Chapter 744: Wool's Self-Evolution and Powerful Knights!
At 8 o'clock in the morning on November 26, 2008, the Seattle Supersonics' special plane crossed half of the United States from Seattle to Cleveland.
The home game against the Suns just ended yesterday, and the game between the Supersonics and the Suns ended at nearly midnight.
It can be said that after the game with the Suns, the Seattle Supersonics did not take any rest and boarded the special plane to Cleveland directly.
So that when the Supersonics players came out of the airport, everyone's face was written with fatigue that was difficult to hide.
In the NBA regular season, there will be a lot of such difficult games in a season, and there are even many games that are more difficult than this schedule.
It is precisely because the schedule of this game is extremely difficult for the Supersonics that many people are more optimistic about the Cavaliers before the game starts.
The Cavaliers also played a game yesterday, also back-to-back, but it was a back-to-back at home. The concept of back-to-back at home and back-to-back away from flying across half of the United States is completely different.
Yes and the Supersonics will be treated like superstars when they come to many cities in the United States.
From the time when Yes created a storm in the NCAA three years ago to now, the Yes storm in the United States has never stopped.
It can be said that now Yes and his team's away games are still considered a tour of the United States.
Many American fans or spectators pay attention to the NBA just for Yes to visit their city once or twice a season, so that they can also see the excitement up close.
Although the overall environment in the United States is still like this, there are still some cities and places that are different from other places in the United States.
For example, New York and Cleveland.
In cities such as New York, Cleveland or Miami, Yes will not be cheered when he comes here.
Yes and the Sonics players arrived in Cleveland at only eight o'clock in the morning. November 26, 2008 was still Wednesday in the United States. It was so early and it was a working day, but when Yes and the Sonics players came out of the airport, they were awakened by the deafening boos outside the airport.
"Why do I feel like we got even louder boos this time in Cleveland?"
"Didn't they say that after LeBron James left, Cleveland had lost its faith and soul?"
This was not the first time for most of the Seattle SuperSonics players to come to Cleveland.
Most of the Seattle SuperSonics players could imagine what kind of treatment they would receive when they came to Cleveland.
Obviously, this time, the fans in Cleveland were a little beyond their imagination.
I thought that after James left, the fans in Cleveland would not be so hostile to Yes, but unexpectedly, the fans in Cleveland were even more hostile to Yes than before!
"Shaq! Shaq! Shaq!"
In the midst of the deafening boos, Yes listened to O'Neal's cheers mixed in with the boos, and was really surprised for a moment.
Yes felt that he seemed to have changed not only Bowen's fate, but also the fate of the Spurs.
Even...
The fate of O'Neal and the Cavaliers was changed by him...
Cleveland, the city and kingdom that once belonged to LeBron James, is now cheering for their new king O'Neal!
And the cheers were not just from the hundreds or thousands of people outside the airport.
At the Quicken Loans Arena, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, listening to the crazy cheers around the Quicken Loans Arena when O'Neal made his final appearance, Yes and the Seattle Supersonics players were really stunned!
Especially Yes!
Cleveland fans actually gave such love to O'Neal!
You know,
Even though he had been a Cavaliers player for more than 2,000 games and played more than 2,000 finals games with James, he knew very well that even James at that time had never received such love!
"Cleveland fans are using more love for O'Neal to tell James how good they are now!"
"In fact, Cleveland is now better than ever!"
"Shaquille O'Neal is now working hard to bring the first regular season MVP and championship in the history of the Cleveland Cavaliers!"
"Shaquille O'Neal is now on the road to becoming the greatest player in the history of the Cleveland Cavaliers!"
Watching the Cavaliers fans cheering for O'Neal on TV and listening to the cheers from Barkley on TV, James's face is now very ugly.
He hopes that the Cavaliers can win this game. Whether for himself or for the Cavaliers, he hopes that O'Neal and the Cavaliers can win this game.
He has also watched a lot of games between O'Neal and the Cavaliers this season. O'Neal's popularity in the Cavaliers in previous games was also very high, but it was definitely not as popular as Seattle's against Yes!
But what about tonight?
Cleveland fans are showing the world how much they love O'Neal now and how good they are now!
The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Seattle SuperSonics will be the most watched game of the Cavaliers this season, because the opponent is the SuperSonics, because the opponent is Yes!
James is a smart man.
The love that Cleveland fans show for O'Neal now represents how much they hate him in their hearts!
