Chapter 547 The True Core of Supersonic Power

Not only Mike Brown couldn't understand, the five Cavaliers players standing on the court couldn't understand it.

They were not rookies, but the "strength" of the Supersonics was so strong that they felt a little incredible, that is to say, they couldn't even understand where the Supersonics were strong!

You said it was the ultimate run-and-gun, the ultimate speed, but it didn't seem quite right. They were different from the traditional run-and-gun. They didn't just blindly pursue speed. They even abandoned the use of Lin Dong's super strength and integrated this super individual into the overall system, enjoying the same tactical position as other players.

Their ball and people were always in fast motion; they were always looking for the shortest and most secure offensive method; their players' positions were very scattered, using passes, pick-and-rolls and off-ball running to create shooting opportunities, and they didn't focus on inside players. No... they didn't even have a real inside player now!

They even looked "chaotic", as if there was no rules!

However, they can score goals, and they score very quickly, even making the defenders completely unable to find the rhythm of defense, and they always hold the rhythm of the whole court firmly in their own hands.

Be it LeBron, Wade, O'Neal, Kidd, or even Larry Hughes who just came on the court, at this time, they all involuntarily felt that they didn't know how to defend.

Man-to-man?

You can't keep up with the overall speed of the Supersonics. Whether it is Lin Dong as a transfer or using another person to force O'Neal's speed, they can always have an open position.

What about chasing the ball?

That's exactly what they have been using in the past two rounds, but the Supersonics' ball transmission is really good, with skilled positioning and accurate passing. Everyone is like one body, how can the defender be faster than the ball?

The Cavaliers' individual ability is stronger than the Supersonics, but in comparison, the Cavaliers are like a pile of loose sand. Everyone's strength is like hitting a ball of cotton, so their individual abilities cannot be fully utilized!

The only thing we can count on now is…

"Basket! Control the basket! Control the rebounds!" Mike Brown kept shouting on the sidelines.

It seems that defense is temporarily unstoppable. The Sonics' style of play is simply a cross-era feeling, which makes Mike Brown confused. He hasn't even figured out the characteristics of the style of play, let alone arranging targeted tactics.

But no matter how good the rhythm of the Sonics is and how many open opportunities they have, there will always be times when they miss the ball. As long as they control the rebounds and play the strength that the Cavaliers should have on the offensive end, there will still be a possibility of catching up.

"Shaq!" LeBron hooked O'Neal's neck.

Give up?

How can I give up!

Five years of dormancy is not to become a background board again, but for this day, to defeat the Sonics, to defeat Lin Dong!

This Sonics is indeed ridiculously strong, even if there is one less Sakuragi Hanamichi, it is still ridiculously strong, but so what?

Everyone thought the Cavaliers were doomed to lose, and everyone thought the Supersonics were invincible, but...

LeBron's eyes were burning with fire.

No matter how strong the Supersonics were, no matter how the Supersonics played, I would play my own rhythm!

"I will try to shoot as many shots from the outside as possible and protect the rebounds! Please, brother!"

Perhaps because of Mike Brown's shouting, or perhaps because of LeBron's determination when he asked O'Neal, the Cavaliers' five-man team seemed to have regained two points of confidence, and the already quiet Win Arena broke out again.

What if we are 21 points behind?

MD, this is our home court! How can we watch the enemy's arrogance quietly!

——Defense! Defense! Defense!

——Rebounds! Rebounds! Rebounds!

The fans in the arena were boiling again, shouting wildly at Mike Brown's instructions just now.

The Cavaliers' ball possession.

Although the defense couldn't find a way out, at least on the offensive end, the Cavaliers still had the strength to fight.

The Sonics' defensive style of forcing opponents to make mistakes by relying on rhythm has a higher upper limit than their previous rotation defense, but to be honest, the lower limit is also higher. They hardly have the opportunity to double-team the attackers during rotation defense. As long as you don't make mistakes and control the basket well, the Sonics seem to have no way to deal with you.

LeBron took the ball and forced Rukawa Kaede. His strong physical fitness opened the way and he scored from a long distance, but unfortunately he stepped on the line. 24:43, it was considered to help the Cavaliers recover a little blood.

Cheers suddenly rang out at the scene, and morale soared instantly. LeBron's personal score has reached 10 points.

But it was followed by the Sonics' extremely fast offensive.

Facing the running of the Sonics' five-small lineup, the Cavaliers' defense could not keep up with the rhythm at all, and the Sonics easily formed a 3-on-2 in the frontcourt again. Relying on the threat of Lin Dong and Payton rushing to the basket, the defense of LeBron and Wade was pulled apart. Rukawa Kaede shot an open shot at the top of the arc on the right side of the outside three-pointer, and it also went in!

At 24:47, the score difference has reached 23 points.

Kidd can see that LeBron is in good shape at this time, and the Cavaliers turn around and continue to attack LeBron.

