In the fourth quarter, there was still a bit of suspense in the game.
Zach Randolph and Fred Jones, who returned to the game, added to the Knicks' offensive firepower, and the 13-point lead was regained.
But when Lin Yu had almost rested and was replaced on the court, he and the Knicks' main force finally had some cooperation. At least the fat man Zach Randolph was willing to come over and give him one or two of relatively good quality.
Covered.
For a scorer like Lin Yu who focuses on shooting, screens are the best help. Considering his ability without the ball, as long as there is a qualified screen, he can get rid of his opponent and run into the open space.
Relying on the cooperation between Lin Yu and the main lineup, he was able to suppress the Bucks and quickly secured the victory.
While easily improving his personal score, Lin Yu was thinking as he watched Fatty Lan, who had been holding back for the entire third quarter, killing everyone on the court and almost destroying his opponent Villanueva.
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This guy, Fatty Lan, is very good when he plays well. At least he is very powerful on the offensive end. As long as he appears in the waist position and the paint area, ordinary defenders can't stop him at all.
In terms of offense alone, Fatty Lan can be compared with super power forwards like Garnett.
It's just that this guy has a problem with his attitude on the court, he gets emotional easily, his shot selection is very poor when he's in a brushing state, and he can't defend well. Coupled with all the bad things he does off the court, he gets the name of a cancer brusher.
And even after regaining a new life with the Grizzlies, this guy just changed his attitude on the court. He was willing to defend and sacrifice for the team. The bad things off the court were still the same, just because he was in the small city of Memphis.
There aren't that many bad things, and the impact isn't that big.
Lin Yu knew this very well, so for Fatty Lan, his plan was to try his best to let this guy follow his footsteps and bring the Knicks back to the ranks of strong teams first.
Next, if Fatty Lan's off-field problems do not affect the team and the game, then Lin Yu can tolerate it. If it does have some impact, he can only wait until Fatty Lan's value increases before sending this guy away.
When he was thinking about this, the game had been successfully won, and his mind was no longer on the game, but the media reporters, spectators and fans on the sidelines were still excited.
Especially after one game, Lin Yu scored a high score that had not been seen in Madison Square Garden Arena for many years, and all the Knicks fans went crazy for it.
“In 1984, New York King Bernard King scored a record 60 points in a home game at Madison Square Garden. Years later, in 1995, Michael Jordan visited Madison and scored against the visiting team.
Player-high 55 points."
"Another 13 years later, New Yorkers once again witnessed a great individual scoring performance here. China Lin, who scored 27 points in the third quarter, scored 56 points in the game, surpassing Michael Jordan.
Second only to Bernard King, he ranks second on the individual scoring list at Madison Square Garden!"
As the timer buzzed and the red light came on, Lin Yu stood in the middle of the court and turned around, waving to the sidelines amidst the originally sparse cheers.
Then, cheers erupted.
"Lin Yu conquered the Madison Square Garden Arena with one game, and New York fans also welcomed their new king with cheers!"
Kenny Smith shouted, and the media reporters had already thought of the post-game headlines.
In the private room of the stadium, James Dolan stood up with emotion without saying too many words. His expression and performance had already suggested everything. He was very satisfied with Lin Yu.
Steve Mills knows he has to step up his game, new coach, and trade.
On the court, Lin Yu talked and shook hands with his opponent, and was immediately approached by Walter Frazier, who began a post-match TV interview.
Walter Frazier was wearing a red and black suit. Lin Yu secretly guessed that after the Knicks star became the on-site commentator and courtside host at the Madison Square Garden Arena, his style was somewhat imitating the colorful man Craig Sa.
That's it.
"Lin, this is your first game with the Knicks. In this first game, you scored the second-highest score in Madison Square Garden with 56 points. You scored 27 points in the third quarter and led the team to win.
Qiu, for you, this debut should be very successful and perfect, right?"
Facing the first question raised by Walter Frazier, Lin Yu nodded first and then shook his head: "For me, this is a successful debut, but it is not perfect. We won this game."
game, but at one time, we also faced many problems. We were suppressed throughout the first half, and in the second half, we also faced a physical crisis. This is what we did not do well. We hope that in the next game
, we can solve these problems."
After the first question, Walter Frazier asked Lin Yu about his feelings about leaving the Cavaliers and joining the Knicks and the changes in his role.
"Leaving the Cavaliers and joining the Knicks is a new beginning for me. In fact, there are not many changes in my role. I still need to stand up and score at critical moments. Perhaps the only difference is that in the Knicks, very
At critical moments, I have to stand up and score."
Lin Yu's answer was surprising, but also expected, because just like Lin Yu said, the Cavaliers have always relied heavily on Lin Yu at critical moments.
After Lin Yu left the Cavaliers, the media generally believed that solving Lin Yu's dependence at critical moments was a point that the Cavaliers and LeBron James urgently needed to prove.
"Finally, let's talk about the third quarter of the comeback. All of us felt that your physical fitness was about to fail, but after a timeout, you exploded. Can you tell us what happened during this period?"
"Actually, nothing happened, but I realized that I had to be in a better competitive state to deal with the opponents in this game, so I told my teammates to leave the offense to me and they only need to defend well.
game, I did that.”
Lin Yu said expressionlessly, as if he was talking about an extremely simple thing, but Walter Frazier, who was also a star player in his peak period, opened his mouth wide. He knew very well what Lin Yu said that he felt he should explode.
The ability to explode immediately is something only an inhuman superstar can achieve.
Ignoring Walter Frazier's surprise, Lin Yu left the range of the camera and retreated to the players' tunnel, while waving to the stands on both sides.
As he walked, he thought about the first game at Madison Square Garden. As a real star, he had to do something different.
So, while walking, he took off the upper body of his jersey, gathered the sweaty jersey into a ball, and threw it to the stands on the right amid exclamations.
Next came his sneakers, Under Armor's Linsanity II, which he took off, held in his hand, and gave to a female fan in the front row of the left stand.
The cheers at Madison Square Garden exploded again.
"China Lin gave away the jersey and sneakers he wore in this game. It seems that he is using this method to express his attitude that he wants to mingle with the New York fans!"