Chapter 204 Mr. Referee, I committed a foul!
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After the first half of the Jazz and Spurs, both the Jazz and Spurs were not very satisfied with the first half of the game. For the Spurs, they came here not to find a defeat in this game, but to find a win. Although their performance in the first half was excellent, which was the best half of the two teams' three confrontations, it was obvious that this was a bit different from what they expected, especially for the Spurs' leading player David Robinson. This game was originally planned to make Lin Han pay some price, but the final result was that Lin Han did not perform very well in this game.
But Lin Han performed poorly, but it cannot be said that he performed poorly. So when the Spurs players returned to the locker room, the Spurs' head player was quite unhappy with Rodman. However, facing David Robinson's dissatisfaction, Rodman didn't even look at the boss of the team, and sat in his position and played with his fingernails. Seeing such a scene, David Robinson was so angry that he vomited blood.
Similarly, the Spurs' head player also found that this extremely willful teammate was really getting more and more unhappy. However, because of Rodman's special status, even if he is unhappy, Rodman has no choice. After all, this guy is a champion player, and David Robinson has not even touched the shadow of the championship now.
"Asshole. A bunch of bastards, like that kid, this guy is also a bastard!"
In the Spurs' locker room, looking at Rodman who was playing with his nails, David Robinson almost roared in his heart. If Rodman knew about David Robinson's roar, the former Pistons player would definitely be very happy, and would definitely look at David Robinson seriously and say, "You only know that I am a bastard now?"
Of course, the situation in the Spurs locker room was a bit nervous at this time, and as the team's head coach, John Lucas' brow was also locked. The key to the Spurs' goal to win this game is Rodman's blockade against Lin Han. If Rodman can really block Lin Han in this game and prevent Lin Han from scoring more than 20 points, the Spurs will definitely win, because from the first half, although David Robinson suffered a loss against Malone and PJ Brown with one-to-two, he actually suffered a small loss, almost a draw, and in the comparison of other role players, the Spurs even have a little advantage, of course, including substitutes. Although the Jazz have a player like Stockton, Stockton's offensive ability is not outstanding enough, resulting in the Jazz not being able to make the overall attack. Stockton actually has no advantage when facing the Spurs.
In this case, everything depends on Rodman's blockade against Lin Han. As long as Lin Han scores less than 25 points in this game, the Spurs will play. If Lin Han's score can exceed 30 points, there will be no more games in this game. After the first half, Lin Han's score was 15 points, which was exactly half of the 30 points.
"It seems that I really underestimated this guy."
Thinking of the Jazz rookie in the first half, Lucas also sighed and thought that he did underestimate Lin Han's strength. Although Rodman had very high restrictions on Lin Han, Lin Han's personal ability was indeed extremely strong. Even though Rodman was already outstanding enough, he still could not completely lock him.
So, when I thought of this, Lucas also looked at Rodman who had never spoken after he entered the locker room while playing with his nails. He hoped that Rodman could perform better so that his team could have a chance to win in this game. It seemed that he felt Lucas's gaze. Rodman, who had been playing with his nails, also spoke directly in the surprised eyes of all the Spurs players.
"Don't worry, I promise in the second half that his score will not exceed 15 points."
After Rodman finished speaking, let alone Lucas was a little surprised, even David Robinson, who was extremely dissatisfied with Lin Han, looked shocked. However, at this moment, when everyone was surprised that Rodman took the initiative to take the team's responsibility, the next sentence from the defensive player almost made David Robinson want to strangle him to death.
"I can guarantee my defense, but some people also need to guarantee their offense. Just don't continue to die."
After Rodman finished speaking, he almost didn't even look at his angry teammates and walked directly into the toilet in the locker room. Soon, Rodman's huge "water release" sound came from the toilet.
Similarly, when Spurs head coach Lucas, who woke up from surprise, looked at the extremely wonderful expressions on his players' faces at this time, Lucas shook his head.
Of course, the atmosphere in the Spurs' locker room was very tense at this time, and the Jazz was not much better. After returning to the locker room, Lin Han, Stockton and Malone, the three players in charge, did not say a word. Even Malone, who usually likes funny the most, looked serious at this time.
Since Lin Han started learning team offense in the past two days, other Jazz players knew that something was wrong with the team at the moment, but they didn't know what was wrong. When the game started to play halftime, even fools knew why they felt that the team was not right recently.
Before, Stockton was almost begging Lin Han. There were several times in this game when Lin Han took the initiative to ask for the ball, Stockton chose to refuse. At this time, other Jazz players didn't know what to say at this time, and their weight was not enough to say something.
