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This might be the last timeout of the game. The Knicks didn't even arrange any defensive tactics. Lin Tian and old Nelson's chatting alone took up half of the timeout.

For the remaining half of the time, what old Nelson entrusted to him was also quite simple.

"Lin against Kobe, Trevor against McGrady, others should not help defend, keep an eye on their own people, give them two singles opportunities! I believe they will be defended by us! At the same time, I bet they will play pick-and-roll again."

"Whether it's Kobe to McGrady or McGrady to Kobe, if the two of them are screeners, Lin, you and Trevor switch defense immediately. Don't worry about anything else. Switch immediately. I don't want to double-team or miss anyone. Do you understand?"

"If you understand, go ahead!"

The entire Knicks team didn't think there was anything wrong with Nelson's simple defensive arrangement.

This is the old man's trademark, focusing on laissez-faire and not caring about defense.

And at this moment, all the Knicks players are quite confident.

no problem!

It wouldn't be a problem even if the Lakers hit us with one goal.

We have Lin! With Lin, we will definitely win!

With this strong confidence, the Knicks five-man team walked onto the court.

The Lakers' lineup is the same as before, with Kobe, McGrady, Cook, Vujacic and Turiaf.

These five people are one blue-collar worker, two shooters and two core players.

Quite balanced!

"Dudu!"

As soon as the referee blew the whistle, McGrady, who was standing on the sidelines, passed the ball to Kobe immediately. After Kobe got the ball outside the three-point line, he turned his back to Lin Tian, ​​firmly stuck in position, waving his hands continuously, signaling his teammates to move away from him and give him space.

Then, with 14 seconds left on the shot clock, when all the Lakers players were in position, McGrady suddenly jumped up and ran towards Kobe.

Old Nelson guessed it right!
It turned out to be the pick-and-roll cooperation between Kobe and McGrady!

"Change!"

Lin Tian yelled, reminding Ariza to switch defense with him, and then the two of them switched, Lin Tian facing McGrady and Ariza facing Kobe.

Kobe did not hesitate and passed the ball directly to McGrady. Obviously this was a tactic prepared by Tomjanovich!

He wants to let the taller and more capable McGrady complete the shot!
But what Tomjanovich did not expect was that the Knicks' switch defense was so resolute that Lin Tian was directly facing McGrady.

But although such a decisive change was beyond Tomjanovich's expectations, it was completely in line with his plan.

His plan is to let McGrady play against smaller players and use his height advantage to score!
Just now, Kobe Bryant failed to single out Lin Tian using his 7-8 cm advantage.

This time McGrady's height advantage is more than 10 centimeters. Can it work?

Facing Lin Tian, ​​McGrady used his signature one-handed holding of the ball, observing the situation on the court, then suddenly started, slamming the ball in front of him with one hand, and at the same time he suddenly started to rush past Lin Tian.

But how could Lin Tian pass so easily with his speed? He quickly moved sideways, blocking McGrady so that he couldn't pass in front of him.

But McGrady's ability to combine man with ball is also top-notch. He didn't care about Lin Tian's quick blockade of him at all. Instead, he stretched out his long arms to hug the basketball, and was about to shoot directly!
It’s still his most signature pull-up jump shot!
"Snapped!"

But what awaits McGrady this time is exactly the same as the round when he just played against Hill!
Lin Tian saw the opportunity and at the moment when McGrady had to expose the ball, he slapped it and directly blocked McGrady's shot!
Then Lin Tian grabbed the basketball, turned around, and then started to accelerate and rushed to the front court!
In the last 8 seconds, Lin Tian completed another fatal defense! He saved the team again!
The Lakers players were simply unable to catch up with Lin Tian in the first place, they could only watch Lin Tian rush to the frontcourt.

In other words, Kobe reacted the fastest and accelerated back, trying to catch up with Lin Tian and commit a foul.

The Lakers still have one timeout. As long as they commit the foul, even if Lin Tian makes both free throws, they can call a timeout and serve the ball in the frontcourt, looking for a 2-point tie.

But the Lakers' current lineup is too slow!

Although Kobe and McGrady are both gifted, their speed is obviously not comparable to Lin Tian's, and Vujacic is just a white shooter with average physical fitness.

They couldn't catch up with Lin Tian! They were quickly left behind by Lin Tian.

Lin Tian did not stop and ran wildly to the Lakers' basket. As usual, he did not shoot. Instead, he turned around to observe the position of the Lakers players, then accelerated again and ran towards the left corner.

Kobe and Vujacic, who had just approached him, immediately missed him and had to change direction again, trying to catch up with Lin Tian and foul him.

But time is passing quickly, and now there are only 3 seconds left before the end of the game!

