Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 46 Battle against the Sonics!

On the night of February 2st, Seattle Key Arena.

In the 10th round of the regular season, the Lakers played against the Sonics.

The Seattle SuperSonics performed very strongly in the regular season in the 90s. From 90 to 98, they never missed the playoffs.

In the 93/94 season, the Sonics ranked first in the Western Conference in the regular season. They played against the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. They won two consecutive games in the first two games. Times Black Eight Miracles.

There is one thing to say, if the Sonics can be hacked, they must first get the No. [-] ranking in the Western Conference, from which we can see how strong the Sonics are in the regular season.

In order to truly win against this opponent, Li Mu made an adjustment to the starting lineup. The small forward position was replaced by Glenn Rice instead of Bowen.

After two trips to Texas, Glen Rice joined the team and will play with the team.

Li Mu also wants to get to know this All-Star scorer known for his three-pointers as soon as possible.

The Lakers started with five players, Billups, Kobe, Rice, Ben Wallace, O'Neal.

The Sonics started with the Five Tigers, Gary Payton, Hersey Hawkins, Detlef Schramf, Wen Baker, Alden Polynes.

beep~~
The whistle sounded and the basketball flew into the sky.

O'Neal and Polynis looked up at the basketball and jumped almost at the same time.

Snapped--!
O'Neal beat Polynice and grabbed the first down for the Lakers.

Billups dribbled to the frontcourt and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the players defending him.

That's right, Hersey Hawkins is 191cm tall, short in height, and not fast. It is obviously too difficult for him to defend Kobe, who was selected as an All-Star starter in the 97/98 season.

At this time, Hersey Hawkins and Payton, like Iverson and Snow of the 76ers, performed a switch defense.

This made Billups feel very relaxed, and the pass was very smoothly hoisted into the paint.

With Rice on the perimeter, the Sonics' small forward Schramf was nailed to the right corner.

Receiving the ball with his back, O'Neal sat back, slammed into the basket hard, knocked the defense away, turned around immediately, jumped up, and with a bang, he dunked with one hand and scored for the Lakers first.

2 to 0! !
Alden Polynis is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms. He is just a blue-collar insider with no reputation. How can he be O'Neill's opponent.

In all fairness, Polynice is a blue-collar worker with good mistakes, and his physical statistics are also right. If he is not famous, he would be wrong.

In the 1987 draft, the Bulls picked him with the seventh pick in the first round, plus a draft pick, and traded Pippen from the Sonics.

Gangzhen, at that time Seattle intercepted Pippen with the fifth overall pick in advance, just to rob the Bulls.

Unexpectedly, it assisted the opponent and became a classic change in the draft.

Just like Nowitzki's nickname 'Tractor' Traylor, Polinis also changed Pippen alone. At the time, it was said that the Bulls used Polinis + draft picks to exchange for a 'bison'.

How could Polynice have no reputation for this reverse classic case?
On the court, looking back, the Sonics were on offense.

Li Mu stared wide-eyed, watching the duel between Payton and Billups.

On the field, Billups stepped forward to press, and Payton sideways protected the ball while chattering.

Payton quickly attacked the basket, made a breakthrough with a change of direction, took small steps, and the speed was not fast, but he was able to pass Billups.

Suddenly, with a push with both hands, a pass without looking at people, the basketball bounced off the ground with a bang, and fell precisely into the hands of Wen Baker, the low post on the left.

After catching the ball, Wen Baker jumped up, trying to dunk with one hand.

With a whoosh sound, a figure flew out, and a big hand slapped in the air, and with a slap, it precisely pressed on the basketball.

It turned out that Ben Wallace bounced up quickly and slapped Wen Baker's must-go dunk.

"Oh my God, what did I see?
Wen Baker was rewarded with a block, which is completely unscientific! exclaimed Mike Brin.

"Ven Baker's body is a lot bloated. If this ball is replaced by Rain Man Kemp, this ball will be there." Groom Albert replied.

In 97, Rainman Kemp and Wen Baker were swapped, and the Rainman glove combination, which was said to be comparable to "Utah Shuangsha", disintegrated.

