bdsm-fiction Chapter 354 The most chaotic and closest MVP result in history!
Chapter 354 The most chaotic and closest MVP result in history!
Compared to the Lakers-Spurs matchup, which was a complete and one-sided crushing victory, the other matchup in the Western Conference semifinals was much more exciting!
The Kings and the Mavericks, two offensive powerhouses, put on a spectacular and thrilling show in the second round!
Neither side is good at defense, and neither team has any players who excel at defense. Both coaches and players have basically given up on defense!
In an era when the league averages less than 100 points per game, and most teams average less than 100 points per game, the Kings and Mavericks put on a completely different kind of game in the Western Conference semifinals!
In the first four games, both sides defended their home courts, resulting in a 2-2 tie. In each of the four games, the score exceeded 110 points, including a high-scoring battle of 131-136 in Game 4 of the series!
In the first four games, the core players of both sides played exceptionally well. Nowitzki averaged 31 points and 8 rebounds in 4 games, Finley averaged 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and has secured a starting position at the beginning of the season, while the late bloomer Steve Nash averaged 18 points and 8 assists!
The player off the bench also averaged 14 points per game!
On the Kings' side, leader Peja Stojakovic scored 40+ points in both the first and fourth games, averaging a whopping 32 points per game! Williams, who has always been criticized for his inefficiency, turnovers, and poor shot selection, contributed an impressive 23 points and 13 assists per game in the first four games!
After the score was tied 2-2, when both teams returned to the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, this highly anticipated pivotal game was played at an exceptionally high level!
The game turned into a full-blown offensive battle between the two teams, with the basketball being sent into the basket time and time again, and players from both sides making shots one after another, causing the score to rise rapidly!
With only 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the visiting Kings once led by 12 points! Just when they thought they could win the game on the road, the Mavericks' Finley stepped up!
他内突外投，在之后的4分多钟里连续拿下12分，其中包括最后1分17秒时帮助球队完成反超的2罚全中！
Then, with one minute left in regulation time, Williams hit a crucial three-pointer for the Kings, helping the team take a two-point lead!
But then, Williams, who could have been a hero, revealed his dual nature as both an angel and a devil!
Two consecutive irrational offensive errors cost the team the chance to seal the victory, while the Mavericks' Michael Finley continued his stellar performance, hitting a game-tying shot with 3 seconds left in the fourth quarter to force overtime!
In the first overtime, perhaps due to the exhaustion from the previous game, both teams' leaders performed very poorly. Nowitzki went 0-for-3 and Peja went 0-for-2, with neither leader scoring a single point!
At this crucial moment, it was Finley who stepped up for the Mavericks. He scored 7 points in overtime with a combination of inside drives and outside shots, and the substitute, Dave, also hit a key three-pointer!
For the Kings, it was Williams who stepped up. The guy who handed the victory to the Kings in regulation time once again saved the team, hitting two clutch three-pointers and once again giving the team a two-point lead in the last minute of the game!
Unfortunately, the Kings failed to hold onto their lead again this time!
With 15 seconds left, Nash delivered a crucial pass, assisting a cut to the basket where Walter Williams, the least noticeable and least impactful player on the court, completed a dunk, tying the game!
The two teams went into a second overtime!
In the second overtime, both teams' key starters were exhausted and had no energy left to score. At this point, it became a contest of the depth of their rotation lineups!
Jim Jackson and Bobby Jackson of the Sacramento Kings stepped up, combining for 8 points to keep the game close.
For the Mavericks, Williams, who hit the game-tying shot in the first overtime, continued his dominance, scoring 9 points with drives and outside shots, becoming the team's mainstay!
As for Peja and Nowitzki, neither of them scored a single point in the second overtime!
This time, the two sides have finally been decided!
Williams' three-pointer with 58 seconds left in the game gave the Mavericks a five-point lead!
This 5-point lead became the Mavericks' lifeline. They didn't let the suspense continue, and the exhausted Kings were simply unable to catch up again. The Mavericks maintained this slight lead until the end of the game!
141:137!
