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"Come on, Steve, come on, Kenyon! Let me see what else you can do!" After the dunk, Lin Tian was so ferocious and strong. He grinned, his arms tensed, and roared at Martin and Nash in front of him!
And these two people obviously did a lot of homework and preparation before the game.

First of all, their mental quality is quite strong!
They completely ignored Lin Tian's provocation. Martin even stood up immediately and went to the baseline to pass the ball to Nash.

Nash dribbled the ball at a very fast speed and reached the frontcourt in the blink of an eye!
When Nash made his way to the Knicks' three-point line, Lin Tiancai finally caught up with him and stopped him outside the three-point line, but Nash's pass was astonishingly fast. He passed the ball with one hand without looking at anyone, and the basketball immediately flew sideways and landed in the hands of Pierce who was following up at the top of the arc.

After Pierce got the ball, he raised his hand and made a fake move towards Anthony, then immediately lowered his body to accelerate the breakthrough, broke into the inside in the blink of an eye, and then jumped up to shoot!

Strangely enough, this guy's jumping height is the lowest among all the black forwards in the NBA, and his layup posture is so ugly that it leaves people speechless.

But Pierce was able to use this ugly posture to avoid Stoudemire and Okur and easily score a layup.

"They're both 2 points, there's no difference!" Nash immediately hit back at Lin Tian after seeing Pierce score. His tone was quite calm, as if he was describing something that couldn't be simpler. At least from the tone of his voice, his trash talk had no lethality!

"Whether there is any difference or not, you will know in a moment!" Lin Tian snorted and stretched out his hand to ask for the ball towards the baseline.

Then once again, he did not rush forward, but slowly came to the front court, and then waved his hand again, signaling everyone to move away from him.

Let’s play Nash!

"I just discovered a secret Steve!" Lin Tian was still quite relaxed when facing Nash: "I discovered the advantage of your poor defense!"

"Your defense is so bad that everyone can get past you in one step, but after that, the person on your side has to get inside, and the distance between the two of you will become very large. Then, whether he is making a layup or passing the ball, it will be difficult for him to quickly find you, catch up with you, and defend you!"

"So it's always easy and carefree when you push forward because the guy defending you is fighting with the big guy under the basket! Am I right?"

"I even suspect that you are actually very good at defense, but just to make you more lethal on the offensive end, you pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, deliberately not defending, and deliberately letting others blow you up! This will not only make the opponent underestimate you, but also allow you to easily launch an attack!"

"Your imagination is so wild that I am embarrassed to respond." Nash pouted and said, "Does any part of my body look like I can defend well?"

"You have a lot of chest hair, and they seem to be good at defending! So I decided to destroy them!"

"What the hell? Destroy what?" Nash was stunned by Lin Tian's words. He has played in the NBA for so many years and has been sprayed with countless trash talk.

He'd heard it all, with and without profanity, about race, about sexual orientation, and all sorts of other stuff.

But this was the first time he had seen someone who wanted to destroy his chest hair!

Also, how the hell do you get rid of chest hair? Use depilatory cream or shave?

Then, 1 second later, Nash knew how Lin Tian destroyed his chest hair.

Direct squeeze and collision!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three consecutive loud noises were exactly Lin Tian's favorite rhythm and frequency when he was doing a back-to-the-basket shot. After three consecutive attacks on Nash's chest hair, Lin Tian had already come to the wing near the 3-second zone.

Then, before Martin came forward to assist in defense, Lin Tian suddenly turned around and half-turned past Nash, raised his hand and threw the ball towards the basket.

Stoudemire, who was missed by Martin, immediately jumped up, caught the basketball with both hands in the air, and then slammed it into the basket!

"boom!"

After the explosion, the Knicks scored another 2 points!
"Look, I will continue to destroy the most defensible position on your body, and with this style of play, how can you advance?" Lin Tian looked at Nash with a smile, bent down and opened his hands, and began to press the entire court!
To consume Nash, of course we have to do it from both ends of the court!

On the offensive end, they kept attacking him and had constant physical contact with him, while on the defensive end, they increased the intensity and scale of his attack, pressing him throughout the court!
Accelerate his physical consumption and make him feel tired as early as possible!

Before the finals began, Lin Tian did his homework with old Nelson!
In this season's regular season, Nash averaged 37 minutes per game and 3.9 turnovers per game, including 2.4 turnovers in the first three quarters and 1.5 turnovers in the fourth quarter.

In this season's playoffs, Nash averaged 41 minutes per game and 4.4 turnovers per game, including 2.5 turnovers in the first three quarters and 1.9 turnovers in the fourth quarter.

This data quite intuitively shows that when Nash has sufficient physical strength in the first three quarters, he can control his mistakes very well, but in the fourth quarter, when his physical strength decreases, his number of mistakes will skyrocket!

Even if we break this set of data down a little more, his average turnovers per game in the first three quarters of the regular season were 0.5, 0.8 and 1.1 respectively.

The playoffs are 0.6, 0.9 and 1 times.

This data is more intuitive and clear.

This proves that the more energy Nash has, the fewer mistakes he makes, and the further the game goes on, the more energy he consumes and the more mistakes he makes!

