hung up Connery's phone, Lin Tian didn't stop for a moment, and immediately called Jordan.

"Michael, where are you?"

"Locker room." Jordan's tone was surprisingly good at this time, and he was not unhappy at all because of the loss and being ignored by Lin Tian just now.

Needless to say, this bastard must be waiting to see Lin Tian's jokes, he wants to see how Lin Tian handles this Shura Field! How to explain to the girls.

Hand over? Lao Tzu's traverser who stepped on a horse, confess a fart!

"Do me a favor Michael, you owe me!" Lin Tian didn't talk to Jordan either, he went straight to the point and asked for help: "Don't refuse!" It's very simple, see you at the door of the passage in 5 minutes! ”

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he didn't give Jordan a chance to refuse at all, and hung up the phone directly.

Then he made his third call non-stop.

"Angelina, where are you?" Lin Tian's call was made to Julie, who should be the best to handle and the least likely to have problems.

"It's almost time to get to the hotel, what time are you coming?" Julie's response, as Lin Tian thought, was neat and straightforward!

A girl who has clearly said that he doesn't fall in love, he is good!

Lin Tian glanced at his watch, fortunately today is Christmas, the game is played very early, it is only 7 o'clock in the evening, in the past, this is the time when the game starts, but now, Lin Tian can do it!

"At 2 o'clock, I'll be there on time!"

"Are you still leaving?" Julie's questions have always been simple and crisp.

"I'm not leaving!"

Hanging up the phone, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

Solved!

There's only one left, and it's not a problem at all!

Lin Tian then called Theron and asked her to meet at the door of the players' tunnel, which was also where he and Jordan had made an appointment to meet.

While making a phone call, Lin Tian quickly walked out of the locker room, and then found Theron at the place where the two had agreed.

"Chariz, let's wait a little bit, Michael invited me to their house for Christmas dinner, let's go together." After Lin Tian saw Theron, he continued to play the style that was almost to cut through the mess tonight.

Don't give you a chance to ask, don't give you a chance to object, and don't give you a chance to refuse!

It's just positive!

"Hi Lin, we're here." Jordan put his arm around Juanita and led his two sons to the distance.

Lin Tian quickly took out two pairs of sneakers, two jerseys and two sets of knee pads, elbow pads, headbands and other protective gear from his bag, and said with a smile: "Jeffrey, Marcus, this is a gift for you, I hope you like it." ”

“FUXX！ Lin, what kind of bullshit Christmas present are you! Jordan glanced at it and scolded directly: "AND 1? Your own brand of sports equipment, you give it to my son as a gift? Did you spend 1 cent? Is there any difference between this thing and buying it at a street store? ”

"Of course there is a difference!" Lin Tian took out a pen seriously, signed his name on the spot, and then gave the two little Jordans: "Look, it's different!" I hope you enjoy it. ”

"They won't like it! Their dad has the world's best-selling exclusive signature shoes, as well as the best sports gear in the world, why should they use yours? FUXX！ Lin, I've never seen such a bastard and shameless guy like you in my life! There can't be anyone as shameless as you! ”

"No, Dad, I actually like it! I've always wanted Lin's signature sneakers! You don't know, AND 1 is handsome! We young people are the most ......" Jeffrey only said half of his words, and he didn't dare to continue, Jordan's murderous aura can even scare those superstars in the NBA, let alone two children?

Lin Tian didn't give Jordan a chance to continue to scare the children, and said quickly: "How about letting Juanita go around with Chariz first?" Didn't you say Phil wanted to talk to me? Let's hurry. ”

As soon as Lin Tian's words came out, Jordan knew what Lin Tian asked him to help.

Help to lie, round this unwarranted party.

"Office, Scott, they're all here, just waiting for you." Jordan finally spoke about righteousness and didn't sell Lin Tian directly, and then he added very intimately: "It may take several hours, I saw Phil take the wine." ”

"I won't bother Juanita, I happen to have a friend in Chicago, I'm going to meet her, and then we can meet again?" Theron is such a smart person, and he immediately said that he is OK and does not need Juanita to accompany him.

"Then we'll see you later." Lin Tian didn't dare to be pretentious at this time, he didn't pull at all, and after saying hello quickly, he pulled Jordan and walked back to the players' tunnel.

In the players' tunnel, Jordan asked curiously: "What about the other two girls?" How do you fix it? ”

"I'm going to settle it now, have a nice tonight Michael, I've got to go find Jennifer." Lin Tian didn't talk nonsense with Jordan, the initiator, waved his hand, walked in the other direction of the passage, and at the same time took out the phone and called.

"Jennifer, where are you? I've arrived at the parking lot. ”

The real battle is about to begin!

……

At two o'clock in the morning, when Lin Tian coaxed Jennifer and Charlize to sleep successively, and then knocked on Julie's room, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he really relied on Nedved's iron man aura and the double BUFF blessing of the physical strength rune on his arm tonight, otherwise he would not be a traverser at this time, even if he was an immortal cultivator, he would have to have weak legs and hold on to the wall to walk.

Julie opened the door, with a lady's cigarette in her mouth, wearing lace pajamas, the ultra-short pajamas perfectly showed off her perfect curves and slender legs, coupled with leaning against the wall, with a lazy and playful expression, she really deserved a compliment from a world-class top stunner.

