Chapter 69 The game is far from over!
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"I didn't expect that our first loss this season will be here. I don't know if we should be glad that this loss came late or that this loss was miserable."
In the fourth quarter of the game between the Jazz and the New York Knicks, when Jeff Malone took the team's substitute from the court with a tired look on his face, Stockton and Karl Malone looked at their old comrade in a mess for a while.
This game is not just their starting main players who play very frustrated, they are completely suppressed by the New York Knicks. Even the substitutes led by Jeff Malone are similar, especially Jeff Malone. Although there are many substitutes who can play in the bench, everyone knows what kind of substitutes these Jazz substitutes are. They can pick up soft persimmons and hit a few points in easy games. These guys are not reliable at all in key games or difficult games. Therefore, when the Jazz and the New York Knicks face off, they basically rely on Jeff Malone to score.
For this veteran, although he didn't play much time in this away back-to-back game, his fatigue and fatigue are probably far higher than before. After all, the New York Knicks' defense, which is almost like wrestling, is really terrifying.
"If you lose, lose, just win back in the future."
After Stockton finished speaking with some emotion, the other Jazz players who were about to play felt relieved. However, Lin Han did not express much at this time. He did not follow Stockton and Malone like other Jazz players, but instead walked towards the stadium first.
For Stockton and Malone, Lin Han's behavior is actually very rude and provocative. After all, even Lin Han is a young core player that Sloan focuses on training, the boss of this team is still Stockton and Malone. What does Lin Han mean now? Is this going to grab power?
Therefore, as Lin Han's younger brother, Aaron Williams and Russell, who also had to play in the last six minutes of the fourth quarter, were also hesitant at this time. They didn't know whether to follow his boss to throw Stockton and Malone down or continue to follow Stockton and Malone.
"It seems that this little guy doesn't want to fail."
Although Lin Han's behavior was not so regular, Ma Long's face changed a lot and immediately adjusted and said with a smile, but this smile seemed to have a little helplessness and bitterness.
Lin Han's behavior does not respect him and Stockton enough, and Malone also dislikes this, but Malone can understand Lin Han's emotions at this time, because he was once a rookie, and he is also an extremely stubborn and unyielding player. After he entered the NBA, when he faced his first failure in the NBA, his performance was even worse than Lin Han.
He still remembers the helplessness and helplessness when the team is about to lose, as well as the emptiness and bitterness after the loss. Although he has been struggling in the NBA for so many years, the repeated winning and losing in the NBA have smoothed out his youth and edges when he was rookie, but Ma Long can still imagine Lin Han's current mood.
"This is also a thorn. Just like you back then, I just don't know if he will cry secretly after losing this game."
After Ma Long finished speaking with a complicated mood, Stockton also smiled and said calmly. After saying that, he deliberately looked at Ma Long deeply, which made Ma Long very guilty. How did this dark-hearted guy know that he had cried after losing that game? After thinking about the past eight years ago, Ma Long's face changed again.
"No wonder this guy stood there after I left the house. It turned out that it was not a chance encounter, but this guy was standing next to me. FVK, this guy is so scammed. After watching the show for so long, he pretended to be kind and had been lying to me for so long."
Thinking of being subdued by Stockton at that time, Malone was speechless. He really didn't expect Stockton to be so black-bellied at that time. You know, Stockton was just a substitute for the Jazz, and Malone was the core of the team's potential. At that time, the Jazz's player was the singles champion Adrian Dantley. At that time, the starting point guard of the team was All-Star point guard Ricky Green, and Stockton could only be regarded as a young birdie in the team. However, no one expected that this young birdie would have such great ambitions at that time, and he also took him as his future as his younger brother.
"Hey, Carl, can you not look at me with such eyes, as if I did something wrong to you."
Looking at Malone's malicious eyes, Stockton also didn't know what his old partner meant? Did he know many things I lied to him before, and with his IQ, he shouldn't have it? Stockton muttered in his heart.
