Knicks (6) :(4) Lakers.

In the front-row VIP seat on the sidelines, a slightly chubby black man in his 60s with a scruffy beard and gray curly hair on his head sat next to him a burly middle-aged woman.

The two were Marbury's father, Don Marbury, and his sister, Stephanie.

Seeing Marbury hit two points against the defense in this fast break, his father and sister also smiled and applauded.

In fact, in the NBA of the original world, Marbury played well in the first two seasons after being traded to the Knicks in 04.

Last season, even though he had a big conflict with Larry Brown, he still handed over 16.4 points and 6.5 assists despite a large reduction in playing time and shooting power.

At the beginning of the 06-07 season, with the arrival of Isaiah Thomas, Marbury's form at the beginning of the season recovered significantly, and it was not until later because of Thomas's lawsuit that the pair had a dislike between master and apprentice.

And in 07, Isaiah Thomas concealed that Marbury's father fainted at the scene during the game, which led to Marbury's failure to see his father for the last time, which directly led to Marbury's anger and depravity.

In Lin Fei's view, now in this parallel world, if these two events that led to the deterioration of the relationship between Marbury and Thomas did not happen,

Then Stephen Marbury will definitely not sink quickly in the NBA, judging by his form and performance in the opening two minutes tonight, he will be at least 2-3 years at the peak of point guarding.

Marbury, who was playing fast defense against the defense, was also in a good mood, and when he returned to the defense, he spread his hands to Fisher, shook his head and said provocatively:

"Derek, do you want to stop me? You don't deserve it yet! ”

Fisher also smiled and raised his eyebrows, not to be outdone: "Stephen, who doesn't know that you are the most notorious tumor king of the alliance?" Of course I can't stop you, but you and the Knicks are going to lose badly! ”

Marbury clenched his fists, the bruises on his brain were exposed, and he was the most angry that others said he was a cancer:

"FUCK, I hope after the game, you kid will still have the courage to talk to me like that!"

Conversion of possession.

Kobe Bryant pinned down Lin Fei's defense on the outside, and Fisher gave the ball to Al Jefferson who was back to the left high post this time.

Jefferson hit David Lee with his back, and with a clear advantage in strength, he slammed the defender to within 12 feet of the basket and scored a flirtatious jumper.

"Huh!"

As the No. 15 pick in the first round in '04, Al Jefferson was Pierce's junior brother for two seasons with the Celtics, but he has not had much opportunity off the bench.

Now in the offseason, the general manager of the Lakers has the wisdom to acquire Al Jefferson through a trade and promised to give Jefferson the starting power forward position.

This naturally made Al Jefferson excited, and he was also inspired to seize the opportunity next to Kobe and Da Yao to play his worth.

In fact, in the original world, Al Jefferson quickly played in his third season, and his personal data soared from 7 points and 5 rebounds to 16 points and 11 rebounds.

In the league's 06-07 season Most Improved Player Award competition, he only narrowly lost to the Warriors' Monta Alice.

Now that he has come to the Lakers to play as a starter, Jefferson has also become more active and hard working in training, and he quickly got along with the training madman Kobe Bryant.

For Al Jefferson's growth, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson is very optimistic and believes that his ceiling can definitely reach the All-Star level.

During the Lakers' OK three-in-a-row championship, the team was led by O'Neal and Kobe, and most of the players in the power forward position played auxiliary and defensive support for O'Neal.

Now although Da Yao is here, his dominance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends cannot be compared with the peak O'Neal.

Therefore, having Al Jefferson as an inside partner will naturally make up for a lot of shortcomings.

Although he is only 2.08 meters tall, Al Jefferson weighs 280 pounds, is stronger than many power forwards, and is athletically gifted enough to be able to defend from 3 to 5.

Compared with the promising Al Jefferson, David Lee, who is opposite the Knicks, looks mediocre and uncompetitive.

Only Lin Fei knows that David Lee has delicate skills, soft touches, and outstanding rebounding awareness, but he is a rare "two-pair machine" in the future league.

The first thing Mike D'Antoni did when he came to the Knicks was to put David Lee in the starting lineup, and the opponent's personal data also followed suit.

However, in the career of this handsome white guy, there is a very strange phenomenon, that is, in his 12 seasons in the NBA, the total number of three-pointers shot is less than 10.

What's more, David Lee's peak was spent with the Warriors and the 1.0 version of Curry, catching up with the small-ball era, but he never liked to shoot three-pointers, which is indeed quite strange. 、

After all, David Lee has a very accurate mid-range range, and his average shooting percentage has exceeded 50% in 12 career seasons, which is a very rare achievement.

So in Lin Fei's view, it's not that David Lee can't shoot three-pointers, let alone practice, but that his tactical position has never played an outside role.

