Chapter 196 Victory!(1/2)
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On February 13, 1994, the NBA All-Star Game at the Minnesota Target Center was in full swing. For many NBA fans, an All-Star Game that has been extremely confrontational and intense from the beginning of the game may not have been seen in their basketball fan careers, and this All-Star Game is undoubtedly such a game. {{
From the beginning of the game, the West started to play directly under the leadership of Olajuwon and Lin Han. The Eastern All-Stars, who came back to their senses, chased the scores under the leadership of Ewing and Mark Price, and chased the score to a very small gap. In the following, whether it was Pippen's power or Lin Han's power, the game was in an extremely anxious state. Even in the fourth quarter, it seemed that some of the All-Star substitutes in the West were not in a very good state, but the score difference between the two sides was still not big.
As long as the final moment of the fourth quarter is at the final decisive moment, when both sides put the strongest lineup of their teams, the fans on the scene or the commentators from various countries on the scene have reason to believe that the game will become very intense and anxious again. For these two teams, 6 points are nothing.
But when the official timeout in the fourth quarter of this game ended, when there were only more than five minutes left in the game, when the two teams were about to stage a decisive battle, when the players of the two teams walked to the stadium again, looking at the decisive lineup of the two teams on the stadium, the fans on the sidelines, commentators from various countries, and journalists from all over the world were all in an uproar.
Even at this time, the NBA president David Stern, who had been sitting on the sidelines with a smile on his face, saw the Western Conference All-Star lineup, the NBA president also looked ugly.
"Oh my god. What are the West doing here? What about Hakeem? Why didn't Hakeem play? What about David Robinson? Why did David Robinson sit off the court? Also, why did the shooting guard use Payton? What about Richmond and Drexler?"
When the two teams walked onto the court again, there was actually not much surprise in terms of lineup. The center was Ewing, who performed well, the power forward was Knicks Ewing's teammate butcher Oakley, while the small forward was Pippen, the Bulls' head player, and the Magic's super rookie Hardaway. As for the organizational defender, he was naturally Mark Price, who performed very well in this game.
It is not difficult to see from the lineup of the East that the players on the East have performed well in this game. For example, O'Neal, who started the game, has made 2 of 11 shots so far. He has been defeated five times and has not even grabbed a few rebounds. This newly promoted fourth-largest center is a bit crazy and terrible in the data. Even though O'Lajuwon was very uncomfortable in this game, in the end, he still has performance in his qualifications, and O'Neal has no pursuit in this game. In this case, the East will naturally hand over the center position to Ewing who has pursuits.
Although Pippen's score in this game was really very high, after the three quarters, he scored 25 points, second only to Lin Han's highest score of 31 points, but Gorilla Ewing's performance in this game was actually very good. Although Pippen has the advantage, he is different from Olajuwon. He is not much behind Pippen, so he really has a chance. Moreover, the head coach of the Eastern Conference also gives him face. Except for Pippen and Hardaway, the other players belong to him. Mark Price and he has a good partner and can control the ball. Oakley is his thug in the Knicks.
In this case, when Pippen walked onto the court, although he was now the first candidate for MVP after winning the Eastern Conference, his face was still not very good. After all, it was obvious that Wilkens was not ready to let him control the ball in the fourth quarter. Mark Price and Anderson are different. Even if the rookie who played for the All-Star for the first time, he can play anyway after making mistakes a few times. However, Mark Price is a superstar in the league and one of the super point guards who can compete for the league's first point guard. This guy is a player of the same level as Pippen. If he wants to grab his ball, Pippen never thought that if Mark Price controls the ball, his first choice will naturally not be Pippen.
So although Mr. Pi knew that he had the advantage of MVP now compared to Ewing, everything was not a fixed number, and he needed to be more cautious.
As for whether he can win this game, Pi Erye never thought about it, especially after watching the five people on the opposite side, the Bulls' head player snorted disdainfully.
The Western Conference All-Star lineup, which can make all the fans exclaim, can puzzle commentators and reporters all over the world, naturally cannot be a very strong lineup. It is not only not strong, but also very weak. Except for Lin Han and Stockton, other players are not the first choice for the Western Conference.
When the Western Conference All-Stars came on the court, the team actually lined up with point guard Stockton, shooting guard Payton, small forward Lin Han, power forward Kemp and center Malone.
