Chapter 1,171 The Pinnacle Battle for Personal Honor, Unbelievable and Unbelievable!
If there are two teams in the NBA that have the best relationship, there is no doubt that everyone would say it is the SuperSonics and the Warriors.
Nelson, the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, is the former head coach of the Warriors. He coached with the Warriors for seven years and is one of the most popular coaches in Golden State.
The head coach of the Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr, was born at the University of Washington and is a direct descendant of Seattle. As Nelson is getting older, Kerr has always been the next coach of the Supersonics for major betting companies. The No. 1 favorite for coaching.
In addition, Beasley, the boss of the Warriors, and Durant, the second son of the SuperSonics, are childhood sweethearts. Curry, the second son of the Warriors, is the apprentice of Jaycee, the boss of the Seattle SuperSonics, and the big brother of the Warriors. Yao Ming is the idol of Seattle SuperSonics boss Jaycee and a teammate of the national team.
Also, Klay Thompson, the third player of the Warriors, and James Harden of the SuperSonics have carried a gun together and have a close relationship as brothers.
For example, Ray Allen, another big brother of the Warriors, is the former boss of the Sonics, and a very special former boss. Even now, Seattle still remembers the goodness of Ray Allen.
This is not to mention the relationship between seniors like Curry and Leonard, and seniors like Eric Bledsoe and Rondo at the same university.
The Seattle SuperSonics are the hottest team in the league this season, while the Golden State Warriors have been the hottest team in the league for the past three years.
One is the biggest devil this season, and the other is one of the three brave men this season.
When two teams like this collide together, you can imagine how excited and excited the public opinion outside is, and how crazy the expectations for this game are.
According to the warm-up and surveys of this game by TNT and many American television organizations, this game may set a new high in regular season ratings this season.
Although the opening game between the Cavaliers and SuperSonics was also crazy, the ratings were also high.
But it was the Seattle SuperSonics' first game of the season, Leafs' return game.
There were still many spectators who did not come back to that game.
After Ye Si and the Sonics continued to go crazy, these talents caught up with the trends around the world and returned to the team again.
The attention on the Seattle SuperSonics is much greater now than in the first game at the beginning of the season.
The game between the SuperSonics and the Warriors is definitely one of the most important games in the Seattle SuperSonics regular season this season.
However, unlike the outside world's expectations for this game, before the game started, the harmonious relationship between the two sides really did not have the slightest tension when the war came.
The players from the two teams were arm-in-arm, chatting and laughing, making it seem like this was just an ordinary regular season game.
There isn’t even a plot between the Demon King and the Hero.
So let alone the ordinary viewers in front of the TV, even David Stern, who came to the scene, looked slightly surprised when he saw the players' faces constantly appearing on the big screen.
The players of the two teams are really quite relaxed now!
but……
The players from these two teams are really star-studded!
When he saw the players being scanned one by one on the big screen and listened to the on-site DJ's introduction to the players who had been scanned, David Stern was secretly speechless.
"This game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Golden State Warriors will be a contest destined to be recorded in the history of the NBA. Because of this game, for the first time in NBA history, six players The most popular regular season MVPs compete on the same field, Leafs, Durant, Rondo, Curry, Beasley, Yao Ming, Kenny. In your memory, there have been six games in one game in NBA history. Peak regular season MVP?"
"No."
The atmosphere at Oracle Arena was not very violent, but it was still very lively.
Kenny Smith, after being asked this question by Barkley,
He shook his head without any hesitation.
Six regular season MVPs in one game!
The lineups of both sides are simply incredible!
The 2008 regular season MVPs were Ye Si and Yao Ming.
The regular season MVPs in 2009 were Leafs, Kobe Bryant, and O'Neal.
The regular season MVPs in 2010 were Leafs, Durant, and Rondo.
The 2011 regular season MVP was Yao Ming.
The 2012 regular season MVP was Beasley.
The 2013 regular season MVP was Curry.
In the past six years, there have been a total of eight regular season MVPs in the NBA. Except for Kobe and O'Neal, six of them appeared in this game.
