Chapter 333 The Showdown Between Super Giants and Super Giants!
The Spurs' recent record has been excellent.
Since being defeated at home by the Bucks, who are last in the league, the Spurs have not lost yet.
Pacers, Pistons, Hornets...
During the Spurs' trip to the northwest region, even the Jazz, fourth in the Western Conference, fell to the Spurs' iron brake at home!
The combat effectiveness the Spurs have shown in recent times is completely different from the squeaky old car a month ago!
A month ago, the Spurs were still an old and broken car that seemed to be leaking everywhere.
But now, the Spurs have transformed into an invincible old tank with outstanding military exploits!
It is precisely because of this change that bookmakers were originally more optimistic about the Nuggets being the number one contender for fifth place in the Western Conference.
Now, the Spurs have overtaken the Nuggets.
Even in terms of winning odds, the Spurs surpassed the Pistons and became fifth after the Mavericks, Rockets, Suns, and Celtics!
The SuperSonics are now looked down upon by the outside world.
The media is still touting Ye's performance this season.
But he is not optimistic about the SuperSonics' future record.
In the next 11 games, two will be against the Spurs, two against the Nuggets, two against the Lakers, one against the Suns, one against the Rockets, one against the Jazz, and one against the Mavericks.
The only opponent in the last remaining game that is not against the top eight in the Western Conference is the most vicious Pistons in the NBA ever!
The Pistons' top four have been saying for a long time that they are waiting for this game with the SuperSonics!
This is the toughest schedule ever!
No kidding, you don’t even need to add one!
After the Sonics defeated the Hornets, ESPN organized a hundred experts to predict the Sonics' performance in the next eleven games.
Among them, the experts who choose eleven consecutive losses are the most numerous!
The SuperSonics have lost 11 games in a row. Maybe these experts have the mentality of just watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously, but this can also show the danger of the current SuperSonics from the side!
The SuperSonics are now the top-ranked team among the Western Conference's four toughest teams, and they are the champion.
But in the next eleven games, every game can make the Sonics fall from the championship position.
Every game can make the SuperSonics fall from fifth in the Western Conference to eighth in the Western Conference!
Both the Spurs and SuperSonics now have just 11 games left.
The Spurs' schedule is much better.
The Sonics certainly didn't think they would lose eleven games in a row in the closing stages.
But they also know very well that if the Sonics want to maintain their fifth position in the Western Conference, they must defeat as many opponents as possible in direct confrontations with the Spurs!
The Spurs have been double-killed by the SuperSonics this season.
The SuperSonics and Spurs still have two games to play.
If the Sonics can defeat the Spurs in both games, the Sonics will be in a very advantageous position.
However, the Spurs are no longer the same.
It's also difficult to refer to the Sonics' previous experience of defeating the Spurs.
On March 28, the day of the game between the SuperSonics and the Spurs, the home team's locker room at Key Arena.
The game has started immediately, and Nelson is still explaining tactics to the SuperSonics players.
In this season, it is difficult for Yeez and the SuperSonics players to see Nelson so solemn.
In the past two days, Nelson has actually let Sonics players watch a lot of recent Spurs game videos.
In this game with the Spurs, the SuperSonics are preparing for the playoffs!
The NBA regular season does not require such a long period of preparation for a certain opponent.
This kind of preparation is too tiring. Today we will face the Spurs, tomorrow we will face the Suns, and tomorrow we will face the Lakers. The NBA's regular season schedule is so tight, and we have to change opponents in two days.
How can NBA teams have so much energy to develop different game strategies for different opponents.
Basically, in the NBA regular season, each team plays its own regular tactics and arrangements.
When facing some key teams and key players, we have slightly different arrangements.
From this aspect, the SuperSonics and Leafs are the teams and players that have suffered the most in the NBA regular season this season.
The number of times I was targeted was quite high.
Yes and the Sonics are the most targeted individuals and teams this season.
No way, it's too hot.
On the contrary, the Sonics rarely specifically target a certain player or team during the regular season.
But now, the SuperSonics need to have a playoff attitude in each of the remaining eleven games!
"Darko, let me emphasize again, Duncan will definitely target you on the offensive end in this game. The Duncan you face in this game is completely different from the Duncan you faced in the past two times. You'd better do it now, right away. Immediately erase any memory of Duncan from your mind!"
Nelson said it very directly and solemnly.
The young Sonics players were a little confused.
They have also watched a lot of Duncan's recent game videos in the past two days. The changes are indeed huge, but did any coach say it was so big?
Rondo was a little disdainful, isn't he just a thirty-one-year-old old man?
Wouldn't it just slightly increase one's offense?