This thrilling double-overtime offensive battle ended with the Mavericks emerging victorious!
That night, Finley scored 42 points, defending his status as the team's leader. Although Nowitzki was exhausted at the end of the game, he still managed a double-double of 25 points and 20 rebounds. Nash also had a double-double of 31 points and 11 assists.
There was also a substitute who scored 18 points, while Williams, who came out of nowhere to save the team, didn't score a single point in regulation time, but scored 11 points in the two overtime periods to save the team!
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After this pivotal playoff offensive battle, both sides seemed to have lost all their energy and drive. In the ensuing Game 6, both teams finally returned to the level expected of this era in terms of shooting percentage and scoring efficiency.
99: 91!
For the first time in this series, neither side scored more than 100 points, and for the first time, neither side's total score exceeded 210 points!
Both teams' key players are exhausted!
And this time, the Mavericks will have the last laugh!
With better roster depth and Don Nelson's more aggressive and efficient lineup, the Mavericks won on the road in this not-so-exciting decisive game, advancing to the Western Conference Finals!
This is the Mavericks' second time reaching the conference finals. The last time they reached the conference finals was in the 87-88 season, when the team's core players were Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman!
Coincidentally, the last time they reached the conference finals, their opponent was also the Lakers!
They played a full seven games against the then-dominant Lakers team, nicknamed "Showtime," before ultimately losing.
This time, the two sides meet again in the division finals after 13 years. I wonder what kind of sparks they will create this time?
Can the league's top jump shot team, facing off against the Lakers, the most luxurious and powerful team in the West, play their own style and defeat the Lakers for the first time in franchise history to reach the NBA Finals?
Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Lakers!
In the East, Allen Iverson, the "Son of Philadelphia," led the Philadelphia team on a bloody comeback to the conference finals. Will the defending champion Pacers give Iverson a chance to make history, or will they fail to defend their title again?
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Indiana Pacers!
Both regional finals are highly anticipated and full of highlights!
Of course, the league also cleverly pulled a stunt before the conference finals began.
While everyone was discussing the playoffs, the league announced the All-NBA Team and MVP award for this season!
The final suspense of this season's regular season has finally been revealed!
In terms of the All-NBA Team, Lin Tian, Iverson, Duncan, Garnett, and O'Neal were all selected to the NBA All-NBA First Team!
The second unit consisted of Mutombo, Kobe, McGrady, Kidd, and Nowitzki.
The third team consists of David Robinson, Webber, Malone, Ray Allen, and Payton.
After the annual roster was announced, everyone's expectations for the MVP were at their peak!
Will it be scoring champion Allen Iverson, dominant force under the basket Shaquille O'Neal, or Lin Tian, who has already won the MVP award twice, to win the MVP for the third time in a row and become another three-time MVP winner after Larry Bird?
What everyone is certain of is that no matter who wins the MVP award, it will definitely cause huge controversy, and the final vote counts for these three people will be extremely close!
At this point, the media certainly wouldn't just obediently wait for the results. They scattered to find the parties involved, hoping to interview the candidates thoroughly before the official final results were announced, to see if they could say anything!
The good news is that none of these three gentlemen are the type to speak in official jargon, use flowery language, or use flowery words, and none of them can be associated with humility, modesty, calmness, or easygoingness.
The three of them had mouths that were bigger than the others, and the things they said during the interviews were all incredibly fierce!
Shaquille O'Neal, based in Los Angeles, was naturally the first to be caught: "The MVP should definitely be me! We have the best record in the league, I'm the most dominant big man in the league, I don't understand what's there to discuss, I am the MVP, I am the best!"
"What did you say? What if I don't get MVP? That just proves everyone who didn't vote for me is a clueless idiot!"
Allen Iverson was the second. "I'm the scoring champion, so of course I'm the MVP! I deserve this award. My brothers and I were the best this year! We have Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Coach of the Year, so of course we should have Player of the Year, which is the MVP!"
"I am the best player in this league, and I deserve the MVP!"
"What did you say? What if I don't get MVP? That just proves everyone who didn't vote for me is a clueless idiot!"
