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Arenas wisely chose not to attack himself. He knew too well the gap between himself and Lin Tian, ​​and how terrifying Lin Tian was when he defended with all his strength.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to score even a single point during that long period of time in the first quarter!
Do you really think he doesn't want to score? He almost never stopped running, he was always looking for opportunities and space to catch the ball and finish.

His original idea was not to be completely invisible, he wanted to find opportunities to score without the ball.

But I couldn't find any! Not even a single drop of it.

He had no chance to catch the ball because of Lin Tian's defense. Even if he managed to get the ball in a few rounds, he would be immediately forced to fail to complete the defense because of Lin Tian's extremely precise defense.

Of course, Arenas can also shoot recklessly and recklessly as he did in the past.

But that's not what he wants! He also knows that style of play is inefficient.

He has not forgotten his goal for tonight: to perform well and get a big contract!

Wasteful shots and poor shot selection will affect his money!
Arenas tonight is definitely an opportunist!
When facing Lin Tian, ​​he neither took the ball nor shot!
Not only that, because Lin Tian was defending him closely, he was unable to take care of other players on the Wizards, and the defense of other players on the Knicks was too bad, so Arenas was confident that even Daniels could score some points to a certain extent and solve the team's urgent needs.

What? What if Daniels can't handle it?
Then Arenas can only take wild shots to challenge his own touch and whether God is on his side!

In the next game, the Wizards were obviously lucky.

Daniels scored twice in his one-on-one match against Anthony.

Although the Wizards were completely unable to withstand the Knicks' firepower on the defensive end, they managed to maintain their lead.

After playing for 3 minutes in the second quarter, the Wizards still had a 7-point advantage!

At this point, Eddie Jordan no longer played it safe. With a wave of his hand, he sent Butler and Jamison onto the court.

Keep going!

Eddie Jordan's plan is for the team to maintain the lead before the end of the first half, and the more the better!
What if we are only leading by 1 point at the end of the first half?

That’s also leading!
He hopes his players can hold on!

On the Knicks side, Stoudemire and Houston, who had just been resting, returned to the court, and the main lineups of both sides began to collide again!
But Eddie Jordan had good ideas. He believed that Jamison and Butler could handle the game and maintain the lead when Arenas completely attracted Lin Tian's attention.

But he forgot that Lin Tian had once won the best defensive player award!
However, these two men of his were not passers with good vision.

So far in his career, Butler's assists per game have never exceeded 2.5, and Jamison is a pure finisher, with only a handful of seasons in which he has more than 2 assists in his career.

Neither of them is good at passing the ball or organizing!

In the previous game, Lin Tian ignored this point. He was worried that after he let Arenas go, Arenas would receive the ball and easily make a shot.

But during the intermission, when Lin Tian recalled the first quarter of the game, he remembered that Arenas kept running to find an opportunity to catch the ball in the first quarter, but he never got a chance to shoot.

The most important reason for this is of course that he is a top-notch defender and can predict many details of Arenas' movements, but he can also prevent Arenas from taking a single shot.

At the same time, it’s not that Arenas’ running skills are bad. When he was on the Pacers, he and Reggie systematically learned how to run and shoot directly. He is a typical professional!

Then the reason why he couldn't catch the ball was simple.

My teammates’ passing skills and vision are too poor!
They either couldn't see Arenas, or when they saw him and wanted to pass the ball it was too late because the gap had already been filled by Lin Tian.

Thinking of this, Lin Tian had actually decided how to play in the second quarter!

When Arenas moved to one side to let Jamison duel, Lin Tian suddenly let go of Arenas and rushed towards Jamison!
"Antoine! Be careful!" Arenas understood immediately and shouted for Jamison to be careful, but Lin Tian's assist defense was too fast and he double-teamed Jamison in the blink of an eye!
Although Stoudemire is not a qualified defender, he still knows how to deal with this situation!
He immediately opened his arms and waved them continuously, while stepping forward to press forward. With the interference from Lin Tian on the side, Jamison could only catch the basketball helplessly. But before he could think about what to do next, the referee's whistle sounded.

"Traveling violation! Change of ball!"

Lin Tian and Stoudemire's double-team came too quickly for Jamison to notice. His footsteps were also unclear, so the referee immediately gave him a traveling violation.

"Keep playing coward, Gil." After this successful defense, Lin Tian said to Arenas again, "See if your guys can still hold on!"

Accompanied by the boos of the fans, Lin Tian dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Arenas' defense, Lin Tian turned his back.