Julie didn't say much, but took a puff of cigarette and sprayed it on Lin Tian's face: "You'd better still have the strength." ”

Having said that, Lin Tian said no more nonsense, he couldn't be regarded as a person, and took a step forward, Lin Tian stopped and carried Julie directly on his shoulder, ignoring Julie's screams, and threw her directly on the sofa.

"You're going to take a shower." Julie suddenly stretched out her foot and pointed it on Lin Tian's shoulder, Lin Tian looked at the small feet that were completely different from Julie's height, which could be called pocket-sized, and couldn't help but grab and rub it, and then frowned and said, "I think you have to wash it too." ”

Rao is Julie played the sexy girl the whole time, and she couldn't hold back at this time, so she quickly withdrew her feet, put it in front of her nose and sniffed it very unimaged: "Nonsense! There is no taste. ”

"I didn't say it smelled." Lin Tian smiled evilly and stretched out his hand, held the little foot again and said, "Do you have black stockings?" ”

"I have everything in my suitcase, what do you want to do?"

"Go change it!"

A few minutes later, when Lin Tian came out of the shower, Julie had already changed into a standard OL outfit very knowingly, but she didn't wear high heels, Lin Tian leaned on the sofa and said, "Come on, Angelina, report to me what projects we have tonight." ”

Julie lifted one foot and put it on the sofa, leaned forward and said: "Lin, you won't be so tired that you have to use this method to continue, if you are really so tired, we can sleep directly, just hug and sleep, I promise not to touch you." ”

Look down on people, right?

As soon as Lin Tian heard this, he jumped up directly!

There are some things that cannot be endured in this life.

What a plot, what temptation, what a new way to play, next time!

Let you take it first!

……

Lin Tian didn't know what time he slept this night, but he really felt that his eyes had just been closed, and he was awakened by a warm touch, Lin Tian lowered his head and looked at Julie who was working hard.

At this time, Lin Tian's phone rang, Lin Tian glanced at the call, and instinctively wanted to throw the phone aside, but Julie climbed up, stuck to Lin Tian's ear and said, "Answer the phone." ”

"It's a girl."

"I know, that's why you answered the phone."

Seeing Julie straighten up, Lin Tian stopped being verbose and picked up the phone.

"Chariz, are you awake?"

"I'm at the airport." Theron's voice still sounded very normal: "Did you have a good night last night?" ”

Ah......h

How can this question be answered?

"Juanita's turkey is so good that I like it." Lin Tian thought about it, and opened his mouth to be a nonsense.

Then, Lin Tian and Theron didn't have it.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, I finally hung up the phone.

As soon as Lin Tian hung up the phone, the phone rang again, looking at Julie, who was already a little physically exhausted, Lin Tian said, "It's a girl again, do you take it?" ”

"Pick it up!" Julie bit her lip, at this time, she was unwilling to admit defeat!

"Jennifer, are you okay?"

Lin Tian saw that Julie insisted, and had no choice but to pick up the phone again.

Let's hope Julie can hold on!

It's just to train her physical fitness in advance for two years to shoot Tomb Raider, if she can resist this wave, then shoot some action movies or something, it's really not too simple!

Well, it is worth mentioning that when Lin Tian and Julie were angry, or Julie herself was angry with herself, the system began to give gifts to Lin Tian again, this generous and rich gift giver, of course, is Michael Jordan!

This time, Jordan's mood was completely different from the previous time when he gave gifts to Lin Tian.

The previous times, Jordan was angry, unhappy, and felt insulted.

felt that he was being a minotaur, and felt that Lin Tian had changed his mind.

But this time, Jordan's mood is called a beautiful one, he even began to regret it, regretting that he shouldn't have been so tidy yesterday, what a good young man, although he is usually unreliable and full of nonsense, but when it comes to the stage of the Christmas war, it is still very face-saving!

Lin Tian claims that he will never forget Chicago, and the two years here are his most precious memories! 》

"After the Christmas War, there is only warmth, and after the hot showdown, there is a pair of hardcore friends hidden! 》

"Lin Tian claims to be Michael Jordan's best friend, saying that the two are healthy competition! 》

"Love and Kill Each Other!" Lin Tian said that he wanted to beat Jordan because Jordan was his best friend! 》

Merry Christmas Michael! Lin Tian said that he hoped Jordan liked the Christmas gift he gave! 》

Well, just a few headlines made Jordan look happy, and felt that he didn't cover for Lin Tian in vain last night, and he didn't do it in vain because Juan Rita was angry with Lin Tian for releasing pigeons and forced himself to eat the turkey prepared for Lin Tian.

Almost dying!

Of course, it is impossible for the media, which has always liked to make trouble, to only say good things about Lin Tian and Jordan in the newspaper, in addition to these reports, in fact, more reports are stirring up trouble.

"Scott is there or not, we can all beat the bulls, Lin Tian said that the bulls are not terrible! 》

"Michael can't cut 40+ triple-doubles every day, tonight's Bulls are super level playing!" 》

"Lin Tian said that his lore was all stimulated by Jordan's trash talk! This lore hit was all thanks to Jordan! 》

"What do you think is the chance of winning if you meet in the playoffs?" Lin Tian: 100%! 》

"Saying that his biggest dream is to defeat Jordan, the real reason why Lin Tian left Chicago has finally been exposed! 》

Happier in Indiana! Lin Tian actually doesn't miss Chicago! 》

Jordan didn't watch all this news! He doesn't care!

Lin Tian praised me, and the rest must have been taken out of context by those bastard reporters to drive a wedge between our brothers!

Jordan at this time is somewhat similar to last night's girl trio.

