Chapter 529 Preparing for the Finals

Are you ready?

Looking at LeBron's meaningful smile and meaningful eyes on the TV screen...

Is that a smile?

Perhaps it is indeed a smile in the eyes of the Cavaliers fans.

But Lin Dong can see the cruelty and perseverance hidden behind that smile.

This guy is different from Kobe Bryant... Their starting points are different.

The perseverance in Kobe's eyes is to surpass, and it is not limited to Lin Dong, but to surpass everyone on the court, because he loves basketball.

But LeBron's perseverance is accompanied by an obvious personal emotion, a fierce power, full of barbarity and anger, and full of deep hatred.

He is like the little brother Marco who lurks in the parking lot to collect parking fees in the movie. The smile on the surface is just to cover up the hatred in his heart, just to wait for an opportunity, and when the opportunity comes, he will burst out with unimaginable potential, and he can also do whatever it takes!

To put it bluntly, the biggest difference between him and Kobe is that he does not love basketball, but he wants to tell the world: what he lost, he can definitely get it back with his own hands!

Bang!

Lin Dong turned off the TV.

Frankly speaking, since the Nike Summit, Lin Dong has not paid attention to LeBron for a long time.

A person who is full of small thoughts on the court is destined not to become a true king, nor to become his opponent.

Since coming to this era, Jordan in his twilight years and Kobe in his prime have always been the imaginary enemies in Lin Dong's mind. Since winning the championship for the first time, even if he occasionally thinks about future enemies, he may wait until the end of his career to accept the challenge of the strongest warriors with the god of death.

LeBron? Not on Lin Dong's menu.

But LeBron has changed so much in the past few years that there is no need to wait for each other to play against each other. This can be seen from his playing style.

Solid basic skills that are completely different from another world, low-key outside the mainstream media, and more powerful physical fitness than another world...

Lin Dong has gradually begun to feel some threats in the past two years.

I thought this threat came from Nike and the league, but when I met LeBron's eyes on the screen, Lin Dong suddenly realized that it came from this injured wolf who had been lurking in the dark, watching him and ready to give him a fatal blow at any time.

This guy has joined forces with Nike. He represents LeBron's hatred for himself, and also carries Nike behind him and some of the league's top executives represented by Nike.

Even if we put aside these forces behind him, the Cavaliers' own strength is already strong enough.

The Supersonics are not truly invincible.

It can be seen from the few games against the Pistons that the Cavaliers are stronger than the Supersonics in almost every aspect.

Needless to say, their offense, the Pistons' five tigers with historical defensive levels were all beaten into sieves. It is almost impossible for the Supersonics to limit the Cavaliers' scoring. All five points are enough to be the end point, and except for Artest, the other four are historical scorers. How can you block them?

You can only attack them and maximize the advantages of the Supersonics.

But...

Artest's mature defense is enough to block Iguodala's outside line, and O'Neal is enough to lock Sakuragi Hanamichi and Chandler's offense under the basket.

If this is just the trouble of the Supersonics on the offensive end, then Kidd's confrontation with Rukawa Kaede is needless to say, and in such a comprehensive suppression, he has to face the combination of LeBron + Wade alone.

Although his current state is no longer the same as in the past, and it is not comparable to the Olympic Games, but the LeBron in front of him is obviously no longer the LeBron in the Olympics.

This time, one on two will not be so easy...Don't say that he is blocked by those two people, even if he is only restricted to a certain hit rate and restricted from connecting with the team, it is impossible to drive the Supersonics' offense.

Speaking of the Pistons is the strongest defensive team this year, but in fact the Cavaliers are!

Their brilliance on the defensive end is just because they are often lazy when playing against weak teams, and their overly powerful offense Overshadowed it.

And to break through this, you can't rely on yourself alone.

Fortunately, the Sonics got a clean 4:0. There are still about ten days to prepare. It's time to do something, for the Sonics' four consecutive championships, and to defeat the trolls all over the world!

It was already past 10 o'clock in the evening. Lin Dong thought about it and dialed a number.

"Hi, Yao Ming, are you still in Los Angeles?"

"I'm going back to China on a flight tomorrow morning. I won't be able to cheer you up in the finals." Yao Ming's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "After all, I have to go back to prepare for the Asian Championships. I'm not like you. The contract with the Basketball Association is so loose. Lao Li has urged me several times... This year's Asian Championships is really not that easy. The two guys in your team have already risen. I heard that there are a few who are doing well in La Liga. If I don't go back, Zhu Fangyu and others may not be able to handle it."

"The game will not start until September."

"You have to go back to adapt and run in. What about you? How about it, do you have confidence in the finals? I feel that this Cavaliers team is not friendly..."

"That's why I called you." Lin Dong said with a smile: "Come and help me train Sakuragi, let him adapt to the heavy-tonnage super center. You know, only you can withstand the monster O'Neal now, and only you can simulate it a little."

