Jordan: I thought he was there to help me!

Chapter 652 Minnesota folks, you'd better step up your game!

As Lin Tian finished speaking, he had already reached the Timberwolves' three-point line. He glanced at Kidd, then suddenly straightened his knees and sprang upwards.

Kidd was completely focused at this moment and reacted very quickly. Seeing that Lin Tian was about to shoot, he jumped up quickly to try to interfere.

But to everyone's surprise, Lin Tian's move was a complete feint. He didn't actually collect the ball; he simply straightened his knees from a bent position to a fully upright one.

Then Lin Tian turned around and left Kidd behind. Accelerating again, Lin Tian rushed to the inside in the blink of an eye. Facing Garnett's timely help defense, Lin Tian jumped to avoid it. Then he jumped in the opposite direction again, leaving Blunt, who came to help, behind him.

Then, relying on his superior physical abilities and hang time, Lin Tian rushed to the other side of the basket and made an incredibly easy layup, easily hitting the ball!

One ball, past three players, and an easy layup!

The boos that had just filled the entire target center were silenced by Lin Tian's shot.

Lin Tian was naturally quite dissatisfied with the sudden silence on the court.

Forget the quiet, get the party started! Keep it going!

The incredibly arrogant Lin Tian began waving his hands up and down, signaling the fans to keep shouting. Then he put one hand to his ear, indicating that their voices were too soft and he couldn't hear them!

Hey Minnesota folks, keep it up!

Create some noise.

Lin Tian's arrogance once again provoked the Timberwolves fans in the arena, and a chorus of boos erupted once more! All sorts of profanities rushed into Lin Tian's ears.

comfortable!

That's it!

The louder the boos and the more fierce the insults from the fans, the more accomplished Lin Tian will feel when he defeats the Nets!

This time, the boos from the fans didn't last long either.

Twenty seconds later, when Garnett finally scored two points with a mid-range jump shot, and the fans in the arena went wild and excited, Lin Tian once again became the silencer for the away team.

He received the baseline pass from his teammate, then dribbled the ball at high speed to the frontcourt. At a 45-degree angle, Lin Tian made a crossover dribble with his left hand, bringing the basketball to his right hand. Then, Lin Tian executed a simple, practical, and wide crossover, once again leaving Kidd behind in one step!

Lin Tian used all his strength this time, pushing his speed and pace to the limit.

This shot needs to be quick!

As for why it needs to be fast?

Lin Tian certainly didn't want to embarrass Kidd; he was afraid that the local Minnesota fans wouldn't have enough energy, and that they would get tired of chanting and suddenly stop.

If you stop booing me before I score, the effect will be much less pronounced.

The real action is to deliver a powerful blow when all the Minnesota fans are chanting wildly, silencing all their boos – that's what makes it truly impactful!

So this time, Lin Tian went all out and easily beat Kidd in one step, then in the blink of an eye, he once again drove into the paint!

Garnett, standing under the basket, spread his arms and jumped, trying to block Lin Tian's shot!

Garnett was prepared to foul, he was even prepared to commit a flagrant foul!

He could see through Lin Tian's meaning and thoughts. He was certain that Lin Tian couldn't be allowed to score this basket! Otherwise, the Timberwolves' morale would definitely suffer a huge problem!

But when Garnett jumped with his arms outstretched, ready to block or even foul, he stared wide-eyed in disbelief!

His hands failed to touch Lin Tian!

Lin Tian didn't even reach out; he didn't even fully stretch out his body, which caused Garnett's raised hands to completely miss their target!

Knowing he couldn't stop this shot, Garnett reacted quickly. He tried to lower his arms to grab Lin Tian and stop him from scoring, but Lin Tian was even faster!

Before Garnett could even touch him, he had already glided to the other side of the basket.

Then, Lin Tian suddenly exerted force with his waist, and he turned his whole body halfway around, from facing away from the basket to facing the basket sideways, and then he slammed the basketball in his hand hard towards the basket!

"boom!"

After another loud bang, Lin Tian slammed home another dunk! He completed another dunk!

And it was another amazing dunk that amazed everyone and made the entire stadium roar with cheers!

Well, it won't make the fans at Target Center scream wildly, but it'll be enough to make them gasp and then collectively shut up.

Too scary!

The distance of that glide, the amplitude of the pull-up, and the boundless imagination with which he dodged Garnett's defense all plunged the entire Target Center into complete silence once again.

Lin Tian, ​​facing the completely silent court once again, raised one hand to his ear and waved the other hand up and down.

Come on, let's make some more noise!

It's so boring to be defeated after just two balls.

Unfortunately, this time the Minnesota fans didn't respond; they chose to remain silent.

This time they were completely silent, and they didn't even cheer much during the Timberwolves' next few offensive plays.

Sparse, insignificant, barely noticeable, better than nothing.

This is how Timberwolves fans reacted after those two possessions with Lin Tian!

