Jordan: I thought he was there to help me!

Chapter 1102 3 Minutes! No matter how the match goes, I want to...

Parsons still received the ball, but the difference was that the person who was defending Parsons was now moving towards Lin Tian because of his pass, trying to double-team him.

Parsons simply stood there and made a simple back-and-forth pass, which successfully created an open space for him.

Parsons didn't hesitate at all. He turned around, pulled up a three-pointer, and shot it!

"Whoosh!"

Go in again!

The Lakers' offensive momentum showed no signs of slowing down, and they regained a 3-point lead!

In the Cavaliers' offense, Wade didn't even dribble past half-court this time. He ran directly to the frontcourt without the ball, and when he saw Sessions also come to the three-point line, he immediately started to accelerate. Like Lin Tian, ​​Wade's running speed and running distance were equally amazing.

Finally, after Wade ran to the vicinity of the three-second zone under the basket, he suddenly stopped running in a straight line and instead circled around Gasol twice!

Then, just as he was about to spin for the third time, the basketball was already in his hands. Gasol became Wade's best screen, and he practically stuck to Gasol's body as he jumped and released the ball.

With a "swish," the basketball swished through the net, and Wade narrowed the gap to one point with a layup.

"The second 40+ point game has been born!" Miller shouted. "Wade also scored 40 points! He and Anthony have combined for 80 points! A full 80 points! Crazy! Unbelievable! This is the league's most offensively potent duo..."

Miller's voice trailed off as he spoke, a multitude of images flashing through his mind.

But Miller quickly regained his confidence: "The Lakers have the strongest scoring trio!"

This guy quickly covered up his mistake, showing that he hadn't said anything wrong.

The Lakers have three players, but they're certainly not their strongest scoring trio!

Immediately following, during the Lakers' offensive possession, Lin Tian once again drove into the paint and then, with a handoff, passed the ball from Varejao's armpit to Murphy, who was positioned behind him.

After receiving the ball, Murphy attempted a layup off the backboard, but perhaps because he hadn't taken many shots in the paint in a while, Murphy, who is usually incredibly accurate from beyond the three-point line, missed this layup attempt.

If it hadn't just lightly bumped against the rim, it would have gone straight over the bar, becoming one of the biggest jokes of the night.

With a loud "bang," the basketball missed its target, but it didn't bounce too high or too far. Just as it left the rim, it was caught by a large hand.

"boom!"

Then came a loud bang.

Lin Tian, ​​who had just passed the ball to Murphy, reacted with lightning speed. As if he had predicted that Murphy's shot would miss, he immediately pulled up and pressed the basketball with one hand, sending it back to the basket.

「别光看着韦德和安东尼两个家伙得分都超过了40，林的数据也很夸张啊！」米勒低头看了一眼数据表后道：「25分16篮板16助攻4抢断2盖帽！」

"This guy is as versatile as a robot, able to fill his data column anytime, anywhere, and unleash astonishingly powerful data at any time."

"There are still more than 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. We're really looking forward to seeing what kind of stats Lin will put up!"

In the next few minutes, the two sides continued to play back and forth, with Wade and Anthony going all out, taking turns one-on-one and putting the ball into the basket time and time again.

On the Lakers' side, even though Kobe and Durant were both absent, Lin Tian single-handedly controlled the entire situation. Under his leadership, the Lakers played more like a cohesive unit, with everyone getting the ball and everyone having a chance to shoot.

And every time he takes a shot, it's either an open shot or a direct shot to the basket. The whole team is getting so fed up with Lin Tian's lobs that they're practically burping.

With eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, Lin Tian called for a double screen at the top of the key. Murphy and Barnes both stepped up to screen for him, but before the screen was even set up, Lin Tian suddenly raised his hand and passed the ball to the far corner.

Because of Lin Tian's double screen tactic, the entire Cavaliers' defensive focus unconsciously shifted towards the top of the key and the baseline, resulting in a clear open shot in the far corner.

The player who was overlooked is still the Lakers' second biggest threat on the court.

Jason Terry!

Without hesitation or stage fright, the big-hearted glider fired its cannon again!

"Whoosh!"

After a crisp shot, Terry hit another three-pointer. "The Glide" was on fire tonight, and with this basket, he had already scored 20 points!

"pause!"

Brown stood up on the sidelines and called a timeout. The team's defense was too problematic in this possession, focusing too much on defending Lin Tian, ​​so he had to call a timeout to stabilize the situation.

During the timeout, an excited Terry ran with his arms outstretched, and the glider once again soared across the field!

113: 110.

After this basket, the Lakers regained a 3-point lead.

"Beautiful pass! A surprise attack, catching the opponent off guard!" Miller shouted. "Lin's pass was sudden, Terry's shot was decisive!"

