Chapter 341 Miracle? !

Lakers, Rockets, Suns.

Except for the loss against the Lakers.

The other two games were all huge defeats!

The three-game losing streak also caused the Sonics to relinquish their fifth position and drop to eighth.

The Sonics' current record is 53 wins and 27 losses.

The Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers have a record of 54 wins and 26 losses!

There are now two games left in the regular season, one game behind three teams.

The odds of the Sonics ever reaching fifth place again are slim to none.

After losing to the Suns, Sonics players were a little depressed.

"useless!"

At the Seattle SuperSonics training facility, Rondo threw the hot iron out with a look of displeasure.

I don’t know if I’m unhappy with myself or others in the Sonics.

After losing to the Rockets and Suns in a row, they have lost 15 games in a row against the top four teams in the Western Conference!

The SuperSonics' current record is 54 wins and 27 losses.

The 27 losses were all caused by the Mavericks, Rockets, Suns, and Jazz.

Facing the top four in the Western Conference, they couldn't win a game.

The losses in these two games against the Rockets and Suns not only added two more losses to the Sonics.

More importantly, it reminds them that even if they make it to the playoffs, they will still be swept!

This is more terrifying than three consecutive losses and the collapse of the team!

Facing the top four in the Western Conference, we can't win a game!

Even if you win one game, that would be great!

The Lakers are currently seventh in the Western Conference, but their record against the top four in the Western Conference is very good.

The Mavericks, Suns, Rockets, Jazz, and Lakers have all won.

Even if the Lakers really fail to reach five,

Against any of the top four teams, we are confident of winning the series.

But what about supersonic speed?

Yes is no worse than Kobe!

Yes led the SuperSonics to win three games against Kobe this season!

These four games against the Lakers were almost all one-on-one battles between Yes and Kobe.

Yes won three times, and Kobe won the fourth time at home.

Yes is no worse than Kobe, but the Lakers can win the top four in the Western Conference, but they can't win.

Needless to say, the reason for this is already obvious!

"Mr. Nelson, there is something wrong with the team's mood right now."

Scott Brooks looked worried.

After returning to Seattle from Phoenix, SuperSonics players fell into deep self-blame.

SuperSonics lost three games in a row!

This is the first time this season that the Sonics have lost three consecutive games!

It's a miracle.

For a team like the SuperSonics, who would have thought before the game that they would suffer their first three-game losing streak near the end of the season?

What's more, the opponents of the three-game losing streak are strong teams like the Lakers, Rockets and Suns.

Therefore, the SuperSonics occupy fifth place in the Western Conference this week.

Media across the United States are using words of shock, incredible, and unbelievable to describe the greatness of Yes.

During the week when the Sonics were fifth in the Western Conference, many media even called for Yes to compete for the regular season MVP.

The top four are the threshold for competing for MVP.

But this year Nowitzki, Nash and Yao Ming are too close, and the votes for MVP will be scattered. There is no guarantee that Yes will not have a chance!

Therefore, in the week when the Sonics finished fifth in the Western Conference, the public opinion around the Sonics was in heaven.

And now?

After losing to the Suns, the fifth place in the Western Conference dropped directly to the eighth place in the Western Conference!

Public opinion in the United States suddenly turned around!

The current public opinion outside is that the United States is condemning other Sonics players except Yes.

Just how the Sonics have performed so far this season.

Even if the media wants to cause trouble, no one will dare to cause trouble with Yes.

However, these media will not engage in Yes matters.

But it doesn’t mean that there is no expression at all.

There's no question that Seattle is really dragging Yes down right now.

With Yes's strength, he doesn't have to face the misfortune of suffering five consecutive losses and be ridiculed even if he is on a team with decent strength.

Yes has single-handedly lifted the Sonics up again and again this season when they were facing collapse.

Now, Yes is finally too exhausted to help him up!

Because of his own reasons, Yes changed from being expected to be MVP to being ridiculed.

