But Pierce appeared next to them and slapped Ray Allen hard on the butt: "Ray, you are lucky today."
Ray Allen turned his head and saw Pierce, so he stretched out his fist and bumped fists with Pierce.
"Long time no see, Paul."
"Long time no see, Lei, you know, you met a sick Lin today." After saying hello, Pierce brought the topic back.
"Sick Lin?" Ray Allen opened his mouth in surprise, then turned to look at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu explained with a smile: "It's not that exaggerated, it's just a little bit hot, and it doesn't affect much."
Pierce shook his head and pointed to the three-pointer that was still being replayed above his head: "No, it's just that exaggerated. If he hadn't been sick, your three-pointer would definitely not have gone in."
Ray Allen shrugged: "Okay, I believe you, Paul. Lin's defense is already great. I look forward to the next match against him."
Speaking of this, Pierce suddenly leaned on Ray Allen's shoulder and seemed to whisper something.
Lin Yu didn't hear it, and naturally the media reporters surrounding him couldn't hear it either.
Lin Yu knew that it was probably another whisper that could not be said aloud.
He suppressed his curiosity and followed Pierce into the tunnel, making sure there were no reporters around, and then asked: "Hey, Paul, what did you just say to Ray?"
Pierce showed a mysterious smile: "I told him that if he joins the Celtics, he can play against you every day."
"..."
It’s recruitment on the sidelines again. No wonder the number of star team-ups will be so intense in the next few years.
"Lin, I heard that you appeared sick today?"
In the locker room after the game, Lin Yu was sitting in his seat, looking listless, accepting interviews from the media.
"Yes, I have a fever and feel a little uncomfortable."
"Rivers said that he was not planning to let you play, but you took the initiative and he let you play?"
"Yes, Ray Allen is amazing. I want to go out and stop him."
"Although you failed to prevent Ray Allen from hitting that key shot, you still guarded Ray Allen's triple iron that was hot before. Do you think this is a great achievement?"
"No, it won't."
"Why?"
"Because we lost."
Lin Yu really hated the post-game interview session. After answering a few unhelpful questions, he began to seek help from the team's press officer, Hamlin Howard.
Hamlin Howard also knew that Lin Yu's physical condition was not very good and he could not accept interviews for too long.
When he saw Lin Yu looking at him, he walked out: "Okay, everyone, Lin's physical condition is not very good. He is a little tired. This is the end of today's interview."
Hamlin Howard clapped his hands to drive away the noisy reporters, and Lin Yu suddenly collapsed in his chair.
"too tired……"
That night, the Celtics boarded the plane again and flew to Auckland.
It was already late at night when they arrived in Auckland. They stayed at a five-star hotel closest to the airport. Lin Yu took his room card and was stopped by Doc Rivers when he got on the elevator.
"Lin, have a good rest. Before tomorrow's game, I will ask Lex to do a personal test on you. If there are no problems, you will come on as a substitute."
Rivers hopes Lin Yu can play.
Because in tomorrow's game, the Celtics' opponent is the Warriors, the same Warriors who defeated the Celtics at their home court before Christmas.
Lin Yu performed very well in that game. Without Lin Yu, the Celtics would only lose worse.
Rivers knows this very well. What he knows even more is that after losing to the SuperSonics, the Celtics' record once again became 13 wins and 13 losses, a 50% winning rate, and their playoff spot became
It's dangerous.
Rivers hopes to see Lin Yu regain his energy and then play, and Lin Yu doesn't want to sit on the bench anymore.
So as soon as he arrived at the hotel, Lin Yu dragged his suitcase into the room. After washing up, he lay down directly on the bed and began to feel sleepy.
Not long after it was brewing, the phone rang.
"hello?"
"It's me, Lin, are you sick?"
"Amber?"
The caller was Amber. Not long after the game ended, sports stations across the United States reported the news that Lin Yu was playing while ill.
Although Lin Yu failed to complete the heroic savior at the end of the game, his spirit is still worthy of commendation.
And after playing while sick, he guarded Ray Allen and made 2 of 5 shots. In addition to the result of the game and Ray Allen's key three-pointer, Lin Yu's playing while sick still had an effect. People were impressed by him.
Only praise, no criticism.
"It's just a little fever, nothing serious."
"As long as it's okay, how about I go to Boston to find you in the next two days?"
"No, I haven't been in Boston for the past week. I just arrived in Oakland an hour ago. I'm going to Sacramento and Denver in the next two days. I won't be back in Boston until around January 3rd."
"Okay then, I'll just wait."
Lin Yu chuckled, and he could feel that Amber on the other side of the phone seemed a little unhappy.
"You missed me?"
"Who missed you? I didn't. Don't talk nonsense."
Listening to the pretended angry voice on the other side of the phone, Lin Yu couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing.
The next day, Lex Karamian gave Lin Yu a physical test.
"He is great. He has recovered without any problems. Not only that, his strength seems to have increased and his weight has also increased slightly."
Lex Karamian held a piece of physical test data. It showed that in the physical test at the beginning of the season, Lin Yu's bench press data was 84 kilograms and 8 times. However, in this separate physical test, Lin Yu's bench press data became 84.
Kilograms are 11 times, which is a big increase.
The weight has also increased from 98kg to 99.5kg.
"His strength training has achieved results, but bench pressing 84 kilograms 15 times is not enough. His confrontation ability is still at the middle and lower reaches of the league. If he improves a little more, his strength will be enough."
Rivers is very sensitive to these data. Just by dictating it, he knows how far Lin Yu's strength has improved and whether it still needs to be strengthened.
In Rivers' view, the bench press data of 84 kilograms and 11 reps is still not a qualified bench press data. Lin Yu needs to further improve his strength resistance ability.
On the other side, Lin Yu had just left the strength room, and he was in a dazed state.
After closing his eyes and entering the system for a while, he found that his strength attribute had indeed increased, from the initial 46 points to 50 points.
Although it only increased by 4 attribute points, the actual changes brought about are earth-shaking, because from 46 points to 50 points, it is equivalent to a change in level.
"So, my usual training is effective?"
Lin Yu gradually figured out some tricks. Before, he practiced extra three points, but it didn't work for more than half a month. Now he added special strength training for confrontation. More than half a month passed, but this time it was fast.
It has an effect.
From this point of view, each of his attributes also has its own hidden potential.
The fact that there is no response after practicing shooting for so long shows that the hidden potential of the shooting attribute is very low, but there is an effect after practicing strength for the same period of time, which shows that the hidden potential of the strength attribute can still be tapped.
So, do attributes related to ball control, breakthroughs, and even steals, blocks, low-post singles, post-up singles, etc. have certain hidden potential that can be tapped?
Lin Yu immediately had a direction. He decided that once the potential value of the three three-point attributes provided by Durant's "trumpet" was exhausted, he would start looking for possibilities to improve other attributes.
Lin Yu appeared in front of Doc Rivers. Rivers then thought that there was another game in the afternoon, and he quickly asked Lex Kalamian.
"So, Lin can play in the afternoon game?"
"certainly."
"Then let him start."
"Uh... first start?!"
"He is now the core of the Celtics' defense. We can't live without him."