NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

"Melo, are you alright?" Stoudemire rushed to Anthony's side immediately and reached out to help him up.

"What are you laughing at?" Anthony didn't offer his hand for Stoudemire's help, but instead looked at Stoudemire with a hint of 'resentment': "What's so funny?"

"I didn't laugh! Memet can vouch for me!" Little S's smile was barely contained. He turned to look at Oku next to him, indicating that, buddy, it's your turn to back me up and help me find an excuse.

“Amare didn’t…” Oku couldn’t help himself and burst into laughter. After laughing for a good few seconds, he stopped, clutching his stomach, and said, “Okay, he laughed. He’s an idiot for laughing at his own teammate!”

"I will help you condemn his Messi!"

"Fuck!" Anthony cursed, completely ignoring the two people's outstretched hands. Instead, he flipped himself up. He knew all too well what kind of people his teammates were, so he didn't ask any questions or bother to see what they were doing or preparing to do.

He stood at the free-throw line with his head down, forcing himself not to look at what was happening to his left and right. He wanted to quietly make the shot and then continue the game.

People might not care much about something like missing three dunks in a row, including being blocked by the rim twice. For example, Lakers players would definitely care more about Durant getting a foul and the defense not being successful.

As for the laughter and boos from the away fans, Anthony didn't care much. He's been playing for so many years and he can completely ignore such boos.

Anthony kept his head down, mainly to be wary of his teammates; he knew all too well what kind of bastards they were.

My repeated embarrassing behavior will definitely be ridiculed by these guys. They might even make a video of it and play it on a loop when everyone is watching the replay and analyzing tactics, as a spice in the tactical analysis class.

Stay away from them, at least don't let them laugh at me to my face right now.

That was Anthony's only thought, and then he raised his hand and "whoosh."

The first penalty was scored.

Just as Anthony was about to take his second free throw, another sound suddenly came from the arena.

"Timeout." At this moment, Lin Tian raised his hands and requested a timeout from the referee.

Oops!

Anthony's awareness of danger and his experience playing with the team over the past few years told him that this timeout was definitely aimed at him!
"What's wrong, Lin?" Old Nelson on the bench asked knowingly, looking at Lin Tian with an expression that said, "I have no idea why you called a timeout."

“Mero needs some psychological support,” Lin Tian said with a smile. “He needs our help and comfort.”

"I don't need it!" Upon hearing this, Anthony immediately spread his arms and said, "I'm perfectly fine with this!"

“Okay, we do need to.” Lin Tian shrugged, indicating that you’re right: “We need some time to laugh, to have a good laugh.”

"Otherwise, holding back laughter can make you sick, and you won't be able to perform well on the court." Saying this, Lin Tian patted Anthony on the shoulder and said, "Or you could cover your ears?"

After saying that, the Knicks' thugs couldn't hold back any longer and burst into unrestrained laughter, clutching their stomachs.

After all, the team leader had said so. If I didn't give it my all, wouldn't that be disrespectful to Lin Tian?
Offending the team leader is something you absolutely shouldn't do!
“FUXX! Lin, you're a bastard! I...I...FUXX! I'm not buying you drinks tonight!” Anthony hesitated for a long time before finally revealing his most ruthless way of revenge.

"You shouldn't retaliate against me," Lin Tian said with a smile. "It wasn't me who embarrassed you. Think about it, think carefully, who made you lose face like this, missing dunks in a row and ending up with two free throws?"

"That California girl last night? She took me four times, and my legs have been weak all day. It's definitely her fault! If she hadn't been seducing me so much, and if she hadn't had such a hot body, Lin, you didn't see that girl, her ass was something else..."

"That's enough, stop now." Lin Tian rolled his eyes. If he kept going, this chapter would be banned. Besides, who's interested in hearing about how happy you are with some girl?
Nobody's interested in this kind of thing!
Maybe except for Anthony's wife, Lala? She would definitely be willing to listen.

"It's Durant who made you suffer so much!" Lin Tian quickly got into the zone. After all, the timeout was about to end, and he couldn't waste all the time mocking Anthony, could he?

When it's time to get down to business, you still have to get down to business.

"Think about it, if he hadn't blocked your drive the first time, preventing you from jumping fully, you would have scored on your first attempt. If he hadn't blocked you the second time, you would have scored on your second attempt as well."

"Even after the ball is dead, if... well, let me think about it."

"Right! If he's tough after the ball is dead and tries to take the ball away from you instead of letting you dunk, you won't lose face."

"It's all his fault! He made you fail to get the ball in three times! I think you should get revenge on him!"

"That's a bit of a stretch," even someone as thick-skinned as Anthony said, sounding a little embarrassed.

Using this as a reason to bully a rookie is unsettling!

"So, are you going to go for it or not? You scored 40 points yesterday, don't you want to do it again today? I remember you've never scored 40 points back-to-back in your career, have you?"

"That's right!" Upon hearing that he could break the record and have a career-defining performance, Anthony immediately said he was no longer sleepy: "Damn it! It's all that bastard's fault. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be being laughed at."

