Chapter 796: We Are Stable!

As soon as the Seattle SuperSonics' top eight position in the playoffs was threatened, the public opinion in the United States was that Yes was going to fall, Yes was finally unable to lead, and the Seattle SuperSonics were finally going to fall.

Such public opinion only appeared before the start of the season in the previous season, and after the season, such voices completely disappeared.

Like this season, such public opinion appears at every turn, which can be traced back to Yes's rookie season two seasons ago.

The Seattle SuperSonics of that season, like the Seattle SuperSonics of this season, have been hovering in the eighth position in the West.

Such hype routines of the American media are effective, with sensational headlines and stimulating content. Isn't this able to stimulate the nerves of a large number of coconut powders?

It is precisely because of the good effect that these media and reporters like to play such routines.

This is the media and fans. To be honest, every time I see such routines, Yes is a little annoyed.

Because these media scare his fans from time to time, it's okay.

Fans like tension and excitement, and maybe they are really willing to be scared by such routines of these media.

But his teammates were also affected emotionally, which made Yesi a little dissatisfied.

Now the gap between the Supersonics and the Rockets is indeed one less game. As long as they lose to the Nuggets, the Supersonics will indeed be overtaken by the Rockets from the ninth position.

But, they also need to lose to the Nuggets first!

In the game between the Seattle Supersonics and the Nuggets, when he doesn't want to lose, will the Seattle Supersonics lose to the Nuggets?

Of course not!

It's just that as long as he wants, the Supersonics can't lose to the Nuggets. Only he knows that his teammates don't know.

Whether his teammates are affected by the media and public opinion or not, they are indeed a little nervous now.

Looking at these nervous teammates, Yesi has no way to tell them directly, don't worry, play against the Nuggets, take it easy!

Not to mention that he can't say that, even if he says that, I'm afraid his teammates will be more nervous.

So, now the Supersonics seem to be really dangerous, but in fact, there is no danger at all. Yesi can only hold it in his heart, and can only watch the whole world go in the opposite direction of what he thinks in his heart.

He really didn't want to slap his face, but these people always stick their faces out.

Looking at the 88 touch locked by the talent of "I am stubborn", Yes sighed slightly.

The talent of "I am stubborn" that can save the touch once a month has been refreshed a week ago and can be used again, but this week Yes's touch is not very good.

His touch is not really top-notch recently. Tonight, his touch is good. There was a period of time when the touch was over 80, and Yes saved it quickly.

He can also use this talent to save those touches over 90, but that is really too difficult. I am afraid that it can only be refreshed to a certain time point in a month.

Kobe's talent of saving the touch at ordinary times is very strong, but the more practical way to use it is not so picky. Try to use it once a month, and don't use it once every few months for a perfect touch. Of course, the method of use is not absolute, but depends on temporary needs.

For Yes, in this game with the Nuggets, of course, he doesn't need to use the saved touch.

With the Seattle SuperSonics losing to the Grizzlies, the previously peaceful public opinion about the SuperSonics suddenly became a little nervous.

"If Yes and the SuperSonics fell out of the top eight in the West before the All-Star Game,

he would definitely be laughed at by other All-Star players when he went to the All-Star Game, right?"

"Hahahaha, not only Yes will be teased and laughed at by other superstars, I'm afraid the other two All-Star players of the SuperSonics will also be ridiculed. The Rockets fell out of the playoffs, even Roy was not selected, and the Seattle SuperSonics fell out of the playoffs and there were three more. This is simply setting a target for themselves, hahahahaha!"

Now many people are watching the excitement, and many people are also worried, although they have watched the excitement several times before and worried several times.

But this time, it seems to be once again exaggerated by the media across the United States.

It is so real that even the Nuggets themselves believe that this time, they really should win!

The game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Denver Nuggets was on February 4th. On February 3rd, Yes once again received the Western Conference Player of the Month award announced by the league.

Last month, Yes led the Seattle Supersonics to a nine-game winning streak. Although not as crazy as December, the performance of 43 points in a single month is still incredible.

If it weren't for the outstanding performance of O'Neal and Kobe this season, and the fact that the Supersonics' ranking has not improved, Yes would have been far ahead in the MVP rankings, instead of being entangled with O'Neal and Kobe like now.

Yes won the Western Conference Player of the Month award last month, but such an award did not ease the tense atmosphere within the Supersonics team at all.

