I really play basketball

Chapter 151 No suspenseful Christmas battle
On Christmas Eve, New York became the focus of attention across the United States.

Three hours before the start of the game, the Warriors arrived at the parking lot of Madison Square Garden.

As soon as the bus stopped, the door opened, and the first player to get out of the bus surprised the audience.

"Wow, Luke Longley in suits and ties..."

"A little handsome!"

Langley has a pink and tender baby face, which has nothing to do with being handsome.

But after all, he is tall and big, and once he wears a suit, his temperament will come out.

When Langley came out, he surprised everyone.

The following Mullin and Steve Kerr also showed the demeanor of male models.

But then, the Warriors' black players played.

Although the same suit and leather shoes, but the temperament or something, all of a sudden collapsed.

Look at the lunatic who looks a lot like King Kong Barbie, even in a suit, he is still in a daze, looking like a fool.

Looking at Chris Gatling again, with a bald head, a moustache, and a suit upper body, the first thing Lin Xing thought of was... Xie Guangkun.

Kunkun may be handsome, but when Kunkun is associated with basketball, it has nothing to do with the word handsome, only obscene and funny...

There was also Fat Chong on crutches, Lin Xing still bought him a suit according to the previous size.

As a result, in the hotel before departure, Fei Chong almost didn't put it on.

In the end, I pulled it hard and put it on.

But all kinds of inappropriateness are also all kinds of wretched and funny...

"It's ugly!"

"Spicy eyes!"

"Why do all the warriors need suits? Don't they have points?"

Until, Lin Xing finally appeared on the stage and blinded the audience.

"Trough digging, a bit handsome!"

"It's not just a little handsome, it's very handsome, okay?"

The real male model is Lin Xing.

A face with sharp edges and corners is already handsome.

With a height of 2 meters in shoes, he is tall and handsome, and no real male model can compare to him.

"Tim, can you tell me why you all appeared in suits in this Christmas battle?"

The limping fat worm was stopped by reporters, and he was happy to be interviewed.

"The suits were given by Star, and Armani's custom-made suits were also proposed by him. We all think this proposal is great..."

"Are you sure it's great, Tim?"

"Of course, don't you think we all look handsome in suits?"

Fei Chong spread his hands, and the reporters gave a faint smile unanimously.

This means that confident people are the most handsome.

The appearance of all the Warriors in suits immediately aroused heated discussions.

There is still a long time before the start of the game, and NBC TV's broadcast camera has already aimed at the Big Apple City.

The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the World Trade Center were cut all over.

Finally back at Madison Square Garden, there was really nothing to cut.

At this time, the director learned the news that all the Warriors appeared in suits.

Although they couldn't catch up with the scene, they can replay it!
So, when the Warriors sat in the locker room, NBC TV was already replaying the picture of the Warriors entering Madison in suits.

Lin Xing glanced at it, and knew that his idea of ​​male models entering the arena and blinding the eyes of the entire league had failed.

"In terms of appearance, if it weren't for me, this Warriors team would be the NBA version of Sunshine..."

But after sitting in the locker room, Lin Xing didn't think much about the things outside the field.

The Christmas game is different from other ordinary games, and the teammates also attach great importance to it.

Usually, as soon as we arrived in the locker room, there were mahjong tables that filled the entire locker room, but this time it didn't show up either.

Old Nelson also stood in the locker room early, rubbing the tactical board, thinking about how to play this game.

Compared with a few days ago, the Warriors have one less Tyrone Hill, and the exchange for Rodman is not yet in place.

Therefore, inside, the Warriors are short of people.

But fortunately, the Warriors' opponent in this game is the Knicks, and Tyrone Hill himself is a bit useless, so the impact is not big.

"Let's announce the starting lineup of this game first..."

Soon, Lin Xing was at the point guard position and heard his name.

"The plan remains unchanged, keep going!"

Madman and Mullin continue to line up on the flanks, and Chris Gatlin is still the starter at the fourth position.

However, at the center position, surprisingly, it was not Longley who started, but the old chief.

At Madison Square Garden, the Knicks, who sit at home, had a grand appearance ceremony.

Amidst the roaring cheers, the home team played first.

To say that in the past two years, New York fans are still very ambitious and full of ambition.

After all, in the past few years, the Knicks have been doing very well, and they reached the final step last season.

New York fans are not the same as ordinary fans. Once they become complacent, they will attack internally, let alone externally.