The last one to be caught by the media was, of course, Lin Tian.
"MVP or whatever, it doesn't matter, I don't really care." Lin Tian's first words to the reporter stunned the interviewer.
What's going on? Has this person changed their ways? Have they become humble and polite, and started acting and behaving discreetly?
Of course not!
"I've won two in a row now. If I remember correctly, those two losers never won a championship or an MVP, right? Allen is the scoring champion? Oh, that's pretty impressive. I was so happy when I won the scoring title two years ago! He's done a fantastic season. I'd even cast my vote for him!"
"What? Shaq's field goal percentage and layup percentage are the highest in history? That's pretty impressive! If only his free throws were a little more accurate, I would definitely have cast my vote for him!"
"Oh? You're asking who I'll vote for? Well, of course I'll vote for myself! After all, I'm the best. Have those two guys ever beaten me even once in the playoffs?"
"Don't even mention beating me once in a series. Over all these years, have they won four games against me combined? No way! They haven't even won four games against me combined, not even enough to eliminate me once. Why should I vote for them?"
"Who is the MVP is obvious!"
"What did you say? What if I don't get MVP? There are no 'ifs,' I am MVP, I'm absolutely confident!"
"Do I really have to make a 'what if' statement? Okay, let's make one: If I didn't win MVP, I'd probably put up a 50-point-per-game series to prove I'm way better than those two!"
What can be said about Lin Tian's words?
If he said that just before the voting deadline, some reporters might actually stop voting for him. After all, reporters also want to see what a series with an average of 50 points per game looks like.
Then, the three of them happily started a war of words from afar!
"50 points per game? I'll wait and see. I'm really looking forward to Lin not winning the MVP and not averaging 50 points per game in the series!" O'Neal was the first to jump up and retort.
"Did Shaq misunderstand what I said?" Lin Tian, of course, wouldn't tolerate O'Neal's words. "Did he think I meant ending a series with a free throw percentage of over 50%? So he thought it was some impossible task?"
"50 points per game? If Lin can average 50 points per game, then I can average 55 points per game!" Iverson sneered. "I'll score more than him!"
"55 points? Ridiculous! Go tell that damn crow, pshaw! Tell Allen that no matter how many points he averages, I'll still score one more than him!"
O'Neal: "Lin dares to compare shooting percentages with me? Has he not watched our games this season? My free throw percentage is almost 70%!"
Lin Tian: "70%? Wow, that's amazing!" Lin Tian responded to O'Neal's retort with an exaggerated tone, "That's at my middle school level!"
Iverson: "Anyway, if I were Lin or Shaq, I'd pray I don't win MVP, otherwise I'd beat them to a pulp! I'd take them down!"
Lin Tian: "Alan still dares to talk tough? Has he forgotten that we're starting the Eastern Conference Finals tomorrow? Isn't he afraid I'll beat him to death? If I were him, I'd be ordering my own coffin in advance!"
Mavericks: "Hey! Look at us! Look at us, we've made it to the conference finals!"
Reporters and fans: "Get lost! Who's in the mood to watch you guys? Go home, wash up, and go to sleep. Don't interrupt our viewing of the three star players' war of words!"
After deliberately keeping fans and the media in suspense for two days, the league finally announced the MVP award less than 10 hours before the start of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals!
And this time, the league didn't wait for any media leaks or fan speculations; they once again directly announced the specific rankings and vote results!
As everyone had predicted, Iverson, O'Neal, and Lin Tian ranked in the top three, and the three of them also split all the first-round MVP votes. In fact, apart from these three, only Garnett and Duncan received the third-round MVP votes!
In other words, although everyone has their own choices, more than 95% of voters believe that these three people performed the best this year!
Then, inside Conseco Arena in Indiana, there came a frenzy of cheers and deafening shouts!
Lin Tian!
He won the MVP award for the third consecutive year!
He became the second person after Bird to win the MVP award for three consecutive years!
This is a feat that even Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and others have never accomplished!
Of course, this time, Lin Tian's advantage is very small, almost negligible!
