Chapter 610: Sideswipe and Nash’s Smiles!

In the NBA, falling behind 3-0 is a disappointing score.

Even though this score was reversed by Yes and the SuperSonics just over a week ago.

This score is still a score that makes people feel desperate and heart-trembling.

"The most incredible series in history, the collapse of the strongest team in history!"

"The NBA is collapsing at the fastest speed, and it is the biggest shame for the strongest defending champion in history!"

"The birth of a dynasty? The birth of a king!"

In the Seattle hotel, D'Antoni's hands holding the newspaper were shaking.

Even if he has deliberately isolated himself and his team from outside public opinion.

But outside public opinion cannot be completely isolated.

For him and his team, 3-0 is very disappointing.

What’s even more desperate is that this is Seattle!

Even after the last game, he had banned his team from accessing the Internet, buying newspapers, and watching TV, but in the hotel where he and his team lived, every newspaper would be stolen by the hotel. stuffed into their rooms.

It's a battle!

In Seattle, such battles are not as brutal as in Utah, and he and his players can rest assured.

However, this is really a kind of mental torture.

These newspapers have been filtered out by his assistant Gentry.

But as long as he lifts the quilt and takes out his shoes, there are still a bunch of weapons in his room that are hard to guard against.

D'Antoni can imagine that he is definitely not the only one on his team who is being affected.

His players are probably in exactly the same situation as he is now.

No, it might be even worse and more serious than his current situation.

Put down these newspapers in your hands,

D'Antoni's face was full of despair.

He never thought that this series would make him and his team so desperate.

He never thought that the player he imagined might be the most powerful player in the NBA would quietly come to him and his team and force him and his team into such a situation.

"Alvin, we may really have no future..."

Listening to D'Antoni's desperate voice, Gentry sighed slightly in his heart.

Since coming to this team in 2003, he has grown up with players such as D'Antoni and Nash.

He witnessed how the Suns rose from a team in ruins after acquiring Nash and D'Antoni.

He also witnessed how the Suns went from a team that was heading towards a dead end with nowhere to escape, and finally met a bright light and reached the top.

He is a witness to the glory of the sun.

He may also be a witness to the afterglow of the sun.

As D'Antoni's closest comrade in the Suns, this is not the first time Gentry has seen D'Antoni so desperate.

When D'Antoni was constantly eliminated in the playoffs and was constantly questioned by media experts, he not only saw D'Antoni's despair, but also saw D'Antoni's confusion.

The kind of doubt about one's own beliefs and the confusion of ignorance about one's future.

D'Antoni now is much better than D'Antoni then.

At that time, D'Antoni and the Suns were really desperate and confused.

"Mike, maybe the players are tougher than we thought, maybe our situation is not as bad as we thought."

Gentry's voice is light and rich, which gives people a feeling of warmth.

D'Antoni has never considered himself a warm person. D'Antoni has always known that his human nature has many shortcomings.

D'Antoni has always known that the assistants around him may be more popular than him on the team.

Because no matter what time, he can always use this comforting gesture to give people confidence.

"Mike, together we have witnessed more desperate moments than now."

"At that time, we doubted our philosophy together. Now, it is just a failure. The reason why we failed is not the failure of our basketball philosophy. Such failure can allow us to stand up and continue to move forward, as long as our direction There is nothing wrong, failure is just failure.”

"Mike, don't forget, we defeated the big teacher last season."

Gentry kept his eyes silently looking into D'Antoni's eyes as he spoke.

He didn't know what use his words were to this coach who was a little selfish, a little conceited, and a little worried about gains and losses.

He wishes he could be as tough as the players he has.

After the team lost the last game, D'Antoni has been worried about the impact of the outside world on the team, so he has isolated all outside public opinion.

It’s not so much that D’Antoni is afraid that his players will be affected, it’s more that he is worried that he will be affected.

Gentry has been with the team for such a long time, and he knows very well who is the most vulnerable person in the entire team.

"Mike, in the next game, we forget victory, success, and glory. Let the players decide their own future."

Forget victory, forget defeat, and forget glory...

Can you really forget all this?

D'Antoni's face was full of bitterness.

It's not that he's worrying about gains and losses, but... it's really difficult.

But being behind 0-3, even if he doesn't want to forget it, what can he do?

The dream of the strongest team in history and the strongest head coach in history...

D'Antoni shook his head bitterly, everything was a dream after all.

As for letting the players decide their own future in the next game, does the team really have a future now?

Nash is now 34 years old!

This is an equally desperate age. If Nash was still 10 years younger, he would certainly be willing to believe that such a failure would allow Nash to find a way forward in Yes.

But this is the 34-year-old Nash!

He couldn't find the direction in Yes. Even if he could find the direction, he couldn't move forward!

"Mike, our guys, are really tougher than we thought."

D'Antoni, who fell into bitterness, woke up from his thoughts again.

Seeing D'Antoni like this, Gentry shook his head in his mind, and then looked to the other side, the suite separated by a wall.

This time, in this suite.

Nash, Stoudemire, Marion, Diaw, Barbosa, Laga Bell...

Except for the other two stars among the eight stars of the sun, all the other six stars appeared in Nash's room.

Chris Webber and Grant Hill are the ones who are already destined to go their separate ways.

They came to the Suns just for the championship.

When the Suns are now 0-3 behind, neither Nash nor other Suns players believe that Hill and Webb are obligated to follow them to find the future.

They don't have any bad feelings about Chris Webber and Grant Hill's rejection, and they even feel that this is how it should have been.

"We need to start over now."

