Chapter 996: Astonishing Supersonic Speed!

After the first quarter of the Seattle SuperSonics and Miami Heat, the score between the two sides was very, very close.

The Seattle SuperSonics scored 38 points in the first quarter, while the Miami Heat also scored 38 points.

Throughout the first quarter, the performance of the SuperSonics and Heat was basically not much different from the last time the two teams faced off.

On the scene, the Heat were still suppressing the SuperSonics.

But the Heat's suppression cannot be converted into a victory.

Although the Sonics are overwhelmed by the Heat, they can always score.

Not only was Durant able to score the ball on the offensive end no matter how much he was hit by James, but it was not only Rondo who suddenly broke out at some point in the first quarter of this game, but even Milisi in the first quarter of this game. Chandler is also more comfortable beating him.

After Milicic turned into a jerk this season, his power on the defensive end dropped very, very much.

But why did Nelson never give up Milicic's status, but instead straightened Gasol up?

It's because after turning into pork belly, Milicic's destructive power on the offensive end increased very quickly!

Last season, Milicic was versatile both offensively and defensively, but when facing Chandler in the finals, he was a little incompetent offensively and nowhere to be used defensively. After all, Chandler didn't need his defensive abilities.

In this case, Milicic can be said to be one of the worst Sonics players in last season's finals.

Well, tied with Millsap.

And this season, Milicic, who has become more mature, has many more tricks when facing Chandler, who was a tough opponent in last season's finals.

Milicic made himself miserable in the offseason last season, obviously not only because of the hospitality of the people in his hometown.

More importantly, Milicic finally understood.

Rather than being neither good nor bad in both offense and defense, it is better to let go of one piece and strengthen the other.

The Sonics' perimeter defense is very good. Against ordinary teams, even if he doesn't move as fast, he won't become a loophole on the defensive end.

When facing strong teams, whether they are facing Chandler of the Heat or Kwame Brown of the Mavericks, their offense is not that strong. It is a waste to keep the defense. It is better to replace the defensive movement with offensive meat and power.

It will take time to judge whether Milicic's choice ultimately succeeds or fails.

But when facing the Heat, Milicic's choice was still very correct.

If Milicic is still the same Milicic as last season, even with Durant's god-like ability to seize the game, even with Rondo's explosion.

In the first quarter of this game, it was absolutely impossible for the Sonics to tie with the Heat.

It was absolutely impossible for Milicic to be so comfortable defending against Chandler and Garnett last season.

Last season, when Milicic faced Chandler and Garnett, he would still become a bit useless or completely incompetent.

Under the domineering pressure of the Miami Heat in this game, the Seattle SuperSonics actually tied with the powerful Heat at the end of the first quarter.

This is really incredible to many people.

Including the on-site commentary, the audience in front of the TV, and many NBA professionals in front of the TV.

"The Seattle SuperSonics were not intimidated by such a powerful Heat..."

To be honest, Kobe was really amazed by the performance of these young Sonics players in the first quarter.

Even he and the Lakers would feel powerless when seeing a lineup like the Heat. Not to mention being frightened, they were definitely very, very powerless.

There are news coming out all the time now that even Arenas, the kid, has lost all his dreams due to the Heat and is in despair.

In addition, before the start of this game, although the Heat team did not say anything harsh, the idea of ​​tearing the SuperSonics into pieces with every move was well known to everyone.

Thinking again of the last game, the SuperSonics were overwhelmed.

Many experts' predictions for this game are that the Sonics will be defeated from the start.

But now, after the first quarter, the Sonics have not been defeated.

Even the powerful Heat, even if they suppress the SuperSonics to death, can only accept the reality of being bitten by the SuperSonics.

As for the SuperSonics, they can bite their own team after the first quarter of the game.

Heat players were very unhappy.

The Heat players pursued a lot in this game.

Looking at the big players of these teams on the bench, Spoelstra was not as unhappy as they were.

For Spoelstra, a tie in the first quarter of this game is not unacceptable.

In the last match between the two teams, the Heat also had the advantage in the first quarter, but fell behind by three points.