Every rookie with pursuit will have a dream of a protagonist after coming to NBA, fantasizing that you are the protagonist of the NBA stage, you can always defeat all kinds of strong players and eventually become the king here.
Although this dream or fantasy is very childish and ridiculous, even as Karl Malone who had such fantasies back then, he felt a little ashamed when he thought about it. It was really shameful. But I have to say that although Lin Han now looks mature and looks much more mature than Malone back then, Lin Han still has such a fantasy, a fantasy that can always win, so he doesn't want to lose.
No matter how ridiculous, childish, or even a second-tier fantasy, Lin Han just doesn't want to lose. He hates the feeling of being powerless when he loses, and he hates the feeling of being confused and helpless when he is about to lose.
So although his teammates and his head coach have never thought of winning this game, after all, facing the New York Knicks, there are 6 minutes left in the game, and the score is 67 to 79, 12 points behind, and such a score difference is basically unchallengable.
However, Lin Han knew that he could still make a last-minute attempt. Although the final thing would be carried out according to his own vision, he could still give it a try now.
"I can't lose this game"
When he returned to the court again, looking at John Starks who was still standing in front of him with a pure smile and squinted eyes, Lin Han secretly swore in his heart.
"Boy, this game has ended here. I won't let you get even one point next."
To be honest, if it weren't for the opponent, Starks would indeed appreciate Lin Han. This guy's toughness and fighting spirit can win the respect of all butchers, but as a butcher, the best gift for respect is to let these respected people fall on the court. Starks already has this idea, if Lin Han still has such emotions and courage.
But this time, in the face of Starks' provocation, Lin Han just snorted softly and did not express much.
I have to say that although the Jazz lost a bad game and was almost completely suppressed, the Jazz did a great job in this game. Although Malone and Ewing were much worse in heavyweight, Malone used his strength to fight to defend Ewing, which also made the New York Knicks' offense very uncomfortable. If the Jazz's previous style of playing was a single pick-and-roll mid-range shot, then all the three-patch of the New York Knicks were also a single Ewing center offensive strategy.
So although the New York Knicks may be able to win this game, in the face of the equally strong Jazz defense, this team may be very rare to get high scores. At least after the timeout, Ewing was pushed out by Malone and failed to hit the mid-range jump shot.
"John, I'll go to the three-point line in a while"
After Aaron Williams grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed the ball to Stockton, Lin Han walked to Stockton and said softly. After Lin Han finished speaking, Stockton's eyes lit up.
Lin Han has no intention of shooting three-pointers so far. After the last game against the 76ers, everyone in the Jazz knew that Lin Han’s three-pointer was excellent, but no one knew why Lin Han didn’t take action in this game. In addition, Jerry Sloan has not formulated the team’s three-pointer tactics at all, so he has no way to do without taking action for Lin Han’s three-pointer.
And now, Lin Han seems to want to give it a try, and in the NBA, if the shooting percentage is comparable, it is naturally the fastest to chase points from the three-pointers.
"Good boy, I'll play with you in this game."
Looking at Lin Han running towards the frontcourt, Stockton murmured with a smile on his face.
"What, I want to get rid of me? I said that you won't score in the fourth quarter, so you won't have any chance of practicing."
When Lin Han came to the frontcourt from the backcourt and just entered the three-point line, Starks posted it up. This guy made Jordan's first three playoffs last year with a hit percentage of only 33%. It can be said that the biggest discovery of the New York Knicks in the playoffs last year was this Starks. In this case, even Jordan could be locked, let alone a rookie like Lin Han?
Moreover, this guy's defense was very good. Coupled with all kinds of small moves and his life-threatening spirit, Lin Han was really uncomfortable after being entangled by him, even more uncomfortable than when he was playing against Payton.
