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Chapter 235 The Lost James Harden
While Kobe Bryant was working hard, the Suns also used their real tactical system.

Lin Ri gradually replaced Steve Nash and became the pivot of the Suns' entire system. Through his containment, passing and personal offense, the Suns began to gain the upper hand again.

Kobe is still Kobe.

During this period of time, relying on his fighting spirit to stimulate his state, he played very efficiently.It's just that he is efficient, and the Suns are also efficient. The 13-point difference has always existed!Until the end of the third quarter, the Suns still led 78-65.

When the whistle that symbolized the end of the third quarter sounded, Gentry also exhaled a sigh of relief. By this time, he could still lead by 13 points. It is really a matter of time before the Suns win this game.

Anyway, Gentry thinks so.

Of course, the most important reason why he thinks so is because the Suns withstood Kobe's counterattack. Gentry was worried that when Kobe showed his power, the Suns' defense would be directly smashed, and then the entire offense was affected by the defense, causing problems, and then being completely suppressed by the Lakers... The Suns lost in the last game like this.

Fortunately, this time, the Suns used offense to suppress Kobe's personal offense.

Then Gentry has nothing to worry about.

To put it bluntly, although the Suns have made good progress on the defensive end this season, in the final analysis, what can represent the style of this team is their super offensive ability.

The Suns are not afraid of pure offense.

And when they gain an advantage on the offensive end, for the entire Suns, there can be hundreds or even thousands of ways to win!
This is why Gentry will feel relieved.

It should be said that Gentry's understanding of the entire team has indeed reached a certain level.

In the fourth quarter of the game, although the whole process was still very intense, the Suns took the initiative.

In the end, as Lin Ri cooperated with Steve Nash again, Steve Nash hit the ground and passed the ball to Lin Ri. The latter dunked with both hands, and when the point difference returned to 13 points, the Suns finally won the focus game with 113 to 100!
"Yes!"

"Win, we won!!"

"Great man, we did it for this game!"

After winning this game, everyone in the Suns team was much more excited than usual. When the game whistle sounded, they couldn't help but hugged each other.

There's nothing like celebrating a victory at Staples Center.

If there was one, it was at the North Shore Gardens of the Boston Celtics!

If there is, it is at Madison Square, home of the New York Knicks.

As an opponent, it's really cool to celebrate the victory in these arenas!

"Hooah!!"

Lin Ri also clenched his hands and collided with Stephen Curry while drinking.

For him personally, winning this game is the result he has been waiting for for a month to dream of.

As a result, it did it anyway!
Take the Lakers and complete the revenge!

This feels really, really good!
"This guy is really old and more determined!"

Lin Ri played very well in this game. He scored 31 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in the game. He was the most important contributor to the Suns' victory over the Lakers in this game!
He originally wanted to make a fuss in front of Kobe, saying something like "I won this time, Kobe". After all, they sparred a lot of trash in this game. Now that they won, of course he should "greeting" Kobe.

Unexpectedly, when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Kobe left the field directly, as if he had lost the finals.

The older the "Black Mamba", the more eager it is to win.

Should I say it or not, this kind of determination to win or lose is really... scary!

Think about it, this guy has played in this league for 13 years, won and lost so many times, and he has almost got all the honors he deserves.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't take a regular season so seriously.

Ask yourself, if Lin Ri has played in this league for 13 years, he should not be able to maintain such a winning attitude.

Well...if he's been in this league for 13 years and is still playing, he's just enjoying the game.

because……

In 13 years, I should have won the championship and vomited, hahahahaha!
"Dude, you're still so unstoppable, I think, that's why you're a superstar now!" Lin Ri couldn't find Kobe, but Jeff came to greet him.

Jeff suffered a small injury two days ago, so he didn't play today.

If you really want to say, it still has a little impact on the Lakers. This guy averaged 4.8 points per game anyway.

The open shooting ability is still pretty good.

Of course, it would be a bit too much to expect the Lakers to kill the Suns by adding him. This is impossible.

Jeff looked at Lin Ri with emotion in his eyes. For him, having a teammate like Lin Ri has now become something worth bragging about.

However, even he didn't expect... Lin Ri could play such a performance in his first year in the league.

Really, too dazzling!

To be able to work together with such a guy and achieve a historic "upset" in the NCAA... This is really something to brag about!

Lin Ri hugged Jeff: "Man, I hope you get better, playoffs, stop hiding! Haha"

When the news of Jeff's injury came out, Lin Ri sent him a text message of greetings.

Well, given their concern, of course they couldn’t be too concerned. Lin Ri jokingly said, “Did you get hurt because you didn’t want to confront me?” Jeff was speechless and could only scratch his nose and hang up the phone.

Because...the fear of confrontation with Lin Ri is indeed true.

"By the way, if the Suns Devils enter the finals this year, let's go to the finals together, don't forget!" Lin Ri remembered another thing.

The NCAA's annual "March Madness" is here again.

With their excellent performance in the Big 3 Pacific League and their suppression of other teams, the Sun Devils became the No. [-] seed in this year's national competition, higher than the one that Lin Ri and the others carried last year.

At present, the Sun Devils are on a good journey in "March Madness" and have reached the top 32 in the country.

From the top 32 in the country to the finals, there are only 4 games left. If the Sun Devils finally enter the finals again, Lin Ri is going to watch the finals.

