NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

On December 12, after a day of rest, the Knicks faced off against their distant and poor relative, the Brooklyn Nets, at home.

Facing the Nets, who have been reorganized and have had a mediocre record this season, the Knicks were unable to open up much of a gap throughout the game. After all, apart from Lin Tian, ​​the Knicks' current personnel are still a bit lacking.

They still have no defense at all, and the team's offense has declined a lot, so the subsequent games will naturally be quite difficult!

The game against the Nets lasted until the very last moment, and then the Knicks relied on Lin Tian's two consecutive 3-pointers and an assist to Smith's aerial relay dunk at the critical moment to successfully gain the advantage with an 8:0 wave. In the end, they won the game with a difference of 7 points.

The Knicks' winning streak continues!

The only pity is that Lin Tian only scored 51 points in this game!
Well... only 51 points!
At least at the end of the game, all the fans sighed with regret.

From the media to the fans, everyone is quite "dissatisfied" with Lin Tian's performance!
The score is too low, so disappointing!
We only got half of the points we got in the last game. It's not worth mentioning! It's not worth mentioning at all!
To be honest, 51 points is a high score for any player, and it is also a high score for Lin Tian.

But the problem is, Mr. Lin, your current task is not to score 50 points in a game, or even to average 50 points per game per month.

Your mission, Mr. Lin, is to break Chamberlain’s historical record!
Everyone expects you to score at least 122 points in the last two games and break Chamberlain's record in one fell swoop.

But after Lin Tian only scored 51 points in this game, his chance of breaking Chamberlain's record was almost gone. If he wanted to break Chamberlain's historical record, he would have to score at least 71 points in the next game to have a chance of surpassing Chamberlain.

Even for Lin Tian, ​​even though he has been extremely crazy this season, he has only scored 70 points a few times in his career. Even for Lin Tian, ​​it is impossible to get 70 points easily.

This kind of thing, you can't find it by chance.

Who can guarantee that their hands will feel good every day?
So after 'only' scoring 51 points in the last game, many people felt that there was no hope.

Chamberlain's record as the No. 1 in history will probably remain buried for some time before being broken by someone, or perhaps it will never be broken by anyone.

Some people think there is no hope, but naturally there are still many people who still think that Lin Tian has no problem breaking the record and can do it with just a little effort.

This group of fans were so confident: It’s just 71 points, Lin Tian can easily get it with his eyes closed, it’s just a piece of cake! It’s too easy!
A considerable number of these fans posted various posts on various forums, provoking and indiscriminately attacking everyone, with the main message being "I am the best in the world, our Lin is the best in the world, 71 points is just a drop in the bucket!"

These fans are eager to stimulate Lin Tian in this way and let him prove himself.

"Looking back at Lin's past record-breaking performances, he never disappoints!"

"The most undisappointing basketball star in history is Lin! He will accomplish his mission if he gives you hope!"

"Consecutive triple-doubles? Consecutive 50+ points? Single-season assists leader? Single-season win record? When has Lin ever disappointed anyone?"

"At least 71 points in the next game! This is Lin's hard power!"

"As long as he's close to breaking the record, he'll definitely break it!"

"When was the last time he let someone down? Maybe it was when he didn't get an A on a test in elementary school!"

Like these fans, various media outlets also praised Lin Tian wildly, as if to say, "It's up to you whether you can break the record or not, since we've already blown it up."

This tactic is commonly known as moral kidnapping.

Then there was another group of people who were madly slandering Lin Tian on the Internet.

What you are completely exhausted after scoring 102 points, what your physical strength has reached the bottom, what Lin Tian's condition has obviously declined, what the Knicks' current task is to maintain their playoff ranking rather than maintain second place in the Eastern Conference.

Some people also say that without Stoudemire and Anthony, Lin Tian is just a spent force. He can play well in one, two, three or five games, but can he maintain this performance for more than a month?
impossible!
I really think he is Superman!

"The Knicks' future is bleak, and three statistics show they could collapse at any time!"

"Lin Tian scored 51 points but it was not a good thing. Facing a second-rate team, they had to play until the last minute, which made the Knicks' future bleak!"

