Chapter 624 The Final Victory! ?

May 25, 2008, Eastern Washington University’s training facility.

Rockets coach Adelman looks at the banners hanging around Eastern Washington University that read, "Celebrate the Houston Rockets winning the 2008 World Championship!" ’ slogan frowned a little.

After the second game between the Rockets and the SuperSonics, the whole world was optimistic about him and his Rockets.

There has been a lot of talk like this lately around him and his Rockets.

The 2008 NBA championship is of course what he wants most.

He was drafted by the San Diego Rockets in the seventh round in 1968. This year marks the 40th year since he joined the NBA!

In his forty-year NBA career, whether as a player or as a head coach, he has never been able to win an NBA championship.

As one of the oldest people in the NBA, he himself does not deny that this has become one of his worries.

He longs to win a championship!

He has also been extremely close to the championship!

When he was with the Kings, he always felt that he should have become the championship.

But in the end, someone stole the championship from him.

The king's experience made him understand many, many things.

Let him know that there are always many surprises in this world.

Even if your team is stronger than your opponent and performs better than your opponent, you still can't resist your opponent. In overtime, you scored 12 points, 8 of which were free throws. Your opponent didn't commit a single foul, and you didn't get a single free throw but had 6 fouls.

Even if you are about to touch the championship trophy, you still can't withstand your opponent's 27 free throws in the fourth quarter and your own 16 fouls.

There are too many surprises in this world.

There are so many that people feel that they are hard to guard against.

He didn't like such surprises.

He also hated such accidents.

If possible, he wanted to nip all these accidents in the cradle.

And coming to the Rockets this season to replace Van Gundy Jr. is an opportunity that can kill all surprises.

He got the team he always dreamed of.

In his playing career and his coaching career, he has never seen such a strong team.

Finally, he could kill all those damn accidents in the cradle.

Finally, he could use his upright strength to nip all conspiracies in the cradle.

Finally, even the most disgusting accident and the most disgusting human factors could not take away his championship from his hands!

Adelman reluctantly suppressed the surging mood in his heart.

Although I don’t really like those people at Eastern Washington University who hate Washington University and hate Yes putting up signs like this.

But I have to say that these slogans are indeed enough to shake people's hearts.

After all, this is the championship!

Whether it is him or the players under him, everyone is full of desire for that trophy.

eager!

Deep desire!

However, we still have to wait before we can touch and truly hold this trophy.

This time, he will be patient and use the most unparalleled patience in history to welcome this championship!

According to his personality in the past, when faced with a schedule like this year's regional finals due to the Olympics, he would choose a quick victory.

A quick victory not only gives you a chance, but also gives your opponent a chance. At the same time, it also gives you the chance for certain accidents to occur.

This time, he won't make any mistakes again!

He doesn't like this schedule, but he enjoys the process!

Never in his basketball career has he looked forward to the next game so much.

May 25, 2008, night, Seattle Key Arena.

Amid deafening cheers from all Seattle fans, the third game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Houston Rockets is about to begin.

"I never thought that one day I would come back here in this capacity..."

"What I didn't expect was that at this time, the fans in Seattle would still give you such huge applause and cheers."

"yes……"

Roy nodded with emotion.

The eternal son of Seattle...

This is really a cheer that makes people feel mixed emotions.

Roy was moved by the cheers from the Seattle fans.

But at the same time, he needs to be ready to eliminate Seattle's favorite Son of God in Seattle...

According to the way the Rockets have steadily eliminated the Lakers and Thunder, if the Rockets eliminate the SuperSonics in Game 6, then it happens to be at the SuperSonics' home court.

Of course, the Rockets eliminated the Thunder and Lakers in six games, which does not mean that the Rockets eliminated the SuperSonics in six games.

The six-game series with the Rockets was won by Kobe and the Lakers players, Paul and the Thunder players with their own craziness.

If Ye and the Sonics players are not that strong to win, then the Rockets would not mind eliminating the Sonics in five games.