After the room was silent for an unknown length of time, Nash finally spoke.

After hearing Nash's words, everyone's faces seemed to relax, whether it was Marion or Stoudemire.

Sometimes losing is actually not the scariest thing.

Trailing the SuperSonics 0-3, coupled with the content of the previous three games, especially the third game, the Suns clearly knew that their team had no chance of performing a miracle at 0-3.

The Suns have their own Yes, Steve Nash.

But as Nash himself said, he is just a beggar's bankrupt version of Yes.

Nash does not have the ability to perform miracles with Yes.

Especially on the defensive end.

Therefore, in this series, they had already accepted defeat at the end of the last game.

As media outlets across the country and around the world are now reporting, they are screwed.

The last team to be reported in this way by media across the United States and around the world was the Seattle SuperSonics more than half a month ago.

However, the Seattle SuperSonics has Yes.

So even though they are looked down upon by the whole world, they still absolutely fight back.

But, that is Yes, there is only one Yes in this world.

Failed and lost, for these players who have already won the championship, it is not that terrible thing.

What really makes them absolutely terrifying is whether such failures and losses will eventually turn into the disintegration of the team.

The Suns are a great team!

This is the truest thought of every Suns player here.

They don't want such a team to fall apart because of this failure.

But Nash is already 34 years old. Does Nash still have the fighting spirit to move on?

They are still young, but without Nash's guidance, where will they find another beggar and bankrupt version of Yes to lead them?

Now of course they are happy to hear Nash's words.

"Steve, you still have a future, and so do we!"

After Stoudemire watched Nash say something excited, everyone present smiled and nodded.

"Our future is not just about winning, but about championships, and about basketball!"

Nash spoke very seriously, and others listened very seriously as well.

"I hope I can see basketball from the great teacher in the next game!"

May 13, 2008, Key Arena, Seattle.

This day is destined to be recorded in the history of the Seattle Key Arena.

More than a week ago, Key Arena witnessed the team stage a 0-3 reversal here.

And now, KeyArena is about to witness another miracle here.

The miracle of sweeping the defending champion!

"If the Suns lose this game, the Suns will become the sixth defending champion in NBA history to be swept. The last defending champion to be swept dates back to the Houston Rockets in 1996."

"And the last team to sweep the championship was the Seattle SuperSonics!"

Speaking of the Seattle SuperSonics sweeping the Rockets in 1996, Barkley was elated.

He and Rocket are enemies.

Although he went to the Rockets to win the championship in his later years, that period of Rockets career can be said to be Barkley's most miserable career.

There are pits all around!

He went to the Rockets to team up for the championship, but both Olajuwon and Pippen have lost motivation for the championship.

Barkley, who finally ran to the Rockets, found that he was the only one on the team fighting for the championship, and everyone else was watching the show.

I am blind, so I will hand over the final glory of my career to you.

In the end, he will be ridiculed by those guys who always like to talk about championships, such as Kenny Smith around him.

Barkley was beaming when talking about being swept in the 1996 championship, but Kenny Smith next to him was embarrassed.

Because he was a member of the Rockets who were swept away.

"Although there are championships that have been swept in NBA history, Charles, the defending champion may not continue to be a strong team in the second year, but the Phoenix Suns are different. They may be the only team with a record of more than 70 wins that is swept. team."

Barkley snorted coldly after hearing Kenny Smith's quibble.

The Suns are indeed miserable, with a record of 71 wins this year. This year's regular season should have been a year for them to make history, but they encountered the Rockets with 73 wins in the regular season.

In the playoffs, I thought they would get a big gift package after the Nuggets were eliminated, but when they finally opened the big gift package, a big bad wolf was revealed.

No joke, if Yes is recognized as the most unlucky player this season, then the Suns are definitely recognized as the most unlucky team this season.

Barkley even had a moment of silence for his old club.

Of course, the Suns need to lose in this game to become the unluckiest team, and the game has not yet started.

But Barkley really couldn't find any reason why the Suns could win this game.

Um?

Just as Barkley was mourning his old club, the crazy Key Arena just moments ago collectively suffocated.

"Amare Stoudemire beats Milicic on a jump ball?!"

Seeing this scene, not to mention the Seattle fans at the scene, even many people in front of the TV were shocked.

"I haven't seen Stoudemire jump that high in a long time."

Yao Ming was a little surprised in front of the TV.

He saw the shadow of the omnipotent little bully in Stoudemire just now.

"Huh? Nash is dribbling the ball and actively looking for Yes!"

Nash took the initiative to find Xiao Zizi?

What surprised Yao Ming even more was that after the successful jump ball, the Suns did not cover Nash to avoid Xiaoye like they did in the previous three games.

Moreover, Yao Ming also saw on TV that Nash seemed to say something in front of Xiao Zizi, and Xiao Zizi showed a surprised expression on his face before finally nodding.

After seeing Little Leaf nodding, Nash showed a smile on his face.

This scene really surprised Yao Ming and his Rockets teammates.

After such a strange start, the subsequent development of the game surprised them even more.

Watching the big score at the end of the game on TV, everyone in the Rockets had shocked faces.

"This game is the worst game I have ever seen the Suns play this season!"

"The Nash in this game is the most selfish Nash I have ever seen!"

Listening to the whispers of his teammates around him, Yao Ming's eyes have been fixed on the Suns No. 13 on TV.

The Suns lost to the SuperSonics 93-112 on the road.

The defending champion Suns were swept by the SuperSonics.

But Nash, who was standing in front of Little Leaf, was covered in sweat, but there was a smile on his face, an extremely satisfied smile...