Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Return of the King
"I can play, even if I can't run as fast as I can, but my shot is still unstoppable!" Lin Fei said to Nielsen and the medical team.
'Your injury doesn't allow it, the best is that you'll be able to play in the next game! Your body doesn't allow you to have strenuous exercise! The team doctor said to Lin Fei.
"Give me 20 minutes! I wish I could play! It's true! I feel good about myself, and I don't think anyone can stop me when I run. "Nelson seemed to have a bit of a sense of pleading.
Lin Fei's tone was very deep, although everyone knew the anxiety in Lin Fei's heart.
"Trust me, I'm not going to joke about myself, I'm not going to joke about the team's wins or losses, I seem to trust my own feelings more than you guys." Lin Fei had a slight smile on his face.
"Feelings?" Nelson muttered to himself, "You Chinese are like this, you believe in your own feelings even more!" You all have a flaw, and at the same time, you are a little bit of a conceited one. I'm sure you can do it! I'll give you 15 minutes of playing time! Choose your playing time according to your own form. At the same time you have to accept that you are back as a substitute."
“ok! ok! Hearing his coach say this, Lin Fei was like a happy child, and he seemed to jump up with joy.
When the pre-game news was released, Lin Fei's appearance was simply explosive news, which was too exciting for the Warriors, and for the Thunder team, Lin Fei was a nightmare, Lin Fei's return could almost make them desperate, but they were more hopeful that Lin Fei's hand would not be very good after he came on the court, because he still suffered a little bit of injury after all.
At the beginning, the Warriors fielded a lineup that continued the same as the first game of the playoffs.
But the current Warriors team is not like the team of yesterday, and it seems to have become more confident.
The Thunder are very glad that Lin Fei has not started yet, which shows that Lin Fei's state is definitely not back to the best. So what they wanted was to be able to beat the Warriors to death with a stick before Lin Fei came on the court. However, in the face of a confident Warriors, the Thunder still struggled.
Lin Fei was quite happy to see the situation on the field, because if he continued to play in this state, it seemed that he didn't have to play. In fact, Lin Fei knew very well in his heart that his head was still a little dizzy, and it was difficult to concentrate on playing a good game, but because he was really unwilling to lose the second game of the game by his team, he endured his illness and claimed that he could play, but looking at the current situation, Lin Fei was full of relief.
Since they are relatively familiar with the tactics of the main game sharing in the last game, Jobs and Aix will not suffer much from the current position of big forward and small forward against the forward line led by Durant. The confrontation between Curry and Westbrook, although the athleticism and scoring ability are slightly inferior, but there is more group advantage and aggressive tactical support, and the Warriors' guard line does not suffer at all.
But as the game progressed, the Warriors gradually showed fatigue, no wonder, the final game of the regular season against the Thunder was definitely no less than the playoffs, and the first game of the Warriors was also quite difficult. In fact, the biggest impact is that the Warriors use non-stop running, some people can even run a marathon after a game, and more in the playoffs, coaches will prefer to use those who are most reassuring to themselves, and those who are relatively unstable in the regular season are generally not likely to use.
At halftime, Nelson still didn't send Lin Fei, and the Warriors led by five points at this time. And the point difference was basically caught up by the Thunder when it was relatively late in the first half.
At halftime, the fans began to cheer Lin Fei on the court. People are frantically shouting the word "Return of the King".
At the beginning of the second half, the Thunder directly leaned on the offensive focus directly on Durant and Westbrook, and strengthened the breakthrough, Scorn Brooks saw that the Warriors players were gradually tired on the court, so they relied on the breakthrough to consume the physical strength of the Warriors players, and the Thunder had more opportunities.
Halfway through the third quarter, Nelson called Lin Fei to play.
Lin Fei's appearance directly made the fans present shout out their throats.
Lin Fei came on the court and replaced Curry, and Scott Brooks immediately took a timeout and changed his defensive style, he knew the horror of this player.
However, when Lin Fei came on the court, it was not as he left the impression on the fans, he kept running wildly, and then he hit a 3-point shot directly in the middle of the court, but he couldn't pass Wei Shao so easily when he dribbled. This is very anxious, because once Lin Fei loses the advantage of speed, his power will be halved, and he will not be able to open up space for his own shooting, nor can he create space for his teammates.
However, at this time, the defense of the Thunder team was unambiguous, and they were directly defending Lin Fei, and they must not let Lin Fei pull away from themselves, and at the same time pinched Lin Fei in the appropriate position, and the first data that Lin Fei got on the court turned out to be a mistake.
Lin Fei's appearance directly brought chaos to the rhythm of the Warriors. The Thunder took advantage of the opportunity to overtake the score and even led the Warriors by five points at the end of the third quarter.
The situation is not good for the Warriors!
If the Warriors lose this game, it will be very difficult to win the first round of the playoffs! There are very few teams in the league that can come back after losing two games at home in a playoff series.
Lin Fei's originally calm heart was directly annoyed. Why is he in such a bad state on the court, he originally didn't know how to organize, so that's it, but today it turned out to be 5 3-point shots when he played, and he didn't hit a single time, and he played for 6 minutes, and the score was directly 0, but it was 2 more mistakes, but fortunately, there were two assists, so it was not too embarrassing.
Lin Fei began to suspect that he would not be able to play at the last time. He knows very well in his heart that as soon as he exercises, his head will swell and hurt, and his speed will not be able to improve at all, will he be better for the team off the field?
Even so, many people still believe that Lin Fei can stage a Jedi comeback in the last quarter, just like the last game of the regular season, crazy shooting 15 three-pointers, 10 three-pointers in a single quarter, moving God again, and staging the return of the real king on this court.
But the Thunder seem to be prepared for such a situation! A true strongman is one who doesn't let himself fall twice in the same place.
The return of the king is not something that can be staged every time. The most important thing now is actually to look at two people, one is Nelson, and the other is Lin Fei himself.