Chapter 289: The Unstoppable Spur Twin Towers! The Pacers' choice!
After Lin Tian steadily hit the free throw and scored this 3+1, the difference between the two sides narrowed to 3 points, although the Pacers have not yet overtaken the score, and there are still 5 minutes left in the game.
But Lin Tian's 30-second explosion of 9 points obviously scared the entire Suns team.
Too fast, too exaggerated!
The morale of the Suns team was also a little collapsed by Lin Tian's wave, although they were still ahead, but since then, the state has never been recovered, whether it is Robinson or Rodgers, they suddenly lost their crosshairs, and those shots that the top three were easy to hit suddenly couldn't get in.
With the team's crosshairs lost, the Suns scored a measly four points in the final 5 minutes and 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, including two points from Kidd who rushed to the basket after the outcome was decided and the Pacers stopped defending.
The Suns were completely wiped out in the last five minutes!
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The Pacers won by five points in the end, but the temperament and toughness they showed in the second half of the fourth quarter showed how hungry they were for this victory!
Among them, the biggest contributor is, of course, Lin Tian, who scored 9 points in 30 seconds, scored 16 points in the fourth quarter, and scored 33 points, 13 assists and 7 rebounds in the whole game!
Webb also scored 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists on this night, while Carter scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists!
On the Suns' side, Kidd got a weird double-double of 4 points, 16 rebounds, 20 assists and 4 steals, he really couldn't shoot, but he could really find an open teammate, but when his teammates were blocked by the opponent, Kidd's threat would also plummet!
Robinson and Rodgers, who played 37 minutes tonight and almost dragged the Pacers down the abyss, scored a lot, but in the last 5 minutes of the game, they suddenly went dumb and didn't score 1 point!
At this point, Suns fans will inevitably think of Hardaway, and if Hardaway is here, maybe, they can think of some way to score?
But in any case, the Suns, who had high hopes, failed to stop the Pacers, they were shot down by the Pacers in mid-air, and the Pacers' winning streak came to 31!
This is already the second-longest winning streak in NBA history!
But obviously, whether it's the Pacers players, coaches or fans, they're not satisfied!
Their goal is to win at least 34 in a row!
It's been a winning streak to this point, no one likes to lose a game suddenly when they're just one kick away, and the first winning streak in history must be obtained!
And what they will face next is the most difficult and difficult game in the next few games!
Back-to-back away games against Spurs!
As long as the Spurs are won, the Pacers can return to their home court and have a three-day break before the next game, and after the Spurs, the Pacers' two opponents are the Warriors in the West and the Cavaliers in the East.
Two absolute belly teams!
So far this season, the Warriors have won 14 games, the Cavaliers have won 16 games, and the two teams have combined for 30 games!
And what about the Pacers? They have won 59 games! That's almost enough for these two teams to win two seasons together!
Of course, it's too early for the Pacers to think about what's next, and if they fall in front of the Spurs, it's all about the rest of the story.
Now, all they need to do is gather their minds and put all their attention on the Spurs!
Because it was back-to-back games, after playing with the Suns, the Pacers got on the plane and headed to San Antonio, where they rested for the night, and the next morning, Bird didn't arrange any practice and didn't let the players gather, but didn't gather everyone until noon after dinner, and he gathered everyone for a routine pregame analysis meeting.
The Spurs, throughout the 90s, were a powerhouse in the West, except for the 96-97 season because of Robinson's injury and deliberately played the top pick, the rest of the seasons they all entered the playoffs!
Although they failed to make it to the finals, they have been the first-class team in the West for more than ten consecutive years!
And after getting Duncan, the Spurs finally waited for their chance, Duncan and Robinson's interior twin towers are infinitely powerful, and they are among the top in the league on both offensive and defensive ends.
Last season, the team reached the finals for the first time in team history! It's just that because there is Gundam on the opposite side, after 7 bloody battles, the Spurs still regretted losing and failed to win the first championship in team history.
This season, the Spurs are making a comeback, and there is only one goal, which is to win that damn championship!