Rukawa Kaede's defense is really a step behind LeBron, and he can't defend.

The overall disadvantages of strength, speed, and skills make it impossible to defend.

In fact, Lin Dong could see how powerful LeBron was at this time. His ball-handling skills had barely reached Wade's level. With his height and physical talent, plus an extremely accurate shooting, the current Supersonics might only have Sakuragi who could limit him. Even if he defended LeBron alone, it would be difficult.

His overall strength might be about the same as Kobe, but after all, this guy was different from Kobe who was completely suppressed by him. LeBron's skills were actually slightly inferior to Kobe's, but his strength was above his own. It was like "poking" a hole in his blockade against him... If he was against this guy and he took advantage of this, it would be really difficult to limit a player who had an ability that surpassed him.

Of course, there was no need to limit it.

The Death Five, a tactic from 10 years later, was all about offense. When Sakuragi was not on the court, he didn't need to waste this effort at all.

What the Supersonics wanted was offense, offense, and more offense!

LeBron forced Rukawa to make a long three-pointer. He obviously realized that the 23-point difference was too slow to catch up by 2 points. There was still more than a minute left in the first quarter. He obviously hoped to narrow the difference to less than 20 points and enter the second quarter.

Although there would be a certain hit rate problem, with O'Neal under the basket, LeBron didn't have to worry about rebounds at all.

Bang!

Perhaps his touch was not fully opened, or perhaps Rukawa's interference was still effective, the ball bounced off the rim.

O'Neal grabbed the rebound and made a tip-in in the empty blue.

26:47.

There were 29 seconds left in the first quarter. When the goal was scored, the Cavaliers were already frantically returning to defense. They had to defend one anyway, and then the Cavaliers would have the last chance of the first quarter, and then they could pull the difference back to within 20 points.

Normally, the Supersonics should have been slow to grab this ball, and should have tried to play for 24 seconds, leaving the Cavaliers only 5 seconds of attack time.

But...

What tactics and strategies, what delaying time? At this moment, none of them existed in the eyes of the Sonics.

An unparalleled spirit filled the air above the Sonics, who had already entered the state. They played fast, played offensively, and played unlimited offensively!

Life is endless, and the offense never stops!

The same extremely fast baseline ball, in just two or three seconds, the Sonics had once again formed a 5-on-4 situation in the frontcourt.

The Cavaliers' retreat was already fast enough, but O'Neal had just dunked one on the opposite baseline. If the 150-kilogram big man ran back, it would not be faster than the Sonics.

At this time, Lin Dong, Payton, Rukawa Kaede and Iguodala were all guarded, and only Luke Ridnour was in an open position.

The Cavaliers' idea was obviously very simple. This guy only had a 28.8% 3-point shooting rate this season. It was naturally better to let him go than to let anyone else in the Sonics. In fact, the Cavaliers felt that even if this guy was given an open three-pointer, he would not dare to shoot!

On the court, the ball rights are distributed by the coach and the star player. When all the main players of the team are still there, a substitute with a shooting rate of 28.8% in a season dares to shoot?

The opponent either chooses to force Lin Dong, or has to honestly run without the ball to find an opportunity, which will give O'Neal time to return to the basket.

But what people didn't expect was that Luke jumped up without hesitation when he received the pass.

The Cavaliers were all stunned.

This guy really dares to shoot? Is the ball distribution of the Supersonics so casual? A substitute who just came on the court, a guy with a shooting rate of less than 30% this season...

Bang!

There was a cheering and celebration at the scene.

The basketball didn't go in, and it hit the rim, making the Cavaliers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. LeBron immediately held Rukawa behind him and tried to grab the rebound.

But just after suppressing Rukawa and jumping, he felt a figure flying from behind.

The man flew too high, and he judged the landing point and bounce height of the basketball extremely accurately, not to mention that LeBron deliberately took a half-step slow jump to suppress Rukawa Kaede.

LeBron's pupils shrank suddenly, the height was not enough!

But he saw that big hand appeared directly above his head, far exceeding the height of the basket, pressing the bounced basketball in the air, and then smashing it into the basket with a bang.

26:49, Supersonics No. 10, Lin Dong!

Wade, who was defending him, also jumped up just now, but he was behind Lin Dong and could not interfere with him at all.

Wade looked aggrieved at this time. Lin Dong gave him a feeling that he was too fast, and his consciousness was too changeable, so you couldn't guess his next idea at all. It was like a time bomb on the Cavaliers' court, which could explode at the most deadly place at any time.

The consciousness was too strong, even making Wade feel forward, such a guy could not be defended.

The cheering arena suddenly cooled down, and there were still 25 seconds left. The Sonics only took 4 seconds from the baseline to the end of the attack!

But now is obviously not the time for the Cavaliers to be depressed.

