NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

After two days of rest, the third game of the finals between the Lakers and the Knicks finally started at Staples Center!
There is no need to elaborate on how much attention this series has attracted, and precisely because of this, the front row at Staples Center tonight is packed with guests and stars!
Celebrities, actors, singers, tycoons, wealthy people, directors, and stars from local Los Angeles teams such as the Dodgers all came to the scene.

Let me put it this way, if the stars on the scene were to form a team, it would be enough to shoot an all-star cast like "The Avengers" or "The Banquet".

With so many stars gathered together, the attention to this game has naturally risen to a quite exaggerated level!

"Mr. President, there are still 40 minutes before the game starts, and the total number of viewers for TNT's preview program has exceeded 500 million! Add in NBC, ESPN and other TV stations, and our pre-game viewership has now exceeded 1000 million!"

"Very good!" Stern let out a long sigh. There were already 1000 million people before the game even started. How could the peak number of people in this game not reach 5000 million or even 5500 million?
Thinking of this, Stern once again felt proud of his decision.

This game is bound to be quite exciting!

He believes that tonight's game will most likely go down to the very last minute, and at the same time, the game will definitely end with the Lakers winning!

For this purpose, Stern sent out the same all-star lineup of referees tonight!
When Javie, Bavetta and Crawford, three of the best and most experienced referees in the league, stood together on the sidelines, it was enough to show how important this game was!
Old Nelson, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help but frown when he saw the three referees who usually never appeared at the same time and were arranged separately. Then he knew that tonight's game would be quite difficult!

Based on his understanding of Stern, the league, and the explosive heat caused by this series, the referee will probably try his best to give the Lakers a victory in tonight's game!

The league doesn't want a 3:0 situation!

Old Nelson was quite relaxed about the league's arrangement and didn't take it to heart at all.

An old man like him knows these unspoken rules too well!
If the Lakers are leading 2:0 now, then the Knicks will definitely get preferential treatment!
To put it bluntly, the league wants to make this influential series as long as possible!

If it were any other time, old Nelson would probably not bother to pay too much attention to the game, but would just sit on the sidelines and watch the entire game.

In fact, he even thought so tonight.

As long as we don't lose too badly, and don't let any player get suspended because of being dissatisfied with the referee's decision or getting emotional.

That was his bottom line tonight.

However, just after Old Nelson completely relaxed, he saw Lin Tian.

He saw this guy communicating with the referees. Similarly, Lin Tian also had a smile on his face and looked very relaxed.

Then, an idea suddenly came to old Nelson's mind.

Lin Tian must also know that this game is unfair.

But he was still so relaxed.

There is only one possibility: this guy thinks the Knicks can win! Even if the Lakers have a whistle to protect them, he still thinks the Knicks can win!
Thinking of this, old Nelson suddenly felt that he might be able to win this game!
So what if you have the referee? I have Lin!

Soon, all the people on the scene were ready, including the ten starting players and three referees. The referee Bavetta stood in the middle, looked at O'Neal and O'Neal on both sides, signaled them to be ready, and then blew the whistle to start the game!

"Dudu!!"

"Snapped!!"

O'Neal, whose physical talent is enough to crush Okur, easily got the first wave of offensive ball for the Lakers. After Fisher came to the frontcourt, he quickly looked for his teammates and started passing the ball.

At least the Lakers' mental state was pretty good tonight, and everyone was moving quickly.

Then the basketball came into Kobe's hands. Facing Lin Tian, ​​this guy used the same trick again. He jumped up from the spot and wanted to take a mid-range jump shot.

But Lin Tian was quick-witted and quick-handed. The moment he raised the ball, he slapped it down with his hand!

"Snapped!!"

After hearing a crisp sound, Lin Tian first looked back at the referee and found that they were not prepared to blow the whistle.

Of course, Lin Tian just took a glance, and this did not affect his speed and start at all. He was already charging at full speed, and in the blink of an eye he rushed into the Lakers' three-point line with the ball. Lin Tian was so sudden that all the Lakers players could not catch up and were all behind him!
Facing the empty basket, Lin Tian jumped up easily and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!
Lin Tian, ​​who easily got the team off to a good start, looked at old Nelson with some confusion after the dunk.

He just tried to steal the ball, but his intention was not just to steal the ball, he was also testing the referee's standards!

Lin Tianxia saw the ball very accurately when he made the move. He did not try to avoid the referee's gaze. He just wanted the referee to see him cutting the ball and then see whether the referee would whistle.

Normally, every steal like this can be called a foul or not, and no one, including the person involved, knows whether the ball was hit or the hand was touched.

Lin Tian wanted to try and see what level the referee would set the standard tonight, which was why he looked at old Nelson.

Old man, they didn’t blow it this time?
Old Nelson looked at Lin Tian and shook his head slightly, meaning: Don’t be impatient, wait and see!
Not long after the two people had a very tacit communication, the referee blew the whistle!

The foul was called on Okur, who was defending O'Neal under the basket. He touched O'Neal's arm when O'Neal was shooting.

