The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

It took a lot of effort to seize the open situation, but Yao Ming gave the Wizards a 2+1, which made the Wizards seem to have a tendency to counterattack.

The Sonics were also secretly vigilant, trying to play a fast break, taking advantage of Yao Ming's shortcomings of being entangled by Sakuragi and being slow to return to defense, to quickly suppress the Wizards' momentum.

But here Brent had just received the baseline ball and started to advance towards the frontcourt, when he discovered that Sakuragi Hanamichi was unable to entangle Yao Ming this time.

In fact, just after completing the free throw, Sakuragi Hanamichi blocked Yao Ming immediately.

Sakuragi Hanamichi was also deeply impressed by the fake move just now. It is really not easy for a big man to make such a flexible fake move, but as long as he has psychological precautions...

But he was still passed over, in a completely different way than before.

Frankly speaking, Sakuragi's ability to trap Yao Ming relies not only on strength competition, but also on predicting Yao Ming's movements, getting his feet blocked in advance, etc.

But this time, Sakuragi found that he couldn't predict.

Yao Ming's footwork is completely different from before, as if he has suddenly changed into a different person, not only faster but also more uncertain, and this uncertainty is based on some weird methods.

For example, his movements no longer make sense!

For a skilled dancer, every move she makes can be predicted by another dancer, because it is either for the purpose of elegance, or for the usual routines, rationality, etc., all of which make her movements predictable. This action can only follow that action, or at least within a rough range, you only have two or three choices.

But no matter how good a dancer you are, can you predict the chaotic movements of a 3-year-old baby on the stage?

Yao Ming's current actions are a bit like this. They are unreasonable, have no inertia of thinking, and are completely random. But this kind of randomness makes Hanamichi Sakuragi unpredictable. If the other party messes up, he can only follow it. The result of the chaos is that they no longer have the ability to block in advance, and instead use the basic skills of the two to work together.

In terms of athletic ability, Sakuragi is stronger, but in terms of footwork skills, Yao Ming is better. After the two offset each other, and Yao Ming's superiority in strength, the two only struggled for two or three seconds, and Sakuragi Hanamichi was defeated. Got rid of life and death!

Brent passed the ball to Lin Dong, who knew he had to use rapid scoring to suppress the Wizards' momentum.

But Jordan's previous mistake in selecting 3-pointers is still fresh in people's minds. At this time, Yao Ming has also returned to the basket. Lin Dong knows that no matter how he got rid of Sakuragi Hanamichi's blockade just now, the Sonics no longer have the inside advantage. And rebound guarantee, the risk of choosing 3 points is too great.

At this time, Lin Dong made a strong breakthrough against Jordan, but the opponent seemed to have guessed his thoughts and released a half step more defense in advance, so that Jordan's defense was not out of position at this time.

At this time, stop hiding it.

Lin Dong's eyes flashed and he changed direction without slowing down!

The extreme pendulum clock changed to the right and Jordan followed up, changed again, and followed again!

But then came the third change of direction.

Frankly speaking, Lin Dong knew that Jordan in state 3 could barely keep up with this step, and he was already ready for the ultimate fourth change of direction. Anyway, with the protection of McDavid's knee pads, at most he would lose a little durability. Speed, minus one point, no damage to the knee, but I didn't expect Jordan to actually let go. Instead of completely turning his center of gravity to catch up, he chose to hang by his side.

And looking at Yao Ming under the basket, Lin Dong understood Jordan's intention.

If he forcibly follows the third step, Jordan's center of gravity will be completely thrown away. By the time he can take the fourth step, Jordan may have completely lost his center of gravity and cannot even hang from the side. It is better to let go and hang. , forming a double attack with Yao Ming under the basket.

But, is a flanking attack enough?

Lin Dong's eyes became extremely shining at this moment. He knew Yao Ming's strength, so he jumped up to meet Yao Ming without hesitation, but the next second Lin Dong felt the difference in Yao Ming.