It can even be said that this game has all the NBA regular season MVPs in the past six years!
Moreover, Yao Ming, Durant, Rondo, Leafs, Beasley, and Curry are more than just six regular season MVPs.
Ye Si is also a three-time FMVP!
Durant is a two-time FMVP!
Yao Ming, Beasley and Rondo are 1st FMVP!
Except for Curry, the other five MVPs are all MVP+FMVP honorary grand slams, and they are all ranked in the top 20 in NBA history!
"Five of the top 20 players in NBA history appear in one game!"
According to the latest ESPN historical status rankings, Yes is number one in NBA history, Yao Ming is 11th, Durant is 13th, Beasley is 18th, and Rondo is 19th.
Although except for Ye Si, the other four people are relatively behind the top twenty.
Even if it's further behind, it's still in the top 20 in NBA history!
Although it is only ranked by ESPN, ESPN's ranking is still very convincing, because of these five players, Yes has won MVP+FMVP in the same year three times, and Rondo, Beasley and Durant have all won MVP+ in the same year. FMVP, although Yao Ming did not have MVP+FMVP in the same year, he had 2 MVP+1 FMVP.
This is a hard honor to be in the top twenty!
Because of such a solid honor foundation, even if Rondo has been so bad in the past three years, ESPN does not dare to take Rondo out of the top 20 in history.
A player who has won the MVP + FMVP + scoring title in the same year plus the league's triple-double title in the regular season and playoffs, and is the core of the Triple Crown. With such an honor, no matter how bad you are, there is no way you can beat him to the end.
Just like Popovich, no matter how old and demented he is, there is no way to remove him from the top ten greatest coaches in NBA history. There is no way to erase the hard honor of leading the Spurs to three championships. Go.
Therefore, this game between the SuperSonics and the Warriors is truly the coach's top personal honor in NBA history.
All players in this game combined have a total of 9 MVPs and 8 FMVPs!
"If you look at individual honors, this game is the pinnacle of NBA history!"
Even Kenny Smith has to admit that.
Perhaps in his mind, the SuperSonics and Cavaliers are the strongest rivalries in NBA history.
But the strongest competition for honor is undoubtedly the Sonics and the Warriors.
After all, the Cavaliers only have one FMVP in James.
James' historical status is now only 20th, one place lower than Rondo, who plays as a substitute for the Seattle SuperSonics.
Of course, a peak matchup of personal honors like the SuperSonics and Warriors may never be found again in the history of the NBA. But can these two opponents play a peak game with the same personal honors? ?
Kenny Smith is still very doubtful about this.
Of course, the warm-up has ended at this time, and all the Warriors and SuperSonics players who are on the court certainly don't care that commentators from various countries around the world are introducing the honors they currently carry.
To be honest, except for Yao Ming, the oldest of the other six players is Rondo, who is only a little over 27 years old.
There was no time to consider its historical status.
For them, the opponent in this game is more important than these honorary positions.
For example, Beasley was looking at Durant the whole time.
For example, at this time, Yao Ming looked at Ye Si with a smile on his face.
And Curry, of course, is staring at Leonard.
As for Klay Thompson, he is naturally staring at his "brother" James Harden.
As for Antetokounmpo and Dream Green, the two of them were looking at the bastard versus the mung bean.
Well, the place where the two people looked at each other was still in the middle circle.
Although Yao Ming is the starting center of the Golden State Warriors, Yao Ming's jump ball level is...
In order to prevent the team from being hit by counterattacks and fast breaks, and also to save Yao Ming's face, Cole no longer uses Yao Ming to jump the ball.
The current jump ball representing the Warriors is Dream Green, the shortest jump ball player in the NBA.
I have to say that Cole is still very good at playing.
Of course, although Green is a little shorter, he is very flexible, and his reaction and bounce speed are also acceptable, so his jump ball performance is not bad, not as bad as expected.
And in addition, he also likes to use some small movements when jumping the ball, so the power is even more powerful.
