NBA: Sharks at the peak, guard the basket!

Chapter 402 BJ meets Seattle!
In the next two days, the Lakers will have a holiday, and all the first round games will be played.

Second round in the Western Conference: Jazz vs. Spurs, SuperSonics vs. Lakers.

It's worth mentioning that the Timberwolves almost came up with a 2:1 lead, and were pulled twice by the Supersonics, which shows how fierce the Supersonics' resistance is.

It's a pity that the Timberwolves, Kevin Harder failed to fight to the end.

Second round in the Eastern Conference: Knicks vs. Bulls, Celtics vs. Heat.

at the same time.

With the end of the first round of the playoffs, the major awards of the regular season will be announced in the next few days, such as the best head coach, the best sixth man, the best rookie, etc...

As for the awarding of the regular season mvp, it will be a little later, and it is usually announced during the finals.

Among other things, Best Rookie is probably the least suspenseful award.

Who can compete for this award?

McGrady is not good enough, and neither is Carter. After all, Duncan, a full-level rookie, is at his peak when he debuts.

场均21.1分11.9篮板2.7助攻和2.5盖帽的全面数据，在职业生涯第一场季后赛比赛中就砍下32分10个篮板，根本没有对手。

Although the best rookie is selected based on regular season data, the performance in the playoffs will also become a reference standard to a certain extent.

and so……

Everyone has no doubts about the ownership of the best rookie.

On May 5, the highly anticipated second round of the playoffs finally began.

The East is the Knicks vs. the Bulls, and the West is the Jazz vs. the Spurs.

As a result, the Knicks defeated the Bulls. Shaquille O'Neal scored 31 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks. He made 20 of 12 shots and a 60% shooting rate. He performed quite well.

If there is a flaw, it is only that there are too few offensive rebounds, only 2.

公牛的乔帮主表现同样炸裂，25投12中，命中率48%，拿到了34分5篮板4助攻。

However, there is no way to support a single tree, and there is no way to return to heaven.

In the west, the Utah Jazz beat the Spurs.

邮差马龙拿下了26分12篮板4助攻2盖帽，21投10中，命中率高达到47.1%。

The biggest reason why the Jazz can win the Spurs is to bloom more points.

The main point guard, Stockton, made 8 of 4 shots and took very few shots, but he sent out 12 assists efficiently.

Most of his assists went to Death Gun Hornacek. The old guy felt so hot that he almost smoked. He made 14 of 9 shots and scored 22 points.

In contrast, the Admiral's performance is also remarkable, with a large double-double of 24 points and 16 rebounds, but it is a pity that he failed to lead the Spurs to victory.

On the 11th, the second match day of the second round.

In addition to the Lakers and Supersonics, there are the Celtics and Heat in the East.

The Lakers team arrived in Seattle yesterday, very low-key, and did not hold a press conference.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, they came to the key arena for pre-match training.

Before the training, he was interviewed by the media.

"Lin, are you guys ready for this year's Seattle SuperSonics?"

asked a Washington Times reporter.

"What are you preparing for? Just do it!"

Lin Hong cast a cold glance at the other party.

"Of course it's the preparation to be swept away." The reporter said innocently.

Lin Hong laughed back angrily: "You're thinking about farting."

After finishing speaking, he went to warm up and no longer accept interviews with this stupid reporter.

At 06:30, the Sonics also arrived at the arena.

At this time, the key arena was released, and the fans began to enter.

The second round of the nba is a seven-game four-win system, a two-two one-one home and away game system, which is completely different from the five-game three-win system in the first round.

The national broadcast copyright of the second-round series between the Lakers and the Sonics belongs to TNT, and the commentators are Marv Albert and Kenny Smith.

At 07:30 in the evening, the arena is almost full.

The home atmosphere is very good, and the Sonics mascot Scour Bear has also begun to enliven the atmosphere, interacting with the fans non-stop.

The two sides first announced:

Sonics: Glove Payton, Jose Hawkins, Jerome Kersi, Detlef Schrempf, Vin Baker.

Lakers: Eric Snow, Kobe Bryant, Robert Horry, Rodman, Hong Lin.

To be honest, the weakest link in the Lakers' starting lineup is Eric Snow, but there is no way, there must be losses.

This position was originally played by Bowen, but let Eric Snow start, and the Silver Foxes took a fancy to his defensive and organizational skills.

But in the eyes of George Karl, the Lakers lineup is quite perfect.

luxury!

Even luxury!
The lineup of the Lakers made George Karl a little envious of Silver Fox Harris. After all, with Linkoro in hand, he could sleep on the sidelines when he encountered a weaker opponent.

Lay to win!

This is the true sense of lying to win!
Sleeping until the game is over, and then go to the post-match interview to brag and praise the opponent's sportsmanship. This is definitely the most comfortable coaching for the head coach.

But envy is envy. There are no weak teams in the playoffs, not to mention the SuperSonics. The Lakers want to go to Seattle first, and George Karl must not agree to 1.

