NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

"But in addition to revenge, there is actually another important drama to show you tonight!" Barkley suddenly changed the subject and stopped talking to Kenny about topics like the probability of winning or losing for both sides.

Because the most important gimmick tonight is not the Knicks' revenge, nor the challenge of the new generation king James to the current league leader, and certainly not a head-on confrontation between the league's top teams.

The most important highlight tonight is the battle between Lin Tian and Chamberlain!
"So far this month, Lin has played in 15 games, scoring a total of 771 points, including 1 game with 70+ points, 3 games with 60+ points, and 12 games with 50+ points! He only scored less than 3 points in 50 games this month, and in one of those games, he got an unprecedented triple-double!"

"Lin's performance this month is definitely the best in NBA history! He is currently averaging 1 points per game in January!"

"This is the second consecutive month that he is expected to average 50+ points per game! In other words, as long as Lin scores more than 29 points tonight, he will be able to achieve the miracle of averaging 50 points per month for the second consecutive month!"

"Given Lin's current state, averaging 50 points per game is a foregone conclusion! He can definitely do it!"

Kenny smiled and said, "That's right! So the only suspense now is: Can Lin, who missed breaking Chamberlain's record last month, do it this month? Can he accomplish this feat this time?"

"Chamberlain averaged 52.443 points per game."

"If Lin wants to surpass him this month, he needs to score at least 69 points tonight! That way his average points per game this month will reach 52.5 points! No. in history!"

"Based on Lin's performance over the past week, the probability of him being able to do it is quite high!"

"Honestly, even now, when I say this, I still find it incredible! I can actually say that the probability of a player getting 69 points is quite high! I can only say that Lin is really terrifying! His condition is really scary."

"He's already so good that I feel like 50 points is just so-so, 60 points is easy, and 70 points is a small burst."

Barkley smiled and said, "Unconsciously, Lin has become so strong that everyone in the league has to look up to him, admire him and submit to him. Now Lin is basically a living, active legend! He will become everyone's goal."

"And what I can be sure of is that among all the talented players currently in the league or about to enter the league, no one can be Lin's opponent! No one!"

"None of them can see Lin's taillights! We don't know when we will see someone who can challenge Lin's status and achievements."

"Maybe, I will never see him in my lifetime! He is truly a superstar who has never been seen before and will be hard to surpass in the future! He is truly a monster born for sports!"

In the TNT studio, Kenny and Barkley were bragging to Lin Tian crazily, and they also succeeded in raising everyone's expectations again!
Everyone wants to see what kind of performance Lin Tian and the Knicks can perform in this game!
Expectation!

On the court, the starting players of both teams are now in position!
The five-man team on the Spurs side is definitely an All-Star lineup!
Center Shaquille O'Neal, although his dominance has obviously declined this season and he has been hit by injuries again, he has only played 16 games so far this season, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and he still averages 17 points and 9 rebounds per game!

Power forward Chris Bosh has also grown rapidly this season. His mid-range and long-range shooting has become more and more stable, especially his three-point shooting has reached the peak of his career!
With two top stars in James and O'Neal on the team, he can make more than two three-pointers per game with a hit rate of up to 3%. He can also contribute 4 points and 19 rebounds per game, making him the team's second-leading scorer.

Many people believe that Bosh may be able to enter the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in his career this year!

Then there is Steve Francis, who was brought in by the team this year to replace Bibby. After experiencing injuries and various difficulties over the years, Francis no longer has the sharpness and ruthlessness that he had to challenge Lin Tian directly. Of course, his ability is no longer comparable to his peak period.

Francis is now at the end of his career.

Now he has long since washed away all the glitz and glamour and is playing a supporting role peacefully. This season he can contribute 12 points and 6 assists per game. He is also one of the most important strikers in the team's history. His impact ability and strength cannot be ignored!

The team's starting shooting guard is veteran Michael Finley. Today's Finley certainly doesn't have the style and strength of the former Bull King. Now he is just a spot shooter and a pure finisher. Time has taken away his speed and bounce. He rarely breaks through, but if the opponent leaves him open, he will definitely make the opponent pay the price!
Finally, of course, it is the team’s current absolute core and the league’s new generation superstar LeBron James!
This season, James averaged 26 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game! In terms of versatility and triple-double ability, no one in the entire league can rival him except Lin Tian.

At the same time, James has made obvious progress and improvement in many technical details this year. He is more mature and stable than ever before!
This year is the year when James officially launches his challenge for the championship! It is an important year for James to get rid of the title of "Young James"!
The Spurs' five starters are all very good, and each of them is either a former All-Star or a current All-Star! This lineup is definitely one of the most luxurious lineups in the league!

Compared to them, the Knicks team on the opposite side is somewhat not good enough!

Although the unmanned combination of Okur, Smith, Wallace, Barnes and Lin Tian has strong athletic ability, can run, jump and play a beautiful game, the four people other than Lin Tian, ​​no matter their ability, status, popularity, achievements or anything else, are completely incomparable to the Spurs on the opposite side.

