Chapter 111: Eagle and Lion! (Fourth update)

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"Lin, how are you doing now?"

In the locker room during the Jazz's halftime break, as the biggest hero in the first half, Jazz's head coach Jerry Sloan was very concerned about Lin Han's current situation, because Lin Han not only chased the Rockets' nerve knife player Maxwell in the first half, but the Rockets' nerve knife player was frightened by Lin Han and hesitated, just like Karl Malone in the first quarter.

I have to say that Lin Han's crushing shooting style in this offensive game is indeed scary enough. A joke, it can jump so high that it can simply jump over Kenny Smith's players. Who dares to shoot casually in front of such a player? No matter how crazy Maxville is, he will not dare to shoot directly against Lin Han when Lin Han is in good defense. He doesn't think he is much taller than Kenny Smith. Of course, Lin Han did show his ability to play off-ball running with Maxville.

In this case, Maxville could not get rid of Lin Han, and was shocked by Lin Han's terrifying jump. Although Lin Han performed very well in the offensive end in the first half, what really satisfied the Jazz player was the performance on the defensive end. Although Jerry Sloan also knew that Lin Han was just a paper tiger, it was okay to scare people. If Maxville really went crazy and wanted to go alone with Lin Han, Lin Han would have no choice.

But facing Maxville, who is almost completely suppressed by Lin Han, even if it is scared, it is good. Isn't the effect very good? Jerry Sloan is very satisfied with this result. You should know that Maxville is the Rockets' No. 3 scoring player and the main ball handler on the outside. The reason why the Rockets can't play the momentum of swearing the Knicks and beating Orlando like the previous two games is because Lin Han directly destroyed an important player on the opponent.

But the only thing that made Jerry Sloan worried was whether Lin Han's physical condition could keep up with it. The Jazz rookie kept running wildly on the defensive end. The terrifying jump shot of the offensive end Jerry Sloan didn't think those jump shots were physically unnecessary. In fact, even Jerry Sloan, who was watching the game, was worried about Lin Han.

"Coach, don't worry, I have no problem at all. Now I feel like I'm in good condition."

Lin Han is in good condition now, both in performance and mentality. Once upon a time, one thing Lin Han wanted to do was to be able to truly suppress a player in a game, just like Jordan always perfectly suppresses his opponent on both offense and defense. Lin Han knew that he did not have such strength now, but this did not prevent Lin Han from having such a dream.

Although Lin Han's performance is excellent enough now, those who don't like him will still talk about his defense. They think that although Lin Han scored a lot, his contribution to the Jazz is not that great, because even though Lin Han averaged more than 30 points per game, his average points per game is definitely more than 20 points, because this Jazz rookie basically beats the opponent on the court.

In other words, although Lin Han has extremely beautiful data, he does not have dominance. In NB, what is dominance? That is, he can crush his opponents on both ends of offense and defense. Players who have good offense and no defense will not have dominance. Players who have good defense and no offense will also have no perfect dominance. Only after they can blow their opponents on both ends of offense and defense on the court can this reflect perfect dominance. There are not many players who can have such dominance in NB.

Since Lin Han is so famous now, many people say that he is already the best young player in the league. As the best young player in the league, he must have a dominant performance. Otherwise, no matter how good the data is, it is a brush. Now, isn’t many people in the league saying that Lin Han is just a brush to brush data with opponents? His real contribution to the Jazz is only equivalent to a shooting guard who averages about 10 points per game. Although Lin Han will not be affected much, it is impossible to say that Lin Han doesn’t care at all. Why is a player who averages 30 points per game called you a player who averages about 10 points per game?

Although I know that this is someone else's prejudice against him, Lin Han needs to change these prejudices and must show his own strength and performance!

Now that Lin Han doesn’t have the strength to let them change these prejudices, he can only use his own performance, and such performance is really coming in this game!

At least in the first half, Lin Han was very excited that he perfectly suppressed Maxville, the Rockets' No. 3 scorer. Although no matter how strong this player is, he is just a role player, and Lin Han only succeeds by pulling the tiger skin to scare his opponent, but no matter what, Lin Han successfully suppresses his opponent, which is really rare!

"That's good, Lin, you performed very well in the first half, I won't say much about anything else. We need to win this game, so your task in the second half is very simple. You still suppress Maxville, and then try to fight Olajuwon as hard as possible. You have to remember that Olajuwon is not Ewing, nor Mutombo or Mooning. His inside deterrence is even if Thorpe is removed, he can completely suppress our inside. I hope you don't be as impulsive as before! Do you understand?"

