Chapter 582: Never Afraid of Being Swept Away!

The playoffs are about to begin, and public opinion across the United States is now "feeling sorry for me" and "the worst first round trip in history."

Whether it is online or in the media, there are voices that are distressed and disparaging of the Sonics.

However, such sounds only appeared outside the Seattle SuperSonics.

Within the team, the Sonics players have a very peaceful mentality.

Most of the SuperSonics team are young players.

But most young people have not experienced everything.

For most of the current Sonics players, this kind of pessimism means nothing.

In last season's playoffs, they were even more underestimated.

Last season they entered the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference and faced the Mavericks, who were ranked first in the Western Conference.

This year, no matter what, they are third in the Western Conference and face the Nuggets, who are sixth in the Western Conference.

Although this season's Nuggets are considered to be stronger than last season's Mavericks.

But this season's SuperSonics are also stronger than last season's SuperSonics.

The SuperSonics are not as strong as the Nuggets, this must be admitted.

But the gap between the two sides is not as big as the SuperSonics and Mavericks last season.

Since the Sonics could beat the Mavericks in the playoffs last season, why can't they beat the Nuggets in the playoffs this season?

What's more, it's not like the Sonics haven't defeated the Nuggets this season.

The last game between the two teams had no reference value. In the three previous games this season, the SuperSonics' record was 2-1!

In these three games, the Sonics won two very difficult games, winning in a decisive manner.

The losing game allowed the Sonics to score 168 points, which can be said to be a 20-point defeat.

However, no matter what, the SuperSonics still had the advantage in the end.

in this case,

SuperSonics players never believe that the gap between their team's strength and the Nuggets' strength has reached the point where 90% of experts think the Nuggets can win.

Of course, the reason why these experts make this judgment is mainly because the Sonics' starting small forward is Kevin Durant.

Anthony has proven in the regular season that when facing Durant, his advantage is indeed extremely huge.

It is basically impossible for the Sonics to solve Anthony's problem. This is why the Sonics are so looked down upon.

After struggling to come out, the whole world saw Anthony's ferocious offensive ability. As long as you can't stop him, you will be attacked crazily by Anthony.

At this point, even a super team like the Suns would be hard-pressed to survive.

Anthony's offensive skills are really rich, and Anthony's physical condition is really good.

Just as Durant was weak against Anthony in the regular season, Durant will be vomited by Anthony in the playoffs.

And Anthony can also use different methods to make Durant vomit in every game.

As for the strength comparison between Anthony and Durant, if it weren't for the fact that the SuperSonics' regular season record comparison with the Nuggets was 3-1, most experts would even put their predictions on this score at 4-1 or It's 4 to 2 or above.

"The reason why we think the Sonics can win 3 games is not because we believe in the strength of the Sonics. We don't believe that Durant can perform well under the torment of Anthony, and we don't believe that with the overall advantage of the Nuggets, , the Sonics have other players who can step up."

"We think the Sonics can win three games, and at most they can win three games. That's because we believe Yes!"

"Yes told me with one miracle after another that his team will not fail easily."

Yes' team will not lose easily, so even if the Sonics face the Rockets and Suns, they are willing to believe that Yes can lead the team to win three games in a series.

Such statements by these media are indeed quite insulting to other Sonics players.

However, no player on the SuperSonics team expressed any objection to the media's statement.

Because that's what it is.

Sonics players themselves think so too.

Their success in the playoffs last year, including being swept by the Mavericks instead of being swept by the Mavericks, and defeating the Spurs instead of being defeated by the Spurs, wasn't it because of Yes?

The reason why they believe that although there is a big gap between themselves and the Nuggets, it is still possible to win, isn't it also because they believe that they have Yes around them?

Since what these media say is true, there is nothing to refute.

Many of them are even willing to admit directly outside that we just have Yes, and we can defeat any opponent that seems impossible to defeat. Just ask whether you are envious, jealous or not!

In the current SuperSonics, except maybe Durant, every player is now confident.

The source of these confidences is naturally the Yes who is believed to be able to bring three wins to a team in a series alone.

And what about Durant?

His current mood is quite uneasy.

The playoffs with the Nuggets was the first time Durant played in the playoffs in his career.

In the first playoff game of his career, the opponent he encountered was Carmelo Anthony, whom he feared the most.

This is indeed quite unfortunate.

What's even more unfortunate is that he is still at a bottleneck period in terms of strength.

It can be hard to say.

His offense has not improved since the last game against the Boston Celtics when he found that his offense had reached a bottleneck.

In the past month or so, with the help of Yes, he has been improving his defense and organization and ball control abilities.

After this month of hard work, his defense and passing organization have improved.

But no matter how much his defense and passing organization improve, it's of no use.

With the defense he has improved now, it is definitely impossible to defend Anthony.

His current improvement in organization and passing will definitely not take long in the playoffs.

In the regular season, Yes will focus on training him. It doesn't matter if he loses a game. He can hold a lot of the ball, organize a lot, make a lot of mistakes, make a lot of irons, and undercover in the game.

But in the playoffs, when losing one game means losing everything, how could Yes give him so many opportunities!

In the playoffs, he will not have the opportunity to hit the ball 30 times in a game, nor will he have the authority to make 10 turnovers in a game. He also does not have the privilege of holding the ball for half of a game.

In the playoffs, the comparison is no longer about his gorgeous statistics.

He averaged 35 points per game in the regular season and took 31.8 shots per game. He is the league's scoring leader and is very likely to become a third-team or even second-team player in the league.

These data and these honors are of no use in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, the competition is about hard power.