What do you say about this state? It's the kind of people who believe Lin Tian 100%, and even when Lin Tian is too lazy to lie, they will lie to themselves and let themselves ignore those facts.

Or to put it another way: "I don't want to be caught, but he calls me a baby!" ”

……

After the Christmas game, the Pacers returned to Indiana and played two more games in December, winning the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies at home.

Then, on New Year's Day, the Pacers took on the New York Knicks on the road.

In the face of the menacing Knicks, the whole team of the Pacers behaved a little abnormally, and the three-point king Miller was targeted by the mid-range shooting king Alan Houston, only 3 of 14 shots, and 0 of 7 three-point shots, which was extremely bad, and the rest like Barkley, Dumas and others also performed badly and had a mediocre shooting rate.

The Pacers can only play well, only Lin Tian, who scored 20 points and 11 assists on 8-of-19 shooting, and Jalen Rose, who scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists!

In this game, because the Pacers were still only 12 points behind in the final five minutes of the game, there was hope of winning, so Bird still took Dumas and Miller, whom he trusted more, to partner the front.

But the result was that these two failed to play strong on the offensive end, and they were beaten by Larry Johnson and Alan Houston on the defensive end, and they were beaten miserably.

In the end, the Pacers also lost the card battle between the top teams in the East with an 88-105 victory.

Their record is also temporarily fixed at 20 wins and 11 losses!

However, this defeat is not even over, the following January 3, the Pacers set sail west, they are going to carry out a wave of 5 consecutive trips in the West, to the Jazz, SuperSonics, Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Timberwolves, in short, in addition to the Spurs, it is to make a series of moves with the Northwest four teams!

This trip to the West is definitely a devil's journey, with five teams in addition to the Nuggets being a complete underdog and a fish belly, the SuperSonics and Jazz were the champions of the West last year and the year before last, and are currently ranked first and third in the West respectively.

The Spurs and Trail Blazers are slightly weaker, but they are only slightly weaker, both of which have a win rate of more than 60% and are temporarily ranked fifth and sixth in the West!

If it weren't for the Nuggets, the league's penultimate leader, to reduce the difficulty, more than half of the league's teams would have to be prepared for a wave of consecutive defeats when they come to the Northwest to play away from home.

On January 3, against the SuperSonics, who had benefited from a big trade in the summer, facing the old opponents led by Payton and Vin Baker, Lin Tian did not spare his hand at all in this game, and scored 13 points in the first quarter of the game.

At the same time, Barkley on the inside also completely broke Baker, not only scoring 9 points in the first quarter, but also fouling Baker twice and leaving the game early.

In the second quarter of the game, Payton played hard against Lin Tian, and used a full-court pressure on Lin Tian, almost biting his steel teeth to prevent Lin Tian and maintain his nickname of 'glove'.

In this quarter, Lin Tian did not score 1 point on 0-of-2 shooting, but he delivered 4 assists and led the team to continue to widen the point gap.

Then in the third quarter, Payton continued to play with Lin Tian and showed his best defensive player level, so that Lin Tian only scored 3 points in this quarter! But he can prevent Lin Tian's scoring, but he can't stop Lin Tian's passing and the Pacers' terrifying scoring ability of the whole team.

Although Lin Tian couldn't score, the supersonic team slowly pulled away the score.

By the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two sides had reached 15 points, but the SuperSonics were the league's top powerhouse, and they burst into the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, led by Payton, Schramf and Vin Baker, played a wave of 14-3 offensive climax, narrowing the gap to less than five points.

Then next, it's Lin Tian's performance.

He hit a dry shot from outside the 3-point line, grabbed a rebound and hit a layup all over the court, and then cut off Payton's dribble one-on-one on the defensive end, and once again hit the frontcourt with a violent dunk!

After a wave of individual 7-0 offensive climax, the Pacers once again extended the margin to more than 10 points! And has maintained an advantage of about 10 points, allowing the supersonic team to catch up frantically, but they just can't catch up, it's just such a breath!

Until 40 seconds before the end, Lin Tian caused Payton to foul again and walked to the free throw line, George Karl no longer resisted, replaced all his main players, and officially surrendered.

After Lin Tian hit all 2 free throws at the free throw line, Bird also waited only one round before quickly calling a timeout and replacing his main players.

In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 98:84, and the Pacers used a 14-point advantage to get their trip to the West off to a good start.

Although Lin Tian's scoring efficiency in the whole game was not high, only 9 of 22 shots, he successfully broke free from Payton's shackles in the fourth quarter, and once again beat Payton into a 'fingerless glove', the league's number one 'glove terminator' position, Lin Tian is more and more stable.

But at this time, the excited Indians didn't know that this game had become the only one of the five games they won in their western journey!

The day after the game against the SuperSonics, the Pacers arrived at Denver Plateau as a team, back-to-back, back-to-back away games, yesterday's overdraft of the main team, and the unbearable climate of Denver Plateau.

After these factors are combined, the whole team of the Pacers today is a little out of shape, and in the game against the Denver people, the Pacers are more like the team at the bottom of the league, they were pressed and beaten by the Denver people for almost the whole game, and they couldn't turn around until the fourth quarter.

Although they narrowed the gap to within 10 points in the end, they still couldn't resist finally seeing a little light of victory, and the Denver people, who were like hungry wolves, finally lost the game by 87-95, 8 points.

Then followed by three games against the Trail Blazers, Jazz, and Spurs, and the Pacers swallowed three consecutive defeats in humiliation!

