NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 64 [64] Wheel battle defense, David Stern's attention! (seeking first order)
In fact, in the opinion of Philip Sanders, it is the most suitable choice for "madman" to defend Hamilton.

After all, "Madman" is strong defensively and has more than a dozen seasons of rich on-the-spot experience. Whether it is defending Kobe in the Western Conference Finals or defending Billups in the Finals, he has done very well.

If a player of Hamilton's style faces a "madman", he will naturally still play his good off-the-ball game, and attacking with the ball is completely tantamount to looking for death.

Although the "madman" is not necessarily better than Lin Fei in chasing Hamilton's off-the-ball movement, but it is definitely much better than the teenager Trenton Hassel.

But the crux of the problem now is that the Pistons' two guns in the backcourt are very powerful, and the "madman" went to defend Hamilton, so who will restrict Billups?

If you use Trenton Hassell or Darrick Martin or Fred Hoiberg to guard Billups,

Let's not talk about the effect, but Lin Fei will have to be withdrawn in this way, and the Timberwolves lack sufficient firepower and offensive space on the offensive end.

Thinking of this, Philip Sanders began to miss the injured Sam Cassell even more.

Throughout the second half of the second quarter, Philip Sanders put all his eggs in one basket and kept Lin Fei on the court.

And Larry Brown has also been running through the strategy of letting Hamilton hold the ball and play Lin Fei in singles.

But Hamilton, who didn't rest for a minute, is tired even if he has good physical strength, especially when facing Lin Fei's attack with the ball that he is not good at, the physical exertion is greater than running without the ball.

In the last 2 minutes of the first half, under Lin Fei's active defense, Hamilton's attack efficiency with the ball began to plummet, and he made two consecutive offensive shots.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

With the help of Olowokandi's solid tank, the defensive rebounds were all captured by the Wolf King. The Timberwolves seized the opportunity in these two defensive counterattacks:
The "madman" slammed into the basket and caused Da Ben to foul and roared. He walked to the free throw line and made two free throws.
The Wolf King also regained his touch after hitting the iron continuously, turning over from the high position on the left and shooting Rasheed Wallace.

"Shh!"

The second quarter hit 1 minutes and 02 seconds.

Timberwolves (38): (39) Pistons.

After chasing the point difference to only 1 point, the home fans in the Target Center Arena were once again in high spirits and cheered.

The Pistons attacked again. Seeing that Hamilton was exhausted and played several rounds in a row, the effect was not good, so this time Billups did not give the ball to the opponent, but chose to force the "madman".

The "Madman" defended the ball very tough, and Billups had no choice but to take the risk of passing back to Prince, who was directly cut off by the concentrated Szerbiak.

"Snapped!"

Szebiak gave the ball to "Madman", and the Timberwolves launched a counterattack and fast break again.

The starting five tigers came aggressively, Lin Fei made a long-distance attack from the right, and made a cross screen with Szebiak at the top of the front arc.
Hamilton was obviously tired. Coupled with the delay of Szczerbiak, he was pulled away by more than one meter by Lin Fei.

"Whoosh!"

"Madman"'s pass was accurate, Lin Fei bent his bow and set an arrow at a 45-degree angle on the left, facing Hamilton who was coming up from the defense, raised the arc of his shot, and shot another one.

"Shh!"

The moment the basketball hit the net, Hamilton's big hand also touched Lin Fei's wrist.

With the ball and without the ball, it took 23 minutes in the half, and Hamilton was really tired.

"Beep!"

Joey Crawford has sharp eyes, whistles quickly, and makes an and1 gesture.

3+1.

Hamilton, who made a mistake, was dejected and shook his head again and again.

Lin Fei high-fived the "Madman" and Szczerbiak who rushed forward, and the wolf king standing in the midfield also raised his hands and roared, arousing the enthusiasm of the home fans.

Lin Fei's chasing three-pointer has unknowingly become a clear symbol of the Timberwolves' reversal.

"Shh!"

Lin Fei succeeded in scoring 4 points, and the Timberwolves directly overtook the Pistons by 3 points.

With a full 5 minutes of game time in the second quarter, and actually close to 20 minutes of rest time, it was enough to support Lin Fei to have a small explosion at the end of the first half.

