Chapter 509 Supersonic Overtake!

"Yao!" Kobe shouted.

The Sonics' self-confidence cannot be defeated if they are three points behind. They do not plan to wait for Chandler to return to the court to fight positional battles. It is quite "no matter how you defend, I am going to attack, and it is fast break." 'the taste of.

Always following his own rhythm and even being effective, this is undoubtedly the biggest headache for defenders.

In the frontcourt at this time, Odom was guarding Sakuragi at the basket, Doug Christie was stalking Iguodala, and it was Yao Ming who was keeping an eye on Kaede Rukawa.

Although Lin Dong's action just now drew almost all of Yao Ming's attention, so he did not immediately feel that Rukawa Kaede had caught the ball.

But Kobe Bryant yelled, and from the corner of his eye he could see Rukawa Kaede's jumping movements and lifting center of gravity. The strong threat finally made Yao Ming react immediately.

Rukawa Kaede's 3-pointers averaged three or four shots per game this season, with a shooting rate of over 40%. Coupled with his extremely fast shooting speed, his outside threat is no less than that of Iguodala.

But he is better than his height and wingspan!

Dayao jumped up instinctively at the first moment, and his raised hands were like a copper wall, blocking all Rukawa Kaede's attack routes in an instant.

build……

Before the word "blocked shot" could finish running through his mind, Dayao's expression suddenly froze.

Just because what he saw was not Rukawa Kaede's shooting posture, but a side face that suddenly dribbled to the left.

Fake action!

Frankly speaking, Dayao is not a player who is easily triggered by fake moves, and Rukawa Kaede's fake moves are far from being as natural as Lin Dong's.

With his aura, experience, and on-the-spot performance, even if he practices for another two or three years, he may not be able to light up Dayao.

But the problem is, when such a fake move involves Lin Dong...

The highest level of feinting is a psychological game.

In the past two seasons, Rukawa Kaede's tactical arrangements have almost been catch-and-shoot, and he has almost never been seen dribbling. This has left a stereotype for the entire league. This is the first level of psychological game.

Lin Dong's fake breakthrough and real pass attracted most of Yao's attention. Waiting for a part of the "fake move" momentum to Rukawa Kaede, helping him share Yao Ming's defensive pressure.

Then Kobe Bryant's timely roar reminded Dayao that he was alert and even formed a conditioned reflex to take off...

Every step is fully designed by Lin Dong.

It seems that Rukawa Kaede inspired Dayao, but in fact it was Rukawa Kaede's two years of game videos and Lin Dong's fake moves that combined into a whole background to deceive Dayao.

With an easy step to the side, Rukawa Kaede only had eyes for the basket.

Although they have just come on the field, for most players this is the time when they need to find their touch, but Rukawa Kaede doesn’t need to. The broken finger ‘corrector’ is his best touch!

Uh-huh!

The basketball shot out with a sound and entered the net steadily.

74 square meters!

Whether it's against Kobe and Nash, or against Dayao, the psychological game is not something that the audience in the arena can understand. Even a coach like Zen Master may not be able to see it in such detail for a while.

It seemed that this was just an "ordinary" offense by the Sonics. Lin Dong "played normally" and passed a good ball, and Rukawa Kaede was lucky enough to hit Dayao and then scored a 3-pointer. It was as simple as that.

While Phil Jackson was secretly complaining about Yao's impulsiveness just now, he shouted: "Don't worry! Attack, attack well! Pick up the rhythm!"

The Lakers have the ball.

It's not just a day or two that I can't defend the Sonics. Even in the first half today, the defensive effect against the Sonics was very limited.

Except for Kobe who vaguely felt that there was some different dangerous atmosphere coming from Lin Dong, no one thought that the 3 points just now was difficult to accept.

Doug Christie walked to the baseline and picked up the basketball. When he was about to throw it to Nash, he was suddenly startled. Lin Dong, who always chose to face Kobe every time he played against the Lakers, actually gave up on defending Kobe at this time. Instead, he blocked Nash.