You should know that on the All-Star stage, there is basically no tactical cooperation between the teams. Don’t expect how complicated the two teams are really playing. Most of the time, both teams have one-on-one defense and one-on-one offense, and at most they only have a cover and pick-and-roll. In this case, the strength and feel of the players are very important.
Now, judging from the lineup of the two teams on the court, the West was obviously completely defeated. For a moment, the fans on the scene looked at the lineup of the West and stood up. Even Larry Bird, who was sitting in the commentary seat, kept shaking his head.
As a witness and participant of that incident 9 years ago, Larry Bird naturally knew what happened in the West. What Larry Bird didn't expect was that Olajuwon and the others really followed suit. When they could not suppress Lin Han, they directly chose to drag Lin Han back. This was more despicable and shameless than Thomas did back then. Thomas at least still lost the team when he suppressed Jordan. The team lost not because Thomas really gave up the game on purpose, but because after suppressing Jordan, the East was indeed much worse in strength than the West. Of course, according to Jordan's meaning, Thomas gave up the game directly, but Larry Bird knew that things were not like this, and the nature of Olajuwon and the others doing this was completely different.
When an NBA player chooses to sacrifice victory in the game to deal with an enemy on the court, the player's professional qualities are a bit doubtful. At least for Larry Bird, he really didn't expect that the young center behind the Magician, Jabbar and Dantley would do such a thing nine years ago in 9 years.
Of course, although veterans such as Larry Bird knew that Thomas did not deliberately give up the game at the beginning, Olajuwon and others didn't know that even Jordan thought so, let alone Olajuwon and others. In this case, Olajuwon and others believed that Thomas could give up the game in order to suppress Jordan. Why couldn't they do this? Anyway, Lin Han would never be the star of the star. As for other things, it was completely unimportant.
If Lin Han really breaks through his shackles and takes the glory of the Stars in the Stars under such suppression this year, they can commit suicide directly. It would be too embarrassing.
"The West is a bit dangerous now. Although Lin Han is in good shape in this game, the team is too short in the inside line now, and Malone and Stockton have some problems in this game. It is obvious that these two people did not think that they would need to play in the last moment. He was both playing in the whole game. The feeling of the game is definitely not very good. As for the others, except for Lin Han and Kemp, Payton only played for 4 minutes before this game. The feeling of the same game is hard to rest assured. In the East, the players who can play are almost the best performers today. The strength of the two teams may not be much different, but this is not a matter of strength."
When the fourth quarter of this game started again, looking at Price who took the ball from Ewing, Larry Bird also said with concern that the problem of this game is indeed not a problem of the strength of both sides. The strength of players who can enter the All-Star must be bad. Even if there are some rookies like Anderson and Coleman perform poorly, there are no players like Coleman and Anderson who have entered the All-Star starters without playing a few games in the playoffs. Even if there are only Lin Han, there is only Lin Han. It doesn’t matter whether Lin Han’s strength has been baptized in the playoffs. These players with the potential of the King of Football, even if they have never been baptized in the playoffs, may not be worse in the intensity of some regular season games, so Larry Bird naturally cannot worry about whether Lin Han will have any problems in the final battle in the fourth quarter. The key is other players.
Just like Larry Bird's guess, when both sides started playing again in the fourth quarter, the West soon fell into a disadvantage. Stockton and Malone, who were originally playing support throughout the game, did not think that they would have to take on the team's offensive output tasks in this game. Payton, who wanted to show off at the last moment, found that his game was not very good and was almost completely suppressed by Hardaway. At this time, the whole West gave people the feeling that they could only completely look at Lin Han and Kemp.
"Beautiful cover, Kemp's cover is so beautiful! This guy is now one of the best NBA players in the defense! "
Of course, after the fourth quarter restarted, the West had some pressure, and Stockton and Malone had problems with their offense, let alone Payton. In this case, if Kamp had not been the case with Malone being able to slightly resist Ewing, the score would have been widened in this game only by Lin Han's attack.
After all, Lin Han is not easy now. After Ewing came on the court and Mark Price took the ball, Pippen clearly could not continue to make offensive data. In this case, Pippen almost put a lot of energy on the defensive end. Even if Lin Han is not afraid of Pippen now, when a defensive player like Pippen is staring at it, it is not so easy for Lin Han to score.
So, when the final battle in the fourth quarter started, the fans on the scene were really exclaiming, because Lin Han's offensive method became increasingly difficult. When facing Pippen, there was almost no possibility of defeating Pippen in a simple way except to throw three points, but even so. Although the players on the court in the Western Conference really wanted to chase points, they were really powerless.
