Chapter 776: Shocking Seattle and James’ Mental Breakdown!

The first quarter of the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Miami Heat was shocking.

Not only the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, but also the players on both sides of the court.

LeBron James is now covering his head and looking at the floor with a dull face.

He really doesn't know why the game started like this.

Not only James doesn't know why the game started like this, but even Wade and Bosh, Chandler, Ben Gordon and other four of the Big Five sitting next to him, also don't know why the game unfolded like this.

Everyone looked at James in shock.

Not to mention the Heat players, Spoelstra, the Heat's head coach, is also looking at James in disbelief.

As the Heat's head coach, he didn't want to say that the first quarter of the game was because of James' undercover, so that the Heat, who could have won at least ten points, could only tie with the Seattle SuperSonics in the end.

He really didn't want to put the team's problems on one person.

But in the first quarter of this game, the result was like this!

He really didn't expect that LeBron James would behave like this in a game!

The start of this game was really good for the Heat. Yes's poor touch was confirmed.

Similarly, Yes's mentality was really broken. With such a normal touch, he actually shot so crazy. This would not have happened in Yes's previous games.

With Yes's previous basketball IQ, he would not have been able to cooperate with the Heat to play a fast pace!

But in order to get 100 points and more rounds, Yes rushed to play against the Heat and played speed. In this world, the team that played against the Heat without losing position, in the eyes of Spoelstra and the Heat, is their own team!

It can be said that Yes in this game is their own team!

Yes in the first quarter of the game is their own team.

With a team like Yes, the Heat actually failed to seize the opportunity!

Obviously, there was a 58-point opportunity to beat Yes, but the Heat actually didn't seize it!

Why are James and the Heat players so shocked and incredible at this time?

Obviously, the two sides are just tied now, and the Heat are not behind.

Why does James look so guilty?

It is because they really have a chance to beat Yes by 58 in this game!

However, the final result is that James ruined such an opportunity himself.

The final result is that they wasted a quarter in vain!

Now the score of the two teams is tied, and there are three quarters left in the game. The possibility of the Miami Heat wanting to beat Yes and the Supersonics by 58 points is very, very low!

As long as they can beat Yes by 58 in Seattle, the public opinion situation of the Miami Heat and James will be greatly improved. At that time, the Miami Heat can put down all the burdens and move towards the championship easily.

It can be said that after Yes's touch in this game went wrong, after Yes's mentality went wrong, this game was not only about James' greed, but everyone of them wanted to get what they wanted from this game greedily.

But!

What was originally within reach was sent away by James himself, who was most eager to get it!

This kind of depression, this kind of self-blame, this kind of discomfort, there is no need for James to say it himself, everyone knows it!

He and his Heat players certainly don't think that James is playing the Heat now.

It's very normal for players to have ups and downs.

It's just that James' offensive state is up and down, and it really happened at the wrong time.

This was originally the best opportunity to prove him, but he messed it up...

Now Spoelstra can be sure that the commentators or reporters from all over the world must be crazy about James' undercover joke.

"Guys, it's not time for us to be depressed yet."

After Spoelstra looked at the faces of all the Heat players, seeing these shocked Heat players turn their eyes from James to him, Spoelstra continued solemnly.

"The result of the first quarter was an accident, an accident that no one expected. We lost a lot of opportunities, but guys, this is not enough to make us depressed. As long as Yes's mentality in this game is still problematic, he still pursues 100 points, and his touch is still not good, then we will never completely lose opportunities."

In a team with five giants like the Heat, Spoelstra, the head coach of the team, usually has a very low presence in the team.

He is a puppet, this is the consensus of the whole world.

The whole world knows that the real coach of the Heat is Spoelstra's teacher, Pat Riley.

Not only does the whole world think so, but most of the players in the team also think so.

As a head coach, he has almost no authority in the team.

Of course, he knows that he is indeed a puppet in the Heat, but even if he is a puppet, he wants to be a puppet with achievements. He feels that he still has some strength, whether in tactics or in other aspects of coaching.

