After two consecutive three-pointers, Lin Yu thought he had opened the door to scoring, but Bulls head coach Scott Skiles' reaction was much faster than Lin Yu expected.
Lin Yu had just hit his second three-pointer when Scott Scales called a timeout on the sidelines.
Although more than half the stadium was away, Lin Yu could still hear Scales' roar from the visiting team's bench opposite.
After the timeout, Lin Yu discovered that Ben Gordon began to stare at him.
Lin Yu started his soy sauce path on the offensive end again. Until the end of the second quarter, he failed to make his third three-pointer.
Fortunately, after halftime, Lin Yu's statistics no longer ended with a string of zeros. He scored 6 points and 2 rebounds. For a pseudo-starter, he was at least qualified.
At the beginning of the second half, Lin Yu stood in the center of the court, and his opponent was still Ben Gordon.
On the defensive end, he continued to restrict Ben Gordon from running without the ball, catching the ball and shooting. On the offensive end, Lin Yu finally got some opportunities.
It was difficult for Ben Gordon to focus all his defensive attention on Lin Yu. A few minutes after the game started, Gordon relapsed and he ran to cover up the defense again.
Lin Yu therefore took his third three-pointer of the game. Unfortunately, it missed a little and missed.
But the goal didn't go in, which gave Ben Gordon a bit of luck. In the next defensive round, he let Lin Yu go blank again.
Without any surprise, Lin Yu, who was in the left corner, once again received a pass from Pierce and without hesitation shot his fourth three-pointer of the game.
Whoosh!
The wonderful sound of basketball wiping the net sounded for the third time. Amidst the cheers, Lin Yu also raised his right hand for shooting a three-pointer for the third time and stretched out three fingers.
"Another wide-open three-point hit. China Lin's three-point shooting rate in this game became 3 of 4, a 75% shooting rate. Although he only scored 9 points in total, these 9 points were divided into three points.
Three three-pointers, each one is fatal."
This time it was Marv Albert who started, and Mike Breen answered: "Yes, every time the Bulls want to chase points, China Lin will step up and hit a three-pointer, directly extinguishing the opponent's momentum of chasing points."
"The Bulls need to pay strict attention to Lin Yu's three-pointers, otherwise, they will definitely suffer more."
Scott Scales is a coach who emphasizes defense. Soon, Scales' roar could be heard from the sidelines again.
Ben Gordon was yelled at and quickly became honest again.
Facing the honest defensive Gordon, Lin Yu could only return to his old business and play soy sauce.
In the first half of the third quarter, Lin Yu took two three-pointers and hit the first one, but failed to hit the second one because Gordon returned to defense in time.
In the fourth quarter, the game had entered garbage time. Lin Yu played in the second half, but did not take a single shot. The person who defended him was Eddie Baston in the first quarter.
Lin Yu has finally concluded. At the beginning of this game, Coach Skiles didn't actually notice Lin Yu's three-pointer. No one would hit a wide-open three-pointer for a wing player at the last moment of the previous game.
Specially adjust defensive tactics.
In the first quarter of the game, the reason why Lin Yu failed to get an open shot was simply because Eddie Baston was too bad.
This guy is even better than Lin Yu. At least Lin Yu's defense is not so much, while Eddie Baston's offense and defense are both offensive and defensive.
In contrast, Ben Gordon, who was unwilling to be left alone, naturally gave Lin Yu some opportunities.
At the end of the game, the Celtics defeated their opponents by 19 points and won two consecutive games.
Lin Yu's statistics were fixed because of this. He took a total of 5 shots, 5 of which were three-pointers. He made 3 of 5 shots and scored 9 points, plus 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
With only 1 point missing, Lin Yu could reach double figures in a single game.
This is a pity, but Lin Yu knows that as he continues to improve, one day his score will easily reach double figures.
He even has the chance to score 20 points, 30 points, 40 points... or even 81 points and 100 points. This is all possible. With the cheating system, everything is possible.