It was a pair of eyes that were full of flames but gathered in the center, unlike Yao Ming's usual calm eyes.

The timing of the take-off was chosen very cleverly, half a beat slower than normal. While losing a little frontal defensive space, it also left Yao Ming with more space to make up for Lin Dong's changes in rhythm such as changing hands and pulling the lever. Defensive reaction space for the action.

As for the frontal defensive space, it does seem that there is an angle that can barely block the dunk.

But even if he is as strong as Lin Dong, he doesn't feel that he can still dunk the 226-centimeter Yao with Jordan's full interference from the side...

The accurate judgment is also not inferior to the minds of Payton and Jordan.

This ball is blocked!

Zone? !

Lin Dong was suddenly shocked.

The four big hands in front and on the sides completely enveloped him like the palms of Tathagata Buddha. At this moment, it was the real go home combination!

After all, it was state 3. In an instant, all the defensive moves of Yao Ming and Jordan were pre-read in my mind, and I got a result that was impossible to succeed.

Lin Dongmeng changed hands, the basketball passed from his right hand to his left hand, and then his left hand passed behind him without hesitation.

Uh-huh!

A back pass, the basketball was thrown from an angle that he couldn't see the situation at all.

It was in the direction of Sakuragi Hanamichi who came up after Yao Ming got rid of him.

At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi was standing at a 45-degree angle from the free throw line, which was the most comfortable shooting position for him. However, the Wizards seemed to have predicted Lin Dong's prediction. Harrington, who was closest, made a three-pointer. The outside of the line filled in.

But what followed was a ground-breaking pass from Hanamichi Sakuragi, and the ball went to Iguodala, who was missed by Harrington.

Iguodala shot an open 3-pointer. It can be seen that the Sonics have indeed been suppressed by the Wizards. This shot was obviously not as decisive as before, and even the preparation was a little lacking. Obviously, he did not expect Lin Dongqiang to kill the basket. Under the circumstances, the ball will actually come into his own hands.

Lack of sufficient preparation and lack of determination made the ball go a little ridiculously. As soon as the ball was thrown, Iguodala cursed secretly. The basketball didn't even touch the frame, as if it was passed directly to Yao Ming under the basket. Just like that, he caught it firmly with both hands.

Foreboding that this ball was going to be bad, Payton, who had stolen the basket in advance, wanted to cut the ball from Yao Ming, but Yao Ming found it in time. He dodged the ball and passed it to Jordan. Jordan threw it directly to the frontcourt, and was caught by Peyton. Tyronn Lue, who suddenly missed, then drove to the front basket and made an easy layup, helping the Wizards score another 2 points.

9:13!

With continuous escapes, scores, and rebounds, coupled with the cooperation with Jordan to complete a true and absolute blockade on Lin Dong, Yao Ming has already shown his talent.

Snapped!

Yao Ming and Jordan slapped their big hands together fiercely.

Although the score was still 4 points behind, the morale of the two teams seemed to have completed a reversal at this moment.

The excited cheers of the fans in the stadium, shouting for Jordan and Yao Ming, and shouting that the Wizards must win, were overwhelming at this moment.

So much so that Brent and Iguodala, who ran back to receive the baseline ball, made a mistake. It was Brent who subconsciously ran outside the baseline to catch the ball thrown by the referee.

But when the ball got into his hands, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

After all, in the SuperSonics' current tactical arrangement, Lin Dong and Payton have to play without the ball when faced with the close defense of Jordan and Artest. Brent is the ball carrier, and the baseline ball should be played by Iguodala throws it, he should control the ball.

Lin Dong and Payton in the frontcourt looked at each other, and both saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

Morale is messed up...

For such a small mistake, the Wizards did not press the whole court. They just exchanged the ball after making it. However, the two people were stunned at the same time. They were stunned for a while. They obviously shouldn't be aware of this. Some minor mistakes made me a little confused.

This is not a good sign.

