I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

"If I remember correctly, your name is Best Lin, right?"

Duncan looked at Lin Bei, breaking the silence of the game, his tone revealing little emotion.

Lin Bei couldn't help but smile; he knew he had made the right move.

"That's right, Tim. I didn't expect you to know my name."

Duncan replied in a muffled voice, "That's not important. I just want to know, are you serious about judging the rebound's landing point by gravity?"

When Old Deng said this, many people were probably shocked. Old Deng has always been taciturn, so when did he become so talkative?

Lin Bei was not surprised, because Old Deng's question was exactly what he expected.

In his previous life, he had heard an interesting anecdote about Duncan.

During the preseason media day in 1997, David Robinson and Duncan were asked to pretend to chat while taking their official photos.

David Robinson then turned to Duncan and muttered, "That, the law of motion... approaching the speed of light... gravity..."

Surprisingly, the seemingly dull Duncan not only understood what was being said, but also responded seriously and asked questions.

Of course, this was just a joke, and Duncan later jokingly added, "So, based on relativity, how do we deal with Shaquille O'Neal?"

That's right, even the usually serious Duncan made a joke about this topic.

This is enough to prove that Duncan does not dislike talking; he does speak normally, but he just needs to find someone with whom he can connect on a "brainwave" level.

Lin Bei's trash talk at the beginning was aggressive enough, but it didn't match Duncan's "brainwaves".

Duncan would at most reply with a simple, "Oh."

Or: "Good".

His nonchalant attitude towards everything actually makes his opponents, who hurl insults at him, break down.

Lin Bei wasn't going to break his defenses. He was just trying to see if he could mess with Duncan's mentality. If he could break Duncan's defenses, then he would be the greatest trash-talker in history.

After his attempt failed, he set his sights on getting Duncan to initiate a conversation with him.

That's why he took the initiative to analyze Duncan's "brainwaves".

Unexpectedly, Duncan took the bait as soon as they started talking.

Duncan looked at Lin Bei with interest, not taking it seriously at all, but simply finding the topic of "gravity" interesting.

Lin Bei replied very seriously, "Of course it's true. Basketballs fall because of gravity, right?"

As they were talking, the Spurs' offense came to an end.

Tony Parker drove to the basket and made an easy layup, extending the Spurs' lead once again.

Lin Bei shrugged and retreated to the baseline to restart the game.

As he sprinted to the frontcourt, Duncan had already come close as promised, still with that calm demeanor, yet exuding a strong sense of defensive pressure.

"Did you overlook air resistance?" Duncan's voice remained deep.

"Also, basketballs spin, so the Magnus effect cannot be ignored."

Lin Bei's eyes widened slightly. Although he knew Duncan understood these physics concepts, he didn't expect him to refute him so seriously, even scrutinizing the details.

His mind raced, trying to figure out how to respond seriously while also considering whether he could set a trap for this "old man."

In a flash, he had an idea.

Before he could even speak, a crisp clang of a ball hitting the rim echoed across the court—Curry's three-pointer missed, bouncing off the hoop.

He had to rush out immediately to contest this crucial offensive rebound.

Duncan reacted even faster, shifting his body to block Lin Bei, gently putting his arm around him, cleverly cutting off Lin Bei's path to the rebound.

Ultimately, the rebound was won by Dejuan Blair on the other side.

Next, the offense and defense switched, and it was the Spurs' turn.

Lin Bei positioned himself low against Old Deng and took advantage of a defensive gap to respond:

"You're right, but a basketball is a large ball, so it's slow and has weak spin. The effects of air resistance and the Magnus effect are actually very small. Its trajectory is closest to an ideal parabola, but the core force is still gravity..."

Duncan was genuinely taken aback this time, then his eyes widened slightly, and he asked with a hint of surprise, "Dude, you really know all this stuff?"

Lin Bei proudly raised his head. The original owner of this body hadn't read many books and probably didn't understand these things.

Lin Bei, however, has actually completed a university degree, so he has some understanding of these basic physics concepts.

But in Old Deng's eyes, this was quite astonishing.

After all, these days, there are fewer and fewer NBA players with high IQs and high educations; what's more common are high school students like the Heat's #6 and the Lakers' #24 who don't have formal educations.

That's why Duncan couldn't help but think more highly of Lin Bei.

After another round of attack and defense, Lin Bei finally found an opportunity to implement his "trap".

After grabbing a defensive rebound, he flicked his wrist and delivered a precise long pass to Curry on the fast break.

Watching Curry drive all the way to the frontcourt and easily score a layup, Lin Bei turned to look at Duncan beside him, deliberately keeping him in suspense.

"And are you familiar with the squatting effect?"

Duncan frowned, his tone full of doubt: "The 'squatting effect'? What's that?"

Lin Bei shrugged: "You don't know? I'd love to tell you, but the problem is that it's too complicated to explain in a short time. You can look it up after the competition..."

Old Deng was quite eager to learn, and immediately nodded: "Okay, tell me how to spell 'squatting can'?"

Lin Bei pretended to ponder for a few seconds before slowly speaking, "Duncan..."

Old Deng paused for a moment, then asked, "Isn't that my name?"

The next second, he belatedly realized that he had been tricked by Lin Bei.

"F...k!"

Lin Bei's eyes widened immediately upon hearing Old Deng's profanity.

"Achievement accomplished?"

If there's a system notification sound, it should say, "Achievement accomplished!"

……

The achievement was made, but the Warriors still suffered a painful defeat in this game.

Enraged by being tricked, Duncan retaliated by "killing" Lin Bei on the court.

This old man is very experienced and knows exactly how to cleverly limit Lin Bei's room for maneuver.

As a result, Lin Bei, who grabbed 7 rebounds in the first quarter, only had 14 rebounds by the end of the game.

In other words, Lin Bei grabbed a total of 7 rebounds in the last three quarters.

With 12 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block, his overall stats were quite consistent, consistently achieving a double-double.

His performance in this game against the Spurs was lackluster.

There were wins and losses against Duncan. The losses lay in the fact that his rebounding and rim protection were indeed limited. The former was constrained by Duncan's experience, while the latter was hampered by Duncan's threat under the basket.

The key to their victory was that Duncan was effectively guarded by Lin Bei, and despite being the Spurs' second-leading scorer this season, he only managed 9 points in the game.

As soon as the game ended, Duncan nudged Popovich and said, "That center on the other side played really well, Greg, can you think of a way to bring him over?"

Popovich immediately raised his eyelids; he was surprised.

"This is the first time you've proactively recommended a player, Tim."

Duncan, however, looked serious and said firmly, "Because this kid is really great."

In this game, Lin Bei's defense caused Duncan a lot of trouble.

Lin Bei's trash talk also left a deep impression on Duncan. It had been a long time since he had encountered such an interesting opponent on the NBA court.

Popovich nodded: "Perfect timing. We're in talks with the Warriors about a trade. I'll ask RC if we can bring that kid over along too."