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After making another wave of predictions, Lin Tian happily chose to go to bed.

As for what he predicted the game would end like?
He doesn't care!

Anyway, for Lin Tian, ​​it doesn’t matter who he plays against in the divisional finals or the finals, he has absolute confidence in playing against anyone!

The only difference is who will die!

As for predictions, they are just for fun.

Then, when Lin Tian woke up, he felt a little embarrassed.

"I have to apologize to Wade again!"

The Cavaliers lost.

After Lin Tian thought that the Cavaliers could drag the game into a seventh game, the Celtics were like they had been injected with chicken blood, and the whole team exploded!
替补登场的吉诺比利爆砍全队最高的23分，帕克16分11次助攻拿下两双，约什·霍华德拿下15分5篮板，邓肯稳扎稳打，贡献22分13篮板3盖帽。

Dwight Howard had a double-double with 11 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocks!
As for the Cavaliers, they could only rely on the injured Wade. In this game, the Celtics increased the intensity and double-teamed him, making his game extremely uncomfortable.

Throughout the game, Wade spent most of his energy on getting rid of the defense and double-teaming. But when he got the basketball and wanted to attack, the Celtics' double-team defense would arrive in an instant and surround him again.

It would be impossible for Wade to play well under such circumstances!

He was in a completely different state tonight from the last game where he dominated the entire court. He made only 22 of 5 shots and scored only 19 points.

And with just 19 points, he is already the highest scorer in the team!

With the team's core players all performing well and showing their super strength, and curbing the poor performance of the opponent's only core Wade, the Celtics naturally advanced to the divisional finals easily!

Their opponent is the Knicks, who entered the Eastern Conference Finals a few days ago!
This is also the second time that Duncan has met Lin Tian in the playoffs since he came to the Celtics!
The second meeting in 3 years!

The last time the two sides met was in the divisional semifinals.

The Celtics at that time also included Marbury, Pierce, Ricky Davis and others.

In that series, the Celtics had an absolute advantage!
They once had a 3:1 advantage!
But afterwards, with Lin Tian's crazy outburst and the decisive shot in the seventh game, the Celtics suffered a reversal and were eliminated by the Knicks!

It was also in that series that Lin Tian defeated Marbury and forced him to leave the team secretly, and he disappeared from the NBA's sight. It was also in that series that made the Celtics determined to continue rebuilding, and they subsequently traded away Pierce, the core of the team in the past few years.

This time, the two sides meet for the second time, and this time, both sides want to win!

Lin Tian wants to prove that he deserves every MVP vote. He wants to let those who voted for Duncan know in a head-to-head confrontation that he is an idiot and a fool who voted randomly!
And for Duncan, it is obviously time for him to achieve results and win the championship!

He was at his peak when he debuted and successfully led his team to the finals in his second year, but since then, Duncan has never been able to enter the finals again! He always loses again and again, and falls again and again.

His team never managed to achieve a breakthrough.

And this time, Duncan knew that his chance had come!

He is very sure that the team he is in now is the strongest team he has ever been in his life!
He is confident that he must make a breakthrough this year and win the championship this year!
There won't be a better opportunity than this year!

The Celtics and the Knicks finally faced off against each other, while the Lakers and Spurs next door really went to a seventh game!

Kobe's performance in this game was actually quite average. He only took 14 shots, made 9 of them, and scored 24 points and 8 assists!
In this game, Kobe acted as bait almost the entire time, passing the ball to his teammates, creating space for them, and giving them opportunities to score goals!

Under Kobe's selflessness and Tomjanovich's tactics, Bynum scored a career-high 25 points and 11 rebounds that night! This is his career high in both the regular season and the playoffs, and it is also his first 20+10 in his career!
More importantly, he beat O'Neal head-on, not only showing his old age as he only scored 15 points and 7 rebounds, but also proving to everyone that sending O'Neal away in exchange for him was an absolutely correct deal!

Others like Vujacic, Luke Walton, Cook and others also contributed their strength and energy to help the team keep the score close!

