Chapter 1,066 McGrady Doubts Life!
The Seattle SuperSonics eliminated the Dallas Mavericks, one of the top four teams in the Western Conference, with unimaginable ease in the Western Conference semifinals.
Even those expert fans who thought the Sonics could win easily before the start of this series did not expect that the Seattle SuperSonics could win so easily.
The big score is 4-0, and each game must be won by at least 15 points. It can be said that the ease mentioned here is really easy.
Although the Dallas Mavericks are the weakest among the top four teams in the Western Conference, no matter how weak they are, they are still a team in the top four.
However, everyone who has watched this series knows that the Mavericks players did not show any performance in this series.
all his abilities.
Except for Nowitzki, the other Mavericks players are a little confused.
So after this series between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks, many people were laughing at the Dallas Mavericks, a team whose playoff crotch stretch has become an ancestral gene.
Although Nowitzki is now clean, the Dallas Mavericks are not.
In the 2006 Finals and the 2007 Blackout, how could it be possible that Nowitzki was the only one to blame?
Some people are hating the Dallas Mavericks so much now, but Yez knows very well that if he couldn't see the opponent's touch, the Dallas Mavericks would be a very difficult team to deal with.
This team has a lot of offensive players, almost every player can attack.
Moreover, these people's offense is top-notch, All-Star level.
Therefore, such a team is most likely to have a team that does not light up in the east and lights up in the west. If you press one, there will be another one.
It's impossible to defend against. In the end, any team can be beaten by the Dallas Mavericks. When these teams are beaten by the Dallas Mavericks, it will be Nowitzki's stage in the end.
It can be said that if Ye Si can't see the opponent's touch and beat the Mavericks, the SuperSonics will be very difficult to beat!
However, his talent has been upgraded, and he can see the touch of the Mavericks players.
In this way, he can set up the Mavericks in the starting lineup, and in the substitute lineup, he can also let the team's rotation lineup mark key players, Monta Alice Terry, Barea, they are all suppressed in this way.
So much so that in this series, none of the Mavericks' first-class All-Star-level elite offensive players broke out in this series.
In the end, it can only force the Mavericks to continue to consume Nowitzki in advance.
I can see that the talent of touch can really restrain top-notch but not top-notch offensive players like the Mavericks.
If Afflalo's offense is as top-notch as Kobe Wade's, even if their hands are not that good, they can still beat Rondo.
However, this is the Mavericks' team-building idea, to pile up first-class offensive players and increase the team's offensive width. The team's offensive depth only needs Nowitzki.
This is neither good nor bad.
If it wasn't for Yees who could see the touch, maybe the Dallas Mavericks would have defeated the SuperSonics?
If the Mavericks' width allows everyone to attack until the end, Yes is not sure that he can suppress Nowitzki in the critical last minute or two.
Therefore, even though it seemed that he defeated the Mavericks so easily, Yes was still full of respect for the Mavericks.
Perhaps he is the only one in the world who knows how powerful the Dallas Mavericks actually are.
After the Seattle SuperSonics swept the Dallas Mavericks, the Seattle SuperSonics' winning streak this season reached 90, and they are only eight games away from winning the season.
Although these last eight wins will become very, very difficult.
But there is no doubt that when the Seattle SuperSonics eliminated their opponents in two consecutive rounds with such a strong attitude, with the integrity of these media people, the public opinion of winning the season and winning the championship was of course aroused.
Anyway, the Seattle SuperSonics are still winning. Who knows when the Seattle SuperSonics will lose. The further back they go, the greater the chance of losing. Maybe they will play the Lakers or the Grizzlies next time.
Just lose?
So, if we don’t blow it now, when will we blow it?
If you don’t harvest the world’s attention to the Seattle SuperSonics now, then when?
Under the constant bombardment of public opinion, the whole of Seattle is in a state of restlessness.
"Originally, I was worried that the Sonics would not be able to withstand such crazy public opinion, but I didn't expect that I was overthinking it..."
Wang Han looked at the SuperSonics players on the court and muttered to himself.
As the two new MVPs of the Sonics, what she and Chinese reporters are most worried about is that Durant and Rondo cannot withstand such praise.
After all, Ye Si doesn't need others to worry. He is being criticized every day. If he couldn't withstand it, he would have collapsed long ago.
