Chapter 977 A World in Ruins!
The Seattle SuperSonics are a team with a 21-game winning streak, a truly super team ranked first in the league!
But such a super strong team, in its own home court and in excellent condition, was led by the SuperSonics on the road by eight points.
His own strong substitute rotation lineup was overwhelmed by the opponent's rotation lineup that didn't look very strong.
It can be said that after the first half of the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies, the whole world was a little confused.
This is really completely different from what I imagined.
To help the audience be confused, the Grizzlies coaches and players were actually even more confused.
But fortunately, the Grizzlies calmed down a lot during the ten minutes of halftime.
After the first half of the game, they fell behind by eight points, and their strong rotation lineup was blown away. This is really incredible.
But judging from their performance on the field in the first half, they still have the advantage.
During the main time of the two teams, the Grizzlies players' hard power and the Grizzlies' scenes are obviously better than the SuperSonics.
In other words, as long as the Grizzlies can turn these advantages into a victory in the second half, an eight-point deficit is actually not that much.
As for this game, Ye Si’s score is no longer 20 points...
Of course, no one in the Grizzlies would dare to pursue this goal.
Yes can score as many points as they want. There is nothing they can do if they are humiliated with 20 points by Yes and other garbage teams.
In this game, the Grizzlies must not lose the victory!
This game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies is the beginning of the so-called super team showdown. Next, the Grizzlies will also play the Heat. Victory in this game will not only give the Grizzlies the advantage of maintaining first place in the Western Conference, but also Can provide a huge psychological advantage to the Grizzlies.
This game is important, really important. After reaching a consensus, the Grizzlies are ready to make persistent efforts in the second half to turn all advantages into victory.
The advantage in strength gave the Grizzlies the confidence to catch up and win the game.
But as soon as the third quarter came on, Rondo received a pass from Ye Si and fired a three-pointer from one step outside the three-point line. He hit McGrady again, which made the Grizzlies who had just stabilized their mood feel cold again. Rondo This three-point color is really like a bucket of ice water pouring directly from the tops of Tracy McGrady and the Grizzlies' heads to the soles of their feet.
Not to mention that the entire Grizzlies were stunned by Rondo's three-pointer as soon as they came up.
Even Kenny Smith is sedated now.
Rondo's scoring in this game is really unfriendly to the Grizzlies and McGrady.
The reason why Yes didn't have to take action in this game is because Yes organized Durant and Rondo's offense so well!
Why can't the Grizzlies turn their advantage into victory?
The key reason is that Durant and Rondo played so well offensively in this game.
Durant's offensive efficiency in this game was very average and balanced. He scored one and lost one. Although the Grizzlies also have a good offense, they are not an explosive team. How can Durant's offensive efficiency be so high? Coupled with the help of some sporadic scoring from Yes and Milicic Millsap, it can help the disadvantaged SuperSonics bite the score.
The Grizzlies tried hard to open up the score, but Durant was biting. The Grizzlies finally really wanted to open the game, but Rondo suddenly broke out...
Rondo had this rhythm in the first and second quarters of the first half.
But in the second half, Rondo actually changed his rhythm...
Although the rhythm has changed, it is still pouring cold water on the grizzly bear.
The Grizzlies are now trying to narrow the point difference.
To catch up with the score, there is such an unreasonable magical three-pointer. Who can withstand it?
Rondo TM hits such a shot, who can withstand it?
When McGrady defends Rondo, is it wrong to take a step back and defend against penetration instead of shooting?
With McGrady's height, even if Rondo can easily take the shot, McGrady can block it and interfere with Rondo.
Even ordinary offensive players dare not say how much they can score in the face of interference like McGrady.
What's more, this offensive player is still Rondo.
In this game, McGrady had no problem with Rondo's defensive methods and choices.
However, Rondo is able to make shots against a defense like McGrady. What can be done about this?
McGrady's defense can't do anything to Rondo. What can be done?
McGrady felt like he was a little broken now.
Damn this game didn't teach this kid a lesson, but was shot by this kid to the point of doubting his life!
Now McGrady really wonders if his hands are as short as Kobe's, so he can't interfere with Rondo's shots and has no defensive effect on Rondo's shots?
