Chapter Ninety-Six: Burning Desire!
Thank you for another big reward from the surname Liu of the Han Kingdom!
Dwight Howard jumped almost at the same time as the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, and the super bounce advantage was particularly obvious at this moment, although Tyson Chandler was also a physical center, but was immediately dwarfed by Howard's inhuman performance.
"I thought Tyson was going to put some pressure on Dwight, but it turned out to be another no-brainer jump, and I think he's the only one in the league to beat Howard on the jump." Bill Wharton said.
"Yes, Bill senior, this sentence is not wrong at all, it's like trying to win Lin on three points, it's almost impossible, the Clippers' interior line will be seriously tested today, looking at Tyson's body I doubt it, Mike Dunleavy must have thought of this, not surprisingly tonight's Clippers' offense will be opened from Lin Fei on the outside." Charles Barkley said to Wharton with a respectful face.
"Charles seems to have a lot of truth in what you said, but it's nothing, everyone knows Dwight's interior defense, do you know that Dwight is like a mountain standing there and still crashing into himself? The biggest similarity between the Magic and the Clippers is the accuracy of the outside, this season the Los Angeles Clippers are averaging 10.4 three-pointers per game to rank first in the league, and behind the Clippers is their opponent today, the Orlando Magic, who averaged 9.5 three-pointers per game, what do we think of? A gorgeous three-point rain competition? Hoffman gave his opinion.
It was at this time that the Magic threw the first three-pointer of the game, and Howard received the ball and immediately passed the ball after attracting the bag, and Tekoglou received the ball and threw it.
"The Turks took the lead in the three-point rain, Rashad Lewis, Tekoglu, Jamar Nelson, and Petrus all have good three-point ability, if they can't contain the cooperation between inside and outside, let the Magic shoot away, this game will be difficult to play, and the Magic team should also pay attention on the defensive end, the Clippers also have Lin, Ron Artest, Wilson Chandler Three people have good three-point shooting ability!" Just as Bill Wharton was analyzing the game, Andre Miller passed the ball in his hand to Lin Fei at the left three-point line.
Skilled dribbling made Petrus, known as "French Jordan", dare not take it lightly, this season came to the Magic team and quickly became the team's starter, and his task in addition to the occasional three-point is to defend the opponent's scorer, the Magic team played well in the new season with part of the credit from Petrus.
"Expect Lin to give Orlando a precise three-pointer!" Barkley said with a smile.
Lin Fei didn't dare to hold it up, since these people would be crowned as defensive experts by people in the league, there must be something unique, after careful looking, Lin Fei moved, and after two consecutive temptations and full of forward direction deceived Petrus's defensive center of gravity a little, Lin Fei flicked his right wrist The basketball passed through the crotch like a happy elf, kicked the floor with his right foot, and at the same time received the ball with his left hand, and the entire passing action was from changing direction to feints to the final acceleration to get rid of the defense in one go.
Petrus was shocked, he didn't expect that he would be broken through by Lin Fei so quickly, when Petrus was annoyed, Lin Fei's speed had completely added up, and he cut straight to the inside line from 45 degrees, and Rashad Lewis, who had joined the Magic with a maximum salary contract of 100 million yuan in the offseason, did not dare to relax in the slightest, and immediately grabbed Lin Fei's offensive line to make up for Lin Fei.
"Beautiful, Petrus looked helpless in front of Lin Fei's breakthrough."
"Rashad has an excellent sense of defense, and Mr. Billion is proving to Otis that he has more than just a good touch!" Hoffman joked that Otis Smith, the general manager of the Magic team in the box, smiled a little when he saw Lewis's defense. You must know that snatching Lewis with a 100 million yuan contract made him instantly synonymous with brain damage, although his trade signing in the Magic team for several years was basically a loss, but compared to this signing, Lewis put pressure on him to be equal to a big deal.
Lin Fei looked at Lewis who was blocked in his offensive line, his eyes became sharp, his upper body shook to Lewis's left side, just when Lewis moved his center of gravity with a nerve reflex, his left foot was the axis, and his right hand turned violently, and at the same time held the ball with both hands, this turn brought people a feeling like flowing water, after Lin Fei completed a 180-degree turn, his feet jumped with force, his body leaned back a little in the air, and the lateral distance between Lewis was already one meter away, When Lewis reacted and tried to defend, it was too late, and he could only watch Lin Fei throw the ball steadily.
