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Chapter 266 Existence of the Dominant Level
"Star scored three assists in a row, and the Warriors actually launched a running and bombing attack that they haven't seen for a long time? This is too surprising."

All in all, it has been more than two seasons since the Warriors switched to defense.

In the past two or so seasons, the Warriors have not considered a complete transformation. They have played more like a team with a balanced offense and defense.

But one thing is for sure, they were originally a running and bombing brigade, but they have never played a running and bombing attack again.

The running and bombing offense in this game is the first time in more than two seasons.

However, this trick really worked.

On the sidelines, watching the team chasing 6 points in a row, Old Nelson was still frowning.

"After playing around, I finally leaked the hole card..."

This set of five small tactics can indeed be regarded as the warrior's trump card.

Although it is the five small style of play in the 90s, it seems to be ahead of its time.

But in fact, the Warriors' set of five small styles of play can be perfectly integrated into this era.

On the one hand, there is the perverted existence of Lin Xing.

The existence of Lin Xing has given the Warriors a qualified center in this set of five small lineups.

What is a qualified center forward?simply put--

Lin Xing's actual height is about 2 meters with bare feet, and if he puts on shoes, his actual height is 05 meters.

This height is no different from Mourning's.

Mourning can play center forward, so what's wrong with Lin Xing?

In fact, not only is it not bad, but Lin Xing's strength is greater than Mourning's.

To put it bluntly, Lin Xing, a center forward, can play easily.

On the defensive end, he is a center, and on the offensive end, he is a point guard.

And this is also the basis for the success of the Warriors' five-small lineup.

In addition, it is necessary to talk about the family property that old Nelson has worked so hard to save in the past few years.

In the past few years, the old Nelson's signings and operations have always adhered to the concept that everyone must be able to defend and everyone must have a three-pointer.

So now, relying on center Lin Xing, the Warriors can line up Big Ben, Rodman, Byron Russell, Kobe Bryant, Starks and Charlie Ward in turn.

Except for Big Ben and Rodman who are offensive black holes, everyone else has a three-pointer above the average.

Of course, the most important thing is that none of these people's defense is hip.

The first few players did not stretch their hips defensively, and Lin Xing, who played as a guest center, did not feel any discomfort.

This set of five minors played the same defensively as a normal lineup.

On the offensive end, it crushes the speed and flexibility of the regular lineup. This is also the reason why the Warriors were able to chase 6 points in a row for three consecutive offenses and defenses.

The Warriors' five small shots worked, chasing 6 points in a row.

But in the eyes of Sonics coach George Karl, this is not a big deal at all.

"Call a timeout, stop their momentum."

When the score became 54 to 51, the Sonics called a timeout.

After a pause, George Karl said directly:
"In the three rounds of offense and defense, the Warriors reminded us that they used to be a running and bombing team, but now, we also have to remind the Warriors that the trick of switching offense and defense is what we left behind!"

That's right, the warriors back then were running and bombing brigades.

Back then, the Supersonics also played offensively and defensively.

It was only later that the Warriors got started on defense and won the championship.

George Karl saw it and decided to follow suit.

So he reused Elvin Johnson, abandoned the original defensive and counterattack style of play, and changed to a flat and stable position, fighting for defense.

And this summer, the deal he sent Kemp away was the last step in his change of tactical philosophy.

Kemp is gone, and McDyess, the strongman on the wing and the better defender at the fourth position, came.

It can be said that the Sonics are also a wave of transformation into a regular defensive team.

Worse than the Warriors, that is, a forest star-level super giant.

But now, the Warriors' running and bombing, which is said to be running and bombing, is actually relying on the conversion of offense and defense, with more people and fewer people.

This was originally what the Sonics were good at. Now the Warriors are playing this style of play. In George Karl's view, it's a bit of a trick.

After a timeout, he raised his hand to replace Elvin Johnson, replaced Jerome Cosey, and then pushed McDyess to the fifth position.

With the speed of McDyess flying into the sky and escaping from the ground, it is not a big problem to switch offense and defense with the Warriors.

It seems that George Karl made a single-handed substitution to solve the immediate problem.

After the timeout, the game started——

Although the Sonics' offense has changed, their style of play is no different.

The Big Three took turns to play singles, and this time it was Pi Er's turn.

