Chapter 976 The True Strength of Supersonics! ! !

After the first quarter of the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies, the two teams were tied at 34. This really surprised many people.

The Grizzlies performed very well in the first quarter.

In terms of performance in the first quarter, the SuperSonics were suppressed by the Grizzlies' solid offensive and defensive ends. Even though they were suppressed and couldn't do anything of their own, the Sonics were able to draw with the Grizzlies.

After watching the first game, the Grizzlies fans at the scene really wanted to curse, and they were so unreasonable!

The Grizzlies have gone all out and the SuperSonics have been suppressed, but Yes still has no offense. He used his organization and passing to organize Rondo and Durant to defeat McGrady and Battier.

In this game against the SuperSonics, the Grizzlies' goal is to prevent Yeez from scoring 20 points. The premise of this goal is that the Grizzlies can win.

If the Grizzlies can't win, this goal has no value.

In the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies could only tie with the SuperSonics despite going all out. This really gave the Grizzlies a great sense of crisis.

No matter how big your advantage is in the game, a tie is a tie.

Since the game was tied in the first quarter, the Grizzlies had to get the ball back in the second quarter.

This season the Grizzlies, Lakers and Heat are called super teams.

The Grizzlies, Lakers and Heat are not only super in the starting lineup, the substitute rotations of these three teams are also super.

The only players left on the court for the Grizzlies at the start of the second quarter were Gasol, Hakeem Warrick, Mike Miller, Lowry and Andre Miller.

The Grizzlies' rotation this season generally adopts the method of one main player and four substitutes.

In tonight's game, because Gasol played very easily against Millsap, he took the substitutes during the second quarter rotation.

Although the Grizzlies' nine-man rotation is not as crazy as the Sonics' ten-man rotation, it is still considered a very big rotation among a strong team of this level.

Moreover, the Grizzlies' remaining four rotation players, Warrick, Mike Miller, Lowry, and Andre Miller, are all extremely high-quality role players who are now capable of averaging 10 points per game in the NBA.

Warrick has been with the Grizzlies for five seasons. In the past three seasons, he has averaged more than 11 points per game. This season, because of the arrival of Tracy McGrady, his scoring data has definitely dropped, but as a 27-year-old player, His strength is naturally impossible to decline. He is still the super substitute forward who can score 12+5 in 24 minutes per game last season. He can shoot and jump. This Anthony Pippen at Syracuse University is the current substitute in the league. One of the best all-around forwards on the court, a typical player whose strength outweighs his fame.

Mike Miller, before McGrady came here in the past few seasons, he had been the starter and averaged more than 15 points per game. After McGrady came, he came on the bench and averaged only about 10 points per game. But Mike Miller Miller's shooting percentage has increased sharply this season, especially the three-point shooting percentage. This season, Mike Miller's three-point shooting percentage is as high as 50% so far, which is terrifying. Of course, for him, 50% of the three-point shooting percentage is The three-point shooting percentage is not too unusual. After all, he is one of the league's best shooters. His three-point shooting percentage was 40% in his rookie season. In the past four seasons with the Grizzlies, his three-point shooting percentage has been above 40%. , now that he is on the bench, it is not surprising that his shooting is stronger after the defensive pressure he faces becomes less.

Andre Miller, this is the meat that the Grizzlies stole from the Lakers and Heat this summer. The former star point guard of the Nuggets and 76ers chose to leave the 76ers to pursue his dream. He was moved by the Grizzlies' sincerity. Coming to Memphis, last season with the 76ers, Miller could get 16+7. This season, Miller's playing time has dropped.

But his data can still reach 8+6, which shows that his strength and condition are maintained quite well.

Lowry, this young guard is definitely the biggest surprise for the Grizzlies this season. The Grizzlies' starting lineup has many unreasonable players, but the Grizzlies' substitute rotation players have always lacked a stable hot-point player, and the Grizzlies don't McGrady or Carter may be asked to lead the bench every time. In fact, these two players are the Grizzlies' players with the fewest substitutes.