Although the second master disdains Darko, Darko's defense is still very good.
Darko's offense and defense are not top-notch, not even first-rate, but with second-rate offense and defense coupled with first-rate talent, Darko's combat effectiveness is still impressive.
Even facing the hottest young insider in the NBA, Chris Bosh.
Darko didn't seem to suffer that much.
Duncan's defense is indeed excellent, but can his offense be better than Chris Bosh?
Now Chris Bosh claims to be ready to take over from Duncan and Garnett!
Coach Nelson is still too old and a little confused.
I force the second master to practice three-pointers every day without thinking about it. Is the second master the kind of person who needs three-pointers?
If the second master really gets a three-pointer, he won't have the ball, and he will have to squat in the corner and be the shooter!
In order to control the ball, it's not that the second master doesn't know how to make three-pointers, but he deliberately strikes the iron. You can't even tell!
Every time coach Nelson said something, Rondo complained in his heart.
"Yes, this game is the 72nd game of your career. In the previous 71 games, you have scored 20+ points. If you score 20+ points again in this game, you will become the NBA's 20+ consecutive player. The player who is tied for third most points. You have to be careful if the Spurs try to mess with you in that area."
"As long as the team wins, I don't care about the numbers."
Ye Si's face was calm.
Scored 20+ points in 72 consecutive games, tying Jordan’s record?
This is a rare data.
Before the game between the SuperSonics and the Spurs, public opinion across the United States was also hyping this data.
In the NBA, there are countless records and data.
The data record of scoring 20+ points in a row is still very important.
This represents a player's scoring stability.
What's more, it's Jordan who's catching up!
This data record is important, but Ye Si really doesn't care that much.
He doesn't score 20+ points per game just to tie Jordan or anyone else's record.
Ye Si just wants to create an image of a strong man who cannot be defended to create opportunities for his teammates.
If he could win, he would be willing to score not just 20 points, but 2 points.
Yes' words were an understatement, but very convincing. Yes is indeed not a player who plays for the pursuit of statistics.
This chosen one is very special!
I don’t care about this record at all, I can tie it with Jordan immediately!
What would happen if you cared?
Will the lowest score in his entire career never be less than 20? !
This chosen one is not only special, but also powerful!
Coach Nelson's arrangements for the Sonics are very detailed!
He has considered every aspect in detail.
Seattle, Key Arena!
The game between the SuperSonics and the Spurs is undoubtedly the focus of the game in the United States today.
Not only was it broadcast live across the United States, but even Seattle fans filled up the Key Arena early.
This is the third game this season between the Spurs and SuperSonics.
The Sonics won the first two games.
This made the Sonics fans at the scene quite relaxed.
Judging from the appearance of the SuperSonics fans in the Key Arena, there is no indication that this is a life-or-death battle related to the SuperSonics' regular season rankings.
The Spurs have been the biggest mountain standing in front of the Sonics in the past few years.
When the Sonics were at their strongest in the Ray Allen era, it was because of the Spurs that the Sonics were unable to achieve achievements corresponding to their strength.
So before this season, the Spurs were almost synonymous with invincibility in the hearts of SuperSonics fans.
But this season, the Spurs were defeated by the SuperSonics consecutively.
The invincible image collapsed!
SuperSonics fans suddenly felt that the Spurs were actually not that invincible!
In front of Yes, there is no invincible team!
In the past two meetings, Duncan's defense left a very strong impression on Milicic.
Before this game, Coach Nelson had always said that he would be Duncan's main target of attack in this game.
Milicic is actually no stranger to Duncan.
Maybe everyone else has forgotten that he and Duncan once met in the finals.
He and Duncan met in the 2005 finals.
In the 2005 Finals between the Spurs and the Pistons, he only played a total of 6 minutes, and all of them were garbage time.
In a team like the Pistons, which is a rival to the Spurs, he should have had many opportunities to face off against Duncan.
His years with the Pistons were really miserable.
It wasn't until he came to the SuperSonics this season that he truly stood opposite Duncan.
Only then did he truly become a rival with Duncan.
Coach Nelson said Duncan was terrible.
He believed what Coach Nelson said.
Duncan must be terrible.
Coach Nelson is the same as Yes, they can never be wrong.
Facing such a terrifying Duncan, he didn't know if he could withstand it.
But, he will go all out!
The third confrontation with Yes!
In the previous two confrontations, Yes left an indelible memory for Bowen!
If possible, Bowen wouldn't want to stand in front of Yes!
But now he must stand in front of Yes!
If you stand in front of Yes and fight Yes, he will be beaten by Yes.