This time he failed to score in double figures, but it will become a means of motivating himself. After this game, Lin Yu will go back and work harder to improve his three-pointers and mid-range shots.
He must first increase his open three-pointers to a full potential value of 71 points, and then increase his open mid-range shots to a full potential value of 67 points. By then, his threat on the offensive end will be even greater.
There was also a copy of Ben Gordon's statistics behind the statistics table. Lin Yu took a special look at it. He made 7 of 18 shots and scored 20 points with a shooting rate of less than 40%. With such a shooting rate and scoring efficiency, it is obvious that
is unqualified.
In fact, if you exclude some of the rounds that Tony Allen defended, Ben Gordon's shooting percentage was even lower when defended by Lin Yu.
After studying the data for a while, Lin Yu immediately welcomed a large number of reporters.
Among this group of reporters, Lin Yu saw many acquaintances, such as Jackie McMullan of the Boston Globe, and domestic reporters Yang Meng, Shen Yang and Zhang Jianwei.
"In this game, the Celtics defeated their opponent by 19 points. I noticed that this game was your fourth game in the NBA. The 19-point win set your personal winning record.
, how do you feel about this?"
The interview began quickly, and the first question was given to Jackie McMullan of the Boston Globe.
"Why is it a special feeling? In fact, although I have never been able to play before, the Celtics have won many victories under the leadership of Paul, and I have already felt the joy of those victories."
"This game is your starting debut. Do you have any evaluation of your personal performance?"
"I am very satisfied with my personal performance. Because in this game, my score created a new personal high for me. This is enough."
"Speaking of scoring, our impression is that in your first game, you were still a wing player with almost no scoring ability. You would not take a shot even when faced with a wide-open opportunity. So now, your three-point long shot
Why has there been such a huge improvement in capabilities?”
When asked about this, Lin Yu had to mention the "Boston at four o'clock in the morning" joke again. Then, the group of foreign reporters in front of him were surprised.
Zhang Jianwei was also very surprised, but Yang Meng and Shen Yang only thought that Lin Yu was bragging.
"Who would believe it if I woke up at four in the morning?"
The interview ended quickly. From the beginning to the end, Lin Yu did not give Yang Meng and Shen Yang a chance to ask even a single question. Of course, these two people also had opinions, but there were more and more reporters in front of Lin Yu, and occasionally he would not give them any chance.
Opportunities to ask questions are also normal.
They didn't know that Lin Yu had already made up his mind. From now on, reporters like Yang Meng and Shenyang would never ask him questions in the post-match interviews.
For Yang Meng and Shenyang, the post-match report of this game was really difficult to write.
Yang Meng came from "Sports Weekly", so he was easy to deal with. It was a weekly newspaper anyway, and a lot of news accumulated together. When the time came, Lin Yu's game would be brushed off, and no one would say anything more.
Shenyang of Xinhai Sports is a bit difficult to handle. Not only does he have to send back reports every day, he also has to send back the written reports immediately after the game.
He really didn't have much room to think, so he could only send a brief summary of the game, with the word "angry slash" added to the title.
"The Celtics beat the Bulls at home. Lin Yu started the game and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist." He used such an extremely exaggerated title to continue to help Lin Yu get into trouble.
In contrast, Zhang Jianwei sent reports back to the country truthfully.
That night, CCTV’s evening sports broadcast column mentioned this game.
Because there was no live video material, they only included a picture that Zhang Jianwei sent back to China. It was a picture of Lin Yu standing next to Pierce, preparing to jump the ball at the beginning.
The female announcer said: "On December 2nd, U.S. time, the Boston Celtics played against the Chicago Bulls at home. Chinese defender Lin Yu made his debut and played a very important role. Not only did he restrict the entire game from the defensive end, The Bulls' scorer also made 5 three-pointers on the offensive end, hitting 3 of them, scoring 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, helping the Celtics win the game..."
This relatively rational report quickly helped Lin Yu win another group of fans who turned from black fans to fans.
