NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

"Snapped!"

Since Wade was not there, it was naturally someone else who made the steal.

Carter!

This guy watched the moment when McGrady was defending and slapped the ball away. At the same time, he took a step forward and threw the ball to the front court again!
Lin Tian, ​​who had just pretended to start running, now really started charging!

He quickly went down to the frontcourt, grabbed the basketball, and rushed to the frontcourt!
No one can catch up with him!
Nash can't do it, and Kobe can't do it even more!

"boom!"

Then, there was another loud bang, and Lin Tian once again completed an easy dunk, and the Eastern team continued to widen the point difference!

75: 58!

The gap between the two sides has reached 17 points!

Only one step away from the 20-point mark.

Fortunately, the Western team stabilized the situation again, and McGrady made a pull-up jump shot, scoring 2 crucial points for the team!
Then, Jamison used his mobility to successfully single out O'Neal and made a layup near the basket for 2 points.

Looking back, the Western Conference launched another fast attack. Nash advanced quickly and made a low pass while being double-teamed, and gave the ball to O'Neal who was following up quickly. After O'Neal got the ball, no one could stop him. He jumped up domineeringly and dunked the ball by grabbing the basket with both hands, causing the basket to shake violently again.

The prehistoric behemoth scores again!

but……

run?
Lin Tian is afraid that your Western troops will not follow!
After O'Neal's dunk, Lin Tian immediately asked Jamison to pass the ball from the baseline, then he accelerated and ran wildly, making the whole rhythm crazy again.

He made his way to the Western team's basket, but did not choose to shoot directly. Instead, he dribbled the ball out and retreated all the way back to the three-point line.

The reason why he withdrew again was purely because the person defending him now had become O'Neal!

This kind of mismatch opportunity is not common at all! O'Neal rarely helps defend outside the 3-point line!

But this time Lin Tian failed to complete the attack.

Because that bastard O'Neal also had a sly smile on his face, then he came up and hugged Lin Tian directly.

As long as I commit a foul, you can forget about succeeding in a singles match.

Go serve the ball from the sideline!
"Shaq, are you crazy?" Lin Tian looked at O'Neal, who was grinning smugly, and reminded him, "You have fouled too many times in this quarter. If you commit a foul, I will go for the free throw. Why are you so happy?"

Lin Tian gave a kind reminder while admiring O'Neal's frozen smile and happily walked to the free throw line.

It can be seen that O'Neal was really drunk and couldn't even distinguish numbers below 5.

"Shh! Shh!"

After Lin Tian made both free throws, the Western team continued to attack!
In the last few minutes of the second quarter, the two sides still fought back and forth! However, under Lin Tian's deliberate promotion and Nash's habitual fast push, the rhythm of both sides was really fast!

This resulted in the West being unable to take advantage of the height disadvantage of the Eastern lineup, and they were unable to use it to their advantage. At the same time, because they ran so fast, the physical strength of the Western players was rapidly consumed.

After a frantic run, when there were only 20 seconds left in the second quarter, Lin Tian noticed that O'Neal's face was a little pale.

Don't ask a black man how he got white.

Anyway, Lin Tian could notice that O'Neal's skin tone was several shades lighter than usual.

Even Nash was a little out of breath at this moment. He had problems with his physical strength to begin with, and he had been targeted and double-teamed almost non-stop by Lin Tian and Wade in the past few minutes, so his physical strength had been greatly depleted.

In the last attack of the first half, Nash finally made it to the frontcourt despite Lin Tian's defense. When he was about to turn around and get rid of him or find his teammates to help him, Wade appeared in front of him.

Wade opened his arms and rushed forward, and he and Lin Tian trapped Nash in the middle.

In other words, Nash reacted quickly. Although he couldn't stand still due to the sudden double-team, he finally passed the ball before falling to the ground and losing control.

Kobe Bryant rushed forward to receive the ball and hugged the basketball, but he was also unable to launch an attack because Butler had also rushed over and blocked his way. At the same time, Lin Tian quickly let go of Nash and came to Kobe's side again.

The second consecutive sandwich-like defense completely disrupted the Western team's overall formation. At the same time, after playing the entire first half, their poor condition of lack of physical strength began to show.

Although Kobe was able to pass the ball to McGrady again, when McGrady faced double-teaming, his unstable lower body was exposed again.

He was unable to pass the ball before he fell, but was intercepted by Jamison in front of him. The basketball was intercepted by Jamison in the air with a "snap" and flew straight to the sideline.

Seeing that the basketball was about to go out of bounds, Wade's speed was amazing. The Flash caught up with the basketball like lightning and then threw the ball back to the court.

Butler hugged the basketball and then knocked it on the floor. Lin Tian had already gotten rid of Kobe and successfully followed up. He used the basketball to carry it to the frontcourt. After looking at the time, he adjusted his posture calmly, and then shot calmly!

