NBA backer king

Chapter 421 Old K, are you a Kamosa rocket launcher?

0:4, supersonic attack.

"Jason, don't let him rush up, start pressing from the backcourt." Danny Ainge shouted from the sidelines, but he was already sweating profusely at the beginning of the game.

To be honest, he is under a lot of pressure. This year's lineup is good, and he has won 73 games. If he doesn't do well in the playoffs, his career as a head coach may be over.

According to the head coach's request, Kidd started to guard Payton from the backcourt, thus suppressing the fast pace of the Sonics.

Payton transferred the ball to Hawkins, but so did the Lightning, sparing no effort to guard against it.

The two guards played a real playoff defensive intensity, forcing the Sonics into a positional battle.

"Pull it away, pull him out. Execute the No. [-] tactic, and give me a little more attention." Crazy Karl stood on the sidelines and yelled at the field.

Perkins didn't enter the paint at all, and fell directly to the left corner.

Wang Tiejun immediately pulled out of the paint area, defended to the left elbow area, one step away from the left line of the paint area, and put Perkins two meters away, a small open space, which should be very safe under long-distance passing.

Perkins saw it and immediately moved up the three-point line.

Above, at 45 degrees from the left-wing three-point line is Schramff, who didn't stop there either. When Perkins moved up, he also moved down immediately, and the two made a pick-and-roll.

Huo Li hurriedly chased and defended, while Wang Tiejun always put two meters away, and moved within two meters, preferring to give a little space, and did not let the two attackers have any chance to cut into the paint.

On the right wing, shooting guard Hawkins and Rainman Kemp are constantly moving, looking for openings and mismatches.

The entire supersonic speed is in motion, running infinitely, changing defense infinitely.

"Great! This is how basketball is played. Players are not stakes. Everyone should move and use their energy."

On the sidelines, in front of the Suns bench, D'Antoni narrowed his eyes in comfort when he saw this.

At this moment, Schlumf and Perkins, who were in the pick-and-roll, found that the old K was too far away, and immediately dismantled them. The former ran to the left bottom corner and reached for the ball in the direction of Payton, while the latter immediately changed direction, cut in, and avoided the position of the old K inside.

At this moment, Horry's defensive reaction was quick, and he continued to keep up with his men and ran to the bottom corner.

At the same time, Wang Tiejun, who was two meters away from the inside, reacted quickly, moving sideways with one step, and blocked Perkins in time.

"Pick-and-roll defense is good!" Bill Wharton couldn't help admiring when he saw this.

Payton glanced to the left, seeing the failure of the pick-and-roll tactic, and quickly passed the ball to the right wing.

Hawkins used Rainman's pick-and-roll to get rid of Lightning, and then immediately cut outside the three-point line, and jumped up after catching the ball. Lightning was half a beat too late to catch up, and he couldn't block the shot.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

"Go on! Don't stop!"

Crazy Karl nodded on the sidelines, slapped his hands and roared sharply.

The No. [-] tactic he called just now is the three-pointer tactic. Since the opponent's inside defense is too strong, then use the three-pointer to drown them.

The first three-pointer was hit, and he felt that the players' hand feeling would not be bad today, so he asked the three-pointer tactics not to stop.

"Be careful with the three-pointer. The Supersonics have five starters. Only Yuren doesn't have a three-pointer. The other four are very accurate." Zhang Lili immediately reminded.

Su Qun quickly said: "The Sonics averaged 19.3 three-pointers per game this season, accounting for 24.68% of all shots. They are one of the teams in the league that shoot the most three-pointers, more than the Suns and Bulls. They averaged 6.8 three-pointers per game, with a shooting percentage of 35.3%. Be careful."

Next, the Sonics really focused on three-point tactics, and even the Rain Man ran to the three-point line and threw one, but missed.

A 40% shooting rate for a three-pointer is equivalent to a 60% shooting rate for a two-pointer.

So perimeter defense is very important.

Moreover, four players in the Supersonics can shoot three-pointers, which is not only related to outside defense, but also has to go up inside. Otherwise, if any position is missed, these people who are good at three-pointers can shoot no matter how high their shooting percentage is.

After one quarter, the Sonics made crazy shots. They took 20 shots in a single quarter and made 11 three-pointers, accounting for 55%. They hit 5 of them, and the shooting percentage was as high as 45.4%, which is equivalent to 68.2% of the two-pointers.

