The two teams went back and forth, and half a quarter passed quickly.
With the Sonics leading 19-12, Kings coach Eddie Jordan called a timeout.
Yang Jian scored 5 points and provided 5 assists without much effort, which led the team to flourish. He assisted Payton and Cummings to score 4 points each, and assisted Kemp to perform a wonderful one-handed alley-oop dunk.
Payton plays more like a shooting guard, and he has an obvious physical advantage against Bobby Hurley.
Bobby Hurley is 183cm tall and weighs 75kg. He is a thin white point guard. His specialty is breakthroughs and organizing offenses. Together with Grant Hill, he led the Duke University Blue Devils to win the NCAA championship twice and became a member of NCAA history.
Total assists king.
Bobby Hurley was drafted by the Kings with the seventh pick in the first round in 1993. However, he only played 19 games in his rookie season before he was seriously injured and was basically useless after his comeback.
He simply cannot adapt to NBA-level competition. After entering the league for 4 seasons, his shooting percentage has never reached 40%. This season, he averaged 12.9 minutes per game and scored 2.9 points and 3 assists.
No one can figure out why Kings coach Eddie Jordan started Bobby Hurley. It was obviously just to serve food. Eddie Jordan replaced Bobby Hurley and replaced him with Mahmoud Lauf, who has more offensive power.
In the parallel world, when Stephen Curry participated in the draft, the best template given by the scouts was Mahmoud Rauf! The point guard who is 185cm tall and weighs 73kg, was selected by the Nuggets as the third overall pick in 1990. He was a defensive black hole.
The SuperSonics made no adjustments and continued to attack the Kings. Payton took charge of the main attack, scoring consecutively on catches, shots and layups.
The SuperSonics led 36-26 in the first quarter.
Payton played the entire first quarter and scored 13 points and 3 assists; Yang Jian scored 7 points, 10 assists and 1 steal.
Zhang Lili commented: "Yang Jian plays as easily as in training. As long as the opponent double-teams him, he will distribute the ball. If he breaks through, he will distribute the ball to teammates who are in a better position. It is very reasonable for him to play this way. There is no way the SuperSonics will lose."
ball."
Sun Zhengping said with a smile: "This is what the opponent is most afraid of. Before the game, the coach arranged to prevent Yang Jian from scoring, but he organized an offensive teammate and made all shots. If he had made two more shots, he would have probably scored a double-double in a single quarter."
Yang Jian knew very well that it was easy to rack up statistics against the Kings, but he had no intention of taking more shots to try to score high points. For a bad team like the Kings with a winning rate of less than half, he felt that there was not much value in producing super statistics, and he would not pass the ball when double-teamed.
will be questioned.
So he played normally, passed the ball when he saw the opportunity, and shot when the opportunity came, without deliberately brushing up the data. In this state, he is actually the strongest.
In the second quarter, the SuperSonics' bench continued to suppress the Kings' bench.
Eric Snow's strength has improved a lot after a season of training, and he performed well against Jeff Greer at the 2nd position. He didn't suffer in the confrontation and kept looking for confrontation. Greer made 0 of 2 shots and didn't score a single point.
have to.
Mookie Norris also got a chance to perform, guarding Kings point guard Tyus Edney, who has a similar style. Tyus was selected to the second team of the All-Rookie Team last season and played 60 starts. This season
became a substitute.
Teyus, who is 178cm tall and weighs 70 kilograms, is destined to have a low ceiling. He was reused by the coach last season because the team suffered from injuries and was short of someone at the No. 1 position. Now Teyus is not far away from being eliminated by the NBA.
If other point guards can play, he won't have anything to do.
Schrempf and Sam Perkins played the role of veterans, able to play in isolation and open up space. Osela Harrington was responsible for defending the penalty area and rebounding, and on the offensive end, he could also cut and eat pie.
Harrington is currently being used more heavily than Ben Wallace. He is a first-round pick, has much better offensive skills, and looks more promising than Ben Wallace.
In fact, Harrington is not suitable to play center. His confrontation ability is not as good as Ben. The coaching staff has not yet realized the value of Ben. They only use him as a marginal blue-collar player.
It's hard for a coach to think highly of a center who shot 34.8% from the field and 30% from the free throw line during the regular season.
