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Chapter 188 Lin Han's basketball and the future of the NBA(1/2)

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"I really didn't expect that an All-Star rookie game could be so exciting. It seems that this time I came to watch the game on site is really worth it. Kobe, don't be too nervous. You will definitely have a chance next time."

On February 11, 1994, at the Minnesota Target Center, the players of the Legends on the court challenged the team players for more than 6 minutes after the second half. Due to the official timeout, both teams are still on the court to receive coach arrangements, and at this time in the stands of the Target Center.

The former 76ers role player, Joe Bryant, who now retires as the head coach of the Raul Merion high school basketball team, brought his son Kobe Bryant in the stands with an excited look on his face.

Originally, for a non-famous NBA player like him, the league never thought of inviting him to watch this game. In fact, before this game, he had never thought that he would watch such a game. If his son Kobe Bryant had not promised him that he would be able to play in today's game, he would have to watch the ball. He probably would have brought Philadelphia with him at this time.

In the end, Kobe failed in the challenge with Iverson and was unable to get the right to participate in this game. Although Joe Bryant could have predicted it, he was a little disappointed. After all, if he hadn't seen his son's game, it would be meaningless to come to Minnesota to participate in the All-Star.

However, Joe Bryant was also very worried about his extremely persistent son. He knew this kid so well. When he was still in his first year of high school, he was not called the team's player. When facing his teammates in his third and fourth year of high school, Kobe basically won't let go of his opponent every time he failed. As long as he failed to fight alone, he would continue to fight alone until he succeeded. If those teammates who won him did not continue to fight alone, this kid could persist in chasing his teammates all over the school, and even chased his teammates at home and would win alone.

Such a personality can be said to be a good personality for a basketball player, but it is also a very worrying personality. If a player with such a personality is very strong, then it doesn't matter. If the strength is insufficient, it would be really a bit bad. Just like Kobe in his first year of high school, he almost disturbed the team when he was still inadequate. When Kobe entered his second year of high school, although he was still a little immature and his strength grew rapidly, he had already played invincible in the world. Such a personality once again made him worry as a father.

Especially Kobe's entanglement with Iverson before. Even as Kobe's father, Joe Bryant did not agree with Kobe's approach. But in the end, in order to meet his son's requirements, he still asked 76ers to meet his old club. Fortunately, his old club gave face to his old club. Otherwise, even if the reporters' face were fought, the 76ers would not be able to play with a high school student no matter how idle they are now.

Fortunately, Kobe lost a little bit during this single-match between Kobe and Iverson. Although this is regrettable, it makes Joe Bryant more at ease. He really can't imagine that if his son wins Iverson, will he challenge Hardaway or Lin Han and Jordan next? When he thinks this, he feels very scary. You know, when Kobe was in high school, he often said that he could defeat Lin Han and Jordan in a single-match, not only when facing interviews with the American media. When he thinks of this, Joe Bryant felt scared.

So at this time, looking at Kobe who was somewhat frustrated, Joe Bryant was actually in a good mood. In the second quarter just now, Iverson, who defeated his son, was indeed strong. Although he was a little thin, his speed and breakthrough skills were indeed strong enough, and he was also a person full of courage and persistence.

Although this game was not participated by his son, it was indeed a very exciting game. This time I arrived here from Philadelphia this time to see such a game was indeed worth it.

But at this time, Joe Bryant was worth watching this game. Kobe Bryant might not think that this game was worth it. Especially when he watched Iverson perform wildly on the court under the restraint of Lin Han, he felt quite sad. Originally, this should have been his, but in the end Iverson usurped it. Although he lost to Iverson in his previous singles, in his opinion, if he hadn't underestimated the enemy, if he was not two years younger than Iverson, the winner would have been him.

Of course, it was too late to say this, and now everything has become a foregone conclusion. So when Lin Han took Iverson and other legendary players to the court again, Kobe's lips were bitten by himself at this time.