"Again?"

"Again?"

Wang Tiejun was terrified when he saw the opponent shoot through his basket with three-pointers continuously, and his heart was a little numb after shooting.

Fortunately, he saw that something was wrong, not only immediately strengthened the low-post attack, but also hit the basket more, and also played an efficient offense. In addition, he had a good rebounding advantage, so he was not killed by a wave of three-pointers from the Supersonics.

太阳队全节25次出手，他就占了10次，10投7中，命中率高达70%，加上4罚1中，拿到了15分5篮板2助攻1盖帽1犯规的数据。

But even with his super-high efficiency, the Suns didn't take the lead and fell behind by two points.

The Sonics not only played crazy three-point tactics, but also played a suffocating intensity on the defensive end. If they couldn't guard him, they went to guard other people. The rest of the Suns made 15 shots and only hit 5 goals. The shooting rate was only 33.3%, including 8 of 1 three-pointers.

At 32:30, the Sonics led by two points and ended the first quarter.

Wang Tiejun played the entire first quarter, and when he sat back on the bench, he was exhausted with his current level of 101 stamina.

Not to mention the physical consumption on the offensive end, the defensive end goes in and out, first you have to defend, and you have to rush in to protect the backcourt rebounds, which consumes a lot of physical energy.Moreover, the Supersonic's offensive and defensive rhythm is very fast, which requires higher physical fitness.

Zhang Lili sighed: "This kind of tactic is too difficult to defend. The defensive requirements for players are very high. Movement ability, supplementary defense speed, and assistance defense ability are all extremely high requirements."

Su Qun said: "The SuperSonics played really well in the first quarter. The Suns' defense is not bad, but they still missed a lot of opportunities."

Zhang rationally analyzed: "The shooting rate was 45% in the first quarter. If the Supersonics increase the three-point shooting rate to 50%, it will be over!"

Su Qun said in surprise, "Shouldn't you be able to hit such a high hit rate?"

Zhang Lili shook his head and said: "It's hard to say. Besides, with this shooting percentage, as long as it keeps going, the Suns will be tough."

On the Suns bench, Danny Ainge was wiping his sweat, his mind was a little messed up, and he couldn't come up with any good solution to solve the problem of being behind.

Fortunately, they are not far behind, and it's not that the Suns are playing badly, but the Sonics are playing better, so the problem is not serious for the time being.

He only arranged defensive tactics, strengthened the defensive speed, and prevented the opponent from getting more open space on the outside.

As a supersonic substitute, George Karl was very excited because the three-pointer tactic was successful, and he roared in a low voice: "Listen to me, I will continue to strengthen the three-pointer tactic, don't have any scruples, shoot as soon as you have the ball, today we are going to kill the Suns with a three-pointer.

In addition, we let the old K steal too many rebounds, and our rebounds are too few. The others strengthened the rebounds and never gave up any rebounds.

Also, the perimeter defense must continue to be strengthened, their jump shots must be restricted, and their breakthroughs must be blocked at the same time..."

In the first quarter, with the old K scoring 15 points, the team can still take the lead. Payton is very excited. He seems to see the dawn of victory.

Rain Man was a little depressed, and he didn't have many chances to perform in the first quarter.

At this time, George Karl continued: "While we are playing three-pointers, we must strengthen the transfer of the ball on the offensive end, use the pass to tear through the opponent's defense, and at the same time increase the internal cut tactics to make the opponent more exhausted."

Speaking of this, he stared at Rain Man and said, "Sean, when your teammates shoot three-pointers, you have to cut to the basket in time, use your cut to compress their defense for your teammates, and create more open opportunities. At the same time, if you have the opportunity, Gary will pass the ball to you."

……

The second quarter began soon, the situation was tense, the score was close, and the two sides began to play hard.

On the Suns side, Danny Ainge didn't dare to replace Wang Tiejun at all. He and Rasheed Wallace continued to play. In other positions, only Lightning, who also played the first quarter, was replaced, and Wilkins was replaced to let Lightning take a breather.

He has considered Kobe, and Kobe's pull-up jumper is better than Wilkins, but in such an important game, he still chooses to believe in Wilkins, a veteran.

On the Supersonic side, seeing that the Suns didn't make many substitutions, they didn't dare to make many substitutions. They put on a substitute forward Terry Cummings.