"???" Yao Ming was stunned, and then said with a smile: "You dare to say... Let that kid completely adapt to me, so that he can threaten us in the Asian Championships? If we lose in the Asian Championships, my system players will be criticized to death, and Lao Li will not agree."

"Don't worry, as long as you come, I will go back in the Asian Championships. What threat can they pose? Besides, are you afraid of meeting a stronger opponent in the Asian Championships? You don't look like a guy who specializes in bullying the weak."

"Don't give me these rainbow farts, It's mainly Lao Li. I wanted to stay at home for a few more days after I went back, but he's already urging me to report to the sports center. He won't agree. "

Lin Dong smiled and said, "I'll talk to Lao Li... He can't bear to see me, the basketball god, lose to the Cavaliers in the finals."

"Hahaha, you're the basketball god, how can you lose?"

"Didn't we lose once during the Olympics? If we lose this time, they will have a psychological advantage in 2008. You know, the Cavaliers are definitely the 2008 Olympic lineup."

Speaking of the 2008 Olympics, Yao Ming finally stopped laughing. He pondered for a few seconds: "If you can handle Lao Li, I'll change my ticket!"

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- Hanamichi Sakuragi can't get past O'Neal, just wait and see! This time the Shark will show off his brains!

- Wade + LeBron against Lin Dong is worth looking forward to. I feel that Lin Dong is much stronger than in the Olympics, but LeBron is also stronger. This pair is the key to winning! Two top players who are destined to become superstars in the future, two-on-one defense is not enough to defend one person!

——The best sixth man will be defended by Kidd, hahaha, Kidd is not Nash who can be blown away by a gust of wind!

——Artest is enough to deal with Iguodala. This guy's defense is getting more and more sophisticated and meticulous. He almost made the best first team last year, but he lost to Lin Dong in the same position in terms of votes.

——Chandler... Are you talking about the guy who missed even an open 3-pointer at a critical moment when playing against the Lakers? I guess even the fans of the Supersonics will not expect him to be the savior, hahaha!

The overwhelming hot discussion was hyped as early as the semi-finals, and with the finals list finalized, and with the Cavaliers' crazy crushing of the Pistons showing their invincible posture, all the fig leaves and reservations have been torn off, leaving the Internet with only overwhelming hot discussion momentum.

The game will start on June 20th, and there are still nearly ten days from now, but the Supersonics are already busy.

Not only Lin Dong can see the strength of this Cavaliers team, but everyone in the Supersonics can see it.

This Cavaliers team, which brings together one of the strongest players in almost every position in the NBA, is definitely the biggest enemy the Supersonics have ever seen. If they want to win four consecutive championships, they can't just rely on fighting spirit and will.

The main part of the tactical arrangement has been finalized, that is, offense.

Each player of the Supersonics has a standard to measure themselves and an imaginary enemy on both offense and defense, and this preparation time is for them to find their goals on the court and then conduct targeted training.

In order to achieve this goal, there are really a lot of people in the Supersonics' training hall these days.

In addition to the Supersonics' own players and staff, there are many "new faces" who don't usually come here.

Stephen Brown was seconded back from Mobista again, responsible for the team's nutrition management and assistant trainer work during this period.

Mitsui Shou also came, and brought Coach Anzai with him. As the current coach of the Japanese national team and the guide of Hanamichi Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede, Mitsuyoshi Anzai was as nervous about this game as anyone in the Supersonics. Although there was no special work for him, he took the initiative to help Sakuragi and Rukawa shoot VCRs, and accompanied them to analyze after the training.

Of course, there was also a very special sparring partner.

Huff, huff, huff...

Hanachi Sakuragi kept panting and was blocking the position under the basket, and the one facing him was a 226-centimeter behemoth, Yao Ming!

In the finals against the Cavaliers, although the tactics were mainly offensive, they still could not give up the fight for the position under the basket.

After all, the inside and outside lines are different. If no one can cause trouble for O'Neal on the defensive end, you will not only get a monster that bombards your basket with a 100% hit rate, but also make the opponent believe that an offensive round is equal to a certain score.

Even on the offensive end, the Sonics did not intend to use Sakuragi to attack the inside line guarded by O'Neal, but offensive rebounds were still too important for the Sonics. This was directly related to the performance of the outside line, and it could even be said to determine the life and death of the two teams.

Chandler could not withstand the monster O'Neal in the inside line, and only Sakuragi Hanamichi could do it. Although he was already known as the world's number one defender, that only refers to defensive awareness and defensive skills.

Just like the famous line in the New Fist of Fury, "My number one in martial arts only refers to martial arts cultivation, but the real number one in killing is Teng Tiangang."

This season, O'Neal's dominance under the basket has improved to a certain extent compared to last season. It is different from the flexible dominance at his peak. Instead, he has begun to give up his skills and rely on tonnage to dominate. His terrifying power makes it difficult for even Big Ben to do so. Confrontation already has the feeling of truly defeating ten groups with one force.

Therefore, what Dayao and Sakuragi coach is the confrontation under the basket.

After all, in the current league, the one whose physical tonnage is closest to O'Neal is Dayao.

