trailing by 12 points in the final quarter, it made the Timberwolves fans at home feel a sense of déjà vu.

At the original Western Conference G5, the Timberwolves also trailed the Lakers by 12 points in the final quarter.

And it was at this time that Lin Fei was born, and it was he who started his road to "Lin Madness" in the NBA.

However, when the G5 Timberwolves trailed by 12 points in the Western Conference finals, there were still 8 minutes left in the game, and the time to reverse was still very rich.

But tonight, with a 12-point difference, the time left for the Timberwolves was only 3 minutes.

At the critical moment, Lin Fei's three points may be late, but he will never be absent.

This is the sixth tonight!

The stadium of the target center once again resounded with the cheers and shouts of the fans, but it was inevitable that there was a little more uneasiness and tension in the restless sound.

"Quietly, Lin has already scored 20 points tonight, which is really efficient!"

"Lin's 6 three-pointers tonight were too scattered, so it didn't feel like he had exploded!"

"The last 2 minutes and 50 seconds are 9 points behind, God forbid, let Lin continue to throw!"

"Memet Oku is a real breakthrough, he is significantly slower than Rasheed Wallace!"

Larry Brown, who has always been full of gentlemanly demeanor, was furious because Memet Oku did not change the defense in time at the critical moment, and directly called a long timeout.

Even after Lin Fei hit this three-pointer, the Pistons still led by 9 points.

Timberwolves (86) :(95) Pistons.

It can be seen that Larry Brown is very cautious and is quite afraid of Lin Fei's three-point shot.

The two-point shots of the wolf king and the "madman" can't reverse the situation, but if Lin Fei's three-point shooting is crazy, then anything can happen.

Lin Fei walked off the court with confidence, high-fived every Timberwolves teammate, and would never give up the game until the last moment.

The Wolf King and the "madman" are very clear, and Philip Saunders is also very clear that relying only on Lin Fei's three-point shot, even if he scores every time, the team may not be able to complete the reversal.

Because the Pistons are also constantly scoring.

Only by doing a good job of defense and limiting the Pistons' offense to the greatest extent can the Timberwolves have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

"The next defense must be done well!"

"Lin, Richard is likely to hit you with the ball again, his fitness and form have dropped significantly now!"

"Ratriel and Kevin, you can see the right moment to make a decisive entrapment on Hamilton and force him to make a mistake!"

On the Pistons' side, Larry Brown repeatedly told Memet Oku in a deep voice that he must make a decisive change of defense as soon as he encounters the blocking and dismantling cover of the Wolf King and Lin Fei.

Oku nodded solemnly, he really didn't have much confidence in his ability to defend big and small, but at the moment of the final, it was always right to listen to the head coach.

After a timeout, the Pistons went on offense.

"The Maniac" worked very Billups' defense, and Billups gave the ball to Hamilton again.

Lin Fei has already committed 4 fouls, as long as he makes one more foul, he is on the verge of being sent off, and the offensive and defensive ends will inevitably be constrained.

In the face of Hamilton's obvious tendency to make fouls, Lin Fei did not risk reaching out to steal, trying to stand in a defensive position and not be shaken up by feints.

At this time, Hamilton and Lin Fei were facing each other in the high post on the right side, and the wolf king near the free throw line faced Oku, and inadvertently moved towards the right axis area, gradually approaching Lin Fei's side.

Hamilton didn't rush to attack, his back kept trying, apparently intending to waste time and make a move in the last few seconds.

The wolf king was as quiet as a rabbit, like a hungry wolf with green eyes on the prairie in the middle of the night, and suddenly pounced on Hamilton.

"Whoosh!"

The tall stature and slender arms completely blocked Hamilton's first route to the two teammates on the left, while Prince in the bottom corner on the right was also closely watched by Szebiak.

The wolf king instantly clung close, formed a trap with Lin Fei, and took advantage of Hamilton's panic to slap the basketball in the opponent's hand with a big hand.

"Smack!"

Hamilton quickly bent down to grab the ball, but Lin Fei on this side rushed up and poked the ball again, allowing the wolf king to grab the ball for the first time.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei kept at his feet, went straight to the front court on the right side, and the wolf king was the "madman" who threw the ball to the left side and threw off Billups during the march.

Hamilton shook his arm fiercely, and he didn't have time to regret it, so he hurriedly chased after Lin Fei.

"Madman," Wolf King, and Lin Fei formed a three-line fast-break situation, with Szebiak and Olovokandi trying to delay their opponents during the follow-up.

After rushing into the front court, Lin Fei suddenly changed direction, and with the help of the cover of the wolf king in the middle, he slanted into the bottom corner of the left side.

