Jordan: I thought he was there to help me!

Chapter 1062 Winning isn't scary, but it's embarrassing if someone is missing!

He fell to the ground in a sorry state, and the basketball naturally left him. Lin Tian caught it and then ran wildly with the ball. In the blink of an eye, he was back in the frontcourt. After observing the situation, he passed the basketball directly to the corner.

Terry, who had just arrived in position, caught the ball and immediately launched a three-pointer from the corner, which arced beautifully into the basket!

"Not bad strength, work on your footwork a bit more." After giving Terry a high five, Lin Tian ran into James again, and without thinking, he immediately started trash-talking again.

"All you can do is cheat and shirk responsibility, is that it?" James glared angrily at Lin Tian. He had just suffered a series of humiliations and was now genuinely losing his temper. "You're afraid to confront me head-on?"

"Don't you feel ashamed to say that? You've been playing in the NBA for almost ten years, and you're talking like you've never been to college." At this point, Lin Tian slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I forgot, you really haven't been to college."

"Bang!"

Before Lin Tian could finish speaking, James felt he had found an opportunity and charged at Lin Tian again.

"Bang!"

This time, Lin Tian firmly planted his horse stance, waiting for James to stand still and confront him head-on without retreating an inch!

"Didn't you eat, LeBron? Give it your all." After withstanding James's tough talk, Lin Tian immediately opened his mouth to mock him, showing with his actions that he was not just good at scheming.

"Again!" James shouted, preparing to strike again.

But Lin Tian didn't move at all, just staring at him like he was an idiot: "You think I don't know what you're thinking?"

"Me? I graduated from an Ivy League school after four proper years! You think you can play mind games with me?" Lin Tian said disdainfully. "And do you even know what real manipulation is? Matt, it's time!"

Lin Tian's words really startled James. He quickly turned around to look and carefully protected the basketball, but where was Barnes next to him?

Barnes was 800 meters away from him!

More importantly, Barnes has actually started to speed up his run.

Now, instead of trying to steal the ball, are we launching a fast break?

Barnes is on the fast break, which means he's just a decoy. So who's really going to make the move?

While James's mind was still racing, one of his hands, unfortunately, reached out again towards the basketball he was dribbling.

With a crisp "snap," the basketball flew through the air; Lin Tian had made another shot!

That's not all. Lin Tian not only slapped the basketball out of James's hand, but also instantly moved, turned around, took a step forward, and slapped the basketball.

After being hit by the force, the basketball transformed into an orange lightning bolt and flew towards the frontcourt.

No one could catch Barnes, who was already on the fast break. He easily got the ball and then easily delivered a one-handed dunk for the Staples Center fans.

It was only at this point that James finally understood.

Lin Tian's call to Barnes just now was both a misdirection and a genuine order!

We must advance simultaneously and grasp both aspects firmly.

The Mavericks once again fell into Lin Tian's trap, and the gap between the two sides widened rapidly after the start of the second quarter.

"Pass the ball, you woman! You're no match for me." Lin Tian continued to mock, spreading his arms wide. "Pass the ball, and you can rack up some of your favorite stats, enough to fill up the stat sheet you'll be using to prop your head up when you sleep."

"Go to hell!" James cursed, turning around again.

He, who is usually calm and rational, has clearly become completely fixated on this.

He was about to turn his back and punch Lin Tian!

Just one!

After scoring a goal, pass the ball immediately.

This is how James defines himself in his mind.

And then he actually made that shot.

"I suggest you take all your money and fly to Las Vegas for a gamble right after tonight's game!" Lin Tian wasn't in a hurry at all after James scored a goal, but instead laughed and mocked, "You're currently experiencing the luckiest time of your life."

"I suggest you take a gamble; you might turn a bicycle into a motorcycle! If you don't dare to take a gamble, you'll be a loser for life!"

"You've always been brave, haven't you, LeBron? You were brave even when you ran away from San Antonio!"

"I didn't run away! That was a normal free agent signing!"

"Yes, they either ran away, or they couldn't stay any longer. They felt they couldn't win a championship on their own, they thought they were no good, they admitted they were trash, so they could only find a strong player to team up with and see if they could win a championship, right?"

"No!" James glared at Lin Tian and lowered his center of gravity, clearly intending to match up against Lin Tian and defend against him!

"I'm the boss of this team, this team belongs to me!"

James stared intently at Lin Tian and uttered his declaration fiercely.

"Go walk the streets of Dallas and ask the fans if they agree with what you're saying," Lin Tian couldn't help but laugh again. "Let me tell you, only one person will have a statue in Dallas, and that person is definitely not you!"

After Lin Tian finished speaking, he suddenly did a crossover dribble and then used his signature attack step. Lin Tian didn't do anything else; he had long since moved past the stage of showing off with fancy dribbling.

