The afternoon game was as everyone expected, the Celtics lost the game, a disastrous defeat.
Without Pierce or Ricky Davis, on the offensive end, all they can rely on is Delonte West, Al Jefferson on the bench, and various three-point shooting attributes.
Lin Yu who was promoted to full potential.
In this game, Lin Yu took the most shots in his career, 16 shots, and hit 6 of them, all three-pointers. He scored 18 points, a career-high score, and a career-high
28 minutes of playing time.
Almost all statistics were career highs, but the Celtics suffered a disastrous defeat with a mere 37.5% three-point shooting rate.
"China Lin is a role player. The Celtics hope that he will bear the burden of the offensive end. Obviously they are overthinking it. In the days when Paul Pierce is injured, the only thing the Celtics can expect is the newly joined players.
Wally Szczerbiak."
Early in the morning, the doorbell of the apartment rang. Lin Yu had already gotten up and opened the door.
"Hey, Jeff, good morning."
The person who rang the doorbell was Jeff Schwartz. In fact, if you think about it carefully, no one would come to Lin Yu's house to look for him except Amber, who was already in Hollywood.
"Good morning, Lin, we should get down to business."
It was a little cold outside, and Jeff Schwartz rubbed his hands and walked into the apartment: "Well, the new contract of Coca-Cola Company is ready. Today or tomorrow, the person in charge of Coca-Cola China Branch will arrive in Boston to personally communicate with
You meet and sign the contract."
"The filming of the first Coca-Cola advertising video has also been confirmed. In order to accommodate you, the Coca-Cola Company decided to shoot the film in Boston."
"Boston? Is there a studio here too?" Lin Yu raised his head and asked.
"Well... as far as I know, Coca-Cola's advertising video does not need to be shot in a studio. They chose an open-air basketball court. All the content of this advertising video is related to the basketball court."
"ok, I understand."
Lin Yu ran to the kitchen, preparing to get something to eat.
Jeff Schwartz raised the bag he was carrying in his right hand: "Hey, Lin, don't be busy. I brought you breakfast from Dicos, a hash brown, and a Mexican chicken burrito. By the way, you want to drink it."
Coffee or milk?”
"Milk." Lin Yu was not polite to him, took the bag, took out his breakfast, and then sat down at the dining table, browsing the Boston Daily Post on the dining table and biting into the Mexican chicken in his hand.
roll.
"By the way, Lin, Paul is injured, and Ricky Davis was traded. The Celtics' next task should be to mess up. What are your plans?"
Jeff Schwartz also had a piece of hash brown for breakfast. He looked at Lin Yu and asked this question.
Speaking of his next plan, Lin Yu already had some ideas. He decided to start the "Lin Crazy" plot-stealing plan in advance.
But the first step is to get the meme of Robert Thackeray's "bench mascot".
So, he asked Jeff Schwartz for help: "Of course, I already have a specific plan, but before that, Jeff, do you have any reporters you know well in the media industry?"
"Are you familiar with reporters? Of course there are."
"I need him to write a story for me."
Jeff Schwartz thought for a moment and asked: "Do you have any requirements for the reporter's position?"
"As long as he can publish articles in the mainstream media in North America, that's all." Lin Yu's requirements were very low. Anyway, he only wanted to steal jokes.
Jeff Schwartz rummaged through his bag and pulled out a business card: "You can just call this number. This is a reporter from Yahoo Sports. As long as you pay, she can help you write anything you want."
The report you write, of course, is predicated on not getting into trouble.”
"Don't worry, you will definitely not get into trouble." Lin Yu took the business card and glanced at it. It was a reporter named Amanda Grey.
"Female reporter?"
"Yes, although she is a female reporter, she is already an official reporter of Yahoo Sports. She is not well-known, but for you, she is enough."
"Okay, I'll call her later."
After breakfast, Lin Yu and Jeff Schwartz confirmed all the details of signing an endorsement contract with Coca-Cola, and then made a phone call to Amanda Grey.
"Hello, Miss Amanda, I'm Lin Yu...yes, that's the Chinese Lin from the Celtics...Jeff Schwartz gave me this number..."
"That's it, Miss Amanda, I'd like to make an appointment with you for a feature... What's the specific content?" Lin Yu originally thought that Amanda Gray would come to interview her, but it turned out that it was just a phone interview.
For Amanda Grey, this kind of job can be explained clearly over the phone, and there is no need to make a special trip for it.
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, and then slowly stated his thoughts: "Uh... That's it. I want you to write an article about the Celtics bench. You can read it first.
In previous Celtics games, you should have seen that whenever a Celtic player scores a goal, the Celtics bench will be in an uproar, and the most active one among them is me."
"Yes, you can first watch the Celtics game video and look for relevant shots... My request? My request is very simple. I hope you can help publicize and hype this matter..."
“Jeff said you’re going to charge a fee here?”
"No charge?"
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your help. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."
On the phone, Amanda Gray agreed to write this news article for Lin Yu, but she confiscated Lin Yu's money and just made a request. When Lin Yu encounters inside information that can be disclosed to the outside world, Lin Yu will be the first to do so.
Let her know when it's time.
The two have reached a cooperation, with Amanda Gray becoming Lin Yu's mouthpiece, and Lin Yu becoming Amanda Gray's informant.
This kind of cooperation is very common in the NBA. For example, many people know that Brian Windhorst is LeBron James’s reporter, and Chris Carter is Kawhi Leonard’s reporter.
Queen's reporter.
Now, Amanda Gray has become Lin Yu's royal reporter, but Lin Yu's status is relatively low. For the time being, he can't let Gray surround him all day long.
While waiting for the report to be issued, the Celtics played another game, again at home, against the New Jersey Nets.
For this game, the registration procedures for Wally Szczerbiak and Olowokandi have been completed and they are ready to play.
Rivers directly adjusted the starting lineup. Wally Szczerbiak started at the second position, and Lin Yu was moved to the third position.
Clearly, Rivers is still struggling and unwilling to sacrifice his coaching career for Danny Ainge and the Celtics.
Wally Szczerbiak had high hopes, but throughout the game, Szczerbiak was outplayed by Vince Carter on both offense and defense.
He made 6 of 19 shots and scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists with an extremely low shooting percentage. Obviously, Szczerbiak was simply unable to shoulder the burden of being the team's star player.
Lin Yu also shot a low 6-for-14 from the field, including 5-for-12 from three-point range, scoring 17 points. His shooting percentage was actually improved compared to the previous game.
Because he invested most of his energy on the offensive end, Lin Yu's defense was not as amazing as before. His main defender, Richard Jefferson, scored 22 points on 9 of 17 shots.
Coupled with Kidd's outburst, the Celtics lost again at home. Counting the losing streak before Pierce was injured, they have lost five consecutive games.
And the next day, they will go to New Jersey to challenge the Nets continuously.
Seeing that six consecutive defeats are approaching...