Chapter 252: The Strongest Outside Defender!

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In an NBA playoff game that ended this morning, the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Jazz and the Rockets, Chinese player Lin Han scored 34 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals and 6 blocks in the game to lead the Jazz to defeat the Rockets with a score of 93-81 and won the first victory in the Western Conference Finals, and Lin Han also became the only outside player among the active NBA players to win 3O+2O in the playoffs, and he is also the second player in the history of the Jazz to get 3O+2O in the playoffsThe last time the Jazz had this number was Karl Malone, and Lin Han also became the first player in NBA history to achieve 3O+2O after sending 5x5 JΓΉ in a game."

At 7:2o p.m. on May 29, 1994, when the people of the Dynasty saw Lin Han's news again in the highest-rated news program in the whole country, they were already a little accustomed to it, and they were also not very clear about what the NBA was before, but now they are also accustomed to seeing NBA news on the news network, especially after the NBA game came to the playoffs, almost every day or two they could see the news about Lin Han about the NBA on the news network, in the Heavenly Empire, Lin Han's appearance frequency is no lower than that of some level leaders, so when many Celestial Dynasty families watch the news broadcast while eating, and some young members of these families point to others on the TV screen when the Jazz No. 8 counts Lin Han with excitement and pride, such a picture has almost become the norm for thousands of families in the Celestial Empire.

Since last year, Lin Han's sneaker Miracle Generation has been sold in China. After Adidas entered the Celestial Empire market ahead of schedule, with the joint promotion of the NBA and Adidas, especially the sales of Lin Han's sneakers around the world have exceeded 4oo pairs. As Lin Han's playoff quota soared and the efficiency of the sneakers began to move towards 5oo pairs, Adidas' promotion in the Celestial Empire was unprecedentedly strong, not because of Lin Han's special arrangement, but to the astonishment of Adidas' senior management, the Celestial Empire, which has been appearing as a poor image in the world, has extremely spending power in buying Lin Han's miracle generation. Although the sales volume of 30,000 pairs so far is very low for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, and even such sales are not comparable to the sales in Hong Kong, but even if they are not comparable to Hong Kong. But this number is already in addition to the United States, if you count the country alone, the sales of the Celestial Empire can be ranked in the top five except for the United States.

This is a very miraculous number, especially when both Nike and Adidas have subconsciously ignored the country before. This was at a time when Nike was not yet paying attention to the country. Because of Lin Han, Adidas saw the consumption potential of this country in advance, which almost made Adidas's top management ecstatic, in the past, they just wanted to use Lin Han to drag Nike to Europe and football, but now, their ideas are not so simple, they not only want to drag Nike to Europe and football, they are ready to open up the Celestial Empire, in this case. The cost of Adidas in this is extremely huge.

However, what slightly embarrassed and helpless Adidas is that Celestial Empire fans are only interested in Lin Han's things. There is no interest in other things at all, almost 8o% of the sales of Adidas stores in every big city are provided by Lin Han's sneakers and jerseys, as for the jerseys or football boots of some other European stars, the sales are limited, which is also more embarrassing, compared to the Celestial Empire, the sub-brand of Miracle is more influential than the parent brand of Adidas, which will somewhat disappoint Adidas.

However, disappointment is disappointment, but the miracle brand they also account for 5o% of the shares, although it is not an absolute holding, but jointly owned by Lin Han, but it is also their company, so they are still extremely concerned about Lin Han's packaging and promotion in the Celestial Empire, which is also directly directed by more and more Celestial Empire reporters, although David Stern is also very optimistic about the basketball market of the Celestial Empire, but with his authority, the cost of traveling to the United States for CCAV and a few media reporters is already a limit, If more is invested, the owners of other teams in the NBA will have opinions, and in this case, the NBA is now appearing more and more reporters from the local media of the Celestial Empire, naturally not invited by David Stern, but by Adidas.

Therefore, after the start of this year's playoffs, as Lin Han's performance in the playoffs is getting better and better, from the end of April to the end of May now, the basketball circle or sports world of the entire Celestial Empire is like the New Year, crazy, simply crazy, especially as the summer vacation is getting closer and closer, such an atmosphere is especially obvious.

Of course, at this time, Lin Han was playing the playoffs in the United States, and he didn't know that the Celestial Empire had been driven to this point by Adidas and David Stern, in fact, even in the United States, Lin Han's influence was actually very huge.

Especially when Lin Han played the first 3O+2O 5x5 number in NBA history in the game against the Rockets, the entire NBA was a sensation!

