NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

This night is destined to be crazy!

Not only did the whole of New York go crazy, but they actually awarded the championship after only two games in the Finals, or rather, they held the championship award ceremony ahead of schedule!

Dolan even went so far as to retrieve the Knicks' championship trophy from last year's collection and present it to Lin Tian in a very professional manner.

The final act of madness that night was when Dolan grabbed the microphone and told everyone, "I know I'll get fined by the league for hosting this, but no matter how much they fine me, I have plenty of money!"

"For my beloved fans and team, I'd give them a 1000 million fine if I had to!"

Of course, this is only Dolan on the surface.

When the party ended and Dolan got into his car, he immediately started talking to one of his personal advisors sitting in the passenger seat: "If I do this, will it be a problem to raise ticket prices by another 20% next year? Will season ticket sales break new records again?"

“I suggest you only increase it by 10%, after all, Lin will be leaving the team next season. But I believe that even without Lin next season, our season ticket sales will definitely reach a new high! The extra profits will be dozens of times the league’s fines!”

"By the way, I also suggest that you announce a 2%-3% price reduction for tickets next offseason, because Lin left and the team's performance has declined."

"This way, fans will definitely buy tickets even more enthusiastically! For at least the next 5 years, our ticket profits will only increase dramatically, and will absolutely not decline because of Lin's departure!"

"But as for jerseys and other merchandise, that's hard to say."

"It's alright." Dolan leaned back in his chair, eyes closed, and said, "That's enough!"

Meanwhile, in the Spurs' locker room, the entire team remained, watching the incredibly crazy and ridiculous early championship award ceremony.

The entire Spurs team was completely silent during the award ceremony, while the Knicks players on the court were just as excited and happy as the Spurs players were, and their faces were just as grim.

Anyone would be extremely unhappy to see their opponent throwing a wild celebration when their team is only 2-0 down!
As long as you have any fighting spirit, as long as you are a qualified basketball player, you will definitely unleash unparalleled potential and motivation after watching this.

"They're quite happy." After the live broadcast ended, Popovich turned off the TV and looked at everyone on his team, saying, "This is what they think of us after two games."

"Oh!"

A loud bang suddenly rang out. It was James who picked up a chair and slammed it heavily onto the floor.

In an instant, the chair shattered into pieces, leaving him with only one handle.

Furious James was panting heavily. He had never been looked down upon like this since he started junior high school and switched to basketball, and since he made a name for himself as a basketball star in Akron.

Wherever he goes, he is the center of attention, surrounded by countless followers. Everyone calls him a prodigy, saying he is the hope of American basketball and the most likely new generation king to challenge Lin Tian and Jordan.

Nike gave him the biggest rookie shoe contract in NBA history before he even entered the league! A super shoe contract that, with all the bonuses and incentives, could give LeBron James up to $9300 million over 7 years!

Before LeBron James, no rookie who had never played a single NBA game had ever received such a large contract.

Even looking at the entire history of the league, apart from a handful of people like Lin Tian and Jordan who are at the top of the pyramid in terms of popularity, ability, and achievement, no one has ever had a shoe contract bigger than James's.

Even before he joined the league, he was everyone's darling!

Having never been insulted like this in all these years, James was utterly enraged. He lost his composure and his temper was unusually out of control. His outburst startled the entire Spurs locker room.

"I won't let them win the championship so easily! I'll make them pay! Anyone who messes with us will definitely pay the price!"

"Oh!"

After saying this, James casually overturned a table in front of him, making a series of loud noises.

Then James's gaze swept over everyone present, and without saying another word, he walked out of the locker room with an air of dominance.

Popovich was very satisfied with his attitude. At the same time, Popovich knew that he no longer needed to use sarcastic remarks or other methods to boost the players' morale. Everyone's morale had reached its peak, and everyone's anger had also reached its zenith.

If this were a shonen manga, the Spurs would have at least eight Super Saiyans on the team right now!

That's the power of anger!

At almost the same time, in the TNT studio, Barkley and others were also talking about the Knicks' incredibly outrageous behavior.

“It’s crazy, but I love it,” Barkley said with a smile. “Few people can be this crazy, and very few people can be this unrestrained. My opinion of Dolan has risen by at least three levels.”

“They’re absolutely arrogant to the extreme,” Kenny added. “What they’re doing is like putting the Spurs’ dignity and face on the ground, stomping on it, covering it with garbage, and then spitting on it.”

