Chapter 240 The ruler is ruled

  November 11, 1994, the day of the Suns away game against the Sonics.

The Supersonics were eliminated by the Suns in the Western Conference Finals in 1993, and they were defeated by the Nuggets in the first round of last year. This year's championship situation is not favored by the media. From players to fans, their hearts are full of fire. When I met the old enemy of the Suns, I really wanted to kill him.

   At 7:30, the two teams announced their starting rosters.

  Suns: Wang Tiejun, Danny Manning, Robert Horry, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

  Sonics: Sean Kemp, Detrev Schramf, Sam Perkins, Kendall Gill, Payton

   The game is not broadcast live in the United States. CCTV usually broadcasts a live broadcast on Saturday or Sunday morning, that is, the game on Friday or Saturday in the United States. This is also not broadcast live, only the regional broadcaster in Seattle.

"From the lineup comparison, the main lineups of both sides have changed. The Suns added Danny Manning to improve their strength. The Sonics sold the original main point guard Ricky Pierce to the Warriors and replaced the backup point guard Kendall Giltty. In the starting lineup, the main lineup should be a little down, and the Suns should be stronger than the Sonics as a whole.”

   "Man, that's not necessarily true. Ricky Pierce is not good enough. Kendall Gill's strength will not be worse than him."

   "Ricky Pierce just scored 27 points in the Warriors' opener against the Spurs."

   "That doesn't mean anything, it's just a game, everyone has a highlight moment, we need to look at the overall performance."

   "Okay, the game is about to start, let's see how both sides perform."

   When the two on-site commentators were analyzing, the starter was ready to play.

   In the player tunnel, Pharaoh looked at Sean Camby, the rain man. This guy is getting bigger and bigger, and he has gained weight just like him.

   "Hey Camp, how much are you?" he asked.

   "265 pounds," Camp said coldly.

In order to increase his ability to fight against behemoths like Old K and O'Neal, since last season, he has continued to gain weight according to the team's requirements, which has lowered his athletic ability by a notch. also weakened a bit.

   "120kg?"

  Pharaoh did the math, Kemp was gaining weight last season, he was about 110kg in the playoffs, and he gained 10kg in the offseason?

   This is much bigger than him. He has only gained 9kg in two seasons, so the quality of the gain is definitely not as good as his.

   "Old K, what do you want to do?"

  Because the two teams are rival teams, and there is a conflict between Rain and Old K, Payton is afraid that Old K will cause trouble, and stares at the latter and asks.

   Old Wang glanced at Peyton and said with a smile, "Gloves, don't be nervous, people don't offend me, I don't offend anyone, if anyone offends me, I'll offend them, you know what I mean?"

   Peyton's face twitched, and he said quickly, "No one of us will mess with you."

   "So you don't have to worry about anything, just play." Lao Wang smiled.

   After fifteen minutes, the game begins.

"Snapped!"

  Rainman Kemp flicked the ball away and the Supersonics attacked.

   Old Wang is a little depressed, his jumping quality has improved to the ceiling of level 74, but in front of beasts like Rainman Camp, he still pales in comparison, this is an innate talent! He has gained weight to 120 kilograms, but he still keeps his head steady.

   The Supersonic players entered the frontcourt and ran continuously. The scene looked a bit chaotic, but it was actually very organized.

  Wang Tiejun confronted Kemp, who pulled to the right flank, and he followed over the right line of the paint area.

   Danny Manning was also pulled out against Schramf.

   At this point, shooting guard Kendall Gill ran over and gave Kemp a pick-and-roll. Payton saw the opportunity and the ball flew to Kemp.

Kemp received the ball and could have played Dan Marley in a dislocation. Some of his skills are good, and he has a hand shot, but when he saw that old K was blocked by his teammate Kendall Gill, he did not shoot, but directly dribbled the ball around. After killing Jill and Lao K in front of him, he went to the penalty area along the bottom line, and wanted to deduct one.

As soon as   Pharaoh saw it, he quickly turned around and moved towards the basket, and he was in front of the basket in two steps.

   At this time, Kemp smashed into the paint area, burst into shape, and smashed the ball to the basket with one hand.

