I really play basketball

Chapter 182
Although he was surprised that Lin Xing couldn't be stopped by the zone defense, PJ Carlesimo was not in a hurry.

The Blazers' established strategy is to let Lin Xing score and defend his teammates.

Therefore, Carlesimo was not in a hurry when Lin Xing scored consecutively.

His mind was full of: "I don't believe he can overthrow us by himself..."

In the first three offensive rounds, Lin Xing also confirmed the Blazers' intentions.

Like Carlesimo, he was in no rush.

It's not that Lin Xing has the confidence to overthrow the Blazers on his own, in fact, he really doesn't have such confidence.

Because this is the playoffs, not a one-game game.

If it's all over after one fight, then he is very confident.

But in the first round of the playoffs, at least three victories are required to advance to the next round.

Lin Xing can explode one game, can explode two games, but really can't explode three games.

He is a man, not yet a god.

The reason why Lin Xing was not in a hurry was because a man named Xiao Chong was sitting on the bench in this game.

He can charge a wave first, and if it fails, he can switch to Xiao Chong.

Take turns to appear on the stage and have a relationship with the Blazers.

There is no problem with wheel battles or anything.

Carlesimo didn't think about the issue of the wheel battle, mainly because he didn't take the bug that appeared on the activation list to heart.

He thought, even if the warriors have the idea of ​​fighting with wheels, there must be someone available?

Without Lin Xing, there is only one madman left in this team of warriors who can stand up to singles and take over the game.

The level of madman taking over the game is about the same as the Blazers' Clifford Robinson and Rod Strickland.

It really doesn't work, just stagger the playing time of Robinson and Strickland, and just replace the madman.

In short, Carlesimo was fully prepared.

only……

After one quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers in the away game struggled to control the point difference within 22 points with a score of 26 to 5.

In this quarter, Lin Xing scored 17 points and only 1 assist was recorded.

It can be seen that the pioneer's strategy has been very successful.

Although successful, they are still four points behind.

At this time, on the sidelines, Carlesimo severely identified their problems in this section.

"Our defense has done its best, but our offense still has a lot of room for improvement..."

Translate this sentence by Carlesimo——

In the first quarter of the game, the Blazers' defense successfully restricted the Warriors.

But in turn, the Blazers' offense, Clifford Robinson was completely locked up by Lin Xing.

Rod Strickland broke through the madman's single defense, but...

With Rodman's assistance and supplementary defense inside, Strickland's offense was ultimately limited.

The Blazers' offense was limited and they scored 22 points in one quarter.

At the end of this quarter, they were still behind by 4 points, which is understandable.

"The second quarter will be an excellent opportunity for us to equalize and even overtake, because Stalin is going to rest..."

……

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lin Xing did take a break, but Old Nelson waved his hand and replaced Xiao Chong.

"Tim, it's time for you to come on stage. It's okay to support the team's offense during Star's absence, right?"

Xiaochong was still a little nervous, but more, he was eager to try, and he had the upper hand.

Hearing Old Nelson call his name, he immediately got up and directly gave an OK gesture.

"Don't worry, Donnie, haven't I already proved that I can do this in the training match..."

Turning around, Xiao Chong walked to the technical stage step by step.

The first is the Oakland Stadium. When Xiao Chong got up and appeared in front of the technical stage, the fans on the sidelines burst into warm cheers and applause.

"Woo! Tim is back?"

"Welcome back to the basketball court, Tim!"

"..."

Afterwards, there was a surprised commentary booth, and both Marv Albert and Matt Gudica opened their mouths:
"Tim Hardaway appeared in front of the technical stage, he is..."

"What does he mean by coming back?"

"No way, there was no news at all before this game?"

"No, there is still news. Before the game, he appeared on the Warriors' active roster."

"The active roster proves nothing. Tim Hardaway often appears in the Warriors' active roster in the regular season."

"So, old Nelson prepared this smoke bomb early in the morning?"

"..."

Groom Albert and Matt Gudica, who were looking at each other, finally made up their minds. They were fooled by Old Neil's smoke bomb.

They didn't know until Xiao Chong was about to make an appearance——

It turned out that Xiao Chong had recovered from his injuries and could play games.

Even more surprised was PJ Carlesimo on the other side...

He was not only surprised, he even felt a little anxious.

