In front of the commentary table on the sidelines, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith also made accurate judgments on the opening situation and praised the Timberwolves' defensive execution.

"Offense wins the box office, defense wins championships, this sentence is still the truth of the league, Miami Heat can win two consecutive championships, both offense and defense have always been the label of this team!"

"The backcourt combination of Lin and Dwayne, in particular, has been a backcourt nightmare for any NBA team for the past two seasons!"

"Although Carlos Arroyo and Ray Allen on the Timberwolves backline are a little worse, the forward trio is both inside and outside, and both single defense and assistant defense have reached the top in history!"

As we all know, Ron Artest was the best defensive player in 2004, and Kevin Garnett was the DPOY of the 06 and 07 seasons,

Although Gerard Wallace has not yet been selected for the best defensive team, he has averaged 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game this season.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to be selected as an All-Star bench in the highly competitive West.

Gerard Wallace has grown faster with the Timberwolves than he did with the Bobcats, and his defensive level has reached the level of the best defensive second team.

These three strikers are placed together, and you don't need to play, just listening to the name, you can feel a huge sense of defensive pressure.

Under the anti-magic ball defense strategy of the Timberwolves, in addition to Lin Fei's forced singles through his personal anti-heaven ability, his teammates' mid-range fan-shaped area shot Eddie Curry's basket tonnage advantage,

These are the three main means of the Knicks' offense.

The Timberwolves attacked, Garnett broke through Eddie Curry directly in the high post frame, and after entering the restricted area, he faced Randolph's supplementary defense, jumped sideways, and smashed the ball into the basket with a strong dunk.

"Boom!"

After landing, the "wolf king" beat his chest and roared, full of domineering, showing the infinite demeanor of the 60 superstars.

"Lin, welcome back to the Target Center, don't expect me to show mercy tonight!"

Garnett clenched his fist at Lin Fei and sprayed angrily, and the atmosphere in the entire target center was also pushed to a climax.

"Kevin's breakthrough dunk is too handsome, isn't it? Directly one against two, this feels invincible! ”

"At 31 years old, the perfect combination of experience and body, this season is definitely the best season of Kevin's career, and I feel that his performance on the court is not inferior to the year when he won the regular season MVP in the 03-04 season!"

"That's right, it's a pity that this season's MVP competition fairy fights, Lin and Nowitzki each played against the sky and records, otherwise Kevin definitely has a chance to win the second regular season MVP of his career!"

"Although I didn't win the regular season, I must win the championship and the MVP of the finals!"

In the cheers and discussions of the fans at the scene, the Knicks launched an attack, and Lin Fei faced Gerald Wallace in the front court to constantly create physical contact interference and small movements.

It is clear that this is a deliberate defensive set-up by McHale to constantly interfere with his emotions and mentality.

Judging from the scale of the blowing penalty at the beginning of tonight, the referee is more encouraging confrontation, and this is obviously more detrimental to the Knicks.

Lin Fei used a behind-the-back dribble past Gerard Wallace, broke through from the right side and encountered Ron Artest's supplementary defense, and quickly distributed the ball to Zach Randolph, who was released high on the right side.

Randolph stepped into a one-step pull-up jump, about 16 feet 4.9 meters from the basket, and made a decisive shot.

"Huh!"

Randolph is significantly better than Eddie Curry and David Lee for mid-range shooting at this distance, which is the main means of offensive scoring.

Knicks (6) :( 9) Timberwolves.

Seeing that his teammates felt good at the beginning, Lin Fei did not play too much in the face of the Timberwolves' defense, but chose to create opportunities for his teammates as much as possible to activate the team's offensive and defensive enthusiasm.

However, the offensive efficiency of the Knicks team is not as high as that of the Timberwolves playing at home, and the opposition on the front line is even more disadvantaged.

Eddie Curry also turned over and hit a shot in the process of digging Garnett with his back under the basket, but overall he was still easily intercepted by Garnett around the front, and it was difficult to get a good position in the low post.

At 6 minutes and 19 seconds in the first quarter, Garnett made a mistake in responding to the ball, and was followed down by Ariza to complete the steal, Lin Fei quickly received the ball and went down, and ran to the bottom corner after handing it to Marbury.

Receiving the return pass in Marbury's breakaway, he made a three-point shot that pierced the heart.

"Huh!"

