Chapter 1017
Do you even know what the valuable experience of a seasoned street thug is?
In the third quarter, the score gap gradually widened thanks to Lin Tian's relentless scoring and his ruthless suppression of Rondo.
The Clippers closed the gap to 11 points at the start, then 15, then 20, and by the time there were only 4 minutes left in the third quarter, the score had widened to 25 points.
Lin Tian dominated in this quarter, scoring 19 points in just 8 minutes. Combined with his 38 points in the first half, Lin had already scored 57 points in just 3 quarters!
He's just one three-pointer away from his first 60 points of the season!
"How many points do you think Lin can score tonight? Is 70 points possible?" During another timeout, Van Gundy asked his teammates as usual.
"Impossible." Miller said decisively, "Not to mention that the Clippers will most likely change their defense after this timeout and double-team Lin to prevent him from scoring more, even if the Clippers don't change their defense, given Lin's personality, he won't take many shots at this stage of the game."
"His aversion to scoring during garbage time is well-known, and we've all suffered from it, haven't we? I think Lin's fans can name at least 10 games where he didn't play during garbage time and missed opportunities to achieve 60+, 70+, or even higher records."
"This guy doesn't care about the data at all."
Jackson also said, "Unless the Clippers can launch another offensive surge and narrow the gap to just over 10 points again, Lin will probably have a hard time even scoring 60 points. You know how weird his taste is."
"He might score 2 more points and then stop completely, even passing the ball to his teammates when he has a 1-on-0 opportunity on a fast break, just because he feels that scoring 59 points is more satisfying than scoring 60 points."
“That’s totally his style.” Van Gundy and Miller nodded in unison, indicating that buddy, you’re right.
But no matter what Miller and the others say, this match has completely turned into Lin Tian's exhibition match.
The Clippers, especially Rondo, have been completely stunned by him.
The Clippers' tactical adjustments in the second half, which aimed to make Gordon the primary scorer, vanished completely after Lin Tian's comment, "Let's switch on defense," becoming nothing more than useless air.
"What else can the Clippers do? Let's see what they can come up with to deal with this."
Soon after, the timeout ended, and the Clippers made a substitution.
They dropped two starters: Gomez and Jordan, and replaced them with Bledsoe and Nick Young.
These two people have one thing in common.
He can run, drive, and score one-on-one, but he just doesn't like to pass the ball.
Losing DeAndre Jordan means losing the Clippers' only big man. Although they still have Blake Griffin, Griffin plays more like a small forward, and his defensive ability is negligible. They are playing a small-ball lineup rather than a big man and four small men lineup.
With this roster, the Clippers are clearly going all out!
Forget about defense, we can't defend anyway, so let's just go for the offense! This all-or-nothing approach is unlikely to work.
After all, they are the Lakers. Trying to out-offend them is practically suicide.
But for the Clippers, not fighting is tantamount to sitting and waiting for death, with no chance whatsoever.
Taking a gamble might result in an even more devastating defeat, but at least it adds a tiny bit of hope.
"Awesome!" Lin Tian exclaimed upon seeing the Clippers' lineup.
Although Bledsoe is said to be 188cm tall, he is probably only a little over 180cm. Rondo is probably not even 185cm tall. In any case, both of them are significantly shorter than Lin Tian. Add to that Gordon and Nick Young, who are both under 2 meters tall, and Griffin, the short-armed monster who is 205cm tall.
This lineup would be too short even for a high school team, yet Negro dared to bring him onto the field at this time.
Lin Tian suddenly realized that Negro might actually be quite capable.
At the very least, they have guts.
If you have the guts and the courage to take risks, then you have a chance to become a famous coach.
The Clippers' first offensive possession after the timeout went straight to Bledsoe, who was matched up against Kobe.
After dominating Gordon for most of the quarter, Kobe finally encountered the type of player he was least suited to play against.
A small guard with absolute speed and top-notch impact.
Bledsoe knew he had a speed advantage in this matchup, so he immediately lowered his head and accelerated, rushing past Kobe in the blink of an eye and driving all the way to the basket. Before Bynum could get close, he released a high-arcing shot.
"Shh!"
"That was a great first attack!" Miller exclaimed. "Let's see if the Clippers can keep it up, and if the Lakers can give the response they deserve."
respond?
With Lin Tian around, a response is a must!
In the frontcourt, Lin Tian received the ball on the wing again, and placed it extremely low with both hands outside the three-point line, almost touching the floor, showing how low Lin Tian's center of gravity was.