Fortunately, although Malone is not in good offensive form, she is in good defensive form. In addition, Malone's strength and Kemp's assisted defense are combined, although the inside combination of these two people is a little shorter in height, it also creates the effect of the inside no-fly zone. After all, Ewing really has no ability to defeat Malone's defense like Olajuwon. Although Ewing's offense is very comprehensive, his instant destructiveness is not as good as O'Neal and Olajuwon, which also gives Kemp time to make up for defense.
"Damn it. It's so hateful!"
Because the Western All-Stars substitutes were released, the players in the Western Conference were behind as soon as they got up, and their only purpose was to chase points. But as the score difference was not close, even when the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, Payton, who was still on the court at a critical moment of the game, was quite dissatisfied because his current game state, especially on the offensive end, could not help Lin Han.
Although he and Kemp's supersonic defense team gave the team enough support. But if he was leading the score, that would be enough, but now the game is starting to fall behind, so Peyton never thought that he would hate the Western Conference bosses so much at this time.
Of course, the Western Conference players on the court were indeed very angry at this time. If the guys sitting on the sidelines had not dug such a big hole for them, they would not have had to play so hard in this game. He was 6 points behind and Pippen used his height and arm length to face Lin Han's defense. When the Bulls head hit a three-pointer to widen the gap to 9 points, more than 2 minutes have passed. The players on both sides were constantly tug-of-war between 9 points and 11 points.
As time goes by and the game becomes clearer and clearer, it is surprising that they are not angry.
"Hmph, this guy is over in this game. Doesn't he think he can win without us?"
At this time, Drexler, who was sitting on the sidelines, completely forgot that if he hadn't worked with the group of people he and the general had not worked hard, Lin Han and the others would not have worked so hard.
Of course, facing Drexler's ridicule, Olajuwon clenched his fists tightly at this time. Even if the Western Conference All-Stars lost in this game, Lin Han would not be happy because he would not die of a winner either.
So, even though he watched Lin Han on the court fall into a quagmire at this time, it was still difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart just like this!
"Boy, today is just the beginning"
At this time, looking at the Jazz rookie on the court, Olajuwon swore fiercely in his heart.
Now Lin Han knows that Olajuwon is not satisfied even if he is like this. Of course, whether Olajuwon is satisfied or not, Lin Han doesn’t care. He only has one idea now, that is, he must get the game back.
But what made Lin Han helpless was that although he performed well and his strength was strong enough, it would be so easy for him to win the game with his own strength when his teammates were not in good condition.
With 2 minutes left in the game, the West was still 10 points behind. When Mark Price looked at Kemp in the inside and found that the basketball in his hand could not be delivered to Ewing, the Eastern Conference All-Star super point guard was already suppressing the time. As long as the time was pressed within 1 minute, the Eastern Conference would definitely win in this game.
And when there were 7 seconds left in the last twenty-four seconds, after the time was over, the Eastern Conference defender also sent the basketball in his hand to Pippen. Ewing was the first offensive point on the court, and Pippen was naturally the second offensive point.
After Pippen got Price's pass, he leaned towards Lin Han again without any hesitation!
"Boy, although your conspiracy almost succeeded, I was the last one in this game, and you are destined to be just a loser."
When Pippen leaned Lin Han tightly behind him, he said with a smile that this game was really great for him. From the beginning of the game, he was very wary of Lin Han. Even if Lin Han had no ball rights, he regarded Lin Han as a player like him, that was to make a profit in this game. In the end, Lin Han defeated Olajuwon and other bigwigs almost directly from the front, and he also stood out from the west. He understood that his idea was right, and Lin Han had the same ambitions as him in this game!
However, in the final result, Lin Han did work very hard to break through with his own strength and power. The whole team used his performance and wisdom to break through. Even the strategies used by Lin Han in this game made Pippen extremely amazed, but the final result was that Lin Han still could not completely get rid of the big guys in the West. Although he had worked very hard, he was still cheated.
Therefore, there is only one winner left in this game, and the winner is naturally Pippen. Even though Lin Han scored 7 points against him in just over three minutes and had already scored 38 points in the whole game, he was the player with the best data, but for the NBA, only those who win can have everything. Those who lose will not have anything!
Lin Han is now a bad guy who is about to have nothing to have!
