Chapter 349 The Whole World’s Expectations and Shock!
American Airlines Center in Dallas.
SuperSonics players celebrated wildly.
Now except for the Sonics players, the whole world seems to have frozen!
In the whole world, it seems that only the Sonics players are moving, while everyone else seems to be stationary!
CCTV reporter Wang Han, who was standing in the media box with media from all over the United States, now stared at the familiar figure in the center of the court with his beautiful eyes, surrounded by Sonics players and being worshiped by the Sonics players.
Now he is the protagonist of this world!
After recovering from the shock, look at the shining score on the scoreboard.
Wang Han's heart was still full of shock.
Yes is now the most popular sports star in the country.
Ye Si's first NBA career, the attention he received domestically was astonishing.
Four days ago, at the end of the NBA's regular season, sports channels covered the Leafs' first playoff trip.
Various experts and celebrities in the country are giving advice and cheering Ye Si.
Even in the domestic atmosphere where everyone is talking about the Supersonics and the Supersonics, none of the domestic experts and celebrities can find any reason to say that the Supersonics can defeat the Mavericks.
There is really a big difference.
The two teams met in the regular season, and the tragedy of the SuperSonics is still vivid in my mind!
How could the Sonics win against the Mavericks?
but……
110 to 98!
That's the score on the scoreboard.
SuperSonics in front, Mavericks in back!
Won?
Did the Sonics win? !
Before this game, she had never thought about this possibility.
After the first quarter of the game, the SuperSonics did not collapse as those media experts predicted.
But after the draw with the Mavericks under the leadership of Ye Si, she began to imagine that maybe the Sonics could win this game.
At the end of the first half, the super-powerful Mavericks still did not defeat the SuperSonics. Her fantasy gradually grew with her cheers after every score by Ye Si.
But no matter what.
Fantasy is just fantasy after all.
Normal people know how unlikely it is for fantasies to become reality.
Not even possible!
It's just that Ye Si's performance in this game allowed her to dream.
Before the game started, she didn't even dare to dream of the Sonics winning!
When did the fantasy slowly start to become reality?
It starts from the third quarter!
When Yes used his efforts in the first half to wake up all the Sonics players!
It’s really hard to imagine that Ye Si can do such a thing!
Wang Han now clearly remembers the SuperSonics' first offense in this game. When Ye Si gave up the ball to Rondo in order to wake up his teammates, the expressions on the faces of the American colleagues around him were like mourning.
Don't understand!
not agree!
Even many American colleagues who were angry about it directly started scolding him!
"Why do you still believe that bunch of rubbish!"
"Why can't you just learn from the one in Cleveland!"
"Why don't you understand that the beauty of fairy tales cannot defeat the cruelty of reality!"
"You will ruin your entire career by your naivety and innocence!"
Furious!
The words are still ringing in my ears!
What now?
The American colleagues around her are now as stunned as the Mavericks fans around her!
At the beginning of the third quarter, the SuperSonics players were awakened by Ye Si one by one.
Tucker went from a disappearing fifth man to a defensive gate that can eliminate Nowitzki altogether.
Milicic has gone from a weak center who can't even back up a power forward to a super giant who can knock Dampier, the former second center in the Western Conference, to the ground.
Quentin Richardson has also gone from a seemingly average shooter to the murderous look he once was in the Suns.
Coupled with the previous evolution of Rondo.
A brave man, in a desperate situation, facing an impossible enemy, uses his own efforts and persistence to wake up his sleeping partners one by one, and then together with his partners knock down the impossible enemy!
This kind of plot, this kind of story, only happens in fairy tales!
Ye Si once again completed a fairy tale!
Wang Han doesn't know what the fans across the United States look like in front of the TV now.
I don’t know what the scene is like for the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean.
Look at the Mavericks fans at the scene, look at these American counterparts at the scene, and look at the Mavericks players and the Mavericks head coach standing on the court as if they have lost their souls.
Even if you don’t know what the fans around the world are like in front of the TV now, you can still imagine it!
This game is destined to be a fairy tale that shocks the whole world!
"Yes slapped all of us in the face with this game!"
"We scolded the Sonics for a season, sprayed Yes' teammates for a season, and encouraged Yes to abandon his teammates for a season."
"Yes, he slapped all of us in the face in his own way!"
"Before this game started, did any of you ever think that Rondo could get 15 assists in the half and 24 assists in the whole game against the No. 1 team in the Western Conference in the playoffs?!"
"Don't forget, this is also the first playoff game in Rondo's career!"
"In the first playoffs, he tied the single-game assists record and half-time assists record in the NBA playoffs. Is this an achievement that the crappiest player in history can achieve?!"
"Maybe Rondo was really rubbish before, but under Yes's training at all costs for a season, he became a first-class passer who can continuously pass 'man to ball to' passes in the playoffs!"
"Apart from Rondo, did any of you ever think that Milicic could score 20+10 in halftime against Dampier in the playoffs!"
