Chapter 857 This Is a Natural Chasm!

I don’t know why, but before every game against the Sonics, Popovich always feels very stable before the game.

From Yes's first season in the NBA, the Spurs met the SuperSonics. Whether it was the regular season or the playoffs, Popovich felt that his team should be a sure winner.

Even after arriving, during those extremely dark years, when Popovich looks back now, he still mostly felt good about himself before the game started.

Why do you feel so good about yourself every time you face Yes and the Sonics?

Popovich once had such doubts.

Because every time I feel good about myself, there are always inexplicable losses and tragedies.

Thirty-five seconds and 13 minutes, ten consecutive kills and a series of horrific background moments.

Anyone who has experienced what he has experienced with the Spurs in the past few years will doubt his life.

It feels good every time, but the end result is always so embarrassing.

Anyone who doesn't have a problem with their IQ will wonder if there is something wrong.

As for what went wrong, Popovich still has no answer.

However, for him, whether he has found the answer is not that important now.

Now, it is finally time to get rid of the darkness and enjoy the light and victory!

Popovich, who was sitting on the bench as the Spurs head coach, looked at the players on both sides of the court with a smile full of confidence, pride and excitement.

However, his smile made Ginobili, who was sitting next to him, a little cautious.

It's rare that Popovich doesn't want to stand on the sidelines and direct the game.

This is indeed not so friendly to Ginobili.

In this playoffs, everyone in the Spurs is very brave, but he and Parker have been beaten.

Bobo also used hair dryers on him and Parker more than once.

Although facing Bobo has always been stressful,

But it’s been extremely big lately.

Fortunately, because of his master, although his performance against Yes was still quite bad, the team could win and the team was about to advance, so he barely had to worry about what he would face after losing. A lot of pressure.

Of course, Popovich, who is enjoying the victory and feels that it might be better if he has a glass of red wine at this time, naturally doesn't care how much pressure Ginobili is next to him at this time.

For such an amiable person like him, if others can feel pressure from him, it is definitely not his problem. He is neither fierce nor evil. It must be these people's own problem.

I have a rough relationship with him.

He will be elegant in this game, and he will greet the greatest victory as elegantly as his old rival Phil Jackson!

When he played against Phil Jackson in the past, what he couldn't stand the most was Phil Jackson pretending to be elegant while holding a card like OK in his hand.

After experiencing it now, this feeling is really quite good.

This is completely different from his own style of glaring at referees on the sidelines.

Popovich really didn't expect that a person like him who likes to worry about the team would have such an elegant day.

It's like he never thought that one day, he would be on the court playing offense.

He never thought that one day, because he was going to sweep Yes, the black media who originally hated him, those who used to describe him as the worst person in the NBA, actually recently described him as a kind old man. Grandpa.

Haha, Bobo is a kind old grandfather. If someone had described him like this five years ago, they would have laughed out loud, and he himself would have been embarrassed.

Time is really the most wonderful thing in the world.

Just like ten years ago, when those who thought Jordan was the greatest player of all time and forever in the future, they never thought that Yes would turn out.

Time is magical and time is wonderful.

Especially when you are enjoying victory, time is the most wonderful aftertaste.

Because I know this game is a must-win game.

So even when he saw the jump ball, Tim lost again, and it was still a very miserable loss. There was no worry or unhappiness on his face, and there was still an elegant smile on his face. The winner. elegant smile.

Nelson was desperate. This was his judgment when he saw the Sonics' starting lineup before the game started.

In fact, after the game started, the content of the game and his judgment were almost exactly the same.

In the previous three games, Yes used a method to deal with Bruce in each game.

Slow down his shooting speed, sit in the low post and play from behind, and in the third game, he and his teammates made unlimited mid-range pick-and-roll mid-range shots.

In this game, Popovich wants to see what other methods Yes will use.

In the end, Popovich was disappointed when he saw Yes' first offense of the game.

Yes did not use other means.

Yes's first attack was a pick-and-roll with Milicic, but Bruce's defense was so good that it didn't give Yes a chance to play a small pick-and-roll, but once again got in front of Yes.

In this attack and defense, Bruce's perfect defensive skills were once again fully demonstrated.

Although in the end Yes hit from mid-range.

But just like he wasn't worried about Duncan losing the jump ball, he was equally not worried about Yes's mid-range hit.

"Yes has no other means, and Yes is desperate. Yes has begun to use the same failed methods he repeated in the past!"

even!

Popovich can guess that Yes, who have no new methods in this game, may use a mixture of methods from the past three games.

Such a Yes reminded Popovich of a very, very interesting story.

Three glasses of water at 25 degrees Celsius are poured together. What is the temperature of this glass of water?

hehe.

Looking at the cheering crowds around, many people may want to believe that three glasses of water mixed together are 75 degrees.

But in fact, it’s still 25 degrees!

Of course, this was the Sonics' first offense in this game. As for whether Yes really used a combination of the three methods against Bruce, it is still unclear.

However, Popovich was not made to wait any longer. During the Sonics' second attack, when he saw Yes sitting under the basket on the court, the smile on Popovich's face became even brighter.

Ginobili, who had been paying attention to Popovich's mood and emotions, was a little dumbfounded at this time.

How did Bobo Smiling Tiger's level reach such a high level?

Yes it hit!

Yes hit, but Bobo smiled!

And his smile was so bright and charming!

Isn't this too scary?

Well, if Popovich, who thinks he has an elegant smile, knows that someone around him says his smile is scary, he will definitely be unhappy.

Of course, Popovich must not know.

Judging a game is the most basic skill of a head coach.

A successful head coach is often one who successfully predicts the trend of the game.

