Chapter 358 ‘This Is a Legendary Game! ’
**Vicci was shocked by Bowen's defense and very satisfied with Bowen's defense.
In the NBA, when players attack and defend, the defensive players are always the weak side.
No matter how well the defensive players defend, the offensive players will still have a chance to get lucky in the end.
Unless the defensive player can prevent the offensive player from even having a chance to take a shot.
It's possible with other people, but now it's Yes!
With Yes's strength, no defensive player in the world can do this.
The defensive Yes has no chance to make a move. Are you kidding me?
The God of Basketball!
No one in NBA history can do this.
It can be said that Bowen's defense against Yes just now has reached the extreme.
Even if Pippen, Jordan, and Payton came back to face Yes at their peak, it would be nothing more than that!
With such a defense, even if Yes can score, he won't worry.
How much does it cost for Yes to score such an attack?
Even if Yes is the most powerful physical maniac in the NBA, he will never be able to withstand such a torment!
Relatively speaking, the Spurs' offensive consumption is much less!
The Spurs' strategy in this game is very simple, just use Duncan to beat Milicic!
The SuperSonics currently only have eleven players who can play in the playoffs.
Among them, the only centers are Milicic and Nick Collison.
Milicic has outstanding talent and comprehensive skills. He is also a first-class or near-first-class center in the current NBA, which is a bit difficult to deal with.
But Nick Collison is different. He is not tall and is not fast enough to help defend. His biggest advantage is that his skills are relatively comprehensive and he can grab rebounds.
Characteristics like Nick Collison's are very useful against teams that don't have good rebound protection and don't have a routine to attack and don't need to help with defense.
Facing the Spurs, it was basically just a show.
SuperSonics player roster,
Naturally, there cannot be only two centers.
In addition to Milicic and Collison there are Robert Swift and Reeve LaFrentz.
However, Robert Swift and Reeve LaFrentz are still lying in hospital beds.
These two have been at odds for a season.
Swift has a torn ACL and there's nothing that can be done about it.
LaFrentz's injury was not as serious as Swift's, but he was much more unlucky than Swift.
Swift spent a season lying on the hospital bed, and LaFrentz spent a season lying on the operating table.
This season, LaFrentz has undergone major surgeries on his left and right knees and left and right shoulders.
Not to mention playing on the court, LaFrentz's knees can't bear it if he stands for a little longer.
Now LaFrentz has started his second career in the real estate market.
Can you imagine that a center who was a shot-blocking champion now can only lie in a hospital bed and sit in a wheelchair and care about the real estate market instead of basketball every day?
The center position is really difficult for the Sonics this season.
**Vitch was quite shocked after studying the SuperSonics' lineup this season.
How did this Super Sonic get to where it is now?
It would be a miracle for the Sonics to make it all the way to the Western Conference semifinals and come in front of them!
But no matter what, the current situation of the SuperSonics is very beneficial to the Spurs.
Dampier, the Mavericks' second center in the Western Conference, does not have the strength to seize the Sonics' weakness and cannot attack Milicic.
But, the Spurs do!
As long as Milicic is in trouble, the Sonics won't even have a usable center when facing the Spurs!
In this series, the Spurs' strategy is very simple, which is to consume Milicic.
It doesn't matter whether it is to consume Milicic's physical strength or take the opportunity to beat Milicic into a foul crisis.
Of course, because the executor is Duncan, and Duncan has incredible playing ability that even he finds incredible, he will not interfere with what Duncan wants to do during the game.
"Coach Nelson really saw my intention!"
"Use Yes to defend the Spurs' ball-handlers and minimize the chance of Milicic facing Parker and the Spurs perimeter."
This is indeed a good idea.
It can leave all Milicic's precious fouls to Tim.
However, this consumes too much of Yes!
On the offensive end, he faced Bowen's ultimate defense, and on the defensive end, he had to protect Milicic from being killed by the Spurs from the outside.
The SuperSonics really gave everything to Yes.
Yes is indeed very strong, but how long can he last?
Tony Parker wanted to beat Milicic.
It is Spurs' strategy to consume Milicic.
Unfortunately for Parker, the defensive player in front of him was not the shameful point guard Rondo he really wanted to teach him.
Standing in front of him is Yes!
Yes's defense is really strong!
His speed is considered top-notch in the NBA.
In addition, the rhythm and changes are also good. If he really wants to break through a player, it will not be that difficult.
But facing Yes, a rookie who was several years younger than him, he could hardly find any breakthrough opportunities.
Although he can be stronger, the price he pays is too high.
What you give is completely out of proportion to what you get.
After Parker calmly searched for an opportunity for a while, he finally couldn't find any gap and handed the ball to Duncan who came to cover him.