"51 points is just the last carnival. Linsanity may last for half a month, but the Knicks will inevitably face a losing streak in the near future!"

"Maintaining the second place in the Eastern Conference is a joke! Unless the Knicks score 50 points per game, they will not be competitive at all!"

……

No matter whether these fans and media are sincere or false, serious or deliberate, in short, what they are doing is called provocation!

The purpose is to provoke you and target you, to make you, Mr. Lin, angry just by looking at you, and then to explode like crazy, which is very embarrassing!

Next, it’s the last wave of people. What do you think of this group of people?

Quite superstitious.

"Emperor Guan gave me nine Holy Grails. He said that Lin Tian would definitely be able to average more than 9 points per game and become the best in history!"

"My mother went to the South China Sea to pray to Guanyin, so there will be no problem this time!"

"Jesus told me in a dream last night that Lin will definitely score 71 points! Jesus will not lie to me!"

"I know how to read faces. Lin is fine. His forehead is red and purple energy is rising to the sky. This wave is very stable!"

"Lin is God! Lin is everything! As long as he wants, he can definitely do it!"

"I'm in the Temple of Ares in Greece! I'm going to ask the God of War to give him some energy right now!"

"What a coincidence, buddy! I'm in front of the statue of Athena next to you. I'm praying to Athena to have sex with Lin in his bed and give him some extra support."

"Oh! Lin! You are my God! Please score 70 points for me again!"

"Break Chamberlain's record, Lin! I will become your believer!"

"I'm Lin's nutritionist. He's having a little trouble right now, which has caused his form to decline. He may not be able to score 71 points or more in the next game. We need help now. Please give us money to help Lin recover! After breaking the record, Lin will give you 10 times the return!"

……

This group of people mainly pray to gods and Buddhas, and are extremely pious.

Regarding these people showing off their special abilities, Lin Tian said: Why should I care about you? I don’t want to bother with you!
Mr. Lin doesn't care what you guys are planning to do or what you want to do!

When Lin Tian plays a game, he never plays for anything or anyone's dream or goal. How he plays depends purely on how the team needs him to play.

Lin Tian has never cared about the demands of fans and reporters, moral blackmail, etc., and never taken them to heart.

There’s nothing I can do, I, Mr. Lin, am awesome.

On December 12st, the Knicks will continue to play against the Toronto Raptors at home!

The Raptors are still incredibly weak this season. They have been rebuilding for so many years but have not been able to build anything. Although they got the No. 1 pick and selected Bargnani this season, it is a pity that this guy is obviously not a good candidate to build the core of the team.

His playing style is inconsistent, his physical fitness is mediocre, his mental attributes are not worth mentioning, his defensive ability is almost non-existent, and his offensive level is extremely unstable.

Simply put, this guy is at best a qualified to excellent starter. If you build a team with him as the core, all you can get is the next lottery pick.

For a team whose record was only slightly better than that of the Bobcats, the Knicks did not give them any chance to stalemate or fight to the death.

Lin Tian scored 21 points in the first quarter, giving the team a 14-point lead, which set the tone for the entire game.

In the second quarter, Grant Hill suddenly broke out, scoring 11 points in a single quarter by shooting inside and outside. Relying on his sudden outbreak and the excellent performance of other team members, the team continued to expand the score in the second quarter and led by 23 points at the end of the half!

In this quarter, Lin Tian took a total of 3 shots and scored 4 points.

At this point in the game, unless they were the kind of guy who really didn't understand basketball or the extremely optimistic super optimist, the other 90% of people knew: It was impossible for Lin Tian to score 70 points in this game, and there was no need for him to score 70 points.

Just play casually, it's enough to win!
Those fans who know Lin Tian very well know it very well: Lin Tian was able to score 40 points tonight because he was in a good mood today, and he just took a few more shots for fun.

Sure enough, Lin Tian, ​​who scored 25 points in the first half, entered the paddling mode for most of the third quarter and hardly attacked.

It was not until 5 minutes left in the third quarter that the Raptors suddenly had a climax and narrowed the gap to 15 points!
And it was after this climax that Lin Tian finally couldn't bear it anymore.