This was also the only three-pointer Lin Fei hit in the first quarter of the game.

In the positional battle offense, Lin Fei also tried an outside three-point shot after blocking and dismantling, but failed to hit the name.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Timberwolves replaced Ron Artest with the top center Michael Olowokandi, and let Olowalky top Eddie Curry under the basket, and Garnett should play back to the power forward against Randolph.

In the original world, the 1998 champion Olovo Candi disappeared in the 06-07 season, and chose to quit the NBA in advance because of his physical condition, which is an out-and-out parallel import.

However, in this parallel world, it is still because of Lin Fei's butterfly effect, during the period when the Timberwolves were teammates, he really changed some of Olovo Kandi's habits and concepts.

At the same time, because the Timberwolves won the championship in 04, Olowokandi has greater self-confidence.

Although the Timberwolves traded away Olowokundi during this period, they have regained the blue-collar center this season, and has some value in the Timberwolves' bench lineup, being able to give Garnett a card position and share the pressure on the basket in the face of a strong big-ton center.

The first quarter was played.

Knicks (21) :(27) Timberwolves.

The Knicks trailed by 6 points, and on the whole, they played back and forth with the Timberwolves, and did not fall into a significant disadvantage.

Lin Fei only made 3 shots in the first quarter, 1 of 3 shots, a three-pointer and two free throws to score 5 points, and the offensive end performed average under tight defense, but he handed out 4 assists in a single quarter.

However, after the start of the second quarter of the game, with Lin Fei's break, Sharp Biak and Atay also led the Timberwolves bench to play a wave of 7:2 small climax, and the difference was quickly stretched to double digits.

Lin Fei rested for 2 minutes, and then he could only hurry on the court in the dead ball time, Isaiah Thomas did not dare to gamble, if he was hit by the Timberwolves with a big climax, the point difference would go directly to 20 points, and it would be even more difficult to chase it.

After all, this is the finals, and the first game is a key battle to set the tone.

Since the start of the playoffs, Isaiah Thomas's roster rotation for the Knicks has been relatively fixed.

Because there were no qualified ball handlers off the bench, it was usually Stephen Marbury, who started point guards, and Zach Randolph to rest in the second half of the first quarter and bring David Lee, Quentin Richardson and Nate Robinson on the court in the second quarter.

It's also a classic eight-man rotation for the Knicks playoffs, with Jerome James and Marty Collins appropriately added minutes while Zach Randolph was sidelined due to injury.

To be honest, with the depth of this lineup, if it weren't for Lin Fei's supergod play and leadership role, the Knicks really wouldn't have had a chance to make the playoffs.

Marbury and Randolph both used Lin Fei's containment in the first quarter to hand over a good shooting percentage in the middle distance, but in the second quarter, they played with the benches, and as the Timberwolves' defensive focus was pressed on the two, the scoring efficiency naturally dropped significantly.

In terms of defensive intensity, the Knicks really can't compare with this battle-hardened Timberwolves.

After playing in the second quarter, Lin Fei also quickly entered his personal offensive mode.

First held the ball at the top of the arc to face Gerard Wallace's close defense, this obvious defensive strategy of not letting go, directly changed to break through and threw off the opponent, with the help of the pre-arranged David Lee raised cover,

Lin Fei dribbled around the left side of the three-point line, avoided the saves of Gerrard and Ray Allen at the same time, and took advantage of Artest's change of defense to not keep up in time, and decisively started a lightning three-pointer.

"Huh!"

Seeing that Lin Fei hit a three-pointer in the second quarter, McHale on the sidelines hurriedly called a timeout.

The purpose of him and the Timberwolves coaching staff tonight is to immediately call a timeout or block the rhythm of the game through tactical fouls once Lin Fei hits a three-pointer, and resolutely not let Lin Fei have a chance to break out continuously on the outside.

Knicks (26) :(34) Timberwolves.

In Lin Fei's warm-up shooting session before the game, he clearly felt that the Timberwolves' basket was a little uneven tonight, and the horizontal error had exceeded 0.5 cm, and at the same time, he deliberately relaxed the fixation of the basket and tightened the net.

In fact, these small details are some off-the-board moves in the home stadium, and Lin Fei is naturally not the first time to encounter them.

With his projection talent, he was quickly able to make the right adjustments.

