Chapter 298: What Will Happen If a Stubborn Old Man Gets Angry? will be even more stubborn!
After striking the iron again, Iverson angrily scolded a swear word, and Lin Tian was in the opposite position, which was really too much of a test of a person's mentality and mind.
Because this guy is really disgusting, he will use whatever stuff, this person has no bottom line at all!
What's even more infuriating is that if Lin Tian is serious about defense and offense, then he really has a textbook set of defensive steps, and his judgment of the timing of steals and blocks is also the top in the league! On the offensive end, Lin Tian has the best speed and breakthrough ability in the league.
But he doesn't!
He wants to bully the dwarf with his body and strength, and disgust Iverson with his eye-sealing defense, Lin Tian likes to deal with Iverson in the most angry and helpless way.
"Can't you just play well and defend well? In a serious way! β
Iverson once again resisted Lin Tian in the low position, and protested to Lin Tian dissatisfied.
He was really fed up with Lin Tian's undisciplined style of play.
"I won't!"
Lin Tian rejected Iverson without hesitation, and then once again made a quick turn towards the baseline and wiped it to the periphery of the 3-second zone, and then at the same time as Iverson caught up, Lin Tian suddenly turned around towards the upper line, and once again wiped Iverson, and once again successfully picked up the basket!
"Allen, the coach said, let me defend Lin ......" After Lin Tian scored again, Snow was bold and found Iverson to reiterate Brown's defensive alignment strategy.
"Shut up! Do you think I can't stop him? Iverson shook his hand roughly, his face impatient.
"I didn't mean that, I just wanted to say ......" Snow was careful to think of the appropriate wording over there, he didn't want Iverson to be emotional at this time, he was very worried that what he said was wrong, Iverson got angry directly, saying that he would continue to fight against Lin Tian no matter what.
That's bad!
"What Eric means is that as the leader, the heart and the number one attacker of the team, you should focus more on the offensive end than on the defensive end. Good steel is used on the blade, and Aaron, your physical strength should also be used on offense! β
Just when Snow hesitated, not knowing how to persuade Iverson, a voice suddenly came! This voice Snow sounded like a special heavenly sound! Skillfully relieved his embarrassment, he quickly nodded and said, "Yes, that's it, your understanding of tactics is really ...... Forest? β
Snow's words of thanks came to an abrupt end, why didn't he hear it just now, was Lin Tian there to come up with the idea of nonsense?
"You're welcome, after all, you're going to coax Aaron! I know, it's exhausting! There's such a giant baby in the team, but he's so good, you're also bothered, right? It must be very tiring to have to get him to accept the right advice every time, and to have to worry about his ridiculous self-esteem, right? β
"Who is the giant baby?" Iverson's already round eyes widened even more after listening to Lin Tian's words: "Lao Tzu is not a giant baby, Lao Tzu is the leader of this team and the pride of Philadelphia people." β
"Yes, yes, yes, yes! It's you, you're you, it's you! Lin Tian waved his hand impatiently and said: "What you said is right, Philadelphia's 'answer', Philadelphia's son, Philadelphia pride, Philadelphia heroes, Philadelphia Ultraman, okay?" β
After Lin Tian said this, he looked at Snow next to him and said, "You usually coax him like this." β
"Lao Tzu doesn't need to be coaxed!" After Iverson cursed again, the referee's whistle blew!
"Philadelphia 76ers, 8 seconds violation! Swap the ball! β
The three of them chatted vigorously here, but Iverson, who was holding the ball, didn't advance, and in the half of the 76ers, they chatted for 8 seconds, and were directly blown by the referee for a violation!
"Thank you!" Lin Tian smiled, snatched the basketball from Iverson's hand, and gave it to the sideline referee.
"Aaron!" Brown on the sidelines finally couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "Switch guards with Eric!" β
"Nope! I'm going to kill the forest! Iverson didn't think about it, so he directly refused Brown's request, and then pushed Snow away and asked him to go to see his Carter, while he stood next to Lin Tian.
"I have to kill you." Lin Tian is walking to the inside line, while blocking Iverson with his body, after coming to his favorite waist position to attack, he reached out again to ask for the ball!
Webber sent the sideline ball directly to Lin Tian from outside the bounds, allowing him to continue bullying Iverson.
