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

Chapter 312 You can’t win anything with a bunch of kids

First game in the NBA!

The expectations and fighting spirit are absolutely full, but the process and results are a bit hard to describe.

In terms of SuperSonics' tactics, the offensive end mainly relies on the offensive triangle formed by Lin Dong, Payton and Brent Barry.

Brent has a pretty good 3-point shot and is also the second point guard on the court.

Payton's 3-pointer was slightly worse, but Lin Dong's 3-pointer was the Sonics' magic weapon this year.

Payton often spends more time holding the ball and rushing inside. As long as he pulls the defensive formation, he can distribute the ball to Lin Dong on the outside.

Or a two-person pick-and-roll or a three-person pick-and-roll. The outside firepower of Lin Dong and Brent, coupled with Payton's inside kill, became the main rhythm of the Sonics in the first half.

In the second half, Lin Dong will switch to the full firepower mode of breaking through to the inside or mid-range.

On the Lakers' side, in the first half, they adopted a rotation defense model of Fisher and Fox against Lin Dong, but it had no effect. In the second half, when Lin Dong was full of firepower, Kobe Bryant, who was mainly defending Payton, switched over, and the defensive effect was obvious. It's much better.

On the other hand, look at the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant faced the strict defense of Payton and Lin Dong in rotation, and his scoring performance was mediocre. He made 25 of 11 shots and 4 free throws. He only scored 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Other rotation players did not score any more points.

Frankly speaking, when playing against Yao Ming in the exhibition game, Chandler had never been so desperate. Although he couldn't beat Yao Ming, he could still hold the top position when playing against Yao Ming. But against the Sharks, Chandler felt that It's just an adult bullying a child. As long as that guy sits with his back for a little while, he can be sat on by that big butt and fly out...

After Kobe switched defenses, his shooting percentage began to plummet.

Payton scored 21 points and 9 assists, while Brent scored 9 points and 5 assists. The SuperSonics' triangle offensive system had already scored 82 points in the game, but the loss in the paint and the bench was really miserable.

Randy Livingston missed 2 shots and Vladimir made 2 shots.

After all, this all-star power forward who was once known for his flexibility is now fat enough and has enough tonnage. Even with a body of nearly 500 pounds, his strength is not inferior even when facing O'Neal. Unfortunately, he moves slowly, except for supporting the basket. Outside of positional battles, he was basically unable to participate in the team's other tactics. He scored 7 points and 6 rebounds, which was already the team's fourth-highest score.

121:99, the Lakers won.

Lin Dong made 19 of 11 shots in the second half, with a shooting rate of only 57%... Although there were two tougher fouls by Kobe, and it evened the game, he made 30 of 21 shots, with a shooting rate of 70%. An efficient 52 points is extremely good and even amazing.

And if we look at the results of the scores between the two teams.

Chandler experienced what despair meant when faced with Shark O'Neal.

Hanamichi Sakuragi came on as a substitute and played 15 minutes. He scored 0 points and 3 rebounds in the game. His offensive ability is relatively poor. When faced with the defense of an NBA-level team like the Lakers, his offensive ability is basically non-existent. Although The three rebounds were all frontcourt rebounds, but they mainly rely on the stream of consciousness to grab the ball with quick eyes and quick hands, which can't be said to be amazing. They are submerged in inconspicuous data and are not eye-catching.

A player similar to Jordan. Although his defensive ability is not the best in league history, his defensive attitude is definitely at Jordan's level. That kind of eagle-like focus, coupled with being younger, faster, and more powerful, allows Lin Dong to play It does seem a bit awkward.

Payton's pass shot from the outside was 2 of 1 and he scored 3 points.

On the contrary, Vin Baker, who had been unhappy with McMillan some time ago due to drinking, beat O'Neal twice under the basket and also grabbed two offensive rebounds.

Substitute center Pedrague played 21 minutes and scored 2 points and 2 rebounds. Substitute point guard Earl Watson scored 2 points and 1 assist. Substitute shooting guard Iguodala also made his debut and came on in the second half. 6 minutes,

But if we only look at Kobe's defensive effect, compared with Lin Dong's performance in the first half, there is no doubt that Kobe has successfully limited some of his firepower.

上半场时11投10中，90%的超高效命中率，还包括4个3分。

全场仅只拿到3分4篮板，4个篮板都是捡的自家后场篮板，3分则是被奥尼尔坐飞两次后拿到的4個罚球，罚球还TM罚丢了1个……

However, junior forward Desmond, who performed well last year, did not get a chance to play because Lin Dong played the entire game. He sat on the bench for the entire game.

Old fish Fisher had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Fox had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Four players in the team scored in double figures. The other substitutes also scored in single digits. The overall offense was smooth and the performance was normal.

O'Neal is the absolute MVP tonight, getting everything he wants under the basket, making most of the Lakers' offense tonight focused on the inside.

He made 37 of 25 shots from the field and 20 of 11 free throws. He scored a game-high 61 points and also grabbed 26 rebounds. Not only did he tie the career scoring record he set in 00, but his rebounding data It was even better than the 23 when the record was set. It was a peak performance.