In this case, the Grizzlies need a true super sixth man who can serve as an offensive machine, a player like Barea who was once a Sonics player.

But such a player is not so easy to get. This summer, the Grizzlies were very uncomfortable not competing with the Mavericks for Barea and failing to compete with the Lakers for Bibby.

However, I really didn't expect that Lowry seemed to have a new idea this season.

The Grizzlies' ability to use a nine-man rotation so calmly this season has a lot to do with Lowry's explosion this season.

Lowry has grown into a super sixth man who can act alone. Then the Grizzlies can freely let any of their starting players lead the bench on the bench. The starting core player who leads the bench will not be under too much pressure, and sometimes even Just stand there as a wingman for Lowry on the bench.

In fact, the Grizzlies' rotation this season is a style in which the other four players act as wingmen to maximize the power of Lowry, a little steel cannon.

Andre Miller passed the ball for Lowry, Mike Miller opened up space for Lowry, and Warrick used his comprehensive skills and powerful body to cover Lowry, and the core player underneath him was It serves as a strategic containment point for Lowry. If the opponent puts heavy troops on Lowry, this containment point can also exchange identities with Lowry.

This style of play of the Grizzlies' rotation has been absolutely unbeatable this season.

The Grizzlies' rhythm is not that fast, their offense is not that explosive, and their scoring efficiency is actually not too high.

But the fact that the Grizzlies can outscore their opponents by so many points in every game is inseparable from the Grizzlies' very unique bench rotation.

Even among the rotations of the three super teams of the Heat, Lakers and Grizzlies, the Grizzlies' rotation has the highest evaluation from experts.

"The Grizzlies' rotation is the most disciplined among the three super teams."

It's not just the pundits in the newspapers and on TV, Kenny Smith also has praise for the Grizzlies' rotation.

The rotation lineups of the Lakers and Heat are indeed stronger.

The Heat's sixth man is All-Star Ben Gordon.

The Lakers' sixth man is Odom, Mike Bibby, and players of O'Neal's level.

The Grizzlies' sixth man is Lowry, who is just starting out and is only in his fourth NBA season.

But in terms of combat effectiveness, the rotation lineups of the Heat and Lakers may not be able to bring out the Grizzlies' combat effectiveness.

Of course, whether it is the SuperSonics, Heat or Grizzlies, the combat effectiveness of the rotation lineup is of course stronger than the SuperSonics.

"The SuperSonics' rotation for this game is still a full rotation, with Gasol, Ibaka, Tucker, James Harden and Sessions. The SuperSonics did not change their rotation because of the special opponent tonight. Way."

Kenny Smith's evaluation of the SuperSonics' rotation is actually pretty good. After Barea leaves, it's hard to estimate how the Sonics' rotation will perform when facing strong teams and at critical moments.

But after James Harden replaced Barea as the sixth man, he was really stronger when he was playing rough, even better than when Barea was there.

In fact, James Harden showed his good ability to abuse food in the second half of last season, but at a critical moment like the finals, James Harden really stretched his hips...

Although this season the league is focusing on cracking down on various free throws like James Harden and Kevin Martin Durant.

But to be honest, in regular season games, it is actually difficult for referees to be so strict.

Especially in some ordinary regular season games, referees actually have many standards of their own.

This gives players like James Harden and Kevin Martin a lot of room to create.

Just like Kevin Martin, who averaged 25 points per game last season, no one will admit that Kevin Martin has All-Star ability.

Even if James Harden averages 15 points per game this season, no one thinks that his true strength can match Barea or other super sixth men in the league.

You can't say it's bias, because it's the truth.

The SuperSonics' ultra-high pace and ultra-high scoring average this season have concealed many, many real things, but some real things cannot be concealed by high statistics.

Just like Kevin Martin, no matter how many years he averages 20+ per game, no one will regard him as an All-Star player.

