From today on is the king

Chapter 120 120. The Western Expedition has won three consecutive victories!
What excites the players on the field the most?
Big bloody hat!
The world's best dunk!
These two things are not only the blood of the profit-making party, who can't help but speed up their pace, but also the humiliated party can't help but increase their speed because of humiliation.

Although Liu Mang's dunk was lacklustre, there was a best defensive player behind him!
The fans at the scene were drowsy because of the Eagles' endless delay in the previous half of the game, and some fans had already started to leave the field.

Suddenly a person stood up and made a quick break for the dunk!The eyes of the fans at the scene brightened!This was probably the most exhilarating, direct, and passionate attack played by the two teams after nearly half the game!
The Supersonics really don’t love their parents in Seattle. Some of them probably don’t watch the game very much, and the fans who bought tickets to watch today’s game between the two playoff teams in the East and West actually cheered for Liu Mang of the visiting team!
The supersonic player was speechless, how could he be so sad and angry.

Payton's reading of defense is very good. After being dunked by Liu Mang, the first reaction is not to be aggressive. He is already past that age, and he has fought fiercely with Jordan. How can he care about a rookie's dunk?Since 96, the NBA has come in with a batch of talented perimeter players, and Payton already feels that he is getting old.

After being dunked, Payton quickly picked up the ball. The opponent's formation was too chaotic, and he didn't know how chaotic it was if he went back!When will we not play fast break at this time?
Payton picked up the ball and sent it to Barry. The super giants couldn't control it anymore. These days, there is no concept of dealing with running and bombing teams. Although the overall rhythm is slow, the championship teams are all top five defensive teams in the league, but they are very conscious of counterattacks.

For example, the current Supersonics, although not a championship team, but the players are all old and fat, the consciousness is still there, and they counterattack when they get the opportunity.

Barry quickly advanced after receiving the pass, and the Supersonics went down quickly. The Eagles, the fastest lineup, were not built, and immediately chased back, but the formation was messed up.

But the Eagles didn't seem to respond. This ending was already prepared when the lineup came up to play cavalry tactics, and it was announced immediately after the opponent made a shot.

Similarly, the Eagles' fast break and defense formation is poor, and the SuperSonics are the same. Although the defense, which has become less efficient due to aging players, is still very complete in terms of system, it has completely collapsed.

For example, Vin Baker, who just ran to his own three-point line, ran back to the frontcourt, just entered the free throw line, and continued to run to the backcourt, couldn’t reach the defensive position at all. Although Vin Baker’s defensive ability was clumsy, his tonnage and size and ability to block space under the basket were excellent. Just like the Blazers’ Rain Man and Dale Davis, he was the weakest but most important part of the team’s main force.

Just like Liu Mang's counterattack just now, if there is a huge player like Vin Baker under the basket, Vin Baker doesn't have to move, and he can block most of Liu Mang's space if he is blocked there. Others, even Radmanovic, a player who is [-] meters tall, or the rare best defensive player of the point guard in NBA history, can't do it.

However, the other nine people on the field completely ignored this big fat man who kept running back and forth as if he was losing weight. Once the rhythm started, he couldn't stop!This is the strength of the Suns in their early years. They seized everyone's mentality of wanting to counterattack when they saw an opportunity, and used stronger counterattacks to deal with opponents.

If the Eagles have even one more excellent-level pitcher, they will take off, but it is a pity that the boss is unwilling to spend more money, otherwise why would they choose Liu Mang.

Coach Kruger sighed silently on the sidelines, and the situation on the field went according to his idea.

Moreover, no one thinks that the Eagles have an advantage here. Instead, they think that the Sonics have the advantage, because their outside shots are more accurate, which makes their space more conducive to counterattacking into the basket, and there are more outside opportunities.

No one noticed that the game was lively. From the second half of the second quarter to the first few minutes after the start of the second half, both teams ran and played. It seemed that the Supersonics relied on three tall pitchers at the level of the gods of this era to completely suppress the Eagles, but the point difference has been hovering at three or four points. The real effect seems that the Supersonics did not have an advantage!Has been bitten by the eagle!

And the most critical point, Wen Baker, the supersonic inside killer, consumes too much energy!
I ran for a while at the end of the second quarter, and I was about to be replaced. Halftime was over, and I took a 20-minute break to recover. I felt that my physical strength was not bad. Coach Nate McMillan saw that Vin Baker seemed to be doing well. He didn’t play much singles in the second half of the second quarter. He continued to use him to prevent the Eagles from playing at a slow pace. master.

After coming up, he continued to run for half a quarter of the game. Wen Baker really couldn't hold on anymore, and simply stood at the center line and stopped moving!

At this time, coach Nate McMillan saw that something was wrong, and Wen Baker couldn't run anymore!

At the same time, coach Kruger also discovered this, and took the lead in replacing Newbell with Ratliff while the ball was dead, instantly switching from fast-paced offense to positional warfare!
Liu Mang saw that Wen Baker finally got a singles opportunity after falling into the formation, but he had no energy to squeeze Ratliff, and finally understood the coach's arrangement!
The coach is also learning badly!Our team has become a concentration camp for bad guys?

The Eagles position battle began to gain the upper hand!

The Hawks' main lineup consisted of two singles players, Payton and Vin Baker, and the other three were pitchers. Lewis was not the one who could get a billion-dollar contract. He was still in his infancy. Barry was old, and Radmanovic was more suitable for skiing.

Payton is good in singles, but he can't hold back and consumes too much. He has played leisurely this year, ranking first in organizational offense and second in individual scoring. Only in this way can he maintain his playing time in the league's top five and occasionally top three at such an age.

Although Liu Mang is basically unable to defend at all, but he can't stand Liu Mang's stalking and rogue defense at all costs. Liu Mang's defense is also very tiring, but when he is tired, he will use a physical potion. Payton, at the end of the third quarter, began to show lack of physical fitness. After all, he will be 7 years old in July next year, and he can't handle it anymore!
After the three quarters, the Eagles took advantage of the Supersonics' two strong points, inside and outside, to rest. The Eagles overtook the score in one fell swoop, 71 to 65, and the Eagles entered the final quarter with a 6-point lead!

The rest period is only two or three minutes. Payton is old and Vin Baker is fat. It is obviously impossible for the two to recover their physical fitness so quickly. Coach Nate McMillan can only replace backup point guard Earl Watson and backup center Drobiak. Averaged 3 points, 34 rebounds and 40 assists per game. Earl Watson averaged 22 points and 4.8 assists in 9 minutes per game. The Sonics were not the same team when they were on the court!
The Eagles have succeeded!At the beginning, they didn’t care about overtaking or even falling behind. They just wanted to tire out the two cores of the Sonics. At this time, the Eagles started a normal offensive and defensive positional battle, suppressing the Sonics pitchers who had no organizers to support the ball. They opened up the point difference at the beginning of the crucial fourth quarter. By the time Payton and Vin Baker barely recovered their physical fitness and could play, the score had become 92 to 71, and the Eagles opened the point difference to 20 points!
It was so sudden, Payton was still slumped on the bench to recover his strength, and when he recovered, he was already 20 points behind!

When Payton and Vin Baker came up, the Eagles grinded their positions and sent the starting lineup back to the style of play in the first quarter.

Supersonic can't recover.

In the end, the Eagles beat the Sonics by 103 to 88 by 15 points, winning three consecutive victories!
(End of this chapter)