Yes, the Heat are very aggressive when they attack. Wade vs. Rondo, James vs. Durant, they are all physical crushing. From the perspective of the picture, they do have a great advantage.

But in fact, in terms of offensive effect, James and Wade have an advantage over Durant and Rondo on the offensive end, and Chris Bosh also has an advantage over Millsap.

But on the other side, when the Sonics are attacking, although Durant and Rondo's offense is not as powerful as body crushing, the Heat can't actually guard Durant and Rondo. The same goes for Milicic. Now there's an offensive advantage against Chandler as well.

It can be said that when Yes did not attack at all in the first quarter, the two teams each had three offensive strong points, and neither could guard against the opponent's offensive strong points.

In this case, isn't a tie the appropriate result?

Even Spoelstra felt that this result was lucky for the Heat.

Because Yes didn't take a shot in the entire first quarter, scoring 0 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds.

Whether it was because James and Wade's double-teaming of Yes was very effective in this game or Yes still had no desire to attack, the defense against Yes in the first quarter was still very successful in terms of Yes's scoring.

In this game, James and Wade were used to double-team Yes, but he directly gave up Rondo's defense, and even the defense against Durant was a combination of single-association.

No one can guard Rondo anyway, and James can't guard Durant anyway.

Then just adjust the defense of these two people and put Wade and James, the Heat's two best perimeter defenders, in front of Yes.

As long as Yes's scoring is really suppressed, Spoelstra believes that no one else in the SuperSonics can beat the Heat!

He is very confident in the current Heat.

If the Heat weren't so strong, he would never dare to use such a defensive strategy against the Sonics.

So far, judging from the first quarter, his strategy is successful.

Of course, he was very satisfied with the first quarter and the Heat players were not satisfied, which is understandable.

Except for the goal of winning, it is normal for players and coaches to have different demands.

As a head coach, he never aimed to humiliate opposing players.

His goal has always been to compete with top coaches like Nelson.

"Damn, these guys are so annoying!"

James felt very uncomfortable. If he wanted to cultivate an invincible image in front of Yes and the SuperSonics, a score like this in the first quarter was naturally impossible.

"LeBron, Yes hasn't scored yet."

When James, who was sitting in the audience, heard what Wade said, his expression on his face improved slightly after being stunned for a moment.

Yes This game has not been scored yet!

This gives James and the Heat players a lot of other things to imagine.

Even if they cannot humiliate the Sonics and cannot plant the image of the Heat being invincible in the minds of the Sonics in this game, the Heat can have other pursuits in this game.

For example, don’t let Yes get 20 points!

Yes has scored 20 points in 33 consecutive games this season!

Even more than just preventing Yes from scoring 20 points, in this game, they can even pursue preventing Yes from scoring more than 20 points, making Yes's score lower than 20 for the first time in his career!

With 20 points per game in the NBA, Yes is now on the road to becoming the NBA's first legendary statistic.

If this data that may become the NBA's first legendary data in the future is interrupted, it will be an unparalleled temptation for James.

Thinking of this, James, who was very dissatisfied with the result of the first quarter, calmed down a little and looked at the players on both sides of the court.

Now on the court, the SuperSonics' rotation players are still Gasol, Ibaka, James Harden, Sessions and Tucker.

The Heat's lineup is Garnett, Chris Bosh, Rasheed Wallace, Pierce, and Chalmers.

The Heat used an eight-man rotation in this game. In order to replace Garnett and Pierce, the Heat not only lost Ben Gordon, but also lost the team's bench depth.

Fortunately, as the Heat's absolute strength is strengthened, as long as the Heat can beat the garbage time in the game, it doesn't matter if the eight-man rotation is used, and there won't really be too much consumption.

Therefore, the eight-man rotation of the Heat has no problem against weak teams, but there is a slight problem against strong teams.

The Heat's eight-man rotation adjusts its rotation players based on the opponent.

In this game, in order to contain Yes on both offense and defense, Ray Allen and Wade James were on the same level as Yes.

Ye Si played the entire first quarter, and these three also played the entire first quarter.

In addition to these three people, Chris Bosh and Chandler have been rotated alternately.

