Chapter 201 The Devil's Schedule is Coming
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"Lin, are you really a rookie? Why did the whole team fly around the away game, even John and Carl looked tired. You guys don't seem to be at all. I really doubt whether you guys are a perpetual motion machine."
In the early morning of February 19, 1994, after the away game with the Kings, the Jazz team had almost no stop. After the game, they immediately took a special plane to fly back to Utah. At this time, most of the Jazz players on the entire Jazz plane were slumped in their seats and could hardly move.**
At this time, Lin Han was watching with relish with a martial arts novel. It seemed that this rookie who was more tired than other Jazz players seemed to be completely exhausted at this time. You should know that in the last game against the Kings, Lin Han was the best player and the most defensive pressure. He fought with Richmond on both offense and defense. Even Jordan was enough to drink, let alone Lin Han.
But what made Polynis, the former Pistons center, now Jazz center, a little speechless was that Lin Han, the rookie, was like nothing happened. After getting off the court, he also participated in the post-match press conference. When he arrived on the plane, he did not wear a blindfold to rest. He was still holding a book to pretend to be a literary youth. This situation almost completely subverted his evaluation of rookie players in the league.
After all, the biggest difference between rookie players and old NBA players is in addition to the difference in physical strength. The biggest difference is that rookie players have basically never played 82 games in a season, so most rookie players will basically struggle after passing the All-Stars. It is because the physical fitness reserved at the beginning of the season has bottomed out, and Lin Han is better. This guy seems to be a perpetual motion machine. In the field, Lin Han does look very tired. In some games, Lin Han will even be supported by his two younger brothers because of excessive physical consumption, such as the first two games with the Clippers. Although Lin Han performed well in the whole game, he was the biggest contributor to the team's turnaround.
But in the game, who is Lin Han's opponent? That's Ron Hapa. This former Cleveland Cavaliers legendary player was able to play a strong man who was close to 23+5+5 per game in the rookie season. Once he entered the league, he was one of the three Jordan finishers in the league. At that time, who was the end of the three Jordans in the league? One was the Pistons' Choudumas, the other was the Flash Moncliff. The other was the super swinger Ron Hapa, who was the former Cavaliers of the Clippers.
The Clippers' performance this year is indeed not very good. But the strength of this team is not bad at all, just like the Kings. This team is also because there is really no pillar in the interior, which is similar to the Jazz before, but it is just because Manning's offense is strong, but it is not as good as Malone, Hapa's offense is strong, but it is not as good as Lin Han, and Mark Jackson is also a super point guard but it is not as good as Stockton. To a certain extent, the Clippers are a reduced version of the Jazz.
But although the Clippers are a reduced version of Jazz, Ron Hapa is not a reduced version of Lin Han. Although this former Cavalier's super swinger is not as good as the Jordan Terminator at his peak, and cannot play the super data that averaged 22 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals at the peak, his data in the Clippers this season is still close to 20+6+5+2 per game. This is a very comprehensive swinger. Although Lin Han is also very good, it can be imagined how the consumption will be when he faced such a player. It can be said that when Lin Han was carried off the court by two little brothers, Polinis even thought that the young rookie would not play in the game with the Clippers.
But what surprised him in the end was that Lin Han not only appeared, but also had a head-on game with Richmond. This game was no worse than the one with Ron Hapa. However, although Lin Han still looked very tired, he did not let his two little brothers take the lead. Instead, he gave people a feeling of better physical strength. This was simply an incredible thing.
"Alden, don't be surprised. How can our boss be compared to ordinary people? Just get used to it."
"Yes, Lin's physical fitness is indeed beyond what ordinary players can compare to. If you get used to it, you won't be surprised."
After Alden Polynis looked at Lin Han with a surprised look on his face and asked, before Lin Han could answer himself, Aaron Williams and Karl Malone on the side had the lead in answering Lin Han.
Lin Han put the book in his hand together and raised his head and shook his head with a smile.
After the game against the Kings, the reason why he was so calm cannot be regarded as this in the past. It is because after the game, Lin Han had just used three silver-level skill points to upgrade his silver-level endurance skill Lin Han-style endurance skill to the full level of level 3.
Skill: Linhan style endurance skill (b+ level skill)
Skill Level: lv3
Skill effect: This skill is a comprehensive endurance skill of injury avoidance physical strength distribution, with a special effect of long life at level lv3 and a special effect of unlimited pseudo-energy at level lv3.
lv3 level pseudo-life long special effect: it can make the host breathe smoothly on the court, reduce physical energy consumption in a small amount, and reduce the probability of the host being injured on the court by 25%
lv3 level pseudo-energy unlimited special effects: All movements that do not use skills on the court are not consumed by physical energy. The physical energy recovery speed on the court is +15%, and the physical energy recovery speed increases by 25% after the game.