McGrady and the Grizzlies are now beginning to doubt life again.
In fact, Yes knows that although McGrady's defensive method is not as good as Curry's entangled defense, it is still effective against Rondo.
If not for McGrady's long hands and long legs, Rondo's scoring in this game could have been even more explosive.
In such a dangerous game, he did not lower Rondo's shooting percentage in order to reduce Rondo's threat.
However, it is actually understandable for Ye Si to doubt Tracy McGrady and the Grizzlies so much about life.
After all, no one would have thought that the best player defending Rondo would be Curry, who is most looked down upon by media experts...
Rondo's touch came earlier in the third quarter than in the first two quarters.
Although Rondo's touch came too early in the third quarter, it was also wasted early. When Rondo's touch came, the third quarter had not even started.
The game didn't start until Rondo's 76 wasted 2 minutes.
Therefore, in the third quarter, Rondo's feeling exploded for only a little more than 1 minute.
But a little more than a minute is actually enough.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Grizzlies were in a very subtle psychological state.
I felt that I was stronger and could catch up, and as soon as the third quarter started, I was ready to speed up the pace and chase points.
If the Grizzlies can really catch up with the score from the beginning of the third quarter, the Grizzlies may really explode and be out of control.
The strength of the Grizzlies' starting lineup is indeed better than that of the SuperSonics, and many more.
Yes indeed relied on Durant and Rondo in the starting lineup to maintain the score of the game.
Durant was in good shape in this game. Otherwise, facing Battier's defense, his 50/50 characteristic would not be so 50/50.
Rondo is also in good shape, with an explosive period of about three minutes in one quarter.
It can be said that the strengths of Durant and Rondo have been maximized in this game.
Only then could he barely withstand the Grizzlies' starting lineup.
If the Grizzlies' starting lineup really explodes, the SuperSonics may really collapse.
With the Grizzlies' defensive method, Ye Si's ordinary touch in this game cannot single-handedly turn the tide of the game.
Fortunately, when the Grizzlies players were in the most delicate period, Rondo's three three-pointers in just over a minute were poured out, and the Grizzlies players' state in this game would be difficult to explode!
After all, just over a minute into the third quarter, the Grizzlies went from being 8 points behind to 13 points behind, and the ball was still in the hands of the opponent. This time, they were really confused and couldn't get up.
After trailing by 13 points, after Rondo died, Durant used a mid-range shot to open the score to 15 points. Grizzlies head coach Hollins on the sidelines was silent among the Grizzlies fans. Under the gaze, he desperately requested the first timeout of the second half.
One and a half minutes into the third quarter, the Grizzlies requested a timeout.
As for the score difference on the court, the Grizzlies are already 15 points behind.
79 to 64!
Looking at the score on the court at this time, Barkley even fell into a sluggish state like Kenny Smith next to him.
It’s just that Kenny Smith is really dull.
No one expected that the Grizzlies would trail the SuperSonics by 8 points in the first half.
Similarly, no one would have thought that such a strong Grizzlies, with united efforts, would collapse immediately in the third quarter!
In one and a half minutes, the Seattle SuperSonics scored 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting.
At the end of the first half, Yeas had 16 assists.
After only playing for a minute and a half, Ye Si's assist count became 20!
"fear!"
"horrible!"
"Yes's organization, the Seattle SuperSonics' offense is terrifying!"
As a die-hard coconut fan, Barkley felt like he was getting to know this team for the first time in this game.
In fact, in this game, these die-hard coconut fans, like everyone else in the world, seemed to really get to know the Seattle SuperSonics!
"Now I finally understand why the Seattle SuperSonics scored 150 or 160 points this season and scored 58 points!"
"Even a super team like the Grizzlies and the league's No. 1 defensive team can't withstand an offense like the SuperSonics. How can other teams be able to withstand it?"
The Grizzlies are the strongest defensive team in the league!
Even if the Sonics can't explode like this every minute, as long as the Sonics explode in front of the Grizzlies, it proves that an offense like the Seattle SuperSonics can explode in front of any team!