Jerry Sloan looked at Lin Han who was calm and relieved. One of the players the team relied on the most, his physical condition was indeed pretty good. However, seeing Lin Han's excited look, he was also a little worried, worried that Lin Han would challenge Ewing to the previous match against the Knicks. Although Ewing is also very powerful, if we really want to talk about the dominance of the inside, Ewing is not as good as Olajuwon.

Olajuwon is the physical fitness of a small forward who is known as the center in the league, which is not a joke.

Facing Jerry Sloan's not so "trustful" look, Lin Han was also sweating wildly. He really didn't know when he actually gave his coach an impression of being a "reckless man". He is not a reckless man. In Lin Han's opinion, he knows how to judge the situation better than most NB players. Although Lin Han's ball quotient may not be high and his IQ is not enough to reach American universities, his emotional intelligence and cleverness can be correct.

"The genius will be fine and go to the inside to find Olajuwon to fight one-on-one. Ali reminded me ten thousand times before this game. In the past two years, it is best not to mess with Olajuwon."

Lin Han does have a heart to challenge Olajuwon. For Lin Han, his most important goal in entering the league is to challenge Jordan in addition to realizing his American dream. Now that Jordan is not here, it doesn’t matter if it’s Barkley, Ewing or Olajuwon. If Lin Han can defeat these people, he will be truly qualified to challenge Jordan. Similarly, Lin Han also knows that he does not have the ability to directly defeat this group of people.

Lin Han was not in a hurry either. He knew very clearly that this day would come sooner or later.

"Karl, in the first half, you played so cowardly. I hope you can have more aggressiveness. You need to show your courage. If you still want to win and you still want to beat the Rockets, then you have to show all your energy."

After reminding Lin Han, Jerry Sloan finally turned on his "hair dryer" and sprayed wildly on Kalmaron's face.

At this time, both Lin Han and Stockton were watching the fun, which was worthy of this guy. Lin Han and Stockton were even laughing at the side. Malone was indeed the leader of the Jazz, but if you want to talk about his status in the locker room, Stockton, who is still very worried about being a black-handed, is stronger. Jerry Sloan usually doesn't do anything to Malone and Stockton, but if this guy is really dissatisfied, besides Stockton, Lin Han and Malone have been taught a lesson by his "hair dryer".

For the Jazz, there are so many ways that this team can have now. Although Jerry Sloan is an excellent head coach, it has to be said that he is not a coach with sufficient flexibility and tactical skills. He will never be as good as Pat Riley. Therefore, the Jazz's problem is very simple. Just be good at doing yourself and exert all his energy as before. But now, what point does the Jazz have not yet achieved perfect performance like before, so naturally there is the point of Malone left.

In Sloan's heart, the only players he can trust are Stockton, Lin Han, Malone and Jeff Malone. All the others are not among the players he trusts. Stockton has no ups and downs in every game. Lin Han and Jeff Malone are already outstanding enough in this game, and only Kal Malone is left to return to his position. According to the situation where Maxville was suppressed by Lin Han in this game, as long as Kal Malone performs normally, the Jazz has many chances to win!

Of course, the Jazz were making the final tactical arrangement during the halftime break, and the Rockets locker room on the other side was similar, but one thing was different that although the Rockets were leading, the whole team was very dissatisfied, especially with Maxville, who was even more dissatisfied. In their opinion, the reason why this Jazz could still resist until now was because Maxville was completely defeated by Lin Han.

In this case, the Rockets' locker room was bloody, and those who don't know would think that after halftime, they were already behind.

As for Maxville, who was being criticized at this time, he was really speechless.

Especially when even Mario Ailly came to swear at him, he felt extremely angry.

"If you have the ability, try facing that rookie yourself!"

Of course, this was what Maxville thought, and of course he didn't dare to say it out, because at this time Olajuwon was angry and he didn't dare to come out to die.

"Okay, don't argue. Since you still haven't done a lot of things in the first half, then try to do your best in the second half. The Jazz's strength is very good, and the rookie is also very strong. Since you know everything, then show your all!"

Finally, looking at the noisy Rockets player, Tom Janovic finally couldn't stand it anymore. As a former Rockets' old legendary player, the Rockets' new coach has a very good reputation in the team.

So after he finally set the tone, other Rockets players stopped criticizing Maxville. As for Tom Janovic's arrangement in the end, Maxville was amused and crying.

