The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Chapter 504 The Western Conference Finals begins!

Cleveland, Win Arena.

"Challenge him?" O'Neal, who had just finished training, saw this interview and had a constipated expression on his face.

He admitted that Lin Dong was indeed very strong, but to be honest, he had never been convinced.

Why are you convinced?

When I was defeated by this guy in the Lakers, it was because I couldn't deal with that idiot Kobe Bryant. It was because the two had already lost their tacit understanding and were no longer as strong as the OK combination during the three consecutive championships.

When he was defeated by that guy in the Wizards, it was because Tracy McGrady was too good at bragging and blaming his teammates.

After coming to the Cavaliers, although they lost in the regular season this season, that was because the Cavaliers did not have a stable defensive No. 3 position at that time, and LeBron had not yet grown up.

But look at it now!

Cavaliers 4:0 Bucks, 112:89, 118:88, 121:92, 108:79.

If four easy wins are not enough to explain the problem, LeBron's triple-double average of 13.5 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in four games, and even 2.5 steals and 2.3 blocks per game, is enough to explain the problem.

This means that LeBron has improved on the defensive end, and it also means that he has made concessions on the distribution of the team's ball rights!

In order to defeat Lin Dong, in order to break the myth of the Sonics being undefeated, this guy is finally willing to assist me!

Who else can defeat such a knight? That Lin Dong will soon pay the price for his arrogance. No matter how strong he is, he can't win against everyone!

"This guy is so arrogant!" O'Neal said with a laugh: "The Lakers may not be able to pass the test, but they still let people challenge him! This is the smoke bomb released by the SuperSonics, and it is what Lin Dong wants to give him. Put some psychological pressure on your opponents and ignore him!”

"His little tricks can only scare rookies. I have been waiting for this opportunity for three years! Those guys must not fall to the Lakers. Then in the finals, I will let them understand what is true." Real defense!" Artest said through gritted teeth. Whenever he saw the name Lin Dong, he couldn't help but want to get angry. Who knows how he got here nearly three years after leaving the Wizards!

Kidd frowned and looked at the two guys. O'Neal did it purely because of arrogance, while Artest did it purely because of hatred. In fact, they were both unstable factors in the Cavaliers.

If it were before the start of the playoffs, based on these two points, Kidd might have thought that the Cavaliers were hopeless, but LeBron's return gave him an unusual feeling.

This guy's temperament is completely different from before he went to Japan.

Ordinary people may only be able to see a kind of confidence hidden under his calmness, but in Kidd's eyes, what is hidden under this guy's cold appearance is more than just calmness and confidence.

He really has a trump card...

Kidd believes that it will be a trump card that is not weaker than Lin Dong, but the premise is that this guy cannot have blind knowledge like O'Neal and Artest.

He didn't bother to pay attention to the two guys who were enjoying themselves, and turned to look at LeBron, who was discussing the team training with Wade just now. This was also one of the most obvious changes after his return, as if he really put his heart and soul into it. focused on basketball.

"Hey, man!" Kidd greeted, smiled at LeBron and asked, "What do you think?"

"What's going on?" LeBron was startled.

"You don't watch the news?" O'Neal chirped: "That guy Lin Dong said at the press conference that we are all standing at the foot of the mountain, but he is standing at the top of the mountain, let us challenge him! Hahaha, this guy is better than he was back then. Jordan is still crazy!”

"That's because he has the qualifications to be crazy." LeBron also laughed and interrupted O'Neal without hesitation: "We are indeed standing at the foot of the mountain."

O'Neal was startled, and the chattering laughter in the arena suddenly dissipated and became quiet.

Isn’t this style wrong? Didn't LeBron say before the game that he would definitely beat Lin Dong? Doesn't this guy have a trump card? Why are you still so cowardly?

"But as long as it is a mountain, it can be climbed over, even if it is the Himalayas?" LeBron said with a smile: "Fortunately, Lin Dong did not say that he is the sky, otherwise if you want to reach the sky... it would be so difficult to go to the moon. We Maybe it’s really not possible.”

Everyone thought about it for two seconds before finally coming back to their senses.

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed.

Regardless of those who don't understand and think LeBron is connoting Lin Dong, such as O'Neal, Artest and others, just mock that arrogant guy like this!

Regardless of whether he understood it or not, he knew that LeBron was acknowledging the strength of Lin Dong, like Kidd: Yes, Lin Dong is very strong, but after all, he is only a human being and not a real god. As long as he is a human being, You can surpass and conquer him!

Everyone got the answer they wanted, and the stadium was filled with laughter.