He really didn't expect that his decision would make Cleveland so hostile to him!
Thinking of this, James forced himself to suppress his somewhat explosive mentality.
No matter how much Cleveland fans hate him now, he still supports the Cavaliers and the fat guy in this game!
Even though the fat guy has been cheating him for so long in the Cavaliers and Yes!
According to Dwyane, this fat guy not only cheated him in the Cavaliers, but also cheated Wade in the Heat. Mainly in the game against Yes, this fat guy will join forces with Yes to help Yes pick and roll.
Why is this so?
Wade said he didn't know the reason.
But James felt that he could guess some of the reasons.
In the game, when O'Neal defended Yes alone, O'Neal was really defending!
Almost every defense of O'Neal can be called a master.
Almost every defense of O'Neal can defend Yes to the extreme.
But as long as other people come to help O'Neal, whether it is Wade or him, O'Neal will instantly change from Yes's enemy to Yes's helper!
Why doesn't this fat guy want others to help him?
Obviously, with this fat guy's character, he wants to enjoy the glory and honor alone!
This fat guy has been in the NBA for so many years, and he has almost everything, including championships, personal honors, money, and fame. Now this fat guy wants to be the brightest fat guy.
Anyone who dares to stop him from becoming the brightest fat guy is his enemy!
What wins and losses, what teammates, it doesn't matter to this fat guy, he is so mean now.
Although this fat guy is mean, if he really shows his strength, his strength on both offense and defense is really terrifying.
Now the Cavaliers have no Wade and no James, and the current Cavaliers are the stage for this fat guy alone.
Now this fat guy doesn't have to pit him or Wade, and he can finally use all his strength to defeat Yes, right? !
Looking at the Cavaliers fans cheering for O'Neal, James' hands have been clenched into fists.
He doesn't want to support O'Neal, the guy who pitted him so badly, he really doesn't want to!
"Yes, did you hear that? Are you scared? This is now the territorial waters of the great Shark!"
"..."
Looking at this fat guy showing off in front of him, Yes was a little speechless.
However, listening to the cheers of the Cavaliers fans on the scene, this fat guy does have the capital to show off.
For O'Neal and Bowen, Yes has always been very worried.
He always worried that he was fleecing these two people too hard, and finally wasted the two wools.
But now, these two wools have completed incredible evolution.
Take the Spurs' sheep**Bowen, because of Bowen, the Spurs' head coach Popovich changed his defensive basketball to offensive basketball this season!
In the past two seasons, the Spurs almost lost every time they met the Supersonics. Whether it was Duncan or Ginobili Parker, the Spurs were dragging Bowen down.
No matter how well Bowen defended Yes, the Spurs' offense could not let the Spurs beat the Supersonics.
In order to change this situation, Popovich deliberately changed the Spurs' style from defense to offense for Bowen.
"As long as we have Bowen, our defense will definitely not be bad. If our offense improves, no team can beat us, including Yes!"
"Tim is still the core of the Spurs, and Tim is still the core of the Spurs' offensive and defensive tactics, but the final results of the offensive and defensive tactics with Tim as the core are for Bruce. Bruce and Tim are now our leaders!"
This is Popovich's confident answer during the interview.
Bowen has now made himself a leader on par with Duncan in the Spurs.
Given Bowen's current position in the Spurs, as long as he doesn't dry up the pond to fish, Bowen's wool is basically really stable.
And what about O'Neal?
This wool is more stable in the Cavaliers than Bowen in the Spurs.
In the Spurs, the leaders are Duncan and Bowen, while in the Cavaliers, the core leaders are O'Neal.
In other words, no matter how hard he fleeces O'Neal, O'Neal, the king, can't step down.
Even if the king is an undercover, he is still the king!
"Yes, I always feel that your eyes are very rude. You must be slandering the great Shark in your heart now!"
"..."
"No."
"No way!"
O'Neal smiled and wanted to pat Yes's shoulder hard. After finding that Yes dodged it directly, O'Neal was also quite helpless.
He really likes to sneak attack these superstars, but damn, he has never succeeded when facing Yes, who is invincible in sneak attacks. This kid seems to be very familiar with some of his habitual movements!
However, this also aroused O'Neal's fun.
Cleveland has now become the territorial waters of the Shark. In his own territorial waters, this very playful Shark has a very, very happy time, and the atmosphere of the entire Quick Loans Arena has become very, very warm.
