What can you do with 2 seconds?
Some people say that he can come once,
Wonderful competitive cup stacking.
But for the Hornets, 2 seconds is obviously too short.
Especially Lin Ying just hit a three-pointer, which means they need to hit a three-pointer to tie the game.
The difficulty of this kind of shot is, to some extent, even more difficult than a buzzer-beater, because the Nets know that the Hornets only have one option: shooting a three-pointer, so as long as they defend on the three-point line, it will not be that easy for the Hornets to make a shot.
Facts have proved that this is indeed difficult.
Although in the end, Walker won the chance to take a shot by virtue of his excellent personal condition, but under the "double ghost shooting" defense of Durant and Lin Ying, his last three-point shot was a complete miss.
In the end, the Nets almost defeated the Hornets and won their first victory in the semifinals.
According to the statistics after the game, Lin Ying scored 43 points for the first time in this year's playoffs with 40+ points.
The outstanding performance of the Hornets finally forced Lin Ying to use his strength.
Jordan did not hold out until the last second. After Lin Ying made the quasi-winner, he had already left the court early.
It's not that he has no confidence in his own team, but he really doesn't want to see Lin Ying showing off.
As the proud god of basketball, this is the most intolerable thing.
So after the game was over, Bird was left alone to comfort his players.
Although he lost, Bird was still in a good mood.
You must know that they are facing the team with the best historical record. If they can achieve this situation in G1, what more can they ask for?
But when he walked to the bench, he found that Butler was in a dazed state.
Because I have experience in the regular season, I can use that time as a comparison, and after the comparison, Butler looks more desperate than then.
What makes a tough guy look like this again and again?
There was already a faint uneasiness in Bird's heart.
After he sat down next to Butler and the conversation ended, he came to know what had happened.
Lin Ying, showed off again, twice!
He said that in the first quarter, he felt that the Nets suddenly became energetic.
Thinking back to his exchange with Jordan, his way of speaking and speaking was ineffective!
Although, many people may not know that this is not his first failure.
Who doesn’t get wet shoes when walking along the river?
Many people know that big guy who he said he wanted to despair and finally completed. He was also the first one Lin Ying recreated.
But in fact, Bird himself once tried to recreate it.
It's just that that time he had a better chance, but in the end he failed to make the ball.
Even though Bird tried to show off, saying, "How could you give me such a big vacancy? But lady luck is on your side tonight," he still failed to show off.
It's just that because he succeeded in pretending so many times, this matter was rarely mentioned in the end and was gradually forgotten.
Even he barely remembers it.
So after his prediction failed this time, especially after he failed to show off in front of Jordan, he finally began to feel unhappy.
Originally, last time he felt that he was already the general manager and could not change his opinion of Lin Ying, so he was more Buddhist and advised Butler not to mess with Lin Ying.
But this time, he got a little carried away.
He had a lot of pretentious deeds as a player, and he continued to do so even after he retired and became a head coach and general manager.
But now that I am older and have experienced more, my desire has gradually faded away.
But as mentioned before, this kind of thing has become a natural thing. How could he not react at all when it comes to him?
This time he didn't curse like before, he just had a sullen face, but this showed that he was serious.
Bird also attended the post-game press conference.
It's not surprising that Bird appeared at the press conference as general manager, especially after the Hornets played such a wonderful game.
However, reporters soon discovered that Bird's expression was not very good.
Therefore, when they ask questions, they try to ask in a direction that is beneficial to the Hornets, avoid talking about victory or defeat, and only talk about the good aspects of the Hornets' performance on the field.
This is not because they are cowardly, after all, the person sitting above is the famous "Forcing King", and no one would want to provoke him.
But there are always exceptions to everything.
In the middle of the press conference, a reporter asked a question and Bird took the microphone directly.
"Lin once again showed dominance tonight. Facing a player of the same level as Michael, do the Hornets have any targeted defensive response?"