Therefore, when the Warriors played, there were boos everywhere.

Especially when Lin Xing came on stage, the boos were so loud that they almost toppled Madison's ceiling.

From the moment he appeared on the stage, the atmosphere of the game was already at its peak.

After a brief warm-up, the Knicks' starting five also debuted.

Center Gorilla Ewing, power forward Charles Oakley, small forward Anthony Mason, shooting guard John Starks, and point guard Derek Harper.

Compared with last season, the Knicks have not changed much this season.

So their starting lineup is not surprising.

Lin Xing even found his opponent at a glance, not Derek Harper, not John Starks, but Anthony Mason.

It's not that Lin Xing is the roundworm in Pat Riley's heart, but that Mason's eyes are wrong.

This guy kept looking at Lin Xing, and when Lin Xing looked over, he started to dodge.

When Lin Xing looked away, this guy started to stare at Lin Xing unscrupulously and slightly viciously.

Lin Xing noticed this, and he shook his head secretly.

It's not that he's arrogant, as he is now, one hand is enough to hit Mason.

The game officially started, Lin Xing did not jump out for the jump ball, and the old chief lost to the gorilla without any suspense.

However, in the first round of the game, the old Chiefs, who lost the jump ball, blocked the route of Derek Harper's pass with an experienced defense around the front, forcing the Knicks' outside line to handle the ball by themselves.

Don't underestimate the impact of this inside and outside. For a team like the Knicks that focuses on the inside this year, it is very important to pass the ball into the inside.

Especially for a team like the Knicks that has no hot spots on the perimeter, if the ball cannot pass in, their safest way to score has become John Starks, who averaged 2.7 points per game, but only made 35.5% of his three-pointers.

Soon, John Starks came out from the sideline, received a pass from Derek Harper, and really scored a three-pointer.

Bang!

Starks' three-pointers, like his shooting percentage, are accurate and scary.

When it's iron, it's also scary when it's iron...

His shot is solid this time, which means that he may be determined to the end in this game.

However, after the clang of iron strikes, the warrior's first reaction was to fight back!
It's a pity that it was the old chief who grabbed the rebound, and his speed of the ball was a beat slower.

In addition, the Knicks' reaction was not slow, and all members retreated immediately.

Fighting back seems impossible.

Lin Xing, who was in control of the ball for halftime, sped up crazily and went straight to the basket.

Anthony Mason set up a position at the beginning, trying to defend a position.

It turned out that Lin Xing's speed did not decrease, and he reacted immediately.

But when he turned around to follow, Lin Xing had completely passed him.

The gorilla under the basket was also stunned, thinking: How did this guy come in so easily?Is it lubricated?

Lin Xing must have not wiped the lubricating oil, but he has installed the springs on the soles of his feet.

Rushing to the basket, he jumped up, and Ewing, who was thinking of taking a shot, shrank back.

If you don't shrink back, you can't do it. If you don't shrink back, he will be detained.

With a bang, amidst the exclamations, Lin Xing dunked successfully.

"There is no chance to fight back, but it gave Si Da a chance to fight back. He rushed too fast and was simply unstoppable!"

Lin Xing's unstoppable dunk, the Warriors 2-0 the Knicks in the opening game!
Madison was booed again, but soon, the boos dissipated.

Because the Knicks are back on offense...

The Knicks' offense is still the same. Derek Harper directs his teammates to run, and then waits for an opportunity to distribute the ball to Ewing.

The old chief is still experienced, and once again circled the front defense and blocked Harper's passing lane.

As a result, the gorilla had to step up and barely catch the basketball.

Then in the middle distance, the old chief continued to get stuck where the gorilla turned and faced the frame.

The gorilla was forced to play back and single, hit the close frame area, and turned around to hook.

Swish-!
Going in is going in, the gorilla is exhausted.

The defense of the opening two rounds, the role of the old chief's starter, has already been reflected.

Offensive and defensive conversion, another wave of offense for the Warriors.

Lin Xing was still holding the ball, leaning against Anthony Mason in a high position, pretending to push forward with his back.

But suddenly turned around, accelerated, ran over Anthony Mason and walked in.

This time, Lin Xingchong was unhappy, but Ewing was dragged by the old chief. Oakley had no choice but to come up with a defense.

Facing the pinch defense of Oakley and Anthony Mason, Lin Xing, who had already rushed to the basket, passed the two of them, and raised his hand to throw a light dunk.

