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After the timeout, the Nets indeed made a substitution!
They took off Kostic and replaced him with Harrington. Now they had four players on the court who all had relatively stable 3-point shooting, leaving only Yao Ming in the interior!

The Knicks also changed their lineup at this time!

They took off Okur and Barnes and replaced them with Smith and Wallace!
At this time, the Knicks played a combination of jumping track and field men with explosive physical fitness!
These two, together with Lin Tian, ​​Anthony and Stoudemire, make them the most physically explosive five-man team in the league today, and that is no exaggeration!
"The Knicks, at this time, actually picked up such a lineup? What is old Nelson going to do?" Barkley frowned and said, "I don't understand! I don't understand what old Nelson is going to do!"

"Impact!" Kenny said: "The biggest feature of this lineup is its extreme impact! Old Nelson must be using the impact of this lineup!"

"But don't ask me how he's going to use this impact. I don't know."

As the two extremely experienced commentators could not see through Nelson's thoughts, the game continued!
In the last 3 minutes and 05 seconds, the Nets sent the ball in the frontcourt.

Then, Barkley understood what old Nelson was going to do.

"Half-court defense! Half-court zone defense!" Barkley exclaimed, "The Knicks can actually play such an advanced defensive tactic?"

The so-called half-court zone defense is actually an expanded zone defense.

This is a defensive tactic that often appears when the team is behind and needs to catch up urgently.

The main idea of ​​this defensive tactic is to give it your all, regardless of everything, and die if you don't succeed!
This tactic allows the defense to provide tremendous pressure and extremely tight defense to the opponent in the area above the free throw line. The purpose is to completely destroy the opponent's offense before the opponent forms an offense and before the tactics start, making it impossible for them to organize an effective offense.

This will cause the opponent to make mistakes!
The most important thing about this defense is the tacit understanding between the players, the double-teaming on the line, and the players' movement speed and reaction speed!

This tactic is actually often used in European competitions, because the individual abilities of the players there are relatively average, and there are very few particularly outstanding top players. Using this tactic can just restrain this egalitarian basketball system.

But in the NBA, this set of rules is rarely used.

Because what this move fears most are top players with strong personal abilities!
A star's breakthrough or a sudden long-range pass after attracting the defense can easily break this defense.

"The Knicks are famous for their poor defense. They came up with this kind of play at this time..." Kenny frowned and said, "I don't understand!"

But even though he couldn't understand it, the Knicks on the court had already demonstrated terrifying oppression!
Lin Tian and Wallace surrounded Bibby at the top of the arc. Bibby reluctantly passed the ball to Prince when he was about to make a mistake. However, as soon as Prince grabbed the basketball, Lin Tian moved sideways and rushed to his side, and double-teamed him together with Anthony!
Prince's ability to control the ball cannot be compared with Bibby's. Bibby can pass the ball, but he can't!
"Snapped!"

Lin Tian slapped the ball and intercepted it. Then he took a look at the situation on the court and immediately threw the ball to the front court.

Wallace has now surpassed Bibby and rushed to the front. He grabbed the basketball and patted it twice before jumping up. After a glider, he came to the basket and slammed the ball into the basket!

"boom!"

With a bang, the gap between the two sides reached 14 points!
"Old Nelson's defense... is actually really effective." Kenny couldn't help but say, "I'm beginning to wonder if the Knicks are secretly practicing defense."

Are the Knicks practicing defense in private?
of course not!

Because in the second round, when they used the zone defense again, Bibby was already mentally prepared.

As a result, the Knicks' useless defense was immediately broken!
Bibby, who had calmed down, passed the ball more calmly and handled the ball more quickly. He gave the ball to Carter, who dribbled two steps to attract the defense and then directly lobbed the ball under the basket. After Yao Ming caught the basketball under the basket, he also jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!
There was no Knicks defender within a radius of at least 2 meters around him.

The main goal is to leak completely and thoroughly!

The fact that the opponent's top scorer tonight was left with such a large gap under the basket is enough to show how useless their defense is.

That is to say, in the first round, they were able to take advantage of the Nets' slow reaction and Bibby's imperfect ball handling and steal one.