The second half of the All-Star Rookie Challenge and the Challenge team are definitely a sudden change in the second half. The Challenger team was the first to block Lin Han, but the final result was that Iverson and Garnett suddenly came out. After these two players with various flaws came out, they actually used their complementary advantages to disrupt the Challenger's blockade against Lin Han. In the end, Barkley had to remove the blockade against Lin Han.

After this timeout, almost everyone knows that the outcome of this game depends on the showdown between Lin Han and Hardaway, because it is impossible for the Challengers to block Lin Han. When Iverson replaced Houston, it is not so possible for Lin Han to continue playing the last second pass like in the first quarter, because Iverson is not Houston after all, Houston's mid-range shot is very good. Iverson's current mid-range shot is not that good, and the Challengers will not give Iverson or Marshburn the opportunity to take action easily.

So, in this case, when both sides have been forced to the end by their opponents, they will naturally have to have the final ace duel. Lin Han and Hardaway, the two strongest super rookies this season, are of course. Hardaway has more helpers on the challenger. After all, their passing organization is better, and Lin Han's side. That's really only rely on individuals. In addition to opening up space, it is basically impossible to cooperate with Lin Han.

Therefore, although everyone knows that Lin Han may be stronger than Hardaway in terms of scoring ability and personal ability, it is hard to say that Lin Han has a greater advantage in the victory or defeat between the two. After all, there is a difference between a player with a team and a player who works alone.

"When I left Chicago training camp, I never thought that one day I would meet you on this stage. You really surprised me. With your basketball style, you were not eliminated by NBA. It's a miracle."

When Lin Han slowly dribbled past the frontcourt and came to the top of the arc, as a teammate of the past and his current opponent, Hardaway seemed to have not seen Lin Han dribbling at this time and was able to attack at all times, and he was a little ethereal and said something about the past.

For Lin Han's selfishness, lack of team consciousness, lack of integrity and disrespect for victory or defeat, it is really hard for him to fall in love with such a teammate. This is a player who is completely different from his basketball philosophy. It can be said to be a completely non-mainstream player. Therefore, for Lin Han's many times this year, Lin Han was tragically hacked by the media across the United States. As Lin Han's former teammate, Hardaway never defended Lin Han for more than half of the sentence. In addition to not liking to the media to discredit Lin Han's private life, he never thought that Lin Han's style of play was wrong. This guy is just a player who does not conform to his aesthetic nor does it conform to the mainstream values ​​and aesthetics of the entire NBA. Such a player could not survive in the NBA, but was slowly assimilated or eliminated if he could not be assimilated.

But Hardaway never expected that Lin Han was neither assimilated nor eliminated, but became the most special one in the NBA. Not only became the most special one, but also stood opposite him again, one of the highest stages of the NBA, opposite him.

This made him a little dazed and incredible. Lin Han was a variable that could not have survived but really survived. Every night when he thought of Lin Han, Hardaway was always struggling because Lin Han made him doubt whether his basketball method was correct.

Therefore, for Hardaway, in addition to defeating Jordan, he also wants to defeat Lin Han to re-enforce his basketball strategy. For this reason, he even double-teamed Lin Han with Wenbaker in this game and obeyed all the requirements of the head coach. You must know that even though his teammate Chris Webber doesn't like Lin Han, he can't stand it and double-teamed Lin Han.

"I never thought that there would be such a day when I left Chicago, nor did I expect that we would turn from teammates to enemies. However, I still wanted to thank you at the beginning. If you hadn't given me a chance, maybe I wouldn't have survived in the NBA. No, I should have said that I didn't even have a chance to enter the NBA. However, I wouldn't have lost this game."

After Lin Han finished saying this, both Hardaway and Lin Han were in vain, which even made Iverson and Ledel on the side look shocked. As a high school student, although Iverson had seen Lin Han many games on TV, it was the first time he felt Lin Han's momentum at close range. You know, in the previous game, Lin Han did not show his offensive ability except passing the ball. When Lin Han became imposing Lin Han, Iverson finally understood why he couldn't even challenge Weber when imitating Lin Han, but Lin Han was able to challenge Olajuwon and almost succeeded.