Now with the arrival of Lin Fei as the three-point king of the century, coupled with the urging of Isaiah Thomas's coaching staff,

Except for Eddie Curry, who focuses more on weight loss, all the other players on the Knicks team are practicing three-point shooting.

As the NBA's most low-key "rich third generation", 23-year-old David Lee is obviously still very young, and his personal technical play has not yet been formed, and he and Ariza have strong plasticity.

On a subsequent offense by the Knicks,

Lin Fei asked Marbury for the ball in the front court, and in the face of Kobe's defense, he directly summoned David Lee's uplift to block and dismantle,

After the misalignment, Lin Fei accelerated the dribble into the three-point line, and while attracting Kobe Bryant and Al Jefferson to defend at the same time, he had long eyes in the back of his head, and with a flick of his wrist, he accurately gave the ball to David Lee, who stepped outside the three-point line on the right side of the arc.

David Lee didn't hesitate after receiving the ball and jumped straight to shoot a three-pointer.

This blocking and pick-and-roll tactic is a replica of Lin Fei's rough outside blocking and pick-and-roll during the Heat, and the upper limit that David Lee can reach is obviously higher than rough.

"Bang dang!"

Although the basketball hit the iron, the long rebound was grabbed by Ariza, who rushed into the restricted area and actively scrambled.

The ball was back in the hands of Marbury, who returned to the high post, and Lin Fei also made a cross cover with Ariza on the left baseline at this time, and went straight to the left 0-degree angle.

"Whoosh!"

Seeing that he didn't get rid of the defense, Lin Fei continued to run back and cut in after a sharp stop, turning around, completely disrupting the defensive rhythm of the Lakers.

Marbury saw that Lin Fei didn't have a good chance to catch the ball, so he directly broke through Fisher in the high post, and after a worship, he shook off the defense and burst into an emergency stop, jumping directly from 10 feet to the left side of the basket.

"Huh!"

And also.

Marbury hit both shots in the opening game tonight, much to the delight of Knicks fans in attendance.

"Is this the same Stephen Marbury we are familiar with? Could it be that Lin came and made him stronger? ”

"No matter how bad Stephen is, it is more than enough to beat Derek, it seems that Lin has not only brought a strength improvement to this Knicks, but also a change of attitude!"

"If Stephen and Eddie can really play so seriously next to Lin, it won't be a big problem for the Knicks to enter the Eastern Conference playoffs this year!"

"Just now Stephen Marbury wanted to pass the ball to Lin's hands, but he didn't have a good chance to choose his own singles,"

"It seems that Marbury is really willing to play by Lin's side, this guy was in the Timberwolves back then, but he didn't even accept the wolf king Garnett!"

"What about Kevin Garnett? If there was no Lin back then, how could this guy win the championship and FMVP? It will not directly surpass Carl Malone! ”

As the score took the lead, the Knicks fans became more and more emotional, and the opening game started more perfectly than they expected.

On the court, Kobe Bryant came to the offensive end and chose to hold the ball and hit Lin Fei with his back again, and after a series of difficult actions, he made a jumper with a flipped back.

Lin Fei once again gave enough anti-interference this time, but Kobe's leaning was too large, and the whole person fell on the floor after landing.

"Huh!"

The basketball roared into the net like a cannonball, and this was also the first time that Kobe Bryant successfully singled Lin Fei without the help of a cover block tonight.

In this regard, Lin Fei could only shake his head and sigh lightly, even if he had a defensive level close to full value, but in the face of Kobe's offense at the peak, he still couldn't completely lock it up after all.

After all, for defenders, attackers are always in a better position to take the initiative, especially after the NoCheckHand rule is enacted.

Coming to the offensive end, Lin Fei also directly held the ball outside the three-point line at the top of the arc to face Kobe, and after the continuous crossover crossover step change direction, he suddenly took a double step back and jumped out.

Bryant's flying defense was extreme, but he could only watch the basketball fly past his fingertips and overhead.

"Huh!"

The crisp sound of brushing the net was like a heavenly sound, and Lin Fei used a sharp step-back three-pointer to perfectly respond to Kobe's two-point shot.

Knicks (11) :(8) Lakers.

In the opening game, both teams played their new looks, and the pace of the game was also very fast, which made the fans addicted to watching.

In the process of Lin Fei breaking through with the ball on the offensive end, the penalty area attracted Da Yao's supplementary defense, and used a light high lob ball to assist Eddie Curry to catch a violent dunk in the air and wreak havoc on the basket.

"Boom!"

Eddie Curry, who grabbed the basket and raised his legs high, also roared with rare excitement, and excitedly reached out and slapped the tempered rebound above his head.

A technical foul was thrown directly by the referee.

"Beep!"

Then the Lakers' Fisher passed the ball wrong, Ariza flew to the audience to save the ball, Lin Fei took the ball and counterattacked quickly, and Marbury sent a long pass to a flying dunk.