And when the game came to the last and most crucial moment, Kobe, who had restrained his offensive desire throughout the game, finally showed his fangs!
With 12 seconds left in the game, the Lakers were trailing by 5 points!
When the team was about to be eliminated, Vujacic hit a crucial three-pointer from the wing that could save their lives!

Then Francis' dribbling was intercepted by Devin George, who passed the ball to Kobe, who quickly rushed to the frontcourt. In the last second, with James' help in defense, the two made physical contact and Kobe successfully made a very difficult jump shot!

90: 90!

Both sides entered overtime!
In overtime, Kobe scored all the points for the team! In the first 4 minutes and 40 seconds of the game, Kobe scored 5 points.

But the Spurs had too many players scoring, so they still had a 15-point advantage with 3 seconds left in the game!

Then Kobe made another jump shot, narrowing the gap to 1 point!
At this time, the Lakers once again had a hero standing up!

This time, the person who completed the steal on Francis was Vujacic!
He stole the ball from France and immediately passed it to Kobe.

Kobe dribbled the ball while observing the situation, and made his way to the Spurs' free throw line.

Seeing that the game time was almost up, Kobe once again decisively stood up, facing the double-team defense of James and Finley, and calmly used his most signature mid-range jump shot to shoot the ball!
"Shh!"

"Buzz!"

The two consecutive sounds made the entire Staples Center a sea of ​​joy again!

Won! Got it!

The team won!

The entire Staples Center became a sea of ​​joy in the blink of an eye. Whether it was Kobe who hit a double buzzer-beater or the rest of the team, they were all celebrating and cheering wildly.

Then, a rather strange shout of victory suddenly rang out at the Staples Center.

"Lin, thank you!"

"Lin, MVP!"

……

After all, people in Los Angeles are particular about it.
After relying on your mysterious power, I still know how to be grateful!
Of course, the people of Los Angeles want to thank Lin Tian for more than just that.

They hope that Lin Tian can help them again!
Please, support the Spurs one more time!

Just once!
Game 7, we're counting on you!
Come on Lin, do it again!
In the past few days, as long as Lin Tian opened social media or the web pages of various basketball forums, he could see the requests and extremely humble waiting of Lakers fans.

Lin Tian even saw an advertisement posted by Lakers fans on a huge billboard at the entrance of Madison.

"Please support the Spurs to win the championship."——Angeles who love you forever.

Damn it, he is addicted to using mysterious powers! He is crazy, right?

You don’t even talk about the Basic Law, right?
You don’t want to work hard anymore, right?

It is worth mentioning that there were also Spurs fans who came out to ask Lin Tian for help.

But unfortunately, the population base is too small and the number of fans is insignificant compared to that of the Lakers.

So he was directly lost in the army of Lakers fans.

Lin Tian even felt that when Magic and West recruited him and hoped that he would join the Lakers, the sincerity they showed was not so crazy!

If they had put up some billboards in Chicago...

Well, I won’t go to the Lakers either.

But this time, the Lakers fans let Lin Tian see their determination.

In response to the request of Lakers fans, Lin Tian quickly uploaded another video!
Lakers fans immediately opened the video with great interest, hoping to hear Lin Tian's "blessing"!
Then, they heard something that made them extremely disappointed.

"We must believe in science! We must not be superstitious!"

"Game 7, I don't predict!"

"Don't ask me why, just tell me I won't!"

Well, it's a pretty willful video and reason, featuring an irresponsible attitude.

Anyway, Lin Tian decided not to make a prediction this time. He didn’t want to interfere with the fair competition principle of the entire league.

Unless absolutely necessary, Lin Tian has decided not to use his nuclear weapon from now on.

No more predictions!

Give everyone fairness!
Then, Los Angeles fell!

After all, how could Kobe, the only core player, beat the Spurs' five top players?
From the inside to the outside to the bench, they crushed the Lakers across the board!
If it weren't for Lin Tian's mysterious power that allowed the Lakers to win two incredible games, the Spurs would have advanced to the divisional finals 4:1!
Now, they have played two more games and entered the divisional finals four days later. At least in terms of physical strength, they are definitely not at an advantage.

