NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

"Defense is the most physically and mentally demanding thing on the basketball court! Of course, I'm talking about all-out defense, not the kind of defense that you three guys have, which is as trash as a tree hole and my grandma could easily break down."

Payton, the only defensive specialist on the court, has finally found his area of ​​expertise!

Finally, I don't have to talk about the championship with these bastards anymore. I can finally have a proper talk about defense!

"Wade's defense is absolutely elite. His footwork, lateral movement, and physicality are impeccable. He is probably one of the best defenders against Lin in the league right now."

"But the problem is, the physical exertion from his current defensive style is absolutely unpredictable! I can only say: it's enormous!"

"Lin clearly saw through this, so he was toying with Wade. He was using his dribbling to wear Wade down. He was definitely going to exhaust Wade and make him completely drain all his energy!"

“But Lin also expends a lot of useless energy when he attacks like that!” Kenny frowned and questioned.

"So now it's a battle of wills! Whoever can overcome physical limitations, break through the bottleneck, and persevere to the end will be the winner tonight!"

"And if I'm not mistaken, Lin will definitely be guarding Wade later, and Wade will definitely retaliate in his own way! Let's look forward to it!"

"Speaking of expectations, Gary, you're such a great defender, you're even the only one among us who's really good at defense. With such top-notch defensive ability, why haven't you won a championship yet?"

As the saying goes, excessive joy leads to sorrow. Just as Payton was getting excited after his pleasant explanation, the question that was destined to trouble him throughout his TNT commentary career was once again placed before him.

These damned bastards! They all deserve to go to hell!
On the court, after facing Wade, Lin Tian almost exhausted the 24-second time limit before suddenly accelerating. Then, facing the help defense from Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Lin Tian pulled up and made another close-to-the-basket floater.

"Shh!"

After the ball went in, Lin Tian didn't need Wade to provoke him anymore; he immediately rushed to Wade's side again.

You stick close to me, I'll stick close to you too!

Come on, it's just a contest of who can burn the most calories.

When has Mr. Lin ever lost on this point?
Trying to out-strength me is tantamount to suicide!
Let's wear each other down! Let's see who lies on the floor and plays dead first!

Lin Tian's defense against Wade started from the backcourt!

They played full-court defense, and it was absolutely the most intense and highest-level pressing defense.

Lin Tian stuck to Wade tightly, not giving him any space to easily accelerate his dribbling.

The two battled all the way to the frontcourt, and Wade felt his legs were about to give way.

His first thought was to calm down, take a good break, and then start the attack.

"If your legs are weak, just rest! It's not shameful to observe for 10 seconds in place. On the contrary, it's shameful if you force a breakthrough and fall down!" Lin Tian's light and sarcastic voice came right on time, making Wade's blood pressure rise even more.

At this point, Wade was also a little carried away!

He turned his back to Lin Tian and then exerted his strength to forcefully attack the inside!
Fortunately, although Wade was hot-headed, he did not lose his mind. He wanted to take on Lin Tian and wear him down, but he also knew that if he tried to break through Lin Tian head-on, it would be difficult for him to do so in a 1v1 situation!

The best way is to use your slight advantage in height and wingspan, as well as your considerable strength, to physically confront the opponent.

This is the only way to achieve the goal of weakening Lin Tian while maximizing efficiency and minimizing errors.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Wade's physicality is definitely among the best of all guards, especially when he has the initiative on offense, every move he makes is full of power!

He stubbornly pushed his way towards the inside, overpowering Lin Tian.

No skill involved, just pure power!

If we have to talk about technique, it's that after Wade pushed Lin Tian all the way to the vicinity of the three-second zone, he suddenly turned halfway and connected with a jump shot. Even though Lin Tian reacted extremely quickly and blocked Wade's eyes with his big hand in the blink of an eye, Wade, who was in a frenzy, still took a bank shot.

The basketball went into the hoop!
"Come on, Lin! You can't stop me!" After scoring, Wade gritted his teeth, looking like he was going all out, but only Wade knew that he was actually holding back his lungs.

He was trying hard not to breathe heavily, not to let himself catch his breath.

If he's too out of breath, won't he be at a disadvantage against Lin Tian, ​​who seems to be doing quite well?
We can't lose! At this moment, we can't show the slightest fear, even if our lungs are about to burst, we must hold on!
"Oh!"

After leaning against Wade, the first thing Lin Tian did was give him a slap on the stomach: "If you keep hunching over like that, your lungs are going to explode, aren't they? Do you want to die on the court?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Lin Tian's blow almost made Wade lose his breath. The young man coughed wildly on the spot, and this time he almost coughed up his lungs.

This time, Lin Tian didn't take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack or even participate in the team's advance. Instead, he stood next to Wade and waited for him to catch his breath before continuing to move towards the frontcourt.

“I told you, I like to use underhanded tactics, but I won’t use them to make a profit.” Lin Tian saw Wade’s confusion and said directly before he could ask, “I really think highly of you, Devin. I’ve thought highly of you ever since we first met.”

"Your development is exactly as I predicted. You will definitely become one of the best players in the league! You might even become the best one."