This extremely low center of gravity undoubtedly means that Lin Tian is about to break through!
What normal person would lower their center of gravity so much when shooting a basketball?
Everyone knows how long the journey is from bending over, lifting your knees, picking up the basketball, to jumping and shooting, and how easy it is to be intercepted.
After confirming Lin Tian's possible next move, Rondo confidently took a half-step back!
You're definitely going to try to break through, so I'll leave myself some space so I can use my lateral movement to block your path when you break through.
Even if you, Lin Tian, shift your focus again, I, Rondo, will still have time to rush over and stick to you.
Very stable!
Then, Rondo watched in disbelief as Lin Tian sprang up like a spring. With such a low center of gravity, Lin Tian actually pulled up for a jump shot, reaching the highest point in the blink of an eye. Then, with a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball flew towards the basket.
"Shh!"
Three-pointer in!
Rondo was completely caught off guard. He didn't even reach out to interfere. From the moment Lin Tian shot the ball until it entered the basket, Rondo remained motionless, as if he had been frozen in place.
"I've seen players get rooted to the ground by brilliant dribbling moves and can't react or defend," Miller couldn't help but say. "But this is the first time I've seen an opponent who doesn't use any fakes, just pulls up for a shot and completely pins you to the ground without you moving."
"Even if Medusa had made that shot, it would have had the same effect!"
"You guys go first, wait for me in the parking lot!" Lin Tian was completely arrogant this time when he returned to defense. He said to Theron and Claire on the sidelines, "I'll be done soon. Let's go home together and avoid the traffic."
"What about the post-match interviews?" Theron asked, clearly not taking the matter to heart, as the girl had already pulled her daughter to her feet.
"Just pay the fine," Lin Tian said casually. "Stern would definitely like me giving him money."
“Then I’ll call home and ask them to prepare food. Claire, you need to go to sleep first when you get home.” Theron had already stood up completely, ready to leave.
Because the game was not paused, the two communicated quickly and briefly, but with extremely high efficiency!
In just a couple of sentences, Theron had already pulled Claire outside, emphasizing execution!
Rondo heard every word of those conversations!
This guy is about to explode with anger.
He had never suffered such a humiliation in his entire life!
His opponent just told him right in front of him that the game was over and he wanted to go home early?
Arrogant and disrespectful!
I can't stand it, I absolutely can't stand it.
If Rondo had been suppressing his temper and managing to stay calm and play according to the tactics before, then Rondo was now truly furious. He wanted to show Lin Tian what he was capable of!
At this moment, anger and the shame of being looked down upon made Rondo forget the huge gap in strength between him and Lin Tian.
After dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, he didn't wait for his teammates to get into position, but instead accelerated and charged straight towards the inside!
This was something Lin Tian really hadn't expected.
Rondo's charge was completely irrational. After all, none of the other four Clippers players had entered the three-point line, while the Lakers' interior was already packed with players. In this situation, Rondo charged in and took on five opponents at once.
If you were a super scorer or top penetration expert like Iverson, Wade, or even Irving or Rose, Lin Tian would be prepared and wouldn't let them take advantage of his sudden acceleration.
But Rondo isn't good at this! You just don't know how to play like that, how is Lin Tian going to defend against you?
It's like a hot, beautiful girl who can wander around Hawaii in a sexy bikini.
But in New Delhi, would this girl dare to do that?
Or, if you were walking down the street carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars, you would naturally be wary of being robbed. But what if you were in a police station? Would you still be wary?
No way! That doesn't make sense!
At that moment, Rondo used this illogical playing style to create his most brilliant moment of the night.
He forcefully blew past Lin Tian, rushed into the paint, and managed a difficult layup under the triple attack of Turiaf, Parsons, and Murphy.
"Shh!"
With a crisp sound, the basketball swished through the hoop!
"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"
Finally able to vent his anger, Rondo raised his arms and roared like a wild beast. He pounded his chest as he deliberately walked past Lin Tian and even arrogantly bumped into him.
"You can't stop me! I can! I'm Rajon Rondo!" Rondo's eyes were bloodshot, and he had almost lost his mind. At this moment, he looked exactly like a drug addict who had just come out of a tobacco shop.
Crazy, irrational, and unaware of their own existence.
As he swore, Rondo also uttered a lot of profanities, all of which were forbidden words that couldn't be written down.
