Chapter 252 The strongest perimeter defender!
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"In a NBA playoff game ended this morning, the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Jazz and the Rockets at home. Chinese player Lin Han scored 34 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals and 6 blocks in the game, leading the Jazz to defeat the Rockets with a score of 93-81, and Lin Han became the only outside player among the NBA active players to win 30+20 in the playoffs. He is also the second player in the history of the Jazz to get 30+20 in the playoffs. The last player to get this data was Karl Malone, and Lin Han also became the first player in NBA history to achieve 30+20 after giving 5x5 data in a game."
At 7:20 pm on May 29, 1994, when the people of Tianchao saw Lin Han's news again in the most rated news program in the country, they were a little accustomed to it. They were not very clear about what the NBA was, but now they are also used to seeing NBA news on the news broadcast. Especially after the NBA game came to the playoffs, they could see news about Lin Han about NBA on the news broadcast almost every day or two. In the Tianchao, Lin Han's appearance frequency is no less than that of some super leaders. So when many Tianchao families were watching the news broadcast while eating, and some young members of these families pointed to the TV screen to others and said Lin Han with excitement and pride, such a picture has almost become the norm for thousands of families in the Tianchao.;.
Since Lin Han's sneakers Miracle Generation was sold in China last year. Adidas entered the Celestial Market early, with the joint promotion of NBA and Adidas, especially Lin Han's sneakers, the sales of global sneakers have exceeded 4 million pairs. As Lin Han soared in the playoffs and the efficiency of sneakers began to move towards 5 million pairs, Adidas' promotion efforts in Celestial Market were unprecedentedly strong. This was not because of Lin Han's intentional arrangements, but what surprised Adidas' senior management was that,
The Celestial Empire, which has always appeared in the international poverty-stricken world, has extremely consumer power in purchasing Lin Han's Miracle Generation. Although the sales volume of 300,000 pairs so far is very low for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, and such sales volume cannot match the sales volume of Hong Kong, even if it cannot compare with Hong Kong. However, this number is already in addition to the United States. If we count it alone, the sales volume of the Celestial Empire can rank among the top five except the United States.
This is a very miraculous number, especially when both Nike and Adidas subconsciously ignored this country. At this time, when Nike had not paid attention to this country. Because of Lin Han, Adidas saw the consumption potential of this country in advance, which almost made Adidas' senior management ecstatic. In the past, they just wanted to use Lin Han to drag Nike to advance to Europe and football. But now, their ideas are no longer so simple. Not only do they want to drag Nike to penetrate Europe and football, they are ready to open the [woman] land of the Celestial Empire. In this case, the cost of investment in Adidas is extremely huge.
However, what makes Adidas a little embarrassed and helpless is that Tianchao fans are only interested in Lin Han’s things. There is no interest in other things at all. Almost 80% of the sales of Adidas stores in each big city are provided by Lin Han’s sneakers and jerseys. As for the jerseys or football shoes of other European stars, the sales volume is limited, which is also quite embarrassing. In Tianchao, the sub-brand of Miracle is more influential than the parent brand of Adidas, which will somewhat disappoint Adidas.
However, disappointment is disappointment, but they also hold 50% of the shares of the Miracle brand. Although they are not absolutely controlling, but owned by Lin Han, they are still considered their company. Therefore, they are still very concerned about Lin Han's packaging and promotion in the Celestial Empire. This also directly leads to the increasing number of Celestial Empire reporters in NBA. Although David Stern is also optimistic about the Celestial Empire basketball market, with his authority, the cost of taking care of CACV and a few media reporters in the US is already a limit. If more investment is made, the bosses of other NBA teams will have opinions. In this case, the more and more Celestial journalists in NBA are now appearing in NBA. Naturally, it is not invited by David Stern, but by Adidas.
Therefore, when this year's playoffs began, as Lin Han's performance in the playoffs became more and more outstanding, from the end of April to the end of May, the entire basketball circle or sports world in the Celestial Empire was like the New Year, crazy, and simply crazy, especially as the summer vacation approached, this atmosphere was particularly obvious.
Of course, Lin Han was playing in the playoffs in the United States at this time, and he didn't know that the Celestial Empire had been developed to this point by Adidas and David Stern. In fact, even in the United States, Lin Han's influence was actually very huge.
Especially when Lin Han played the first 30+20 5x5 data in NBA history in the game against the Rockets, the entire NBA caused a sensation!
