Chapter 120: 120. Three Consecutive Victories in the Western Expedition!

Chapter 120: 120. Three consecutive victories in the Western Expedition!

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 fans probably don't watch the game very much, but they bought tickets to see today's game between the Eastern and Western playoff teams. Liu Mang from the visiting team gave out cheers!

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 1996, 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. There is no concept of dealing with running and bombing teams these days. Although the overall rhythm is slow, the championship teams are all top five in the league. Defensive strong team, but very conscious of catching 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 advanced quickly after receiving the pass, and the Supersonics rushed down. The Eagles, the fastest lineup, were not built. They immediately chased back, but the formation was messy. The arc made a three-pointer.

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, Wen Baker, who just ran to his own three-point line and then ran back to the frontcourt, just hit the free throw line and continued to run to the backcourt, could not reach the defensive position at all. The ability to block space at the basket is excellent, just like the Blazers' Rainman and Dale Davis, they are 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 Wen Baker under the basket, Wen Baker doesn't need to move, and he can block most of Liu Mang's space if he is blocked there, even if it is Radmanovich Neither the 2.08-meter player nor the rare best defensive player of the point guard in NBA history can 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. On the contrary, they think that the Sonics have an 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. Four-on-five in the counterattack, and four-in-five in the defense, the Supersonics were unable to open the score, but the Supersonics definitely had the upper hand on the scene, and the three-pointer in the counterattack was too accurate!

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, the two teams were running and playing. It seemed that the Supersonics were relying on three tall pitchers at the level of the best pitchers of this era. Completely suppressed 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!

After running for a while at the end of the second quarter, it seemed that he was about to be replaced. After halftime, he rested for 20 minutes to recover. He felt that his physical strength was not bad. Okay, I didn't play much singles in the second half of the second quarter. I continued to use him to guard against the slow pace of the Eagles. It's not easy to play without a strong inside player. Although the Eagles can't play with two strong insiders , but Raheem at the small forward position is a singles master with the height of a power forward.

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, taking advantage of the dead ball to replace Newbell with Ratliff, and instantly switched 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 main lineup of the Eagles is just two singles strong points, one is Payton, one is Vin Baker, and the other three are pitchers. Lewis is not the one who can get a contract of 100 million yuan. He is still in the initial stage, and Barry is old. , Radmanovic is more suitable for skiing, and for a while, the Supersonics turned into a stage where Payton pouts his big butt and hits Liu Mang in back-to-back singles.

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 basically can't defend at all, but he can't stand Liu Mang's stalking and rogue-style defense without hesitation. On the other hand, at the end of the third quarter, he began to show a lack of physical fitness. After all, he will be 34 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 break between quarters 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 the backup point guard Earl Walter. Sen and the backup center Drobiak, Drobiak is okay, although the technology is far inferior to Vin Baker, but the body is great, the defense is OK, but Earl Watson is far behind Payton , Otherwise, Payton will not be nearly 34 years old and still play more than 40 minutes per game. Payton averaged 22 points, 4.8 rebounds and 9 assists per game, and Earl Watson averaged 3 points and 2 assists in 14 minutes per game. The Sonics were not the same team at all!

The Eagles have succeeded! At the beginning, they didn’t care about overtaking, or even falling behind. They just wanted to exhaust the two cores of the Supersonics. At this time, the Eagles began to attack and defend normally, suppressing the Supersonic pitchers who had no organizers to support the ball. The first sentence of the fourth quarter widened the point difference. By the time Payton and Vin Baker barely recovered enough to play, the score had become 92 to 71, and the Eagles widened 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!