Another two consecutive three-pointers. In the first quarter, Lin Yu had already made 6 of 8 shots, scoring 18 points!
Doc Rivers once again stood on the sidelines and gestured for a timeout rather helplessly. At this time, it was less than a minute before the official timeout ended.
Just like Magic Johnson explained, Lin Yu's various magical three-point hits are forcing Doc Rivers to defend Lin Yu with a double attack.
There was a pause, but Rivers hesitated.
Tom Thibodeau made a prompt decision and directly adjusted the defense on Rivers' behalf: "Next, we will further focus on defending China Lin. One person will press the whole court and half of the court. Starting from the center circle, there will be another person to help defend at close range..."
Thibodeau's adjustment almost means that the Celtics will implement a double team defense against Lin Yu.
Rivers frowned: "With this adjustment, we have to invest more troops to defend Lin. What will LeBron do?"
Thibodeau immediately asked: "Two points or three points, which one do you choose?"
"Then it's still two points. I have no problem. Then, let's defend like this!"
Rivers raised his hands and made the final decision helplessly.
In the next game, Lin Yu got his wish and received the treatment of future Stephen Curry, which is the so-called Curry's gravity.
Even when running without the ball, Lin Yu is always surrounded by a defensive player who is dedicated to marking him, and a helper defensive player not far away who always intentionally or unintentionally cuts off Lin Yu's receiving video, always ready to flank Lin Yu.
As soon as Lin Yu runs to a dangerous place or has a tendency to catch the ball, a double attack situation will immediately form in front of him.
This is already the highest level of defensive treatment he can encounter.
From this moment on, Lin Yu entered a state of offensive misfire again, but his role on the court can be clearly seen by anyone watching the ball who is not blind.
"China Lin has attracted most of the Celtics' defensive strength, thus giving LeBron James plenty of room to break through. The Cavaliers' offense is still making great progress!"
At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers scored 34 points in a single quarter, while the Celtics only scored 19 points. In the first quarter alone, the score difference was as much as 15 points!
"Being behind by 15 points in the first quarter, the start of the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals was beyond all of our expectations. The Celtics are facing an extremely bad and extremely embarrassing situation, because they were completely defeated in an originally evenly matched game.
They fell into a disadvantage."
"Moreover, the person who forced them to fall into a disadvantage was none other than China Lin, who played for them last season but was sent away by them during the trade period."
Magic Johnson turned to look at Reggie Miller: "By the way, Reggie, what's the record for three-pointers in a single game in the NBA playoffs?"
Reggie Miller was a three-pointer during his playing career. After retiring, he became a commentator and paid special attention to various three-point records. He quickly gave a statistic: "9 three-pointers in a single game.
points, many people hold this record, the closest ones are Vince Carter and Ray Allen in the 2000/01 season, in addition to Rex Chapman in the 1996/97 season."
Magic immediately turned the topic to the point he wanted to turn to: "So, in the first quarter of the game, China Lin made 6 three-pointers. In this game, he has a good chance to break this record, and the record
One of the holders, Ray Allen, is China Lin’s opponent at the moment.”
Mike Breen also interjected at this time: "It is worth mentioning that Ray Allen was acquired from the SuperSonics by the Celtics at a large cost. Originally, they could have kept the Chinese Lin in the same position.
There is no need to spend such a big price.”
Reggie Miller also smiled knowingly and continued to beat the Celtics and Danny Ainge with facts: "In the season after the trade, in the two regular season duels, China Lin's personal performance was suppressed.
In direct comparison with Ray Allen, he no longer has anything to prove."
Although the game has not been won yet, at least in the first quarter, Lin Yu defeated the Celtics by himself. He scored 18 points, only one point shy of scoring more than the entire Celtics team.
During the break, Doc Rivers took the time to think about how to deal with it.
The problem now is not that Lin Yu can't control it. The defense in the second half of the first quarter also proved that as long as the Celtics are willing to invest heavily, Lin Yu will still misfire.
But the problem now is that heavily defending Lin Yu will inevitably leave LeBron James short.
After Lin Yu evolved into Lin Crazy, the current Cavaliers are like a gambler with two explosive cards. No matter what card the Celtics play, he can directly end the game with one blow.
In the second quarter, Doc Rivers' final decision was to switch the defense back to normal mode first. He wanted to take a gamble that Lin Yu's state in the first quarter would not continue into the second quarter.
The result was that as soon as Lin Yu came on the court after more than four minutes of rest in the second quarter, he broke out again and scored two three-pointers in a row, forcing the Celtics to readjust their defense to heavily defend Lin Yu and leave James open.
But even in the face of such a tight defense, Lin Yu still relied on sudden changes in offensive methods to make three consecutive mid-range shots, 2 of 3.
In the second quarter, Lin Yu made 4 of 5 shots and scored another 10 points. At the end of the half, his personal data became 10 of 13 shots, and he scored 28 points in the half!
Because of his explosion, the Cavaliers took an 18-point lead at halftime at 64:46.
During the intermission, the commentary box continued to praise Lin Yu, and they inevitably mentioned the getting closer and closer to the three-point record in a single game in the playoffs.
"With eight three-pointers in the half, China's Lin is extremely close to breaking the playoff record of nine three-pointers in a single game. The only thing that can stop him is the current score."
"If the score can be tighter in the second half and China Lin's playing time increases, he will have a good chance of breaking this record."
Facing a near-lost playoff game, the Celtics or Doc Rivers no longer expect to come back and win, but they cannot tolerate Lin Yu stepping on the Celtics and breaking a playoff game.
Record.
Therefore, in the second half, the Celtics maintained their heavy defense against Lin Yu in the first half.
After the intermission, the second half of the game started.
In the first five minutes of the third quarter, Lin Yu was somewhat invisible under the heavy defense of the Celtics. He took three shots, two of which were strong shots against the defense.
Like the three commentators, Celtics coaches, and players in the commentary box, Lin Yu also noticed the single-game three-point record in the playoffs.
The two forced shots were also his deliberate pursuit of breaking the record.
But he failed to make two strong shots. Instead, he hit a mid-range shot. His score in this game reached 30 points.
As the game progressed, the score gap became wider and wider, leaving Lin Yu with little time left.
