NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

The reason why the team is at the bottom now is quite simple.

The players are too weak.

This group of people are really incompetent.

It can be seen from the salary of each person: the highest paid person on the team is Brevin Knight, with an annual salary of 440 million. Because of the rise of Felton, his average playing time per game is less than 15 minutes.

Then there is Eric Williams, who earns 410 million. This guy is now very old and has a lot of injuries. Jordan hired him purely to make up the poverty line. There is no other way, because the league stipulates that if the team salary does not reach the poverty line, it cannot participate in the team that shares the luxury tax at the end of the season.

So Williams has actually not played on the court so far this season.

I'm here to live in my old age.

Then, no one on the team had a salary over $350 million.

Even if you say that Okafor, who is still on his rookie contract, deserves an annual salary of tens of millions, and the rapidly rising Felton should get more, even with these two, there are few players on the team who can get a middle-class contract.

The fundamental reason why this team didn't make the playoffs and ranked last in the league is that it's rotten! The players are too incompetent.

The players' attributes don't match Brown's tactics to begin with, and now the players' strength isn't good enough. It would be a miracle for such a team not to be at the bottom!

For example, in the first round, although the players retreated quickly, except for Felton who immediately pressed Lin Tian's dribbling and hindered his attack, the others just mechanically retreated to their positions and watched Felton and Lin Tian face off.

There is no spirituality and the playing style is too rigid.

This is one of the countless problems the Bobcats face today.

Facing Felton's one-on-one defense, Lin Tian pretended not to see it at all. He changed direction and easily defeated the young man. Then he rushed into the inside in the blink of an eye, jumped up towards Okafor and made a graceful pull-up shot. After walking in the air, he backhanded the ball into the goal!
"Here it comes! I knew that Lin would go into offensive mode as soon as he came up! Let's see what other surprises Lin can bring us tonight!" Lin Tian's resolute layup without any hesitation immediately excited Barkley!

He could see the determination and passion in Lin Tian’s eyes!

As everyone knows, Lin Tian's trash talk is unmatched in the league. Almost every word he says hits the heart directly, and every word can make his opponents feel deep despair and anger.

Everyone who plays against him has to endure Lin Tian’s endless trash talk.

But few people know that when Lin Tian chooses to be quiet and silent, that is when he becomes truly terrifying and is about to burst out with all his energy!
But such times are quite rare.

And tonight, Lin Tian was obviously in quiet mode.

After he scored the goal, he didn't look at Okafor, nor did he trash talk Felton. He just started to retreat silently without saying a word.

Felton didn't find any problems or anything wrong. He received the ball from the baseline and then advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Lin Tian's defense, Felton felt that the pressure Lin Tian gave him tonight was far less than when the two of them faced each other last year.

Last year, when he faced off against Lin Tian, ​​he really didn't even dare to dribble the ball. He really had a very strong pressure!

But tonight, that pressure almost disappeared.

"I have become stronger?" Felton pondered for a moment, and he felt that this was the only answer.

I just got stronger!
Then, Felton wanted to give it a try. He did not call for a screen, but dribbled the ball between his legs continuously. Then he suddenly accelerated and squeezed past Lin Tian. Although Lin Tian was not thrown away and still followed him, Felton felt that it was much easier for him to break through Lin Tian tonight!

"Whoosh!"

Felton did not force an attack this time. Instead, after attracting a double-team halfway through the breakthrough, he passed the ball to Okafor on the other side. Okafor, the first player in the history of the team, immediately jumped up and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!
"boom!"

After a loud bang, Okafor made a slam dunk with both hands, and the Bobcats started the game with great momentum!
But Okafor's dunk meant that he had to dangle twice on the rim, which meant he would not have time to assist in defense.

Okur quickly came to the basket, grabbed the basketball, and then threw it out. Lin Tian's arm gently pushed Felton, pushing the little fat man back and preventing him from chasing Lin Tian in the first time.

Then Lin Tian accelerated rapidly and started running wildly towards the front court.