"Four of the Knicks' starting five are not in an advantageous position in their matchups, and four of them are clearly weaker than the Spurs players on their opposite sides." Barkley sighed sincerely after the starting players of both teams stepped onto the court: "The only advantage the Knicks have..."

"It's Lin! Lin is the only one they have!"

Kenny added: "Even the Knicks don't have an advantage on the bench! Because although they have the veteran duo of Hill and Houston, the Spurs have JR Smith!"

"JR is the top favorite for this year's Sixth Man of the Year! He has scored 40+ points twice this season! This guy's scoring explosiveness should not be underestimated!"

"Then let's see how the Knicks break through! How to win this game when the team is completely at a disadvantage!" Barkley once again said: "Look, the referee has come to the center circle, the game is about to begin!"

"Dudu!"

As soon as Barkley finished speaking, the basketball flew into the air.

Although O'Neal is clearly past his peak and his form has dropped drastically this year, he still easily defeated Okur and got the first wave of offensive possession for the team.

Francis held the basketball and didn't rush forward. Instead, he let his teammates go down while he moved forward slowly and steadily.

After coming to the frontcourt, Francis quickly passed the ball to O'Neal, allowing O'Neal to single out Okur in the low post.

The same thing: O'Neal may not be able to play against top inside players like Yao Ming and Duncan now, but if he wants to bully Okur, it will be easy and straightforward!

"boom!"

3 seconds later, O'Neal easily shook off Okur and made a signature two-handed dunk, scoring 2 points for the team!
This is also the Spurs' regular style of play this season. They let O'Neal play first at the beginning, and let him have one-on-one duels while he is in an unstoppable stage with plenty of energy.

Then when his physical strength declines, James, Bosh and others will take over the game!

After all, O'Neal is just old now, not useless.

If he only plays for 20 minutes, he is still the league's top center!

"It's okay, Mehmet, just stand outside the three-point line and shoot him to death!" Lin Tian patted Okur's butt, indicating not to worry, let's take it slow.

"But O'Neal probably won't play against me. Anyway, if I were Popovich, I would definitely let Bosh play against me." Okur said miserably that he was afraid that he would hardly have a chance to take revenge tonight.

"What are you afraid of? If that's the case, let me help you get revenge!" Lin Tian smiled and dribbled to the frontcourt.

Then Lin Tian noticed that O'Neal was indeed squatting in the inside and switched defense with Bosh.

Now, the closer O'Neal is to the 3-second zone, the more powerful he is!

“Josh!”

When Lin Tian saw O'Neal squatting in the inside, he immediately waved his hand to call for a pick-and-roll, asking Smith to come forward and provide a screen with him.

He wanted to see if O'Neal would come out. No?
After Lin Tian set the screen, he just shot the ball! The 3-pointer went into the pocket accurately!

"Shaq, just build a house in the 3-second zone! If you don't come out, I'll use this move to shoot your entire team in the face!"

After scoring the goal, Lin Tian immediately started to scold O'Neal.

With Lin Tian's condition and touch, if he were allowed to throw the ball like that, he could really kill the Spurs tonight!

"LeBron!" Popovich's reaction was surprisingly fast. He stood up and shouted at James on the court: "Help defense! What did we arrange before the game?"

James did not speak or respond to Popovich's accusation, but dribbled quickly to the frontcourt again, then gave the ball to O'Neal and asked him to attack!

In the first 3-4 minutes, O'Neal was the top offensive player.

It was of course very easy for O'Neal to play against Okur, and the Knicks didn't have any good help defense or double-team tactics, so he made another hook shot and successfully scored.

The Knicks' offense, still Lin Tian, ​​still faced Francis, and Lin Tian called for a screen for the second time in a row!
Your Spurs focus on O'Neal, and I also focus on O'Neal!

But this time, after Lin Tian set the screen, he met James who came forward to assist in defense!

James rushed over early and opened his arms to block Lin Tian's space and angle to break through or throw a three-pointer. This guy's defensive awareness and assist defense ability are quite good!
If it were someone else, the first choice at this time would definitely be to pass the ball to Smith who had already started to move down the field or to Wallace who was left open.

But Lin Tian didn’t!
He didn't even rush into the offensive state, but suddenly started dribbling backwards, waving his hands to signal everyone to move away from him.

Waiting for you, James!

Lin Tian dribbled the ball and signaled everyone to move away, and at the same time he quickly got into the rhythm of attacking!
With continuous between-the-legs dribbling and fake upper-body moves, he constantly deceived and manipulated James's defensive steps.

Then, just as Lin Tian made another small change of direction to attract James to take a step forward with his left foot, Lin Tian suddenly accelerated!
He made a huge change of direction to create distance, and in the blink of an eye he accelerated and broke through from the left leg of James!
If this round ended here, this would be just one of Lin Tian's countless brilliant breakthroughs.

But this time it’s not that simple!
Just as Lin Tian had passed James and was almost standing parallel to him, James' terrifying physical fitness and coordination ability allowed him to complete the lateral movement under this extreme situation. He took a step forward and blocked Lin Tian again.

