Tian, ​​couldn't hold back anymore. Pointing at the three-point line, he said, "You're still two meters away from the three-point line, Lin! You can step back two meters with one step?"

"able!"

"You do one!"

"I don't!"

"Then you can't!"

"I can do it! I can retreat 3 meters with just one step back!"

"Then you do one!"

"I don't!"

"Stop, stop, stop! You two shut up!" Seeing Lin Tian and Pierce arguing like elementary school kids, the referee quickly intervened and signaled for them to be quiet.

To be honest, the referees still found Lin Tian's foul drawing quite strange.

Who retreats to create obstacles? This is the first time they've ever seen anything like it.

However, according to the rules, Allen did block Lin Tian's path, and there was indeed physical contact between the two when Lin Tian shot, so a foul would be absolutely warranted.

That's the situation... Weird, extremely weird.

At this point, if the referee humbly asked Lin Tian for clarification, Lin Tian would give him an explanation.

This shot is quite special; it's called a "returning strike"!

No, it's a surprise attack!

Extortion and the like have never been related to Master Lin.

A surprise attack!

This move is a basketball court skill that Lin Tian comprehended from the profound martial arts passed down from his ancestors. It is based on the idea of ​​being unexpected and catching the opponent off guard, making it impossible for them to defend against or dodge!

Even Harden doesn't know this move!

Harden was trained in Jingdezhen and is skilled in the "Eighteen Falling Techniques," which emphasizes falling down with a touch, even without being touched; if you dodge, I'll chase you down.

Lin Da Guanren said: My move is a level above your eighteen falls. I can draw fouls even with my back to my opponent!

If Harden had a move like Lin Tian's, he wouldn't have looked so comical and bewildered when Rubio defended him from behind.

When Lin Da Guanren faced Rubio, he could teach Rubio a lesson in no time with a simple step back!

Allen's complaints and lack of understanding will obviously not be heeded by the referee; a foul is a foul.

Lin Tianjia gets a penalty kick.

"Tony, you shouldn't have come up for that play," Howard complained, spreading his hands. "I had him cornered. If you hadn't fouled him, he wouldn't have been able to do anything but pass the ball!"

"Stop making things worse!"

In his rookie year, Howard was quite respectful and honest with Duncan and Pierce, but now he's not so polite to Allen, who entered the NBA in the same year as him.

The main theme is bullying the weak and fearing the strong, taking advantage of the powerful to oppress the vulnerable.

Howard's words left Allen speechless.

He had no choice but to pass the ball. If I hadn't come over, he would have broken your leg!

However, Allen didn't dare say those words out loud.

Those who can master defense not only need unwavering perseverance and daily, basic, and tedious defensive training, but also, without exception, must be quite intelligent.

They know who they can mess with and who they can't.

For example, you can't mess with Dwight Howard. This guy is clearly going to be the future and hope of the Celtics. It's clear that the team will rebuild around him after Pierce and Duncan get old. You absolutely can't mess with someone like that.

If he messes with them, Allen might have to leave the team.

So Allen held back. He didn't say anything, but nodded and turned to leave.

At the same time, he made up his mind: in the next round, he would rather die than give Howard a kill.

But sometimes, it's not that he'll be fine if he doesn't take supplements.

What's the story about? A wolf bullied a rabbit. On their first meeting, the wolf slapped the rabbit, saying, "That'll teach you to not wear a hat!"

The next day, the wolf encountered the little rabbit wearing a hat again and slapped him again: "Let me teach you to wear a hat!"

On the third day, the rabbit went to the tiger to complain that the wolf had bullied him. The tiger then taught the wolf a lesson: "Brother, you can bully people, but you have to have a proper excuse! You can ask him to find you a female wolf. If the female wolf is thin, you can beat him up and say, 'Why didn't you find a fat one?' If you find a fat one, you can beat him up and say, 'Why didn't you find a thin one?'"

you got it?

The wolf understood, and the next day he smugly went to find the rabbit. But after seeing the rabbit's face, the wolf suddenly didn't bother with any more words, and slapped him again: "Serves you right for not wearing a hat!"

What does this story illustrate?

This shows that this rabbit is very resilient; it might even be a mutated rabbit warrior. Otherwise, what good rabbit could withstand several slaps from a big bad wolf and still be full of energy?

Pshaw! That's not it.