Perkins faced Wang Tiejun, exhausted his physical energy, and insisted on playing the full first quarter. Now he is paralyzed on the bench and can only come on the bench to help.

Cummings is a 36-year-old veteran, the No. 82 pick in 206, 110 cm, 23.7 kg. His peak period was two All-Stars, and his debut was the peak. His rookie season was an All-Star data of 106+20. Eight of the first nine seasons averaged 19.8+ per game, and only one season was 18 points. Now he is old. He averaged 8 minutes per game this season and can still get 4+[-] data.

But he has a weakness, no three points.

In this way, the Supersonics have no way to pull Lao Wang out of the paint area. He can just guard the edge of the paint area, and the protection of the penalty area and the protection of rebounds are stronger.

At the same time, Cummings' physical strength is not enough, he can neither run nor support Lao Wang. In this position, he is at a serious disadvantage from the beginning of the second quarter.

After playing for 2 minutes, Wang Tiejun bombarded Cummings on both ends of the offense and defense. In addition to zero blocks, he went to the basket and dunked three times, leading the team to overtake the score, 35:36, overtaking by one point.

But in fact, the Sonics played well, making a three-pointer and a mid-range shot, but suffered a loss in rebounding, and did not grab a rebound in 2 minutes.

The Sonics called a timeout ahead of time and then made a substitution.

Perkins couldn't play yet, George Karl replaced a swingman, let Yuren defend Wang Tiejun, and let Schramf defend Raheem Wallace.

After the timeout, the Suns attacked. In the 3rd minute of the second quarter, Wang Tiejun faced the Rainman Sean Kemp on the offensive end.

Because of the K-Law, Old Wang lost his huge lethality against opponents, which made Sean Camp's fear of him disappear for the most part. When he circled around, his whole body was almost hung on him, defending very hard.

Wang Tiejun almost moved towards the basket with Rainman on his back. He had to focus on the basket, otherwise, even if his nearly two-point shooting percentage exceeded [-]%, he would not be able to cope with today's Supersonic three-pointer tactics.

Kidd saw the old K enter the paint area from the low position on the left wing, quickly avoided Payton's entanglement, and called the ball to the basket.

At this time, Rainman leaned against Wang Tiejun, grabbed his jersey with his left hand backwards, and stuck his right hand. His buttocks were almost sitting on Lao Wang's knees, and he was staring at the basketball. As soon as the ball arrived, he would steal it first. With his jumping ability, he could definitely complete the steal.

But at this moment, Juli was born from behind, and the powerful force pushed him to move forward. Just when he was about to take off and steal the ball, his center of gravity was lost, and he was even pushed away from the basket.

When Kidd passed the ball, Wang Tiejun immediately squeezed the rain man with his strong tonnage and strength, directly squeezed the opponent out of the reasonable collision zone, completely occupied the basket, and then prepared to take off.

But at this time the German Schramff's defense arrived, and he jumped up to grab the ball at the same time.

The two collided in the air, resulting in a physical aerial confrontation, and the winner was immediately decided. The 110-kilogram Schramf was directly bounced away by the old K's body.

next moment...

"boom!"

"yeah!"

While the basket trembled, the audience cheered loudly.

"The Big Mac in the basket! This is the Big Mac in the basket! The Supersonics can't limit Old K's offense at the basket, they can't! All the defenses have been destroyed..." the on-site commentator roared excitedly.

In the following time, Wang Tiejun spared no effort to hit the basket every time he attacked, trying to play with the highest efficiency to cope with the Supersonic's super high three-point shooting rate.

The Supersonics have no height inside, so they immediately changed players, and played the starting center of the G1 game, the meat shield Irvine, and then used foul tactics.

The use of the meat shield increased the physical consumption of Pharaoh, and the frequent fouls also prevented him from playing a coherent offensive rhythm.

Rainman tried his best to help defend, and was knocked over twice by Lao Wang's powerful attack basket within 4 minutes, but he still desperately carried out a very fierce help defense. He and Irvine teamed up to overthrow Wang Tiejun once, and fouled directly when he couldn't defend.

After the second quarter, Wang Tiejun made 8 of 5 shots, and his shooting percentage was still higher than 8%. He made 4 of 14 free throws in a single quarter, scored 29 points in a single quarter, and scored [-] points in the half.

