Chapter 516: A Good Fighter Has No Great Achievements

But the problem is that this requires blocking the passing route and going around to Kobe's front to defend, which violates the basic principle that the most important thing when defending without the ball is to observe the ball... Theoretically, it doesn't make sense.

At this time, Nash has received the ball and passed it back in the backcourt. Doug Christie dribbled forward, attracted Rukawa's double-team and passed the ball to Odom. Iguodala was obviously still struggling to defend Odom alone. Although he let go of the position of one and a half steps and didn't let Odom break through, the Lakers easily brought the ball across the half court.

Seeing Odom looking in Kobe's direction, Sakuragi Hanamichi knew that Kobe's pick-and-roll or empty cut or alley-oop was coming again, and once the opponent started, he was almost in a state of losing defense.

We can't follow the so-called old methods and old rules anymore, listen to Brother Gaoren!

Since the most feared thing for the off-ball attacker is not to receive the ball, then I will block his receiving route, even if it means turning my back to the ball and not observing the situation of the whole court clearly and in time.

Who stipulated that you must observe the ball when defending without the ball?

I will lock people, as long as I lock Kobe, as long as I hang on him, as long as I replace him one-on-one, then I can ignore where the ball is and what the situation on the court is!

Sakuragi Hanamichi was no longer stuck behind Kobe. At this time, he made a flexible switch and directly blocked the passing route between Kobe and Odom, facing Kobe with his back to the basketball.

At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi was concentrating on blocking him! As long as he was blocked, half of the Lakers' offensive could be curbed, and Brother Gaoren would definitely lead the Supersonics to win on the offensive end!

Many ordinary fans on the court felt Sakuragi Hanamichi's determination and will to defend, and cheered him up, but McMillan on the sidelines frowned, and Phil Jackson on the other side almost laughed.

Defending without the ball with your back to the ball? And looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi's posture at this time, he completely focused 100% of his attention on Kobe, and his intention was quite obvious. It seemed that he wanted to trade one for one and drag Kobe out of the Lakers' offensive end.

But...

This kind of trick is more common among those six or seven-year-olds. Only those who know nothing about basketball will do this. This trick will only be effective when defending those novices who have no basketball experience.

But your opponent... is Kobe Bryant and his trustworthy teammates! Are you going to face the entire Lakers blindfolded?

It's ridiculous!

Kobe moved quickly to the right at this time, as if he wanted to get rid of him, but the defense of Sakuragi Hanamichi who was facing him obviously put a lot of pressure on him, making Kobe's previous simple escape action no longer easy.

But the problem is... he has teammates!

Odom rushed to Kobe's position with the ball against Iguodala. The two were not far apart. In just two steps, the four of them quickly connected. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi could roughly judge that Odom was rushing up with the ball through the sound and movement behind him, he couldn't judge clearly where the opponent rushed to and how far away he was from him.

At this time, he felt Kobe suddenly rush to his right side. Sakuragi Hanamichi subconsciously defended from the side, but he was blocked by a body just as he started.

Odom!

Sakuragi Hanamichi's heart sank suddenly. If he relied on sound and feeling to judge, he could only judge roughly, but not judge the exact distance. The result was that he was fooled!

At this time, he only had time to turn his head back. Kobe had already rushed out from Sakuragi's side with the help of Odom's pick-and-roll, and the basketball was handed to Kobe by Odom. The latter turned around and pulled up very neatly.

3 points scored, 99:94, the score difference was only 5 points!

This was the smallest score difference that the Lakers had shortened since the Supersonics opened the score in the third quarter. Although it was actually an advantage of one ball, the score difference was narrowed. The 10-point line that the two sides had been fighting for the entire third quarter seemed to suddenly fall towards the Lakers.

Four years... Nash and Christie, who just arrived, may not have much feelings, but after being suppressed by the Supersonics for four years, I am afraid that only geniuses know how much Kobe, Yao Ming and Odom are looking forward to this moment.

The 10-point difference between the two sides for a whole quarter was finally narrowed to 5 points. At this moment, the dawn of victory finally appeared in front of the Lakers!

Los Angeles, far away, was celebrating at this time, and countless Lakers fans shouted excitedly.

Yao Ming's eyes were also shining under the basket, and he punched and roared while returning to defense.

Odom rushed forward and clapped his hands with Kobe, and Kobe finally seemed to see a hint of the fourth level at this moment.

That was Lin Dong's realm, that is, invincibility at will!

Pah!

He slapped the ground fiercely and roared to the Sonics players who were obviously suppressed by the Lakers: "Come on! Sonics!"

The roar not only made the scene quiet, but also stunned Chandler, Iguodala, Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi and many substitutes off the court.

The Sonics have been so smooth in the past few seasons. Lin Dong's "invincible tactics" in the last quarter have been in an unsolvable state in the past few seasons. As long as he conserves his physical strength, Lin Dong in the fourth quarter can dominate the game and be unstoppable.

Although there were times when Lin Dong was unable to shoot due to being double-teamed by two or three people, the opponent had never shown absolute offensive power to tear apart the Sonics' defense like the Lakers today, and could not create psychological pressure on other Sonics players. The Sonics' outside line always had a chance to shoot and a hit rate, and the team that could block the Sonics' outside line basically could not block their inside line. The team that could block the inside line did not have enough defensive players to block the Sonics' outside line, and there was also Payton who could play the point guard role, so Lin Dong had to play without the ball at the 3rd position...

There were too many methods and the momentum was too smooth, so that the Sonics had almost never felt a few real threats from the final quarter in the past few seasons.