Lin Dong and Payton's hearts tightened suddenly, as if a haze suddenly enveloped the entire Supersonic sky, covering up the cloudless sun above their heads, making everyone's eyes dim.

This time, not only Lin Dong and Payton, but McMillan on the sidelines also saw it.

beep!

"SuperSonics requesting a timeout!"

The sudden rise of the Wizards made McMillan see the seriousness of the situation.

Yao Ming's explosion is just a starting point, which will bring about the activation of all Wizards and a chain reaction of one step at a time and one step at a time for the SuperSonics.

The most urgent thing to do is to control Yao Ming first.

He pulled Sakuragi Hanamichi's shoulders: "Wake up! You have intercepted that guy six times, you can do it this time too! Block him, don't let him get into the basket so easily again..."

"There is also an outside line! The open opportunity has come out. Don't throw the ball away easily. Andre, your reaction to the ball just now was too slow and you were not prepared..."

The emphasis is nothing more than Sakuragi Hanamichi’s blockade and ‘always prepared’ from the outside.

But Lin Dong knew that it was useless.

"Sakura can't guard him for the time being. Yao Ming has completely entered the state. As for the outside..." Lin Dong interrupted McMillan's scolding.

McMillan actually knew this. Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense was not slack at all just now, but he couldn't stop it. Yao Ming seemed to have suddenly become much more flexible.

Concepts such as zone and open state were actually known to McMillan and Payton after Lin Dong entered the Supersonics, and they were also studying these things, but after all, it was too mysterious, and neither of them had ever entered it. What Dong said, more often than not, I still feel that it is just a conceptual explanation by Lin Dong, which is too theoretical, so it is difficult to substitute it into specific tactical considerations in actual combat.

At the same time, he also knew that there was another point that Lin Dong did not mention out of concern for his reputation as a coach, that is, with Yao Ming sticking to the inside and rebounding, the pressure on outside shooting was too great, and missed shots were inevitable.

But when a historical-level scorer like Lin Dong would be blocked even if he tried to kill the inside, the defensive intensity of the inside almost closed it to the SuperSonics. What other choice does the SuperSonics have?

All we can do is ask outside players to withstand the pressure.

Whenever there is an opportunity from the outside, you tell me that the pressure is too high and you can't make a shot? Then change people, that's your outside problem!

But what Lin Dong means...

At this time, McMillan frowned: "What should we do?"

"That's nothing." Lin Dong smiled: "Under the state, Yao Ming's combat power is certainly explosive, but his physical strength will be depleted very quickly, Sakuragi, no matter how Yao Ming gets rid of you, continue to pester him That’s good. It used to be a technical struggle, but now you need to fight physically to entangle. Don’t worry, at this time, his consumption must be greater than yours! Maybe it only takes one session, or at most two sessions, to achieve the level of entanglement that you would normally have. The physical exhaustion effect of his three quarters!”

"As for scoring..." Lin Dong smiled and looked at the two outside shooters Brent and Iguodala.

The two of them looked a little nervous at this time, and it was really not suitable for them to bear more pressure.

Not every player has a big heart, and even some so-called big hearts just happen to do special things at a special moment. Do you really want to install a heart rate monitor on them? Still over 130!

This is the last game of the finals, and it is a finals G7 that has been watched by more than 50 million people and created NBA history.

There are not many players on this planet who can mentally bear the responsibility of playing at this level.

"Relax, guys." Lin Dong said with a smile: "Adjust and adjust first. When your heartbeat is no longer so violent, I will pass the ball to you, but before that..."

Lin Dong clenched his fists, and his face did not seem to be worried about the unfavorable situation facing the Sonics at all. Instead, it was filled with excitement and fighting spirit.

It's time for you to appear on the stage. Damn it, arrange your physical strength reasonably and solve the biggest troubles facing the team at all times. This is the most reasonable arrangement!

In the first quarter, we must open up the score!

He smiled and said confidently: "I'll take care of the score!"