Chapter 876 Let You Know What True Cruelty Is!

"Congratulations to the Seattle SuperSonics for a perfect victory at AmericanAirlines Arena."

"What do you have to say about the loss in this game? The Seattle SuperSonics are the defending champions of the NBA, but now I find that many people regard a team like this that just performed the greatest miracle in basketball history in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The defending champion team seems to have been eliminated from the playoffs. Those who believe that the Mavericks will definitely stand out from this round of playoffs must not be true NBA fans. For a team like the Mavericks, Isn’t it normal for a team that didn’t make it to the playoffs last season to lose one game to the defending champion?”

At the post-game press conference, Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle said with a livid face.

After losing such a frustrating game, of course he would not really speak for the Sonics. Facing these menacing reporters, he just wanted to relieve the pressure on the current Mavericks.

Although there are many players in the Mavericks who experienced the humiliation of the Black Eight, it is the players' responsibility to bear the burden. As the head coach, this is his responsibility and job.

"The performance of a specific player? Kevin Durant? I generally don't evaluate the performance of individual players of the opponent, except for Yes, but you may be right. Kevin Durant's performance in this game may be more eye-catching than Yes. , this game is the 47th time in the playoffs that Yes has scored 30+ points in a row? I know, this achievement is very, very incredible. In the history of basketball and the history of the NBA, there has never been a player so outstanding. At the age of 22, he reached 2,000 points in the playoffs. For a third-year player, his total points in the playoffs have reached the playoff points of many superstars in their entire careers. This is scary, but Yes, these greats In my opinion, the terrifying achievement is not as magical as Kevin Durant. Maybe Durant is the first player I have ever seen who can get free throw opportunities so easily. I am afraid I will never see a player who is better than him in the future. The porcelain is still delicate and fragile.”

The game is over, and Rick Carlisle is still obsessed with Durant.

From this we can also see how deep the Mavericks' resentment towards Durant is.

No kidding, after the game, not one, not two, not three, not even four, five, six, seven Mavericks players wanted to block Durant, if not for Kwame Brown and Nowitzki Blocking, on the court, in front of hundreds of millions of TV viewers, there may really be an all-out showdown.

The Mavericks lost very, very unwillingly.

Everyone can see this.

The audience in front of the television.

The on-site audience, on-site reporters, on-site commentators, everyone could see it clearly.

So Durant's magical performances in this game really became the biggest focus of the game.

This game was Ye's 47th consecutive playoff game in which he scored more than 30 points. At the same time, in this game, Yez also became the youngest player in NBA playoff history to score 2,000 points.

It can be said that this game is a very, very big milestone for Yes. At the age of less than 22, the total score in the playoffs has exceeded 50, which is much higher than his regular season ranking.

However, even Yez, even such a milestone, cannot resist what Durant did to the Mavericks and Kwame Brown in this game.

Durant's big comeback didn't happen this season.

Last season, Durant invented the giant loop.

But Durant didn't use it in important games at all last season.

Harden has also learned to use large loops this season, but Harden is only a substitute player.

There is simply no key role and key influence at such a critical moment in a crucial game.

From a rules perspective, the giant loop invented by Durant is really commendable. Durant used his physical advantage to easily commit fouls, which is allowed by the rules.

Isn't Kevin Martin's method of drawing fouls just to use his thin body to stagger against the opponent and make it look like the opponent committed a foul?

Kevin Martin can use his thin body to gain sympathy.

There is no problem with Durant using his long arms, and it is much more normal and moral than Kevin Martin's method of gaining sympathy.

This is based on rules and principles.

From a visual point of view, Durant's foul-drawing action is really eye-catching.

It's too easy for you to get two free throws with such a flick. Kevin Martin looked like he was swaying because of the two free throws, as if he was hollowed out and about to fall apart. This free throw was also a blessing. Even though it's shameless, I accept it.

But Durant is hard to accept. His efforts and gains are simply not proportional, as if he is cheating!

It is precisely for this reason that Durant's big loop had such a big impact after the game.

For many players, coaches and even professional referees, the controversy surrounding Durant's loophole is so huge that it's incredible.

Some people feel that Durant's foul-making skills are more legal and reasonable than the body hair whistles and sympathy whistles in the league.

On the other side, the evaluation of Durant is really completely different.

"Durant is a thief. He stole the Mavericks' victory and the conscience of the world!"

Public opinion outside the United States is very, very crazy right now.

However, such madness does not affect the emotions of the Sonics and Durant.

For the Sonics and Durant, the current public opinion controversy is not important, not to mention it is just a controversy, even if it is the scorn of the whole world, Durant does not matter.

In the second game against the Mavericks, Durant's touch was still average, making 5 of 15 shots, but he made 11 free throws, 11 of 11 free throws, 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 6 turnovers.

This data is actually relatively average.

Especially compared to the Durant in the Rockets series last season, the Durant in this game is still a terrible Durant.

But apart from the statistics, those who watched the game, especially those who watched Durant nearly drive Kwame Brown to collapse, would not think that Durant’s performance was worthy of all the praise he received after the game. praise.

It can be said that the SuperSonics won a very valuable away victory in this game because of Durant.

There is a saying in the NBA.

The real NBA playoffs start with a home team defeat.

After the Seattle SuperSonics and Dallas Mavericks tied the score 1-1, it can be said that the playoffs between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks have truly begun.

In the NBA playoffs, any team that loses its home game will not dare to retain its strength in the following games and must go all out.

In the first two games between the Mavericks and the SuperSonics, did the Mavericks retain their strength?