This is a typical case of taking advantage of your illness to kill you. Obviously, after Lin Dong played against the Wizards Jordan, a team like the Lakers that aims to win did not choose to use some extreme methods to restrict Lin Dong. Choosing to force the relatively weak inside line of the Sonics, for the Lakers who have a super center, especially when the super center's shooting rate is close to 70%, if the 500-pound Wen Baker, Qian Qian, who was bound to score goals, were Counting the balls pulled down by Dele and others with strong fouls, the shooting rate is almost 100%...

Naturally, winning for the Lakers is as easy as eating and drinking. The cheers from the home court and the singing and dancing of the fans made the SuperSonics come in joy and return disappointed.

Losing in the first game is hard for everyone.

So much so that the dejected Sakuragi Hanamichi even forgot about getting Haruko's autograph. When they were hugging each other after the game, Lin Dong conveniently touched MacMillan's pen, and then dragged away the dejected Sakuragi Hanamichi's protector. Wrist, ask Kobe to sign one on it.

Kobe Bryant was also a little surprised that this super rookie still smiled and asked for his autograph after losing.

When he thought about it, a man who had the courage to challenge Jordan in a duel as a rookie and once pushed Jordan to a desperate situation must have unparalleled arrogance in his bones. Losing would definitely be difficult for such a guy to accept, but did not expect……

Of course, I readily signed his autograph, encouraged this young man who seemed to have a good personality, and then smiled and took a photo with Lin Dong, holding hands.

And this photo obviously became the first choice on the front page of various reports on the NBA opening game the next day.

It stands to reason that Lin Dong's SuperSonics losing is a scene that many fans across the United States are happy to see and will definitely be happy to ridicule.

Even before the game, there were already countless trolls and reporters and media who wanted to grab attention and were gearing up.

Firstly, Lin Dong is indeed a hot spot for fans across the United States. Spraying him means unlimited traffic. Secondly, LeBron's whitewashing some time ago really brought back a large wave of fans for him. By the way, I started to hate Lin Dong, and for the third time... Nike wanted to create some trouble for Lin Dong in his rookie season, whether on or off the court, so that Lin Dong could feel what it would be like to have a Nike standing behind him. Backing force.

But after the game was over, I realized that there was nothing to complain about.

What are you spraying?

Although the SuperSonics lost, Lin Dong scored 52 points in his NBA debut, and only took 30 shots. Is this ridiculous? Then you have to complain about Kobe Bryant's 25-for-11 shooting first.

As for the leadership ability, the SuperSonics leader is Payton...the organizer of the whole game, can you blame Lin Dong?
What's more, after the game, the oriental magician didn't get as angry as everyone expected. He actually went to Kobe to ask for an autograph and a photo or something... He can afford to lose!

It is generous and generous, showing a royal demeanor, so that you really can't find any point to complain about, which makes the reporters and trolls from all sides feel a little uninterested.

So, he set his sights on the Sonics' next game.

Thanks to their poor last-place finish last season, the Sonics basically played strong teams in the first half of the regular season, especially in the opening games.

On October 10th, they will continue to challenge the San Antonio Spurs away from home.

Faced with the Spurs, who have a new GDP combination and Popovich, most of the opinions of the ball commentators are still the same. The Sonics cannot win.

But the facts prove...

You can really trust the vision of these professional football analysts.

At 108:101, the SuperSonics suffered another defeat.

Duncan and the aging Admiral teamed up to make a huge difference in the SuperSonics' interior. The two of them alone scored 58 points and grabbed 29 rebounds. The French sports car Parker had 12 points and 6 assists. The newly joined Ginobili came as a substitute. Playing 24 minutes in his own right, the enchanting European step also blew up the Sonics' inside line, scoring 10 points and 2 assists.

Stephen Jackson and Macri Rose each scored 8 points, and the other substitutes scored 12 points together, helping the Spurs easily win with a full lead.

Lin Dong's performance is still remarkable, even more amazing than in the last game. He scored 59 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. With Payton and Brent, the triangle offense combined to score a full 90 points, almost taking over the entire team. We scored, but the performance of others was still the same as in the first game...

Except for Vin Baker, who was having trouble with the team, and relied on his 500-pound body to score 5 points and 7 rebounds in the paint, the others were still in a state of being beaten. Hanamichi Sakuragi, Iguodala, Watson, Desmond and others were scoreless, and only veteran Randy Livingston scored a mid-range shot.

The reporters who couldn't figure out how to criticize Lin Dong finally started to show some enthusiasm.

Chuck Daly, who was a guest on ESPN, laughed and quoted a famous saying of former Liverpool star Alan Hansen on TV: "You can't win anything with a bunch of kids!"

For this former NBA star coach who coached the national youth team but lost to Lin Dong, he avoided talking about Lin Dong's outstanding performance and instead talked about the SuperSonics' lineup. It is difficult to say whether this sentence has any personal grudges. .

But it pointed out the biggest problem of this Sonics, which was highly anticipated before the game.

Their players are so young!

Lack of experience in away games, lack of ability to fight tough battles, lack of... lack of too many things.

They're just a bunch of kids, what can you expect from them?

(End of this chapter)