In terms of rebound position, Yao Ming and Sakuragi each have their own advantages. Yao Ming has the advantage in height and strength, giving people a feeling of calmness like a big mountain.

Sakuragi Hanamichi is the technical rebounder. The days when he relied on brute force are far different from what he is now. With various small moves, coupled with the temptation and anticipation of Yao Ming's shift of focus, he can still get in front of Yao Ming. Take the chance.

Yao Ming is also more adaptable to Sakuragi Hanamichi's style of play, and his skills at the basket are also quite solid. However, the control of the center of gravity between the two sides is almost not on the same level, and Sakuragi's reaction is faster, so even though he has height and strength, Absolute advantage, but after taking away the lucky ball, the two people's rebounds are still 50-50.

However, Yao Ming is more stable!

Technology may betray you, but the basic skills of the body will not!

Snapped!

While Sakuragi Hanamichi was adapting to Yao Ming, Yao Ming was also constantly adapting to the young man's delicate rebounding skills. He had just avoided Sakuragi Hanamichi's small move, forced him behind him, and then easily picked up the rebound.

4:6, Dayao won this round.

"It's just close!" Mitsui Hisashi who was watching next to him chirped: "Hahaha, Sakuragi, Yao who focuses on rebounding is still scary."

"If you think I'm scary, then Shaq will be scarier to you."

"Hahaha, Boss Yao, do you think you are inferior to him? This is not like your style." Sakuragi Legion was heckled from the side.

The last time Mito Yohei treated Kobe Bryant's dislocation, it made them famous in the United States. After the semifinals, the Lakers sent Mito Yohei a special invitation, hoping that he would also serve as the Lakers' medical director. After all, for patients who often suffer from trauma, For athletes, the convenient bone-setting methods in traditional Chinese medicine are very useful, so Sakuragi also went to the Lakers for seven or eight days, and became familiar with Dayao. This time, except for Mito Yohei, he stayed in Los Angeles and prepared to open a family. Apart from preparations for the branch, everyone else came back on the same flight as Dayao.

"It's not that I'm not as good as him," Yao Ming explained with a smile: "It's that there is a threshold for strength confrontation..."

"I have played against Shaq twice this season. Although his flexibility has decreased, his strength is greater than before. To some extent, he is no longer the flying shark he once was, but But it evolved into a blue whale. If you want to fight against him, skills are indispensable, but it must be based on the most basic strength confrontation. With basic confrontation, your skills can become a check and balance against him or even defeat him. The key is, but if not..."

As he said that, Yao Ming looked at Sakuragi, smiled and shook his head: "But Sakuragi's power has not yet reached this level. It feels like there is a slight difference, and this slight difference is enough to prevent you from using all your skills."

"Rodman-style defense is of no use to O'Neal now. He weighed less than 130 kilograms in the season when Rodman kept him clean, but now... 147 is already the number at the beginning of the year. I suspect that guy has now exceeded He weighed 150 kilograms! Ben, who was known for his strength in the Eastern Conference finals, couldn't withstand his squeeze and back blow."

This is Dayao's truest feeling for O'Neal.

Sakuragi Hanamichi was breathing heavily, taking the time to rest and recover, and also thinking constantly.

A big shark weighing more than 150 kilograms... How can Sakuragi, who only weighs less than 120 kilograms, guard against it? The other party exceeds your weight by 60 pounds!

Perhaps, you would say that you can try sports warfare, try speed, try to double-team O'Neal with Chandler under the basket...

But Dayao was right. If the difference in strength between the two sides really reached a point where they could be crushed, then all the skills and tactics would be empty talk.

Just like an eight-year-old kid who has been practicing Muay Thai since he was a child, no matter how you practice, no matter how talented you are, no matter how sophisticated your moves are, you can't defeat a 25-year-old adult.

If you want to use the martial arts you have practiced since childhood, you must be at least eleven or twelve years old. At least your legs must be longer than other people's arms when you kick them out, right?

Even if Stephen is still making the final efforts to gain weight, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to increase how much strength he can in just ten days.

But this is the purpose of Brother Gao Ren inviting Dayao.

At least, he must first fully adapt to Yao Ming's weight.

No matter how tiring it is, no matter how difficult it is, at least you have to adapt to Yao Ming's weight first. Only then can you give the 150-kilogram monster some skills!

This is like a ticket for admission. Only by getting it first can you be qualified to enter and have room to operate.

Sakuragi Hanamichi took a deep breath and picked up the basketball on the ground: "Yao, thank you for your hard work, please do another round! This time... I don't need any skills!"

A confrontation of pure strength, just to adapt to that monster in advance!

It's impossible to win this kind of confrontation, but at least you have to be able to endure it!

Yao Ming was startled for a moment, then laughed. He knew that Sakuragi Hanamichi had already reached the consciousness of practicing to death. He took the basketball thrown by Sakuragi Hanamichi and said with a smile: "Are you ready to accept the torture?"

At this moment, a bright light flashed in Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes: "Come on!"