However, the entire Heat team has been quite smooth this season, and there is no adversity for him to perform.

Even in normal games, when he was talking about tactics, the Heat players led by James didn't listen to what he said.

Especially James, he didn't even look at him.

Although the Heat's tactics had nothing to do with him as the head coach, these Heat players really didn't even bother to pretend, which made him embarrassed.

Now, the team's adversity has finally appeared, and he, the puppet, finally has a chance to perform!

Hearing him say this, even James, who usually didn't even look at him when he was talking about tactics, raised his head at this time, staring at him with bloodshot eyes.

"We didn't get the result we wanted in the first quarter, but guys, you have to believe that we will get back to our form. LeBron can't perform worse than in the first quarter. As long as Yes wants to pursue 100 points in this game to fulfill his false remarks before the game, we still have a chance. Don't forget that our advantage over the Seattle SuperSonics is all-round!"

"Whether it's starting or substitute, our advantage over the Seattle SuperSonics allows us to perform explosively at any time!"

"For us, with an undercover Yes leading the Seattle SuperSonics, is it difficult for us to beat this team by 20 points in each of the three quarters?"

Spoelstra smiled and said jokingly to James, whose expression had eased a lot at this time, and said: "Unless LeBron is an undercover placed by Yes next to us, but LeBron, tell us, are you?"

"Of course not!"

James hasn't spoken yet, and Wade on the side said for James.

LeBron is certainly not an undercover for the Heat!

LeBron performed undercover in the first quarter because he was not in good condition, not because he wanted to perform poorly.

What is an undercover?

Suppose LeBron was afraid to play when facing Barea of ​​the Seattle Supersonics with his back to the ball, and he was hesitant there, not passing the ball or attacking, and finally made a mistake, that would be an undercover!

In the first quarter, LeBron was at best in a bad state, and finally he exerted his strength and went sideways because of his bad state.

This cannot be blamed on LeBron.

Spoelstra was joking to adjust the somewhat tense atmosphere of the Heat before, and the players of the Heat certainly saw it clearly.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the Heat returned to normal under the adjustment of Spoelstra, Redick, as a member of the great team of the Heat, was also relieved.

As a 15th player of the Heat, he sat on the bench in a suit in this game, that is, he had no chance to play in this game.

This season in the Heat, he played for less than 10 minutes in total.

He is very clear about his own strength, and the Heat team is also very clear.

He didn't have much playing time in the Pistons for two years, and coupled with the alcoholism in the past two years, his ability and physical condition are quite bad.

It simply doesn't meet the playing needs of a top team like the Heat.

He now knows that the reason why he was able to get the Heat's minimum salary contract is entirely because James wants him to spread the atmosphere of hatred against Yes within the team.

In this regard, Tyronn Lue, one of the fourteen players on the team, is the same.

But Tyronn Lue is better. Although he doesn't play much, Tyronn Lue is still in good shape and still valuable on the court.

Now he has no value on the court, it doesn't matter, as long as he is valuable to James and the Heat off the court, he will not be unemployed!

As long as the hatred against Yes he spreads off the court can help the Heat and James, he will always be able to stabilize a position in the Heat!

A team does not need every player to be able to contribute on the court.

Originally, Redick almost collapsed in the first quarter.

Before the game started, he dreamed of the arrogant look of him holding his head high and his chest out after the game ended, facing the desperate Yes who was beaten by 58 points by his team.

If he can't beat Yes by 58 in this game, and even the Heat loses, then not only will he not be able to show off in front of Yes, but even his own position in the Heat will be somewhat insecure. If the team can't beat Yes and the Heat, it means that the hatred atmosphere he spread towards Yes is useless. Not only is it useless, but if people know about it, they will also think that James is a spiritual winner, which will make James a laughing stock in the world.

By then...

Redick can't even imagine what kind of tragic ending he will have in the Heat after losing this game.