With a sharp crossover, he flashed past James in the blink of an eye.

James's help defense, chase defense, defensive positioning ability, and his ability to protect the rim at the level of an inside player despite being a small forward, and if you consider him as an inside player, his defensive mobility is absolutely top-notch.

Unfortunately, despite James' many defensive strengths, his biggest weakness was fully exposed at this moment.

Compared to speed-type guards, his lateral movement speed is still not enough!

But there's nothing we can do. With his weight and height, his speed and jumping ability are almost defying the laws of physics. If he could also block the lateral movement of a speedy guard in one-on-one defense, then we really would have to slice him up.

As is widely known, there is only one person in this alliance who deserves to be sliced ​​up.

He just completely wiped out James!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Tian rushed to the basket, pulled up, and slammed it down with a powerful dunk!

No one on the Mavericks could react in time; they could only watch as Lin Tian slammed home another dunk and scored once more.

Lin Tian is too fast! The impact is also terrifying.

"Lost?" Lin Tian turned to James after his dunk and said, "Maybe you need to wear a GPS tracker on you, that way you can at least find your way home."

James did not respond to Lin Tian's trash talk.

But after that play, James completely forgot his earlier decision to stop playing one-on-one after scoring a basket with his back to the basket.

Constant one-on-one attacks, constant low-post one-on-one attacks.

Jackson said, "This is a very rare sight in LeBron's entire career. He's completely out of control! He's playing like Kobe right now, not passing the ball, not considering his teammates, just constantly getting worked up with Lin. As far as I can remember, I've never seen LeBron get this angry."

Miller laughed and said, "He's not fighting with Lin, he's fighting with himself. He's using the offensive style he's least familiar with to compete with Lin. To be honest, if he were using his usual style of play, it wouldn't matter if he got carried away."

"LeBron is a top-tier threat when he faces the basket to attack, especially given his significant improvement in mid-range and long-range shooting this season. But he just doesn't do it! He keeps battling Lin in the low post, which is his weakest area."

"I don't know what trash talk Lin said to him, but one thing is certain: he completely fell into Lin's trap! He got fooled! Because Lin used his most effective method: face-up drives, passing, and orchestrating the offense. The game is now completely under Lin's control!"

"Or rather, it seems there really isn't any offensive style that Lin isn't good at on the basketball court."

Van Gundy concluded, "The Mavericks must immediately correct their course, change their playing style, and adjust LeBron's mentality. Jason didn't call a timeout until four minutes into the second quarter, which is his habit, but tonight, that timeout came too late."

"He should have called a timeout two minutes ago instead of letting James and Lin play like that on the court. It was extremely damaging to the team! It was definitely more damaging than the two minutes that Nowitzki and others got to rest."

"15:5!"

"Led by Lin, the Lakers went on a 15-5 run against the Mavericks in just four minutes. If Jason had called his timeout a little earlier, the Mavericks wouldn't have been beaten so badly. He should have called the first timeout when the score difference was just over 10 points."

"But now, it's clearly a bit too late. A 13-point deficit against a team like the Lakers is a significant amount. The Mavericks are facing a tough challenge; they need to find a way out of their current predicament!"

The three commentators spoke at the right time, of course, when there were four minutes left in the second quarter, when James finally called a timeout. At that moment, James was already a bit depressed.

The guy sat on the bench with his head down, panting heavily, not communicating or speaking to anyone.

He was really badly beaten.

Apart from two turnovers, their shooting percentage and success rate were completely negligible.

Facing Lin Tian, ​​who was more than ten centimeters shorter than him, James tried to post up multiple times, and in total, he only managed to score one goal.

Just that one.

Looking back now, it would have been better to have just taken the initiative and stopped once one victory was achieved.

Unfortunately, there's no going back.

James regrets it, and so does Jameson.

He regretted stopping the clock and calling a timeout; he regretted insisting on giving everyone else enough rest before calling a timeout to substitute players.

He regretted not switching to the full starting lineup sooner to help James wake up.

Unfortunately, it's all over now, and there's no way to change it.

Even judging from James' current condition, Jason knew that he absolutely could not bring James back onto the court now.

If we let him go up now, who knows what kind of irreparable trauma it might cause him?

But if James isn't allowed to play, it means that James waited those two extra minutes for nothing in order not to affect the rotation.

After waiting for 2 minutes, the rotation changed again, but they still couldn't regain the rhythm and the Lakers pulled away.

When Jason thought about this, he felt like an idiot.

"Fuck you!" Jason cursed angrily, then glanced at James, ultimately deciding not to send him up at this moment.

Jason made a quick decision, preferring to act like an idiot rather than surrender.

He needs to talk to James before letting him play.

Jason quickly selected a few players, sending Nowitzki, Bogut, and others onto the court, and then he himself plopped down next to James.