When a wolf decides to bully a rabbit, he doesn't care whether the rabbit is wearing a hat or not; when it's time to slap, he'll just do it.

Howard bullied Allen, that's how it is.

After a few rounds, Lin Tian once again drove into the mid-range area. When Howard pressed forward again, Lin Tian once again used a series of very elegant and arrogant fancy dribbling moves to attract Howard's attention.

Then, just as Howard took a step forward, preparing to close in on him, Lin Tian accelerated and easily rushed past Howard.

With just one acceleration, he swept Howard past him cleanly!

After arriving at the basket, Lin Tian first drew Duncan's defensive attention, and then suddenly made a behind-the-back one-handed pass, passing the ball around Duncan and to Barnes behind him.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, Barnes received an assist from Lin Tian and easily completed a powerful dunk!

"Dwight, where are you? Have you lost your way in life again? I told you long ago, college is important! At least it will keep you from getting lost, right?" After assisting Barnes, Lin Tian started yelling at Howard again.

Howard, despite being on the losing defensively, cleverly refrained from arguing with Lin Tian. Instead, he turned to Allen, spread his hands, and yelled, "Where are you, Tony? Go defend! You're supposed to be guarding Lin, how could you give him such a wide-open shot?"

"Dwight, shut up." This time, Pierce stepped in to uphold justice: "Tony did nothing wrong, you just need to be careful! Don't let Lin easily trick you out of the paint, continue with our game strategy!"

With the elder brother speaking, Howard obediently shut his mouth, but he glared at Allen fiercely, as if this matter was not over.

In the remainder of the second quarter, the Celtics continued to score through their two stars and other players' sporadic efforts. Their defensive quality tonight actually declined quite noticeably due to the Knicks' constant punishment of them in the mid-range.

Fortunately, their attack finally picked up, so they didn't fall behind in the first half.

55: 60!

At halftime, the Celtics were still trailing the Knicks by 5 points.

"It's hard to say which team controlled the rhythm of this game," Kenny said, stroking his chin. "Neither side fully grasped the tempo, and neither was able to play their best."

"But they also disrupted the opponent's plans and played quite well on offense!"

"The Celtics' strategy of leaving the mid-range open was clearly a gamble that backfired. The Knicks were incredibly accurate in the first half. Forget the playoffs, they haven't had many games this accurate in the regular season this year."

"So I'm curious whether the Celtics will change their game strategy in the second half."

"As for the Knicks..."

Kenny paused for a moment, and then Barkley picked up where he left off: "The Knicks' defense, it's hard to say whether they've been blown out by their opponents."

"Because no one can destroy something that doesn't even exist! But Duncan and Pierce were both in fantastic form tonight! They combined for 39 points in the first half! If they keep playing like this, they could both score 40 points tonight!"

"It's hard to say whether their performance met the Knicks' expectations. After all, for the Knicks, as long as the opponent scores less than them, their defense is successful. From that perspective, their defense was indeed successful."

"But from a normal perspective, their defense was a complete mess; they didn't defend at all."

"So ultimately, the second half will come down to both teams' offensive form! Whoever can maintain their first-half momentum will win tonight's game!"

The 15-minute halftime break ended quickly, and with the start of the second half, both sides immediately showed their determination and rapidly recovering their stamina.

Pierce immediately hit a three-pointer to narrow the gap, and Okur responded with a three-pointer of his own after receiving the ball outside the three-point line.

Then Duncan posted up in the low post, shook off Okur, and easily made a layup. On the other side, Lin Tian immediately accelerated and attacked the basket, scoring a very difficult basket over Duncan and Howard.

Then Pierce drove to the basket, drawing multiple defenders, and then made a bounce pass to Davis in the corner, assisting him to make a three-pointer!

After scoring, the Celtics once again neglected to defend the Knicks' quick inbounds pass. Lin Tian received the ball and went on a rampage, driving all the way to the Celtics' basket, but did not rush to shoot.

Instead, he dribbled the ball around the Celtics' three-second zone twice before passing it to Stoudemire, who was following up from the perimeter.

Stoudemire took off with the ball in one hand, and this time he finally succeeded. With a powerful slam, he smashed the ball into the basket!

The way both teams started the second half showed that their offensive firepower was completely unleashed! It was a closely contested, high-scoring battle! The pace of tonight's game was completely different from the style of the previous games in the series!

Both players were on fire, the basketball repeatedly finding its way into the basket.

