NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Crawford's arrogance successfully ignited Lin Tian's motivation and passion, and he began to think about how to deal with Crawford.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the court, Odom also put on a personal show!

This time, Jeremy Lin passed the ball to Yao Ming, and the rest of the team quickly moved into position. Odom, as instructed, pulled Landry, who was guarding him, out of the three-point line, and then suddenly made a quick cut inside!
Landry was caught off guard. After a moment's hesitation, he was left far behind by Odom and couldn't keep up with him at all.

Yao Ming's pass was perfectly timed, directly giving the ball to Odom.

After receiving the ball, Odom faced Okur who came to help defend him. Instead of passing the ball back to Yao Ming, he suddenly dribbled the ball with his left hand and then turned around, leaving Okur completely behind him.

In the blink of an eye, the situation under the basket became Yao Ming and Lamar Odom versus the basket!

The remaining suspense after this play is how the Bobcats' two inside players will outplay one of them!

But Odom is clearly not a normal person. With such a good opportunity to face the basket directly, this guy didn't have any intention of attacking the basket at all. Instead, as he turned around, he made an incredibly smooth underhand pass and threw the ball to the three-point line!
Jeremy Lin, who received the ball at a 45-degree angle, was completely left open. The Knicks players had already retreated to the basket to prepare for the next offensive attack. Who would have thought that Odom, this genius, would pass the ball out again?

Even Jeremy Lin was caught off guard, but despite not expecting it, he was only momentarily stunned.

He then dribbled the ball once, adjusted his rhythm, and then shot.

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Odom excitedly pointed both fingers to the sky and roared as he returned to defense.

My buddy's having a blast again!

"What a disaster." Lin Tian couldn't help but grin. That shot was absolutely beautiful and brilliant. His only problem was that it was completely unnecessary.

Being cool on the court is important, but you can't just be cool!
If you leave an open layup and pass it to a teammate beyond the three-point line, a more old-school coach would probably be giving Odom a good scolding right away.

But Lin Tian didn't say anything except for glancing at his lips.

He has other things to do.

Lin Tian saw the opportune moment when Crawford arrived. He knew that this guy from the slums of New York wouldn't just give a provocation and call it quits; he would definitely come back for more.

Therefore, Lin Tian had already made preparations.

"I'm ready to score another basket against you guys! Are you really not going to change your defensive strategy, Lin? If you don't double-team me, I'm going to blow your whole team out of the water!"

Crawford looked at Lin Tian with a flippant and arrogant expression, as if to say, "If you don't double-team me, I'll score 30 points in a single quarter."

However, Lin Tian didn't even glance at him. Instead, he called Augustine over and told him, "When you go on stage, don't worry about anything. As soon as this bastard jumps, just aim for his feet!"

“FUXX?” Crawford stared at Lin Tian in shock and swore.

Is this bastard going to send someone to cover for me?

"Jamal, hurry up!" But unfortunately, Crawford didn't have time to listen to Lin Tian's unbridled arrangements. Felton had already taken his position on the other side and was anxious for Crawford to get in as well!

At this point, the Knicks were playing a more strong-and-weak-side game than a two-point guard game.

Yeah, like that guy who always says: strong side to weak side.

Felton has the ball, and three players work together on one side to draw the defense. As soon as Crawford on the other side is left open, Felton will immediately use his vision and passing ability to switch the ball to Crawford on the other side, allowing him to complete the attack.

What Crawford has to do is receive the ball and score in the fastest and most direct way.

This is also the way that Nelson thought could maximize Crawford's abilities after careful consideration.

Give him a passer so he can focus on doing only one thing, the thing he's best at.

But this time, when Felton once again made a series of passes and found Crawford on the weak side to face DeRozan one-on-one, Crawford seemed a little distracted. He was clearly still wondering if Lin Tian would really send someone up to take him down.

After all, although the Knicks and Lin Tian had a good relationship, Crawford didn't! He had never been Lin Tian's teammate, and there was no friendship between them.

Moreover, Lin Tian just instructed Boozer to give the referee an uppercut!

Anyone would be afraid of this.

But Crawford is the type who's extremely proud, so even if he's scared now, he's unlikely to back down.

He has to keep going hard!
But no matter what he thought, he failed to score again this time. His mind was drawn to Lin Tian, ​​and he missed DeRozan's mid-range jump shot.

Despite missing his shot, Crawford still showed his toughness when he returned to defense, deliberately passing by Lin Tian.

As soon as Crawford came over, Lin Tian didn't even give him a chance to speak this time. Instead, he said to Shannon Brown, "Go up and match up against him. If he dares to jump, just stomp on his waist from behind!"

"And everyone else, if any of you dare to draw an offensive foul, then kick me! Do you understand? When you jump for a layup, your knees should naturally move forward to protect the ball and create space for yourself. Has no one taught you that basic technique?"