In the playoffs, the competition is to use the fewest opportunities to achieve the highest efficiency.

With his offensive ability now reaching a bottleneck, Durant is not sure whether he can achieve the best efficiency in the few opportunities he has.

After this series with the Nuggets, he is likely to become the same data brusher as Randolph of the Lakers.

Isn't it true that a statistician like Randolph just trades opportunities for gorgeous statistics and honors in the regular season?

Durant doesn’t want to be what the world calls a data brush.

Durant also doesn't want to be the target of verbal abuse after the series.

But in his first playoff trip, he didn't have the confidence to put up outstanding numbers against his nemesis Anthony.

He is working very hard now and wants to train hard for 24 hours every day.

He now felt a strong feeling of running out of time.

Although in the SuperSonics, he got more opportunities in one season than other teams in two or even three seasons.

But because he has encountered a bottleneck, his current strength has only grown to the level of his second season at most. His strength in the third season is blocked by a wall that is not sure whether it is wide or narrow.

This feeling of being blocked is uncomfortable.

At the Seattle SuperSonics training facility, almost all Sonics players can feel Durant's current anxiety and discomfort.

Faced with Durant's anxiety and discomfort, some people are full of sympathy, some are full of worry, and some are of course gloating.

"Hmph!"

If you don't have that strength, don't jump. Now you're fine, are you going to be a war criminal? !

Haha, the second master has never been a war criminal in the playoffs!

Rondo looked at the Sonics No. 35 player who was shooting anxiously with disdain.

The second master just hates this coquettish bitch!

The second master will never be confused by this coquettish bitch like Yes and others!

In this series, Yes and the whole world will re-recognize how unreliable this guy is!

"KD needs to be tempered in the playoffs."

Durant's current state is very worrying.

Yes, Ye Si and the team's head coach Nelson certainly see this in their eyes.

Regarding Durant's current anxiety and haste, Yeos and Nelson have said everything they need to say and expressed their opinions.

The reason why Durant has been unable to break through the film that prevents him from taking off is entirely his own fault.

Of course, it would not be accurate to say that it was entirely his own fault.

To be precise, he put too much pressure on himself, and at the same time, the pressure he faced was not big enough.

This sounds awkward to say, but to put it simply, it is what Nelson just said.

KD needs to be tempered in the playoffs.

His tempering and polishing were still not enough.

He needs to get through a playoff failure.

Sometimes you can't jump up, so you can let the other party push you down hard. The harder you push yourself down, the harder you will bounce up.

As long as the force used by the opponent in the end is used properly, he can easily break through the big wall that has been blocking Durant.

Yesi clearly knew what Old Nelson meant when he said this.

Ye Si also knew very clearly what the regret and helplessness that Old Nelson was expressing when he said this was.

Durant's growth needs a huge playoff failure as nourishment for growth.

But the Sonics really have no way to accept such a huge failure from Durant.

Yeas can even be sure that as long as Durant has nothing to do against Anthony in the first two games, Nelson will take action against Durant.

Yes knew very well that Nelson would not let him accept the fate of being swept in the first round.

Durant has now reached a critical period of growth, but the Sonics no longer have any room for Durant to grow.

"Yes, don't worry, no matter what, I won't let your career suffer."

"Your fairy tale must not be allowed to have any stain."

Ye Si looked at the serious old Nelson beside him.

Ye Si could see from Old Nelson's face how serious he was.

Yesi also believes that Nelson will do everything he can to help him.

Ye Si can also feel the persistence in Nelson's voice. Ye Si believes that anyone who stands in the way, whether it is Durant or anyone else, will be eliminated by Nelson without mercy in a short time.

Ye Si was very moved by Nelson's commitment.

but……

"Mr. Nelson, I'm not afraid of being swept."

Am I not afraid of being swept away?

Old Nelson, who was originally prepared to get Ye Si's approval, was a little stunned for a moment when he heard Ye Si's words.

I thought I had heard wrongly.

"My goals require KD's growth. As long as KD can grow, I can pay all the prices I can."

"If KD stops moving forward, even if I don't get swept in the first round, what's the point."

Ye Si looked at Nelson and continued seriously: "For me, this season cannot go to the end. I prefer to leave at the beginning for the sake of the future and leave with my teammates."

"Yes..."

Nelson and Scott Brooks next to him were stunned.

"Y, yes, you, do you know what kind of pressure you will encounter if this kind of loss happens?"

Before Old Nelson could speak out, Scott Brooks on the other side had already spoken out.

Wang Han, who has been following Ye Si's playoff journey with a microphone in his hand, is now sweating.

She knew very well what kind of huge sensation Ye Si's words would cause if they were broadcast domestically or abroad.

"This is the tragedy of the Garfield Five..."

After Old Nelson recovered from his daze, he sighed heavily.

Garfield Fab Five-esque tragedy.

Either we all climb up together, or we all sink together.

This is the basketball philosophy that Yes has always adhered to.

Yes is really different from others.

Old Nelson has met many, many people, and these people have said many, many beautiful things.

But these beautiful words are always not believed by the people who say them.

"Yes, it is the greatest luck in their lives that they can become teammates with you."

"No, I am lucky to be teammates with them."

As serious as ever, as sincere as ever.

Such seriousness and sincerity earned the immense respect of Nelson and Scott Brooks next to him.

"Besides, KD's growth does not conflict with our promotion."

Um? !

Do not conflict?

Are you saying that even if KD is undercover, the Sonics can advance?

How can this be? !

Nelson and Brooks looked at each other and made eye contact.

Yes this is serious!

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