But it was this step that made James experience the worst and most embarrassing defensive round in his career!
James didn't see how the basketball in Lin Tian's hand moved at all. In short, when James moved sideways to occupy the position, he saw incredulously that the basketball in Lin Tian's hand disappeared.

Then James felt a cool breeze blowing between his legs, and when he saw the basketball again, it was behind him.

As for Lin Tian?

He took advantage of James' distraction, took another step forward, got behind him, grabbed the basketball, and rushed into the inside!
"Bypass? Lin passed James? How did he do that? How did the basketball pass James' crotch? How did he pass the ball?" Kenny yelled in disbelief, "I didn't see it at all! I didn't see how Lin did it at all!"

"I didn't see it either!" Barkley didn't have time to mock Kenny for his poor eyesight at this time. Firstly, he didn't see it either, and secondly, this round was not over yet!

After passing James, Lin Tian picked up his speed again and rushed towards O'Neal in the inside!
Then he ignored the big shark in the interior that everyone feared, jumped up madly, holding the basketball in both hands, and rushed towards O'Neal!
The momentum of Lin Tian's shot was terrifyingly strong, as if it was a matter of either you or me, and I am going to kill you today!
If O'Neal was five years younger, if this was the playoffs or the finals, O'Neal would definitely go for it regardless of the consequences, and would rather pay with a flagrant foul than not do his best to pin Lin Tian down.

But unfortunately, this was just a mediocre regular season!
So O'Neal moved sideways without thinking and made room for Lin Tian.

He chose to watch Lin Tian complete the dunk!
"You want to join the Knicks, Shaq?" After the dunk, Lin Tian looked at O'Neal and said, "Why don't you defend?"

"I don't want to bother with you!" O'Neal was in no mood to waste time talking to Lin Tian. He didn't want to tell him nonsense like "I'm old" and "I don't have the ambition to not allow anyone to dunk on my head".

He immediately went to the baseline, picked up the basketball, and then threw it towards the front court!
James over there is almost starting to go down!

"Not polite!"

While Lin Tian was muttering, he had already accelerated and rushed back towards his own basket with all his strength!

I let you play fast break in our home court using the method we are best at. Do I still have any face left?
So at this moment, Lin Tian burst out with all his energy and speed. He surpassed countless people along the way and made his way to his own basket!

When he returned to the Knicks' three-second zone, James happened to be at the edge of the three-second zone!
He caught up!

But James is not the type who gets carried away easily. If it were JR or Francis, they would have rushed forward without hesitation.

But James was very calm. He slowed down, adjusted his steps, made a fake layup, and then passed the ball to the middle.

There was Bosh, who was also running at full speed, only a little slower than Lin Tian!

After Bosh got the ball, he took off directly, holding the ball with both hands and flew towards the basket!

Dunk over Lin Tian!

Bosh felt that he was about to achieve this unparalleled achievement!

But just when the basketball was about to be smashed into the basket, Lin Tian incredibly completed the entire process of turning around, adjusting his pace and jumping on his knees in just that instant!
He jumped up like a rocket. Lin Tian's huge advantage in jumping speed was clearly revealed at this moment. He started late but was the first to arrive, appearing between Bosh and the basket in a very extreme way.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, Lin Tian blocked Bosh's dunk outside the basket with a slap!

But because Lin Tian turned too quickly and didn't jump enough, he couldn't fully exert his strength and failed to slap the ball away! The ball barely escaped Bosh's hand and was pushed back by Lin Tian!
After Bosh landed, he completely lost control of his center of gravity and fell to the ground with a staggering look.

Lin Tian's condition wasn't much better. He also couldn't stand steadily after landing. He had to use his hands to support the floor to avoid falling down.

Fortunately he didn't fall, otherwise it would be too late!
Because the extremely alert James had quickly adjusted the angle, grabbed the basketball that Bosh couldn't control, and with enough strength, he flew towards Lin Tian and the basket again!
This time, Lin Tian had no space to jump, nor time to accumulate strength. Even now, one of Lin Tian's arms was still supporting the floor!
Can you, Lin Tian, ​​block my shot? Can you stop me again?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
After the excited James thought of this, he let out a tiger roar, as if he wanted to vent all his strength on this ball. His muscles bulged and veins were faintly exposed on his arms. He looked quite scary!
"Die to me!"

Still in this extremely extreme situation, Lin Tian let out a roar, and he slammed his hand heavily on the ground to give himself a little bit of strength to pull himself up. At the same time, he also exerted force with his knees to help him pull himself up again like lightning.

"Snapped!"

There was another dull sound exactly the same as before, and Lin Tian's slap landed on James' basketball once again!
Second block in a row!

This time, the basketball was blocked by Lin Tian and flew straight outside the three-point line.

But Lin Tian did not chase the basketball. Instead, he stood firmly after landing, and then looked at James and Bosh fiercely: "This is my territory! Want to dunk? Wait for the next life!"

I am here to humiliate you tonight! I am here to give you, the Spurs team, a hard time!

Still want to dunk? What a dunk! (End of this chapter)