The key is Durant and Rondo.
Durant is less than 22 years old, and Rondo is 24 years old.
Durant is the second youngest regular season MVP in NBA history after Yees, while Rondo is the third after Yees, Durant, Wes Unseld, and Moses Malone. Five young MVPs.
They are all ‘young talents’, and they are on the same team.
Players from different teams will fight because they are all young talents.
What's more, the two of them are from the same team, so there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. What's more, the two of them competed so fiercely for the second position of the team.
So much so that this MVP trophy is simply a time bomb dropped within the Sonics.
Rondo will definitely use this MVP to once again start the Sonics' second-place battle.
By the time……
At this critical moment, the impact of the team's internal strife is unimaginable.
However, what surprised Wang Han and many Chinese reporters was that Rondo, a very small-minded and vengeful guy, did not challenge Durant after winning the MVP this time...
It was as if he had dismissed the position of Sonic's second dick, or had given up completely.
This is really surprising.
"Sister Han, I think we may have misunderstood Rondo before. Rondo may not be a narrow-minded person. He is a person who takes the overall situation into consideration and is open-minded and willing to admit defeat. Durant has completely convinced him."
"Maybe."
It is indeed possible that Rondo felt that his second position was not going well in the competition and was disheartened. After winning the MVP, he already had everything he should have, so he completely set his goal on basketball. , after completely falling in love with basketball, I understood the vastness of the basketball universe and the infinite road of basketball. The second child is nothing, and Durant, Milicic, and Millsap are nothing. They are just ants and dust passing by. .
Rondo has come to his senses, humbly accepts the reality, and no longer has any desire to compete. He has status and is valued by Ye Si. As long as he does not sell out the team or stab Ye Si, he will have a smooth road ahead.
Having said that, Wang Han still feels that Rondo's behavior is very abnormal.
A person who takes the position of a supersonic dick so seriously suddenly becomes a Buddha and it doesn’t matter anymore?
Wang Han didn't believe Rondo was such a person.
but……
The current world-wide adulation and the weight of the MVP have indeed not made Rondo dizzy and continue to compete with Durant to hurt the Sonics.
So although it was strange, Wang Han didn't think about it further.
Just think Rondo really has the universe in mind now.
A universe with a crazy heart!
If Rondo knew that Wang Han thought this way at this time, he would be very unhappy.
Is the second master the kind of person who does nothing?
The second master is destined to be the boss, how could he use the MVP as a bargaining chip to compete with a mere Du Shishi like you for the second position!
The second master now has higher pursuits!
MVP can't replace the boss, it's better to be fifteen in the SuperSonics!
After the Seattle SuperSonics swept the Mavericks, they fell into even busier preparations.
Although the team's victory is still a media hype, it has already come to this point. If you want to say that the SuperSonics have no ideas, it is wrong.
There are still ideas.
Especially after defeating Nowitzki, the player they feared the most, the SuperSonics were very motivated.
Since Nowitzki, the person who once caused them the most headaches, has been swept away, why can't others be swept away?
After the Seattle SuperSonics advance, they will have a lot of time to prepare for the Western Conference Finals.
Why do you say that?
Because now in the East and West semifinals, the winner is decided between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks.
In the other three groups, the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Miami Heat and Wizards, the two teams had a 3-1 tie in the first four games.
After the Heat took a 3-0 lead, Arenas scored a playoff high of 58 points in Game 4 at home, leading the Wizards to a difficult victory at home.
However, Arenas's explosion is still not the beginning of the Wizards' counterattack.
After winning the fourth game, Arenas missed the fifth game between the Heat and the Wizards because of a muscle strain due to too hard training in the previous game. In the end, the Heat defeated the Wizards with a score of 4-1.
After defeating the Wizards at the same time, the Miami Heat also became the second team to advance to the conference finals after the SuperSonics.
After the Heat, the third team to advance to the conference finals is the Magic.
The other conference semifinals in the Eastern Conference, the Magic and Bulls game, this series was very exciting.
In the previous four games, the two teams played 2-2.
But from the beginning of the fifth game, the balance of victory and defeat between the two sides began to tilt.
This Bull is too dependent on Rose.
When Rose has enough energy, his sudden shooting is omnipotent, and even Warcraft Howard can hardly block it.
