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Everyone's attention was drawn to the sound coming from that corner, and everyone looked in that direction.

Lance Stephenson.

This year's second-round pick didn't get many opportunities throughout the regular season, let alone the playoffs. Although he wasn't exactly an inconspicuous nobody on the team because of his playful and always smiling personality, he rarely spoke in team meetings.

It's not his turn.

But now, everyone is watching him.

"I don't think we've lost yet, and I think we can still turn things around! Although I may not get a chance to play, I believe that no matter who our opponent is or what the score is now."

"We haven't lost yet! But our fans have already conceded defeat for us, and I don't like that!"

This kid's got something!

Lin Tian looked at Stephenson and nodded in satisfaction. As expected of the NBA's "Honey Badger" who dared to go head-to-head with LeBron James at his peak and never backed down no matter how the game turned out.

Regardless of his skill level, his personality is definitely tough enough.

“This is it.” Lin Tian quickly gave Stephenson his approval, and then said, “I will give you playing time in the next game. With your competitive and serious personality, you should play.”

"I promise I'll get you on the court at some crucial moment, but whether you can seize the opportunity is up to you!"

"I understand!" Upon hearing this, Stephenson immediately stood up, his nostrils flaring with excitement. After taking a few deep breaths like a bull demon, he said, "Coach, I won't let you down!"

Lin Tian waved to Stephenson, then looked at everyone and said, "Does everyone else understand what I mean?"

"Derrick, I don't think you have to admit your mistakes just because you made a mistake, and I don't think it's a failure that Yao Ming didn't dominate Howard. Everyone has off days, and everyone misses game-winning shots sometimes. That's perfectly normal!"

"But the important thing is that you can never feel like you've lost, you can never feel like you've reached the end, you can never feel like you're finished!"

"You're only truly finished when you yourself feel like you're doomed!"

"Do you know what the only thing that made me angry tonight was? It wasn't that you guys lost the game, it was that when Derrick, Yao, and Carlos were talking, none of you three bastards said: 'I won't do this in the next game, I'll crush them in the next game.'"

"Since no one said anything, can I take that the three of you have all admitted defeat?"

"No coach! No! I haven't given up!" Rose jumped up from his chair, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at Lin Tian. "I will never give up!"

"Very good! I can take that part as you forgot, as you were a little frustrated and didn't say what you wanted to say."

"But no one's opportunities are endless. For example, we only have one last chance to win the championship this season. I still haven't given up on winning the championship, and I don't think the door to our path to the championship is locked."

"Besides, even if it's locked, I'll lead you guys to smash it open and rush in."

"This is your last chance, can you seize it?"

"We can!"

"What if our path to the championship is blocked, shut down, or even cut off? What should we do then?"

"Smash it! Fix it! Charge!"

"Very good, very good!" Lin Tian nodded in satisfaction, then looked at everyone again and said, "I haven't been joking since the start of the season; I've been very serious, and we can win the championship!"

“I hate it when people say things like, ‘Come back next year,’ ‘There’s a chance next year,’ ‘We’re young,’ ‘We have plenty of time.’”

"I want it this year, I want it now, I've never had any patience! This year, we're going to upset the Celtics! Don't even mention 3-1, even if it's 3-0, I'm confident I can beat them!"

"Derrick, Yao, you two will be at the press conference later. You can figure out what to say yourselves. I'm going home now to take a hot shower, get a good night's sleep, and think about how we can beat the Celtics."

"See you tomorrow morning! Meeting adjourned."

After saying that, Lin Tian waved his hand, opened the locker room door, and let the team doctor and physiotherapists at the door come in to help the players recover. As for himself, just as he said, he went to the parking lot and went straight home to sleep.

Everything will be discussed tomorrow morning. As for the rest, he believes his players will definitely not let him down.

……

After a night, Lin Tian got up early, picked up the bread the maid had made for him, and ate it while flipping through the newspaper, immediately turning to the sports section.

Although he had complete confidence in the players, he still wanted to see what Rose and his teammates would say at the press conference.

Rose: My fans don't believe we can come back, and I'm furious!

Yao Ming: Four days later, still in Charlotte, still here, I'd like to give you some words of congratulations on winning!

Rose: I hope Cleveland is ready, see you in the Eastern Conference Finals!

Yao Ming: I think the Mavericks are tougher to deal with than the Warriors!

Rose: I've asked Lin many times what it feels like to create a dynasty, and he says the feeling of winning the first championship is the best!

Yao Ming: I have the right to speak on dynasties. I once won five consecutive world championships, and the first championship definitely felt the best!

Rose: Lin didn't lecture us. He said winning and losing are part of war, we've already lost once, now it's the Celtics' turn to lose!

Yao Ming: He said he wants to go home, take a hot shower, and then by tomorrow, the Celtics will be no threat!

Rivers: It was a tough victory, but we're happy to have won this game. We'll give it our all from now on!

Duncan: We'll treat the next game like a Game 7. We won't relax or be careless. The next game will be my Finals Game 7!

These two guys...