He had already hugged the basketball when he was outside the three-point line, and then continued to accelerate. After a burst of rush, he left all the Bobcats behind in the blink of an eye, and then he jumped up and made another two-handed windmill dunk!

"Too fast! Lin's speed is too fast!" Barkley shouted excitedly: "The signature windmill dunk! Makes you think you are not in Charlotte, but in Amsterdam!"

"There are no windmills in Amsterdam, you idiot." Kenny rolled his eyes and said disdainfully, "Windmills are only found in the countryside, such as the Sanhe District outside Amsterdam. That's the home of windmills."

"Can you, fat guy, stop going to Hawaii or Miami every time you go on vacation? Go somewhere new and broaden your horizons! Don't be so embarrassing."

After rebuking Barkley for a few words, Kenny brought the topic back to the game with satisfaction: "But I noticed that Lin's defensive intention tonight didn't seem to be very good. He didn't defend with all his strength, nor did he go crazy against Felton."

"Even in the Knicks, Lin's defensive attitude is not normal. In the past, he would defend with all his strength even if his teammates didn't defend and the coach didn't ask him to defend."

"Maybe Lin has other plans tonight!"

While Barkley and Kenny were talking, Felton had already made his way to the basket again, and then, despite Okur's defense, he raised his hand and made a high-arcing layup and scored the ball again. The Bobcats continued to maintain a slight lead.

This time, Lin Tian suddenly stopped outside the three-point line, and then ignored Felton's defense and shot a three-point shot!
"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Lin Tian made a 3-pointer!
His first long shot tonight was still extremely accurate!
7: 7!

After the start, Lin Tian scored 7 points in a row. Felton on the opposite side was also extremely strong, scoring 5 points and 1 assist. The two point guards performed perfectly in the opening stage of tonight!

And then, the two teams started to attack each other!

The big fat guy Sean May scored 2 points with a strong shot under the basket, and Carroll also made a jump shot after receiving the ball from outside the 3-point line!
Then Felton made a quick stop and mid-range shot, and Anderson, who was among the team's starters, became the last person to score points. With the help of his teammates' off-ball screen, he cut to the basket and received the ball to complete a slam dunk!
It only took the Bobcats 4 minutes tonight to achieve the small achievement of all 5 starters scoring!
On the Knicks side, Lin Tian was still the only one scoring!
Mid-range jump shot, post-up singles, 3-point shot, breakthrough to the basket...

Lin Tian had almost everything he wanted. The Bobcats' defense and Brown's defense system were like air in his eyes. He was able to break through and shoot from inside and outside, and was simply unstoppable!

After all, your most proud peak version of the Pistons couldn't do anything to Mr. Lin. Now, this castrated, weakened, simplified and free-to-install version of the Bobcats, what ability does it have to stop Mr. Lin from scoring?
In other words, the starting lineup and performance of the Bobcats tonight were really great. They kept scoring and kept the score close. They were not afraid of Lin Tian's madness at all. The two teams played back and forth and were evenly matched.

The entire first half of the first quarter was a crazy battle between Lin Tian alone and the five-man Bobcats team!
Lin Tian kept shooting and scoring. No matter whether it was Felton, Anderson or Carroll, any player from the Bobcats who faced Lin Tian was easily passed by him or ignored the defense and made a strong shot to score points.

Lin Tian is unstoppable!

The confrontation between the two sides continued until the 7th minute of the first quarter.

With 4 minutes and 49 seconds left in the first quarter, Lin Tian missed a long 3-point shot. Smith under the basket jumped high, grabbed the ball, and then got ready in the air, drew his bow and arrow, then slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!
This goal not only allowed the Knicks to overtake the score again, but it was also the first time that anyone other than Lin Tian scored on the entire Knicks team!
22: 20!