This kind of crushing matchup, everyone on the Pacers loves to watch!
After jamming Iverson with his back again, Lin Tian first deceived Iverson's center of gravity with a series of quick feints on his shoulder, and then suddenly turned around and changed to face the basket head-on.
Then his left foot continued to poke out and retract, with the three threats of holding the ball in his hand, with Lin Tian's shooting and breakthrough ability, even if he didn't shoot the ball, it was enough to make Iverson nervous and dare not relax in the slightest.
Then Lin Tian's left foot poked out half a step again, and then when Iverson thought that Lin Tian was going to break through from that direction, the basketball suddenly slapped to the right, and then Lin Tian's whole person jumped to the right, and then directly pulled it up and threw it!
Iverson didn't interfere with it this time, his whole person was almost frozen in place again, and he could only watch Lin Tianxiu show his low-post skills and shoot easily!
"You think I'm always bullying you with height, reach, and weight? Do you think I'm always going to shoot jumpers to win? β
"I'm satisfying you, tonight, I'm going to kill you with pure technology."
After scoring the goal, Lin Tian kept shaking his head at Iverson and continued to spew trash talk at him.
He's going to completely convince Iverson once and for all today!
The next game in the second quarter also completely turned into a show for Lin Tian's performance!
The low post shook his shoulders and stepped back to shoot.
The low post double turned and quickly wiped into the basket for a layup.
Quickly turn around in the low post and shoot and then step up and down to throw the shot.
The low-post frame back-to-back shots in a row of tentative steps.
After a tentative step, he quickly turned around and pulled up a strong shot.
After a series of turns in the low post, his footsteps changed quickly and he shook Iverson and Hill who were chasing after him and hit the layup again.
After backing up, he suddenly turned his back and stepped back to shoot.
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In this section of the game, Lin Tian did not waste the skills he had just upgraded, and showed off the low-post skills of Payton and Pierce without reservation!
Iverson was stunned!
Lin's low-level skills, how good is it?
Compared to this feeling of being beaten and completely powerless like a headless fly, Iverson suddenly missed Lin Tian who constantly used his height and weight to force shots!
At the very least, that Lin Tian could still make Iverson curse a few swearing.
But tonight's technology is so good that Iverson just wants to slap his face!
Also confused are Barkley and Kenny.
These two guys really never thought that Lin Tian's back skills were so good! Not only is it good, but it is also flexible and changeable, and his routines are more experienced, and the guys who have played in the NBA for 30 years together are straight-eyed!
"This action is very similar to Gary's signature turn!"
"This seems to be the signature skill of Pierce, who was eliminated in the last round!"
"This goal must have been stolen by Lin when he was on the same team as Michael!"
"Big dream footsteps! Big Dream Steps! This is definitely a big dream! β
"Wow! I like this, I often sit in it myself and ...... FUXXοΌ Lin can shake it a little more? β
Barkley and Kenny completely became Lin Tian's praise in this section, and they kept exclaiming, lamenting Lin Tian's back skills.
In Boston, Pierce watched the game with excitement on his face, and kept muttering in his mouth.
"Lin didn't just say it! He really learned my tricks! He thinks my trick works! He thinks I'm very good at it! He must have watched a lot of my game footage! He really felt like I could be the MVP and the next generation leader in Boston! β
Next to Pierce sat Antoine Walker.
After these two guys fought in Game 3 of the playoffs, it stands to reason that they should have fallen out completely.
But the devil knows what the reason is, after this game, Walker, who was DNP in the second half of the game, did not leave the locker room and the stadium early, nor did he speak ill of his teammates, but apologized very sincerely to Pierce, the head coach and his teammates after everyone returned to the locker room.
He said that he was too naΓ―ve and did something wrong, and hoped that his teammates would forgive him for his willfulness, and he hoped that he could work with everyone and play better next season!
Although I don't know why Walker suddenly changed sex, but a young team like the Celtics has no shortage of hot-blooded men, and they quickly accepted Walker's apology and accepted him again.
Now, Walker has even given up on the idea of going on vacation early, refunded his plane ticket that he had already booked, and chose to practice with Pierce in Boston!
These two guys have made up their minds to make a good career next year!
They're going to rebuild the glory of Boston!
In Miami, Malone, Mourning, Payton and Riley watched the game on TV together, but they didn't speak for a long time.
