NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 4 Lin Tian personally defends against Paul

Before Lin Tian came on the field, no one believed that a player with a ten-day short contract could make any big waves.

It only took 2 minutes, but his performance has completely conquered the audience.

At this time there is a 130-second intersection rest time.

Scott took out a pen and pointed at Lin Tian: "The lineup will remain the same for the next quarter, don't all the rest of you crowd in the paint, give Lin some space!"

Lin Tian's performance just now is completely worthy of his singles a few more times.

And Scott noticed that Lin Tian was best at breaking through.

All of the 9 points he scored in the last quarter were scored in the penalty area.

The No. [-] Russell looked surprised. Since he came to the Lakers, he has never been treated like this since he came to the Lakers!
The time-out is over and the game continues.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lin Tian used a large change of direction to rush into the inside and scored two points.

With his height of 2.05 meters, his speed is so fast that his defenders can't keep up with him at all.

And when Lin Tian rushed into the inside, the soft touch made him score as easy as picking something out of a bag.

"Oh! My God! The score was evened by this Chinese player alone! How did he do it?"

"Could this young man have obtained Kobe's true biography? But his moves are completely different from Kobe, but very much like Iverson!"

"His crossover and Iverson are carved out of the same mold!"

"I'll have to take another look at his profile, well, he's a 6'9 Iverson!"

It was also difficult for the two commentators on ESPN to calm down.

Lin Tian returned to defense immediately after scoring the goal.

The two sides played a few more rounds, Lin Tian tried to shoot two three-pointers, but only scored one.

Although he has the ability of peak Iverson, he also has the ability of his own body.

When he was with the South Bay Lakers, his three-point shooting percentage was 37%, which was quite satisfactory.

The score was tied between the two sides, but the Clippers coach Rivers was not calm. Paul and the others only rested for less than 4 minutes before being replaced by him.

The Lakers and Clippers started a tug of war.

Lin Tian also touched the ball less.

The most indispensable thing for the Lakers is the players who play singles with the ball.

Nick Young, Lu Wei, Russell and Clarkson, as long as the ball is in their hands, don't even think about passing it out.

Because of his excellent performance in the first quarter, Lin Tian was able to play the full second quarter.

Even if Kobe played, it wasn't him who was replaced, but Nick Young.

This is also the first time Lin Tian and Kobe have appeared on the court at the same time.

At the end of his career, Kobe's number of singles with the ball has been greatly reduced. In many cases, the number of shots taken by Russell and Lu Wei is not as many.

Kobe also passed a few balls to Lin Tian in the second quarter.

At the end of the second quarter, the score was fixed at 60:55. The Lakers trailed by 5 points, but Lin Tian personally scored a game-high 18 points.

He is also the only player on the Lakers with a positive efficiency rating.

No way, the Lakers' defense is terrible

Everyone is the king of singles, so how can there be so much thought to defend.

Especially Russell and Lu Wei, they are completely colanders, Paul will go to them as long as he wants to score.

Although Lin Tian defends well and can sometimes help in defense, he can't complete the defense every time, and he even paid for two fouls.

And Lin Tian could feel that little Jordan's eyes that could almost kill people.

Since he dunked Jordan at the end of the first quarter, Jordan has been brooding.

After the halftime break, the second half of the game began.

In the third quarter of the game, the starters are usually the starters.

After returning to the court from the locker room, Lin Tian was preparing to sit on the bench to watch the game, but Scott put the team's shooting guard Clarkson on the bench: "Clarkson will take a rest first, let Lin Shang play the 3rd position, and Kobe plays the 2nd position."

Clarkson sat on the bench obediently.

This season, due to the abundance of talent on the Lakers' guard line, Kobe played at the third position a lot of the time.

Lin Tian's performance against the sky today won him the chance to start in the second half, and Kobe can also return to the comfortable No. 2 position.

The adjustment in the third quarter was also seen by the two commentators of ESPN.

"Lin started in the third quarter! It seems that Scott is very optimistic about him!"

"If he can continue his performance in the first half, I even think he may start the next game!"

"No one would have thought! The highest scorer in the first half turned out to be a rookie who only played 1 game!"

"I hope the performance of the Lakers can be better! Hold on to the score, otherwise tonight's game will be boring."

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At the beginning of the third quarter, both sides felt hot, and the defensive intensity also declined.

Kobe seems to appreciate Lin Tian, ​​passing him the ball from time to time, and sometimes even yelling for him to attack.

Lin Tian did not live up to Kobe's trust, and his hit rate was quite high.

Both sides seem to be unable to guard the other, but in fact the Clippers still have a relatively large advantage.

In this quarter, Kobe was replaced and rested before he finished playing. His physical fitness has been difficult to support him to play for too long.

After Kobe played, the tasks on Lin Tian's shoulders increased a lot, and he was both a father and a mother, but the point difference was still widened by the Clippers.

When Lu Wei and Nick Young played well, they were fine, but when they played badly, they didn't work so hard on defense.

Lin Tian's physical strength was being consumed rapidly.

Although he has the ability of peak Iverson, every time he breaks through to the inside, he will consume a lot of energy.

After the third quarter, with 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Lin Tian was replaced.

The score at this time was 100:88, and the Lakers had fallen behind by 12 points.

Lin Tian watched his teammates gallop on the field while drinking water.

After he left the field, the Lakers' defense became even more like paper.

Griffin, the white monster, wants anything in the interior. Neither Nance Jr. nor Hibbert can stop his offense. Except for Griffin to dunk, it is to send him to the free throw line.

At this moment, Lin Tian could even feel the helplessness of Iverson's MVP season.

Fortunately, Kobe felt good at the critical moment and did not let the score be stretched too far.

When there were 5 minutes left in the game, the Clippers called a timeout and took the lead in changing to the closing lineup.

Lin Tian looked at Scott expectantly.

Noticing Lin Tian's eyes, Scott faced Lin Tian in front of all the players and said, "Lin! Don't hesitate after playing!"

Lin Tian nodded solemnly.

"Beep!"

After the timeout, Lin Tian, ​​Kobe, Nance Jr., Randall and Lu Wei appeared on the field. This is the closing lineup of the Lakers.

Although he only rested for a few minutes, Lin Tian broke into the inside and scored a goal, scoring 28 points.

After returning, Lin Tian asked Lu Wei to defend against Mba Mott, while he came to Paul himself, and he wanted to defend Paul himself.

(End of this chapter)