To be honest, in the NBA, the number of 3O+2O like Lin Han, if it is placed in the entire history, is actually not very prominent, such as Chamberlain, 3O+2O triple-doubles have been played, Olajuwon almost played 5O+25 when he was young, not to mention 3O+2O, even if it is 4O+2O Olajuwon, it is not a time, and even if it is an outside player, the Lakers' superstar back then, the league's No. 1 tragic male Elgin Baylor, This small forward didn't just score 6o points in the Finals, the Lakers' small forward almost played an average of 4O+2O per game in a single season in the regular season, and the season with an average of close to 3O+2O per game was not once or twice, even in the playoffs, the Lakers' superstar of the year also played close to 4O+2O.

Therefore, if you only put the number of Lin Han in the entire history of the NBA, it can only be said to be very outstanding. But it's just one of those who are very good, but after all, the NBA was really ancient times. When Jordan won the championship three times in a row, although the Bulls' leading player was disliked by many people, some media and fans who supported Jordan directly regarded him as the first person in NBA history, Chamberlain came out to scold his mother, and in the current NBA, there is always a little discrimination against legendary players of that era. Unless someone wants to hack Jordan when they pull Chamberlain and Russell out of the wheel Jordan.

Moreover, Lin Han's this time is not an ordinary 3O+2O, and it also comes with a 5x5, which is extremely rare. Even those great gods of ancient times were not able to type this number.

"Will it be a surprise to Lin Han's performance in this game? Of course not, he's one of the best players in our team, he's very versatile, if he wants to. He was able to score 3o points in one game with ease. He can also grab 2o rebounds in a game, and he can also deliver more than 5 assists or more than 5 steals and blocks in a game, he can do everything, but it is indeed a little surprising that he did all these things in this game, but this is Lin Han. He was able to do what he wanted to do, and he was a unique player in NBA history."

This is after this game. Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan commented on Lin Han's game performance in the face of an interview, when Jerry Sloan, who has always been extremely strict, said with a smile that Lin Han was a unique player, almost all the reporters on the scene laughed at the time, except for a few Houston media and Rockets head coach Tom Janovic who was present at the time, the face was extremely ugly, everyone expressed kindness to Jerry Sloan's joke.

Because everyone knows that when Drexler said in a high-profile manner before the game that Olajuwon is now the only player in the league who is unique, Lin Han directly faced Drexler in such a game and played the only 5x5 takeout in NBA history with this 3O+2O number jΓΉ, isn't this directly hitting Drexler in the face? If Lin Han's performance in this game is not unique enough, then who in the league dares to say that they are unique?

So, these reporters would love to see Jerry Sloan's mockery and counter to the Rockets' previous remarks, although they have rarely seen Jerry Sloan like this before, but the recent change in the Jazz head coach has made them like it more than before.

"Will this game be dissatisfied with my own watch? No, although I didn't score a lot in this game, but it's not very important, the important thing is that the team can win, the most urgent thing for us now is to beat the Rockets, as long as we can beat the Rockets, I don't care what my number is, I don't care if Lin has a lot more shots than me, and besides, his table today is really good, he is the best scoring guard in the league right now! ”

This is what Karl Malone said when he accepted the media after the game, although he claimed to have entered the playoffs and won the MVP, the leading player of the Jazz team played very depressed, and all the limelight was stolen by Lin Han, but he did not have any resentment against Lin Han, after all, it is only the Western Conference Finals, and it is not the Finals, as long as he can beat the Rockets and the team enters the Finals, no matter how good Lin Han's performance is, he will also praise it, because he knows that without Lin Han's support, He and his team can't handle the Rockets.

"I've always said that Lyndon is the best young player I've ever seen, he's a terrifying learner, it's been a long time since I've seen a dominant player like him, and although he's not at that level yet, he's proven that he's the most likely player in the league to reach that level, and I'm looking forward to what his matchup with Jordan will be like next season!"

At the end of this game, Larry Bird, who has always been the role of Lin Mi, almost did not hide his praise for Lin Han, although he no longer thought that Lin Han had reached the level of the king of the ball, but from his comparison of Lin Han and Jordan, it can be seen that he has recognized that Lin Han has the ability to challenge Jordan, and this means that Lin Han has the strength of the quasi-king of the ball, and has been half a grade of superstar, as long as he can beat Jordan, then he can be crowned the king of the ball, Just like when Jordan was crowned the king of the ball after defeating the Magic!

So when Larry Bird said this, it can be said that it directly caused a huge sensation. After all, Larry Bird said this about Lin Han, pushing Lin Han to the position of 'quasi-ball king'. And this position is not a position that everyone agrees that Lin Han can reach!

