Chapter 548 Superstar Basketball? Haha!

O'Neal was also jumping. It was too easy for him to grab such a rebound under the empty basket.

But just as he was about to jump, the originally 'empty' basket seemed to be crowded with people in an instant!

Lin Dong! Iguodala! Wade!

Iguodala was originally in the free throw area, about a big step away from O'Neal, doing a pull and assist defense to prevent LeBron from breaking through Rukawa Kaede and rushing into the inside. At this time, he rushed to the rebound as soon as possible.

Lin Dong saw LeBron and Rukawa Kaede's matchup and predicted his outside intention. After all, the difference between them was 23 points. LeBron deliberately slowed down and waited for Rukawa Kaede's subconscious action. Obviously, he wanted a 3+1, so he rushed in from the outside in advance.

Wade chased Lin Dong in, so that there were three more people under the basket that was originally empty.

In terms of height, strength, etc., these four people are undoubtedly in a class of their own. Even Lin Dong may not be able to use his skills to close the gap with O'Neal under the basket.

But it's different when there are more people...

When everyone is crowded together, your strength advantage will be weakened, and you will be squeezed from all sides when you are in the center, and it will be more difficult to jump high.

At this time, Lin Dong behind him and Iguodala beside him both obviously squeezed O'Neal, and jumped faster, with a sense of suppression from a high position.

——Shaq, you are old! You can't do it!

——Shaq never recognizes his position. Whether in the Lakers, Wizards or Cavaliers, this guy is not a leader at all, but always wants to be the boss.

——Just wait and see, this time against the Supersonics, we still have to rely on our James and Wade combination, O'Neal is useless!

Various comments from fans, plus the consecutive mistakes and being targeted in this game...

O'Neal admitted that he was a fun-loving person with many hobbies and interests. He was once criticized for not focusing on basketball and playing basketball just to make money.

But in fact, these guys are wrong!

I just have many hobbies, but I don't dislike basketball, let alone care about basketball.

I was also a young man with dreams and only basketball in my heart. Otherwise, I would have played rugby. That project was much more popular and profitable than basketball in the United States at that time!

So, I also have my own pride and glory. Even if I am old now, even if my athletic ability is not as good as it was in the past, how can I be teased by a few newcomers in my own position under the basket!

A ball of fire suddenly exploded in O'Neal's eyes.

"Roar!"

O'Neal roared and jumped with all his strength.

The 150-kilogram body burst out with unimaginable power at this moment. Not only did it jump high enough, as if O'Neal returned to the peak for a moment, but it also relied on the terrifying power to force Lin Dong, Iguodala and even Wade, who had not violated him, to leave them all behind, causing the three to lose their balance in the air.

Although the three were higher than O'Neal at this time, they did not touch the falling basketball.

Under the wide camera in the air, the four were like a blooming flower, with three "petals" spreading out to the surroundings, revealing the pistil in the middle - Shaquille O'Neal!

Snap!

O'Neal's big hand grabbed the basketball fiercely.

There was no skill, and there was no need for skill. It was all about brute force and will!

Unfortunately, his momentum was exhausted and he could not make a tip-in in the air.

Boom, boom, boom!

The four landed almost at the same time.

At this time, Iguodala and Lin Dong were in front and on the left, and they squeezed towards O'Neal at the same time, "handling him up and down".

The Sonics defenders, whether it was Sakuragi Hanamichi, Lin Dong or Iguodala, all learned from Payton and were known as the "court thieves". O'Neal immediately held the ball tightly in his hands after landing, so that the two guys who were "playing with him" had no chance to cut the ball.

But Wade's shout also sounded behind him: "Time!"

There were less than 4 seconds left.

O'Neal was double-teamed by Lin Dong and Iguodala at this time. It was difficult to jump, and it was not safe to hold the ball. In addition, the figures of Lin Dong and Iguodala were all in his sight, and he could not see the situation on the court clearly.

Fortunately, Wade's shout just now gave him a positioning. At this time, he instinctively protected the ball with both hands and pulled it to the right, forcibly squeezed out the blockade of Lin Dong and Iguodala, and passed the ball to Wade's direction, but he didn't expect...

Snap!

A big hand stretched out in this narrow space and intercepted the pass with great accuracy.