Of course, Lin Han felt very uncomfortable at this time for Stockton's defense. Starks was not much better at this time. Although Lin Han's defense was eye defense, Lin Han invested a lot of effort on the offensive end, especially Kobe's ability to turn and jump shot with a backward jump shot, which naturally includes fake moves in running positions. This fake move, which is constantly running back and forth in a small range, is almost exactly the same as Jordan's escape move, and after getting rid of it, he directly got up and turned over and jump shot after receiving the ball.
So although Lin Han is indeed much worse than Jordan in terms of experience and strength at this time, it is extremely difficult to completely lock Lin Han and not let him take action.
Especially what made Starks uncomfortable was that after the fourth quarter restarted, Malone did not play pick-and-roll with Stockton on the offensive end, but began to cover Lin Han. A team boss actually gave up his offense to cover Lin Han? What kind of sentiment is this?
"not good!"
So when Lin Han took Starks to spare Malone who stood there like a stake twice and got rid of Starks slightly, the New York Knicks defensive player immediately felt something was wrong.
However, after being delayed by Malone for a while, Lin Han, who had already gone around the 45-degree three-point line on the left, seemed to be about to catch the ball. Starks didn't think that Lin Han would not be able to catch the ball after making the catch. The Jazz's point guard is Stockton, and he is not a cat or a dog. Although Stockton was so entangled in this game, it would be absolutely unfair if it was just a pass or excessive ball.
So Stockton did not have any luck. Although Lin Han was thrown away for a while, he immediately accelerated again. In his opinion, although the situation is not good now, he can still catch up with Lin Han and prevent him from making a mid-range jump shot.
"What?! How is this possible?"
In fact, the situation was as expected by Starks. When he tried hard to speed up and started again, Lin Han did come behind Lin Han after receiving Stockton's pass. But when he was about to put on his body, Lin Han did turn around after receiving the ball, but he didn't jump up and turn around.
Instead, he directly received the ball and turned around to dribble, and then retreated. Lin Han had already arrived outside the three-point line, and at this time, Starks, who had miscalculated the form, had jumped up.
"Not good, three-pointer!"
Although Starks jumped up, as a small player, his agility was very good. Before he could really jump to the highest point, he had already changed his body and landed again. After he landed, Lin Han had already jumped out of the three-point line at this time.
At this time, Starks was already powerless. Although he tried his best to defend, because his body had not adjusted properly, he lost balance and fell to the ground when he rushed towards Lin Han.
In the end, Starks was so heartbroken that he could only watch Lin Han shoot this three-pointer. Seeing Lin Han's expression as if he was stopping in the air and smiling after taking action, Starks felt cold at this time.
After Lin Han landed, Starks looked back and saw that the basketball thrown by Lin Han flew flat onto the basket and fell directly into the Nets, making a three-pointer.
With this three-pointer, the score difference between the Jazz and the New York Knicks also became 70-79, returning to within ten.
"This, this, actually entered"
At this time, Malone, who had just finished covering Lin Han and Stockton, who had completed the pass for Lin Han, all looked at the basketball that was falling on the ground with disbelief.
At this time, Starks, who was kneeling on the ground and looking back at the basket, was almost trembling all over.
"Three-pointer hit, three-pointer hit"
At this time, the New York Knicks defensive player only had such a word left in his mouth, and he kept repeating it in a low voice, because he knew very well that after Lin Han hit the ball, Lin Han's score had reached 15 points, and he had been kicked to the edge of the cliff by Lin Han. Even if the New York Knicks could win in the end, his result would not be very good.
"Although I shot this ball beautifully, there is no need to be afraid of being like this. Are you going to kneel down and beg for mercy? Or do you hope I can stop here and not exceed 15 points?"
Looking at Starks, who was kneeling in front of him at this time and was so angry that he was trembling all over, Lin Han felt so happy.
At this time, Starks, who was interrupted by Lin Han's extremely mean words, looked at Lin Han at this time with a look of silence, which also made Lin Han stunned.
"Boy, I want you to go out of Madison Square in this game!"
Gripping his teeth, really gritting his teeth, Lin Han knew that the New York defensive player was completely angered by him, but facing Starks, whose face was already a little distorted, Lin Han did not feel scared.
