Chapter 486: A Surprise Counterattack!

McMillan on the sidelines finally breathed a sigh of relief, this 3 points was too crucial.

It was not just a matter of '3 points' on the electronic scoreboard, but when Lin Dong was blocked and in trouble, someone in the Supersonics team could stand up and give the Lakers a strong response.

However...

Whether Rukawa Kaede was lucky or really found the rhythm, we have to see two more balls.

What worried McMillan even more was Lin Dong's choice just now.

Has Kobe's defense really reached the point where it cannot be broken through? Has Lin Dong really been restricted by Kobe's single defense?

If that is the case, then this is the biggest trouble for the Supersonics!

But...

The guy who has been constantly refreshing his understanding of basketball and the limits of players since the first day he met has long become the belief of him, McMillan, and even the Supersonics and the entire Seattle.

Someone like Lin Dong will also be restricted by someone in a one-on-one single defense, and restricted to death?

McMillan couldn't help but look at Lin Dong on the court, but found that he could not see any panic on that guy's face, but saw a faint smile.

Single defense?

It doesn't exist...

Kobe has indeed improved a lot, and the first defense before really surprised him.

Not only did he "see through" his own thoughts, but he even made a lot of efforts on the defensive end to target his own technical characteristics. This guy really worked hard.

But the problem is that he only saw through himself before the Olympics.

The self who was led astray by the NBA, honors, and desires, and no longer had both hardness and softness, and no longer balanced yin and yang.

At that time, I did have a lot of mental inertia that could be caught by the opponent. As long as their speed could keep up, as long as they could do it to the level of Kobe, they could defend me alone.

But now...

Rukawa Kaede has entered the state, and coupled with the Lakers' misjudgment and lack of understanding of him, he will be the teammate who can give him the greatest support in the Supersonics who are currently missing Sakuragi, enough to create a fatal blow to the Lakers who have not reacted.

However, this guy can only maintain his current level when he enters the zone, and his zone, even with extraordinary willpower, can only last for a maximum of 2 quarters.

The Lakers must not be allowed to see this. If they want to win this Lakers team today, they must be completely defeated before the end of the first half. Otherwise, if they drag it into the second half, Rukawa Kaede will no longer have support points. He will be alone with his teammates who are fully restricted. Even if he leads by about ten points, he will definitely be caught up.

The goal is to pull out a difference of more than 20 points in the first half. Not only must they be defeated psychologically, but also leave enough room for error for the Supersonics in the second half. What if they don't give up?

It's time to exert force.

Lin Dong licked the corner of his mouth.

Then let you see... the real peak!

The Lakers' ball possession.

Nash crossed the center line with the ball.

The 3 points just now obviously made Rukawa Kaede regain a lot of his state. At this time, the confusion in his eyes had long dissipated, replaced by an absolute focus.

The state of the Zone has been turned on, and the visual distance is stretched at the same time, so that Nash's various actions at this time are reflected in Rukawa Kaede's eyes.

The brain has completed the massive information processing at this moment, so Rukawa Kaede suddenly knows Nash's actions.

Nash observes the court.

Although Kobe blocked Lin Dong twice, it would be easier for Lin Dong to block him in turn. In order to defend Lin Dong, Kobe has focused on defense in the past two years, and he has clearly told Nash before this game to give more opportunities to the inside line, so Kobe is obviously not the first choice for the offensive end point.

Doug Christie himself is the type who focuses on defense and light offense. Although the combination with Kidd in the Nets has enabled him to practice a three-pointer from the outside, his three-pointer relies more on rhythm and experience to deceive opponents, rather than the shooting speed pursued by some sharpshooters.

To put it bluntly, Christie is also a veteran in his thirties. His rich experience allows him to handle newcomers with ease, but he is a little helpless when facing a defender like Payton who is obviously on the decline.

After all, in terms of physical fitness, Christie himself is not at his peak, not much better than Payton, and in terms of experience... he is more experienced than you.

Therefore, the Lakers' current offensive points are mainly concentrated in the interior and on themselves.

The previous series of strong attacks made Nash feel a little bit of attacking. At this time, his eyes looked in the direction of Doug Christie, and suddenly took a step to break through to the left side of Rukawa Kaede.

Unexpectedly, Rukawa Kaede did not fall for the "deception" of his eyes. Although his speed was a little slower than Nash, he was one step away, and he was tall and long-legged, with superb reaction, and even with a little prediction, he actually blocked Nash's breakthrough steadily.

Nash is absolutely flexible. Feeling Rukawa Kaede's shadowy movements, he immediately turned and changed direction, and did not make any physical contact at all.

Unexpectedly, when he turned halfway, he felt that Rukawa Kaede's defensive center of gravity was also mobilized.

Feel it?