His wife has given birth, and he is no longer the Redick who aspires to become a superstar in the NCAA.

He needs to support his family now, and he needs this job in the Heat now, but his current contract has not been converted to full guarantee by the Heat, and he is still in danger of unemployment. Only by defeating Yes in this game can he completely get rid of any unemployment crisis!

It is precisely because of this situation now that it can be said that he is more eager to defeat Yes than anyone else in the Heat!

He is happier than anyone else in the Heat to see the Heat return to normal and James return to normal!

"As long as our emotions are fine, what can you use to fight us?!"

"Seattle SuperSonics and Miami Heat, your team and my team?"

If it's Kwame Brown's famous saying.

"It seems like it can be killed in seconds!"

So, what do you have to fight me? !

From now on, you will always live in the shadow of me, JJ Redick!

Redick looked at the bench on the other side. At this time, his face exuded a magical light and a light of hope, and even he himself did not feel how strong it was.

For the team's performance in the first quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics were of course quite surprised.

The team's condition in this game was not good, he knew this.

What kind of condition these two teams were in during training, he couldn't be clearer.

After all, it was such a magical game with the Lakers.

After the game with the Lakers, the whole world was chasing Yes and chasing the SuperSonics. It was very difficult not to be affected by such a chase.

But, he really didn't expect that the team could be in such a bad state and still be in the lead for a long time in the first quarter.

This allowed the SuperSonics to complete the task that the whole team wanted to complete in the first quarter.

Yes scored 28 points, and there is no problem with the minimum consumption of 30+ in this game.

The team tied with the Heat in the first quarter, and the team no longer had the possibility of being humiliated by the Heat by 58 points. Even if it was possible, the possibility was very small.

"Boys, you performed very well in the first quarter, but the game is not over yet, everything is still possible!"

Everything is still possible!

This is the best stimulating speech, and it is also the current situation of the Supersonics. Whether the team wins or Yes scores 100 points, everything is possible!

So after giving such a speech, old Nelson could clearly feel that the mental state of the players in the team who were not in good condition was really really excellent.

Every substitute player who was about to play had shining eyes.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the rotation lineup of the Seattle Supersonics was guard Barea, Harden, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Millsap, and center Marc Gasol.

This is the standard lineup of the Supersonics when facing strong teams this season.

Because the rotation lineup is mainly responsible for training Harden this season, the performance of the Seattle Supersonics' outside rotation players this season is very unstable. James Harden is a bit sticky to the ball, and the timing of the pass really feels like a scapegoat, which makes Barea and Quentin Richardson very uncomfortable. The outside of the entire Supersonics rotation lineup is somewhat out of touch with Harden.

In this case, in order to ensure that the team's rotation lineup is not taken away by the opponent in one wave, the inside line needs to be pressed, so the inside line of the Supersonics' rotation lineup is either Gasol and Millsap or Gasol and Milicic, and sometimes even Milicic and Millsap.

Gasol, Millsap, Milicic, these three are the three main rotation players in the Supersonics' inside position this season. Under normal circumstances, these three people take turns to play in pairs.

So, don't look at the fact that Milicic and Millsap, the two starting inside players, play 32 minutes per game. In fact, as a substitute, Gasol's playing time is not less than Milicic and Millsap. Gasol can play 31 minutes per game this season, and can contribute 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal and 2 assists per game. It can be said that his performance is very comprehensive and reliable.

It is precisely because of the existence of Milicic, Millsap and Gasol that the Supersonics are known as the touchstone of inside players in the league.

Which inside player do you want to say that you are a superstar in the inside? No need to talk too much, just compete with the three big guys of the Supersonics.

Most of the inside players in the league performed quite average when facing the three inside villains of the Supersonics.

Of course, there are also some strong players who performed very well, such as O'Neal, Yao Ming, Oden and others.

Although the Sonics' inside players can't stop real strong men like O'Neal this season, there is absolutely no problem for these three people to help the Sonics' bench lineup in the rotation lineup.