Of the 121 first-place votes, Lin Tian only received 41, just over a third! Adding some second and third-place votes, Lin Tian totaled 490 points!
O'Neal received 38 first-round votes, but he received more second-round votes than Iverson, so he ultimately scored 443 points and finished second!
As for Iverson, although he received the most first-round votes among the three with 42, he was also the only one among the three to receive several fourth-round votes. This difference resulted in him having fewer votes than O'Neal, and he ultimately only received 426 points!
All three MVP candidates received over 400 votes, marking the first time this has happened since the NBA implemented its current MVP voting rules! Never before in any year have three players competed for the MVP award so fiercely and closely!
But anyone who has seen these three players' regular season games and statistics will definitely be able to see that their current number of votes is absolutely well-deserved!
Furthermore, regardless of what their respective fans say, argue, or discuss, every fan understands in their hearts that in this year's situation, it would be perfectly normal for anyone to win the final MVP!
From this perspective, Lin Tian's three consecutive MVP awards are absolutely of immense value! From the MVP with the weakest competition and the least suspense in history to the MVP with the strongest competition, the greatest difficulty, and the most suspense in history, he has won them all.
Having defeated all opponents to become MVP three times in a row for three consecutive years, the discussion about who is the best player in the league and who is the top player and the face of the league has been completely over after the MVP results were announced.
Besides Lin Tian, could there be a second person?
In fact, Lin Tian is no longer just the best player in the league; his sights have long been set on Mount Rushmore-level players like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill Russell.
The debate over his historical status has been raging among fans for a long time!
Even while participating in these discussions, Lin Tiancai had already played five full seasons, and his sixth season was still in progress!
Even so, looking at his achievements over those five and a half years, he won four championships, three MVPs, two Finals MVPs, and also won the scoring title and assist title in a single season, repeatedly won the assist title and steal title, and was a member of the All-NBA First Team multiple times.
Now, even the people who hate Lin Tian the most have to admit that all that's left for Lin Tian to get to the Mount Rushmore of history is the accumulation of data and honors. As for how high he will ultimately reach and where he will rank, who can say for sure?
At least based on his current momentum, unless he suffers a devastating injury or becomes complacent, he will most likely stand at the very top of the NBA's all-time pyramid!
Of course, these are all things for later, and not something Lin Tian needs to discuss or think about right now.
The season isn't over yet!
Even for fans, the upcoming series will be the most exciting part of the season!
After all, none of the three most direct MVP contenders this season have been eliminated yet!
These three are the leaders of three of the teams in the current conference finals!
Therefore, everyone is well aware that the release of the MVP selection results is just the beginning.
Whoever wins the championship and has the last laugh will be the real winner!
The person who wins the championship and Finals MVP will be able to laugh at the rest of the people and show that they are the strongest!
With the MVP results announced, everyone is incredibly excited for the upcoming regional finals!
If the MVP competition is this intense, then if you don't blow your opponent's brains out in the conference finals, can you even be considered a human being?
Hit him! Hit him to death! Shoot his eggs into his anus and his brains out of his mouth!
This is what almost all fans are looking forward to right now!
Of course, before the Eastern Conference Finals begin, it's worth mentioning that the NBA's annual draft lottery ceremony has also concluded.
The Wizards, or rather, Jordan, have finally gotten this year's number one draft pick! They will be able to select a top rookie to complete their rebuild!
Furthermore, with the occasional rumors circulating this season about Jordan preparing for a second comeback, even though the Wizards were a bottom-tier team this season, and even though their season ended almost two months ago, they have still become one of the most talked-about teams right now!
Everyone is really looking forward to the Wizards next season!
Next, we'll see who Jordan will choose with the number one pick!
Apart from the Wizards' number one draft pick, the remaining rankings are vastly different from what Lin Tian remembered!
First, the second overall pick went to the Nets, the Clippers got the third pick, the Hawks got the fourth, the Bulls got the fifth, and the Warriors got the sixth.
As for those ranked seventh and below, Lin Tian simply couldn't be bothered to pay attention. Anyway, this year was touted as the year of the resurgence of the inside game, but it was the first year that any truly top-tier stars could emerge.
