The first game of the finals was over. At the end of the game, everyone shouted that this game was so exciting!

However, the league's post-game ratings statistics showed that the North American ratings for this finals were not high, and were even lower than last year's ratings, which were already not high.

The official NBA report reads: "In the first game of the Finals, the North American ratings of the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs hit a new low for the Finals in the past three years..."

Discussion thread on reddit

"It's not surprising. One is a team from Kremlin and the other is a team from San Antonio. They are not popular in North America. Who would be interested in their games?"

"In the 2005 Finals, at least the Spurs and Pistons were old rivals. In the 2006 Finals, the Shark-Wei combination still attracted a lot of attention. But this year, all we can see is the showdown between the LL combination and the GDP combination.

Maybe after the game, I will be interested in such a finals matchup, because China Lin's performance is so explosive, and the Spurs played better than many people imagined, but at least before the game, I was interested in this matchup.

The showdown in the finals is of no interest.”

"No one watched this finals? Because China Lin broke out too late. By the time I heard the news, the game was already over."

"It is recommended that China Forest explodes at the beginning of the next game."

"..."

After the discussion about the ratings, there was also a discussion about Lin Yu scoring 17 points in three minutes.

"To be precise, it should be 17 points in two and a half minutes!"

"It's crazy, it's crazy, but considering this is China Forest, a China Forest that always does magic, I'm not too surprised."

"The difference was 13 points in the last three minutes, and then they were overturned. San Antonio Spurs, do you remember anything? Yes, Tracy McGrady's 13 points in 35 seconds!"

"San Antonio lost this game, but they didn't lose because China Lin's outbreak was an accident."

"The Cleveland Cavaliers won the game, LeBron James didn't win because he played so poorly. If it weren't for China Lin, all the posts here after the game would be about LeBron James, shooting 5 for 17, that's too bad!

"

"..."

Lin Yu's 17-point explosion was the most frequently viewed post on reddit. In addition, many fans were also discussing Manu Ginobili's stepping down and Lin Yu's injury.

"Judging from the replay, Manu didn't do it on purpose." (This is a Spurs fan.)

"But upstairs, one thing you have to admit is that at the last moment of the game, the Spurs' defensive actions gradually increased, but the referee did not show any indication. This led to the Argentine's defensive actions habitually increasing their range.

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"The San Antonio Spurs always create incidents like this at the end of games. How long did it take for Robert Horry to head over Steve Nash?"

"When I talk about Steve Nash, I get really angry. It was obviously Robert Horry who hit Steve, but we suffered heavy losses as a result!" (A Suns fan with distinctive features passed by.)

"There is also Bruce Bowen's black foot. Now we can only be happy that China Lin met Manu Ginobili and not Bruce Bowen."

"..."

Because he was not allowed to participate in training, Lin Yu, who was bored, chose to browse the reddit forum. He had different opinions on the above topics.

The first is the ratings. He thinks that the NBA should calculate the ratings in China. The numbers should be very high. After all, this is the first time that Chinese players have reached the finals as a core player.

The ratings for the next game should be higher, because Lin Yu's performance in the first game was so good. Maybe many domestic fans have already seen the possibility of Chinese players winning the first FMVP trophy in history.

Secondly, there was the miraculous performance of scoring 17 points in a row. What Lin Yu is thinking now is that he must find a way to win the best player in another game. He must let the Celtics take care of Danny Ainge's retention.

Finally, there is a discussion about the Spurs being dirty.

Lin Yu believed that the Spurs played a bit dirty, but except for the last step that seemed a bit unintentional, the other actions were still acceptable.

There was still one day left before the second game of the finals. Lin Yu participated in the team's joint training and made some three-pointers that he should have made. His condition seemed to be pretty good.

Compared to Mike Brown, who has been wandering in his mind, Phil Handy on the sidelines has been paying attention to Lin Yu's performance.

After a team training game, Phil Handy turned to Mike Brown: "It seems that the ankle sprain has no impact on Lin. So, let him play in the second game?"

This was a question. Mike Brown broke out of his fugue and smiled bitterly: "Even if the ankle sprain will have some impact on him, we can't let him rest."

"Okay, so you've already planned it?"

Mike Brown nodded: "Yes, I am also planning to throw a smoke bomb. I will tell reporters at the pre-game press conference later that Lin's ankle sprain is very serious and he will not be able to play in the next game. He may be dismissed.

You can’t fight either.”

Phil Handy gave a thumbs up, but shook his head: "Is this useful? It's useless. Greg is not a fool. He will not fail to make targeted arrangements for Lin."

"Maybe it's useless, but what if it does?"

The Cavaliers' joint training was still going on, but the pre-game press conference was about to begin. Before starting, Mike Brown found Lin Yu.

"Lin, I will let you appear in the next game. Do you have any ideas?"

Of course Lin Yu shook his head and had no idea. Mike Brown would let him play the second game, which was already expected by him.

"Then, at the press conference later, I will tell reporters that you will not play in tomorrow's game."

Lin Yu opened his mouth, but then he and Phil Handy had the same reaction, feeling that it was useless.

Mike Brown didn't explain anything to Lin Yu. He had already decided to throw a smoke bomb first, and then sent Lin Yu to force the Spurs to make adjustments on the spot, completely disrupting the Spurs' pre-game plan.

Although it seems to be of little use, at least at the beginning, the Spurs will be confused for a while.

After confirming that he would play, Lin Yu also began to plan how to break out in the next game.

It is impossible to cheat again because he has no card and cannot cheat anymore.

Maybe he could forcefully steal or create a conspiracy to cheat, but what kind of conspiracy would he steal? He had no clue.

After much deliberation, I could only take a gamble.

What he was thinking of was the "Linsanity" quality.

"There are at least four finals to play, which means I have four opportunities and four random attributes. At least one good attribute will be given to me, right?"

Opening the "Lin Crazy" page, Lin Yu was ready.

"I hope I won't be so shameless..."

Lin's crazy turn of the wheel gave Lin Yu a template of random attributes, which were the five Spurs players. The best was Kawhi Leonard, and the worst was Amy Udoka.
Chapter completed!