This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 203 Durant: Come to Seattle!
Although Zhou Lin played very hard, and Sean Marion also tried to give up some of his shots to Zhou Lin, almost every main player was in the middle of trading rumors, and Capel was indeed good at tactics. It seems insufficient, so dismissing a Bernie Bickerstaff cannot completely solve the problems of the team.

After winning the Cleveland Cavaliers without LeBron James, the Charlotte Bobcats are not surprised to lose to the Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Hornets...etc. He also encountered Waterloo with teams such as the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks.

With a record of 10 wins and 18 losses, on New Year's Eve in 2008, the Charlotte Bobcats ushered in the challenge of the Seattle SuperSonics.

Zhou Lin also welcomed his good friend, his junior Kevin Durant.

The current Seattle SuperSonics are only 9 wins and 20 losses, worse than the Charlotte Bobcats.

Led by coach PJ Carlesimo, whom they had just poached from the Antonio Spurs, they won just two of their first 13 games to open the season.

The Seattle SuperSonics are currently ranked 14th in the Western Conference.

It's just slightly better than the 8-21 Memphis Grizzlies.

The Charlotte Bobcats have the same record as the Milwaukee Bucks, but they are ranked 14th because of the difference in wins and losses.

There were not many bright spots in the chaotic battle between the vice squad leaders in the east and west.

All the attention was focused on Kevin Durant and Zhou Lin.

You know, one of the templates for Kevin Durant to participate in the draft this year is Zhou Lin.

Interestingly, both of them chose No. 35.

And in this game, Sean Marion chose to rest, so Zhou Lin was the main player for the Charlotte Bobcats in this game.

This season, the Seattle SuperSonics cleared away the twin stars of Ray Allen and Sharad Lewis. Sonic's vision is indeed very good.

They might have picked two of the best draft picks in the class.

If you don't consider the factor of record.

As an absolute core and training player, Durant, who averaged 19.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, is definitely the best candidate for the best rookie of the year under the premise that Greg Oden is reimbursed for the season.

And Al Horford, as the No. 11.2 pick, averaged 8.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and [-] blocks per game, which will definitely make him very deep in the top three rookie list of the same class.

"I finally have a chance to challenge you again!"

Before the game, Durant and Zhou Lin embraced. The two who met in teenagers have grown into the core players of the team, but Kevin Durant has always felt that he is chasing Zhou Lin's footsteps.

He has been looking forward to this game since the game between Oak Hill College and Flint Hill College.

"I'm here waiting for you too."

One of them is 20 years old, and the other has just turned 19 years old. It can be said that there will be no less fetters in the league in the future. Even Zhou Lin vaguely feels that Durant will become his lifelong friend and lifelong enemy.

"Zhou, I will beat you!"

"Hmm, let me take a look at you, how strong you have become now, just don't let me down."

After saying harsh words to each other, they separated from each other.

"Coach, I want to face off against Zhou!"

"as you wish."

PJ. Carlesimo is unlikely to have a dispute with Kevin Durant on this kind of thing, and the poor record this season has long been expected. As a head coach who does not need to bear the burden of record, PJ. Seamus is still willing to make various attempts.

Kevin Durant can get more authority than Zhou Lin because the team's lineup is too stretched.

When Zhou Lin came to Charlotte, there were at least Gerald Wallace, Emeka Okafor, Raymond Felton and other players on the team who had made a name for themselves.

But in the current Seattle Supersonics, apart from Kevin Durant and Al Horford, there are really few players who can name them. The rest of the players, many of them played in the Development League last season. Well, probably only the 2004 rookie Nick Collison and Delonte West, who was sent by the Celtics, still have some popularity.

The lineup for the Seattle SuperSonics: Earl Watson, Damian Wilkins, Kevin Durant, Nick Collison, Al Horford.

The lineup of the Charlotte Bobcats is: Raymond Felton, Brandon Roy, Zhou Lin, Emeka Okafor, Primoz Brezek.

The Charlotte Bobcats won the first wave of possession. Facing Kevin Durant's defense, Zhou Lin used a breakthrough to score 2 points first.

Adu is still a little thinner.

