Chapter 68 I want to win!
The game between the Jazz and the New York Knicks was definitely the most difficult game that Lin Han played since entering the NBA. In many previous games, even if Lin Han performed poorly, his strong teammates could control the situation of the game. For example, how bad Lin Han performed in the last game with the 76ers, but in the end the team finally won with his strong strength. Lin Han still has the energy to score a wave of three-pointers in the second half...
Similarly, in the last game against the Heat, Lin Han's game was also bad. He made 7 of 29 shots and the team had already lost, but what was the final result? Lin Han still did not succeed in the undercover, and the Jazz still defeated the Heat.
This is also the biggest reason why Lin Han can resolutely brush data. Lin Han is not a fool. Alice also told him that no matter how much data is spent on a garbage team, it is useless. No one in the NBA cares about how beautiful the data of a player in a garbage team is. Only when the team wins, beautiful data is valuable. So Lin Han has always been very clear about this. He can brush data in the Jazz, get the best week, and defend the best week, not because he averages more than 42 points per game, but because his team has won seven consecutive victories. So although many media say that Lin Han has made high shooting skills, no one dares to really accuse Lin Han because Lin Han’s team has been winning.
Now, when facing the New York Knicks, Lin Han found out for the first time that he could not beat him anymore because his teammates had no way to fill in the pit for him now. This was the first time Lin Han encountered him since he entered the NBA.
If the Jazz's offensive performance after the first quarter began, it can be said that they were unfit from the away game back-to-back. However, when the first half ended and the Jazz only scored 36 points in the first half, then they could not refuse the team's players' bad condition, but the New York Knicks' defense is really excellent.
Although Lin Han doesn't like the New York Knicks very much, it has to admit that this team is definitely a championship-level team. Especially on the defensive end, the Supersonics' defense is also excellent. In Lin Han's opinion, Payton's defensive ability is much stronger than Starks, but the Supersonics do not put such pressure on the Jazz.
Because almost every player in the New York Knicks is like a madman, when Stockton advances to halftime, Doug Reeves will immediately press the defense to delay Stockton's handling of the ball. Other New York Knicks players are staring at their opponents like the Hungry Wolves. This team wants to be so tight in halftime, which is very aggressive.
And unlike Supersonics, no matter how crazy Payton is, no matter how strongly he oppresses Lin Han, this is his own oppression. The overall nature of Supersonic defense is far from comparable to the New York Knicks.
Even if this team, known as the New York Gangster, removes those bad things, this team is still a team with extremely strong defense and overall and aggressiveness. In this case, even the Jazz's best pick-and-roll game can't play much.
It can be said that after the half-time, this was the first time that Lin Han saw the team's head coach Jerry Sloan's face was solemn, unable to say any instructions or say nothing. Everyone just sat there blankly for fifteen minutes.
According to Jerry Sloan's meaning, this game is really explained? Is the gap between the Jazz and the championship-level New York Knicks so insurmountable?
Although Lin Han was unwilling to admit it, it was actually like this. At least many other Jazz players had already given up at this time, even if the score of 36 to 44 at the end of the half, it didn't seem that big.
For NBA players, when the game has not started, everyone expects to win, and the same is true for Jazz players. Since they are standing on the stage of Madison Square, Jazz players hope to leave the away trip to the East with four consecutive victories. However, when the game begins, after the game situation is completely beyond the Jazz players' expectations, such a will to win will inevitably be shaken.
After all, the Jazz players really have no reason to win in this game. So what if the team lost back-to-back in the last away game of the team in five days and four games? Even if they lose, the Jazz have performed well during this period and are still ranked second in the West.
Moreover, after the game with the 76ers, he played such a away game with strong muscle collisions. Not to mention other Jazz players, even Lin Han himself felt extremely uncomfortable, and was extremely tired mentally and physically.
So facing Starks, who is obviously 7 cm shorter than him, Lin Han can only look for a chance to turn and jump shot on Starks, instead of pulling the three-point line outside - shooting him, doesn't Lin Han know that playing McGrady-style pull with Starks is the most effective offensive method?
But if Lin Han really uses this, he will probably end up after playing one quarter. In the second half of the last game against the 76ers, he forced 14 three-pointers, which made Lin Han's hands sore until now. In the official game, shooting in high-intensity confrontation was extremely physically consuming. Now Lin Han's endurance attribute is 10, which is just slightly better than ordinary people and does not meet the standards of NBA professional players.
So in previous games, in order to play the entire game, Lin Han basically relied on turning back and jumping shots, because this skill ignores personal physical fitness. As for defense, Lin Han can defend his eyes because Lin Han knows very clearly that a player who defends his eyes is not a starting player or core player that the team cannot accept, and a player who persists for less than 20 minutes in a normal NBA game will never be the starter or core player. According to Lin Han's current physical fitness, it is a miracle to be able to persist for 20 minutes under normal circumstances.
Therefore, when the third quarter of this game started, when the Jazz players slowly lost their fighting spirit to chase points and completed the game step by step like machines, Lin Han could only grit his teeth and secretly hated his strength to not change the situation of the game now.
He really wants to use his personal abilities to lead the Jazz to a big climax and then awaken his team, just like Jordan did when he was with the Bulls, but now he is really not Jordan, nor is he really a superstar.
"hateful!"
When the third quarter ended, the Jazz ended the third quarter with a score of 57 to 68, Lin Han looked at Starks, who had been swaying at him and cursed fiercely in his heart.