After upgrading this skill to the highest level, a new attribute appeared at level lv3. After the game, the physical energy recovery speed increased by 25%. Although this is the physical energy recovery speed after the game, it seems a bit useless compared to the physical energy recovery on the court during the game, but the actual effect is indeed very large. At least if a player does not have a legendary system like Lin Han, he cannot borrow the training space of the legendary system to restore physical energy. Then this effect is really huge.
Just like Lin Han now, he did not go to the system space after the game.
I have to say that although this skill is a top-level silver skill, Lin Han feels that his silver-level skill, because the skill effect is too high, is likely to be better than many golden-level endurance skills.
"Lin, I have to say, you are really the most special young rookie I have ever seen."
Finally, looking at Lin Han who smiled and looked down at the book again. The Jazz's center also sighed and said.
At this time, Polynis was indeed very amazed. After he came to the Jazz team from the Pistons, although he had the intention of making achievements and wanted to get rid of the misfortune that he was ridiculed by fans and media because of Pippen, after coming to this team, especially after playing several games with this team, Polynis still felt that this team was beyond his imagination. It was simply too weird. The boss of the team, Malone, was not the leader of the locker room, and the leader of the locker room was completely different on the court and off the court. The player who received the most attention from the team was neither the boss nor the leader but a rookie, and this rookie player did not look like a rookie at all.
"It seems that I really need to slowly adapt to this team now."
After playing several games with the Jazz, I found that this team is very different from other NBA teams. The other new players have similar ideas at this time, such as Elliott and David Wesley, who are now looking for opportunities to integrate with the team. This is also the reason why they did not perform well in these games, and it is also the reason why the Jazz played very hard.
Of course, it was PJ Brown. The young inside player's adaptability after coming to the team was incredible. His last game against the Kings gave the best performance in his career.
However, overall, there are still many problems facing coach Jerry Sloan. How to integrate the team is the most important question. After all, Malone and Stockton will sooner or later emerge from the All-Star Syndrome, so the problem between Malone and Stockton is not a problem.
On the evening of February 19, 1994, at the Utah Delta Center Stadium, after defeating the Kings away yesterday, the Jazz immediately returned to their home court to face the opponent Clippers who almost lost away. This game was the second time that the two teams met in three days. It can be said that both sides knew it well. Of course, what is a little different from the previous game is that the Clippers' main power forward changed from Manning to Royout, while the Clippers' small forward became the league's super small forward Dominic Wilkins.
That's right, after the Clippers' game with the Jazz on February 16, another big deal occurred in the league. The Clippers sent the team's core power forward Manning to the Hawks, and the Hawks sent the team's boss Dominic Wilkins to the Clippers. This is a very surprising deal. You know, many people previously thought that Manning would be sent to the Nets for Coleman.
But it is obvious that in the Clippers' view, their team already has Royot, a 25-year-old young insider, and there is no need for an All-Star power forward. After all, Royot was able to average nearly 10 points and 6 rebounds per game last season. You should know that last season he only averaged 20 minutes of playing time. As long as he had enough playing time, it is possible that the power forward would want to play near 20+10 data. This is the assessment of him by the Clippers' management. Because in this way, when the young insider contract is about to expire, the Clippers gave him a four-year, 13 million contract. Of course, since the Clippers gave him such a large contract, it is inevitable that he would be a substitute, so it is inevitable to send Manning away.
But what no one expected was that the Clippers could actually get Dominic Wilkins. You know, the Hawks are now the number one in the East. Do they need to change their personnel composition? Obviously, in order to break out from the East, the Hawks' imaginary opponents are the Magic and the Knicks. In this case, although the Hawks' center Kevin Willis averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds per game this season, and is one of the most outstanding players in the Hawks' performance this season, it is obvious that in Wilkens's view, a Willis is too difficult to fight against Ewing and O'Neal. They also need an inside player who partnered with him. Although there are many excellent inside players in the NBA, it is difficult to exchange for it. After weighing the trade-offs, the Hawks finally sent away one of the greatest scorers in the team's history. You know, Wilkins has played for the Hawks for 12 years.
But in the end, the Hawks sent away the essence of this human movie for the team's needs.
Lin Han doesn't know what the legendary small forward is feeling now, but it's certain that this guy must be in a bad mood now. Why? Because in this Jazz's home game with the Clippers, although Dominic Wilkins was the first game he came to the Clippers, with his reputation, this guy has a lot of ball rights. In this game, Russell, the Jazz's starting strongman, was almost completely defeated by the essence of this human movie.
The real total explosion, of course, Russell was completely explosion. In fact, it was a good thing for Lin Han. Because he didn't need to consider more about the offensive issues of his opponent Ron Hapa. After all, most of the ball rights are now at the hands of Dominic Wilkins. This famous cancer in the history of the league is not a person who likes passing so much, especially in this game, he is venting his anger.
From a boss of a team who competes for the championship to a player who can't even enter the team in the playoffs, this is hard to accept no matter how you look at it.