It wasn't until the end of the second quarter that the Pacers ended the first half with a 59-40 lead and a huge 19-point advantage that the four finally began to communicate.
"Gary, do you have faith?" The first person to speak was Riley.
"If our whole team is here, I will definitely tell everyone without hesitation that I can kill the forest, I can kill him!" Peyton smiled wryly, "But it's just the four of us here, so you must know my answer." β
"There's no way around it? Let me know what you think, Gary. Malone patted Peyton on the shoulder, signaling him to speak boldly and say all the thoughts in his heart.
"If Lin is just playing in the low post, I'm sure I'll hold him down to a certain extent! At least he won't be like this second quarter today, damn it, how many points did he score in this quarter? When Peyton scolded, the TV in front of them happened to give Lin Tian's data.
He played 8 minutes in the second quarter, made 9 of 12 shots, and scored 24 points on 6-of-6 free throws!
Completely exploded Iverson, who was going to be with him!
Payton thought for a moment and continued: "If Alonzo is on the inside to help defend and help me make up for it at any time, I can pounce a little harder, stick it every time he hits his back, and concentrate on defending his step-back shots and turn-over jumpers, so that the effect of defending him will definitely be better!" β
"And what about in the high position? What if he uses a pick-and-roll, a breakaway, or something else? Riley didn't hold back, and asked another nonsense that he knew the answer to.
"There's nothing I can do." Peyton was very single, and shrugged his shoulders directly and said: "Even if I am at my peak, I can't compare with Lin in terms of speed, not to mention that I am 32 now, and my legs and feet will definitely not be able to catch up with Lin!" β
"From what I know about Lin, when dealing with Iverson, Lin will always play in the low back." Mourning suddenly interjected: "But if it's Gary on the side, he will definitely not go to the low post, not a single ball, he will destroy Larry with blocking and breaking in the high post!" β
Riley pursed his lips, his eyes glued to the highlights of the first half on the screen, he didn't say a word, but let his players discuss how to defend Lin Tian, he was thinking about how to contain Lin Tian.
If Payton can't contain Lin Tian, what about Ruben Patterson, who has performed well this season and averaged 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal per game in the regular season? This guy who likes to brag about himself every day, saying that he often chases Kobe Bryant and beats his ass in training, can he prevent Lin Tian?
If he can't......
Maybe, try the guy from Philadelphia in the middle of this season? Maybe it could have some miracle effect?
In the locker room of the Pacers, Bird is very satisfied with Lin Tian, who recovered in the second quarter, in the case of the team's huge advantage in the half, Bird has never arranged any additional tactics at halftime, he did more in the middle of the court to encourage and cheer for the players!
So at this moment, the Pacers' locker room is full of Bird's cheering for everyone, and the shouts and slogans that are ringing from time to time, uniformly, full of fighting spirit and confidence.
The Pacers' locker room is all united and united, and the 76ers' atmosphere in the visiting locker room, which is not far from them, is terrible.
Brown yelled at all the players in the locker room like he had been stepped on by his tail!
"Tony, you're tough, Tony! You are softer than when you get up in the morning to go to the toilet 30 years later! It's a little guy who defends you, and you rush in! Have you forgotten your breakthrough skills in your goddamn war-torn hometown? If you don't dare to break through, then you can go back to Europe to pick up cucumbers! β
"Trony, what are you doing on the field? Grabbed 3 rebounds in 20 minutes of the half? Even if I go to the court and pull a soot, I can catch 5 rebounds before I wipe my ass! You caught three of them on horseback? Is Chris Webb your real dad? Why didn't I find out you were so filial before? β
"And the two of you, Aaron and Eric, what can you two scum do on the pitch? Does your salary include VIP standing tickets on the course? So you can watch the game up close on the pitch? Otherwise, you all step on the horse and retire Lao Tzu! Go straight to my coaching staff as a video analyst, that's what you're doing on the pitch anyway! β
"And you, Aaron!"
After cursing, Brown set his sights on Iverson.
Brown is different from more than 90% of coaches in the NBA, many coaches in this league are known for being fierce, tough, swearing and tough, but most coaches actually know where the bottom line is.
That's a superstar!
This league, in the final analysis, is the league of players, the players have a huge right to speak, the coach and the star of the house have conflicts, 99% of the time, the coach leaves!
