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

Chapter 248 The game begins!

Dragon Kingdom's starting lineup: center Tang Zhengdong, power forward Yi Jianlian, shooting guard Zhu Fangyu, point guard Sun Yue, and small forward Lin Dong.

Wang Lei, who had previously started the Five Tigers, was temporarily placed on the bench. According to the strategy guided by Jiang, the United States team had to attack in the first round. Yi Jianlian was more accurate from the outside than Wang Lei.

At the same time, as a substitute for six consecutive games, Yi Jianlian did not play much time. Compared with Wang Lei, he is more mysterious to the US team.

"Takato-nii! Takato-nii!" In the stands, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who has become Japan's rising star, was leading the Sakuragi Legion and others with the words "Takato-nii must win" tied to their heads. They rushed to him excitedly. He waved his hands desperately: "I have already damaged their morale, it's up to you!"

"Lin Dongjun! Lin Dongjun!"

Lin Dong saw Ito Zhuo who was also shouting wildly on the sidelines, and then burst into laughter. There was actually a girl sitting next to that guy who was equally excited as him.

Seeing the two of them dressed in couple's outfits, Lin Dong immediately remembered that when he was in the arena, this guy said, 'In the future, take your girlfriend to watch his games live, don't pretend you don't know him,' and then he smiled in the direction of Ito Taku Made a scissor hand gesture.

"So handsome!"

"Lin Dongjun saw us!" Not to mention the girl next to Ito Taku, there were a lot of girls in the stands who were already part of the 'Lin Dongming' regiment when they were in Xiangyang, and they almost fainted from excitement. , Ito Zhuo was even more excited and proud: "I am Lin Dongjun's first disciple, and he taught me his unique skills!"

In addition, there are many old friends.

Sitting with Sakuragi and the others, Takenori Akagi, Jun Uozumi, Akira Sendō, and Shinichi Maki, or Shigehiro Mori, Jun Tsuchiya, and Dai Morohoshi, are all current fans of their former rivals.

"You want to avenge us, Lin Dongjun! Bloodbath the U.S. National Youth Team!"

"HOHOHO! What's so great about Americans? Let them see the true king of our Rigao!"

"Beat them by 30 points!"

The excitement of a group of people also represented the excitement of the audience. Even the commentators on the scene kept repeating Lin Dong's name, as if Lin Dong, who had participated in the Nippon League, not only represented the Dragon Kingdom. Honor also represents the glory of Japan.

Absolutely Lin Dong’s home court!

As the referee blows the whistle, players from both sides take their positions.

All the lofty words he had given to Zhu Fangyu and others before the game were lofty, but Lin Dong, who actually stood on the court, had no intention of despising the American team.

Compared with the US team at the Nike Summit, the personal strength of this team is slightly lower than the first-line, mainly reflected in the center line, missing the two gates of Kwame Brown and Chandler.

However, due to the two months of training in advance, the overall level of running-in is much stronger than when Old K led the team. Coupled with the understanding of Lin Dong, there will inevitably be targeted tactics to avoid accidents. Lin Dong was caught off guard during the Nike summit.

Lin Dong took a look at the US team's lineup at this time. Except for Chris Kaman, who came up to replace Kwame Brown's previous vacancy, the rest were basically the US team's lineup at the Nike Summit.

Chris Kaman, 210 centimeters tall and 115 kilograms in weight, makes him look even bigger on the court than Kwame Brown before him.

Lin Dong is no stranger to this newly replaced main center.

As the sixth pick in the first round of the 03 Platinum Generation Draft, Chris Kaman is second only to Wade, Bosh, LeBron and a few other talents in the eyes of many scouts, but his performance in the NBA since then has But it was somewhat unsatisfactory, limited by injuries and personal abilities. Although he averaged 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game, and was selected as an NBA All-Star, it was only a highlight of one season, and he was still a substitute. Brandon just got the All-Star award.

The reason why Lin Dong was deeply impressed was that although Kaman was born and raised in the United States, he was actually German. He later changed his nationality back to Germany and participated in the 08 Olympics with Lin Dong's spiritual idol Nowitzki. After all, it was related to the driver. ...The impression will naturally be more profound.

As for now, as the main center of the University of Michigan, Kaman's performance has not reached the peak level during the 03 draft. He averaged only 9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.61 blocks per game at NCSS, and was selected to the NCAA's All-Rookie Team. , but it is far from being dominant in the NCAA. If it weren't for Kwame Brown, Chandler and other young star centers to participate in the draft, otherwise he would not be able to take the position of the U.S. National Youth Team.

At this time, Tang Zhengdong and Kaman were already standing on the center line, preparing to jump the ball. Although they seemed to be of similar size, in the previous rounds of games, Kaman also showed his strong personal ability against centers from other countries. But Lin Dong was not worried at all.

There is probably no one in the world who knows all his opponents better than Lin Dong. Tang Zhengdong has the strength to defeat him. This is one of the few strong points in the Dragon Kingdom today.

As for LeBron who walked up to him and faced him...

LeBron looks stronger than he was two months ago, with much bigger muscles.

Frankly speaking, Lin Dong was a little surprised, but also a little impressed.

Based on the experience of American basketball, any player with some foresight will basically not choose to lose weight in advance before entering the NBA, because it will affect the normal development of bones.

But LeBron gave up his game in advance...obviously in order to defeat himself, even if he had to pay a certain price for his future.

Putting aside some of his disgraceful little thoughts, purely from the perspective of pursuing his goals, LeBron is indeed a very cruel person to himself.

"Hi, Lin." LeBron actually greeted him first.

Lin Dong turned his head and glanced at him. Want to make a declaration of battle?