Therefore, when Larry Bird finished speaking, soon many media and fans who didn't like Lin Han directly said that Larry Bird was putting Karl Malone and Stockton? After all, the Jazz are not Lin Han's team, and without Malone and Stockton in the playoffs to attract firepower and support to Lin Han, Lin Han can have such a table as this game? At the very least, there was no Malone and Stockton. When playing Rockets in this game, the defense that Lin Han faced was definitely impossible to be a single defense!

Of course, it was only when Larry Bird pushed Lynham into the 'quasi-king' position. Many media, experts and fans in the United States have some backlash, but what is surprising is that for most of the previous year, he hid at home like an otaku and did not meet people outside. actually came out to respond!

"I'm looking forward to Linhan's challenge. He's one of the most promising young players for me."

Although Jordan's recent table has been known to almost everyone, he will definitely come back next season, but Jordan and the Bulls have not clearly expressed their admit, in this case, it has always been a question whether Jordan will come back next season, but when Jordan stood up and said this through Larry Bird's remarks, it was already clear that he would come back next season!

And when Larry Bird learned of Jordan's response, the Celtics legend, who is still in Salt Lake City, almost directly scolded Jordan.

"This kid even dared to take advantage of me. Be careful that Lin Han wants you to watch it again next season! ”

Obviously, Jordan's comeback needs a moment. In the absence of him, the Bulls eliminated in turn, this is just the fan base of his comeback, and in addition to the fan base, there is also the basis of public opinion, after all, he is not the fans who drove out of the NBA but the media who drove out of the NBA, and now when Larry Bird is touting Lin Han, it will naturally make a large number of media who are unhappy with Lin Han very dissatisfied, and most of these unhappy Lin Han's media are the die-hard Jordan Hei back then, in this case, If these die-hard Jordan blacks and now die-hard Lin Hanhei can see Lin Han and Jordan have a life-and-death duel on the court one day, then this is definitely something they are willing to see.

In this case, after Larry Bird's remarks, Jordan deliberately created a little momentum in this remark, so that Lin Han vs Jordan, No. 8 vs. No. 23 is called the mainstream of public opinion, then all obstacles to Jordan's comeback are almost cleared, although Jordan's hand seems to be extremely hidden, but for a person with an IQ like Larry Bird, it can be seen almost at a glance.

In fact, even if Larry Bird can see it, but when he sees more and more remarks about Lin Han vs Jordan in public opinion, he has no choice, he really didn't expect that he would retire, and he was actually used by Jordan.

Of course, being slightly used by Jordan made Larry Bird a little unhappy, but if the Celtics legend is compared with the Rockets at this time, it is really a small thing, after the first game with the Jazz, the entire Rockets from the coach to the players are almost ugly, no way, after this game, the Rockets' almost humiliating rout on the road made this team the focus of almost all the media and fan ridicule.

After all, before the game, they were able to win the first away game, so the provocative words to the Jazz team that made Lin Han and Malone excited were indeed very disgraceful, originally they thought that with the character of the Jazz team, this overall conservative team, because of Lin Han and Ma Long's anger, these two not so mature players would hurt the Jazz team as a whole, but they didn't expect that the always conservative Jerry Sloan actually played this radical, It can even be said that he gave up his basketball power to make the team's character cater to Lin Han and Ma Long's style of play, which was also the first fiasco of the direct guide team.

"Damn, these wallgrasses are even more annoying than the Jazz!"

On May 3o, the day of the second home game between the Jazz and the Rockets, when Drexler and the Rockets players, who had been extremely depressed in the past two days, got up in the morning and came to the hotel for breakfast, they subconsciously picked up the newspaper next to them and just glanced at it. The newspaper headlines are enough to disgust these Rockets players.

At this time, I saw the Rockets players who were stimulated and scolded the streets, and the hotel waiter on the side was snickering, these newspapers were selected from all the large and small media in the country. For this year's Jazz team's support, Salt Lake City or Utah is really all-round, and whoever dares to stand in the way of this Jazz to the championship can think of destroying anyone.

Fortunately, the Jazz won the first game, if the Jazz lost and the Rockets won, then what awaits the Rockets is definitely not just a 'sweet' 'pick' newspaper for them. I'm afraid that some radical fans will add a little 'special' 'spice' to their breakfast.

However, for these Rockets players who have been stimulated by the last two days, such a 'service' is enough to irritate them.

