Chapter 553 The Unsolvable Death!

Even though the Cavaliers scored 115 points in G2, their overall hit rate was not high. The high score was due to O'Neal's protection of the rebounds. Therefore, in fact, the Sonics' defense was still effective. People felt that the Sonics' defense in this game was lackluster, but that was just because they were too successful in defending other teams in comparison.

They always used Chandler to push the big tall man in the interior, and at the same time used Sakuragi Hanamichi's height, wingspan and bounce to interfere. The weak side and the outside line would shrink, ready to grab the empty cut at any time, and block the long pass to the weak side, which made their defense look like an indivisible whole.

Do you think Chandler can defend O'Neal? In fact, whether it was O'Neal, LeBron, or even Wade, they faced more than one Sonics defender, but two or three enemies at any time. High mobility and the art of understanding space allowed them to always form a local three-on-two or two-on-one, and never leave obvious open space.

The reason why the Cavaliers didn't lose much in G2 was that Lin Dong didn't fully exert his strength, and secondly, Chandler and Payton left the court too early. To put it bluntly, the Supersonics in G2 didn't even play 80% of their combat power!

And the solution proposed by Lanny...

Of course, you can also learn the Supersonics' understanding of space, but that is not something that can be quickly mastered in one or two days, or even one or two months, or even one or two years. Even the Supersonics took a full three years from the first season to now. So compared to those, you have to have a heavy hammer that is enough to break through the Supersonics' defensive balance. Then put your strength in one place and occupy an absolute advantage. That is Lanny's method - an upgraded version of the double tower lineup that seizes the advantage of small space!

This theory made Lanny Wilkens earn a lot of traffic, and received countless messages and praise. Therefore, Phil Knight invited him to join at this time. Obviously, he not only saw his ability, but also saw this trend and morale.

At least, after the news of Lanny joining the Cavaliers came out, not to mention the Cavaliers team, it has already swept away the frustration of the Cavaliers fans who were on the verge of collapse, as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw and became lively again.

Since the day Lanny joined, the Cavaliers have conducted two days of closed training.

The content of the training is unknown, but it is thought that they are practicing the twin tower tactics he mentioned.

Although it was only a hasty two days, the Cavaliers themselves have an absolute foundation for the twin towers. The combination of O'Neal and LeBron is a natural barrier in the interior, and they are very familiar with this position.

Moreover, the twin tower lineup can be regarded as a traditional old-fashioned tactic. Not only is the overall theoretical thinking mature, but all players also understand it very well. It is obviously not difficult to adjust and master it within two days.

Therefore, the fans of the Cavaliers were excited again, which was a shot in the arm for Nike, whose sales and stock prices have been declining in recent days. On the opening day of Game 3 on the 26th, the decline of Nike's stock slowed down significantly. After all, people saw the hope of stopping losses, and some retail investors tried to buy at the bottom, which gave Nike a breath of fresh air.

Unfortunately...

Game 3 started.

Phil Knight failed to enter the stadium.

There was no way, he couldn't buy a ticket... or the box ticket was not sold to him.

This is not the Win Arena, but the God Arena of the Supersonics. A few days ago, at the league meeting table, Phil Knight had already torn his face with the Supersonics in front of Yang Dong. Yang Dong's character is torn his face, and I still spoil you? I just don't sell it to you, so what?

Who cares if you are the president of Nike, I have the final say here!

Get out of here, crawl away from me!

If you don't agree, go buy a black market ticket.

But sorry, you can't buy a box with a black market ticket. As for the live stands, even if you sit in the first row, do you Phil Knight have the nerve to sit there? Even if you have the nerve, are you not afraid of death... The stands are full of Sonics fans!

If Phil Knight really dares to sit there, Yang Dong guarantees that if the entire opening show lasts for 1 hour, then there will be 10 minutes of big shots aimed at Phil Knight's face, so that every fan in the stadium will know the culprit who harmed Sakuragi Hanamichi, harmed their Sonics Prince Lin Dong, and even forced Battier to leave the Sonics. What will happen if he sits in which row, seat, and position... Yang Dong dare not guarantee it.

However, this does not affect Phil Knight from watching the entire game in front of the huge projection screen at home.

Sitting in front of the projection screen, Phil Knight was wearing pajamas and looked a little haggard. Since G1, he has not had a good sleep for almost a week.

The Internet is now exploding with news every day. All the old stories of Lin Dong and Battier have been dug up, and even some of Nike's early black history.