LeBron is smiling too.

He knows more and more how to coordinate this team, and he also knows more and more how to make the whole team take him as the leader without knowing it.

I am not talking nonsense.

If you just try to use the combination of Sakuragi Hanamichi + Chandler inside to support Lin Dong, then it will be a non-existent problem for the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers are not the Grizzlies... or even the Lakers!

It may be difficult for the Lakers to face the rise of the SuperSonics inside, because they have the defensive vulnerability of Nash and the slow movement of Yao Ming inside, so they will have a headache.

But for the Cavaliers, he and O'Neal are enough to hold back all the Sonics' offensive inside, and they can even still spare some effort to cooperate with Wade to double-team Lin Dong.

As for the 3-point shooting from the outside, Artest and Kidd will take care of it.

However, LeBron could see that Lin Dong still had a hidden card, and this inside combination was nothing more than a smoke bomb for the Supersonics.

This is definitely not the upper limit of the Sonics' strength, let alone Lin Dong's upper limit.

Frankly speaking, LeBron also wanted the Sonics to win.

Firstly, I need an opportunity to step on Lin Dong and rise to the top, secondly...

Regardless of Kobe, Yao Ming, Nash, Odom, or even Jackson Phil Jackson, etc., this is not a bunch of soft persimmons. Even if they lose to the SuperSonics in the end, they will never be defeated by a Sakura like the Grizzlies. Konohanamichi immediately collapsed.

They will have a way to balance Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Although he also has a hidden trump card, if the Lakers can crack the SuperSonics' trick first and force out other SuperSonics trump cards...who would mind if their advantage is greater?

This year is the day you reach the top!

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Compared to the 4:0 score between the SuperSonics and the Cavaliers, the Lakers' first-round game against the Phoenix Suns went smoothly.

There is no way, there is a gap in strength.

Historically, the Suns in the 2005 season were actually very strong. Nash led the Suns to officially rectify their reputation for running and gunning this season, and also won the title of Son of the Wind. Stoudemire was too weak to take advantage of the cake.

It's a pity that Nash is with the Lakers now. Although the Suns are also starting from the beginning under the leadership of head coach D'Antoni this season, without Nash's master-level organizational control, the Suns will naturally no longer be as brave as they have been in history. They were easily defeated by the Lakers 4: 0 swept out, and the whole process looked extremely easy...

If during the regular season, the performances of the Lakers, Cavaliers and SuperSonics had their own ups and downs, which caused some doubts, then in this first round of the playoffs, all doubts were eliminated.

Strong is strong, and the Spurs in the Western Conference are already trembling. Although according to the schedule, they are almost certain to enter the Western Conference Finals, but they faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round with a 4:2 record. Regardless of their paper strength, Still, the reputation is far below those three teams.

Facing the Lakers and SuperSonics, who are now extremely strong, the winner of either team is obviously not something the Spurs can compete with.

So much so that many people already regard the Western Conference semifinals as the final Western Conference finals.

——Western Conference Semifinals, SuperSonics VS Lakers G1, highly anticipated, the most exciting series of the season, see you at God Arena on May 13th!

——Lin Dong, who has no solution and needs double-teaming, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who needs the absolute core and main force to take care of, the SuperSonics even have three outside 3-pointers. Who can defend such a team?

——Facing the rise of the SuperSonics inside line, what are the Lakers' countermeasures?

The voice that Sakuragi Hanamichi was just lucky has now completely quieted down. Two double-doubles in four games are enough to illustrate the problem.

After Lin Dong's domineering declaration, all those voices saying that the Sonics would lose and that the Lakers and Cavaliers had many advantages seemed to evaporate overnight.

There is no way, you can say he is overbearing and rude, he has enough record to support it.

He won three consecutive championships, defeating the Cavaliers and Lakers each time. He said you are here to challenge me. What's the problem? Aren't you?

You think what he said is right, but it seems to be a bit too much to boost other people's ambitions and destroy one's own prestige.

The silence of these people made SuperSonics fans suddenly lose their opponents on the Internet, so they all became quiet.

In the calmness in front of the Internet, all fans are waiting quietly.

Maybe he was waiting for Lin Dong to be slapped in the face, or maybe he was waiting to verify his words... But no matter what, the voice became quiet, so quiet that the league and the media were a little 'scared'.

Is this the case that Lin Dong's popularity was reduced by just one sentence?

The ratings have also been plummeting in the past few days. In the last game of the first round, the Eastern Pistons played the Pacers in Game 7, the tie-breaker only had less than 30 million ratings.

This... won't this be cold?

