In the third game, the supersonic home team welcomed the Western weak Golden State Warriors, and finally pulled one back under the offensive of the triangle offense.

Lin Dong only scored 37 points, but the whole team had 5 people score double-doubles, and Sakuragi Hanamichi, who played 8 minutes off the bench, also scored the first point in the NBA.

The morale of the young people of the supersonic speed is high, and they have the idea of taking advantage of the victory to pursue it.

But it was followed by another three-game losing streak.

Defeated the Mavericks, lost to the Kings, and even lost to the Timberwolves.

The Mavericks have the three musketeers of Nowitzki, Finley and Nash, and the loss is expected, the Kings have a pre-game evaluation of the superSonics, and they are all teams with slightly inferior inside and strong firepower on the outside, but after all, they were first in the regular season last year, and the bench depth is much stronger than that of the SuperSonics, so it is not surprising to win the game.

But in the face of the Timberwolves, who only have a single core this year, they also lost, which is really a bit discouraged for Seattle fans.

The Wolves dominated the inside, scored 31 points, and even grabbed a full 21 rebounds, and the guarantee of rebounds also made the Timberwolves' outside line seem to be open, and he shot a full 24 3-pointers in the whole game, and 16 of 24 shots, 67% of the shooting rate, brushed up the supersonic speed, and finally won 99:96, Lin Dong scored 45 points again, but he was still powerless.

Although Lin Dong averaged 46 points per game and won a weekly MVP, he ushered in a wave of 1-5 records at the beginning of the game, tied for the bottom of the West with the Warriors, who were also 1-5 and tied for the bottom of the West.

This start is really a bit difficult for the team and fans to accept.

Payton and newcomer Bob Myers have both been thinking about reinforcements lately.

Especially for Bob, although he has been in the league for several years and knows the operation of the league and the teams well, after all, it is the first time to be a team manager, and he still holds good cards such as Lin Dong and Payton in his hand, Bob Myers is still ambitious to make some achievements in this new season, but the current 1-5 record is like a needle.

The team's internal weakness is already well known to the entire league, and how to strengthen the internal line has become the first major thing that he, the newly appointed general manager, needs to operate.

However, the boss is not strong.

Bob and Payton have called Schultz several times in quick succession to explain the current situation of the team, but all they get is a sentence that 'apart from Payton and Lindon, you can use everyone else to trade reinforcements, and next year's draft picks will work, but ...... There is no money to ask for, and the salary cap is not allowed to go beyond the existing structure'.

Hearing this, Peyton and Bob's hearts were cold.

Now this supersonic, apart from Payton and Lin Dong, how can there be any trade chips to exchange for an All-Star level interior line? and refuses to give a transfer fee, even beyond the current salary level, so there is no room for manipulation for a god-level manager.

But since the boss's words have been clarified, you can only bite the bullet and look at it slowly.

However, whether it is the media or the local fans in Seattle, they have not completely lost confidence and patience in this supersonic team.

Losing is losing, but there is a rookie who averages 46 points per game, which means that this team has a future and hope no matter what, not to mention that the devil's schedule at the beginning of the new season has almost beaten all the top teams in the West last season, and it is understandable to lose a few more games.

But......

On October 7, the SuperSonics played at home against their old rival in the Dragon Country exhibition game, the Washington Wizards.

Wenbeck didn't return from a drunken night, so much so that the inside line, which had been enough to stretch his crotch since the start of the SuperSonics, became even more vulnerable.

The newly signed Ellington and Artest showed absolute suppression of the supersonic rookies on both the defensive and offensive ends, keeping clean sheets against Sakuragi Hanamichi and Vladimir, and also quite effectively limiting Payton's breakthrough, and at the center position, both Chandler and substitute Pedragher were completely locked by Yao Ming.

And because the offensive task is more handed over to Yao Ming on the inside to complete, Jordan also enjoys the treatment of 'lying to win', playing healthy basketball on the offensive end, and the focus is to concentrate on dealing with Lin Dong's defense.

The basketball god who focuses on defense is obviously extremely terrifying, and when he is full of energy, it seems to dream back to the peak moment of the 96 All-Defensive team, coupled with Artest's ferocious foul tactics when he misses...... The Wizards are obviously prepared for Lin Dong this time, Lin Dong shot 12 of 32 in the whole process, less than 40% of the shooting rate, although he still scored 39 points by shooting 12 of 14 from the free throw line, but with the number of shots, the team and fans have been eyed by his average performance of 46+ per game, this data is undoubtedly disappointing to them.

The inside line was blocked, and the outside triangle offense was choked by Jordan, Artest, and Ellington, who had an average of 80+ per game, and the three of them only scored 61 points in this game, so that they finally lost the game with a score of 109:75.

lost again, and it was the second home loss this season, the weak inside line and Lin Dong, who seemed to have finally seen the rookie wall, finally ushered in the carnival of countless trolls in this league.

- Peyton, the newcomer doesn't seem to be able to pick up the beams.

- What's the use of good data? It's just that his teammates are too poor and give him too many shots, and he was too mythical before, but now it seems that he is only an All-Star level.

- Hahaha, 1-6 All-Star!

- Does that Asian kid really think he can compete with the god of basketball? It's just that Jordan went to the Dragon Country to play an exhibition game to give local fans a little face.

- Supersound will not work this year! Those newcomers are terrible inside.

- I still expect the SuperSonics to bring some surprises to the West this year, but now it seems that it will be difficult to even enter the playoffs, and it is not as good as the Warriors, who have won 2 games.

- What about the awesome fans in Seattle? Didn't he scare the air on the Internet, and shouted that Peyton Garlington could win the championship, why didn't he say anything now?

