I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

Madison Square Garden, a stadium hailed as the Mecca of basketball, is also a famous spot for visiting players to boost their reputation.

For example, Reggie Miller, the earliest Madison kill, didn't score a high number of points at Madison, but almost all of his most memorable moments were at Madison.

In the fourth quarter of Game 5 of the 94 Eastern Conference Finals, he scored 25 points in Madison, leading the Pacers to a comeback victory.

A year later, in Game 1 of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, on the same court, Reggie Miller delivered an historic 8-point performance in 8.9 seconds.

Let's not even mention Jordan; the New Yorkers have never beaten him, and he once scored a high of 55 points at Madison Square Garden.

And then there's Kobe, who was just humiliated by Jeremy Lin a couple of days ago; his 61 points are Madison's all-time scoring record.

It wasn't until 2014 that Carmelo Anthony broke that record with a 62-point performance.

Finally, one person I must mention is New York City Mayor Frank Young.

Trae Young earned this nickname during the 2021 playoffs, where he not only performed exceptionally well but also repeatedly celebrated arrogantly, provoking New York fans at Madison Square Garden, to the point that the entire arena chanted: "Fuck Young."

At the end of that year, Trae Young won the New York City mayoral election, and Fuck Young's name as mayor of New York City became widely known.

When Lin Bei stepped into the Madison Square Garden arena, he was met with a chorus of boos.

"You're just jealous that Jeremy Lin is more popular than you, you're a red-eyed monster!"

"Jeremy is a leader in New York, what kind of trash are you? You dare to compare yourself to him?"

"Jeremy's right, you're just a blue-collar worker who does dirty work. Your All-Star selection is purely through David Stern's connections!"

"..."

There were also some comparisons and insults, which made Lin Bei frown.

Then, a voice rang out, "Fuck you, Best Lin!"

Lin Bei's brows instantly relaxed: That's right, I want to be the mayor of New York City too!

Curry kept his eyes on Lin Bei. In his opinion, although Lin Bei seemed very mature, he was still a rookie.

Seeing Lin Bei frown, he decided to go over and offer a few words of comfort.

To everyone's surprise, the next second, Lin Bei's brows relaxed and a faint smile appeared on his face.

The turning point came with that shout, "Fuck Best Lin!" Curry's eyes widened immediately.

Lin Bei seemed to care a lot about those harmless insults and comparisons.

Instead of responding to this blunt insult, Lin Bei revealed an inappropriate smile.

"Could this guy be a masochist?"

Madison Square Garden was still noisy. Lin Bei's gaze swept across the sidelines and he soon spotted several familiar faces.

The Hollywood director Spike Lee was sitting in the front row not far away, jumping around like a clown.

When Lin Bei looked at him, he pointed at Lin Bei and muttered something, but Lin Bei ignored him.

Four of the Kardashian sisters attended: Kim, Khloe, and their two younger sisters named Jenner. Only the eldest sister was absent.

Lin Bei wasn't surprised to see them there.

New York is the Kardashian family's home base, and since Lin Bei, Kendall's boyfriend, is here to compete, they naturally have to come and join in the fun.

Not to mention, after Lin Bei's outburst last night, the hype surrounding this match has exploded.

Before the game, Kendall waved from afar, and Lin Bei took advantage of the warm-up to walk straight over.

Kanye West was sitting next to Kim Kardashian, leaning back in his chair with an arrogant expression.

In his view, given his status in North American high society, Lin Bei should lower his posture and take the initiative to greet him respectfully.

But Lin Bei didn't buy it at all. When he got closer, he immediately opened his arms and hugged Kendall tightly.

After the hug, he glanced at Kim, Kanye, and Khloé, nodded casually in greeting, and didn't even bother to distinguish the order of their greetings.

Kanye's face instantly darkened, his arrogance replaced by dissatisfaction, but even though Lin Bei noticed it, he didn't take it to heart at all.

He's a basketball player from China, not involved in North American high society circles.

After greeting everyone, Lin Bei went back to warm up.

Shortly after, the home team, the Knicks, took to the court.

As if deliberately going against Lin Bei, the Knicks arranged for Jeremy Lin to be the final player in this game.

Furthermore, when Jeremy Lin appeared on stage, the host shouted, "Finally, let's welcome the creator of the storm, the legend of New York, the true 'Linsanity,' Jeremy Lin!"

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Lin Bei secretly shook his head.

New Yorkers have truly hailed Jeremy Lin as a legend, even starting to call him a "New York legend."