"Idiot!" Lin Tian couldn't hold back this time. He broke his plan to not speak to Rondo all night and said a long-unheard sentence to Rondo.
Simple and direct.
"You guys are down by 23 points, 23 points, bro! 23 points! Do you know how many layups like that you'd need to make to close that gap?"
"Twelve of them! And I have to miss a single one, just watching you shoot. You have to hit twelve in a row to take the lead!"
"12? Do you even know how many times 12 is? Is it because you never went to school that you can only do addition and subtraction within 10, so you think 23 and 12 aren't much? Let me teach you. Hold out your hands and look at your fingers. 12 is more than two times more than the sum of your fingers!"
"Coincidentally, it's one more championship than I won when I was a player, but after next summer, it will be the same number of championships as me!"
Lin Tian's trash talk was incredibly damaging, and once he opened his mouth, it was always a string of words, giving Rondo no chance to retort or react.
He dribbled the ball while spewing trash talk. Since he was already talking, he might as well unleash all the trash talk he owed tonight.
Why keep it?
Lin Tian drove all the way to the three-point line in the frontcourt before finally stopping his machine-gun-like chatter, leaving Rondo a bit dazed from the barrage of words.
Of course, Rondo's stunned expression was mainly due to his own incredibly awkward celebration.
Trailing by 23 points, he celebrated so wildly that he himself found it ridiculous.
Unfortunately, he didn't have Doraemon or a time machine, so he couldn't go back to the past.
"12 layups, 23 points, get it, kid?" After a slight pause, Lin Tian stopped in place again and halted his advance, but of course he wasn't going to give Rondo a chance to react and process the situation.
How could Lord Lin be so great?
He's reached the attack zone!
Beyond the three-point line, at the top of the arc, another shot!
"Shh!"
After another crisp sound, Lin Tian scored his second consecutive 3-pointer, bringing his total score to 63 points!
The gap between the two sides has now reached 26 points.
"Can you do math? Huh? Can you do math?" Lin Tian looked at Rondo, also angered by Rondo's string of profanities.
Damn it, I'm not criticizing you, but you're criticizing me?
Then just wait to die!
“26分，得13个上篮才能追平！如果你扔3分，你知道你需要几个3分才能追上26分的差距么？需要50个！因为你踏马的不会投3分！你投50个也不一定能投进9个，也大概率追不上！你得投100个3分才能追平分差！”
Amidst Lin Tian's rambling, Rondo was completely bewildered.
Now, only one thing remains on his mind.
We must get our revenge!
We must find it.
No matter what method you use!
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Create some space for me!" After arriving at the frontcourt, Rondo waved and shouted at all his teammates, asking them to create space for him.
But he had just signaled his teammates to pull away, and before he could even retract his outstretched hand, he lost all his chances.
Lin Tian pressed closer.
Just like every previous one, it was still a sudden pressure, a sudden increase in intensity.
Lin Tian's timing was perfect.
If the ball had come in earlier, Rondo would have been protecting it with both hands, making it very difficult to steal it directly.
A moment too late, and Rondo's arm, which was calling for the play, had already been pulled back, making a steal equally difficult.
But Lin Tianxuan's timing was perfect; it was precisely when Rondo's arm hadn't retracted, that fleeting moment.
Lin Tian pressed forward aggressively, using his body to block Rondo's arm from the outside, forcing Rondo to protect the ball with only one hand.
One hand against two hands, a sudden attack catches you off guard.
The outcome of this round is already crystal clear.
"Snapped!"
With another crisp sound, Lin Tian once again stole the basketball from Rondo's hands face-to-face!
But this time, when Lin Tian tried to get past Rondo to control the ball and launch a fast break, he was blocked by Rondo.
Obstacles outside of basketball.
Rondo's arm finally retracted at this moment. Having been bullied for so long, he suddenly retaliated, and all the grievances he had accumulated throughout the night suddenly erupted.
"Snapped."
Rondo exerted force with both hands at the same time, pushing directly onto Lin Tian.
The two were now too close together, and Rondo's attack came too suddenly.
Even Lin Tian couldn't react in time and was unable to dodge Rondo's attack.
Lin Tian was completely unable to dodge, and Rondo's push landed squarely on Lin Tian.
The good news is that Rondo became the first person in the NBA to confront Lin Tian head-on and successfully land a hit on him.
Looking at Lin Tian's entire life, apart from being beaten by his two grandfathers when he was young and exchanging punches with Tyson, Rondo is the only person who has attacked Lin Tian and landed a solid hit.