Especially as his playing time increased, his number of turnovers in the first three quarters was actually not much different between the regular season and the playoffs, and was even a little less in the third quarter of the playoffs.

But in the fourth quarter, his number of turnovers increased by 26%!

This further proves that Nash is prone to making mistakes at critical moments!

This data actually has a more detailed section, breaking down Nash's playing time into more detailed pieces, and clearly recording the number and frequency of his turnovers every 5 minutes or even every 3 minutes.

Every relevant piece of data can prove this.

Nash has a problem with his physical strength!

After he plays for 40 minutes, his number of turnovers will skyrocket!
One of the tasks that old Nelson gave to Lin Tian was to consume Nash and make his physical strength drop rapidly!
Old Nelson was not content to wait until the fourth quarter to let Nash's turnover count increase.

He wanted Nash to start making crazy mistakes from the second half, or at least from around the middle of the third quarter!
His plan was to make the Suns collapse from the middle of the third quarter because of Nash's physical problems!
Lin Tian executed old Nelson’s strategy quite well!
Starting from the second round, he started to put full-court pressure on Nash. From the second round, he no longer used face-to-face breakthroughs or direct shots.

He has to engage in physical confrontation and has to attack the inside again and again. Does Nash want to save some energy?
Don't even think about it! It's just a daydream!
Lin Tian pushed Nash inside again and again. Sometimes he would shoot directly himself, sometimes he would pass the ball to a teammate who was in a better position and was missed, and sometimes he would simply go to the basket and force a shot. Regardless of whether he made it in or not, he would play with Nash's position under the basket again, just in case there was a rebound?

"Physical bullying!" Payton said with a sly smile, "Lin's style of play is pretty bad! This is naked, using his body to bully Nash, using his physical fitness to crush him, there is no technical content at all, just direct crushing! This is how I bullied those skinny guys in the league back then!"

"By the way, Reggie, you've been bullied in this way before, right? You have so many strong and tall people at the No. 2 position! You can't lead your team to win the championship because you're always targeted by guys like Lin, and you can't fight back!"

"Tell me how you feel. Are you angry, disgusted, or don't like this approach at all?"

"Fuck you!" Miller didn't give Payton any face for his provocation and started swearing. He didn't bother to argue with Payton about tactics, details, or how he was not afraid.

I'm here to criticize you today! What's the matter?

In the first quarter, both Lin Tian and Nash played the full 12 minutes. Lin Tian used his body and strength to bully Nash in almost every round. No matter whether he scored or assisted in the end, or even whether he had the basketball or not, he had to have close contact with Nash twice before he would stop.

I'm going to hit you today!
In this quarter, Lin Tian scored an impressive 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

It is also worth mentioning that even though Nash was targeted by Lin Tian like this, even though Nash was almost unable to stand straight, D'Antoni did not make any adjustments on the defensive end, did not think about protecting Nash, and did not ask for help.

That's how he looked.

Anyway, Lin Tian felt that this person was either a pure man or tough or ruthless!

Either this person is a fool: he simply cannot react in time and lacks adaptability.

Considering D'Antoni's subsequent coaching record, I think of his experiences with the Knicks, Lakers, and Rockets.

Think about how he could hardly play basketball without Jeremy Lin even with Stoudemire and Anthony, and then immediately became a top coach when Jeremy Lin emerged.

Thinking about how he led a bunch of old men and big guys on the Lakers and insisted on playing run-and-gun, thinking about his experience in the Rockets when he let the players shoot three-pointers crazily even when the team made 27 of 0 shots... Damn, this guy must be a complete idiot with no adaptability.

The point guard and the inside player set the pick and roll, and then the others run in a figure eight, screen each other, cut without the ball, set the pick and roll, and then look for opportunities to shoot.

Just this one trick!
All of his moves are variations of this.

You give him Nash, Stoudemire and Marion, and he will use this trick.

Even if you give him Felton, Stoudemire and Anthony, he will still use the same trick.

Even if you give him Kobe, Howard and Gasol, he will still use the same trick.

No matter what you give me, I will use this trick!
In the coaching world, there is only one trick that can make you successful.

But he was able to rely on this move, which seemed quite simple and direct, to win the best coach award and make the team repeatedly achieve top results, which is quite remarkable.

Anyway, under his guidance, if you are a shooter, no problem, you can have the best performance of your career.

If you are a point guard who can run the pick-and-roll, no problem, you can have the best performance of your career.

If you are an inside player who can run pick-and-roll and shoot, if you are a forward who can cut, run and shoot, then there is no problem!
As long as your main attribute is any of the above, you will definitely be able to make a living under him and perform at the top level.

But what if it wasn’t?
Then I’m sorry, let’s leave life and death to fate!

A die-hard fanatic and enthusiast of the main force, inflexible, stubborn, and offensive.

That's D'Antoni's label.

Apart from the above, you really can't think of any other labels for D'Antoni.

But no matter what, D'Antoni's approach is really useful.