"Is this New York legend really that worthless?"

Curry couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath, glancing at Spud, who had previously played for the Knicks.

The latter shrugged, equally confused.

Four games were played, and even the New York legends were called up.

As soon as Jeremy Lin appeared, his gaze was precisely locked onto Lin Bei in the distance, with a hint of barely perceptible gloom in his eyes.

The development of public opinion exceeded his expectations. He originally only wanted to give Lin Bei a little kick, with the aim of winning the top spot for Asians in the NBA.

But he never expected Lin Bei's reaction to be so intense, pushing the conflict between the two to the point of no return.

This is not what Jeremy Lin wants to see, which means he has to continue his Linsanity in this game.

This oppressive feeling, with absolutely no room for error, left Jeremy Lin feeling extremely frustrated, yet helpless.

During the pre-game warm-up, Jeremy Lin made two three-pointers.

He felt that he was still in high spirits, and his confidence was gradually growing stronger.

……

After warming up, the starting lineups of both teams took to the field.

At the center line, Lin Bei is facing off against Tyson Chandler.

In Lin Bei's opinion, half the credit for Jeremy Lin's breakout should go to Tyson Chan—Jeremy Lin relies heavily on Tyson Chan's pick-and-roll screens.

However, Qian Taisen, who was facing Lin Bei, did not have a hostile expression on his face.

Compared to Landry Fields behind him, who was glaring at Lin Bei with sidelong glances, Chan Tyson acted as if the whole Lin-Lin saga had nothing to do with him.

As the Knicks' starting point guard, Jeremy Lin stood at the back, his gaze inevitably turning to Lin Bei.

Lin Bei walked past a group of people and grinned at Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin was taken aback, realizing this was a provocation.

He frowned and made a heavy note in his notebook.

That's right, Jeremy Lin is very vengeful. He'll remember every criticism or accusation James Harden made of him, even rolling his eyes or frowning.

Then, when the time is right, expose these trivial matters to gain sympathy.

Otherwise, why would he have been reported to have been ostracized and suppressed by teammates, opponents, and coaches in the Knicks, Rockets, Lakers, Hawks, and even in the CBA and the Taiwan league?

If a person always complains about their environment and continues to complain even after changing environments, then the problem is definitely not the environment, but themselves.

The referee was Tony Brazier, a Black referee.

He glanced at Lin Bei, then at Qian Taisen, and with a whistle, tossed the basketball into the air above the stadium.

Lin Bei suddenly leaped up, and Qian Taisen on the other side was not to be outdone.

In the end, Linbei won the jump ball by a narrow margin.

"The highly anticipated match began with Best Lin winning the jump ball..."

For this match, TNT arranged for renowned commentator and New York fan Mav Albert and well-known sports pundit and New York fan Stephen A. Smith to join Mike Brin in the commentary booth.

It can only be said that TNT's bias is very obvious.

At the start of the game, Lin Bei set a screen for Curry at the top of the arc.

Smith immediately chimed in, "One screen right off the bat. Jeremy wasn't wrong, Best Lin is a blue-collar worker..."

Use a screen and pick-and-roll to break through the defense and charge in.

During the "Linsanity" era, Jeremy Lin had decent speed, but his explosiveness was terrible, basically ranking among the worst in the league.

He missed a step, so Tyson had to clean up his mess and rush over to slow Curry down.

The next second, Curry made a back pass, sending the ball to Lin Bei outside the three-point line.

Jeremy Lin managed to get around the screen, but the ball was passed back to Lin Bei. He quickly turned around to help defend Lin Bei.

Lin Bei received the ball, jumped up without hesitation, and shot.

"Stephen Curry makes a quick pass back to Best Lin, who takes a three-pointer..."

With a whoosh!

The crisp sound of the ball going through the net cut through the noise as it swished smoothly through the net and into the basket.

Madison Square fell into a deathly silence, followed by a chorus of sighs and lamentations.

New York fans simply couldn't believe that Lin Bei, whom they ridiculed as a "blue-collar worker," had actually made a three-pointer on the very first possession of the game!

Mike Breen, half-jokingly and half-commenting, said, "The blue-collar player hit a three-pointer to start the game. What do you think, Stephen?"

A. Smith felt a burning sensation on his cheek, as if he had been slapped hard by an invisible giant hand, but he still forced a calm shrug and stubbornly said, "Isn't that just a role player hitting a three-pointer?"

3-0, Lin Bei hit a three-pointer, making a stunning debut.