You're not going to get carried away, are you? You're going to calm down today, right?
I'm going to beat you in the most infuriating way possible! I don't believe you won't get mad tonight!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Lin Tian turned around and hit Arenas several times in a row!

Even though Arenas' strength is already at the level of a small tank in the same position, Lin Tian is a big tank, the king of tanks.

No matter how exaggerated Arenas’ upper body muscles are, I, Mr. Lin, can get in with them!

After crushing the opponent all the way and approaching the 3-second zone, Lin Tian suddenly turned towards the baseline. At the same time, the ball protector did not forget to push Arenas, making this guy completely lose the chance to catch up with him.

Then Lin Tian accelerated again, rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye, and then jumped to avoid Hayward's help defense. When he stood up again, no Wizards player could interfere with him.

"boom!"

Then there was a loud bang, and Lin Tian slammed the ball with one hand, recovering 2 points for the team!
"Come on, let me see how much my little brother Gil has improved. Let me see if he has grown up and if he can grow up!"

Lin Tian’s verbal attack still didn’t have any effect on Arenas. This guy was like being possessed by Sima Yi tonight. He was able to endure and was a coward!
He passed the ball to Butler again and shouted, "Caron! Be careful with double-teaming, and try not to back up! Watch more when breaking through!"

Arenas' shouting was obviously useless.

Because when Butler once again rushed to the inside, Lin Tian once again felt the most fatal moment. He seized the opportunity and grabbed the basketball in Butler's hand tightly, and then snatched the ball directly from Butler's arms in a way that was more like robbery than stealing.

Push again! Face Arenas again.

Outside the 3-point line, Lin Tian dribbled the ball between his legs continuously and then suddenly pulled up, and the 3-point shot went into the pocket accurately again!
Clean, neat, simple and direct!
"You still haven't responded?" Lin Tian looked at Arenas and said, "The task your coach has given you is to lead into the second half."

"There are only 2 points left for you!"

Lin Tian's provocation finally worked this time. Arenas no longer passed the ball to his teammates, but dribbled towards Lin Tian himself.

He knew that after the last two rounds, he had no way to retreat!
Either face the challenge head-on and fight Lin Tian one-on-one, or just play coward and don't put up any resistance at all!

If I choose the former, I still have a chance to survive tonight. If I choose the latter...

It doesn't exist. Arenas, after all, is not a real turtle.

For the sake of life, he can endure it.

But insulting American Kung Fu...

Well...Lin Tian didn't insult.

But it just doesn’t work!
Seeing that Arenas finally faced him, Lin Tian didn't hesitate and quickly moved up to him and started to press Arenas on defense!
This is his special skill that won him the best defensive player award, and it is also the nightmare of the No. 1 position in the entire league. Who in the entire league is not afraid of this now?

Including Arenas!

He carefully dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, then without thinking, he called for a screen and asked his teammates to come forward to help.

After a crossover with Haywood, Arenas was about to shoot directly when Lin Tian appeared in front of him. He had no space to shoot directly after the single-block cover!

Arenas wanted to get a shot with a random change of direction or pick-and-roll like in the first quarter? Impossible!

Fortunately, Arenas' reaction was really quick, and Okur's defense was really bad.

When Haywood was passing the ball, Okur was actually in a daze.

He was a little hesitant, not knowing what to do.

It was at this opportunity that Arenas made a ground pass to Haywood, assisting this guy to break into the paint and dunk!
The Wizards finally scored!

"Beautiful! Beautiful pass!" Kenny yelled, "Anas has changed his playing style! From not holding the ball to sharing the ball, I can see his rapid progress in this series. He is becoming more and more mature!"

"We all know that facing Lin, it is not advisable to just avoid or challenge him! Arenas has now found his way to deal with it! Next, let's see how Lin responds!"

"Mine!" After the Wizards scored a goal, even though 99% of the problem was with Okur, whose poor defense allowed Haywood to easily slam dunk, Lin Tian still raised his hand to indicate that it was his own problem.

It's not like the team's poor defense was discovered on day one. This kind of low-level defensive mistake is the Knicks' biggest flaw.

Lin Tian doesn’t care about this. According to old Nelson’s philosophy: if you lose the ball, just fight it back!

For the Knicks: losing the ball is not scary, failing to score is fatal!

And now, they can score!
During the Knicks' offensive round, Lin Tian found Okur during a breakthrough and passed the ball from behind to Okur outside the three-point line, assisting him in making a three-pointer!
"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Okur successfully paid for his defensive mistake and scored 3 points for the team!
Then Arenas continued to dribble forward, and Lin Tian found a way to break through his invisible defense without the ball. He felt that he had also found a way to break through Lin Tian's defense!
This time he called for a pick-and-roll from Haywood again.