Lin Tian's comeback team has been in a state of invincibility all the way away, and the continuous away games have made the Pacers' veterans tired, plus these teams have the league's top interior line, and their games have completely exposed the shortcomings of the Pacers' poor interior air defense ability and lack of height.

Against the Jazz, Malone had 37 points and 13 rebounds, against the Spurs, the San Antonio twin towers combined to score 55 points and 29 rebounds, and against the Trail Blazers, the twin towers of Sabonis and Wallace also combined to score 44 points and 20 rebounds.

The inside line of the Pacers has been completely blown up!

At the same time that the team's interior line was completely blown up, Bird was more trusting of the veterans and preferred to let Dumas and Miller play more, and unconsciously reduced the playing time of Rose, who had performed well in the first two months.

In this wave of 4 consecutive defeats, Rose's average time per game plummeted to 26 minutes, and his average data per game also dropped from almost 20+5+5 when Lin Tiangang came back to 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

So, after the team returned to Indiana, Rose, who had been disgruntled since the Christmas game, approached Bird and Lintian after a training session.

"Larry, Lin, I'm a straight character, and I've always been straightforward." Rose looked at Lin Tian and Bird and said: "I really think I should play more and play longer, these recent games, sometimes I am in better shape, but I can't help the team at the last moment." ”

'I really don't want to sit on the bench when the team needs me, I hate that feeling, and I don't want to be able to do anything about it every time the team is behind, I will support the coach and Lin's position, but I feel like I'm not getting the respect I deserve.

Bird quietly listened to Rose's words, and to Lin Tian's surprise, this guy, who had always been unruly when he was a player, actually nodded and agreed: "You're right Jalen, the rotation of these games is really my fault, your state is sometimes better than Reggie or Joe, but I reduced your playing time because I believe in veterans more." ”

'I'm going to pay attention and I'm going to look at my rotation issues because we're all for the good of the team, so I don't think it's a big deal and I'm going to increase your playing time, especially when you're in good shape.

"Thank you." Rose originally prepared a lot of rhetoric, and even he studied a lot of evidence for this meeting, which he wanted to use as a bargaining chip to persuade Bird and Lin Tian.

He even prepared a set of data that he was the player with the highest hit rate after receiving Lin Tian's pass, and he was also the player who brought Lin Tian the most assists, just waiting for him to use this to pull Lin Tian to the same line as himself in case he didn't talk well with Bird.

I didn't expect that now it's all gone? It's so smooth that it's beyond my imagination!

Could it be ...... Is my Jalen Rose, in the hearts of Bird and Lin, much more important than Miller and Dumas?

That's normal! Lao Tzu is only in his early 20s, those two old miscellaneous hairs who are about to retire, they can't run and jump high, why should they compare their status with Lao Tzu in the team!

Thinking of this, Ross couldn't help but be triumphant, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin to the root of his ears.

"You go to training first, Jay, Lin and I have to discuss the specific rotation and tactical changes." After Bird finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling that Rose could leave first.

After Rose closed the door, Lin Tian said, "I really didn't expect that Larry, you are actually a person who admits mistakes." ”

"What's the matter?" Bird rolled his eyes and said: "Right is right, wrong is wrong, I am indeed too superstitious veterans in these games, and the playing time for Jalen, including Ben and Dyer, is a little too little, and when our interior line is blown up, I am too superstitious about the feel of the outside line rather than increasing the interior defense." ”

"Isn't that the reason for the loss? What's so hard to admit about this? Even if Jalen doesn't come to me, I'll increase his playing time and adjust the rotation order in the next few games. ”

"I didn't expect that although you seem to be an unlistenable, self-righteous, and self-respecting megalomaniac, you are actually very willing to listen to opinions and are willing to change yourself." Lin Tian nodded with satisfaction, saying that he was very satisfied with Bird's willingness to listen to opinions.

"I'll just be praising me as you bastard." Bird said, his hands were unceremoniously, and he gave Lin Tian a pair of middle fingers.

"But you promised him so easily." Lin Tian also sent a pair of middle fingers, and said to Bird: "I'm worried that it will have the opposite effect." ”

"Counter-effect?" Bird retracted his middle finger and extended his two little fingers instead to continue the defiance.

"What if he's overconfident? What if he thinks you're looking for him as a hope for a resurgence in the team? ”

"If he plays well, he doesn't have to be the hope of a resurgence for the team." Bird, who was like a human spirit, immediately understood what Lin Tian meant, leaned back, fell into his chair and said, "But if he is in a hurry and wants to seize power, then there are so many excellent guards in the whole league, we don't have to do it." ”

"It's my fault this time, I'm just a little anxious, I hope the team will quickly come out of the haze of losing streak, ignoring the possible consequences of my words." Bird said this, and looked at Lin Tiandao again: "Otherwise, I'll say, you people who play tactics and psychology are dirty!" ”

"You didn't remind me?"

"Who made your mouth so fast? I remind you, how do I remind you? Just tell you to shut up and whisper a few words next to your ear? Lin Tian snorted and said, "You can't talk with your brain, do you blame me?" ”

"I'm the head coach and general manager of the team, and you're talking to me like that?" Bird glared and scolded, "Do you believe that I let you sit on the cold bench and then trade you to Minnesota or Milwaukee?" ”

"Then you can become the hero of those two cities, and when I lead them to achieve a dynasty, the fans there will definitely thank you for your selflessness!" Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe, they can erect a statue for you!" The statue reads: The greatest supernumerary member of our team. ”

Bird waved his hand, too lazy to continue talking nonsense with Lin Tian, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, one more thing, do you know the results of the second phase of the NBA All-Star Draft?" ”

"Is Reggie still ahead of Michael?" As soon as Lin Tian saw Bird's evil smile, he knew that something good must have happened.