The Knicks lead by 2 points!
而在刚刚7分钟的比赛里，林天是内突外投，14投8中，3分球4投3中，罚球2罚1中，拿下了20分3篮板！

Compared to Lin Tian's crazy performance and his 20-point streak, the Bobcats were more balanced, with Felton scoring 7 points and 3 assists, Okafor scoring 4 points, Anderson scoring 4 points, Sean May scoring 2 points, and Carroll scoring 3 points. All five starters scored, and the team was holding on to the score tightly. The two sides' offensive battle in the past few minutes was praised by the fans at the scene and in front of the TV, who kept cheering!

"I told you! There's absolutely nothing wrong with broadcasting this game! Lin scored 7 points in 20 minutes, and the Bobcats played their best game of the season so far!" Barkley said happily, "Now let's see if they have the opportunity and ability to keep the score close!"

Kenny also said: "For a young team like the Bobcats, if they can hold on to the entire game in such a thrilling battle with the defending champions, then regardless of whether they win or lose, their confidence, ability and team spirit will definitely be significantly improved!"

"Young people will make a lot of mistakes and have a lot of problems, but they will also absorb nutrients like a sponge and grow quickly."

"I am looking forward to this Bobcats team making rapid progress and getting rid of its image and status as a bottom-feeder soon."

On the court, Smith's tip-in finally started the scoring momentum of other Knicks players. After attacking continuously for half a quarter, Lin Tian also began to rest. In the rest of the first quarter, Lin Tian did not shoot again, but remained restrained and began to pass the ball to his teammates.

However, after the loss of Stoudemire and Anthony, the Knicks' scoring ability has dropped drastically. Whether it is Ariza or Smith, their talents are unquestionable, and their physical fitness can be described as excellent or even top-notch.

But apart from the open-cut dunk, the other scoring methods of these two are really not worth mentioning.

As for Hill and Houston, they were once the league's top scorers, but now they are in their twilight years. It's okay to have a few flashes of scoring occasionally, but asking them to carry the team as the core is beyond their ability.

In the last four minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks inevitably fell into a disadvantage. Their scoring efficiency began to decline significantly and their lead disappeared.

26: 31!

With 30 seconds left in the first quarter, the Knicks were trailing the Bobcats by 5 points!
"Pull away!" Lin Tian, ​​who played the entire first quarter, waved to all his teammates to pull away. He dribbled to the frontcourt and faced Felton, who also played the entire first quarter. He constantly adjusted his pace and dribbling rhythm, while looking up at the game time.

Last 26 seconds!
Lin Tian suddenly dribbled the ball between his legs, and then pretended to move his upper body to the other side. Then, at the moment when Felton thought that Lin Tian was going to break through that side, Lin Tian suddenly received the ball and jumped sideways to create space, then he jumped up and shot again from outside the 3-point line!
"Shh!"

Lin Tian’s 23rd point in this quarter!
The gap between the two sides was narrowed to 2 points!
Lin Tian left the Bobcats a full 24 seconds of offensive time!
At this time, the Bobcats will certainly try every means to compress the game time to the last moment. Even if they cannot score in the last attack, they will not leave the Knicks time and opportunities to attack, and they will not let the Pacers attack again.

They want to end this quarter with a lead!
Felton controlled the basketball steadily and observed the time of the game. Lin Tian was also surprisingly "cooperative". He did not rush up to press him for defense, but gave Felton a step of space, allowing him enough space to handle the attack.

Last 5 seconds!
After Felton compressed the time to an extremely extreme situation, he suddenly started to accelerate and was about to force his way past Lin Tian!
But this time, it's completely different!
In the first 11 minutes of the first quarter, Felton, who had almost everything he wanted, found that Lin Tian's defensive strength had suddenly increased! He was completely surrounded by Lin Tian, ​​and he suddenly lost the angle and space to continue moving forward, and he had to stop suddenly!
He didn't even have time to call for a screen to get his teammates to help him, and he didn't have time to reorganize the attack.

