Back in 84, he became Jordan’s lifelong enemy!

Chapter 75 This guy has such a funny mentality!

After the timeout, the Lakers took the lead in changing formations.

Suvin discovered that the person standing in front of him during the attack was Michael Cooper.

Cooper is 196cm tall, not much shorter than him, but he is the only defensive hero in the Lakers lineup who can be named.

Starting from the 80/81 season, he was selected to the league's best defensive team for four consecutive years, and was selected in rotation between the first and second teams. He will also win a DPOY trophy (the best defensive player in the regular season) in the future.

Since he was selected by the Lakers with the No. 78 pick in the third round during the 79/16 season, he has won two championships with the team.

Magic Johnson can use passes on the offensive end to help the team score quickly. He also has a variety of strange and ingenious scoring methods. He has sky hooks, mid-range shots, and small floaters at his fingertips, and occasionally he can even give you a shot. Three points.

But defensively, it's far worse than Cooper. Su Wen passed him like a wooden stake.

Cooper has become the Lakers' best defensive resource.

Sending him on to replace McAdoo at this time was Pat Riley's change of tactics, trying to knock down Suvin, a rookie who scored 16 points in a row in the first half.

McAdoo is awesome. He won three scoring titles in the 70s, averaging 30+ per game.

He has been selected to the All-Stars multiple times, twice to the All-NBA Team, once to the MVP, and won two championships with the Lakers. He is also a future Hall of Famer.

But he is old after all.

He was born in 51 and is now 33 years old.

Not to mention switching to Su Wen, even facing Chambers or Al Wood, it is still a defensive vulnerability.

In addition, at such an age, he is already in a state of declining from his peak. It is difficult to become the core on the offensive end, so it is natural to replace him.

After replacing Cooper, James Worthy moved to the fourth position.

As for Magic Johnson, he is in the third position when attacking, but he is in the second position when defending. He has to switch defenses with Cooper.

Cooper came on and made an immediate impact.

His tough defense, like a tarsal maggot, made Su Wen feel uncomfortable. He kept sticking to him, pestering him regardless of the consequences.

Su Wen's offense was no longer as calm as in the first half of the quarter, and it took a lot of effort to break through, and his scoring efficiency dropped accordingly.

At this time, Pat Riley waved his hand, and the offense was all over the place. The Lakers immediately launched a 13:5 offensive climax in just a few minutes, almost opening the point difference to more than 10 points.

This time it was Lanny Wilkens' turn to call timeout.

Before the game, he and the coaching staff hesitated for a long time, whether to arrange more defensive resources to fight with the opponent, or to engage in offensive battles to confront the opponent.

If you fight on the ground, you may not be able to defend your opponent, but in a confrontation, it is easy to fall into the opponent's rhythm, and the risk is even greater.

However, the first quarter was almost over, and the defense they emphasized before the game had no obvious effect. They were easily cut into pieces by the Lakers' passing methods and became disorganized.

Now we are 8 points behind.

Since defense fails, then attack and compete with your opponent.

During the timeout, after he arranged the next attack, he began to emphasize the rotation of the ball and quickly release the ball.

This time, Su Wen is no longer the only arrowhead, everyone is one, and everyone must stand up.

Back on the court, Suvin found Chambers immediately. After receiving the pass, the latter took a feint shot, deceived Worthy, and passed a backhand to the onrushing Brad Davis, who passed Suvin. Use the screen to make space and shoot directly.

"Shh!"

After a solid two-pointer, on the defensive end, Su Wen pestered Magic again, letting go of Michael Cooper, who had average scoring ability, and letting Al Wood defend.

Su Wen encountered Cooper's strong encirclement and suppression, so naturally he would not make the magician feel too good.

He simply turned into a replica of Cooper, giving the Magic a death coil, forcing the opponent to handle the ball faster.

As long as Magic is no longer relaxed and calm, there is a high probability that the Lakers will not be able to play well together.

as predicted.

After encountering Su Wen's crazy confrontation, Magic's shots were no longer so purposeful and sharp. Instead, he passed the ball when his teammates were open, and could no longer wait for his teammates to run out of the real shooting space.

As a result, the Lakers' offensive efficiency was also greatly reduced. They were constantly chased and intercepted by the SuperSonics, and they were unable to provide smooth cooperation in the opening game.

On the offensive end, the Sonics also adhere to more screens and moves, pass the ball whenever there is an opportunity, and never greed for the ball.

