The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Chapter 487 Rebirth, the best sixth man!

When the ball came into Lin Dong's hands, everyone on the Lakers was stunned. This time, he picked it out too accurately...

luck? coincide?

In the blink of an eye, Lin Dong rushed forward.

Although Kobe blocked it immediately, he was already near the front three-point line. By the time Lin Dong's speed picked up, the defense had lost its meaning.

The two arrived at the basket almost at the same time. Lin Dong was in front and Kobe was behind. The two jumped up at the same time, but Kobe was obviously a beat slower. When Lin Dong's hands had already dunked on the basket, Kobe's big hand made up the shot. Just took this photo.

12:10!

When the two landed, Lin Dong smiled at Kobe, but a hint of fear flashed in Kobe Bryant's eyes.

Those two balls just now were so perfectly defended that I had forgotten how terrible Lin Dong was...

This is Lin Dong, the man who has actually surpassed God.

If you want to stop him, you must not let him run first. Otherwise, even if you are in full condition and you know Lin Dong well enough, you will not be able to stop this guy's impact.

It’s not that the consciousness can’t keep up, it’s that the speed can’t keep up!

Kobe licked the corner of his mouth and grinned at Lin Dong.

There is no need to think about physical matters, and there is no need to think about blocking Lin Dong for four quarters, and there is no need to be complacent just because of the occasional two or three successes and think that you can really block the opponent completely.

Live in the moment, block the moment!

Every time Lin Dong is blocked, the Lakers take a step towards victory!

A flash of light flashed from Kobe's eyes.

Defensive Strength - Upgrade!

At the arena, the fans were startled and became a lot quieter, but then there was a counterattack in the atmosphere.

——It’s our turn!

--What's happening here? !

——Hit one! Hit one! Hit one!

——Play inside! To Yao!

Although the belated cheers were a bit too late, they finally brought back two points of momentum for the Lakers.

Nash holds the ball and stands in an offensive position.

Looking at the young No. 11 in front of him, Nash's eyes have become completely different from before.

I thought I was a newbie...

It wasn't until the defense of the ball just now that the opponent's skills were revealed.

His basic defensive skills are quite solid and his speed is very fast. More importantly, his defensive awareness is very strong. Not only can he predict his own actions to a certain extent, but he also devotes a lot of energy to blocking his own pass to Yao Ming inside. route.

At the very least, this is a qualified defensive main level. Perhaps defense is his special skill.

As for the two 3-pointers just now...the first goal was because he was distracted by Lin Dong and was distracted by defense. The second goal was purely luck.

It's not like no one in the NBA has done such a thing as alley-oop 3-pointers. Even every few years, you can always pull out a top 10 collection of alley-oop 3-pointers.

But this is not a conventional style of play. It often appears in the final moments of the game to grab time and gamble on luck.

This kind of magic ball, to put it bluntly, is a lucky ball that cannot be copied. Everyone can throw it like this. Whether it goes in or not depends on the sky. There is no 3-point ability to talk about... Of course, you can't be too careless. After all, this guy is attacking. The position of the end is that of an outside shooter.

Not a big problem.

The real trouble is Lin Dong, the guy who will lure you into being fooled once he reveals his flaws. Unless he is three steps away from Kobe, he must not pass the ball to Kobe.

Nash has set his sights on Yao Ming and Chandler inside, and still has to find a breakthrough from this direction.

You have to break in and score the ball, but you don't have to fight with this guy who has already proven his defensive ability...

Nash raised four fingers and made a tactical gesture.

At this time, Kobe had already led Lin Dong to the right side of the three-point line. Lin Dong's steal just now really frightened the Lakers. It was really dangerous to put that guy on the Lakers' offensive side.

Odom, on the other hand, moved to the right side of the free throw area. He seemed to be in the same half zone as Kobe, but in fact he was helping Nash and another partner to open up space and strengthen the protection of the basket.

Doug Christie led Payton and rushed towards Nash.

Pick and roll?

Payton's eyes suddenly condensed, and his experienced experience could tell the Lakers' tactical intentions at a glance. After all, the positions of Odom and Kobe had left the left side empty.

Two against two!

Is Nash trying to misplace himself in singles?

Payton felt a headache just thinking about it. Nash was a fast player on the offensive end, and he was the type he was least willing to face now.

If the opponent is strong, he can use small moves. If the opponent is experienced, he is more experienced than the opponent. But if the opponent is faster than him, it will be really difficult for Payton to keep up with his body that is no longer at its peak.