This makes it difficult for Sonics players to accept.

They can accept being called trash.

But I can't accept that Yes is being ridiculed like this.

But what can they do?

Five consecutive losses? !

The Sonics are now on a three-game losing streak.

But media experts and public opinion across the United States are already waiting for Yes's first five-game losing streak to come.

And facing the eyes of these people as if they were watching a good show, they had no choice at all.

The next game is against the Pistons, and the next game is against the Mavericks.

The situation between the Pistons and the Mavericks is not as simple as that of the Lakers, Rockets and Suns before.

The Pistons may not be as strong as the Rockets and Suns this season.

But the Pistons have already announced a long time ago that they will come to Seattle for revenge in this game!

The Pistons even said that this game will be treated with the intensity of the finals from the beginning!

The last time the two teams met, the Sonics defeated the Pistons because of Yes's buzzer beater.

And it was because the Pistons were too careless that they won the game in a decisive blow.

If the Pistons are not careless in this game, the Sonics have no chance of winning.

After beating the Pistons, the Sonics' last game was against the Mavericks.

The Mavericks are now No. 1 in the Western Conference.

The SuperSonics have lost fifteen consecutive games against the top four teams in the Western Conference!

The Sonics' chance of winning against the Pistons is almost zero.

So, facing the Mavericks, who know Nelson well, the Sonics' chance of winning is negative!

Before the two games were played, the SuperSonics were considered by outside commentators to have lost five games in a row in advance.

This is looked down upon.

But the Sonics players had no choice.

They really don't deserve to be looked up to.

But they are them, Yes is Yes!

But in the end, it was their problems that were borne by Yes!

This is very uncomfortable!

On the SuperSonics training ground, Rondo was doing blacksmithing exercises.

Milicic is conducting one-on-one offensive and defensive exercises with Tucker.

David Lee is practicing mid-range shooting.

Barea, Quentin Richardson, Wilkins are shooting three-pointers.

Millsap and Nick Collison were blocking each other.

Every player in the SuperSonics is extremely eager to improve their strength immediately.

But the cruel reality makes each of them feel unhappy now.

Nelson saw all this.

This is a great group of young people.

As long as you can enter the NBA, it doesn't matter how you get in.

Almost everyone is a genius.

If such a genius can still have a sense of shame, his future achievements will be limitless.

From a bad perspective, the current Sonics do have emotional problems.

But on the bright side, the current Sonics are also unusually united.

They really can't beat the Rockets and Suns.

Whenever the Sonics have a chance to win a team, Nelson believes that these Sonics players will bite them like mad dogs!

He has trained many young players.

He has also coached many young teams.

But he has never seen such a strong sense of shame in any young team or young player as in the Sonics.

In the eyes of the media across the United States.

Today's SuperSonics players are already a group of small-ball hooligans without any sense of honor.

They don't care about being scolded;

Winning or losing will only depend on Yes and rely on Yes to brush up the data.

This group of people has been criticized by national public opinion for a season.

The so-called ‘trash’ that even the media doesn’t bother to criticize can actually have such a strong sense of shame!

This is really incredible.

Old Nelson couldn't help but look at the familiar figure.

In the past, Yes has always been the hardest working person on the team.

But now, other Sonics players are practicing hard, hoping to quickly improve their strength.

But Yes, he was sitting alone on the sidelines with a schedule in his hand.

Yes has not given up hope of fifth place yet!

Old Nelson sighed softly.

fifth!

Yes, I still want to be fifth!

But looking at the current situation.

It's impossible for the Sonics to regain fifth place in the Western Conference.

With two games left, they are one game behind three teams.

The SuperSonics faced the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers this season, and they all had superior records.

If the four teams have the same record, the Sonics will be ranked higher.

But even so, the SuperSonics still need to win the next two games!

Pistons, Mavericks, victory...

Such a result can only appear in dreams!