Lin Tian's words scared Crawford so much that he didn't even dare to utter a single trash word this time.

With knees, leg raises, and waist pushes, how could Crawford not be afraid?

In particular, Lin Tian gave instructions to the Bobcats players who are now almost never on the court and have no playing time in both rounds.

What does this mean?
This guy's using two benchwarmers to take me down! He's targeting me! He's going to cripple me!
This idea had now completely entered Crawford's mind, and his thoughts had changed somewhat; he was trembling a little.

If another coach had said that, Crawford would most likely not have taken it to heart.

The fact that it was Lin Tian, ​​who had a long criminal record, that made his words quite credible.

Even if Lin Tian had said that in the first half, Crawford wouldn't have been worried, since he hadn't yet instructed Boozer to beat up the referee in the first half.
But now, Crawford is genuinely scared.

His worries quickly shifted, and when he let go, he missed DeRozan, giving DeRozan an opportunity to hit a mid-range shot.

"Defense, Jamal! Defense!" Old Nelson on the sidelines was extremely anxious. You may not be good at defense, and he may not care about defense, but you can't really tank and just stand around on the court, right?
“But the coach said he’s going to cripple me.” Crawford hesitated for a moment, but in the end he told old Nelson what had happened. He hoped the old man could help him get revenge and think of a way to help him.

"Don't listen to his nonsense! Have you ever seen Lin take the initiative to hurt even one person? As long as the opponent doesn't target him or his people, this guy will never take the initiative to hurt anyone."

"Don't worry about playing basketball. If he messes you up, I'll mess him up!" Old Nelson waved his fist and said, "This kid may deserve to go to hell, but he has his bottom line and principles. Just go play basketball! Don't worry about anything else!"

Old Nelson's aggressive demeanor, well, let's just say it lacked any real persuasiveness.

The phrase "I also crippled him" is particularly unconvincing.

On what grounds did you dismiss him?
Anyway, Crawford was quite nervous at the moment, completely uncertain, and afraid of being retaliated against by Lin Tian.

He was almost constantly watching the Bobcats' bench; he had a feeling.

Brown and Augustine are coming up. Once they're up, that's when my troubles begin. I trembled with fear.

Then, as the basketball was once again transferred from the inside to his hands on the weak side, Lin Tian seized the opportunity and suddenly shouted, "Shannon! Get ready!"

Brown immediately stood up from the bench, startling Crawford.

Is it coming soon?

This sudden tremor gave DeRozan, who was defending him, the opportunity to slap the ball away from his hand.

"It's alright now, sit down, we'll come up later."

As soon as he saw his player get the basketball, Lin Tian waved his hand, indicating that Brown could sit down.

"Is this also part of the strategy?" Stevens asked. "Fraud + threats?"

"What threat?" Lin Tian said innocently, "What's wrong with me asking Shannon to stand up? She needs to move around after sitting for so long!"

Stevens was completely skeptical of this. He thought, "I'm not going to believe your nonsense."

Shameless and still won't admit it.

In the Bobcats' offense, Jeremy Lin once again initiated a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming. After quickly creating space, he passed the ball to Lamar Odom, who was cutting into the basket from the other side.

After receiving the ball, Odom quickly did a 360-degree spin, leaving his defender behind. Then Odom pulled up again, this time finally not doing the "pass instead of dunking" move.

It's not that Odom has become more pragmatic and doesn't want to show off anymore.

It's purely because Odom has someone in front of him!

This time, Landry's defense was in place; he promptly collapsed under the basket, blocking Odom's path.

If you don't dunk an open basket, you have to pass it, because it's not cool.

This time is no different; he has to dunk even through people, because it looks cool!

Odom ascended rapidly like a helicopter, then grabbed the basketball with his left arm and pulled it outwards with force. After a noticeable pause in the air, Odom suddenly exerted his strength and slammed the basketball into the basket!

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Odom completed a poster dunk!
Landry, who was playing aggressive defense, became the backdrop for the Bobcats' dunk for the second time tonight, taking another heavy blow!
"Kid, if you don't want your family to wear black, then stay away when I dunk!" The fierce Odom glared at Landry, baring his teeth and yelling for a while before slowly retreating to begin his defense.

This time, Felton didn't directly target Crawford for the ball, but instead initiated a pick-and-roll, accelerating down the basket from the strong side. After completely disrupting the Bobcats' defensive formation, he quickly passed the ball to Landry.

Landry didn't try to score; he feinted to draw the defense and then passed the ball back to Crawford, who was completely unmarked.

"DJ!"

As soon as Crawford got the ball, Lin Tian called out Augustin's name again: "Go to the scorer's table."

Is it happening again? Is it for real this time?
Crawford immediately pulled up for a three-pointer after getting the ball, but Lin Tian's words distracted him again, and his shot went way off target, almost missing the rim.