Popovich and General Manager Buford also learned from the pain and decided that there is absolutely no problem with the team's interior line, which is the league's No. 1 interior combination, and they are inferior to the outside! So, in the middle of the season, the team made a big move, using multiple draft picks and several players in the team to buy two attackers, Richmond and Jalen Rose!
The Spurs make up their four kings! And these two people, the Spurs bought the dip and didn't pay too much price, Rose was because of his unscrupulous words, the whole league felt that he was a troublemaker and a cancer, and Richmond led the team not to enter the playoffs for many years, and the reputation of both of them has reached the bottom of their careers.
At this time, the Spurs bought them, and it was not even a big gamble, it was simply half bought and half given, and it was not nice to say: even if the Spurs' plan for this big trade failed, as long as Duncan was still there, they would not fall into any crisis! They still have the opportunity and capital to make a comeback at any time!
Fortunately, in the more than 2 months since the trade got these two people, their performance has been quite good, and the Spurs' run-in has been very successful! Both guys know very well where their careers have come and that this is their best opportunity.
So whether it was Richmond, who was the eldest brother, or Rose, who was a little drifting before, they all chose to restrain their temper and play hard!
In the 30 games they have played, the Spurs have gone 22-8, a number that is only second in the league for the same period in the league!
In these 30 games, Rose was able to average 18.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, and he took over a lot of Johnson's organizational work, and did a good job!
Richmond, on the other hand, took on the task of being a goalscorer, using his range all over the half court and his ability to attack without dead ends, to complete some pure finishing work in various areas of the stadium! He did a good job, and in those 30 games, Richmond averaged 14.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game!
These two guys' stats have regressed significantly compared to their own in the first half of the season, but they have played the best efficiency of their careers and the highest win rate!
These two guys fit in very well!
The Spurs' gamble is a success so far, buying two star-level scorers at a low price, and the team is no longer as top-heavy as last season!
"Richmond was nicknamed 'The Rock,' and some say he was the second-best shooting guard in the '90s." After analyzing the overall situation of the Spurs, Bird continued to analyze the Spurs players one by one, down to the point of being precise to each individual.
After hearing Bird say this, Miller, who was sitting in the audience, let out a cold snort in disdain.
Second quarterback? The guy who played a total of 3 playoffs in his career and spent most of his time in the lottery is the second quarterback?
Bird knew what Miller meant, but deliberately ignored him, and continued: "There are also many people who say that he is just a pure data brush! And I would say that he may not be a good team leader, and his stats are watery. β
"But with the Spurs, he's really a sharp knife, and his shooting and range are really capable of piercing the hearts of opponents! Be underestimated by him, don't give him a chance to shoot easily! β
"As for Jalen Rose, we all know each other very well."
When Bird said this, Carter, who was sitting below, couldn't help but laugh and said, "My benefactor, I can't come to Indiana without him." β
"And our benefactor, without him, we wouldn't have gotten you, Vince." Bird smiled and encouraged Carter, he has always treated different people in a completely different way, and he let them hold their breath and resentment when they are very high-spirited old men like Miller and Mullin, and they are the best at this time.
For young people like Carter, Lewis, and Harrington, it is to encourage them as much as possible and let them improve quickly.
For Lin Tian...... Well, when dealing with Lin Tian, Bird sometimes asks himself if it's the right thing to do.
He was humble at all times.
Let Bird, who is arrogant to the point of madness, remain humble, and the entire alliance, I'm afraid that Lin Tian alone can do it.
"Jalen has taken on a lot of Spurs playmaking this season, he's the guy with the most balls on the perimeter on the team, Doug, I need you to defend him very tightly so that he can't get the ball moving!"
"Understood!"
"As for their playmaking guard Johnson......"