Okay, not a single one.
The most formidable players are Pau Gasol and Yao Ming, both top FIBA centers. However, in the NBA, one was plagued by injuries and had a very short peak, while the other, due to his personality, was more suited to the role of a second option rather than the leader.
As for the others, let's not mention them, let's not mention them!
They might as well focus on the Eastern Conference Finals!
On the other side, Iverson's eyes were practically blazing with fury, ready to unleash a powerful attack and teach Lin Tian a lesson, proving that he was the one who truly deserved the MVP award!
Lin Tian was unusually excited by Iverson's spirited and aggressive behavior!
Blow him up! We have to blow him up!
After all, although he won this MVP, this year's MVP is also the most controversial and questioned of his three MVPs!
Many people are saying that Lin Tian's performance is not significantly better than that of O'Neal and Iverson, and that winning the MVP award is purely due to luck, as he only got two or three more votes.
If even a few reporters had a shaky hand or a sudden change of mind while voting, this year's MVP award would have gone to either Shaquille O'Neal or Allen Iverson!
Lin Tian was too lazy to argue with people about this. Sometimes, you can't convince everyone with just words.
Fortunately, this is a basketball court, and there are many ways to prove yourself on the basketball court. What's more, Lin Tian now has the opportunity to defeat Iverson and O'Neal one after another to prove that he is the real MVP!
If he defeats two competitors in two consecutive series, then no one will have the confidence or reason to question Lin Tian!
I, Lin Da Guan Guan, have already crushed my opponents face to face, and you still say that the person I trampled under my feet deserves the MVP award more?
If there really is such an idiot, Lin Tian would consider it a loss if he even glanced at him!
But no matter what, this game, and these two rounds of the series, are crucial!
This is Lin Tian's best chance to completely subdue everyone and this alliance!
"Lin, you're a thief! This year's MVP should be mine!" On the court, Iverson lowered his center of gravity and started trash-talking Lin Tian.
"The game hasn't started yet, so whatever you say is right, huh?" Lin Tian shrugged. "If you can still say that after the series is over..."
"What? So you're admitting I deserve the MVP award more than you?"
"No, that just proves you're really shameless! You still dare to talk back after I've blasted you to smithereens."
Seeing Lin Tian's smug, punchable shrug, Iverson cursed, "Fuck you! Lin, I'll show you who the MVP is! I'm going to win this series!"
"You said the same thing last year, but what was the result? Did you manage to hold on until the very end in even one match?"
"You can say that this year, and you can say it next year and the year after. It's all just nonsense and bragging. No matter what you say, the final result won't change. I'll completely crush you and send you on a vacation plane!"
"We'll see!"
"I really wish you could say, even just once, 'Look, I'll beat you' instead of 'we'll see'," Lin Tian said dismissively, implying that Iverson was just a big talker.
As the two exchanged barbs, neither willing to back down, the referee had already tossed the ball into the air!
This year's Defensive Player of the Year, Dikembe Mutombo, leaped high and, taking advantage of his height, grabbed the ball over Ben Wallace, who was second in the Defensive Player of the Year voting!
"You old man born in the last century, besides the jump ball, you have nothing that can compare to me!" Ben Wallace, already at a disadvantage from the start, glared at Mutombo and said, "This is your last time winning Defensive Player of the Year, your last time making the All-Defensive First Team!"
"Starting next year, all of these will belong to me!"
"Whatever." Mutombo's signature husky voice rang out, looking at Ben Wallace with a relaxed expression. "But first, you'd better grow to two meters tall, otherwise all I'll see is your messy, flea-infested, disgusting hair!"
"FUXX! You damn black devil!" Ben Wallace's temper has become increasingly volatile in the last two years, and his actions on the court have become more and more aggressive. He is no longer the rookie who secretly practiced alone. So after exchanging a few words with Mutombo, he took advantage of the referee's inattention and grabbed Mutombo's waist with a claw!