"Lead! And not only did he lead, but his lead expanded! From a lead of less than 50,000 votes in the first stage, now 100,000 votes ahead of Michael! Reggie has already received a total of 1.3 million votes! Let's put it this way, Reggie has never received 1.3 million votes in any year in his life! I think you can get him to treat you to dinner! ”

"Then he'll have to have a big meal." Lin Tian smiled and said, "What about the rest?" ”

"You just want to ask yourself." Bird rolled his eyes and said: "2.8 million votes, it has broken the NBA historical record, and if you continue to go on this trend, your final votes will most likely exceed 4 million!" This number really scared even me a little. ”

"The 2.4 million votes Michael set last year is already incredible, and I thought it would be held for at least 10 years! Unexpectedly, in less than 1 year, this record has been greatly refreshed by you! ”

"You Huaxia, there are really 2 billion people?"

"That's that, it's just over a billion points, Larry, you really should read a little more so you don't look so stupid!" Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders and said, "What about the others?" Other people's votes, Larry, do you have to ask me one by one? ”

"On the Eastern side, you are ahead of everyone with 2.8 million cliffs, the second in the backcourt is Reggie's 1.3 million, then Michael's 1.2 million, and then Grant Hill in the forward is 1.4 million votes, and his vote is also the second most in the entire league."

"With the addition of Charles with 1 million votes and Mutombo with 700,000 votes, the five of you are the ones with the highest votes in each position at the moment."

"In addition to Michael, Ewing at the center position is currently 650,000 votes, and Kemp at the forward position is 900,000 votes.

"It's more interesting on the west side, O'Neal and David Robinson have 710,000 and 690,000 votes respectively, and the suspense and competition between the two of them for the center position will definitely go on until the last second."

"Then there are the three guys, Malone, Garnett and Duncan, and the votes for these three people are 580,000, 550,000 and 500,000 respectively! All have hopes of becoming an All-Star starting forward, and looking at the current public opinion, Malone, who has the highest number of votes, is actually the most insecure. ”

"Because he has a grudge against you! Now everyone already knows that the source of this year's surge in All-Star votes is from Huaxia and from you! Many people have already recorded canvassing advertisements in Huaxia very intelligently and in a timely manner, and it is difficult to say how effective it can be. ”

"Then there is the backcourt of the West, Gary is the only guy in the West who can basically lock up the starter, he has got 1.19 million votes, he not only became the king of the West for the first time in his career, but also led the other guards in the West by a large margin."

"But I heard that he can become the starter, it's all up to your Chinese fans, because they think that you can easily beat Payton, and then easily win an All-Star MVP, that's why so many people voted for him."

"As for the last position in the Western backcourt, Kobe Bryant is currently leading with 610,000 votes, but Stockton is also 570,000, Marbury is 550,000, and Kidd is 510,000.

"How's it going, how does it feel to be in chaos like this in the West? At least 70% of the credit for this chaos is due to you, if it weren't for the fact that your fans suddenly started voting for you like crazy this year, and at the same time piggybacking on other people to vote for them, it is really impossible for everyone to get such an exaggerated number this year. ”

"I'm not interested in the chaos in the West, I'm just curious about what Michael thinks after he knows that the gap between him and Reggie is getting wider." Lin Tian touched his chin and said, "You say, if I declare that I am willing to give up my All-Star starting position to Michael, what will happen to him?" ”

"What will happen to him? If you say that to the media, then you'd better pray that Michael doesn't have a nuclear bomb on his hands, otherwise he'll 100% hit you with a nuclear bomb on your head! Bird said as he made a bazooka launch gesture with both hands and fired a shot at Lin Tian.

"Then let's wait and see!" Lin Tian leaned back in his chair easily, and he had a feeling that this year's All-Star Game would be another harvest trip!

Happy!

……

After this brief but very productive conversation, Bird changed the team's rotation pattern and tactical details in their first game back at home.

The first is to make the team play faster, let Barkley increase the number of passes after grabbing rebounds, and let Lin Tian and Rose run thoroughly and to their heart's content, and at the same time, let the team watch a lot of videos of the Warriors under the old Nielsen in the early 90s, so that the team can play faster!

Then it reduced the playing time of Dumas and Angie, the two veterans on the court, so that they could rest as much as possible and bear less in the regular season, after all, in the first month of Lin Tian's absence, they had already worked hard to let the Pacers maintain a winning rate of about 50%, and now they should also take a break.

The playing time of these two people has decreased, and the person who benefits the most is naturally Rose!

Rose's playing time, number of shots, and average data per game have all been greatly improved! His self-confidence has also returned to him again.

In the team's first game after 4 consecutive defeats on the road, in the game against the Nets at home, they were directly on fire and beat the Nets 121:80!

The 41-point win ended the Pacers' four-game losing streak, and at the same time, Rose played 30 minutes in this game, scoring 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists! Once again, he became the team's No. 2 scorer!

Then, over the next five games, Bird continued to increase Rose's weight in the game, and his shots and playing time began to increase significantly.

In the six games after the 4-game losing streak, Rose played an average of 33 minutes per game, scoring 20.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.8 assists, shooting 55% from the field and over 40% from 3-point range!