No matter how bad James Harden is in the bench lineup, these three people can cover the bottom.

At least, these three people can still get back a lot of the players who missed the outside shots of the Sonics' rotation players.

In the Sonics' rotation lineup last season, Kwame Brown and Millsap played with Durant and practiced with Durant.

This season, they practiced with James Harden.

Durant spent almost half a season to slowly practice.

When will James Harden practice?

It's really hard to say when James Harden will practice, but now, the two inside players of the Heat, O'Neal and Chris Bosh, on the court are really uncomfortable!

In the rotation time of the second quarter, the Heat's bench lineup is O'Neal, Chris Bosh, Grant Hill, Ben Gordon and Calderon.

In the Heat's rotation, Chris Bosh and Ben Gordon are both starters.

The Heat usually don't use them this way. In the Heat's rotation, besides O'Neal, the other spot in the interior is Haslem or Varejao, and the shooting guard position belongs to Marbury.

It can be said that the Heat's bench is the deepest in the league.

But this time, in order to regain the advantages they missed in the first quarter during the bench lineup time, the Heat felt that pure rotation was not very safe, so they started Chris Bosh and Ben Gordon.

Such an arrangement is reasonable for the Heat.

Now every minute and every second is important for the Heat.

In order to play the Supersonics and Yes 58, they really can't afford to delay.

So, after the start of the second quarter, even if James was not on the court, he clenched his fists tightly, looking worried about the team's rotation lineup.

According to the rotation lineup that the Heat brought out tonight, many people think that there is no problem in defeating the Supersonics' rotation lineup that accompanied James Harden.

But!

What people never expected was that after the start of the second quarter, the development of the game was completely different from what the Heat imagined!

The seemingly very strong inside combination of Chris Bosh and O'Neal did not achieve the task that Spoelstra hoped they could suppress Gasol and Millsap.

According to the Heat's thinking, Chris Bosh and O'Neal only need to suppress Gasol and Millsap, and then Ben Gordon will be able to defeat James Harden on the outside.

However, Chris Bosh and Orr, who are stronger than Gasol and Millsap in every way, failed to suppress the two.

"Milicic is the strongest inside player of the Supersonics. When Milicic is not on the court, Gasol and Millsap can actually withstand the attack of O'Neal and Chris Bosh?!"

Not to mention that the Heat were surprised, even Barkley and Kenny Smith on the sidelines were surprised.

In the first quarter, the inside players of the Heat and the Supersonics were evenly matched. Chandler and Chris Bosh were evenly matched with the three inside players of the Supersonics.

Such a even match was mainly regarded as the credit of Milicic.

When Milicic is not on the court, who can stop Chris Bosh and O'Neal?

Although the combination of O'Neal and Chris Bosh is not as balanced as the combination of Chris Bosh and Chandler, their offensive ability is enhanced!

Such an enhanced offensive version can't even break through Gasol and Millsap without Milicic?

And what is very embarrassing on the court is that Chris Bosh has played against Gasol and Millsap alone. It can be seen that Chris Bosh really wants to find a way to suppress one of the two.

But it really can't be suppressed!

This not only stunned the audience on the sidelines.

Even Chris Bosh himself doubted his life.

In the first quarter, he couldn't handle his old opponent Milicic one-on-one, and Chris Bosh admitted it.

The two were rookies in 2003. Since Milicic's rise, there has been a voice in the league that who is the top inside player in 2003 between him and Milicic.

In the past two years, it is difficult to tell who is better every time they play against each other. Even when various basketball games are compiling ability values, he is only a little higher than Milicic most of the time.

He is good at offense, while Milicic is good at defense. It is normal that neither of them can hold the other down. He can accept it.

So in the first quarter, he watched James, Wade and Ben Gordon play timidly, preparing to punch Gasol or Millsap after Milicic left the court in the second quarter!

Damn it!

Why does the punch hurt so much?

This is unscientific!

Why do these two guys seem to be no worse than Milicic in defense, and even...