The repertoire of Peyton and Kemp also disappeared bit by bit.

In the future, the combination of Nash and Stoudemire will be able to replicate their one pass and one dunk performance.

The basketball was caught by Rice, who entered the paint, and quickly passed the ball to Billups. He was about to push a quick counterattack. Payton did not know when he had come in front of Billups, destroying the Lakers' counterattack.

At this time, Payton had no problem with his footsteps. Li Mu was a little disappointed. He was destined not to see the 2004 Finals, when Payton was on the defensive end and was beaten by Billups. , chasing Payton to fight.

In positional warfare, Billups dribbled the ball to the frontcourt to observe the situation on the court.

In the penalty area, Polynis went around to defend, and he didn't dare to catch the ball for O'Neal.

Kobe on the left moved. He ran back and bypassed Billups to the right. He failed to get rid of Payton's defense, and he didn't care, and continued to run without the ball.

At this time, Rice came over, and after giving Kobe a pick-and-roll, he suddenly went around to the left.

Bryant messed up the Sonics lineup and attracted the Sonics' attention.

Billups copied Payton's homework, and also used a no-look pass, and with a bang, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Rice.

Outside the 75-degree three-point line on the left, Rice caught the ball and faced the basket, jumped up lightly, and stretched the basketball in the air...

Hersey Hawkins desperately switched defenses and rushed over, only pretending.

Swish-!
With his hands up and down, Rice hit his first three-pointer to join the Lakers.

5 to 0! !
Off the court, Li Mu nodded, this three-point attack was a bit comfortable to watch.

Rice's three-point shooting feels too comfortable.

It's three points different from Bowen's kind, who has a determined face, but has no idea in his heart, and resigns himself to fate.

Glen Rice's three-point shot has a chilling shooter feel, not Bowen's, um, some expectations, like scratching the lottery.

On the commentary stage, Mike Breen shook his head and said, "The Lakers' lineup has been upgraded again, and their strength is too terrifying.

Kobe and Rice have no overlapping positions, and in terms of shooting level, they are simply complementary. "

On the field, the Sonics were attacking, and Payton suppressed his desire to attack and chose to pass the ball to Wen Baker.

In the low position on the left, Wen Baker received the ball with his back and singled out Ben Wallace.

Squeezing his butt back, Big Ben remained motionless, Wen Baker dribbled the ball and bumped back, but was also blocked by Big Ben's elbow.

Seeing that his physical strength could not be overcome, Wen Baker turned over and shot a jumper.

He has long hands and long feet, and can bully opponents with his height and long arms.

Ben Wallace seemed to know the opponent's next move, so he rushed to block the shot.

It doesn't matter whether he can block the shot or not, the important thing is to add physical confrontation to him.

Boom-!
Wen Baker's shot went wide.

Payton on the court frowned.

In the 97/98 season, Wen Baker, a four-time All-Star power forward who was able to score 20+8, actually attacked consecutively and couldn't deal with the unknown pawns of the Lakers.

How to play this game?
Seeing Wen Baker's increasingly bloated figure, he felt that this year was hopeless again, and the championship ring was getting farther and farther away from him.

Big Ben also frowned, just this, or the All-Star power forward in the Western Conference in 98?
Big Ben felt that he could do it too.

Of course, it wasn't the strength of defending Wen Baker that frowned, and just now when Wen Baker was defending back, he actually smelled a smell of alcohol.

Could this person have been drinking before the game?

Be confident, it's not possible, Wen Baker must have been drinking before the game.

Not only before the game, but according to legend, he would also take a few bites during the halftime break.

After the game, he never left a bottle of brandy in his hand.

This all-powerful figure, after signing a big contract this season, is on the verge of drinking madly and dying, and his competitive state on the court has declined seriously.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Sonics' offense failed, the Lakers grabbed the rebound, and Billups dribbled to the frontcourt.

Consecutively beaten by the Lakers' offense, Payton let go of Kobe's defense, trying to pinch the Lakers' offense from the source, and made a frantic press on Billups.

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(End of this chapter)