Unexpectedly, LeBron had a smile on his face: "You are really strong. You are the strongest 17-year-old I have ever seen."

"Is it stronger than you?"

But LeBron did not answer Lin Dong directly this time. He just said lightly: "But you will lose today because we have Chuck Daly."

Lin Dong laughed, using Chuck Daly's death defense to scare himself?

If the opponent thinks that he is the kind of opponent who can give him a piece of candy and hit him with a stick, or an opponent who is easy to scare, then he is totally wrong. LeBron is still too young when it comes to mentality. "Many people have said this to me." Lin Dong nuzzled in the direction of Mori Shigehiro and others in the stands: "But in the end, they all became my fans."

LeBron was stunned.

"You can, and so can Chuck Daly." Lin Dong smiled and said to him: "Please help me tell him that if he asks me for an autograph, I will sign it on his forehead for him."

LeBron couldn't help but open his mouth.

This Asian...

beep!

Game start!

The referee threw the basketball high in his hand.

After all, he is a CBA all-star. Tang Zhengdong's own talent may be on par with Kaman, but his experience, strength, mentality, etc., are clearly superior to this kid who is still playing basketball in his freshman year.

Kaman's take-off was obviously half a beat slower than Tang Zhengdong's, but Tang Zhengdong reached the highest point first and swatted the ball in the direction of Lin Dong.

Although he was slightly shocked by Lin Dong's remarks just now, when the whistle sounded to start the game, LeBron forced himself to get back into the game as soon as possible.

This game is too important to him, enough to change his destiny. Whether he can get a 9000 million contract depends on the 40 minutes of this game, or in other words, the first 10 minutes!

The two months of hard training between myself and Big Ben are not in vain. Although the style of NBA historical defensive players is different from Lin Dong, in terms of awareness, intensity of confrontation, details, etc., I already have it. A huge improvement.

The unconventional means arranged by Chuck Daly are only used as a last resort, and before that, he must at least not fall behind Lin Dong.

Every ball must be fought for!

Seeing that the jump ball failed at this time, LeBron immediately got stuck in front of Lin Dong. He tried to grab the opponent with his right hand, but Lin Dong ran around him.

At this time, the ball was still in the air, and the position where Lin Dong circled forward was obviously not the normal landing point of the ball. However, with the super bounce that Lin Dong had shown in all previous games, it is not ruled out that he could make incredible aerial catches.

LeBron's reaction was not quick. In the eyes of others, it was just a blink of an eye. He had already made two changes in defensive strategy through judgment. At this time, he was striding forward with a very clear idea, which was to take advantage of his physical strength. Stop in front of Lin Dong and prevent him from catching the ball!

But just as he charged forward and pulled his weight forward, Lin Dong turned around again, shook off LeBron's body and jumped high, causing LeBron's pupils to shrink suddenly.

In the eyes of onlookers, the two of them just made a slight space move forward and backward, but in the minds of the people involved, they had already changed their minds seven or eight times.

Only then did LeBron realize that he had been fooled again. Lin Dong's move around just now was obviously just to take advantage of his fear of him, shift his center of gravity away and pull him up, and avoid physical contact by moving. In fact, Lin Dong There was no way East could actually catch the ball in that position.

After being shaken by the opponent, it was already too late to fight for position.

Snapped!

The basketball was grabbed from the air by Lin Dong.

It can be seen that LeBron's consciousness has indeed improved a lot. After realizing that the ball has been lost, he did not make a meaningless take-off at all, but took a big step back and targeted Lin Dongluo. Point, the big hand cuts between Lin Dong's hands protecting the ball.

It's a pity that this kind of ball-stealing action has always been what Lin Dong is best at. His awareness of prevention has long been full. When he landed, he raised his hands and arms. Not only did he avoid LeBron's ball-stealing, but he also rotated his arms. He also took advantage of the situation to get LeBron stuck behind him, and then rushed out in one step.

In terms of the instant start after holding the ball, if Lin Dong is ranked second, then probably no one among his peers would dare to say that he is first. Even TJ Ford, who is faster than him in absolute speed, may not have the instant explosive power of his first step. Not as good as that.

LeBron slapped the air, and the next second it felt like he could only see Lin Dong's butt.

Fortunately, the US team is alert enough to Lin Dong and has already learned his fast breaks thoroughly.

Wade and Bosh near the midfield immediately took up their defensive positions and rushed towards Lin Dong. Bosh was in front and Wade was behind. They also took a step towards Zhu Fangyu who was coming up from the left to prevent Lin Dong passed him a three-pointer.

But since LeBron is missing someone and Bosh is making up the defense, it ultimately means that the US team is still missing someone.

Lin Dong faced Bosh's defense and did not choose to break through. Instead, he first pulled the ball to the left and made a move to pass to Zhu Fangyu. He moved Wade, who was hiding behind Bosh, to cover towards Zhu Fangyu. Past, and the next second...

Zola's action was replaced by a back pass, and the basketball was distributed to the right.

The one who caught the ball was Yi Jianlian!

At this time, the young Kong Yi had already stood outside the three-point line for the first time. Although in the eyes of the Americans or other teams, he was a quite young guy, and his performance in previous games had been mediocre. So much so that after the first list came out, it was unanimously identified by all parties as a vulnerability that might be attacked by the United States.

But what cannot be concealed is that at this moment, Kongshang Yi is the protagonist that everyone is paying attention to!

nervous?

At least others can't see it.

Yi Jianlian jumped up high without hesitation, and before LeBron could pounce from behind, he fired a solid 3-pointer in a blink of an eye.

Swish!

The goal was scored, 3:0, Long Guo got a good start!

(End of this chapter)