Even Sloan, who has worked hard for the Jazz for half his life and set a record for the longest number of years in the four major North American leagues to coach the same team in a row, didn't he quit class and left his position where he had worked for more than 20 years because of the conflict with Delon?
Riley created the Lakers era of SHOW TIME, which led the trend throughout the 80s, and didn't he leave Los Angeles because of the breakdown of his relationship with Magic and others?
'Mad Scientist' Nelson Sr. was directly excluded from New York players after only half a season in New York because he wanted to trade Ewing, and finally quit the class.
In this league, or in most sports leagues, it's the players who say!
Because they can make money, they can sell tickets, they can sell jerseys and all kinds of merchandise, and the manager?
Among the 10,000 fans, I am afraid that none of them are rushing to see the head coach, and no one will buy the same suit, shirt, tie and other things as the head coach.
This is why many coaches claim to be cold-blooded and tough-hearted, and they are known to be short-tempered, but unless they really fall out or the relationship is really irreconcilable, they will not mess with those superstars in the team.
Toughness is sometimes just a persona, and it's nothing if the persona collapses, but if the job is lost, the loss is great!
But Brown obviously doesn't care about this, in his team, he has always been a superstar or an ordinary player, he doesn't play well, when he wants to open his mouth to spray, he never soft-mouthed, and when he opens his mouth, he sprays wildly to death!
When he led the Indiana Pacers, he was very angry at Miller, and finally he left Indiana, in addition to the team's record always has not changed qualitatively, the biggest reason is actually to lose the support of Miller, Davis, Jackson and others, so he left.
It's not even just the players, when Brown is in a bad mood, even the team's owners, presidents, and general managers are the same!
Squirt to death!
That's why, despite being recognized by everyone as the league's top coach, Brown has never coached any team for more than six consecutive years in his career!
At the end of the day, it's a team's patience with Brown, and that's how long it lasts.
5-6 years is enough time for Brown to offend a team from top to bottom, from the inside out! At that time, basically no one wants to put up with him, and it's time for him to get out.
"Aaron, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Or are you stupid with drugs? Well? I asked Eric to take over for you to defend the forest, you can't hear or can't you see it? You can't even remember such a thing in your brain, which is smaller than melon seeds, and you can't understand it? β
"People like you actually went to college? It's a disgrace to college! In the future, Lao Tzu will not claim to have graduated from college, and he can't afford to lose this person! Having the same academic qualifications as you is the most shameful thing in my life! β
"In the second half, you damn bastard has two options."
"Listen to Lao Tzu, play off-ball and catch-and-catch jumpers, look for opportunities to run, cut in the air, use cover and shoot, and defend the people I let you defend!"
"Or, you continue to play your stupidity and retarded mind, continue to be completely blown up by Lin, and then we lose the game, and you are like a lost dog, rolling back to the hotel in disgrace, and can only lick your own wounds with your own saliva!"
"Take your pick."
Brown was so angry that he didn't save face at all, which made the entire locker room quiet, Brown hadn't sprayed Iverson before, but it was definitely the first time that he had sprayed so crazy, such a direct and bottomless spray.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Iverson, wanting to see what this always rebellious guy would choose and whether he would break out.
Iverson looked at Brown with big eyes, and didn't speak for dozens of seconds, until Snow and the others were ready to stand up and say a few words of harmony, and completely expose the matter, so as not to really have any serious conflict between the two, Iverson suddenly spoke.
"I'll listen to the command, I won't defend Lin in the second half, I won't attack so frantically with the ball, I'll listen to your arrangement."
Iverson's relenting words immediately eased the tension in the entire locker room, and everyone, even Brown himself, breathed a sigh of relief.
Iverson, after all, still want to win!
Of course, the most important reason why he gave in was that he played too badly in the first half! Under the Pacers' target, Iverson only scored 9 points on 3-of-11 shooting in the first half!
In the first quarter, when Iverson didn't defend Lin Tian, Lin Tian once shot 1 of 4, playing a rare undercover performance, and in the next second quarter, when Iverson took over the task of defending Lin Tian......
Well, don't mention it.
This kind of miserable single-point blasting is really a bit too brutal!
In particular, the way to blow up Iverson is not even physical, height, strength, or even speed and shooting.
Technology!
Pure technology!