To be honest, in the NBA, 30+20 data like Lin Han is not very outstanding in the entire history. For example, Chamberlain, who has played 30+20 triple-doubles, Olajuwon almost scored 50+25 when he was young. Not to mention 30+20, even 40+20 Olajuwon is not once. Even an outside player, the Lakers' superstar and the league's number one tragedy man Elgin Baylor, this small forward not only scored 60 points in the finals, this Lakers' small forward almost averaged 40+20 in a single season in the regular season, and the average average of nearly 30+20 is not once or twice. Even in the playoffs, the Lakers' superstar had also scored nearly 40+20.
Therefore, if you only put Lin Han's data in the entire NBA history, it can only be said to be very outstanding. But it is only one of the very outstanding groups. But after all, the NBA was really in ancient times. Many data have always been a bit doubtful now. When Jordan won the championship for three consecutive times, although the Bulls' leading player was disliked by many people, some media and fans who supported Jordan directly regarded him as the number one person in NBA history. Chamberlain came out to scold his mother. In the current NBA, there will always be a little discrimination against legendary players of that era. Unless someone wants to black Jordan, he will pull Chamberlain and Russell out to Jordan when he wants to black Jordan.
Moreover, Lin Han’s this time is not an ordinary 30+20, and it also comes with a 5x5, which is extremely rare. Even those great gods from ancient times can no longer produce this data.
"Will Lin Han's performance be surprised in this game? Of course not. He is one of the best players in our team. His abilities are very comprehensive. As long as he wants, he can easily score 30 points in a game. He can also grab 20 rebounds in a game, and also give more than 5 assists or more than 5 steals and blocks in a game. He can do everything. However, he did all these things in this game, which is indeed a bit surprising. However, this is Lin Han. He can do everything he wants to do. He is a unique player in NBA history."
This is after the game. Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan evaluated Lin Han's performance in the interview. When Jerry Sloan, who has always been extremely serious, said with a smile and said that Lin Han was a unique player, almost all the reporters at the scene laughed. Except for the few Houston media and Rockets head coach Tom Janovic who was present at the time, everyone expressed kindness to Jerry Sloan's jokes.
Because everyone knows that when Drexler said in a high profile that before the game, Olajuwon is the only one-of-a-kind player in the league, Lin Han directly faced Drexler with the only 5x5 take-out 30+20 data in NBA history. Isn't this directly hit Drexler in the face? If Lin Han's performance in this game is not unique enough, then who in the league dares to say that he is unique?
Therefore, these reporters really want to see Jerry Sloan ridicule and counterattack the Rockets' previous remarks. Although they rarely saw Jerry Sloan do this before, the Jazz head coach who has changed a lot recently made them like it more than before.
"Will I be dissatisfied with my own performance in this game? No, although I didn't score much in this game, it's not very important. The important thing is that the team can win. The most urgent thing we have now is to defeat the Rockets. As long as we can defeat the Rockets, I won't care how much my data is, and I won't care whether Lin's shots are much more than me. Moreover, his performance today is indeed very outstanding. He is the best shooting guard in the league now!"
This is what Kal Malone said when he accepted the media after the game. Although he claimed that he had entered the playoffs and won the MVP, the Jazz player played very depressed and all the limelight was snatched away by Lin Han, he did not have any resentment towards Lin Han. After all, it is just the Western Conference Finals, not the finals. As long as the team can defeat the Rockets and enter the finals, no matter how outstanding Lin Han's performance is, he will praise it because he knows that without Lin Han's support, he and his team will not be able to deal with the Rockets.
"I have always said that Lin Han is the best young player I have ever met. His learning ability is extremely terrifying. I haven't seen a dominant player like him for a long time. Although he has not reached that level yet, he has proved that he is the most likely player in the league to reach that level. I am looking forward to what his showdown with Jordan will look like next season!"
At the end of this game, Larry Bird, who has always been the role of Lin Mi, almost did not hide his praise for Lin Han. Although he no longer thought that Lin Han had reached the level of King of Football, it can be seen from his comparison between Lin Han and Jordan that he already recognized Lin Han's ability to challenge Jordan, which means that Lin Han already has the strength of a quasi-football king and has exceeded the superstar half a level. As long as he can defeat Jordan, he can be crowned the King of Football, just like Jordan was crowned the King of Football after defeating the Magician!
So when Larry Bird said this, it can be said that it caused a huge sensation. After all, Larry Bird's words pushed Lin Han to the position of "Quick Ball King". This position is not a position that everyone recognizes that Lin Han can reach!