In these six games, Rose has almost become the second-in-command of the Pacers, and he is second only to Lin Tian, who averaged 23.4 points, 11.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game during this period, both in terms of his role and statistics!

And under the leadership of these young double stars, the Pacers also got their wish to win 6 in a row! Once again, they are on the right path!

After this wave of 6 consecutive wins, the Pacers lost to the Charlotte Hornets on the road, and then they started the winning streak again, with a 2-game winning streak, bidding farewell to January and ushering in February!

In the blink of an eye, it is only about half a month before the opening of the All-Star Game.

The Pacers are currently ranked fourth in the East with 30 wins and 16 losses, and they are only one game behind the Hawks in the third place in the East, and they may overtake at any time, and they are only 3 games away from the second Heat in the East, and they have a very good chance of surpassing the Heat and becoming the second in the East in the remaining half of the season.

As for the first place in the East, of course, it still belongs to the Bulls for the time being, but the Bulls are now 35-10, and Pippen has also recovered his health in late January and returned to the team.

A full version of the Bulls has led the Pacers by a full 5.5 games in only half a season, and in this case, if you want to overtake the stable Bulls, you can only pray that Jordan is injured.

But although it is no fun to surpass the Bulls, the Pacers have also opened a four-game gap with the fifth-place Cavaliers, and they have basically locked up a spot in the top half.

In addition, throughout January, Lin Tian averaged 24.4 points, 11.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, but unfortunately the team suffered a wave of 4 consecutive defeats, and this wave of consecutive defeats also prevented Lin Tian from winning his second Player of the Month as he wished.

But now with the increase in appearances, Lin Tian finally appeared on the official data list for the first time, plus the data in December, he averaged 22.1 points per game this season ranked 7th in the league, 2.1 steals ranked 8th in the league, and 11.3 assists directly topped the assist list!

At the same time, Lin Tian has also become the only player in the league to rank among the top ten in the league in three statistics of points, steals and assists at the same time!

Even if you change the qualifier to: rank in the top 10 of the league on any three master data, only Lin Tian, David Robinson, and Shaq O'Neal can do this in the entire league!

O'Neal and Robinson are both scoring, rebounding, and blocking!

Lin Tian is the only one who takes into account scoring, assists and steals!

At least in the first half of this year, judging from the data, Lin Tian is definitely the number one organizational guard in the league today!

Of course, Lin Tian doesn't care at all about this kind of ranking that is not justified and only looks at the data.

He knew very well that before he won the championship, what three data rankings in the top 10 of the league and other things were fake!

Only if he leads the team to win the championship and win the championship, will he truly become the No. 1 organizational guard in the NBA recognized by everyone!

Now, Lin Tian's goal is only one for the time being: to get as many wins as possible in the regular season, so as to get more home court advantage in the playoffs!

However, all teams, including the Pacers, are not yet ready to charge and fight hard, and they still have their last easy days before the All-Star break.

By the time of the trade deadline two weeks after the All-Star break, that's when all the teams grit their teeth and really fight hard and fight for the bayonets!

At that time, it is not only the time for the teams to make the final adjustments, but also the time for the teams to start fighting for a playoff spot or a '98 draft pick!

You know, although 98 years are not as good as 96 years, you can catch an all-star level genius with your eyes closed, but it is also much more shining than the starry 97 years!

Mike Bibby, Liv Lavrenz, as well as Jordan's younger brothers Jamison and Carter, Jason Williams, known as 'Kobayashi Tian', Kansas super talent Paul Pearce, and the equally talented Ogwer Kandi and Robert Traylor are also talented enough to change a team!

In short, this year's rookies are much more shining than Duncan's standout or the 97 generation that only Duncan is worth looking forward to! It's worth the teams to play with their lives and get a high pick!

Of course, those things that mess up the team have little to do with Lin Tian as usual, and if he is in the team, it will be impossible to mess up!

In Lin Tian's eyes, there will always be only the championship!

In February, the Pacers continued their good form at the end of January, first with two consecutive wins, bringing their winning streak to four games again, and they also easily surpassed the Hawks to become third in the East!

Then, the Pacers welcomed the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan and Scott Pippen at home, aiming for revenge!

In this game, the Bulls completely played a bloody and extremely ferocious attitude, they took out the posture of stealing seven in the finals, and went all out from the beginning of the game, and the Pacers, who have always been slow and mediocre in defense, were powerless to fight back, and in the first quarter of the game, the Pacers were 11 points behind the Bulls!

Then in the second quarter of the game, Phil Jackson once again showed his determination to fight for his life tonight, he unlocked the playing time limit that Pippen had been stuck in since his comeback, and directly let Jordan and Pippen, who played the first quarter, continue to play!

At this time, Bird made a mistake, he did not change the lineup in time, and let Barkley take the substitute lineup to fight Joe and Pi on the court alone, and the result is naturally conceivable!

In less than two minutes of the second quarter, the Bulls used their signature pressing defense to beat the Pacers without fighting back, and stretched the difference to 17 points in one fell swoop!

Although Bird reacted quickly and quickly changed his main lineup, a huge gap has been formed, even if the Pacers are crazy to catch up in the following games, they have never been able to catch up with the score, and finally, when the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score between the two sides was fixed at 101:90!

The Bulls defeated the Pacers by 11 points and successfully avenged the Christmas game!