He is only about 210 pounds. In comparison, his real height is 2.11 meters, and his weight is the same as that of Raymond Felton.

And Zhou Lin has gained a lot of weight after entering the league, currently around 225 pounds, and Zhou Lin plans to gain another 5 pounds.

In this wave, Zhou Lin actually did not completely pass Durant, and Durant's wingspan of more than 2.26 meters really made Zhou Lin envious.

However, Zhou Lin's confrontation after the action was much better than Kevin Durant's. After resisting Durant, there was nothing the thin Adu could do.

"Pull it off, pull it off, I can handle it by myself!"

Krissen wanted to come up for the pick-and-roll, but was dismissed by Durant. He wanted to single out Zhou Lin.

Kevin Durant hasn't evolved into a Grim Reaper yet, but his current ability is already terrifying.

Zhou Lin felt that if there was anyone in the current league who was taller, faster, and better at dribbling than him, it would probably only be Kevin Durant.

In this wave, Durant directly used the left and right cross steps to shake Zhou Lin's center of gravity, and then scored a point on Zhou Lin's head with a pull-up jumper.

"How about this trick?"

Kevin Durant stepped back and said to Zhou Lin: "Zhou, I am 100 times stronger now than I was three years ago."

"not so good."

Zhou Lin smiled, but he was unable to complain in his heart. With the help of the system, he had made great progress, but he saw that Durant was about to catch up with him.

In the past, this kind of jump shot that made the opponent almost helpless was made by himself, but now he is pulled out by Durant, which is a bit helpless. With this wingspan and height, the shooting point is almost flush with the basket.

Durant persisted in arguing with Zhou Lin and said, "Don't lie, I am much better than you a year ago!"

In response to Durant, the impact of Zhou Lin's forward charge nearly knocked Kevin Durant to the ground. Now Xiao Du, the confrontation is really bad.

Then the referee didn't blow the whistle, Zhou Lin broke into the penalty area easily and assisted Emeka Okafor to score.

"You fouled!"

Kevin Durant said unconvinced.

Zhou Lin shrugged and said, "I'm sorry, Kevin, I can't play basketball with you, but this is a welcome gift for you, rookie, this is not a high school game, nor a college league, but the NBA, the most powerful player in the world In a league where everyone plays basketball together, not every time you fall to the ground, the referee will take pity on you."

Kevin Durant's talent really made Zhou Lin, a systematic person, covet him, but it's too early for Kevin Durant to beat him now.

Kevin Durant still wanted to single out Zhou Lin, but the response to Kevin Durant was a pressing defense.

Kevin Durant wanted to squeeze through with speed, but when he broke the press, he was directly interfered by Zhou Lin and made a dribble error.

"How about it, rookie, sorry, I won't let you score easily."

God is reincarnated. Zhou Lin, who came from rookie status, was rarely pretended by those players who played against him in his rookie season. Now he can finally pretend to be a good wave in front of the best rookie player in 2007.

In the next round, Zhou Lin gave Durant an elbow while still squeezing each other inside. point.

"You need to adapt to the referee's judgment. There are many players in the NBA who are a hundred times more cunning than me. Take your time to learn, dear Kevin."

Teacher Zhou Lin continued to teach.

"I'm a little angry!"

After Kevin Durant tried it three times, he found that Zhou Lin was really much stronger than himself. Once there was physical contact, his skills deformed very much.

Not only Zhou Lin was shocked, but Kevin Durant was also like this.

He has regarded Zhou Lin as an imaginary enemy in his heart for a long time, and the reason why he went to George Mason University in a fit of anger was also because he wanted to catch up with Zhou Lin, but this formal encounter made him feel the little gap between himself and Zhou Lin It was bigger than he imagined.

It is also rare for him to meet a player who is about the same height as him, whose speed is not inferior to him, and whose skills are not inferior to him, but he is better than himself in confrontation.

So, he started calling the inside pick-and-roll.

But unlike Zhou Lin, Kevin Durant is indeed inferior to Zhou Lin in terms of handling the ball.

The pass after the pick-and-roll is directly missed.

Zhou Lin, on the other hand, gave Kevin Durant a lively tutorial on feeding cakes.

