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

Chapter 337: The first record in playoff history!

The ball returned to the Blazers again.

Pippen asked for the ball again.

After all, it was Pippen, and the gloomy face at this time made Derek Anderson somewhat afraid to disobey. Moreover, this time Pippen was obviously much smarter and chose to enter the inside line, so...

The ball was in Pippen's hands again.

At this time, Pippen was holding the ball outside the paint area.

Frankly speaking, Pippen felt that he was indeed slow on the ball just now.

There is no way, as he gets older, his flexibility and speed will inevitably decline. This is a disadvantage that he cannot eliminate no matter how hard he works this year.

However, this does not mean that he thinks that his "return to the top" is a lie.

At his peak, he was 203 centimeters tall and weighed 95 kilograms, but now he has reached 101 kilograms. Gaining weight is Pippen's biggest magic weapon to make up for his current decline in speed and agility.

Spread the word?
Frankly speaking, Pippen knew that was the only right choice, but the problem was...

His hook was not blocked, and he had already planned to prevent it, but the problem was that the opponent was too close.

I can't see the frame with my eyes. Although I can judge the general direction and distance of the basket based on my own experience, I can also make blind hooks. However, when my body movements have been deformed, my shooting rate is really...

He wants to use his strength to clear the way, and then show off his unique skill of flipping over with a small hook!
With his solid pace, tough upper body, precise little hook, and those long arms with a wingspan of 221 centimeters, this back-up technique was tailor-made for him. When he was in the Bulls, even if he encountered Jordan sometimes, he would hit him. Without opening up the situation, he can often rely on this move to help the team score stably. The special training he has experienced now gives him the confidence to use this move to face the four strongest centers in the league!

But as soon as he turned around, Pippen's eyes already showed despair.

However, when his body had just pushed up, Pippen already realized that he was in trouble.

Unfortunately, the ball passed over their heads and flew towards the two forwards.

Pippen felt cold.

The fake move of turning right just now was in vain. The final turn of the body to the left failed to get even a little space. What he saw when he turned around was Lin Dongfeng's big hand in front of him, and his body movements were also... Transformed under the opponent's extremely aggressive personal defense.

Rasheed Wallace was huddled with Chandler at this time. Facing this sophomore who was initially nicknamed the boxing champion by Seattle fans, Wallace felt that he could still suppress it, even though he was shorter than the opponent. A few centimeters, but after all, they have the advantages of strength and experience, and the duel between them at the basket can be about four or six.

Can't be knocked open...

Lin Dong's body was like a wall behind him. The tonnage of 100.5 kilograms was not inferior to him at all. What's more terrible was that the other party was younger than him and recovered faster than him!
The first time he pushed against him, he felt that his opponent's center of gravity was stable, and there was no feeling of being bounced away at all. But when Pippen stabilized his body and wanted to organize a second, stronger push, the opponent's body had already taken the lead. After completing the buffering, he pressed back against him.

Compared with the three-pointer and the first step to start the explosion, even when he was young, his real special skill was another one, and that was the post-up play. This year, he chose to gain weight in order to infinitely amplify his ability in this skill. The advantages.

I can't afford to lose this guy!
Fight!

After the transformation, he used too much strength. His famous little hook hand turned over and flew far past the basket, as if he was passing the ball to the other side.

Farke! You wanted to get the ball with a tough look, a look that would kill you if you didn't give it, but you got cold feet after just hitting it and just passed it out?

Pippen turned his attention, first turned his right shoulder while holding the ball, and assumed a posture of going to the right, trying to mobilize Lin Dong's center of gravity. Then he immediately turned over and turned left, and then pulled up directly with his small hook.

Is this guy really the 'slightly less confrontational' young man everyone analyzes? This thing is just like an iron pile... What should I do? !

This move of sitting on the back requires a little space to maximize the force. Pippen is very familiar with this hand. At this time, he felt that Lin Dong was holding him within the distance of his force, and he immediately knew that he had already It is impossible to knock away the opponent again.

Swish!
Pippen's face turned green.

Pippen, who was holding the ball, had his hands firmly clasped, and all his strength was concentrated on his upper body. Seeing Lin Dong coming up on defense, he took advantage of the situation and made a strong push.

Randolph immediately seized a favorable receiving position.

With a body of 117 kilograms and the nickname of Big Black Bear, even if you look at the entire NBA, there are not many people who can beat Randolph in terms of strength.

But the Japanese boy behind him has amazing brute strength. We are almost the same height, but he is 13 kilograms lighter than him. But Randolph feels that even if he tries his best, he can only suppress him, not what he imagined. It is easy to crush, and it is unable to completely push the opponent out of the impact area.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's center of gravity is too low. After a season of training, he has already adapted to brute force collisions when facing various insiders in the NBA.

In a pure strength competition, he was still a little weaker, but his victory was due to his amazing resilience.

If you have to find an accurate example, you have to cross a boundary, such as the famous champion in the World Armwrestling Championship-Devin Lared.

There are many strong men who can crush Devin's wrist to the brink of death with the initial burst of arm wrestling, but in the last few centimeters, you just can't crush him, and then he slowly wears him down. , slowly consume it until you are exhausted, and then watch your advantages being eroded by him bit by bit...

And Sakuragi Hanamichi gave many of his opponents the same feeling.