So, in this game between the Jazz and the Clippers, the Jazz are under great pressure from the outside. Although Ron Hapa doesn't have to attack, Lin Han's offense has encountered greater resistance. After Stockton was beaten by Mark Jackson last time, he wanted to take revenge in this game, but Big Butt didn't give him a chance to take revenge at all. Or Stockton's offense is too urgent and can't even avenge, so he can only play assists with Mark Jackson. Fortunately, Malone's new opponent in this game is no longer Manning, an all-star power forward who is taller than him, but has been replaced by Royalt, who is shorter than him and is also a young man.
Therefore, Malone played the most relaxed game between the Jazz and the Clippers, and it was also the winner and loser between the Clippers and the Jazz in this game. The final result of this game was 98 to 104. The Clippers, who played away, lost to the Jazz by 6 points. In this game, which was almost Dominic Wilkins venting their anger, the super small forward made 18 of 32 shots in the game, scoring 48 points in the game, which was almost half of the team's score. Malone scored 14 of 26 shots in this game. Although it was a shortcoming compared to Wilkins, Lin Han scored 28 points in this game. The two of them scored a total of 66 points, which is a lot.
After all, although the Clippers have excellent outside strength, Mark Jackson, Ron Harpa, and Dominic Wilkins, these three are all All-Star players, but the same team is now defeated by these three.
The Clippers defeated the Clippers at home and then on February 21, the Clippers welcomed a Philadelphia 76ers at home again. This team is much easier to deal with than the previous Clippers or Kings. This team, which is the last team in the East, has been playing consecutive away games in the West for some time. Not long ago, it lost to the Supersonics 105-133, and then lost to the Kings 92-104, and then lost to the Kings 93-103 again.
For the Trail Blazers, they just lost to the Lakers away with a big score of 90-107 yesterday. This game with the Jazz is the last game of the team's West away trip. For this team, their biggest goal this season is not to win, but to win a better draft pick. Now they are also sprinting. Unlike other teams that sprint to win and enter the playoffs, they are losing.
In this case, although they are all bottom teams, the 76ers are really incomparable to the Kings or the Clippers. This team really has no fighting spirit to say now. Therefore, the Jazz almost completely suppressed the team at the beginning of this game. Lin Han's opponent in this game was Hornersek, an All-Star defender who averaged 17 points and 6 assists this season. This guy almost came to the Jazz, but in the end the Jazz did not agree to his one-on-one deal with Jeff Malone.
Although Hornersek is a very comprehensive defender and has good offense and defense, he is much different from Lin Han after all, he is nearly 7 cm shorter than Lin Han and has also lost a lot of weight. In this case, Lin Han did not make too many breakthroughs in this game, but instead tried a god-level catch shot from Lin Han's three-point shooting throughout the game.
Since this skill was developed during the All-Star Game, Lin Han has not tried it well. After all, his two previous opponents, Richmond and Ron Hapa, were both very strong. Lin Han does not have that much room for experimentation, and Hornersek is now a good opponent.
So, when the game reached the third quarter, when Lin Han made 8 of 14 three-pointers in the first half and Stockton scored 16 assists in the first half, the entire Delta Center Arena was crazy. If it weren't for the three-quarter game, the score difference between the two sides had already entered garbage time. While Lin Han broke the league's three-pointer single game record in this game, Stockton might have broken the league's single game record of single game assists.
When the Jazz's home massacre against the 76ers ended at the end of the Jazz's home game, the score between the Jazz and the 76ers was 136-96. Lin Han made 11 of 19 three-pointers in the game, made 14 of 25 shots in the game, and scored 47 points. In fact, it should be said that he scored 47 points in the three quarters, while Stockton scored 22 assists in the three quarters. If it weren't for garbage time in the fourth quarter, the Jazz would have really likely released a big data in this game.
However, facing the 76ers who have no fighting spirit, it is nothing to be able to play such a game. The most important thing now is that the Jazz must also perform well in the next game against the Spurs, Suns and Rockets.
You know, these three teams are not comparable to those of the 76ers. At least before the Jazz and the 76ers game began, the main players of these three teams could no longer bear the loneliness and kept talking in the media.
Especially when the Jazz were forced into a mess by the Clippers and the Kings for a while ago, the team faced a lot of pressure at all.
"I don't doubt that the Spurs, Suns, or Rockets can beat us away. They are very powerful teams, but the outcome of a game has nothing to do with the pre-game remarks. If they want to win, then show their own toughness on the court instead of just talking like a soft ball. This has no practical use, and it will only make me remember that we won the Spurs and the Suns twice this season."
"Will the league number one be challenged by the Suns or the Rockets? I won't care about this issue because it's not a problem at all."
After the game against the 76ers, Lin Han, who has been questioned about the team's problems for some time, gave himself a very tough attitude in the face of these questions after the game.
I just don’t know what David Robinson, Barkley, or Olajuwon would think when he heard Lin Han’s words.
Chapter completed!