5 seconds were consumed by Lin Tian.

But the good news is that Kobe and Vujacic have completed the encirclement and blocked Lin Tian in the bottom corner. Even if Lin Tian is a god, he can't bypass the defense of the two, and he can't break through!

Within 1 second, the Lakers will definitely succeed in committing a foul! And if he passes the ball, the remaining players on the Knicks court, Ariza, Smith, Ward and Muhammad, are not stable free throw shooters, and none of them has a free throw shooting rate of more than 75%!
Do you dare to spread it?

dare!
Seeing the Lakers players running towards him at a rapid speed, Lin Tian glanced at the time, then at the Lakers' position, and suddenly made an unbelievable choice.

He threw the ball into the air!
This time, Lin Tian used almost all his strength, and the basketball flew very high, almost hitting the big screen above the court!

Then, the basketball dropped again and fell into the court, and the place where it fell was exactly the Knicks' half!

No matter whether the Lakers players can touch this ball or not, as long as someone from the Knicks touches it, it will definitely be a return!
At this time, the Lakers players had already rushed across half court and were running towards the frontcourt. They were going to chase Lin Tian.

At this time, everyone could only turn around again, chase towards their own half, and hug the basketball.

"Oh!"

The basketball fell to the floor, but no player could touch the basketball, and no one was near the basketball. Lin Tian's high swing was too sudden, and the landing point and direction were too weird!

When the basketball bounced high again, many players from the Lakers and Knicks had already rushed under the basketball, but they couldn't touch it. They had to wait for the basketball to fall again before they could fight for the ball.

But there is no chance!

"Buzz!"

"Dudu!"

The referee's whistle and the buzzer indicating the end of the game sounded at the same time, and the game was over!

Even though McGrady hugged the basketball in the crowd, it was of no avail. The whistle for the end of the game sounded long before he hugged the basketball.

The Lakers lost the Christmas game!

Their proud duo of outside stars were continuously defended by Lin Tian alone. In the final moments, Lin Tian relied on a near buzzer beater and two extremely tough defenses to successfully lead the team to win the game.

The Knicks narrowly beat the Lakers by 1 point!
In particular, this victory took place even though five Knicks players were expelled and the team's rotation suffered a major blow!

This game is definitely enough to make New Yorkers happy for half a month!
If you fight, we Lin will beat you without even having to do anything and you will run away in fear.

In the game, we were missing five important players but we still made you run away in panic.

The buzzer-beater, the most humiliating defensive success, and the victory was won by stepping on the heads of you, the Lakers.

There couldn't be a more perfect script for New Yorkers to be excited about!
This victory was enough for New Yorkers to forget the pain of having many players on the team being suspended, and was enough to make them happy for a while. Even many New Yorkers had forgotten that at least four of their players were facing long-term suspensions.

So happy!

Finally, it was Lin Tian who reminded all New Yorkers of this matter. At the press conference after the game, Lin Tian took the initiative to bring up this matter when facing the media.

"This victory is for the guys who fought for me! They saw me being knocked down, and they immediately rushed over and protected me. They are my pride, and I am proud of them!"

"They saved me from further persecution, and they stopped Bynum's shameless attack on me early! I thank them from the bottom of my heart."

Regarding Lin Tian’s words…

The reporters below all wanted to raise their middle fingers and scold Lin Tian.

No, it’s you, Lin Tian, ​​the Olympic champion in the 91kg and above category, who defeated Tyson head-on in the UFC and beat countless people in the NBA. The rest of the NBA players combined have never encountered a single blow from you in a head-on confrontation.

You said that you relied on the protection of your teammates to avoid being further bullied by Bynum?

What the hell are you talking about!
It was your teammates who beat Bynum up, so you failed to retaliate and failed to further harm Bynum!
But no matter what the reporters think, no matter how the reporters view Lin Tian’s words, Mr. Lin doesn’t think these words are bullshit at all. Anyway, I said so, and I believe it!
This is the truth!
We are the victims, and the guys on our team are the heroes who had to stand up and fight for justice when I was in mortal danger!
As for whether you believe it or not, I, Mr. Lin, believed it first.

"This victory is for my teammates! They couldn't be there to feel the victory with us. I also give this victory to our fans. I'm sorry that they saw a bad fight on Christmas."

"This is not a good thing. It is something that makes everyone sad and painful. I don't want to see it. On behalf of my teammates, I apologize to everyone."

"Do you regret it, Lin? If it happens again, do you think your teammates will still rush forward?"

"Yes, they will rush forward." Lin Tian said without hesitation: "I will also support them. As I said before, I know this is wrong and it will damage the reputation and image of the alliance, but sometimes, people can't just do the right thing, right?"