This problem itself is actually not a big problem. If Bird was in a good mood before, he might have said, "You have said that he is a player of the same level as Michael. What we have to do is not to defend him but to defend him."
Play a better offense yourself, or use the Jordan Rules on him?" This kind of joke.
But tonight his mood obviously decided that he would not do that.
"I don't think Lin is on the same level as Michael. People today have no idea how strong Michael was. He cannot be surpassed or caught up. At least in terms of basketball skills, no one can compare with him."
It's a pity that Jordan was not there, otherwise his face would burst into laughter when he heard this.
This also made the reporters below look surprised, because Bird is not the kind of person who likes to brag about others, even to Jordan.
The so-called "forced king" is a person who thinks he is the best in the world.
At this point, of course Bird was targeting Jordan a lot when he was still playing, and the key was that he could still put pressure on Jordan.
But if you understand what he said, you will find that he is actually trying to disparage Lin Ying by bragging about Jordan.
Because Lin Ying actually respects Jordan very much, there is no such thing as "I have to surpass you" between the two, but Bird's wave really caused a fight.
Bird's remarks quickly spread on social media after the press conference.
"Who has better basketball skills, Lin Ying or Jordan?" has become a hotly debated question among fans.
Some people feel that Lin Ying has "surpassed" Jordan in terms of skills.
The reason is very simple. Basketball is developing, and many basketball skills are constantly improving with the progress of the times. If Lin Ying masters those skills, he has surpassed Jordan in this aspect.
Others feel that Jordan's basketball skills are unsurpassed.
The reason is also very simple. Because of Jordan's unparalleled talent, many basketball skills cannot be copied, especially his movements that are so smooth. The most classic one is the sudden dunk in the air that turns into a layup. Although later
There are also many people who imitate it, but the silkiness is not at the same level.
People on both sides held their own opinions, and the quarrel was intense.
Bird's attack was very clever and quite successful.
Barclays Center.
The Nets are training in preparation for G2.
Lu's expression was unusually serious.
Obviously, he was dissatisfied with the G1 game.
After winning 74 games, the Nets have no doubt their only goal is to defend their title.
If this is like last year's Warriors, who won 74 games and finished second, then he will have no shame in continuing to work with the Nets.
Therefore, the intensity of the training session on this day was very high. Lu wanted to use this method to bring out the sense of urgency among the players.
By the time the training was over, everyone else was a little tired, but after the training, Lin Ying and Durant stayed to practice as usual.
The intensity of the competition just made the two training hall bugs sweat a little more than usual.
"Did you read what Larry said? He was obviously trying to knock you down."
During the extra training, he needed to rest and regain his strength. At this time, Durant also pulled Lin Ying and started to complain.
Of course he also joined the discussion, and then he firmly supported Lin Ying.
Of course, as an ace keyboard warrior, he also knew that Bird was causing the fight, and wanted to take this opportunity to hit Lin Ying and make Lin Ying stop being so arrogant.
"He can't actually change anything now."
Lin Ying has respect for Jordan. As he said before, he thinks Jordan will always be the GOAT.
But for Bird and Lin Ying, because they have never interacted with each other, they don’t have any special emotions. At most, they just have the most basic respect for the famous star.
Then this time Bird criticized him and caused another wave of words. Of course, it was impossible for him not to feel it.
He doesn't owe Bird anything.
Durant touched his chin.
What Lin Ying said is very accurate. To deal with this kind of war, no matter which side you join, it is not a wise move, because you will not get anything in the end.
On the contrary, if you don't join or even care about these, it will be the most useful.
Of course, as Lin Ying said, no matter how much Bird said, it would be useless.
"We must win all the subsequent games. This is the best response."
Durant continued.
Lin Ying smiled and nodded.
There is nothing wrong with what Durant said, but in fact it is not enough, and he is ready to do more.
Of course, as before, he wasn't going to say it until he did it.
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Because of Bird's remarks, G2 attracted more attention than G1, and the attendance rate at the venue was also more full.
