Chapter 340 340.Thanks Lewis!

Rahim caught the ball in the mid-range and beat Lewis in isolation, broke through the frame, easily broke into the inside, and smashed the ball into the basket through Radmanovic who was tucked into the basket!

Lewis felt that the opponent was targeting him! How could the Trail Blazers usually let Raheem start the attack?

As Lewis ran towards the frontcourt, a sound reached his ears.

"Yes, you guessed it right, you were targeted by us."

Lewis: Who's answering? Wait! Isn't that what I mean? Did I say it?

"No, you didn't say it, I just guessed what you were thinking."

Following the sound, Lewis lowered his head to the left and saw Liu Xiu turning around and speeding towards the opposite side.

Lewis: ...crazy!

As the Sonics attacked, Ridnour advanced steadily beyond the three-point line. Liu Xiu asked curiously: "I can do that half-court acceleration move. It's pretty awesome. Why don't you continue?"

Ridnour took a deep breath...and ducked sideways. Liu Xiuchong failed to grab him and immediately withdrew.

Ridnour subconsciously wanted to break through, but he quickly stopped and the opponent did not lose his position. He did not expect that the warden actually launched a sneak attack!

This was Payton's training method that Liu Xiu first learned on the 1st day. He focused on physical simulation training for the past three days, and it was quite effective.

Ridnour chose to be merciful and let the warden go. He didn't care about this guy and carefully protected the ball. When someone came, he moved sideways. Liu Xiu moved to keep up, but was blocked!

Nick Collison made a solid pick-and-roll, and Ridnour broke through through the screen. After splitting the ball, Nick Collison passed the ball to Nick Collison, who held the ball to avoid being intercepted by Liu Xiu, and dealt the card...Lewis was in

The wing was restrained by Ray Allen and ran to the corner to catch the ball. Payton made the pass, but Lewis received the ball and raised it, ignoring Payton and hitting a three-pointer!

The score was 3 to 4. Lewis did not do anything and watched himself being beaten, so he fought back!

Nick Collison flashed his biceps at Liu Xiu. He is an old acquaintance. This was also Liu Xiu and Anthony's defeat in the NCAA finals. Hinrich's college teammate. He has solid basic pick-and-roll skills, powerful cuts, can shoot, and has a good basketball intelligence.

Gao, who has been selected to the Dream Team, is another 'white man's hope'. He is very good in pick-and-roll offense with Hinrich, and he also pairs well with Ridnour, who has excellent pick-and-roll ability with the ball.

Payton received the serve and advanced. He understood the reason why no team could guard the Sonics. The Sonics' players with the strongest scoring ability inside and outside did not mainly score in singles. Ray Allen's ball possession rate this season

A new low since his rookie season, Lewis is a pure catcher and pitcher. In this case, the choice is very simple.

Coming to the frontcourt, Payton found that the opponent's defense had changed again, and passed the ball to Liu Xiu, who pulled out tacitly.

Liu Xiu received the ball and moved to the left side of the top arc. Ray Allen stuck close to him. The pressure was not strong, but it was enough to make the player being defended feel uncomfortable. Liu Xiu waited for a moment, dribbled the ball, took another step, and pulled horizontally.

Ray Allen followed closely...and was blocked! Kwame Brown's solid pick-and-roll!

Liu Xiu took advantage of the screen to break through. When Lewis switched defense, he rushed forward at full speed. Lewis chased hard. Liu Xiu made an emergency stop at the free throw line. Lewis couldn't stop his foot. Due to the inertia, he rushed to a position close to the basket. He could only turn his head and watch Liu Xiu shoot the free throw.

The jumper shot with a sudden stop on the line... didn't go in! Lewis was ecstatic!

The ball hit the basket and bounced high. Lewis excitedly moved to the landing point in front of the basket and took off... He was hit hard from behind. He jumped up and was knocked out... "Bang"... Liu

Show rushed in from the free throw line, knocked Lewis away, and pushed the ball back into the basket!

A self-shooting and self-stealing dunk! Even Trail Blazers fans never imagined that their Warden could play such an offense! Thank you Lewis!

The referee's whistle blew and Lewis committed a foul. Liu Xiu's goal was valid and an additional penalty was imposed.

After Liu Xiu landed and stood firm, he straightened his jersey amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene.

The big screen played it back. When Lewis was knocked away, he stretched his hand back to scratch Liu Xiu, and the corner of Liu Xiu's tied clothes was torn out.

SuperSonics players are going to vomit blood!

Ray Allen struggled to block Kwame Brown, Nick Collison and Radmanovic also blocked Randolph and Raheem's rushing space, but Lewis didn't block the little defender Liu Xiu!

Wait! Lewis has averaged 5.6 rebounds per game so far this year, and his opponent, Warden, has averaged 6.8 rebounds per game... No, that's not the point. The point is, they all let Lewis, a skinny big pitcher, defend Kwame Brown.

What a muscular man, good guy, the opponent actually asked Liu Xiu to play Lewis in a pick-and-roll.

This season, in addition to becoming a top scorer with an average of 20+ per game, Lewis also showed very good team defensive attributes, switching defenses, covering defenses, blocking defenses, delays... etc. He did a good job in one-on-one situations.

The defense is a mess.

It's not that there are no teams that are keeping an eye on Lewis, but it's the first time that the Trail Blazers have taken advantage of this to pursue him fiercely.

"Rashad Lewis, 25 years old, 208 cm, 99 kg, PF/SF, ability evaluation 83, offense 89, defense 69... averaged 20.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game..."

