I really play basketball

Chapter 185 The second round of the easy playoffs

Oakland Stadium, the cheers continued.

On the court, Lin Xing held the trophy and thanked the stands on all sides.

On the side of the court, Lin's father, Lin's mother and You Rongyan clapped their hands;
Uncle Qin on the side smiled, but shook his head with an expression of hating iron;
On the other side was Kidd, who was also clapping his hands but envious.

The two rows of teammates and opponents standing on the field, Xiaochong smiled from the bottom of his heart;
On the other hand, Peyton had a split personality, showing a heartfelt smile on one side and shaking his head on the other.

"The gap is getting bigger and bigger..."

"Gap, what gap?"

Hearing Peyton's soft emotion, Kemp on the side touched his head in doubt.

Payton stared at him angrily: "It has nothing to do with you, this is the business of our four point guards."

"Four point guards, what are they?"

As soon as Kemp asked about the four point guards, and then looked at the court, Lin Xing was already flaunting his MVP trophy to Xiao Chong.

Peyton knew that if he took another look, Lin Xing would be the next one to find him.

Therefore, he pulled Kemp to sit on the sidelines: "Want to know what the four major point guards are? Then be patient and listen to me in detail..."

In this way, Payton took Kemp to the sidelines and told Kemp——

The four point guards in his mouth refer to himself, Lin Xing, Xiao Chong and Kidd.

"The four of you are the top four point guards? Don't be kidding..."

"Why are you joking?"

"Sta is one of the four point guards, no problem, you, barely no problem, Tim has been injured for more than half a year, why should he? Not to mention Jason Kidd.

If you judge yourself like this, don't you consider the feelings of John Stockton and Kevin Johnson? "

Payton rolled his eyes, just at this time, Lin Xing ended his celebration.

It's time for the game to start.

"If you want, we can also put you in it and make you one of the five point guards."

Kemp spread his hands: "I'm not a point guard, I'm a power forward."

"No, you must be a point guard. In this game, the four point guards out of the five point guards will fight each other in two teams..."

Before stepping onto the court, Payton glanced sideways at Kemp: "Will it be us who will win in the end?"

As soon as Kemp heard this, the point guard should be the point guard. He must win this game.

"Of course, Gary!"

……

A few minutes later, the two teams started their debut.

For the Warriors, the starting five are——

Point guard Xiao Chong, shooting guard madman, small forward Lin Xing, power forward Rodman, center Chris Gatlin.

On the Supersonic side, the starting five are——

Point guard Payton, shooting guard Kendall Gill, small forward Detlef Schramf, power forward Kemp, center Sam Perkins.

"Tim Hardaway is still starting. It seems that his performance against the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs conquered the old Nelson..."

"In order to allow Tim Hardaway to start, Dalin can only play the third position."

Yang Wu, Zhengping shook his head. Obviously, he thought Lin Xing at the small forward was inferior to Lin Xing at the point guard.

This is also the view of many florist fans in front of the TV. After all, point guard Lin can completely control the ball, and small forward Lin is almost meaningless.

Director Zhang at the side said, "The third position is also good. Dalin can play in all five positions. Professional basketball is like this. Everyone has to make necessary sacrifices."

"Okay, the game has started..."

On the court, the referee blows his whistle and Chris Gatlin wins the jump ball.

In the opening game, the Warriors went first.

For this extremely important playoffs, the Warriors and the Sonics have their own preparations.

Take the Warriors as an example. Because of Xiao Chong's comeback, their offense has increased some snakes and insects.

At the beginning, it was not Lin Xing who controlled the ball, but Xiao Chong.

This also broke the supersonic plan. Their original focus was to strictly guard against Lin Xing.

For this reason, Payton even crossed two positions and switched to Lin Xing.

As a result, the anti-bug Kendall Gill didn't even survive a face-to-face.

The supersonic area clip anti-fall is very fast, and the bug is quickly clipped.

But Xiao Chong's ball distribution is also top-notch.

He quickly found the madman who was wide open, although the madman still had the old habit of not shooting the ball directly, but taking two steps.

But on the front, both Lin Xing and Xiao Chong attracted too much defense, so that the environment on the side of the madman was very loose.

He took two steps and made a mid-range shot.

Swish-!
"It started off with a breakout from Tim Hardaway, and Sprewell hit a mid-range shot."