Duncan hit the board from 45 degrees in the mid-range.
This is Duncan's signature mid-range shot.
Duncan was very decisive and patient in the mid-range, and was not in a hurry to kill Milicic.
2 to 2!
After Duncan hit the mid-range shot, the SuperSonics and Spurs returned to the same starting line again.
But judging from the way the two teams played in the first round.
Scoring looks incredibly difficult for the Sonics.
The Spurs can be described as relaxed and freehand.
"This game is going to be tough for the Sonics!"
"SuperSonics' defense against the Spurs was too conservative!"
Kenny Smith is not criticizing Seattle.
The Sonics' defense is very conservative, and there is no way around it.
The only center the Sonics can play against the Spurs is Milicic.
Nick Collison is a very good backup rotation, but letting him start in place of Milicic would be a disaster for the Sonics!
Nick Collison doesn’t have Milicic’s help defense ability.
Nick Collison doesn't have Milicic's one-on-one ability.
More importantly, Nick Collison does not have Milicic's offensive restraint!
Can you imagine how much defensive pressure Yes will encounter if both Yes and Nick Collison start on the court at the same time?
Nick Collison, who has no restraint and cannot play the blame-shifting system, will be the one who directly kills the Sonics!
Faced with this situation, the Sonics can only use Milicic conservatively.
In this game, and even in this series, Milicic's time on the court is more important than his defense against Duncan!
Milicic must ensure that he can stand on the court with Yes!
Duncan will not face a lot of defensive pressure against Milicic in this series.
As long as Duncan doesn't take the initiative to kill Milicic at the basket and Duncan shoots from mid-range, the Sonics seem to be letting it go!
Duncan's mid-range shooting percentage exceeded 45% during the regular season this season.
In the playoffs, facing the Jazz, Duncan's mid-range shooting percentage exceeded 49.5%, not counting long-range two-pointers and close-range two-pointers!
This was done in the face of the Jazz's extremely defensive intensity.
In the tiebreaker between the Spurs and Jazz, why did the Jazz allow Duncan to score 21 points in the fourth quarter?
Why did the Jazz foul Duncan four times in the fourth quarter, not Duncan's opponent Boozer but center Okur?
The reason is that Boozer's height is too short for Duncan, and Duncan's mid-range is too accurate.
With 6 of 9 mid-range shots in a single quarter, the Jazz could only defend Okur. Okur moved slowly, and being deceived by Duncan would be a foul.
It's really magical to say that the Jazz, who were leading by 6 points in the first three quarters, were stunned by Duncan's mid-range.
After the Spurs' final sprint of the regular season, Duncan's condition has been fully stimulated.
Duncan now gives the Spurs a lot of options.
It is okay to kill Milicic, but it is also okay not to kill Milicic, but to use Milicic's conservativeness on the court to score crazy points.
Milicic's defense had to be conservative.
The conservative Milicic is like an ATM when facing Duncan who is now in great form!
Milicic was Duncan's ATM in this game.
Bowen is not a Yes ATM!
Look at Bowen's defense against Yes now.
Look at Milicic's defense against Duncan again!
The Spurs fans at the scene are now cheering for Bowen!
Spurs fans are now cheering Bowen louder than Duncan just scored two goals!
"The offense and defense between Yes and Bowen are so exciting!"
"The intensity of the two's offense and defense in this game was beyond imagination!"
Looking at Yes running past him, Parker was sweating on his forehead!
Just when Yes ran past him, he used two emergency starts and stops plus a fake run!
Who can guard against this damn thing? !
Parker, who always thought he was a gentleman, was ready to curse!
Parker wasn't the only one who was dazzled by what he saw now.
Michael Finley on the court, Ginobili and Brent Barry off the court were equally shocked and thankful!
“Has Yes’s artistic off-ball movement become so powerful?!”
"Is this still a move without the ball?!"
"Yes's off-the-ball movement this time is even more terrifying than the last time!"
"Every move Yes makes on the court is without any unnecessary elements!"
"This is the combination of ultimate talent and ultimate experience!"
"But! Bowen can actually prevent such a move without the ball!"
The Spurs perimeter players, both on and off the court, are now grateful that the Spurs have Bowen.
If there is no Bowen, who will be assigned the defensive task?
Defense Yes? !
This mission is too scary, okay!
Respect!
Now Spurs players really only have respect for Bowen!
"Bruce! Bruce! Bruce! Bruce!"
Listen to the cheers of the Spurs fans at the scene.
Sitting in the commentary box on the sidelines, Barkley and Kenny Smith, who were stunned by the offense and defense of Yees and Bowen, looked at each other.
The Spurs fans at the scene were actually cheering for Bowen like this? !
You know, not even Duncan just now received such cheers!