「这一球之后，林今晚已经拿下25分18篮板18助攻了！我觉得林今晚搞不好能轰下一个30+20+20！」

"From a data perspective, there's also some bad news," Jackson said. "The game is in a pause, and according to the Lakers' rotation habits, Lin will definitely have to go to the bench to rest."

"It's hard to say what the situation will be like when he comes back up."

"What a waste!" Miller shook his head and said, "Every time this happens, I hate Lin, I hate that he's not a selfish guy who's passionate about technical statistics. If only he could look at his own technical statistics more, or have some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder about rounding up or using even numbers, how great would that be! Then we could see countless more amazing data."

……

"Next, Lin rests. Kobe and Kevin, you two go up there and beat them mercilessly! Keep attacking them like crazy!" Jackson roared, waving his arms through the crowd. "If you guys are even professional players, this time you'd better widen the gap!"

"Don't always make Lin go up there and clean up your messes!"

"Lin gave you the rest time, Lin gave you the lead, Lin also set the tone for your soaring morale and the rhythm of the game! If you can't even give Lin 3 minutes of rest, then you can forget about getting the championship ring this year."

"Give it all to Lin! Give it all to Lin!"

Jackson paused slightly, then looked at everyone and said, "Three minutes! Lin must rest for a full three minutes. During that time, no matter what happens on the court, I will absolutely not make any substitutions. If we lose because of this, that's fine too."

"I'll take the blame."

"As long as you bunch of noobs have the nerve! As long as you can handle it!"

Jackson stopped talking at this point, turned around and sat down. The other five Lakers players whose names were called and who were about to go on the court also remained silent.

At this point, there's no need to say anything.

Just fucking do it!

Besides Lin Tian's four starters, plus Thomas, the five of them walked onto the court together.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, made two changes.

Chalmers and Zydrunas Ilgauskas came on to replace Sessions and Varejao, and the Cavaliers once again had their starting five back together. They were about to launch their all-out attack!

With a whistle from the referee, Big Z was about to quickly inbound the ball, but to his dismay, he found that the Lakers' defense was much tighter than he had imagined!

Including Isaiah Thomas, everyone on the Lakers team did their job, sticking tightly to the player they were supposed to defend, leaving Zydrunas Ilgauskas with the ball in the air and unable to find a teammate who could receive it.

"Change!"

Suddenly, a turning point appeared on the court. Gasol and Chalmers set a screen together, and Bynum, who was guarding Gasol, didn't react in time and instinctively shouted for a switch.

He immediately caught up with Chalmers and blocked Chalmers' angle to receive the ball, but he forgot that the person originally guarding Chalmers was Thomas!

At this moment, Isaiah Thomas was driven into the paint by Pau Gasol.

Seeing the rare opportunity, Big Z immediately lobbed the ball into the paint. Big Z would never miss such a huge mismatch opportunity with a height difference of 50 centimeters. In Big Z's opinion, or in the opinion of most people, Gasol was 100% guaranteed to get the ball.

Even if Isaiah Thomas reacts quickly and fouls early, the Cavaliers will still have to inbound the ball again.

Defend it? Can't score?

impossible!

But just when everyone thought nothing would go wrong, an accident happened!

Gasol made the same mistake again; he didn't choose to forcefully pull up for a dunk.

He felt it wasn't necessary; he simply made a low layup, and he thought that was enough.

But right now, Gasol is facing Isaiah Thomas, who has just been energized by Jackson and is currently in a state of adrenaline surge.

Thomas's small frame bounced up incredibly, and then continued to rise until, to everyone's astonishment, his hand landed on the basketball before Gasol could even release it.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, the basketball was blocked by Isaiah Thomas and sent flying!

Kobe grabbed the basketball, turned around and sprinted towards the frontcourt, while Thomas stayed in place, clenched his fists, and let out a long roar!

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

A beast-like roar came from Thomas's mouth, and standing next to him was Gasol, whose face was full of disbelief and unwilling to believe what had just happened.

I was slapped face-to-face by a short guy who's only 175cm tall?

"Gasol deserved that!" Jackson's tone was filled with obvious disappointment and disdain. "What's wrong with him dunking? Will he get injured or have to leave the game? If Gasol had chosen to dunk, he could have easily slammed it in! Isaiah Thomas couldn't even touch his elbow."

"But he chose to finish the game with a low layup, depriving his team of a good opportunity to catch up!"

"There's a real reason why some people are disliked and criticized by fans!"

As Jackson's voice faded, the Lakers launched a counterattack, with Durant receiving the ball and immediately pulling up for a powerful dunk, extending the Lakers' lead to 5 points!

"Again!" Durant clapped and shouted after scoring, displaying a rare display of charisma: "Press! Shut them down! Beat them! We have to win! We have to take tonight's victory on our own!"

"yes!"

