hotmtlnovel Chapter 47 Congratulations, Michael! This is absolutely your career night!
Chapter 47 Congratulations, Michael! This is absolutely your career night!
The suspense of this game was almost completely over halfway through the third quarter!
With five minutes left in the third quarter, Jordan first drew Payton's sixth foul, knocking the distracted rival off the court. He then made both free throws, scoring his 50th point of the night!
At the same time, Jordan also extended the lead to 27 points with those two free throws!
It was after those two free throws that Jackson immediately called a timeout and quickly took Jordan, Rodman, and Pippen off the court!
Tonight's game was definitely not normal!
The SuperSonics are losing more and more games, and after such a humiliating defeat in the first half, who knows if they might resort to dirty tactics after getting desperate!
If either Jordan or Pippen were to get injured in a game where the outcome is already decided, it would truly be a huge loss!
Therefore, even though the entire audience was chanting Jordan's name like crazy, hoping he would continue playing and score 60 or even 70 points, neither Jordan nor Phil Jackson remained calm and composed, acting as if they hadn't heard a thing.
Jordan also gave up the opportunity to set a new career high in scoring. At his age, he had long since lost interest in such meaningless records!
Finally, the final whistle blew to end the game.
The Bulls easily defeated the SuperSonics 109-80, ending their 15-game winning streak and avenging their defeat a month earlier!
More importantly, Jordan completely crushed Payton, who had boasted before the game that he was not afraid of Jordan, with a perfect performance of 50 points in 3 quarters and forcing Payton to foul out!
In this game, Payton was dominated by Jordan and Lin Tian, making only 4 of 17 shots, scoring just 11 points and 7 assists, along with 4 turnovers, a performance that was far below his usual standard!
Who is the best point guard in this league? Who is the strongest player in this league? This game gave everyone the best answer!
The best basketball player is Jordan, and the best fighter is Lin Tian!
This time, Lin Tian perfectly knocked out three people in a 1 vs 3 battle within 20 seconds, which was clearly captured by the camera.
His skills, on-the-spot reactions, and tactical decisions in an instant were all perfect!
After this fight, Lin Tian's name will be officially remembered by countless fans across the United States for the first time!
After all, for fans, it's not a big deal for someone to score 30 or even 40 points; there are plenty of people who can do that.
If someone can knock out three burly men in 20 seconds without even getting hurt, then countless people will be curious and want to see how he did it!
Of course, not everyone thinks Lin Tian is amazing.
Many media outlets and commentators expressed their dissatisfaction with Lin Tian after the game, and some even revealed that the rumors of infighting within the Bulls at the beginning of the season were caused by Lin Tian hitting someone!
Many people have already called Lin Tian a locker room bomb and a new generation of supervillain on the court!
As for all of this, Jordan once again stepped forward to take responsibility during the post-game press conference!
When faced with reporters' questions, Jordan did not make any tactical evasions, but chose to speak frankly!
"I know what you want me to say, and I know what I should say! But I don't want to! Today I just want to talk about what I saw!"
"I saw Payton bullying Lin and relentlessly trash-talking him. I saw Gary want to beat Lin to a pulp but couldn't. I also saw him completely lose his temper and try to hit someone after Lin defended him so cleanly and cleverly!"
"And my man, my teammate, all Lin did at that moment was defend! It was perfectly reasonable self-defense! It was Payton who pushed Lin first, forcing Lin to retaliate! It was Kemp and Jensen who charged at Lin, and only then did he fight back! I even noticed that when Kemp charged at him, Lin's first reaction was to dodge, to retreat!"
"But what about the SuperSonics? They're incessantly talkative, their trash talk is sickening, they're so persistent they want to chase after Lin and beat him up! I want everyone to think about this: tonight, it's Lin, a top-tier fighter, who's getting beaten up! What if it were someone else? What if it were someone else who isn't good at fighting? Wouldn't they be pinned to the ground and beaten by the SuperSonics? Wouldn't they be beaten so badly they can't even stand up?"
"Lin is only 22 years old. He was just a little impulsive. He just didn't want to get beaten up. What did he do wrong? What did he do wrong?"
"I believe everyone, like me, already has the answer! So, in conclusion, let me say this: severely punish those scum who actively provoke and cause trouble! Don't let them commit violence against others on the court and then still be able to play smugly!"
"I hope, no! I demand, that the league thoroughly investigate this matter! They must give everyone a satisfactory explanation and statement! We Chicago players will never tolerate this humiliation!"
Jordan's words were powerful and persuasive! He also cleverly reversed the situation, directly portraying Lin Tian as the victim!
Jordan's image as the perfect leader was once again established in front of the audience!
Jordan finished expressing his opinion, feeling a little excited!
This time, that little rascal Lin will finally thank me, and he'll genuinely express his gratitude to me!
This time, I didn't want anything in return; I only spoke up to vent Lin Tian's anger!
Although Jordan himself didn't understand why he cared so much about Lin Tian's feelings!
But Jordan never expected that... when he walked into the locker room, he was greeted by a huge bucket of ice!
A huge bucket of ice, freezing from head to toe, down to the underwear and then to the shoes!
Jordan was chilled to the bone by the bucket of ice that came down the slope from above!
"Congratulations! Congratulations Michael! Congratulations on scoring 50 points in just three quarters! Congratulations! This is absolutely your career night! Do you like the gift I gave you?"
"Fuck you! Lin, I'm going to kill you! My underwear is full of ice!" Jordan's earlier excitement vanished, replaced by an urgent desire to kill Lin Tian: "Besides, it's only 50 points! It's just 50 points! What's there to celebrate? I've scored 50 points 100 times already! This is nothing to celebrate!"
"Is that so?" Lin Tian jumped off the stool and looked at Jordan, saying:
"But that's 50 points in 3 quarters, you've done that before?"
"I've done it at least 30 times!"
"Then next time you get 60 points, I'll prepare an ice bucket for you."
"No! I don't want the ice bucket!"
"When you got 70 points?"
"don't want!"
"80 points?"
"If you dare prepare an ice bucket for me again, I'll kill you! You bastard! I'm going to beat you to death during tomorrow's practice!" Jordan couldn't hold back any longer and gave Lin Tian the middle finger!