The efficiency is not low, but the free throw is a little bit worse today, but it is full of lethality. Several main players and important substitutes of the Sonics have fouled several times.

In addition, he defended the penalty area very well, preventing the Rain Man and Hawkins who cut in and missed several shots.

It’s just that the Sonics felt really good today. In the second quarter, they made 7 of 4 three-pointers, and their shooting percentage exceeded 5%, which was higher than their two-pointers. Kidd and others of the Suns looked ashamed when they saw their opponent throw a three-pointer.

After halftime, 59:64, the Suns only led by 5 points.

"Tiejun played so well, with 29 points and 10 rebounds in the half, if it wasn't for the advantage in rebounding, today would have been terrible." Zhang Lili shook his head.

粟群拿着数据统计表念道：“老K上半场18投12中，命中率66.6%，12罚5中，半场轰下29分10篮板3助攻1抢断2盖帽1失误2犯规的数据，效率是真的高，可惜对手三分球今天神了。”

Zhang rationally analyzed: "I don't know what happened today, and there are many open opportunities, but the rest of the Suns don't feel good, and a lot of opportunities were wasted. Is it because they are too excited?"

Su Qun nodded and said: "The Suns' defense today is not bad, but the SuperSonics did shoot well today. Some balls were blocked in the face, but they can go in. The basket is like an ocean!"

"That is, comparing the openings of the two sides, the Iron Army attracts double-teams in the low post, and the Suns have much more than the Sonics, but they just can't make shots."

Zhang Lili said this, but said again: "However, there are good and bad things about the hand feel. Let's see in the second half, maybe there will be a reversal."

In the TNT live broadcast seat, Bill Walton looked at a statistical table and said in an exclamation tone: "George Karl is crazy, it's unbelievable to shoot so many three-pointers!"

Bas Felton nodded, and said with a shocked face: "He has tasted the sweetness. The super high three-point shooting rate will definitely make him even crazier. I bet he will continue to shoot three-pointers in the second half."

Bill Walton shook his head sighingly, and said: "Both sides are playing the main force, and the substitute players are at most just to let the main force catch their breath, or the main force really can't stand it.

Kobe of the Suns did not get 1 minute in the first half, Wilkins played 3 minutes, Chapman played 3 minutes, the Suns rotated seven in the first half, and neither Old K nor Rasheed Wallace had any rest time.

The situation on the Supersonic side is even more serious, all relying on the support of the main force, that is, there is a rotation of players facing the old K.

Judging from this situation, today's game is really too intense! "

Bass Felton nodded and said: "The Supersonics had better keep their touch. Old K scored 29 points in the half today, 50+ is a certainty. He hasn't hit 60+ data yet, and he hasn't in the regular season. Maybe it will appear today."

When the Suns returned to the locker room, Pharaoh took a few breaths, took off his wet jersey, wiped off his sweat, and then put on a clean jersey.

"Old K, how is your physical fitness?" Aaron Nelson, the chief trainer and team doctor, came over and asked.

"No problem, fighting against the supersonic speed is not too strong." He shook his head.

At this time, Danny Angie said: "Old K, you should rest for two or three minutes in the third quarter."

He only dared to give this little time, and he didn't dare to give it any more, because the score was too close, and he was afraid of losing.

Losing at home is a very bad thing in the playoffs. It hurts morale very much and should be avoided as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, Lao Wang shook his head and said: "For now, 15 minutes is enough, we will see the situation in the final quarter."

"That's fine." Danny Angie nodded quickly.

At this time, Gao Bin began to pinch Lao Wang's legs to relax the calf muscles, including heels, and also used some medicated oil.

Nelson Jr. said: "If their efficiency drops, we will be more relaxed, and the old K can rotate at the end of the quarter.

If their three-pointers continue to hit about [-]% of their shots, Old K may have to play the whole game, so he must be mentally prepared. "

"no problem."

Lao Wang nodded, then raised his voice and said, "There is no problem at all. My physical fitness can handle ten girls in one night, and a supersonic speed is absolutely no problem."

Huo Li was surprised and said: "It takes at least five shots to settle a girl, old K, at least fifty shots a night, are you a Katyusha rocket launcher?"

"Haha..." The locker room burst into laughter.

Being teased for bragging, Pharaoh also laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)