"Okay, now I'm sure they never practiced it before. They just used it to scare people." Kenny couldn't help but curse himself in his heart.

Secret defense practice? Knicks? Nelson?

How can it be!

You're just asking for trouble!
"From the perspective of scaring people, they were quite successful." Barkley laughed, "In two rounds, they defended one and even made a fast break. It was definitely a big win!"

"Especially when they were leading by more than 10 points, this back and forth wasted dozens of seconds. The Knicks and Nelson's sudden change of formation is absolutely worthy of praise."

"The suspense now is, will old Nelson continue with this trick?"

"No! A substitution! Taking advantage of a dead ball, old Nelson made a substitution! Hahahaha, he really knows when to stop and doesn't even play one more round!"

Old Nelson made another move this time, replacing Smith with Okur and returning to the regular lineup.

This time Lin Tian was not in a hurry. Instead, he dribbled the ball slowly to the frontcourt and waved to signal everyone not to be in a hurry, to calm down and play slowly.

Up to this point, time was the Knicks' friend. When there were only 8 seconds left in the offensive clock, Lin Tiancai finally waved his hand, signaling Okur to move forward.

Screen again! Hit Yao Ming again!

But this time, Yao Ming knew that he could no longer squat under the basket and wait, he had to come out!

Watching Lin Tian shooting at this time is no different from suicide!
Bibby was blocked by Okur again. One of them struggled hard to break free, while the other held his opponent tightly to prevent him from rushing over to defend his teammates.

Both of them made big moves and both of them committed obvious fouls.

But the referee didn't look at them, but stared at Lin Tian and Dayao!
This is the main battlefield!

Facing his fellow villager, Lin Tian did not have the idea of ​​embarrassing him. He changed direction and accelerated, and in just one step he rushed directly behind Dayao and passed him cleanly!

Facts have proved that with Yao Ming's speed of movement facing Lin Tian, ​​it is better for him to stay in the inside and wait to fight with him under the basket.

Rush out?
It was just a matter of one step. Lin Tian passed him without even having to find his rhythm or center of gravity! He just had to speed up.

Lin Tian rushed all the way to the basket and collided head-on with Harrington who came to assist in defense.

"Oh!"

After a muffled sound, Harrington, who had just jumped up, was directly knocked away by Lin Tian!
This guy who claims to be tough, fierce and versatile, his weight is not enough to stand up to the charging Lin Tian!

"boom!"

After knocking him flying, Lin Tian pushed the ball into the basket!

After landing, Lin Tian pounded his chest excitedly and yelled at Harrington!
At this moment, I am not in the mood to care about the friendship between former teammates.

Lin Tian's current state is so fierce and he seems to be dominating the world!
After scoring 2 points in a row within these 9 minutes, Lin Tian’s score tonight has reached 50 points!
His first 50 points in the playoffs this year!
At the same time, Lin Tian also used this 50 points to declare: He is really fine! His injury is really completely healed!

It was after this clean dunk that the Nets' resistance was almost completely over.

After that, Bibby's three-pointer missed again, Yao Ming's tip-in also missed, and then O'Neal slapped the backboard again. Lin Tian caught the basketball in the air, and then threw the ball out before he landed.

The one who received the ball was Wallace who had just completed a slam dunk. This time he took the ball and took off again to complete a slam dunk!
After this dunk, the difference between the two sides had reached 16 points.

There is less than 2 minutes left.

This time, Frank didn't force it. He called a timeout and replaced all the main players who had fought for the entire game.

Surrender.

The opposing player, Nelson, made the same choice, taking advantage of the timeout to make large-scale substitutions, which was quite considerate and prevented the main players from continuing to wreak havoc on the court!
The last two minutes of the game went by very quickly, and neither side had any timeouts, fouls, free throws or other things that disrupted the progress of the game.

Soon, the referee blew the whistle and the game ended!

109:100! The Nets managed to catch up a few points in the last 2 minutes, and in the end they only lost by 9 points!
In this game, the Nets played well for 44 minutes, but they collapsed in the last few minutes of the game and were directly defeated by the Knicks!

