312 You can't win anything with a bunch of kids
Landing in the NBA's first game!
The expectation and fighting spirit are absolutely full, but the process and result are a little difficult to describe.
In terms of the tactics of the SuperSonics, the offensive end is mainly completed by the offensive triangle formed by Linddon, Payton and Brent Barry.
Brent has a decent 3-point hand and is also the second playmaker point guard on the court.
Payton's 3-point score is slightly worse, but Lin Dong's 3-point is a magic weapon of the SuperSonics this year.
It is often Payton who holds the ball and rushes to the inside for more time, and as long as he pulls the defensive formation, he can give the ball to Lin Dong on the outside.
Or two-person blocking and pick-and-rolling, three-person blocking and dismantling, Lin Dong and Brent's outside firepower, combined with Payton's inside killing, became the main rhythm of the first half of the SuperSonics.
In the second half, it was switched to Lin Dong's breakthrough to the inside line or the full firepower mode of the middle distance.
On the Lakers' side, in the first half, Lin Dong was rotated by Fisher and Fox to defend the mode, but it had no effect, and when Lin Dong was full of firepower in the second half, Kobe Bryant, who was the main defense of Payton, switched defenses, and the defensive effect was obviously much better.
A player similar to Jordan, although his defensive ability is not the top in the history of the league, his defensive attitude is definitely at the level of Jordan, and his hawk-like focus, coupled with being younger, faster, and more powerful, makes Lin Dong really a little uncomfortable to play.
He shot 10-of-11 from the field in the first half, shot 90 percent from the field, and also included four 3-pointers.
And after Kobe Bryant changed defenses, the shooting percentage began to plummet.
Lin Dong shot 11 of 19 in the second half, only 57% of the shots...... Although there were two of Kobe Bryant's tougher fouls, and they leveled the whole game, he shot 21 of 30 and scored an extremely efficient 52 points with a 70% shooting rate, which is extremely good and even amazing.
But if you just look at Kobe's defensive effect, compared with Lin Dong's performance in the first half, there is no doubt that Kobe successfully limited part of his firepower.
And if you look at the results of the scores of the two teams.
At 121:99, the Lakers won.
Payton scored 21 points and 9 assists, Brent had 9 points and 5 assists, and the superSonics' triangle offensive system had scored 82 points in the game.
Chandler, under the counterpoint of the big shark O'Neill, experienced a fierce handful of despair.
Frankly speaking, Chandler has never been so desperate to beat Yao Ming during the exhibition game, although he can't beat it either, but he can barely top a position when he beats Yao Ming, but against the big shark, Chandler feels like an adult bullying a child, and as long as the guy sits with his back to himself, he can be sat by the big ass and fly out......
He only got 3 points and 4 rebounds in the whole game, 4 rebounds were picked up by his own backcourt rebounds, and 3 points were 4 free throws after being flown by O'Neal twice, and he also missed 1 free throw......
On the contrary, it was Vin Baker, who had a very unpleasant quarrel with McMillan because of alcoholism some time ago, and beat O'Neal 2 under the basket and grabbed 2 frontcourt rebounds.
After all, the All-Star striker, who was once known for his flexibility, is now fat enough, tonnage is enough, and his nearly 500-pound figure is not inferior even in the face of O'Neal, but unfortunately he moves slowly, and in addition to supporting the positional battle under the basket, he basically can't participate in the team's other tactics, scoring 7 points and 6 rebounds in the game, but it is already the team's fourth-highest score.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who played 15 minutes off the bench, had 0 points and 3 rebounds in the game, and his offensive ability was relatively poor, in front of the defense of an NBA-level team like the Lakers, his offensive ability was basically equal to nothing, although the 3 rebounds were all frontcourt boards, but they mainly relied on the quick-eyed stream of consciousness to grab the ball, and it was not so amazing, drowned in inconspicuous data, unremarkable.
Pedlagher played 21 minutes and had two points and two rebounds, Earl Watson had two points and one assist, and Andre Iguodala made his debut in the second half.
De Payton scored a 3-pointer on 1-of-2 shooting from the perimeter.
The rest of the rotation players didn't score any more points.
Randy Livingston misses 2 shots and Vladimir hits iron 2 shots.
And Desmond, the young former who performed well last year, did not get the opportunity to play because Lin Dong played the whole game, and sat on the bench for the whole game.
Look at the Lakers, on the other hand.
Kobe Bryant faced the strict defense of Payton and Lindon rotation, and his scoring performance was mediocre, shooting 11 of 25 from the field, 4 free throws, and only getting 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Lao Yu Fisher had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Fox had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and all four players on the team scored double-doubles, and the other benches also scored in single digits, and the overall offense was smooth and normal.
O'Neal was the absolute MVP tonight, taking and winning under the basket, making most of the Lakers' offense tonight on the inside.
He scored a game-high 61 points on 25-of-37 shooting and 11-of-20 from the free throw line, and also grabbed 26 rebounds, which not only tied his career scoring record set in '00, but also surpassed the 23 rebounds he set when he set that record.