Even the team's head coach, Nelson, was particularly serious in preparing for the game during training.

Preparing for the game against the Nuggets was a very painful thing for Nelson.

After watching the last game against the Nuggets, old Nelson really didn't understand how the Sonics won the last game!

Not only did the Sonics win the last game, but they also beat the Nuggets in three quarters!

Yes's success rate against Billups and Hamilton is higher than Anthony's against Ibaka, and much higher!

How can he analyze this?

There is no way to analyze it!

It's like two teams fighting, and suddenly a meteor shower fell from the sky, directly destroying the other team!

Last time they won for this reason, so this time, can the team still hope to win for this reason?

Next time the meteor shower comes, can we expect it to happen again?

Let's not talk about whether the Nuggets will let Billups or Hamilton defend Yes alone in this game, so that Yes and Anthony can score points in the game.

Even if the Nuggets really want to, old Nelson can't expect the same thing to happen again in the last game.

To be honest, as long as Ibaka is not taken down from the starting lineup, facing Anthony, the current No. 1 small forward in the league, the Sonics' hope of winning is very slim.

Even if Ibaka is greatly disturbed by Milicic, Millsap, Gasol and others, he can still play Ibaka with super high efficiency.

The last game was like that. Anthony praised Millsap after the game, but Millsap was not the reason why the two sides won the last time. The reason why the Supersonics won the last time was that Yes scored higher than Anthony and was more efficient than Anthony!

You know how the team won the last time, but you just can't copy it. Is there anything more painful than this?

"We have no reason to lose this game again!"

"Cameron, we need a victory in this game, a victory to pull Yes down from the altar!"

In the Nuggets locker room before the game, George Karl's voice was very excited.

The expressions on the faces of the Nuggets players were very high.

This game really can't miss the opportunity again!

Although the group of little guys in the Nuggets pitted a big reversal after 3-0 last season, which made them lose their reputation in the end.

Both Billups and Hamilton felt that it was impossible to come back from a 3-0 comeback and take revenge. Now the only way to take revenge was to pull Yes down from the altar that had never fallen from the playoffs!

An ordinary victory could not help them regain their lost reputation.

Especially Billups, he was more eager to win this game.

He and Hamilton were both badly screwed by the Nuggets guys in the Nuggets, but compared to Hamilton, he was screwed by James and his group in the US team!

Double humiliation, double loss of reputation!

"We must win this game!"

Billups' gnashing voice surprised even Anthony.

Billups and Hamilton are really useful veterans of the two teams!

Strength, experience, fighting spirit, they are all top-notch!

It's a pity that these two people are always planning to retire.

It seems that they were screwed in the Nuggets.

He and the team's head coach George Karl both felt sorry for the two players who wanted to retire at any time.

Last summer, we worked on these two players and let them stay.

This summer, we probably need to work on these two players again.

To be honest, isn't it great for everyone to work hard together in the Nuggets, defeat Yes together, and stand on the NBA championship podium together?

Losing is not terrible, the important thing is to win the last game!

Yes and Garfield's five tigers won the whole year, and in the end they lost one game to him, and they lost everything!

Regardless of what happened this summer, today we will defeat Yes and the Supersonics and let Hamilton and Billups see confidence.

On February 4, 2009, there are two strong matches in the West today. One is the Nuggets, the third in the West, away to challenge the Supersonics, the eighth in the West, and the other is the Grizzlies, the fifth in the West, challenging the Rockets, the ninth in the West. '

The game between the Supersonics and the Nuggets is in front, and the game between the Rockets and the Grizzlies is in the back.

In the locker rooms of the Rockets and Grizzlies at the Toyota Center, Yao Ming, Roy and Rockets players, Oden Carter and Grizzlies players were all paying attention to the game between the Supersonics and the Nuggets.

For the Grizzlies, the victory or defeat of the game between the Supersonics and the Nuggets is irrelevant. As long as the Grizzlies cannot get the first place in the Southwest Division this season, any ranking is meaningless.

The Southwest Division is too strong. This season, the Spurs, Mavericks and Grizzlies are competing for the first place. The first place in the Southwest Division can be ranked in the top three and can play against the bottom three teams in the West.

But the second and third places in the Southwest Division can only be the fourth and the fifth in the West in the playoffs, playing against each other.

The top three teams in the Southwest Division are three of the four strongest teams in the West this year. It is naturally the most tragic to play against each other in the first round.

