Chapter 539: Knights Change Formation

Aiming at the front of the basket is a challenge for O'Neal, and if the basketball wants to bounce back quickly, the arc of the throw must not be too high.

Beep!

The referee blew the whistle.

O'Neal patted the ball a few times, stood still with the ball and took a deep breath, silently saying in his heart: God bless...

Swish!

The basketball shot, but it was not a normal throw height, but quickly hit the front of the basket. At the same time, O'Neal rushed forward directly across the free throw line.

There was a sound of "clang", and the basketball really hit the front of the basket and bounced back. O'Neal secretly rejoiced in his heart, and at the same time, he kicked his feet and jumped high towards the basket: "My..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw two figures rising like rockets in front of him at the same time.

O'Neal was surprised. Where did this NM come from? And there were two of them!

Without waiting for the basketball to bounce back to O'Neal's position, the two men swung their big hands in the air, and one of them grabbed the basketball with a swish.

"Fuck!" O'Neal roared and looked closely.

Lin Dong! Sakuragi Hanamichi!

For this kind of tactical shot, ordinary players may need to react, but for Lin Dong and Sakuragi Hanamichi...

The former is based on guessing. The feeling of sitting at the top of the basketball temple makes Lin Dong know the emotions of every player on the court. It feels that he wants to play a tactical game.

The latter is purely based on instinct. To use Sakuragi Hanamichi's words, that is: If I can't make the shot, I will do the same!

With innate vigilance and preparation, plus a look at the arc of his basketball shot, it is known that he is definitely not going for a shot, and even the landing point of the ball has been judged. The two of them simultaneously deployed double insurance.

The ball was in Lin Dong's hand, and Wade rushed to block it at the first time, but in a hurry, before he could stand firm, Lin Dong, who had already started to enter the state, turned around and passed him, and rushed forward with the ball.

Artest and LeBron came up to fill in at the same time, and Lin Dong passed the ball forward through the gap between them without thinking.

Payton held the ball, and the overall advancement speed of the Supersonics did not slow down.

Kidd filled in, and Payton passed the ball to Iguodala again, and the ball had reached the middle at this time.

Wade chased Iguodala, Sakuragi Hanamichi went straight forward from the left, and O'Neal's speed was obviously a level slower. At this time, he was still at the backcourt three-point line, and Sakuragi Hanamichi was unguarded.

LeBron had to let go of his defense against Lin Dong and turned to chase Sakuragi, and Iguodala chose to pass back to Lin Dong at this time.

Artest defended Lin Dong alone. This NBA No. 3 position was the best defensive second team last season. In terms of defensive skills and single defense ability, he was definitely not inferior to LeBron or Wade. It was a pity that he was facing the god of basketball.

A three-step change of direction without slowing down, the changing rhythm forced Artest to open up a distance of one body.

Artest rushed back, but Lin Dong chose to stop and step back, then stood up.

The rhythm became too fast, even a strong defender like Artest could not keep up. His center of gravity was not stopped, but his body was controlled by his brain to force a block. The result was obviously only one: the center of gravity could not be pulled back, and he split his legs on the spot...

Accompanied by the sound of the basketball entering the net, the ball went in, 2:15!

The scene was completely quiet at this time.

Falling behind by 10 points at the beginning was enough to make the fans feel Alexander, but they didn't expect that the points would continue to be lost...

Not only was the stands quiet, but the court was also very quiet at this time.

Artest was still doing splits on the ground, LeBron had a complicated look in his eyes, O'Neal looked frustrated, Kidd was helpless, and Wade frowned and put his hands on his waist.

Everyone seemed a little confused at this time.

They imagined all kinds of situations that might happen in this game, and even thought about how to play when they were behind, but they never thought that they would be beaten by the Supersonics at 2:15 at the beginning.

Is this falling behind the opponent?

No, this is being crushed by the opponent!

I thought that they had gathered the best players in every position on this planet, I thought there was a huge amount of capital behind them, I thought Payton was old, I thought...

However, the terrible strength of the Supersonics is still bottomless!

A thick haze shrouded the sky above every player of the Cavaliers, making everyone breathe rapidly involuntarily, and even making them recall the dark era when they were dominated by the Supersonics and Lin Dong!

Beep!

Mike Brown on the sidelines decisively walked to the referee's seat, and the Cavaliers called the first timeout.

It must be a timeout, whether it is to cool down the hot feel and rhythm of the Supersonics, or to stabilize the atmosphere within the Cavaliers first.

Mike Brown squatted in the small circle surrounded by the Cavaliers players with a tactical board and kept explaining.

Tactical changes are inevitable. The basis for blocking Lin Dong is to use O'Neal to balance the Sonics' inside line, but it is a bit unrealistic to count on this when the inside line has been blown up by the Sonics.