   This ball, he has absolute confidence that he can complete the dunk. If Old K dares to enter the basket to block, with his take-off height, Old K cannot block him, and he can just complete a flat dunk.

   Thinking of the opportunity to dunk the old K, who has never been able to dunk, his adrenaline burst instantly.

   "How courageous!"

  Pharaoh turned around and stepped out, fitting himself into Camp, who was soaring into the air.

   He can't jump as high as Camp, but he has a weight advantage and a strength advantage. If he can't cover you, he will knock you down.

  From the beginning of this season, with the support of 99-level physical fitness, I don’t spare any effort on the defensive end, and my baskets can’t be dunked by anyone who wants to.

   Now his injury resistance has reached level 93, and this body is enough for him to toss, so he should not be injured easily.

"asshole!"

  Rainman Camp, who was on his way to a flat basket dunk, panicked when he saw Old K hit him from above.

   But it was too late for him to have more ideas. The next moment, Mars hit the earth.

   "Boom!"

  The two collided under the basket, making a heavy physical crash, which made countless fans at the scene exclaimed.

  Rain Man was hit directly, fell to the bottom line, and fell to the ground. The man rolled out of the bottom line, and the ball also rolled out of the bottom line.

   Lao Wang didn't stand still when he landed, and took two steps back, but he didn't fall to the ground.

The referee did not call a foul, and now there are no rules that are conducive to offense in the reasonable collision zone. This is a normal aerial confrontation, and Old K has no extra moves in his hands. Rainman Camp is considered a walking error, offensive and defensive. convert.

  Kemp was pulled up by his teammate Schramf, staring at the old K and gasping for breath.

   "I heard that you were very powerful in playing against the Z national team at the World Championships. I will give you a chance today to try your prestige in front of me?"

When    ran to the front court, Lao Wang threw a trash talk.

  Kemp gritted his teeth, followed, and sprayed back: "Old K, you can't even make it to the national team, which means you're trash."

   Old Wang rolled his eyes, ignoring this idiot.

   At this time, the Suns were in the frontcourt and opened up their tactics. Danny Manning also opened up, creating a low-post singles opportunity for Wang Tiejun.

   Danny Manning's offensive area can cover all positions within the three-point line, 30% of the offense occurs in the far two-point area, and the shooting rate on the far two-point line can reach 39.6%.

   came to the frontcourt, Wang Tiejun went straight to the basket.

  Rainman Camp does not have a top defense, but a winding + front defense.

   He goes to the basket, pulls abruptly to the left, and Kevin Johnson throws the ball in as he throws off Kemp.

"Snapped!"

   grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, when Kemp was behind him, and he immediately started to rely on it.

   Tieshan relies on the attack, the strength of 98 is combined with the tonnage of 129 kilograms, plus the explosive power of 80, the huge force explodes like a torrent.

   "Boom!"

  120kg Rain Man groaned, his upper body leaned back, and with a bang, he slammed onto the floor cleanly.

   The next moment, a giant beast rose into the air under the basket.

"boom!"

   Amid the heavy smashing of the basket, the noisy arena instantly fell silent.

   "Oh hoo!"

   While screaming, Kevin Johnson and the others rushed over excitedly.

   "My God, Rain Man has gained 120kg, but why doesn't he seem to have any strength in front of Old K?"

   A live commentator asked in an incredible tone.

   His partner's face was also full of surprised expressions, and he exclaimed: "Maybe, maybe, yes, the quality of absolute power is actually not comparable by simple tonnage.

  Rain Man is strong in explosive power, and the quality of absolute power, he should be far inferior to the old K. Moreover, Old K's reliance on playing skills is an absolute must in the alliance. His power is so powerful that O'Neal can also be knocked over, and Rain Man is knocked over, which is actually acceptable. "

   Under the analysis of the two, the Supersonic fans at the scene gradually accepted this statement, thinking that it is not a shameful thing for the rainman to be knocked over by the old K.

   "Sigh!"

  Payton hits a mid-range shot.