Standing on the sidelines, he cursed old Nelson fiercely: "Don Nelson, this old guy is really vicious, who would have thought that he would have such a skill?"

Even if Carlesimo is just a little-known coach in the NBA, he also smelled something bad when he saw Xiao Chong appear on the stage.

"This is The Bug Tim Hardaway, the core of the warriors before Stalin came..."

"What are you afraid of? He is already a person after the cruciate ligament is torn. How much success can he have at the peak?"

Carlesimo was so conflicted on both sides, and the game in the second quarter started...

Soon, Xiao Chong broke through the basket with two lightning-fast waves.

The performance of two consecutive layups and 4 points in a row told Carlesimo.

To say that he has [-]% peak skill is probably bragging.

But eighty to ninety percent, definitely have.

"broken!"

Carlesimo clapped his hands. It was indeed broken.

Eighty-nine percent of the peak bugs are enough to severely damage the Blazers' defense.

At least, the existence of Xiao Chong gave Lin Xing enough time to rest.

Even if Lin Xing was only given time to rest, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

What makes people even more desperate is that after a while, Lin Xing will appear on the stage, partnering with Xiao Chong, and then regain the tacit understanding of the snake and insect combination last season.

That was the real end of the world for the Blazers and Carlesimo.

On the court, facing the impact of Xiao Chong, the Blazers were not powerless to fight back.

Compared with the Warriors' unplanned surprise soldier, Xiao Chong, the Blazers also have newcomers.

As soon as the second quarter came up, it was not Rod Strickland who faced Biao Xiaochong, but Aaron McGee who came off the bench!
That's right, it was Iverson's team, Super Sixth Man Aaron McGee.

At this time, he was just a rookie, averaging 6.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in his rookie season.

It shows that in his rookie season, he is no longer a simple rookie.

As far as this game is concerned, he came off the bench and withstood the pressure of Xiao Chong.

The game is still very anxious.

Because Xiao Chong was present, Old Nelson was not in a hurry to switch back to Lin Xing.

And for the time being, he is not ready to let Lin Xing partner with Xiao Chong.

It's not a matter of running in, but old Nelson really thinks that Lin Xing, who has completely controlled the ball, is the strongest Lin Xing.

With Xiaochong present, it is inevitable that Bo Linxing will have the ball.

This is what old Nelson doesn't want to see.

He would rather let Steve Cole partner with Lin Xing than let Xiao Chong partner with Lin Xing.

Especially now, COSCO is a very unstable bug.

So it was not until the second half of the second quarter that Lin Xing reappeared.

After resting for half a quarter, the refreshed Lin Xing gave the Blazers a heavy blow as soon as he came on the field.

In the frontcourt and positional battle, he came up against the substitute and defended himself against Jerome Cosey, which was an unstoppable breakthrough.

All the way to the basket, raising his hand is a heavy dunk.

There was a bang, half a quarter passed, and the Blazers' defense still couldn't stop Lin Xing.

On the sidelines, PJ Carlesimo cursed secretly: "Animals!"

As soon as he played, he gave a heavy dunk. In the subsequent games, Lin Xing did not try to drive his teammates.

But like the first quarter, the Blazers were still teammates of Lin Xing.

Lin Xing simply didn't pass it on.

In the half of the game, facing Jerome Cosey's single defense, he directly scored another 11 points.

"At the end of the halftime, Stamina had 28 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. The statistics in this half are really not what Stalin should have."

"No way, who made the Blazers in this game so determined to guard against Stanley's teammates?"

"Jordan's Law, not the complete Jordan's Law."

"The Blazers' defensive players dare not stretch out their hands at all. Is it really effective to defend against Si Da?"

"Just look at the score at the end of the halftime game, 54 to 45. Before you know it, the Blazers are already behind by 9 points."

With a double-digit difference of 1 point, it seems that the Blazers can accept it.

But at this time, Carlesimo should have a headache——

"The gap of 9 points doesn't look big, but the question is, do we have any effective means of chasing points?"

To be honest, there was none. The leading scorer, Clifford Robinson, was stared to death by Lin Xing, and there was only one Rod Strickland left, who was also beaten to death by Rodman.

Don't mention Aaron McGee, although he performed well in this game, he has already scored 11 points.

But after all, he is a rookie, expect him to turn the world upside down?Do you really think he is Lin Xing?
So in the second half, the Blazers put all their eggs in one basket.