After all, after strengthening Vin Baker, the Sonics are still very strong, and what they have to do is to maintain their current competitiveness and wait for an opportunity to overcome the hurdle of the Lakers.

……

Seattle Supersonics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, the second round of G1 battle is about to start.

In front of the Lakers bench, the Silver Fox poured chicken soup again:

"To overturn the Sonics, our goal is the championship."

Lin Hong raised his fist and shouted: "We swept them last year, and it will be the same this year."

"Get rid of the supersonic!"

Kobe immediately roared.

"Get rid of the supersonic!"

Everyone roared, and their morale rose even higher.

At eight o'clock, the game starts on time.

During the jump ball stage, Lin Hong and Vin Baker met in the midfield.

"Lin, we meet again!"

"Yeah, we meet again!"

"I want to win this game!!"

Vin Baker's face was calm and unwavering, but looking at Lin Hong, his heart was secretly blocked.

"Really, I'm sorry, I have to win this game, but...you can resist, but it's useless to resist."

Lin Hong smiled and cast a glance at the other party.

"Then let's touch it!"

Vin Baker gritted his teeth and suffocated all his strength.

The Sonics traded him in the hope that he and Gary Payton would jointly carry the banner of revitalizing the team.

And the matchup between him and Lin Hong is also the biggest highlight of this game.

……

The referee threw the ball up, and the two started in an instant. Even if it was just an unimportant jump ball, they used all their strength.

However, Lin Hong's height and bullet speed had the advantage, and he successfully dialed the ball with a superman's wingspan and sent it to Eric Snow's hands accurately.

Lin Hong won the jump ball, and the Lakers won the first attack.

Kobe commanded the ball at the top of the arc, Lin Hong pretended to cover for Horry, turned around and took a position on the baseline.

Kobe didn't hesitate, and directly transferred the ball to Eric Snow, who also didn't stick to the ball, and immediately passed it to Lin Hong.

Passing the ball inside is not an easy technique.

It's not that you can win with a super center, you have to pass the ball to the inside.

In the regular season, Wen Baker suffered a lot in the strong confrontation with Lin Hong.

Vin Baker didn't adopt the top defense, the tonnage difference was 20 kilograms, he knew he couldn't stand it, and the defense was too exhausting, asking for trouble, so he adopted the winding defense.

He has a lot of experience in this kind of defense.

It is to use continuous winding + small movements to interrupt the opponent's rhythm, and even irritate the opponent's emotions, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling the opponent.

The left arm was entangled by the opponent, an elbow was thrown on the back from time to time, and a leg was inserted between the two legs, and from time to time he secretly pushed his knee, which made Lin Hong very irritable.

Holding the ball behind his back, Lin Hong tentatively pressed it, and found that the Supersonics did not double-team at all.

This shows that the Sonics' defensive focus is on Kobe's side, or Rodman at the basket, as long as he makes a low shot on the left wing, he will not be double-teamed.

"Bang! Bang!"

With two back shots in a row, Lin Hong completely knocked over Vin Baker, stepped on the left waist in the paint, then turned around and jumped up, sending a small throw.

Vin Baker reacted very quickly, and jumped up again to block the block. He jumped really fast, but he still couldn't block the quick throw.

"Shh!"

Splashes appeared, and nearly two points were hit.

The Lakers took the lead and scored two points first.

back.

In the supersonic attack, Vin Baker took the ball basket on the left wing, used a tentative step to shake Lin Hong back again, stepped out with one step, and shot a jumper directly.

His shooting position was closer to the basket, and he jumped close to Lin Hong's body.

Lin Hong, who retreated to defense, always maintained a defensive half-squatting posture. He took a half step back and found that the opponent was jumping next to him.

In fact, his bullet speed has not increased, only the rhythm of take-off has been accelerated.

Wen Baker was about to make a move in the air, when suddenly a big hand came out out of thin air, blocking it tightly.

He couldn't help but increase the angle of his shot, and the ball slipped past Lin Hong's fingertips and flew towards the basket.

"Backboard!"

As soon as the ball was shot, Wen Baker felt that something was wrong, and immediately yelled.

But it was still too late, the ball was a little short, hit the basket and rebounded, and Lin Hong turned around and jumped up to get it.

"Nice defense! Lin defends Vin Baker's jumper..."

Kenny Smith roared excitedly.

The Lakers did not play a fast-break counterattack, because the Sonics retreated very quickly and timely. Kobe steadily advanced to the frontcourt and began to direct his teammates to drop positions.

This time, Lin Hong got the ball in the elbow area and hit the ball, knocking out a little bit of the opponent's entanglement.

At this time, his left foot did not move, and his right foot made a trip into the paint area, making an upward breakthrough.

Vin Baker moved up immediately and reacted quickly.

But at this moment, Lin Hong withdrew his right foot, made a jumping hook movement, and raised his right hand accordingly.

When Wen Baker saw it, he quickly withdrew his left foot, which was moving upwards, and rushed forward.

The next moment, Lin Hong's right foot kicked in again, and the super back kick exploded.