Jeremy Lin's brow furrowed even deeper. As he took the ball from Tyson in the backcourt, he commanded in an unquestionable manner: "Give me a perfect screen later."

Qian Taisen remained expressionless and devoid of emotion. He simply nodded silently and strode forward, leading the charge onto the field.

In the Knicks' frontcourt, Jeremy Lin discovered that the Warriors player he was guarding wasn't Curry, but Klay Thompson.

He didn't care because his playing style was unrelated to his opponent.

But in the commentary booth, another Knicks stalwart, Albert, started shouting.

"The fact that the Warriors used Klay Thompson, who is better at defense, to match up against Jeremy shows how much they value Jeremy."

If that's the case, why did Best Lin publicly question Jeremy's abilities? That's a complete contradiction!

On the court, Jeremy Lin quickly got a screen from Tyson Chan, and it was indeed a perfect screen.

Tyson Chan's massive body acted like an impenetrable wall, firmly shielding Clay behind him.

But in reality, Clay didn't seem to be in a hurry to get around the cover. He just spun around with Tyson in his arms, and then slowly stopped.

His gaze fell on Jeremy Lin, who had already charged into the three-point line, and a hint of pity flashed in his eyes, as if he was silently mourning for this "Linsanity".

Using a screen, Jeremy Lin unleashed his most familiar driving move in the past four games, lowering his center of gravity and charging towards his preferred right side.

Just then, Lin Bei flashed and switched positions, his long arms wrapping around Jeremy Lin like vines, locking down his attack route.

However, he did not kill them all; instead, he left them a sliver of room for a breakthrough.

Jeremy Lin forced himself to accelerate and took two steps, only to be horrified to find that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake off Lin Bei's defense.

He frowned slightly, already sensing something was wrong.

In the first four games of "Linsanity," Jeremy Lin scored the vast majority of his points using screens set by Tyson Chan, shaking off his defender and creating opportunities to exploit size differences, then accelerating past the big man who switched onto him, and finally hitting a mid-range pull-up jumper.

But now, Lin Bei is showing qualities that set him apart from other centers.

In terms of speed and explosiveness alone, Lin Bei is even better than Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin's idea of ​​getting rid of him is nothing but wishful thinking.

Unable to shake off the defense, Jeremy Lin didn't even consider passing the ball. He immediately pulled up for a mid-range jumper, gritted his teeth, and launched a shot.

In the past four games, even his pull-up jumpers under pressure, as long as he went to the right side, had an astonishingly high shooting percentage.

According to statistics, Jeremy Lin's field goal percentage when driving to the basket from the right side is over 50%.

In the NBA, this is already a very high shooting percentage.

Therefore, his move was imbued with extremely strong confidence.

But the instant the basketball was released, Lin Bei, relying on Andrei Kirilenko's block, keenly seized the best opportunity to block the shot.

Kirilenko has a unique shot-blocking technique: when defending against an opponent's drive, he leaves a slight gap, waits for the opponent to stop and shoot, then takes a step inside and leaps up, using his amazing speed and judgment to slap away the opponent's just-released basketball.

This move demands exceptional anticipation and speed from the player; both are indispensable.

Unfortunately, Lin Bei, who possesses the [Talent: Defensive Awareness], has excellent defensive prediction skills.

As for his jumping speed, [Warcraft's Dunk] gave him a huge boost.

Andrei Kirilenko's block this time seems to have also increased Lin Bei's rebound speed.

On the court, Lin Bei took a step toward Jeremy Lin and then shot up like a rocket.

“Pah!”

A crisp, loud crack echoed throughout Madison Square Garden.

The basketball had barely left Jeremy Lin's fingertips when Lin Bei delivered a powerful block, sending it hurtling away like a kite with a broken string, hurtling rapidly towards the sideline.

A collective gasp filled the arena, followed by a deafening roar that seemed to shake the entire place.

"A massive block! Best Lin swatted away Jeremy Lin's shot!"

Mike Brin was giving a meticulous explanation, but A. Smith stared wide-eyed with disbelief, letting out a soft sigh: "Oh my god!?"

Mave Albert frowned as well: "That kind of block? Best Lin seems to have completely shut down Jeremy Lin..."

On the court, Jeremy Lin was stunned. With the sound of the whistle blowing as the ball went out of bounds, he realized that he had been blocked by Lin Bei.

What embarrassed him even more was that after delivering that incredible block, Lin Bei didn't even celebrate. He simply turned around after landing, shrugged at him with a half-smile, and said, "Is this what they call Lin Madness? Ha..."