Chapter 540 LeBron's Resistance

O'Neal grabbed a handful of air with both hands and looked down subconsciously.

No. 20, Gary Payton!

The old guy really doesn't have the physical strength and speed he once had, but he still has experience, and he is even more experienced than Payton ever was!

Sakuragi, Iguodala, Chandler and even Rukawa Kaede may have learned only skills and the ability to play on the court from Lin Dong, but Payton is different. What he absorbed from Lin Dong is "ball quotient".

Thanks to enough exchanges with Lin Dong, he has already absorbed many of Lin Dong's ideas about the future of basketball without realizing it. This makes Payton always look at other NBA stars and even all teams playing with a critical eye, thinking that there are problems here and there.

The coach of the Supersonics is McMillan, but in fact it is McMillan + Lin Dong + Gary Payton.

This guy now has all kinds of tactics in his mind, and he is becoming more and more interested in this aspect. In fact, with his status and contributions in the Supersonics, including his relationship with the mother and son of the Lin family, if he wants, then signing a two-year veteran contract with the Supersonics is just a matter of words. However, he still chooses to retire after this season. It is not just because of his old age, but because this guy can't wait to become a coach...

Everything on the court is as clear as a god's perspective in his eyes at this time. When he saw Lin Dong double-teaming LeBron and Wade chasing after him, Payton realized that this ball would inevitably cause fierce confrontation and competition in the interior, and the final result of this ball would inevitably affect the trend of the entire game.

If the Cavaliers called a timeout and let them open the offense, then the morale would go back instantly, but if calling a timeout did not solve the problem...it would be a fatal blow to the Cavaliers!

So Payton rushed up immediately.

At that time, LeBron had only four possible results.

Either force the shot or be intercepted, these two results are beyond his control, and coming in will not affect anything.

Or LeBron has to pass the ball under the blockade, but with Lin Dong and Sakuragi Hanamichi on both sides behind him, not to mention the huge psychological pressure brought to LeBron by the two, even if this is not considered, he has no space to pass the ball.

So he can only pass forward, most likely to O'Neal under the basket, so it is not important whether there are people outside at this time, what is important is the competition under the basket!

The seemingly ever-changing basket and the seemingly ever-changing choices, but in fact, this kind of thing has been destined to have only one result from the beginning.

It is precisely because of this advance judgment that Payton picked up a big leak as soon as he came in.

——Ah!

——Fuck!

——Shaq down there!

The fans around the stands were ready to cheer and celebrate, but they didn't expect to be intercepted. In an instant, they were furious and pale, and shouted wildly with their mouths pursed.

O'Neal's face flushed before he even landed. The Cavaliers' tactics were to play around him in the inside at the beginning, but they didn't expect the inside to have problems frequently. Now LeBron's wonderful pass was wasted... Frankly speaking, even if he was as thick-skinned as a shark, he couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Payton grabbed the basketball and turned around, but the next second...

Snap!

Another big hand also reached out, pinched Payton's ball control route with great precision, and stole the ball again.

Counter-steal!

No. 23, Dwyane Wade!

Payton was not the only one who could see how important this ball was to the Cavaliers... Wade was obviously also quite aware of the importance of this ball, and saw that Lin Dong, Sakuragi, and Payton all squeezed into the inside at the same time...

Even without the ability of Lin Dong and Payton to instantly deduce the upcoming changes in the situation, it was enough to feel the crisis from the Cavaliers' inside from the number of people.

Steal!

Wade was delighted, but he only knew that he was catching the cicada while the oriole was behind him, but he didn't know that there was an experienced hunter who was watching the oriole...

At this time, Lin Dong had already landed from the air blocking LeBron.

Payton's steal and Wade's counter-steal all fell into his eyes, and he reached out to Wade at the first time.

Wade was quick to grab the ball and tried to make a turnaround jump shot while avoiding Lin Dong's "salty pig hand", but the problem was that there were too many people under the basket at this time, and he was double-teamed by Payton and Lin Dong at any time, so he couldn't turn around. Fortunately, he saw Kidd rushing up to respond. Wade hurriedly threw the ball to Kidd behind Lin Dong, but Lin Dong was quick to slap him in the face to block his passing route.

Everything happened in a flash, Lin Dong's reaction was fast enough, and Wade's pass was also fast enough.

Snap!

The ball was touched by Lin Dong, but he was not able to intercept it. Instead, he changed the trajectory of the basketball and shot it to the right sideline.

At this time, there were 8 people crowded under the basket. O'Neal, Chandler, Lin Dong, Wade, Payton, and LeBron were all crowded together. It was even impossible to see the direction of the ball. It was a mess.