The NBA makes way for the NCAA Finals every year, and there is no NBA game on that day.

The time can be arranged completely.

Jeff nodded, no problem.

"By the way, in the next game, beat James up again. I enjoyed watching the last game so much, let's beat him up again in the next game!"

Jeff thought of something again and made a "suggestion".

After the Suns played the Lakers, the next game was to return to the home court to meet the Thunder's challenge. This was the last time the two teams met in the regular season. If nothing else, it will also be the last time this season.

Although the Thunder are only a few games away from entering the playoffs, the quality of this year's top 8 in the Western Conference is very high. Even the Rockets are the ninth "goalkeeper".

This game will be the last time James Harden and Lin Ri meet on the court this season.

Jeff expects Lin Ri to "beat" James Harden!
"Don't worry, buddy!" Lin Ri showed a "you understand" expression, and patted his chest, indicating that there is no problem.

"Good job, Trevor, your three-pointer tonight is really good!"

Gentry pulled Ariza aside and gave a separate praise. Tonight Ariza's long-range shot gave the Suns a lot of help. In the fourth quarter, the Suns resumed the cooperation between Steve Nash and Lin Ri. A large part of the reason for this was the containment of Ariza and others.

Ariza is the Suns player with the second most three-pointers today, Stephen Curry hit four, followed by three.

No wonder Gentry felt satisfied.

……

"The most powerful opponent has appeared, and the Suns have become the biggest opponent of the Lakers after World War I!"

"The Lakers want to win the championship? First ask them if they agree!"

"Attention all NBA teams, they are here!"

After the game, all the media gave the Suns a high position.

The media, including Los Angeles, are also expounding how powerful the Suns are and how much impact it has on the Lakers' desire to defend their title!

If before this game started, many media in Los Angeles had already regarded the Suns as their archenemy, then now, they have completely regarded the Suns as "the most threatening opponent".

No way, although the Lakers have been resisting in this game, everyone can see that this game has entered the rhythm of the Suns since halftime. If Kobe was not in excellent form tonight, then this game would have turned into garbage time.

But even though Kobe performed well in this game and scored 43 points, the Lakers still lost by 13 points.

If Kobe's condition is not good and he can't score 43 points...then the Lakers will lose even worse in this game!
I also thought of this factor. You said, can the media in Los Angeles not be in a hurry?

"He is indeed very talented. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a talent at the historical level. At the same time, he is also a person who knows how to work hard. It is impossible for him not to succeed. This is a certain thing. Well, I think he can be even better!"

When Lin Ri and the Suns became the "big devil" in the league, the Thunder also came to Phoenix to train a day earlier.

The Thunder still focus on training this season.

This allows them not to care about the record.

But that doesn't mean you can hit it casually.

For these teams that train rookies, there are still some things to pay attention to.

For example, they still have to pay attention to the game against a team like the Suns.

After all, playing with such a strong team can really make newcomers grow, not just learning how to score points!
Therefore, the Thunder attached great importance to this game, and deliberately came to Phoenix for adaptive training one day in advance.

It can be seen from here that it is really important!

Only in this way, they have to accept more interviews, especially James Harden, as Lin Ri's former teammate and the fourth rookie in the first round in 09, came to Lin Ri's home team. He must answer some questions related to Lin Ri.

Because he has answered questions related to Lin Ri too many times, now his answers are very mechanical and templated.

But he had to admit that the questions from these reporters still caused some ripples in his heart.

So far, James Harden has averaged 9.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

This data is not bad for a rookie who is playing as a substitute.

But if this data is compared with Lin Ri's, it is really a world.

This is why James Harden is depressed.

He can accept Lin Ri's performance is better than him.

Having struggled with Lin Ri for a season, he knows how terrifying this guy's talent is, and at the same time, how hardworking he is. Just like his answer, it's strange that such a guy doesn't succeed!

However, he also had to admit: he could accept that Lin Ri's performance was better than his, but he couldn't accept that if he exceeded such a big gap, it was no longer a little bit or two better, but directly surpassed him by a large margin.

James Harden is also a "genius" at any rate. He was also the kind who was expected to become a star since he was a child. If he suddenly opened up such a big gap with his former teammates, there must be a gap in his heart.

Now that he was facing questions about Lin Ri every day, he suddenly felt unsatisfactory again.

If I hadn't been selected by the Thunder, wouldn't I be much better now?
Such thoughts appeared in his mind.

This is also a "hypothesis" that James Harden most often pops up. Frustration is frustration. He has no doubts about his own strength. What he doubts is that he was chosen by the Thunder.

If he hadn't been selected by the Thunder, he would definitely be the main player with his talent, and his statistics would definitely be better than they are now!
That way, won't I be considered "can't see the taillights thrown by the sun"?
"James, come to practice, tomorrow will be a big battle! Hurry up, let's adjust to the best state!"

He was regretting, and Kevin Durant yelled at him, making him stop these self-pity and self-pity.

One thing he had to admit.

Lin Ri is indeed more talented than him!

He has achieved the current results, and honestly, James Harden is not surprised.

But there is one more thing he has to admit. He is really not suitable to enter the starting system in the current Thunder team. There are two more terrifying guys there, which will affect his growth.

Especially Kevin Durant, this guy is also a guy with historical talent in James Harden's eyes!
(End of this chapter)