Big Ben is content to be on the playoff roster this year. The coaching staff decided to bring him in because the team lacks insiders who can fight against people. When necessary, Big Ben can come on the court and act as a "foul machine." It's not too big.
If anything unexpected happens, the Sonics will face the Lakers in the second round.
Yang Jian took more shots when he returned to the court in this quarter. He can mainly assist his teammates, but he must ensure that his points are above 20 points, otherwise it will be very embarrassing. His style of play is very simple, receiving the ball from outside the three-point line at the top of the arc.
, the opponent will play alone without double-teaming.
Only Richmond is the only one in the Kings who is suitable to guard Yang Jian, and he is only suitable.
He was far away, Yang Jian dribbled under his crotch, took a step-back jumper, and hit two three-pointers against the defense.
He is close, and Yang Jian holds the ball and changes direction to break through. If he moves laterally slower, he will be passed. If he keeps up, he may encounter the cover of the Supersonics inside player. After hitting the wall, he can only watch Yang Jian escape. The Kings inside player
It's even harder to guard Yang Jian. Once he charges up, he can use his European step to get past people.
Yang Jian's current European step against big men has been tried and tested, and it will definitely be sharper than Ginobili's breakthrough in the future. His easy scoring in the regular season mainly relies on this move to break through and step back to shoot, both of which are unique.
When he uses this style of play, he is like James Harden who is faster, more impactful, and more accurate in shooting. He is just not as good as Harden in hitting the ball, and he will not take the initiative to hug the defender's arm when breaking through.
He doesn't need to do that, he has the ability to deal with his opponents in an upright manner.
In order to prevent Yang Jian from breaking through and making a layup, the Kings inside players committed three fouls. Yang Jian scored 16 points in 7 minutes of the second quarter, making 4 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws.
At halftime, Yang Jian had 23 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, helping the Sonics gain a 22-point lead.
The Kings only scored 23 points in a single quarter, unable to defend and attacking smoothly.
In the third quarter, in order to defend the pick-and-roll, Eddie Jordan sent Corliss Williams, who is 201cm tall and weighs 110kg, to play power forward. Collis is very mobile and faster to help defend.
As a result, after the SuperSonics' formation spread out, Kemp began to show off his power again. Not only could he catch the ball in the middle and hit the basket, but he could also attract Polynice to pass the ball to Perkins in the left corner.
The King's center's defense slowed down Kemp's ability to score, and if the defense was in place, the corner would be freed up. Perkins was not a vegetarian either, he made a mid-range shot and a three-pointer.
The SuperSonics made a sudden move that widened the point difference to more than 30 points, and the Kings were defeated in the away game.
Yang Jian didn't take many shots in this quarter, only 6 points and 5 assists. In the third quarter, he had 29 points, 3 rebounds, 16 assists and 2 steals.
In the last quarter, George Karl replaced all the main players, and the game entered garbage time. The Kings' starters played for another 5 minutes, and they had no obvious advantage against the SuperSonics' bench lineup, which was extremely embarrassing.
The SuperSonics' full bench lineup has poor offensive ability and very strong defense. A group of blue-collars defend desperately, as if the team has no lead at all. After Harrington gets the ball, he can hold the ball in the low post and play singles, with Norris and Snow's double defenders
The combination can launch a fast attack.
At the end of the game, 128 to 99, the SuperSonics easily got off to a good start.
After the game, Yang Jian was interviewed and said that there was no disturbance in his heart and that it was normal to win against the Kings.
"We will definitely sweep our opponents to advance. Everyone knows that the Kings are not our opponent. I enjoy the game process and it is fun to play without pressure."
The reporter asked: "Which team do you predict you will face in the next round?"
Yang Jian replied without thinking: "Of course it's the Lakers, they are obviously stronger than the Trail Blazers."
The reporter asked: "Although the Lakers are only fourth in the regular season, their strength is not bad. Do you think it will be easier to face the Lakers or the Rockets in the second round?"
"I don't know, I don't care who the opponent is at all. No matter who it is, we will win. The pressure is never on our side. We only lost a total of 7 games in the regular season. How can any team win in a series?"
What if we win four games? Then our winning percentage is less than half."
The logic of Yang Jian's victory and defeat is so simple and convincing.