Lin Tian showed the world his superb low-post skills in the second quarter, and he told the world that even if he was the best and most confident than Iverson, he could crush him!
So, Iverson relented.
And he still wants to win!
As soon as the second half of the game came up, when Lin Tian dribbled forward, he found that the defender had changed from Iverson to Snow, and he immediately guessed what happened at halftime.
"Aaron, I guess at halftime, you were pinned to the ground by your coach and he spewed all the you spewed, right? He sprayed you, you lost all your courage, so you don't even have the courage to face me, right? β
Iverson didn't pay attention to Lin Tian, he lowered his head, quickly went in the other direction, and ran away after Carter.
But Lin Tian obviously wouldn't just let Iverson go.
He saw the opportunity and suddenly made a hit pass to Carter.
Carter took the ball and slammed it on the floor, followed by a jump to open Iverson!
Pulling it up and facing Hill is a fierce one-armed buckle!
"Boom!"
"You think you won't be blown up if you don't guard against me? Naive! Lin Tian continued to taunt Iverson: "As long as you are on the court, you are your team's weakness and breakthrough!" As long as you're on the pitch, everyone on our team will blow you up! β
"Perhaps, you can try to defend Ben, maybe you can defend him?"
Da Ben, who was not the honest kid a few years ago, immediately protested when he heard Lin Tian's words: "Lin, can you not take me with you when you spray trash talk?" Yes, I'm terrible offensively, yes. β
"But if this kid defends me, I can win at least 20+20 tonight! No, 25+25 is no problem! I can make the 76ers feel the pressure of Olajuwon! β
"Don't blame me, Aaron." Lin Tian continued to stimulate Iverson: "I thought he could blow you up, what do you think?" Why don't you two really play against each other for a few rounds? β
Iverson still ignored Lin Tian, he quickly handed the ball to Snow, and then went around the court himself and began to run!
He needs to cover, he needs to cover the space he gets after the cover and then he shoots!
But Iverson wants to catch the ball, it's really very difficult!
Because Brown took his starting lineup again, a lineup that except for Snow, the other three have no offensive or ball-making ability! When Christie pestered Snow, the rest of the people didn't even have the ability to pass the ball to Iverson!
On several occasions, Iverson failed to reach him even when he had a chance, but a teammate's pass failed to reach him.
Everything was like a replay of the first quarter, when Iverson was willing to listen to the coach and follow the coach's tactics, but he couldn't catch the ball at all.
In the end, Iverson still forced out of the 3-point line when there were only 5 seconds left in the end, and then got the basketball and launched an attack himself!
But because the time is too short, Lin Tian is close enough, even if Iverson has adapted to Lin Tian's blind-covering defensive method, there is no fluctuation when shooting, but this ball still failed to hit!
After Webb grabbed the rebound, he once again threw the ball directly to Lin Tian, Lin Tian did not stop holding the ball, and rushed towards the front court again!
Carter and Christie, as usual, were one left and one right, waiting to catch the ball.
Only this time, Christie slashed to the inside, but Carter, who is good at dunking, stopped outside the 3-point line!
A staggered run of these two immediately caused communication problems on the 76ers' defense, and Carter and Christie were actually missed at the same time!
Lin Tian did not delay, and pushed the ball in the direction of Carter with one hand, and Carter received the ball outside the 3-point line and threw it away!
"Boom!"
It's just that the luck is really bad, the basketball pops out of the frame and fails to score 3 points!
But the 76ers' defensive formation is also a mess at this time, and no one is going to the card position to prevent the Pacers from rushing to grab rebounds.
This gave Lin Tian a chance!
He started directly from outside the 3-point line, rushed all the way to the basket, and then when he jumped, he directly knocked Snow who was standing there ready to pick up the board and flew out, Lin Tian himself held the rebound with both hands in the air, and then smashed into the basket!
"Boom!"
After a bang, Lin Tian scored 2 points!
"The 76ers' lineup is very problematic!" Barkley couldn't help but say, "We can see that the 76ers want to replicate the success of the late first quarter, they let Snow continue to defend Lin and Iverson to continue to play without the ball. β
"But they didn't have the lineup at the end of the first quarter, and now the 76ers lineup, there is still only Iverson a scoring point and Snow as a shooting point, and when Christie looks at Snow, Iverson can't catch the ball at all!"