Therefore, whether it is the Grizzlies, the Spurs or the Mavericks, they all want to grab the first place in the Southwest Division.

The current records of the three teams are also very close.

Although the game between the Supersonics and the Nuggets has nothing to do with the Grizzlies' ranking, this game that may shatter the myth of Yes's always being in the playoffs can still attract the attention of all players in the entire league.

Of course, others are looking forward to the show, but Oden is worried.

There are many people who like the master, but Oden also knows that there are many people who don't like the master.

Even if there are no black spots in the master's entire career, if you don't like it, you just don't like it. It's hard to expect everyone to respect the master as much as he does.

it's out of the question.

"Chauncy, this may be our last chance!"

When Hamilton and the Nuggets players boarded the court amid boos from the Key Arena, the look on his face was that of a death-defying expression!

Last chance!

Although the look on Billups's face was not as decisive as Hamilton's, he also knew that Hamilton's words were correct.

This game is indeed their last chance.

The reason why Yes is facing such a predicament this season is entirely because of the need to train Ibaka.

When Ibaka's training ends this season and Durant returns, who can pull Yes out of the playoffs?

Can they?

Even in this season, the Nuggets and SuperSonics will have games in the future, but the future games between the Nuggets and SuperSonics are likely to be ordinary regular season games, not like this game, which can make Yes come down from the altar. Contest!

He and Hamilton want revenge, and they can only take revenge in this game!

Maybe this is the only chance for revenge in my entire career!

Thinking back on the brilliance of my career...

Thinking back on all the great opponents along the way in my career...

In their careers, they have walked through thorns and flowers, and finally reached the top of glory.

Their opponents along the way have defeated Carter, defeated Tracy McGrady, defeated Iverson and defeated Kobe James!

It can be said that along the way, countless superstars and supermen have fallen at their feet!

But!

Look, that SuperSonics No. 9 player came on stage to the cheers of all the fans!

Yes!

It was a nightmare that seemed to hang over them forever and was impossible to break!

"As long as I can beat Yes in this game, I, Richard Hamilton, will retire immediately!"

"Now, the last remaining dream of my career is to beat Yes in this game!"

After Billups and Hamilton, good teammates, glanced at each other, the only expressions on their faces were that they would give everything in this game to win.

No matter how hard these little guys from the Nuggets try to trick them, they will definitely win this game even if it costs them their lives!

It's vulgar to say that you were glorious in the past.

But both Billups and Hamilton saw in their eyes the determination and fearlessness they had when they faced the Lakers, who had invincible pre-game public opinion in the 2004 Finals!

"Fight!"

"Really worked hard!"

Both Billups and Hamilton want to give it their all in this game.

Seeing the looks in Billups and Hamilton's eyes that wanted to fight for everything in this game, Kobe Bryant in front of the TV was a little worried about Yes.

These two people are really ferocious when they fight to the death!

He is still a little frightened now.

Compared to the Rockets, who are eighth in the Western Conference, as the first team in the Western Conference, he certainly hopes that the SuperSonics can be the eighth team in the Western Conference!

Kobe was worried about Leafs and the Sonics, while the Rockets players and coaches in front of the TV were shouting for the Nuggets in their hearts.

Are Billups and Hamilton going to fight?

This is really great!

They really worked hard, really beat the Sonics, and they went up!

only……

When the game starts...

Looking at the live footage on TV, the expressions on the faces of the Rockets players in the entire Rockets locker room changed from slightly surprised at the beginning to surprised at the end of the game, with their mouths open enough to put a few eggs in!

"How can this be?!"

"The Nuggets actually lost..."

As a head coach, Adelman has studied the game between the SuperSonics and the Nuggets. Normally, the Nuggets have more than 80% chance of winning!

This is 80% out of respect for Yes.

In fact, he couldn't figure out how the Sonics could win against the Nuggets with Ibaka as the starter!

The Sonics took Ibaka to beat the Nuggets, and it was a real four-on-six!

If the Nuggets are an ordinary team, the Sonics can rely on Yes' super ability to play four-on-six. The key is the Nuggets!

The Nuggets have the No. 1 small forward in the NBA, and they just happen to be the Nuggets who can deal with Anthony, who Ibaka is best at!

Although he said that the SuperSonics' probability of losing is 80%, in fact, Adelman believes even more that the SuperSonics' probability of losing is 99%!