Lin Fei's more standard and beautiful shot than textbook made Lewis think that the ball must be scored, and the fact was just as he thought, the basketball crossed an arc and plunged into the basket.
The Clippers' first offense also went smoothly, 2:3!
"Watching Lin's game always gives me the feeling of enjoyment, I love this feeling, although it is not three points, but the wonderful goal is enough to make up for my resentment, and the facts strongly prove that Mr. Yuan's defense is useless no matter how hard he defends!" Barkley said excitedly as if he had scored a goal on the pitch.
Lewis shrugged his shoulders at Howard to express his helplessness, and Howard looked at Lin Fei's back and muttered, "It's getting stronger and stronger!" Then he gave the ball to Nelson quickly.
"If I had brought Lin Fei in the first place, what a perfect combination Heaton, Dwight and Lin were!" Otis Smith in the box couldn't help but regret Lin Fei's goal.
Nelson dribbled the ball past half-court into the hands of Turk Turk Tekoglu, who was white and clean while blocking Artest's disturbance with one hand while looking at the whole court, as the core of the Magic's offense, he needed to be responsible for finding the best way for the team's offense.
Inside Tyson Chandler and the monster Howard wrestled quickly to divide the winner, and Tyson Chandler, who was far less physically than Howard's explanation, was stuck behind Howard.
Lin Fei motioned to Artest and moved a little bit to the inside line quietly, and at this time Tekoglou set his eyes on Howard, although Howard's offensive means were limited, but he still had a strong lethality on the inside, so Tekoglu didn't hesitate to hang the ball in Howard's most comfortable way of catching the ball.
Boom! Boom!
Under the two powerful back impacts in a row, Tyson Chandler retreated a little bit, and was already deeply disadvantaged by Howard's position, and now he is facing a complete failure of defense, Howard with his body is like a center of gravity armored car, and the dribbling looks unsightly and unstable, but it is enough for Howard in a dozen and one, seeing that Tyson Chandler's position is basically lost, Howard has a big boy-like smile on his face.
"Tyson's strength is still a little worse in front of Dwight!" Bill Wharton shook his head.
"It's time!" Howard was silent, his hands clamped his outstretched arms and completely stuck Tyson Chandler behind him, kicked the ground with his left foot, turned and took a step inside, and the basket was right in front of his eyes.
Jump with both feet, grab the ball with both hands and smash it into the basket.
Syllable!
"It's so perverted!" Just when Howard was jumping, Lin Fei, who was moving a little bit inward, accelerated violently, saw the ball exposed by Howard with his right hand, and cut over, the rebound force from the contact between the palm and the basketball made Lin Fei feel a huge pain in his wrist, so he couldn't help muttering, but under the pain, Lin Fei did not give up, but increased the force in his hand, and Howard was jumping with all his strength, and the power in his hand was somewhat weakened at this time, which just gave Lin the opportunity to move.
When Howard jumped, he obviously felt that his hands were suddenly empty, and when he looked for the whereabouts of the basketball, Lin Fei had already thrown it to Andre Miller.
"The elusive Lin, Lin has obviously strengthened his personal defense this season, whether it is a single defense or a co-defense, he is doing his best, it is true, a great player cannot do without excellent defense, it is unrealistic to rely only on offense as if creating an era that belongs to him!" Hoffman was surprised by Lin Fei's sudden appearance.
"yes, you're not a good player without great defense, and Dwight may still be frustrating where his ball is, hey, big boy, your ball is there!" Bill Wharton said with a smile, and the fans at the Amway Center, who were about to send out cheers, stopped shouting halfway through.
"How could that Lin be there!"
"Otherwise, Dwight is a two-handed heavy buckle, that Lin is too annoying!"
Many Magic fans have broken thoughts about Lin Fei's appearance.
Turning defense into offense in an instant, Nelson and Petrus returned to defend in time to contain the Clippers' fast offense.
Miller was not in a hurry, steadily controlled the ball and waited for his teammates to stand, facing Chandler, who basically had no offensive power on the inside, while the Magic had a defensive gate Howard, Miller directly gave up the interior offense and began to continue to look for teammates on the outside.
Although Tyson Chandler can't give the team much help in his personal offense, he is definitely at the forefront of the league in terms of the role of cover, pulling directly above the free throw line, and at this time, Lin Fei consciously approached the top of the arc, and Petrus followed the defense.