"Shh!"

After another crisp sound, Lin Tian made another buzzer-beating 3-pointer!
He only left the Western team with 3 seconds!

But then the Eastern Conference pressed the entire court again, forcing the Western Conference to barely pass the ball, and then Nash's three-pointer under double-teaming was directly blocked by Lin Tian!

The first half of the game is officially over!

85: 65!

No more, no less, the East is leading the West by exactly 20 points!
"The West can't hold on any longer." Kenny shook his head and said, "In the second half of the second quarter, they were completely suppressed by the East! This was a complete crushing defeat in terms of deployment and strategy! Rivers completely suppressed Popovich!"

"It's incredible! Rivers can actually do this. In my heart, Popovich is a much better coach than Rivers."

"But in the last few minutes, first the five-man team led by James was suppressed by the tall five-man team led by Lin, and then the regular lineup of the Western Conference team actually lost to the extremely small lineup of the Eastern Conference!"

"Incredible! Those are O'Neal and Garnett! They couldn't gain an advantage against Butler and Jamison? Incredible!"

"In fact, it's not Rivers who suppressed Popovich." Barkley laughed easily, "It's Lin who suppressed everyone else! Didn't you notice that Lin was in both lineups?"

"Don't you realize that whether it's against James or the big lineup in the West, Lin is the most important and core guy?"

"After barely scoring in the first quarter, Lin had a huge explosion in the second quarter! In his last 8 minutes on the court, he once again proved that he is the strongest and most terrifying guy in the NBA!"

“整个上半场，林10投8中，其中3分球7投4中，罚球4罚3中，拿下23分！并且还有6助攻5篮板入账！其中一大半的得分，都来自于第二节！”

"Lin is truly a monster. There has never been another person in NBA history who can dominate all games like him! All!"

"Whether it's the regular season, the playoffs, the national team games, or the all-star games, as long as Lin wants, he can always be the brightest star on the court, and he can always be the core focus of the court."

“His performance is always amazing!”

Kenny continued, "But the problem now is that if the game continues like this, I think Lindsay's words before the game will come true again! He may break the biggest point difference in history created in the Cincinnati All-Star Game that year!"

"So I'm really looking forward to the second half of the game!" Barkley said with great anticipation: "The West will definitely not give up. Their book strength still has a clear advantage. Whether it's status, ability or the completeness of the lineup, the West has more advantages!"

"Next we have to see what Popovich thinks and how he is going to play. Can he arouse the team's fighting spirit and help his players find their feeling again?"

"Even if they can't catch up, at least they hope to maintain the current gap!"

"A 20-point gap is already huge and embarrassing, especially since they were the more favored team before the game! If the Eastern Conference team breaks the record, there's no need to break the record if the Eastern Conference continues to widen the gap in the next game."

"Then there really is no place for these people in the West to put their faces."

"It's so embarrassing."

"Then let's see who will be the most embarrassing one in the next game, and who can regain some dignity for themselves!" As the two commentators completed their summary of the first half of the game, the scene turned back to the locker rooms of both teams.

In the Eastern Conference team's locker room, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. Head coach Rivers was standing in the middle of the crowd, jumping up and down excitedly, raising his arms and shouting, "Break the record! Break the record! Break the record! Break the record!"

"We are the strongest all-star team in history! You are the strongest all-star team in history!"

"Guys, let's continue to fuck those damn bitches in the second half! Let's continue to teach them a lesson in the second half! Let's continue to pin them to the ground and beat them up in the second half!"

"Let's break the record of that year! Let's become new legends! We will be written into history forever as winners! We will become the craziest winners in the entire NBA history!"

"Do you remember that no one was optimistic about us before the game started?"

"Do you remember that everyone was laughing at us before the game started?"

"Do you remember when Las Vegas offered the most ridiculous odds ever to humiliate us?"

"Do you still remember those people's doubts about you? Can XX make it to the All-Stars? Manu, that's what they said to you!"

"You're just a complete loser, and you think you're qualified to play in the All-Stars Game? Antoine, if I remember correctly, this is about you!"

"If Carmelo and Amare were not suspended, some people would definitely not be selected as All-Stars!"

"Who is this sentence directed at? Do I need to point them out one by one?"

"Guys, what I want to say is, no matter what happened before, no matter how much the fans, reporters and other random idiots looked down on us, now, we are here! We are becoming the best All-Star team in history!"

"In the second half, kill them!"

"Kill them!"

I have to say that Rivers's ability to inspire players' potential and make them go all out to play is really good! At this moment, the morale of the entire Eastern Conference team has risen, and everyone's eyes are blazing, determined to give the Western Conference a good show!
Well, not everyone either.

Iverson is now slumped in the chair. God knows how much this guy contributed to the team last night.

He definitely deserves a share of the Eastern Team’s medal!
"Don't worry, Allen. If you die like this, I will definitely write on your tombstone: To my beloved Allen! He put his life and death aside for the team's victory!"