"Hahaha, I finally gave the anger I had in the first half. It's so good. It's so good to see this guy being upset."
Lin Han was very unhappy at this time, but Starks was very happy. Lin Han's special rookie made him extremely frustrated in the first half. Although Lin Han's performance was not outstanding in this game, he scored a total of 12 points with 5 of 16 shots after the three quarters. Such a performance was almost extremely bad. But you should know that after Lin Han scored 6 points in the first quarter, Starks was very afraid what should he do after Lin Han scored 15 points in this game?
Therefore, Starks did feel a lot of uneasy about this rookie who was still extremely tough after intimidation. In the next game, it turned out that the rookie was a rookie, and he only scored 6 points in two quarters. Although his height could not really block Lin Han, Lin Han was basically blocked by him under his interference. In Starks's view, he could win Lin Han in the fourth quarter.
"John, isn't it just a little rookie? Seeing you so happy, others thought you had defeated Jordan."
Like John Starks, the game is so happy that other Jazz players are very happy. Being able to end the Jazz's seven consecutive victories is definitely a thing that can make the headlines. If you really win this game in the end, Ewing will definitely defeat Lin Han to the top in the next week. In such a ranking, Olajuwon, who has a much lower exposure than Lin Han and Ewing, will be difficult to beat Ewing to the top unless he plays a super god performance.
So, for the current New York Knicks players, although the game is not over yet, they are already looking forward to the future.
"Hahaha, I can't say that. This Jazz's rookie is weird and cruel. I've been in the league for so long and I've never seen any rookie with such courage. You don't know that after this little guy scored 6 points in the first quarter, John was frightened, hahaha."
"That's right, John said that as long as Lin Han can score more than 15 points in this game, he will lick the rookie's butt. It seems that it's not a little bit short now."
After Oakley finished joking, he deliberately provoked Starks.
"Charles, don't worry, I can't lose. That kid has only so many points in this game."
Looking at his teammate's malicious gaze, Starks looked at the Jazz's bench and said disdainfully that for him, it would be kind to make Lin Han score 12 points in this game. If Lin Han is really ungrateful, he would not mind using some unconventional weapons, such as destroying him. Although the consequences are serious, he no longer minds.
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"It seems like this is the case in this game."
To be honest, Jerry West was in a very complicated mood at this time. He should be sad when Lin Han performed poorly in this game. After all, Lin Han has always been the player he wants, and now he has not given up on digging Lin Han. However, seeing Lin Han being strangled by Starks and New York's overall defense, he has a very distorted sense of speed, that special sense of speed is a special sense of revenge and taking advantage of the situation.
"The New York Knicks are stronger this year than last year. It seems that they are determined to win the NBA championship today."
After Jerry West finished speaking, Jordan also frowned. Last year he did bring the team to defeat the New York Knicks, but the Bulls' real thighs were not all him. Last season, he was involved in a gambling scandal. If Pippen hadn't been hanging his life for the Bulls, he was beaten 2-0 by the New York Knicks at the beginning and wouldn't know what the result would be.
Although Jordan was not in good shape at that time, after all, the game was in the Eastern Conference Finals. Even if Jordan was disturbed by the outside world, he could not be said to be in a bad state. After all, Jordan, who has won two championships, is an experienced player himself. Generally, such experienced champion players will be in a better state as they go to the later stages of the playoffs. In this case, Jordan and New York had 10 of 27 shots and 12 of 32 shots. As for the third game that the Bulls won, Jordan made 3 of 18 shots. If Pippen hadn't saved the game in that game, he wouldn't know that the Bulls would have been 0-3. Will Jordan score 54 points in the fourth game and eventually led the Bulls to reverse the Knicks.
So although Jordan, the butcher team, can't like it, he is also in awe. Even the number one player in the league, has made 25 of 75 shots in the first three games against the New York Knicks. Which outside superstar in the league can stand the test of the New York Knicks?
"I'm afraid that only Olajuwon can stop this New York Knicks."
In the end, Jordan thought secretly in his heart, it seemed that the great master Jordan did not have much expectation for the Bulls led by his teammates.
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"Okay, Lin, don't think too much, your performance is already outstanding enough"
After the fourth quarter, since Lin Han sat on the bench, he stared at the stadium without saying a word and held his fists hard. Anyone could see that Lin Han was extremely unwilling at this time, so even the two younger brothers Russell and Williams who usually comfort Lin Han did not dare to talk to him at this time.
The strange atmosphere around Lin Han was naturally seen by the team's assistant coach Fei Er and Johnson, so the coach who had always taken good care of Lin Han also sighed and patted Lin Han on the shoulder and said.
Although Lin Han's touch was still cold in this game, he was not the sinner of the team's loss. Other Jazz players were even more unbearable under the test of the championship-level team. Lin Han had already calculated it, and Lin Han was not useless in this game. Everyone can see his courage and toughness.
"I want to win this game!"
"What?"
I don’t know if I heard it wrong, but at this time Feier and Johnson were stunned.
Do you want to win this game? Although such fighting spirit is good, why? You know, even head coach Jerry Sloan can't find a way to smash the New York Knicks, Malone was suppressed by Ewing, and Stockton was exposed by the tough pressure defense. All his shortcomings of his lack of ability to attack were exposed.
In this case, why should the team win?
Feier and Johnson were stunned, but Lin Han's eyes were so hot that he was afraid.
Chapter completed!