"FUXX!" Mutombo, having been wronged, seized the opportunity when the referee wasn't looking and elbowed Ben Wallace in the stomach: "Little girl, if I were you, I'd lie on the ground screaming to get a whistle!"
Even after the elbow strike, Mutombo didn't forget to continue taunting and provoking Ben Wallace, trying to provoke him into continuing the fight and preventing Wallace from lying on the floor pretending to be dead.
"Lying on the ground? Why? Just because you touched my body hair?"
The two key interior defenders started the game with an incredibly fierce intensity, looking ready to go at any moment, but the three referees' attention was completely off the two of them.
Everyone's focused on the area around midfield!
There, Lin Tian was relentlessly pursuing Iverson!
He stuck to Iverson the moment he got the ball, adding some physical contact to Iverson's game!
"I knew it! I knew this match was going to be incredibly exciting!"
On the TNT commentary desk, Barkley excitedly exclaimed, "Lin must have seen those criticisms, those comments saying he's not as good as Iverson! That's why I knew from the very beginning tonight's game that Lin would go all out to defend Iverson!"
"What better response is there than dominating your opponent one-on-one on the court?"
"You're right, Charles!" Kenny agreed. "We all know Lin well; we all know what kind of person he is! But I think differently. Lin's defensive intensity at the start was a bit too much!"
"If they keep pressing him so closely from the backcourt, and considering Lin also has to carry the team's offense, his stamina won't be enough! With this all-out offensive and defensive style of play, what if Lin's stamina is exhausted in the fourth quarter?"
"If you're exhausted, just rest," Barkley said casually. "The fourth quarter will be garbage time anyway, and no one can gain an advantage over Lin in this state and with this mentality! Iverson is great, but he absolutely can't do this; he can't even keep his team competitive in the fourth quarter!"
"Lin will completely blow up the game before he runs out of energy!"
While the two commentators were exchanging their opinions in the studio, Lin Tian had already forced Iverson to miss his first shot of the game! Unable to penetrate the paint, Iverson forced his way to a mid-range jump shot, which missed. Ben Wallace pushed past Mutombo, secured the rebound, and quickly passed it to Lin Tian.
After receiving the ball, Lin Tian didn't even glance at Iverson in front of him. He immediately accelerated to the maximum speed and pushed forward quickly despite Iverson's defense!
Because of Iverson's interference, and the 76ers' excellent defense, they were able to get into position and set up their defensive formation as soon as Lin Tian drove to the frontcourt!
Even Mutombo, who had just huffed and puffed his way back to the basket, turned around and joined the defense!
Seeing the 76ers' clearly well-planned defense, Barkley quickly exclaimed, "The 76ers are coming out with an impenetrable wall! Let's see how Lin breaks through their defense!"
How to break through?
Lin Tian said that facing a tight defense is very simple: change direction, accelerate, gather the ball and drive hard into the paint, then dunk over that big black guy from Africa who is either 35 or 42 years old with one hand.
Anyway, the 76ers' first line of defense is a short guy and their last line of defense is an old man, it's too easy!
After a loud bang, Lin Tian proved with his actions: it's that simple!
"Beautiful! Beautiful!" Kenny shouted excitedly, "In the very first possession, Lin first blocked Iverson's shot, then drove hard to the basket and dunked over Mutombo! That was spectacular! Lin was incredibly well-prepared for this game!"
"I remember you had a defensive player on your team!" After his powerful dunk, Lin Tian looked at Iverson and said, "Where is he? I can't see him."
Faced with Lin Tian's repeated provocations, Iverson finally chose to remain silent this time.
He doesn't have the energy to think of trash talk to Lin Tian right now.
In that last round, not only did he fail to get past Lin Tian, but he was also overtaken by Lin Tian in one step. He lost face on both offense and defense.
So from now on, Iverson needs to give it his all! He needs to focus all his efforts on dealing with Lin Tian's defense!
Okay, let's deal with Lin Tian's defense! As for Lin Tian's offense, although Iverson is arrogant and thinks he's the best in the world, he's also very self-aware.
"Eric, you're in charge of guarding Lin now!" Iverson said without hesitation as he dribbled the ball forward, handing over the task of defending Lin Tian to Snow.