O'Neal's pupils suddenly contracted. It was not Lin Dong or Iguodala. The two were trying their best to block him. His arms had been forced open by him.

Green jersey, No. 20.

Gary Payton!

O'Neal was shocked. When did this guy rush up? Why did all the Sonics squeeze into the inside? !

The ball changed hands in an instant, and there were only 3 seconds left.

Wow!

The whole court was in an uproar.

The Sonics had no inside?

Indeed, they did not have any. Except for Lin Dong, a 201-centimeter small forward, they did not even have a big man over two meters tall on the court at this time, but... the Sonics had people! With awareness! With speed!

If one person could not compete with O'Neal in the inside, then just go two, or even three!

Anyway, the Sonics are fast enough and their defense is aggressive enough. The players originally deployed on the perimeter can instantly close to the basket to double-team and force O'Neal.

You can pass the ball. The Sonics perimeter is empty enough at this time, but the premise is that you must be able to realize it immediately, pass the ball, and be stable enough to not make mistakes or turnovers in the super-fast rhythm changes of the Sonics!

But...

Payton can steal, and so can Kidd!

As the top players in the league, Kidd is just at a natural disadvantage of being half a beat slower in defense, but he didn't lose track of Payton.

Payton's front hand steals, and Kidd has already stolen the ball with his back hand.

Before Payton can hold the ball firmly, Kidd, who has been following him closely, has already slapped the ball away from him.

Wade pounced on the out-of-control ball, and Iguodala, who was nearby, slapped the ball away again with his quick eyes and hands.

There was a sudden chaos under the basket, but time was running out.

There are 2 seconds left in the first quarter!

O'Neal turned around and looked around, seemingly not even seeing where the ball was. Wade, Kidd, Payton, and Lin Dong all rushed to the ball that was about to go out of the line at the same time.

Bang!

Payton was in a better position, and he jumped, caught the ball and threw it back into the crowd.

Payton landed, but the ball fell into Lin Dong's hands. Lin Dong lowered his center of gravity and instantly got out of the gap between Wade and Kidd in the chaos, and at the same time threw the ball to the front court without hesitation.

The Sonics got the ball!

"Luke!" Lin Dong shouted.

It was really too chaotic just now, and the melee under the basket also attracted everyone's attention. Everyone only noticed that Luke Ridnour had actually run to the front court.

Mike Brown on the sidelines stood up with a swish, his mouth wide open. He really couldn't figure out how that guy, who was basically a second-rate character in his eyes, could have such a foresight, how could he know that the Sonics would definitely get the ball? Isn't this often the foresight that only Lin Dong has?

But in fact... this is not just because Lin Dong's offensive awareness was strong in the past, but also because of the offensive awareness of the Supersonics as a whole.

Whether it is a melee or a rebound fight, as long as there is confusion in defense and the ball is uncertain, someone must run forward.

You have to believe that your teammates will have a chance to grab the ball, and you have to have the best offensive position when your teammates grab the ball!

1 second!

Time is still running, and the basketball draws a long arc in the air and falls into Luke Ridnour's hands.

Time is really tight. When the ball is in the air, the time on the electronic scoreboard has counted down to 1, but he is still about two steps away from the front three-point line.

There is no time to rush forward.

Luke Ridnour took a step forward and soared into the air, looking straight at the basket, and threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket in front.

... Even if he is a substitute, even if he is not a superstar, even if he can't even start, he is also a member of the Supersonics!

Swish!

The basketball was thrown out almost at the moment when the red light came on and stuck to the basket.

Luke's eyes were on the basketball, but his heart flew high.

Who said he didn't dare to shoot?

Who said he would feel pressure after missing a shot?

Ever since the Lakers game, ever since Rukawa Kaede stepped up to take all the pressure of shooting, all the people in the Supersonics have had a kind of enlightenment, and even a kind of sublimation.

What is the Supersonics?

The trust of teammates, the selfless distribution of ball rights, everyone is for a common goal, and everyone is a devout believer in basketball.

Not afraid of responsibility, not afraid of pressure, with the most solid boss in the NBA as a backing, and the most unpretentious and least data-indifferent team boss in the NBA.