"Let's settle this fair and square! Let's see who's better and see how much trouble you can cause us!"

"Alright! Let's settle this fairly and squarely!" Hearing Lin Tian's words, Wade's thoughts instantly returned to that day, to the day he fought Arenas one-on-one, when he was crushed by Arenas, and everyone thought he was a loser, except for Lin.

Only Lin believes I have the ability!
I won't……

Hey?
Where is Lin?

Just as Wade was marveling at this, Lin Tian had already started sprinting again! He suddenly increased his speed.

When Wade rushed to chase after him, it was too late.
Lin Tian had already left him behind, then grabbed the basketball passed to him by his teammate and charged straight toward the basket.

"We can catch up!"

As Wade sprinted away, he calculated the distance between the two of them. He was certain that he could catch up with Lin Tian, ​​and the distance between them was getting closer and closer!
"Even Lin is getting old! After giving it his all for so long, his speed has declined!" Kenny couldn't help but sigh as he watched Lin Tian charge towards the basket, with Wade not only chasing relentlessly but also getting closer and closer.

In the past, Wade would never have been able to catch up with Lin Tian in just a few steps. Judging from the distance between the two, Wade even had a chance to block the shot!

"Idiot, Lin was incredibly fast last round, how could he be too tired to run this round?" Miller snorted and blurted out his complaint.

Sure enough, Lin Tian, ​​who had just run to the basket, did not collect the ball and shoot. Instead, he suddenly turned and dribbled, changing from rushing towards the basket to facing the basket sideways.

That's not all. Lin Tian was able to turn around again in this extreme space, turning himself completely with his back to the basket.

Lin Tian's sudden braking and steering caught Wade completely off guard. Unlike Lin Tian, ​​who could stop abruptly, Wade couldn't control his body while running at high speed and ended up falling off the baseline.

"There's...there's a way to knock someone over like that?" Kenny swallowed hard. Lin Tian's ability to sprint at top speed and then suddenly stop and turn around was truly terrifying!
If it were someone else, after doing this a few times, not to mention whether the opponent would be able to handle it, their own knees, menisci, cruciate ligaments, ankles, calves, and thighs—the whole line from top to bottom—would all protest, and could be completely destroyed at any time.

Looking at the entire history of the league, only this bastard could play like this.

Oh, not only that, that kid who's about to enter the league next season, Rose or something, seems to have the same playing style.

I just don't know if that kid can handle it.
Lin Tian made a sudden stop and pulled back, directly faking out of bounds the corner of the court as Wade chased back with all his might. This play can't really be blamed on Wade. He wasn't faked out on a technical level; he simply couldn't defy gravity and the most basic laws of physics.

But Lin Tian seemed to lack this quality. He seemed to be unaffected by these most basic laws. He seemed to be able to run whenever he wanted and stop whenever he wanted.

Inertia? Centrifugal force?
What the hell is that thing?
After successfully shaking off Wade, Lin Tian easily turned and stepped forward, then laid the ball in.

After scoring, Lin Tian didn't go back to defend. Instead, he just looked at Wade, who was struggling to get up, and said, "Devin, you didn't just almost catch up with me. I was the one who almost caught up with you. Do you understand the difference?"

“I went to college!” Wade said grimly. “For several years! I know what you’re talking about.”

So you're saying I'm nowhere near as fast as you, and even if I try my best, I can only barely catch up to you when you're just strolling around? That's not important!
This is not important at all!
The only important thing tonight is that we won't lose!

With this belief and greatest support, Wade asked for the ball again and dribbled it to the frontcourt.

This time he continued to turn and back down, trying to wear down Lin Tian with direct muscle contact. But this time Lin Tian did not let him have his way. Although Wade still tried his best to push Lin Tian all the way to the outside of the 3-second zone, this time Wade's turnaround jump shot was almost blocked by Lin Tian!

He had to adjust his arc and shoot earlier to evade Lin Tian's defense.

However, this shot went awry, the ball didn't even touch the rim, and Wade was completely shut down!
But the Knicks failed to grab the rebound. Gasol suddenly reached out a hand and gently tapped the basketball.

The basketball immediately changed course and flew back towards the basket.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Gasol made a crucial putback, helping his team stay close in the score.

"Devin! There's no need to push so hard. We're all with you! This team, this victory, we're united, we'll work together, we'll take him down together!"

After making the putback, Gasol brushed his sweat-soaked curly hair from his face, looked at Wade, and stretched out his arm.

"Yes! This team belongs to all of us. Let's hold on together and win the game!" Wade reached out and bumped hands with Gasol.

"How touching!" Lin Tian said with a smile, "But no matter how many jackals there are, they are just low-class, corrupt animals!"

"Wolves roam in packs, tigers roam the world alone!" Upon hearing this, Oku, who was standing nearby, immediately came over to make his presence known.

"Idiot." Lin Tian ruffled Oku's hair and said, "I'm not a lone wolf, I'm a tiger. So what are you? Foxes borrowing the tiger's power or accomplices of the tiger?"