The only defense can do is to unblock Lin Dong, and then use Wade, LeBron and Artest to rotate to defend Lin Dong, using everyone's abundant physical strength to fight with Lin Dong for every ball and consume all of Lin Dong's physical strength.

It may be difficult to catch up in a short time, but at least, we have to bite the score first and complete the consumption of Lin Dong. Three people will fight in turns, and the others will block the other people of the Sonics.

As long as we block the others, we won't be able to wear that guy down, even if he is the God of Basketball!

On the offensive end...

"LeBron!" Mike Brown didn't dare to count on O'Neal anymore. The big guy had obviously lost his mind at the basket, but the Cavaliers still needed to open up the inside first.

Then the candidate... can only be LeBron James!

"Do what you should do." Mike Brown didn't say it directly, after all, it might hurt Shaquille's fragile glass heart. He just looked in the direction of Sakuragi Hanamichi, and then said to LeBron: "Destroy him!"

The timeout ended quickly and both sides returned to the court.

The Cavaliers have the ball.

Kidd's ball control has gradually found the rhythm. The Cavaliers' offense was cut off one after another before. The essential problem was at the end point, not the organization of the offense.

The players of both sides quickly got into position. The Supersonics still used man-to-man defense. Artest and Wade pulled Lin Dong and Iguodala to the left side of the frontcourt. O'Neal's position under the basket was also more to the left. Only LeBron and Sakuragi Hanamichi were at the top of the arc on the right.

This was quite similar to the formation that Chandler used a foul to stop O'Neal's ball just now. The only difference was that the ball was not passed to O'Neal.

Swish!

The ball was in LeBron's hands.

Here it comes...

LeBron took a deep breath.

Now many people in the American media say that Sakuragi Hanamichi is Lin Dong's gatekeeper. No matter who wants to challenge Lin Dong, they have to pass Sakuragi Hanamichi first. The implication is that Lin Dong is the last barrier of the Supersonics.

But in fact, whether it is Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, or most other top players in the NBA, they would rather face Lin Dong's defense on the offensive end than encounter Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Everyone knows that in terms of defense alone, Sakuragi Hanamichi is definitely not inferior to Lin Dong, and because of his height, wingspan, physical fitness, and the distribution of energy on both offense and defense, Sakuragi Hanamichi on defense will only be more difficult than Lin Dong.

Only after surpassing Sakuragi Hanamichi can you challenge Lin Dong?

In LeBron's eyes, it is not the case. The fact is that if you can really surpass Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense, it means that you no longer have to be afraid of Lin Dong. Your offense will be unstoppable on this planet, whether it is Lin Dong or anyone else defending you, the result is the same!

For LeBron, he has another advantage in dealing with Sakuragi Hanamichi, that is, the hard training in Japan for half a year.

Although there is a trainer like Dream, LeBron has never ignored Old Earl, the big boss of the training industry. Sakuragi Hanamichi was taught by him, and most of his defensive foundations, etc., are from Old Earl's guidance.

Maybe that does not represent Sakuragi Hanamichi's current level, but the root, as long as it exists, there must be a trace to follow!

The entire half of the area was vacated, and now what he had to do was to challenge this guy. As long as he won, he could break the current deadlock of the Cavaliers and become a hero in the minds of the Cavaliers and even those in the United States who wanted to defeat the Supersonics!

The cognition in his heart was already clear. The moment he got the ball, LeBron immediately turned slightly sideways and used his left shoulder to find the center of gravity of the defender behind him.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's body shape is not fat, which is very different from the strong muscular men in Europe and the United States. He looks thin, but his bones are thick, his muscles are as hard as stone, and his lower body is extremely stable. His actual strength and confrontation are far better than his appearance.

After all, this guy dared to fight against O'Neal and Yao Ming. At this time, he could immediately feel the strong reaction force from the opponent after just a touch. Although his upper body was shaken by his collision, he had to rebound under the opponent's reaction force. This collision did not advance at all, and the opponent's defense center of gravity did not lose. His open arms not only still protected the breakthrough routes on both sides, but also left space for cutting the ball.

If it were me a year ago, I would probably be a little helpless, but now...

A gleam of light flashed in LeBron's eyes. Taking advantage of the moment of strength against rebound, his body had already turned right quickly like a gyroscope, and then his body fell...

Changed direction on the right, super low body breakthrough!

The choice of going with the flow during the collision rebound made LeBron's right turn faster than usual, perhaps a fraction of a second, but in a duel between masters, this fraction of a second can determine a lot of things.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's reaction was already very fast, and he even predicted LeBron's move, but the moment he was hit, just like the "stiffness" in the game skills, even if the brain catches up, the body always needs a little time to adapt.

At this time, he tried his best to move to the right side to block LeBron, but the 0.1 second of slowness caused LeBron to crash into his defensive position at this time, unable to block from the front, and could only stick close.