The only ones who could see the route of the basketball were Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kidd, who were at the outermost of the eight people.

Kidd was a little far away. Seeing that the ball flew very fast to the sideline and was hit by Lin Dong, he gave up chasing and prepared to wait for an out-of-season ball.

He subconsciously stopped chasing, but at the moment he stopped, he saw a figure flying towards the basketball that was about to fly out of the sideline!

Yes, that guy had already 'flyed' directly, throwing his body towards the basketball, towards the sideline, and towards the SuperSonics bench sitting outside the sideline without hesitation.

Kidd opened his mouth subconsciously and almost shouted "danger".

No. 10, Sakuragi Hanamichi!

——We can’t give the Cavaliers a chance to counterattack. Even though we started off very smoothly and completely suppressed them, in fact, the Cavaliers’ personal abilities in each position are indeed not inferior to ours. If we let them rise, if we let them rise, If we chase back and let them gain confidence, they will cause us endless trouble! But if we can still resist this attack, we can kill them in an instant and completely destroy them psychologically!

This is something that both Lin Dong and McMillan emphasized repeatedly during the timeout just now.

Therefore, this is not just a battle for the ball, but a ball that determines the outcome of the entire series!

The hard bench in front of the bench, the messy obstacles, etc., everything ceased to exist in Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes at this time.

All he could see was the basketball flying out of bounds.

Catch it! Snatch it back!

Snapped!

Got it!

Sakuragi Hanamichi hooked the ball that had gone out of bounds, and then without hesitation, he forced his body from the air, with his back facing the bench and his face facing the court.

In a hurry, it was too late to look at the specific person. I only saw a guy wearing a dark green away jersey of the SuperSonics running towards the front court.

Uh-huh!

Sakuragi Hanamichi threw the ball in that direction before his body hit the ground.

The moment the ball went out, Sakuragi Hanamichi instinctively realized the danger he was in.

Under such a rapid impact, if your back lands on the ground or even hits the hard bench, then I'm afraid...

Sakuragi Hanamichi subconsciously felt his whole body tense up. He was no longer the ignorant and fearless high school student he once was on the court. Counting various advertising revenue, he was already a superstar with a net worth of tens of millions. He should still have some safety awareness. Yes, especially after having children, the safety awareness becomes stronger. It’s just that the player who played the ball just now was thinking about the team’s winner, and it was completely based on instinct...

Danger!

boom!

"ah!"

"Farke!"

There was a roar of people on the SuperSonics bench. Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that he fell on something soft, and then he fell to the ground with the pile of "things", knocking over the stools on the bench.

There was a lot of movement, but Sakuragi Hanamichi felt no pain at all as if there was a thick 'cushion' underneath him.

"Huh?" Sakuragi Hanamichi breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard laughter and curses below him: "You're crushing me!"

"Get up Sakuragi! You're too heavy!"

He took a closer look, only to see Luke Ridnour and Ronald Murray underneath him, McMillan who was almost out of breath holding the tactical board, and the one The fox with a smile on his face said: "What a great save, you idiot!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi's nervous heart suddenly dropped back.

Not only because he was not injured, but also because these guys underneath him seemed to give him endless confidence at this moment.

You can throw yourself out at all costs to save the ball, and your teammates can also block in front of you at all costs to save yourself, catch him, a 120 kilogram strong man, and sprint like cannonballs with all his strength. The body that came over!

O'Neal, who had his hands crossed in the backcourt and had no time to retreat, couldn't help but look in the direction of Hanamichi Sakuragi with envy on his face. This scene reminded him of a time when he couldn't stop his car and rushed to the bench, but with the SuperSonics It was different when all the substitutes went to catch Sakuragi Hanamichi. At that time, all the Lakers teammates were so frightened that they hurried away, leaving him with only a row of bare, cold, hard empty seats...

Damn it, why is there such a big difference in treatment between people?

"Hahaha!"

Uh-huh!

Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up from the chaos of the knocked over bench and was instantly resurrected with full health, only to see a dunk sound coming from the front court.

Lin Dong made a tomahawk dunk through Kidd who was retreating, and smashed the ball saved by Sakuragi into the opposite basket.

2:17!

"Hahaha! You saved me beautifully, brat!" Peyton laughed and rushed up to give Sakuragi Hanamichi a slap on the butt.

Chandler, Iguodala and others clenched their fists and roared. Lin Dong, who had just completed the dunk in front, also smiled and gave a thumbs up, along with the substitutes, coaching staff, and Boss Yang Dong... everyone cheered, Supersonic morale was like a rainbow!

But looking at the Cavaliers...