Therefore, when Larry Bird finished speaking, many media and fans who did not like Lin Han quickly said that Larry Bird was putting Karl Malone and Stockton? After all, the Jazz are not Lin Han's team. Without Malone and Stockton to attract firepower and support for Lin Han in the playoffs, could Lin Han perform like this in this game? At least, without Malone and Stockton. When playing in this game, Lin Han faced a defense that would definitely not be a single defense!
Of course, it was just when Larry Bird pushed Lin Han into the position of "Just King of Football". Many media, experts and fans in the United States rebounded a bit. However, what was surprising was that he was like an otaku hiding at home for more than half a year before and not meeting people outside. Recently, Michael Jordan, who was extremely active in the media, actually came out to respond after Larry Bird's "Just King of Football" remarks!
"I am looking forward to Lin Han's challenge. He is the young player I am most optimistic about."
Although Jordan's performance in recent times has almost everyone known that he will definitely make a comeback next season, Jordan and the Bulls did not clearly admit it on either side. In this case, it has been a question whether Jordan will make a comeback next season. However, when Jordan stood up and said this through Larry Bird's remarks, it was already clearly indicating that he would make a comeback next season!
When Larry Bird learned of Jordan's response, the legendary Celtic player who is still in Salt Lake City almost started to curse Jordan directly.
"I dare to use this kid. Be careful that Lin Han will let you watch it next season!"
Obviously, Jordan's comeback requires an opportunity. Without him, the Bulls' first round elimination is just the fan base for his comeback. In addition to the fan base, there is also a public opinion base. After all, he is not a fan who kicked out of the NBA but a media who kicked out of the NBA. Now when Larry Bird is praising Lin Han, it will naturally make a large number of media who are unhappy with Lin Han. Most of these unhappy Lin Han Han are loyal to Jordan. In this case, if these Jordan Black, who is loyal to the past, now Lin Han Hei can see that Lin Han and Jordan will have a life-and-death duel on the court one day, then this is definitely something they are willing to see.
In this case, after Larry Bird's remarks, Jordan deliberately created a little momentum in this remarks, making Lin Han vs Jordan, No. 8 vs 23 the mainstream of public opinion. Then all obstacles to Jordan's comeback were almost eliminated. Although this move seems extremely hidden, he can almost see people with IQ like Larry Bird.
In fact, even if Larry Bird could see it, he had no choice when he saw the public's remarks about Lin Han vs. Jordan. He really didn't expect that he had retired and was even used by Jordan.
Of course, it was a bit unhappy for Jordan to make Larry Bird a little uncomfortable, but if the Celtic legend was compared with the Rockets at this time, it would be really a terrible thing. After the first game against the Jazz, the entire Rockets' faces were almost ugly from the coach to the players. There was no way. After the game, the Rockets' almost shameful defeat on the away game made the team almost the focus of mocking by all media and fans.
After all, in order to win the first away game before the game, they were really very defeated by the provocations of the Jazz team, Lin Han and Malone. They originally thought that with the character of the Jazz team, this overall conservative team would be angry because of the aggression of Lin Han and Malone. These two not-so-mature players would hurt the Jazz team as a whole. But they didn't expect that Jerry Sloan, who has always been conservative, actually played this radical, and it could even be said that he gave up his basketball power to make the team's personality cater to Lin Han and Malone's style of play, which directly led to the team's miserable defeat in the first game.
"Damn it, these fencemen are even more annoying than the Jazz!"
On May 30, on the second home game between the Jazz and the Rockets, when Drexler and the Rockets, who had been extremely depressed in the past two days, got up in the morning to have breakfast, he subconsciously picked up the newspaper next to him and just took a look. The title on the newspaper was enough to disgusting these Rockets players.
At this time, when I saw the Rockets players who were excited and cursed, the hotel waiters on the side were laughing. These newspapers were selected from media of all sizes across the country. For the support of this Jazz this year, Salt Lake City or Utah is really in all directions. Whoever dares to stand in the way of this Jazz’s championship will be able to think about destroying whom.
Fortunately, the Jazz won the first game. If the Jazz lost and the Rockets won, then the waiting for the Rockets is not just to "select" newspapers for their "concert" care. I'm afraid some radical fans will add a little "special" "production" to their breakfast.
However, for these Rockets players who have been thrilled in the past two days, such a "service" is enough to anger them.
"Isn't it just a game that won? If we hadn't been caught off guard. If they weren't lucky, Hakim would have abused them long ago!"