Although everyone can guess that this is because the game has nothing to do with those three teams, you can guess that this is more like the calm before the storm.

But the data is real and always makes people feel uneasy.

May 13th, God Arena...

Friday is a busy day for Americans, but Friday night is quiet. This is somewhat of a shot in the arm for the media, which is burdened with ratings tasks.

The backstage of the TV station has been nervously watching the ratings, for fear of any surprise, but the result...

No surprises, no scares, just surprises!

As early as 7 o'clock in the evening, when ABC TV station completed its broadcast of hockey, which was almost the time when people finished their dinner, the background data began to surge.

7 million...14 million...17 million...25 million...34 million...40 million!

It wasn't until about 8 p.m. that Doris and Buckley appeared in the live broadcast room. When the live broadcast officially started, the number of viewers backstage at ABC had reached an astonishing 40 million, and it was still rising crazily!

You know, this is just the ABC TV station. TNT has tens of millions of viewers, and some sports websites on the Internet have paid live broadcasts with tens of millions of people. After all, 60 million people in the United States are watching this exciting live broadcast of the game. .

This is the warm-up time half an hour before the game. The SuperSonics' lengthy opening introduction has just begun, and even the SuperSonics players haven't even appeared yet!

What kind of influence is this? Is this planning to hit the 80 million viewership mark?

Even Stern never dared to imagine that basketball could get such crazy attention in the United States, even reaching the level of the NFL.

And just when the league and the media were excited about the current data and predicting that today's final ratings may reach 80 million, the SuperSonics' lengthy opening introduction finally reached its climax.

——The king from Lakeside High School, the basketball god from the top of the mysterious Eastern Ridge!

The host at the scene had said various introductions to Lin Dong countless times at the SuperSonics home court, but this was the first time that the title "God of Basketball at the Top of the Ridge" was mentioned.

This is not only a claim from Lin Dong, but also a recognition from all Seattle SuperSonics fans!

——OH!

The extremely quiet God Arena suddenly responded at this moment, and everyone roared in agreement with excitement.

——Three consecutive scoring champions! Three in a row! Three consecutive defenses!

——OH! OH! OH!

Not only God Arena, but also the distant Dragon Kingdom, hundreds of millions of fans sitting in front of the TV, also shouted crazily at this moment.

During the Olympics last year, Lin Dong was attacked by a group of domestic fans because of women's affairs, which even led to a stir in domestic public opinion. However, it was not until Lin Dong terminated his contract with Nike that it was finally revealed that those items were from Nike. The trolls hired by the company deliberately set the pace.

This not only untied the knot between Lin Dong and domestic fans, but 1450 and some bribed public intellectuals were also angered and attacked by domestic fans. At the beginning of the year, it really set off a wave on the domestic Internet. Vigorous 'Forest Support Movement'.

The people of the Dragon Kingdom are simple and kind-hearted at heart, especially when they feel guilty and think that they have been led astray and falsely accused of a real hero...

To rectify the name of a hero, don’t be afraid of overcorrecting! This is the most instinctive reaction in the heart of every Longguo person.

At this moment, Long Guo is Lin Dong's absolute backing. Even the Lakers with Dayao have to be far behind in front of Lin Dong and the SuperSonics.

Today's Dragon Kingdom is full of Sonics fans!

It’s not just the Dragon Kingdom.

Needless to say, Japan is a country that is firmly committed to the Sonics, and almost all of Asia is a supporter of the Sonics.

Even in distant Europe, because of the Moebius team, because of the countless rookie stars who admire Lin Dong, and because of the disgust of being dominated by American basketball for too long, almost everyone in Europe who watches the NBA is SuperSonics. fans!

Dragon Kingdom has a viewership of over 120 million, 30 million in Japan, 50 million in Europe...

At this moment, there were even more than 200 million fans around the world, following the rhythm of the host at God Arena, and responded with 'OH! OH! OH! ’Speak up!

——Two dpoy, three consecutive FMVP!

When the two most awesome honors came out of the host's mouth.

The fans at the scene, the Dragon Kingdom fans, and even fans across Asia, Europe, and the world were all excited.

There was no need to wait for the host to finish naming the last name. At this moment, everyone was frantically selecting the name that was undisputed in their minds.

There was no way, when that man said those words, "Please challenge me all over the United States," he was already destined to become an undisputed true legend in the hearts of basketball fans all over the world.

What others say doesn't count, what he says counts!

This is a kind of domineering attitude that no one else can give, and only a true king has the courage to shout these words!

--Forest! Forest! Forest!

——Lin Dong! Lin Dong! Lin Dong!