Popovich feels that he is a successful head coach in this game.

He predicted Nelson's despair, and he also predicted Yes's despair.

When the two most difficult opponents are beaten to despair by him, is there anything more joyful than this?

Of course not!

Therefore, time is the most wonderful aftertaste!

Just like people who like to look at Ling Chi, their moods are very different from those who are Ling Chi. Every cut and every second is not long and painful, but wonderful!

"The competition is still very fierce, but Yes and Nelson have no choice!"

"The current situation is very, very unfavorable to the Sonics!"

In the Lakers locker room, everyone was watching the game attentively at this time.

Phil Jackson's words made the surrounding Lakers players nod subconsciously.

28 to 29, this is the score in the first quarter of this game. The Seattle SuperSonics trailed the Spurs by one point in the first quarter at their home court.

The score seemed to be very close.

In fact it is very, very close.

It seems like the Sonics also have a chance to win.

If on the surface that is indeed the case.

but!

If we talk about the first three games between the SuperSonics and the Spurs, except before the SuperSonics used foul tactics, the maximum point difference between the two teams did not exceed 5 points one minute before the end of the game, but in the end the Spurs won.

Will there be a different interpretation when we look at the small score between the two teams in the first quarter of this game?

Why did Popovich emphasize after each of the first three games that the game was fierce, but it was the Spurs who won.

That's why!

"This is a natural chasm!"

A chasm that no matter how hard Yes struggles, it can't cross it!

In a sense, this kind of natural chasm is more despairing than those big-scoring massacres.

In this world, no one knows better than Phil Jackson how terrifying this kind of metaphysical chasm is.

In the 1997 Finals, before the game that year, the Jazz's momentum and reputation were extremely high.

Many people felt that the Jazz would become the king that year.

But in the end, the king is still the bull!

Why?

There were a total of six games in the finals that year, and three of them were won or lost by within three points. In these three games, the outcome was decided by one goal. In the end, the Bulls won all of them!

Three games and like hell, every game was won by two points!

This is certainly exciting for the Bulls.

But for the Jazz, how scared and powerless will they be when they face these three games?

Three games with two points difference, all lost!

Victory is right in front of us, but we just can’t reach it!

This is the natural chasm!

How similar the three games between the SuperSonics and the Spurs are to the three games between the Bulls and the Jazz!

This is a similarity that makes no sense.

Of course, the gap between the SuperSonics and the Spurs is much larger than the gap between the Jazz and the Bulls.

So even though the two teams are very fierce now, it seems that everyone has a chance to win, but at the end of the game, when the result comes out, the whole world will suddenly realize.

Of course, it dawned on him before the game was over.

No, it's not just him...

"A great game always brings back so many great memories!"

Looking at the 53-55 score at the end of the half, Jordan took a deep puff of the cigar in his hand, and his mind was filled with intense memories of that game eight years ago.

In the first half of this game, Yes performed very well.

It should be said that it is still outstanding and unimaginable, defeating Bowen for the fourth consecutive game!

At the very least, in the first half, Yes once again proved that he could beat Bowen, not just in one, two, or three games, but as long as he was given a chance, it could be four, five, six, or seven games!

Yes proved that he is the only player in the history of basketball who can maintain such an offensive advantage over Bowen, but he has no chance to defeat Bowen for the fifth, sixth, or even seventh time in a row.

"After this game, Yes will be as desperate as Carl and John!"

Jordan still can't forget the desperate looks in the eyes of Malone, Stockton and Jazz fans.

Because that was the third game they lost in which the score difference was two points!

It's like being cursed!

Now, this team that seemed to be cursed by God has become the SuperSonics, and the person who was cursed by God has become Yes!

The first half between the SuperSonics and the Spurs was very intense, and this intensity was really, really heart-wrenching.

The SuperSonics fans in the stands and the coconut fans in front of the TV. This is already their fourth game to watch such an intense game!

"Basketball is a game where ten people run on the court and the Spurs win in the end!"

At the end of the third game between the SuperSonics and the Spurs, Pippen, who has been constantly making wise words recently, said a wise saying that has been widely circulated.

For the fans who came to accompany the SuperSonics and Yes on their final journey, they really would rather this be a game where the Spurs slaughtered them.

They don’t want to watch another game that is heart-wrenching for them and even more heart-wrenching for Yes!

After watching three of these games, they really didn't want to watch a fourth.

But after the start of the third quarter, the game was still at the same pace!

So at the end of the third quarter, many SuperSonics fans, especially female fans, covered their faces and cried uncontrollably, looking at the score of 81 to 82 on the court.

This is a very, very strange scene.

One team is only one point behind, but the fans of this team are so desperate!

But anyone who has watched the past three games between the SuperSonics and Spurs in front of the TV can understand why they are like this.

"In the past three games, the SuperSonics have never led the Spurs except for the first two minutes of each game!"

"In the third quarter, the score was only one point behind, and SuperSonics fans showed up like crazy!"

Kenny Smith is excited!

Popovich is also excited!

Be elegant, don't be reckless, tonight I am Phil Popovich!

Half an hour later...

Popovich, who wanted to be elegant tonight, stood on the sidelines with his mouth open and his eyes widened as he watched the last beat of the live scoreboard.

Jordan, who was enjoying the taste of the victory cigar and the wonderful memories, stared blankly at the score on the TV, unaware that the room had become even hotter.

As for Kenny Smith, who was excited just now, he is now as speechless as the audience.

However, the audience at the scene lost their voices for a moment, and immediately after that, there was a roaring explosion!

But Kenny Smith was completely speechless!

108 to 107!

Yes beat the Spurs at home!

The Seattle SuperSonics come back at home!

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