Rasheed Wallace played the Wolf King with his back in the frontcourt, and was unable to make a shot when he was defended by the Wolf King. He could only return the ball to Billups' organization.

"Madman" posted it quickly, and Billups and Hamilton made a pick-and-roll. While Lin Fei and "Madman" were chasing around the screen, they made another decisive two-pointer.

"Bang!"

The physical exhaustion affected all the five Pistons, and the ball still missed the frame.

"Snapped!"

However, the offensive rebound was strongly grabbed by Daben. This time Olowokandi did not have time to foul in advance, so he could only watch Daben make a dunk.

"Boom!"

On the timer, there were only 9 seconds left in the first half, and the Timberwolves made the final attack of the half.

Lin Fei made a key screen with the wolf king at the top of the arc, and quickly retreated to the left three-point line, and the wolf king who was holding the ball quickly sent the shells over.

The two have played many times in the pick-and-roll with the ball in this position, and they cooperate quite tacitly.

Hamilton's cover around the Wolf King was slow, and Rasheed Wallace rushed up to change defenses without hesitation.

After Lin Fei got the ball, he had no other choice, facing the roaring Tianzun, he pulled up and shot.

"Whoosh!"

It is precisely because Lin Fei's shot speed is 0.1 seconds faster than Ray Allen in this period, the basketball can fly leisurely from less than three centimeters above Rasheed Wallace's fingertips.

If you don't watch the video in slow motion, the first impression of the ball is that Rashid's middle finger seems to have touched the surface of the basketball.

Even Rasheed Wallace himself didn't know if he touched the surface of the basketball, maybe he touched it, or maybe it was just the strong wind brought by the speeding basketball.

"Shh!"

The basketball went into the net hollow and splashed beautifully.

At the same time, the time on the timer was also fixed at the last 1.2 seconds of the first half.

"Beep!"

Lin Fei fell to the ground after the shot landed, and the referee blew the whistle again, indicating that Rasheed Wallace fouled Lin Fei on the shot.

Roaring Tianzun finally couldn't control his temper, and rushed towards the bald Crawford, spreading his hands and excitedly explaining that he didn't foul at all.

"Beep!"

After warning to no avail, the bald Joey Crawford directly gave Rasheed Wallace a T, and the king of technical offenders went back online.

The first half has not yet finished, and tonight's double Wallace each received a technical foul from Mr. Crawford, which is a big hidden danger for the Pistons.

Rasheed Wallace was still angry, still muttering that he had no thugs, and Larry Brown on the sidelines quickly chose to replace him with Hunter Lynch.

Judging from the slow playback of the video, Rasheed Wallace did not hit Lin Fei's arm, but the penalty was based on destroying Lin Fei's shooting cylinder.

"Shh!"

Lin Fei walked up to the free throw line with a smile and there was still an extra penalty, thinking that Mr. Crawford still gave himself face tonight?It seems that it was not in vain to brag about the old man after the game.

Billups made a super long shot in the last 1.2 seconds, and the game ended in the first half.

Relying on Lin Fei's offensive explosion in the last minute of the first half, the Timberwolves also entered the 1-minute break in midfield with a 5-point advantage.

Timberwolves (46): (41) Pistons.

The sudden explosion in the last one or two minutes at the end of the festival seems to have become the established impression Lin Fei brought to the fans.

Of course, this is directly related to the opponent's defensive distraction and lack of energy.

Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace were quite aggrieved and defended for a whole quarter, but Lin Fei took advantage of the last half minute.

The key point is that they have done their best in chasing and changing defenses, but with such a 0.1-second delay and error, Lin Fei hit them twice in a row, which is really hard to describe.

Larry Brown encouraged the Pistons and was very satisfied with their performance in the first half.

As for Lin Fei's two 3+1s, in Larry Brown's opinion, they can only be regarded as fairy balls, and the defensive players cannot be blamed.

During the intermission, the players of both teams returned to their respective locker rooms, took the time to rest, massaged their muscles to restore their physical fitness, and also summed up the experience and lessons of the first half of the game.

At this time, the lights of the Target Center arena dimmed, and then graceful music sounded.