Feeling the very warm atmosphere now, the other Cavaliers players are in a different mood from O'Neal.
As a former SuperSonics player, David Lee is very excited now. He just received last season's championship ring from Yes.
Although he has left the Seattle SuperSonics now, the ring on his hand is still his greatest achievement in life. It is his greatest achievement that distinguishes him from his family and belongs to him personally!
He is still immersed in the fate that was changed by Yes!
The championship ring is already in hand.
The NBA All-Star may also be in hand soon.
Now his 20+11 data is very likely to enter the All-Star in the East!
Who would have thought that he, a white inside player who was once despised by a garbage team like the New York Knicks, could become an important player of the championship team in the NBA and become an All-Star in the future?
It can be said that his life is now close to perfection!
Now his only wish is to prove in this game that he is stronger than Millsap!
In the Supersonics, it was a pity for him to be robbed of the starting position by Millsap and eventually leave. Although he also supports Millsap as the starting player, Millsap is indeed more balanced in offense and defense than him, and helps the team more in the starting position, but Paul is the culprit who made him leave the Supersonics after all.
Although he also supports Paul as the starting player, if he doesn't have the heart to compete with Paul in his heart, it would be self-deception!
In this game, David Lee wants to prove that he doesn't want to prove anything else, but he wants to prove that his strength is stronger than Millsap!
Millsap certainly felt David Lee's excited eyes, and he also understood it easily.
Because this is what he thinks in his heart!
He also wants to prove that he became the starting player of the Supersonics not only because of the balanced offense and defense, but also wants to prove that his current strength is above David Lee!
This game is very important to David Lee and Millsap, and it is equally important to Deron Williams and Danny Gibson.
Deron Williams wants to make Yes regret it!
Daniel Gibson wants to make James regret it!
"I know you must be watching this game!"
The thin No. 1 player of the Cavaliers is forcing his eyes to feel the possible gaze from thousands of miles away.
"You said you would be back soon, but since then, you have never come back..."
The scars and pains of the past have always driven him forward.
"In this game, I will prove to you that even if you don't leave, we can beat Yes and the Supersonics as long as we work hard!"
"In this game, I will make you regret your feelings!"
When Daniel Gibson opened his eyes, the aura emanating from his body even scared Richard Jefferson, who was thinking about whether to steam or braise Ibaka in this game.
"I have never seen Daniel so murderous!"
The game between the Cavaliers and the Supersonics was extremely popular because of O'Neal and Yes, two popular players.
When seeing the starting five of the Cavaliers and the Supersonics all stand on the court, all the commentators in the world are excitedly analyzing this game.
On one side is the strongest offensive starting lineup in history, and on the other side is the player with the strongest personal offensive ability!
The strongest team against the strongest individual, this will definitely be an exciting game!
On the court, Milicic and O'Neal jump ball.
O'Neal is an opponent that Milicic really doesn't like to play. This fat guy is slower now and doesn't jump that high, but this season O'Neal's offensive efficiency is the highest in his career!
As long as he appears under the basket, as long as he gets the basketball, let alone Milicic, even Yao Ming, even Duncan, even the entire league can't find a person who can defend him!
In this year's Olympic finals, the US team was humiliated by the Chinese team by 58 points, but when O'Neal had the physical strength, he beat the combination of Yao Ming + Yes on the offensive end!
Defending Milicic felt that he couldn't defend O'Neal, but jumping the ball, that was really no problem at all.
When Milicic took off, O'Neal was too lazy to jump.
"O'Neal himself said that the only player in the league who can make him jump during a jump ball is Yao Ming."
"I don't know whether Yao Ming should laugh with honor or cry with anger."
Listening to Barkley's teasing on TV, Yao Ming also showed an embarrassed expression on his face.
After losing weight successfully, is his jumping ability really that bad now?
That fat guy just likes to play memes and ruin his reputation!
However, although this fat guy likes to play memes, saying that he will only jump when facing him, he is not a fan or an ordinary audience. How can he not see that O'Neal does not jump in order to save energy.
"Now O'Neal is not only getting fatter, but also more efficient, and his control of physical strength is getting more and more precise!"
O'Neal's current realm on the court is amazing!
Looking at O'Neal on TV, who stood in the middle circle with his hands on his waist and watched Yes kill Deron and Richard Jefferson's defense and complete a layup, Yao Ming sincerely admired him in his heart.