As for Laidel standing in front of Iverson, looking at Hardaway and Lin Han who were at the same time, this player who was also a super swingman of four little guys was so sad that Lin Han was already out of reach. At this time, Hardaway was not inferior to Lin Han at all. This made the Timberwolves player, who was very self-esteem and not very broad-minded, keep bleeding in his heart. On the contrary, Weber behind Hardaway and Marshburn on the side were also a little calm at this time, he did not have the jealousy and hatred of Laidel.

This is not the first time he was confronting Hardaway in the NBA. Lin Han was crazy about his character value when he was dying. In the first confrontation between the two, Lin Han won the score, and Hardaway won 40+10. If it were just based on the data, the two would be evenly matched.

This time, although Lin Han did not burn his character value again, Lin Han now believes that his strength is completely different from before. He does not think he will lose to Hardaway, although Hardaway's past almost made his lock-type defense fail. After all, Lin Han's strongest is offense.

So, when Lin Han started, he almost directly knocked Hardaway over. After Hardaway was knocked out by Lin Han's power, Lin Han almost continued to start and prepare for breakthrough. The Magic supernova blocked and blocked Lin Han's breakthrough position again. The captain of the Challenger team obviously had a lot of preparation for Lin Han's ball path and breakthrough route, and he cooperated with Weber behind him, with a tacit understanding. Originally, Lin Han could have used courage to kill directly, but when Lin Han wanted to activate this skill, he found that Weber had been protecting Hardaway behind him. If he really activated, he might be hit directly and was hit by Hardaway and Weber jointly. Although Weber, the middle school boy, was unwilling to attack Lin Han because of the so-called knight spirit, if Lin Han asked for a siege, then he would not miss this opportunity.

Therefore, after using his strength to shake off Hardaway, Lin Han was soon blocked by the Magic player again.

"There is a very wonderful coordinated defense. I really didn't expect that Hardaway and Weber not only had a full tacit understanding on the offensive end, but also had a very terrifying tacit understanding on the defensive end."

When Lin Han got entangled with Hardaway on the offensive end, Collins seemed to see Lin Han from the Jazz again, instead of Lin Han who seemed to be helping for the past pass. What made Collins even more terrifying was that although Hardaway was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, he actually withstanded Lin Han's attack.

Of course, Collins was very moved by the tacit understanding between Hardaway and Weber at this time, and Malone and Stockton on the other hand were not surprised. When they were training in the Dream Team, Barkley of the Challenger team was repaired by Weber and Hardaway, and the Dream Team lost in the training game, causing Jordan to get angry at Barkley, the friend. Finally, there was an allusion that they tried to pinch these college students to regain their face. The two of them were able to withstand the impact of Jordan and Barkley respectively when they were in college. Although the two of them lost after Jordan and Barkley became serious in the end, it would not be so easy if Lin Han wanted to break through the shackles of these two with his own brute force.

"Perry, have you never agreed to my basketball style? Then this time, let you see what my basketball style is like!"

After being entangled by Hardaway, Lin Han was not angry at all, but was excited. At this time, Lin Han, who had been entangled by Hardaway, looked at Weber not far away, and turned around and killed Weber. After seeing Lin Han's intention, Hardaway's face almost changed directly.

The most important reason why he can stole Lin Han now is that Weber can always help him defend and stand close enough behind him, which makes Lin Han need to take into account both in breakthroughs and shooting. This defensive method was also explored by the two of them when they faced the powerful Jordan and Barkley when the Dream Team was training. Sure enough, although Lin Han's personal ability is strong enough, he is not as strong as Jordan treats him as nothing after he goes all out.

When he saw Lin Han taking the initiative to look for Weber, not to mention Weber and Hardaway's faces changed, even the head coaches of the two teams on the sidelines changed.

