Sure enough, whatever you worry about comes.

The physical strength on the supersonic side has not yet begun to have problems, but mistakes have begun to appear frequently.

First, Payton passed Iguodala to miss a half-empty 3-pointer, and the Wizards seized the opportunity to fight back, 21:17, and the difference was stretched to 4 points.

Followed by Lin Dong and Sakuragi's blocking and dismantling mistakes, Sakuragi was entangled by Tyronn Lu, and it was difficult to get rid of most of the arena, but the timing of rushing over to seize the position was already a step too late, and before he could stand still, he collided with Jordan first, and moved to cover properly, not only eating a foul, but also wasting a steady 3 points for Lin Dong.

The ball was converted again, and Pedrag, who was quickly forced by Da Yao to eat the basket, 23:17, the point difference continued to widen, and what was worse was that Sakuragi had committed two fouls in a single quarter.

For the sake of protection, McMillan swapped Sakuragi for Desmond.

The Wizards immediately adjusted their defense, with Tyronn Lue returning to defend Iguodala and Harrington finding Desmond.

It's even harder to fight now.

Desmond can't provide any effective help to the team on the offensive end, and the cooperation between Lin Dong and Payton seems to be a little out of tune, and he doesn't have the ability to shoot outside.

The defensive end is not the opponent of the misplaced Harrington, although Desmond is a forward, but only a small forward position, the technology of the No. 4 position is only slightly the same as him, and when he encounters a master like Harrington who can play a quasi-All-Star performance at the No. 4 position, it suddenly seems full of loopholes, just a back shot has made Desmond helpless, not to mention that Harrington also has an outside three-point hand.

And just one Harrington can't hold it, and it's even more impossible to talk about Yao Ming's pinching on the inside, not to mention fighting for the initiative on the inside, and even letting Yao Ming under the basket play well, and even have no consumption.

Sakuragi Hanamichi went down these rounds, Harrington executed the last three attacks of the Wizards in the first quarter, 2 back hits and 1 3-pointer, which is already 7 points in a row, and the supersonic side is Lin Dong who eats Jordan twice in a row, hitting 2 3-pointers, and fixes the score in the first quarter at 30:23.

A short 5-minute break.

The home team took the lead, and the atmosphere was lively, with loud music, cheerleading dancing and fans cheering.

Unlike the Wizards' relaxed, the supersonic atmosphere is somewhat dignified.

Not to mention the troubles on the offensive end, if you don't consider Payton's physical problems, the combination of Lin Dong and Payton can barely cope with it.

The key is that the trouble is on the defensive end.

Even though Artest's own offensive ability is relatively weak, and Jordan has not yet let go of the offensive mode, the Wizards still have Yao Ming under the basket and Harrington and Tyronn Lue on the outside, and the combination of these three points makes Payton, the main defensive core, completely unable to take care of it.

Previously, he focused on pinching rotation, which was to use Sakuragi's flexibility and physical strength to not only prevent Harrington, but also form a containment and pinching attack on Yao Ming, even if the defensive effect was not good enough, but it could also greatly weaken Yao Ming's physical strength.

Yes, the physical strength of the supersonic speed is actually also the problem of the big man of the Wizards, and his physical strength is not very good.

But now the pinch tactics have proven ineffective, if Sakuragi hits Yao Ming, Yao Ming will split the ball and hit the outside, Harrington and Tyronn Lue can shoot supersonic to death, and Sakuragi wants to choose to lock Harrington, Yao Ming doesn't have much effort to beat Pedrag, after all, the difference in strength between each other is too far, and it is estimated that the posture may not be able to sweat much after four quarters.

This has greatly reduced the number of options for supersound.

What McMillan can think of is to give up Pedragher, give up the inside, and completely switch to a five-small lineup to play the most primitive rotation defense and fight for steals.

That can solve some problems, at least release one more outside firepower to relieve offensive pressure, but the problem is that the error tolerance rate is also lower, and the inside line is equivalent to giving up completely, no one cares about Yao Ming, that guy may still be alive and kicking in the fourth quarter.