"The first attack in the opening game, the Warriors played very well."

"Yes, yes, Tim Hardaway's scoring is very reasonable, and Sprewell's mid-range shot is also very accurate, but it made Dalin play soy sauce for a round."

Yang Wu, Director Zhang and Teacher Zhengping praised the Warriors' attack, and incidentally gave Lin Xing a compliment.

But if you want to say that Lin Xing makes soy sauce, Lin Xing disagrees.

In the corner, he and Payton also had a verbal battle.

simply put--

Payton sprayed first: "Why don't you get the ball, Star?"

Lin Xing responded: "You have to call me big brother, Gary."

Peyton ignored Lin Xing and continued to spray: "Are you counseled, are you counseled?"

Lin Xing also ignored him: "Brother, Gary!"

"..."

Waiting for the front, the madman received the pass from the bug and made a mid-range shot.

Only then did Lin Xing bypass the topic of big brother, and instead said:
"See, Tim is back, we are stronger, you have no chance in this game."

There is a premise for Lin Xing’s words, that is——

In the regular season, except for the fourth game with a large rotation, there are three direct battles between the Warriors and the Sonics. The Warriors have achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

In other words, the Warriors who lacked only one worm all made a 2-1 score against the Sonics.

Now that Xiao Chong is back, the Supersonics are no longer the Warriors' opponents.

Peyton shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, he really had nothing to say.

Therefore, he decided to turn around and be a warrior, and then respond to Lin Xing.

But turning around the Supersonics' offense, Lin Xing switched defenses and locked Payton in the matchup.

Payton had no chance, so he could only watch his teammates do it.

The ball was handed over to Detlef Schramf, who averaged 19.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game this season and played his peak season.

Although he was in excellent form this season, in the first attack of the game, he made a mid-range turnaround jumper, but was interfered by a madman.

With a bang, he missed the basket...

At the basket, Rodman unceremoniously accepted the rebound.

In the playoffs, Lin Xing didn't ask him to give up.

It's not that the counterattack is unimportant, it's that Lin Xing's triple-double is unimportant.

In contrast, it is more important to protect the rebound and keep the lower limit of the inside line.

Therefore, Rodman felt at ease when he closed the board.

The turned counterattack failed to hit a counterattack, but considering that the opponent is the Supersonic, even if it was Lin Xing who took the rebound, it would be difficult to lead the team to counterattack.

Who made the supersonic style of play emphasize high-speed round-trips more than the Warriors?

There is no chance to counterattack, but the warriors are worthwhile in positional warfare.

The main reason for this is the return of the bug.

In fact, from a theoretical point of view, the bug vs. an old Nelson's ideal big man.

The former is more useful for teams without top centers like the Sonics and Trail Blazers.

Because there is an extra powerful ball-holding point on the outside, the opponent's peripheral defense will be under great pressure.

The latter is more useful for teams with top centers like the Rockets, Spurs, and Magic.

Why does Nelson keep giving away Xiao Chong for an ideal big man?

Because it is the big man who rules the league now.

If it's a small perimeter guy who dominates the league right now, he probably won't be traded.

In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence: the version is the true god!
On the court, the Warriors' second attack.

Still a bug, an acceleration crossed Kendall Gill.

This time, the supersonic defense was a step slower, and Xiao Chong rushed in in a daze.

An emergency stop jump shot from mid-range, the old Nelson's heart beat a beat slower on the sidelines.

Fortunately, with a swish!
Amidst the crisp sound of the basketball slapping the net, the goal was still scored.

At the beginning, the Warriors' attack went very smoothly. They successfully tore open a hole on Xiao Chong's side.

The defense of turning around, the Supersonics also opened fire.

But it wasn't Payton, it wasn't Kemp, it wasn't even Schramf who scored.

It was Kendall Gill, whom no one expected.

On the front, Schramf still held the ball, feinted for a few seconds, and directly gave the ball to Kendall Gill.

Kendall Gill, who received the ball, resisted the defense of the bug and did not make a direct shot, but a breakthrough.

Xiao Chong slowed down a step, and let Jill rush in directly.

So, Jill rushed to the basket for a layup.

The Sonics also scored...

On the sidelines, Old Nelson shook his head.

If the version was the main reason he wanted to trade Xiao Chong, then the secondary reason was Xiao Chong's defense.