It's time to give people some inspirational platitudes.

On the court, the game continued. The Lakers brought back Kobe, Durant, and others, meaning the Lakers' full starting lineup was facing the Mavericks' four starters plus one substitute.

The pace of the game and the offensive rhythm of both sides remained quite fast, with the score remaining high and neither side giving an inch.

Especially the Mavericks!

After James took a break, the Mavericks' offensive system started working again. Although they were missing a key player, with Nowitzki and Allen anchoring the offense, they were still able to carry the team.

After all, Jameson's instructions to the team tonight were to focus on offense. If the Mavericks go all out on offense, their firepower is not to be underestimated.

At first, James was quite worried about the situation on the court, comforting James while glancing up from time to time to check the score.

Thinking that if the gap widens again, I will immediately call a pause.

then……

When the timeout ended and everyone went back up, it was 13 minutes.

Less than 10 seconds later, Allen hit a three-pointer, bringing his total to 10 points.

Jason lowered his head and chatted with James with peace of mind.

After a while, I looked up and saw it was 9 points.

A little while later, it's 7 points.

The score then hovered around 7 points. Although the Mavericks were unable to close the gap, they kept it close to 10 points, making it difficult for the Lakers to extend the lead to more than 10 points again.

Seeing the score difference gradually stabilize, Jensen hesitated a bit.

The mental massage for James is basically done, and theoretically, it's time for James to play.

But right now, the Mavericks are playing really well...

Jason was genuinely worried that putting James in at this point might cause the team's good chemistry to break down and lead to some uncontrollable consequences.

Then the game continued, and the score difference between the two sides fluctuated within this range.

But James wasn't really that brave, and James wasn't a real cancer after all.

Seeing that his team was still unable to break the deadlock, Jensen didn't hesitate. He glanced at his watch and saw that there were still 4 minutes left in the first half. Jensen knew that he couldn't delay any longer.

No matter how well this lineup plays, that's about it. It's time to bring James onto the court!

So, taking advantage of the dead ball situation, Jason sent James onto the court.

At this moment, the score is 54:60.

The Lakers still lead by 6 points!

And how badly do Lakers fans react when James enters the game?

They immediately began chanting in unison.

"LBJ! MVP! LBJ! MVP! LBJ! MVP!"

This was definitely the most embarrassing moment of LeBron James' career when he was chanted MVP in an away game.

The last time he was this embarrassed...

Okay, it was the last time, I can't remember anymore.

But James was certain it was all related to Lin Tian! Only this guy could always make him lose face and get into embarrassing situations.

Tonight, I'll show these bastards what I'm capable of!

James stepped back onto the court with a determined expression.

He ignored the boos from the fans; the effect of the mental massage he had just received was quite good.

Moreover, James himself has been playing for nearly ten years, and he was already used to this kind of booing. After he completely let go of Lin Tian's trash talk, it didn't matter anymore.

A veteran like him needs to have this kind of mental fortitude. In fact, if Lin Tian's trash talk hadn't been so dense and fragmented, and hadn't directly hit his heart, he wouldn't have been able to break down so easily.

Having played in the NBA for so many years, he hears trash talk almost every game.

It's just that Lin Tian is exceptionally vicious.

"Oh, you're back? I was worried that if you hadn't come back, we wouldn't have been able to keep our lead." As soon as he saw James return, Lin Tian immediately offered him his warm and friendly greetings.

James ignored it.

He wants to win!

Use what you do best, not what your opponent wants you to use.

The ball was inbounded from the baseline, and James caught it and moved up the court, continuing his role as the playmaker.

Call out the tactics, observe the movement, then call for a screen to find a mismatch, accelerate to break through, attract double teams, and then pass the ball to Nowitzki who is left open.

Nowitzki receives the ball on the wing, pulls it up, and throws it – this is one of his best moves.

Then, a muffled thud was heard.

With a 'bang,' Nowitzki's shot, which he theoretically shouldn't have missed, bounced off the rim.

Lin Tian grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack. After sprinting all the way, he found Durant and passed him a behind-the-back pass, assisting Durant to take off and slam dunk with one hand!

"No, LeBron, why don't you guys call a timeout to talk? If you don't have enough timeouts, I'll call one for you." After Durant's dunk, Lin Tian looked at James and said, "I think they're throwing you! They're definitely doing it on purpose."

"Otherwise, he was just acting like my grandson a moment ago, but now that you're here, he's as stubborn as your grandma. Don't you really think he's doing it on purpose?"

"Shut up!" James lowered his eyes, glaring intently at Lin Tian. "I won't fall for it!"

"It's not a question of whether you'll fall for it or not, it's a question of whether you'll feel embarrassed," Lin Tian said with a smile. "If you feel it's okay, then of course I feel it's okay too."

"This is a well-intentioned reminder." (End of Chapter)