"After this incident, the entire city of New York will absolutely become San Antonio's mortal enemy. From now on, when they visit San Antonio, they will be met with unparalleled and extremely frenzied boos! They will always be its enemies, and perhaps even more so than the hatred between Los Angeles and Boston!"

"But as Charles said, I love the idea! I really love it! I love how everyone on the Knicks handled it and how they showed it! That's the attitude a dynasty team should have."

Payton said, "To be honest, before they did this, I had already predicted this series would be 80% 4-0 and 20% 4-1! The Spurs no longer have the ability to come back or make the series a foregone conclusion. The gap between the two sides is too obvious."

"But after the Knicks' behavior, I think I have to change my mind. If the Spurs' players were 12 carbon-based beings, they wouldn't tolerate this. They would have to unleash their full potential and give the Knicks a piece of their mind."

"He has to slap the Knicks in the face, or their face will be crushed to the ground."

"So you're bullish on the Spurs now?" Kenny asked curiously.

“当然不，我又不傻。”佩顿笑了一下耸耸肩膀道：“我认为现在只有70%的可能性4：0了，20%的可能性4：1，还有9%的可能4：2，马刺队突然之间就有了那么一丢丢的可能，把大比分扳成4：3！”

"But even so, you still don't think the Spurs can win?" Barkley asked again. "Didn't you say they would unleash unparalleled energy?"

"But the Knicks have more energy," Payton said. "If the Knicks are pushed to the brink, you know what that means, right? It means the strongest and most insane version of Lin will jump out and save the team!"

"When facing a strong team like the Spurs, a crazy and serious Lin is absolutely unstoppable and can definitely lead the team to victory!"

"This series is 100% going to the Knicks for the championship. The only suspense is whether the Spurs can also slap the Knicks in the face. If they can win two games, they can bring the series back to New York."

"Then the Knicks will be in an awkward position! I'm really looking forward to the next game. No matter what the outcome, it will definitely be much more exciting and entertaining than the first two! So, my opinion is the same as Charles and Kenny's: I like the Knicks' moves!"

Miller concluded, "What I wanted to say has already been said by the three of you. I can only wholeheartedly agree with your opinions. I also absolutely love watching the Knicks' moves! They're so exciting and so entertaining!"

"That's how basketball should be!"

"Of course, there's also the thing I'm most looking forward to right now, which is that I can't wait to see the post-match press conference. I want to see what Lin will say!"

"Because based on my understanding of him, this bastard will never apologize to the Spurs, and he will never say that he hurt anyone because he was too excited."

"He'll keep raising the stakes! He'll absolutely keep provoking the Spurs and San Antonio! That's his habit, that's just his terrible personality."

"But I like it!"

...The Knicks' press conference tonight was almost an hour late, and they will definitely be fined by the league for it. If they are fined for multiple offenses, Stern could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars tonight!
But the reporters at the scene showed no impatience or complaints. None of them felt that the Knicks were being arrogant and disrespectful, making them wait for an hour.

They were all eager to see Lin Tian come out so they could interview him and get him to reveal some more bombshells.

After all, Lin Tian, ​​who is the top benefactor of the Journalists' Alliance, would definitely say something extremely excited in this state of extreme excitement tonight.

Those words are the reporters' bread and butter! Their very bread and butter!

They had to wait, and they were incredibly excited to see what kind of feast Lin Tian would bring them tonight!
"Lin, congratulations on your two consecutive victories in the finals!" Upon seeing Lin Tian and his team enter, the reporters immediately began to greet them.

"Huh? Only two consecutive wins? I'm really in a daze. I thought we had already won the championship! That ceremony just now was so realistic." Lin Tian said with a smile, "I hope the real one in a few days won't disappoint me."

coming!

The reporters secretly cheered; they knew that what they wanted had arrived!
Mr. Lin, isn't this the beginning?
"But honestly, your performance and behavior just now, as well as the practice of holding the ceremony ahead of schedule, are very hurtful to the fans and will make the San Antonio fans quite sad."

"Oh, I'm really sorry. But to be honest, the Spurs' strategic decision to forfeit the first game, which I suspect, might, perhaps, or, in my extremely malicious speculation, really hurt our hearts."

"I wonder if anyone has come to apologize?"

So is this revenge?