Some of Millsap and Marc Gasol's defensive qualities seem to be stronger than Milicic!

On the offensive end, Chris Bosh and O'Neal couldn't suppress Marc Gasol and Millsap, and on the defensive end, the two were frantically rushed by Gasol and Millsap for rebounds.

It can be said that the situation shown on the court, the Heat's inside line, who were ready to punch hard, actually fought evenly with the inside line of the Supersonics!

On the outside, Ben Gordon, who was tasked with widening the score this time, is now playing very uncomfortably.

In the first quarter, he and Wade were the two best players of the Heat. Facing Rondo's defense, Wade scored 16 points in a single quarter, and facing Ibaka's defense, he scored 14 points in a single quarter. The two of them contributed 30 points out of the 40 points in the first quarter of the Heat!

This time in the rotation lineup, facing another garbage rookie of the Supersonics, he, the little Yes, was also ready to show off.

But, damn!

Beep beep beep!

A series of whistles sounded, causing Ben Gordon, who had squeezed James Harden to prepare for a shot, to shrink his eyes rapidly.

Another whistle!

Another whistle!

"Red No. 7, offensive foul!"

Another offensive foul!

Seeing Ben Gordon, who came down from the air on the court and was so angry that he directly slammed the basketball in his hand that he had not thrown out to the floor, and was finally given another technical foul by the referee, the audience on the sidelines were stunned!

"In less than three minutes, James Harden made Ben Gordon commit three fouls, two offensive fouls and one defensive foul!"

"Isn't this incredible?"

"Ben Gordon is known as Little Yes. Although his offensive and defensive skills are not as sophisticated as Yes, they are definitely not as crude!"

Even the media commentators and reporters from all over the world on the sidelines were a little shocked.

They could see that the Seattle SuperSonics were in really bad shape in this game, and the offensive status of the rotation was equally bad. James Harden scored five points on free throws in just three minutes.

But damn, the score on the court now is actually 45 to 43!

The Seattle SuperSonics are miserable, and the Miami Heat's rotation is even worse than the Seattle SuperSonics' rotation!

"I always feel that after the game against the Lakers, James' situation on the court was a little different."

"I also have this feeling. James seems to be playing more refined on both offense and defense..."

Exquisite?

After hearing what his teammates said, Ye Si smiled after being stunned for a moment.

It's indeed quite exquisite.

James Harden now brings his refined egotistic style to the court on both ends of the court.

Ordinary people, especially people with a more straightforward style like Ben Gordon, would be really, really uncomfortable.

"James Harden is not an outstanding player. According to Kenny, he is like most ordinary people. He is not that bad or that outstanding. He is just an ordinary person. Now I swear, James Although Harden is not good enough, he is definitely not an ordinary person!”

"This is the first time I've seen a role player tease an All-Star player so badly in a game, hahahaha."

Hearing the wild laughter of his partner next to him, Kenny Smith's face really turned red.

He really doesn't know how to refute Barkley's words now, because he can't refute it at all!

A rubbish player like James Harden, with his current strength and future achievements, can't even see Ben Gordon's back heel, but damn, this guy's style of play is too bad, right?

The strength is not good, but this kind of chicken thief's ability to find the opponent's loopholes is really easy to make people collapse.

This guy is simply a troublemaker on the court!

Ben Gordon was almost crushed by him!

Ben Gordon, who originally wanted to show off his power in the rotation, only scored 3 points after three minutes, which was not as good as James Harden.

The Heat originally planned to rotate the lineup to lay the foundation for a 58-point win, but after the last three minutes, they fell behind.

This result really stunned James, Wade and others on the sidelines.

Even Spoelstra, who wanted to make a difference in this game, is a little confused now. Is this game really about the Seattle SuperSonics?

Although the Heat haven't adjusted well yet, they won't encounter setbacks with a team like the SuperSonics!

They want to rely on the rotation to gain points, but the rotation is losing points. The core of the rotation, Ben Gordon, has his mentality broken by James Harden.