"Boom!"

Madison Garden Square was thunderous, and "Zen Master" Phil Jackson also whistled and called a long timeout first.

"The old horse has dunked? In the three seasons since he came to the Knicks, this is the first time I've seen him perform a fast-break dunk in a game! It seems that everyone is really having a good time tonight! ”

"Stephen Marbury usually doesn't dunk easily, but this fast-break flying dunk just now is full of ornamentation, and Lin's arrival really makes the Knicks' team atmosphere look new!"

In less than 5 minutes of the opening game, the Knicks played a wave of 17:10 and quickly took the initiative on both offensive and defensive ends.

Lin Fei's 5 points and 3 assists are understated, without the slightest trace of force, but they led the Knicks to quickly play a new atmosphere.

In front of the commentary table on the sidelines, Charles Barkley, who was the most focused figure tonight, was also surprised by the performance of the Knicks as a team.

"Even though the game only lasted five minutes, this Knicks team is clearly a sea change from last season!"

"Lin's arrival, coupled with the coaching of Isaiah Thomas, may really put the Knicks on the right track from now on!"

Kenny Smith also smiled and asked Patrick Ewing, the "King of New York", who was sitting next to him, to express his opinion of Lin Fei.

The stout "gorilla" wore a black suit tonight as one of the four centers who led the Knicks to the Finals in the 90s.

Although Ewing is the bottom of the four centers in terms of overall strength and honor, he is also a legend in the hearts of New York fans after all.

"We seem to have been underestimating Lin's ability to lead the team, and I'm glad that the Knicks played a new look in the opening stages of this opening game!"

"But I still think that Lin's style of play is too selfless, he should have more shots in the future, tonight's opener, I believe that the fans in New York, like me, are all watching Lin's performance!"

In front of the Knicks' bench on the sidelines, head coach Isaiah Thomas first praised the opening performance of the main players, and then patted Lin Fei on the shoulder and said:

"Lin, don't suppress your offensive talent, you should have more shots!"

"You can shoot as many times as Kobe Bryant takes tonight, even more than him!"

"We don't just want to win the game, we want you to come up with the most beautiful stats!"

Marbury and Eddie Curry, who started the game, naturally had no opinion on the head coach's arrangement in favor of Lin Fei.

After really becoming teammates with Lin Fei in the game, Marbury and Eddie Curry felt that the pressure on both the offensive and defensive ends became significantly less.

"Lin has gravity" is really worthy of its name.

These two Knicks main players now understand why during the Heat's two consecutive championships, Lin Fei's personal performance has all been significantly improved except for O'Neal, who is healthy.

The two young players, Ariza and David Lee, are naturally willing to follow Lin Fei conscientiously, after all, without Lin Fei's arrival, they would not have started so soon.

However, on the Knicks' bench, Crawford and Richardson and others were obviously a little disgusted by Isaiah Thomas's puppet coach attitude of kneeling and licking Lin Fei.

I just don't dare to show it easily.

Especially the 33-year-old veteran Jalen Rose, with the attack of injury, is facing the dilemma of being bought out by the Knicks at any time.

For Lin Fei, a 22-year-old overseas star, he is naturally jealous, lamenting that he was born at the wrong time more than ten years ago.

"Coach, since you said so, then I'm not welcome tonight!"

Lin Fei felt the absolute right to speak as the boss of the team, and the status of the leader was unshaken, but he also knew very well that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

After the timeout, the Lakers attacked, Da Yao successfully played under the basket, caught the ball and hit Eddie Curry with his back, and the hook hand that turned over hit again.

"Huh!"

Defensively, Eddie Curry has never been as active on the offensive end, and his defensive level is in the middle and lower reaches of the league, which is also a major factor restricting him from becoming an interior star.

Looking back, amid the shouts of the fans at the scene, Lin Fei held the ball on the outside to face Kobe,

With two consecutive up-and-down screens from David Lee and Ariza, he quickly dribbled from the top of the arc along the three-point line to a 30-degree angle on the right side to seize the fleeting opportunity.

Facing Luke Wharton, who was half a beat slower in changing defenses, he made a decisive jump lightning shot.

"Huh!"

The second.

Back on the defensive end, Fisher's pass was directly intercepted by Lin Fei, and quickly gave Marbury, who was on the counterattack, and the Knicks once again got a chance to counterattack and break quickly.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei, who was in the process of going down the middle lane, suddenly changed direction and ran back, accelerated to throw off Kobe, and received Marbury's return pass after hitting the three-point line.

Feeling the black mamba chasing after him, he suddenly made a sudden stop near the free-throw line area, and shook Kobe Bryant away again.

Accelerate to the basket, fly up with ankle accumulation, grab the ball with one hand and smash it down towards the basket. (End of chapter)