The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 196 Iron-blooded Defense

Pietrus's face turned dark, although it was already very dark.

As a black man, after hearing Gary Payton's tone just now, Pietrus already knew the preferences of the guy in front of him quite well, and there was no need to hide it at all.

After all, this era is not the information age with developed networks in later generations...

Since Stern came to power, the NBA has been vigorously rectifying the chaos on the court, emphasizing the personal image of players, and even has strict regulations on players' dress in the locker room. Although this has reversed a lot of the negative image of the NBA, it has made The NBA has come back to life and regained the attention of the American public and the world, but it will always cause many misunderstandings among people who do not know enough, such as Europe in this era...

Europe actually had a lot of NBA broadcasts at this time, but because Europe was exposed to the NBA earlier than Asia and had more broadcast channels, it was more popular to watch it on TV channels instead of watching videos and listening to the original soundtrack like in Asia. This led to Most broadcasts are accompanied by local European commentary.

And these commentators who like a gentleman's style always like to bring their own personal preferences when explaining, introducing players and giving nicknames to call them gentle and gentle.

Even the famous Glove Payton, the grandfather of NBA trash talk, transformed into some kind of black gentleman and Boeing prince in the mouths of those European commentators... This obviously misled Pietrus, who was not familiar enough with the NBA.

Therefore, in Pietrus's opinion, Gary Payton must be a respected elder who pays special attention to the character of players. Just now he deliberately restrained his arrogance and acted like a gentleman, hoping to get as much as possible. A different look from an NBA legend.

But who knew that this guy was actually a rough superhero with noble black blood in his bones?

Farke! It's all this damn Asian's fault, I'll beat you up!

He unceremoniously took the ball and stood outside the three-point line. At this time, he obviously no longer wanted to be polite and let the opponent attack first.

At this time, he took a deep breath and decided to correct his previous weakness: "Yellow-skinned monkey, you will regret what you just said!"

Lin Dong ignored him.

He usually stops talking rubbish, and the purpose is to make people angry, not to argue.

If this international team wants to win, it must have a boss who can control everyone. If you want to do this in just a few days, there is nothing better than the word "overbearing". For this , Lin Dong has always done his part.

Now that the goal has been achieved, the rest is very simple, defeat him!

Ding……

Competition level: D (solo bullfighting)

Point award (win): 1 points.

Perfection...

Lin Dong smiled slightly, walked to Pietrus and knelt down.

Strategically, he despises his opponent, but tactically, he must pay attention to it. Whether it is based on Pietrus' future reputation and level in the NBA, or his current qualification to be invited to the Nike Summit, it means that the opponent in front of him is different from his previous one. Anyone you meet.

Lin Dong stared at Pietrus in front of him with sharp eyes, and said only two words from his mouth: "Come on."

Feeling the concentration in the opponent's eyes, Pietrus stood still with the ball in both hands, and his eyes gradually became sharper.

To be invited to participate in the Nike Summit, the other party cannot really be a rookie. They are about the same height, but the other party's wingspan is obviously greater than yours, and his static talent cannot be underestimated.

But at the age of 17, with a relatively thin body, the weakness of Asians is also obvious, that is, lack of confrontation!

A slight smile hung on the corner of Pietrus's mouth, and then he turned sideways with the ball.

This Asian is probably a technical person. Although he is not afraid to compete with others on technology, if he can solve the problem in a simpler way, then there is absolutely no need for complicated ones.

Bang!

Controlling the ball with his left hand, looking sideways at Lin Dong next to him, he made a simple back shot.

I can feel the stability coming from the opponent's lower body, the center of gravity is very low, and it is surprisingly powerful. The core strength is not bad, but it is still inferior to my own strength.

Pietrus leaned in twice in succession, and soon felt that the opponent's center of gravity was being knocked backwards.

The opportunity is coming!

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. His right hand was stuck under Lin Dong's armpit and he pulled back. At the same time, he suddenly started to speed up and broke through to the left like an armored car.