If possible, Roy certainly hopes to eliminate the Sonics in five games.

At the very least, he won't have to bear too much psychological burden by eliminating the Sonics and Leafs in Houston.

Although these psychological burdens will not affect his pursuit of victory.

but……

After enjoying the cheers from the SuperSonics fans at the scene, Roy quickly felt the emotional changes of the SuperSonics fans at the scene.

Because it's the turn of the Sonics players to come on stage.

The son of Seattle who truly belongs to Seattle forever will also appear!

"Here we invite the champion from Illinois, NBA three-point champion, Quentin Richardson of DePaul University!"

Um? !

Just when Roy was ready to listen to the on-site DJ cheering for the SuperSonics starting players, the first SuperSonics player to appear immediately gave Roy a dream.

Not Durant? !

Not to mention Roy, the other Rockets players next to him, the media reporters on the sidelines, and the Seattle SuperSonics fans in the stands were all stunned.

After a moment of stunned silence, there was an uproar.

"Durant had physical problems in the last game. Durant didn't play in this game. Could it be because he was injured?!"

"Injured? No way?!"

"If he wasn't injured, why didn't he play in such an important game? And Durant was not among the SuperSonics substitutes who came out first!"

"Will Durant's playing order be changed?"

Soon, those who speculated whether Durant's playing order had been changed gave up such speculation.

Because all the SuperSonics players still didn't see Durant after Yees made his final appearance.

"Durant lasted two games, but he can't hold on anymore?!"

For a time, the atmosphere of the entire Key Arena changed dramatically.

On the other side of this time, in the Seattle SuperSonics locker room, Durant was lying on the physiotherapy bed, looking at the scene from the Key Arena on the TV in front of him with bright eyes.

"KD, I hope you can take a break in the next game."

Ignoring the changes in the strength of the team doctor's massage techniques behind him, Durant clenched his hands tightly into fists.

He wants to play!

He doesn't want to waste any chance of victory!

But he knew that his presence in this game would have no effect.

Thinking of this, Durant closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, at KeyArena.

Because Durant didn't play, the entire arena was in an uproar.

There is no way, Durant is not the Durant he used to be.

The whole world knows that Durant is now the most important helper around Yes.

Although the suspense of this series is gone, if Durant is really injured, Yes may lose all dignity in the end.

Both Paul and Kobe can last six games, but Yes can't last six games, right?

More importantly, even if Durant is injured, what kind of injury is it?

Will it affect career?

Yes finally found a reliable second-in-command. In order to train this second-in-command, Yes wasted a year of his own time and that of the entire team. If something really went wrong, Yes would definitely cry, right?

Even if Yes doesn’t cry, Coconut Pink will cry!

As the head coach of the SuperSonics at the center of the whirlpool, Nelson did not show any emotional change in the face of the uproarous audience.

"Mr. Nelson, I hope KD can rest in the next game."

This is a requirement of Yes.

Yes gave up the chance to win every game.

Yes chose to work hard to win a game!

Yes gave up the opportunity of 3 to 1 Rockets, and Yes finally chose to hold off with the Rockets for as long as possible!

Nelson didn't know why Yes was stalling for time in this series with the Rockets, but he knew that he couldn't refuse Yes' request.

Let KD rest?

Although I can't change anything about this game, and although I don't know what your specific plans are, I can still give you some other gifts!

Thinking of this, Old Nelson showed a rare smile on his face.

Feeling the smile on Nelson's face next to him, Scott Brooks, the assistant coach of the Sonics, was a little surprised.

I haven’t seen such a smile on Mr. Nelson’s face for a long time!

Since the start of this series with the Rockets, I have never seen him again!

"I don't like surprises!"

But in the end an accident happened!

This made Adelman very uncomfortable.

Was Durant injured?

This is not important.

Regardless of Durant's presence or absence, it has zero tactical impact on the Rockets.

The point is, what he hates is this unexpected feeling.