"Seriously, I don't know what Brown was thinking or how he set up his tactics, but I have to say that he was a bit of a disappointment! While Iverson was obedient and played according to tactics, he didn't give a reliable and usable tactic! β
"All I can say is that sometimes it's not the players who are disobedient, it's the coach who wastes the players' abilities!"
Barkley's words are exactly to the point! Brown thinks the 76ers' best game is at the end of the first quarter, when Iverson keeps running and pulling the Pacers' defense, and then others either feed him the ball or score themselves! He wants to replicate this stage of success, but is reluctant to put Kukoc and McGee on the court early.
Lynch and Ratliff are two guys who have no problem defensively, allowing them to play with the ball or launch individual offenses?
That exhausts them, and they can't compare to a toe of Kukochi or McGee!
It has nothing to do with hard work, it's purely a difference in the player's ability and style of play.
Brown's insistence on hiring people and rotating people is too stubborn!
Everyone can see that the 76ers' current predicament comes from the fact that there are too few points to play, and no one can pass the ball to Iverson.
But Brown just won't let Kukoc or McGee play, and he's been waiting for his rotation time.
It wasn't until eight minutes into the third quarter that Brown finally glanced at his watch and then rotated to take McGee and Kukoc.
βFUXXοΌ What the hell is Brown doing? Barkley couldn't help but curse again: "I have to wonder now that Kukoc and McGee offended him, and he deliberately compressed the playing time of these two people!" β
"Otherwise, why didn't you take the two of them sooner? Even my grandmother can see that the problem with the 76ers is to organize the pass, but he has to wait until this time to make a substitution. Is his rotation worthy of Iverson's frantic running? β
Barkley's complaint was perfectly correct, because by the time Brown made two substitutions, the game had pretty much gone into garbage time.
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The Pacers are already leading by a full 31 points!
In the previous 8 minutes, Iverson had taken a total of 7 shots, and only hit 1 goal again! He has only scored 11 points on 4-of-18 shooting.
And more importantly, of the 7 shots in the third quarter, only 2 were catch-and-shoot jumpers, and the remaining 5 were all Iverson rushing out to catch the pot in the last 5-6 seconds of offensive time, and then completed his own forced shot and hit the iron!
Iverson tried his best, but there really couldn't be anything he could do!
He was frantically targeted by the Pacers on both offensive and defensive ends, and he really couldn't come up with a more powerful performance to fight back against the Pacers.
Iverson, who is fighting alone, really has no way!
In the remaining four minutes of the third quarter, the Pacers replaced Lin Tian and Christie early and replaced Miller and Mullin.
Although the Pacers' defensive ability immediately declined significantly, Iverson's targeted defense was also reduced a lot, and Iverson was also competitive, scoring 8 points on 3-of-5 shooting in the next 4 minutes of the third quarter!
But while Iverson finally regained his senses, the 76ers failed to score at all.
Because Miller and Mullin, the two top shooters, found the crosshairs together, the two of them hit two 3-pointers in a row, plus the rest of the scores within the 3-point line, the 76ers not only failed to narrow the score gap in 4 minutes, but also extended the lead to 33 points by the Pacers!
The suspense of this game is almost over!
Whoever faces a formidable and terrifying Pacers on the road and trails by 33 points with only one quarter left will not want to turn over.
If you want to catch up with this situation, I am afraid that you can only pray to God, Rulai and Zeus to come down to the court to play together.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Brown didn't let Iverson play again in this situation, simply raised his hand to surrender, hid the main force in advance, and announced his surrender!
In the end, the final score of this game was fixed at 100:121!
The Pacers lost by 12 points in the fourth quarter, but still won the game by 21 points! also won the first victory of the Eastern Conference semifinals!
In this game, Lin Tian scored a big triple-double of 44 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, Webb scored 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, and Carter also scored 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Another standard Pacers-style win!
Kill all your opponents with your offense! Use your terrifying firepower to crush your opponent's firepower!
"The biggest reason for the 76ers' loss in this game is Brown!" Barkley said bluntly after the game: "I know there will be a lot of people who will say that Iverson played too badly because he only scored 19 points on 7-of-23 shooting, but I will say that anyone who watched the game will know how helpless Iverson is!" β
"You'll know how confused Iverson is on the pitch! He followed his coach's instructions and played the way he wanted him to play, not the way he liked, but Brown didn't respond enough to Iverson! He is too big a problem and too dogmatic in the matter of arranging troops and employing people! β
This night, Barkley was certainly not the only one who found Brown having a huge problem with his employment.