In other words, the Sonics' statistics that look very scary this season are definitely not the result of the Sonics' rotation players headed by James Harden shamelessly brushing up data during garbage time!
The SuperSonics' offensive explosion of one and a half minutes in the third quarter was shocking.
Although the Sonics also had such a big outburst when facing other opponents in the league.
But how can it be the same when facing the Grizzlies and facing other teams.
The on-site commentators and reporters and the audience in front of the TV were shocked by the horrific offense like the Sonics and the incredible organization like the Leafs.
An organization that can allow Rondo to score three goals in a row and shoot McGrady three times in just over a minute is truly miraculous.
But for Grizzlies head coach Hollins and the Grizzlies players, the past minute and a half was really disappointing.
In that minute and a half, all the Grizzlies' adjustments and reorganization in the past half hour turned into nothingness.
Being 8 points behind and being 15 points behind are two completely different mentalities.
Especially after the Sonics proved that their offense can explode in front of their defense, the Grizzlies players will have a shadow in their minds that the Sonics' offense may explode at any time.
Offensive players like Rondo can explode offensively under Yes' organization, but what about others?
At this moment, Yes's organization even made them feel more terrifying than Yes's attack!
You know, Yes's offense is the one who scored 104 points in the NBA!
Before this game, they hoped that Yes would not score 20 points. That was because they wanted to force Yes to attack. That was because they wanted Yes to not attack!
Now, they also want Yes to attack, but they are definitely not forcing Yes to attack like before, but begging Yes to attack!
Rather than organizing teammates to attack, they actually want Yes to just take the ball and do it!
During the timeout, Grizzlies head coach Hollins and the Grizzlies players were very worried about the sudden explosion of the Sonics' offense, but in the end, their worries were proved to be unnecessary.
After Rondo exploded for more than a minute, he immediately regained his composure.
After that, the Sonics were still beaten by the Grizzlies.
The Sonics don't have the big bang in the opening minute and a half.
The Grizzlies were unable to get out of their state despite being anxious, and they couldn't even maintain their state in the first half.
The Grizzlies dominated the SuperSonics for the next ten minutes of the third quarter. According to the Grizzlies' state in the first half, there would be absolutely no problem in recovering the 15-point deficit to within 10 points.
But at the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was 100 to 85, and the Seattle SuperSonics still led by 15 points.
Before the start of the second half between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies, Kenny Smith still had high hopes for the Grizzlies, but at the end of the third quarter, Kenny Smith's hopes for the Grizzlies were slim.
Unless the Grizzlies' rotation can counterattack and defeat the Sonics' rotation.
Is this possible?
Of course there are, like the first half of the SuperSonics rotation that was short-lived.
But after the fourth quarter started, the main lineups of the Grizzlies and SuperSonics never appeared on the court again...
Seeing James Harden leading the SuperSonics bench to defeat the Grizzlies' bench, Kenny Smith sighed.
"All of us have underestimated the strength of the Sonics. All Sonics players, except Rondo, have been underestimated!"
Kenny Smith's words made Popovich smile slightly in front of the TV.
Haha, except Rondo?
Rondo is the most underestimated by you!
It was Yes's organization and passing that broke down the Grizzlies' defense. It was my American team leader Rajon Rondo's offense that broke down the Grizzlies' defense!
With a smile on his face, Popovich was madly complaining about Kenny Smith and Barkley's commentary.
Damn it, these two idiots actually defended all the other Sonics players while also crazily belittling Rondo.
Of course, at this time Kenny Smith naturally didn't know that he was being madly complained about by Popovich.
136 to 110!
The Seattle SuperSonics' 26-point victory over the Grizzlies on the road really shocked him.
And what shocked him even more than this was...
"The game between the Heat and the Mavericks is over!"
"Nowitzki scored 7 points in a row in the last minute, and the Mavericks defeated the Heat!"
The assistant yelled in shock and disbelief into the earphones.
Kenny Smith's outlook on this game was completely shattered by the strength of the SuperSonics!
The Heat actually lost to the Mavericks...
Kenny Smith, whose outlook is completely ruined, knows that tonight the vast majority of people in the world will be like him, with their outlook completely ruined...