For example, in the first quarter tonight, even though Nash was targeted by Lin Tian, ​​he was still able to score 5 points and 4 assists in a single quarter. He was still able to organize the team's offense steadily, and the Suns' overall offensive performance was still quite good!

Their team offense was pretty good, they scored 35 points in the first quarter!
This score is absolutely ridiculously high!
But of course, with Lin Tian on the opposite side, with the Knicks' firepower and the Suns' defense, 35 points were not enough for them to take the lead.

35: 40!

The Knicks led the Suns by 5 points in the first quarter!
It is also worth mentioning that in the first quarter, D'Antoni's five main players all played for at least 10 minutes, with Nash and Marion both playing for 12 minutes!

He only replaced 3 people.

The Suns' signature 8-man rotation begins!
In the second quarter, Nash and Marion finally went down to rest, but Martin, Jones and Pierce came back!

There's really not much difference between playing under D'Antoni and playing under Thibodeau.

One of them is in attack and the other in defense, but they are definitely the top duo in the league who are the main force of the team.

On the other hand, for the Knicks, except for Lin Tian's full playing time to let him target Nash, the playing time of the other players was quite healthy.

For example, at this moment old Nelson only sent out two main players, Stoudemire and Anthony, and the remaining three were substitutes!
And he did not let Ward, who used to be Lin Tian’s number one substitute, play for these few minutes. Instead, he played with Nate!
At this time, when facing a team like the Suns, old Nelson pays more attention to impact and scoring ability!
Nate, who is good at melee combat, is obviously more suitable for this kind of scene!

The rotation lineups of both teams did not play on the court for a long time. The Suns only played for 2 minutes before sending Nash back on the court. However, D'Antoni let Marion and Jones rest.

He now has a five-man team of Nash, Barbosa, Pierce, Thomas and Martin.

On the Knicks side, old Nelson was still in no hurry to sign Lin Tian. He sent out a running lineup of Nate, Barnes, Anthony, Stoudemire and Smith.

Since the Suns like to play fast, then we will fight them! We will fight them in a chaotic battle! We will fight you!
The speed of offense and defense conversion on the court is still quite fast. Both the Suns and the Knicks are constantly attacking. Both teams are now adhering to the concept of 7 seconds or less and running frantically on the court.

However, after all, the Knicks did not play Lin Tian at the moment, but the Suns played Nash, so the Suns still had the upper hand!
Under Nash's leadership, they gradually gained the upper hand.

Then, four minutes into the second quarter, Nash jumped up from outside the three-point line after a screen and shot a three-pointer!

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Nash made a 3-pointer!
51: 50!

The Suns took the lead!

"Old Nelson is a bit conservative! Facing a team like the Suns, with Lin's ability and physical fitness, he doesn't need to rest for 4 minutes at once." Payton said: "If it were me, I would let Lin and Nash go up and down together. If I want to target them, I have to target them to the end!"

"What do you know? If you were the coach, the Knicks would never make it to the finals! Do you know what physical strength allocation means, what is waiting for the opportunity, and what is ready to go?"

"Strategy! Do you understand? Strategy! Only by paying attention to strategy and making proper arrangements can you become a successful coach!"

"For someone like you who only knows how to play straight, you should go coach the high school team!"

"Isn't it said that all of you No. 1 players are shrewd people, with more tricks than the other, and all of you are full of dirty water? Why is it that when it comes to you, I feel that you are just full of dirty water in your stomach and brain, and nothing else?"

"Fuck you! FUXX!" Payton was too lazy to analyze tactics, his glorious history, or how many great tactics he had called out with Miller when he finally got the chance to attack him.

Only a psycho would argue with him about that.

I'm going to scold you today, so what!

At this time, old Nelson no longer pressed Lin Tian's playing time. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "You only have the last four minutes. Be prepared and make your own plans."

Lin Tian nodded without saying much, because he knew what old Nelson meant.

He's going to play the rest of the game!
His rest time tonight was just 4 minutes.

That's enough!
Lin Tian returned to the court and immediately leaned on Nash with a sly smile, pressed his back against Nash's chest and said, "Did you miss me? Did you have fun in the last two minutes? But now, your happy time is over!"

"Bang! Bang!" After Lin Tian finished speaking, he didn't give Nash any chance to respond. He just increased his strength and rushed towards him!

This time, Lin Tian only hit him twice!

Of course it wasn't because the Suns' double-team came or because he was showing mercy.

Instead, Lin Tian suddenly turned around and threw Nash, who was trying hard to compete with him in strength, behind him!
This turn was so fast and sharp that it completely defeated Nash! Nash, who was originally preparing to exert force, was unable to match Lin Tian's strength and fell forward, almost falling down.

Lin Tian had already made it into the inside, and at the moment when Martin came forward to assist in defense, he suddenly blocked the ball again with great force. With another quick turn around Martin, Lin Tian had reached the basket in the blink of an eye.

Then Lin Tian jumped up quickly, put the ball behind his head with both hands, stretched his body backward into a full bow, and then burst out again, and slammed the ball into the basket with his extremely ferocious hands!
"boom!"

After a loud bang, the entire basketball hoop shook.

Lin Tian's shot was domineering and extremely violent! (End of this chapter)