Either he is someone like O'Neal who can directly crush him to death, otherwise as long as you give him a breath, he can return the favor to you.

Randolph felt almost like this at this time. He could suppress the young man behind him, but if he wanted to squeeze Sakuragi Hanamichi out of the competition in one breath, he couldn't.

Seeing the basketball fall, he also gave up the idea of ​​crushing the boy behind him, and planned to 'pick up' the ball steadily first, but he didn't expect that Sakuragi behind him suddenly turned around early. Randolph felt that there was nothing behind him. Although he would not fall down, his center of gravity inevitably shook, and in that moment, the Japanese boy jumped up beside him.

Randolph was shocked. This kid had really good control over the placement, timing, etc. of the basketball. His explosive bounce was so strong that before he could jump up and fight for it, the opponent had already caught the basketball in the air. .

And before it even hit the ground, the ball was passed directly to the ground.

Payton held the ball, turned his back and passed Derek Anderson who was blocked in a hurry.

The entire 90s can actually be regarded as the most glorious era for the Sonics. Speaking of which, they reached the playoffs nine times in 10 years and reached the finals once.

但98赛季的缺席、99赛季的季后赛止步于首轮，其实是给超音速整个90年代的辉煌抹黑了的，再加上00—01、01—02接连两个赛季无缘季后赛，佩顿已经有足足4年时间，没有好好的感受季后赛的舞台了。

And this year...

The 34-year-old veteran's eyes were filled with an uncontrollable light at this time.

This year's SuperSonics will rise again and even go higher, farther and more glorious than ever before!

At this time, Payton, who seemed to have regained his youth, quickly dropped the ball with the ball, his explosive power was amazing, and he was the best!
Although Anderson, who was closest, pursued the defense in time, facing this historical-level veteran point guard with great fighting spirit, the only result of desperately chasing the shot was to send a 2+1.

7: 0!

Blazers' possession of the ball.

Blazers coach Dunleavy was furious on the sidelines.

"Switch! Switch!" he shouted angrily on the sidelines. He was given a 7-0 score at the start, which was not a good sign.

It's all Pippen's fault. That guy obviously couldn't beat the rookie, but he insisted on beating him hard! You are old but you don’t admit it!

Anderson didn't dare to pass the ball to Pippen this time, and subconsciously followed the coach's request to start a transition offense. But as soon as the ball was passed, SuperSonics' classic double-team rotation defense started again.

Tactics are relatively rigid for the Sonics in the first half of the season. They need coaching or Lin Dong and Payton to guide them on the court at all times, or they need to use one tactic to the end.

But now, this new run-and-gun system has been integrated into the bones of every Sonics player.

Everyone knows when to do something and when to change the rhythm.

As soon as the Blazers started passing the ball, especially when their coach called out tactics so grandly on the sidelines, everyone on the court immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to rotate the team.

Anderson passed Wells, and Brent and the nearby Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately double-teamed him. The sudden pressure made Wells panic and chose to pass the ball to Pippen.

But in front of Lin Dong's defense, such a hasty pass, such an obvious passing line, and the pass was twisted under the sudden double-team. If it was not broken, it would really humiliate the reputation of rotation defense. .

Steal! Extraordinary! Fast break! A slam dunk!

Less than one minute into the game, the dazzling score of 1:9 hung on the scoreboard, as if it had already revealed the tragic fate of the Trail Blazers...

On personal abilities.

Pippen can't beat Lin Dong, and he can't beat Lin Dong on both offense and defense.

Anderson couldn't beat Payton and was blown away on both offense and defense.

Wells can only be said to be on par with Desmond, but when Desmond is integrated into the run-and-gun system, Wells will be dwarfed on both the offensive and defensive ends.

The two insiders have a slight advantage, but the Roaring God can only suppress Chandler, not to the extent of crushing him. Although Randolph has the upper hand against Sakuragi in terms of strength, his flexibility and endurance are inferior. Far inferior to each other, they are almost equal to each other, and it even feels like they are losing a little bit of the scene.

On the whole, whether it is scoring, defense or rebounding, the Trail Blazers have an advantage in the paint, but the advantage is not obvious enough. At least compared to their completely beaten outside line, this advantage in the paint is almost all. It can be ignored.

32:14 in the first quarter and 68:35 in the second quarter. In just one half, the SuperSonics had completely killed the suspense of the game.

In the second half, the main players on both sides immediately stopped playing. The gap was already 33 points at halftime, which was the largest point difference in the history of the Trail Blazers in the playoffs. Pippen's face was full of despair, and Wallace almost lost. On the spot, Chandler and I got angry and got into a fight over a rebound... After losing, why would we continue to fight?

It is important to study countermeasures carefully, adjust your mentality, and prepare for the next turnaround.

But Dunleavy did not expect that his mentality was destined to be unable to be adjusted.

Because of his strategic abandonment, the Blazers were nailed to the pillar of shame in NBA history...

Facts have proved that there is no way to lose the most, only to lose more!

The substitute who came on the field lost even more miserably!
The SuperSonics have been rotating throughout the season. Although the personal abilities of the substitute players are not as good as those of the main players, they have received enough training and are familiar with the run-and-gun system. The difference will only be wider with the substitutes.

134:75, a huge 59-point difference, surpassing the 1956-point playoff difference set by the Minneapolis Lakers against the Hawks in 58, successfully becoming the first in history!

(End of this chapter)