Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 111 Meeting Gary Payton Again
On March 1997, 3, entering the March schedule, the best player of the month award in February was also decided one by one. The best player of the month in February finally missed Jonny, and Michael Jordan, who also performed well in statistics Got last month's player of the month, and the reason given by the league is that the Bulls not only didn't lose a game in February, they also beat the Magic, and the Magic only lost in the February game A game against the Bulls.

However, for the reason given by the league, Jonny is more willing to believe that it is because he won the best player of the month once in January. With the gold content of the best player of the month at this stage is so high, it is impossible for the league to give Joe the best player of the month. Neil presented the award.

However, the current state of the Magic is attracting more and more people's attention. They only lost one game in February, and they also defeated opponents such as the Pistons and Heat in a row. Anferney nearly averaged 40 points per game to help the Magic win streak all the way in February, and Anfernee Hardaway's state is getting better and better.

What is most valued by people is that after the All-Star Weekend, the Magic averaged 15.5 three-pointers per game. It's a rather scary number. After all, unlike two-pointers, three-pointers are more lethal. The reason why the Magic were able to sweep Liuhe in February and could hardly find opponents is because it is sometimes like a torrential rain. Even if they are behind, the Magic can always use consecutive three-pointers to tie the difference or even overtake in an instant.

And the Magic's three-pointers are still very stable. Sometimes even if Jonny doesn't feel good, other players can always stand up. So far, Anfernee Hardaway, who has averaged 1.4 three-pointers per game, and Dennis Scott, who averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game, Brian Shaw, who averaged 0.8 three-pointers per game, Darryl Armstrong, who also averaged 0.8 three-pointers per game, and averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game. With Doug Christie scoring [-] three-pointers, it can be said that the Magic have a group of stable three-point shooters.

Especially Jonny and Dennis Scott, from the three-point records that Jonny has broken and the three-point records that have not yet been broken, a large part of them are kept by Dennis Scott, such as the number of three-pointers made in the season. The record is held by Dennis Scott with 267 three-pointers in the season.And the Magic has such two top three-point shooters at once, Dennis Scott can stand up when Johnny feels bad, and Johnny can stand up when Dennis Scott feels bad .And Marcus Camby, who the team traded in the second half of the season, obviously paved the way for the Magic to shoot crazy three-pointers. After all, when three-pointers cannot be hit, they still need an excellent inside rebounder to protect the basket. of.

And just after the Magic attracted the attention of the entire league, they ushered in the challenge of the Seattle SuperSonics at home, and then met Gary Payton. Obviously, Johnny was going to be pulled out to talk about it. The human duel finally ended with Johnny winning. At that time, many people were shocked. After all, everyone knows Gary Payton's defensive ability.

Before this game, Jonny was struggling with whether to use energy points. The previous record for breaking three-pointers made Jonny a little more energy points, and the best rookie of the month in February made Joe Ni got a little more energy points and a chance to draw a lottery, but Jonny used up a little in the game against the Heat, so now Jonny still has 2 energy points left. It's getting closer, the most important thing now is not the regular season, especially when his scoring average is far behind Michael Jordan, Jonny feels that he doesn't need to expend a little energy for a regular season Point, so the game started without Jonny using the R skill.

The Sonics' record this season is also very good. Their record of 40 wins and 16 losses is slightly worse than the current Magic. Compared with the Magic, they also have a duo, Gary Payton and Sean Kemp. Combination, this is a typical combination of one inside and one outside, and in addition, the Sonics also have three-point shooter Jose Hawkins, three-point center Sam Perkins, and for the Magic, the biggest advantage Just before this game, Sonics injured forward Detlef Schramf was injured and unable to play in this game.

Compared with the Magic's reasonable and complete starting lineup, the Supersonics' starting lineup is much more dilapidated. The starting forward Schramf is injured and unable to play, and at the center position, their starting player is a 2-meter soy sauce man Jim Mark Ilvine, and another soy sauce man Larry Stewart started instead of Schramff, so for the Magic, this is a game that must be won, because the opponent is not as good as imagined. powerful.