But good things are never too late. No matter what, after the seventh game, the Spurs became the last team to enter the divisional finals!

The battle between them and the Suns for the title of King of the Western Conference will officially begin!

As for Lin Tian himself?

Of course he has to apologize at this time! The Lakers were eliminated because of me, so I, Mr. Lin, must give back to the fans and let them spend the offseason happily!

So Lin Tian posted another video, this time with shorter and less content.

Just one sentence.

"The Lakers won't get a top three pick tomorrow morning! My old team, the Pacers, can only get fourth place!"

As soon as Lin Tian said this, the entire Los Angeles exploded in an instant!
Here it comes! The forest we have been dreaming of is here!

Start supporting us and help us out!
I knew that Lin was on our side!

Schwarzenegger resigns! We want Lin to be the new governor of California!
And the Indiana fans were in tears!

We know! We know that our Lin has not given up on us. We know that Lin still has Indiana in his heart!
We know that Lin will never betray this land that always supports, trusts and loves him!

The bond cannot be severed!

Oden, here we come!
As for the draft lottery, normally not many people watch it. At most, everyone spends 5 minutes after the lottery to check the results.

As for the major sports channels, they won't spend any energy to make any programs or live broadcasts for this thing.

It's not good to watch, it's not interesting, the ratings are low, and there is no profit.

But this year, it’s different!

TNT chose to broadcast the lottery live, and a large number of fans turned on the TV directly, ready to watch such a boring game, purely watching a few old men and leaders of bad teams sitting there in a daze.

Then Stern came out and read out the final draft rankings one by one.

This process is really meaningless.

But this year everyone wants to see: What exactly are you capable of, Lin Tian!
Can the Pacers and Lakers achieve their wish?
And with the fans' anticipation, the draft lottery conference officially begins!
Stern began to read the team names.

Golden State Warriors, No. 14.

New Orleans Hornets, No. 13.

Philadelphia 76ers, 12.

Orlando Magic, 11.

……

The names were read out one by one, and the fans became more and more excited!

When the sixth pick was read out, the whole of Los Angeles erupted in cheers!
The Portland Trail Blazers were supposed to be here, but now the Toronto Raptors are here!
That means the Trail Blazers are in the top three! Of course, Portland is wailing at this time.

Because this draft pick was given away by them many years ago!

Now, after several twists and turns, it has come into the hands of the Lakers.

They are going to give the Lakers at least a top three draft pick for free!
Then, when the fourth-placed Bucks were announced, Indiana also went crazy!
coming! coming! coming!

We also made it into the top three!

Even though the Pacers, who were ranked last, were originally the top favorite for the No. 1 pick, and it was the most likely that they would get into the top three, everyone now thinks: This is Lin Tian’s credit!
The king of poisonous milk!
Then, it’s the most exciting last three moments!
What a wonderful moment! What a perfect moment!
Now all the people watching this live broadcast have been brought into the tense atmosphere. They hold their breath and wait for the final result.

At this moment, it actually felt like the last 20 seconds of Game of the Finals!
No one dares to speak!
It was as if he was afraid that if he spoke, his draft pick would move back one spot.

At this time, fans of the remaining three teams all hope that the names of their teams will not be read out!
Please do not!

"No. 3, Charlotte Bobcats!"

The Charlotte players let out a cry of grief. Although their record had improved in the second half of the season thanks to increasingly tacit team performances and increasingly decent defense, and they were no longer at the bottom of the league, and finishing in the top three was already a huge win, they were still quite disappointed that they failed to finish in the top two.

After all, everyone knows that 07 is known as the year of the draft.

But there are only two hottest rookies: Oden and Durant!

Some people even call these two the new generation of Jordan and Olajuwon!
The two most outstanding heroes!

