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Chapter 78 Ending Lin's Madness

Jeremy Lin didn't dare to attack, so his good friend Mirandelli Fields stepped up and made a random jump shot that missed.

On the sidelines, Mike D'Antoni waited for the Warriors to launch another counterattack.

Curry attempted a three-pointer, but it missed.

He turned to Lin Bei and spread his hands: "I chased for three points, don't blame me if it didn't go in."

Lin Bei rolled his eyes and said, "If you're bad at it, just practice more."

At this point, the Knicks called a timeout.

After the pause, Jeremy Lin, who had begun to doubt himself, was replaced.

Lin Bei felt it was a pity to see Jeremy Lin being substituted.

But at the start of the game, he and Klay defended Jeremy Lin, who went 0-for-4, plus two huge blocks that drew gasps from the entire Madison crowd.

In just the first few minutes, he had already shattered the myth of "Linsanity".

"It's over," Lin Bei shrugged lightly, turning his gaze back to the arena. "Our goal now is to secure a victory in this match."

To be honest, it wasn't too difficult for the Warriors to win this game.

The Knicks have already lost a whole set of key players due to injury, and they finally had a breakout performance from Jeremy Lin, but now Lin Bei has completely demoralized them with two slaps.

After the timeout, Mike Bibby, the Knicks' only remaining backup point guard, came on and replaced Jeremy Lin, and the game resumed.

After the restart, the Knicks' offense was no longer a "one-man show" by Jeremy Lin, but gradually became more focused on teamwork.

This also exposes another major technical weakness of Jeremy Lin—

As a mediocre point guard, he is completely incapable of playing off-ball; to be effective, he must control the ball.

It was precisely because he only knew this one style of ball handling that he was later "ostracized and suppressed" by players like Anthony and James Harden.

Of course, judging from this game, although the Knicks' offense became more team-oriented after Jeremy Lin went to the bench, it was still chaotic and extremely inefficient.

Iman Shumpert, who also came off the bench, managed to sink a three-pointer in the two possessions after the timeout, barely breaking the Knicks' scoring drought.

For the rest of the time, the Knicks just floated around outside shooting, missing many shots. They scored occasionally, but it was sporadic and posed no real threat.

Lin Bei then aggressively grabbed the rebound and immediately sent a long pass.

But as the game progressed, his long passes could no longer initiate counterattacks, because the Knicks were on guard.

It shouldn't be too difficult for Mike D'Antoni's team to defend against counter-attacks.

In Miami, James rolled his eyes: "If it were me, I would have shown the Knicks what a real comeback is—"

"But the Warriors couldn't mount a counterattack, which indirectly benefited Lin Bei."

After all, when he orchestrates a counter-attack, he often fails to even get an assist.

When the counterattack failed, they set up a pick-and-roll, and Lin Bei easily scored two baskets by cutting to the basket after setting the screen.

He didn't eat much, mainly because his opponent was Tyson Chandler, a center of Defensive Player of the Year caliber.

The Warriors maintained their lead for most of the second half of the first quarter.

Lin Bei was very active throughout, but apart from those two easy baskets and a bunch of rebounds, he didn't achieve anything else in the first quarter.

With 7 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 blocks, Lin Bei's stats remained impressive at the end of the first quarter.

The Warriors also took an 11-point lead in the quarter, 30-19.

In the commentary booth, A. Smith remained silent.

When Marv Albert saw Mike D'Antoni bring Jeremy Lin back in the second quarter, his eyes lit up: "Jeremy Lin is back. There are still three quarters left in the game. He still has a chance to get back into form."

Mike Brin scoffed, "Is there really still a chance?"

In the second quarter, Jeremy Lin entered the game.

With Lin Bei absent, he became eager to try again.

But Klay remained on the court, continuing to guard Jeremy Lin.

Furthermore, at Lin Bei's suggestion, the Warriors' bench specifically assigned Brandon Rush to focus on defending the Knicks' pick-and-roll offense, and immediately switched to defend Jeremy Lin whenever a pick-and-roll occurred.