If he doesn't stand against Yes and fight against Yes, he will be beaten by Bobo!
Do you want to be beaten by Bobo or Yes?
Of course they don’t want to!
As long as he confesses to Bobo, he will be a waste in front of Yes.
With Bobo's character, Bobo will not embarrass him.
But he doesn’t dare and won’t be so honest!
Although he is old now, he is thirty-six years old.
But, he doesn’t want to become a waste from now on!
He has been the most fierce "Elbow Forest Leader" in the NBA for so many years.
He also wants to have a perfect ending!
Fortunately, he is still a strong defensive player in Bobo's heart who can handle all perimeters in the league.
And Bobo also accepted that Yes is not a setting that he can handle alone.
Bobo still doesn't dare to flank Yes.
He didn't dare to attack Yes before, but now at the critical moment when victory in every game is important, Bobo naturally doesn't dare to do it even more.
But Bobo has also been adjusting his defensive strategy against Yes.
In the last game, Pop had already asked other Spurs players to assist him in a zone attack on Yes!
It's just that in that game, Yes knocked him out before his teammates came!
This is a very helpless thing.
Why are inside players the best to help defend against double attacks?
Because it’s close!
Since he is already useless in front of Yes, he naturally cannot stop Yes for too long.
His teammates are relatively far away from him!
And in this game, Bobo asked Duncan to stand next to him!
He is so useless in front of Yes, not because he is really useless. Yes has better experience, better talent, and better elbow skills than him. He really can't do anything to restrain him.
But if his teammates can help limit Yes' athletic talent and only let him compete with Yes for experience, offense and defense, and elbow skills, he will lose, but it will definitely not be that miserable!
As long as he is not so miserable, the Spurs can win!
Therefore, as long as Duncan is standing next to him, Yes is not so invincible!
Maybe, he can take advantage of the time when Yes is focusing on winning and losing, and give Yes a hard blow!
As soon as the game between the SuperSonics and the Spurs started, the broadcast camera was focused on Yeas and Duncan.
The Spurs now play super giant basketball!
And the SuperSonics are also playing super giant basketball!
Whether it is the on-site commentators, broadcasters, or even Popovich and Nelson standing on the sidelines, they all know what the key to the victory or defeat of this game is!
"Sure enough, Duncan is used to help defend Yes?!"
"Sure enough, you are using Yes to help defend Duncan?!"
After Popovich and Nelson looked at each other, the expressions on their faces were very solemn!
This game is all about limiting the opponent's super strength!
Whoever has more influence in the game between Yes and Duncan will win!
Therefore, the SuperSonics will definitely do their best to limit Duncan's influence.
The Spurs will also try their best to limit Yes!
but……
"Incredible!"
Barkley looked at Milicic and Bowen who were almost trembling on the court with a look of disbelief!
Duncan is one of the best post players in the league for help defense.
Yes is one of the best perimeter help defenders in the league.
With the protection of these two people, Bowen and Milicic should be safe!
But after only half of the game, Milicic fouled out four times!
Bowen also sat on the bench with two minutes left in the second quarter due to three fouls!
At halftime, the score on the field was 45 to 42!
The Spurs, who went all out, did not easily defeat the SuperSonics. Both sides fell into anxiety at the beginning of the game.
It wasn't until Bowen sat on the bench that the Spurs were lucky enough to lead by three points!
"In the first half, the Spurs and SuperSonics restricted Yes and Duncan to the extreme!"
"At halftime, Duncan had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Yes had 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists!"
"Yes made a few more free throws than Duncan in the first half, but neither of them compromised in the face of this playoff-level defense!"
In the NBA, many players' performance will be compromised when faced with opposition.
Regular season superstars, playoff all-stars, there are many such things.
But Yes has continuously proven this season that he can still show strong strength in the face of targeted defense!
In the entire NBA, how many players can score 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the half when faced with Duncan and Bowen's defense? !
"This is super giant!"
"Duncan is one of the strongest superstars in the NBA in the past ten years, and Yes is the only new superstar to emerge in the NBA in the past five years!"
"This is another regular season showdown between super giants and super giants!"
The second half of the game was great!
Duncan looked solemn when he came off the court.
The difficulty of this game exceeded his expectations.
It also exceeded Bobo’s expectations!
This game is not Bruce's single defense, nor is Bruce and others' assisted defense, it is Bruce and his assisted defense!
But Yes can still do whatever he wants!
Yes, too strong!
When Yes came off the court, his face was equally ugly.
Looking at Bruce Bowen standing in front of the Spurs bench.
Ye Si took a deep breath.
He didn't want to knock Bowen down.
But, that dead bald head is causing trouble!
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