If we consider the overall situation of the team, Stockton definitely agrees with Lin Han's free and willful request, and they even give 32 likes. But at the same time, Lin Han is the future of the team. If they offend Lin Han at this time, their future in the team will become suspense. Although the Jazz's locker room was not tense, the atmosphere was very wrong.
Jerry Sloan naturally saw all this. Stockton's approach cannot be said to be wrong, because Jerry Sloan also knew that when Lin Han wanted the ball to be satisfied without reason, the Jazz rookie who was excited would never truly integrate with the team on the court. In this case, Stockton decisively rejected Lin Han's many unreasonable ball holding requests, which is correct.
However, although this approach is correct, it is undoubtedly a matter that hurts Lin Han's emotions. Especially when Lin Han extremely needs the ball and fight Rodman one-on-one. When he wants to break Rodman's blockade, if Stockton does not hand the ball to Lin Han, how can Lin Han break out of Rodman's blockade?
So, at this time, both Lin Han, Stockton, Malone and Jerry Sloan were silent and no one spoke, while Jazz assistant coach Fei Er Johnson shook his head helplessly.
At this time, Lin Han and Stockton were a little unhappy. It is understandable to have emotions, but as the team's head coach, Jerry Sloan now needs to make some changes to the team's current performance. After all, they need to win in this game, but from the current point of view, the Jazz want to win without Lin Han's support is not enough. It's just that if Lin Han doesn't have enough ball rights, it will be difficult to get rid of Rodman's defense.
But if the ball is handed over to Lin Han again, the Jazz's previous idea of renovating Lin Han will be postponed. At least, in recent times, the Jazz has no way to let Lin Han suppress his offense in order to integrate into the team.
"It seems that this matter can only be discussed later."
When I thought of this, the Jazz coach also made up his attention, and then looked at Lin Han and Stockton's face and said calmly: "Lin. I need you more aggressive attacks in the second half."
After Jerry Sloan finished speaking, almost the entire jazz locker room seemed dead silent. Stockton's eyes widened and looked at Jerry Sloan with an incredible look on his face, while Lin Han nodded after raising his eyebrows.
After Jerry Sloan made the final decision, the other Jazz players in the locker room felt at ease. At this time, it doesn’t matter for them that the head coach chooses to support anyone. Stockton and Lin Han are both great gods, and they cannot mess with them. They are afraid that these two great gods will stay away, so it will be difficult for them. Now that the head coach chooses to support one of them, they can do it according to the head coach’s requirements.
For most Jazz players, the head coach chose to support Lin Han at this time, which disappointed them because they knew that they should adapt to Lin Han's extremely free and unpredictable style of playing.
Jerry Sloan, who had been paying attention to the changes in the players, sighed in his heart after seeing the loss on most of the Jazz's players' faces.
Lin Han’s personal ability is like a beautiful poppy flower. He knows that this beautiful flower is poisonous, but it always makes people unable to help but get close to it and use it.
At least in this game, Lin Han is one of the biggest weapons for the Jazz to solve the Spurs. Jerry Sloan doesn't want to think about it in the future. He now knows that the team cannot lose in this game. If he loses in this game, it is very likely that the next match against the Suns and the Rockets will be a Waterloo.
In this case, even if he knew that Lin Han was a poppy, he would use it without hesitation. However, Jerry Sloan's approach made Stockton pursed his lips and didn't say a word.
However, at this time, Stockton was thinking about anything that could not know. Maybe he was complaining about why his head coach could not continue to persevere, maybe he was complaining about why he did not have the strong offensive ability like Isaiah Thomas or Magic Johnson, and he couldn't solve the problem when the team couldn't start the situation.
Of course, no matter what Stockton was thinking at this time, the problem that troubled the Jazz in this game was a short-term solution.
"Larry, what kind of adjustments will be made between the Jazz and the Spurs in the second half of this game?"
When the half-time break ended, watching the two teams come out of the player channel, the commentator on the sidelines asked Larry Bird beside him with confusion. Since forming a partner with Larry Bird, Collins admired the Celtic legendary player very much. Because he could clearly feel the extremely keen observation of the legendary player who just retired, Collins even had a very ridiculous idea, that is, Larry Bird is even more suitable to be the head coach of an NBA team than him. Or, Larry Bird already has this ability and even more outstanding in potential than him, which is an incredible idea.
You should know. Generally speaking, for NBA coaches, people with less brilliant player careers are more suitable to become excellent head coaches because these people have a more peaceful vision, which is very important for a coach. Larry Bird has such a peaceful vision. With the achievements of this former Celtic player in the NBA, this is simply incredible.