We must defend and counterattack!

So the following game once again became Lin Tian’s show!
He once again started the scoring king mode of scoring consecutively! First, he scored two 3-pointers in a row to expand the score difference to 21 points again. Then Lin Tian broke into the inside line many times in a row. Not only did he score repeatedly, but he also caused Bargnani to foul!
With 2 minutes left in the third quarter, the gap between the two sides widened to 26 points again!
In less than 3 minutes, the Knicks, led by Lin Tian, ​​launched an offensive wave that resulted in a net win of 11 points!
reverse?

You can dream about it, but don’t dream about playing against us!
But this wave of offense was like a flood of mercury, and everyone was integrated into the team's tactics! Everyone who stepped onto the court scored points, and everyone made a contribution.

And Lin Tian's personal score also reached 37 points in this wave of attack!
Then?

There is no more!
Then Lin Tian took the initiative to go off the court to rest. He left work early tonight.

His statistics tonight were only 37 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists.

Another big triple-double, but his fans are quite dissatisfied!
Not just the fans, even his teammates were a little dissatisfied.

"Just brush it up, Lin! Get more points!"

"Don't worry about our feelings, you can be alone!"

"The more independent the better. We just need to be responsible for rebounding and defense."

Similar words were made by the Knicks players from the bottom of their hearts during the halftime of the game.

But unfortunately, Lin Tian said it was boring.

In a game where we are leading by 2-30 points and there is no deep blood feud, what is there to brush?

Teammate: But this is a chance to become the first in history! If you don’t seize the opportunity this time, who knows when you will get the chance next time!

"Next month! Let's try it next month."

This was Lin Tian's answer to his teammates. It was also how Lin Tian answered reporters during the post-match press conference.

He just casually said he would try it next month.

If someone else said this, the reporters would probably boo in minutes, and then patiently explain to him how difficult this thing is, teach Lin Tian how long this record has been unbroken, and tell him that many people call this record the most unbreakable record in NBA history.

But unfortunately, the person who said this was Lin Tian.

What can journalists do?
They could only give a thumbs up and say: We will watch your games next month if we can, and we will not miss any of them.

At the same time, the dozen or so teams in the league that will face Lin Tian next month are all trembling.

This guy, you are not serious, right?
Don't be serious!

Regardless of whether Lin Tian's words were boasting or nonsense, regardless of whether he was serious or joking, in short, if there were only two people in the current league, or even in the entire league history, who could say this without being laughed at.

Then it can only be Lin Tian and Chamberlain!
Anyone else who says that averaging 50 points per game is just a way to go and that he can give it a try next month will definitely be met with crazy ridicule.

But now, everyone is full of expectations for Lin Tianxia’s performance next month!

At this point, this crazy December has finally come to an end!

Lin Tian's average statistics this month finally settled at 50.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 8.8 assists.

In the end, he failed to break Chamberlain's record, and his ranking even dropped.

His 50.4 points only ranked fifth in the monthly scoring average ranking.

Ahead of him were Chamberlain, Chamberlain, Chamberlain and Chamberlain.

But even so, Lin Tian's performance this month is absolutely crazy! Before him, averaging 40+ points per game in a month was already the limit in modern basketball, but Lin Tian raised this number to 50+ by himself!
Crazy, extremely crazy!

And everyone knows that no matter whether Lin Tian cares about the data or not, no matter whether he is interested in breaking Chamberlain's monthly record of 52.44 points per game, his madness has just begun!
Because although the Knicks will be able to welcome back Wallace and Barnes in the next few games, they will have to play without Stoudemire and Anthony throughout January.

The return of Barnes and Wallace will only make the team have more available players, but it will not significantly improve the team's strength, because these two are absolutely role players.

He is the type who can add bricks and tiles and do his own thing well. As for the rest? We still have to look forward to Lin Tian!

But when the time came to 2007, the Knicks, who had recently won a series of games and had a total record of 26 wins and 7 losses thanks to Lin Tian's madness, lost the first game of 2007!
They lost on the road to the San Antonio Spurs.

