Lin Yu still held back and did not go to the referee to complain. He only complained to Marcus Banks beside him.
NBC TV station also gave a close replay during the interval between Iverson's free throws. The replay showed that Lin Yu's block was indeed a good shot. He did not touch Iverson's hand, but blocked it firmly.
On basketball.
"This is a good hat. There is no doubt that China Lin suffered a loss in front of the superstar whistle." Kenny Smith directly concluded.
Charles Barkley always sings the opposite: "This is something China Lin must experience, nothing special."
There were already Boston fans in front of the TV scolding: "This fat pig, Charles, is just a double-standard dog!"
Zhang Jianwei, who was behind the media area, also watched the slow replay of this round through the big screen above his head.
"It was Nai's fault. It was not a foul. Dayu suffered a loss from the superstar whistle."
Yang Meng had a gloating smile on his face: "What a good hat. It's a pity that Lin Dayu is missing a key statistic."
On the court, Iverson accurately hit two free throws, bringing the point difference back to double digits.
Then he faced Lin Yu on the defensive end.
"Hey, rookie, I admit, your defense just now was a good shot, but I still scored. This is basketball, this is the NBA!"
Iverson had four words written all over his face plus a question mark: Are you angry?
Lin Yu was really not angry. He couldn't help but respond: "I only know that I have defeated you for two consecutive rounds, old bird!"
"Okay, okay, I swear there won't be a third round."
In the third round of the match between the two, Iverson did what he said. He defeated Lin Yu's defense. With two consecutive emergency stops and changes of direction, he passed Lin Yu at full speed.
Completed the layup.
But in the fourth round, Lin Yu once again displayed his ability to defend. He blocked Iverson's two consecutive changes of direction and his last emergency stop step-back jumper, successfully forcing Iverson to make a step-back jumper.
Ferson shot and hit the iron.
Then in the fifth round, Iverson chose to pass the ball with Lin Yu's close contact.
Round six...
The rest of the second quarter went by in a flash. With Lin Yu's appearance, the Celtics brought the deficit back to within five points.
"At halftime, the Celtics trailed the 76ers by 3 points and entered the halftime break. Let's take a look at the technical statistics of the half game..."
"Allen Iverson scored 21 points on 9-of-18 shooting, plus 5 assists. His answer dominated the offensive end of this game." Kenny Smith shouted.
On the other side, Charles Barkley shook his head: "No, no, no, Kenny, you can't use the word dominance. I have another very interesting statistic. After China Lin came on the court, AI's shooting percentage was
Made 2 of 6 shots, shooting only 33.3%."
The 33.3% shooting rate is obviously not up to standard for Iverson, especially in today's game. He was in such hot form that he scored 21 points in the first half of the game.
"Just based on the total of more than 7 minutes in the second half of the second quarter, we can say that Lin is the AI killer. He personally killed AI's hot state, making the 76ers' scoring misfire, and the Celtics also took the opportunity.
It narrowed the score gap.”
After playing for more than seven minutes, Lin Yu set a new record for his playing time. However, in the more than seven minutes of playing in the second quarter, he still failed to score, and his collected data included only 2 rebounds and 1 turnover.
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He didn't take action either, not because he didn't want to take action, but because he didn't get the chance.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Lin Yu thought he would sit back on the bench, but Doc Rivers announced that Lin Yu would continue to play in the second half, partnering with Paul Pierce to defend Iverson...
"Rookie, we meet again."
Standing in front of Lin Yu, Iverson surprisingly extended a fist, intending to fist bump with Lin Yu.
Lin Yu did not hesitate, and stretched out his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and bumped with Iverson. He knew that this fist bump meant that Iverson recognized him. This was a game coming from one side of the court.
Say, evenly matched one on one.
In the third quarter, Lin Yu played for more than five minutes, and his restriction on Iverson was not as terrifying as in the second half of the second quarter.
Iverson relied on his adjustment ability to control his shooting percentage when facing Lin Yu to about 40%. For him, this is already a qualified shooting percentage, but it is not that efficient.
And a less efficient Iverson also gave the Celtics a chance to chase points.
At the end of the third quarter of the game, the Celtics overtook the score, but their lead was only 2 points. In other words, this was still a fierce game.
Lin Yu continued to sit in the middle of the bench. He took another look at his technical statistics. They still had 0 points and 5 rebounds, which had already set a new personal high. He also had 1 assist and 1 turnover.
"Still no points have been recorded..." Lin Yu was worried.
On the court, Ricky Davis began to defend Iverson.
Facing Ricky Davis' defense, Iverson gradually began to exert his strength.
