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78. The first confrontation of the enemy of a lifetime

Karcimo had to call for a timeout with a blue face. The Warriors' fierce attack was really powerful, and there were already wailing on the supersonic bench.

Chamberlain walked past the rostrum, wiped the sweat from his face and asked the statisticians with a smile, "Man, am I qualified to be his opponent?"

The statisticians laughed awkwardly, leaving a line of data in front of them: no matter from which perspective, Chamberlain, who is in a core position, is better than Durant.

Unless the outside is excellent, such as Jordan, it is more cost-effective to choose a player to build the team, and it is better to choose the inside than the outside.

The word dominance has always been an excellent inside player.

After the timeout, Old Nelson did not adjust the lineup, while Karcimo made a replacement again, West was replaced, Damian Wilkins returned, he replaced Durant as a small forward, and the latter was completely freed and returned to the position of the shooting guard he was best at.

West sat on the bench with an unpleasant look, watching his teammate step onto the court again, while he could only sit down below, his already hideous face was even more vicious.

Karlsimo was determined to limit Chamberlain. The strong Wilkinson was replaced, so he naturally wanted to assist Collison and Wilcox in dealing with Chamberlain.

Old Nelson frowned and shook his head. He really didn't understand what the SuperSonics uniform team was. He would choose a fool like Carlseamo as the head coach. Wilcox + Collison + Wilkinson + Green + Durant, the team's average height is more than 2.05 meters, and Durant and Green are all small forwards, who will be the organizer's guard?

However, Karcimo is also confident about this arrangement: for the Supersonics organizational guards, if West doesn't organize, he wants to keep working. Does the remaining organizational guards have organizational skills? It's better to let Durant dribble the ball, at least he has a better vision and a better overall view.

In other words, Durant now not only has unlimited fire rights, but also has the right to distribute the ball rights.

Karcimo's arrangement was not a random thing without any highlights. He disrupted the deployment of old Nelson. Durant was in the position of the organizational defender and wanted to defend him. There was no suitable candidate in the Warriors' guard table: if he was taller than him, he would break into a sieve than him, and if he was faster than him, he would be helpless in the face of his pull-up jump shot.

Durant arrived at the frontcourt in an orderly manner with the ball. He was slowly swimming on the three-point line. Louis knew that he could not defend the opponent's shot, so he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. Taking advantage of Durant's chance to avoid him, he suddenly rushed out and tried to poke the ball in the opponent's hand.

With heavy shoulders and twisted his waist, Durant's left hand that controlled the basketball shook quickly, and the ball successfully landed on his right hand with a blow on the floor. Then he stepped forward, threw Louis away from the open space, jumped up and gently waved his wrist...

Barnes had been watching the side like a hungry wolf for a long time, and he was waiting for Durant's chance to take action. When the latter jumped up, he immediately rushed up, raised his big hand and waved it hard, pointing directly at Durant's cheek, not for the ball at all.

After all, Durant is still a rookie newbie. He has a big heart, but it is impossible not to be afraid of injury. Barnes's fierce blocking made him tremble his wrist, and his attack posture was immediately distorted. The basketball hit the rebound with a stiff arc, but he didn't even touch the ring.

Chamberlain turned around and knocked away Collison next to him, and grabbed the ball into his arms. Wilcox could only stare at him.

Louis and Durant have a huge height difference. No matter how flexible the latter is, he is a player of the same height. Facing Louis, who is only 1.86 meters tall, Durant's performance on the defensive end is not good. Louis is not a fool. He knows his advantage, and he just runs to the frontcourt with the ball and raises his speed to the peak.

While running away from the ball, Louis either stopped urgently or changed direction, threw Durant away twice in a row, raised his hand and gave the ball to Chamberlain in the inside.

Seeing Chamberlain getting the ball, Wilcox and Collison subconsciously wanted to double-team. Pitrus was open, Chamberlain hurriedly transferred the ball.

Pitrus made a jump shot, but his shooting was still quite accurate when no one defended him.

Karsimo waved his hand off the court, signaling the players not to worry about their sluggish performance on the defensive end and to attack quickly.

Wilkins covered Durant, who broke through and passed the ball back after the ball was passed. After Wilkins got the ball, he passed it to Green, who was ambushed outside the three-point line. Green jumped up decisively and made a long shot against Barnes who was rushing to defend.

Green, who came on as a substitute, has not yet felt warm, especially the shooting outside the three-point line is not what he is good at, it is another rebound!

Seeing the basketball left Green's hand, Chamberlain's eyes flashed, and he immediately determined the landing point of the ball, moved horizontally, and then jumped up, and he grabbed the rebound again.

The DJ at the scene couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly, and said with a little discouragement: "Basketball seems to have become the illegitimate child of a Californian. As long as the rookie waves, it will run over. No matter how hard the others try, it will be useless. This is really damn!"

Chamberlain's successive rebounding skills made Durant a little unable to stand it. He switched offense and defense again. Durant, Wilcox, Collison and Green all rushed into the inside. As a result, Wilkins made a jump shot from Ellis, and the four could only run back in disappointment.