This time facing Antetokounmpo's jump ball, Chasing Dreams used his 'angry eyes' to make Antetokounmpo 'shy' and 'afraid', thus making Antetokounmpo fall into a 'petrified' state. Effect.
What makes Chai Meng a little embarrassed is that when faced with his "angry eyes", he, a junior at the University of Washington, is not "shy" or "afraid" and certainly not "petrified", but keeps grinning. The two rows of white teeth full of youthfulness made Zhui Meng dizzy.
The plan failed, and Dream Green could only use his own strength to be beaten by Antetokounmpo. The Seattle SuperSonics won the first wave of the game.
The Warriors were not surprised that Chasing Dream's jump ball failed, and the speed of returning to defense was quite astonishing.
As a jump ball, after the jump ball, Dream Green even stayed in place as a defender and started to defend on the spot, just like the Seattle SuperSonics' five small tactics.
"The Golden State Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics have a lot in common!"
"Whether it's this kind of in-situ defense after jumping the ball or the obsession with one-on-one defense of perimeter players, the Golden State Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics are almost exactly the same!"
As two small teams in the league, the SuperSonics have been plundering for so long this season, and the Warriors have been plundering for so long with their fifth-tier team last season. Naturally, many people will now compare the Sonics and the Warriors. Similarities and differences.
The most similar point is that both teams are obsessed with one-on-one defense on the perimeter.
Whether facing Kobe, Anthony or James, as long as these people are on the outside, they will never double-team.
No double-teaming by anyone.
Even if Kobe breaks his regular season and playoff scoring records against them, he will never double-team!
At this point, the Warriors and Sonics are very similar.
And this is one of the reasons why James, Anthony or Kobe can always produce such amazing statistics when facing the Warriors.
But this time, after the Warriors failed to jump the ball, Dream Green defended on the spot, and the player he was about to face was Ye Si, who was now holding the ball!
Seeing Green clapped his hands, he stood alone in the middle circle. No one from the other Warriors players wanted to help defend. Everyone followed the previous defensive arrangement to find other Sonics players or go. The basket protects the inside. Many viewers in front of the TV who have not watched the Warriors game will be quite surprised by the Warriors' defensive method.
"Forget it if the Warriors don't plan to double-team Yes. They don't even plan to delay. Are they really prepared to let Dream Chasing and Yes go one-on-one?!"
This really makes many NBA viewers who returned this season find it incredible.
Chai Meng still has a great reputation. After they returned and watched the NBA again, they also knew that Chai Meng was the Defensive Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons.
"Does Chai Meng really have the ability to defend Yes one-on-one?!"
"Is this best defensive player really better than Bowen?!"
Seeing the confidence of Dream Chasers and Warriors, many people in front of the TV were filled with expectations.
Especially Chai Meng's current defensive posture, not to mention it's really impressive.
Although the 1.98-meter-tall Dream Chasing doesn't look much taller than Yes, his physique is quite broad, and Yes is definitely still one of the skinniest players in the entire NBA.
Everyone knows that Ye Si's power is great, but his body is very small. The fact that such a small body can contain so much power has always been considered a miracle by many people.
Therefore, although Dream Chaser Green doesn't look much taller than Ye Si, he opens his hands and strides, and his broad physique really makes people feel like an eagle catching a chicken.
Seeing Ye Si getting closer and closer to him, Dream Chaser Green now had a very excited expression on his face.
After jumping the ball, he directly defended on the spot. He was not given out by the team and Cole as cannon fodder!
Yes is very strong!
In this world, no one can defend Yes one-on-one!
Yes is now a legend in the NBA and a legend in the basketball world!
As a student at the University of Washington, he knows even more what this legend means.
Even when he, Curry, and Clay were in Washington for several years and learned the five-small tactics, they were still recruited as apprentices by Yes. It was not Master Romar who taught them, but Yes who taught them!
It can be said that although the relationship between them and Yes is not a master-disciple relationship like Curry, it can still be regarded as a half-master relationship.
In the past, in their minds, Ye Si was really a god-like existence!
Now, when their strength has become strong enough, respect is of course still very respected.
But in pursuit of dreams, I still want to challenge the God in my heart!