The fans in the arena only became excited again when there were three minutes left in the first quarter, and Anthony and others went off the court and both teams began to rotate their players.

One reason is that they have finally begun to forget about Lin Tian's exaggerated dunk.

The other one is that Garnett finally responded!

This guy rarely gets to the low post, then he turns around and gets past Stoudemire, drives into the paint and slams a two-handed dunk!

This basket narrowed the Timberwolves' deficit to nine points and reignited the excitement of the crowd.

"Hold on! Hold this attack for me! Let's keep chasing!" Garnett roared excitedly after scoring. A beautiful attack can not only ignite the passion of the fans, but also ignite the passion of the players!

For example, right now the entire Timberwolves team is like they're on drugs, their eyes are bloodshot, everyone is fierce, they're trying to catch up!

"Chase after the chicken feathers!"

Lin Tian's response to the Timberwolves players' relentless efforts was simple and direct. Facing Timberwolves' backup guard Mike James beyond the three-point line, Lin Tian accelerated past him cleanly and then drove into the paint again, where he once again encountered Garnett helping on defense under the basket!

This time, Lin Tian did not choose to take shortcuts or rely on his agility and gliding distance to attack Garnett, but instead chose to confront him head-on!

You have to experience every feeling, no matter what it is!

This time, Lin Tian's attack was incredibly resolute and fast. He reached Garnett in the blink of an eye, giving Garnett no time to prepare or react.

Facing the frantic Lin Tian charging towards him, Garnett under the basket only had time to spread his arms and straighten his body; otherwise, he had no time to do anything else.

Given Garnett's physical attributes, he didn't even have time to jump and defend; his knees hadn't even had time to bend before Lin Tian had already arrived.

"Bang!"

Another muffled thud rang out as Lin Tian crashed head-on into Garnett. Garnett, overwhelmed by the incredible force of the impact, lost all control of his body, and his upper body lurched backward.

Lin Tian, ​​like a tiger descending a mountain, completely ignored Garnett, who was already pinned down by him, and reached for the basket with one arm.

"boom!"

Then, a loud bang was heard, and Lin Tian slammed the ball into the basket again with one arm!

At the same time, Garnett, due to leaning back at such a large angle, completely lost control of his center of gravity and fell backward violently.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, Garnett collapsed onto the ground in a disheveled state, looking completely dazed.

Clearly, Lin Tian's shot was too fast and too fierce, so fast that Garnett didn't have time to react and fell to the floor with a thud. He couldn't give any other response.

He hadn't even come to his senses yet.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Lin Tian's dunk wiped out the life that had finally returned to the Target Center, and the fans fell silent once again, unable to utter any unified chants.

Faced with Lin Tian's third provocation tonight, the Minnesotaian finally behaved.

They dared not respond anymore, nor did they dare to boo Lin Tian any further; they were completely deflated.

Even now, the Knicks are only leading by 11 points, which is practically nothing in the NBA.

But Lin Tian successfully shut down the Timberwolves.

This kind of breakdown is a collective breakdown from players to fans, and it's even more despairing than having a 20-point lead.

At this moment, both the Timberwolves players and fans had the exact same thought.

How can we stop Lin? How can we defeat them?

This idea and thought are destined to be quite despairing.

Even though the Knicks were too excited and didn't score much in the rest of the first quarter, the first quarter ended with an 11-point difference between the two teams.

Even though Kidd's mismatch defense against Anthony was quite successful at the start of the second quarter, making Anthony's several one-on-one attempts unsuccessful, and Kidd himself also hit a 3-pointer.

Even though the Timberwolves had narrowed the gap to 6 points with 4 minutes left in the second quarter, they could catch up in just two possessions if they were lucky.

But when Lin Tian returned to the court, he immediately hit a difficult two-pointer against Kidd, and the Timberwolves collapsed once again.

Just two points were enough to shatter the Timberwolves' confidence and their desire for victory.

They felt incredibly embarrassed and ashamed, realizing that they couldn't beat Lin Tian! Their team couldn't beat Lin Tian!

We can't handle him, we can't beat him. He can score whenever he wants, and he can deliver a beautiful assist whenever he wants.

Unstoppable!

As this sense of powerlessness intensified, and as this feeling of frustration swept over the entire Timberwolves team, they realized that they were no longer just unable to defend Lin Tian.

Stoudemire, Anthony, Okur, Smith...

The other Knicks players started scoring consistently, and the point difference between the two teams continued to widen!

At the end of the second quarter, the score was 65-40!

The Knicks are now up by 25 points again!

While the Timberwolves players sat in the locker room, idly looking at the statistics, they were surprised to find that although they thought they had been outplayed by Lin Tian, ​​Lin Tian only made one of his three shots in the entire second quarter, which was quite poor.

Although he dished out 7 assists in a single quarter, he only made the first shot he made when he entered the game, scoring only 2 points!

But the entire Timberwolves team felt that Lin Tian had an extremely strong presence, constantly scoring and shattering their illusions.