"The Spurs don't have much adjustment ability. They can only hope that their players can perform better and better. However, from the current perspective, it is difficult for David Robinson to defeat the combination of Malone and PJ Brown. Rodman appeared on the outside and the restrictions on Lin Han were very successful in the first half. This is the most important point for the Spurs. If Rodman did better in the second half than in the first half, then the Spurs have a chance to win. However, Rodman had already committed fouls three times at the end of the half."
"And, compared with the Spurs, the Jazz's chances of adjustment are greater, especially Lin Han's attitude in this game is very important. If Lin Han's attitude is more positive, it will be difficult for Rodman and the Spurs to win."
Larry Bird said after thinking a little, and after Larry Bird finished speaking, Collins was also stunned.
"You mean Lin Han will explode in the second half, and the Jazz will focus the offense on Lin Han? How is this possible? You should know that the Spurs' most important defense is on Lin Han's side. Is it a bit inappropriate for the Jazz to do this?"
But after Collins finished speaking with some confusion, Larry Bird also smiled.
"Don't you think that directly defeating the opponent's strongest defense point can ensure the victory of this game? This is the most direct way"
After Larry Bird finished speaking, Collins was stunned.
What surprised the ABC commentator even more was that when the second half of the game started, as Larry Bird predicted, the Jazz really started to be different from the first half, and began to focus on Lin Han's side.
"Boy, it seems that you haven't learned your lesson yet. If you want the ball so actively, aren't you afraid that this game will be ruined?"
When the second half of this game started, Lin Han asked for the ball significantly more and the number of times he took the ball to attack increased. In this case, Rodman was also a little solemn in his heart. However, on the surface, the former Pistons champion player still showed great disdain and disdain for Lin Han.
But in the face of Rodman's disdain, Lin Han had almost no expression, or in other words, he had never thought about anything to say. After the Jazz's rookie bounced out at the top of the arc and received Stockton's pass, facing Rodman's almost thrown defense, Lin Han almost forcibly pushed the Spurs player to the side of his shoulder, and in an instant, Lin Han completed a thunderous back-turning breakthrough in front of Rodman, and when Rodman was like the first half, he was ready to hide his lower body.
The foot blocked Lin Han's breakthrough route, and when he chased and posted Lin Han, Lin Han almost thought Rodman did not exist and directly hit Rodman's body. Not only did he hit Rodman's body, but when Lin Han and Rodman collided, the Jazz's No. 8 player stepped on his right foot on Rodman's feet. In just a moment, Rodman, who had played a lot of tricks against Lin Han in the first half, fell directly to the ground.
Of course, Lin Han, who was not ready to escape the referee's punishment, just glanced at Rodman on the ground disdainfully and said lightly: "You want to destroy me too? You are just a defeated dog that was trampled by Jordan and kicked out by the team."
Although Lin Han said this to Rodman very lightly, the referee was by his side and he still heard that Javi, the youngest and most promising referee in the league, was really shocked at this time.
"Mr. Referee, it's time to whistle, I'm fouled."
It was not until Lin Han reminded that Javi woke up from the daze, and then blew the whistle in a dull manner, giving Lin Han an offensive foul.
At this time, after Jarvey finished these series of actions, Rodman, who was lying on the ground and still holding his left foot, was almost shocked at this time. Even Jarvey, who had just blew Lin Han's foul, was shocked at this time.
Who is this kid? Even Rodman has been in the NBA like this. He has never seen a rookie like Lin Han, let alone Jarvey. At this time, he felt that he was a little bad. He felt that he had no dignity as a referee in front of Lin Han.
"Lin, are you okay?"
When Lin Han turned around and left the frontcourt to return to defense, looking at Lin Han who had just made an offensive foul but had a smile on his face, Ma Long asked in surprise, "Isn't this kid stupid?" He was able to laugh when he just made an offensive foul just now.
"It's okay, I'm fine now"
After Lin Han said with a smile on his face, his eyes shone a little.
Lin Han was not scared when Rodman wanted to intimidate him in this game. For Lin Han, what he was most afraid of was intimidation!
Although Rodman's defensive style has brought him great difficulties, these difficulties are definitely not because of Rodman's intimidation!
If he hadn't had the ball in the first half, he would have wanted to teach this Spurs bastard a lesson. Now when he had the ball in his hand again, he could do everything he wanted to do without any constraints or any constraints. He could do whatever he wanted on the court.
In this case, when Rodman was retaliated by Lin Han once and found out that the Jazz rookie was not that easy to deal with, the former Pistons defensive player also became much more careful, while Lin Han's offense was becoming more and more aggressive. It was almost as if he was going to swallow Rodman directly.
Although Rodman's defense was extremely fierce every time, there were even several times when Lin Han came down from the air after finishing the shot and was knocked over by Rodman's footrest, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan on the sidelines was worried about Lin Han.