LeBron stood there blankly, Wade frowned in annoyance, Kidd and Artest put their hands on their hips and shook their heads helplessly, while O'Neal lowered his head dejectedly. After all, the rhythm of the SuperSonics almost He got it by eating his mistakes.

It didn't work... I paused, changed tactics, even LeBron and everyone else showed their best, but it still didn't work.

The Cavaliers couldn't score, but the SuperSonics were accurate every time. The point difference... had even gone from 10 points to 15 points!

this……

Although the game has just begun, and although no one can talk about any consumption, it can be seen with the naked eye that when Lin Dong scored these 2 points, everyone in the Cavaliers had a trace of confusion and fatigue on their faces.

The body is not tired, but the heart and will are tired!

All the tactics and situations imagined before the game, when they really started fighting with the Supersonics, all became useless...

"It's never easy..." LeBron took a deep breath, patted Wade on the shoulder, and then walked over to pick up the baseline ball.

Compared with other Cavaliers, perhaps he was the one who suffered the most from the Supersonics, experienced the most terror from Lin Dong, and was the one who was most adapted to this kind of pressure.

Frankly speaking, LeBron felt that the Cavaliers might not be able to catch up in this game. The Supersonics' rhythm came too fast and too fierce. On the other hand, the Cavaliers were a little stunned by the Supersonics' three-pronged attack. O'Neal was completely out of shape, Kidd was suppressed by Payton, and even Wade could not provide him with any help under Lin Dong's blockade.

This momentum is unstoppable, and perhaps it will still be unstoppable to lose points in the future. Once the score difference is widened to more than 20 points...

But the game must continue after all.

There are always various miracles happening in this world at all times.

I also climbed up from the darkness, and I have experienced all kinds of lows and setbacks, and even the darkest time in my life.

In the past few years, apart from dealing with Laura, I have almost given up everything else in life, just for training. I have tried all the ways, and even practiced harder than Lin Dong, Sakuragi Hanamichi, and the Supersonics!

I have no reason to lose!

No matter what the current state of the Cavaliers is, at least, I am in the state!

The Cavaliers have the ball.

LeBron threw the ball to Kidd from the baseline, and the Supersonics' man-to-man full-court press immediately pressed up.

Seizing the opportunity to pursue victory is the usual method of the Supersonics, and it is also the killer move that disrupted the Cavaliers' rhythm and made the Cavaliers suddenly passive.

But unlike when the Supersonics just used this move, the Cavaliers' response at this time is completely different.

LeBron rushed towards Kidd immediately after sending the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi before he locked him in. The pick-and-roll between the two distracted Payton's attention. Sakuragi's defense was not in place yet, and he just hung on LeBron's side to catch up. It was too late to get away from Payton at this time.

The two switched positions, Sakuragi Hanamichi defended Kidd and Payton defended LeBron. With Sakuragi's defensive skills, it would be more difficult for Kidd to pass him than Payton, but...

The ball was in LeBron's hands!

The experienced Payton immediately retreated a step back subconsciously. After all, his speed and confrontation were not as good as before. Facing a player like LeBron who was very impactful and fast, he would be passed if he stuck too close.

But the next second, LeBron almost did not hesitate to choose a super low-body breakthrough on the right.

Pull away one step? Pull away one step, so what? Can you block it if you pull away one step?

LeBron's eyes were shining at this time.

For Jordan and Kobe, defeating the Supersonics may not be as tempting as defeating Lin Dong. They will be more eager to fight Lin Dong and decide who is the strongest player on the planet.

But I am different...

What I want is the throne. As long as I can win, it doesn't matter who I play against!

Why do I have to pick the strongest opponent? Can't I win by picking a weak one?

There is only one ball on the court and only one person with the ball. Only the one who wins the game is the real winner in the end!

Personal honor? When you have the championship and when you get the support of Nike, you will have everything!

Payton obviously knows LeBron's intention very well.

Don't treat veterans as superstars...

Feeling LeBron's swift speed and strong body at this time, Payton's pupils suddenly contracted, took a deep breath, and mustered all his strength.

Stop him!

His will has reached the peak, and his body's explosion has also reached the extreme at this moment, making Payton seem to return to youth.

It's a pity... This is no longer his era.

When LeBron's body touched Payton, a huge force that Payton could not imagine suddenly pushed up, just like a locomotive in a rush, which made Payton feel completely unstoppable at this moment.

This guy... is too fast and too strong!

The ribs hit by LeBron suddenly felt a piercing pain, as if they were about to be broken by him, and the center of gravity of the body was completely "knocked down" at the moment of contact, and he could not bear it.

The center of gravity of the upper body fell backwards and even affected the lower body, and he could not stand at all!

Was Sakuragi defending such a monster before?

That kid has grown to such a level... Fortunately, I have a trick!