This is not a mockery, this is really admiration!
On the court, O'Neal is the only player who is thick-skinned enough to smile and stand with his hands on his hips while watching his teammates being abused on the defensive end!
Others, no matter how shameless they are, will feel guilty when they stand with their hands on their hips while watching their teammates defend on the court.
Even though his position in offensive tactics was very high, his teammates were willing to not come back when O'Neal was on a fast break, but most people would still pretend to run, but O'Neal really didn't even pretend to do it, and he stood in the midfield with his hands on his hips, feeling at ease.
No!
When Yes completed the layup, O'Neal had already slowly come from the center circle of the Supersonics half to the three-point line of the Supersonics half!
"Yes's fast break is very exciting, it is a perfect combination of speed burst and skills!"
"But!"
"Too fast, Deron Williams' pass is too fast!"
Yes got the first two points for the Seattle Supersonics at the beginning, but looking back, Deron Williams received Richardson's baseline serve, facing Rondo's delay, he directly swung his long arm, and the basketball flew to O'Neal like a precision-guided missile!
"It appeared, Cleveland's 'anti-fast break tactics'!"
Looking at the basketball flying over his head, Yes stopped with a frown.
Very beautiful long pass!
This beautiful long pass caused O'Neal to dunk Millsap after receiving the ball right under Yes's eyes!
"It was too easy, O'Neal's dunk was too easy!"
"Millsap couldn't stop O'Neal's strength at all!"
"Even the Seattle Supersonics need to consider the Cleveland Cavaliers' counter-fast break tactics when they are on a fast break!"
Counter-fast break tactics...
Looking at the 2-2 score on the field, old Nelson frowned a little.
It is certainly not a surprise that the Cavaliers' tactics are so good this season.
The Cavaliers' offensive tactics using O'Neal's offensive deterrence are very successful, but other teams are not fools. O'Neal is very slow and will attack O'Neal crazily.
When the rhythm is brought up, it is really hard to say who will win in the end, but O'Neal will definitely be dragged down.
But the Cavaliers' head coach Mike Brown is also crazy. When the opponent is on a fast break, O'Neal doesn't need to come back. Not only O'Neal doesn't need to come back, but David Lee doesn't need to come back either.
Richard Jefferson, Deron Williams and Daniel Gibson, three players who run very fast, return to defense.
If the opponent's fast break is successful, he will directly send the ball to the baseline quickly, and use Deron's passing ability to find O'Neal directly.
If O'Neal is one-on-one, O'Neal will attack directly. If the opponent is double-teaming, then O'Neal will pass the ball to David Lee to receive.
The Cavaliers' fast-serve baseline ball tactics are extremely efficient.
If the opponent's fast break is not successful, it will be even better. The same tactics will be used, and Deron will also send a long pass to O'Neal.
This is very annoying. O'Neal does not come back, and with David Lee, at least two defensive players are needed behind, or even three, which leads to a two-on-three fast break on his side.
The success rate of fast breaks will decrease as the number of people decreases.
So much so that Deron's success rate of long passes to O'Neal is higher than the success rate of the opponent's fast break!
In this case, O'Neal can save physical strength, and the Cavaliers can also overcome the opponent's pace and drag down O'Neal.
So much so that many teams can only fall into position and play against the Cavaliers after finding that speeding up does not work against the Cavaliers.
When the game between the two sides falls into position, O'Neal's huge body is even more powerful!
On the offensive end, O'Neal is now the biggest killer in the league's positional warfare.
On the defensive end, even if O'Neal's movement is slow, he will occupy two positions when he stands in the penalty area!
It can be said that the major teams in the league are really uncomfortable facing the Cavaliers this season.
And this is why the Cleveland Cavaliers have 11 wins and 3 losses so far!
And this is also the reason why O'Neal can rank first in the MVP list and is considered to be able to lead the Cavaliers to compete for the NBA championship!
Use O'Neal's current invincible one-on-one ability to play the "anti-fast break tactics"! Combined with the almost invincible positional warfare ability, the Cavaliers are now extremely powerful.
Halfway through the first quarter, when the game entered the official timeout, the Cavaliers led by 2 points at home with 20 to 18.
"The rhythm of the game has been completely controlled by the Cavaliers so far!"
In this game, the Supersonics are really going to suffer!
Barkley is very anxious now.
And Mike Brown on the sidelines also frowned.
"Only leading by two points..."