What's different is that Larry Bird's face changed when Lin Han's angry face, while Barkley's face changed when Lin Han's actions changed. He almost stood up and laughed wildly.

He really never thought that Lin Han would do what he did. You know, the reason why he was cursed by Weber in the training team of Dream Team 1 made him scolded by Jordan with shame was because he didn't believe that the joint defense of the two college students was powerful, and he bit the bullet and went on the offense. The final result almost made Barkley remember it for life. He really didn't expect Lin Han to do the same stupid thing as him.

"This kid will definitely be finished this time, it's definitely finished!"

At this time, Barkley, who had already stood up on the sidelines, was already very excited and laughed excitedly. The fans on the sidelines were also extremely excited when they saw Lin Han's actions. Lin Han was preparing to fight two at the same time!

Lin Han chose to look for Weber at this time and seek double-team. It was not because he was stupider than Hardaway and Weber's joint defense, but because he knew very well that instead of worrying about Weber's assisting defense when he was one-on-one with Hardaway, it would be better to come to Weber directly, so that he didn't have to worry about Weber's sudden attack when he attacked. This was different from Barkley's stupid underestimation at that time, because Lin Han definitely did not underestimate the enemy now.

So when Lin Han forced Hardaway away and rushed towards Weber under the exclamation of everyone in the audience, Hardaway and Weber had formed a siege in the moment when they came to Weber, and Lin Han didn't even have any room to turn around. But just that everyone in the audience was worried about Lin Han. Garnett, who was playing against Weber, had already completely empty space. At this time, Garnett waved to Lin Han wildly as if he was asking for the ball. However, after waving for a while, the innocent boy found that Lin Han didn't look at him at all, so he angrily kicked the floor and walked away, preparing to compete for rebounds with Wenbeck with Dinoladia, the European insider.

"This kid is crazy? Even after being forced to stop the ball, he can't jump and shoot in front of Weber. Don't he know that although Weber is only 2.06 meters tall, his physical fitness is also at the level of a monster!"

But just when everyone thought that Lin Han was over in the attack between Weber and Hardaway this time, Lin Han, who had been forced to stop the ball, suddenly leaned on Weber and turned around fiercely and halfway. When everyone in the audience saw this action, they would not know what Lin Han wanted to do. At this time, Lin Han was about to take action in the double team! Even at this time, some people began to watch how Lin Han was blocked by Weber after taking the ball!

But just as the fans were waiting for Weber to block Lin Han's ball, Weber, who had originally attacked Lin Han with Hardaway, was unable to jump at all after being held back by Lin Han. Because when Lin Han turned around and jumped up in the air, he not only leaned against Weber but sat directly on Weber. When Weber could not jump and could only reach out to Lin Han to prepare to block the ball with Hardaway who jumped up, the basketball thrown out by Lin Han in an extremely lean posture was almost shot out from the fingertips of Hardaway and Weber, and whether it was Weber or Hardaway, they could only watch the shot thrown out by Lin Han flew to the basket!

After Lin Han threw the ball out, because the tilt was too large, the Jazz rookie player had no way to control his body, and sat down on the ground and slid towards the three-point line. When Lin Han, who was sitting on the ground, stopped sliding, the basketball thrown by Lin Han hit the basket and brushed it twice on the basket. When he finally rolled into the basket, the entire center of the target was almost silent.

After a brief silence, nearly 20,000 fans at the scene were in an uproar almost at the same time.

"It's so wonderful. Lin Han's shot was so beautiful. It's really as beautiful as a painting, it's really as beautiful as a painting!"

"One fight, this is Lin Han's style of playing in the Jazz, this is the typical style of playing in Lin Han. This time he succeeded again against Hardaway and Weber!"

"It turns out that he is not going to commit suicide, but to relieve his worries. It turns out that taking the initiative to fight two can have such an effect. Lin Han is so smart. I found that I already like him!"

"This kind of basketball is really great. It's true that Lin Han's pass is not as good as Lin Han's singles!"

