Chapter 632: A Must-Win Game!
On May 31, 2008, Seattle Key Arena, an emerald city, a space that temporarily seemed like purgatory, the crazy heat wave created by more than 25,000 people seemed to make the entire space tremble.
"Seattle fans put all their passion into tonight!"
The SuperSonics fans at the scene were so crazy that even the two TNT commentators, Kenny Smith and Barkley, who were sitting in the commentary box on the sidelines, found it incredible.
but……
"As long as the Seattle SuperSonics win this game, what awaits them is the finals and the chance to win the championship!"
"That's a chance to win the championship!"
After Buckley roared excitedly, Kenny Smith's heart was trembling.
Who would have thought that in just two years, the impoverished Seattle SuperSonics, which was robbed because of yes, would rise so quickly?
Who could have imagined that yes would use his strength, sacrifice and selflessness to bring the weakest team in history to the finals in just two years?
Even if Kenny Smith is not a coconut fan, he will feel extremely shocked at this time.
As many people said before the start of this game, with Yes's achievements in Seattle in the past two years, even the most die-hard Coconut Black can't find any reason to criticize him except nonsense!
Perfect performance!
Apart from perfection, Kenny Smith really can't find any words to describe yes's performance in Seattle in the past two years with the SuperSonics.
In the history of NBA, if you put anyone in the position of yes, no one will do better than yes!
No wonder Seattle fans have such love for yes!
Feeling the madness of the Seattle fans around him at this time, Kenny Smith's heart was beating fast.
"Will this game create a perfect legend, or will it stage an imperfect regret?"
Kenny Smith knows very well that although public opinion in the United States and even the world has now undergone a huge reversal, it is the chaos after passion. When rationality returns, everyone will find that a powerful team like the Rockets ,
They have too many ways to defeat their opponents.
Before this game, experts predicted that the Seattle SuperSonics' winning rate was 70%. However, based on the strength comparison between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Houston Rockets, the Seattle SuperSonics' winning rate in this game was only about 50%.
Yes has strongly broken the Rockets' wolf-pack tactics. If the Rockets no longer insist on the wolf-pack tactics, then the two teams will return to the same starting line. This game may be the only one in this series so far. A five-on-five game.
What will the final result of the five-on-five matchup between the Seattle SuperSonics and Rockets be like?
Seattle went above and beyond to free up the other three players.
The Rockets have also liberated the offensive capabilities of other players on the team. Roy, Artest and Gerald Wallace are also extremely good offensively.
In the end, what were the results for both teams?
Kenny Smith doesn't know. He really doesn't know what the final outcome of this series will be.
It’s so hard to guess!
As a die-hard James fan, he certainly hopes that the Rockets can win this game.
but……
Kenny Smith's palms are sweating now.
It's definitely not just Kenny Smith who has sweaty palms right now.
Standing in front of the Seattle SuperSonics bench, Seattle SuperSonics head coach Old Nelson's palms are also sweating now.
Even though his face is still calm now, he can't calm down in his heart.
It may seem incredible to say it, but as a player, a former legend of the Celtics and a direct disciple of the Cardinal, Nelson has won five championships.
But as a head coach, Nelson has never won a championship, and he doesn't even have many chances to get close to a championship.
It can be said that after decades of coaching, this year is the closest Nelson has ever come to a championship.
Nelson has always felt that championships are not as important to him as enjoying basketball.
The fun of basketball is much more important than any championship or honor.
but now……
Ever since he met yes and since he coached yes, he is no longer so selfish.
There is nothing wrong with pursuing the fun of basketball, but the fun that is yours at the expense of the players is filled with blood, anger and unwillingness.
In the two years he has been with these young SuperSonics players, he can clearly feel their pursuit and desire for a championship.
Whether it is yes or other Sonics players, the attitude of each of them in the past two years, still forging ahead despite various difficulties, moved Old Nelson, and also made Old Nelson blame himself for his past. .
Now, he doesn't want these young people to shed blood and tears!