As a guest performer during the intermission, Janet Jackson also walked onto the court in a sexy open-neck dress and sang three songs in succession.

The 38-year-old Janet Jackson is a famous female pop singer in the United States in the early 21st century. She has won four Grammy Awards. Her brother is the famous Michael Jackson.

I have to say that many talents need to be inherited, both music and basketball.

Seeing the Timberwolves reach the finals and the probability of winning the championship is also rising. As the team owner, Glenn Taylor is naturally in a good mood. This season's tens of millions of luxury taxes have not been paid in vain.

Originally, Glenn Taylor wanted to spend millions of dollars to directly invite Michael Jackson to help out in the finals.
But Jackson has recently been involved in a lawsuit because of something, and his personal influence is not very good, so he spent 50 US dollars to invite the equally famous Janet Jackson.

If this round of finals can return to the home court again, Glenn Taylor will not be stingy with his money.

Of course, there are many entertainment stars who have not reached the top level, and being able to perform in the finals is also a good thing with a lot of exposure, so the price of the appearance fee is easy to negotiate.

……

new York.

Olympic Building.

NBA headquarters, in the president's office.

David Stern, who was sitting at his desk, was watching the G2 live broadcast of the finals on the wall-mounted TV.

Seeing the halftime break, David Stern turned on the laptop in front of his desk and played Lin Fei's personal highlights of the last few playoff games.

The documents on the side of the desk are Lin Fei's personal details and player resumes.

David Stern frowned and thought about something, and the pupils behind the eyepieces radiated a deep brilliance.

As a Jewish old man, although he looks amiable on the surface, anyone who knows David Stern knows that he is a tough and resolute careerist.

As early as in the labor negotiations in 94, David Stern threatened the NBA players union in a cold voice, saying that he knew where the bodies of the missing players were buried.

He took over the position of president in 1984, and it was exactly a year after Jordan entered the league. David Stern and Michael Jordan also became the biggest contributors to making the NBA go to the world.

A definition of David Stern's identity given by Forbes is:

"An outstanding league manager, the craziest and most rational basketball marketing expert!"

But the time has come to 2004, and the NBA is an eventful year. Jordan retired, Kobe Bryant, the Sharks declined, the Spurs were in power, and the defense won the championship...

The decline in the overall game viewing and competitiveness has caused the development of the NBA to encounter a bottleneck. David Stern urgently needs to promote a new league No.1.
I hope to reshape the glory that Michael Jordan brought to the NBA back then, so that more fans all over the world can fall in love with the NBA, and let the culture of the NBA spread across five continents.

But judging from the current situation of the league, it is clear that no one has the potential to inherit Michael Jordan's strength and influence.

"Little Emperor" LeBron James is undoubtedly the choice closest to God. Of course, the last person who was closest to God has ruined his future...

Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady also obviously missed the peak training period,
Inside players such as Duncan, Nowitzki and Garnett lack the viewing pleasure of idol guards...

Among the rookies, in addition to James, Wade and Anthony also have high potential.

But David Stern always feels powerless, can James really support it?He really didn't have the confidence.

As he has been paying attention to Lin Fei's performance in the finals for the past two days, David Stern has become more and more interested in this undrafted pick.

As an inside player, Dayao's rise in the NBA has led to a large-scale Chinese fans and market, which surprised David Stern.

Lin Fei, as a defender with accurate shooting, distinctive style and good looks, if he can continue to play at a high level in the NBA,
Then the commercial value of the Celestial Dynasty market he drives will definitely be greater than that of Dayao.

But with Grant Hill's lessons learned, David Stern still can't believe how high Lin Fei's upper limit can be. James' strong body and terrifying talent are obviously more stable.

Although it is still far from the point where Lin Fei is a foreign player, as an undrafted player in the 03 session,

David Stern has already begun to compare Lin Fei with James, Wade, Anthony and others in the same class.

dallas.

In Steve Nash's private villa.

The recruiting team formed temporarily by the Phoenix Suns personally traveled thousands of miles to visit the door. The leader is the newest head coach of the Suns, Mike D'Antoni.

The Phoenix Suns fired coach Frank Johnson before last season's regular-season trade deadline and put Mike D'Antoni in charge.