"Didn't you just win a game? If it weren't for the fact that we were caught off guard. If it weren't for their luck, Hakim would have abused them a long time ago! ”

Although it is said that the last game was lost, it was a miserable loss, even at the moment when the game ended. None of the Rockets players could believe they would lose that way. But after a day of repair, because in the last game, Olajuwon broke the Jazz's pressing by himself, the rest of the Rockets players are not as confused as they were when they were forced by the Jazz in the last game.

It can be regarded as re-establishing trust in the team's boss Olajuwon, there is indeed a player like Olajuwon, and the Rockets can chase the Suns three games in a row to eliminate the Suns when they fall behind 2-2 in the game, and the Rockets' big man does have a little omnipotence now.

"Moreover, isn't the reason why Clyde was not good in the last game because Clyde has been playing with the ball? As long as Clyde plays without the ball. How many times did Lin Han be able to really defend Clyde in the second half?! In the next game, Lin Han's defense will definitely be blown up by Clyde! ”

Although it was said that if Lin Han heard such words at this time, he would definitely be very unhappy in his heart. However, this is not a nonsense of the Rockets players, the Jazz won by 15 points in the first half of the game 55-4O, and the second half of the game was 38-41, and the Jazz lost by 3 points.

Lin Han's current heads-up is very powerful, especially heads-up defense, even Jordan Lin Han is not so afraid, provided that the opponent is willing to fight him 1v1, head-on, but if it is not head-on, but meets Drexler or Reggie Miller playing without the ball, Lin Han's defensive efficiency is indeed greatly reduced, not to mention Lin Han, even when Jordan faces Reggie Miller, Pippen is not the same when facing Reggie Miller? In the game of basketball, an opponent who likes to run is the most difficult to defend, which is why a large number of old-school head coaches and even new head coaches in the league do not like to have a player like Lin Han who likes to play heads-up in the game and hold the ball for a long time, because it is too easy to defend and the efficiency is too low.

Therefore, if the next game, the Rockets really let Drexler play without the ball all over the court, Lin Han will indeed be difficult to defend, at least most of the current Rockets players think so.

Of course, at this time, the public opinion of the outside world is very noisy, it is 23vs8, and it is the media's praise of Lin Han, the sarcasm of the Rockets and the praise of the Jazz, it can be said that the public opinion of Salt Lake City and the NBA at this time can definitely be said to be mixed.

And Lin Han, who is at the center of this public opinion storm, has been very low-key or very silent since the end of the last game, and the Jazz players can always feel that this guy seems to be thinking about something.

In fact, Lin Han was really thinking about something at this time, because after he played the 5x5 number of 3o+2o in the last game, the system directly rewarded him with a purple skill point, which is a purple skill, an item that can make the purple skill improve by one level!

For the use of this skill point, Lin Han is really entangled, can he keep it? Who knows when the purple skill will be harvested, so don't keep it. Splitting the purple skill points into 5 purple-gold skill points is indeed more beneficial to Lin Han now, but it makes Lin Han a little pity.

But after thinking about it for a day and a night. At noon on the day of the second game between the Rockets and the Jazz on May 3o, when the Jazz's morning training was over, Lin Han used this purple reward and directly split it into 5 purple and gold skill points, raising Chamberlain's blocking block and Kirilenko's omnipresent defense skills to the highest 1v3!

Skill: Chamberlain's Locking Cap (Purple Gold A+ Rank Skill)

Skill level: 1v3

Skill Effect: This skill is a frontal defensive blocking skill. Comes with 1v1 level locking, with 1v3 level veneer straight jump

1v1 Lockdown Special Effect: The host can lock on to any player on the opposing side before the match starts. Once locked, the host is able to sense any movement of the locked player, and the effect cannot be upgraded

Level 1v3 Veneer Straight Jump Special Effect when the host is defending a defender head-on. If the distance between the defender and the host is less than 5ocm, the host will bounce and be agile when the host jumps directly. Strength. 2o% increase in balance

Skill: Kirilenko's co-defense skill (purple gold A+ level skill)

Skill level, 1v3

Skill Effect: This skill is an outside co-defense skill, and this skill comes with a 1v1 level omnipresent special effect. Comes with a 1v2 level haunting special effect

1v1 Omnipresent Special Effect: In any game, when the host is on the court as a defensive player. When facing the attacker's defense, when the opponent passes the ball, the host can predict the passing route in advance before the opponent passes, and this effect cannot be upgraded.

Level 1v3 Mysterious Special Effect: The host's reactivity is increased by 5o on the defensive end, and the steal rate is increased by 5o%. Increases block rate by 5o%, and this effect cannot be stacked with other defensive skill effects.

