Chapter 1,085 Eternal Picture!
Durant hit another three-pointer against James!
On the court, James looked at Durant with wide eyes.
Wade, Bosh, Chandler, Ray Allen, and all the Heat players were looking at Durant in disbelief.
They were either at the game or in front of TV to witness Durant's devastating performance in the Finals last year.
Although a whole year has passed in last year's finals, Durant's unreasonable scoring is really vivid in people's minds.
Facing James, one of the best defensive players in NBA history, his constant looks and constant singles are truly unbelievable to the extreme.
Even though James was undercover in the first two games, Durant's scores and pull-ups in the next two games were real, especially in G3 of last year's finals, they were like gods!
Therefore, everyone knows that Durant's performance last year was just a flash in the pan. In this season's finals, Durant will not be able to perform so well.
However, before the start of the finals, the Heat still attached great importance to Durant. In this game, Ye's defense was so strict, but James was still mainly left by Durant's side to defend Durant, instead of being like Long. Like this so-called scoring champion, there is not a single player around him.
This is the importance the Heat attach to Durant. This is the only player in the Sonics besides Yes who may change the destiny of the Sonics!
I thought that in today's game, Durant's two consecutive irons at the beginning was when he returned to his true strength.
The Heat were originally going to relax and focus more on defending Yes. Who would have thought that Durant would suddenly explode!
Two consecutive shots on James!
There are not even five players in the entire NBA who can do this!
James' offense is very strong, and his data this season is a triple-double per game.
But James' defense is also extremely strong!
Pippen, once the number one defensive small forward in history, said that James' current defense is already above him.
Pippen even said that Yes and James not only surpassed Jordan in offense, but also surpassed Jordan in defense!
Whether Pippen's statement is correct or not cannot be judged by the Heat players.
But their understanding of James is not unknown.
They are teammates!
I'm training with James every day.
In the entire Heat, from center Chandler to point guards Wade and Chalmers, no one can directly ignore James and pull up like this one-on-one.
Even Garnett and Bosh, who are taller than Durant, can't ignore James' pull-up like this!
Therefore, seeing Durant's two consecutive hits against James just now, the Heat players on the court really felt like a dream.
If they hadn't known that James couldn't be undercover in this finals, some people would even continue to wonder if James was undercover.
"The damn thing said it would be short-lived, why did it suddenly appear short-lived?!"
Just now, after James ravaged Durant and made a mid-range shot, Garnett, who was more excited than James by beating his chest and feet on the sidelines, is now in a bad light.
And Pierce's face next to him was also shocked.
You know, he is the player who faces James the most in training.
No one in the world knows what level James' current defense is.
And he has been with the Celtics, in the Eastern Conference, and has to face James four games every year. He also knows James' growth best.
In the first three years when James entered the league, the two were almost evenly matched. In the first year, he was able to overpower James, and in the next two years, James began to overpower him. Overall, they were evenly matched.
Since Yes entered the NBA in 2006, James' growth has begun to enter the fast lane.
Although the Celtics have formed the Big Three and James is also trapped in the offensive end, the defensive end is the beginning of James' real growth.
Because of the setback on the offensive end, James focused more on the defensive end.
With James' physical talent, when he invests so much on the defensive end, the effect is really overwhelming. In those two seasons, James was one of the biggest favorites to be the NBA's best defensive player!
If it weren't for Yes and Bowen being so buggy, James would have already won the best defensive player.
Therefore, in the seasons 06-07, 07-08, and 08-09, whether in the regular season or the playoffs, he played against James at least 20 times. In his impression, his shooting rate exceeded 50% in the games. Only four times!
It was because it was so rare that he remembered it so clearly.
What's even more embarrassing is that in the past three seasons, they have played more than 20 times in the regular season playoffs, and only scored 30 points once!
He is a superstar, he is the league's famous kaleidoscope, and he is the league's famous key player who makes 13 dollars in 35 seconds!
Players like him are definitely the first in the league in terms of hard power!
It is precisely because of my understanding of James and watching James grow up.
After seeing James regain his confidence on the offensive end, he realized how powerful James is.
It can be said that if there is really Qiao Mi in this world who believes that Pippen said that James has surpassed Jordan, and has surpassed Jordan in an all-round way, he is definitely one of them!
Because Pierce himself felt that even if he faced Jordan, he would not be so miserable.
He played against Jordan more than 20 times, and the average shooting rate was less than 40%. There were only four games where the shooting rate exceeded 50%, and there was only one game where he scored over 30 points. Even when facing Jordan, he didn't believe that he would be so miserable!
Therefore, James' defense is better than Jordan's, which he thinks is acceptable.
This is such a James, this is such a James who is almost invincible in front of him.
After being blown away by Durant in the finals last year, it's here again this year!
If Durant performed like this for the first time facing James, he can believe it was an accident.
But it already had such a performance last year. If it happens again this year, it will definitely not be an accident!
Only a fool would believe this was an accident!
"I absolutely don't believe that a small forward's offensive ability can explode James like this!"
Just like Rondo's scoring title.
Rondo does not have the ability to lead the scoring!
But Yes can force him to become the scoring champion!
Durant doesn't have the ability to blast James' defense, but Yes has the ability to allow Durant to blast James!
"It must be a pass from Yes!"
"Yes's passing can allow Rondo to win the scoring title, and naturally it can also allow Durant to break through James' defense!"
"With James' current defense, even the strongest small forward like Larry Bird can average 45% shooting and about 25 points per game in front of him at most!"
"Last season, I averaged more than 50% shooting and more than 40 points per game. What a joke!"
"This is impossible!"
Pierce couldn't believe it, and neither could Spoelstra and the Heat players next to him!