Wilkins' hit was useless. Chamberlain guarded the inside and asked for a ball. Collison and Wilcox hurriedly went up to double-team. Seeing this scene, Karlsey couldn't help but cover his face. He couldn't figure out what was stuffed in his mind. Chamberlain's double-team only needed to stop him from grabbing rebounds on the defensive end. On the offensive end, this guy was not only dunked but also dunked. Wilcox could also handle him.

The offense cannot double-team Chamberlain, because in the previous few games, his data single assists have always been quite large, and his ability to support has been recognized by the head coaches of the other twenty-nine teams. We must never let go of people with mid-range shots in order to double-team him.

The reason why Old Nelson equipped Chamberlain with these gunners was that he was waiting for him to attract double teams and then support the pass.

That's what Chamberlain did, and Pitrus once again received the pass from the ball, hitting another jump shot.

The Warriors' offense began to play more and more smoothly. Seeing that Durant dribbled the ball and wanted to organize the attack, Old Nelson whistled suddenly. Louis and Barnes, who had been swimming behind, were like two hunting dogs, double-teaming Durant from the left and right wings.

Although Durant has excellent movements and flexibility, his center of gravity is too high and he does not have enough control over the ball.

Louis and Barnes went up to press, and Durant could only put the ball away in a hurry and chose to pass the ball. Ellis took the steal and immediately made a quick break after getting the ball. Only Durant had time to defend, and the others had already arrived at the frontcourt.

Three against one, and the defender was Durant, the offensive machine, so it was not difficult. Ellis and Barnes exchanged balls, and the latter easily hit the board and sent the ball into the ring.

He lost the ball with his own hands and was shot by the opponent on the defensive end. Durant chose to use solo to wash away his shame. He waved his hand, and Wilkins and others withdrew from the inside, except for Wilcox entangled Chamberlain in the penalty area to cover Durant.

Barnes pushed Louis away and personally targeted Durant. The neat 'DEFENDS' shouts sounded in the stadium, which made Chamberlain stunned. Whose home court is it? How much Seattle fans hate the Supersonics to cheer for their opponents?

Durant bent down, as if a bamboo pole was bent. He slapped the basketball rhythmically and glanced around casually with the corners of his eyes. Barnes curled up his knees, and Durant suddenly accelerated. The speed of the ball hitting the floor doubled in half a second, and headed towards Barnes' left-wing run like a whirlwind.

Barnes shouted lightly, and his knees were exerting force to move his body left. Durant's left foot touched the floor and immediately moved horizontally toward his left front. His wrist shook the ball hit the floor and hit the floor from his crotch to his left hand. His right foot took the opportunity to move forward to the left. This gap in his body came out. As soon as he took a step, his body was parallel to Barnes.

"Shit!" Barnes gritted his teeth and roared, spreading his arms slightly blocked Durant for half a second, and his feet moved flexibly, moving sideways like lightning half a step, blocking Durant's face again.

At this moment, while Barnes moved horizontally, Durant, who had already successfully broken through, seemed to have expected it. His thick knee twisted vigorously, and his right shoulder stretched forward and left shoulder to pull back. His thin body rotated half a circle like a windmill, and turned half a circle again against Barnes' chest.

After turning a circle, Durant faced the ring again, and his shoulders hit Barnes, who completely lost his position. Using this reaction force, Durant's turn speed increased and he successfully got rid of Barnes and entered the free throw area.

Chamberlain pushed away Wilcox, who was sticking to him like a candy, and he took a step forward and leaned slightly, spread his arms and stared at Durant who had already stepped into the inside, like a lion staring at the jackal who was breaking into his territory.

He knew that Durant was coming for him, and it would be no difficulty for him to break through Barnes. The defensive line that Durant really wanted to break through was Chamberlain!

With his feet in the rage of wind and thunder, Durant rushed into the penalty area with lightning speed. Chamberlain did not retreat but advanced but took a step forward at an extremely fast speed, directly fighting Durant. This shocked the bystanders. Durant's breakthrough ability is definitely top-notch. Isn't Chamberlain looking for a draw if he goes up like this?

But beyond everyone's expectations, Durant, who was fast, did not choose to break into the basket, but stopped and pounced forward, and then retreated when he started again. When Chamberlain took that step forward, it was when Durant was about to stop.

What Durant originally wanted to do was to pretend to break through and force Chamberlain to retreat, and then he used his special step to retreat to score in front of Chamberlain. However, Chamberlain actually saw through his intentions and stepped forward to defend him. This disrupted Durant's plan and made him feel confused for a moment.

It would be difficult to get in after exiting the penalty area. Durant made several changes in directions in a row, but Chamberlain's speed and flexibility were no worse than him, and he kept blocking him firmly. In the end, there was no way. Durant hit his shoulder forward, twisted his waist and jumped up, raised his hand and threw the ball in his hand as fast as possible.
Chapter completed!
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