"I'll beat him up as a son." Lin Tian said lightly: "Or, when did the two of us face each other, and I didn't beat him as a son?" β
"There are also a few times when I became grandsons." Bird laughed and quickly flipped through his strategy book and said, "Then there are the Spurs' most difficult to deal with, and everyone thinks they are invincible inside twin towers, Duncan and Robinson!" β
"These two guys entered the Finals last year with a group of outside players who were not even as good as my grandmother, and fought 7 games against the Knicks led by Ewing and Jordan! They almost won the championship! β
Although Robinson's aging is visible to the naked eye, and although his athleticism and scoring ability are far less than they used to be, he is still able to score 17.8 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks this season! His aging is relative to himself! β
"He's no longer an MVP-level top star, he's not a top-10 star in the league, but he's still a very different star, give him space and opportunities, and he's still able to hit 20+10 stats at any time! If you underestimate him, you will definitely suffer! β
"And then there's Tim Duncan! The true leader of the Spurs today, and the toughest guy in the Spurs team! β
He was able to score 23.3 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks this season! The most frustrating thing about him is that many of his technical movements are really exactly the same as in the textbook! It's like a textbook for the elementary teaching of basic movements on the inside line! β
"I always feel that Duncan's biggest role in the league is to tell everyone: practicing basic skills is useful, as long as you practice well enough, you can also become an NBA champion and an All-Star starter if you only use what these elementary school students can do."
Well, of course, there are some bad effects, like if you play like him, then it's likely that when you're about to win the All-Star Game MVP, your fans will suddenly turn against you! They'd rather lose an All-Star than see a guy like you win an All-Star MVP! β
Bird's last words made the Pacers players laugh, and they all thought of the Oakland fans booing Duncan in the final minutes of this year's All-Star Game, for fear that he would win the MVP.
It's fun! Very interesting!
But fun is fun, fun is fun, and everyone on the Pacers knows how strong the twin tower duo of Duncan and Robinson are! And before the game started, they had already predicted that they would definitely not be able to prevent these two people! It would be nice to be able to prevent at most one!
Bird's next words proved that what the players thought was exactly what he thought.
"I'm not worried about the Spurs' outside line at all, whether it's Mitch or Jalen, neither of them is worth mentioning, Doug can handle Jalen, Vince and Reggie can handle Mitch! It's not that hard. β
"But we can't guard the Spurs' twin towers." Bird admitted the matter very bluntly: "Or rather, we can prevent one of the two of them at most!" So instead of wrestling between the two of them, I think we should have our strategy in mind from the start. β
"Ben, you go to defend David, Lin, Doug, see the right time, and be ready to help defend at any time! Although David has not scored as much as Duncan this season and is older, I think that in terms of scoring ability, he is more explosive, and he has more ability and possibility to score high points! β
"Compared to David, Thiem's scoring is more consistent, he almost never pulls, but there are not many high scores! Taking this season as an example, David has cut 7 30+ games, but Thiem has only 4 games! β
"So my plan is to prevent the one that is more likely to erupt! Then, let's see how many points Tim, a guy known as 'big basic skills', can score! β
"Understood!"
Bird nodded, stretched out his hand and said, "So, 33 consecutive wins......"
The players put their hands on each other and everyone roared together.
"Break it!"
Bird was satisfied: "Then, dissolve!" See you in the evening! Before the evening, don't do anything other than warm up, shoot and feel like you, rest, rest as much as you can, and let the fatigue of the journey and back-to-back disappear from you. β
"Tonight, let's use our best condition to fight against the Spurs!"
At 7 p.m., almost an hour before the start of the game, the Spurs team also came to their home stadium in San Antonio, Popovich looked at his players and said lightly: "I don't think I need to say more about how important this game is." β
"If you're going to be the stepping stone to the longest winning streak in NBA history, if you're going to bring you up every time someone mentions the longest winning streak in NBA history for the next 20 or 30 years, it's just a regular season."
"But apparently not, right? None of us wants to be a stepping stone to history, do we? What we want is to make history! It is to become history, not as a footnote to history, appearing in the corner, being ridiculed again and again. β
"Tonight, end the Pacers' winning streak! They've won enough, it's time for them to relax! β
"Tim, David, against any opponent, you two are our strongest points! From the beginning, I gave full play to the advantages of the inside line! Fight to the death and show the toughness of both of you! And if they wrap the clip? Pass it out, I believe in your ability to share the ball, and I believe in Mitch and Jalen's shooting! β
"Speaking of which, Jay, I think this ball means a lot different to you! You've fought them twice this year, and both times they played very badly! The Pacers are ruthless to you, and your old guys treat you like a clown and a joke, and they have no scruples about bullying and humiliating you. β
"Do you know how to regain your dignity tonight?"