At this time, Lin Han was still sitting on the ground, and when he turned around and watched the basketball thrown by Lin Han roll on the floor, both Hardaway and Webber were shocked at this time, especially Hardaway, because Lin Han told him before this attack.

This is his basketball style, and this is his basketball style. Even if he is one-two, or even one-two, so what if he is one-two, as long as he can throw the basketball in his hand into the basket, no matter what means he uses, there is no problem!

"Perry, I said that as long as I can still score, I will not be eliminated by the NBA. In my opinion, basketball is an advantage in scoring. No matter if I stand in front of me, two, three, four, and five, as long as I can still score, I will not be eliminated. Even if the whole world stands opposite me, I will not be afraid. This is my basketball method!"

Facing Hardaway and Webber who were a little stunned at this time, Lin Han stood up from the ground. After looking at Hardaway deeply, he said lightly. After that, Lin Han was surrounded by his teammates. The ball just now was really boosting morale. Lin Han defeated the two strongest men of the Challengers alone!

But at this time, looking at Lin Han surrounded by his teammates, Hardaway remembered what Lin Han said once again, and became confused again. He knew that Lin Han's words were paradoxes. Even Jordan dared not say that he was an enemy of the whole world and wanted to score. However, at this time, Hardaway really couldn't find any reason to refute Lin Han.

"The Challengers are in danger now. Lin Han has completely suppressed Hardaway and Webber in terms of momentum. Barkley needs to make changes now!"

At this time, the All-Star Eastern Conference head coach Wilkens, who was watching the game on the sidelines, looked at Lin Han a little thoughtful at this time. He really had never seen such a player who was so persistent and witty in scoring. Even Chamberlain was crazy enough back then. But he was not as crazy as Lin Han. Now he finally understood why a rookie dared to make more than 28 shots per game in his rookie season. This guy was simply a madman.

"Maybe my Dream Team 3 needs a madman like him, it may not be necessary. It seems that it's time to contact him."

Lin Han has completely suppressed Weber and Hardaway in terms of momentum. Anyone who is on the scene can see this, but Barkley is not a professional head coach after all. Although he has learned a lot of famous coaches in the league before, and the famous coaches have also given him many plans to restrict Lin Han, these famous coaches have never thought that such a situation would occur. So at this time, Barkley really doesn't know what to do?

Should I continue to get Weber and Hardaway to get involved with Lin Han, or should the whole team surround him? Regardless of the win or loss of the game, I will strangle Lin Han to death? For a moment, Barkley was really confused.

Just when the challenger coach was struggling, the situation on the court was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the challenger. After Garnett and Iverson showed their power, they had already lagged behind with Lin Han to play a small high [climax]. At this time, Lin Han suppressed Hardaway and Webber in momentum and maintained a very good hit rate of one and two, the scores of both sides were even increasing.

"Although this is not the first time I said that, Lin Han's singles are so beautiful, and Weber was seated again! This guy's strength, bounce and the ability to stagnate the air in the air are simply terrifying!"

When Lin Han faced a one-on-two situation again and again on the court, he used a Kobe-style turn and back jump shot to complete the singles, and the scores of both sides continued to grow, Barkley finally couldn't sit still and waved his hand. The challenger players on the court no longer care about other players. As long as Lin Han continued to choose singles, not only Weber and Hardaway in the team would surround Lin Han, but even Leidel, who was defending Iverson and Kukoc, who was defending Marshburn, surrounded him at this time.

But for Lin Han, as long as he can suppress Weber, no matter how many people there are in front of him, Kobe will not be afraid of double-teaming. This skill is never afraid of double-teaming. At the beginning, the Mavericks, Nets, and Timberwolves also had more than three double-teams. Lin Han's approach was to suppress the opponent's physical fitness and jump height. The player who had the best jumping height was the best before other players completely surrounded him. Although four double-teams, as long as the offensive players did not have any fear, the four double-teams looked terrifying, but in fact the effect was not much better than double-teams or double-teams.