Pi Er has been facing the defense of his former Bulls teammate Russell.

When he was with the Bulls in the first two seasons, Russell was also defending him in the Finals.

It can be said that the two have rich experience in matchups, and Russell has rich experience in defending the second.

In this wave of single defense, Pi Er was blocked by Russell in the middle distance again.

Instead of passing the ball, he made a strong shot.

Clang!
It's not surprising that he hit the iron. With this ball, Pi Er's shot can be described by Director Zhang's three words: unreasonable!

On the sidelines, George Karl didn't pay attention to Pi Er's shot.

To put it bluntly, in this game, the Sonics' established strategy is to fight the Warriors defensively.

Offense or something is not important, as long as the Sonics are still in a leading position, the focus of the Sonics will always be defense.

At the basket, Lin Xing grabbed the rebound, and the next step was the most important defensive round for the Sonics.

Lin Xing, who grabbed the rebound, launched a fast break as usual.

This time, the supersonic's retreat was indeed lightning fast.

In the frontcourt, the Warriors lost their numerical advantage.

It seems that the Sonics are going to stifle the Warriors' counterattack frenzy.

But what no one expected was that this time, Lin Xingchong was much more determined than in previous rounds.

Payton was close to him, and he blocked Payton with his cross arm, squeezing towards the three-point line abruptly.

With Lin Xing's abnormality, as long as he rushed in resolutely, Peyton would definitely not be able to stop him.

Sure enough, in the frontcourt, Lin Xing, who was advancing at high speed, used a sudden cross step to sway Payton away, and headed towards the penalty area to kill.

McDyess is now the supersonic center forward, no matter how fast he is, he cannot be faster than the lightning-like Lin Xing.

Therefore, at this time, the supersonic restricted area is unguarded.

Lin Xing didn't act recklessly in an unguarded restricted area?
He aimed at the basket, jumped up with one step, and swung his arms to form a gorgeous windmill.

Bang!

Christmas, the lively Auckland Stadium, with Lin Xing's dunk, was completely boiling.

"Sida's shocking windmill is really wonderful, so wonderful!"

"It really deserves to be the true dunk king in today's league..."

Mike Brin was amazed, and then the topic was extended.

"By the way, when Star was revealed to be able to touch the top of the backboard, the Florida guy who could also touch the top of the backboard also entered the league this year;"

"Emmm, it's Vince Carter of the 76ers. He has officially announced that he will participate in this season's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, and he has also invited the University of Stanford. I don't know if the conference will accept the challenge..."

Of course Lin Xing knew about Carter's invitation to fight, but he was not prepared to accept it.

On the one hand, relying on the previous two slam dunk contests, he has already secured his position as the king of slam dunks. Even Danzi, Dominique Wilkins, cannot touch him.

He is a king, so it doesn't make sense that he has to take the move before the opponent has just come up.

On the other hand, he also wanted to see how much Carter, who entered the league a year earlier, weighed.

Especially, when Lin Xing has already used Carter's classic dunks, how else can he dunk.

It is the most reasonable approach for Lin Xing to watch one session and come out to challenge the next session.

On the court, Lin Xing made a dunk, closing the score to only 1 point.

George Karl frowned again. He felt that it would not be easy to replace Erwin Johnson with Jerome Cosey.

But for a while, he couldn't think of other ways.

Turning around, the Sonics attacked, and Payton finally threw in a mid-range shot.

This mid-range shot hit, and the Supersonics finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The score gap was widened to 3 points again, turning around the Warriors' round, without a counterattack, Lin Xing could only force his way.

After encountering a pinch defense, he passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe threw a mid-range fadeaway, and with a bang, he missed again.

Now, George Karl found that the focus seemed to be——

If the offensive end can score, it can curb the Warriors' counterattack momentum.

To put it bluntly, if the offensive end can score, the Warriors can't grab the rebound and counterattack directly.

Can't beat the time difference, half-court battle, the Warriors' offense can't do anything about the Supersonic's defense.

"Hurt each other, or have to hurt each other..."

But the Warriors didn't mean to hurt each other with the Supersonics. In the previous round, Payton succeeded in singles against Charlie Ward, and he just felt it.

The Sonics made a comeback on the court, and Payton once again played singles, pulling up from the middle distance and making a mid-range shot.

This time, there was a bang of iron strikes.