"I know the coach." Rose nodded firmly, "Calm down!" Absolute calm! As long as I stay calm and do the right thing, then I can't be defeated, we can't be defeated! β
"Excellent! That's it! Popovich slapped his chin twice and said, "Then, let's go!" Go say hi to our fans! Go kill the Pacers! β
"Go kill them!"
Tonight's league first vs. West second game is bound to attract countless fans, no matter which city it is played in, and tickets are certainly in short supply.
Tonight, the ATT Center, the home of the Spurs, will certainly be no exception, with 18,300 fans pouring into the arena early, just waiting for the players to enter the stadium and start this crucial, historically important battle!
All over the United States, there are countless fans who stay in front of the TV early.
Will the Pacers achieve their goal of continuing their winning streak and taking out the Spurs, the last stumbling block on their winning streak, or will the Spurs successfully snipe the Pacers, end their winning streak, and defend the dignity of themselves and the entire league?
The ratings of this game, you don't have to think about it, must be very high!
TNT also managed to grab the right to broadcast the game, and they started broadcasting the game before the game started!
"I think everybody knows what tonight means!" Barkley said with a smile: "Tonight, the Pacers will most likely break the 33-game winning streak set by the Lakers that year!" Tonight, most likely, is the moment to witness history! β
"Charles, you're not rigorous." Kenny smiled and said: "Even if the Pacers win tonight, they only win 32 games in a row, and they need to win two more games to really surpass the Lakers and break this record that has been in the dust for almost 30 years!" β
"Celebrate early, Kenny! We all know that if the Spurs can't stop the Pacers tonight, then no one can! At least the two opponents behind the Pacers can't stop them! Who's here? Warriors and knights? If these two teams want to win 33 games, I think it will take at least two seasons! β
"Can they stop the Pacers? They can stop the pacers, and I'm going to eat this microphone on the spot! β
"Not necessarily! The Pacers have also lost to a weak team like the Wizards this year! Kenny and Barkley continued to sing: "Besides, they've got to get past the Spurs first!" Otherwise, it's all empty talk! β
"Then we'll see! Let's see who will emerge victorious tonight! β
With the gags of the two commentators, the starters of both sides also took to the court, and this much-anticipated game is about to officially start!
Neither the Pacers nor the Spurs changed their starting lineups, using their favorite regular starters.
The Pacers are Big Ben, Webb, Christie, Carter and Lintian, and the Spurs are their F4 plus 'Little General' Avery Johnson!
Well, it's another small post with a height of less than 180 cm and no shooting speed.
Lin Tian didn't understand why there were such weak chickens and dwarfs everywhere in the 90s.
But he didn't need to understand, he just had to turn around again and again, and use his unskilled back to ravage them.
Lin Tian even decided that in the future, even if his back playing ability was improved and promoted to A or even S, when he faced this kind of dwarf type of guard, he would have to beat them in this unskilled way!
Not for anything else, just for a cool!
Pure force suppression, compared to using any skills, steps, feel, flexibility and the like to defeat the opponent, that is much cooler!
So, at the beginning of the game, when the Spurs came up and used Duncan to single in the low post and hit Webb with a small hook, Lin Tian also did the same, turned around after the 3-point line, and resisted Johnson with his ass.
βFUXXοΌβ Johnson didn't hold back, and directly opened his mouth to curse, before the game started, he thought that Lin Tian would probably continue to deal with him like this.
But he also has a little fantasy, maybe, after Lin Tian won the MVP, he will have to save face? Don't want to beat yourself up in such an ugly way?
As it turned out, he was too naΓ―ve.
Lin Tian, this guy, has no bottom line at all!
I'm faster than you, better than you on the dribble, better at breaking through, and faster than you in shooting!
But I don't use these advantages, I'll push you with my ass!
Johnson was really disgusted, he was angry at Lin Tian's naked bullying of his short height and poor strength, but he couldn't do anything about it.
When he stretched out his hand to seal it, he couldn't even touch Lin Tian's elbow, his physical fitness and figure were too far apart!
