Chapter 403 The G7 attracts global attention
The league doesn't allow bricks to be put on the bench, so we just put them in bags.
Even if federal law doesn’t prohibit me from bringing bricks, how can the Alliance prohibit it?
Is there a fine for smashing it out? Do you think I am a scared person?
Is the league going to issue new rules to ban it? Let’s wait until it comes out!
As for deliberately explaining the home court and using a close-up lens to magnify the combination of LV bags and bricks, this is psychological warfare within psychological warfare.
The main purpose is not to intimidate Wizards players.
After all, after the experience of the last game, no matter how hot-tempered the player is, he will no longer have the thought of taking action when facing the Sonics. The boss of the Sonics really dares to hit him, and he is really willing to hit him. You If you really want to fight with the Sonics, in the end it will be the alliance that makes money, the Sonics who will vent your anger, and you who will get hurt.
No fool would do such a thing, so the Wizards after G2 are actually much more honest. As long as they are honest, it is impossible for Yang Dong's bricks to be thrown out.
Therefore, the main purpose of revealing this package of bricks is to boost morale.
We are supersonic and we do what we say!
The first thing Yang Dong's madness ignited was the home fans at Key Arena.
The fights with out-of-town fans in the past two days, as well as the overwhelming support for the Wizards from across the United States, have long made the home fans extremely unhappy.
Solving violence with violence is always the best way to vent, and Yang Dong's bricks undoubtedly gave them psychological support, allowing them to feel the bloody and brutal beauty of Sonics.
The atmosphere was electric, and the SuperSonics were given a huge boost from the beginning of the game, coupled with the summary of the defeat in the previous game.
As soon as G6 started, the SuperSonics' outside line showed their former accuracy, catching the Wizards off guard.
What is even more surprising is Payton's performance in G6.
The old guy's physical exhaustion problem in the last game seemed to have completely disappeared in this game. He was in surprisingly good condition. He made 9 of 14 shots from the field. Not only did he score an extremely efficient 25 points, he also got 4 rebounds. The defensive data of 3 steals and 2 blocks, combined with Sakuragi Hanamichi's God defense in G5, successfully cut Artest out of the team, allowing Sakuragi to complete the consumption of Yao Ming. Rhythm control also helped the Sonics limit the loss of rebounds.
They took a 33:25 lead in the first quarter alone and extended this lead to 62:50 at the end of the first half.
It can be said that everything was going in the direction that the Sonics most expected. It was not until the beginning of the second half that G6 Dan suddenly broke out, causing the Sonics to almost collapse.
Jordan, who was invisible in the first half, scored 32 points in a single quarter in the second half.
Just take the shot and score as soon as you get the ball. Whether it's Lin Dong's single defense or Payton's double attack, they can't completely stop this suddenly explosive basketball god.
God's momentum was overwhelming for a time, causing the Sonics' outside shots to become inaccurate frequently, and the Wizards almost tied the score at the last moment.
In the end, it was thanks to Lin Dong's stable offense and the back-and-forth confrontation with Jordan, as well as Payton's desperate defensive restrictions, that the remaining 2-point advantage was managed until the last moment of the game.
112:110, SuperSonics won this home court with difficulty.
It made countless people breathe a sigh of relief.
Jordan scored 64 points and 7 assists. This was no longer a return to the peak, but a direct surpass. It also refreshed the second place in the personal scoring record in the finals, second only to Lin Dong's 69 points in G1. .
Although it was a free-kick, Yao Ming did not perform well in one game. He played 37 minutes in the game, but only scored 16 points and 9 rebounds. Compared with the SuperSonics' explosive second-leading player Payton, Yao Ming Became the scapegoat for the Wizards' loss.
At the end of the game, the entire city of Seattle went crazy, as if a redemption had been completed.
And the appetite of the entire United States has been completely whetted.
In terms of strength, the two sides have proven through the first six games that they are equal to each other. Not to mention the performance of the top star, the performance of the second and third top players will become the key to determining the outcome.
In terms of mentality and will, it goes without saying that the Wizards have Jordan and a group of mature players. The key is the SuperSonics' rapid adjustment after losing two consecutive games in G2 and G3, especially the performance shown by No. 10 Sakuragi Hanamichi on the court. The attitude of 'I'm going to die on the court today' makes it impossible for people to feel that this is just a novice team composed of three first-year players. Their momentum and will are not even inferior to Jordan's.
Therefore, this G7, which is full of mutual will, will definitely be a battle between dragons and tigers!
Moreover, Jordan was dragged into G7 in the finals?
Now, no matter how professional the football commentators from all parties consider themselves to be, they no longer dare to predict easily.
They have discovered it. It seems that since the beginning of this series, except for the Wizards' victory in G5, which they predicted correctly, basically whichever side the media supports will lose!
This caused the current prediction article to be criticized by fans on both sides as soon as it came out.
Are you saying that the Wizards will lose? The Wizards fans will definitely scold you, and the Sonics will scold you too. MD, don't come here to poison me, get out of here!
You say the Sonics will lose? That's the same thing.
However, media reporters and football commentators always have to find something to write about, so they have to find another way, instead of directly talking about the outcome of the game, they only provide some ideological things.
——This is Jordan's seventh Finals, reaching the seventh game of the series. What's even more amazing is that there is a 7 in the date of June 17th. At the same time, it is still Sunday, and the God of the past is far away. The era was created in 7 days!
——It even represents Jordan’s 7th championship ring! 7. This magical number, do you still think it can be a coincidence?