Nelson didn't know.

The only thing Nelson knows is that the Mavericks can definitely do better!

This may be an illusion.

Nelson always felt that the Mavericks had other methods, but these methods were interrupted by Durant's "shameless" behavior in the eyes of the Mavericks. They could only accept failure. .

Therefore, in the second stop, in the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Dallas Mavericks, although the SuperSonics won, the look on Nelson's face became more solemn.

Durant's big swing shined in the second game. To be honest, Nelson didn't expect it before the game.

This battle was an unexpected victory.

It is very, very difficult to turn this unexpected victory into a universal one.

As long as Durant still beats Kwame Brown out of foul danger like this game, the transformation from accident to routine can be considered complete.

But obviously, it is almost impossible for Durant to fight Kwame Brown's foul crisis in the next game.

Kwame Brown has become more and more accustomed to Durant's foul-making in this game.

The price Durant pays for a foul on Kwame Brown will also become larger and larger.

If Kwame Brown's fouls don't create a foul crisis, then Durant's sacrifices and those of the Sonics are meaningless.

The biggest disadvantage was that Durant fouled Kwame Brown 5 times, but Kwame Brown never had a foul crisis and played more than 40 minutes in the game.

Nelson is not a troubled person.

I'm lucky, but I'll lose my life. Durant's big swing won't be that useful against Kwame Brown and the Mavericks in the future.

This is a pity, but in the worst case, we will have to find a way to defeat the Mavericks again!

On May 8, 2009, the Seattle SuperSonics returned home after two away games against the Dallas Mavericks.

With a valuable away victory, and Yess once again holding the MVP trophy, he returned to the Key Arena, so when Yes came out of the tunnel holding his MVP trophy, the entire Key Arena rang. to deafening cheers.

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

In the Key Arena, the slogan "MVP!" rarely appears, but when it does, it will definitely shock the world!

"The entire Seattle and KeyArena fans are going crazy for Yes!"

"The second regular season MVP of his career, it only took three years to defend the regular season MVP trophy. Yes deserves any cheers from Sonics fans!"

"However, I personally feel that Yes is still not the protagonist in this game!"

"There is no doubt that the protagonist of this game will be Durant again!"

Everyone can see the madness of Seattle fans, but in the past two days, the world's public opinion that the Mavericks will make Durant pay in this game has attracted the attention of the world.

"This game will be very, very uncomfortable for Durant!"

Barkley was really worried about Durant.

It is true that it is not just the media around the world and the United States who are just watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously. They are hyping up public opinion like this.

More importantly, those Mavericks players really said that when they were interviewed by reporters and media!

Kwame Brown: "If KD commits four more fouls on me in this game, I will retire immediately and become a driver!"

Afflalo: "In the next game, I want KD to know what it means to do to others what they don't want others to do to you, and I will let him enjoy what he lets others enjoy!"

Nowitzki: "I don't want to say that KD pissed off a lot of people, but in fact, he did make a lot of people unhappy. All I can say is, we won't screw up in the next game. What will happen if we screw up? Kwame and I have discussed that he will become a truck driver when he retires, and I will become a tractor driver when I retire.”

There are so many words like this in the past two days.

So, even before the game between the Supersonics and the Mavericks started, many people called on the Supersonics not to play Durant in this game.

Durant is not in a very good state now.

This is a fact.

Although in the last game, Durant used his alternative skills to help the Supersonics win.

But such a victory cannot be replicated!

In the case that Durant cannot commit fouls like that, it is better to play Ibaka than Durant!

Maybe Ibaka suddenly got it and is not so jumpy on the defensive end?

Such suggestions are still somewhat reasonable.

Anyone who sees the Mavericks' sharp edge must avoid it!

But when the third game between the Supersonics and the Mavericks, when the starting lineups of both sides were released.

The reporters and the audience in front of the TV opened their eyes wide, looking like they were going to watch a good show.

And the coconut powder and Supersonics fans at the scene were really worried.

Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Yes, Rondo...

Kwame Brown, Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Afflalo, Monta Ellis...

This is the starting lineup of the two teams in this game.

Neither the winning Supersonics nor the losing Mavericks changed their starting lineup.

Obviously, the winning Supersonics are very satisfied with their starting lineup and tactics.

The losing Mavericks are also satisfied with the lineup and tactics.

"Letting Durant start in this game, not only old Nelson needs courage, Durant also needs great courage!"

Almost as soon as Kenny Smith finished speaking, the core guard of the Mavericks, Afflalo, switched positions on the offensive end, replaced Durant in front of himself, and killed Durant directly, and made a mid-range shot in front of Durant!

"In this game, I want to let you know what is truly cruel!"

Afflalo's first attack made the Supersonics fans who were shouting MVP crazily at the scene a little suffocated.

The worry about Durant is even greater.

What made the Sonics fans at the scene even more suffocated and worried was that.

After being hit by Afflalo at the beginning, Durant, who was destined to be targeted by the Mavericks in this game, actually...

"Durant actually used a single attack on Afflalo to respond to Afflalo's targeting?!"

Seeing this scene on the court, many people were really shocked.

And what was even more shocking was the way Durant used a single attack on Afflalo!

That familiar back-to-the-basket...

That familiar turn...

That familiar move from bottom to top after holding the ball with both hands...

Looking at Durant in the air who seemed to be electrocuted because of touching his armpit, Afflalo opened his mouth wide...

"In this game, I want to let you know what real cruelty is!"

What is real cruelty!

It is real cruelty!

Real cruelty!

Cruel!

The lingering sound...

As if it was right in front of him...