"I'm going to kill him!"

"Very good!" Lin Tian nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then next, we'll focus our attack on Messi and Ronaldo! Until they change their defensive pairings!"

"What if they change?" Xiao Si asked curiously.

"If they switch, it'll definitely be Durant guarding you, Amare!"

"Then why don't you avenge your best buddy and kill that skinny bamboo pole?"

"That's shameless," Little S muttered, then saw Lin Tian's threatening look and immediately declared righteously, "Kill him! I'm going to avenge my best buddy, Melo! It's all Durant's fault for making my buddy lose face."

"I'll let him know that we Knicks players protect each other! We won't let anyone bully us! Anyone who dares to bully us, I'll make them pay the price!"

"very good!"

"Let's do it this way, let's go."

The players roared, the timeout ended, and the Knicks players returned to the court.

Lin Tian was right. Most of the timeout was spent mocking Anthony, and the remaining time was spent provoking him.

Tonight against the Lakers, we need to start by attacking Durant! Let's begin our targeted assault!
"Get lost, kid! Stay away from me." Anthony was clearly in a bad mood as he stepped onto the court. He immediately started yelling at Durant, who was standing there in a daze and hadn't gotten into the game yet, and at the same time, he gave Durant a rather forceful shoulder bump.

"What are you doing."

During his rookie season, Durant had never seen anything like this before. He was completely taken aback, or rather, even when he did, he was a bit intimidated.

After all, this guy wasn't very hard even at his peak.

Of course, this refers to off the court; on the court, Durant has always been ruthless and tough.

But offstage, this guy's personality is hard to describe.

To be able to be so bluntly criticized by Green and still not say a word and completely back down, which would give rise to a famous quote, is already quite something.

Later, in the national team, he was still able to be played around by Green, and dared not say a word, becoming Green's plaything.

Lin Tian has mixed feelings about Durant. He's incredibly good on the court, but he's just as disappointing off the court.

In any case, Lin Tian had never seen another big shot in his life who was so capable, had such a high status, and had made so much money, yet still exuded the aura of a loser.

It's unique, so it can be considered one of a kind.

Anthony's aggressive play made Durant instinctively step aside. The younger guy didn't dare to say a word, and then watched as Anthony steadily made his second free throw.

As for the upcoming games, the Knicks began to fully cooperate with Anthony.

Spread out for him, screen for him, draw the defense to him, and have Lin Tian and him stand on one side to share the pressure. When the players have the ball, they always pay extra attention to Anthony's position.

Simply put, the whole team was setting up the ball for him!

Durant simply couldn't contain Anthony. The two of them standing together looked like two different monks, one fat and one thin. Anthony's lower body strength was enough to make Durant sway from side to side, completely powerless to fight back.

The weight difference was too great! Durant's slight height advantage was completely useless, and he couldn't contain Anthony at all.

In the last 5-6 minutes of the first quarter, Anthony became the Knicks' primary offensive option. He not only took many shots but also had extremely high efficiency, easily scoring 11 points in half a quarter.

With Kobe Bryant on the Lakers' roster and the Lakers' current strength, the Knicks were unable to widen the score gap during this period, even though Carmelo Anthony was dominating the game.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, when Anthony once again made a strong post move, he used a crossover step to shake off Durant, then shoved Durant hard with his shoulder, causing Durant to stumble back a step. Anthony then calmly gathered the ball, aimed, and shot.

"Shh!"

After this basket, Anthony's score in the first quarter reached 13 points, and the Knicks led the Lakers by a full 7 points!

"FUXX!"

Kobe cursed, his patience wearing thin tonight. He grabbed Durant and said, "You guard Wallace! I'll guard Anthony! And watch how I play next possession!"

After saying that, Kobe gave Durant a light tap on the butt to wake him up.

Then Kobe quickly came to the frontcourt, gestured for Durant to come closer to him, and after setting an off-ball screen, Kobe directly boxed out Anthony, not giving Anthony any chance to run away, and then reached out for the ball.

"Stop fucking running! You only dare to bully rookies, but you don't dare to fight me one-on-one?"

Kobe was calling for the ball while simultaneously trash-talking Anthony. How could someone with Anthony's personality possibly stand that?
He simply waved for Wallace to move aside, indicating that he didn't need help and that he would handle Kobe himself.

Then he clapped his hands together and positioned himself behind Kobe, waiting for his attack.

After Kobe received the ball, he first used his shoulder to deceive Anthony's defense while observing the positions of his teammates.

Then Kobe suddenly turned towards the basket, facing the rim, and simultaneously raised the ball with both hands.

Anthony, who was fully focused, immediately took off and jumped to try to block the shot, but he realized that he had been tricked again after he jumped!

Kobe didn't shoot, but instead took a step forward with his signature back-and-forth movement, then easily released the ball and made it!
"Use your strengths and advantages!" After scoring, Kobe found Durant and earnestly advised him, "Use your strengths to attack your opponent, and use what you are good at to attack what your opponent is not good at."