But!

Watching the final score on TV.

121 to 110!

In the end, the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Nuggets at home by 10 points!

Not only did they win by ten points, but the Nuggets had no chance the entire game.

In his impression of this game, the Nuggets should have never taken the lead in this game, right?

Facing Ibaka's single defense, Anthony performed very well in this game, making 18 of 31 shots. He once again scored 50 points in a single game.

Between Milicic and Millsap, Gasol is getting better and better at protecting Ibaka. Now, there aren't that many NBA players who can easily score 40 or 50 points in front of Ibaka. .

And Anthony is undoubtedly the outstanding one in the group.

But even with such an almost perfect performance, Anthony did not ultimately lead the Nuggets to win!

because!

This game has a more perfect player!

20 of 29 shots, 58 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists!

"The meteor shower really fell twice..."

Looking at Yes on the court, who put his right hand next to his ear and listened to the cheers of the fans, old Nelson muttered in horror.

Assistant coach Malik Ross on the side was a little confused.

What meteor shower, what twice?

The result of the game between the Supersonics and the Nuggets, which attracted worldwide attention, shocked many people.

"Yes scored a lot this season, close to an average of 50 points per game, but even so, Yes's performance on the court was quite restrained."

"Yes rarely attacks when double-teamed. This time, facing the double-team of Billups and Hamilton, the two most tacit combinations of perimeter defense in NBA history, Yes showed the world his ability to attack after being double-teamed!"

"We know Yes has such ability, but it is hard to imagine that Yes's ability to break double-teams can be so strong!"

Now Barkley is crazy.

Kenny Smith unexpectedly felt that Barkley's madness was not exaggerated.

Any player who can play with this efficiency against the double team of Billups and Hamilton, which is higher than Anthony's efficiency against Ibaka, can get any praise for this person!

Hamilton and Billups really wanted to give everything in this game.

But in the end, they didn't even have the chance to fight for everything!

The loss of the game against the Nuggets shocked both of them!

What a good opportunity for revenge!

But in the end, they missed it again...

Looking at Yes, who seemed to be cheered by the whole world, Billups and Hamilton had the urge to cry.

Damn, why is it so difficult to take revenge!

Now they really understand why Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace, the two most explosive players in the team, lost their desire for revenge in front of Yes.

"Yes, congratulations, you have once again led the team to avoid a huge crisis..."

"Crisis? I have never thought that my teammates and I have been in any crisis before."

"..."

In the post-match press conference, reporters used to ask questions, and Yes was silent for a long time before he could say something, but this time...

Yes actually answered the questions quickly? !

"My teammates and I trust each other and help each other. We are working hard to make each other stronger and to make the whole team look better. We have never been in a crisis, never. Everything about us is excellent. We are now on the right path."

"We are really stable!"

Yes not only learned to answer the questions quickly, but also said so much at once!

That is...

That is why Yes ran away after saying that? !

Looking at Yes's back as he left, the reporters at the scene were stunned and instantly exploded on the spot.

The next day, the whole United States was filled with Yes's words at the post-match press conference.

"My team has never encountered a crisis?"

"Yes actually said that everything is going well for his team?"

"Doesn't he know that even if they win the game against the Nuggets, they are still threatened by the Rockets?"

"The Rockets defeated the Grizzlies on the same day!"

"As long as the Supersonics lose one more game, the Rockets can still directly rank eighth in the West!"

In the Heat's locker room, many Heat players talked about what Yes said at the press conference last night without any scruples.

Listening to the discussion of their teammates, James and Wade frowned.

Yes's remarks were unwise. Now as long as Yes falls out of the top eight, his responses are all arrogant and have no black spots.

"Yes's crisis has not been resolved..."

"Yeah."

After Wade finished speaking, James nodded.

The Supersonics still have four games before the All-Stars, and three of them are against teams with a winning rate of more than 50%.

But...

On February 6, the Seattle SuperSonics beat the Trail Blazers 112-103 at home, and then on February 7, the SuperSonics beat the Trail Blazers 106-92 in Portland.

"Yes really pinned the Rockets, who are now winning 12 games in a row, to ninth place in the West, and they can't make any progress?!"

In the Heat's locker room, Wade and James turned their eyes away from the TV and looked at each other in shock.

Is Yes right? The SuperSonics are actually very stable? !

How is this possible? !