This is a state of half-displacement in defense, but Sakuragi has his own tricks.

The open big hand is trying to cut the ball at this time, blocking the opponent's ball control route, trying to affect LeBron's ball control rhythm.

But LeBron is obviously also guarding against his move. With his right arm raised, he blocked Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand trying to cut the ball, while his left hand's ball control rhythm was not messed up at all.

His breakthrough is different from Kobe's detailed skill control, and different from Lin Dong's variability, but it tends to be more of a power-type extreme.

He may not be as fast as Jordan, as agile as Kobe, or as playful as Lin Dong, but when the basic ball-control ability he has maintained for several years is combined with his huge body and impact force, LeBron looks like an indestructible heavy tank.

In the face of such an impact, you either block his gears at the beginning to prevent him from rushing up, and if he really rushes up, he may not change, or may not be able to eat you alive in an instant, but his tyrannical power is his infinite backing, which will slowly erode your advantage until you enter an unsolvable situation.

This is how Sakuragi felt at this time. Under the opponent's tyrannical arm protection and steel cannon forward breakthrough, except for trying his best to adjust himself to side block and follow closely, he could not do anything else.

In the blink of an eye, the two rushed from the three-point arc to the free throw line.

Looking at the basket getting closer and closer, both LeBron and Mike Brown on the sidelines couldn't help getting excited.

This ball is in!

But...

A dangerous intuition suddenly rose from LeBron's heart.

"LeBron!"

Wade's timely shout from behind reminded him, and LeBron grabbed the ball without thinking, and at the moment of grabbing the ball, he saw a big hand reaching towards the route he had just controlled the ball.

What a close call!

LeBron was shocked and broke into a cold sweat, and his left leg took the first step by inertia.

At this time, the position was just past the free throw line. With his ability, a three-step layup at this position was as easy as eating and drinking water, but when there was Sakuragi Hanamichi in front of him and Lin Dong staring at him from behind...

LeBron realized that he couldn't take the second step with his right leg, and the leg-crossing action predicted by Sakuragi Hanamichi in advance blocked the route of his right leg.

The space for maneuvering at this time was extremely narrow. If it were in the past, he would either walk or panic, but after all, he had been training hard in Japan with Dream for half a year, and a gleam of light flashed in LeBron's eyes.

Swish!

The left foot spiraled on the spot, and a swift back turn turned all the gravity of the inertia forward into turning force. Then he took his second step and actually got stuck in front of Sakuragi Hanamichi, and even rushed into the outer edge of the paint area, reaching a position where he could jump.

Dream's dream footsteps!

The clever little tricks and footsteps presented on such a sturdy and strong man always bring people a more contrasting pleasing to the eye, making countless fans in the stands of the stadium can't help but cheer.

But before the cheers of these fans sounded, another figure had blocked him in front of him-Tyson Chandler!

The 216-centimeter big man raised his hands high, not only blocking LeBron's sight of the basket at this moment, but also the distance between the two was too close, which had affected LeBron's jump.

At this time, there was Chandler in front, Sakuragi Hanamichi on the right rear side, and Lin Dong on the left rear side.

There was no angle to shoot, and there were endless threats from the front and back.

It was an absolute crisis, but LeBron couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

Three-on-one, this was a treatment that only Lin Dong or Jordan in the past could enjoy, and among the three people who were double-teaming him, two of them were even the top defenders in the league.

Being able to attract these three people to double-team him was enough to be proud of!

The instant expansion of confidence and the change of mentality made LeBron enter an extremely wonderful state at this time, which seemed to be Lin Dong's state. He felt two words-invincible!

He jumped up in front of Chandler without hesitation, even though the people in front and behind him also jumped up at the same time, and relying on Chandler's squeezing him, the two people behind him jumped higher, causing six big hands to completely cover and block the sky above his head like a cage at this moment.

However, a slight smile glanced at the corner of LeBron's mouth, and his body suddenly bowed in the air, and his hands holding the basketball were pulled back in an instant, and then handed to his left hand, bypassing Chandler's body and passing the ball to O'Neal under the basket.

O'Neal was slightly startled when he subconsciously received the ball. He obviously didn't expect LeBron to be able to pass the ball when he was double-teamed by three people.

But now that the ball was in his hands...

At this time, Chandler, Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Lin Dong were still in the air, and he was facing an empty basket!

O'Neal instantly gathered his mind, almost instinctively raised the ball, bent his knees, and jumped...

But he was stunned for a moment just now.

Snap!

At the moment when he just bent his knees and jumped, a big hand hooked up from below and accurately slapped the basketball out of O'Neal's hand.

O'Neal jumped up, but the basketball slipped out of his hand, and he was immediately shocked.

Someone else?

Who? !