"boom!"

There was a strong collision between the two left shoulders.

"Fake!"

Wen Baker was knocked to one side, and almost fell backwards, even the supporting left foot was almost sprained, which made him gasp.

However, Lin Hong's stature was only a little stagnant, and the huge tonnage difference and powerful strength allowed him to still maintain the tendency to charge forward.

One step passed from Vin Baker's side, facing the German flat-headed brother Schramf who returned to the basket with a one-handed dunk.

"boom!"

With the violent sound of smashing the basket, the key arena screamed.

"Dudududu!"

The referee's whistle blew and pointed at Schramf, the thug fouled and an extra penalty was given.

"Lin, well done!"

Rodman ran over excitedly and clapped his hands in celebration.

"so so."

Lin Hong nodded arrogantly, feeling that the attack was really good.

Back hitting plus footsteps, using repeated moving fakes to keep Vin Baker on the move, so as to knock the opponent away with less force, which saves energy and does not foul.

Next, he made an extra penalty and scored 2+1.

back.

Vin Baker asks for the ball again.

It was still a tentative jumper. Lin Hong seemed to have predicted that he would shoot like this, and returned to defense quickly. His shot was affected again, and he was far away from the basket, so he missed the long two points.

Only then did Vin Baker realize that he still had to get close to the basket and always float outside to shoot. Lin Hong's defensive prediction would be very simple.

One minute later, he used a tentative step again, this time even though he saw Lin Hong retreating, he firmly killed him with one step.

"This guy is pretty fast!"

Lin Hong turned around quickly, still half a step behind Wen Baker.

At this time, Rodman assisted in the defense from the weak side and blocked Vin Baker half a step ahead. The latter forced a throw and missed.

Lin Hong stuck in his position and protected the backcourt rebound.

"Vin Baker started with 4 of 1 shots. Under the joint control of Lin Hong and Rodman, his shooting percentage was extremely low."

In the TNT live broadcast, Kenny Smith was outspoken and didn't save Vin Baker any face.

Albert said with a smile: "The Lakers obviously worked harder on the defensive end today. Lin Hong was very successful in defending Wen Baker alone."

After Kobe pushed forward, he failed to score a turnaround jumper. The Sonics protected the backcourt rebound and called a timeout directly.

During the timeout, George Karl adjusted his offensive strategy.

Supersonic attack.

Schramff interspersed in the interior to stretch the space, and Vin Baker was actively taking positions.

At this moment, Payton, the glove at the top of the three-point arc, suddenly broke through. Halfway through the breakthrough, he hit the ground and passed the ball without looking at people.

It turned out to be Jose Hawkins, who quietly made an air cut into the paint without anyone noticing.

Facing the unguarded basket, Jose Hawkins jumped high and staged a two-handed dunk to explode the basket.

"Bang!"

The wonderful dunk instantly ignited the atmosphere of the key arena, and restored the confidence of the fans who were a little bit lost.

"Supersonic, come on!"

"Everyone pay attention and keep an eye on the good people!"

Gary Payton also loudly commanded his teammates, arranged defensive positions, and marked people.

As for him, he took the initiative to stand in front of Kobe.

As the defensive core of the team's outside line, he is also the best defensive player in the NBA. To hold down the engine of the Lakers' outside line, he must come in person.

Feeling Payton's provocation, Kobe's fighting spirit burst out.

"Hey Eric, here!"

Kobe did not hesitate, blocked Lu Payton with his body, and asked Eric Snow directly for the ball.

The team's second child wanted the ball, and Eric Snow naturally couldn't turn a blind eye to it, so he quickly passed the ball.

Kobe faced Payton with the ball head-on, and didn't say much about it, just forced it directly.

Unexpectedly, the glove did not engage in that oppressive physical confrontation, but tried to keep up with him with speed.

This is exactly what Kobe wanted.

I saw Kobe getting rid of it easily, throwing off Payton directly, and facing Vin Baker directly.

Vin Baker on the other side reacted a bit slower, and then went to block Kobe, obviously it was too late.

The Lakers have already studied the weakness of the Sonics, that is, Vin Baker's defense ability is average.

Such a reaction speed, coupled with the lack of active defense, in Kobe's view, these two points are already in his pocket.

Sure enough, Vin Baker only had time to run over, but had no time to take off, and Kobe had already thrown the ball.

The distance from the basket is less than two meters, which is equivalent to a shot under the basket. Can this kind of shot not be scored?
Vin Baker raised his hands high, and the basketball flew out of his head, but the next moment, Kobe's smile froze directly.

Behind Wen Baker, a figure appeared at an unknown time, with an arm protruding from his head.

There is no need to have any doubts, a hot pot meal made Kobe full.

Everyone in Kobe is stupid, where did this guy come from, is he a flying fairy?

"boom!"

The excited atmosphere of the fans at the scene was ignited again in an instant, and everyone shouted wildly.

"Fuck the Lakers to death!"

"Supersonic come on!"

……

(End of this chapter)