Therefore, when the substitute rotations of the Grizzlies and SuperSonics teams were laid out, it was not just Kenny Smith who thought that the Grizzlies could beat the SuperSonics.

Many people in front of the TV think that the Grizzlies are going to beat the SuperSonics. Facing a strong team like the Grizzlies, it is a risk or even a mistake for the SuperSonics to not have a starting core player in the rotation.

Even Barkley thinks this way.

Yease feels that he and his Sonics have been underestimated by the league's experts this season.

The pundit media is biased against him and his team.

In fact, it's not just the media experts who are biased against the Sonics. Even die-hard coconut fans like Barkley are biased against the Sonics and other players.

So Barkley deeply shares Kenny Smith's concerns.

Because in his mind, James Harden is the defensive player who beat Barea to get the Sonics sixth man by selling PP, but in fact he only knows how to defend.

Barea was taken away by James Harden, and now there are still many Sonics fans and coconut fans who are very unhappy.

Can't you, James Harden, be a good defensive player in the SuperSonics? You have to be so ambitious to be the sixth man, and you’re not afraid of overstretching yourself!

With your strength, how can you be worthy of the responsibility of the sixth man?

Even if you get too many garbage time bonuses this season and your points per game explode, it won't change the fact that you can only defend!

There is a lot of garbage time, and the intensity of the game is not high. James Harden is the kind of player who is "shameless", so his average of 15 points per game this season has not brought him an improvement in reputation, and has even decreased his reputation. , are both rated as the second player with the best statistics by ESPN, second only to the first player, Kevin Martin.

James Harden has this kind of evaluation, and naturally Ibaka and Sessions' evaluations can't be any better.

On the contrary, Gasol and Tucker have good reviews. After all, James Harden and Ibaka Sessions have soared in statistics during garbage time this season, while Tucker and Gasol have not.

Especially Tucker. For Tucker, being able to score a three-pointer in the NBA does not mean brushing up the statistics. For Tucker, brushing up the statistics should be a layup under the basket.

Under such tinted glasses, the Sonics only have Gasol and Tucker, two fairly watchable players.

James Harden, Serge Ibaka and Sessions are all data brushers who are unfit and unworthy of their name.

But the opponent is players like Gasol, Mike Miller, Andre Miller, Warrick, and Lowry.

The Sonics are going to be crushed by the Grizzlies in the rotation, so that's what it should be, right?

No matter in terms of talent or reputation, they are not on the same level.

No matter how amazing Yes's ability to develop players is, it is impossible to elevate them to the same level as players like the Grizzlies in such a short period of time.

The ability of these Sonics players to be data brushers in the NBA is already a reflection of Yes's ability to cultivate data. Most of these players don't even have the potential to be data brushers in the NBA!

The second quarter begins.

The Grizzlies fans who had been stifled by Yes for the whole first quarter of the game finally came to life.

The suffocation in the first quarter was finally released in the second quarter.

In the second quarter, the Sonics took the lead and James Harden took Gasol's baseline pass and advanced past halftime.

Facing James Harden, Lowry was a little disdainful.

Any player with a strong style of play and personality dislikes players like James Harden and Kevin Martin.

"Kyle, fuck this bearded man!"

"Kyle, let this bearded Beep be your Beep!"

"Kyle, you are the best sixth man in the NBA this season!"

Ignoring the frenzy of the Grizzlies fans next to him, Lowry kept his eyes on this man with dull eyes, who looked very honest, but in fact had a very vulgar style of play.

He is not as tall as this wretched bearded man, and guarding him cannot give him space to shoot, so he needs to be attached.

Just stick to this guy and pay attention to his little tricks that favor fouling. This big beard is a four-beard.

Lori is very confident!

only……

When Lowry moved up to James Harden, the bearded man in front of him actually...

Disappeared? !

When the originally frantic Grizzlies fans saw James Harden disappear in front of Lowry, the exploding arena instantly became extremely quiet!