"This guy is terrifying." Kidd, who always faced off against Lin Tian whenever he stepped onto the field, was the most dazed of them all, because like everyone else, he also felt that Lin Tian had destroyed them.

Moreover, it wasn't through passing that he was destroyed. He felt like he was completely outmatched, but normally, when the person you're guarding keeps passing the ball around, you don't feel like you're being outmatched.

But tonight, Kidd had that same illusion.

"I think those old bastards felt the same way when they faced Michael Jordan."

Kidd's mutterings were overheard by Garnett, who gave a rather self-deprecating wry smile and said, "Maybe even more exaggerated than Michael? Michael never won five consecutive championships, nor did he ever win a championship with a perfect playoff record."

"Michael was even defeated by Lin in a head-on battle."

"Kevin, I don't think we can ever beat him." The two, who hadn't gotten along well because of who was the team leader, who should take more shots and sacrifice, and who both missed their "ex," inexplicably reached a consensus at this moment.

"Perhaps, we can only find a few people, the strongest people to form a team, and then we might have a chance to defeat Lin."

"I never expected to hear you say something like that," Kidd couldn't help but tease Garnett. "I thought you'd never admit defeat."

"I didn't want to either," Garnett shrugged. "But I was beaten by him in the Finals. You wouldn't understand the pain of getting so close to your dream and then having it shattered."

"FUXX!" Kidd promptly flicked the middle finger and then ignored Garnett.

What's there to be so smug about!

So what if he got beaten up by Lin in the finals? Is that all he's got to brag about?

I got beaten up by him several times in the East. Have you ever been beaten up by him in the East?

None? Garbage!

The budding flame of friendship between Garnett and Kidd has been extinguished once again.

The second half of the game had essentially become a formality.

上半场3分球4投1中的基德在第三节开始突然找到手感，3分线外一度4投全中，但可惜的是，他这4连中除了让自己的3分球来到了8投5中，并且第三节就拿到20分之外，却完全没能帮助球队缩小比分。

His breakout performance was forced out of the team when no one else could score in the third quarter. Kidd's constant shooting meant that no one else on the team could score.

While the Timberwolves couldn't score, the Knicks' scoring momentum never stopped!

They even became more ferocious.

Because Lin Tian also made a move in the third quarter!

When the Timberwolves narrowed the gap to 18 points thanks to Kidd, Lin Tian suddenly stepped up and dominated the game!

Three-pointers, mid-range jumpers, drives to the basket for layups, fakes to draw fouls, post-up moves to draw fouls, drives to the basket for strong drives to draw fouls...

Lin Tian suddenly erupted in the last 4 minutes of the third quarter, scoring continuously. In 3 minutes, Lin Tian made 6 of 7 field goals, 6 of 3 free throws, and 1 of 2 three-pointers, scoring 19 points in a row!

Not only did he score 19 points himself, but he also drew two fouls from Kidd, bringing Kidd to four fouls and forcing him to leave the game early.

Meanwhile, Garnett also drew a foul on Lin Tian!

When Kidd had to leave the game early to rest, Lin Tian delivered another blow to him.

"You think it's amazing that you scored 20 points in less than three quarters? Hmm? You gave it your all!"

"But I can score 20 points in 3 minutes. Do you understand the gap between us? The gap between us is bigger than the gap between me and my dog!"

Kidd could do nothing but purse his lips and accept Lin Tian's trash talk.

What can he do if he gets completely crushed?

What can he do if he scores less in 3 quarters than someone else scores in 3 minutes despite his best efforts?

Besides admitting defeat, there's nothing Kidd can do.

After Lin Tian's frantic offensive, the point difference between the two sides widened to as much as 28 points!

With only one quarter left in the game, the Timberwolves' offensive level and ability are basically enough to declare the game over!

The fourth quarter became a mere formality.

Anthony immediately hit a mid-range jumper to extend the lead to 30 points. Then Nate drove into the paint and slammed home a dunk, knocking the 213cm Blount to the ground.

Then Smith soared into the air, received Ward's pass, and with all his might, slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!

After this initial three-point run, the Knicks went on another 7-0 run in less than a minute, extending the lead to 35 points.

Then, Don Nelson immediately substituted Anthony and Okur, leaving no starters behind, thus officially declaring the game over!

The same thing happened to the Timberwolves; their starting lineup was also quickly substituted.

The remaining time in the game flew by.

Of course, no matter how fast time passes, it can't keep up with the speed at which the fans leave the stadium.

When the final whistle blew, there were fewer than 1000 fans left in the stadium!

Nine times out of ten, most of these 1000 people weren't there to watch the team's comeback; they were just trying to avoid traffic jams and travel during off-peak hours.

This year's Timberwolves have truly disappointed their fans. After the big trade, their record has plummeted once again, and there are no signs of them turning things around or getting better.

Many fans had already sensed it.

This team, this group of people, is probably going to completely disband! (End of Chapter)