And even if the Sonics have such a dream, whether they can finish fifth or not is not up to the Sonics!

The Spurs' remaining two opponents are the Mavericks on April 15 and the Nuggets on April 18.

The Nuggets' two remaining opponents are the Grizzlies on April 14 and the Spurs on April 18.

The Lakers' remaining two opponents are the Suns on April 15 and the Kings on April 18.

In other words, if the Sonics want to be fifth in the Western Conference again, they need to win two games, and the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers cannot win them all!

This is too demanding!

Old Nelson is sighing

Yes has worked hard.

But this is really the limit of this young team!

Yes, this season has been great beyond imagination!

San Antonio.

Spurs training ground.

The Spurs players are also training hard.

From the second half of the season to now, this group of veterans has not stopped for a moment.

This makes Popovich very uncomfortable!

The energy of the veterans has been exhausted in the regular season. What will happen in the playoffs?

What's even more frightening is that even if these Spurs veterans exhaust all their energy in the regular season, they still can't get what they want!

Looking at the schedule in his hand, the opponents of the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers in the remaining two games, Popovich is really unhappy!

Now the Spurs' biggest competitors for the top five are the Nuggets and Lakers.

The remaining two games between the Nuggets and Lakers have a must-win game.

The Nuggets play the Grizzlies. This is a game that can be won even if you lie down.

The same goes for the Lakers playing the Kings.

What about the Spurs?

Whether it's the Mavericks or the final Nuggets.

This is not an easy team to win!

The penultimate game is against the Mavericks. The Mavericks have not determined the number one spot in the Western Conference yet, so it is impossible to let the Spurs go!

The penultimate game against the Nuggets is likely to directly determine fifth place in the Western Conference. The Nuggets will fight the Spurs!

Fighting against a team with Iverson and Anthony? !

Just thinking about it makes me panic!

Iverson and Anthony had convulsions, and the entire league was shaking!

Why are the Spurs in their current situation? !

Popovich sighed.

If it weren't for Yes, why would the Spurs be as passive as they are now!

Lost all four games against the SuperSonics this season!

Even if they only win one game, the Spurs will not be as passive as they are now!

It’s such a terrible feeling to try your best but end up with nothing!

Looking at the last column of the schedule in my hand, the SuperSonics, the remaining opponents are the Pistons and Mavericks.

This schedule is worse than the Spurs.

Theoretically, the Sonics still have a chance to return to fifth place in the Western Conference.

But unless a miracle happens, it won't be possible.

Therefore, although there are still four teams in theory for the five teams in the Western Conference, in fact there are only three teams left.

Battle between the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers.

Of the three teams, only the Spurs were swept by the SuperSonics!

Thinking of this, Popovich felt even more uncomfortable!

Why bother!

What a pain!

You dragged the Spurs into a fifth-place quagmire, swept the Spurs again this season, and made the Spurs so miserable that they were not eighth in the Western Conference in the end!

Why don't you just sit back and rest peacefully in the eighth place in the Western Conference? Isn't there nothing like this anymore? !

Nor will he be ridiculed by the national media because of the huge contrast from fifth in the Western Conference to eighth in the Western Conference!

All I can say is that it deserves it!

By making the Spurs so uncomfortable, he did not gain anything.

Fighting for five in the West?

With the strength of the SuperSonics team, if you can really perform a miracle and successfully compete for five, I, Popovich, will no longer play defensive basketball in the future, but will play offensive basketball!

Looking at the names in the last row of the schedule in his hand, Popovich thought viciously.

Los Angeles, Lakers training facility.

Under the supervision of Kobe Bryant, the Lakers' recent atmosphere has been excellent. Even Bynum seems to be serious now!

Although the Lakers are now seventh, their fate is already in the hands of the Lakers!

As long as the Lakers beat the Suns in the next game,

With two straight wins, the Lakers will be able to take control of their destiny!