Although he lost in the last game, he lost a lot, and even at the moment of the game ending, the Rockets players couldn't believe that they would lose in that way. But after a day of trimming, because Olajuwon broke the Jazz's press alone in the last game, other Rockets players no longer had as many confused as they were when they were pushed by the Jazz in the last game.
It has re-established its trust in the team's boss Olajuwon. With a player like Olajuwon, the Rockets were able to chase three games in a row and knock the Suns out of their way. The Rockets' boss is indeed a bit omnipotent now.
"And, the reason why Clyde performed poorly in the last game was because Clyde had been playing with a ball and attacking? As long as Clyde played without a ball, how many times did Lin Han really defend Clyde in the second half?! In the next game, Lin Han's defense will definitely be beaten by Clyde!"
Although Lin Han would be very unhappy if he heard this at this time. But is this a nonsense about the Rockets players? The Jazz won 15 points in the first half 55 to 40 in the last game, and the Jazz lost 3 points in the second half. Although Olajuwon consumed the entire Jazz team's physical fitness a little, more importantly, when Drexler of the Rockets played without the ball, Lin Han's restrictions on him did drop a lot.
Lin Han’s single-handed challenge is very powerful now, especially in single-handed defense. Even Jordan Lin Han is not very afraid, as long as the opponent is willing to 1v1 with him, but if it is not on the front, but when encountering Drexler or Reggie Miller, Lin Han’s defensive efficiency will be greatly reduced. Not to mention Lin Han, even when Jordan faces Reggie Miller, isn’t Pippen’s ability to face Reggie Miller? In basketball games, an opponent who likes to run is the most difficult to defend. This is why the old-school head coach and even the new-school head coach in the league do not like his team. There is a player like Lin Han who likes to play single-handed challenge in the game and hold the ball for a long time because it is too easy to defend and the efficiency is too low.
So, if the Rockets really let Drexler play without the ball in the next game, Lin Han will indeed find it difficult to defend. At least most Rockets players now think so.
Of course, the public opinion in the outside world was very noisy at this time, 23vs8, and the media's praise of Lin Han, satirized the Rockets and praised the Jazz. It can be said that the public opinion in Salt Lake City and the NBA at this time can definitely be said to be mixed.
Lin Han, who is at the center of this public opinion storm, has been very low-key or silent after the last game. Jazz players can always feel that this guy is thinking about something.
In fact, Lin Han was really thinking about something at this time, because after he scored 30+20 5x5 data in the last game, the system directly rewarded him with a purple skill point. This is a purple skill, an item that can upgrade the purple skill to one level!
Lin Han is really confused about the use of this skill point, so keep it? Who knows when will you gain purple skills? Don’t keep it. Split the purple skill point into 5 purple-gold skill points, which is indeed more beneficial to Lin Han now, but it makes Lin Han a little regretful.
However, after thinking for a day and a night, at noon on the second game between the Rockets and the Jazz on May 30, when the Jazz's morning training ended, Lin Han rewarded the purple and directly split it into 5 purple-gold skill points, improving Chamberlain's blocking block and Kirirenko's omnipresent defense skills to the highest lv3!
Skill: Chamberlain locking cap (purple and gold A+ level skill)
Skill Level: lv3
Skill effect: This skill is a frontal defensive cover skill. It comes with lv1 level lock and lv3 level veneer direct jump
lv1 level locking special effect: Before the game starts, the host can lock any player on the opponent. After locking, the host can sense any movement of the locked player, and the effect cannot be upgraded.
Special effect of lv3 level veneer direct jump: When the host is facing a defensive player, if the distance between the defensive player and the host is less than 50cm, the host will jump directly, and be sensitive, and have a balance increase of 20% when the host is directly jumping.
Skill: Kirilianko Assistant Defense Skill (Purple and Gold A+ Level Skill)
Skill level, lv3
Skill effect: This skill is an external defense skill. This skill comes with a lv1 level omnipresent special effect. It comes with a lv2 level elusive and undesirable special effect.
lv1 level omnipresent special effects: in any game, when the host is on the field as a defensive player. When facing the offensive defense, when the opponent passes the ball, the host can predict the passing route in advance before the opponent passes the ball, and the effect cannot be upgraded.
lv3 level elbow has no special effect: the host's response speed on the defensive end is increased by 50%, the steal rate is increased by 50%. The blocking rate is increased by 50%. This effect cannot be superimposed with other defensive skill effects.