But at this time, Rodman on the court did not have any good mood because of plotting against Lin Han. Because he could plot against Lin Han, if Lin Han was not afraid, then everything he did would be futile, especially when Lin Han was not very effective in attack and was still able to keep taking action without fear of his intimidation. Rodman was really helpless.
What's even more helpless is that every time Lin Han is plotting against him, this kid is doing even more amazing. Rodman wants to step on the ground, so Lin Han directly puts his strength. Many times, the two are almost overturned together, and at this time, the fans at the scene were almost stunned when they saw this scene.
For Jazz fans, they have never seen such a game, or have they seen two such crazy players.
Not to mention that the fans on the scene were stunned by the crazy Lin Han and Rodman. Even the Spurs head coach Lucas on the sidelines and David Robinson on the Spurs player on the field were completely confused at this time.
They were originally planning to use Rodman as the butcher in this game to let Lin Han know what the real NBA is, but they didn't expect that when facing one of the most famous butchers in the NBA, Lin Han's banditry was not inferior at all, and even looked more fierce than Rodman.
Especially after the start of the third quarter, when Lin Han started to launch an attack frantically and the Spurs' score became more and more shaky, Lucas and David Robinson were really crazy.
"Oh my God, is Lin Han really desperate for this game?"
"You can't say that. It should be said that Lin Han knows very clearly that if he is afraid in this situation, the greater the damage he will suffer. This kid has always been very mature in his mind and knows how to protect himself. Even if he works hard, he will save his life better!"
Larry Bird knows Lin Han very well because he always thinks Lin Han is a copy of himself, so he is very clear that Lin Han’s plan for this game is so correct, because he did that back then.
“This is an incredible young man”
When the third quarter of the game ended, when Lin Han limped off the court, and when Rodman was almost able to get out with the support of his teammates, the Spurs defensive player found that his feet hurt when they moved, the Pistons champion player looked extremely ugly. This was the first time he was so embarrassed in front of an NBA rookie, even Jordan had never made him so embarrassed.
So at this time, when Rodman was leaving the court, the look in his eyes almost swallowed Lin Han. The referee on duty who had been staying on the court and the most promising young referee in the league, Javi, was relieved when he saw Lin Han and Rodman coming off the court, and his weak legs were finally not trembling.
These two guys are really too cruel. They are not only cruel to others, but also to themselves.
"Boy, don't let me find an opportunity next time. I will definitely ruin you if I find an opportunity!"
"Hmph, this is what I want to say to you."
When Lin Han and Rodman left the court and came to the center line on the sideline to prepare to return to their respective team benches, the two almost took action directly in a daze with the other Spurs and Jazz players, but in the end they both snorted coldly before turning around and leaving.
And when the third quarter of this game ended, the first half was a little anxious, and only a small number of leading Jazz had already determined the victory at the end of the third quarter.
73 to 62, the Jazz led by 11 points after the third quarter.
At this time, almost everyone knew that it was impossible for the Spurs to make a comeback, so at the beginning of the fourth quarter, when the substitutes of the two teams finished the first half of the quarter, Lin Han and other Jazz players appeared on the court again, the Spurs' defensive player Rodman had already returned to the locker room to treat and bandage his feet.
Under such circumstances, almost no one could stop Lin Han's Spurs from the end of this game and lost 17 points to the Jazz 100-83 away. When the game ended, David Robinson, the Spurs' head player, was full of confusion when he looked at Lin Han with a victory expression. The head player of the Spurs didn't even know how he left the stadium.
The Spurs head coach Lucas was not much better. When the Spurs head coach left the stadium, he looked at the Jazz No. 8 who was being interviewed on the live TV, and he felt a little complicated for a moment.
You know, when he was preparing to use Rodman's informal defense in this game, he thought about many results, but never thought that such a situation would occur. It was not the Jazz rookie who left the court first, but Rodman!
This is simply unbelievable. One of the most butcher players in the group actually lost to Lin Han in a situation where he was more ruthless and crazy. How can this make people believe it?
"It seems that all of us underestimated this kid. He is definitely not comparable to an ordinary rookie. Not to mention a rookie, with his personality, even many famous superstars are difficult to match. Maybe David and his choice to suppress him at the All-Star is a mistake."
When thinking about this, the Spurs head coach left the court with a sigh.
At this time, Lin Han, who was very happy, would not care about what David Robinson and Lucas were like in Italy. Lin Han, who made 13 of 28 shots in this game, scored 36 points in the whole game. Although this score is not low, for Lin Han, what is important is not the score itself, but in this game, Lin Han once again found the game and rhythm he wanted!
Compared to the constraints of skills and tactics, Lin Han found that the unrestrained and free playing style is the most suitable for him. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!