Originally, the Lakers had no chance of competing for fifth place in the Western Conference, but Yes' dominance of the Spurs made it impossible for the Spurs to take over the fifth position early!

One player, single-handedly, dominated the Spurs with Duncan!

Unheard of!

But no matter what, it's a good thing for the Lakers!

As long as they win the next two games, the Lakers will have a great chance of ranking fifth!

All this is possible thanks to Yes!

Thank you Yes for your persistence and your dream of chasing fifth place!

In the end, Yes failed to pursue his dream, but it brought an excellent opportunity to the Lakers!

On April 14, 2007, in the eight focus battles of the complicated Western Conference competition for five, the game between the Nuggets and the Grizzlies started first!

The Nuggets have high morale inspired by coach George Karl.

They defeated the Grizzlies 133-118 without any blood on the road.

Anthony and Iverson scored 48 points and 44 points respectively in this game!

The two played the best game since their cooperation!

"Now our only opponent for five is the Spurs!"

"The Sonics' remaining opponents are the Pistons and the Mavericks. It's impossible for them to win both games, or even one. If they want to get into the top five, they can only hope for a miracle!"

"The Lakers' remaining opponents are the Suns and Kings. The Suns are now one game behind the Mavericks. The Suns will never lose to the Lakers!"

"The initiative is now in our hands!"

"As long as they beat the Spurs, the Nuggets, who have won two consecutive games, don't have to look at anyone else's face!"

After defeating the Grizzlies in an away game, George Karl flushed with excitement!

With one game left in the season, the Nuggets are finally in fifth place in the Western Conference!

"Now we are fifth in the Western Conference, and I hope that by the end of the regular season, we will still be fifth in the Western Conference!"

With the Nuggets ascending to the top five, the battle for the top five in the Western Conference has finally reached its final climax.

Although George Karl chanted very fierce slogans, he reached the fifth position and never came down.

But with the current situation of competing for the top five in the Western Conference, how could he really be so optimistic!

April 15, 2007.

George Karl led the Nuggets players to stay in front of the TV early.

The Nuggets have no game today.

But in order to increase the team's cohesion and urgency and participation in competing for the top five.

George Karl still asked everyone on the team to watch the games between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Lakers and the Suns!

The games between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Lakers and the Suns, and the SuperSonics and the Pistons were played almost simultaneously.

The Nuggets mainly focus on the games between the Spurs and the Mavericks, and the Lakers and the Suns.

As for the game between the SuperSonics and the Pistons.

Given the current state of the SuperSonics running out of gas and the Pistons' attitude of going all out to play the game like the finals, the SuperSonics have no chance.

If the Sonics want to beat the Pistons, they have to beat the Mavericks before they can participate in the battle for the top five again. Such a miracle does not happen so easily!

Spurs vs. Mavericks game.

The Spurs are making a last-ditch effort to win five points.

If they lose this game and lose fifth place, then the Spurs' efforts to sprint this season will have no meaning.

The Spurs will go all out in this game.

The same goes for the Mavericks, who are now one game ahead of the Suns.

If they lose to the Spurs and lose the first place in the Western Conference, the Mavericks are absolutely unwilling to have such a thing happen.

The Lakers and Suns are actually similar.

In these two games, the Mavericks and Suns are going crazy for first place in the Western Conference, and the Spurs and Lakers are going crazy for fifth place in the Western Conference.

These two games were extremely exciting!

The eyes of the Nuggets players in front of the TV are also brilliant!

"The Spurs' strength is definitely underestimated!"

"The strength of the Lakers is also underestimated!"

"But the Mavericks and Suns are really strong!"

One hall, three TVs.

Now all the eyes of the Nuggets players are on these two games.

As for the game between the SuperSonics and the Pistons, it was slowly forgotten.

In fact, the Pistons took a ten-point lead right from the start.

They even turned down the sound of the Pistons and SuperSonics games to the lowest level so as not to affect their ability to watch the games between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Lakers and the Suns.

