Chapter 870: Everything Is Back and the NBA’s Biggest Illusion!

Although public opinion across the country feels that the Mavericks have a great advantage.

The Mavericks themselves feel they have a huge advantage.

But Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks players are still very cautious about the first game against the SuperSonics.

The impact of this series between the SuperSonics and the Spurs is still there.

Just like no one wanted to be second with the Mavericks before, who dares to be second with the Spurs now?

Moreover, the compliments Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks players gave to the Sonics before the game were truly what they were thinking, not just words.

They are really looking forward to tonight's game with the SuperSonics, which may be a battle comparable to the Lakers and Nuggets.

The whole world can watch light supersonics, and the whole world has reasons to watch light supersonics.

But the Mavericks, they were the team that was beaten by the SuperSonics two years ago!

Two years ago, they were ranked No. 1 in the Western Conference. How could they be capsized now because of mental issues?

Before the game between the Mavericks and the SuperSonics at home, the Mavericks were really preparing for a battle with the SuperSonics.

But when the first conference semifinal game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks was over, looking at the scores on the courtside scoreboard, Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks players, who felt that this game would be a big battle, had some expressions on their faces. Awkward.

In the first game of the series against the Sonics, they won quite easily...

The score of the game also shows this.

, the Dallas Mavericks easily won at home by 21 points.

And in this game, the Mavericks really led from the beginning to the end.

They thought it was a big battle, but in the end they easily won by 21 points!

I thought this would be a fierce battle from beginning to end, but I didn't expect that the SuperSonics' leading player, whom they feared the most, didn't even play a minute in the fourth quarter.

In fact, when the game entered the fourth quarter, the main players of Yes and the SuperSonics who had played seven exciting games did not stop playing.

After the third quarter, the Sonics couldn't save this game.

The reason for this is very simple.

That was Durant, who came back again after a year in this game. He once again played a familiar and unfamiliar iron in this game.

"7 of 33 shots, 2 of 11 three-pointers, 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 7 turnovers..."

"This is the Durant we are both familiar with and unfamiliar with..."

After the game, looking at the technical statistics of Durant's first game back, Barkley was really dumbfounded.

There is a lot of news about Durant's poor condition, and of course he knows it.

He also knew that Durant's performance in this game would not be very good, but really, he didn't expect it to be so bad!

What he also didn't expect was that yes's love for Durant could be so deep.

In the first game back, he passed the ball to Durant like crazy and fed Durant cakes.

It can be seen that yes enjoys this familiar feeling of partnering with Durant.

In response to yes's familiar feeling towards him,

Durant is also very smart, and the person who responded to yes is "yes", the "Seattle Iron God" who is very familiar to Supersonics fans. Durant is really iron in this game!

Even if he scored 32 points in the first three quarters, he couldn't save it!

"It seems that our expectations were correct. After Durant suffered a serious injury, his offense returned to its original point."

"Although Durant's defense has not declined but has improved after the serious injury, yes and the SuperSonics need Durant's offense more, but he seems to be completely gone now."

He made 7 of 33 shots in the game and 2 of 10 in the fourth quarter. Durant's first game back reminded the whole world of the iron god who made coconut fans tremble. The man who took at least 30 shots in every game, at least The Seattle Iron God who hit twenty irons.

Regarding Durant's status, media reporters across the United States hope that a miracle will happen.

But in the end this game told the world that miracles don't happen that easily.

"7 out of 33..."

To be honest, not to mention other people, even Ye Si, who was sitting off the court in the fourth quarter and watching, looked a little surprised when he saw Durant's blacksmithing performance on the court.

The Mavericks actually can't find a defensive point that can match Durant.

With Afflalo by his side, Monta Alice can't guard Durant, and Josh Howard can't guard him either. Of course Nowitzki still can't guard him, which means Kwame Brown can help defend Durant in the paint.

It can be said that Durant's poor shooting percentage in this game is not because of the Mavericks' good defense, but entirely because of his own reasons.

After returning, Durant is changing his game rhythm and some details of his movements in order to adapt to the changes in his body.

For example, before the injury, Durant was on the thin side, and his shots were shot with a very elegant fallback, just like Kobe McGrady, without looking at his face, he had such a cool and unrestrained energy.

But now after the injury, Durant's weight has increased. Because of his broken leg, although he can still jump as high as before when taking off the shot, Durant still subconsciously suppresses most of his bounce, so he takes the shot. The take-off height of the jump dropped significantly, and the body no longer leaned back but leaned forward!

It is precisely because of such changes on the offensive end that Durant needs a lot of adaptation, and it is also a high-intensity adaptation.

Even James, who is next door, is much better than Durant in terms of status and strength. When adapting to the new rhythm and new technology, isn't he still undercover in almost every game?

Of course, Durant cannot be compared with James.

The status of the two in the team is completely different.

But there was one thing they both figured out.

Ye Si finally saw it.

James needs a lot of high-quality games to build a new and strong self.

And Durant also needs a lot of excellent opponents and games to hone a strong self.

After thinking of this, although Ye Si's face was still calm and expressionless, he still felt a lot more relaxed inside.

As long as he plays enough games, Durant will naturally get his offensive strength back. As for when?

Ye Si didn't know, but it was definitely possible.

Durant's offensive performance was terrible in the first game back, but because of these objective reasons, coupled with Durant's role on the defensive end against the Mavericks, both Yease and Nelson would be willing to give Durant More patience.

But those media who expected the Sonics to leapfrog the Mavericks didn't think so.

In the post-game press conference of this game, Yeos answered almost all of Durant's questions.