Frankly speaking, with Nash's ball-handling ability, no one thinks that anyone in the world can prevent him from losing the ball in a one-on-one situation.

If it had been anyone else, Doug Christie would have thrown the ball directly at Nash without even thinking twice.

But that is Lin Dong after all... This phenomenal player has become the devil in the eyes of all NBA players. As long as he is matched against him, there seems to be no good result.

What's even more terrible is that Iguodala did not go to the frontcourt at this time, but directly blocked him as the server, raising his hands high, constantly bouncing tentatively, moving left and right, and attacking him. Serve to interfere.

The whole place is man-to-man!

Whether it was the Lakers players on the court or the substitutes off the court, including Zen Master Phil Jackson, their spirits became tense in an instant.

Once the SuperSonics use full-court man-to-man coverage, it means they are fighting you tooth and nail to end the battle as soon as possible.

This has almost become a common knowledge across the league. At times like this, we must be more careful to reduce unnecessary mistakes.

Therefore, even if Lin Dong did not choose to block Nash, Doug Christie couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and then unexpectedly threw the ball to Kobe, who had the same feeling as him and hurriedly ran back to catch the ball.

Lin Dong suddenly switched to defend Nash, which was enough to surprise people. At this moment, what surprised people even more was that Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had always been used as a center by the Supersonics to defend against giants such as O'Neal and Yao Ming, actually blocked Kobe Bryant at the first time.

There was an uproar in the field. In fact, it was not just the God Arena, but the whole United States and even the whole league were a little surprised at this time.

Sakuragi Hanamichi defended Kobe? What kind of play is this?

Although Sakuragi Hanamichi was selected for the league's best defensive team last year and this year, it was all based on the fourth position.

It is believed that he can rely on skills to resist heavy centers inside, and can rely on strength to force flexible power forwards outside. He is a super mismatch talent on the defensive end.

But... this does not mean that people are also optimistic that he can defend Kobe Bryant, who is one of the best offensive players in the league today, at the 3rd position.

After all, the Sonics have Lin Dong at the No. 3 position. Sakuragi Hanamichi has been in the league for almost 4 years, but it has never been his turn to defend this position. As for Sakuragi Hanamichi's experience of defending LeBron in the World Championships... What's worth mentioning about his experience as a high school student? What's more, he was only defending LeBron in high school.

Now he is facing Kobe Bryant, who has already achieved great offensive strength!

This... Can this guy do it?

The Sonics fans at the scene couldn't help but feel a little confused and worried.

Kobe Bryant's eyebrows were slightly raised.

Lin Dong actually gave up the matchup with him and turned to defend Nash. Does he think that his threat is not as big as Nash?

If this had been two or three years ago, Kobe might have been angry, but at this moment, what he thought of in his mind was: win!

Huh!

Just as he used his back to slightly test Sakuragi Hanamichi's center of gravity, Kobe had already received a back turn without hesitation, and his body was pulled to the left, and his center of gravity dropped instantly.

Super low-body breakthrough!

Sakuragi Hanamichi's defensive skills are indeed very strong. He is very successful in defending from the 4th position to the 5th position, but that does not mean that he can defend the 3rd position.

His speed, in Kobe's eyes, is still a little slow. After all, a 209 cm tall, 118 kg body, no matter how athletic he is, can't be faster than himself.

Eat him hard with speed!

Lin Dong's disregard is the best opportunity for the Lakers to widen the gap...

But before Kobe's thoughts are finished in his mind, a tower-like figure has been stuck quite smoothly and silkily at the point of force when he lowered his center of gravity to break through.

The opponent's movement speed is not unexpected, not the particularly fast guard-type speed.

However, the opponent's center of gravity is also very low, and with an obvious prejudgment, the blocking angle is also cut in quite smoothly and naturally, even at that moment Kobe has a feeling that he is slow.

But he blocked it, like a needle against a wheat spike!

There is something... This guy seems to be harder to deal with than imagined.