In the second half of the Blazers, the offense suddenly began to speed up.

Judging from the data of the regular season, the Blazers, who averaged 82 points per game in 103.1 games in the regular season, can be regarded as an offensive team.

Although in the first half, Clifford Robinson was eaten to death by Lin Xing, scoring 7 out of 2 shots.

But in the second half, he suddenly had two waves.

It's not that Lin Xing's defense is not good, it's that this guy suddenly scored two or three points. Lin Xing's defense is in place, but he just scored.

This is not unexpected. Clifford Robinson's 37.1% three-point shooting rate is not high, but he can score 1.9 three-pointers per game, which is enough in number.

This is also reflected in the start of the third quarter, with two consecutive three-pointers, maintaining the suspense of the game.

But on the Warriors' side, Lin Xing, who had a whole intermission and 15 minutes, turned on the Kobe mode again.

In this quarter, he played more than 8 minutes, scored 16 points and scored 2 assists.

At the end of the three quarters, Lin Xing scored 44 points.

When he went off the court, the Warriors' lead stretched to 9 points.

After that, Xiao Chong came on stage and continued to lead the team.

With more than 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the old Nelson changed back to Lin Xing.

When Lin Xing reappeared, the Warriors led by 11 points.

At this time, he had already rested for more than 7 minutes.

The rest time that Xiao Chong exchanged for these Lin Xing became the straw that crushed the Blazers.

Reappearing in the fourth quarter, the energetic Lin Xing rushed again.

He scored 8 points in a row, added 2 assists, and locked Clifford Robinson on the defensive end.

With more than 2 minutes left in the game, the suspense of the game was completely ended.

“52分11个篮板5个助攻2个抢断1个盖帽，季后赛首战，斯大干掉了开拓者！”

"You know what I thought? Yesterday, Michael just scored 48 points in his first playoff game since coming back.
In this game, Star scored a higher 52 points, and the two of them seemed to be on the same page. "

Marv Albert is not comfortable with the rhythm, and as soon as the game is over, he mentions a danzi, and the rhythm starts like this.

Matt Gutica was still not very happy to take the rhythm, and he quickly brought the topic back to the game itself.

"Although Star scored 52 points, the highest since the start of this year's playoffs, the more important thing in this game is Tim Hardaway's comeback."

"He came off the bench, played 14 minutes, and scored 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, fully supporting the two periods when Lin Xing was absent."

"Without him, it's really hard to imagine who the Warriors would use to withstand the Blazers' counterattack during the time without Stalin."

At this moment, Matt Gutica became the reasonable emperor.

But don't say, his analysis is very correct.

Without Xiao Chong, the Warriors would not lose this game, even Lin Xing, who would definitely be exhausted by the Blazers' targeted arrangements.

If the remaining blood is really consumed, how to play G2 in the first round of the playoffs has become a big problem.

It can even be said that even if Xiao Chong came back, he contributed a key 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Lin Xing still consumed a lot in this game.

After all, he scored 52 points. Given the intensity of the playoffs, this score is very high. Lin Xing's physical fitness has also reached its limit.

The only difference is that Lin Xing, with 52 points, can still return to his peak state in G2.

"14 minutes and 14 points, with Tim Hardaway in this state, I'm afraid he will be able to start the next game, right?"

Mav Albert raised a question, but Matt Gudica shook his head:

"Looking at what Don Nelson means, he doesn't want Tim Hardaway and Star University to play at the same time, so for the time being, Tim Hardaway will play as a substitute."

But this time, Gudica guessed wrong.

Because on the sidelines, Old Nelson rubbed his chin, already thinking about letting Xiao Chong return to the starting line-up.

"Since Tim's condition has almost recovered, why not just let Tim return to the starting lineup?"

"First inspection, that is the real inspection..."

"No inspection at this time, should we wait for the second round of the playoffs to play against the Jazz Suns, or the Western Conference finals and finals?"

To put it bluntly, playing the Blazers right now is the best time to check the bugs.

As long as the old Nelson gave Xiaochong enough playing time, Xiaochong played an All-Star level data performance again.

Then you can be sure--

Worm is back from a torn ACL, he's unaffected, and he's still a star point guard!
As long as this is confirmed, Xiao Chong will be able to sell for a high price after the season is over.

(End of this chapter)