So, when I thought about this, Pippen was really excited. He didn't expect that they would still lose in this game. In fact, under this situation, it was really impossible to lose. In less than 2 minutes of the game, he was still 10 points ahead. The ball was still in his hands. After the ball was scored, he could even lead by 12 points. When I thought about this, the Bulls player almost trembled with excitement.
At this time, facing Pippen with a crazy smile, Lin Han had no expression at all. His locking skills were used on Pippen in this game, but Pippen's height and wingspan were really excellent. He was very cautious in passing and attacking, and he was also very good at using his body. Even if Lin Han knew that he predicted that he would shoot, Lin Han could only make moves in many cases. It was difficult to really block him. Even if he knew that he wanted to pass the ball, it was not easy for Lin Han to steal with his pass method. Unless he made moves in advance, NBA players were not stupid. Lin Han made moves in advance, wouldn't Pippen change it? Therefore, although Lin Han's defense against Pippen is very good and it is difficult for Pippen to get rid of Lin Han, but if Pippen wants to force an attack, Lin Han actually has not many ways.
"Give Pippen no time to change his movements?"
When Lin Han thought of this, he looked up and looked at the 24-second timer on the Eastern Conference All-Star backcourt rebound. For a moment, Lin Han was almost ecstatic!
"Boy, this game is over. Your team will definitely lose in this game!"
When Pippen finished saying this, he was ready to turn over and jump at the free throw line. However, just when he turned around and jumped up, a scene that he would never forget for the rest of his life happened. Even the fans and commentators from all over the world exclaimed.
Because Pippen, who had already jumped the ball at the last moment, was about to shoot with a buzzer. Lin Han actually jumped up before when he was about to shoot. Lin Han didn't jump after Pippen jumped up, but actually jumped up early!
When Pippen, who was jumping in the air, found that Lin Han had stretched out his hands, the Bulls's player was originally going to jump up and pass the ball, but from the corner of his eyes he saw the 24 seconds on the timer. The Bulls' forward hesitated for a moment. When he woke up again, he suddenly found that Lin Han's right hand had slapped his basketball hard on his basketball that had not yet taken action. Pippen could only watch Lin Han lose balance in the air after being slapped by Lin Han's extremely powerful slap in the air and then Pippen was almost helpless.
After landing, Lin Han rushed to the frontcourt like a shuttle, picked up the basketball that had already rolled to the top of the arc and reached the middle of the middle circle, and then made a quick attack. At this time, the Eastern Conference players Price and Hardaway who were catching up from both wings could not catch up with Lin Han, who had already activated the forward skill. Hardaway could keep up with Lin Han, and even close the distance, but the distance between the two sides was too far before. Even if he accelerated wildly, he could only watch Lin Han jumped in the free throw and directly glided and dunked to smash the basketball in his hand into the basket!
After Lin Han's ball in the air, the Eastern Conference All-Star small forward Pippen was still slumped on the ground, looking back at Lin Han who was already hanging on the basket with a look of astonishment. Similarly, Hardaway and Price looked at Lin Han's back at this time and shook their heads. They really tried their best, but Lin Han's speed was too fast.
As for the fans and commentators on the sidelines, when they saw Lin Han blocking Pippen and scoring the goal in an extremely explosive manner, these people almost all shouted wildly after a brief silence.
"40 points, this is the 40th minute of Lin Han's game! He surpassed Rick Barry's 38-point scoring record set in the All-Star in 2017, and he also tied the second-point scoring record set in 2018. It's so incredible. It's really incredible. I really didn't expect anyone to tie Jordan's scoring record so quickly on this stage!"
Scoring 40 points on the All-Star Game is a very difficult thing, because the time for players to play in the All-Star Game is very limited, and because everyone is All-Star Game, it is naturally impossible to get the number of shots. In this case, if you want to get high scores, without high shooting and high hit rate, you can't do it. If you want to make the referee foul in a game on the All-Star Game stage, David Stern will definitely not allow such a thing that destroys the rhythm of the game to happen, in this case,
When Jordan played in the 1988, he scored 40 points in the game with 17 of 23 shots. He was almost determined to be difficult for any player to reach such a height again. After all, Chamberlain only scored an all-time high of 42 points on the All-Star stage. In the 1962 All-Star Game, Chamberlain scored 42 points. Chamberlain and Jordan's shooting percentages were exactly the same, but because Chamberlain was a center and had more free throws.