"There's no need to rotate, we can't play the dislocation of the Wizards, it's not very useful, but it consumes more of our own physical strength, change to hitting people and marking people, the whole court is pressing, I'll defend Harrington." Lin Dong said: "Sakuragi, you go to defend Yao Ming." ”

Everyone was stunned.

This is the simplest and most primitive way, but there are two major problems with it.

First, Sakuragi does not have the ability to defend Yao Ming alone, first of all, the height and arm span of the two are too different, and the difference in height alone is a full 22 cm, which makes Sakuragi's best defense around the front directly ineffective.

In terms of strength, although Sakuragi has a strange hand, it is possible to use the advantage of a lower center of gravity to top Yao Ming outside the paint area, but the problem is that Yao Ming has a small hook hand and a mid-range...... The top position of strength alone could not limit him at all.

Second, Lin Dong also has a problem with Harrington's single defense, as a power-based center who can play in the 3rd and 4th positions, Harrington's strength is enough to wrestle with Sakuragi Hanamichi, and it is much stronger than Lin Dong.

You must know that Lin Dong has more important scoring tasks, such as at the end of the first quarter, he relied on his 2 consecutive 3 points to control the difference between the two sides in single digits.

At the same time, Lin Dong also has to reserve his physical strength for the more important fourth quarter, after all, with Jordan's current state, the god of basketball who is playing will inevitably have amazing explosiveness in the fourth quarter, so in addition to Payton to keep up on the defensive end, Lin Dong must complete the key ball processing in the face of tighter blocking, otherwise when the ball is pulled away, it may be the difference between victory and defeat.

"I believe in this guy, even if he can't prevent Yao Ming, but we don't suffer too much by exchanging Yao Ming's physical strength with lost points, and I think with this guy's whimsy, maybe we can't solve the problem, he may be able to find a way...... As for me......"

"It's just physical strength." Lin Dong smiled and joked with everyone: "It's the same as that, there will always be a squeeze, I don't have a problem, don't worry about this." ”

Everyone laughed, and McMillan frowned.

Sakuragi single-defended Yao Ming, and used the loss of points to exchange Yao Ming's physical strength, this is no problem.

But to talk about Lin Dong's own physical strength problems, it would be a bit too casual to say it.

He is very aware of Lin Dong's physical fitness and limits, although he is already a top talent, he is only 19 years old after all, out of a stage of transitional youth, overall explosiveness is better than endurance, this is the advantage of young people, but it is also the disadvantage of young people.

A person like Sakuragi Hanamichi is a special case after all, and his heart is extraordinary, not only can he maintain a rate of 200 beats per minute for more than 3 minutes, but he can also reach the ability to pump 32 liters of blood per minute to the body under normal conditions......

This data is not only ranked first in the current NBA league, but also one of the few in the entire world sports history, you know, even the world-famous swimmer Phelps with his heart pump ability, the heart pump ability is only 30 liters of blood per minute to the body, and Sakuragi Hanamichi is estimated to be only the ancient Chamberlain kind of monster can compete.

But Lin Dong can't, his heart pumping ability is only 26 liters of blood per minute, which is at the top of the NBA, but it is not at the top level.

McMillan could fully see Artest's all-encompassing blockade of Lin Dong in the first quarter, and almost the whole audience was going to hang on Lin Dong.

With Lin Dong's hardware conditions, it is difficult enough to drag such a defensive titan to play the whole game, if he is still asked to deal with a No. 4 position that exceeds his own more than ten kilograms on the defensive end, it is not something that people can do at all, I am afraid that even if the heart of Sakuragi Hanamichi is exchanged for him, it is impossible!

But before McMillan could say anything, Lin Dong had already made other jokes, and shouted at Sakuragi Hanamichi: "I heard them say that you are a virgin just now, what's the matter?" ”

McMillan was stunned, when he was talking about tactical arrangement, he suddenly pulled it to such a topic, this is Lin Dong didn't want to give himself a chance to speak?

If this were someone else, McMillan would have subconsciously scolded him, but this was Lin Dong.