This is Payton's fifth season. He has become more mature, and his scoring ability is also being developed. In the first few games, he averaged 20 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2.5 steals per game. In terms of scoring, he is the Supersonics. 's first score.

  The Sun attack is a simple way to open up the tactics and let Lao Wang play singles in the low post.

   If it was last season, usually after he played once, Kevin Johnson would take over and play a sudden point tactics, and the two would alternately control the ball on the inside and outside.

   But this season, Kevin Johnson's state is obviously not as good as last season, and more of the ball has to be handed over to him.

   So this second attack, it was him who came to fight.

   If the Suns have young point guards that need to be cultivated, they can use the regular season to cultivate them, but they didn't. The last draft pick Wesley Parson was a shooting guard, and his ability to assist is not enough, so the ball will definitely not be given to him.

   "Old K, be careful with double-teaming and scoring!"

   On the sidelines, the Suns bench, Danny Ainge shouted loudly.

   He is very active in the affairs of the coaching staff and has become the team's assistant coach.

   At this time, he saw that when the team was pulling apart, the SuperSonics obviously adopted a strategy of defensive contraction, which was like preparing to double-team the low post, so he reminded him immediately.

  Pharaoh stood at the basket first, but the ball didn't come in. He went to the low left wing that he was used to.

  The ball was given to Horry from the top of the arc, and Sam Perkins, who moved to the low post to double-team, could only return to defense, and then the ball passed.

After   Horry passed the ball, he immediately moved to the left corner to take away Perkins.

   At this time, Wang Tiejun, who was catching the ball, had already started hitting Kemp with his back.

   "Boom!"

   "Boom!"

   Hit and hit again, and Camp was hit and staggered back.

   Weak side, when Wang Tiejun started to rely on Kemp, the German Schramf couldn't care about Danny Manning and implemented the weak side defense.

"here!"

  The empty Danny Manning looked at Pharaoh and stretched out his hands for the ball.

   But how could Pharaoh pass the ball, the second time he knocked back Kemp, took advantage of the opponent's unsteady retreat, and took a step forward, pressing the opponent and flying to the basket.

As for the German's help defense, he doesn't care about it at all. As long as he takes a step into the paint area and is only one meter away from the basket, with his current speed and explosiveness, with his current strength and tonnage, he can With his wingspan and jumping ability, O'Neal can't stop him.

"boom!"

   The next moment, he used a one-handed dunk again, dunking Kemp and the German at the same time, and made the Supersonic home court fall into dead silence again.

   "Di!"

   The referee's whistle blew, pointed at the German, and made a thug gesture.

   "Oh hoo, old K, you deducted the ruler, and he was ruled by you!" Kevin Johnson, Dan Marley and others rushed over excitedly.

   And the Suns' bench was also cheering, and a lot of white towels were waving.

   "Hoohoho..."

   Pharaoh was excited, imitating the way Rain Man provoked his opponent after he succeeded, and kept screaming at him.

"Humph!"

Rain Man Camp was so angry that his neck was thickened. If it was someone else, he would have rushed up and started to work, but although he was short-tempered, he knew who could be provoked and who could not be provoked. He just glared at Pharaoh. At a glance, he stepped aside.

   The referee glanced at Pharaoh and said nothing.

"brush!"

   Extra penalty hit.

  5:2, the Suns lead, the Supersonics attack.

  The advancing speed was very fast. Kendall Gill made a sudden stop and jump after breaking through Dan Marley, but missed, it was a little shorter, and the basketball rebounded.

  Pharaoh's speed is now level 77, reaching his ceiling, keeping up with the fast pace of the Supersonics, rushing to the basket, and controlling this backcourt rebound.

   During the transition between offense and defense, the Suns did not play a fast break. At this time, because Kevin Johnson's speed was obviously not as good as last season, playing a fast-paced team like the SuperSonics, fast break tactics are not cheap.

   steadily advancing to the frontcourt, Kevin Johnson is not in a hurry to attack, his physical fitness is declining, but he is more experienced.

   To play against a team like the Supersonics, you must be steady and play your own rhythm.

After    pressed outside for a few seconds, he made a tactical gesture.