Back and forth, at the end of the first quarter, the score difference between the two sides was only two points, and the SuperSonics almost tied.

In the first 5 minutes of the second quarter, although both sides were all substitutes, the rotation of players was still carried out according to the arrangements of both sides. Likewise, no one could do anything to the other.

The only uncomfortable thing is that the Lakers have a deeper foundation. McAdoo returned to the bench with a group of people. One minute before the main players of both sides returned to the court, they suddenly broke out and hit three consecutive goals, once again widening the point difference to 1 points. .

Wilkens had to call Su Wen and others to come on.

Compared with championship teams like the Lakers, their background is indeed much worse. On the bench is Pat Cummings, who was acquired from the Mavericks in the summer.

Cummings was the Mavericks' starter last season, averaging 13.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

But after he came to the SuperSonics and became a substitute, although his role was very important and he was the core of the inside, he was a little acclimated.

In the first three games, he only averaged 18 points and 6.2 rebounds in 3.5 minutes per game as a substitute, and his data was cut in half.

Even so, he is the only one on the SuperSonics bench that can do anything.

Others, only Gerald Henderson and Danny Walls are worth looking at.

The SuperSonics went on the offensive in the first quarter and struggled to chase points.

Returning to the court with an 8-point disadvantage, the starters once again continued their offense in the second half of the first quarter, constantly confronting the Lakers. By the end of the first half, the SuperSonics finally recovered two points.

64:58
The SuperSonics are 6 points behind at home.

This is the first time they have trailed by so many points at halftime, and the pressure is increasing.

Moreover, it is very frustrating to arrange confrontations with opponents as if they have fallen into their rhythm and have never been able to catch up with the score difference further.

In the second quarter, Magic encountered Su Wen's death entanglement. He was very uncomfortable at first, but after adding more passes and no longer being so power-hungry, he felt comfortable instantly.

He is not the only one in the Lakers who can pass the ball. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Worthy, and Cooper can all average 3+ assists per game. Cooper himself is not good at offense, but his passing ability has always been excellent and he averages 5 assists per game for the team.

With less organization, the magician becomes much more relaxed.

Except for occasionally stealing a layup to the basket and being lazy a few times, he was like a passing machine, pulling back and forth with Su Wen.

This is the horror of the Lakers.

The rest of the Lakers are all masters of passing the ball. It is difficult for you to dismantle the opponent's offensive system after nailing one person.

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

"Michael, how are you? Are you still okay?"

Pat Riley was arranging tactics for the second half. When he turned to look at Michael Cooper, he was shocked to find that the opponent was panting as if he had just plowed a field for two hours.

Sweat like soybeans was constantly flowing on his face, and the jersey was completely soaked as if it had just been soaked in the pool.

"I can!"

Cooper ignored the sweat and took a deep breath before replying.

"Ah."

Pat Riley nodded, said nothing more, and continued to talk about tactics.

Only Magic Johnson asked with concern: "You look so tired."

"That kid is so good at running." After taking a breath, Cooper said with a wry smile: "It's like a wild horse that can't run to death. It runs everywhere, burrows everywhere, and never stops."

Is it so scary?

Magic Johnson was surprised. Thinking about the few minutes he guarded Su Wen, he felt that it was okay.

Cooper seemed to know what he was thinking, shook his head and said with a smile: "I am different from you, Moji."

"He lives like you"

He wanted to say that Su Wen crossing Johnson was like crossing a deserted road, but then he thought about whether this would irritate the other party, and the words got stuck on his lips.

"It's like the road in the early morning, right?"

Magic Johnson smiled nonchalantly, "You can just say it without worrying about my feelings."

He knows how good he is defensively.

Compared to his unparalleled organizational talent, his defense is like an extreme, oh no, normal level.

If it's extreme, it's like Jordan's teammate Ulrich, who can lose as many points as he can score, just like a big colander.

But Magic Johnson's defense is neither good nor bad.

Pass!

Just passable!
After all, with his height and physique, he can't keep up with his speed, but he can still fight against him.

It's just that in the first half of the first quarter, he really couldn't defend himself against Su Wen, a pervert.

He couldn't keep up, and he couldn't match up to the confrontation. Su Wen was as slippery as a loach in front of him, and he couldn't even catch him, let alone defend him.