And when Lin Han used four purple-gold skill points to increase these two skills from 1v2 to 1v3 respectively. Lin Han himself was also a little excited, although at this time Lin Han was still hesitating whether he should become more comprehensive and use the golden milestone from Stockton to extract Stockton's passing vision and passing skills, but there is one thing that Lin Han will never hesitate, that is, to make the skills he has now become stronger, which Lin Han does not need to hesitate, because this will not make the Jazz team suddenly change their style of play because of Lin Han's sudden change of play.

Especially when Lin Han saw that the two-point defensive skills were improved to 1v3, the effect of the improvement was indeed very exciting, Chamberlain's lock-on block, this change is not very big, but the physical attributes at the start of the jump have been increased from 15% to 2o%, and this is actually enough for Lin Han to defend the outside line, very sufficient, as long as the opponent dares to play him head-on, in a one-on-one situation, Lin Han does not think that there are many outside players in the league who can break through his defense, unless those talented players, a player with a talent for strength or other talented players use their talent to get rid of him, but from Drexler's point of view, even some players with talent, if their physical condition is not at their peak, it is difficult to say whether they can get rid of Lin Han head-on.

So when the lock-up block is upgraded to 1v3, the single defense has almost reached the top of the outside defenders.

What really makes Lin Han a little incredible is that after Kirilenko's co-defense skills are upgraded to 1v3, the original 3o% improvement effect has all become 5o%, although these effects are not directly increasing attributes, but Lin Han knows, such as reaction rate and steal rate or block rate, these are all specific talents, according to Arie, the strongest title seems to be a title called 'Thunder Motor', which can double the player's reaction rate, that is, 1oo% responsivenessIn addition to this, most of the first-class talents are about 75%, and 5o% This is already considered a second-rate talent, and after the ghost does not reach 1v3, not only does the reactivity increase by 5o%, but there are also two other sub-attributes that increase by 5o%, and this skill alone provides Lin Han with 3 second-rate talent effects.

Especially after seeing the reflex increase by 5o%, Lin Han is very, very excited, in the second half of the last game with the Rockets, after Drexler played without the ball, he did not limit Drexler a little enough, because his off-ball running is at the same level as Drexler, and even slightly inferior to Drexler, Lin Han's off-ball running is biased towards improving the mid-range shooting rate of the off-ball running, while Drexler's off-ball running is biased towards degree and reaction, So when Lin Han and he are on him, it always feels like he is half a beat slower, which is also when Lin Han is defending Drexler without the ball, and is more about defending his pass after cutting, Lin Han can often block Drexler's passers, which is also considered a defensive success, but this is just a defensive success.

And after the reflexivity increased to 5o%, although Lin Han didn't dare to say that he would definitely be able to defend Drexler, it was not far off, after all, there are too many superstar players in the NBA, who knows if this guy has some other means, after all, this is a scoring guard who can be on par with Jordan at his peak.

Of course, no matter what, when Lin Han upgraded his two strongest defensive skills to the full level, he had more confidence in himself at this time.

And when Lin Han came to the team and the team to do adaptation training in the afternoon, Lin Han, who had looked a little hesitant in the past two days, seemed to have no such hesitation at all in his teammates at this time, and his face was full of smiles.

"Lin Han's defense is very good, but it is not as good as you say, and even in the face of Jordan, I have not been blocked by anyone to become the sinner of the team's loss, we did show bad in the last game, but we will win this game, definitely!"

When the second game between the Jazz and the Rockets approached, no matter how noisy the public opinion outside was, they were now once again focusing on the second game between the Jazz and the Rockets, because everyone knew that if the Rockets still lost this game, then this round of the series would be difficult.

In this case, even Drexler, who was not very good in the last game, was angered by the reporter's grabbing and not letting go, and even said that Lin Han's defense was overrated.

"I don't know if Mr. Drexler himself thinks so, but one thing we agree on is that I also think my team will win the next game!"

And when Lin Han was asked what Drexler said before the game that his defense was overrated, the Jazz rookie was also a little stunned, he was not sure if these reporters were provoking or if Drexler had really said such things.

However, in Linhan's own opinion, it is difficult for Drexler to say such a thing, after all, he has always shown strong defensive ability in the last game or in the previous game with Drexler.

However, if Drexler really has such thoughts, then Lin Han doesn't mind that this game will impress him even more, if Lin Han still had some concerns before, he didn't have such a strong self-confidence, but at this time, Lin Han was really full of confidence.

In Lin Han's opinion, he already has the strongest outside defense ability in the league, if not the strongest, but also one of the strongest! (To be continued!)

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