Throughout the third quarter, except for the five minutes against Lin Yu, he spent the rest of the time paddling, thus retaining sufficient physical fitness.
In the decisive moment of the fourth quarter, Iverson immediately took over the game.
He first used two breakthroughs to solve Ricky Davis' defense. After scoring 4 points in a row, he helped the 76ers equalize the score.
Then, on the Celtics side, Pierce stepped forward and hit consecutive mid-range shots.
The game entered a see-saw mode, and neither side could widen the point difference. Iverson's score went directly towards 40 points. Of course, Pierce's score was not low either, and soon exceeded 30 points.
Doc Rivers seemed a little anxious. He has never been a sit-down head coach. Many times, he would express his emotions in many of his body movements.
But Iverson hit a three-pointer, his personal score officially exceeded 40 points, and there were only the last five minutes of the game left.
Pierce's scoring efficiency began to decline, and the 76ers, with the help of Iverson, gradually began to take the initiative on the court.
"Lin, go to the technical station and make substitutions. Replace Delonte. Let Ricky control the ball at the first position. You go to the second position to defend AI."
Lin Yu suddenly stood up. In the last five minutes, Rivers had to replace him. This was a critical moment!
He felt the tension in his heart again. Of course, it was the tension caused by excitement...
Standing in the middle of the court again, my ears were filled with more violent noises, and the fanaticism of this arena was already rushing towards my face.
"At the last moment of the game, the 76ers led by 2 points and had the ball. They controlled the situation of the game."
"The Boston Celtics made a substitution. They replaced China Lin and Delonte West. They don't want a point guard!"
"At this stage, the point guard is of no use. Anyway, Ricky Davis and pp can solve the problem on the offensive end. If we replace it with China Lin, who has a good defensive AI effect, and limit the some super-powerful AI, it will naturally be
A better option right now.”
In the commentary box, Barkley and Kenny Smith briefly discussed Rivers' substitution.
On the court, Lin Yu was already standing in front of Iverson.
Iverson didn't talk so much trash anymore. He faced Lin Yu's defense very silently. He took the ball on the offensive end and started playing singles directly.
His singles don't have that many flashy moves, it's just a very simple breakthrough, and then he finds the space and shoots a jump shot directly.
"Whoa!"
At the critical moment, Iverson's scoring was still very stable. Lin Yu had already defended very hard, but he still couldn't prevent the emergence of such a superstar ball.
During the Celtics' offense, Ricky Davis stepped up and committed a foul. He made two free throws, and the point difference was still 2 points.
Then, Iverson continued to shoot against Lin Yu's defense, but with a bang, he missed.
Pierce picked up the rebound and missed the counterattack, but the score remained unchanged.
"With 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the game, the 76ers are still leading by 2 points. They control the ball, which means they also control the trend of this game."
Iverson went around the top of the arc and received Webb's pass.
Lin Yu followed up and blocked Iverson's change of direction with one sideways move, and then made another sideways move to entangle Iverson who passed him with his second consecutive change of direction.
"China Lin did not lose his position, he still clung to AI!"
"Oh my god, the AI has changed direction again. He has already tried his best, completely ignoring the damage caused to himself by this continuous change of direction!"
On the court, Iverson made another change of direction, seemingly completely throwing off Lin Yu's defense. He stepped back and shot a jumper. The space in front of him seemed to be unusually wide.
"No!!!"
There seemed to be a cry of despair from the sidelines, and the black shadow once again enveloped Iverson, and a big yellow hand pressed hard on the basketball.
There was no crisp sound of hitting, only exclamations from the audience.
Iverson was pressed!
"ai, that goal in the second quarter is back!"
Lin Yu didn't like trash talk, but after landing, he couldn't help but yell.
Iverson didn't say a word. He knew clearly that he was frustrated in front of Lin Yu again, and it was a very critical one.
The Celtics bench was already in a state of excitement, white towels were flying in the sky, and boos broke out all of a sudden.
"He committed a foul!"
"Damn referee, why didn't you call a foul?"
"..."
At the critical moment, the referee did not dare to call randomly. The head referee stopped the game and walked to the sidelines to watch the replay.
The technical desk quickly gave a positive slow-motion replay. The replay clearly showed that Lin Yu's big hand pressed cleanly on the top of the basketball and did not touch Iverson's hand at all!
"This is a clean big shot, without any problems, China Lin prevented AI from scoring!"
The 76ers had the ball and they only had 2 seconds left to attack.
After the ball was released from the sideline, Iverson made a three-pointer despite Lin Yu's interference, but missed.
Perkins grabbed the rebound, and the Celtics had a chance to equalize the score.