After the timeout, Garnett and Ray Allen also followed, and the Timberwolves also did not dare to slack off in this Finals G1.

The Timberwolves attacked, and Garnett continued to hold the ball in the high post, making a solid high-quality cover for Ray Allen, who was running without the ball.

Garnett's cover this time directly delayed Lin Fei, who was chasing Lei Allen, although there was obvious suspicion of moving cover, but the referee chose to turn a blind eye.

"Bang!"

While delaying Lin Fei's pursuit, Garnett also hit the ball with a beautiful back and gave it to Ray Allen outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the running position in time.

This combination is very similar to the many strategic passes of Garnett and Lin Fei in the 04 Western Conference Finals and Finals, and this familiar feeling has made many Timberwolves fans on the scene fall into familiar memories.

"Bang dang!"

But no matter how accurate Ray Allen is, he can't catch up with Lin Fei's perversion after all, this time the hasty shot from the outside line missed, and the long rebound was very high.

However, when it comes to predicting the proactive, Ray Allen rushed to the three-point line, and under the scramble of Atay and David Lee, he threw himself and grabbed the offensive rebound.

Accelerating to the basket, a flying basket to score the ball.

"Huh!"

As the second leader of the Timberwolves on paper, Ray Allen, who is at his peak, naturally has enough energy to play a worthy performance in this round of the finals.

For the new MVP Lin Fei in this round of the finals, the pressure on Ray Allen is naturally very high, although the task of defending the main defense is handed over to Gerrard and Artay,

But on the offensive end, Ray Allen has been studying how to break through Lin Fei's top-tier defensive entanglement.

The final conclusion is exactly the same as head coach Kevin McHale's proposal, that is, try to be as active as possible in the fight for rebounds and strive for more opportunities for secondary offense, which is Lin Fei's Achilles' heel.

You must know that Ray Allen was also a long-term explosive player during his time with the Bucks, and he could compete with Kobe Carter for top dunks.

Of course, for the glory of the team, Ray Allen no longer cares about personal statistics, if he can contain Lin Fei on the offensive end throughout the game, and give his teammates on the front line more opportunities to score.

For Ray Allen, this is already a full demonstration of personal value.

Now among the swingmen in the entire NBA league, those who can be qualified to let Lin Fei go to the whole court to chase and defend are estimated to be completely counted with two slaps.

Isaiah Thomas on the sidelines frowned, the game has been played so far, the biggest headache for him is rebounding, more than a quarter, the Timberwolves' rebounds are 11:6, and they are already clearly ahead.

In the finals, in the level of defense with bayonets, it is simply unrealistic to rely on ultra-high shooting percentages, so the team that can control the rebounding advantage has the greatest capital to win the game.

However, in the next offensive round of the Knicks, Lin Fei once again showed what a superstar is in front of fans around the world.

Just after halftime, he asked Marbury for the ball, and Lin Fei faced Gerald Wallace's close defense and started playing alone 4 meters from the three-point line at the top of the arc.

"Whoosh!"

With two sharp crossovers in a row, Lin Fei quickly shook off Gerald Wallace's sticky defense, lowered his center of gravity and accelerated forward to break through, and waited until the moment when he attracted the latter to turn over and catch up.

Another retreat after an emergency stop under the crotch, mobilizing Gerald Wallace to chase back at the same time, a realistic little worship Buddha successfully shook the latter up, changed to the right and then took a sudden stop,

Taking advantage of the opportunity for Ray Allen and Artest, who were at the top of the three-point arc, to pounce directly, he jumped decisively 10 meters away from the basket, and shot a long-range three-pointer with a bow and arrow.

Lin Fei's change of direction and breakthrough can be described as three advances and three retreats, and the ability to combine people and balls can be called the perfect court art, which completely turned Gerard Wallace's dizziness.

At the moment when the basketball flew out of Lin Fei's fingertips, Gerard Wallace, who rebounded from behind him again, was also a little out of control emotionally, and his action was obviously bigger.

"Huh!"

The basketball flew straight into the net like a cannonball, leaving the 20,000 fans in the target center arena stunned in amazement.

Nima, can this be entered?

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle also sounded, and Gerald Wallace, who was fighting back behind him, fouled Lin Fei's shooting hitter.

Even if tonight's referee focused on a large-scale blowing penalty, Gerard Wallace's obvious violation of Lin Fei's shooting cylinder almost knocked the opponent down from the side and back.