This is different from those breakthroughs that use speed, change of direction, etc. Pietrus' breakthrough has a strong sense of power, and the big hand pulling back is like an iron hoop, blocking Lin Dong's body, which is to eat up the difference in physical strength between them. , we must use our strength to crush this Asian!

Lin Dong's pupils shrank slightly.

A very energetic and rule-based confrontation... This is a feeling I haven't seen in a long time.

The playing style of European players is very different from that of Asia and the United States. They are more brutal but also more practical. They understand the rules very well and often dance on the tightrope allowed by the rules. .

At this time, the opponent's breakthrough is very aggressive, and he also walks the line between fouls and non-fouls. People who have never been exposed to this type of player are often confused as soon as they come up, but this is Lin Dong...

When it comes to experience playing against top European and American young players, there is probably no other teenage Asian in the world who has more experience than him. But conversely, his opponents don’t understand him!

In my previous life, I played from U17 to U19. During those two or three years, I played a lot of international competitions, and almost all of them were of this type. I had already predicted this in my mind.

When Pietrus' big hand got stuck, his hand also got stuck and was immediately entangled with Pietrus' right arm.

Pietrus immediately felt that his right arm was being strangled, making it difficult for his body to maintain a consistent balance when breaking through. As a result, his breakthrough speed was obviously half a beat slower than usual, and then he felt the Asian man 'winding' up.

The breakthrough action was aborted in an instant. While controlling the ball, Pietrus was eager to break free from the entangled arms of the two, but found that it was difficult to pull out after his arm was stuck by the opponent.

It was obvious that she was trying to pull his body, but she seemed to be caught by him. Frankly speaking, this defensive action was a bit too much, but Payton and Yunus, who were in charge of the referee, watched with interest and had no intention of blowing the whistle.

foul? What violation?

Lin Dong seemed to have clamped Pietrus' arm, but it was Pietrus who grabbed him first, and the Asian was quite smart in that he did not make an obvious arm-clamping action, but used his arms to grab him. After entering the entangled position, they kept exerting force to 'break away', but always controlled the direction opposite to Pietrus's break away. This made the two of them look more like they were entangled and eager to get rid of each other, rather than one party deliberately trying to get rid of the other. Clamp arm.

Even if this kind of whistle is blown, it will be a foul on you Pietrus first!

With the help of the entanglement of the two people's arms, Lin Dong's body was consciously moving forward. Pietrus's attention and strength at this time were almost all used in eager to break free of his arms, so that the center of gravity of his lower body was pushed away by the opponent. They don’t even know it yet.

Yunus secretly marveled in his heart. He really never thought that this young Asian man would dare to compete with a black man who was obviously a size bigger than him. Although he had to use a lot of cleverness and tricks, his understanding of the rules made it difficult for him to compete with him. There were absolutely no fouls in his actions.

The next second, Pietrus used all his strength to forcefully throw away Lin Dong's arm, but at this time, the center of gravity was on the upper body with his hands raised high. Lin Dong only squeezed him slightly, and his feet suddenly staggered, so that the person who was in control of the ball stumbled. There was a slight mistake with the left hand.

Lin Dong's long arm immediately cut over. Fortunately, Pietrus reacted quickly and quickly hugged the ball. However, with this hug, he lost the opportunity to dribble. Coupled with the unstable center of gravity, Lin Dong's defense has invaded his position.

At this moment, Pietrus felt a little unsteady even on his feet. He barely resisted and could only forcefully pull up and shoot while Lin Dong was facing him.

However, given that his center of gravity is unbalanced, and Lin Dong’s jumping, wingspan, and other aspects are superior to him, the result can already be imagined...

Snapped!

A smooth block shot down the basketball thrown by Pietrus.

"Haha, you actually challenged Lao Lin to a duel, isn't this looking for death?" Zhu Fangyu said regretfully.