And now, Lin Han successfully dunked after stealing Pippen, which can be said to have stepped onto the same level as Jordan and Chamberlain. This is indeed a crazy thing!
"It's just that Lin Han and his team will likely lose in this game. This is really a pity."
After standing up and shouting loudly, he looked at the sidelines with 1 minute and 50 seconds left and 8 points. No matter how hard Lin Han tried, it would be difficult for the Western Conference All-Stars to win this game.
"Hmph, no matter how hard you struggle, you will still lose this game!"
When I thought of this, the Western Conference All-Stars on the sidelines and Pippen, who had already stood up, were almost staring at Lin Han tightly, and then secretly gritted his teeth in his heart.
Of course, looking at Lin Han who still didn't give up at this time, the All-Stars of the West were actually very touched. Until now, the West basically has no chance to win. They have won 8 points in less than two minutes, unless Lin Han once again staged the miracle moment when the Knicks, but how could the miracle moment be staged in the All-Stars?
"But, since he hasn't given up yet, then fight to the end, lose if he loses."
Almost for a moment, at this time, whether it was Stockton, Malone, Camp or Payton on the court, it seemed that they were infected by Lin Han.
But at this time, no matter whether it was the fans on the scene, the players on and off the court, the reporters from all over the world, or the commentators from all over the world, they almost didn't notice the madness in Lin Han's eyes at this time.
"Open the McDie Moment!"
When Lin Han got off the basket, when Eastern Conference All-Star point guard Mark Price continued to press time, and finally handed the basketball in his hand to Hardaway's hand aside again, Lin Han started McGrady's moment the moment Hardaway took the move.
When Hardaway turned back and jumped back in front of Payton's defense, he finally failed to hit, with the help of Malone and Kemp, Lin Han grabbed the backcourt rebound. Without any hesitation, Lin Han rushed directly to the frontcourt.
At this time, Pippen, who had been following Lin Han, dared not be careless, because he knew very well that Lin Han had the ability to shoot three-pointers at any time when he was in a fast break, so he was almost inseparable from staring at Lin Han. When Lin Han dribbled the ball to three steps outside the three-point line, a sudden stop scared Pippen and a cold sweat. Fortunately, Pippen's control over his body was so outstanding that he quickly stuck it on and stuck Lin Han again without giving any mobile phone.
But what made Pippen unbelievable was that he had already stuck Lin Han, and Lin Han almost had no chance to shoot a three-pointer when he posted it, but Lin Han still chose to pull it up directly. This was completely beyond Pippen's expectations. You know, although Lin Han was crazy before, he rarely took action under such a defensive situation, or basically would not take action.
"Oh my god, is Lin Han going to make a last shot? This is the worst shooting choice!"
Just as Pippen barely jumped the ball, Collins on the sidelines roared speechlessly. Lin Han seemed to have no concern about Pippen, who had already flown in the air, but leaned against Pippen. When Pippen stretched out his right hand and hit Lin Han's hand, the Bulls's head small forward turned pale!
"I'm fooled, this kid is preparing to commit a foul?!"
When Pippen and Lin Han fell from the air almost at the same time, Pippen turned back and looked at the referee on the side, and Bavita's whistle had already sounded, and he had even raised a three-pointer to shoot. Lin Han made an action that stunned everyone on the scene.
The player who just made the most unreasonable shot against Pippen, before the basketball flew into the basket when he fell from the air. The Western Conference All-Star guard had turned around and stretched out his right hand and made a trademark move like the Miracle Generation basketball shoes.
When Lin Han saw this action, all the fans and Larry Bird, even Jordan, who was watching TV at home, stood up. After Lin Han turned around and made this action, the basketball flew directly into the net not long after, Pippen, who was still explaining to the referee, had no explanation at this time, and there was only incredible left on his face.
Lin Han was not just trying to make a foul, but to play 3+1?! When I thought of this, the Bulls's small forward was almost shocked. How strong should this guy have to have such confidence?!
"Oh my god, I celebrate the gesture of miracle moment in advance. Is Lin Han ready to perform miracle moments again in this game?!"
"It's incredible. Lin Han is definitely the most terrifying three-pointer I've ever seen. Even Reggie Miller can't compare to him. This guy is really terrifying!"
"I will definitely buy a pair of Miracle Generation tomorrow. Is this guy really incredible?!"
To be continued...