Duncan just scored a goal and scored two points.
As for Bowen, he just got two points from Yes!
Judging from the results, Duncan is the winner and Bowen is the loser!
But now, Spurs fans cheer the losers more loudly than the winners.
This shows how powerful Bowen's defense is on the court!
This is powerful beyond success or failure!
"Almost 24 seconds!"
"Bowen pushed Yes to push the Sonics' offense to 24 seconds!"
Barkley and Kenny Smith have called a lot of Seattle games this season.
They have never seen a player who can push Yes and the Sonics to such an extent on the defensive end!
"Bruce!"
"Bruce!"
"Bruce!"
The less time the Sonics have to attack, the louder the Spurs fans cheer!
If you just look at this game, some people who don't watch the NBA will think that Bowen is the boss of the Spurs when they watch this game for the first time!
Can Bruce succeed on defense this time? !
Defend Yes and SuperSonics to 24 seconds!
This was only the second round of this game, and **Vicci had already stood up from his seat and came to the sidelines excitedly.
Bruce gave him a big surprise in this game!
"I will make zero defensive mistakes in this series!"
Thinking about what Bowen had promised him in his office before, and thinking about the stubborn, arrogant, and cold expression on Bowen's face before, it made **Vicci feel for the first time that the man who was always there for him on the court Bowen, who does the most humble things, is so tall!
**Vicci even feels like tears are filling her eyes now!
A 36-year-old veteran can actually burst out with such potential on the court!
What a fairy tale!
The whole world knows that Yes is the fairy tale of the NBA, always able to stage fairy tales that are impossible and can only appear in fairy tales.
Now Vicki wants to shout loudly to the world: Bruce Bowen is a fairy tale belonging to the Spurs!
The potential and strength that Bruce unleashed in this game can only be described as a fairy tale!
24 seconds!
24 seconds!
It’s almost 24 seconds!
**Vicci never thought that he would be as excited as the fans for an offensive and defensive round!
"Yes took the shot with 24 seconds left in the game!"
I saw Yes pulling it out forcefully when there was no more space.
**The regret in Vicky's heart flashed, there was still no 24 seconds!
Still gave Yes the chance to bet on destiny!
If Bruce really prevents Yes from even having a chance to bet on fate, then Bruce will be the god of defense!
but!
With Bruce's defensive intensity just now, Yes's chance of winning destiny this time is almost zero!
This ball is impossible to hit!
**Vicci is very confident!
This is the confidence that Bruce's fairy tale brought him!
This is also the confidence that the facts he saw with his eyes gave him!
Let's hit the iron!
When the basketball flew to the blue frame and started to fall from top to bottom, **Vicci almost roared in his heart!
A swipe!
Two point hit!
**Vicci, who was standing on the sidelines, was instantly suffocated!
Those who were instantly suffocated were the Spurs fans on the sidelines and the Spurs players on and off the court.
Can this be entered? !
"Unbelievable!"
"Incredible offense and defense!"
The entire AT&T Center was eerily quiet the moment the basketball passed through the net!
Barkley, Kenny Smith, commentators from all over the world, reporters were so horrified that they couldn't make any unnecessary noise!
Even old Nelson's eyes are wide open now!
What level of offense and defense is this time? !
This is an offensive and defensive intensity that he has never seen in the NBA for more than 40 years!
This kind of offensive and defensive intensity usually appears on the final winning goal.
But this time, it was just the Sonics' second-round offense!
asphyxia!
Quiet!
silence!
The current silence at AT&T Center even shocked the fans in front of the TV!
When the fans in front of the TV came to their senses, a crazy 'Bruce! ’ and Barkley’s roar!
"Bruce!"
"Bruce!"
"Bruce!"
Bowen looked around with wide eyes, and the Spurs fans stood up and applauded him!
Standing on the sidelines were **Vicci, Ginobili and other Spurs substitute players also applauding him!
Facing Yes's attack, both defenses failed!
But he gained the second highest honor after entering the NBA!
Spurs fans, Spurs players, and Spurs coaches are cheering for him!
Not for Duncan!
Not for Ginobili!
Not for Parker either!
But cheers for him Bruce Bowen!
Jean Bowen's body is already trembling!
This glory, this cheer, this feeling was like the devil whispering in his ears!
Believe me, cooperate with me, support me, you can get everything you want!
Bowen mechanically turned his head and looked firmly at the 'devil' standing in front of him who had just completed his 'extreme' attack under his 'extreme' defense.
"Bruce Bowen looked at Yes again with murderous eyes!"
"Bruce Bowen is provoking Yes!"
"SuperSonics players rushed to Yes!"
"Spurs players rushed Bowen!"
"SuperSonics players and Spurs players are confronting each other!"