"You're the one who'll die." Iverson pried open his eyelids and said, "I'm just sleepy. I barely slept last night and stayed up all night tonight. I'm really sleepy right now. In the second half, I can only play for 3 more minutes at most and then I have to rest!"

……

Compared to the harmonious and happy atmosphere in the east, the atmosphere in the west is terrible.

The entire Western Conference locker room was extremely quiet, and no one spoke for a long time.

In the end, Popovich had no choice but to stand out and said in the middle of the crowd: "I think the disadvantage in the first half is only temporary. We can overtake the score at any time! In the second half of the game, we just need to work harder!"

"But in order to win, we must be more united and work harder, and our players must be more confident! At the same time, the guys who didn't play must be ready at any time! In the second half of the game, some people's playing time may be reduced."

"Because I need to catch up! I will play a more suitable lineup, a lineup that is more effective for us and can help us more, not a lineup that the fans want to see more!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will start rotating the players about 3 minutes into the third quarter, and then..."

Popovich was suddenly interrupted when he said this. Kobe snorted and said, "Then you'll let your baby go on the court with four shooters to chase the points, right?"

"Kobe!" Popovich said with his eyes wide open: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"I just know that you can't let players like Dirk and Ray squat in the corner waiting for a chance to shoot, and you can't let them just be a pendant after the pick-and-roll for you."

"Our real advantage is not breaking through and passing the ball to shoot three-pointers. Our advantage is Shaq, Dirk, Kevin and others! It's their strong inside attack!"

"I have lost to Lin many times. I know very well what level of player Lin is. When playing against him, the last thing you can do is to put all your hopes on one person. It won't work if you play a one-on-one duel with him and use the absolute core strategy!"

"He'll beat everyone up, crush them and take the victory!"

"The best way to play against him is to avoid him, that is, to score and attack in a way that he cannot reach."

"The times we were closest to the championship, Shaq was the lead attacker and he was the core player!"

"Then tell me, why can't you win even once? Huh?" Popovich looked at Kobe and raised a soul-searching question coldly.

"Because I'm not good enough." Kobe didn't hide it at all: "Because when Shaq was tired and the team needed me, I didn't play well enough."

"Also, sometimes I don't want to pass the ball to that fat guy. I know passing the ball to him is the right way to play, but I just don't want to pass it. I just want to do it myself. Is that okay?"

"Okay, of course." Popovich snorted and said, "So you don't have to play in the second half, that's fine too."

"No problem." Kobe said without giving in: "I just pointed out the right way to play and how we might win."

"He leads the team, no!"

"Then give it a try! Let's see who is the worst!" Even a clay man can get angry. After being scolded by Kobe for so many times, James finally couldn't help but stand up and said, "That outdated crap of yours is no longer popular!"

"Whether it's popular or not is not up to you to decide! The game can prove everything, you..." Kobe was about to retort, but was interrupted again.

This time it was O'Neal who stood up: "Kobe! LeBron, shut up!"

O'Neal looked at the two men fiercely and said, "This is a game! We still have half a game to play! What do you two want to do? Do you want to just fight?"

"Be quiet and listen to the coach!"

Kobe stared at O'Neal, as if he was angry because he was clearly speaking for the fat guy but the fat guy didn't appreciate it. Then Kobe snorted, stopped talking, turned around and sat back in his chair.

"Greg, I think Kobe has to start in the second half. We need his offense and defense." When O'Neal saw Kobe sit down, he turned around and looked at Popovich, and then, perhaps for the first time in his life, he chose to stand up for Kobe.

Popovich was also breathing heavily, and he was obviously very angry.

He looked at Kobe hatefully, then at O'Neal, but finally he calmed down and decided to give O'Neal some face.

He still needs O'Neal to contribute to the team, and he even hopes to have a better relationship with O'Neal so that O'Neal can cooperate more with his tactics.

He hopes that O'Neal can pull out of the restricted area from time to time, provide two screens for James, and make room for the team's inside line.

But O'Neal has been reluctant to do so.

After all, he and Kobe have worked together for so long, and the two have only played pick-and-roll a few times in total.

Or, if he were a few years younger, he would just play pick-and-roll, no big deal.

But for O'Neal now, would you let him leave the restricted area and play pick-and-roll?
His knees will fail sooner or later.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to play, but O’Neal now really can’t play pick-and-roll.

But obviously, Popovich has other considerations.

But no matter what, the internal conflict of the Western team has temporarily become invisible and has been temporarily resolved.

But obviously, the conflict was only temporarily put aside for O'Neal's sake. Do you want to let it go?

This matter is not over at all!

At this time, Kobe and James stared at each other angrily. Neither of them said anything, but the murderous intent in their eyes said the same thing -

See you in the playoffs! (End of this chapter)