Jeremy Lin was well aware of Klay's defensive capabilities, and he constantly called for pick-and-rolls.

But after each pick-and-roll, he was met with Brandon Rush's tight defense.

They tried to break through on the right flank, but their path was completely blocked, without even the slightest gap.

Left with no other option, he had to settle for second best and switch to the left flank, which he was not good at.

The pull-up jump shot on the left side was Jeremy Lin's weakness. After coming on, he made two consecutive shots, both of which hit the rim hard and turned into two iron shots.

In the next round, he managed to score a goal by sheer luck.

He wanted to press his advantage and tried another pull-up jumper after breaking through on the left, but the result was still unsatisfactory, with two more misses.

From 0 out of 4 in the first quarter to 1 out of 9 by the end of the second quarter.

Jeremy Lin, who had already lost confidence after being beaten by Lin Bei, became even more hesitant after going 1-for-5 in the second quarter.

He hesitated when holding the ball, and lacked his usual decisiveness when breaking through, completely losing the flair of "Linsanity".

Off the court, Lin Bei shook his head: "It's over. I meant 'Lin Madness' is over."

In the commentary booth, even the usually defiant A. Smith couldn't help but shake his head, his tone full of helplessness: "Best Lin wasn't exaggerating; he truly saw through all of Jeremy Lin's weaknesses—"

Jeremy Lin has an extremely high success rate on his right-side drives, but his left-side drives are terrible. The Warriors' defense is very targeted, which has amplified this fatal flaw.

He paused, then continued, "From now on, any Knicks opponent that isn't intentionally tanking can learn from the Warriors' defensive tactics and completely end Jeremy Lin's winning streak."

At this moment, A. Smith was unwilling to even mention the phrase "Linsanity" anymore.

Clearly, he has completely agreed with Lin Bei's view—"Lin Madness" is a man-made myth!

He was a player that most opponents didn't know, and he caught everyone off guard when he made his first appearance.

However, as time goes by, and people gradually figure out his playing style and see through his weaknesses, he will eventually become just an ordinary role player.

With four minutes left in the second quarter, Warriors head coach Mark Jackson called up Lin Bei from the bench and had him play power forward for a short time.

The playing style of a power forward is completely different from that of a center. With Thiago Splitter anchoring the paint, Lin Bei's position becomes exceptionally free. He doesn't have to stay under the basket all the time and can move flexibly between the inside and outside.

His opponent was Jared Jeffries, a rookie in the same draft class as Yao Ming.

During the draft, he won the 11th pick in the first round thanks to his outstanding athleticism and the gimmick of "being able to defend positions 1 through 5".

But after he entered the NBA, people realized that he was not as good as he seemed.

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He's too slow to defend positions other than the three; he lacks strength and can't hold his own against most power forwards and centers; and most importantly, he doesn't have a mid-range or long-range shot.

Calling it a "white elephant" is no exaggeration.

Facing such an opponent, Lin Bei, who already had freedom of movement, played even more freely.

In the first offensive possession, he blocked a shot from another player, then quickly broke free and charged into the penalty area.

After receiving a pass from Spud, he pushed past Jeffries who was guarding him, leaped up, and completed a powerful dunk.

With a loud crash!

Lin Bei scored his 9th point in the game.

In the subsequent defensive possession, Iman Shumpert drove to the mid-range, stopped abruptly, and prepared to shoot.

Lin Bei decisively abandoned Jeffries, who posed little threat, and quickly rushed forward, leaping high and extending his long arm to interfere with the opponent's shot.

With a loud thud, Iman Shumpert's shot missed the basket due to Lin Bei's interference, and the Warriors successfully grabbed the rebound.

From this defensive round onwards, Lin Bei fully demonstrated his amazing talent for help defense.

He swept around the paint and outside the restricted area, extending his defensive range to the mid-range and giving Knicks players no easy shooting opportunities.