Didn't this obscene bearded man use his beard to throw Lori away when Lowry got close to him? It was a foul?

Instead, he chose a breakthrough!

And it’s still such a difficult European step breakthrough!

With such a close distance and such a clean pass by Lowry, James Harden's European step this time was really crisp and beautiful like never before!

"James can do it. Is this what James said, the three-turn European step?"

"What a three-turn European step. Don't listen to that bearded man's nonsense. There is not a single word of truth in his mouth."

James Harden's European step past Lowry just now was beautiful, very beautiful.

But after hearing the words of his teammates, Ye Si also had a smile on his face.

James Harden's words are really unreliable sometimes.

This guy divided the European step into four levels, one turn, two turns, three turns, and the kaleidoscope European step above the third turn.

A kaleidoscope is a toy, a toy about optics and symmetry. The perfect European step is like a kaleidoscope, using the defensive player as a mirror. In an instant, the perfect seems to disappear from the front of the defensive player to the defensive player. behind.

Of course, it's a beautiful statement. What James Harden really wants to express is that the strongest European move is the European move that makes the defensive player act like a mirror without any reaction.

This time, although Lori was transported through time, he still responded.

But it was still too late for Lori to react.

James Harden had bumped into Varrick's help defense and completed a two-point layup.

James Harden's confrontation is very good, especially the confrontation under the basket. His layups habitually like to lean against the help defender.

Although his body was a little swaying, he would not lose his rhythm. After leaning back, James Harden's layup percentage was even higher.

Regarding James Harden's performance on the court, Yeezy and the SuperSonics players think it is normal.

But for the Grizzlies players, Grizzlies fans, commentators, reporters and experts in front of the TV, this time James Harden is definitely not the James Harden they thought of!

"One man and one team penetrated the Grizzlies' defense..."

Looking at the Sonics player on the court who was "sprinkling salt" in celebration, Kenny Smith's eyes in the commentary box were glazed over.

As the SuperSonics' official commentator, he is definitely the commentator who understands James Harden best.

I don’t know if it was because when I was watching other SuperSonics players and Yes teammates before, my tinted glasses were too thick. When I saw James Harden directly piercing the Grizzlies defense so calmly just now, he was so excited. It's really hard to believe.

The defense of these five players on the Grizzlies court is indeed not that strong, but they are definitely not something that a player like James Harden can penetrate!

If it was Barea who did this, he would not be surprised at all.

But this guy is James Harden!

He has also done some bad European moves on the court before, but this time his opponent is the Grizzlies, one of the strongest in the NBA!

Kenny Smith admits that he is indeed biased against Sonics players, but as the commentator who knows the Sonics best, he dares to say that his bias is definitely the least.

For example, some of the Sonics' most controversial players.

For example, many people now think that Durant is an ordinary player who is lucky enough to be favored by Yes. His real strength is quasi-All-Star level. But in his eyes, Durant has all-round abilities. A quasi-superstar with star power is no better than a superstar like Gay, and even more incomparable to a super giant like McGrady. Maybe Durant is still underestimated by him, but the underestimation is limited. After all, he will definitely not be better than Gay. Yi Qiang, since he is not as strong as Guy, he is naturally not a superstar, at best he is a quasi-star.

There is also Rondo. Many people think that Rondo is a role player with special functions. His overall strength is not even a quasi-All-Star. However, in Kenny Smith’s eyes, Rondo still has quasi-All-Star ability. His passing ability The ball, defense and organization can make up for those offensive shortcomings. All-Star players really need to attack, and Rondo's offense is several levels lower than Kidd. Of course, it is impossible to become an All-Star, so even if Rondo is In his eyes, he is underestimated, but he will never underestimate him too much. They are all quasi-All-Stars anyway.

