With a strong body, endless trash talk and countless small moves, Artest made every offensive player feel extremely difficult on the defensive end.

Coupled with his reputation as a palace in Auburn Hills a few years ago, many people are afraid of him.

Artest naturally thought that the rookie in front of him would be afraid of him, but he was disappointed.

Lin Sen ignored Artest's eyes and turned around and threw the ball out. The ball steadily entered the basket. The fans in the target center immediately cheered.

Artest behind him was very angry at Linson's behavior. He had not seen anyone who dared to provoke him for a long time.

"Rookie, you are really different."

After Artest's gritting teeth came from behind, he heard the footsteps of Artest leaving.

Linsen doesn't care about Artest at all. It is absolutely impossible. Linsen has no confidence in winning at the moment, but he treats Artest like this not arrogantly but because Artest's character.

Although Artest's ability is unquestionable, his character will always cause big trouble to the team. The Auburn Palace incident was his impulse that ruined the Pacers who had great hope of rushing to the O'Brien Cup.

In the end, Reja Miller retired in disgrace after the season. If Artest hadn't been urged by Artest, perhaps the championship of that season would have been the Pacers.

However, Artest still did not change much after that incident, and the Auburn Palace incident also made him a thorn in the referee's side, and his hot temper often caused him to get technical fouls.

Before the game, Lin Sen had a plan, which was to find a way to anger Artest. Although this method seemed very adventurous, Lin Sen decided to try it.

As long as Artest is bound, the Kings' defense will be greatly reduced, and the pressure on the team will be much smaller. The hope of winning will be much greater.

In addition, the coaching staff also specially practiced Lin Sen's unball running before playing against the Kings. In Devin Casey's eyes, Artest's single defense ability is excellent, but his footsteps are slow and the speed is exactly Lin Sen's strengths.

When the referee blew the whistle in his mouth to signal the starting players of both sides to appear, the cheers of the fans at the scene reached their first climax.

The last home win over the San Antonio Spurs at the championship level made Timberwolves fans feel full of confidence in the team.

Timberwolves fans naturally believe that the team will win for the Kings who have a record that is not as good as theirs.

However, at the beginning of the game, the Kings scored the first goal amid the booing of Timberwolves fans.

The goal was Kevin Martin, who was selected by the Kings in the second round the year before yesterday. After two seasons of growth, Kevin Martin averaged 19.8 points per game in the new season, second only to Artest.

After taking Madsen's serve, Linsen quickly dribbled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

As Artest said before the game, he was really responsible for defending Lin Sen. Lin Sen just passed halftime and forced him up.

Artest, with open arms, stood in front of Lin Sen with a smile: "Rookie, welcome to experience the Ron defensive aircraft."

"Is that so? I'll have a pleasant experience, right?" Lin Sen asked with a smile, looking extremely relaxed.

"Yes, you'll never forget it in your life." Artest smiled, but his whole body suddenly took a step forward, and his strong body directly hit Lin Sen.

Strong muscles and ruthless strength are Lin Sen’s most direct feeling.

Linson had also experienced strong defenses in the past, such as Balang Davis and Andre Miller, but Artest was far from that moment.

Artest seemed to exude strength in every part of his body. No wonder Artest was able to break Michael Jordan's ribs on the Bulls. Linson almost lost control of the ball under Artest's impact.

"How do you feel? Seeing you are so thin, I feel a little embarrassed to hit you. Maybe being a little bitch is more suitable for you than being a player."

Without waiting for Lin Sen to fight back, Artest hit again. Lin Sen staggered in a mess, controlled the ball in a hurry, pulled the ball back and took a step back, slightly widening the distance from Artest.

However, Artest was obviously not going to let Lin Sen Ruyi take a step to try to invade Lin Sen's space.

Lin Sen knew that he had to take the initiative to find an opportunity, so he refused Eddie Griffin to come up as a cover, and Lin Sen retreated again.

Seeing Lin Sen retreating little by little, getting farther and farther away from the three-point line, the fans on the scene couldn't help but get anxious.

Artest smiled contemptuously and took another step, but Lin Sen immediately pulled horizontally at this moment.

Artest immediately slid and defended, but Lin Sen did not avoid slapping the ball with his right hand, and quickly pulled it back with a change of direction, which caught Artest who was slid and was a little off guard.

As a top defensive player, Artest knew that he was not superior in speed and immediately wanted to use his body to interfere with Lin Sen's breakthrough.

His right foot stepped directly to the right side of Artest's body, bowed and stepped out immediately with his left foot.

Almost pressed against Artest's body, he forced a breakthrough, but Artest's strength almost made Lin Sen fall down in a mess.

After staggering, Lin Sen's knee almost touched the floor. Even so, Lin Sen's left hand still controlled the ball steadily.

Looking at Lin Sen's dribble, the fans at the scene couldn't help but worry about Lin Sen.

Seeing that his left knee was about to hit the floor, he quickly pressed his right hand towards the floor. After leveraging the force, Lin Sen quickly adjusted his center of gravity and took the left foot forward.

Artest quickly retreated and tried to stop Lin Sen, but when he retreated, Lin Sen was out of his control.

The Kings players did not expect that Lin Sen, a rookie, actually broke through Artest's defense at a disadvantage, so that Lin Sen only reacted when he threw Artest away.

Garcia hurriedly threw Hassel away to make up for defense, while Rahim, who was inside, was also ready to throw Eddie Griffin away to make up for defense against Linson.

Originally Linson was about to pass the ball to Hassel, but Mike Bibby's replacement was quick.

He glanced at Raheem who was about to throw Eddie Griffin away and suddenly stopped.

Want to stop jump shot again?

The fans at the scene couldn't help but think.

Lin Sen's emergency stop made Rahim, who was about to rush out of the inside, take a step forward and raise his arm high, while Garcia, who made up on the other side, jumped up for Lin Sen.

Bang!

The ball left Lin Sen's palm at high speed and directly rubbed Raheem's body and bounced towards Eddie Griffin.

When Raheem turned around, the sound of Eddie Griffin dunked behind him.

"Wood, thank you for your pass!" Eddie Griffin shouted at Linson. The period of cooperation with Linson was undoubtedly the most wonderful thing in his career.

Lin Sen quickly retreated, and passed by Artest, Lin Sen turned his head and smiled at Artest.

"Hey, Ron, it seems you almost guarded me as a rookie?"

After saying that, Lin Sen shrugged and looked extremely relaxed, turned around and ran towards the backcourt.

Anger suddenly rose from Artest's heart, and no one ever felt that he was so provoking him.

Artest ran to the frontcourt with anger, and he saw from a distance that the rookie was about to say something to Hassel.

Just when he was almost two meters away from the three-point line, Lin Sen suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Artest.

"Trenton, I'll defend that guy later!"

This sentence fell into Artest's ears and almost made him furious. A rookie was so arrogant.

"Mike, give me the ball, I'm going to see how he defends me." Artest extended his hand and shouted at Bibi who was holding the ball.

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[The second update was 4 pm. I felt so uncomfortable when I caught a cold until four in the morning. I asked for recommendation votes when I was sick!]
Chapter completed!