"Then I'll wait and see. Also, I will still shoot three-pointers from this position for the next goal."
"What?"
Looking at Lin Han's back, Starks, who was extremely angry, was stunned again? He still shot three-pointers from this position, and said it with such a fearless attitude?
This is definitely the most naked provocation, just like a breakthrough player telling the defender his next move is to break to the left or to the right.
"I want to see if you can shoot here with the next goal."
At this time, when Starks said this sentence tightly, his tone was already extremely gloomy.
"It seems that Lin Han still didn't give up in this game, and his three-pointer was really unexpectedly good."
Jordan in the stands looked at Lin Han who had just made an open three-pointer and said in surprise. For him, he really didn't expect Lin Han to throw three-pointers from the outside, but Jordan did not watch a game against the 76ers.
"I think this should be a helpless move. After all, there is not much time to attack and the three-point line is blocked again. He has no choice but to three-pointers. I'm afraid that this time it's a lucky shot, and it shouldn't be the next time."
At this time, Jerry West, who was also paying attention to Lin Han's every move, was a little uncommon. After seeing Lin Han hit the three-pointer, he was a little surprised and uncomfortable, because he and the Lakers were on the plane yesterday. Today, he got off the plane and rested for a while and watched the game. He also had never watched Lin Han's last game.
So in Jerry West's heart, Lin Han's mid-range shot is so amazing. He now feels that he is losing to death. If Lin Han still has three-pointers, he will really lose to the Pacific. So he subconsciously doesn't want to believe that Lin Han is really so outstanding in three-pointers.
"Yeah?"
At this time, Jordan was also unquestionable as he heard Jerry West's negative words.
But just when these two were struggling with Lin Han's three-point shooting ability, soon after Oakley grabbed the frontcourt rebound and made two points in his new attack, Lin Han actually came to the 45-degree three-point line on the left under the eyes of Jordan and West.
At this time, Lin Han did not use any cover at all. This was a rapid advancement of a quick baseline ball. It was almost the same position as the last time, and it was almost timely passing the ball. However, Starks had already stood at the position this time. However, even with Starks in front of him, Lin Han still pulled up without any hesitation.
This is a Kanbayan-shooter with a defender in front, so when Jordan and West saw Lin Han's move, they were both shocked, and then they looked at each other in shock.
This little guy's three-pointer is definitely not impossible, but he is very strong, because facing Starks' close-fitting defense, he can jump so high when he pulls it up, and his shooting stability is so outstanding. This is already at the level of his unique skills!
"It's incredible, it's incredible!"
When Lin Han's three-pointer fell into the Nets this time, Jerry West had already stood up from his seat. In addition to the flat shooting range of Lin Han's three-pointer, his posture and temperament were still chic and picturesque. If such a player is in the Lakers, if such a player is in Los Angeles, then the Lakers still have to make the Magician comeback and worry about not having a box office?
But Lin Han is really passing by the Lakers and Los Angeles now, and Jerry West is really heartbroken at this time.
"I said that I will shoot three points at this position this time, and you still can't defend it. This is already my 18 points."
Looking at Starks standing there with a dull look on his face after being shot by his own face, Lin Han's voice trembled like a devil's howling, with more than 15 points, Lin Han's scored more than 15 points, and at this time, only this sentence was left in Starks' heart.
Moreover, Lin Han's offensive method of shooting beyond 15 points was told in advance that this was ** naked contempt and defeat.
"73 to 81, 8 points behind, two consecutive three-pointers are unbelievable. Can he really lead the team to rebirth in such a desperate situation?"
At this time, Jazz assistant coach Fier Johnson, who was standing on the sidelines, looked at the Chinese rookie who was almost the focus of the game and felt extremely complicated.
He has been constantly overestimating Lin Han, but every amazing performance of Lin Han still makes his overestimation feel like he is underestimating.
Chapter completed!