But even though they lost, and the score difference was not small, everyone could see the Nets' progress and toughness. They put pressure on the Knicks throughout the game and always kept the possibility of winning the game.

That is to say, there was a sudden power outage in the last 4 minutes, otherwise, the Nets might really have a chance to win the next game away from home!
It was another perfect night for New Yorkers!

Win the game! Lin Tian is back to full health! Lin Tian scores 50+ triple-double!
The entire Knicks were in hot form, everyone played their own style and easily won the first game of the second round.

Happy!
"Lin, first of all, congratulations on returning to the game and leading the team to their first win in the series. How does it feel to be back on the court?" At the post-match press conference, because this was a matchup between two New York teams, almost all the reporters who came to the scene were New York reporters.

As we all know, finding a Nets fan in New York City is harder than finding roses in the Sahara Desert.

So the current situation is that no matter whether they are the Knicks' team reporters or the Nets' team reporters, they are all smiling.

Tonight, everyone is a Knicks fan!
"Very good, very happy." Lin Tian leaned back in his chair and said, "I have fully recovered. I can feel that I am 100% healthy. I feel that I am completely back! The discomfort during the match against the Bulls has completely disappeared."

"Of course, we are happier to win the first game. The Nets are a very strong team. They have two All-Star starters and many tough and fierce players. Their overall strength is quite strong."

"Vince has always been one of the strongest swingmen in the league. His physical fitness and big heart should never be underestimated!"

"I think Yao is the best center now. Among the top centers I have seen in my career, his dominance ranks in the top three! He is not inferior to any of the top four centers at all!"

"Tayshawn's defense is giving me a headache..."

"Mike's offensive and defensive abilities are also among the best in the league. The league owes him an All-Star spot!"

"It was difficult to beat them. We tried our best and only managed to win the game with all our strength."

"This round of the series will be very difficult. We are ready to play a full seven games!"

Isn't it said that Mr. Lin is quite particular?
Lin Tian was quite respectful to the Nets, a team with which he had a close relationship, for which several of his younger brothers played and for which he had beaten several times.

At the post-match press conference, the Nets were highly praised!
This team is the strongest team and the biggest challenge I have encountered since my debut, just like the biggest goal in my life.

After this interview was released, Yao Ming was stunned!
Damn, am I that strong? Am I that powerful?
Could it be that I, Brother Lin, discovered that I am actually better than peak O'Neal?

Carter, Harrington, Bibby, Frank and other Nets players and coaches had the same hallucination as Yao Ming.

They were all stunned by Lin Tian’s praise.

Too much, man, too much!
Then?

The second game between the two sides continued.

Then everyone realized that what Lin Tian said was all bullshit.

Are the Nets strong?
How could they be so strong that they conceded 8 three-pointers to the Knicks in the first quarter and were shot into briquettes by the Knicks?
Yao Ming is strong?
How could he not find his form in the entire second game? Wasn't it because the first game took too long and he was exhausted and couldn't recover completely? That's why he performed so mediocrely in the second game?
Carter has strong firepower? He was targeted by Lin Tian and Barnes and he almost couldn't play basketball.

As for the remaining Bibby and Prince...

It doesn’t matter if you don’t mention it, it doesn’t matter if you don’t mention it!
In the second game, perhaps it was because the Nets fought too hard in the previous game and were physically exhausted, or perhaps it was because they stayed in downtown New York for too long and were not used to the climate there.

In short, they were beaten to a pulp!
In this game, because the Nets continued the strategy of shrinking the inside to protect the rebounds in the previous game, the Knicks shot 25 three-pointers throughout the game, and the team scored 3 points just by three-pointers!
They got tons of chances from beyond the 3-point line and made crazy hits!

Lin Tian made 4, Okur 3, Anthony 3, Barnes 2, Hill who came off the bench made 3, Houston 2, Nate 3, and the one who made the most 3-pointers in the team was the "mid-range handsome guy" Josh Smith. This guy obviously has a terrible shooting record and can't make many three-pointers in the entire season.