He hopes that when these people cry, it will be the most glorious moment when they lift the championship trophy!
"Mr. Nelson, yes and kd really fought hard in this series. I know that I can't let you make the decision to rest them. I also know that even if you can make such a decision, it won't be possible." Maybe they can be persuaded not to play, but, Mr. Nelson, I hope we can win in Game 6, and I hope this series can be terminated in Game 6. This series really can't go on anymore..."
"Mr. Nelson, I'm not kidding. Yes has been leading the team crazily for two consecutive seasons. I still can't imagine that a player's endurance can reach such a level. Every time I think Yes reaches the limit, he can always Stop in time to prevent injuries, but this time, if there is really a seventh game in this series, yes can't stop even if he wants to. Even if yes knows that he will be injured, he will still keep moving forward. "
"The same goes for kd in this regard. Mr. Nelson, kd shot a total of 2,668 goals in the regular season this season and a total of 510 goals in the playoffs. Do you know what this concept is? These are the two of Tracy McGrady of the Rockets. The total number of shots taken in a season!”
"KD is a rookie, but he took on the shooting volume of a superstar for two years in one season. If it weren't for yes, I would say that KD is the most amazing rookie I have ever seen!"
"Mr. Nelson, as a team doctor, I have only one suggestion now. In Game 6, please lead the team to defeat the Rockets!"
In the sixth game, please lead the team to defeat the Rockets!
Nelson looked at the five Sonics players standing on the court.
The little fat man was indifferent and calm.
Durant is still aloof.
Rondo is still proud.
Millsap is still so unpretentious.
As for Milicic, the colorful hair on his head is still so unconventional.
But no matter what the expressions on their faces are now, their eyes at this time told him how important the victory of this game is to the entire team, to themselves, and to the city.
I must win this game!
I want to join them and carry their dreams into the finals!
They are eager to fight!
They had been holding back for five games, and finally had a stage to perform in this game.
And I am also eager to fight. There is no day more eager to fight, eager to win, and eager for honor than now!
Amidst the crazy shouts of the Seattle fans and the fierce look in Nelson's eyes, the referee Jarvi threw the basketball high into the air. Before the game, it was considered to be the 2008 NBA game. The most important game begins with the basketball being thrown high!
Milicic, who was leaping high, watched the basketball in the air getting closer and closer in the lights of the scene. He had never been in such good condition!
Go to the finals with yes!
His dream, the dream of everyone in the Seattle SuperSonics, can come true as long as he wins this game!
Yao Ming, who was jumping in the air, looked at Milicic, who had jumped above him, with deep shock in his simple eyes.
Although Milicic was beaten five times on jump balls in this series,...
Looking at the figure jumping up, the colorful and non-mainstream hair is so shining at this moment...
In these two series across South and North Africa, Yao Ming faced off against two future big centers in the NBA.
At this moment, he clearly felt that the non-mainstream in front of him was completely different from the one he met in the last round!
"this is mine!"
There was a loud snap!
Hearing this sound, not only Yao Ming, but also the audience in front of the TV were shocked.
"Too high!"
"Too powerful!"
It was so powerful that Rondo almost didn't catch the jump ball!
"The Seattle SuperSonics' fighting spirit in this game..."
Looking at Milicic's fighting spirit, Kobe is very heartbroken now.
The South cuts North Africa, Nima’s South cuts North Africa!
How come this good man Milicic is as famous as that cheater!
Damn it!
This is a scam!
Second Master’s hand hurts!
Rondo pretended to switch hands and dribble as if nothing had happened. The right hand that was originally dribbling waved in the air, as if directing traffic, but in fact it relaxed his hand strength.
Although he was scolding the non-mainstream cheat in his heart, Rondo was extremely excited in his heart.
After yes broke the Rockets' wolf pack tactics, the second master finally had room to play!
In the previous five games, Durant was so impressive that if he wanted to counterattack in the future, he might have to counterattack Du Shiwu first before he could counterattack yes!
