bookbashuk Chapter 71 Becoming Salt Lake City's Mortal Enemy!
Chapter 71 Becoming Salt Lake City's Mortal Enemy!
Lin Tian would absolutely never use that dirty trick on his own!
But if the opponent is Malone, Stockton, or some other villain who strikes first with dirty tricks, Lin Tian won't have any psychological barriers to using it!
He doesn't have that kind of moral fastidious nonsense!
Consider it a good item for self-defense! Keep it safe!
After Lin Tian's elbow strike, Jackson quickly called a timeout!
He's not going to let the team's key players play anymore!
In the previous play, the Jazz's intentions and tactics were crystal clear: they had started to become sore losers and were beginning to cripple their players!
Again!
Jackson would rather lose this kind of game than let his key players continue to take risks!
Without any consideration, after the timeout, even though there were still 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, he directly substituted all the starters and sent out fringe players to play against the Jazz!
Meanwhile, Stockton was so badly elbowed by Lin Tian that he couldn't even stand up!
He was immediately carried to the locker room by the team doctor!
Seeing that Stockton was out of the game, Sloan stopped pressuring him and quickly substituted Malone and other key players, accepting the defeat for the night.
Finally, when the final whistle blew, the Bulls, despite losing Jordan and Rodman in the first half, withstood the Jazz's comeback and delivered an incredibly exciting victory!
123: 99!
The Bulls defeated a Western Conference powerhouse by 24 points!
林天毫无疑问是这个晚上的头号功臣，他狂轰43分8助攻5篮板4抢断2盖帽！
He delivered the most spectacular game of his career!
This is also the first time in his career that he has scored 40+ points!
Furthermore, Lin Tian only needed less than 30 minutes of playing time to complete this 40+ point journey. It can be said that, in terms of both efficiency and the brilliance of his scoring, Lin Tian's performance tonight was perfect!
After he left the game early in the fourth quarter, the fans in the arena repeatedly called for Lin Tian to return to the game.
After all, they already have 43 points. A few more points would be great to get them to over 50!
Unfortunately, Jackson ignored the fans' cheers and kept Lin Tian firmly on the bench, preventing him from playing.
After the game, Jackson unsurprisingly brought Lin Tian to the routine press conference.
This is Lin Tian's first press conference of the season! After all, according to convention, the players who can attend the press conference are usually the ones who performed the best in the game!
In Chicago, almost every post-game press conference was attended by Jordan!
But tonight, it was finally Lin Tian's turn.
As soon as he entered the press conference venue, the reporters' cameras and microphones were quickly aimed at Lin Tian. Everyone knew that tonight, there was only one protagonist!
"Lin! First of all, congratulations on achieving a career high of 43 points and dominating Stockton, a multiple All-Defensive Team member and steals leader. How does that feel?"
"It feels great to score 43 points! Tonight I was just able to put the ball in the basket, it was so easy! I'll remember this night forever! Of course, I also want to thank Sloan, he actually let Stockton guard me one-on-one, even though I'm taller, faster, stronger and more accurate than him."
"As for beating him, I can only say I didn't feel anything. His defense is just so-so." Lin Tian shrugged casually and said, "If the league's best defensive team is at this level, then I think I can play at this level every night. It's not difficult at all."
Lin Tian's arrogant words caused a commotion among the reporters present.
After all, that's the Jazz, a team known for being difficult to deal with in the league!
"Lin, aren't you worried about offending Stockton and Malone by saying that? They're established veterans in the NBA!"
"So, even after beating them up like this, I still haven't offended them?" Lin Tian suddenly laughed and said, "Then their tempers are a bit too good."
After Lin Tian's reminder, the reporters remembered that Lin Tian had repeatedly provoked Ma Long during the match, even knocking Ma Long flying, and then completely humiliating Stockton. In the end, Lin Tian even beat Ma Long so badly that he had to leave the court injured!
And judging from the way he left the court, this league's top ironman is most likely injured and will have to miss the game!
Stockton has played every game for five consecutive seasons! Since missing four games in the 1989-90 season, he has never missed a single game!
Injuring Stockton, provoking Malone, mocking him after the match, and being incredibly arrogant during the game...
All these actions combined mean that even if Lin Tian doesn't say anything after the game tonight, his relationship with the Ukrainians won't improve in the slightest. In fact, those guys might even think Lin Tian is easy to bully and won't take him seriously at all!
But no matter what, after today, Lin Tian has gained another mortal enemy in the alliance.
Utah Jazz!
Their feud is now truly over!
At this moment, the Jazz locker room was in a mess. The Jazz players were watching the live broadcast of the press conference, but just as Lin Tian was halfway through his speech, Malone angrily started cursing and smashed the entire locker room to pieces!
"Kid! That bastard! Next time we meet, I'll make him pay!" Ma Long gritted his teeth so hard they were about to break. He stared fiercely at Lin Tian's face on the TV, really wanting to smash Lin Tian's face with a punch!
"By the way, how's John?"
Upon hearing Malone's question, the head of the team's medical staff immediately said, "This is not good. The initial diagnosis is that John has a broken rib. He is currently undergoing further examination at the hospital. Whether there are any other problems will depend on the subsequent diagnosis results, but..."
After a two-second silence, the team doctor slowly said, "John's consecutive appearance record will be set at 483 games. He definitely won't be able to play in the next game."
"FUXX!" Malone cursed angrily. He knew better than anyone how much his old partner valued consecutive appearances, and he also knew how much Stockton desired AC Green's consecutive appearance record!
But now that Stockton's record is broken, given his age, he will never be able to surpass Green in his lifetime!
Sloan clearly saw Malone's rage and hostility towards Lin Tian. He had originally wanted to talk to Malone about how it was just a regular season game and that there might be opportunities to cooperate later.
But looking at it now...
Obviously, there's no need for that!
Given Ma Long's magnanimity, he and Lin Tian are mortal enemies! There is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation and cooperation between them!