Sales have declined, brand reputation has been damaged, and the stock price has begun to fall. If he didn't have some capital, he could barely hold on and throw real money into supporting the stock price. It would have collapsed and been swallowed up.

In addition, there is the lawsuit filed by the league against Nike, and even the movements of Wall Street tycoons. None of these things can be easily ignored by Phil Knight. He has been busy dealing with various emergencies every day these days. To be honest, for an old guy who is almost 70 years old, such work intensity is simply not something he can bear now.

However, there is no way, the son is useless, or simply cannot withstand such a situation. If he fails, Nike will definitely be doomed this time.

The personal doctor measured his blood pressure and reminded him to control the amount of alcohol and cigars he drank. He had recently had three highs, so he had to be reminded to control his emotions.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers played really well in the opening game today, which put Phil Knight in a good mood.

After a complete interpretation of the Sonics' small ball tactics, Lanny detailed the cooperation between LeBron and O'Neal at the basket. The high and low positions. If Sakuragi Hanamichi defends O'Neal, then LeBron will mention Chandler in the waist position. Le, immediately moved toward the center after receiving the ball, attracting Sakuragi Hanamichi to help defend.

Sakuragi Hanamichi faces a choice, should he help or not?

Without assisting in defense, LeBron takes two steps forward and overpowers Chandler. With his current ability, 90% shooting rate is given to you. LeBron's state is indeed getting better every game, especially Relying on his body to fight hard, his back-fighting ability is already a bit like that of O'Neal at his peak. Chandler can't hold back even if he pulls hard, and he is more flexible than O'Neal.

And if you want to choose to help defend, then O'Neal will be open in front. The SuperSonics can really rely on their natural rotation defense and let Iguodala or Rukawa Kaede on the weak side make up for it. But facing the 216 cm 150 kg O'Neal, What can these two people do to support them?

On the other hand, if Sakuragi Hanamichi is guarding LeBron, then once the strong and weak sides are changed, O'Neal will ask for the ball from the waist position and go LeBron's way. The result is that Chandler cannot guard either of these two people alone. , and finally let the Sonics' weak-side small forward face the open LeBron, and the result was exactly the same.

The Sonics relied on space to defeat the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers also used space. Although one was a large area and the other was a small area, Lanny was indeed not an ordinary coach.

This made the Cavaliers' offense at the beginning of this game extremely smooth. The Sonics were at a loss on the defensive end. The score was anxious throughout the first half. It also made Cavaliers fans crazy for a while, thinking that they finally saw the basis of the competition.

As for the defensive end, the Twin Towers lineup is still better than the SuperSonics in protecting rebounds. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi's various small moves under the basket barely allowed a 4-6 lead with the Cavaliers, overall they still lose more rebounds than they win. If it weren't for the substitute Larry Hughes who was relatively stretched on the defensive end and could hardly restrict Rukawa Kaede from the outside, allowing him to throw in three 3-pointers in a single quarter, then maybe the Cavaliers would have taken the lead entering the second half. .

Even so, the two sides tied at 62:60 at the end of the first half, with the Cavaliers only trailing by two points.

Compared with the complete crushing in G1 and the visible complete suppression in G2, the Cavaliers' 2-point deficit was nothing in the eyes of fans. The ratings of G3 also increased from 120 million at the beginning to 150 million. More than 100 million, once again setting a record for NBA ratings. Behind this crazy popularity may also be related to some illegal betting on the outside.

It was a pretty good first half, with back and forth. It was not luck. Both sides played well. It was just tactics versus tactics. This made Phil Knight, who was originally haggard, seem to have regained two points of glory. He At this moment, I wanted to rush to the scene, hold Lanny's bald head and kiss him hard for a few times. If he had been asked to come out earlier and Mike Brown had been fired earlier, maybe so many things wouldn't have happened in G1, and the Cavaliers might have been Than zero, then Nike will not explode these thunders. Even if Chu Bufan has secretly started to support Under Armour, it is impossible to swallow Nike. Now Nike will not be in a dead end. …

Fortunately, it’s not too late now!

Phil Knight was in a pretty good mood. He even ignored the doctor's reminder and asked the butler to prescribe a bottle of 1982 Lafite for him. Unfortunately...

The 1982 Lafite team had not yet sobered up, but Phil Knight's sweet dream woke up first in the second half.

Lin Dong started to exert his strength...

Lanny's twin-tower lineup essentially just consolidated the inside line and relied on a defensive strategy to compete for rebounds after lowering the Sonics' shooting percentage.