Bang!

"It was another heavy dunk, and Stalin suddenly changed his style of play. In the opening game of this Christmas game, he hit the frame twice in a row. He didn't play like he did during this time!"

Not only the groom Albert and Matt Gudica in the commentary, but also Ewing on the court found out that Lin Xing was a little stunned.

"Didn't you say that this guy has developed a mid-range shot? Why doesn't he make a mid-range shot? Why does he keep hitting the frame?"

Ewing touched his chin, feeling something was wrong.

Something was really wrong, Ewing didn't know, although Lin Xing had no intention of fighting in this match.

But he also understood that he had to fight tougher to let everyone know that it wasn't him, but the opponent who persuaded him.

Anthony Mason was really discouraged. In these two waves of defense, his pressing defense was useless at all.

Ewing guessed that Lin Xing might have applied lubricating oil, but the truth is that Mason's pressing was not tight at all.

The Knicks' offense, they are still playing very hard.

Ewing had to move his position to the middle distance to catch the ball more easily.

The old chief's experienced defense made him uncomfortable.

In this wave of offense, he chose to end the round with an iron-blooded jumper.

But with a bang, the basket rejected his mid-range shot.

The moment Chris Gatlin grabbed the rebound, Pat Riley reminded loudly on the sidelines: "Back back, back up, back up fast!"

As a result, the Warriors still failed to counterattack.

At the top of the arc, Lin Xing continued to face Anthony Mason's defense.

He was going to do another one, and Gatling couldn't take it anymore.

After all, under the pick-and-roll offense, his role can be maximized.

Lin Xing doesn't play pick-and-roll now, he stays on the court like a soy saucer.

Can't bear it, absolutely can't bear it.

So in this wave of offense, Gatlin came up and gave a single block.

Lin Xing accelerated to walk in, and was immediately surrounded.

Oakley cooperated with Mason and clamped Lin Xing.

Lin Xing refused to let go, and turned around with an elbow, wanting to continue to rush.

Oakley snorted in pain, but still stood still.

Seeing that Lin Xing really couldn't break free, he glanced at Gatlin who had already rushed to the near frame area with his bare hands.

Raising his hand and throwing it high, Gatlin understood and jumped up, bang!
"A lob dunk, a pass from Starbucks, a dunk from Chris Gatlin, two more points for the Warriors!"

"Since the return of Starbucks in mid-November, his pick-and-roll cooperation with Chris Gatlin has been the Warriors' most important scoring method."

"Stanley, who averaged 27.4 points per game, and Chris Gatlin, who averaged 17.7 points per game, just the two of them can score 45.1 points."

The combined 45.1 points of the two is quite a lot. Last season, Xiao Chong averaged just over 17 points per game, and compared with Gatlin, he did not widen the gap.

For the Warriors, Gatlin's outburst is equivalent to making up for the points missing from the bug's injury, which is still very important.

For Lin Xing, Gatlin is better than Xiao Chong because he does not occupy the ball.

Therefore, Lin Xing's scoring average is 2 points more than last season.

This season, without the bug, the Warriors' offense is even better, and that's why.

Gatlin made a dunk and the Warriors led 6-2.

Lin Xing scored 4 points and 1 assist, and dominated the game again.

Immediately after the Knicks' offense, they still failed to find the right way to attack.

Ewing caught the ball from mid-range, hesitating whether to make another big jumper.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted John Starks in the corner, hesitated for a second, and passed the ball.

Starks is not polite, the ball is a three-pointer.

Bang!

A madman is a madman, mad all the time.

It's just that sometimes being crazy is hurting your opponent, and sometimes being crazy is hurting yourself.

Starks, who started the game with three-pointers and two consecutive irons, hurt himself.

This three-pointer directly hit a long rebound. Lin Xing stood still and grabbed the rebound with a flick of his long arm.

Turn around, it is a wave of counterattack.

This time, no matter how fast the Knicks retreated, they couldn't stop the Warriors from counterattacking.

Lin Xing single-handedly rushed to the frontcourt, flew up and dunked again.

Clang!
“开场四发扣篮，斯大6分1个篮板1个助攻，勇士已经8比2领先尼克斯了。”

"At the beginning of this Christmas game, the Warriors have completely suppressed the Knicks..."

The game seemed to have no suspense.

(End of this chapter)