Yao Ming grabbed the backboard, waved his arms to shoo away Landry and the others surrounding him, and then calmly passed the ball to Jeremy Lin. No rush, take it slow!
"Go to the technical table and get me some magnesium powder, I need to rub it in." Lin Tian happened to meet Crawford's eyes again as he returned to defense. He narrowed his eyes and continued to mock Crawford: "Coward!"

By this point, Crawford finally realized he had been tricked and thoroughly outmaneuvered by Lin Tian.
But knowing this is one thing; he clearly has little chance left to clear his name.

Old Nelson's patience with him had run out.

He's still on the field only because there's no dead ball.

Lin Tian had also guessed that Crawford's time on the field was running out.

Then we absolutely cannot waste it.

"Jeremy! Go for it! He's about to be substituted, seize the opportunity!" Lin Tian shouted at Jeremy Lin with his arms outstretched, and Jeremy Lin immediately understood.

After arriving in the attacking third, he accelerated without stopping the ball and squeezed past Crawford. How could someone as proud and arrogant as Crawford tolerate being targeted so relentlessly by the opponent and completely exploited as a weakness?
Losing his composure, this guy reached out from behind and knocked Jeremy Lin down!

After a scream, Jeremy Lin, who had been knocked down, slid across the floor for a full two meters, clearly having taken a bad fall!

"What the hell are you doing!" Odom, who was not far away, rushed over and headbutted Crawford, saying, "I'll kill you, you believe me!"

Three referees quickly approached and squeezed between the two people, separating them.

As one of the players on the team who has played the most minutes with Jeremy Lin and has the closest cooperation with him, Odom clearly likes his younger brother quite a bit, and he is still relentlessly trash-talking Crawford.

"Lamar, shut up!" Lin Tian shouted from the sidelines. "You already have a T, calm down! Shut up!"

Upon hearing Lin Tian's words, Odom paused for a moment, then quickly regained his composure, even flashing a smile in the blink of an eye: "I was just kidding!"

Unfortunately, Odom's quick admission of guilt was a little too slow. The referee did not tolerate his provocative behavior just because he admitted his mistake in time. He was given a technical foul, and with the one from the first half, the talented sixth man had accumulated two technical fouls and was ejected from the game.

Of course, Odom wasn't the only one to get a technical foul. Crawford, the instigator of the incident, also couldn't escape the referee's ruling and received a flagrant foul. Although he wasn't ejected, judging from Don Nelson's expression, this guy will definitely be internally suspended, and at least tonight, he absolutely won't be able to play.

At this moment, Jeremy Lin, who was not seriously injured, stood up with the help of his teammates. Zaga patted his butt and gave everyone a thumbs up to show that he was fine. Only then did the Bobcats players, who had been extremely worried, finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm not taking you to the party tonight." Lin Tian slapped Odom's butt as he groaned and walked back to the bench with a long face. "You're still so arrogant with a tank like that! Is this how you stand up for your teammates?"

"Then how should we vent our anger?" The players looked at Lin Tian with curiosity, wanting to see how he would teach them to help their teammates stand up for themselves.

"Swearing gets you a technical foul, fighting gets you suspended—these are all actions that give your opponents an advantage. Don't you guys understand this most basic logic?" Lin Tian rolled his eyes and said, "Of course, we let basketball do the talking, we use basketball to defeat our opponents, and we use victory to avenge our teammates!"

Seeing Lin Tian's arrogant demeanor and proud expression, Van Gundy was the first to spit out a curse: "It's one thing for others to say that, but you're saying it too? Who was it that fought with Patrick and the others back then? The number of fights you've had ranks first in the entire history of the league!"

"You're heartless to say that, Jeff." Lin Tian immediately cursed when he saw that Van Gundy dared to testify against him. "Damn it, back then when you were clinging to my leg, I felt sorry for you and immediately stopped hitting you! If I had known, I would have just picked you up and thrown you out! You ungrateful wretch!"

"You yourself are an impulsive monster! And you want your players to calm down? That's not convincing! You understand, it's not convincing!"

"Who says it's not convincing? I'm using my own experience to tell them that they should learn from me!"

"Learn from you? Learn how to fight? Didn't you just tell them not to be impulsive?" Little Van Gundy was also out of control at this moment. He was obviously reminded of the pain of the past and was not giving an inch to Lin Tian.

"Why aren't you learning from me?" Lin Tian laughed, looking at everyone and saying, "Listen up, you fucking idiots! You all need to learn from me. If any conflict arises, you all need to stay calm! Let me handle it! I'll take care of the opponent! I've got plenty of money, I'm not afraid of fines! I don't even need to play, I'm not afraid of suspensions!"

"See, Jeff? Am I right? Shouldn't you learn from me? Back in the day, I never let my teammates get into fights! Same today! If a conflict really breaks out, don't send our teammates, let them calm down, I'll handle it myself!" (End of Chapter)