But in addition to proving that these two are very strong, the two prodigies often mean that the other rookies in this class are far inferior to them.

So getting third place is inevitably disappointing, because it is no different from getting fourth, fifth or even sixth place.

At this time, Indiana and Los Angeles were completely overwhelmed by waves of cheers!
Kill to the end!

There is not much difference between the first and the second! Durant and Oden are both recognized as super talents!
But of course, it’s always best to get the top pick.

After all, judging from the current situation, Oden is better and more stable than Durant!
Oden may become O'Neal, and even if he doesn't develop well, he will at least be a Mourning! And what about Durant? He may become a taller McGrady or a faster Nowitzki.

But if he doesn't develop well, he might become a bigger Novak or an enhanced version of Kukoc.

Unstable.

At this moment in the lottery conference, Bird was extremely confident, with the corners of his mouth rising slightly. He knew why he came here, and he also knew what the final result of this draft would be.

It's just a pity and a shame for him.

What a pity! The Lakers' pick was from the Trail Blazers, so they were not eligible to come here. The Trail Blazers just sent someone here to accept this inevitable painful result.

If one of the two old bastards, Magic Johnson or West, was sitting next to Bird, he would definitely feel better now.

But fortunately, although none of the Los Angeles team is here, others are here!

"Michael, you drew well, third place. You will definitely rise this year." Bird looked at Jordan with a wry smile, looking like he was showing off.

It looked like a top student who had easily scored 100 points on the exam without much review, comforting an ordinary student who had worked hard from dawn to dusk but only got 70 points in the end.

He deserves a beating! Jordan wanted to beat him anyway.

But unfortunately, Jordan couldn't do anything here, so he could only hold back his anger and say, "Then I also wish you the second place in advance!"

"The second pick belongs to...the Los Angeles Lakers!"

Then, Jordan's blessing fell through.

And then?
The guy quickly pulled back the hand he was holding with Bird, took out a small towel with disgust, quickly wiped his hands a few times, and threw it into the trash can.

His face was full of disgust and dissatisfaction.

Jordan was unhappy, but Bird was extremely happy. He didn't even look at Jordan's expression, nor did he care about what he thought. He was filled with happiness!

The dust settles!

When Stern said this, the entire Indiana went into a state of frenzy.

I've waited for it! I've finally waited for a No. 1 pick! And it's a No. 1 pick in a great draft year!
The team has been going around in circles over the years, and since Lin Tian left, they haven't entered the playoffs for 3 years!
As the team made trades and changes one after another, the Pacers that won six championships in seven years had already fallen apart.

Now, Christie is the only one who still plays for the team and participated in the team's championship.

Christie has also made it clear that he has played the last game of his career, he will not renew his contract, and all he has left to retire is a formal announcement.

And just after the previous generation of players who brought glory to the team left, the fans believed: the person who will bring us glory in the next ten years is coming!
I am so excited!
Stern was also very happy at this moment.

He was certainly not happy about the results of the draft. Although some things were not explicitly stated, everyone actually knew what the final result would be.

What made him happy was the ratings of the lottery conference!

According to the latest reports, a total of more than 600 million people watched the lottery!

There is no publicity for this, and the league has no intention of making money from this. TNT also made a temporary decision to add the live broadcast because of Lin Tian's video.

Even with this, there are still so many people watching!
This is definitely great news for the NBA!
Let’s continue next year!
Let’s do it! Next year, we need to add more stages, more suspense, and find a way to make this shit work!

No, let us make NBA’s newest, most important and most valued project an annual happy moment for everyone!

Well, that's it! That's it.

Let Lin make predictions for next year!
If he doesn't make a prediction, he'll get ten or eight people to make one.

If there are not enough people, find a dog, a cat, an octopus or something like that.

Anyway, Stern will never give up the popularity and traffic that he has worked so hard to get this year!
Here, Stern's thoughts were surging and he was extremely excited.

After the lottery was over, Bird got into his car and after thinking for a while, he picked up the phone. He had to share his happiness. (End of this chapter)