When Lin Han used four purple and gold skill points to improve these two skills from lv2 to lv3, Lin Han himself was also a little excited. Although Lin Han was still hesitating whether he should become more comprehensive at this time, and used the golden milestone to draw Stockton's passing vision and passing skills from Stockton, there is one thing Lin Han would never hesitate, that is, to make the skills he now have become stronger. Lin Han has no need to hesitate at this point, because this will not cause the Jazz to suddenly change their playing style because Lin Han suddenly changes his playing style.
Especially when Lin Han saw that these two-point defensive skills were improved to LV3, the effect of improvement was indeed very exciting. Chamberlain's lock-in blocking shot was not very big, but the physical attributes when taking off were increased from 15% to 20%. This is actually enough for Lin Han to defend the outside, very enough. As long as the opponent dares to play him head-on, in a one-on-one situation, Lin Han does not think that there are many outside players in the league that can break through his defense, unless those players with high speed talent, players with high strength talent or other players with high talent use their talents to get rid of him. However, from Drexler's point of view, even some players with high talent, if their physical condition is not at its peak, it is hard to say whether they can get rid of Lin Han head-on.
So when the locking cover was lifted to LV3, the single defense had almost reached the top of the outside defender.
What really makes Lin Han a little incredible is that after the Kirirenko's assistant defense skills were upgraded to lv3, the original 30% improvement effect was all 50%. Although these effects did not directly increase attributes, Lin Han knew that such as reaction rate, steal rate or blocking rate, these were specific talents. According to Aili, the strongest title of reaction talent seems to be a title called "Lei Dong Di Chi", which can double the reaction rate, which is 100% reaction speed. In addition to this, most first-class talents are about 75%, and 50% is already considered a second-rate talent. Moreover, after the elusiveness reached lv3, not only did the reaction speed increase by 50%, but the other two secondary attributes increased by 50%. This skill alone provides Lin Han with 3 second-rate talent effects.
Especially after seeing the reaction speed increase by 50%, Lin Han was very excited. In the second half of the game against the Rockets, after Drexler played without the ball, he did not have enough restrictions on Drexler, because his unball run was of the same level as Drexler, and even slightly inferior to Drexler. Lin Han's unball run was biased towards an unball run that improved the mid-range shooting rate, while Drexler's unball run was more likely to be speed-type and reactive. Therefore, when Lin Han faced him, he always felt that he was half a beat slower. This also caused Lin Han to defend Drexler's passing more when he was not in the ball. Lin Han often blocked Drexler's passing players, which was also considered a success in defense, but this was just a second-rate defense success.
After the reaction speed increased to 50%, although Lin Han didn't dare to say that he could defend Drexler, it was not far from that. After all, the NBA's superstar players have too many methods. Who knows if this guy has any other methods? After all, this is a shooting guard who can be as famous as Jordan at his peak.
Of course, no matter what, when Lin Han upgraded his two strongest defensive skills to the full level, he would have more confidence in himself at this time.
When Lin Han came to the team to do adaptation training with the team in the afternoon, Lin Han, who had seemed a little hesitant these two days, seemed to have no hesitation at all at this time, and his face was full of smiles.
"Lin Han's defense is excellent, but it is not as good as you said. And even when facing Jordan, I was not blocked by anyone and became the sinner of the team's loss. We did perform very badly in the last game, but we will win this game, sure!"
When the second game between the Jazz and the Rockets was approaching, no matter how noisy the public opinion outside was, he was now looking at the second game between the Jazz and the Rockets again, because everyone knew that if the Rockets still lost in this game, then this round of series would be difficult.
Under such circumstances, even Drexler, who performed very poorly in the last game, was angry by the reporters, and even said that Lin Han's defense was overrated.
"I don't know if Mr. Drexler really thinks that way, but one thing we have the same view, that is, I also think my team will definitely win in the next game!"
When Lin Han was asked about Drexler's overrated defense before the game, the Jazz's super rookie was also a little stunned. He was not sure whether these reporters were provoking or whether Drexler really said such things.
However, in Lin Han's own opinion, it is difficult for Drexler to say such words. After all, he and Drexler had always shown strong defensive ability in the last game or the previous match.
However, if Drexler really had this idea, then Lin Han wouldn't mind that this game would impress him more. If Lin Han had some concerns before, he didn't have that strong confidence, but Lin Han was really confident at this time.
In Lin Han's opinion, he already has the strongest outside defense ability in the league. Even if it is not the strongest, he is one of the strongest! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Si, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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