If the boss of other teams tells you "Don't be afraid if you miss a shot", it is probably just a sentence. When you are scolded by fans, the person who says this will choose to hide, and when your value drops because you missed a key shot or even when the team finds an excuse to lay off you, the person who says this will definitely not stand up.

But the Supersonics will not!

They dared to refute the shouting fans on the spot and defend their teammates who made mistakes. They dared to keep the seriously injured Tyson Chandler in the team for nothing when the team was just starting out, and their salary did not decrease by half until Chandler recovered from his injury.

They even dared to pass the ball to you according to the tactics at the critical moment when you were not feeling well.

In the Supersonics, everyone can be a hero.

This is the Supersonics!

Swish!

The ball went in, 26:52, the Supersonics led by 26 points!

When the score was 13 points, the flame that had finally been rekindled in the Win Arena was completely extinguished at this time.

The entire arena was quiet at this time, and many fans could even hear the cheers of several Supersonics players celebrating in the stands.

This was only the first quarter... The Supersonics actually scored a full 52 points!

You know, there are only a handful of games in NBA history where a team scored more than 50 points in a single quarter. Apart from the Sonics themselves, the only team that could surpass this record was the 58 points in a single quarter when the Nets played against the Spurs in 1990.

However, the Sonics faced the Cavaliers, who are known as the strongest team in history, with four... no, five All-Stars and even superstars!

Terrible scoring ability, terrible team conduction ability, their team's single-quarter hit rate even exceeded 80% in this quarter!

Mike Brown sat back on the bench.

As a head coach, he can see not only the simple score difference on the court, but also the difference in spirit between the players on both sides.

The Cavaliers' players were completely confused. Except for LeBron James who always had a gloomy face, even O'Neal, who was always the most careless, lowered his proud head, looking dejected.

The Cavaliers lost...

Mike Brown knew very well that facing such a powerful Supersonics and such a group of dejected players, the Cavaliers had lost the chance to turn the tables in this game, not even a little chance.

No...

Looking at Luke Ridnour who was crying with joy after scoring the buzzer-beater, looking at his teammates around him, and looking at the faces of everyone in the Supersonics, there was an atmosphere of unity and joy.

Turning back to look at LeBron's gloomy face, O'Neal's frustration, Kidd's disappointment, Wade's helplessness, and then... Oh, poor Artest, I can't see him now, but I think even if there is any expression on his face at this time, it can only be a painful and hideous expression.

As the coach of this group of people, Mike Brown knows too well what each of them thinks.

Apart from the fact that they all want to win, these super giants have nothing else in common.

Even for the tactics they have arranged uniformly, they say they are executing them, but they are not executing them thoroughly enough.

O'Neal always wants to work alone under the basket, LeBron always wants to be a hero, Wade always has no opinion and wants to help his brothers, but Artest always thinks about violence in his mind!

Maybe only Kidd is a little more normal, but his tactical thinking is always inconsistent with his own, and there are always some of his own opinions mixed in.

The strategy I had set for the small lineup of the Supersonics was to stick to positional warfare and drag the tempo, but these guys cooperated on the surface, but everything changed when they played on the court.

If this team went to bully weak teams, it would be the best in history, but if they were to face a truly strong team and play against the wind, the team would immediately be in chaos and have no resilience.

Compatibility? The compatibility of a team is more than just a simple ball possession issue?

Mike Brown suddenly sighed.

The Cavaliers not only lost a game, but even in the next round of the series, Mike Brown felt that there was no hope for this team to win.

Even if Sakuragi Hanamichi and Chandler were suspended at the same time, so that they missed all the next series, the Cavaliers would not win.

What they lost was not only the ball and morale, but also the team itself.

A hastily assembled superstar team, just looking at the individual abilities of each person, is indeed at the peak level in history.

But is a team that is strong in every position strong enough?

No.

Basketball is a sport for five people, and it requires five people to be of one mind.

You can say 10+10 equals 20, and your cards are strong.

But you can't stand the fact that 5 times 10 equals 50!

It's a pity for this configuration, and it's even more pity for his career.

A head coach who led four superstars and an All-Star was beaten without any chance to fight back. His career, which has just begun, is destined to end in vain.

Superstar basketball... hehe!