In every sense, these two are not players of the same level!
Popovich's reaction was still very fast, and after Johnson was bullied by Lin Tian for a round, he immediately rotated the defense, switching to Rose to defend Lin Tian and letting Johnson defend Carter.
Although the height gap between Johnson and Carter is still very large, even more than 20 centimeters, at least Carter's strength is not so strong, and when he throws against Johnson, his grasp is not as high as Lin Tian.
Well...... Hopefully, it's not that high.
Popovich really has no other way than to pray that Carter won't shoot at this time.
Well, it's not completely impossible, he can also let Johnson mismatch to defend Christie, and then pray that Christie can't shoot......
Anyway, when facing a team with terrible offensive ability like the Pacers, as long as Johnson is on the court, it is a flaw and loophole, and in terms of the Pacers' tactics and execution, they will definitely chase Johnson and beat him until there is nothing to hide, and he can't stay on the court at all!
So, the strategy of the Pacers in the first few minutes was almost that whoever Johnson defended would attack with the ball, that is, chase this little man who is less than 180 centimeters to the death!
If you don't play, you will continue to play until you play!
Johnson is destined to be educated by the Pacers tonight!
Popovich changed his defensive strategy and alignment, but Bird's side had no intention of changing the defense.
Even if Duncan beat Webb several times in a row in the opening stage, there was no bag or defense, which was to let Duncan hold the ball and play alone! Popovich thinks that with Webber's defensive level and ability, if the Pacers don't adjust their game strategy today, Duncan will be able to score at least 35 points or more!
On the contrary, it is David Robinson, the current second-in-command of the Spurs, who twice took the ball in the low post and prepared to play alone, but every time he was ready to attack, it was not only Big Ben who was playing with him in the back, but Christie, Lin Tian, and Carter would come over to harass him at any time.
So Robinson couldn't pull away from the comfortable fight at all.
In addition, the age has arrived, and it is no longer the mentality of brushing points to the death for a scoring champion, so Robinson saw the bag and showed an attitude that is called a calm and mature, never sticky to the ball, and will not force a brainless attack, and the skill of sharing the ball is called a good!
Whether it is Richmond or Rose, they can get more or less space to play individually, and if they don't get a good chance, they will immediately start passing the ball and find a way to give the ball to Duncan on the other side and let him single out Webb.
Well, this point is fighting, Duncan is called a handy, handy, coming and going like the wind, the scenery is beautiful, and it is above board......
It's easy anyway!
After the trial of the first quarter of the game, the coaches of both sides have thoroughly understood each other's tactics and ideas tonight!
The Pacers just want to chase Johnson, and then wrap Robinson, not let him score easily, and let Duncan, a guy who doesn't seem to have any scoring explosiveness, shoot as many points as possible!
On the Spurs' side, Johnson is using Johnson to test the Pacers' outside touch in turn to see if anyone is not in good shape tonight.
After the first quarter, what to say?
The strategies of both coaches were somewhat unsuccessful.
Johnson on the Spurs' side was completely blown up, whether it was Lin Tian, Christie or Carter, they could easily score in the face of Johnson, and the efficiency was not low, it can be said that as long as Johnson was on the court, the Pacers' offense was very easy!
As for the Pacers, they did let Robinson score 1 point in the first quarter of the game, and the performance of Richmond and Rose was normal and mediocre, but the Pacers almost completely let go, and Duncan, who let him alone, hit down 15 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter.
If he continues to do this, this guy will definitely not score 35 points tonight, and nine times out of ten he will go for 50 points!
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In the first quarter of the game, the Pacers temporarily trailed by 3 points!
In the second quarter, both coaches began to fine-tune their lineups.
Popovich took on the team's backup defender, 191 cm tall Terry Porter.
It is the same Terry Porter who served as the head coach of the Bucks, Suns and other teams in the future.
With this guy measuring 191 centimeters and a lot of experience, Popovich didn't think he would be chased by the Pacers at least, but obviously, Popovich was thinking a little simple.
If Terry Porter is only 27 years old this year, his presence is indeed an addition.