Lin Tian watched the report and the two men's comments, which sounded just like those during the competition.

They're all ruthless!
Too arrogant.

In my life, I can't stand arrogant people; I have to teach them a lesson!

So you're Rivers, right? You're the one who's happy to win, right?
And Duncan, you're usually so quiet, but now you're starting to dream about the Finals?

I'll let you dream!

I'll beat you to death!

Lin Tian quickly finished his breakfast, drove to the training hall, and then conveyed his thoughts to the players.

We need to teach those arrogant Bostonians a lesson!

We need to let them know that offending us will not end well.

We have to completely crush them to vent our anger!
Under Lin Tian's guidance, which left Van Gundy speechless, the Bobcats players were truly inspired with boundless enthusiasm. They were all glaring and displayed unparalleled form in training.

Trailing 1-3, this team finally unleashed its fiercest fighting spirit and determination!

Beat the Celtics and turn the game around!

The training session that day was only half a day. In the afternoon, the entire Bobcats team flew to Boston for a rest.

The following morning, they did some simple shooting practice to maintain their condition and physical fitness, and then dismissed early to wait for the start of the game that evening.

At 7 p.m., the TD Garden was already packed. Even though there was still an hour and a half before the game started, the enthusiastic Bostonians couldn't wait.

They wanted to see how the team would teach those incredibly arrogant guys in Charlotte a lesson.

They wanted to see how Lin Tian, ​​that damned villain who deserved to go to hell, be cursed, be gang-raped by demons, and then be thrown into the deepest hell to suffer, would lose the game!
When he was a player, the Celtics never beat Lin Tian even once. They had been losing to Lin Tian since the Pierce Walker era, time and time again. Now, they have finally gotten their chance.

They waited for an opportunity to eliminate Lin Tian, ​​even though he could no longer play on the court.

Bostonians will not let this opportunity slip by.

They even prepared all sorts of banners to give to Lin Tian, ​​filled with their best wishes for him.

"Garbage Forest! Your era is over!"

"Outcasts of the last era, all you'll see here is failure!"

"Useless! Boston will never fall to you again!"

"Victory belongs to Boston!"

"Stop your arrogant attitude! You're a washed-up old person!"

"Lin is the biggest pile of shit in history!"

"Your players are no good. If you want to win, you should change your clothes!"

Ok?
Change clothes?
Boston fans initially erupted in boos and jeers as the Bobcats players entered the court, determined to destroy the confidence and determination of the young Bobcats before the game even started.

They want to make this game a garbage time from the very beginning.

Then they saw a familiar figure on the field passing the ball.

Lin Tian!

This guy actually changed into a tracksuit today, wearing sneakers, grabbing rebounds under the basket, and passing the ball to his teammates.

While passing the ball, Lin Tian kept shouting to urge them to stay alert and not slack off.

In this decisive battle, Lin Tian will personally train the players to instill a sense of urgency in them.

The words have already been spoken, even if he didn't say them himself, but once a promise is made, it must be kept! What the player said is the same as what he said.

Lin Tian was pulling out all the stops; he wanted his players to take control of the game from the very beginning.

At the same time, Lin Tian did more than just boost morale that night; otherwise, what would be the difference between him and Rivers?

He made all the necessary preparations, including changes and contingency plans in tactics, personnel, and rotations. Lin Tian also summarized the reasons for the previous losses.

Tonight's Bobcats are absolutely different.

"That scared me to death! It was just a warm-up, helping the players pass the ball!"

"It's all fake, it can't scare me!"

"We're not afraid of you, Lin! Don't think you can scare us just because you're wearing a tracksuit!"

"We've never been afraid of you! You're just trash!"

"Come on, come and beat up my brothers! Come on!"

"If you're so tough, then really put on a jersey. What are you pretending for in sportswear!"

Lin Tian certainly wouldn't respond to the Boston fans' harmless and unoriginal trash talk.

It's too stupid to resort to insults or even physical violence; Lin Tian has other methods.

For example, he swaggered to the Celtics' half of the court and waved his hand. Ginobili, Parker, and Jackson, his former underlings, quickly ran over and surrounded Lin Tian.

Then the four of them started talking incoherently, I couldn't make out what they were saying.

Although the fans couldn't hear what the four were saying, they could tell that Lin Tian was the eldest brother and the other three were the youngest.

I hate it!

We're booing him, yelling at him, and cursing him, and you players are running over there to act as his lackeys and listen to Lin Tian's lecture?

Useless! Trash! Disgraceful!
It has to be said that Lin Tian has become increasingly perverted in recent years, and he has grown to like this kind of NTR-like style more and more.

His responses to those who dislike him are always in this regard.

Oh no!

After chatting with the three people for less than three minutes, Lin Tian patted Parker and Jackson on the head and told them to leave.

As for Ginobili, Lin Tian couldn't bring himself to hit him, so he just patted his butt.

The Pampas Eagle has evolved into the Pampas Vulture.

His once flowing long hair has been transformed into a neat buzz cut, I don't know when it started. Maybe Ginobili thought it would make him look more energetic and less bald.