Garnett can rotate Chris Bosh or Chandler.

And Rasheed Wallace can also rotate Bosh.

The effect of Rasheed Wallace's kiting to contain Millsap was not that good.

But this powerful veteran is also a very good kite-type insider in the league.

This season, Rasheed Wallace's mid-range shooting percentage has exceeded 50, his long-range two-point shooting percentage has reached over 42, and his three-point shooting percentage has been close to 35. For an insider, this is really good.

Regarding the game between the Heat and the SuperSonics, Spoelstra was satisfied with the Heat's performance in the first quarter.

Spoelstra has always believed that the Heat's victory in this game was the team's changes in rotation time.

Compared with the previous Heat rotation, the Heat's current rotation has become stronger in strength.

The inside partnership of Garnett and Chris Bosh is more restrictive. Whether it is Gasol or Ibaka, they will not have such strong coordination when facing Garnett and Chris Bosh. Space for defense and maneuver.

And Rasheed Wallace faced Tucker. Tucker's defense was very strong, but Rasheed was very tall and had excellent shooting. Tucker could limit Rasheed, but he couldn't guard Rasheed. Rasheed could play at any time. They can all take action. Tucker and James Harden cannot drive Rasheed in front of Ibaka and Gasol like Ben Gordon.

The more important thing for the Heat is Pierce!

It is very, very difficult for Ben Gordon to back up James Harden. Ben Gordon seems to have a comprehensive offense, but when he encounters James Harden, his back is almost useless, and he can only be forced to move to challenge the coordination inside. Defense, in the end either being cheated or forging, the efficiency is very low.

But Pierce is different.

Pierce can back up James Harden!

It can be said that according to Spoelstra's theoretical plan, the defensive end in the last game was almost a desperate rotation of Sonics players who defended the Heat.

The defense in this game will collapse due to him and the Heat!

Therefore, Spoelstra has always felt that the way the Heat won this game was the same as the way the SuperSonics won last time.

The lineups of the two teams are anxious, and the rotation lineup is decisive. In this rotation lineup, the winner will belong to the Miami Heat!

After the start of the second quarter, the Miami Heat's rotation time performance in this game was obviously different from the last time the two teams met.

The Heat's rotation tonight is indeed the strongest opponent the Sonics' rotation has faced this season.

"Kevin Garnett, Chris Bosh, Rasheed Wallace, Pierce, Chalmers, the Heat's rotation, in the Eastern Conference, I'm afraid they can easily enter the Eastern Conference Finals, right?"

"Not only in the Eastern Conference, but also in the Western Conference, they are very competitive. The difference between Garnett and Pierce Rasheed is physical strength. If they play in rotation, they will not lack physical strength due to more playing time. Garnett and Pierce Rasheed can go all out to show his strength. If a game only has 25 minutes, this lineup can also enter the Western Conference Finals in the Western Conference!"

"Haha, after the last two teams played, many people said that the SuperSonics have ten All-Stars. This game is the time for the SuperSonics to prove whether they really have ten All-Stars!"

"When I hear what you say, why do you feel like you are gloating?"

"I'm just gloating!"

On the court, Pierce, with his back leaning against James Harden, was disdainful of the bearded man behind him.

How can the ten SuperSonics All-Stars, with just this big beard, be worthy of All-Star strength?

I'm afraid Barkley hasn't played for a long time and doesn't know what an All-Star is!

Now, I will let you know what kind of player is an All-Star!

"pretty!"

Pierce's very rhythmic and continuous feinting turnaround and step-back jump shots made Barkley on the sidelines secretly praise him.

but……

After Barkley gave his thumbs up, the sound of the basketball clanging against the metal could be heard.

This sound not only surprised Spoelstra and Barkley on the court, but also surprised the audience on the sidelines.

"Pierce actually failed to hit James Harden with his back..."

What's happening here?

Pierce, who fell from the air, looked at the bearded man with a cute look standing in front of him in surprise.

The rhythm just now did not progress...

Not only was this kid not fooled, he was able to withstand me...

How can this be?

This is really surprising!