After the game, Jordan, who scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, said very proudly: "Lin said well in the last game, I really can't score a 40+ triple-double every night, but I can still bring victory to the team!" We are still unstoppable! ”

"We have one more game this season and I'm very happy, just three days later! We'll be back at the Union Center in 3 days, and I'll let Lin and all the rubbish on the Pacers know who's the king of the league! It will also let them know that when we are all out and about, they are not worth mentioning at all! ”

Then, the Pacers beat the 76ers again at home, and then they set sail again for Chicago for their third matchup of the season and the last of the regular season against the Bulls!

I don't know what kind of idea the league has to let the two teams play 3 games in a row in about 40 days! But the two games, which were separated by three days, gave both sides the illusion that they were playing a series.

On the morning of Feb. 7, the morning of Game 3 of the Bulls and Pacers' season, and the last day of the first week of February, the league finally announced the final results of this season's All-Star Poll!

After almost 3 months of competition and the votes of countless fans, the list of All-Star starters this season is finally out!

And the final list of the ten All-Star East and West players this season also made the entire league exclaim!

This result is really unexpected!

In the West, O'Neal finally overwhelmed Robinson with 940,000 votes with 990,000 votes and successfully became the starting center in the NBA West, and in terms of forwards, perhaps the buff of 'having a grudge against Lin Tian' was too loud, Malone was continuously surpassed by Garnett and Duncan at the last moment, not only got only 810,000 votes, but also lost his All-Star starting position.

Duncan 890,000 votes and Garnett 930,000 votes, the two young No. 21s, and for the first time in their careers, became All-Star starters!

In the backcourt, Gary Payton became the king of the Western Conference vote because of the two reasons of 'fingerless gloves' and Lin Tian's 'glove terminator', slashing a career-high 1.5 million votes and becoming the starting guard of the Western All-Star, while Kobe Bryant defeated Kidd, Stockton and Marbury to become an All-Star starter as a substitute.

It is worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant is also the youngest All-Star starter in NBA history, and he is also the first player in history to become an All-Star starter after playing less than 10 starts!

From Kobe's treatment, you can also see how high the exposure rate of Los Angeles is, and how Kobe's style of play attracts fans!

The five starters in the West were finally settled: O'Neal and Kobe's Los Angeles double, Duncan and Garnett's double No. 21 forward, plus Payton's 'fingerless gloves'.

The eastern side is more interesting than the western one!

The first is that Ewing failed to complete the counterattack in the end, he only got 880,000 votes, losing to Mutombo's 920,000, and failed to become the starter.

Hill in the frontcourt got 1.71 million votes, Charles Barkley got 1.28 million votes, and the two of them will work together to become the starting forwards in the East!

As for the guard line in the east......

Michael Jordan, who managed to save a lot of points for himself by relying on the tyrannical Pacers game a few days ago, also attracted a large wave of votes, which made his vote count grow in the last two days.

In the end, Jordan slashed 1.68 million votes, setting the second-highest vote score of his career.

But he didn't make it to the All-Star starter, and his votes could only rank third!

Lin Tian's good partner Reggie Miller got 1.69 million votes by an incomparably narrow margin, and won the last position of the All-Star starter in a thrilling way!

That's it, it's because Jordan just beat the entire Pacers outside the line a few days before the All-Star voting deadline and led the team to a big victory to regain a lot of votes for himself.

If it weren't for such a huge disparity in the strength of the second matchup between the two sides, I am afraid that the difference in the votes between Jordan and Miller would be even greater!

"Jordan was kicked out of the All-Star starter! 》

This news alone is enough to lead the entire public opinion tonight directly into madness, lead to countless topics, and make fans across the United States initiate a long-lasting discussion!

The heat of this discussion is likely to be even greater than the All-Star Game itself, and it will still be mentioned again and again for many years to come.

After all, this is the king of the league, recognized as the strongest, Jordan who has won countless honors and 5 championship trophies, and this is still Jordan, who leads the league to the first place and ranks first in the scoring list, is just such a person, who was squeezed out of the All-Star starting lineup?

Incredible! This thing is so incredible that even many fans thought that April Fool's Day had been advanced from April to February when they heard the news!

They can't think of any reason, they can't think of any reason why Jordan shouldn't start.

Not only the fans, but also many players, coaches and retired celebrities have joined the discussion, except for those clowns who are simply trying to attract the topic and attention, almost everyone believes that this season's All-Star starter should be Jordan.

Even the local Indiana fans were a little caught off guard, three All-Star starters? Two of them squeezed Jordan to the bench?

This feeling is too unreal!

And, at this time, if you ask Indiana fans what they think of the results of the All-Star vote, their answers are basically very straightforward.

Does Miller deserve to be an All-Star starter? Unworthy!

Was Miller a good starter? Flip!

Who wants to see Jordan enter the All-Star starter! Of course, it's our Miller who goes up to shoot 3 points and is the coolest and most beautiful!

Compared with the thrilling and exciting starting battle between Jordan and Miller, which was only 10,000 votes, Lin Tian broke the record of 4.03 million votes, greatly refreshed the All-Star voting record, and directly refreshed the record to a level that future generations could not hope for!

What is the record for All-Star votes before this year? The 2.4 million votes Jordan created last year, what about further? However, it was around 1.2 million votes.

And this year, Lin Tian directly 3 times that of a normal year, increasing last year's record by as much as 40%!

This number is likely to be maintained for many years.

But compared with Jordan being squeezed out of the All-Star starter, Lin Tian won the ticket king, which is somewhat insignificant.

