Chapter 473 The Knights’ Three Major Problems

Ask the referee for a whistle? Put some pressure on the defender?

With LeBron's action just now, even if the referee didn't see it, even if there was no camera to capture that scene, just based on the five finger marks that are still clearly visible on his arm, plus this is the home court of the Supersonics, this whistle can definitely be asked for.

But Lin Dong didn't plan to do that.

First of all, he scored a three-pointer, and asking for a whistle to turn it into an out-of-bounds ball, even an idiot knows it's not appropriate.

Second, even if the ball didn't go in, Lin Dong didn't plan to ask for any whistle at home.

This is the first time since the Olympics that I have stepped into this realm. I have felt threatened and blocked, and I have felt excited and stimulated.

There are really not many opponents who can make me excited on the court. It would be a pity to miss them!

Now they are blocked again, and the two have stabilized the rhythm and no longer have loopholes to catch.

However, blocking me once does not mean that I have blocked the Supersonics' attack this time.

When LeBron's big hand tightened, when he and Wade formed a siege again, Lin Dong knew that he could not break through the ball.

After all, they were two super giants, and they were also super giants with complementary defensive skills and extremely tacit cooperation. Even if he wanted to break through, he could only rely on the right time, place and people to seize a momentary loophole, such as the moment when the two of them were not stable just now.

But if such an opportunity is not seized, it is still unlikely to break through under normal circumstances.

If you can't break through, pass it. The opportunity is fleeting. Lin Dong never entangled in such things.

At this time, Kidd and Payton were still in the backcourt, and LeBron and Wade were entangled with him just past the midline.

The Supersonics had formed a three-on-two situation in front of Iguodala, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Chandler, and O'Neal and Pavlovic.

O'Neal was guarding the basket at this time, and Sakuragi was entangled with him. Although Sakuragi's ability to eat cakes was quite good, facing O'Neal's single defense, the success rate was obviously greatly reduced.

Iguodala and Chandler both pulled outside the three-point line, one on the left and the other on the right.

The Cavaliers dared to use two people to double-team Lin Dong, and dared to let Kidd lock Payton and press the whole court. There must be a trade-off, that is, there will inevitably be a three-pointer.

In terms of the three-point shooting percentage last season, Iguodala was as high as 40.3%. Although Chandler can also shoot, his shooting percentage is only 29.8%, just barely catching up with the league average. Such a gap obviously does not need the defender to worry about.

Pavlovic immediately entangled Iguodala on the right, and Lin Dong's pass was passed to Chandler without hesitation.

Chandler took a deep breath.

After a serious injury, he lost weight again. It seems that he has a bit of glass attribute. How can he be a main player in the Supersonics? On the one hand, the Supersonics and the boss are loyal and willing to give him a chance. On the other hand, it is because he is willing to cooperate with the team.

When the team needs him to run fast and keep up with the running and gunning lineup, he loses weight. When the team needs him to defend, he practices defense with Sakuragi. In this offseason, facing the fierce challenge of the Lakers and the Cavaliers, the team needs to maintain the defensive strength while giving Lin Dong enough support on the outside.

The team needs 3 points, so I practice 3 points!

This summer, 1,500 three-pointers a day are unshakable, which makes Chandler, who once aspired to play the 5th position, feel incredible. In fact, he hated to shoot in a regular manner when he was a child. He would never shoot if he could dunk on the court.

But the Supersonics gave him everything, and his teammates also gave him everything. Even the injury on his leg restricted the basket he once yearned for, forcing him to seek another breakthrough.

This made Chandler patient and overcome his nature in this offseason.

And the three-pointer, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can practice it after all. Maybe you won’t be like those sharpshooters, not as fast or accurate as them, but such a wide open three-pointer?

Is this a big deal? If you can't do this, you'd better not play basketball in your life!

Chandler didn't even need to think much at this time. The muscle memory trained a lot during the offseason controlled his body to make the most natural reaction.

Chest up, knees bent, eyes on the basket.

LeBron behind him seemed to be rushing towards him, but that only occupied a very small part of Chandler's consciousness, and he didn't care at all.

As long as he was fast enough, what could LeBron do a few meters away?

The center of gravity began to rise, and the left hand held the ball and the right wrist gently flipped and pushed forward.

Swish!

The basketball drew a beautiful appearance in the air and went into the net!

Mike Brown opened his mouth.

——Wow hahaha! The center of the Supersonics can shoot three-pointers, so who else can!

——Boxing champion! Boxing champion! Boxing champion!

Chandler clenched his fists tightly, and Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed and jumped up to bump shoulders with him.

A 216cm tall man can shoot three-pointers, are you afraid?

Dare to attack my Lin Huang? The Sonics are ready!

The score on the electronic scoreboard jumped, 18:8, the difference is back to 10 points!

The Cavaliers have the ball.

Although Pavlovic scored a goal just now, facing the Cavaliers' Big Four lineup, the Sonics' rotation defense can only block four with five shots. As long as Pavlovic's shot is fast enough, it will be useless for Sakuragi and Lin Dong to make up for it. They can only pray that he will not score in the open position due to Sakuragi's interference.