Many times, after being broken through by Su Wen, Magic Johnson would directly give up the pursuit and let his teammates fill in to help defend, while he simply saved his energy for the offensive end.

"Uh"

After seeing that he didn't care, Cooper said again: "That kid is really good at running and very fast. Sometimes he turns corners without warning. If I follow him, I might lose him."

"What's even worse is that they help cover him from time to time so that you can't keep staring at him."

"This Su Wen is fast and can run, and he also likes to crawl around."

This is only a quarter and a half.

Magic Johnson was very surprised when he watched Cooper return to the locker room for several minutes without really catching his breath.

Fortunately, he does not have the ability to mark one person for the whole game, otherwise he would be almost the same as this teammate at this time, and it would be difficult for him to have the energy to organize an offense. He once again felt Su Wen's abnormality from Cooper.

A guy who likes to run without the ball and sneak around people so much on the offensive end, and who can also increase his intensity on the defensive end, is very scary.

He looks like a superstar who can combine both offense and defense.

Time passed, and the 15-minute intermission period passed quickly.

Michael Cooper, who returned to the court, seemed to have recovered at this time, exhaling and inhaling very smoothly.

Just seeing Su Wen, who was still looking lively and smiling at him, he immediately felt a headache.

Is this guy born in the year of Ox?

It's like plowing the fields for several hours and still being able to hook up with cows. Don't you know you're tired?
How did he know that this was only average for Su Wen.

Su Wen is the most famous gym rat at Auburn University.

Most of the time I am the first to arrive and the last to leave.

After a day of training, you can still maintain high-intensity training for two or three hours at a time.

Cooper's full-court marking can only make him uncomfortable, but it is only uncomfortable.

Su Wen always has a way to get rid of him, and then sneak into the basket to steal a chicken.

For example, the first attack just after coming back.

Su Wen ran into the paint and passed Cooper with his teammate Wood. After asking his teammates to cover, he immediately turned and ran towards the basket.

Chambers distributes the ball very quickly. As soon as he sees him turning in, he immediately passes the ball.

"Shh!"

After Su Wen caught the ball and stepped into the basket, his body jumped up, jumped into the sky lightly, and picked the ball into the basket.

His move was like a jelly layup, extremely smooth.

"Why don't you guard against me?"

Back on the defensive end, Su Wen stood in front of Magic Johnson and asked hummingly.

"Why should I guard against you?" The corner of the magician's mouth twitched, feeling that the guy opposite was a fool.

Whether to guard or not, that is the coach's arrangement. He only needs to do his job well. Is this even a question?
But Su Wen obviously not only asked, but also said with a smile: "If you don't guard against me, how can I chop 40+ on your head?"

"Even if I score [-] or [-] points over your teammate, there's still no sense of achievement."

WTF?

What are you talking about?

How can I say that scoring [-] or [-] points over my teammates doesn’t give me a sense of accomplishment?
Have you considered Cooper's feelings?
Is it so easy to get fifty or sixty points?

Sure enough, before the magician felt anything, Michael Cooper, who was standing in front of El Wood, was unhappy and was glaring at Su Wen fiercely, looking like he was gritting his teeth.

Su Wen didn't give him a shit, and then said to the magician: "Are you going to guard me? I feel more exciting if I score on your head."

"How about I go talk to your head coach?"

"Shut up, rookie!" The magician controlled the ball, listening to Su Wen's words that he didn't treat Cooper as a human being, and his head was full of black lines.

This guy is so funny!

Not to mention Cooper, even he wanted to beat this kid.

The magician advanced behind the top arc, and Su Wen followed up and entangled him.

Magic didn't stop the ball too much. He moved his butt backwards. After pushing away Su Wen, he found Worthy inside and passed the ball out.

As soon as Worthy caught the ball, Chambers was also in position, directly increasing the intensity.

The former swayed back and forth, pretending to attack the frame, and then passed the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is six to seven centimeters taller than McCormick and has a certain advantage in vision. After catching the ball, he immediately jumped up and showed off his unique skill-skyhook.

Unfortunately, the ball did not hook into the basket, and the basketball bounced high and flew in the direction of Chambers.

But James Worthy was already stuck in position, ready to rush for rebounds.

When he jumped up and reached for the basketball with both hands, a figure came out from behind, jumped into the air, and knocked the basketball away first.

It’s Su Wen!
After he brought Magic inside, the moment Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shot, he was thinking about grabbing the rebound.