That's Jordan, who just won two consecutive championships!

At the same time, in the NBA headquarters building in New York, a very serious meeting was also being held.

"I think the voting rights of overseas fans should be abolished or proportionately removed! They don't know basketball at all! They're insulting basketball, they're voting indiscriminately, making our All-Star starters a joke! One official was heavily worded, directly saying that the votes of Huaxia fans were exaggerated and should be banned.

"Skov, I see what you mean, but seriously, do we really care about voting fairness or rationality? Isn't the purpose of the All-Star to let fans see the people they most want to see on the basketball court? ”

Stern looked at the subordinate and said calmly: "And, more importantly, when has the matter of voting received such a high level of attention and discussion?" Even though today's vote has just come out, and many follow-up effects have not yet erupted, I really feel that the benefits of this matter outweigh the disadvantages for us! ”

"The topicality, the attention, the discussion, the participation of the whole people, all of this has reached its peak! This is good for our brand development and the reputation of the alliance! ”

"But fans in the U.S. want to see Michael even more! There are more than 1 billion people in China, and if they really want to see anyone, they will definitely be able to see it! What about the interests of American fans? What about their preferences? Another official stood up and expressed his opinion.

"You also said Scott, there are more than a billion people in China! If they're all our fans and they're willing to spend money on our games, how much do you think we're in the interest? How profitable do you think we can be? I think I need to emphasize once again our purpose: cosmopolitanism! Internationalization! Globalization! ”

"The NBA brand, I want it to be a global label, I want people all over the world to watch the NBA! I even wish there were fans who would vote 10 million for their favorite players! That proves that there are 10 million people who follow our league and are willing to pay for it! What could be better news? Well? ”

Scott was not reconciled: "But our local fans ......"

"If our local fans are not happy, just vote! Seriously, Lin only got 4 million votes this time, how many votes did he have from Huaxia? But 2.4 million votes! That's about 60% of the total number of votes! The number of people in China who really participated in this vote was only two thousandths of their total population! ”

"Seriously, I think it's too small, and if they can get tens of millions of votes, I'll be happier! As for us, if we can't even beat two thousandths of others, it will be a bit embarrassing. ”

"But we all know that Miller is not as good as Jordan, and Miller is not worthy of the All-Star starting position at all!" Another official stood up and expressed his opinion.

"So does Kobe deserve it? Essentially, is there a difference between Kobe Bryant getting a lot of votes from California and Miller getting a lot of votes from China? Is Kobe more worthy of an All-Star starter than Stockton or Kidd? Why did Kobe Bryant become a starter with the influence of Los Angeles, and you have no opinion? ”

At this point, it is already clear to all officials that this meeting is more appropriate than a discussion.

Stern had already made up his mind that the meeting was to convince everyone, not to listen to everyone's opinions.

"So, I think we got on the same page." Stern looked at everyone with a smile and said, "The votes from Huaxia, including those from all over the world, we will take them all for the time being, and there will be no changes!" ”

"At the same time, we also have to celebrate that the NBA's globalization plan has officially taken a very great step! Fans from Asia are starting to get involved! ”

"Finally, I think we can already set the tone and theme of next year's All-Star Game in advance."

Stern paused, then his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Avenge Jordan!" Send Jordan back to the All-Star starter! Leave the All-Star Ticket King in the United States! Let's just advertise it, you guys are fine. ”

After saying this, Stern lifted his glasses and leaned back in his chair, looking like I am talking about me, which of you is for and against.

Oppose?

You've always decided, and we're still against a fart.

No surprises, all passed.

"Then, you can start to plan this matter in advance, and go to the reporters and media who have a good relationship with you, including some retired celebrities who are close to the alliance, so that they can express more of this meaning in major programs and occasions."

This meeting at the NBA headquarters will definitely not be made public, except for people in the industry, no one will even hold such a meeting until today.

But almost the entire basketball circle will definitely be stimulated by the fact that Jordan did not start, and make all kinds of remarks, but those remarks will have to take 2-3 days to completely ferment, who makes it not the Internet era, not the era when millions of people can see a tweet immediately?

In the era of print media, it takes 1-2 days for news to spread.

But that's for the average fan, for the NBA players, and especially for the people involved, who can have their say tonight!

The Bulls locker room tonight was extremely quiet, and not even one dared to make any noise, and even the players' breathing was much quieter than usual.

As for the reason?

All-Star thing, Jordan has long been annoyed, he is really too lazy to play, and he doesn't work hard to dunk two baskets casually, which is his favorite way.

Even after he over-consumed in the first two months of this year and single-handedly propped up the team's record, he was already thinking that after he entered the All-Star starter, he would directly find an excuse not to play or play less, so that he could take advantage of this rare weekend and have a good rest.

But what does this thing say?

I can not like not want, but you can't rob!

After learning that he was actually squeezed out of the All-Star starting lineup by Miller and Lin Tian, Jordan didn't say a word, his expression was ugly as if he had just eaten 3 pounds of stool, and he was angry!

So, it's perfectly understandable that the Bulls locker room is so quiet these days.

At the very least, Jordan's mood is likely to improve after beating the Pacers again tonight.

OK...... Tonight is a game against the Pacers!

Otherwise, this atmosphere will have to be maintained for at least a week.

Kill the Pacers!

That's the only thing on the minds of all the players on the Bulls team at this time.

After all, if the Pacers are not killed, they will definitely be killed by Jordan!

(End of chapter)