Of course, a big factor in this is that Lin Ying's pretentiousness was exposed after the game.
It is very exciting to see Lin Ying show off again after a series. It will be very exciting for fans to see whether this momentum will continue in G2.
Of course, it wasn't just the fans who were looking forward to it. Over at the commentary box, Barkley and the others also discussed it again.
"Let me confirm again. Lin still didn't say anything before the game?"
The familiar scene will make you think it was just yesterday.
Then, he got the same answer as in the previous game.
Even though there was a lot of hype on social media this time, and even though Lin Ying accepted an interview with reporters before the game, he still did not make any response.
However, because of what happened in the last game, no one thought that Lin Ying would just be quiet, and all the expectations were still there.
After the warm-up, both sides came out the same as the previous game.
At the beginning, Jokic once again beat Horford in a jump ball, completing two consecutive jump ball wins and helping the Nets get off to a good start.
The Nets played the same way as they did in the game, starting with the No. 1 tactic.
In terms of matchup, Butler will directly defend Lin Ying tonight.
Lin Ying did not choose the simplest way to attack this time. Instead, he broke through to the elbow area, signaled the others to pull away and started the back attack mode.
By playing, feeling Butler's defensive focus, he faked a turn to catch a fadeaway jumper.
Lin Ying performed this series of movements very smoothly.
After all, they are all trained by the same trainer, and Lin Ying often trains with Kobe.
Butler had absolutely nothing to do with Lin Ying's singles style, because unless he had a body like Giannis Antetokounmpo's type of backward ball, the height difference between him and Lin Ying would be impossible to interfere with.
"Whoa!"
Lin Ying's fadeaway hit steadily helped the Nets take the lead.
The beautiful posture is passed down from generation to generation.
And after the transition from offense to defense, the Hornets were completely blocked.
Lu's attitude is still very important. His intensive training has obviously made the players' attitudes more positive.
Walker finally broke through to the basket and barely missed the shot. The rebound was picked off by Jokic, and the Hornets' first wave of offense was blocked.
Looking back, Lin Ying continued to hold the ball.
This time he didn't hit behind the back again, but faced the frame in singles.
A breakthrough with a change of direction, and then the center of gravity suddenly dropped, passing directly past Butler, and before the rest of the Hornets could help defend, he made a steady emergency stop jumper.
"Whoa!"
Hollow into the net!
Butler seemed to smell something different.
Hornets offense, still nothing!
Butler's layup after cutting in was directly missed by Lin Ying!
The Nets' defensive intensity in the opening game is a bit exaggerated!
Then in the third round, Lin Ying still held the ball.
And this time, he changed his approach again!
He directly broke through Butler violently, and then faced Horford's defense, he used a big lever in the air to dodge, and relied on Horford's body and long arms to steadily send the ball into the basket.
After the Barclays Center instantly went into a boil.
The fans seemed to be uncontrollably excited.
Aesthetics, they appreciate basketball aesthetics!
Over at the commentary box, Barkley was already laughing.
"Lin really... cares."
McGrady on the side also touched the more conspicuous white beard on his chin and said.
Bird's ignition put Lin Ying under pressure because it was a topic that had no answer, and Lin Ying's previous remarks showed that he respected Jordan, plus the personal relationship between the two.
But Lin Ying didn't respond with words, but with actions.
In the first three rounds, he used three offensive methods, and they were all Jordan's best scoring methods.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Lin Ying’s performance is as smooth as Jordan’s!
And because of his height, the visual impact is even stronger to some extent!
While the commentary box was discussing, the Nets not only defended the Hornets' offense this time, but also completed a steal.
Lin Ying took the lead and rushed out. His feet were very fast. When he reached the frontcourt, he took a step into the air from the free throw line. At the same time, he grabbed the ball in front of him with his right hand. After a while of gliding, he made a signature "flying man" action in the air.
"Bang!"
Glide and dunk the ball into the basket!
Chapter completed!