However, in this game, Johnny found himself in trouble. Gary Payton was not so easy to deal with. In the last All-Star game, if Johnny didn't have the bonus of R skills, he would have been defeated by Gary Payton. The defense is slag, which can be referred to later Glen Rice, but Glen Rice almost scored no points under the defense of Gary Payton.

And in this game, Gary Payton, with the hatred of the All-Star Game, tried his best from the beginning, because the starting point guard of the Supersonics was not Gary Payton, but Jose Hawkins, so the match against Jonny Gary Payton has always been Gary Payton, so it was a tragedy for Johnny in this game. Gary Payton really spared no effort in blocking Johnny. Can't get it.

"Boy, why are you failing in this game? Could it be that you died in the last game?" Gary Payton asked while facing Johnny crazily.

And Jonny is speechless. For Gary Payton's constant provocation and aggressive defense, Jonny is very irritable now. In this game, the Supersonics showed an astonishing team defense. Magic The whole team is not feeling well. Now Rich Adubatu has replaced Dennis Scott in advance. Johnny's three-pointer did not open, but Dennis Scott's three-pointer did not open either. .

But the good news is that the cold touch seems to be contagious, and the supersonic players don't feel good. From the beginning, the two sides seemed to have entered a blacksmith battle, and the intense physical contact between the two sides also made this game It seemed like a defensive battle, extremely fierce, and the media reporters watching the match all shouted excitedly.

Sometimes the offensive battles are very good, but sometimes the defensive battles are also very exciting.

"Johnny Lee, he has missed four shots in a row. He faced Gary Payton with the ball behind his back. You can see that their confrontation was fierce. The two squeezed each other and refused to give in to each other. Johnny! He directly Turn around, take a step back and take a three-point shot! Don’t go in.” Seeing that 24 seconds were approaching, Jonny had to forcefully shoot a three-pointer, and the basketball didn’t make a goal.

And then, the Supersonic's offense, the Supersonic's back and forth pouring the ball back and forth, but the Magic tried their best to make up and switch defenses back and forth, making the Supersonic's pouring the ball useless. They did not find a good offensive opportunity, and in the end the ball was In the hands of star star Gary Payton, Johnny defends Gary Payton. Although Gary Payton is more famous for his defense, his offense is also very good. This season, Gary Payton averaged 21.9 points per game. Here is the proof.

And Jonny, who was facing off against Gary Payton, was tortured almost all the time. Although Jonny felt bored for a while in the last All-Star Game matchup, after all, his offense could score goals. But this time was different. Jonny missed consecutive shots, and he was already bored in his heart. Coupled with Gary Payton's endless trash talk, this kind of torture may be understood by many people.

And Gary Payton said: "Little guy, watch out, don't scare your pants off." Then he turned around holding the ball, but Johnny was also very clingy, so he stuck it directly , Sticking to Gary Payton, rushed all the way to the basket. In this game, Jonny played exceptionally well. His defense unexpectedly restricted Gary Payton.

After the ball Gary Payton broke into the inside, he chose a throw, and Jonny raised his hands to interfere, but the ball still circled around the basket, and finally got in and the ball scored.

"Gary Payton finally scored a goal. He missed 2 shots before. This is his first goal of the game."

When switching to the Magic's offense, Jonny's off-ball running still failed to tear through the Supersonics' defense. Gary Payton followed very closely, and after a circle, the Magic really didn't find any opportunities, so the ball It came to Jonny's hands again. The current Magic has developed a habit of handing the ball to Jonny.

After Johnny received the ball, he was also quite helpless. With 24 seconds left in 5 seconds, he had to make a shot as soon as possible.

He took a big stride and bumped into Gary Payton hard, and even the referee turned a blind eye to the level of confrontation between the two. They watched Jonny and Gary Payton engage in fierce confrontation, and the two After the people collided with each other, they separated suddenly, and Jonny took this opportunity to throw the ball, with an extremely twisted shooting posture, and shot.

"Jony's shot is not very elegant, let's see if he can make it."

With a bang, I entered!

Seeing the basketball bouncing on the floor, even Jonny himself was surprised. He just found the position of the basket at the moment of the shot just now, and then the ball actually went in!

(End of this chapter)