After chatting with the three of them for a while, Lin Tian turned around and went to his own half of the court. He waved to Stevens, who was rebounding and passing the ball under the basket, and asked for a basketball. Two meters outside the three-point line, Lin Tian pulled up and threw it!

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, the basketball swished through the net!
"Come again!"

Stevens is passing the ball.

"Shh!"

"Come again!"

"Shh!"

.........

Gradually, the Bobcats players who were warming up in the other half stopped warming up and looked at Lin Tianxiu!

Of course, it's not like people haven't seen people hit consecutive long-range three-pointers. These are professional players, and it's perfectly normal for them to hit several three-pointers in a row during practice.

In this team, there are at least 5 or 6 players who can shoot 80% three-pointers in practice.

If you brought in players like Korver and Curry, these guys would probably be able to hit shots with a success rate of over 9%.

For professional players, this is a fundamental skill.

The team stopped shooting, partly to give Lin Tian a chance to continue his show, and partly because which Bobcats player would dare to shoot at this moment? What if they accidentally knocked Lin Tian's ball off course and ruined his performance? Who knows how he would retaliate?

Even professional players are very accurate during training, but Lin Tian's accuracy at this moment is almost outrageous.

He started throwing from two meters outside the three-point line, and after hitting seven or eight shots in a row, Lin Tian took a step back and then hit five more shots in a row from in front of the center circle.

Then Lin Tian took another step back, now back to the center line, and there he threw in three more in a row.

Unbelievable!

Even for professional players, this distance is outrageous!
That's absolutely outrageous!

Even Lin Tian felt that his accuracy tonight was ridiculously high. It was just a pity that he didn't have a jersey. Otherwise, if he had gone on tonight, he probably would have made 20 three-pointers!
There's an old Chinese saying: Know when to stop.

After Lin Tian realized that his accuracy was a bit outrageous and too high, he stopped shooting.

Maintaining a 100% hit rate is great!

What if I mess up the next one?
So when Stevens passed the ball again, Lin Tian threw it into the air and then ran after it, charging all the way to the vicinity of the free throw line, just as the ball landed.

Lin Tian stepped onto the free-throw line and leaped into the air, catching the basketball with one hand in mid-air. He then pulled back and glided all the way to the basket.

"boom!"

The rest is history.

Amidst the incredulous and frenzied gazes of the entire stadium, Lin Tian sank this alley-oop dunk from the free-throw line.

After the powerful dunk, Lin Tian jogged straight into the player tunnel, high-fiving passing teammates as he went.

I should go take a shower and change my clothes.

Showing off and then leaving, it was so exciting!

At this moment, the North Shore Gardens fell into a strange silence.

Although they knew Lin Tian wouldn't play and wouldn't carry his hot streak of nearly 20 long-range three-pointers from tonight into the game, they were still worried.

Only at this moment did these Celtics fans finally recall the fear they had felt when Lin Tian dominated them.

It's so scary.

While it's hard to say whether the Celtics players have been affected by this wave or whether it will affect their confidence, the Bobcats' momentum has definitely surged once again.

It's fair to say that the Bobcats players are currently at their peak performance level!
Everyone has entered the zone state.

To put it more bluntly: if the Bobcats can't win today, they won't be able to beat the Celtics even before this Celtics team breaks up.

Tonight is a do-or-die battle!

About 10 minutes later, Lin Tian, ​​now dressed in a suit, walked out of the player tunnel. At this point, there were only about 10 minutes left before the start of the game.

However, when Lin Tian reappeared this time, the boos from North Shore Garden were noticeably less.

Meanwhile, many banners were secretly hidden away, and people dared not hold them up anymore.

The Bostonians are really scared.

"Remember what I told you before?" Lin Tian gathered the players together and asked De Rozan, "De Mar, are you alright?"

"No problem, Coach! I accept any role! Everything!"

"Very good!" Lin Tian patted DeRozan on the shoulder and continued, "Jeremy, remember your responsibilities, lighten Derrick's load! Dribbling the ball across half-court, organizing the offense, and personal scoring—these tasks are yours for the first few minutes!"

"Unless they send Allen to match up against you, you'll always be our primary attacker!"

"If Duncan can be pulled to mid-range by Carlos, then pass the ball to Yao. If Duncan ignores Carlos, then pass the ball to Carlos."

"Gordon, you need to keep up your enthusiasm and positioning. You need to keep pushing forward. Only when you're running can you provide the greatest help to us!"

“Derrick, in the first half, I need you to slow down! I will reduce your playing time and give you more rest! In the previous games, you played for more than 40 or even 45 minutes.”

"That definitely affected your performance on the field, especially in the last few minutes. So tonight I want you to hold back and then deliver the fatal blow in the last 5 minutes!"

"Understood, Coach!"

"Alright, everyone else, improvise! Tonight, victory is our only goal! And victory is the only thing I accept!"

"1, 2, 3!"

"Championship!"

Game 5 of the series begins! (End of Chapter)