Larry Hughes picked up the baseline ball and steadily controlled the rhythm, giving O'Neal time to return to the opposite basket and waiting for the Cavaliers to set up a positional battle. In the last 25 seconds of the first quarter, they had to have a success rate and delay enough time.

The intensity of the Sonics' man-to-man defense was relatively adaptable to the Cavaliers at this time. Kidd rushed to the baseline to receive the ball, almost hand-to-hand, and then passed the ball back to Larry Hughes under the double-team of Luke and Payton. Luke immediately filled in, but his personal ability was a little poor after all, and he did not create enough pressure. Larry Hughes seized the opportunity to pass the ball back to Kidd, which was simply breaking the Sonics' full-court press.

The Cavaliers' frontcourt formation was already set at this time. Kidd controlled the ball across the midline and passed it to LeBron.

This is when it's time to play superstar ball.

Facing Rukawa Kaede's defense, LeBron steadily controlled the ball at the top of the arc on the right side of the three-point line and did not play until there was only 5 seconds left before he suddenly started. The breakthrough seemed to be for a safe 2 points, but in fact it was to seek a slight confrontation, and then received a pull-up shot from outside the 3-point line.

The reason for choosing 3 points instead of the safer 2 points inside was because the score difference was 23 points behind, and scoring 2 points seemed a bit of a drop in the bucket at this time.

This ball was deliberately chosen to force a pull-up shot, which gave Rukawa a chance to "defend".

LeBron was ready for the confrontation. He had the confidence that as long as Rukawa dared to approach, he would dare to give him a 3+1!

As for leaving 5 seconds on purpose, it was to give O'Neal a chance to rebound if he didn't score. If the ball was scored, O'Neal or Larry Hughes under the basket would pretend to accidentally knock or kick the ball away, not allowing the Supersonics to have an immediate fast break. He had just communicated with the two of them about such a small move...

Rukawa really jumped up, which made LeBron slightly happy, but to his surprise, Rukawa looked calm when he jumped up, and he just raised his hands high, and did not invade him whether with his arms or body.

Was he seen through by this guy?

LeBron was secretly surprised. He really couldn't understand why this guy who had been abused by him for several rounds in a row had no temper at all. If it were any other normal player, he would shoot when he was beaten in the matchup and faced a possible block, right?

But... Rukawa Kaede wouldn't!

Thanks to his own positioning, the experience of being ignored in the NBA over the years, and the four-character mantra taught by the master on Mount Fuji, Rukawa Kaede was calm at this time.

Beaten by LeBron? Beaten, so be it... I have suffered too much emotional loss.

Whether it was giving up basketball because of emotions in Lloyd's Base, or not being able to calm down and improve myself because of emotions when I was in the Bobcats, or even finally becoming disabled because of emotions.

The same loss, if you suffer once, twice, or three times, you can say it is a lesson and growth, but if you suffer a fourth time, it is stupid!

The extremely stable emotional feedback obtained by the precise positioning of oneself makes Rukawa Kaede completely free of impulsive thoughts at this time.

Swish!

The basketball flew out of LeBron's hand and cut through the sky. Although Bavetta's eyes were fixed, trying to find any intention of Rukawa to foul, it was in vain.

The referee's whistle did not sound, but the sound of the basketball hitting the basket and bouncing was heard.

Bang!

Too much attention to Rukawa's reaction and actions at the time, coupled with Rukawa's unexpected choice of tough confrontation, made LeBron's shot not focused enough, and his expected shooting rhythm was disrupted.

——Ah!

A cry of loss sounded at the scene.

O'Neal under the basket suddenly jumped up, and his 150-kilogram body made him look like a mountain, but he was not the only mountain.

Lin Dong had already rushed to the inside, and at the same time, there were far more Sonics players rushing in!

Why are the Sonics so strong?

Is it just because Lin Dong is strong? Is it just because Sakuragi Hanamichi is strong? Or is it just because they lead the league in small ball tactics and outside three-pointers?

None of them.

A gleam of light flashed in Lin Dong's eyes.

Not to mention that the Cavaliers don't understand why the Supersonics are so strong, I'm afraid that few people in this league can appreciate the real strong core of the Supersonics, whether they are famous players or famous coaches.

Because most of what they see is honor and fame, they can only see the most superficial surface, but they can never see the real core of the Supersonics.

They thought that if they used tricks to get Sakuragi Hanamichi down, the Supersonics would lose the game, and they thought that two-on-one Lin Dong could defeat the Supersonics.

They were all wrong! And they were ridiculously wrong!

The powerful core of the Supersonics is hidden in a place they can't see, and it is also what Lin Dong has always pursued and desired, and what the 2008 Olympic National Team relied on to defeat the American team.

It is a theory, a spirit, a will, and the most powerful force.

The Supersonics will use this battle to prove this!

Huh!

Lin Dong jumped high!