Now thinking about last season's finals, Yes averaged a triple-double per game and Durant averaged 40+. There is no doubt that Durant's offensive ability is so extravagant, they would rather believe that Yes's passing can turn everything into something. Amazing ability, and I absolutely do not believe that Durant really has the ability to shoot more than 50% and average 40 points per game against James!
If the small forward's strongest offense against James' defense is to score 25 points with a shooting percentage of 45% at most, then in last season's finals, assuming Durant had the strongest offense of the small forward, Yes's passes were all for Durant. Improved the field goal percentage by 10% per game and the scoring average by 15 per game!
The magnitude of this enhancement to teammates is simply terrifying!
Therefore, you must not let Yes pass the ball easily!
You can't let Yes score, nor can you let Yes pass the ball easily!
After thinking about this, Spoelstra on the sidelines did not continue to panic.
Instead, he yelled into the stadium very calmly.
"Don't panic, don't panic, prepare our attack well, and continue to encircle and suppress Yes!"
Yes must not be released because of the scoring of Durant or Rondo or other players.
As long as the Heat play their offense well, and as long as they limit Yes' personal scoring and passing, it will be impossible for the Sonics to defeat the Heat!
He absolutely does not believe that the offense of these Sonics players, which is mainly supported by Yes's passing, can never collapse!
You must know that the harder Yes's passing is, the less support they will get from Yes's passing, and they need to rely more on their own scoring power.
Durant, Rondo and their scoring power can't kill anyone!
Unless Yes's passing is so powerful, even if it is not a good pass, it can support Durant's offense.
Unless the Heat are so tight in defense, Durant and Rondo still have the ability to kill the game!
Spoelstra's shouting was effective. On the court, the Heat players reacted immediately after a brief shock and panic.
It was the Heat's turn to attack again. Wade withstood the huge boos and pressure from the SuperSonics fans at the scene. Facing Leaf's defense, after another pick-and-roll with Ray Allen, he once again succeeded in defeating Rondo alone.
This time Rondo also spent part of his energy defending Wade's breakthrough. The power of Wade's breakthrough is too great for the current SuperSonics.
But obviously, Rondo's defense is still unable to defend both Wade's breakthrough and Wade's shooting.
After a beautiful step back to pull the ball while pretending to break through, Wade, who had distanced himself from Rondo, made a free throw line jumper and hit it easily!
12 to 8!
After scoring the goal, Wade puffed his cheeks to his teammates on the court and made an OK gesture with both hands, as if to tell his teammates that there was nothing to worry about, everything was under my control.
I have to say that although some of Wade's celebration gestures on the court are not as ostentatious as James or Garnett, they are indeed very effective in effect.
Therefore, the Heat, which was originally a little depressed, soon gained momentum again.
However, the Heat players were just inspired by Wade and relaxed a little. It was the Seattle SuperSonics' turn to attack. Milicic quickly sent a baseline kick. Wade quickly put away his cheeks and made two OK gestures to prepare for another attack. Leading the defense against Yes in the backcourt.
Only this time, Ye Si didn't want to use the cover of his teammates to advance the ball, but directly threw the basketball in his hand from the backcourt to the frontcourt!
Wade, who rushed to Ye Si, saw the basketball whizzing past his head and quickly looked behind him.
Durant and James are sprinting like crazy at this time!
"It's incredible that two big men over 2.05 meters can run so fast!"
Watching Durant and James running wildly on the court.
The players on the court, the players on the sidelines, and the spectators on the sidelines were all stunned!
"One has a long stride, one step that can be taken as two steps by an ordinary player, and the other one has a tank charge!"
"This one is a small forward? Even if you tell me these two are guards, I will believe it!"
Durant and James' charge is indeed very visually impactful!
One is tall, the steps are big, and the frequency is fast.
The other one has a strong body, but is explosive!
Logically speaking, a player of that height cannot be so agile and fast.
A player that strong cannot have such explosive power.
But all these unreasonable things appeared in Durant and James!
The visual explosion of Durant and James' sprint made the spectators and players on the court stunned and excited.
James and Durant are already going all out at this time.
However, as the offensive player just now, James was originally in an outside position, so he was always on the leading side when sprinting back.
So after taking the lead to rush outside the Heat's defensive three-point line, James turned around and prepared to defend.
Outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right? !
James, who had just stood still, suddenly thought of something, and suddenly his mind clicked!
When James looked forward, Durant, who had been sprinting with him before, had slowed down when he took a defensive position.
No!
Durant didn't stop because I was in a defensive position, it was Yes' pass!
"Yes's pass has already planned where Durant's shot will be!"
Seeing where Durant was standing, watching the basketball flying from behind and finally falling straight into Durant's hand, James's eyes shrank rapidly in shock, but his body couldn't help but flew in the direction of Durant!
"Durant received a long pass from Yes, a beautiful long pass. Durant didn't need to make any adjustments to take the shot directly. Durant really took the shot?!"
"Durant was still three steps away from the three-point line, and he shot directly from a 45-degree three-point line on his left side?!"
Seeing the raised SuperSonics No. 35, the commentators on the sidelines, the audience, NBA players, coaches, and celebrities from all over the world suddenly stood up.
Even Popovich, who only paid attention to Rondo's performance, stood up with wide eyes at this time.
"are you crazy?!"
"Is Durant really crazy?!"
After a moment when Popovich screamed crazily in his heart...
A swipe!
Along with this crisp sound, the Heat players on the edge of the court had despair written on their wide-eyed shocked faces.
Click!
This frozen moment seems like eternity!
In eternity, all despair turns into the background of No. 9 and No. 35 raising their right hands at the same time...