Kidd really passed the ball to Pavlovic. Perhaps it was because of the huge sense of mission and excitement that he was carrying, Pavlovic took a three-pointer and hit it again!

18:11!

But he turned around and faced the double-team of LeBron and Wade.

There was basically no chance of breaking through. The cooperation of the two super giants who complemented each other in technology, plus the vast defensive area like the sea, was like a cage. He could only look for opportunities to attack and force the opponent to leak loopholes.

Impact! Impact! Impact!

The combination of LeBron's strength and Wade's skills made Lin Dong's eyes flash with excitement.

This is called a game, this is called a battlefield!

100% full attack!

It is not just a physical confrontation, but also a choice of using softness to overcome hardness and the use of various exquisite and peak skills.

At this time, Lin Dong's center of gravity has been changing. It may not be the previous change of direction without deceleration, but any random action can hide at least two or three changes in center of gravity and rhythm. He played very patiently.

His control over rhythm, psychology, and skills is truly perfect. When he goes all out, he gives people the feeling that he is a craftsman controlling shadow puppets, pulling LeBron and Wade's defense left and right, and the entire stadium and even countless fans sitting in front of the TV are dumbfounded.

This, this... How can LeBron and Wade be so helpless?

It is obviously the two of them who are surrounding Lin Dong alone, but how can it give people the feeling that the two of them are surrounded by Lin Dong? !

But "fortunately", the two people's ability to correct mistakes is really strong enough.

It is obvious that the two people's defense began to be helpless under Lin Dong's impact, and began to frequently appear loopholes such as the first ball that Lin Dong almost broke through, but relying on the two people's adjustment ability, as well as some small tricks that the audience may not see, they can always keep up and stop Lin Dong here.

Lin Dong has the upper hand, but he can't break out.

The two are at a disadvantage, but they can always hold their opponents back.

The three of them tangled for a few seconds near the midfield, and finally advanced to the front. Lin Dong turned sharply to find Chandler.

The passing route had been pulled out, but LeBron's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He had been guarding against Lin Dong's move.

Although no one believed that Chandler, the big man, could always shoot three-pointers accurately, after all, he had just scored one, so he couldn't let the ball pass to him easily.

The clumsy defense just now was partly due to LeBron's intention to block Lin Dong's passing route to Chandler.

At this time, Lin Dong's center of gravity had been pulled away, and the passing route had been revealed. It was difficult to block Lin Dong's pass. For three seasons, few people had intercepted his ball when he passed the ball, including Jordan, Kobe, Iverson and other steal masters.

LeBron didn't expect to steal the ball, but he couldn't leave Chandler alone. At this time, Lin Dong's center of gravity had been pulled to death, and it was impossible for him to turn to break through Wade. He could only pass the ball!

LeBron subconsciously rushed towards Chandler, but the next second...

Huh!

Lin Dong jumped sideways while sprinting, just like the first time he killed LeBron's arrogance.

Wade and Lin Dong were one body away, and LeBron's center of gravity had already rushed towards Chandler. The two could only watch Lin Dong slide through the air with their mouths wide open.

Swish!

The basketball was shot and went into the net.

21:11!

Fuck! They were too close and too tight, and they forgot that this guy could shoot himself...

LeBron and Wade were secretly annoyed. When dealing with a monster like Lin Dong, they really couldn't be careless for a second.

At this time, in front of the TVs across the United States, there was a scene of dumbfounded and involuntary speechlessness.

-- Fuck, this can also be shot...

-- Two people defending one can't stop it? Those are two giants who have already entered the first and second teams of the league. This Asian guy is really...

——This guy is a real basketball god...I seem to have found the feeling when I first watched Jordan.

Phil Knight in the VIP room had a gloomy face. Although he had long judged that this Cavaliers had many problems and might lose this game, he never thought that Lin Dong would play like this at the beginning of the game, and he never thought that facing the Cavaliers' two-on-one, Lin Dong could still control the whole game...

It doesn't matter whether the team wins or loses, but letting Lin Dong stand out like this is not the result he wants.

What are those two idiots doing? Why did LeBron run away just now? Just defend Lin Dong to death. Chandler can't be accurate all the time, and the core position on both offense and defense will inevitably make Lin Dong quickly consumed. When he is tired, it will be the Cavaliers' chance to counterattack!

But now...

Stern looked at Phil Knight with a half-smile. Although he had tacitly agreed or even supported Lin Dong, to be honest, it was only for the sake of the market and the future of the league. From a personal perspective, he actually liked Lin Dong, a young Asian, because this young man always reminded him of his ambition when he first took over the league.

I did it, and the attention and heat were also hyped up, but only God knows what the result will be.

Stern couldn't help laughing.

Beating Lin Dong was what the market needed, and it was a last resort, but seeing Lin Dong break something... Frankly speaking, Stern also felt secretly happy.

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At this time in the stadium, the fans in Seattle were completely excited.

The ball came to the Cavaliers. Amid the roar of the fans and the tireless blockade of the Supersonics, Pavlovic became the Cavaliers' only hope and took another three-pointer.