Hamilton took a step around in hot pursuit, but the distance was pulled away a bit.

Oku's defense speed as a white center is very slow, and he can't catch up with the wolf king at all, let alone change to chase Lin Fei.

Seeing that Lin Fei was about to rush into the left 0-degree angle, Billups subconsciously stepped forward to delay, and at the same time blocked the middle of the "madman" and Lin Fei to prevent the opponent's pass.

"Madman" judged the situation in the front court very well this time, taking advantage of Billups' defensive misposition, he accelerated to the right side of the penalty area, and jumped up to be a violent slam dunk.

"Boom!"

Lin Fei clenched his fists and waved for the "madman", and the Timberwolves broke through this fast offensive and scored two more points.

Although he failed to hit three points in a row, Lin Fei's key run in the frontcourt this time successfully disrupted the Pistons' retreat and gave the "madman" a chance to dunk under the basket.

Philip Sanders, who was standing on the sidelines, nodded with satisfaction, this is what the Timberwolves look like at their most united and tough.

Larry Brown clearly saw Hamilton's lack of physical strength, and he only had a one-and-a-half-minute break after the whole game, and spent most of the time playing the ball that he was not good at, which was too much of a test for the Mask Man.

But the game has reached such a critical moment, if Hamilton is replaced, then Lin Fei is likely to break out again, so he can't get off Hamilton anyway.

The clock stopped at 2:24, and the Timberwolves scored five straight points in less than 40 seconds, and the home fans cheered with thunder, and the momentum of the reversal was finally fully played.

“reverse、reverse、reverse……”

The Pistons attacked, and Billups held the ball to steady the rhythm.

With the time pressed to 5 seconds, Billups still chose to break through the "madman", even if breaking through is not his forte.

In the end, there were obvious problems with the physical strength of the "madman".

In the last game, because of Kassel, the "madman" got a lot of rest in the first half, but tonight the "madman" has been playing since the beginning of the game, and has been fighting for 46 minutes so far.

The 34-year-old veteran played the whole game, and for the first championship of his career, "Madman" has broken through the limits of willpower.

But Billups' ability to make fouls was too old-fashioned, and a stop-and-go shooting feint in the breakaway directly caused Sprewell's shooting foul.

"Beep!"

This is already the fifth foul of the night by "The Madman".

Beads of sweat the size of beans slipped down from his forehead, and were swallowed by the "madman" through gritted teeth.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Billups made both free throws, and Mr. Key lived up to his name.

The Pistons regained the lead by nine minutes, and the clock was just 2:01 left on the timer.

Rashid Wallace, who was ejected, was in the away dressing room at this time, taking off his shirt and shirtless, watching the game on the TV screen, and slammed his fist into the locker with excitement.

"Haha, Chauncy is good, want to reverse? TMD Dream! ”

On the court, the Timberwolves attacked.

It was still a continuous double cover, this time the wolf king came to the familiar left position, and Lin Fei went straight to the left 0 degree angle,

Because the cooperation between the wolf king and Lin Fei in this position is also very common, Hamilton has long been fully prepared to spare it.

Memet Oku also followed the first time to let go of the wolf king, and went around from outside the bottom line to pounce on Lin Fei.

Lin Fei quickly pulled up after receiving the Wolf King's return pass, and faced the blocking of Hamilton and Oku's two long arms, and shot another one with lightning shot.

Oku's speed of changing defenses was indeed slow, and Hamilton was also restricted by physical fitness, Lin Fei's ball was once again suspected of passing, and it flew quickly from the fingertips of the two people's defenses, and went straight to the net.

"Huh!"

The seventh.

Larry Brown on the sidelines frowned and didn't speak, after all, everyone Oku changed their defenses for the first time, and Lin Fei could still shoot with two people, there was really no way.

The Pistons attacked, and it was still Billups who held the ball and pressed the time.

With a six-point lead in less than two minutes, Billups said he was very wealthy, and as long as the Pistons didn't make any more obvious mistakes, G2 was sure to win the Finals.

After pressing the clock, Billups made a pick-and-roll with Oku at the top of the arc and misplaced to return the ball to the opposition.

Oku took advantage of the moment when the wolf king was not changed back in the high position, and decisively shot two points long.

Maybe it's because of the relationship between being a bench seat for a long time, and the feeling won't heat up for a while, the ball bounces on the left side of the basket and hits the iron.

"Smack!"

The red-eyed Big Ben was wild and rough, and he grabbed the frontcourt rebound against Olovo Kandi.

"OMG, 19th, this is Ben Wallace's 19th rebound tonight!"