But Lin Tian’s evolution speed, or reaction speed, was much faster than he had imagined!
This time, Lin Tian squeezed through the defense directly with his arms open, not only leaving Arenas no space to shoot, but also blocking all angles for him to pass the ball to Haywood.

Arenas was thrown into disarray by Lin Tian's sudden tight defense and had to collect the ball early.

Fortunately, Butler arrived in time. He received the pass from Arenas while running, and then seeing that there was little time left for the offense, he could only force a shot from outside the three-point line!
"Shh!"

This tough 3-pointer against Anthony also hit the target!
Butler also feels great tonight!

He also entered a killing mad state!
"Just relying on this kind of magic ball and the rubbish combination of inspiration, I wonder how long you can last." Lin Tian was not worried at all about this kind of magic ball.

You can score one or two goals, or even a whole quarter, but can you score the whole game?
Even if you can be accurate throughout the game and score goals continuously.

When it comes to playing soccer, have I, Mr. Lin, ever lost even once?

"Don't be afraid! They just got lucky. Let's score this goal back!" When Lin Tian pushed forward again, he did not talk trash to Arenas. Instead, he raised his hand and shouted, "Let them see how we score a goal with strength!"

"Guard it! Guard it!" Arenas was also completely ignited. He slapped the floor and said, "Guard Washington!"

The Knicks were absolutely confident, and the Wizards also saw hope of victory. Players from both sides unconsciously increased their intensity on the court and entered the life-and-death mode ahead of time!
All-out showdown!

In the rest of the second quarter, both sides increased their intensity. At the same time, because of the increase in intensity, the shooting choices of both sides became somewhat impatient. So although the intensity increased and the determination also increased, the efficiency of both sides began to decline.

But this decline is relative. Compared with most teams in the league, the offensive level of these two teams is still top-notch!
As time went on, the two teams went back and forth, and neither gave in. The Wizards held on to their slight lead and refused to give the Knicks a chance to turn things around.

The Knicks were also not falling behind. Although they did not overtake the score, it was a daydream for the Wizards to pull away or get rid of them!

With 20 seconds left in the second quarter, the Wizards still had a 1-point advantage.

Arenas controlled the basketball and pushed Lin Tian away with his butt, while observing the movements of his teammates and watching the time.

When the offensive time came to the last 8 seconds, he suddenly shouted, and then Haywood and Jeffries came forward at the same time, one on the left and one on the right to help him block Lin Tian tightly!
Double cover in the high position!
Arenas did not waste the perfect cover given to him by his teammates. He accelerated forcefully, not only getting rid of Lin Tian, ​​but also passing Stoudemire and O'Neal who came to assist in defense.

Arenas reached the three-point line in the blink of an eye, then stopped suddenly and made a super long-distance jump shot!

There was still time and there was no one in front of him, especially with the two inside players of the Knicks behind him. He could have pushed further inside and even gone straight to the basket to secure 2 points.

But he doesn't!

Arenas has absolute confidence!

He is going to force his move like this!
"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Arenas made a long shot, leaving the Knicks with only 3 seconds left!
"FUXX!" Arenas excitedly raised his arms and shouted, making a huge celebration.

The ball went in! A 4-point advantage!

wrong!

He watched the referee raise two fingers and then wave them down fiercely.

2 point?
Arenas was stunned for a moment, and at that moment, the big screen at the scene showed the replay.

He did step on the 3-point line when he shot.

This is indeed a 2 point!
"Do you know what this means, Gilbert?" Lin Tian was not in a hurry to catch the ball. Instead, he waved his hand to signal all his teammates to start running. He walked towards the basket calmly: "This means that God won't help you!"

"We're going to win tonight!"

After saying this, Lin Tian suddenly accelerated and ran towards the other side. Stoudemire under the basket had been waiting for a long time and passed the basketball to Lin Tian.

After receiving the ball, Lin Tian immediately launched a counterattack towards the front court.

Last 4 seconds!
Totally in time!
He ran all the way and left Arenas behind in the blink of an eye. Then, before the end of the first half, he stopped two steps outside the three-point line and took a long three-point shot!
"Shh!"

"Buzz!"

As the two voices sounded at the same time again, the first half of the game ended!

68: 68!

Both sides are tied!

"This goal is to repay you for what you did in the first quarter." After scoring the goal, Lin Tian did not celebrate, but looked at Arenas calmly: "Next, you owe me!" (End of this chapter)