The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Chapter 386 Rogue Realm—No participation!

Artest opened his mouth. He had thought that he would lose to the super rookie king, but he never thought that the opponent would dare to talk trash in front of him.

What do you think you are doing?

"Fake! I think you're tired of living!" Artest almost jumped up. Ever since he was a child, no one dared to say such a thing in front of him. I can't beat you in basketball, and I can't beat you with my fists. ?

"Ron!" Jordan could see that this guy was aroused and couldn't help but have a headache.

The SuperSonics have a loophole like Sakuragi Hanamichi, but the Wizards also have loopholes...and they are the kind that can be out of control if a leak occurs. This idiot once dared to hit himself and broke two of his own ribs!

Jordan scolded in time: "Manage your emotions, this is the finals! Remember, you are here to make money!"

Artest was startled, and apparently realized that his anger seemed to be a bit beyond the limit. He frowned and said nothing.

Seeing Artest's expression of quickly calming down, Lin Dong laughed. He originally wanted to deal with the most troublesome one, so that he could relax a little and maybe save himself a bottle of medicine.

Then go ahead.

He glanced at the score on the electronic scoreboard.

30:26, 4 points left.

Wizards ball possession.

When the Wizards set up their formation, they immediately saw changes in the Sonics' defense.

It was originally thought that they would take down Pedrague, the slowest player, and even Desmond, because they wanted to play the offensive run-and-gun and rotation defense that the Sonics are famous for, but I didn't expect that on the offensive end before Lin Dong was left completely singled out, and now he turned to defense and resorted to the simplest and most brutal man-to-man tactic of full-court press.

Payton focuses on Jordan, Lin Dong focuses on Harrington, Brent focuses on Tyronn Lue, and Iguodala and Artest are in position.

Sakuragi Hanamichi went to the paint area and got entangled with Yao Ming.

——Sakuragi, I'm guarding Harrington, Brent can't stand Tyronn Lue's 3-pointer, the Wizards will either have to force Jordan to beat him, or they can only choose to let insider Yao Ming beat him.

——Yao Ming is not O'Neal. He has a wide attack range. It is meaningless to expend your energy on pushing him out of the paint. Instead, you should focus on making him uncomfortable and making him use up more energy.

——Be prepared for him to score 20 points first. Your task is not to prevent him from scoring, but to make him tired and use up all your abilities!

——So, do you understand what you should do?

Lin Dong's words flashed through Sakuragi's mind, and his thoughts were extremely clear.

How can you tire a center? To stop him when he gets the ball, to engage in physical confrontation to make him uncomfortable?

No, no, no, how many seconds was that?

If that's the case, no matter how strong your physical confrontation is, guys in the NBA who have gone through professional training, even Yao Ming, can still fight with you until the last second of the fourth quarter.

After a season of training in the NBA, he wanted to temporarily take over Chandler's responsibilities, so his inside potential exploded, as well as the study of Rodman's various tapes.

Sakuragi's understanding of internal confrontation has already surpassed Lin Dong's and reached a state of returning to nature.

He may not know the various theoretical foundations of those coaches, but he definitely knows how to solve various inside situations.

Lin Dong had just scored a 3-pointer, the Wizards' baseline ball had just been released, and Yao Ming was still retreating. As soon as he reached the midline, Sakuragi Hanamichi was already directly entangled in him.

The whole place is man-to-man!

He stood in front of Yao Ming and pressed his broad back against Yao Ming's body, preventing him from returning to the paint area like an obstacle.

Who says you have to wait until you're already in position to start defending? Who said you have to wait until you get the ball before engaging in physical confrontation?

It may only take two or three seconds to stop you from attacking, but if you want to consume your energy, you have to pay for every breath of air on this court!

Yao Ming was a little bit dumbfounded at first. He felt that the red-haired man was crazy about guarding others. He was a 226 cm big center who was still on the center line. He came to block him. What are you blocking? I don’t have anything in my hand. It's impossible for me to shoot the ball from outside. I'm in such a high position and can't even catch the ball... Are you sleepy, kid?

He wanted to bypass Sakuragi Hanamichi, but found that the other party had no intention of 'waking up' at all, and actually continued to block him with extremely agile steps.

Is this... trying to stop yourself from returning to the basket?

Jordan had already passed the midfield with the ball at this time, but he was stunned when he saw that Yao Ming was still entangled with Hanamichi Sakuragi outside the three-point line. The Wizards' basket was actually half empty.

Only then did Yao Ming realize that the other party seemed to be serious, and he was taking precautions very seriously.

Previously, Tyronn Lue could block Sakuragi Hanamichi with his feet, using the classic small defense method. Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately learned and applied it, using the same trick to block Yao Ming, and the effect was surprisingly good.

After all, when it comes to agility and speed, the gap between Yao Ming and Sakuragi is far greater than the gap between Tyronn Lue and Sakuragi.

Everyone in the Wizards noticed this, but they weren't particularly worried.

Firstly, if you defend like this, the defender's consumption will be much greater than that of Yao Ming. Secondly, this is the home court of the Wizards. You and Yao Ming are in physical contact and entangled with each other. Yao Ming can use his strength to push you away. You have to imitate Tai Lun. If Lue fell like that, the home whistle would never sound for you.

But just as this thought passed through the wizard's mind, it was strangled to death in his mind the next second.

Yao Ming, who is 226 centimeters and 135 kilograms, can't pull away that guy who is 204 centimeters and 104 kilograms!

Frankly speaking, in terms of strength alone, Yao Ming is definitely far better than Sakuragi in terms of upper and lower limb strength.