At the same time, the "tumor" Stephen Marbury and the injured Anfernee Hardaway were traded to the Knicks, finally gaining a basis for reconstruction.

Marbury, who can send away a big contract, is really happy for the Suns management.

Before this guy came, Jason Kidd led the team, the Suns made the playoffs every year, and the Nets got the lottery show every year.

This guy and Jason Kidd swap clubs, the Nets are in the Finals every year, and the Suns are in the bottom three in the Western Conference every year...

The pure cancer of the team, the New York Knicks can ask Marbury, the Suns general manager Steve Kerr woke up from his dream, I am afraid that James Dolan will ask him to return the product.

This offseason, the Suns management affirmed Mike D'Antoni's team building philosophy and ideas, and decided to rebuild the team around an excellent point guard and set sail.

Steve Nash became the first choice of the Phoenix Suns, and Mike D'Antoni keenly discovered the huge potential behind his 30-year-old age.

Maxima often has it, but Bole does not often have it.

This sentence applies equally to China and the United States.

Nash originally intended to join the Suns because he was very interested in D'Antoni's tactical system, but he was still worried that the contract offered by the other party would not satisfy him.

After all, he is 30 years old, and the 800 million annual salary given by Cuban before also clearly made other teams see the possibility of lowering prices on him.

When the Sun recruiting team directly gave a six-year $6 million contract, Nash and his agent Bill Duffy couldn't believe it, and the sincerity was absolutely full.

There is nothing to hesitate, the two sides hit it off, reached a verbal agreement in advance, and decided to officially sign the contract after the free agent market opens on July 7.

At this time, on the TV in Nash's living room, the second half of G2 of the finals has already started.

Nash suddenly thought of something, pointed at No. 22 Lin Fei of the Timberwolves on the screen with a serious face, and said to Mike D'Antoni beside him:

"Mr. D'Antoni, I appreciate Lin's off-ball ability very much. As long as he can stay healthy, he will become the best off-ball player in NBA history, bar none!"

"So, Lin will be a very suitable part of the team building ideas you described!"

Mike D'Antoni also nodded with a smile. It seems that he was really right to choose Nash:
"Steve, we have already begun to pursue Lin, and I hope he will also be interested in our tactical concept!"

"But in terms of contract quotations, the Suns may not be the most competitive!"

"After all, you also know that this kid is really popular now. There are already more than 15 teams in the league pursuing him! Larry Bird of the Pacers has offered him $1000 million for two years, which is even more terrifying than the rookie contract of No. [-] pick James!"

Nash nodded solemnly, but the anticipation in his eyes was extremely strong:

"I understand. In G3 of the finals the day after tomorrow, I will go to Detroit to watch the game with Dirk. Then I will personally recruit Lin!"

……

Look back to the Target Center arena.

The third quarter of the game is in full swing.

Hamilton, who was fully rested, came aggressively. He turned his back and pushed Lin Fei away when he came up.

"Shh!"

After hitting this goal, Hamilton has scored 22 points, which is still the highest in the game.

The five tigers of the Pistons, who had regained their strength, chased and defended fiercely and quickly, and changed defenses smoothly and perfectly, which made Lin Fei fall into the predicament of not being able to catch the ball again.

In order to better limit Hamilton, Philip Saunders took a risky test in the third quarter.

That is to create more opportunities for substitutions through dead balls, timeouts, and tactical chopping of Ben Wallace, allowing Trenton Hassell and Lin Fei to play against Hamilton consecutively.
In this way, adopting the strategy of switching defenses in wheel battles will allow Hamilton to frequently switch between running without the ball and attacking with the ball, consuming his shooting touch and affecting the state of the game.

At the same time, Lin Fei and Hassel continued to play alternately, which also allowed the two to see the advantages of each other's defense more intuitively, achieving the role of intensive learning.

Facts have proved that this strategy has achieved good results.

It's just that Ben, who was chopped off consecutively, clenched his fists and almost ran away. He walked to the free throw line 6 times in a single quarter and only made 12 of 5 free throws.

The Timberwolves coaching staff was happy, but they did not expect to get new gains by accident.

(End of this chapter)