The back of Lin Fei's head was like having eyes, and the originally unhurried speed suddenly increased with the direction of his footsteps, and Petrus obviously didn't adapt to Lin Fei's change, and when he chased the defense, he was blocked by Tyson Chandler's body.
Lin Fei, who left Petrus's defense, was like a fish in water, Miller's pass came to him just right, and he received the ball in the face of Tekoglu Lin Fei, who came to help defend, played handily, and the continuous change of direction tested Tekoglu's reflexes.
The sound of the basketball and the floor hitting was like hitting Tekoglu's mind, impacting his psychological defense line one after another, his defensive ability was not very strong, and Lin Fei at this moment did not have much bottom in his heart.
Suddenly, Lin Fei kicked his left foot, accelerated in the opposite direction, and his body instantly turned into a sharp arrow and shot towards his right side, Tekoglu could only rely on his subconscious reaction ability to defend, it was completely a gambling defense, and if he couldn't defend it, he didn't ask first, if he didn't defend, it was a matter of attitude, so Tekoglu gritted his teeth and took a step back subconsciously.
Just when he took a step back, Lin Fei's forward momentum was forcibly retracted in an instant, and Tekoglu also subconsciously retreated backwards, and the distance between the two people instantly vacated a position, looking at Tekoglu's defense Lin Fei hooked an arc at the corner of his mouth, his right hand slapped the basketball from his right leg drilled through, a front crotch, his left hand caught the ball and took a big step backwards, the whole person withdrew outside the three-point line, and Tekoglu who defended him was two meters away from him, retracted his right leg, and looked down at the three-point line under his feet, Lifting the ball with both hands, he jumped up calmly.
The expression on Tekoglu's face was completely reflected in Lin Fei's eyes, and the boos of the Oakland people reached the most at this moment, looking at the basket in the distance Lin Fei threw the ball.
"In addition to being pretty, I don't even know how to move Lin's offense, I remember that Lin in his rookie season almost only had running and fixed-point shooting, and now the offensive means have been very diverse, which is the result of hard work, he doesn't have LeBron, he doesn't have Cameron's natural quality, but he has persistence and hard work." Bill Wharton watched Lin Fei once again use his personal ball-holding offense to shake off the defense and sighed.
Tekoglu's face was cloudy, and the sound of a basketball passing through the Nets could be heard behind him, his eyes fixed on the high-flying three-point celebration gesture.
In the next round, Howard didn't give Lin Fei another chance to steal the ball, and pressed Tyson Chandler to send the ball into the basket with a stiff hook hand.
"Dwight's offense is really bad, it's like a schoolboy compared to Yao, if Yao has this kind of physical fitness, he will dominate the whole league, and Dwight is this dry hook hand except for dunks, it is said that that Parick guy is going to be Dwight's coach?" Barkley turned to look at Wharton.
"Yes, Parik told me that he was going to be Dwight's coach, and I really hope Dwight doesn't disappoint Parikh the way Anzu let Abdul-Jabbar down." Bill Wharton sighed and said, now the decline of the center is an indisputable fact, as a center he doesn't want to see such a situation, but the truth is so cruel, as a senior he hopes that more excellent centers will emerge in this league.
Petrus looked at Lin Fei who ran over with a calm face, and two consecutive defensive failures made him, a player who is the core of the Magic outside defense, feel gloomy.
Seeing Lin Fei post immediately after half court, he didn't want to be a loser on the defensive end again.
"You don't need to be so strict with me, I'm almost out of breath!" Lin Fei looked at Petrus who was sticking to himself like a dog skin plaster and said jokingly.
Petrus was surprised for a moment, raised his head and touched Lin Fei's eyes, "If you don't attack, I don't need to do this!" I don't want to be scolded by my coach! ”
In the face of Petrus's answer, Lin Fei was very cooperative and stood in place and stopped running.
"So good?" Petrus was surprised, but did not let his guard down.
The ball of the Clippers was in the hands of Artest, and the Artest brand bulldozer immediately started its work, pushing Tekoglou directly to the inside line, looking at Tekoglou's figure, Lin Fei was really worried that he couldn't stand Artest's impact.
Petrus looked at Lin Fei and then at Tekoglu and thought about whether to go up to help, but Lin Fei's shooting ability was there, so he didn't dare to leave Lin Fei to help defend at will, and just when he hesitated, Artest knocked Tekoglou away and turned around and threw the ball into the basket.
