NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 24 As long as you are faster than them, you can steal the ball from their hands
Knight thought he was more threatening than Booker's breakthrough, so he directly chose to bite the bullet and make a breakthrough.

When Lin Tian retreated to defend, he stretched out his hand and swiped forward, reaching the basketball.

He then used his physical advantage to get past Knight and grab the ball.

The Lakers frontcourt was empty at this time, and Knight was the closest to Lin Tian.

Knight tried his best to regain the ball, but the distance between him and Lin Tian was getting farther and farther.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Lin Tian scored two points with another dunk.

At this time, no one cares about Lin Tian's scoring, and everyone cares more about his steal data.

So far in this game, Lin Tian has scored 8 steals!
Before Kobe's butt was hot, he stood up again and applauded Lin Tian generously.

The most steals he ever got in a game was seven, and that was ten years ago.

Lin Tian broke his own record in just three games.

Kobe said to Scott who was also applauding: "This kid's defense reminds me of Tony Allen, no! He is crazier than Tony Allen!"

Although the Suns still have a timeout, their head coach Jeff Hornacek dare not use it anymore.

Because of the entire fourth quarter, they only had one final timeout left.

Lin Tian's defense alone completely disrupted the Suns' offensive rhythm.

Both Brandon Knight and Devin Booker felt the fear of being defended by Lin Tian.

They made two more turnovers in a row, and the Lakers also firmly seized the opportunity of the Suns' mistakes to score frequently.

With 4 minutes left in the game, the Lakers had opened the point difference to 21 points.

Once the ball was dead, Scott saw the Suns coach Hornacek withdraw his troops, and he quickly replaced Lin Tian.

This is also an unwritten rule of the nba. When the opponent disarms and surrenders, don't kill them all on your own side.

Lin Tian sat on the bench facing the cheers and applause of the audience.

Kobe had been waiting here for a long time. He touched Lin Tian's head with a smile on his face: "You bastard! You broke my record!"

"Ah?" Lin Tian said heavily in his clothes, his eyes widened and he looked up at the statistics on the big screen, "I just scored 40 points!"

"Hey! What are you thinking? Do you think I'm talking about scoring?" Bryant frowned.

Lin Tian suddenly realized: "My steal seems to have broken your record."

He still has a good understanding of Kobe's data over the years.

Only then did Kobe nodded in satisfaction: "Originally you had a chance to get 10 steals, but Phoenix surrendered voluntarily. It's boring."

坐回到替补席上，林天又看了一下自己整场比赛的数据：40分9篮板3助攻8抢断2盖帽。

At this time, Nick Yang also sat next to Lin Tian: "Hey! Lin! I should have given you that rebound just now!"

"No need." Lin Tian shook his head, "Statistics are not important, what matters is winning."

Kobe on the side turned his head and looked at Lin Tian in surprise. He didn't expect the young Lin Tian to speak so maturely, so he couldn't help but nodded in approval.

The game continued, but it had entered garbage time.

On the Lakers side are several young players such as Russell and Randall.
Garbage time is best used for training. As the youngest player in the game, Lin Tian sat on the bench instead.

Time passed by every minute and every second, but the substitute lineups of the two sides played back and forth, and the point difference was always hovering around 20 points.

Finally, the garbage time was over, and the final whistle sounded in the arena.

The score stayed at 100:80, and the Lakers ushered in a big victory.

Some ribbons also fell from the sky above the arena to celebrate the victory of the game.

Bryant led the way to the Suns bench, and then high-fived and hugged the Suns players one by one.

Many young players of this generation are fans of Kobe, including Suns rookie Devin Booker.

Lin Tian followed Kobe. When he hugged Tucker, Tucker showed a relieved smile: "Young man, your future is limitless."

After politely replying "thank you", Lin Tian hugged other Suns players in turn.

After the process was over, all the players returned to the locker room.

Kobe didn't go back to the locker room because he didn't play a game today.

The atmosphere in the locker room was particularly relaxed and cheerful, and Nick Young even hummed a little song.

Nick Young scored 15 points today, and his performance can indeed be said to be good.

After Lin Tian took a comfortable bath, he came to the media room with head coach Scott for an interview.

The media room of the Lakers is more lively than other teams. In a small room, it is full of sports reporters from all over the world and from all over the world.

The reporter first asked a few questions to head coach Scott, and Scott answered them flawlessly.

Of course, he mainly praised Lin Tian's expression on the field.

Just when he thought the questioning of himself was over, another reporter with glasses asked a tricky question: "Coach Scott, we noticed that you replaced Lin Tian with 4 minutes left in the game, and he was only 1 rebound away from a double-double."

Scott nodded: "Yes, I know, Lin is our top scorer, but he has played enough time, I don't want him to have a hidden danger of injury because he has played too long, just a double-double, which is too simple for him!"

His answers were still flawless, and Scott was clearly a veteran when it came to dealing with reporters' questions.

The staff of the Lakers made a jewelry to indicate that Scott's interview was over and it was time to interview Lin Tian.

This link is generally for players to designate reporters to ask questions.

Lin Tian pointed to a female reporter from the Celestial Dynasty in the audience.

The female reporter immediately raised the microphone: "Lin Tian! You scored the highest score on the field today, and the team also won the victory. Are you satisfied with the team's performance throughout the game?"

Lin Tian nodded: "Of course I am satisfied. This is a great game. Everyone is working hard on the defensive end, and the offense is also open..."

The second question was asked by a male ESPN reporter: "Lin, you performed very well tonight, do you think you can be the best rookie of the season?"

Lin Tian said with a smile: "I thought that based on my performance tonight, this award is already mine."

All the reporters burst into laughter, and even the staff of the Lakers PR department covered their mouths and laughed.

Soon another reporter asked the last question: "You have 8 steals tonight. Do you have any unique experience in steals?"

Lin Tian replied: "Yes, as long as you are faster than them, you can steal the ball from their hands."

There was another burst of neat laughter.

(End of this chapter)