It would be best if after the opponent picks and rolls, he and his partner can cross over without switching defenses, but his current partner is Rukawa Kaede instead of Sakuragi. In the misplaced lightning flash, it would be very difficult for the two of them to have a slight disunity of consciousness. It is easy to make defense switching errors.

Payton felt that it might be difficult for Rukawa Kaede to judge the right choice at the first time. Even with his defensive awareness that has been criticized by the whole team, he might not be able to react to the opponent's pick-and-roll immediately, right?

In the blink of an eye, Doug Christie had already blocked Rukawa Kaede's side. Nash suddenly started to speed up and slipped towards the left corner. Payton could only choose to switch defenses immediately, but he did not expect that he would switch defenses. At the same time, Kaede Rukawa actually saw Doug Christie's pick-and-roll early, took a step back in advance, and continued to block Nash who slipped to the left.

This is obviously a communication problem between the two defenders. They chose to seal Nash at the same time, which left Doug Christie free. When Payton and Rukawa Kaede realized this, they both felt that the other party It will fill the position, delaying the reaction time of half a second, so that the gap becomes larger, and such a gap hole will naturally not be missed in Nash's eyes.

Uh-huh!

call!

The ball was in the hands of Doug Christie. With the experience and intuition of the veteran, Doug Christie had already realized that this was his opportunity as early as when both of them followed up.

After adjusting and mentally preparing in advance, he stood up without hesitation the moment he caught the ball.

It’s over!

Although the distance was only two steps, with his current physical condition and speed, it was impossible to rush forward and cause any interference. He could only watch the guy shoot.

Payton felt cold.

MD, who would have thought that this team would be able to correctly realize the mismatch and not switch defenses this time despite the loopholes on the defensive end?

Whether it is that I underestimated Rukawa Kaede, that I made the wrong choice, or that there is a problem with the tacit cooperation between myself and Rukawa Kaede, in short, the ball has been missed, and...

call!

Before Payton could finish his thoughts in his mind, he already felt a figure flying in the air and rushing towards Christie from behind him.

Payton turned around suddenly, and with a sudden glance, he saw a huge No. 11 jersey.

Rukawa Kaede!

His reaction was as fast as his own? No...Looking at the height and angle of the jump, Rukawa Kaede's reaction to the ball was even faster than his own!

If Rukawa Kaede saw Nash's pass at the same time as him and then pounced on it, it would have been impossible to do so quickly, unless...

Christie's pupils shrank suddenly. The sudden block obviously shocked him, and the push at the moment of taking action no longer seemed so soft and natural.

Farke was shocked and disturbed... This ball probably didn't happen!

Bang!

There was the sound of a basketball being touched.

When Christie was thinking this.

But at this moment, Rukawa Kaede jumped extremely high like a god descending from the earth. With his stretched arms, the maximum reaching height was at least 350 centimeters.

And Christie is completely open. When catching the ball, he only cares about adjusting the direction and speed. When he jumps up, the height is not high. The basketball arc is naturally not high enough. Faced with Rukawa Kaede's extreme block, he The ball, which was not high enough, was still forcibly touched after being released. The original shooting route instantly changed and turned into a straight bounce into the air.

Block shot!

Doug Christie, who is one centimeter taller than Kaede Rukawa and is an absolute All-Star, was actually blocked by a substitute!

The fans at the scene were dumbfounded, and the Sonics bench suddenly burst into jubilation.

--Hahaha! Well done Rukawa!

——Oh buy it!

Boom!

He and Christie landed one after another, and the basketball had finished its rise in the air and was about to fall.

At this time, there is no third person around the two, and they must fight for the ball.

But the problem is that Christie's previous jump was not high and he landed before Rukawa Kaede, so his second jump must be faster than him.

And if you can't grab the ball, then this block is meaningless.

A brilliant light flashed in Rukawa Feng's eyes.

The entire arena seemed to become quiet at this moment.

Was it because of his quick reaction that he blocked the shot just now?

Was the misalignment just now due to a misalignment between himself and Payton?

None of them...

With the blessing of Zone status, even though his reading of court information is still not as good as Lin Dong, at least within two quarters, he can compare with Sakuragi, who has only a half-knowledge.

To put it bluntly, I can maintain the ability of ‘Sakura Prediction’ within two quarters!

Perhaps due to physical fitness, athletic ability, etc., even if he has the same defensive predictions as Sakuragi, he cannot reach Sakuragi Hanamichi's defensive intensity, but it is more than enough to deal with veterans like Christie who are not particularly good at offense. .