There is also James Harden, a player who averages 15 points per game. In the opinion of fans and experts, he is just like trash. Of course he will not think that James Harden is trash. In his eyes, James Harden is a trash. A very good defensive player, but he is just a defensive player. If he is only doing defensive things, he will be very good, but this guy is a defensive player with the heart of scoring champion, which makes people don't know what to say. , James Harden is even less likely to be the scoring champion than Rondo.

At any rate, Rondo is a hero because of the times. Yes wants to keep him because of his passing, organization and defense. Although James Harden's defense is very good, it is not as valuable as Rondo. It is impossible for Yes to give him a brush just to keep him. Scoring champion.

It can be said that in Kenny Smith's eyes, James Harden should learn from Bowen throughout his career. He only needs to be a defensive champion and have a good three-pointer. Scoring and offense are really out of reach for him. What's more, he I don’t have that much effort and enterprising spirit yet.

But now...

Watching the Grizzlies and SuperSonics rotations play on the court.

Kenny Smith feels that his extremely correct evaluation of the Sonics players is experiencing a cliff-like collapse!

Even people like Kenny Smith, who claims to be objective and rational in his evaluation of Sonics players, had their opinions shattered when they saw the rotation game between the Sonics and the Grizzlies, not to mention those who had negative views on the Sonics players. Other viewers with heavier glasses!

"This season he has performed very well. Lowry, the most popular sixth man, was beaten by James Harden on both offense and defense?!"

"Varrick, who has been very versatile in the past five seasons with the Grizzlies, is actually unable to do anything about Ibaka's shooting?!"

"Mike Miller, who shot 50% of his three-pointers this season, missed all three of his attempts after being entangled by Tucker?!"

"As an All-Star, Gasol and his younger brother Gasol are inseparable at the center position. They can't even defeat Gasol like he defeated Millsap?!"

"The Grizzlies, who are so powerful, can only rely on Andre Miller to back up Sessions to maintain the point difference?!"

"The Grizzlies' rotation, which was supposed to crush the Seattle SuperSonics' rotation, was defeated so easily by the SuperSonics' rotation?!"

FedEx Arena, the home of the Grizzlies, remained silent after the excitement!

The audience in front of the TV was dumbfounded as they watched Supersonic Nine being featured on the TV.

Even Kobe was stunned with his eyes wide open.

This season, the Lakers have lost to the Grizzlies, and he knows that the Grizzlies have a strong rotation.

"It's not the same level. The Grizzlies' rotation is actually not on the same level as the SuperSonics' rotation!"

These players in the SuperSonics rotation are not No. 2 players like Durant and Milicic.

The SuperSonics rotation players are really some real garbage that was not drafted that high!

And these pieces of trash can now defeat one of the strongest rotations in the league!

Yes, this guy's ability to encourage others to grow is too strong, right? !

68 to 60!

When the first half between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies ended, and the SuperSonics actually led by 8 points entering the second half, many people in front of the TV became uneasy.

"We need to truly understand the strength of the SuperSonics this time!"

The amount of information in the first half between the SuperSonics and Grizzlies was too much!

"Maybe the SuperSonics' hard power is not eighth in the league, but top three in the league!"

The world outside the stadium is very, very lively right now.

In sharp contrast to the world outside the stadium is the world inside the stadium.

The entire FedEx Arena was really quiet at halftime.

Before this game started, no Grizzlies fan would have imagined such a result.

The starter pressed the opponent, but couldn't lead the score.

The rotation lineup, known as one of the strongest in the league, was blown away by the opponent's rotation lineup!

In the end, the Grizzlies, who are said to be the strongest in history, were actually led by the SuperSonics by 8 points at halftime despite their advantage on the field!

At the end of the first half, Grizzlies head coach Hollins, Grizzlies players and Grizzlies fans felt as if they were dreaming.

"Is this supersonic?"

"I'm really not dreaming?"

Looking at the score on the scoreboard, Kenny Smith was stunned.

Next to him, Buckley roared.

Not far away, David Stern and his assistants applauded crazily in silence...