Other commentators, media outlets, journalists, fans, peers, almost everyone can easily see how big Brown's problem is.
Even in the post-game press conference, a reporter asked Brown directly: "Coach Brown, are you willing to take full responsibility for tonight's loss?" Do you think you have a big problem with hiring people? Do you think your way of arranging your troops is worthy of such a desperate team member? β
This quality triple made Brown's face change directly, his eyes stared at the reporter, and his voice said coldly: "How about you come to coach the team?" I think you're more talented, you come, come! β
"You all think it's very simple to be a coach, you all think that the person who sits on the bench and doesn't play is the strongest, and you all think that as long as the team loses, it must be the coach's fault, and your favorite question is why you don't let XX play, why let XX play, why don't you let XX go to the main attack, am I right?"
"So, if you self-righteous idiots have any doubts about my employment, then go ahead and try it yourself, and my place will be given to you at any time! As long as you think you have what it takes! β
"Conversely, if you think you can't do it, shut up! Don't talk nonsense out there! β
Brown's reaction was still very rigid.
But I have to say that it's just too much, and it's not a good thing.
For example, his strong speech at the press conference did not have a good impact on the team.
After all, as long as you are not an idiot, you can see that this game is indeed lost to Brown.
At this time, Dan Fan Brown admitted his mistake, saying that he would improve in the next game, and he didn't even have to admit his mistake, but said that he would definitely watch the video carefully after he went back, so as to see what the problem was, and the comments in the market would not be too harsh on him.
After all, he is a top coach, not to mention having a golden body, but many people will still give him face.
But now......
Face? Fuck your face! Face is mutual!
For the next two days, the media across the United States fell into a carnival, frantically smearing Brown, saying in various ways that Brown was wrong, that he had delayed the team, that he was not worthy of such an obedient Iverson, that he was a stubborn old man who built the team with outdated ideas and dragged the team back.
Brown's approach to sarcasm, ridicule and spur is simple.
That's how to fight and how to fight!
Do you say I have a big problem with employing people?
Then Lao Tzu won't change! The second game is still as good as the first one! Even in the third game, Brown still used people like this!
It is to start for 8 minutes, and then completely regardless of the situation of the game, make substitutions on time, pause on time, punch in on time, and finally lose on time!
In the second game of the series, Iverson continued to be frantically targeted by the Pacers, shooting 8-of-21 from the field, including 1-of-5 from 3-pointers and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line, scoring 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers.
Lin Tian shot 15 of 24 from the field, 2 of 4 from 3-point range, and 9 from the free throw line, and once again hit a big quasi-triple-double of 41 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists!
With such a huge gap in the performance of the top cores of the two sides, it is natural that the 76ers will lose!
In the three games of the series, Iverson's state finally rebounded slightly, but it was just 10 of 25 shots, 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists!
But this is the first time that his shooting percentage in this round series has reached 4 percent!
Iverson in this round of the series is really miserable!
But against the Pacers, a 25-point and 40 percent shooting percentage is clearly not enough for the 76ers to win.
Especially Lin Tian, opposite Iverson, scored 40+ points for the third consecutive game!
Lin Tian in this round of the series, it was a good show of his back skills, regardless of whether it was Snow or Iverson, he was well educated by him in the low position, and the abuse was miserable!
And scoring 40 points in 3 consecutive playoff games is also a small record set by Lin Tian.
Of course, if it is on the basis of scoring 40+ points in 3 consecutive games and adding a premise of winning the opponent by more than 20 points in 3 consecutive games, then Lin Tian's three games are the first time in NBA history!
Never in the entire history of the NBA has there ever been a man or team that has scored 40 points and won by 20 points per game.
After all, a high personal score sometimes means that teammates can't play, and it's obviously difficult for teammates to open the score if they can't play well.
And if you want to open the score, you have to play well with the whole team, and if the whole team plays well, it will be a little difficult for the stars to score high.
In short, it was a paradox, but this time, Lin Tian easily broke this paradox!
Who says you can't play a game if you score high?
(End of chapter)