Chapter 538: 50+ triple-doubles in the playoffs, ending the game
"Lin's offense is too powerful. If his touch has been like this in this game and no one can defend against it, then there is basically no hope for the 76ers to recover the score difference between the two digits." O'Neal saw it thoroughly.
In the fourth quarter, the Pacers once again took out the best defensive lineup from the third quarter of the previous game. It was not so easy for the 76ers to break through this defensive lineup, but now they still have to defend Lin Sen.
While they strengthened their inside defense, it means they had to give up their offensive talent. For example, last year's rookie first team Saric was an excellent scorer, but his defense was completely useless! Assisting defense was useless, and Lin Sen was swayed one-on-one and disappeared. In order to defend Lin Sen for the first step on the outside, they had to go to Amir Johnson, a small fifth position, to play four to defend Lin Sen's outside.
For the 76ers, the inside space has become narrower. If you let Embiid stand on the outside, then he is not as good as Saric? This inside space is too narrow, and even Embiid has no room to play.
Their defense did hit a good level in the first two minutes of the game. Lin Sen was forced to use difficult mid-range shots to complete the shots on the outside, making 1 of 3 shots.
But they found that their offense also had problems, which should be said to be even worse. Lin Sen was defended by 1 of 3 shots, while Embiid was even worse, and directly made a 0-3 shot. Amir Johnson couldn't say it was useless. The level of three-pointers in about two or three games was not taken seriously by the Pacers. Besides, even if the Pacers were not guarded, would the 76ers dare to let him make a shot?
Embiid, as the offensive focus of the 76ers in the fourth quarter, was focused on defense by Lin Sen and Sadies Young in every round. Not to mention that he could not score goals in such a defense, even Lin Sen himself was in trouble.
After hesitating for a few rounds, Brown replaced Salic, a player, again. Well, the offense came back, but the defense was gone.
Saric just made a three-pointer, and Lin Sen immediately gave the opponent a mid-range distance on the offensive end.
Brown smiled bitterly and shook his head. No matter how much the double-digit score difference was, he couldn't catch up, and he didn't know how to win this game.
But Brown had no choice. Between offense and defense, they could only choose to make the offense.
Sharic made a good offensive response he could make. He averaged 16 points per game last season. Even though all dual cores are online this year, his average average is still the third highest player with the 76ers. His three-pointers are capable and his basket skills are also good. This is his purpose of winning him by the 76ers.
"Observation, offensive battle, for the 76ers, only the attacking them can have a glimmer of chance to recover them now." McHale believes that there is no problem with the 76ers' idea now, and attacking is the only way out.
Unfortunately, O'Neal wrote the script for them, and the only problem was that Lin Sen couldn't solve it. He scored 12 points in the first half and 20 in the third quarter.
Lin Sen looked at his palm and smiled. His hands really had Gallinari's buff bonus. Perhaps the best game he performed in mid- and long distances this season is probably the current game.
With excellent touch and dominance in the inside, Lin Sen still showed the same dominance as in the third quarter in the fourth quarter.
Lin Sen turned around again and directly tried to get out! Unreasonable, it was just so unreasonable! Lin Sen really made the 76ers feel uncomfortable, especially Embiid. He began to really doubt the gap between himself and Lin Sen. If there was a gap in one game, it was because he was in a bad state. If there was a gap in two games, the opponent might perform well, and his strength was indeed above him. There was such a big gap in four consecutive games. Especially in this back-to-back battle, he only barely scored 20 points and his offensive efficiency was average. 9 of 19 shots. Look at Lin Sen, when there was no offense, he connected the team and assisted in double-double. When he needed to carry the offense himself in the second half, he would make any shots.
"Hey hey! Lin's score is almost 50 now. Can you see a triple-double for the first playoff game of 501010 tonight?"
In the regular season, there were many triple-doubles of 50, and Harden even scored 501515, but the playoffs and regular season were completely different.
Tonight, the Pacers put all the offense on Lin Sen, and the rebound, Lin Sen has never scored double digits in the playoffs. After all, his partner's inside line is Garlinari, and he has to grab more rebounds.
Now Lin Sen is only 7 points away from the 50 triple-double. There are still 5 minutes left, and there are still many opportunities for Lin Sen. But he never expected that this 50 point would come so quickly.
First, after halftime, he received a pass from Gordon and directly completed a three-pointer chasing, widening the gap to double digits again.
"The 76ers have to hold on! Otherwise, if Lin had not reached 50 points in this fight, he would have returned Lin."
The 76ers immediately completed a counterattack. Simmons attacked the inside and challenged Lin Sen's defense and completed a backhand layup. Lin Sen's attention was all on the offense, so naturally the defense was not so serious.
However, on the offensive end, Lin Sen directly made a good counterattack. The three-point line received Oladipo's pass and made a three-step layup counterattack with the same backhand to complete a beautiful layup.
The Pacers seemed to know that Lin Sen was about to score a new record. Now everyone is making balls for Lin Sen, and it is impossible to play.
48 points, there is only one goal gap between 50 points. The 76ers' defense against Lin Sen has also become increasingly strict and fierce. They don't want Lin Sen to score 50 points.
The Pacers gave Lin Sen all the balls, allowing Lin Sen to hit the iron twice in the middle distance to narrow the score closer. The score difference has reached less than 5 points, and the 76ers seem to see hope.
But Lin Sen's touch once again gave them despair. They had the opportunity to double-team with both hands. Embiid defended it, and Covington's assisted defense next to it. No matter how you look at this position, there was no advantage at all. Outside the three-point line, there was a small forward with a steal on the side, and Lin Sen could not dribble and break through.
"Borrow me another power!" Lin Sen smiled and took advantage of his power to Gallinari, who was already lying in the locker room, and then directly pulled out three points.
Hit, 51 points, and one minute, 8 points gap. After Lin Sen's unreasonable and extremely long three-pointer hit, the game also lost the suspense that he was originally beaten.
Chapter completed!