thefictionvixens Chapter 69 Michael's power is guiding me!
Chapter 69 Michael's power is guiding me!
If we're talking about who was the most shocked person in the entire stadium, without a doubt it was Phil Jackson!
He did indeed tell Lin Tian something like, "I'll give you unlimited firing rights, and we'll fight with you as the core."
But he never dreamed that Lin Tian would deliver such an amazing and crazy performance!
The entire United Center is chanting "MVP!" like crazy!
不到4分钟的时间，5投全中轰下13分2助攻，还有1个盖帽和1个抢断！
Even on a scale that spans the entire league, this performance is absolutely phenomenal!
Not to mention that Lin Tian was facing one of the league's top teams, the second-best team in the West, the Jazz!
This level of skill is many times more impressive than those teams that thrashed the Raptors, Grizzlies, or Timberwolves!
Although Jackson still looked calm and composed, as if he had everything under control, he had already raised his opinion of Lin Tian once again!
With a 21-point lead, the Bulls' locker room was incredibly excited during halftime, and the atmosphere was fantastic.
Jackson simply told them not to let their guard down, that there were still two tough quarters left in the second half, and then fell silent.
When it's time to get excited, he'll let his teammates celebrate!
What he needs to think about now is not what to do if the team gets too excited and relaxes their guard in the second half!
What he needs to consider now is how to position Lin Tian in the team!
In the second half, Jackson also drew some preliminary conclusions.
The first thing he did surprised everyone.
Lin Tian was not in the starting lineup for the second half!
He started Harper and Cole together, with Wennington, Kukoc, and Pippen up front.
With Jordan out, he didn't let the team's best guard play, which really baffled many people, who didn't understand what Jackson was trying to do.
The fans in the stadium even let out faint boos at Jackson!
"Let Lin play!"
"Let him beat that filthy Utah trash to death!"
"Phil! Lin could score 50 points tonight! And you've benched him!"
"You're ruining a perfect night! You clueless hippie!"
Lin Tian and Jackson remained remarkably calm in the face of the fans' protests.
They don't care about any of that.
Lin Tian also vaguely sensed Jackson's thoughts!
Without Lin Tian and Jordan on the court, and with the Jazz having regained a lot of confidence and form after halftime, they began their comeback journey!
With eight minutes left in the third quarter, the Jazz successfully narrowed the gap to 15 points!
If they can narrow the gap again in the remaining minutes, ideally to around 10 points, then the suspense of the game will be reignited!
At this moment, Jackson made a substitution, and Lin Tian, who had made the entire Jazz team tremble in the first half, was brought back onto the court!
As soon as he entered the game, he once again demonstrated his speed advantage, passing Stockton in one step and driving straight to the inside, charging towards Malone!
Then, something completely unexpected happened!
Malone seemed to be intimidated by Lin Tian's terrifying impact in the first half. He didn't even step forward to protect the rim. Instead, he just reached out and gestured as if to let Lin Tian score a layup!
Then, on the defensive end, Lin Tian put Stockton under intense close defense and double-teamed him with Harper, directly stealing the ball from Stockton's hands. After sprinting all the way, he scored another layup!
In less than 30 seconds, Lin Tian scored 4 points in a row, and the gap that the Jazz had narrowed in half a quarter disappeared in an instant!
The next few minutes of the third quarter once again became Lin Tian's performance show!
Although the 'Shark Power' is no longer there, Lin Tian tonight has clearly reached his peak condition!
As the saying goes, who doesn't eat dumplings during Chinese New Year? Every NBA player has a breakout game that makes them a career-defining night.
Tonight, this night clearly belongs to Lin Tian!
First, he hit a pull-up three-pointer after a pick-and-roll, then he blew past Stockton and hit a long two-pointer from mid-range!
After two goals, Lin Tian was certain that he was in exceptional form tonight! So he didn't hesitate any longer and used the "German Giant Cannon" he had obtained from Schremeff!
This is the three-point shooting skill of a two-time All-Star!
Last season, Schrempf had a 50% three-point shooting percentage!
In addition, Lin Tian is a full 6 centimeters taller than Stockton and has an absolute advantage in speed, as well as his own condition. He doesn't need to go into the paint to fight Malone!
He repeatedly used screens to get around Stockton, either pulling up for a three-pointer or driving to mid-range for a pull-up jumper!
With each shot Lin Tian took, the basketball swished into the basket!
The score difference between the two sides began to widen, and Stockton also experienced firsthand Lin Tian's terrifying scoring ability and superb speed.
He simply can't keep up!
With a very simple move, Lin Tian was able to get away with him completely, without him even being able to touch Lin Tian's taillights!
Even when the Jazz double-team Lin Tian to slow down his scoring momentum, Lin Tian was able to find open teammates time and time again, allowing them to finish the attack!
In other words, Malone and Hornacek were in such good form in the second half, and with Rodman out, the Jazz, despite being unable to defend, were still able to score continuously.
At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two sides was temporarily fixed at 102:77!
In this day and age, scoring 77 points in three quarters is quite a high score, and the Jazz's offense was definitely not bad tonight! But they were still down by 25 points!
Because they encountered the phenomenal Lin Tian! Lin Tian led his team to score over 100 points in the third quarter! In this era, this is extremely rare. Apart from teams like the Warriors and Nuggets who only focus on offense and don't play defense, fans can only see such a performance in the All-Star Game.
As for Lin Tian, he scored 22 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals in the third quarter!
而截止到第三节比赛结束，林天已经21投15中，3分球3投2中，罚球8罚7中，轰下了39分8次助攻4次抢断0失误的超完美数据！
He completely dominated Stockton, the league's steals leader!
This night was destined to belong to Lin Tian!
In the fourth quarter, Sloan did not substitute Malone and Stockton. He was determined to make one last attempt! He didn't believe Lin Tian could continue his terrifying shooting touch from the third quarter, and he was unwilling to surrender easily with Jordan and Rodman out of the game.
Jackson had clearly guessed Sloan's thoughts!
He did the same, fielding the strongest lineup he could muster right now: Pippen, Cole, Kukoc, Longley, and Lin Tian!
If you, Jazz, refuse to admit defeat, I'll completely crush you!