"This is the first official game KD has played this year. He needs time to find his rhythm again. Mr. Nelson and I, all of us are very satisfied with his performance. The state of the game requires a lot of high-intensity training. After returning from the game, his physical condition recovered very well. He played 44 minutes in this game and maintained a high level of intensity every minute. He scored five blocks and two steals in this game, which was a wonderful performance. .”

Yess is a person who doesn't talk much. At the post-game press conference, those reporters who were crazy about Durant really didn't expect that Yess would say so many words for Durant.

The reporters present thought that the person sitting on it was not Yes but Nelson.

Before the game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks started, these coconut fans still had expectations for Durant. After all, one of the biggest contributors to the Sonics' championship last year, without Durant, the Sonics would not have been able to break through the Western Conference. , naturally they can’t beat the Eastern cuisine and win the championship.

So no matter how bad Durant's condition is in training, they still have expectations.

But after the game, after 7 of 33, all their expectations were shattered.

Even at the post-game press conference, after receiving information from Yeezy and Nelson's firm support for Durant, these reporters were really desperate. They even directly said in the media, "It's better to start with Ibaka." !" rhythm.

It's as if all the credit for Durant, who broke his leg for Jaycee last year for the Sonics, has disappeared.

It's just obvious that these forgetful media and reporters have forgotten Durant's contribution to the Sonics, but Sonics fans have not.

Durant's first game back was very, very bad.

These reporters thought they could bring up Durant's pace, but they soon failed.

Whether online, in Seattle, or on the streets of Dallas, Seattle fans almost unanimously expressed their joy and blessings for Durant's comeback.

No one cares if Durant's first game back is bad.

Even after the first game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks, the No. 1 SuperSonics fan and leader of the Coconuts and SuperSonics fan groups, No. 15 No. 2, did not summarize the game on his Twitter, but directly Throw out a photo of Durant breaking his leg in the game against the Rockets in last year's playoffs.

And the caption of this photo is He's back, and He will all come back eventually!

The number of comments on this Twitter of "Not Fifteen is Second" has exceeded one million in just one day. Most of the comments are blessings, hope and trust, the rhythm of Durant that the media wants to bring up, It seems particularly pale and weak under the support of Twitter and Sonics fans who are not fifteen but second.

There is no way to lead Durant's rhythm, which makes these coconut media quite uncomfortable.

They also support yes, but now, they are on the opposite side of the coconut powder, just because of Durant!

Reporters and fans are different after all.

Reporters can abandon Bowen and Durant mercilessly when they need it, and even abandon Yes in the future just like they abandoned Jordan. As long as they need it, when abandoning Yes and supporting Yes, it can make the reporter feel better. When they get more benefits, they will make such a choice, and they will definitely make such a choice.

But the fans...

Spurs fans won’t abandon Bowen…

Mavericks fans won’t abandon Nowitzki…

Naturally, SuperSonics fans will not abandon Durant or Leafs...

Seeing that they could not kick Durant out of the Sonics' starting position by driving the rhythm, these coconut media started to use the same scare cards as before.

"Yes and the SuperSonics are giving up this year's playoffs for Durant, and they are also giving up this year's great playoffs!"

"Durant is useless now. Yes, standing with the SuperSonics and Durant is standing with failure!"

The first game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks caused such a big stir, which really made many fans of other teams find it incredible.

"The fear that the whole world is dominated by Durant news is back!"

The current public opinion even reminds many NBA fans of how Durant was blackened by the entire world more than a year ago.

This kind of atmosphere where the whole world is targeting Durant has not been experienced by new Sonics players such as Harden, Ibaka, Gasol and Ingles.

But for other Sonics veteran players...

"I'm back! My feelings are back!"

At the University of Texas practice facility, Sessions was excited.

The others also had looks of reminiscence on their faces.

Durant, on the other hand, was a little helpless to complain.

This familiar feeling is indeed all back...

This made Durant, who was a little nervous about coming back for this game, feel that the tension in his heart was relieved a lot.

In this comeback battle with the Mavericks, he performed so poorly on the offensive end.

In addition to his current playing style being adjusted and his body adapting to the intensity of the game, the bigger reason is psychological factors.

I want to express myself so much in this game!

yes is indeed willing to let him perform.

In the end, he shot a disastrous offensive statistic of 7-for-33 shooting.

With his current strength, the Mavericks don't have a player who can defend him. If he didn't have a normal mentality and didn't want to express himself too much, how could he perform like this?

If he didn't perform like this, he wouldn't be able to enjoy the malice of the whole world again, and the malice that the whole world would think he was useless.

From a public opinion point of view, after this game, except for Yes and Nelson who have always supported him, as well as SuperSonics players and fans, everyone else felt that he was useless...

Even the Mavericks, an opponent of the Sonics, feel this way.

"It's really a pity for Durant. In the series against the Rockets in last year's playoffs, he already had the strength of an offensive superstar."

"It's a pity, but yes is really uncomfortable now. The SuperSonics are facing us. Durant is defensive but not offensive, and Ibaka is offensive but not defensive. These are two cups of poison, and no matter which cup you drink, you will die." .”

Jason Terry's comparison made even Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle laugh.

Although it is not good to gloat over misfortune, this metaphor is indeed apt.

If Durant still has the same offense as last year against the Rockets, the Mavericks will indeed be very difficult to handle. With Afflalo, there is a way to deal with Yes, but the Mavericks really did not have the same ability as last season against the Rockets. That Durant point.

"Is God really on my side this year?"

The Spurs were eliminated, the SuperSonics were flawed, the Lakers and Nuggets were fighting fiercely, and the opposite Heat was in internal strife.

Such an environment really gave Rick Carlisle the illusion that we were the legendary Chosen Ones!

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