"Coach, it's not that I didn't try my best, but that kid is so strong that I can't handle it alone."

But at this time Maxville didn't dare to say it explicitly, because he knew that if he dared to say it explicitly, this dear Rockets coach would definitely say: "Vernon, what about your heart to compete for the championship? Remember, we must have a heart to win the championship. As long as we have a heart to win the championship, all difficulties will be overcome.

Like Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, Rockets head coach Tom Janovic is not a perfect head coach. But the opposite of Sloan's pragmatism is that Tom Janovic is an "idealist". Of course, it is difficult to judge whether it is pragmatic or idealistic, and the results need to be proved in the end.

And for this game, the final result is naturally to see who wins and who loses!

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"The first half is a very regrettable for both the Rockets and Jazz teams. The Rockets have a comprehensive advantage in the interior. Karl Malone has a poor feel and the Jazz can't play the pick-and-roll cooperation they want. In this case, they were unable to seize the opportunity to open the score, which is a pity."

"For the Jazz, Lin Han completely suppressed Maxville, interrupted the Rockets' most important shooter on the outside, and made the Rockets' in-t, internal and external tactics partially invalid. Moreover, Olajuwon's large amount of attention was on Lin Han because of Maxville's defeat. This was originally a good opportunity for Malone, but Malone in the first half was disappointing and regretful."

When the Jazz and Rockets made the final arrangements for the game through the intermission, Larry Bird in the commentary seat said with regret. Although his tone was a little regretful, it can be seen that he was mostly excited. If neither team had any regrets, it would be impossible for a truly exciting game to have.

"It's true. Lin Han's performance in this game was really amazing. Although Maxville is not an All-Star player, he is one of the best character players in the league on both sides of the offense and defense. Lin Han's defense has been underestimated, and his offense has been underestimated. Of course, his physical fitness has been underestimated."

After Larry Bird finished speaking, Doug Collins also responded with a sigh. Sometimes he couldn't understand Lin Han. Of course, he knew that the mainstream evaluation of Lin Han by experts in the United States was often agreed with Lin Han, but every time he stood on the sidelines to comment on Lin Han's game, Lin Han would always make those experts' faces swollen like bread, which also made Collins extremely ashamed, because he really chose to trust those experts every time and look down on Lin Han.

"Although he rarely watched Lin's games in the past, in this game, the outside world's discussion about whether he has All-Star strength can be stopped. Although he may not have the strength of Jordan's rookie season, he can be called one of the five best rookies in the past five years. He has the ability to enter the All-Star."

After Larry Bird set the tone for Lin Han to become the All-Star vote king, Lin Han will probably encounter less criticism in the future. You should know that before that, whether it was Olajuwon, Barkley or Drexler, such as Western star players, were extremely dissatisfied and contemptuous of Lin Han to become the All-Star.

Some unscrupulous media and reporters even publicly clamored to limit Lin Han's votes, and Chinese fans can only count half of the votes votes, and some even clamored again that the All-Star should be selected by media reporters, or players should be selected by fans, rather than fans.

"Well, I think as long as Lin Han has such a continuous performance, all the controversy surrounding him will disappear."

Collins nodded in agreement after Larry Bird finished speaking.

Has the controversy disappeared?

Although Larry Bird's expression was still smiling at this time, his smile was a bit strange.

I hope this kid can grow up with such controversy.

Finally, in Larry Bird's heart, the NB football king figure secretly thought, because every player who wants to rule an era must go through such a process.

It seems that Larry Bird is looking forward to Lin Han now.

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When the Jazz and Rockets stood on the court again, after the second half of the game began, it can be seen that these two teams were more relaxed than in the first half, and both sides were more relaxed on the offensive end or defensive end.

Similarly, as witnesses of this extremely exciting game, the emotions of the Jazz fans and the commentators on the scene were gradually getting higher and higher as the game progressed.

"Hakim, Hakim, beautiful hook! Olajuwon succeeded in singles again!"

"Kal Malone and Stockton pick-and-roll, Kal Malone cut into the basket, Lin Han's back-run, Huh? Stockton's right hand hit the ball from behind, beautiful! Lin Han went out of the receiving free throw line and jumped in again, and made a jump shot! Very beautiful movements, very stretched, it was too high, Maxville had no choice!"

"Double-teamed? Olajuwon's pass is beautiful, Thorpe is empty. This time Thorpe did not choose to shoot. A beautiful inside pass and inside cut, Thorpe successfully dunked!"