However, there are problems with Rose's physical strength, the power of sudden points is declining, his shooting weakness has appeared, and the power of Howard's help defense has also appeared.
Because the burst points are too strong, the Magic dare not defend too tightly outside, which will give Rose a lot of good opportunities to shoot. However, the power of the burst points has decreased, and the shooting opportunities have become less good. Coupled with Howard's help defense, Not only is Rose's personal offensive effect not very good, but the opportunities to distribute the ball to teammates are not that good either.
A single move affects the whole body.
From this we can also see Rose's importance to this Bull.
Noah has indeed risen this season, but the Bulls still lack an outside player who can share the pressure on Rose.
Otherwise, with Rose's behavior, problems will occur sooner or later.
After the Magic eliminated the Bulls 4-2, the only group left in the conference semifinals was the Grizzlies and Lakers, who reached Game 7.
The winner of this group between the Grizzlies and Lakers is the Seattle SuperSonics' next opponent.
Regarding the two teams, the Grizzlies and the Lakers, who do the Seattle SuperSonics prefer to meet in the semifinals?
Of course the Lakers!
The Grizzlies are a really difficult team to beat against the SuperSonics.
The Grizzlies have advantages, such as Oden and Tracy McGrady, but the Sonics have no players who can match them and cannot guard them.
But the Lakers are different.
Although the Lakers are also very strong as a whole, regardless of Stoudemire, Randolph or Kobe Nash, the SuperSonics can have players who are worthy of them.
Moreover, based on past records, the SuperSonics are not afraid of the Lakers even when they are at their weakest, because Ye's matchup advantage over Kobe is indeed not small.
Therefore, judging from their own preferences, the Sonics certainly hope that their next opponent will be the Lakers.
However, judging from the situation between the Grizzlies and Lakers, the two teams are really anxious.
Grizzlies and Lakers, the Grizzlies have an inside advantage. The insides of Oden and Gasol almost suppressed the insides of Stoudemire and Randolph.
But on the other side, the Lakers' perimeter advantage is also very prominent.
The Lakers' forward depth is terrible.
Kobe, Artest, Ariza, Batum, Odom...
It is said that Danny Green and Matthews became famous in the Western Conference semifinals. On the other side, Ariza and Batum's performance against Tracy McGrady and Carter also made them famous.
McGrady's reputation in the NBA is at its peak because of that game with the SuperSonics.
His status in the team has also improved.
Just like this, the swingman who returned to the league encountered a huge obstacle in this series.
The Lakers' unfathomable forward defensive players seem to be set up for the Grizzlies and Tracy McGrady.
After beating one, there will be another, and after beating one, there will be another, as if endless.
So much so that McGrady hasn't been happy in any game in this series.
There are really too many players that the Lakers can match up with.
On May 16, 2010, everyone in the Seattle SuperSonics witnessed the birth of their Western Conference Finals opponent in the team's conference room.
The tiebreaker between the Grizzlies and Lakers has entered the final minute.
The result of the game is already very clear.
With less than 1 minute left in the game, the score on the court was 126 to 118, and the Lakers led by eight points.
There is no suspense in this game.
"Because of that game with us, Tracy McGrady's status in the Grizzlies rose too high."
Old Nelson sighed.
The Grizzlies had a chance, but the inefficient Tracy McGrady took away too many of the Grizzlies' offense and opportunities.
There is no way, as a hot super giant now, this round of the series has been strangled by the opponent, how can he not want to fight back and become a hero again?
What's more, after the game against the SuperSonics, McGrady's status with the Grizzlies was at its peak, and everyone believed that McGrady could finally complete his redemption.
However, until the last game, McGrady did not complete his redemption.
"Why……"
"Why is this happening..."
In the Memphis Pyramid Stadium, looking at the scoreboard on the sidelines, in the silence of the audience, Tracy McGrady looked confused and stunned...
He has overcome the strongest blockade of Yes, why can't he overcome the blocks of Artest, Ariza and Batum...
Maddie was puzzled.
The Seattle SuperSonics conference room was filled with cheers.
But Ye Si was not like this. He was still very calm, calmly watching the confused McGrady on the TV, the puzzled Grizzlies players, and the arrogant Lakers No. 24 who seemed to have reached the finals and won the championship. …