From G1 to G5, Lin Tian took the initiative to defend Aldridge.

Lin Tian has watched many Aldridge games, including videos of Aldridge's games with the Trail Blazers.

In the years when Aldridge first entered the league, Wong Man Barrow was teammates with him.

Unfortunately, due to injuries, the Trail Blazers fell in the first round several times.

After Luo Yintan left the league, Aldridge took over, but he still failed to lead the team to achieve outstanding results.

Until he left the Trail Blazers last year, he had only one goal when joining the Spurs, and that was a championship.

Ade, who spent the peak of his career with the Trail Blazers, is 31 years old this year.

He has always claimed that he is an inside pitcher, which is not unreasonable.

At this time, Lin Tian had already taken the initiative to confront Ade, and Aldridge smiled instead.

He is 40 kilograms heavier than Lin Tian and is several centimeters taller than Lin Tian.

He is best at playing players of this size.

The Spurs served, and Aldridge took a good position on the weak side in advance, reaching for Ginobili for the ball.

Ginobili didn't stick to the ball and passed the ball to Aldridge.

Aldridge caught the ball with both hands and pushed Lin Tian with his back.

Lin Tian also felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy and did not dare to relax.

Suddenly, Aldridge moved!

He turned around while dribbling, and then suddenly turned back. His rather skillful dribbling action almost deceived Lin Tiandu.

When he faced the frame again, Aldridge collected the ball and was about to shoot.

For a jump shot from such a deep position, Ade's career shooting percentage is over 70%!

But he never expected that when he collected the ball and was about to shoot, Lin Tian suddenly stretched out a hand and snatched the ball away from him!

The steal was so fast that Aldridge had not recovered yet.

After Lin Tian stole the ball, he strode toward the Lakers' frontcourt!

Not to mention Aldridge, not even Spurs guard Manu Ginobili can catch up with Lin Tian.

He completed the counterattack with a layup.

Kobe Bryant off the court witnessed Lin Tian's one-stop attack, smiled knowingly, and said to Howard sitting next to him: "Look! Lin is going to lead a counterattack!"

The Spurs dribbled over, and Lin Tian was still standing on the wing.

He did not interfere with Aldridge's request for the ball, but planned to guard the inside with Channing Fletcher.

Ginobili passed the ball to Aldridge in disbelief.

Aldridge did not dare to waste any more time this time. He hit Lin Tian with his back twice, trying to push Lin Tian away to create shooting space for himself.

But Lin Tian's bottom plate was very stable, which made him frown.

This rookie's confrontation ability is not weaker than PJ Tucker! However, his speed is even faster than Tucker! How to fight?

Finally knowing that Lin Tian was a tough opponent, Aldridge had no choice but to turn around and shoot a jumper.

Lin Tian jumped three feet high. Although he did not block the shot, it really shocked Aldridge.

Bang!

The basketball rebounded. Lin Tian grabbed the rebound one step ahead of Duncan, advanced to the frontcourt, and shot a three-pointer towards David West.

Whoosh!

The basketball passed through the net, and there were sighs from the scene.

Aldridge was intercepted and missed, causing the score to shrink by 5 points in a short period of time.

The self-blame was written on his face, so much so that after returning to the Spurs' frontcourt, it was hard for him to ask for his position again.

Popovich naturally noticed the change in Aldridge's expression.

He knows that Aldridge is a player with a strong self-esteem. When he performs well, he is usually more active. When he performs poorly, he often blames himself to the point where he is too embarrassed to ask for the ball.

Under the leadership of Lin Tian, ​​the Lakers quickly narrowed the score, and the Spurs had no intention of calling a timeout.

Howard, who was sitting on the bench, sighed: "I think Lin should stay in the paint! He is a great defensive threat in the paint!"

Kobe turned around and asked, "How big is it?"

"Let me tell you this, Kobe, if Lin puts all his energy into defense, he will easily get the dpoy! I have won that trophy! But I will never get it in this life. Lin has a huge

Chance to get it!”

Kobe smiled and said nothing. Of course he knew Howard was not joking.

Looking back to the court again, the Lakers successfully defended another Spurs ball and Clarkson hit a three-pointer.

With this three-pointer scored, the point difference between the two teams was only 5 points.

The arena has also become much quieter.

Under normal circumstances, the home arena will be particularly quiet only when the home team's morale is low.

The Spurs had no choice but to call a timeout.

When Lin Tian returned to the bench, Howard stood up and gave him his seat, and also handed him a cushion. This made Lin Tian dumbfounded, but he accepted it happily.

The Spurs had completely lost ground. Lin Tian called all his teammates over and shouted excitedly: "Everyone! Now we have a chance to see off the Spurs in person! If we miss this opportunity today, it will be very difficult for us.

There is no better chance to defeat the Spurs! There is only one last spot left in the Western Conference Finals! And this spot can only be given to us! Everyone, cheer up! Let's end this series!"

As he spoke, he put his right hand flat in front of himself.

Kobe was the first to put his hand up, followed by Howard, Nick Young, Nance Jr., Tucker...

“Lakes go go go!!”

When the timeout ended, the Lakers and Spurs both sent out their strongest lineups.

Duncan is still on the court.

There is no way, the person Popovich trusts the most is Duncan.

In a life and death battle, he simply did not dare to put Duncan down.

Lin Tian paid more attention to the Spurs in his previous life, and the backbone of the Spurs was considered to be Popovich.

But in his opinion, the reason why the Spurs have remained so strong for so many years is not their head coach, but their team spirit, Tim Duncan.

When Tim Duncan retires, the Spurs will decline.

The two sides began a positional battle for the last few minutes.

Lin Tian plays the fourth position to defend Aldridge, and Tucker plays the third position to defend Leonard.

Leonard showed his super offensive ability and scored two points against Tucker at the beginning of the game.

After Lin Tian dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, it was Leonard who defended him.

Leonard bent down slightly, spread his hands, and made the most standard defensive posture.

Lin Tian held the ball and suddenly made a crossover. After shaking Leonard, he directly hit the inside.

Duncan and Aldridge quickly rushed over to cover the defense.

Before they could rush forward, Lin Tian had already thrown the ball toward the basket.

Howard rose from the ground, caught the ball in the air, and slammed the ball into the basket.

The arena, which was originally a little restless, became quiet again with this dunk.

Next, Scott discovered the benefits of Lin Tian playing the fourth position.

His lateral movement speed is faster than Tucker and Channing Flynn.

Even if he is on the weak side and sees a Spurs player breaking through, he can quickly rush to the penalty area to help defend and supplement the defense.

And Aldridge, who was facing him, didn't dare to ask for the ball easily anymore.

And the most important thing is rebounding.

Although Lin Tian is the shortest among the four insiders, his jumping is the best.

In the process of fighting for rebounds with Aldridge and Duncan, Lin Tian not only did not fall behind, but was always able to grab key rebounds.

Of course, there is a big reason for this. Duncan is old and has played for such a long time, and his physical strength is obviously insufficient.

On the offensive end, Lin Tian reduced his possession of the ball and let Kobe organize the game while he squeezed himself into the paint.

In this case, if Kobe and his teammates can't make a shot, Lin Tian still has a good chance to grab the rebound.

The score was tied by the Lakers in less than two minutes.

And only the last two minutes of the game were left.

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To be continued...