But the problem is that Sakuragi's center of gravity is extremely low. Yao Ming can't take advantage if he just relies on his body to squeeze. The red-haired guy lowers his center of gravity, and his two big hands are almost on Yao Ming's butt!

If Yao Ming wants to get started, he needs to bend down slightly.

Yao Ming simply turned his back.

Sakuragi Hanamichi continued to lower his center of gravity. His legs were almost stretched back like a wrestler, and the main theme was "I am shorter than you!"

This made Yao Ming's point of exertion quite uncomfortable. He exerted 10 points of strength, but only 7 points could reach the red-haired body.

Yes, you can still push it in. After all, it is still much bigger than Sakuragi Hanamichi. But the problem is, this is the 3-point line. When will you push it step by step?

14, 13, 12…

The countdown to the offensive round has almost advanced to 10 seconds, but Yao Ming has just reached the free throw line.

The whole audience was stunned to see this scene. It was as if the other eight people on the field were here to play ball, but only these two were here to perform wrestling alone...

Jordan was in control of the ball, and he could see one head and two big ones. He had never seen such a style of play. How could he start to deathly stalk the center from the center line?

At this time, there are only 10 seconds left in the offensive round. If we have to wait for Yao Ming to squeeze into the paint before playing again, the time will be too tight. When the time comes, Yao Ming may not have room to adjust after receiving the ball. The possibility of a flanking attack will also be greatly increased.

At the same time, it will also make the Sonics feel that the Wizards have no other means of attack and will only be more defensive against Yao Ming.

Can't wait any longer.

At this time, Tyronn Lue and Harrington were both watching on the left and right three-point baselines. Lin Dong's position was relatively "loose". He was about two steps away from Harrington and stood in the penalty area.

Is this a temptation to pass it to Harrington? Passing from this distance is definitely safe, but it is also enough for Lin Dong to cover up when Harrington catches the ball. At the same time, that position also forms a flank attack with Payton to prevent himself from forcing Payton into the inside. , a fairly flexible defensive position.

Obviously, attacking Harrington or yourself is not the best choice.

That's Artest. Although his offensive ability is relatively average, after all, he is only facing the Sonics' first-year team.

Thinking of Artest's emotions aroused by Lin Dong just now, it would be a good choice to provide him with some emotional value at this time.

Jordan had made up his mind and grabbed the ball with one hand and stretched it in Harrington's direction.

With this fake move, even Harrington over there thought Jordan was going to pass the ball and made a motion to catch the ball, but the next second Jordan connected with a back turn.

Controlling the ball with his right hand instantly changed to controlling the ball with his left hand, and he broke through with a super low body and rushed towards the right side of Payton's defense.

But Payton didn't bother with his fake moves at all. If Jordan chose to rush left, there would be a coordinated attack from Lin Dong, which made Payton not worried at all. Therefore, the focus was on the defense of the right side. At that time, he was able to resist it, but the next second, the ball had already been passed to Artest's hands.

Artest had already seen the intention of cooperation from Jordan's eyes. The moment he caught the ball, his body turned slightly to one side. He protected the ball with his left hand and pushed forward. He controlled the ball with his right hand and hit Iguodala towards the basket.

After more than half a year, Iguodala is still regarded as a loophole by some top players, but that is mainly because of his physical fitness and physical fitness. As for his defensive awareness and experience, he is already different from the past, especially his deep knowledge of flanking attacks. understanding.

From the corner of his eye, he had already seen Lin Dong in the right penalty area moving sideways to help defend. At this time, he was not trying to intercept Artest, but he was just trying to use his body to deflect the opponent's path and push him as far as possible. Go to the direction of Lin Dong.

Artest doesn't have many offensive methods, but flanking and defense are what he is best at. How could Iguodala succeed at this time?

He took another step forward, followed by an emergency stop and a high jump.

Middle distance!

This is one of his few offensive methods, but it is also one of his most stable. In the past few seasons since entering the league, this method is his scoring method with the highest success rate besides dunks.

At this time, Iguodala obviously couldn't keep up with his frequency. He rubbed the ground with one step, making a scratching sound on the floor, but he had no time to jump up.

The shooting posture is ready, this ball has...

But before Artest could finish his thoughts, he saw a figure suddenly jump up from directly in front.

The opponent's take-off speed was extremely fast, and his big hands instantly blocked his sight. No. 23 Lin Dong!

Artest was instinctively surprised, and the basketball in his hand had already been thrown along the basket he had just aimed at, with a subconscious and coherent movement.

And it was precisely the fright at the moment of shooting that the strength in his hand was slightly smaller. Artest himself could feel it. The ball was still flying. He was already cursing in his heart: Fake, that Asian! This ball is short!

Bang!

As expected, the basketball hit the rim.

Backboard!

In the first quarter, the Wizards didn't panic at all. There was Yao under the basket. As long as the rebound didn't bounce too far and landed near the paint area, it must belong to Yao.

But at this time, people were suddenly surprised to find that Dayao was still fighting with Sakuragi Hanamichi and had not yet squeezed into the basket.

He's a big center, but he doesn't let him enter the paint? And it started to block from half-time. This is not playing ball, this is going to be a fight!

Is this not only blocking Yao Ming's offense, but also blocking his greatest contribution in rebounding?

No, this may no longer be called blocking his rebounds, but rather not allowing you to rebound!

This suddenly reminded many people of Jordan's famous saying: In the realm of God, no shooting is allowed!

And this guy? This is called rogue territory - participation is prohibited!