After a few minutes, the Magic's outside didn't carry over the good fortune of the first three-pointer of the opening game, and Howard's offense on the inside couldn't guarantee efficiency, and the Clippers had a faint tendency to pull the point difference up.
In the past few minutes, Lin Fei did not directly take on too much offense, but chose to pass the ball and involve the Magic defense, which made Petrus's tense nerves slowly relax.
Lewis took advantage of Howard's cover to shake off Wilson Chandler's defense, pulled out the perimeter and threw his first three-pointer of the game to chase the margin to four points.
"Even though the Clippers' offense is impressive, I still want to see Lim's offense, I'm a complete Lim!" Barkley said, shaking his head.
Hoffman and Bill Wharton both looked at Barkley at the same time, and then shrugged at each other, apparently speechless to Barkley.
Almost the same as the previous few minutes, Lin Fei stood two steps away from the three-point line and looked at his teammates, looking unprepared to participate in the offense, Petrus's heart was put down a little again, and the afterglow began to look at Artest's side, just a few minutes Artest almost beat Tekoglou into a sieve, coach Stan Van Gundy had already expressed his dissatisfaction with him.
Artest caught the ball again, and Tekoglu's face turned green, "Hit me again!" He cursed and sent a signal to Petrus, who was watching a good show not far away, to call for help. Petrus nodded thoughtfully, looked at Lin Fei and Nelson outside the three-point line, and prepared to help Tekoglu.
Just as Petrus turned around, Lin Fei, who had been silent for a few minutes, suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the inner line, Petrus was shocked, and quickly retracted his posture to meet Lin Fei, muttering a low curse in his mouth.
When he stood in front of Lin Fei, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally succeeded in stopping Lin Fei from giving Lin Fei a chance to vacate the seat.
Lin Fei turned his back against Petrus, raised his right hand to ask Artest for the ball, and the breathless Tekauglu burst out with amazing strength and blocked the Artest brand super bulldozer, and Artest, who was playing fast with his back to time, saw Lin Fei asking for the ball and immediately passed the ball to Lin Fei.
Petrus felt the power coming from Lin Fei's back, Lin Fei had a strong strength written in the scouting report, and at this moment, he was preliminarily confirmed, lowered his center of gravity, and put his right hand on Lin Fei's waist, ready to deal with Lin Fei's next move.
But the facts made him unexpected, just when he sank down and was ready to deal with Lin Fei's back-to-back fight, Lin Fei actually turned over and jumped up directly after hitting him, such a situation was something he didn't expect, and Lin Fei was already a lot taller than him, and the shooting posture with a backward lean made Petrus's heart cold for a while, and he jumped up hard, he didn't ask for a block, just to be able to interfere with Lin Fei's shooting, so his goal was aimed at Lin Fei's sight instead of making a snack.
After turning over, Lin Fei, who was facing the basket head-on, looked at Petrus who pounced and sighed that the title of French Jordan was well deserved, and he threw the ball without much hesitation before reaching the highest point, many people lamented that Lin Fei threw the ball too hastily, but Lin Fei didn't think so, because the shooter's intuition told him that Petrus did not run to the ball in his hand but his eyes, if he made adjustments and let Petrus block his vision, it would be worth the loss. So he made a somewhat hasty shooting choice in the eyes of outsiders, and when Petrus's hand reached Lin Fei's sight, the basketball in Lin Fei's hand had already begun to fly to the highest point.
Lin Fei's offensive choice this time was very sudden, and Petrus's defense was very reluctant to catch ducks on the shelf, although his idea was very good, but it could only become Lin Fei's shooting background, and Petrus personally felt the confidence from Lin Fei.
There was a crisp sound of wiping the net behind him, which made him feel a little lost in his heart, such a feeling is not always in the face of Kobe Bryant and James and Wade, but in the face of Lin Fei today, he has a sense of loss in his heart.
Lin Fei's jump shot this time increased his personal score to seven points, and at this time, the Clippers led the Magic by exactly seven points, and after a while, the whistle sounded at the end of the first quarter, and the Orlando Magic fans were very depressed when they looked at the score displayed on the big screen, and they fell behind by ten points at the end of the first quarter at 21:31, and Lin Fei, who made them the most hated by the Clippers, only contributed seven points, and there was basically no shot in the first quarter of the game, and they were faintly worried in their hearts. After all, the Magic didn't play well on the three-point shot today, and they relied heavily on the three-point shot, waiting for the game to restart with concern.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Lin Fei sat on the bench and watched the competition between the two teams on the court, the Clippers replaced the newly signed McRoberts partner Roy Hibbert, and the outside line was JR Smith and Novak and Chalmers, while the Magic team had Mr. Lewis leading the second team.