"That's just how basketball is! If someone's shorter than you, shoot at them; if someone's taller than you, dribble past them; if someone's dumber than you, fake them out!"

"You have the talent, Kevin. You have the talent to do anything!"

"I'm way smarter than you!" Anthony's ears perked up, just in time to hear Kobe say, "If someone's dumber than you, then shake them." Anthony, who had just been shaken around by Kobe, immediately assumed that Kobe was talking about him.

Of course, that's definitely referring to him.

"Then stop jumping around like a monkey! Don't get as excited as a male monkey seeing a female monkey's butt every time I pick up a basketball!"

When has Kobe ever been lenient with anyone? Especially his opponents.

He opened his mouth and started spewing insults at Anthony without any mercy.

After his outburst, he didn't forget to find Durant again and explain to him how to effectively use trash talk to attack opponents on the court.

"Trash talk, the more truthful and realistic it is, the more damage and impact it can cause to the opponent, and the more it can make the opponent lose their mind and do stupid things."

"Of course, it depends on the situation; you need to use different approaches with different people."

"What about facing Lin?" Durant thought for a moment and asked the core question.

This question is arguably one of the biggest mysteries in the NBA today.

How do you trash talk to Lin Tian?

"My advice is not to criticize." Kobe didn't hesitate and said directly: "If your opponent is far stronger than you, and is also a petty and vindictive bastard who doesn't know how to hold back at all."

"The best way is to not spout trash talk."

That will only bring you pain and shame!

"But against those who are not as good as you or only slightly better, some effective trash talk can make you invincible on the field and have a miraculous effect. Like now!"

Kobe had just finished teaching his younger brother a lesson when Anthony eagerly reached for the ball, wanting to go one-on-one with Kobe to get revenge.

"Shouldn't we try to persuade him?" Xiao Si and Lin Tian stood on the other side to give Anthony some space, asking with some concern.

"If you were in this situation, could you be persuaded to stop?" Lin Tian wasn't in a hurry. They were leading by 7 points, so it didn't matter if Anthony wasted a few points.

"If you advise me, I will definitely listen," Xiao Si thought for a moment and gave his answer.

"Besides me?"

"Screw that, I need to have my fun first." This time, Little S didn't hesitate, clearly having already thought of his answer.

"That's settled then. The same goes for Messi and Ronaldo. You can't persuade them at this point. They have to know for themselves what a leader should do, how a qualified top player should play, what kind of play is wrong, and what countermeasures to take when facing various situations."

"This is a hurdle that every young player must overcome on their path to becoming a top player. If they can get through it, they can be elevated to a higher level, from an ordinary star to a superstar or a super-superstar."

"If you can't get over it, then that's just how your life will be."

"These words..." Xiao Si listened to Lin Tian's words, trying hard to digest the content and information in them.

“I said those words to Melo as well, just yesterday.” Lin Tian shrugged and said, “I said them to Melo yesterday when you and Brand were fighting one-on-one.”

"But obviously he hasn't fully digested it yet. Let's see when you can! If you can digest it before Messi and Ronaldo, you'll be the boss next season. If he understands these things first, then he'll be the boss first."

"I will work hard!" As soon as he heard the word "boss", Stoudemire's eyes lit up: "Next season I have to be ahead of Messi and Ronaldo! I've been here for a year longer than him."

"Let's see how you do! But now, we need to get back on defense!" As Lin Tian spoke, Anthony had already failed to score against Kobe in a one-on-one situation, missing his shot.

Turning back, it was Kobe's turn to be mismatched against Anthony again. With a series of shoulder shakes and a very rhythmic dribble, Kobe once again shook off Anthony and made a mid-range shot!
The gap between the two sides continues to narrow!
In the following rounds, Kobe and Anthony went head-to-head! The two were constantly matched up.

Anthony is larger, stronger, and taller.

However, Kobe's skills were clearly more refined, his attack range was wider, and he had a wealth of experience, so when the two faced off, Kobe had the advantage.

With two minutes left in the first quarter, Kobe was once again matched up against Anthony. This time, Anthony's defense was better and tougher, completely shutting down Kobe. However, Kobe did not force the issue. Instead, he drew Wallace to help defend and then suddenly passed the ball.

With his hand left open, Durant swiftly launched a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, the Lakers tied the score with this basket!

29: 29!

The Lakers closed the gap to just seven points in the latter part of the first quarter.

At this point, Don Nelson made a substitution, replacing Anthony and Stoudemire with Smith and Ariza.

The Knicks were the first to enter rotation mode.

"How did it feel just now?" As soon as Anthony and Stoudemire stepped off the court, Don Nelson grabbed Anthony: "Do you know why I let you play one-on-one in ways that hurt the team, without making any adjustments, and just watched you play?"

There's no doubt about the chemistry between Don Nelson and Lin Tian. Just now, Lin Tian was coaching Stoudemire on the court; now it's Nelson's turn to coach Anthony off the court. (End of Chapter)