The basketball smashed out of the basket, and under the basket, no matter how McDyess can fly into the sky and escape from the ground, he can't compare with Lin Xing who can go to the sky to pick up stars.

With a snap, Lin Xing yanked off the basketball that had just popped out of the frame, then landed, turned around and launched a counterattack.

McDyess failed to grab the rebound and turned around to stop Lin Xing.

But when Lin Xing passed him, he didn't even need to cross steps, he just accelerated and passed him directly.

Peyton immediately stared at him. He was afraid that Lin Xing would use a cross step to wipe him out, so he kept retreating.

Unexpectedly, after crossing the center line, Lin Xing pulled up straight and shot a super long three-pointer.

"Sida's shot was too sudden, this is another Logo three-pointer..."

Swish-!
White net flowers appeared, and at this moment, the score was finally evened.

After a while, the Supersonics hit another iron, and the Warriors counterattacked again.

On the front, the Sonics adopted a different defensive strategy. They directly pinched the counterattacking Lin Xing.

But double-teaming, there must be a leak. Lin Xing's pass is not a joke with you.

As soon as he made a precise ground pass, he directly found the faster Kobe who was going down.

Kobe jumped and smashed the basketball into the hoop.

With this dunk, the Warriors directly overtook the score.

The cheers shook his eardrums. Off the field, George Karl also understood that this game might really be overturned.

"This Stalin is too perverted, too perverted..."

Smart as George Karl, or George Karl who developed the anti-reverse tactics of the Heat's Big Three in the 90s, of course he can see at this moment that the Supersonics can no longer deal with Lin Xing who is running.

"Where do I go to find a center who can match him on defense and contribute offensively?"

Looking across the Sonics' bench, George Karl searched and found centers who were slow or even weak.

Elvin Johnson is considered slow, and Sam Perkins is slightly faster, but the power is too small.

And George Zidek, the third center of the Sonics, is white, born in the Czech Republic and grew up in the United States.

The technology is outstanding, but to put it bluntly, it is white and soft.

None of these centers can match Lin Xing.

Even McDyess, who is currently playing as a guest center forward, has a qualitative gap with Lin Xing in terms of speed and strength.

After all, it’s still the same sentence——

Lin Xing is too perverted, there has never been a player like him in the NBA!
"I can't stop it..."

In the third quarter, Lin Xing played 9 minutes and 23 seconds, beating the Supersonics 31 to 14.

A 9-point deficit at halftime turned into an 8-point lead for the Warriors in an instant.

The situation has been completely reversed...

However, considering that there is still one more game, the suspense of the outcome has not yet ended.

Why didn't the Warriors take advantage of the victory to pursue it?This is about the shortcomings of this set of five small tactics——

Lin Xing's personal feeling is that this style of play is too exhausting.

The other four players in Warriors Five can be replaced, only Lin Xing can't be replaced.

He could only rotate at a high intensity for more than 9 minutes, and was not replaced until the old Nelson felt that it was almost enough.

In the second half of the third quarter, Mourning, who hadn't played for a long time, led the team for a while.

He also played as a substitute for the Supersonics. Lin Xing was exhausted, and Payton, who had been following Lin Xing, was equally exhausted.

The Warriors are on the bench, and the Supersonics can only follow the bench.

The two sides fought off the bench, and the Warriors had Mourning leading the team, and in the end they were slightly better.

At the end of the three quarters, the Warriors took a 84-point lead 72-12.

Throughout the third quarter, the Warriors bombed wildly and scored 39 points.

By the way, it also prevented the Supersonics from scoring only 18 points in a single quarter.

This wave can also be said to be both offensive and defensive.

In the words of old coach Hubie Brown: "The Warriors' lineup with Starbucks as a center is really too high-intensity, and the entire league should pay [-] points of attention."

What is a hole card?This is the trump card!

In the fourth quarter, the decisive quarter, the Warriors also continued to intersperse the regular lineup with five minors, step by step to seal the victory.

There were twists and turns in this Christmas game. The Sonics had the upper hand in the first half, which once made many people think that the Warriors were about to overturn in this game.

Some people even think that the reigning warriors of the past two years will be brought to an end.

But in the second half, the Warriors threw out their hole cards and told everyone that they are still at the dominant level!
(End of this chapter)