Olovo Candi didn't say much, rushed up or decisively cut the shark foul, and then sent Ben to the free throw line.

"Beep!"

It was also Olovokandi's fifth foul of the night.

"Bang dang!"

Ben who walked to the free throw line tried to calm himself, but he really didn't understand the shooting, and the first free throw was iron.

The Pistons players took the initiative to come up and give Big Ben a high-five, encouraging him to relax.

Big Ben tried to raise the arc of the shot, and this second free throw was even more outrageous.

"Whoosh!"

Throw out a three-no-stick ......

Referee Joey Crawford was also stunned and hurriedly blew the whistle to signal that Big Ben's free throw had been violated.

In NBA rules, if there is a three-in-one free throw, it is considered a free throw violation, and one free throw is counted as one error.

This is Ben's second free throw violation, so the Timberwolves will no longer tee off the baseline and serve on the frontcourt sideline (the horizontal extension of the three-point line at the top of the arc).

Larry Brown on the sidelines shook his head and sighed, Big Ben's free throws were indeed hard injuries at critical times, but Rashid was gone, and he definitely couldn't be replaced.

Looking up at the timer, there was only 1 minute and 27 seconds left, and Larry Brown wished it was a damn time running out soon.

The first serve of Szebiak was given to the "madman" who stepped forward to answer, and the "madman" held the ball at the top of the arc and made a block with the wolf king, and passed the ball back to the wolf king in the breakthrough.

In the moment of lightning, Lin Fei ran from left to right this time, the quality of the wolf king's cover was very high, and Hamilton's defense was significantly delayed again.

"Whoosh!"

Seeing that Lin Fei received the pass from the Wolf King again outside the 45-degree angle three-point line on the right side,

Memet Oku had already pounced, clenching his teeth and stretching his long arms, and his whole body smashed towards Lin Fei like a mountain.

"Smack!"

The basketball thrown from Lin Fei's hand was slapped out by Oku's big hand, and he finally got Lin Fei!

However, under the excitement, Oku's entire body also directly knocked down Lin Fei and pressed the other party.

This is not a foul?

"Beep!"

Referee Joey Crawford blew the whistle quickly and was unselfish.

Being pressed under Oku's 250-pound weight and slamming on the floor on his back made Lin Fei almost catch his breath, but fortunately there was no structural damage.

The wolf king was the first to rush up angrily, pushed Oku away, pulled Lin Fei up and roared angrily at the white center:

"White Men, do you want to waste people, boy? You have the ability to rush at me! ”

Oku didn't dare to squeak in the face of the wolf king, and maybe he really felt that he was a little big this time.

Ben Wallace immediately rushed up to block Oku, raised his chin and pointed at the Wolf King: "Kevin, the biggest coward on this court, it should be you!" ”

The assistant referee hurriedly rushed up to stop the scolding between the two sides and gave a warning.

The wolf king was weak and didn't take care of the big book anymore, and the two sides were also exempted from the punishment of technical fouls.

In the cheers of the home fans, Lin Fei got up and calmly walked to the free throw line, made Thompson-style free throw preparations, took a deep breath, and the basket seemed to turn into a sea of stars.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

With three free throws in a row, the Timberwolves chased the deficit to just three points.

Timberwolves (94) :(97) Pistons.

1:09 of the final quarter.

A three-point shot can solve the problem, and the suspense of the game is back in an instant.

Pistons head coach Larry Brown, who was standing on the sidelines of the Pistons, hurriedly called another long timeout, which was already the last long timeout in regular time for the Pistons.

Oku fouled at a critical moment, and originally thought that Larry Brown would blame him, but Larry Brown smiled and patted Oku on the shoulder, encouraging him to continue to switch defenses next, just pay attention to defensive movements.

"My, God, Magical Forest, he's once again the star of tonight's game!"

"7-of-8 three-pointers, 5-of-5 free throws, and in the last minute of the final quarter, Lin had scored 26 points, a team-high, second only to Hamilton's 32 points!"

"I have to say that Lin, as a rookie, is really steady in his free throws at critical moments, and his absolute big heart, no wonder Coach Sanders has let Lin take technical fouls in the last two games!"

In front of the commentary stage, Mike Brin and Chad Forde spoke passionately and brightly, and this game was really ups and downs.

"With a three-point difference, the Timberwolves completely returned to the suspense of the game, no matter who can win in the end, this Finals G2 is destined to be a classic battle!"

Lim's seven three-pointers tied the NBA Finals personal three-point record for the second game in a row, and in those final 69 seconds, does he have a chance to break that record?

"Let's wait and see!"