This left Spoelstra speechless and helpless. In the end, he could only replace the team's entire starting lineup after requesting a timeout.

Let’s not worry about fifty-eight or not for now. What’s important now is that the team needs a stable lead!

If they fall further behind, the team will definitely become more and more impatient, and the morale inspired by him will fluctuate again. This is definitely not something he wants to see.

The game between the SuperSonics and the Heat was full of drama and surprises, with many, many things happening that almost no one could have imagined.

Many people never imagined that after fifteen minutes of the game, the SuperSonics were still in the lead!

It doesn't matter whether you think about it or not. What's important is that the SuperSonics are indeed in the lead now and the two teams are indeed evenly matched. There is no doubt that this kind of game is definitely what everyone wants to see.

What's more, regardless of Yes's shooting percentage in the first quarter, at the very least, he scored 28 points, which still gave him hope of 100 points!

After the game restarted in the second quarter, James came to the court again, and he could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere.

The SuperSonics have completely emerged from the intimidation of the Heat's powerful lineup!

What needs to be done now? !

James knows that he needs to calm down now!

One-on-one with Yes is not a good choice. It was his plan before the game to directly kill Yes in the one-on-one with Yes. Obviously, this plan can no longer continue.

"James and Ben Gordon pick and roll!"

"For the first time in this game, James did not ask Yes for one-on-one singles. This time, James gave Yes to Ben Gordon!"

"James dribbled the ball under his crotch to catch the tank breakthrough, and Ibaka was directly knocked away by James!"

Although Barkley didn't know why James had to crotch him again, such a breakthrough was indeed wonderful.

only? !

Just when Barkley thought his partner Kenny Smith was going to yell.

Snap!

He directly suppressed all the words Kenny Smith wanted to yell!

"After James broke through, facing Milicic's defense, he rode on horseback and shot an arrow from the mid-range..."

Before the word "beautiful" could be shouted out, Kenny Smith was confused.

Can this be covered too? !

Yes seems to be able to predict where and how James wants to take action after breaking through!

"How can this be……"

Kenny Smith could clearly feel that James changed his offensive method in the second quarter, but Yes was still covering James like a big net!

"This game is not about James, the kid, overshadowing Yes and the SuperSonics!"

"But Yes casts a shadow over LeBron James and the Sonics!"

When the game started, O'Neal was really, really unhappy, and he was also quite worried.

Although the whole world knows who the undercover agents of the Cavaliers and Team USA are, if James' insidious whitewashing plan is really realized, the great Shaq will also have a headache.

Now, seeing the game reaching this point, all the worry on O'Neal's face has disappeared.

"James, this kid, thinks it's okay not to face Yes directly on the offensive end. Haha, how naive!"

"If it weren't for Yes's poor offensive touch in this game, James would undoubtedly be the one who was exposed again in this game. Do I have this kid with me now?"

O'Neal's voice was very disdainful, and Daniel Gibson next to him wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

On TV, in the second quarter of the game, the Heat's last attack, James once again used a pick-and-roll to single out Ibaka.

This time, James actually...

"James is hesitating?!"

"James hesitated when facing Ibaka?!"

"James was shadowed by Yes's help and defense?!"

LeBron? !

On the court, Wade looked surprised when the first half of the game came and James did not face Ibaka in a singles attack.

Why?

Why doesn't LeBron even dare to hit Ibaka?

He is Ibaka!

Can Yes really put so much pressure on LeBron? !

James didn't dare to hit Ibaka, which caused commentators around the world to go crazy.

And when these people saw the technical statistics after halftime of this game, everyone was relieved.

"50 points in 38 shots...and 5 steals and 5 blocks..."

50 points, 5 steals, 5 blocks!

This data!

Buckley's eyes were flickering.

Not to mention the first hit, this is quite troublesome data!

Is this Yes who has a broken mentality?

Why does James look like he has a mental breakdown?