   Controlled the ball with his right hand and tugged on both sides of his left hand, which meant saying: Pull them all away, I want to single against Payton.

   "Lightning, you are already lame, don't bother, give me the ball quickly."

As soon as    Peyton saw it, he immediately leaned down and prepared to defend with all his strength, and the trash talk immediately rushed out.

   But at this moment, Kevin Johnson, who was about to break through, suddenly got up and threw his hands inward, and the ball flew straight from the top of Payton's head.

   "Shet!"

   Peyton cursed in anger. He was about to turn around to check when he heard a loud blasting sound behind him. He looked at it again and saw a giant beast dangling above his own basket.

   But it turned out that Kevin Johnson and Wang Tiejun played an alley, the former faked a single to attract the attention of the defense, and the latter cut inside the basket.

  Wang Tiejun used the kick to sway Camp's center of gravity, and then took the opportunity to cut inwards. The latter did not keep up with the rhythm, and the help defense on the opposite weak side didn't have time to react, and the game went very smoothly.

   "Stinky boy, I can beat you with just one leg."

  Kevin Johnson blocked in front of Payton, and while preventing his opponent from playing a fast break, he responded to Payton's trash talk just now with trash talk.

   Payton didn't say a word, turned sideways, started to bully Kevin Johnson with his height and weight advantages, and pushed forward with a back attack.

   In the frontcourt, the Rain Man Kemp wants to get to the basket, but it's not that easy.

His speed is faster than Lao Wang, and he gains weight faster, but that is absolute speed, and moving in the paint area is more about agility + speed, and his agility is not as good as his absolute speed. , The repeated attempts were blocked by Lao Wang, and he was not as strong as others, and was repeatedly pushed out of the paint area.

   Simply put, you can't get in.

   He can only come to the left flank and ask for the ball.

   There, Lao Wang didn't support him anymore, so he let him settle down there.

  Payton, seeing that there were no good opportunities elsewhere, passed the ball to Kemp.

  Kemp took the ball, turned around and stepped back, turning from his back to facing the basket.

  Because of his speed advantage, his low-post attack skills, his face-to-the-basket skills are better, and his back is average.

   With his back, he is a turnaround jumper, while facing the basket, he can make dunks with his speed. He is better at and prefers facing the basket.

  This time, he chose the noodle basket.

   stepped back and turned to face the basket. There was one of the best side-to-side swings, and then he immediately broke in with the ball.

   This is his most classic face-to-the-basket attack, a jumper after shaking, breaking through with the ball, or forcing a three-step layup against the defender with the ball.

  Wang Tiejun saw it shaking, and immediately prepared to retreat.

   He doesn't care who the opponent is. Even if Jordan is in this position, he will only choose the defensive strategy of guarding the ball and not guarding the shot.

   The next moment, Rain Man made a strong move with the ball.

  Pharaoh immediately moved up half a step, stuck to Rain Man, and started a physical confrontation.

  Rain Man's breakthrough with the ball suddenly changed to forcibly leaning on the defender for a layup.

This is also what he is best at, but this method is only suitable for those defenders who are not as strong as him. He can crush the defender and rush in, and against a defender like Pharaoh whose tonnage and strength surpass him, this method Not anymore.

   He leaned on Pharaoh and rushed in, but just after one step, he couldn't take the second step any more. He could only forcefully take off and throw the ball to the basket with one hand.

   Forcibly took off, and jumped a foot high. How can he shoot on top of Pharaoh's head at this height?

  Pharaoh also only jumped a foot high, but he was taller and had a longer wingspan. With a slap, between his waves, a big hat that covered his face with a split hand directly sent the ball flying.

The ball flew to the frontcourt of the Suns, and the outside lines of the two teams rushed over. In the end, Kevin Johnson, who started faster, grabbed the ball half a step ahead, and then went down quickly. Shaking Payton with a fake layup, then got up a second time and made a successful layup.

   "Trash boy, a **** can run faster than you." After he succeeded, Lightning immediately spouted trash talk at Peyton.

   Peyton was so angry that his nose was crooked, but he had nothing to say.

   (end of this chapter)