He's on guard?
Mismatch defense for one or two rounds is fine, but if Iverson is really matched up against Lin Tian for the whole game, Lin Tian will most likely stop doing his job of organizing and instead go straight to the low post to give Iverson another lesson in back-to-the-basket play!
After arriving at the frontcourt, Iverson still did not call for a pick-and-roll.
According to his plan, he had to score one or two goals against Lin Tian to prove that he was not afraid of Lin Tian's one-on-one defense. Only then would he start using screens or off-ball play to attack.
MVP-caliber players also have their own pride!
You can't just randomly target the opponent's worst defender!
To attack, you must attack what the opponent can best defend against!
Defense, at least for Iverson, let's talk about that later.
With continuous crossover dribbling, attacking steps, and slight changes of direction to find opportunities and rhythm, Iverson showed off his full range of skills early on when facing Lin Tian at the top of the arc. Then, he suddenly increased the range of his dribbling after a double crossover dribble and a slight upper body shake!
The basketball came to his right side, his long arm was almost completely extended, the change of direction was so great that it reached the limit of human body, then the basketball bounced on the ground again and was dribbled to Iverson's left hand, then accelerated again and began to break through!
Iverson's speed and range of motion were so fast that even Lin Tian couldn't react in time and was completely outmaneuvered by Iverson!
After Iverson got past Lin Tian, he didn't choose to drive towards the paint, because Ben Wallace was still there!
He seized the fleeting open opportunity and immediately launched a mid-range jump shot!
"Whoosh!"
After the crisp sound, Iverson's second shot went in!
"How about it, Lin? I can beat you, too!" Iverson was about to boast after scoring that he could beat Lin Tian, but Lin Tian had already started sprinting down the field!
Besides Lin Tian, the Pacers' starting lineup also includes Webber, Christie, and Carter, three players with excellent passing, vision, and awareness. This is an important reason why they can play fast breaks and transitions at a historic level!
Every player on the team has an excellent ability to handle the ball, share the ball, and control the ball!
So whenever Lin Tian felt he could start sprinting, he would sprint, and his teammates' passes would always come accurately into Lin Tian's hands!
Lin Tian has never let his teammates down, and his teammates have always been able to provide timely support to Lin Tian!
Webber swiftly reached the baseline and launched the ball with a long throw. By the time Lin Tian caught the ball, he was already inside the 76ers' three-point line!
This one move alone shows just how fast Lin Tian can go down the court, and how fast the Pacers can get the ball on!
After getting the basketball, Lin Tian dribbled once and then drove into the three-second zone. The only 76ers player who had gotten back on defense in front of him was Snow!
Facing Snow, Lin Tian didn't even dribble the ball a second time. Instead, he simply looped the ball behind his back, then took a side step and flashed past Snow. Snow, who was already prepared to foul in advance to prevent Lin Tian from scoring easily, didn't even have time to reach out and grab Lin Tian!
His outstretched arm missed its target and hit nothing but air!
After a jump step to shake off Snow, Lin Tian took off and, in mid-air, reversed 180 degrees before slamming the ball into the basket with one hand!
"boom!"
This one goal alone explains why Lin Tian has so many fans and supporters all over the world!
It's elegant, free-spirited, spontaneous, and full of creativity, while also being incredibly efficient!
He dribbled the ball only once and completed multiple moves, shaking off his opponent and finishing with a powerful dunk!
This shot made all the fans in Conseco Arena feel like they'd drunk two large glasses of beer in one go, and the alcohol hit them right in the head. The fans were roaring and chanting Lin Tian's name wildly!
None of my family members understand!
Our forest is not only strong, but also has such good ornamental value!
He's not the MVP, he's not the best player in the league, so who is?
Is it that short guy wearing size 3 or that fat guy covered in fat and grease?
In terms of image alone, Lin Tian completely outclasses them!
The 76ers' offense, Iverson who had just successfully shaken off Lin Tian, decided to repeat the same method and shake off Lin Tian again!
He's going to get his revenge! (End of Chapter)