The ridicule on the Internet, the ridicule of some celebrities in the media, the depression and silence of local fans in Seattle, and even the home tickets for the next game, in addition to various annual and season tickets, the ordinary seats are sold less than 2/3.

Compared to the full capacity of the first two home games, this further boosted the team's morale.

The supersonic spirit, which was so ambitious before the start of the race, had almost hit rock bottom at this time......

There was no game on the 8th, and the team only gathered in the morning for a simple training camp, and of course, most of the time they were still listening to McMillan swearing.

"Rebound! Backboard! Backboard! Engrave that word into your heads! ”

"Do you idiots know how many rebounds we've lost in these games? Do you know how many fewer offenses we've made per game than our opponents? Are you all beginners? Don't even look at the data! ”

"How many times do I have to say such a simple word? As soon as you get on the pitch, you get soft, and even if I put my nine-year-old daughter on the court, I'll be able to grab a few more damn rebounds than you sissies! ”

Chandler, Vladimir, Pedrager and other inner line weakness has become the focus of the firepower, with McMillan's position in the supersonic, pointing to the nose and scolding without scruples, so that the three of them are also a little red-faced, and their eyes can't be resisted.

Lin Dong usually chooses to remain silent at such times.

Whether he agrees with McMillan's stimulating language education or not, as a player, not to interfere with the coach's work is the most basic ethics.

However, whether it is the rebounds that McMillan said, the various rumors in the outside world in the past two days, or the panic within the team because Payton and Bob want to trade for reinforcements, all of these are not reasons for losing in Lin Dong's eyes.

After a few failures, Lin Dong is also constantly summing up.

In the first few games, his high shooting rate and high scoring were actually based on those strong teams choosing to eat the supersonic inside, and for him, a super scorer who had just entered the league and was full of energy, he chose to be full of firepower in the regular season, and adopted a semi-defensive relationship.

Otherwise, how could Kobe Bryant and Jordan's shooting percentage begin to plummet as soon as their defense intensified?

In fact, he is far less tough than he appears.

It's not that they don't have the ability to limit themselves, but they just choose an easier way to win.

And when these strong teams finish playing, they begin to encounter the so-called 'weak teams' in the media, and the key care for themselves may come.

When the time comes, a defensive titan like Jordan yesterday will block the front, and with a standard device for a villain like Artest, it may be his next standard court treatment.

At that time, can you still average 45+ per game?

At that time, can he really lead the SuperSonics with Payton to catch up with the bottom of the West?

Teammates are not your excuse.

Thinking about what kind of teammates Jordan faced when he entered the Bulls locker room at the beginning of the year, Lin Dong felt that he was a person who called 'not wanting to be Jordan's second generation', maybe he was not even qualified to be called the second generation.

The only reason for losing, Lin Dong felt that there was only one.

That is, I am not strong enough!

If you don't open the zone, you can't be absolutely dominant on the pitch, it's a matter of ability.

opened the zone, and the physical strength was not enough to play the upper and lower halves, which was a physical problem.

The physical confrontation is too much and the strength is insufficient, let alone against Kobe Jordan, even if the old fish Fisher, who was only 185 cm in his last fight against the Lakers, can withstand his own difficulties.

The aggressiveness of the opponent in the face of himself also began to come up, especially yesterday's Artest, who fouled himself four fierce times in a row, and the gnashing of his teeth was already like he wanted to eat him.

If you don't make any changes, then you won't win the next game, and I'm afraid it will be more and more difficult for you......

Since there was still a game the day after tomorrow, the training was only over at noon.

Lin Dong went out for lunch and slipped back into the arena.

I was going to go to the gym to pick up iron and practice a few sets of physical fitness and strength training, but just outside the gym of the stadium, I heard the sound of whirring tires dragging in the gym that should be quiet, accompanied by the roar of Sakuragi Hanamichi himself to cheer himself up.

"Come on! One more meter! Wowhaha, genius Sakuragi killed O'Neill! ”

"Whoop, whoop...... Come on! One more lap! Wow haha, genius Sakuragi killed Yao Ming! ”

"Whoop, whoop, whoop...... Refueling...... Wow, wow, haha...... Genius Sakuragi killed...... Who are you going to kill this time? ”

Lin Dong was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he didn't immediately push the door in, but looked out of the window first.

I saw Sakuragi dragging the 450-pound oversized tire in the gym shirtless, dragging the rope and crawling forward.

The sweat all over his body was dripping like beads of broken threads, almost piling up into a puddle, but the guy was happy to do it.

Boom!

There was a crunch.

Maybe he was finally exhausted, or his feet were on his sweat stains, and Sakuragi slipped and his knees hit the floor hard, and he grinned in pain.

Thankfully, it's the wooden floors......

He grinned and rubbed and blew on his knees for a long time, then stood up and tried on his own, but it didn't seem to be a big problem, and then he resisted the rope that dragged the tire again.

Sakuragi gasped heavily and closed his eyes.

In my mind, I seem to recall the highlight moment when I stood up to Mori Shigekuan and ushered in the cheers of the 'rebounding king' of the whole court, saw Haruko cover her mouth and cry his name excitedly, saw Anzai's father cry with excitement, and saw the highlight moment when Brother Gao also applauded him.

Thinking of Haruko, thinking of Brother Gaoren, thinking of Dad.

The pain in my knee just now seemed to have disappeared, but my tired body seemed to be full of energy again.

A smile crept back onto Sakuragi's lips.

Swish!

The tiger's eyes opened suddenly.

"Who's going to be this time? That, that...... Whoever you love, come back again! ”

(End of chapter)