But the problem is that this old brother is 37 years old, and in some places in the United States, he is even the age of being a grandfather, just his legs......
The effect of defending the Pacers' outside line is no different from Johnson's!
At this time, Buckner, Miller and Carter, who were on the court, still took turns beating him! It's just that from pulling out with height when dealing with Johnson, to eating hard with speed and athleticism!
Anyway, after Porter came on the court, it was still a weakness on the defensive end of the team, and he was chased by the Pacers!
But fortunately, the Spurs still have Robinson on the inside, and he guarding the basket has made the Pacers' finishing efficiency under the basket a lot lower, although Porter was burst into a sieve, but the Pacers did not score too many points under the basket.
Of course, it's because Lin Tian is not there at the beginning of the second quarter! If Lin Tian was on the court at this time, the devil knows what Porter and Robinson would be washed into by him!
But because Lin Tian is not there, Popovich is not in a hurry to take Potter again, the two sides are in a mixed rotation of substitutes and starters at this time, and both sides have obvious flaws in the lineup, so although they can seize each other's flaws to strike, it is true that they can't pull the score.
With the passage of time and a period of change of players and line-ups, when the second quarter of the game reached the last 5 minutes, the coaches of both sides finally changed back to their strongest lineups!
On the Pacers' side, there is still Big Ben and Webb's double interior line, and the outside line is replaced by Miller, plus Lin Tian and Carter, the team's four highest scoring players per game, will appear at the same time!
As for the Spurs, their four kings are also on the court, and the last man, Popovich, chose the No. 4 pick in 1997, Antonio Daniels!
When Daniels was drafted, he was also a genius with All-Star level and potential, but in the years since he was drafted, his skills have not improved much, and everything is similar to when he was drafted.
He's still an inefficient single-player and a pure finisher who can't pass the ball.
When a player has both labels, his career is basically predictable.
That's two words - mediocrity!
But Daniels also has his advantage, that is, 193 cm tall, this height is a little worse than his favorite No. 2 position, but if he is regarded as a pure sapper, not responsible for the task of organizing and passing, and only tore with the opponent's No. 1 position, then his effect on the court is actually not bad!
At the very least, he is the only one among the few guards in the Spurs team who can touch Lin Tian in terms of size, speed and body.
Of course, it's just a touch, it should be blown up, it will still be blown up!
But at least, much better than Johnson at 178 cm and Porter at 37 years old!
And most importantly, the Spurs don't need him to organize the offense right now!
The other four members of the Spurs team all have good ball handling and ball sharing skills, and Daniels can be his pure endpoint in this lineup!
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The Pacers trailed by 1 point, and in the last 5 minutes of the first half, the game continued!
Lin Tian dribbled the ball to the front court in no hurry, and in the face of the menacing Daniels, Lin Tian's reaction was calm.
He watched the situation on the pitch and thought about how to play to give his team the advantage as soon as possible.
At this point in the game, Duncan has scored 21 points and 8 rebounds, and this guy will definitely play a monster-level performance tonight under the 'indulgence' of the Pacers.
The good news for the Pacers is obviously that Robinson was indeed limited miserably tonight, and so far in the game, he has only 5 points and 7 rebounds!
It's not that the Pacers don't want to guard against these two people at the same time, but the Pacers' current resources are obviously unable to guard Duncan and Robinson at the same time.
Since you can't prevent it, don't let them appear at the same time!
After Lin Tian recalled the technical statistics he watched before going on the field, he silently made a decision!
He patted his head first and motioned for Big Ben to come out and give him a cover!
After Big Ben blocked Daniels, Lin Tian suddenly accelerated to break through and rushed towards Robinson on the inside!
Robinson naturally opened his hands and waited for the battle, ready to defend Lin Tian's breakthrough.
After a 'bang', the two people collided for the first time on the edge of the three-second zone, Lin Tian suddenly stopped the impact with a big jump in this position, and then held the basketball with both hands and waved it in the direction of the basket, then turned his left foot for half a circle for the axis and then turned back again, and then raised the ball to make a shooting feint.
This time, Robinson's center of gravity was finally deceived by Lin Tian! But he only lifted it up, and didn't jump to the cap!