That must not be ignored.

The current alliance is not the brutal 90s after all, and encouraging and protecting the offensive must not be just an empty phrase.

"OMG, oh my God, Lin faced Gerald Wallace, who was tall and long-armed, and completed a classic ultra-long three-pointer after getting rid of the ball, looking at the entire league, I'm afraid I can't find a star who can do it with the second brother!"

"I don't think Charles's evaluation is too much, Lin's no-ball three-point is the first in history, and the three-point point with the ball is also the first in history!"

"Haha, Kevin McHale called a timeout again, if it continues to be called like this, I'm afraid the Timberwolves' timeout will soon be insufficient!"

"Now the problem has come to the Timberwolves coaching staff, should we upgrade the defense against Lin and let go of role players to a greater extent?"

"It turns out that it is completely impossible to limit Lin's scoring in a game!"

Gerard Wallace, who walked off the court, was full of embarrassment, feeling that he had just been played by Lin Fei as a monkey on the defensive end.

Randolph and Artest don't deal with each other from the beginning, and the two villains don't forget to taunt each other when they walk out of the field.

Timberwolves fans at home once again experienced the fear of being dominated by Lin Fei's three-point shot, and in December of last year's regular season, Lin Fei scored a terrifying 75 points in this arena, setting a new personal single-game scoring record in the target center arena.

"In order to be able to defend Lin, the Timberwolves' defense is already targeted, but I didn't expect him to score two three-pointers in a row, he is really not human!"

"At such a distance, it is absolutely impossible for Lin to maintain a high shooting rate, and it is still the key to defend the restricted area and the basket, and it is resolute not to let Lin and outside bloom!"

"In the finals three years ago, Lin Ke was still a pure no-ball player who couldn't even dribble, and now this dribbling level feels like Iverson at the peak!"

"I don't think the Timberwolves' defense needs to be overly aimed at Lin, this guy won't be a 4th grade star, he has won three championships in the team, the regular season brush, what is there to brag about? Defend him alone and let him vote, can he still shoot the Timberwolves alone? ”

"Hi guys upstairs, I seriously doubt you're a Knicks fan!"

On the court, after the timeout, Lin Fei walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw steadily.

"Huh!"

Knicks (30) :(36) Timberwolves.

Less than 1 minute after Lin Fei came on the court, he helped the Knicks quickly respond to the Timberwolves with a wave of 7:2, and two difficult three-pointers can be described as dominant.

But Garnett, who was Lin Fei's former big brother, resolutely couldn't let his younger brother steal the limelight, and went directly to the low post after coming to the offensive end, receiving Arroyo's high lob ball, shaking off Eddie Curry with flexible big dream steps, and scoring two more points with a step basket after turning over.

"Huh!"

Looking back, this time Lin Fei held the ball for half the court and continued to practice Gerald Wallace alone at a position ten meters away from the basket, and the huge defensive pressure made Elvis Presley inevitably frightened.

Because it was too tight, Lin Fei also seized this fleeting opportunity, and after accelerating past Gerard Wallace by pressing down the center, he took advantage of the fact that Ray Allen and Artest on the three-point line had not yet pounced.

Decisively dribble to the left and take a big step sideways, facing the basket 9 meters away, flying up and shooting again.

Gerald Wallace, who had already committed two fouls, obviously didn't dare to save the ball too much, so he could only watch the basketball fly to the basket, praying frantically in his heart not to score.

But reality can never be changed by the will of an ordinary person.

"Huh!"

The crisp sound of brushing the net sounded again, and Kyle McHale, who was standing on the sidelines, was also stunned.

He didn't know if he should call a timeout again, but how could he arrange it if he did?

“My God！ This is Lin has hit the third three-pointer in a row in less than 100 seconds! ”

"After playing in the second quarter, he scored 10 points in a row, and Lin's personal score tonight has unconsciously reached 15 points, you must know that this is the finals!"

"The sharpshooter who saved the Timberwolves in the G5 end of the Western Conference Finals in '04, after three years, is this going to come back tonight to collect debts?"

Lin Fei, who shot to the ground, still maintained the posture of shooting, and from the noise and exclamations of the scene, a burst of praise from the bottom of his heart was clearly distinguished:

"He's, he's back, he's coming!" (End of chapter)