Nash was a little surprised. Obviously, he did not expect that the guy who was beaten by him and stiff all over could keep up with his speed and movements.

If this was a normal matchup, Nash would have been alerted long ago, but the opponent was just a rookie in his eyes the previous second, and the Lakers' current offensive system revolved around him. As long as Rukawa was firmly suppressed psychologically, this ball would become easy to play.

Nash kept his back to Rukawa after halfway through the change of direction, and the rhythm of the change of direction came to an abrupt end. Then he made a fake move of shaking his shoulders left and right, trying to shake Rukawa's center of gravity away, and then turned around without hesitation and jumped up with a huge backward movement... It can even be said that he was lying backward!

The extent of this backward movement was even more exaggerated than the arc that Lin Dong had shocked everyone before.

The speed of the turn was fast enough, the details of the fake movement were enough, and the arc of the backward movement was large enough.

Nash was confident enough. Even though he was only 191 cm tall, few people in the league could cover him with this backward move.

But the problem was... Nash had no zone.

Even though shooting is more about feeling, you still have to aim at the basket with your eyes. But Nash turned around and found that he could not see anything. There was only a figure that seemed to have predicted it long ago and covered him like a cloud, and two raised hands, which completely blocked Nash's view of the basket. He could only barely see the backboard!

Nash was surprised.

No shakes? Moreover, this guy jumped so resolutely and high!

Huh!

Nash did not have the core strength of Lin Dong. He leaned back to this arc. Even if he wanted to pull it back, he could not pull it back. It would definitely be a traveling when he landed.

He could only choose to throw the ball towards the basket casually, and in order to avoid Rukawa Kaede's high-altitude and oppressive blockade, he threw the ball high enough.

The next second, the basketball flew over Rukawa Kaede's big hand that blocked the shot, drew an arc in the air, and finally... flew out of the basket!

Bang!

As everyone was dumbfounded, a spectator sitting in the front row of the stands received the ball, excitedly raised the basketball with both hands and cheered.

Nash took several steps back before he could barely stand, and then his face turned red.

Fuck, it’s okay that he missed the ball, but he actually threw it into the audience...

——Steve is giving the fans special warmth!

——Hahaha, the security guard couldn’t get the ball, so that guy wanted to take it for himself!

——He has a front court VIP ticket, a basketball is nothing, look at the helpless look of the security guard, he didn’t dare to force it at all, I guess the ball belongs to him.

——Oh my God, I should have bought a front court ticket earlier... This is a game ball for a historical level game, you can’t buy it even if you have money, it will be auctioned for at least 100,000 US dollars, that guy made a fortune!

The fans at the scene obviously didn't realize that this was a dangerous signal that the Sonics were about to counterattack. Instead, they were laughing and talking about the lucky receiver. The big screen didn't focus on Nash who missed the ball, but on the lucky spectator who was smug. The atmosphere at the scene was joyful.

The Sonics' ball possession.

Kobe Bryant felt uncomfortable because Lin Dong had just "abandoned the duel". In his mind, this fateful duel should belong to Lin Dong and himself, but the opponent actually escaped at the critical moment...

Rukawa Kaede threw the baseline ball, Lin Dong controlled the game, and Kobe once again faced Lin Dong outside the three-point line.

"You don't have any tricks, do you?" Kobe Bryant looked directly into Lin Dong's eyes. He really didn't want to believe that this man who had been pursued by him for three years would be a softie who chose to escape at the critical moment.

Lin Dong just smiled.

Rukawa Kaede's 3-pointer is really a unique skill, I don't even know it... Let you open your eyes!

He turned his head quite naturally and relaxedly to look in the direction of Rukawa.

Kobe was slightly startled.

Deception? Diverting his sight and attention?

In fact, it was not only him who thought so, but everyone who was looking at Lin Dong thought so, after all, that guy was too good at using this kind of feint to the east and attack to the west.

But before everyone could finish thinking about this, they saw that the basketball had already flown out.

Swish, the basketball flew through the air and hung very high.

It was Rukawa again!

The shot was too fast, and it was the moment when everyone was questioning Lin Dong's purpose, which really made everyone a little unresponsive.

The only one who reacted was Nash.

Rukawa's defense just now gave him a strong sense of "envelopment", making him feel that the guy in front of him suddenly seemed like a different person, and as a passing master, he knew how to lead the rhythm on the court.

Who said that the same trick can't be used twice? Nash likes to use it twice, or even three or four times in a row.

Useful things should be used more!

Therefore, when Lin Dong looked in the direction of Rukawa, he did not do a deep analysis like Kobe did, but realized at the first time that this was a real pass.

The ball was passed very high, Nash and Rukawa jumped up almost at the same time, but the difference in height, arm span and jumping ability made Rukawa's highest point exceed Nash by more than half an arm.