"Huh? Lin Han ran to the bottom line to receive the ball. Kenny Smith pressed Stockton tightly! He dribbled the ball very quickly, Maxville was pressing Lin Han, and it seemed that Maxville was completely at a disadvantage in terms of strength! After Lin Han squeezed out Maxville, there was a smooth road ahead. What was he going to do?! Are you ready to attack the inside?"

As the game went on and the two sides became more and more anxious as time went on, the Rockets finally started to use their killer moves, which was the pressing of the whole game!

This is the best move for the New York Knicks to press the whole game or the half-time tightening defense. This team can almost destroy most teams in the league with this move. Even the Jazz are still playing with this move when they play the Knicks away.

After Stockton was crucified, the Jazz didn't even have players to handle the ball! If that game was not Lin Han's "Miracle Moment", the Jazz would undoubtedly lose, and there would be no grudge between Lin Han and the Knicks afterwards, and naturally there would be no unlucky things in the Knicks later.

However, how could the Jazz at that time be comparable to the Jazz at this time? The key point is that Lin Han’s difference is too big. The Jazz’s biggest weakness is that there are not many players in this team who can hold the ball and handle the ball, and there are not many ways to attack when facing oppressive defense. Lin Han cannot solve this problem.

Because he didn't know how to lead his teammates to play in such a situation, but he knew that in the face of such a situation, since his teammates couldn't get the points, he could play by himself!

Amid the cheers of the fans of the court, Lin Han directly knocked away Maxville who was coming to press. At this time, Maxville was about to cry by Lin Han. How can such a player be defended? Press down, if you don’t have enough strength, just take a step back, and the opponent can directly stop and jump shot straight up and down.

This bastard is not only strong and bounces well, but also has a lot of speed and impact. After being knocked away by Lin Han quickly, Maxville could feel the stuffy feeling in his chest.

After getting rid of Maxville's defense, Lin Han was already in a state of undefensive push. Now Lin Han has many choices. Although the pressing of the whole game is strong, one of the biggest weaknesses is that when the defense is completely broken, there will be space everywhere in the game.

The other four defensive players did not dare to move casually. In this case, Lin Han's situation is now very good.

Some people have even begun to speculate on Lin Han's offensive choice. I don't know whether to throw a three-pointer from the outside, or continue to make a mid-range jump shot, or directly hit the basket and attack Olajuwon!

"Boy, as long as you dare to challenge Olajuwon with this goal, I will never hack you again!"

"That's right, boy, rush and break into the Rockets' penalty area!"

At this time, the press conference seat on the sidelines, those who wanted to see Lin Han challenge Olajuwon had all stood up and shouted to the field frantically.

At this time, the cheering Jazz fans were even louder. They were not sure whether Lin Han would attack Olajuwon, nor were they sure of Lin Han's victory or defeat after attacking Olajuwon, but the atmosphere at the scene was too high, and they couldn't help but want to cheer for Lin Han!

I have to say that Lin Han's playing style is really too powerful to drive momentum, or the skills created by Westbrook, a player who inherited Lin Han, are simply god-level skills that drive the scene!

Of course, Olajuwon, who was blocking Spencer's position at this time, also noticed Lin Han, who was no longer defending. He was always paying attention to this rookie who he was extremely angry and hated. How could Olajuwon let go if he had such an opportunity this time?

So, when Lin Han got rid of Maxville and rushed to the frontcourt, broke through the middle circle, and was coming to the basket, Olajuwon, who had been standing there, was also motivated. The Rockets' leading player gave up his defensive player and rushed towards Lin Han!

"Oh my god?! Hakim really moved!"

When I saw Olajuwon facing Lin Han at this time, as a commentator of the game, Collins stood up directly from his seat. As for Larry Bird, the legendary NB player on the side, he also lost his relaxation as before, and his face became extremely solemn.

"Lin, calm down, calm down, be calm! Pass the ball, pass the ball, I order you to pass the ball immediately!"

At this time, the fans, reporters, and the commentators on the scene were already a little crazy. At this time, the Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson on the sidelines also found that he was going crazy. He hates this disobedient boy now. Didn’t he agree not to fight Olajuwon alone? Didn’t he agree to calm down?

But judging from Lin Han's attitude, this is the rhythm of preparing to challenge Olajuwon, because after Feier and Johnson roared and when Jerry Sloan stood on the sidelines and stomped his feet, the Jazz rookie on the field was not even a glance!
To be continued...