Felton could only turn his back to protect the basketball, then pretend to twist left and right, then chose a direction again, turned around suddenly and accelerated, trying to squeeze past Lin Tian!
Although he was able to complete the turn this time, he had just turned his back when Lin Tian slapped the basketball in his hand from behind. The basketball immediately escaped Felton's control and rolled into Hill's hands in front of him.

Felton had an almost perfect performance in the first quarter tonight, scoring 9 points, 5 assists and 0 turnovers in a single quarter. He almost played the most perfect quarter of his career, but he made a mistake at this time!

After Hill got the basketball, he didn't stop at all and immediately passed the ball to Lin Tian.

After receiving the ball, Lin Tian patted it, ran two steps forward, and then took a long three-point shot directly from outside his own three-point line!
The moment the basketball slipped out of his hands, the whistle for the end of the first quarter sounded!
"Buzz!"

Accompanied by a long buzzer sound, the basketball flew straight forward, crossed three quarters of the court in the air, and then landed accurately above the basket.

"Shh!"

A crisp sound was heard, and the entire Charlotte Spectrum Center fell silent again.

Unbelievable!

Everyone at the scene widened their eyes and opened their mouths in disbelief.

How can this be?

How could this guy possibly hit a shot from that far?

From the three-point line on this side, throw it to the basket on the other side?

madman!

After this goal, Lin Tian still did not celebrate. Instead, he looked as if he had just licked the ball under the basket. He turned around calmly, raised a finger to the sky, and then staggered back to his own bench.

32: 31!

Thanks to Lin Tian's extreme operation and crazy consecutive 6 points, the Knicks overtook by one point!
第一节比赛，林天的数据也定格在了16投10中，3分球6投5中，罚球2罚1中，拿下了26分3篮板！

At least in the first game after his teammates took a break, Lin Tian showed top level level and determination!

With me here, the team's record will definitely continue!
In the second quarter, Lin Tian did not continue to play, but sat on the sidelines to rest.

It's just the Bobcats. There's no need to overdraw Lin Tian and let him play the whole game like crazy.

Although old Nelson had to change the team's rotation, he still continued his previous habits in using Lin Tian and his playing time.

Play the entire first quarter, take a 3-5 minute break in the second quarter, play the entire third quarter, and take another 3-5 minute break in the fourth quarter.

The playing time in a game is basically between 38 and 42 minutes.

In this era, this playing time can be considered quite healthy, and among the top stars, it is just an average level.

However, although old Nelson did not change the rotation, as soon as Lin Tian went down, he immediately let four veterans, Okur, Hill, Houston and Ward, play at the same time, so that the team could maintain experience and stability as much as possible.

Old Nelson's plan is: Lin Tian is not here, so you guys should slow down the tempo and use your experience and skills to slow down the game. Even if you cannot win points, even if you will definitely lose points to your opponent, you have to lose less.

Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.

But unfortunately, the Bobcats were in too good shape tonight! Even though Felton and Okafor were not on the court at the beginning of the second quarter, their rotation lineup played quite aggressively.

Especially the team's top scorer Carroll. In the early second quarter, this guy was like a young man who had never seen a girl since childhood and entered a brothel. He loaded the bullets and fired crazily!
4分钟的时间里，这家伙3分线外连续出手，5投4中连续命中了4颗3分球！

This guy is completely crazy!
It was thanks to his consecutive three-point attacks that the Bobcats had an absolute advantage in the first four minutes of the second quarter!
They beat the Knicks 16:4 on offense!
When old Nelson called a timeout and let Lin Tian come back on the court, the score between the two sides had reached 36:47!

The Bobcats' lead reached double digits!
"Lin is coming back!" Barkley said happily when he saw Nelson taking a timeout: "Lin is going to continue his killing mode!"

"He scored 26 points in the first quarter. How many points can he get in the second quarter?"

With the expectations of basketball fans all over the world, Lin Tian stepped onto the court again!

Appearing with him was the Bobcats' entire main lineup.

Felton and Okafor, who had also rested for a long time, both walked onto the court. (End of this chapter)