Chapter 870 Everything Is Back and the Biggest Illusion of the NBA!

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 Sonics.

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 the hell dares to be second with the Spurs now?

And the compliments Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks players gave Yes to the Sonics before the game really meant what they were thinking, not just words.

They are really looking forward to tonight's game against 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 score on the courtside scoreboard, Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks players, who felt that this game would be a big battle, had a little expression on their faces. Awkward.

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

The score of the game also shows this.

115 to 94, 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 start to finish, but I didn't expect that the SuperSonics' leading player, Yes, 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 from 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' 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' familiarity with him, Durant was also very polite. The person who responded to Yes was the 'Seattle Iron God' who is very familiar to SuperSonics fans. Durant was real in this game. iron!

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

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

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"Although Durant's defense has not declined but has improved after the serious injury, what Yes and the SuperSonics need more is Durant's offense, 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-for-33..."

To be honest, let alone 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 shooting percentage in this game was so poor 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 to adapt greatly, and it is a high-intensity adaptation.

Even James next door, his status and strength are much stronger than Durant. When adapting to the new rhythm and new technology, isn't he almost undercover in every game?

Durant certainly can't be compared with James.

The status of the two in the team is incomparable.

But there is one thing that the two have thought of.

Yes Si can see it.

James needs a lot of high-quality games to shape a new and powerful self.

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

After thinking about this, although Yes's face is still calm and expressionless, he is still a lot more relaxed in his heart.

As long as enough games are played, Durant will naturally find his offensive strength back. As for when to find it back?

Yes Si doesn't know, but it is definitely possible.

Durant's first game after his comeback was a bad offense, but because of these objective reasons, plus Durant's role on the defensive end against the Mavericks, Yes and old Nelson saw that they would be willing to give Durant more patience.

But those media who expected the Supersonics to surpass the Mavericks did not think so.

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

"This is KD's first official game this year. He needs time to find his rhythm again. Mr. Nelson and I, all of us are very satisfied with his performance. The game state needs a lot of high-intensity games to get back. His physical condition has recovered very well. He played 44 minutes in this game and maintained a high intensity every minute. He got five blocks and two steals in this game. It was a wonderful performance."

Yes is a man who doesn't talk much. In the post-match press conference, those reporters who were crazy about Durant's rhythm really didn't expect Yes to say so much for Durant.

The reporters present thought that it was not Yes but old Nelson who was sitting on it.

Before the game between the Supersonics and the Mavericks, these coconut powder reporters still had expectations for Durant. After all, he was one of the biggest contributors to the Supersonics' road to the championship last year. Without Durant, the Supersonics could not break through the West, and naturally could not bully the East's weak players and win the championship.

So even if Durant's condition in training was bad, they still had expectations.

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

Even after receiving the information that Yes and old Nelson firmly supported Durant at the post-match press conference, these reporters were really a little desperate, and even directly led the rhythm of "Why not start Ibaka!" in the media.

It was as if all the credits of Durant, who broke his leg for the Supersonics and Yes last year, had disappeared.

It was just obvious that these forgetful media and reporters had forgotten Durant's contribution to the Supersonics, but the fans of the Supersonics had not.

Durant played very, very badly in his first game after his comeback.

These reporters thought they could bring Durant's rhythm, 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 whether Durant's first comeback game was bad.

Even after the first game between the Sonics and the Mavericks, the No. 1 Sonics fan, who is also the leader of the coconut powder and Sonics fan group, Not Fifteen is the Second, did not summarize the game on his Twitter, but directly threw out a photo of Durant's broken leg in the game against the Rockets in the playoffs last year.

And the title of this photo is: He is back, he will eventually come back!

In just one day, the number of comments on Not Fifteen is the Second's Twitter broke a million, and most of the comments were all blessings, hope and trust. The rhythm of Durant that the media wanted to bring up seemed particularly pale and powerless under the support of Not Fifteen is the Second's Twitter and the Sonics fans.

There was no way to bring Durant's rhythm, which made these coconut powder media quite uncomfortable.

They also support Yes, but now, they are standing on the opposite side of Coconut Powder, just because of Durant!

Reporters and fans are different after all.

Reporters can ruthlessly abandon Bowen and Durant when they need to, and even abandon Yes in the future like they abandoned Jordan. As long as they need it, when abandoning Yes can bring them more benefits than supporting Yes, they will make such a choice, and they will definitely make such a choice.

But fans...

Spurs fans will not abandon Bowen...

Mavericks fans will not abandon Nowitzki...

Sonics fans will naturally not abandon Durant or Yes...

Seeing that they can't kick Durant out of the starting position of the Sonics by leading the rhythm, these Coconut Powder media started the same intimidation card as before.

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

"Durant is useless now. Yes and the Sonics stand with Durant, which means standing with failure!"

The first game between the Sonics and the Mavericks caused such a big disturbance, which really made many fans of other teams feel incredible.

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

Such public opinion now even reminds many NBA fans of how Durant was blackened by the whole world more than a year ago.

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

But for other old Sonics players...

"I'm back! I feel like I'm back!"

In the training hall of the University of Texas, Sessions was very excited.

The faces of others were also full of memories.

And Durant was a little powerless to complain.

This familiar feeling is indeed all back...

This makes Durant, who was a little nervous about his comeback in this game, feel that the tension in his heart is relieved a lot.

In this comeback game with the Mavericks, he performed so badly 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 really want to perform in this game!

Yes was indeed willing to let him perform.

In the end, he played 7 of 33 shots, which was a terrible offensive data.

With his current strength, the Mavericks have no player who can defend him. If he is not in a normal state of mind and does not want to show himself, how could he play such a performance?

If he does not play such a performance, he will not enjoy the malice of the whole world again, and enjoy the malice of the whole world thinking that he is useless.

From the perspective of public opinion, after this game, except for Yes and old Nelson who have always supported him, as well as the players and fans of the Supersonics, everyone else thinks that he is useless...

Even the Mavericks, who are opponents of the Supersonics, think so.

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

"It's a pity, but Yes is really uncomfortable now. The Supersonics have defense but no offense against us. Ibaka has offense but no defense. These are two cups of poison, and it's a deadly poison to drink either cup."

Jason Terry's metaphor even made Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle smile.

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

If Durant still has the same offense as he did against the Rockets last year, the Mavericks will be in a very difficult situation. With Afflalo, there is a way to deal with Yes, but the Mavericks really can't match the Durant who played against the Rockets last season.

"Is God really on my and the Mavericks' side this year?"

The Spurs were eliminated, the Supersonics had flaws, the Lakers and the Nuggets fought fiercely again, and the Heat on the other side were in internal strife.

Such a big environment really gave Rick Carlisle the illusion that we are the legendary chosen ones!