The hit was not serious, it was more because Okur failed to control his center of gravity and was injured.

According to the NBA's previous standards, this shot would never be called! But this time, the referee blew the whistle decisively, sending O'Neal to the free throw line at the same time as he scored 2 points.

This time, Lin Tian immediately felt the referee's standards.

I myself, or core players like Stoudemire and Anthony who are also box office guarantees, will most likely not be targeted by the referees.

They have to stay on the court for the fans to watch and keep the game suspenseful!

But for the others, I'm afraid tonight will be extremely difficult and hard!

They will definitely be miserable because of the repeated whistles!
"Shhh!!"

O'Neal's free throw touch has obviously improved since the last game. You can't explain why he suddenly became so accurate.

Very mysterious!
But Lin Tian didn't care much. Even if you, O'Neal, are very accurate, with a free throw shooting rate of 60% at most, can you really make all the free throws for me?
After O'Neal made the free throw, Lin Tian took the ball from the baseline and started the team's second attack.

The defender in front of him was Kobe again! Since the first game, the two have been facing each other almost all the time.

In fact, Jackson didn't want to consume Kobe in this way, but he really had no choice.

Apart from Kobe, there is really no other suitable person who can match up with Lin Tian.

Both Prince and Kirilenko are more suitable for defending forwards. They have size advantages, but are too slow.

As for Fisher...it's better not to mention it.

Therefore, in the Lakers, except for Kobe who can defend Lin Tian a little bit and with a slightly better effect, the rest of the players are really impossible to defend. They are really too far behind and cannot keep up at all.

Unless Jackson can grit his teeth and just watch Lin Tian bombard and aim for 60 or 70 points, otherwise, he actually has no choice at all.

It can only be Kobe.

"Haven't you had enough of being beaten by me, Kobe?" Lin Tian came to the front court and looked at Kobe and said, "From 1996 when you were first selected to now, it's been 10 years. How many times have you been beaten by me? Why don't you just give up?"

"One day, I will be able to beat you to pieces. One day, I will be able to beat you to pieces!" Kobe was unmoved, but continued to lower his center of gravity, staring at Lin Tian, ​​guarding against all his moves.

But sometimes, in the face of absolute speed and talent, no matter how focused and dedicated you are, it is difficult to achieve much effect. For example, when Lin Tian changed direction again and suddenly accelerated to pass Kobe, Kobe could do nothing but stretch out his arms to block Lin Tian.

Lin Tian slapped Kobe's arm away, rushed into the inside in the blink of an eye, and then jumped up to face Kirilenko who came to assist in defense.

"Bang!!"

Lin Tian first confronted Kirilenko in the air, pushed Kirilenko back a distance, and then made a quick high shot. The basketball flew high, passed Kirilenko's fingertips, and went into the basket obediently!
The Lakers continued their attack and the basketball was hit into Prince's hands. Prince took the ball and broke through directly. Anthony, who had very poor defensive habits, failed to keep up with Prince in the first time and subconsciously stretched out his arm to hang Prince.

"Beep, beep! Blocking foul, front court ball!" The referee blew the whistle immediately.

This action, in theory, is almost no different from the one Kobe just used to hang Lin Tian.

Strictly speaking, it was definitely a foul, but with the intensity of the playoffs today, 99% of the time it is not called and it is a physical confrontation that is acceptable to the referee.

But the referee just ignored Kobe's shot on Lin Tian, ​​but blew the whistle on Anthony's shot on Prince.

The difference in penalty standards is beginning to show!

In the next few minutes, the referee did not continue to show his presence. They fell silent again. The two sides fought back and forth on the court, but there was no winner. The score between the two sides was always close.

It was not until the middle of the first quarter that the Lakers' ball hit Kirilenko's hands. After taking the ball, the Russian observed it and rushed directly into the inside!

Xiao Si had been standing in front of him. The two of them jumped at the same time and collided in the air.

"Beep! Blocking foul! 2 free throws!"

Then, the referee's whistle sounded again!

A rather confusing whistle. Stoudemire's defensive posture was still quite good this time! There was indeed contact between the two, but there were many more serious contacts that were not called tonight!

But it just so happened that it was Xiao Si's who blew it!
"This is how I defend! I don't make any moves! I jump vertically!" Stoudemire stood next to the referee angrily, raised his hands high, showing his defensive moves and protesting angrily.

"Say one more word and I'll give you a technical foul!" Javie gave Stoudemire no face at all. He glanced at him and then made a 'T' gesture with his hands.

His meaning is very clear. If you continue to persist, you will receive a technical foul!

Fortunately, at this time the veteran Houston ran over, pulled Stoudemire over and asked him to get out of the way and stop arguing.

The referee will not cancel the foul that has been called! It is meaningless.

This time, the Knicks' rhythm was disrupted. At the same time, young players like Stoudemire and Anthony seemed a little impatient. The Knicks' offensive efficiency began to decline, and the Lakers, feeling the advantage of their home court, began to attack the inside.