"It's Mr. Billion Yuan again, Rashad suddenly broke out, and it rained for three minutes!" With Lewis hitting another three-pointer, Hoffman couldn't help but exclaim.
Lin Fei raised his head and looked at the big screen, the ten-point lead was gone, and the initiator of all this was Lewis, who had a sluggish performance in the first quarter, and three consecutive difficult three points sent the cheers of the Amway Center to the peak.
Mike Dunleavy couldn't sit still, and immediately signaled to the referee to ask for a timeout, and after the timeout, Lin Fei was sent on the court, and at this time the situation must be stabilized, if the situation is not stable, it is likely to completely lose momentum and let the Magic team completely turn over.
Bang!
The basket rejected Lin Fei's shot, the Polish hammer Gortat took the defensive rebound, and in the blink of an eye, the Magic team turned defense into offense, McRoberts was depressed and defended Lewis, Lewis received the ball again, and with the help of the cover, Lewis pulled to the left three-point line, and Lin Fei was just not far away, looking at Lewis and secretly saying that Lin Fei rushed up, but still failed to prevent Lewis's goal.
Amway Center is like an explosives arsenal has been detonated, looking at the Nets with waves Lin Fei can only be speechless, just now he has sealed Lewis's face, but Lewis still sent the ball into the basket, can only sigh that Lewis is too lucky.
"Don't think you're the only one who can score three!" Lewis's voice penetrated Lin Fei's ears, Lin Fei looked at Lewis in some surprise, "Isn't it just a goal, I haven't provoked you yet, have you suffered anything, are you so excited?" ”
Lewis automatically regarded Lin Fei's words as a riposte, four consecutive three-pointers made him sweep away the depression in his heart, and came here in the offseason with the hat of Mr. New 100 Million Contract, although his efficiency is very high, but everyone ignores the efficiency, and will only stare at his contract, as long as he plays a little badly, he will say that he is one of the biggest parallel goods in history, he has been holding his breath, his performance in the first quarter today made him scolded by the coach, and the second quarter of the four consecutive three-pointers made him breathe a bad breath, Especially the three points he just made were thrown in by Lin Fei, who is known for his three points. "Who doesn't want a big contract, do you want to refuse it in front of me?" Lewis said softly.
"If you have the ability, you can score a goal! Boy, you're not the only one who can score three points! Lewis glared at Lin Fei and raised his arms to the cheers of the audience.
In just three minutes, 31:21 at the end of the first quarter had become 33:34, and the trailing Magic became the leading side.
"It's incredible, Mr. Billion is like suddenly becoming an alien, hitting the fourth three-pointer in a row to turn the Magic team into the leading side, it's like he's changed a magic!" Hoffman lamented Lewis's sudden outburst.
"In fact, Rassad's three-point ability has always been very strong, his three-point shooting should be in the top ten in the history of the league, and the specific information needs to be checked, but the big contract of 100 million yuan sent him to everyone's magnifying glass, in the Magic, his role is not as big as Dwight and no Turk Tekogluda, but he is also an indispensable part of that, his presence makes the opponent unable to stay on the inside defense, which is conducive to Dwight's interior offense, and in the face of such a contract, I think everyone will not refuse, Why don't you want the contract that was sent, Rashad shouldn't be responsible for this contract, Otis is the one who bears this contract, will Charles give you such a contract and you will refuse? I don't think you're going to, no one and money can't get along, do you? Bill Wharton said.
"Alright, Bill-senpai!" It seems that Barkley learned to be obedient after being criticized for disrespecting his predecessors, "You're right, but I feel like the story has just begun, and Lin's riposte should be coming soon!" Barkley looked at Lin Fei on the field and said with a smile.
Otis Smith in the box had a big smile on his face, and Lewis made four consecutive three-pointers to make him feel that the contract was not too much of a loss!
Looking at Lewis's back, Lin Fei pursed his lips, and the three-point desire in his heart that hadn't burned for a long time was slowly spreading, "Three points?" Lin Fei's voice was a little low!
(To be continued)