But today's Lakers...whether on the offensive or defensive end, they were completely against the Sonics, and the outbreak at this time further narrowed the score difference to five points, and the momentum was completely biased towards the Lakers.

The pressure in the final quarter suddenly came to the Sonics, making it difficult for the Sonics players who were used to playing in a favorable situation to adapt for a while.

The psychological worries were further magnified, leading to confusion and distraction at this time.

Perhaps the only one who was not distracted was Lin Dong.

Not only was he not distracted, but there was a flash of excitement in his eyes.

Frankly speaking, since the first season of the playoffs with Jordan, it has been a long time since I felt this kind of crisis of being slapped in the face.

Although the research and targeting of the Supersonics and themselves by the teams in the league have been improving, the Supersonics and themselves are also constantly improving, and the speed of improvement has even surpassed the upgrade of other teams against the Supersonics.

This made the Supersonics invincible for too long, and made Lin Dong feel that the game was a bit boring. Such a league and such a game could not help him go further, and might not even help him maintain his current peak state.

But now, the threat from the Lakers finally made Lin Dong feel an unprecedented challenge.

He glanced at the confused eyes of his teammates around him, and even Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was always the most thick-skinned, was a little distracted.

Preach? Encourage?

Adults don't do such meaningless things.

The only way to cheer these guys up and find their own rhythm to compete with the Lakers is to let them see the hope of winning first!

Bang!

The ball was in Lin Dong's hands.

Seeing Kobe and Nash double-teaming him at the first time.

"Ryukawa!"

Lin Dong shouted, and as usual, he passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede at the first time.

Kobe's eyes flashed with surprise. The provocation just now seemed to be directed at the entire Supersonics team, but in fact it was directed at Lin Dong alone.

Because he knew that the momentum of the Supersonics had been suppressed by the Lakers, and his roar deepened the fear of the other Supersonics towards the Lakers, and the overall performance would inevitably be more rigid than before.

As the absolute trump card of the team, Lin Dong would definitely stand up at this time and choose a one-on-two. With Lin Dong's ability, it may not be impossible to do it, and as long as the one-on-two is successful, it will definitely boost the morale of the Supersonics.

But I didn't expect... pass the ball?

Kobe was slightly startled, and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of Rukawa Kaede, but before he could see clearly, he already felt a hurricane rushing out directly from between his and Nash's defense line.

Huh!

Kobe Bryant turned his head suddenly, but he could only see the smile on Lin Dong's face when he passed by his side.

Why must you choose a fancy way when you can pass more easily?

Reading the opponent's psychology is the best thing in the fourth level, and it is also the most useful.

Just like war, the so-called good fighter has no glorious achievements. If a general is forced to fight desperately or take risks on the battlefield, no matter how exciting and exciting his victory is, he will never be the strongest.

The most awesome way to pass is definitely not the folding change of direction that risks injury, or all kinds of fancy fairy balls, but this way that looks the most ordinary and simple, but it is effective!

This guy's realm is indeed above everyone else...

Kobe just had time to think about this before Lin Dong broke through the encirclement of him and Nash.

To be honest, Rukawa's basketball awareness and basketball IQ are indeed not as good as Sakuragi's, but his IQ is not low.

What's more, he has been practicing with Lin Dong and Sakuragi every day for the past two years. Although there are not many opportunities to cooperate in the official competition, they know each other very well.

Lin Dong is not a boring or long-winded person. When he was double-teamed before, he almost passed the ball directly to him. There must be a reason why he shouted just now.

So he paused the ball in his hand for a while when he received it. Sure enough, he saw Kobe and Nash's defense slackened involuntarily at that moment, and Lin Dong's figure suddenly accelerated.

Rukawa understood, and when Lin Dong started to move, he had already made a ground pass and passed the basketball in the direction of Lin Dong's rush.

The two of them seemed to have done a simple triangle pass training, but when the ball returned to Lin Dong's hands again, everyone suddenly realized that in just a split second, Kobe and Nash were thrown behind Lin Dong, Doug Christie was blocking Rukawa in the backcourt, and Odom was watching Iguodala near the center line. In the frontcourt alone, it was a 3 to 1 situation with Sakuragi, Chandler, and Lin Dong against Yao Ming!

Phil Jackson was stunned outside the court. Although Lin Dong's success rate in single-handedly challenging Yao Ming was also very high, it seemed that there was no difference from three-on-one, but the situation formed in an instant made people feel that as soon as Lin Dong moved, the Lakers were already in a defensive collapse.

Yao Ming felt like he was screwed. It was impossible for him to defend Lin Dong alone, let alone one-on-three...

He only made a symbolic defensive posture and didn't even jump.

He definitely couldn't jump. He was already surrounded by others at this time. Facing a player like Lin Dong, as long as he dared to jump and reach out, the opponent would definitely find a way to give him a foul.

He could only watch Lin Dong lightly throw the ball in.

101:94, the score difference returned to 7 points!

Kobe couldn't help but twitch his mouth. He knew that when Lin Dong was angry, even if he and Nash double-teamed him, they might not be able to contain him completely, but he really didn't expect Lin Dong to break through so easily.

However, the battle had already entered a white-hot stage, and they had never expected that the Lakers' defense could completely lock down the Sonics' offense. Although Lin Dong scored a goal, the Sonics' low morale recovered a little, but his outside shooting had not yet recovered. This seemingly recovered morale would fall quickly.

Lin Dong couldn't always pass himself and Nash so easily. With two people on one side, he would always have trouble finding a chance to shoot, and the focus was on defending his 3-point line. As long as the Lakers' scoring momentum was still there, they would definitely be able to recover the mere 7 points and win!

Kobe Bryant licked his lips: "Attack!"