"What is that?" Oku's academic performance was obviously not very good, but it's not surprising. It's difficult for a Turk to understand a sentence in English translated from Chinese. It's three completely different languages, so it would be a miracle if he could understand it.

But if he didn't understand, that was fine. Lin Tian would explain it to him again: "What I mean is, we are the most powerful lion pride in the world! I am the lion king, and you are all my best partners!"

“But boss,” Wallace, who has been dedicated to developing grassroots basketball in Africa for the past two years and returns to Africa every off-season for humanitarian aid, said, “only the lion king in a pride is a male lion; the rest are lionesses!”

“If you are the Lion King, then we…”

"You bastards, you're asking for it, aren't you?" Lin Tian cursed. "You might as well go back to being foxes and lackeys! I am the tiger, a lone and powerful tiger! You only deserve to be the tiger's minions and food!"

Honestly, if this weren't on the football field, Lin Tian would have kicked Wallace right away.

You think you're so great? You think you're so good at biology? You think you've seen the Great Migration of African animals?

They can all become my food.

"Are you going to inbound the ball or not?" The baseline referee couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at the basketball, saying, "I'll give you two more seconds. If you don't inbound the ball now, then you don't need to inbound it. I'll just let the Cavaliers inbound it."

"What are you saying!" Lin Tian ran over quickly, grabbed the basketball and threw it to Wallace, then walked onto the court himself, and the game continued!

After the minor incident, both teams finally entered the final battle mode!
Lin Tian continued to wear down Wade with his varied offensive moves and unpredictable, dribbling skills.

His playing style is actually very taxing on him, but Lin Tian is convinced that Wade is definitely more tired than him and that Wade will be the first to collapse!

When it comes to physical fitness, I won't lose to anyone!
On the Cavaliers' side, Wade no longer insisted on a one-on-one matchup with Lin Tian. Although he only missed one shot, he was able to face the gap between himself and Lin Tian. At the same time, Wade also had great faith in his teammates!
He believed that neither Gasol nor Zydrunas Ilgauskas would let him down! They would give him their utmost help!
So Wade started passing the ball, and the Cavaliers quickly returned to their previous playing style.

Gasol once again transformed into a top-tier pivot, constantly sharing the ball or attacking with it himself.

The Cavaliers' offensive efficiency has stabilized once again.

On the other hand, for the Knicks, because Lin Tian's playing style was too flashy and complicated, his efficiency was not as high as in the previous three quarters. After all, Lin Tian's goal was to wear down the opponent rather than to blow out the game!

Lin Tian knew very well that without Stoudemire and Anthony, he could score consistently, but it would be extremely difficult to single-handedly crush the Cavaliers, who were fighting tooth and nail!

Tonight's Cavaliers probably played their most exciting and toughest game since the team was formed.

Therefore, Lin Tian chose a strategy focused on attrition, specifically targeting Wade and causing his stamina to drop rapidly.

If Lin Tian's strategy in the fourth quarter was to wear down Wade and exhaust him quickly, then what the Cavaliers really wanted was to widen the score gap and take control of the game.

Unfortunately, they were simply unable to do it against Lin Tian and the Knicks' starting lineup and bench players!

Or rather, it's not something that can be done easily!

"Shh!"

With six minutes remaining in the game, Gasol received the ball in the middle and immediately pulled up for a mid-range jump shot, which went in again.

After this basket, the Cavaliers finally took the lead!
113: 114!

There was exactly half a quarter left in the game!

"YES!"

"Cleveland! Cleveland! Cleveland!"

"Win this game! Hold on! Maintain your advantage!"

"Kill them! We can win! We can win!"

The Cleveland fans cheered and jumped for joy; they were incredibly excited, and everyone felt that they were sure to win this game!

We've fought this far, even if you, Lin Tian, ​​are a god, you must be exhausted by now! You must be unable to hold on any longer!

The next match belongs to us!
We're going to win!
Charge! Cleveland, charge!

The Cavaliers fans' jubilation and cheers lasted only a few seconds before they froze.

Because two people stood up on the Knicks' bench.

Stoudemire and Anthony!

These two fresh players, who had been on the sidelines for almost half the game, are back!
Not only did Don Nelson not call a timeout, he didn't even get up from the bench.

He just sat there and said a few words.

"Kill them!"

"Leave it to the two of us!" Little S rubbed his hands together, excited. He felt he was almost rested enough to return to the court three minutes ago, but Old Nelson wouldn't let him, insisting on holding him back a little longer.

"Let's see which unlucky guy will be my matchup, or that poor Eastern European guy?" Anthony was in a similar situation; he was also eager to try and couldn't wait. The reappearance of these two All-Star caliber newcomers silenced the entire Quicken Loans Center.

They really forgot about those two guys.

They always thought they were fighting against the full-strength Knicks!

What, you have another trick up your sleeve?

Looking at the home team players who had already fielded their full starting lineup on the court, and seeing Wade and others clutching their knees and panting heavily, clearly on the verge of collapse, the hearts that had been hanging in suspense for the Cavaliers fans suddenly died at that moment.

We can't beat them, we really can't beat them! (End of Chapter)