But he always breaks out at the critical moment and advances rapidly!
Then it gives people the illusion that this guy is very accurate in shooting!
But if you look at the data, this guy's shooting percentage in the regular season was only 28%. In the first round of the playoffs and the first game of the second round, he made a total of 6 three-pointers in 2 games, which is not even half of this game.

I can only say that some people are really protected by God!
When the Knicks can make 25 three-pointers in a game, it must mean that Lin Tian also provided a large number of assists.

That night, Lin Tian made 13 of 8 shots and easily scored 23 points. He also made 21 assists and grabbed 15 rebounds!
Another extremely exaggerated triple-double!

Lin Tian is now becoming more and more unstoppable!

In this game, the Knicks took the initiative from the first second of the game and were always in the lead. They never fell behind for even 1 second and had a huge advantage throughout the game.

When the game ended, the Knicks defeated the Nets by 128 points with a score of 80:48!
This is also the most wins for the Knicks in this year's playoffs! They gave the Nets a tragic victory!
But the good news is: the Nets have almost no die-hard fans, and among those fans who like them, at least 7% are also fans of the Knicks.

This means that although the Nets suffered a devastating defeat, not that many people were sad.

Next, the players of the two teams drove home separately. Since they all lived in New York, the two teams did not need to fly back and forth to travel to away games. They could just drive across the river to get to their destination.

This kind of close-range competition can also relieve the players from fatigue during the journey, allowing them to recover as much as possible and play all games with the best spirit!

For example, in the third game of the series, Yao Ming successfully recovered his physical strength and dominance under the basket, and played very well!
He even played better than in the first game!

He played for 36 minutes and scored 31 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks!
Yao Ming gave everything he had on this night and gave everything he could!
But unfortunately, this game was almost a replica of the first game. The two teams remained balanced for most of the game, and neither side could widen the score. The scores on both sides were always close.

The turning point of this game came when there were 2 minutes left in the third quarter!
At this time, Yao Ming had played for 10 consecutive minutes, but Frank did not let him go down to rest.

Yao Ming, who encountered a physical bottleneck, played extremely badly in these 2 minutes!

Not only did he miss both shots, but he also made a mistake because of Lin Tian's double-team!
And when you face the Knicks, and you attack three times in a row and fail three times, the result is that the Knicks will score continuously!
8: 0!

The Knicks took advantage of Yao Ming's consecutive misses and, led by Lin Tian, ​​scored 2:8 in less than 0 minutes!

Okur made a 3-pointer, Anthony made a -pointer, and Lin Tian made a layup after getting to the basket!
After this 8:0 wave, the gap between the two sides widened to 13 points in the blink of an eye!
Throughout the fourth quarter, the Nets launched counterattack after counterattack against the Knicks. They tried to rush to the high ground again and again, but were driven away and beaten down again and again.

They were eager to catch up throughout the fourth quarter, but they were never able to narrow the gap to within 10 points!
In the end, they lost this crucial third game with a score of 102:92!

3: 0!

The Nets are just one step away from being swept by the Knicks.

What makes the Nets players even more sad is that this is clearly their home court, the Nets' territory, but two-thirds of the people in the stadium tonight are wearing Knicks jerseys.

This means that almost no one wears the white Nets T-shirts that the Nets official gave away before the game!

Half of the fans stuffed this thing under their butts as a cushion, while many others used it as a prop to cheer for the Knicks, rolling it up into a ball and waving it in their hands!

You know what, with tens of thousands of spectators doing this at the same time, it was quite impressive.

It would be even more perfect if they shouted "New Jersey is invincible" instead of "Knicks must win".

In short, at this moment... everyone on the Nets team felt like they were being treated as a minotaur.

pain!
It hurts from the bottom of my heart!

What does it mean that home court is like away court?

They might as well go play in Madison!
At least there are a lot of fun places around Madison, where you can have fun after the game.

Instead of being trapped in the cold and boring New Jersey like now, being bullied by a minotaur, and then returning home alone and lonely.

pain!
The fans' defection turned all the preparations of the Nets from top to bottom into a bunch of fantasies and unattainable realities. (End of this chapter)