Although Lin Tian avoided Robinson and scored 2 points in one step up and down, Robinson's feet were almost nailed to the ground, which was a defensive way of not jumping, which also made Lin Tian a little helpless.
His purpose is not just 2 points, his purpose is to beat Robinson down! Let Robinson, who has already committed 2 fouls, eat another foul and go down to rest early!
But Robinson obviously knows that he has already committed two fouls and will be the target of the Pacers' next main attack, so this guy also raised all his spirit, and when defending, he controlled his feet and movements just right.
It can not only form an effective interference for the players who break through the Pacers, but also control the number of fouls they have, so that the fouls will not continue to increase and accumulate!
Robinson knows that as long as he can keep his foul count in the first half, he can do more for the team in the second half!
So in the next few minutes, even if Lin Tian used blocking and dismantling, or direct hard penetration, or air cutting to move, in short, he kept hitting the inside line and constantly challenging Robinson's defense, but Robinson just stood still, stretched out his hands, and couldn't jump without pressing down and jumping to fight Lin Tian.
Even if Lin Tian just scored three baskets in a row by breaking through, Robinson just didn't foul! He just controls his body perfectly, doesn't foul, doesn't jump blocks, he wants to stay on the court!
Regarding Robinson's choice, Lin Tian can only say that he is amazing: You can really bear it!
However, Lin Tian also quickly discovered the blind spot, since this 'admiral' is holding back and not fouling, then... Why don't you rush the whole team to the inside together?
So, after Lin Tian greeted the whole Pacers team and gave a few simple orders, the Pacers' offense changed again.
It became a desperate card for Duncan except for Big Ben, preventing him from moving closer to Robinson and preventing him from participating in the defense.
The rest of the team just held the ball and rushed straight towards Robinson! It's the impact, it's to make you foul, and if you don't beat Robinson to 3 fouls in the first half tonight, we'll be fine!
Robinson is very proud at this moment!
Hehe, I know that you bastards are going to attack, to cheat me about my third foul, to make it impossible for me to continue playing on the court in the first half, and to make me get into foul trouble.
Very smart, but alas, not as smart as me!
Lao Tzu's three moves and two styles can stabilize the situation, let you return in vain, and control your foul count!
Robinson's smugness lasted for almost 3 minutes, and he felt that he had completely seen through the Pacers' tactical purpose and the Pacers' tactics!
He felt that his IQ had occupied the high ground, and he could overlook the entire arena from the highest point!
βFUXXοΌ David, what are you doing on horseback?! FUXXοΌ With one minute left in the first half, Popovich finally couldn't hold back! He felt that there was no way to see the situation on the field, and he also found a blind spot!
He yelled at Robinson, "Do you want to see how many times you've been beaten?" Do you want to count how many baskets the Pacers have had in your head in the past few minutes? They've already beaten you into a sieve! You're still laughing? FUXXοΌ Are you still smug? What the hell are you thinking! β
"You don't defend to avoid fouling, right? Didn't you notice the Pacers bastards chasing you? β
Popovich's roar made Robinson suddenly realize!
Fooled!
Robinson was so proud just now, and disappeared in an instant, and he realized that he thought he was so awesome that he saw through it was actually regarded as a breakthrough, and he was sudden!
In the past few minutes, almost all of the Pacers' scores have been from the basket! It's a layup or a close-range throw that rushes in front of him!
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Even with the score, the Pacers overtook by 4 points! They regained the dominance on the field!
"David, you're finally reacting?" Lin Tian slapped the ball, and when he advanced towards the front court again, he smiled and said to Robinson: "You are even more stupid than I imagined!" β
"What did you say?" Robinson's eyes widened, and he was surprised by Lin Tian's arrival.
"Or rather, much more stupid than I thought! Be 10 times stupid! I thought you could have the IQ of a high school student, but now I look at it, it's at the level of a primary school student. β
"Boy! Your opponent is me! "Daniels felt like he was being ignored and he was very upset!
You're in the right place with me, but you're going to spit trash talk with others? What's the difference between this and a scumbag who pedals two boats?
It makes no difference!
Bah! Dead scumbag!
(End of chapter)