This was not because he saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar miss the ball, but because of habit.

Since improving his rebounding ability to a high level, he has always had the habit of rushing for rebounds, and this habit has remained in the NCAA arena.

The basketball was swatted away by him and fell in front of Al Wood. The latter grabbed the ball and immediately ran upfield at full speed.

Cooper didn't have time to switch defense to Su Wen, so he could only chase him.

Just when Cooper pressed Wood on the sideline of the frontcourt and was immediately cornered, Wood passed the ball to Su Wen, who was working with Davis.

After receiving the ball, Su Wen was not greedy for credit. He ignored Byron Scott's defense and passed the ball to Davis in the middle line.

The latter, who was unguarded, got a one-stop layup opportunity.

"Shh!"

At the beginning of the second half, the SuperSonics chased the point difference to 4 points.

The Lakers were not affected by this and continued their offensive tactics. After a while, Worthy broke into the basket and scored a layup with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's screen.

Back, he ran to help defend after Su Wen got rid of Cooper. Unexpectedly, the latter was as hot as a basketball. He just caught the ball and passed it to Chambers. The latter held the basketball high, aimed it at the basket, and performed a violent shot. Dunk.

The difference is still 4 points.

The two sides suddenly entered into an offensive battle again, just like the second quarter.

In the process of back and forth, the game time entered the last quarter. At this time, the SuperSonics eroded some points difference and chased the score to 93:96, only 3 points behind.

In three quarters, both sides scored points that others might have scored in the entire game, which made the fans happy.

"Wonderful! What a wonderful offensive battle!"

"Wow, I didn't expect that we could play such a smooth offense and score points with the Lakers. It's really nice to see."

“Regardless of the outcome of the game, I couldn’t be more pleased with our firepower.”

"Su has increased the number of passes, which makes our coordination better and faster. This is the reason why we can always bite the opponent."

"This will be a classic match, unparalleled!"

The audience watched with emotion, but the Lakers fans in front of the TV were very nervous.

In the three quarters, not only could they not widen the point difference, but they were constantly being eaten away by their opponents. This put them under tremendous pressure to win another victory and rebuild their strong form last season. .

I'm worried that if my opponent bites me so tightly, I'll suddenly fall apart in the last quarter, and I'll turn around and lose the game.

"This Su is too difficult to deal with. He is everywhere. Cooper's defense is completely ineffective."

"Supersonics are so tough. They can't always be beaten. It's so scary."

"Quickly think of a way to kill Sonics, otherwise we will be defeated!"

"Who would have thought that the SuperSonics would have such a fierce offense with just one more rookie."

"Guys, it's time to show the strength of your championship team, go for it!"

Lakers fans clenched their fists and secretly cheered for the home team.

They looked more nervous than the players in the live game.

But unfortunately, when the two sides returned to the game in the final quarter, the Lakers attacked for several consecutive minutes and were still unable to widen the point difference, and were still frantically fighting with their opponents.

The two sides continued the game situation of the first two quarters, one ball for you and one ball for me. No one could guard the other.

Until the game entered the final 5 minutes, the score was 112:114, and the Sonics were only two points behind, Lenny Wilkens finally called a timeout.

Planning to carry out a final desperate counterattack.

"Next, we have to strengthen our defense and push them out of the penalty area."

"No matter who you are, whether you have the physical strength or not, give me the last five minutes to crucify your people."

"I know the Lakers are very strong and it's hard to beat them, but kids, it's the last 5 minutes. If we work harder and harder, we will get over it!"

"This is a life-or-death moment, so don't let down any slack!"

"As long as we persist, victory in this game will belong to us!"

"Su! Especially you!"

Wilkens looked solemn and stared at Su Wen, "Maji's defense, you still didn't do enough!"

"You have to limit his passing. It's best not to let him pass a single ball."

It would be better to tie his hands.

Su Wen disapproved in his heart, and didn't think it was possible to stop the magician from handling the ball.

But on the surface, he still nodded in agreement calmly.

If he can't guard the opponent's pass, he can still do it if he doesn't give that guy a chance to score.

Just like that, with the determination not to score any more points for Magic, he went on the court with his teammates.

Just after receiving the pass from Davis, Su Wen broke through directly in front of Michael Cooper and plunged into the inside.

The speed was so fast that even the fans at the scene screamed.

(End of this chapter)