After contact throughout the season, this guy has never done nonsensical things, and he has hardly made any mistakes in the team's tactical choices, which makes him involuntarily think of a famous line in the oriental TV series that the whole team followed Lin Dong to watch some time ago: This move must have a deep meaning!

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He was determined to fight this one, and perhaps he felt that he could do it of his own volition.

Of course, there is another recognition that McMillan does not want to admit, but it is already a fact and engraved in his bones: Lin Dong is a supersonic small boss!

What happened to the coach? Is the coach bigger than the boss? The boss wants to make a joke and liven up the atmosphere when the atmosphere of the whole team is tense, he is a rookie coach, and he is not yet the status and level of Popovich or Old K, can he still directly say to the boss, 'Get out of your MD, listen to me first'?

OK, you're the boss your max...... Let's see what you mean.

McMillan thought as he couldn't help but laugh.

It was Lin Dong's topic that aroused the interest of the whole team, we all knew that everyone was a little too depressed in the first quarter, and it was good to be active now, as for Lin Dong's arrangement, there will definitely be his reason, although everyone is far from blindly trusting Lin Dong now, but after all, people have not made mistakes, and now they are 'boss', even if you don't blindly trust, but unconditional obedience is always not to fight.

So everyone simply let go, and said happily: "Hahaha, I remember that Haruko lived in this kid's house that night, it must have been that night!" ”

"Yes, yes, it seems that Haruko will return to Japan in the afternoon the next day, right? Isn't that Sakuragi? ”

"Nasty! You people! Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't help but correct: "No, it's the next day at the airport!" ”

Everyone originally just wanted to casually tease the little virgin and relieve the depressing atmosphere just now, but they didn't expect to hear such exciting news, and they couldn't help but open their mouths wide.

"Damn, the first time at the airport? Is it so exciting? ”

"Men's restroom? Lady? ”

"Did you pay attention to the safety measures? Haruko is still in school. ”

Sakuragi listened to the question marks on his face, and he didn't understand what he meant, but Lin Dong reacted first, and looked at this simple guy with a smile and a smile.

This guy doesn't just take a kiss and think he's got rid of the virgin title, right?

However, there is no need to get to the bottom of this kind of matter, Ben just wants to liven up the atmosphere and divert the topic of McMillan.

As for not explaining the specific reason to McMillan, it is really because there is no way to explain it.

How do you explain the matter of physical potions?

From McMillan's point of view, the worry is indeed justified, he can't defend a 115-kilogram No. 4 position on the one hand, and play the full four quarters on the offensive end, and even retain his strength to go head-to-head with the basketball god in the fourth quarter.

No one can do this, not even the basketball gods themselves.

can only rely on physical strength potions, although it can only be used once in a month, which means that after this bottle is used, it is impossible to use it a second time during the entire finals, but for this G1, Lin Dong feels that it is worth it.

The G1 of this round of the game is too important for the Wizards, not only their home court, but also from the overwhelming praise of the United States, the time and place are favorable, and the Wizards have all occupied, which invisibly also affects the play of the two teams against each other, but the confidence of the SuperSonics to defeat the Lakers and Spurs in a row, has not shown this impact for the time being.

But if the G1 Wizards win, then the morale will be completed in an instant, the balance will be broken, and then the SuperSonics will need to spend more effort than they do now if they want to stop the Wizards' momentum.

But if the supersonic win G1, not only can it greatly weaken the Wizards' winning ideas, but also give Sakuragi more time to adapt to the inside line, even if G2 loses, after returning to the supersonic home court, he can still not lose morale, and then rely on the home court advantage to continue to suppress the Wizards.

Therefore, the choice to press the Wizards in this game is absolutely better than any other game in this series except for G7.

But now that the strength of the book can't eat the wizards, then you can only use a little unconventional means.

It's a hard fight!

"Boss." Lin Dong lowered his voice and said to Payton when he came on the court: "Jordan has been walking, compared to your consumption is too great, save your physical strength to block Jordan in the fourth quarter...... On the offensive end, give me the ball and I'll make a difference for the team! ”

Honk!

The referee blew the whistle for the second quarter.

The Wizards have maintained their previous main lineup, and now is the time for them to be in full swing.