This is a typical take advantage of your illness to kill you, obviously with Lin Dong's game against the Wizards Jordan, a team like the Lakers who aspire to win did not choose to use some extreme ways to limit Lin Dong, but chose to play the relatively weak interior line of supersonic speed, for the Lakers with a super center, especially when the shooting rate of this super center is close to 70%, if those who were supposed to score, but were dragged down by the 500-pound Wenbaker, Chandler and others with strong fouls, are also counted, The hit rate is almost 100%......
Then the Lakers winning the game is naturally as easy as eating and drinking.
The cheers of the home stadium and the singing and dancing of the fans made the superSonics come and go home in defeat.
Losing the first game is not comfortable for anyone.
So much so that the frustrated Sakuragi Hanamichi even forgot about helping Haruko to sign an autograph, or when he hugged at the end of the game, Lin Dong took McMillan's pen with his hand, and then dragged away the bracers of the depressed Sakuragi Hanamichi, and asked Kobe to sign one on it.
Kobe Bryant was also a little surprised by this super newcomer who was still smiling and looking for his autograph after losing.
In his mind, a man who had the courage to fight Jordan alone in his rookie period and once pushed Jordan to a desperate situation must have unparalleled arrogance in his bones, and losing would definitely make such a guy unacceptable, but he didn't expect it......
Of course, he signed him happily, encouraged this young man who seemed to have a good personality, and then smiled and shook hands with Lin Dong to take a group photo.
And this photo obviously became the first choice on the front page of various reports on the NBA opener the next day.
It stands to reason that Lin Dong's supersonic loss is a scene that many fans in the United States are willing to see, and they will definitely be willing to ridicule it.
Long before the game, there were already countless trolls and journalists and media who wanted to catch the eye.
First, Lin Dong is indeed the hot spot of the current national fans' attention, spraying him means unlimited traffic, and second, LeBron's whitewashing some time ago really brought back a large number of fans for him, and by the way, he began to dislike Lin Dong, and thirdly, he ...... Nike wants to create some trouble for Lin Dong in his rookie season, both in and out of the arena, so that Lin Dong can feel what kind of backing force it would be to have a Nike standing behind him.
But as soon as the game was over, I found that it was a bit sprayy.
What do you spray?
Although the SuperSonics lost, Lin Dong scored 52 points in his NBA debut, and only used 30 shots. Then you'll have to go and shoot Kobe Bryant 11-of-25 first.
And when it comes to the ability to lead the team, it is Peyton who leads the team with supersonic speeds...... The organizer of the audience, can you spray Lin Dong?
What's more, after the game, the Oriental magician was not as angry as everyone expected, and even generously went to Kobe Bryant to ask for an autograph or something...... People can afford to lose!
is generous, showing a kingly bearing, so that you really can't find any point that can be sprayed, which makes all interested reporters and trolls a little interested.
So, they set their sights on the next game of the supersonic.
Thanks to last season's poor bottom results, the SuperSonics played basically strong teams in the first half of the regular season, especially in the opening games.
On October 15th, he continued to challenge the San Antonio Spurs away.
Facing the Spurs, who have a new GDP combination and Popovich, most of the opinions of all football commentators are still the same, and the SuperSonics cannot win.
But it turns out ......
You can indeed trust the eye of these professional ball critics.
At 108:101, SuperSonics ushered in another defeat.
Duncan and the aging admiral teamed up to overturn the supersonic inside, and the two alone combined to score 58 points and grab 29 rebounds, the French sports car Parker had 12 points and 6 assists, and the newly joined Ginobili played 24 minutes as a substitute, and the enchanting European step also exploded the supersonic interior line, scoring 10 points and 2 assists.
Stephen Jackson and Macri Rose each scored eight points, while the other benches combined for 12 points to give the Spurs a comfortable lead over the entire race.
Lin Dong's performance is still remarkable, even more amazing than in the last game, with 59 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, with Payton and Brent, the triangle offense combined to score a full 90 points, almost the whole team scored, but the performance of others is still ......
Except for Wenbeck, who was having an awkward fight with the team, relying on his 500-pound figure to score 5 points and 7 rebounds inside, the others were still in a state of being beaten, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Iguodala, Watson, Desmond and others all did not score 1 point, and only the veteran Randy Livingston scored 1 middle distance.
The reporters who couldn't find how to spray Lin Dong finally started to play a little.
Chuck Daley, who was a guest on ESPN, smiled and quoted a famous quote from former Liverpool legend Alan Hansen on TV: "You can't win anything with a bunch of kids!" ”
For the former NBA coach who coached the national youth but lost to Lin Dong, it is difficult to say whether this sentence has a personal grudge or not, avoiding Lin Dong's excellent performance and talking about the supersonic lineup.
However, it pointed out the biggest problem of the supersonic team, which was highly anticipated before the start of the game.
Their players are so young!
Lack of experience in away games, lack of ability to play tough battles, lack of ...... There are too many things that are lacking.
It's just a bunch of kids, what can you expect from them?
(End of chapter)