With Lewis's strength and bounce, he jumped up to grab the board instead of getting stuck. Liu Xiu felt like he was sorry for himself if he didn't press forward to dunk.

Going to the free throw line, Liu Xiujia made a steady free throw, 7-3, the point difference came to 4 points, and Lewis's three-pointer became a useless attack.

However, the biggest effect of Liu Xiu's extra dunk was not that he added 3 points to his team's score, but the impact it had on Lewis's psychology.

The three Musketeers of the SuperSonics are different from the three Musketeers of the Bucks and the Warriors. They have two guns in the frontcourt, two 208-centimeter tall spearmen, who receive the ball and lift it.

The kind that ignores guard changes, plus Ray Allen, the Three Musketeers averaged 7.1 three-pointers per game. They couldn't be defended by conventional methods. The Trail Blazers used Kwame Brown to defend Lewis and Raheem.

Defending Radmanovic, Lewis still got a shooting opportunity in the last round.

But this time, Lewis received the ball in the left corner and was stuck by Liu Xiu, who was changing defense. His take-off was affected by the confrontation. He could pass it to Ray Allen who was receiving the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left. The one who defended Ray Allen was

After widening to guard the pick-and-roll, he switched to guard Randolph, but Lewis saw that it was Liu Xiu who was guarding him and took a shot... Liu Xiu did not interfere with the shot, but Lewis's lack of force in the take-off affected his shooting force. Three-pointer

Short!

Lewis missed the shot, Payton protected the defensive rebound, and when the Trail Blazers attacked, he continued to beat Lewis!

This time Lewis returned to the low post to guard Randolph. Randolph brutally hit the back, dug into the basket, turned around and released the layup. Lewis fouled!

This foul was meaningless. It was a complete fall. After Randolph turned around and took a shot, Lewis slapped Randolph on the arm. He failed to prevent Randolph from putting the ball into the basket. He also sent a free throw, and Lewis

Two offenses!

The score was 9 to 3, the Trail Blazers led by 6 points, Randolph had an extra penalty, and the Sonics were stopped!

…

The performance of the team's second scoring point was huge. Even the opponent's point guard wanted singles. At the same time, the offensive end of this scoring point lost its composure and made random shots.

The team's second scoring point hit two fouls in three minutes.

As a head coach, you have to choose one of two situations. How should you choose?

Nate McMillan didn't have so many worries. He encountered both situations at the same time.

Raheem and Randolph, these two forwards, can beat them, and even the top draft pick can play pick-and-roll!

He replaced Lewis first, thinking on the bright side, at least he didn't have to worry about someone on the court being called out and beaten by the opponent.

The three musketeers formation is gone, so more people have to be replaced.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers made no substitutions. The SuperSonics put on the field a combination of Antonio Daniels, Ray Allen, Radmanovic, Reggie Evans, and Jerome James.

Randolph went to the free throw line to add a penalty. Liu Xiu took a look at the opponent's lineup. It changed from a very novel offensive lineup based around three-pointers in this era to a very traditional positional battle offensive and defensive combination.

"Reggie Evans, 24 years old, 203 cm, 111 kg, PF, ability evaluation 69, offense -, defense 79, rebounds 95...averaged 23.5 minutes per game, 4.5 points, 9.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.7 steals per game

0.2 blocks...shooting rate 47.1%..."

In the SuperSonics' player detection report, the thing that most caught Liu Xiu's eye was not Ray Allen, but this guy.

Really a basketball freak.

Randolph made an extra free throw, 10 to 3, and the Trail Blazers led by 7 points!

When the Sonics attacked, Daniels advanced to the frontcourt and passed to Ray Allen. Faced with Payton's defense, Ray Allen had difficulty shooting directly and chose to break through! Payton did not stop Ray Allen from breaking through, but he also

Not out of position, Ray Allen made a sudden stop midway through the breakthrough. Payton immediately pressed forward, but before he had time, Ray Allen grabbed the ball and took off, taking a quick shot... a one-step stop jumper within one step of the free throw line on the right side of the three-second zone.

Hit!

5-10, Ray Allen helped the Sonics stop the bleeding.

Kwame Brown quickly served Liu Xiu, but Jerome James immediately called his teammates to retreat. The Trail Blazers had no chance to start a fast break. Liu Xiu passed the ball to Payton and fell into a positional battle.

Changes in play style, lineup changes, and Ray Allen's goals, combined, the morale of the Sonics team has improved, and Payton was keenly aware of this situation.

This is not okay! We cannot let the Sonics regain momentum!

After his teammates got into position, Payton lobbed the ball to Randolph who was leaning on Reggie Evans in the low post.

Reggie Evans pressed towards Randolph and made rough defensive moves, but was knocked back step by step into the basket by Randolph's even rougher offensive moves!

Randolph dug deep, turned around and hooked... "Pop"... the must-goal was blocked! Jerome James blocked the shot!

Fortunately, Liu Xiu, who was on the baseline, blocked Ray Allen with his strong body and grabbed the ball first. When he got up after grabbing the ball, he jumped forward, used the inertia to accelerate, rushed into the basket along the baseline, and slipped.

The baseline reached the three-second zone and hit a backhand layup on the left side of the basket.

Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and ran to the backcourt. He glanced at Jerome James, who was actively running to the frontcourt. He was very impressed by this center last season - he was so lazy, why is he so active today?

The reason for the nationwide live broadcast? No...that's right! Contract year!
Chapter completed!