Well, that doesn't count the girls' attacks at night.
From this perspective, Rondo can brag about this for the rest of his life when he gets home.
The awkward thing is that although Lin Tian didn't dodge Rondo's move at all, Rondo also didn't dodge Lin Tian's move.
Because Lin Tian suddenly accelerated after stealing the ball, he was preparing to sprint to grab the basketball and launch a counterattack. All his strength was unleashed in an instant.
To put it in a more dramatic way, the tiger has already started its rampage!
Its power shakes mountains and rivers, its strength pierces the sky!
Despite Lin Tian's ferocious strength and impact, Rondo's light push had absolutely no effect on Lin Tian.
Not only did it have no effect, but Rondo couldn't even exert any force. He didn't know how to use the one-inch punch, and Lin Tian didn't give him any space to exert force. Almost the instant Rondo was about to counterattack and stretched out his hands, Lin Tian had already exerted force and rammed into him.
So the result was that Lin Tian was not hindered at all, and his momentum only swayed slightly.
But what about Rondo?
The guy was knocked to the ground by Lin Tian's violent force, falling onto the floor in a disheveled state.
At this moment, Rondo was just like a praying mantis trying to stop a car wheel, but the car didn't even notice his presence before it ran him over.
Even in slow motion, it's less about Rondo actively attacking Lin Tian and more about Rondo instinctively reaching out in fear to desperately block Lin Tian's attack.
At least the referees on the sidelines didn't see what Rondo was thinking, because the referees only called a blocking foul on Rondo immediately, without giving him any technical foul or other punishment.
But the referee didn't notice the problem and didn't understand Rondo's meaning.
Lin Tian sensed it; he clearly felt Rondo's malice.
Lin Tian could not tolerate such a thing.
Normally, Lin Tian's method might be to slam Rondo into scoring several dozen points, letting him know that you can't mess with a tiger.
But tonight is Christmas, and Theron and Claire have gone to the parking lot to find their cars to wait for him. Lin Tian doesn't have that much time to waste with Rondo.
"Who the hell are you to dare lay a hand on me?" So Lin Tian used the simplest and most direct method. After the referee blew the whistle, he threw the basketball to the side and went straight for Rondo.
With a furious shout, he simultaneously jabbed his left index finger directly onto Rondo's head, who had just gotten up.
"You want to fight me? Hmm? Want to try? Hmm? Kid, have you never seen me fight before? Do you think you can hold your own against me? Or is your family so poor that you can't even afford to eat and need to throw a funeral to collect some red envelopes so you can keep surviving?"
Rondo didn't speak, but was clearly intimidated by Lin Tian's terrifying aura and unconsciously took a step back.
"Speak! I'm fucking talking to you! Speak!" Lin Tian persisted, determined not to let anyone who dared to provoke him get away with it.
Do you really think that just because I'm older, my temper has become milder?
You think you can mess with me?
Lin Tian not only continued to press forward relentlessly, giving Rondo no chance to breathe, but also took a second step forward and pointed a finger directly at Rondo's forehead.
"Fight back! You fucking fight back!"
Rondo didn't retaliate; he wanted to back down another step, but he couldn't.
Barnes has arrived.
This old scoundrel blocked Rondo's escape route. Judging from his appearance, this guy originally wanted to use a reverse clamp to clamp Rondo's hands directly. Mr. Matt Barnes gave the fans a textbook demonstration of what it means to take sides.
The Ba family is good at this!
But he didn't make a move because he saw Rondo's cowardly reaction after Lin Tian tapped him on the forehead with two fingers.
He felt that if he could keep Rondo in check, he would definitely be helping Rondo.
Rondo had a reason to say that after the game.
"If it weren't for that bastard Barnes taking sides, I could have killed Lin!"
Barnes was 100% certain that as long as he kept Rondo under control, Rondo would definitely make that claim.
So if he doesn't give Rondo those opportunities, you're just scared out of your wits, don't even think about using any excuses!
So Barnes didn't make a move; he just blocked Rondo's escape route.
He also blocked Rondo's post-game attempts to save face by pointing out the angles and routes he could take.
Admit it, kid, you're a coward!
All of the above is the cause and effect that Barnes quickly sorted out in 1-2 seconds.
Do you even know what the true value of a street thug is?
That's experience!
In terms of experience and overall perspective alone, Barnes might even surpass Lin Tian! (End of Chapter)