Continuously feed cakes to the inside and outside lines, and it is comfortable enough to bite into your mouth.

In the first quarter, Zhou Lin and Kevin Durant's main theme against Zhou Lin won a complete victory.

周林得到了7分4助攻，3中3命中率100%。

凯文.杜兰特却只有5中1，得到4分2篮板1助攻，并且还有3个失误。

The Charlotte Bobcats also led by 28 points, 19-9.

However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Chris Wilcox of the Seattle Supersonics suddenly went crazy, leading the bench to play a wave of 12-2 to overtake the score. Brandon Roy and Raymond Phil Dunn played the transition with a substitute, but his performance was not good enough.

Perhaps it is also because there are trade rumors all the time, it is normal for players to have ups and downs.

In particular, Brandon Roy is considered to be the most likely to be traded, and Aldridge, who has been rumored to be taken to the Portland Trail Blazers, has declined a bit in recent days.

This is true of many players caught in trade rumors.

And these panics will continue until the trade deadline of this season, when the dust will settle.

When it came to the second quarter, Kevin Durant was a little more cautious when facing Zhou Lin. It has to be said that Kevin Durant is really talented. After the feeling of facing Zhou Lin in the first quarter, he began to deliberately reduce the ball holding and dribbling.

Reducing movements and simplifying the complexity is the best way to deal with Zhou Lin.

Not like when facing other players of similar height.

Durant is also very clear about his own advantage, which is his shooting. Zhou Lingai can't drop it, regardless of the confrontation. To completely cover your own offense.

An air cut layup, a screen shot, a catch-and-shoot, and three threats started the first step of the fast offense, which allowed Kevin Durant to regain some ground in the second quarter.

Scored 12 points in a single quarter.

16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assist in the half.

Compared with Zhou Lin's 12 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, it's almost the same.

52-52, in the second quarter, the two sides reached a tie.

"Crush your opponent in the third quarter!"

After the opening of the second half, Zhou Lin said: "The test is over, I will fix Kevin, strengthen the defense, and don't bring suspense into the fourth quarter."

Matt Carroll took up more playing time in the third quarter, and this white player was quite tacit in the process of besieging Kevin Durant with himself.

5分钟的高压防守，夏洛特山猫队打出了一波16-5，期间凯文.杜兰特3投全丢而且还有3次失误。

The tuition fee is enough.

And although in the following time, the Seattle SuperSonics began to unblock and score, but the Bobcats played steadily. Okafor and Carroll performed very well, one inside and one outside, while Zhou Lin retreated to the On the second line, Anxin started supporting and feeding cakes.

88-68, in the second quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics scored only 16 points, while the Charlotte Bobcats scored 36 points, directly taking the game away.

In the fourth quarter, Zhou Lin came up and played for 2 minutes, raising his score to 20 points, but he was quickly replaced.

Durant scored another 10 points in the fourth quarter.

But it was also powerless to prevent the team from losing.

In the end, the Charlotte Bobcats won by 109-95 at home with 14 points.

凯文.杜兰特25投10中砍下32分6助攻，同时还有8次失误。

而和他对比的周林，出场时间24分钟，12中8砍下20分12次助攻7篮板，只有一次失误。

"Zhou and Kevin are both terrifying players. One is 19 years old and the other is 20 years old. I really envy their youth. The future NBA belongs to them!"

Even TNT's narrator, Earl Johnson, felt emotional.

"So, I win!"

Zhou Lin gave Durant a high five after the game.

"We will play many times in the NBA, don't worry, I will still beat you."

Durant covered his mouth with his hands and said, "I heard that you are going to be traded, how about coming to Seattle?"

"Are you kidding?" Zhou Lin patted Durant on the shoulder and said.

Durant said seriously: "I have studied it, you are not a selfish player, and I am not, we can share the ball, Zhou, there is no need to doubt, we will become the most terrifying scoring combination in the league, let Seattle It will become another dynasty era in history."

"Mr. Rookie, you really are a very ambitious player, but... I still feel more comfortable being your opponent."

"I won't be abused by you again."

"Okay, see you in Seattle!"

The next matchup is to wait for the Charlotte Bobcats to go to Seattle to play away.

(End of this chapter)