Chapter 208: O’Neal, Who Is Hopeless

After playing the Cleveland Cavaliers at home, the Seattle SuperSonics' record reached 22 wins and 14 losses, and the SuperSonics' winning rate officially exceeded 60%.

However, the SuperSonics' current record is still eighth in the Western Conference.

Whether it's the seventh-ranked Nuggets in the Western Conference or the sixth-ranked Lakers in the Western Conference, they both defeated the SuperSonics by one victory.

With a winning rate of 61%, converted to 82 games, the Sonics' record at the end of the season can reach 50 wins and 32 losses.

If the SuperSonics were still eighth in the Western Conference at that time, then this season, in the Western Conference, they would need 50 wins to make the playoffs!

There are many strong teams in the West, and the record to enter the playoffs needs to be such a high one.

This dual requirement can make the other seven Western Conference teams look desperate.

According to the current rankings of the East and West, the Toronto Raptors, who are third in the East, will only be ranked ninth if they come to the West.

In the entire Eastern Conference, only the Celtics and Detroit Pistons can make the playoffs with their records in the Western Conference.

Entering the Western Conference playoffs is so difficult!

Even though the Cavaliers have been around in the West, losing to the Suns, the SuperSonics, and even the Trail Blazers, who are at the bottom of the league, but back in the East, the Cavaliers are still a good guy.

On January 12, 2007, the SuperSonics once again faced the challenge of the Jazz, the boss of the Northwest District, at home.

The Jazz have killed the Sonics three times this season and are truly the Sonics' nemesis.

Jazz center Okur is very physical, can shoot, and has experience. He is a good player for Kamilicic.

Power forward Boozer can shoot David Lee, who doesn't move that fast, into a sieve.

Small forward Kirilenko, if he fights there, can help defend a large area inside the three-point line.

Point guard Deron Williams can beat the slender Rondo into foul trouble in every game.

For the Sonics, playing the Jazz is no easier than playing the Rockets, Suns and Mavericks.

In the game between the Jazz and the SuperSonics, the only one the SuperSonics can rely on is Yes.

The Jazz don't have anyone who can match up with Yeez at shooting guard.

But the Jazz have Kirilenko who is extremely capable of assisting defense.

Kirilenko was able to force Yes to the three-point line.

In the game against the Jazz, Ye Si never expected Rondo to take over the blame for him.

Rondo suffered too much from the battle with Deron Williams.

If Yes wants to create a blame-shifting system, the only one he can rely on is Milicic.

But Milicic has Okur who can block him, and between him and Milicic there is a long-handed and long-legged Kirilenko who is almost invincible.

It can be said that the blame-shifting system was completely destroyed by the Jazz.

Since experiencing Marion of the Suns, Ariza of the Rockets and Kirilenko of the Jazz, Yeas is now extremely hungry for players with long arms and legs.

Small forward!

A small forward with long arms and legs is so important!

A small forward who can play both inside and outside can, of course, take over both inside and outside. One can be used as two people!

If he has an invincible point where he can take the blame, he doesn't have to worry about whose opponent the opponent is taking the pot from, and the system of passing the blame will be impossible to choke.

But now, the Sonics don't have such a player.

Rondo was covered by Deron Williams. Yes didn't want to hit the iron and failed to produce a good touch value. He could only risk being intercepted by Kirilenko and kept blaming Milicic on the head. Dump.

In this game with the Jazz, the SuperSonics had a very hard time.

However, this was Milicic's night.

102 to 110, the Seattle SuperSonics lost by 8 points at home, but Milicic scored his first double-20 in his career.

28 points + 22 rebounds.

Milicic played very fiercely. Not long ago in Houston, Milicic was beaten horribly by Yao Ming. This time facing Okur, who is almost the same type as Yao Ming, Milicic played very well.

Okuru is shorter than Yao Ming!

Milicic's first shot will be interfered by Okur, but he can also take the second shot.

If it were Yao Ming, Milicic would not have a second chance.

Milicic had 22 rebounds, 12 of which were offensive rebounds.

"sharp!"

Having played four games against the SuperSonics this season, Jerry Sloan will sigh at the end of each game.

This power is not only for these young players of the SuperSonics, but also for the magical SuperSonics No. 9!

Those trash players before the start of the season have grown to this point now?

Milicic, a player who is almost certainly a parallel import, almost scored 30+20 against them!

And Millsap, who they had always wanted to get.

Millsap is the player Malone wanted to sneak in through the back door, and he is Malone's junior.

The Jazz also tried out Millsap. At that time, except for his good rebounding awareness, Millsap was very average.

Most of the reason why they committed to drafting Millsap was because of Malone's face.

But now, it is impossible for them to get Millsap.

"Now we can easily beat the Sonics, but the future is hard to say."

This young team is making visible progress under the leadership of Yes!

Only the Jazz, who have played four games with the SuperSonics this season, can see this progress most clearly.

However, this takes time!

Time belongs to Yes, it belongs to the Sonics, it also belongs to Jazz, and it belongs to Deron!

Delong's talent is not as good as Yes's, and his current strength is not as good as Yes's, but his future is equally bright!

Sloan's dreams and goals in the NBA are now all tied to Deron.

Deron will not let him down, his vision of people is not wrong!

Losing to the Jazz was just a small episode.

After returning from Houston, the SuperSonics' schedule is quite easy.

The schedule is not that tight and the opponents are not that strong.

On January 14, 2007, the Seattle SuperSonics faced the defending champion Miami Heat at home.

O'Neal, who had been out for nearly two months in this game, returned.

O'Neal actually doesn't want to come back.

Shaq vowed that if he could, he would never meet Yes on the court again.

But, it won’t work if I don’t make a comeback.

The deadline for 2007 All-Star voting is January 16th.

In the third stage of voting announced last week, he was almost overtaken by Howard!

In the West, it’s okay to be outnumbered by Yao Ming, but when you come to the East, you have to be outnumbered by Howard?

Is he losing the face of Shark O'Neal?

If he couldn't start, how could he laugh at that black mamba in the All-Star Game!

Seeing that poisonous snake being snatched away from the starting position by Roy, if he couldn't hold back and laugh, it would be even worse than killing him!

"Yes, give me some face"

"..."

"It's okay if you don't give me face. It's okay to be gentle, right?"

"..."

"I knew this would happen! This time I..."

"Okay, promise me something"

Promise something?

What's up?

After hearing Ye Si's request, O'Neill's face turned red and white.

O'Neal felt that his tall, powerful and handsome image might leave him forever.

I have no love in my life!

All because of that poisonous snake!

No, we must get it back from that poisonous snake!