And an even more magical scene also appeared at this time.

Rukawa, who received the ball, actually adjusted slightly in the air, and his two hands were in a shooting posture... No, it should be said that he directly took a shooting posture to receive the ball.

Almost at the moment of receiving the ball, his body twisted slightly, and he was already aiming in the direction of the basket in the air.

Rukawa Kaede's world now only has the basket and the basketball in his hand.

The angle adjusted in the air was aimed at the basket, and then he held the ball with his left hand and pushed it with his right hand. When the basketball slipped out of his fingers, he felt the familiar feeling of breaking his fingers.

Such a shot is undoubtedly a bit risky, but Lin Dong's high pass is meant to show off. More importantly, Rukawa Kaede can feel that he is in an unprecedented state at this moment!

A smile has appeared on Rukawa Kaede's face.

Boom!

Rukawa Kaede and Nash landed at the same time, and Nash immediately turned his head towards the basket in surprise.

This kind of alley-catch shooting is not uncommon in the NBA, but first, the shooting rate is not high, and second, this kind of thing often appears in the last few seconds of the fourth quarter of the game, when you need to grab the shot time. .

But now I shoot like this when I'm playing normally. Is this because I think my hit rate is too high? Have fun like this...

Uh-huh!

Before Nash could finish his thoughts, the basketball over there had already firmly penetrated into the basket.

12:8!

Seeing the jumping numbers on the electronic scoreboard, the arena that was smiling just now suddenly became quiet, and many fans were a little unresponsive.

what happens? Wasn't there still a 10-point difference just now? How come in the blink of an eye...it's only 4 points away?

Rukawa Kaede clenched his fist fiercely, and Iguodala next to him excitedly rushed towards him: "Hahaha, yes! I thought you only use this move when you are killing!"

Then another slap hit Rukawa Kaede on the shoulder. Chandler laughed and scolded: "Fake, you pretend to be cool all the time. What can you do if you yell and laugh?"

Rukawa Kaede smiled awkwardly. He was really not the type to yell. Fortunately, Payton, Lin Dong and the Lakers on the opposite side rescued him in time.

After being chased back six points one after another, the Lakers finally felt the danger.

While the SuperSonics were still laughing and joking, Odom had already rushed to the bottom line to pick up the ball and serve it.

"Defense!" Payton and Lin Dong shouted at the same time.

The Lakers immediately pressed forward, and the SuperSonics' 6-0 climax in just half a minute was obviously something they couldn't bear.

Nash rushed quickly with the ball, but was immediately blocked by Rukawa Kaede who recovered in time.

Looking at the 'newcomer' in front of him now, the contempt in Nash's eyes had completely disappeared.

It's not his style to focus on eating rather than fighting. Being hit by this guy three times in succession on both offense and defense, Rukawa Kaede's danger level in Nash's eyes immediately increased.

He tried to break through for the first time, but found that he couldn't break through. The guy had an ability to predict that surprised Nash. He also had long legs and was fast, blocking him both times.

Pass to Yao Ming or Odom under the basket?

Those were indeed the two more stable scoring points for the Lakers, but when he thought about it, Nash realized that the ball couldn't go through.

One is that Odom is still running forward in the backcourt at this time, and Rukawa Kaede seems to have seen through his purpose of passing the ball to Yao Ming, and is deliberately blocking his passing route to Yao Ming.

The master's passing instinct made Nash dare not take the ball easily. At this moment, he saw Christie taking advantage of Payton's unsteady footing and actually made a break without the ball and came out to get the ball.

To Christie!

This thought had just arisen in Nash's mind, but he immediately observed that Lin Dong, who was about two or three steps away from Christie, had already made up the defense.

Another point guard might have been shocked. Fortunately, he didn't pass the pass. Otherwise, even if Lin Dong hadn't intercepted it, Christie would have been trapped in a double-team.

But for a master like Nash...

Payton missed a man, and Lin Dong was forced to fill in, and it seemed that Lin Dong was happy to do so. The guy no longer had the mental advantage he once had when facing Kobe.

More importantly, Kobe is already free!

All thinking and analysis is done in an instant and in an instinctive way.

Uh-huh!

Nash threw the ball in Kobe's direction without hesitation, but the next second...

Lin Dong, who had already run towards Christie, actually turned around and his forward thrust was forcibly pulled back, his body hooked back and his arms stretched to the extreme.

Snapped!

Steal!

Nash's eyes suddenly froze, remembering what Phil Jackson once said about Lin Dong: Flaw? If that guy Lin Dong lets you see an obvious flaw, it must be a trap he has arranged for you!

I shouldn't have made such a mistake, but Lin Dong's evasion when he faced Kobe twice before made him involuntarily despise the opponent, and made him... made himself forget how terrible this guy was!

This guy, he is Lin Dong!