Even if you are defeated by the god in your own mind, it doesn't matter.
only!
"No one can beat me easily now, not Kobe, not James, not Anthony, not even Yes!"
Dream Green's defensive momentum can be felt even through the TV screen.
Looking at Green's current posture on TV, James' face darkened.
In this year's finals, this kid kept clamoring for LeBron James to face him head-on.
In this year's finals, when the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers, this kid was the most dissatisfied.
This made James dislike it very much.
But one thing he had to admit was that this kid's defense was really strong.
The best defensive player in the NBA over the past two years.
This is not because the Warriors' defense is good and the opponents score less. In fact, the Warriors' opponents actually score a lot.
Green's two best defensive players are not due to the Warriors' overall defense, but his personal strength.
Green can be said to be the player with the widest defensive coverage and the best defense in the league.
He can defend from position 1 to position 5, and it is not a fake one to five, but a real one to five. He can defend alone or assist, and he can defend against powerful players. He is fast and proficient in cutting and blocking shots.
If Green still has many shortcomings on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, he is almost flawless.
No matter whether it is outside players or inside players in the entire league, not only James, but also Kobe, McGrady, and even Oden are unwilling to hit him or face him head-on.
Because this guy's defense is too comprehensive.
No matter whether you play with technique, speed, strength or any other method, it is basically ineffective against him.
In the end, you can only get entangled with him.
Neither he nor Kobe or Anthony are willing to get entangled with such a person.
"Yes did not intend to pass the ball, nor did he intend to call a screen!"
James' eyes were twinkling.
"Yes, I'm afraid that in the past three years, I didn't know how difficult this guy's defense was, and he was actually preparing to face Green!"
When he saw Ye Si not calling a screen or preparing to pass the ball, but preparing to pursue his dream head-on, Cole, who was sitting on the bench on the sidelines, let out a sigh.
At this time, the pursuit of dreams on the court became even more exciting.
After Ye Si passed the middle circle, he howled and rushed towards Ye Si.
"Whether it's a breakthrough or a dry pull, it's impossible!"
and!
"You still have no way to retreat!"
The moment Yes crossed the half court, his defense arrived. This was carefully calculated by him!
He was facing Yes, the god in his heart, and he would not underestimate his opponent in the slightest. Yes and LeBron James were completely different opponents!
"not good!"
So seeing Dream Chaser jumping so well at Yes, the Sonics players on the field and Barkley on the sidelines were a little bit unhappy.
"Master, you won't be as happy as me as soon as you get here, right?"
Even Curry, who is always happy on the court, his eyes lit up.
Chasing dreams has compressed the master’s space to the extreme!
The master has no way to escape!
Crotch! Crotch! Crotch! Crotch!
Bad luck!
Change direction! Change direction!
While the whole world was stunned, Dream Chaser Green, who was just in front of Ye Si, staggered to Ye Si's right side.
At this moment, Ye Si had already collected the ball on the spot and jumped up high.
"How can this be?!"
The expression on Green's face, which turned around and flew into the air, was no longer excited but dull!
Such a slow shot, such a leisurely shot, he was deceived so far by Yes's incredible dribbling but there was nothing he could do!
Yes didn't move, but he flew away on his own!
Such a small space, such a small space!
Dream Chaser Green felt as if his head was exploding at this moment, and even now he couldn't figure out how he was deceived into flying!
Not touched!
The basketball thrown by Ye Si passed the fingertips of Dream Green.
At this moment, the Oracle Center, which was noisy just now, is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.
It’s not just Oracle Center.
All the spectators watching this game, including Irving in New York, at this moment Kyrie Irving not only stared in shock, but even had his hands on the TV.
As a ball-handling master who has always been extremely confident in his own control of the ball, he is actually the same as the ordinary spectators. At this moment, all he can think about is Ye Si's series of incredible dribblings!
A swipe!
The crisp sound of basketball swiping the net brought the silent world back from disbelief.
Three points from the center circle!
The audience who was pulled back from the unbelievable world entered another unbelievable world...