Although the old Nelson didn't value defense in this period of time, it doesn't mean that he ignored defense.

In fact, he just didn't want to waste time and energy on the tactical level.

In terms of people, he worked hard.

From Madman to Lin Xing, to Rodman, and centers who have a little defensive attribute anyway.

The current main players of the Warriors all have good defenses.

Even Mu Lin, who is not young, still has an above-average level when he defends seriously.

The only two exceptions are the backup point guard Steve Kerr and the bug.

But as soon as Cole is on the bench, it will only take ten minutes if he can't defend well.

It's fine for the coach to line up and help him avoid the time to face off with the opponent's main players.

The problem is Xiao Chong, he is a main star point guard, if he doesn't defend well, he needs his teammates to help him make up.

Once the teammates can't make up, it will be a big gap.

This game was okay, although in the second defensive round of the opening, Xiao Chong's defense was broken by Kendall Gill.

But after all, it is Kendall Gill, and no matter how much he is given the ball, it will not turn the sky.

To sum up, Xiao Chong's defensive gap in this game was still filled by his teammates.

Lin Xing's defense against Payton is to make up for his gap.

"If Tim is replaced by a big center, then Star will directly face Gary Payton, and there will be an extra star center inside, and the Sonics' offense will be even more useless..."

On the sidelines, Old Nelson thought about it for a while.

After that, he realized that imagining is useless, the reality is——

In the current playoffs, he does not have a top power center.

There is only one star point guard who is a double-edged sword who is poor on defense but very good on offense.

In the Warriors' offense, Xiao Chong broke through the Supersonic's defense for the third consecutive wave.

Immediately after a ball, Gatlin was found again.

Inside, Gatlin jumped up and dunked.

In this way, the Warriors lead 6-2.

Turning to the supersonic attack, they couldn't find a chance to counterattack and could only struggle in positional warfare.

Struggling to the end, Kemp received the ball and rushed inside like holding a dynamite bag.

But was stopped by Rodman...

It can only be said that the Warriors' matchup defense, except for Xiao Chong, is very good.

There are three offenses and defenses in the opening game, and you can watch the whole game.

This game is a typical example -

Xiao Chong tore through the Supersonics' defense, forcing the Supersonics to shift their focus of defense.

But in the next round when the Supersonics turned their defense over, Lin Xing stood up.

In terms of destructive power to the opponent's defensive formation, Lin Xing is much stronger than Xiao Chong.

Lin Xing rushed after Xiao Chong, and just like that, the supersonic defense was wiped out.

But for the Sonics, it should be reasonable for their defense to collapse.

Their style of play is more offensive, so offense is more important.

The problem is, on the offensive end, Payton was locked by Lin Xing.

Kemp also ran into Rodman, although Rodman couldn't completely lock Kemp.

But Rodman's defense was annoying, to the point where Kemp's overall performance was a little out of whack.

Finally, there is Detlef Schramf.

In this game, it was Schramf who supported the Supersonic offense.

But this senior Dirk played more like Dirk Jr.'s Schramf as a whole, and what he could contribute was only some tepid mid-range shots.

It's hard to tear apart the Warriors' defense, let alone kill games.

It is such an overall matchup situation that the Warriors have an absolute upper hand.

In the first quarter, they took a 29-point lead with a score of 22 to 7.

In the second quarter, the substitutes came on in turn, and the Warriors had the advantage.

This is about the second benefit of Xiao Chong's return——

The Warriors' bench depth is even more impressive.

At the end of the half, the score was 57 to 44, and the Warriors had already achieved a 13-point lead.

In the third quarter after that, Lin Xing played and killed another wave.

After killing the Supersonics, they fell behind by as many as 69 points with a score of 88 to 19 at the end of the third quarter.

In the final quarter of the game, the Sonics still struggled for more than three minutes.

But Xiao Chong came on the stage and scored 3 points in 6 minutes, which directly wiped out the idea of ​​the Supersonics still wanting to struggle.

就这样，林星三节打卡下班，26分7个篮板7个助攻2个抢断2个盖帽。

For him, except for blocking shots, the rest, he is like going back to last year.

But in any case, in this game, the Warriors won by a big score.

As he said, the Supersonics are indeed no match for the Warriors.

(End of this chapter)