On the supersonic side, there are two up and two down, Pedrager and Desmond down, and Sakuragi Hanamichi and Brent up.

Supersonic ball possession.

Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi reappearing and Pedrager being taken down, he knew that the SuperSonics were going to give up their previous plan to flank Yao Ming.

Looking at this lineup, is it intended to play their rotation defense in the regular season?

A faint smile appeared on Jordan's face, which was the tactic that the Wizards had studied the most before the game, and they had enough strategies to deal with it, so they didn't worry at all.

As for the offensive end......

I saw Sakuragi Hanamichi standing directly at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the penalty area.

This guy's habits have long been no secret in the eyes of the league's teams, and his offensive ability is the most stable mid-range shot at a 45-degree angle in addition to eating cakes under the basket.

But Tyronn Lue is too short to obviously prevent this point, and after the supersonic speed got off Pedrag, except for Sakuragi Hanamichi, the outside four people have completely opened up the space at this time, the top of the three-point arc and the bottom corner of the three-point arc on the left and right.

Lindon, Brent, Iguodala and Payton, these four all have three points, even if Payton is slightly worse, but the vacant position will definitely be able to shoot, and the Wizards dare not let go.

can only put on a regional joint defense posture, dare not use Tyronn Lu to follow Sakuragi, and at the same time pull Yao Ming's position under the basket a little bit out to make up for Sakuragi Hanamichi's mid-distance, while Artest is out of the regional joint defense, and continues to press Lin Dong all over the single defense, after all, the whole league now knows that this guy has an unreasonable ultra-long-distance 3-point, and the shooting rate is quite high, you have to choose to stand near the 3-point line and wait for him to come, it is no different from sending points.

At this time, Payton had just crossed the halfway line with the ball, but Artest didn't even have the interest to look over there, and focused all his attention on Lin Dong's body, and his two eyes were full of excitement.

In the first quarter, his defensive effect against Lin Dong was not bad, although he allowed the opponent to score a full three 3-pointers, but almost all of them were played after being misplaced.

This is Lin Dong, who can cut the regular 37.8 points in the regular season, but he has almost never been beaten and has not lost his position for 10 minutes.

Dealing with a guy like Lin Dong, it is a success to be able to defend like this! It's enough to skyrocket your worth!

This made Atai very excited.

Since joining the league in '99, it's now his fourth season, and although the previous stats are good, because the teams he has joined before are not very good, there has been no representative battle to make him famous.

And today, as long as he can limit this Asian who can't make Kobe Bryant who has a defensive force to a certain extent, and help Jordan win this year's championship, he can definitely use this to become famous!

"Are you ready?"

Artest was thinking excitedly, but heard the Asian in front of him smile and say.

Artest's spirit was lifted, is this a war book for a declaration of war? In the second quarter, this guy is going to attack?

That's even better, because only Lin Dong's continuous onslaught can he have the opportunity to reflect his own value!

"Let the horses come, boy!" He responded with a sneer, but saw that Lin Dong's eyes seemed to be pupils focused at this time, flashing slightly.

Zone, open!

If you want Payton to rest and go single-handedly to take on the whole Wizards team, you can't do it in an ordinary state.

Besides, it's only three quarters, and because a little more defensive consumption will cost you a bottle of stamina potion, which is too wasteful.

Then how about a zone with a big ticket, a full three sessions?!

The words that teased Ah Tai were like a spell to open the state, and the noisy wizard scene suddenly became quiet in Lin Dong's ears, so that even Artest's words in response to him seemed to be half a beat slower to Lin Dong's ears.

Not only did the conscious mind begin to run rapidly under the concentration, but also the body at this time seemed to have opened some kind of limiter, becoming incomparably transparent and comfortable, and a steady stream of energy poured out from the depths of the bones, filling in the bones of his limbs, making his blood seem to have a trace of restless enthusiasm.

There are flaws!

Call!

Before Artest finished speaking, Lin Dong had already caught the moment when he was distracted, and his body suddenly activated.