And precisely because of this ability to read the changes on the court, when Doug Christie came up to play the pick-and-roll for Nash, Rukawa Kaede had already thought that Payton would choose to misplace and not change defense because of "distrust".

If you want to cooperate with Payton, you will naturally be out of position to hit Christie.

But the problem is that the ball is in Nash's hands. To guard Christie on his own is to directly withdraw from the defensive system. With Payton's already aging speed, he cannot lock Nash's pass, and the result will inevitably be a sudden attack by Nash. Go inside.

Whether it's him and Yao playing two against Chandler, or the ball is given directly to Yao to play alone, the goal is almost guaranteed to be scored.

So, just make mistakes.

Pretending to be a mismatch with Payton, he misplaced the ball and leaked out Christie. With Nash's keen vision, he would definitely find the loophole immediately and pass the ball out. When Christie saw the open space, he would definitely rush for a shot as soon as possible. That is Opportunity to block shots with your own defense!

Therefore, in the dislocation just now, Rukawa Kaede kept his strength, his center of gravity was pulled back at any time, and he also deliberately hung one step behind Payton. This was not only to use Payton's body to block Nash's view of his position, but also to create opportunities for Christie. To give the illusion of a vacant seat...

Under zone, all these ideas were laid out in an instant, and the implementation was even smoother.

Frankly speaking, Rukawa Kaede has always been very unconfident.

There may have been some in the past, but since Rigao faced Lin Dong for the first time, his pride and self-confidence have been buried time and again by himself, hidden deep in his heart, and he did not dare to show it at all.

Hidaka, Nike Summit, Mega, and later the Bobcats, Seattle Storm, and finally entered the substitute lineup of the SuperSonics.

He has experienced enough and grown enough, especially the past two years of training with Sakuragi and Lin Dong at the Supersonics, which made him feel that he had already exceeded his own limits, but the only thing he could not break through was his self-confidence.

People always instinctively protect themselves. The more you are hit, the thicker the shell you will build on your soul.

These shells will protect you and make you stronger in the face of blows, but everything has two sides. It will also restrict the growth of your self-confidence, making you accustomed to relying on the protection of the shell, no longer believing in your own abilities, and finally becoming you. Break down your own barriers.

In the past two years, his experience with the Seattle Storm allowed him to weaken part of this shell, but then he had the experience of being a substitute for the SuperSonics, being scolded by McMillan in various ways, and even facing Lin Dong in a one-on-one with Sakuragi. However, the experience of being violently strengthened and thinned his shell over and over again, leaving him in a state of being broken but not yet broken.

Until just now, the omnipotent Lin Dong was in offensive trouble, when the team needed him, when he finally mustered up the courage, put aside all distractions, and faced Nash with a blockade and two three-pointers;

When faced with the complicated stadium situation just now, I relied on the zone to complete the overall deduction and succeeded;

When your fingertips touch the basketball, when the basketball bounces high into the air!

All the self-confidence that had disappeared, all the dignity that had been lost, and all the pursuit of dreams were completely returned to Rukawa Kaede's body at this moment, even exponentially.

Damn your talent, damn your inability, damn your softness!

"Ahhhh!" Rukawa Kaede's eyes were red, and he finally let out a venting roar for the first time in an NBA game, as if he wanted to vent out all the grievances and grievances he had suffered over the years.

And with this pleasure, his body reached a peak of balance!

It was clear that Rukawa Kaede landed later, and it was clear that Christie took off faster, but when the two jumped to the highest point for the second time, Rukawa Kaede was actually one hand higher than Christie!

Lin Dong was determined, and the moment Rukawa Kaede roared, he had already taken the lead and ran towards the frontcourt.

Can a 21-year-old's physical explosion be matched by a 35-year-old veteran?

Can a volcano that has been suppressed for several years suddenly erupt, be compared to a faucet?

Just yell out, no matter how cold-hearted a person is, holding it in for too long is not good for your physical and mental health... Rebirth, the best sixth man of the Sonics!

At this time, although Christie had realized that the opponent's bounce and explosion were far better than his own, and tried his best to exert physical confrontation and pressure on Rukawa Kaede, it was still to no avail.

Snapped!

Amidst the roar, Rukawa Kaede used his absolute height advantage to slap the basketball in the direction of Lin Dong in the air.

Block shot! SuperSonics ball!