Lin Tian played quite uncomfortably in this game, or rather, the entire Knicks team played quite uncomfortably.

James got 21 free throws tonight, and O'Neal got 16 free throws! The two inside and outside duo teamed up to stand on the free throw line 37 times, plus Bosh, Finley, Francis and others, the Spurs stood on the free throw line a total of 57 times tonight!

They directly broke their own team record.

This is the most free throws in a single game in the history of the Spurs! They made 46 free throws, which is also the highest record in team history!
Just from the large number of free throws, you can guess why the Knicks felt frustrated tonight.

Okur fouled out with 6 fouls, Smith fouled out with 6 fouls, Ariza fouled out with 6 fouls!
There are three players on the team who have committed the maximum number of fouls with 6 fouls alone. In addition to Lin Tian, ​​Ariza and Muhammad who have 3 fouls each, the Knicks' foul count tonight is maxed out!

The result of so many fouls was that the entire Knicks team played timidly, and they didn't even dare to stretch out their arms, because as long as they stretched out their arms, they would definitely be called for a foul.

The referee blew the whistle crazily without any scruples, causing Lin Tian to play the most disgusting and frustrating game of his career.

But at the same time, the Spurs won this key battle and continued to sit firmly on the throne of first place in the Western Conference!
The Knicks lost in such a disgusting way that ended their winning streak. Lin Tian also had 5 fouls that night, which resulted in his playing time being cut into pieces, so he only made 36 of 14 shots and scored only 33 points.

Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for the entire Knicks team to be in a good mood!
As for how they display their anger next?

It couldn't be simpler.

They expressed their attitude in the team's shortest and most direct press conference this season or even in recent seasons.

"See you in New York! Then we'll see who is the grandson!"

Lin Tian said only this one sentence at the post-match press conference, and then he pulled old Nelson away from the press conference.

As for how they will be fined and punished after the game, that is another matter.

Anyway, tonight, Lin Tian didn't want to talk to the people of San Antonio for even a second.

I've been playing basketball for so many years, and I've suffered from whistle calls before. Even Lin Tian suffered from whistle calls in the finals for various reasons.

But this is the first time I’ve felt so aggrieved and disgusted like tonight!
Lin Tian felt frustrated during the game, and his fans certainly felt even more frustrated watching him!
Anyone, no matter if they understand basketball or not, as long as they have eyes, can definitely see how unfair the referee was tonight.

The fans of Lin Tian, ​​who were originally filled with righteous indignation and wanted to use Molotov cocktails and Gatling guns to massacre the Spurs, immediately quieted down after hearing Lin Tian's words.

It wasn't just Lin Tian's fans who fell silent.

All the fans are excited!
No matter whether you like Lin Tian or James, the Spurs or the Knicks, as long as you like basketball and like to watch the fun, the fans can't wait to open the schedule and start studying the next matchup between the two teams.

January 1st, New York!

It just happens to be the last game of this month!
For the alliance, this is definitely a perfect matchup!

At the beginning and end of the month, these two games will definitely bring the enthusiasm and energy of these two teams to the highest level!
At the same time, if Lin Tian did not talk nonsense and showed enough energy this month, he might really have a chance to challenge Chamberlain's monthly record of 52 points again this month!

If Lin Tian still has a chance to break the record at that time, then the attention on this game will be even higher!
Two of the league's top superstars, many outstanding first- and second-tier stars, plus the fact that both teams are among the league's top five, can also be linked to the feud between the two teams at the beginning of the month.

Finally, the league's current No. 1 player and superstar will face off against the league's hottest and most popular superstar of the new generation. The feud between these two people is so interesting!

Gee tut.

Stern now wants to give a big red envelope to the person who designed the schedule before the start of the season.

Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, the design of this schedule will allow the league to reap another huge wave of traffic!

And it was just this one incident that laid the foundation for the work of the league and various media for the entire month.

It’s just to stir up this matter and make this showdown hot!

No matter how this game will turn out in the end, the early stage enthusiasm must be maximized!
This month, just work overtime! (End of this chapter)