All kinds of crazy implications, but Sonics fans will fight back.
——What happened to 7? This is Lin Dong’s brand side, the 7th trading day of Under Armor’s IPO!
——Under Armor was launched on the 10th, and the 17th is already the 8th day. Your "7" has passed, and June 17th is destined not to belong to you!
——777,7youMB, this is a basketball game, not the Creation Day of Bishen!
——SuperSonics fans are starting to get anxious, they know that 7 no longer belongs to them, hahaha!
——Magical Sunday, magical G7, magical 7th finals, magical 7th championship ring! There are no coincidences in history, everything has been predestined by God!
——Washington fans should shout out! G7 is our home court, give those bastards in Seattle some color!
——On June 17th, Washington has a total ban on the West. If you are from Seattle, it is best not to go out on this day, otherwise justice will be waiting for you!
There has been a commotion on the Internet, and the Washington, D.C., government was so panicked that it quickly increased its police force to prevent the previous chaotic situations in Seattle.
Coupled with the high attention from various investors in the financial industry, the heated discussions and reports across the United States have pushed this G7 finals to an unprecedented height in the United States.
The national ratings have gone from 28 million in G1 to 35 million in G5, reaching an average of 31.8 million per game, breaking the NBA's average ratings for the last round of finals since 1998 before Jordan retired.
In G6, due to the additional attention brought by the listing of Under Armor and the fan riots in Seattle, the peak viewership of G6 reached an astonishing 42 million, directly surpassing the record of 36 million in Jordan's sixth finals in 1998, and also surpassed this record. The average viewership of the series once again increased to 33.5 million.
Judging from the current popularity and growth rate, all parties dare not predict the outcome of the game, but their predictions on the ratings are completely unanimous. They all believe that the US ratings will reach an astonishing 45 million or more by then.
And this is just the national ratings.
In today's Dragon Kingdom, the number of live viewers of this series has reached an astonishing 53 million. In Japan, with a population of just over 100 million and about 30 million households, the average viewership is more than 14 million. The TV station's ratings have reached a terrifying 46%.
Even excluding Europe, the NBA's global ratings have exceeded the 100 million mark for the first time. Not to mention the discussion about Jordan and Lin Dong, even Yang Dong's LV bag with bricks has become a global trend. The joker is passionate about trends.
While the league was making a lot of money, Stern even suppressed the idea of continuing to introduce regulations to restrict Yang Dong.
Originally, he had come up with a policy, ranging from banning bricks on chairs to directly banning Yang Dong from bringing bags into the venue.
But now it seems that the result determines everything, and this seems to be a beautiful scenery that has attracted NBA trends.
This boss is very lively... Let her do it well. Anyway, the ratings and attention will increase, which will only benefit the alliance and not cause any harm.
So on June 17th, unprecedented attention attracted all parties...
Not to mention the big names, some people who are particularly important to the SuperSonics players also gathered in Seattle.
Coach Anzai arrived in Washington on the morning of the 17th, and Keiko, Haruko, and Hisashi Mitsui went to the airport to pick him up with him.
Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng, and even Yi Jianlian, Liu Wei and other Shasha people also traveled together. They had arrived in Washington as early as the night of the 16th and checked into the hotel booked by Lin Dong.
Of course, Mrs. Lin, grandma, and Lao Lin, who set foot on American soil for the first time, are also indispensable.
Yang Dong's fierceness on TV won the heart of the old man: This is how you treat foreigners! This is what this American soldier recognizes! The daughter-in-law here is simply the second pride of the Lin family besides the grandson. She can be entered into the family tree. As for the son...
Apart from some credit for that shot, what else do you have? Nothing but bullshit! If you can't get your wife back, then you don't need to enter the family tree! There is no one like you in the Lin family!
After 7 p.m., the family group had followed the bus to the MCI Center early. The players had also packed up and boarded the bus, except for Payton.
"Where's the boss?" Lin Dong asked in the car.
"It seems that the afternoon has passed. The boss said that he should go over and make some preparations first."
"Haha, can't you be nervous? It's rare for the boss to be nervous sometimes..."
"Aren't you nervous? Where is G7?"
"Haha, there is nothing to be nervous about, we will definitely win..." Iguodala said while shaking his legs.
Sakuragi Hanamichi rolled his eyes at him: "Why are you shaking in the car if you're not nervous? You're already shaking."
"It's obviously you who's shaking!"
"I didn't say I wasn't nervous."
While several young people were bickering to relieve the pressure, Lin Dong and McMillan looked at each other.
Are you going to prepare in the afternoon? what to prepare?
The rest of the team didn't know, but the two of them knew.
Payton is going to close down.
G6's heroic performance in regaining form was based on his sealing.
This guy is really going all out. He is willing to risk his entire career for this last victory!
Frankly speaking, Lin Dong and McMillan didn't quite agree with him doing this. It took a lot of effort for his knee to recover, but the intensity from G1 to G5 almost caused him to explode again, so that he fell into disrepair in G5.
In G6, he relied on a shot of closure to force himself back into shape, which saved the team, but if he gets another shot in G7...
But, can you stop him?
McMillan knows that.
It is said that Jordan will give everything for this G7, but will Payton pay less than him? That guy might even be willing to risk his own life, let alone just one leg!
Now, no one can stop him from taking that shot, just as no one can stop that guy from having the desire to win hidden in his bones.
"Lin!" McMillan patted Lin Dong's shoulder with a smile on his face: "We must win!"
Lin Dong took a deep breath and laughed: "Let's go!"
The tie-break begins tomorrow