Looking at Bowen and Yes facing off on the court under the protection of players from both sides.
Barkley and Kenny Smith are beyond excited right now!
"The smell of gunpowder, the smell of gunpowder is coming!"
"The excitement of this competition is rising!"
"The duel between Yes and Bowen brought this game into the ranks of legend!"
"The Western Conference semifinals battle between the SuperSonics and the Spurs is destined to become a legendary game!"
Take a look at the offensive and defensive duel between Yes and Bowen in this game!
Look at the players on both sides who are full of excitement on the court now!
Look at Yes and Bowen now looking at each other with murderous looks in the opening scene!
This game has all the makings of a legendary game!
"Who would have thought that in this game, no, the protagonists of this series really become Yes and Bowen!"
Incredible!
The audience at the scene and in front of the TV were all watching the miraculous scene happening now in disbelief!
Now **Vicci is really excited!
Now Bruce Bowen is the most perfect defensive player in his mind!
The ability and leadership are simply explosive!
Two great defenses, two great scores.
Bruce should put pressure on Yes at this time!
At this time, Bruce wants to make Yes feel his murderous intention, his evil spirit, and his domineering power!
It would be even better if Bruce could hit his chest twice more at this time!
But that doesn’t matter!
Bruce is now murderous and full of evil spirit, and his domineering eyes have expressed all his pressure and provocation against Yes!
Even if Yes's heart is as solid as a rock, he will still be scared by Bruce!
Didn't you see why the Sonics players were so excited and ran to Yes? !
That was because I was scared by Bruce!
**Vicci is really curious now about what Yes is thinking, whether he is also scared by Bruce!
Bowen: You are playing too much in this game!
Ye Si: You don’t have to play.
Bowen:…
Ye Si:......
Bowen: You are the devil!
Ye Si:......
Bowen: You are the devil! devil! ! devil! ! !
Ye Si: That’s it.
Bowen: I, I, I, finished...
Silent gaze!
Silent confrontation!
The eye-to-eye confrontation between Ye Si and Bowen continued.
The heat on the scene is constantly rising!
SuperSonics players and Spurs players are also clashing!
Pushing and pushing, *** adds up!
Bald Crawford was maintaining order, beeping whistles and giving technical foul gestures.
Damn it!
You bald guy, how dare you give the second master a T!
If I had known I was going to eat T, I would have given this guy Parker a harder blow!
However, it's not bad to be able to punch Parker in the face while taking advantage of the chaos.
Who makes this guy always look at the second master with contemptuous eyes?
The second master is the assist king, who the hell are you!
Dare to despise the second master!
Do you deserve it? !
The conflict between the SuperSonics and the Spurs quickly subsided when Crawford beeped.
But the excitement of the game did not diminish in any way just because the conflict ended.
The Spurs attacked, and Duncan once again got an opportunity to attack, but this time, David Lee's defense was in place, and Duncan passed the ball to Bowen in the corner.
Bowen faced Quentin Richardson's defense and hit a three-pointer!
5 to 4!
When Bowen hit a three-pointer, the fans at the AT&T Center, home of the Spurs, almost reached their climax!
Even when Yees responded to Bowen's extreme defense and hit a three-pointer, leading the score to 7-5 again, the Spurs fans at the scene were still shouting Bowen's name!
"What kind of game was I watching?"
This series between the SuperSonics and the Spurs is the most watched series in the playoffs right now.
Even Jordan, whose own team is already fishing, is paying attention.
In his opinion, what should have been an ordinary playoff-level game has turned into what it is now!
Duncan's influence!
The Spurs' mechanical coordination!
SuperSonics players work together!
These are the highlights of this game!
But if this was the only thing in this game, he would never be as shocked as he is now!
I am so shocked that I am now leaning on the TV with excitement!
The offensive and defensive duel between Yes and Bowen was terrifying!
Jordan believes that his ability to move without the ball is already the best in NBA history.
But if it were Bowen facing this game, his movement without the ball would be simply unwatchable!
too strong!
It's really too strong!
He has never seen such a powerful off-ball defensive player!
But facing such a powerful off-ball defender, Yes actually scored a terrifying 54 points in a single game!
Jordan has always felt that his ability without the ball is similar to Yes.
Now……
The palms of Jordan's hands holding the TV were sweating!
Yes!
He actually saw such a legendary battle!
104 to 103!
**Vicci stared at the score on the live scoreboard with his mouth open.
Lost?
Actually lost this game? !
And it was still killed by Yes!
Yes threw a buzzer beater in front of Bruce, who was extremely defensive.
The extremely restless AT&T Center suddenly fell silent!
The Spurs, who had a smooth offense and invincible defense, actually lost? !
How did we lose?
Nobody knows!
Terrible silence!