Even if such an accident had no impact on the final result, he didn't like this feeling.

The feeling that it was beyond his control.

"Is this your conspiracy?"

Adelman looked to the side, and the smiling fat face was just right in his eyes.

It was indeed a deliberate conspiracy!

Even if I know that my plot is in vain, do you still want to make me feel uncomfortable?

It's really your style!

Thinking of this, Adelman's inner turmoil finally calmed down, and facial paralysis returned to his face again.

"Without Durant in this game, Yes will be very difficult to play, and the Rockets will be even more frantic to trade the physical strength of five members of their team for the physical strength of one Yes player!"

With Durant, the Rockets still need to face the pressure of losing. Even if they press Yes, they won't be too unscrupulous.

But without Durant and without the pressure of losing, the Rockets still have to catch Yes to attack every time they attack? !

Barkley feels really uncomfortable now.

He really didn't expect that Durant would be so important to Yes one day.

only……

Just when Barkley was worried that the Rockets would catch Yes in this game, the Sonics' offense, which successfully jumped the ball for the first time in this game, stunned Barkley and the entire arena!

"Lon, Rondo is attacking Roy?!"

"After Milicic succeeded in jumping the ball, Rondo did not hand the ball to Yes, but directly attacked it himself?!"

Seeing Rondo kill Roy, even Ye Si was stunned.

The smile on Old Nelson's face became even brighter.

"No, it's not a gift from me, it's a gift from us!"

"Although our gift has no meaning to the outcome of this game, I hope it can really be useful to your plan!"

For the SuperSonics fans at the scene, the third game against the Rockets was undoubtedly an incredible game.

Rondo attacks Roy!

Quentin Richardson attacks Tracy McGrady!

Millsap stormed Gerald Wallace!

Milicic attacks Yao Ming!

It's not tentative. When everyone attacks, they want to die together with their opponents.

He doesn't care about the result of this strong attack, he only cares about how much damage this strong attack has caused to his opponent.

"This is the sacrifice hit in baseball!"

"Now Adelman and the Rockets are feeling uncomfortable!"

"This guy Old Nelson?!"

Phil Jackson has been paying attention to this series between the Rockets and SuperSonics.

The Sonics player looked like he was going crazy watching this game. He was really shocked and stood the whole time.

And Durant in the Rockets locker room, looking at his crazy teammates on TV, clenched his fists tighter.

"Incredible play!"

Kenny Smith is wowing!

I am more than impressed by Nelson's incredible arrangement.

He also admired the Sonics players' singles ability.

Rondo, Quentin Richardson, Millsap, Milicic, not to mention their singles success rate, each of them has the ability to beat the Rockets' strong defensive players in isolation!

If these Sonics players are not strong enough in singles and make mistakes every time they play in singles, it will be impossible to consume Rockets players!

"The three-thousand-kilometer journey was originally thought to be the encirclement and suppression of Yes by my group of people, but I didn't expect..."

"Coach Nelson is so awesome. If the team doesn't want to play singles, it depends on whether the Rockets continue to suppress Yes!"

Kenny Smith was looking forward to Adelman's response, and in the end Adelman's response was still strong and did not surprise him at all!

"Adelman is still frantically suppressing Yes!"

"This game is too taxing on the players of both teams!"

When the game ended, watching the final score of 76 to 68, all the viewers in front of the TV were shocked.

At the moment the game ended, Ye Si was also shocked.

Looking at the panting teammates, Ye Si's hands were trembling slightly.

you……

On May 27, 2008, in the fourth game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Rockets, Durant made a strong comeback after missing one game. He made 16 of 34 shots in a single game and scored 40+ points again, helping the SuperSonics to a 103-95 victory at home. Defeating the Rockets, the big score between the two teams ended up being 2-2!

"Yes, this is the victory you want!"

We stayed!

“Hopefully this isn’t our last win of the season!”

Looking at the excited Sonics players on the court, Nelson nodded secretly in his heart.