"Obviously, Lin Yu in this game did not suffer from physical exhaustion and poor condition as many people predicted. On the contrary, he still played a crazy personal performance in this game, even competing with Boston in the previous game.
Compared to previous games, his control over the game has further improved."
"The Knicks have already taken advantage of the court, and this advantage can be said to be brought entirely by Lin Yu..."
In terms of control over the game, it is actually the difference between the two special effects cards.
James's special effect card adds 100% of James' attributes and does not cover Lin Yu's original attributes.
As for Jordan's special effects card, the bonus is 120% of Michael Jordan's attributes, and it will also not cover Lin Yu's original attributes.
One is 100% and the other is 120%. It is obvious which one is stronger and which one is weaker just in terms of attributes.
It can be said that Jordan's card is already incredibly powerful. Most of its key attributes have exceeded the full value of 99 points. When fed back to the field, his control is naturally also incredibly powerful.
This does not take into account the technical gap between LeBron James and Jordan behind the special effects cards. The first choice at a critical moment is to break through the basket and distribute the ball to teammates, while the other can make unlimited strong shots at critical moments, against Lin Yuhe
As far as the Knicks are concerned now, the latter is obviously stronger.
In this game, Lin Yu hasn't shown his strong shooting yet because he doesn't need it yet.
Faced with the threat of Lin Yu's long three-pointer, the Celtics had to expand their defense. Compared with two-pointers and three-pointers, the Celtics still chose Lin Yu's two-pointer.
It's just that they didn't expect that Lin Yu's two points in this game were more stable than in the previous game. Not only was he stable, he also played very reasonably.
The ball that should be passed will definitely be passed, and the ball that can only be thrown by oneself can always be made.
At halftime, at 65:58, the Knicks took a 7-point lead. This was similar to the previous game in Boston, where they both led at halftime.
But the difference is that in this game, Lin Yu did not have a wave of consecutive three-pointers in the second quarter.
Instead, the water flowed steadily, and the Knicks took the leading position with just a few moves.
Amid Madison's continued cheers, the game entered midfield.
In the luxurious home team locker room, the staff were busy.
"How do you feel, Lin?"
As soon as Lionel Hollins entered the locker room, he asked Lin Yu with great concern. When his voice sounded, the eyes of the entire locker room turned towards him.
In this game, in the first two quarters of the first half, Lin Yu only rested for more than a minute in the middle of the second quarter. When the score was quickly approached by the opponent, Hollins had no choice but to replace Lin Yu immediately.
As a result, Lin Yu played for nearly 23 minutes in the first half. If it weren't for Jordan's attribute bonus, he would have been exhausted.
"Great, Leon, you don't have to worry about me. We will play as usual in the second half. We need to maintain our current lead. We cannot reduce the intensity of the game..."
Hollins looked at Lin Yu with some confusion. Lin Yu had always been limited by his physical fitness in the regular season, but in the playoffs his physical fitness was no longer a problem. His confusion was naturally understandable.
Lin Yu did not explain, nor would he explain.
At this moment, Hollins could only choose to believe Lin Yu.
"Maybe this guy has entered the forest realm again."
The Domain of Lin is like a universal explanation, allowing Lin Yu to remain invincible forever.
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In Madison's infield and in the commentary box behind the technical table, Mike Breen and Marv Albert were summarizing the first half of the game.
"Halftime has passed, and we have seen a stronger Lin Yu than in the previous game. In the first half of the game, he has scored 34 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. This is better than the previous game.
The first half of the game was even crazier!”
"The vast majority of people were cheering for Lin Yu in the last game, and some people thought that Lin Yu in this game had to pay the price for his crazy performance in the previous game. As a result, Lin fought back with his actual performance
Get rid of his doubters!"
"The Celtics are already facing a dilemma. They must solve the threat posed by Lin Yu, otherwise, they will suffer their second consecutive defeat in the series."
"And once they lose two consecutive games, they will be completely behind. This is obviously not the result the Celtics want to see."
The Celtics didn't want to face a two-game losing streak, so they started going crazy in the second half.
The beginning of the third quarter was the Knicks' offensive round. They played with all their main players without any reservations, and handed the ball to Lin Yu from the beginning.
Lin Yu controlled the ball across half court, and with the help of Randolph's high cover, he headed towards the three-point line.
The Celtics surprisingly chose a radical defensive method. Garnett completely defended him. Ray Allen, who was guarding Lin Yu, also quickly bypassed the screen and cooperated with Garnett to complete the game.
Lin Yu's pincer attack.
"The Celtics have clearly grasped the key point of this game with their high-post double-team defense. It looks like they are going to focus on Lin Yu."
Facing a high-position double-team defense, Lin Yu still has many options, such as passing the ball to assist his teammates in scoring.
In this way, in a short period of time, the Celtics' defensive strategy did not work.
But over time, the effects gradually appear.
"The Celtics once again chose to flank, and Lin could only pass the ball... Kyle Lowry's three-pointer hit the frame... The Celtics grabbed the rebound, and they got a chance to close the score!"
"..."
In about two or three rounds, Lin Yu's teammates missed two or three goals in a row, and the score difference was soon closed to within 5 points.
Madison's enthusiasm began to subside, and Lin Yu's expression became serious. He suddenly discovered the little Jiujiu of Doc Rivers and Tom Thibodeau.
"Lock me with double defense, and then use crazy running and quick defensive rotations to fill in the gaps in defense as much as possible."
Lin Yu didn't even think about it, and immediately made a decision and decided on future changes.
"Zach, next, move your pick-and-roll closer."
Randolph nodded.
After the Celtics scored in a wave of offense and narrowed the score gap to 2 points within one goal, the Knicks' offense swept forward.
"The score has been reduced to 2 points. The Celtics' tenacity has given them hope of winning the game again."
Lin Yu silently controlled the ball across half court, and Randolph's pick-and-roll shrank to within the three-point line.
Garnett naturally shortened his defense to within the three-point line. Ray Allen defended, but Lin Yu immediately accelerated and passed the screen to get rid of him.
But immediately, Garnett waved his long arm to block Lin Yu from inside the three-point line, Ray Allen once again bypassed the screen, and the defense on the weak side also took a turn.
It seems that after Randolph's screen shrank, the Celtics' defensive pressure even became smaller.
But under the threat of double defense, Lin Yu chose to end the attack in the next second.
He stopped suddenly, then jumped up, and under the interference of the Celtics, he leaned back and threw the ball.
Whoosh!
Madison burst into fiery cheers again, and Mike Breen in the commentary box also shouted and announced: "Under double attack, fall back and shoot!"
"The ball is in!"
"Faced with double-teaming, Lin Yu reopened his personal scoring account!"