Of course, although it was an offensive battle, and both sides launched fierce attacks, their defensive performances and attitudes were completely different.

The Celtics simply couldn't defend against them, while the Knicks didn't even bother to.

But no matter what the two teams were thinking, the result was the same.

Neither side could pull away from the score, and both scores were rising rapidly.

After a dull and soporific series, Game 7 finally saw both teams engage in a thrilling and exhilarating offensive battle!

Both sides have let go of their burdens, both sides have completely opened up, and both sides have entered a mode of frenzied attack.

81: 84!

By the end of the third quarter, the gap between the two teams had narrowed to 3 points!

86: 84.

Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, Duncan scored 5 points in a row under the basket, putting the team ahead.

88: 89.

Three minutes into the fourth quarter, the Knicks regained the lead thanks to a three-pointer by Anthony.

90:89

90:92

92:92

94:92...

The pace of the game was incredibly fast in the fourth quarter, with both sides scoring at a very high efficiency. The score was also very close, with neither side giving an inch.

After the Celtics successfully took the lead at the beginning of the quarter, the score difference between the two sides never exceeded 3 points, and the score remained close, with neither side able to pull away.

This intense and highly efficient scoring battle continued until the very last minute of the game!

By this point, both teams had scored far more points than their average for this series, reaching new highs for the series.

122: 121!

The Celtics not only led by one point, but also had possession of the ball.

By this point, Pierce had scored a team-high 44 points, and as the first player to arrive in Boston for the team, he had taken on the responsibilities he was supposed to bear.

Duncan was equally impressive, racking up a monster-like stat line of 41 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists, and 6 blocks. Tonight, Duncan gave it his all!

Besides these two star players, Howard recorded a double-double with 13 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks, while Davis also contributed 10 points.

The team's core players all performed exceptionally well, and all four of them played for more than 45 minutes!

It's fair to say they barely rested all night.

For the Knicks, Lin Tian once again achieved a triple-double with 48 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. His mid-range jump shot alone was enough to leave the Celtics in disarray!

He made 15 of 21 shots in that wide mid-range area, scoring a whopping 30 points!

It's as easy as raising your hand, and you can score with a jump!

His indiscriminate attacks nearly caused the Celtics' entire defensive system to collapse!

除了中距离的疯狂之外，林天在3分线外4投2中，篮下9投4中，罚球4罚全中。

Judging from the distribution and efficiency of his shots, Lin Tian completely dominated the Celtics from the mid-range tonight!

Pierce dribbled the basketball to the frontcourt, knowing how important this attack was!

We must hit the ball; only by hitting it can the team maintain control!

Upon seeing that the person guarding him was Anthony, Pierce decisively waved his hand, signaling everyone to pull him away.

At this point, forget about tactics and teamwork; it's time for one-on-one duels!

Pierce's continuous crossover dribbling looked somewhat ugly and awkward, but Anthony knew that it was precisely this ugly dribbling and strange rhythm that had made the entire Knicks' frontcourt suffer throughout this series.

"Here we go!"

Pierce gave a heads-up, then suddenly took off!

He wasn't fast, but his rhythm was quite difficult to catch. He drove past Anthony to the wing, where Pierce suddenly stopped, did a half-turn, and then accelerated from the other side to continue his advance. After reaching the three-second zone, Pierce suddenly turned again and raised the ball above his head with both hands.

Anthony fell for it!

The guy instinctively jumped up, only to realize he'd been tricked after he jumped. Just as Pierce was about to brush against him and shoot, trying to get a 2+1, Anthony made a quick decision, using his last bit of control to aim at Pierce's big hand and slap it.

"Snapped!"

The sound was incredibly loud and sharp, and Pierce's entire wrist turned red.

"Beep beep!"

But the referee's whistle blew without any doubt, Anthony committed a defensive foul, and Pierce got two free throws!

"Good job defending against Messi and Ronaldo, your improvement is quite obvious." Lin Tian quickly ran over and patted Anthony on the butt to encourage him: "In the past, you would have definitely gotten a 2+1!"

"But next time we meet, I'll make it a missed shot for him!" Anthony pounded his chest, vowing, "I won't be a burden to you anymore, Lin! I'll become a better version of myself!"

"Well done." Lin Tian smiled and punched Anthony again.

It's good that you know how to improve! (End of Chapter)