"Revenge? Of course not. First, they have to hurt us before we can retaliate. But they've lost by almost 50 points. If I were to say they hurt me, that would be shameless, just like them! The only reason we did this is because we enjoy it!"

"So Lin, many people believe that your actions will completely enrage the Spurs and unleash unprecedented energy, making your upcoming games twice as difficult. Are you worried about that?"

"I thought we discussed this issue in the last game! I said after the last game: if a team has already made it to the finals and still needs the opponent's behavior to unleash its potential, then they are ridiculous."

"This is the finals, man! I only get to play in this once a year, and they're not even going all out?"

"So do you think you can get out of San Antonio unscathed?"

"I think you should ask the Spurs the question. You should ask them: What other ways do you think you can stop the Knicks?"

"But if someone says you're arrogant, haughty, self-important, and don't know how to respect others because of this, would you be bothered by it?"

"Is someone only saying this now? I thought for the past ten years or so I'd been called an arrogant, haughty, and rude jerk."

"So Lin, assuming the Spurs will unleash additional potential because of this incident, would you be more worried?"

"I'll be even more excited! Because the first two games were really boring, which isn't good news for us or our fans. They want to see a round of exciting, evenly matched games."

"We don't want to be accused of winning without any real merit because we won too easily. If they can unleash extra fighting power and put more pressure on us, making our game more intense and difficult."

"I will be truly grateful to them."

"So you think the first two games were boring?"

"Yes."

"You also think the Spurs are not in the same league as you, and are not worthy of being your opponents, right?"

"They are indeed a bit worse than us, the gap between us is obvious to the naked eye, but they absolutely deserve to be our opponents! Or rather, as long as you love basketball, as long as you really like basketball, then you can be our opponents."

"Whether they are from the NCAA, AAU, WNBA, NBL, or a high school team, no matter which sports league they come from, what level of sports league they come from, or where they come from, as long as they truly love basketball."

"Then they are qualified to be our opponents."

"So, Lin, you mean the Spurs are on the same level as the teams you just mentioned?"

"You're so mean." Lin Tian finally couldn't help but laugh at the trap the reporter had set for him. "I never said that."

"So, Lin, rank your opponents! If you were to rank the four teams you faced in this year's playoffs, how would you rank them? Who is your strongest opponent?"

"Our strongest opponent is definitely the Celtics. They almost beat us. Well, by one game, of course. They're still a long way off in a round of games."

"Then there's the Cavaliers. They put a lot of pressure on us in Game 4. The Devin and Paul duo has a good chance of winning the championship. They're very promising! As for the Hawks and Spurs... well... how should I put it?"

Lin Tian kept shaking his head as he spoke, looking quite conflicted, hesitant, and troubled.

"Judging from the regular season record, the Spurs are definitely stronger. Even in terms of their respective playoff performances, team roster, and team strength, the Spurs are stronger. But to be honest, I'm a straightforward person and my words may not be pleasant, so just listen to this and don't spread it around."

“We felt pressure against the Hawks. Brandon is a really good kid! He has a lot of potential, and at one point I thought we might lose a game in the series against them.”

"But so far, I haven't felt any pressure from the Spurs. The first two games were really too easy. I really hope the upcoming games will be more interesting. Really, I'm not joking, and I'm not trying to provoke the Spurs on purpose."

"I'm genuinely and seriously hoping for more competition and more fun."

"These are, after all, the last two games of my professional career. I really hope the games can be more exciting, otherwise I'll just think: the decision to retire was definitely the right one!"

"So Lin, I gleaned something from your words: if you lose this final round, you might choose not to retire, but instead renew your contract for revenge, is that right?"

"Your statement is like me betting on Germany to beat Brazil 7-1 in the 06 World Cup. You can't say it's definitely not going to happen, but do you really believe it will?"

"But Germany and Brazil didn't play each other in 06."

"Then it's 02, the same year."

"So, Lin, let us ask you one last question!"

"What do you think the score will be in this series?"

"4:0!"

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he stood up decisively and said, "By the way, when you go back and publish articles, don't go too far, or I'll get angry."

Lin Tian's words drew a flurry of eye-rolls from the reporters below.

Damn it, are you afraid our report is too outrageous?
Do we need to make it sound outrageous what you did and said tonight?

If we simply recount the events objectively, fairly and impartially, without any personal bias, every word and action of you bastards, then everyone will only have one opinion—

That's fucking outrageous! (End of Chapter)