With a series of roars, in addition to Bynum and Murphy quickly retreating to the backcourt to defend, the other three players found their matchups and stuck to the Cavaliers' backcourt players, putting pressure and physical contact on them from the backcourt.

Jackson's roar did indeed lift the Lakers' morale once again.

But the Cavaliers were no pushovers either. Facing the Lakers' high-intensity competition, Wade and the others showed their ferocity, fighting the Lakers players as if they were ready to devour them.

In the end of this play, Anthony drove into the paint with the ball, and after a mid-air collision with Bynum, he threw the ball out, losing his balance and falling heavily off the court. Fortunately, the basketball cooperated and obediently went into the basket.

Carmelo Anthony pulled off a "Melo slam" just like Dwyane Wade!

After falling, Anthony didn't linger on the floor. He immediately got up, found Durant, and quickly stuck to him.

At this point, both sides have reached their maximum intensity!

The match has now officially entered a critical phase where every ball must be fought for.

The players from both sides launched attack after attack, and at this point in the game, both sides intentionally reduced their mid-range and long-range shots, and drove to the basket more often to finish the game. This is because, in this era, the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score, and everyone is willing to take this as their motto when playing basketball.

With each attack and each fall, even with the referees being lenient, their whistles had to be sounded repeatedly due to the style of play from both sides.

Especially when both sides have big men with soft playing styles, both sides' perimeter players have to rush into the paint from time to time to help with the defense and provide help defense from time to time.

When assisting in defense, it's easy to commit a foul.

During this period, both sides scored quite a few points, all from the free throw line.

Perhaps the good news is that the number of fouls committed by the main players on both sides is not high at this point, mostly around 3-4. As for the remaining time in the game, unless something unexpected happens, this number of fouls can definitely be managed!

123: 120!

With five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, the gap between the two teams was still three points!

In the past three minutes, the two sides have once again traded blows, remaining evenly matched.

A complete draw!

At that moment, Lin Tian, ​​who had been resting on the bench for 3 minutes, stood by the technical table waiting to take the stage.

Everyone knows that whenever the ball goes out of play, Lin Tian will replace Isaiah Thomas.

"You'd better score this basket." Lin Tian sat casually on the scorer's table, watching Wade walk past him. "Because this is your last chance to tie the score!"

"If you don't seize this opportunity, you'll never have another chance."

Wade didn't answer Lin Tian's question, but instead darted past him. After a series of passes and plays, Wade received the basketball at a 45-degree angle once again, and without hesitation, pulled it up and threw it!

The basketball, like lightning, struck the rim with pinpoint accuracy.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball pierced through the net, creating waves of net play, and the fans in the arena erupted in wild cheers and shouts!

He's here! Dwyane Wade is here!

Our Flash, with unparalleled lightning power, has arrived!

It's a tie! The score is tied again.

"I seized the opportunity, so what?" After scoring, Wade didn't celebrate excessively. Instead, he ran back to Lin Tian, ​​who had just come on, and asked him, "Next, will we come back to win?"

"You managed to seize the opportunity, so I'll give you credit." Lin Tian straightened his shorts, strolled leisurely onto the court, and said casually, "But don't even think about taking the lead. I already said, this is your last chance to tie the score. You won't have another chance after this."

"We'll see!" Wade glared at Lin Tian menacingly; the two had been arguing all night.

Lin Tian didn't rush to get the ball and advance. Instead, he strolled to the left 45-degree angle, then suddenly turned sideways to block Wade, while reaching out for the ball.

As soon as Kobe arrived at the frontcourt, he immediately passed the ball to Lin Tian and waved to all his teammates to pull Lin Tian away so they could watch him perform.

Everyone knows that Lin Tian, ​​who has just come on, will definitely play a singles match to stabilize the situation.

"Lin needs the ball! Can he make it? Can he take the lead again and give Wade and the Cavaliers a direct counterattack?" Miller yelled. "Spread out! Everyone spread out!"

"The Quicken Loans Arena fans are all up! They're all standing up, I can feel the arena shaking even through the screen! The fans are making their loudest noises, they're building momentum for this play!" Jackson said. "Let's see if this play will go down in history!"

As Jackson said, almost all the fans in Quicken Loans Arena stood up at that moment, shouting as loudly as they could. They were cheering for Wade and putting pressure on Lin Tian at the same time.

They are looking forward to the outcome of this round.

For no reason or explanation, the fans just suddenly felt that this round, which was no different from countless previous rounds between the two, might set the tone for the game.

So the fans went crazy.

"Everyone's excited." Lin Tian didn't rush to dribble, but instead faced Wade directly, holding the basketball with both hands. However, his center of gravity wasn't low; he was almost standing upright. Even though Lin Tian didn't seem to be in any offensive mode, Wade didn't dare to relax for a second. (End of Chapter)