The Knicks, who were already forced to look for opportunities only with mid-range and long-range shots by Lin Bei, now even mid-range shots have become extremely difficult, with the sound of missed shots echoing everywhere.

At halftime, the visiting Warriors led the Knicks by a whopping 18 points, 59-41.

The so-called "Linsanity" ended after he went 1-for-9, after which he became a complete role player.

His breakthroughs have lost their former sharpness, and his pick-and-roll offense has become hesitant, leaving only occasional catch-and-shoot plays.

However, he is not good at playing off the ball. Even when he occasionally receives a pass from his teammates, he finds it difficult to shake off the defenders, and his shooting percentage remains low.

By halftime, his shooting percentage had worsened from 1-for-9 to 1-for-11.

At least in this game, "Linsanity" has completely disappeared.

In the first half, Lin Bei scored 13 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, and 5 blocks.

During the time he was frantically expanding his defensive range, he also blocked one shot each from Landry Fields and Shumpert.

With the Warriors leading by 18 points at halftime, it meant that garbage time for the game was not far off.

In the third quarter, the Warriors' starters came on.

The Knicks fielded their full starting lineup, attempting a final stand.

But right from the start, Jeremy Lin used his teammate's screen to break through to the basket, trying to score a layup, but was blocked by Lin Bei, who was already waiting under the basket. In the CCTV broadcast studio, Coach Zhang and Yu Jia's commentary on this game was not quite right.

Lin Bei is currently the most prominent Chinese basketball player in the NBA, and Jeremy Lin, also of Asian descent, is "one of our own."

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In their view, there should not be such intense antagonism between the two Lin families.

Therefore, throughout the match, they restrained their emotions regarding Lin Bei's outstanding performance and did not excessively praise him.

Until this block, Yu Jia finally couldn't hold back: "Another block! Da Lin is really going crazy with blocks this game! This is his sixth block, he broke his own record and set a new career high in blocks!"

The Knicks put on a show of struggling for five minutes, but after the score gap widened to 23 points, Mike D'Antoni called a timeout and pulled his starters.

Lin Bei seized the last five minutes and improved his stats to 15 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 7 blocks.

That's right, he blocked another shot at the end, Jared Jeffries' putback, which he slapped away as he rushed out.

Looking at Jeremy Lin, he tried to find his rhythm again in the third quarter, but it only got worse. His shooting percentage kept dropping, and he ended up making only 2 of 15 shots.

The Knicks pulled their starters, and Mark Jackson didn't hesitate, replacing Curry and Lin Bei directly.

This highly anticipated battle between the two Lins has now come to an end.

A. Smith shook his head: "Although the game wasn't over until the middle of the third quarter, the outcome of this battle between the two Lins was decided from the start."

"Jeremy Lin, who went 2-for-15, is no longer the madman he once was. The myth of 'Linsanity' has come to an end."

In the final quarter, Lin Bei was reading the game from the sidelines when he glanced up and suddenly realized that Jeremy Lin had somehow returned to the court.

"This kid, he's got the guts to fight even during garbage time?"

Actually, you can't blame the Knicks, Mike D'Antoni, and Jeremy Lin. The Knicks were injured too badly. If they didn't play some of their starters in the fourth quarter, their bench players would be sidelined.

But during garbage time, Jeremy Lin, who was facing the Warriors' third point guard and Lin's teammate Ish Smith, still struggled.

"With just a simple defensive strategy of locking down the right flank and leaving the left open, this guy is completely hopeless —"

In garbage time, Jeremy Lin only managed 10 points on 3-of-19 shooting, plus free throws, along with 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and a ridiculously low plus-minus of -27.

Even the usually stubborn Maverick Albert, seeing Jeremy Lin go 1-for-4 in garbage time, stopped talking.

"This guy doesn't even have much of an advantage against the Warriors' bench players —"

Although his performance was affected by the first three quarters and became very bad, if he played like this against the Warriors' bench, then "Linsanity" really has nothing to brag about.

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