But that means LeBron can't leave the paint, and Wade alone...can't guard Lin Dong at all!

This is slightly better than the Cavaliers when the five tigers are complete. Artest can provide some defensive help, which can at least buy LeBron time to double-team Lin Dong, but Larry Hughes is completely incapable of doing this. Role.

Lin Dong made various shots from inside and outside. In the third quarter, Lin Dong seemed to suddenly transform into an all-out Dong. In just 3 minutes, he made 4 of 4 3-pointers, including 2 strong 2+1s. Not only scoring an extremely efficient 18 points in 3 minutes, but also relying on this sudden rhythm, the Cavaliers made two unnecessary panics and mistakes, and the score was instantly opened from 2 points to 10 points. .

After that, although the Cavaliers' twin towers were still stable on the offensive end, and Lanny also adjusted the outside defensive strategy in time, Lin Dong had already taken over the game.

His personal ability was unmatched. Whenever the Cavaliers scored a goal from the Twin Towers, he had to return another one. He single-handedly crushed the Cavaliers' perimeter defense, forcing Lanny to let LeBron spread outside the circle to contain Lin Dong.

But once LeBron's position is changed, the connection between the twin tower lineups is equivalent to a gap. The space is opened, and the small space advantage under the basket no longer exists. The SuperSonics' outsiders begin to dare to shoot. Konohanachi and Chandler also suppressed O'Neal on the rebound.

The two sides seemed to have returned to the unsolvable situation in G1 and G2. The Supersonics could occasionally force the Cavaliers to make a mistake, but the Cavaliers had no way to deal with the Supersonics' offense.

Although the Cavaliers barely managed to keep up with the score thanks to Lenny Wilkens' timely adjustments and lineup changes, they were still powerless to turn the tide in the face of the united Supersonics.

Larry Hughes' defense could not keep up with the rhythm of the Supersonics, nor could he keep up with the rhythm of his teammates... The five super giants are the five super giants, and the absence of Artest, who seemed the least important at the beginning, had a huge impact on this Cavaliers team.

124:108, the Supersonics once again won G3 with a 16-point advantage without a single blow.

God Arena was naturally full of jubilation, but all the Cavaliers fans in the United States were silent and depressed.

As for Phil Knight, who was sitting at home...

"Sir, your Lafite is awake." The butler with white gloves walked in carefully holding the bottle of red wine and whispered beside Phil Knight.

——Death! He is like a death! As long as he makes a move, the whole world will be eclipsed!

Barkley's excited shout came from the TV. He finally made a right bet. The Supersonics won the game, and he didn't have to kiss the scary big cat in the boxing champion's house!

Phil Knight in front of the TV had no reaction to the butler and Barkley's voice on the TV. He just stared at the projection screen with dull eyes.

He couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't figure it out!

It seemed that there was a chance, and it seemed that the situation was already under the control of Lanny, but how, how come Lin Dong exerted his strength, everything changed in an instant?

Damn, damn... Damn that Lin Dong!

Phil Knight's lips were trembling slightly, his face was pale, but his eyes were staring at Lin Dong who was smiling and thanking the fans on the scene on the screen without blinking.

In Phil Knight's eyes, that guy was like a knife hidden in the dark.

When he hides in the scabbard, the person holding the hilt gives people a strong feeling. This person is strong.

That reflects the whole of the Supersonics, the balance of each position, the extreme use of small ball tactics, using fast to slow, and using rhythm to compete with the super giant, as if they were one.

And when Lanny's double tower tactics restricted this very well and began to cause trouble for the Supersonics and were inextricable, Lin Dong chose to unsheathe... and when he unsheathes, the flashing cold light is enough to cover all other threats, so that the person who originally made you feel very strong no longer seems important, as if the whole world has only that piece of cold light, only that sharp knife that is enough to kill you!

He will definitely stab you in your soft spot at the most critical moment and give you a fatal blow, and then whether he continues to stab you or watch you bleed to death, your result will not change at all, everything is already doomed!

It's useless to invite Lanny, and it's useless to have the right tactics... All this is because the Supersonics always have a guy to back them up.

That guy is supporting the foundation of the Supersonics. Even if there is an 18-level storm, the Supersonics can still stand still.

That guy is... the unstoppable god of death, the absolute king of the NBA - Lin Dong!

If you don't get rid of this guy, no one can snatch their championship from the Supersonics!