"The Spurs and Lakers really want to win!"

"The Mavericks and Suns don't want to lose either!"

Compared with the Pistons-SuperSonics game where the Pistons had an advantage of more than 10 points right from the start, the two games between the Mavericks and the Spurs, and the Lakers and the Suns were extremely anxious.

The game was a tightrope from the start.

Mavericks vs. Spurs game.

The Spurs were playing on the road, and they took the lead as soon as they came up. At the end of the first quarter, it was 28 to 22, and the Spurs led by 6 points!

Immediately after the second quarter, the Mavericks took advantage of their strong rotation to catch up with the score.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 55 to 52, and the Mavericks were three points behind at home!

The Mavericks, who are unparalleled at home this season, actually fell behind by three points at halftime at home!

The Spurs' strength exceeded everyone's expectations!

Duncan is such a calm and composed person, but he actually received a technical foul in the first half.

Facing a controversial call on bald Crawford, Duncan yelled at Crawford.

As the game entered the second half, this anxiety reached its climax!

The score difference between the Spurs and the Mavericks has never been more than five points!

And the lead is not the Mavericks, who are first in the Western Conference, but the Spurs, who are fifth in the Western Conference, have always been in the lead!

The Nuggets players in front of the TV were stunned at such a spectacle!

Originally, the Nuggets always believed that they were the strongest team among the four vicious teams in the Western Conference!

"The Spurs replaced Duncan with three minutes left in the third quarter. The Spurs are preparing to let Duncan play the entire fourth quarter!"

"Now the Spurs have a slight lead. They can afford it and give the Spurs time to rest!"

"Bald Crawford is very unfriendly to the Spurs in this game!"

"Crawford is not unfriendly to the Spurs, he is not friendly to anyone, he is blind!"

"This foul is somewhat controversial!"

The Nuggets are all attracted to the game between the Spurs and the Mavericks.

Even the game between the Lakers and the Suns slowly gave up attention.

This game between the Mavericks and the Spurs is so exciting!

Regardless of the intensity or intensity of the game, according to the words of Reggie Miller, the commentator of this game.

“This is a finals intensity game!”

A regular season game with the intensity of the finals!

Such a game is extremely rare even in NBA history!

"Wait?! What is Crawford doing?!"

"Crawford made a T sign to the Spurs bench?!"

T? !

Or the bench against the Spurs? !

Did Popovich eat T?

This is not surprising.

But when the TV broadcast camera kept focusing on Duncan.

The Nuggets players were instantly stunned!

"Duncan is eating T again?!"

"Is this Duncan's second T of the game?!"

"Duncan got the second T of this game because he smiled and applauded off the court?!"

"Duncan was sent off!"

Watching Duncan being ejected by Crawford, the Nuggets were really stunned!

Duncan also received a T for smiling and applauding during the game against the SuperSonics, but Duncan was on the court at that time!

Crawford does have a reason.

But now, Duncan is sitting off the court!

Can you eat T in this way? !

An unprecedented battle with the intensity of the finals ended like this? !

Duncan's dismissal undoubtedly cost the Spurs any hope of winning this game!

10 to 19!

This is the score of the fourth quarter!

After Duncan left the game, the Spurs collapsed!

86 to 91, the Spurs lost on the field!

Across the screen, everyone in the Nuggets can feel how ugly Popovich's face looks now!

"The Lakers also lost, 85 to 93!"

"The Spurs and Lakers have lost, and now the Nuggets are in fifth place!"

Anthony and Iverson are very excited!

No matter what the process is, the result is the best!

And at this moment, the TV next to them, which they had turned down to almost mute, exploded with a bang!

"Miracle! Miracle! Miracle!"

"Yes, we beat the Pistons again!"

Yes to beat the Pistons again? !

For a moment, the Nuggets looked at the TV they had been ignoring in disbelief.

Miracle? !