On the court, after a timeout, the Pistons attacked, and the Timberwolves fans at home chanted defense:

“defend、defend……”

Billups's physical strength is also seriously overdrawn, and he has no strength to break through the "madman".

So he summoned Hamilton's block, wanting to misplace and target Lin Fei.

However, the quality of the pick-and-roll of the two small guards was very limited, and the "madman" quickly came around the defense.

Billups had no choice but to close the ball and make a shooting feint, wanting to deceive the "madman" for another foul.

But how could an experienced Sprewell fall twice in the same pit? Billups saw that the attack was 24 seconds away, and could only barely shoot from mid-range.

The "madman" defended very well, and the ball was thrown out of the way outrageously, not touching the basket at all, and slamming it on the tempered rebound.

"Bang!"

The rebound angle was very good, and it was firmly grasped by the wolf king who turned around.

"Smack!"

Daben angrily pushed Olowokandi hard, and Olovocandi fell to the ground and looked at the referee with an innocent face, but Joey Crawford's whistle did not sound.

Philip Saunders was so excited that he quickly called a 20-second timeout and quickly set up an attack.

At this time, there were only 0 minutes and 45 seconds left on the timer until the end of the game.

The timeout came back soon and the Timberwolves continued to serve on the frontcourt sideline.

It was still the wolf king who was holding the ball in the high position, and Lin Fei came up to cover the wolf king.

The Pistons changed their guard very quickly this time, and Oku's tall body quickly stopped in front of Lin Fei.

But what the Pistons didn't expect was that the Wolves did not choose to pass, but took a decisive step, stopped and jumped at the free throw line, and the two-point shot hit the bull's-eye.

"Huh!"

Falling behind by three points, the whole Pistons team thought that the Timberwolves' offense this time would inevitably revolve around Lin Fei, and let Lin Fei shoot a three-point shot, so the focus of defense was empty of the wolf king.

And the Wolves' two-point shot was not terrible when the Timberwolves were 12 points behind, but now that the point difference has caught up, the two points in this quick battle are very deadly.

Timberwolves (96) :(97) Pistons.

Philip Saunders' tactical set-up for a short timeout was to do the opposite, and he really hit the Pistons.

The target center arena was completely boiling, and the cheers of "MVP" broke through the ceiling.

The Timberwolves had just nine seconds to attack the frontcourt, and the timer was 0:36.

Theoretically, both teams have at least one more chance to attack.

On the Pistons' side, Larry Brown also called a 20-second timeout.

After the pause, the ball was still given to Hamilton, and he hit Lin Fei with his back.

A goal related to victory or defeat, Larry Brown still put the breakthrough on Lin Fei, and determined that a draft loser is likely to make mistakes on the defensive end under great pressure.

Lin Feima gritted his teeth steadily, not giving Hamilton an easy chance to turn over and shoot, if he chooses to break through, then the Wolves and Szebiak will be nearby to help block the defense.

Hamilton was in no hurry to attack and was clearly stalling for time.

"Whoosh!"

In the bottom corner on the right, Szebiak decisively let go of Prince and rushed up to the trap, which was a tactic arranged by Philip Saunders on the spot.

Hamilton didn't panic and quickly gave the ball to Prince on the right side of the 0-degree corner with a big gap.

Even in the big open space, Prince hesitated after receiving the ball, and in the final decisive moment of the finals, the sophomore Prince was still too young after all.

"Bang dang!"

It was because of this hesitation that Prince missed this crucial three-point shot.

The long rebound bounced high and was decisively grabbed by the wolf king.

"Smack!"

At this timer, there were 0 minutes and 13 seconds left before the game.

Seeing that "Madman" had thrown off Billups and ran forward, the Wolf King quickly passed the ball out.

Lin Fei on the right side was also fast, gritting his teeth and galloping at full speed, the beads of sweat on his long eyelashes were thrown into the air, shining with crystal brilliance.

The Pistons were desperately trying to get back on the defensive, and Philip Saunders saw that it was a good opportunity to break fast, so he dismissed the idea of calling a timeout.

In a matter of life and death, he believes the players can take their own destiny into their own hands.

The entire Target Center Arena was caught in a tsunami of shouts at this moment, and all the fans got up from their seats and shouted:

“Buzzer Beater、Buzzer Beater！ (Lore!) Lore! ）”

Kevin McHale in the box on the top of the hall was in his usual cautious style, slapping the table and jumping up and saying angrily: "This Sanders, why don't you call a timeout?" ”

But at the same time, he also widened his eyes, and he stubbornly resisted the Timberwolves' turbulent counterattack on the court, and his heart directly rose to his throat.

"Whoosh!"

(End of chapter)