"Barkley is really crazy this time. Jordan's rules are used. It seems that even if he loses in this game, he will not be able to continue playing like this. However, this is not the first time Lin Han has faced Jordan's rules."

When Larry Bird watched Barkley use even Jordan's Law on the sidelines, the legendary coach finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Jordan's Law is indeed very powerful for a single player, the Challenger team is not the Pistons, and it is not the first time Lin Han has encountered such a defense.

Sure enough, just as Larry Bird imagined, facing the almost crazy siege of the Challengers, Lin Han's move was still decisive, and Barkley or the Challengers could not scare Lin Han at all.

Looking at Lin Han who was almost crazy about one-on-three and one-on-four on the court at this time, the fans on the sidelines were so excited that they were crazy.

As a member of the sideline fans, Kobe Bryant, who accompanied his father to watch the game on the spot, watched Lin Han play crazy singles on the court. When the fans cheered at him crazy, the sophomore in the high school player trembled excitedly.

It’s like this basketball and this way of playing. Kobe Bryant felt the passion in his heart for the first time being inspired by Lin Han!

Of course, in addition to Kobe on the sidelines being completely attracted by Lin Han's basketball style at this time, Iverson, who was standing on the court at this time, was the same. Even Jordan did not take or attack like Lin Han when facing such a defense.

At this time, even though even Jordan's law was used, Lin Han still took action without fear, Barkley on the sidelines was almost collapsed. He had been in the NBA for so many years. He had never seen such a player, nor had he seen such a player.

When this game reached this point, almost everyone on the scene knew that the Challengers lost in this game. Although Lin Han did not hit a very good shooting percentage in the last moment of the second quarter, after the Challengers on the opposite side completely lost in momentum, Hardaway never got rid of Lin Han's defense in this game. This caused the Challengers to be unable to catch up with the score. What made the team even more frustrated was that every time Lin Han hit the basketball in his hand against the defense of four people, he was like a heavy hammer hitting them in their hearts.

These young people were really frustrated by Lin Han. This guy was simply a lunatic. When the game ended, when the Legends defeated the Challengers 94-85, even these Challengers players felt relieved.

In this game, George Lynch, a Lakers player who had always wanted to make Lin Han look good, was watching Lin Han who became the focus of the game after the game ended. At this time, the young Lakers player's face turned pale and his eyes were full of resentment.

"A very good game. Lin Han led his team to victory. All the players performed very well in this game. Lin Han showed everyone his not-so-excellent passing skills and excellent singles ability. The potential of the two young men, Iverson and Garnett, is also extremely anticipated. Houston and Marshburn's shooting was also excellent. Although the Legends did not have an excellent point guard in this game, their game played very well."

After the game ended, Collins in the sideline commentator seat made a summary with a smile on his face.

At this time, when Lin Han, who was surrounded by his teammates after the game, looked at Hardaway not far away, saw the somewhat confused expression on his former teammate's face, Lin Han shook his head.

However, Lin Han was still very happy to be able to lead his team to defeat his opponent at this time.

He made 11 of 22 shots and scored 26 points and 9 assists in the whole game. Lin Han only scored 3 points and 9 assists after the first half. In the last 14 minutes of the second half, Lin Han took 18 shots alone, almost taking care of most of the team's shooting and scoring.

Lin Han knew very well that after this game, the MVP and the MVP of this game, the first rookie match in NBA history, must be him.

And just as Lin Han guessed, not long after the game ended, the league's president David Stern was accompanied by many sponsors to Lin Han's trophy for the rookie match MVP.

When Lin Han held up his first MVP trophy in his career, the fans at the scene once again gave Lin Han a high cheer.

Although Lin Han is a non-mainstream player and a player who does not meet mainstream values, for fans, they only need to perform well, so the expressions of the fans on the scene and many American reporters at this time are quite different.

"Lin, congratulations, this is what you deserve. Also, next time, don't tell me that you will pass the ball and organize it, you bastard boy."
To be continued...
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