Now it's time for the world to see Er Ye's true level.
Erye and Du Shishi are just a little different!
In a real competition of strength, who is the second master afraid of?
Kidd is the successor of the second master, a beggar version!
Does Du Shishi have the ability to make McGrady become his beggar version?
This series with the Rockets made Rondo very uncomfortable. Now he can finally come out to have fun. This makes Rondo feel that the basketball in his hand is much lighter.
As long as the Rockets no longer have unlimited one-on-one defense, as long as the Rockets no longer have a pack of wolves tactics, as long as the Rockets no longer consume yes, then he has enough confidence to turn this game into his stage!
The fighting spirit and confidence Rondo exudes now can be felt by Kobe through the screen.
"The entire Sonics team is holding back too much. The Sonics' fighting spirit in this game is too fierce. I'm afraid the Rockets are really in trouble!"
After the last game, the whole world knew that the Rockets would no longer dare to stick to the wolf-pack tactics.
Based on yes's performance in the last game, if we continue to let yes play singles, this is giving away food!
But now, Kobe feels that even if the Rockets change their tactics and start flanking Yes, they may just be giving away food!
He had never seen Milicic jump so high just now.
Similarly, he has never seen Rondo be as cheap as he is now!
This kid who deserves to be beaten, every time he is in good condition, his whole body will burst out with that mean spirit that deserves to be beaten!
The Seattle SuperSonics look crazy right now.
As for the Houston Rockets, they were just in chaos.
Then the two teams collided like this, and the final result can be imagined.
Just when Kobe was excitedly thinking about the possible results of this game, the images from the attacking SuperSonics and the defending Rockets made Kobe's eyes shrink rapidly!
"How can this be?!"
Looking at the pictures on TV, Kobe even stood up in excitement.
The Seattle fans who were originally crazy at Key Arena were suffocated at this time!
Standing on the sidelines, Nelson in front of the Seattle bench suddenly turned his head and looked at Adelman, who was also standing on the sidelines, unchanged and paralyzed.
Nelson's eyes when he looked at Adelman were full of shock and disbelief, but at the deepest level of the deep disbelief and shock, there was a hint that this was indeed the case.
"Rocket, are you still using wolf tactics?!"
Looking at the scenes on the court, Barkley was stunned. Just like Barkley were the commentators, media reporters and experts from all over the world.
"No matter how immobile this guy Adelman is, there must be a limit, right?!"
"Don't he know that there is a cliff ahead?!"
For a moment, everyone inside and outside the stadium who was watching the game was in an uproar!
For a time, the fat old man with a paralyzed face on the Rockets bench became the focus of the world!
"There is a cliff ahead, I know it."
"But we have no retreat."
"The only thing we are doing now is hoping that Yes and SuperSonics, who are running towards the cliff with us, will fall before us."
Focused by all the cameras on the scene, Adelman remained calm, but Thibodeau beside him was filled with admiration.
Not everyone can make such a choice.
This is what Adelman said to him!
Seeing the crazy fighting spirit of the Sonics players in this game, and seeing the crazy fighting spirit of the Sonics players turn into chaos after the Rockets insisted on the wolf-pack tactics, Thibodeau admired Adelman even more.
Um?
A swipe!
Just when Thibodeau had infinite admiration for Adelman, the sound of a basketball brushing the net made Adelman look surprised again in his eyes.
yes? !
"Beautiful mid-range fadeaway jumper!"
"yes' incredible post-up play saved the chaotic Sonics!"
"Yes, it's as if the Rockets never thought that they would give up the wolf pack strategy!"
Looking at the extremely calm SuperSonics No. 9 on the court.
Look at the way the Supersonic No. 9 on the court looks at him.
What kind of look is that?
Like deathly silence!
Thinking back to that fleeting glimpse of deathly silence, Adelman's hands had clenched into fists, and his fists were trembling...
This game must be won!
Ye Si was extremely determined.
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