With three minutes left in the first quarter, Okur received his second foul and had to leave the court early to rest.

Less than 20 seconds into the second quarter, Anthony became the victim. His elbow was a little high when he was attacking, and the referee directly called an offensive foul!
This is also Anthony's second foul!

Then, Anthony, who was extremely unhappy about the offensive foul, pushed Walton Jr. directly during the next round of defense, using a rather rough action to express his dissatisfaction.

How could the referee let this kind of action go? Bavetta quickly rushed to Anthony and gave him another defensive foul!
Less than a minute into the second quarter, Anthony committed two consecutive fouls. Nelson had no choice but to replace him and bring on Lin Tian in advance.

Lin Tian is also the only one among the Knicks starting players with zero fouls.

Obviously, the three referees understand the key points and art of whistling very well!

They know who has to stay on the court because the fans like it, and who has to sit down a little longer because Stern likes it.

Lin Tian, ​​who came on the court again, no longer suppressed his desire to attack!

He also felt that the referee would target other players on the Knicks, but would not easily blow the whistle on himself!

In that case, do it yourself!
As soon as Lin Tianyi came on the court, he started the offensive mode!

He first defended an attack by the Lakers, then he dribbled quickly to the frontcourt and shot the ball from outside the three-point line!

"Shhh!!"

After a crisp sound, Lin Tian made his first three-pointer of the night!

You dare to keep me on the court? Then I will make you pay the price!

Anyway, this is not the first time that Lin Tian and his team have encountered difficulties because the league wants to extend the series.

Being strong, there is no way! You will be targeted.

Only the weak will not be targeted, and only the weak desire extra help!
After this three-pointer, Lin Tian also had a complete outbreak!
Inside and outside shots, dunks and throws, from outside the three-point line to mid-range and then to the basket, every inch of the court became a show for Lin Tian to display his omnipotent scoring methods.

The only problem was that Lin Tian played so aggressively in this quarter, breaking through again and again, shooting and scoring again and again, but he only got two free throw opportunities in the entire second quarter.

Throughout the second quarter, Lin Tian took 16 shots, almost taking up all of the team's shooting opportunities in this quarter. He made 11 shots and took on the team's offensive responsibility with super efficiency. Among these 11 shots, there were 3 3-pointers and 4 mid-range shots, and the remaining 4 were points scored by attacking the basket.

And of his five missed shots, four of them came from attacks under the basket!
And all these shots and attacks one after another only helped Lin Tian get two free throws!

A pretty outrageous number!

On the other hand, for the Lakers, in this quarter alone, Kobe got 4 free throws, O'Neal had 8 free throw opportunities, Kirilenko and Prince had two each!

In the second quarter, the free throw ratio between the two sides was a shocking 18:4!

The Lakers did not waste these 18 free throw opportunities. They made 14 of them, including O'Neal who made 8 of 6 free throws!
It was precisely thanks to these massive free throws that the Lakers successfully expanded their lead to 10 points at the end of the second quarter!
51: 61!

The Lakers had an absolute advantage at halftime!

In fact, the referees didn't want to make the call like this, and didn't want it to be so outrageous.

But Lin Tian is too outrageous!
His performance was so good that in the first five minutes of the second quarter, he made all seven shots, looking like he was going to win the game in the second quarter.

And at the 7th minute of the second quarter, Lin Tian passed the ball to Okur without even looking at him, assisting Okur to make a 3-pointer!
After this three-pointer, the Knicks' lead over the Lakers has reached 10 points!
Lin Tian almost single-handedly allowed the Knicks to gain an absolute advantage in the away game!
But then, the referees finally took action! They knew that if they let Lin Tian continue to play like this, it would be too late for them to exert their strength in the second half!

As a result, the referees who had been secretive and secretly giving preferential treatment to the Lakers began to become somewhat unscrupulous!

Lin Tian was clearly hit on the arm by O'Neal when he attacked the basket, but the call was not made!
Kobe missed the pull-up jumper, and Houston probably just touched his body hair with his fingernail, so he was fouled and got two free throws!
O'Neal was trying to get into position under the basket, and before he even got into position, the referee called a foul on Okur.

Lin Tian attacked the basket again, but this time he was squeezed in the middle by O'Neal and Kirilenko. Like a sandwich, he was fiercely pressed by the two and lost his balance, so he naturally failed to hit the ball.

Still no blow!

Looking back, Mourning, who came on as a substitute, just touched Prince's arm when he jumped vertically to defend under the basket, and was called for a foul by the referee!
Another 2 free throws!
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Things like this happened again and again in the second quarter. The hot-tempered Mourning received three fouls and a technical foul in just four minutes. He was extremely dissatisfied with the referee's whistle and kept complaining to the referee, so he was called for a technical foul by Bavetta.

It was also thanks to the referee's crazy whistle blowing and whistle climax that the Lakers played a 5:25 offensive climax in the last 5 minutes of the game!
Not only did they close the gap, they also overtook the opponent in one fell swoop! (End of this chapter)