He has a good three-pointer, but it's a bit too much to ask him to hit the target every time under great pressure in actual combat.

Bang!

The basketball bounced off the rim.

O'Neal, who was under the basket, was almost going crazy at this time. He had played for six or seven minutes, but he hadn't even touched the ball once!

Not to mention passing the ball to him, the baskets of both sides were too accurate in the first quarter, and he didn't even have a chance to grab a rebound. Now... the chance finally came!

O'Neal was full of anger, turned his back, and held Sakuragi Hanamichi firmly behind him with his two strong hands.

Having played against this boy for several seasons, O'Neal was deeply impressed by his defense and strength, and was confident enough to beat him.

But... at this moment, I felt the red-haired boy's pushing force coming from behind me, and even I, who weighed 147 kilograms, was pushed and swayed.

Has this guy become stronger? He feels much stronger!

Although he can still hold his position and control it, it seems to be much more difficult, and O'Neal has a sense of crisis.

Bang!

The basketball bounced up, and O'Neal had already seen the landing point and called the position first. At this time, he estimated the height of the basketball and jumped up under the pressure of the guy behind him.

Thanks to the advantageous position he occupied, O'Neal, who jumped up, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and the upward momentum did not stop, holding the basketball with both hands and heading straight for the basket.

"Roar!"

O'Neal roared.

He wanted to make a dunk, and use a dunk to vent the frustration of the past few minutes.

But the next second...

O'Neal felt a force pressing on his back, followed by a big arm coming through his arms holding the ball, and then hooked it back fiercely.

Snap!

Boom!

That was the sound of the basketball being slapped away, and also the sound of O'Neal dunking on the basket.

No. 10 of the Supersonics, Sakuragi Hanamichi!

"Just grab it, and you dare to dunk!" Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed.

That's right, O'Neal can grab rebounds by relying on his strength. Sakuragi lost his position just now and there was really nothing he could do to him. But if you think you can grab rebounds and dunk at the same time, then I'm sorry... Then I'll let you see what a real rebounding king Sakuragi is!

"Do you think I don't exist!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi screamed and yelled, and the already noisy stadium was even more crazy at this moment.

——Rebounding King! Rebounding King! Rebounding King!

——Sakuragi! Sakuragi! Sakuragi! Sakuragi!

"Quick break!" Lin Dong shouted as he rushed forward.

The super lethality made everyone in the Cavaliers' hearts rise instantly. Wade and LeBron immediately followed, paying attention to Sakuragi's passing route, but Sakuragi did not pass the ball this time, but threw the ball directly to Payton who was nearby.

Kidd defended, and Payton threw the ball to Iguodala on the other side without hesitation. Wade was more careful and slowed down his pace.

Iguodala rushed to the front three-point line and stopped suddenly, making a shooting motion.

Wade, who had already rushed to the free throw line, turned around and rushed forward immediately. He had been guarding against the Sonics' chasing 3 points, but Iguodala did not shoot, but passed the ball again.

Chandler!

Chandler should be defended by Pavlovic at this time, but Pavlovic just chased him from the baseline. Moreover, Chandler's speed is much faster than that of an average center. Even if Pavlovic is faster than him, he can't be fast enough to plug the loophole when running from the backcourt three-point line.

At this time, Chandler's eyes were already clear.

This is what he came on the court to do!

The open opportunity has come out. If he can't make the shot, he will commit suicide by cutting his stomach!

Bend your knees, straighten your chest, and raise your center of gravity. All the movements do not require any thinking or preparation, just like the instincts trained by 1,500 shots every day.

Swish!

The ball goes in again, 24:11!

The god arena was boiling with excitement, and tens of millions of fans in Dragon Country danced for it, while NBA fans sitting in front of the TV across the United States, those fans who clamored that the Big Four easily beat the Supersonics, all fell silent without exception.

Is Payton old? Battier is gone? The Supersonics are no longer good? The Big Four can beat the Supersonics?

But how, how... how is it a little different from what everyone imagined?

Lin Dong smiled and clapped his hands with Chandler, but his eyes were looking at the sidelines of the Cavaliers' bench.

Head coach Mike Brown looked at a loss, as if he had fallen into the dilemma of "a good cook cannot cook without rice" in the face of such a situation, but in fact...

Don't overestimate yourself, are you a good cook cannot cook without rice? You are not a good head coach, your tactics are monotonous and single, and you have almost no timely response plan for various changes on the court.

You don't have enough coaching experience, strength, and cognition, and even your salary is the lowest among the coaches of all teams in the league... Indeed, the Cavaliers' luxury tax this season is too high. Even if Wade and LeBron are still on rookie contracts, the salary cap is still too much.

And this is the third big problem of the Cavaliers.

The head coach is too young!

He is also a novice coach who has just entered the coaching industry this year. Many people love this Cavaliers team and hope that this guy will become another McMillan, and lead the Cavaliers to win the championship in his rookie season...

It's a pity that not everyone is McMillan, and not every head coach has a Lin Dong by his side!

If you want to lead this Cavaliers team and want to beat the Supersonics, you are still too young!