The strong thigh only kicked, and the body turned back to the right side at high speed, and at the same time, the left leg straddled Artest's body, pinning his thigh, and the left arm blocked the left side of the defender, firmly blocking Artest's whole body behind him.

Artest was startled and subconsciously kept up with his body movements, but at this time, the left route had been blocked by Lin Dong's legs and arms, making him unable to make an effective interception at the first time.

This is followed by the second step.

The muscles of the strong thighs bulged as if they were inflated, and the right leg that pinned Atai was the axial foot, and the left leg that turned around was kicked suddenly, and the whole body shot out.

Turning back, changing positions, getting rid of, and then starting and rushing out, all the movements were so coherent that it seemed to happen completely in an instant, so that with Artest's defensive reaction, when Lin Dong kicked out the second step, the first step on his side barely kept up, and the defense that was originally close to him was directly thrown by Lin Dong at least half of his body.

At this time, Lin Dong's direction was straight to the basket, and Payton in front of him had already understood it, a ground-hitting pass with a predicted landing point, and when Lin Dong rushed to the ground, the basketball just bounced off the ground, and he didn't even have to bend down to hold the ball in his hand.

The Wizards were obviously taken aback by Lin Dong's sudden outburst, but at this time, Tyronn Lue and Harrington were in the bottom corners of both sides, and Jordan was at the top of the three-point arc on the right side.

Fortunately, there is a big killer in the inner line, Yao Ming!

Da Yao stood steadily, his eyes looked directly at Lin Dong, and the two super champions from the Dragon Kingdom could see the strong battle intent in each other's eyes at this time.

Pull-up jumpers? Or a strong basket? Or give the ball to Sakuragi?

Faced with Lin Dong's three possible choices, Yao Ming immediately took a diagonal step to the right, pushed a little outward, and raised his right hand high at the same time.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

The biggest advantage of growing taller is that you can have a higher margin for error when defending.

If you are as tall as the opponent, you have to jump up to prevent a stop-and-go jump shot or prevent the opponent from killing the basket, but Da Yao doesn't need to, you only need a slight step to cover most people, even if you are facing a bounce like Lin Dong, it is just a temporary small jump from him to achieve the effect, which allows you to have plenty of room for defensive options.

At this time, Da Yao's position made McMillan's scalp tingle when he saw it, and he could see the power and experience of his defense at a glance.

If Lin Dong makes a stop-and-go jump shot, then Da Yao only needs to take a step forward, and if Lin Dong chooses to kill the basket, Da Yao only needs to take a step back, even if he chooses to pass to Sakuragi Hanamichi, Da Yao only needs to turn around, and at the same time, he also creates a great sense of oppression for Lin Dong with his height, which can be said to occupy the biggest initiative of the defender.

But at this time, in the face of Yao Ming's 226 cm body oppression, Lin Dong's speed at this time did not decrease at all, and he couldn't see half a point of retreat in his eyes, and he crossed the free throw line to close the ball, and then rushed straight with two big steps, followed by one step to kick the ground, and jumped high against Da Yao, full of impact!

At such a height, you can't prevent it just by raising your hands, Yao Ming subconsciously wanted to jump, but before he could jump, Lin Dong's right hand holding the ball suddenly pulled in the direction of Sakuragi Flower Road.

It's a pass!

A look of urgency flashed in Yao Ming's eyes, and while glad that he hadn't jumped yet, he hurriedly pulled his weight in the direction of Sakuragi Flower Road.

But in the electric light and flint that the center of gravity had just opened, the right hand that was pulled out actually grabbed the ball with one hand and took it back.

A hint of surprise flashed in Yao Ming's eyes, but it was too late to block it at this time, not to mention blocking, the center of gravity that had been pulled away made him unable to even stand under the basket and raise his hand to block it.

Scammed......

Rumble!

A powerful and violent slam slam.

The basket buzzed and vibrate, the arena was silent, and Lin Dongchong, who had fallen to the ground, smiled at Da Yao with a complicated expression, turned around to defend, and at the same time did not forget to look at Artest, who was looking annoyed.

"You're too close, bro." Lin Dong smiled and said, "People really can't help but think about you, I'm sorry." ”

(End of chapter)