"There will always be times when we have to do something wrong. And, with me here, we will never start a fight, and we will never start a fight or cause trouble for others."

"But if anyone dares to attack us, whether it's me, Amare, Melo, Don or anyone on the team, we will still show the same momentum as tonight."

"If you're not afraid, just give it a try!"

"So Lin, after tonight, there will definitely be a large-scale suspension. How do you think the rest of your season will go? What kind of games do you think you will play next? Where do you think you will rank in the league after these suspensions?"

"The next step is to continue winning! It's that simple. My brothers will leave for a while and take a break, and then I will take over! It's like I believe 100% that if it's me who leaves, they will definitely be able to hold on, they will definitely be able to hold on!"

"How are we doing now?"

"23 wins and 7 losses, second in the Eastern Conference, third in the league, right?" Lin Tian looked at the reporters and paused for a moment before saying, "No matter how many games they are suspended for, no matter when they come back, when they come back, we will at least still be second in the Eastern Conference and third in the league."

"I will even try my best to make the team go one step further and make the team No. 1 in the Eastern Conference or the league!"

"We'll see!"

"Then Lin, one last question!" Another reporter stood up under the guidance of the league's press officer and asked, "How are you going to play the next game?"

"You shouldn't ask me this question." Lin Tian looked at the reporter and said lightly, "You should ask other teams in the league, the teams that will play against us in the next 1-2 months."

"Ask them how they plan to stop me, ask them how they plan to defend against me!"

"Now, it's them who should tremble."

"That crazy, bloodthirsty, omnipotent tyrant is coming back!"

Lin Tian's extremely arrogant words would not have such a good effect if anyone in the alliance said them.

But it was Lin Tian, ​​and no one could say NO to what he said, and no one dared to object.

There's no way, this guy's past record is really scary, and the things he has done in the past are really shocking.

Don't mess with him, this is the consensus reached by everyone in the league now.

Untouchable.

At the same time, all the teams in the league who watched the game, listened to Lin Tian’s press conference, and learned the whole story, whether they were coaches, core players, or various managements, had a fairly unified reaction after learning about this incident.

"Fuck the Lakers! Fuck Bynum! What the hell are you doing, you bastard? Why do you mess with Li Yun... No, why do you mess with Lin Tian?"

"You're lucky I didn't kill you!"

But if Bynum is lucky, it means that the teams that will play against the Knicks in the next month or so will be unlucky.

Everyone knew that after Lin Tian made those harsh words, he would do something.

Everyone is extremely nervous!

They were not really afraid of Lin Tian or afraid of losing.

Absolutely not!

On the contrary, many teams are sharpening their knives, thinking this is a good opportunity to defeat the Knicks!
They are just a little worried.

They were worried that Lin Tian would hit them with some historical super data and then they would be nailed to the pillar of shame!

That would be embarrassing!

I would rather lose the game than have my stats overtaken by Lin Tian or be written into the history books of the NBA.

This is what many teams in the league are thinking and what is really happening.

Who made Lin Tian's "criminal record" not so rich?
Who made Lin Tian beat up one person after another before, making the entire league a little scared and causing the entire league to have a stress reaction?

Of course, it’s not just the stars and management who are calling Bynum a good-for-nothing and saying that he has single-handedly destroyed the entire league’s ecosystem.

The league officials also hate Bynum to the core!
Lakers! Knicks! Christmas! New York and Los Angeles!
In this kind of competition, you use these dirty moves which lead to all-out violence and crazy brawls.

In other words, the rules do not allow it, otherwise Stern would have had Bynum, the idiot, contract voided in a minute and kicked him out of the league permanently.

What a bastard!

The league has worked hard to build its brand and distance itself from negative news and all kinds of bad events, including but not limited to drugs, gambling, violence, gangs, discrimination... and so on.

What are Stern and the league's staff doing this for? To make the wealthy and the middle class think that this is a healthy league and be willing to spend money on it.

So that these bastard players and owners can make more money!

But now?

Bynum's elbow ruined everything!

His elbow caused a fight to break out in the NBA again, with more than 10 people involved in the brawl involving almost all the starting lineups of both teams!
"Fuck you nigger! All your brains are about muscles and air!" Stern, who is always careful with his words and actions and pays special attention to his image, closed the door of his office and cursed inside while throwing things around to make noise.

He didn't want other people to hear what he said. He was just angry at Bynum, but if someone caught him using racial discrimination, he would be doomed.

So you have to be careful when you curse! Who knows if there is anyone waiting to record or report you.

But after venting all his anger, Stern's mind started working again.

Damn it, you want to fight? I'm going to kill you!

In the blink of an eye, he had come up with a foolproof plan, a plan to remedy and restore the alliance's reputation. (End of this chapter)