It’s not that I regret anything else, but I really wanted to say some yin and yang sentences at this time, but unfortunately I don’t know English. If I use Mandarin to say yin and yang to each other, people can’t understand it, and it feels boring!

He was not worried at all from the beginning. No matter what European genius you are, can you be more awesome than Boss Yao? Even Boss Yao can only fight with Lao Lin, who do you think you are...

Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes lit up when he saw it: "This guy is worse than me!"

"...Hey!" Rukawa Kaede looked at Pietrus on the field and sneered.

Several European players who had been teasing just now shut up.

Yunas crossed his hands and looked at Lin Dong with obviously more interest than before.

Payton opened his mouth slightly. Frankly speaking, he just wanted to see Lin Dong's offense.

He had seen the tape of this guy playing NBA rookies on the streets of Yokohama. His offensive ability was indeed quite good. Now, more than half a year later, the opponent's offensive ability should be worthy of his expectations, but considering his Asian physique , neither the team executives nor previous NBA analysts had high expectations for his defense, but they didn't expect...

How did gloves become famous? He is famous for his iron-blooded defense, and Lin Dong's defense just now obviously made Payton feel a bit of his own style.

Frankly speaking, compared to the clean block at the end, the operation of entangling the arm in front and taking the opportunity to squeeze the opponent's center of gravity is more to Payton's liking.

There are probably few people in the world who understand defense better than him. It is by no means limited to steals and blocks. Although these two statistics are often regarded by all parties as the core manifestation of defensive ability, Payton has only won the steals title once in the NBA, but he is known as the best defensive player on the planet. He relies on his restriction of opponents, defensive continuity, stability and aggressiveness like Lin Dong just now. etc.

He uses every available detail to make the attacker uncomfortable. He is good at walking the tightrope of rules. If he catches a small loophole in you, he can immediately amplify it infinitely until you make a mistake. This is his unique glove on this planet. Impressive, top-notch defensive understanding!

Moreover, this kind of defense is different from the one or two magic balls that you occasionally perform at a super level. If it works, it will work, and if it doesn’t, it will not work. The performance of that ball just now is enough for Payton to give this Asian a defense. The ability is labeled as 'SSS', there is no coincidence or accident at all!

It's more powerful than imagined... look again!

Payton couldn't help but swallow.

"Fake!" Pietrus couldn't help but curse out.

The ball I played just now was really frustrating! I was simply distracted by the elevated arm, otherwise how could this kid be able to move me? Then he took advantage of a one-on-one challenge... If he had just passed the ball in a normal game, there would be no need for a strong shot!

"Come on!" He stood on the defensive position and clapped his hands hard at Lin Dong. He thought that this guy would spray some trash talk to affect his mentality at this time, but he didn't expect that Lin Dong was just steady. Went outside the three-point line.

Feeling the other party's calmness, Pietrus immediately shut his mouth.

Isn't it just personal defense? Who wouldn't? Let’s see how you attack me!

The moment he threw the basketball to Lin Dong, Pietrus immediately got into position with all his strength. They were only half a step away from each other and only needed to guard against his...

Before Pietrus could finish the thoughts in his mind, he saw Lin Dong lowering his body slightly and not intending to control the ball sideways. He actually controlled the ball directly from the front and broke through to the right.

Pietrus's defensive reaction is quite fast. He moves laterally very quickly at the first time. The black man's strong physical explosiveness, as well as his talent and reflex arc that can make correct judgments purely based on instinct in many cases, make his defense better. The level is actually higher than that of ordinary high school students. Even when facing five-star high school students in the United States, Pietrus has the confidence to maintain his position.

At this time, he blocked the opponent's way in time, and felt that the opponent's speed was only that, but the next second...

Lin Dong's body turned on the spot, turning like a top. By the time Pietrus realized that the opponent had changed direction, Lin Dong had already cut into his defensive position from the left!

　I was delayed by something small at home, but it won't affect today's third update.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)