Kobe didn't dwell on this surprise too much. When he felt that his breakthrough route had been blocked by Sakuragi Hanamichi, he immediately took a back turn.

Change of direction without slowing down!

Lin Dong's unique skill is no longer exclusive to the NBA. Not only Kobe can do it, but Wade can do it, too. However, he can only do two steps at most, and can't do three or even four steps like Lin Dong.

First, it is limited by their own talents and training conditions. After all, without Lin Dong's knee pads, no one dares to do this to their knees during normal training; second, they will eventually worry that this move will be used too frequently and too extreme, which will increase the risk of injury and greatly shorten their careers.

Of course, for these two people, two steps without slowing down and changing direction are actually no different from Lin Dong's three and four steps.

Because among the active players in this league, there are only a handful of players who can defend their two steps without slowing down and changing direction. As for dealing with Lin Dong, it is useless even if you can do three or four steps.

As for the big guy in front of him... With a stature of nearly 210 cm, such a person simply cannot have the ability to defend without slowing down and changing direction. Whether it is speed, changing direction rhythm, or the control of his own center of gravity balance, his high height directly prevents him from keeping up.

But...

Just as Kobe started to turn around, he already felt that Sakuragi Hanamichi's center of gravity began to quickly turn with him, and it was in perfect harmony with his movements, as if there was no delay at all.

What a quick reaction!

Kobe was really surprised, and then frowned.

The second step!

The unfinished first step of changing direction became a lead or bait. The extreme control of the center of gravity made Kobe turn back to the left again at this time.

This time he should have passed, but... Kobe turned around and saw a fierce and red face.

Changing direction without slowing down... I like it the most!

Sakuragi Hanamichi's face was full of excitement.

It was the first time to turn to defend the opponent's trump card in the NBA court and to duel with the opponent's trump card. This feeling is really good!

I can't defend the No. 3? That's because the Sonics need someone inside, and because it's not my turn to defend the No. 3 in the Sonics.

But once I really put him in this position... these people don't know that in the past few years in the Sonics, I have been fighting against the most terrifying No. 3 in the world every day!

What is super low-body breakthrough, what is non-deceleration change of direction, I am really familiar with it, especially after I understand the macro defense of instinctive prediction, if Gaoren brother had not also broken through once after the Olympics, I would have almost become the only person in the league who can defend Gaoren brother!

In terms of defense against the 3rd position, I am probably better than Gaoren brother!

As for Kobe at the moment... his speed is very fast, and there are many details in his movements, but at most he is only at the level of Gaoren brother before the Olympics.

If he plays without the ball, I may still be unable to limit him like Gaoren brother in the first half, but if he wants to play these, he will really hit the gun!

Complete prediction, coupled with the body's instinctive reflex movements, made up for Sakuragi Hanamichi's slight lack of speed, but blocked Kobe tightly.

The ghostly figure blocked in front of him, which startled Kobe. The momentum and speed that had been warmed up were instantly blocked, and the non-deceleration change of direction was completely blocked.

There were people who could defend him for two steps, but apart from Lin Dong, this was the first time that someone could follow him so easily and block him so tightly.

Moreover, the opponent was actually a big man of nearly 210 cm! How, how could this be possible?

And it was at this moment of shock.

Snap!

A big hand had already cut into Kobe's hand holding the ball.

I have already predicted all your movements, and you still dare to be distracted? Of course, I will take advantage of your weakness to kill you.

Steal!

"Brother Gaoren!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was quick-witted and quick-handed. He interrupted Kobe's dribbling and leaped forward, pushing the basketball that had slipped out of his hand directly towards Lin Dong.

Snap!

Whoosh!

Boom!

Lin Dong rushed to the basket at the first time to receive the ball, turned around and jumped up, and dunked on the spot!

Nash and Christie, who had not yet adapted to the offense and defense transition, could only stare at the man hanging on the basket and gently jumped down.

76:74, the Supersonics overtook!