"24 points and 14 rebounds in the full game and 22 points and 10 rebounds in the half! At the beginning of the season, could you imagine that these were the playoff numbers of the second-place finisher Milicic?!"
"No, even before the playoffs started, we didn't believe that Milicic could beat Dampier and get such data in halftime!"
"Quentin Richardson fell after leaving Nash. There was no playmaker around him who could pass the ball to him and take him off. Quentin Richardson became a three-pointer. He couldn't defend well and hesitated in the game. A player that even the Knicks despise."
"Coming to Yes' side, in the regular season he regained some of his original demeanor in the Suns and Nash's side. But can you imagine Quentin Richardson's first playoff game with the SuperSonics, facing the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference? The Mavericks made 7 three-pointers in a single game?!"
"In this game, Quentin Richardson looks stronger next to Yes than he does next to Nash!"
"And Tucker!"
"Which of you could have imagined that Tucker could restrict Nowitzki?!"
"No, it's not a restriction, it's a precaution!"
"Tucker made Nowitzki only score 13 points on 5 of 14 shots in the second half!"
"Can any of you imagine that Tucker can do something that Garnett and Duncan can't do?!"
"Rondo, Milicic, Quentin Richardson, Tucker! A bunch of trash that we once dismissed, slapped us all in the face in this game!"
"Which of you could have imagined that these players who we encouraged Yes to throw away would be trained by Yes to the extent they are now?!"
"We taught Yes for a season, taught him how to play in the NBA, taught him how to be a qualified boss in the Sonics, taught him how to be a true chosen one in the NBA, and also taught him what the NBA is. The reality taught him what it takes to win an NBA championship."
"Are we ashamed now?!"
"Yes, this game proved that he can win the playoffs in his own way!"
"Can Yes win a championship in the future with this method? I don't know, but I know that he can use his method to defeat the invincible number one in the Western Conference in the playoffs!"
“I love Yes’ fairy tale basketball!”
“I love Yes’ fairy tale basketball!”
“I love Yes’ fairy tale basketball!”
Wang Han looked at the roaring American colleagues around him and was speechless in surprise.
The curses at the beginning of the game have now turned into cheers!
Ye Si is very happy now!
Really happy!
Except for the thousands of finals games with the Pistons.
This is the first playoff game of his career!
The data of 54 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks are perfect!
While getting perfect data, he was also able to defeat his opponents, and the performance of his teammates was also quite outstanding.
This is a game with no flaws to be found!
Before this game started, Yees really never thought that his first playoff game against the Mavericks would be like this!
Even before the start of the third quarter, Ye Si didn't think about it.
In the end, it wasn't the Mavericks that defeated them, but they defeated the Mavericks.
Yes and the SuperSonics players celebrated wildly.
Everyone looked respectfully at the kind-looking fat old man standing on the sidelines.
Coach Nelson can really make them beat the Mavericks!
In the regular season, the Mavericks, who were once unimaginably powerful in front of them, were now defeated by them!
Such a result made Ye Si and the SuperSonics players feel excited!
Such a result gave them too many expectations for this series that seemed unrealistic before!
Such a result also makes it difficult for them to calm down now!
Old Nelson's mood is not so calm now.
Against the Mavericks, he was sure.
But he is definitely not arrogant enough to think that the Sonics can defeat the Mavericks in the first game with his tactics.
After the first half of the game, he was already planning to lose the Sonics' first game.
In the end, the Sonics didn't lose!
The awakening of these young men exceeded his expectations.
His idea is that these young players in the Sonics can adapt to the intensity of the playoffs with the Mavericks in two games. These two games are away games, and he can accept them all losing to the Mavericks on the road.
The worst case scenario is to return home and start over.
But the reality is that it's only halftime.
These young people have adapted to the intensity of the playoffs with the Mavericks.
He's been with these young guys for a season.
These young people always grow faster than he imagined.
Old Nelson looked at Yes, who was surrounded by other players and walked towards him.
I was extremely surprised.
This is a magical player and leader!
Playing next to him, everyone can be infected by his magic.
Not just these players, but himself.
Before coming to the SuperSonics, he never thought that his basketball philosophy would change!
Even his teacher, the Cardinal, did not change his willful and selfish basketball philosophy.
But with Yes, in just one season, he abandoned his willfulness and selfishness.
He has changed more in this one season with the Seattle SuperSonics than in his entire career.
In an atmosphere like the Sonics, in the atmosphere created by Yes, he can't help but change along with it.
What a great basketball atmosphere!
Everyone can grow and progress in such an atmosphere.
Everyone can be willing to make changes and sacrifices for others in such an atmosphere.
Everyone can realize their own value in such an atmosphere.
This is an atmosphere he has never experienced in his 45 years in the NBA.
Even the Celtics back then had never experienced such an atmosphere!
"Thank you, Yes!"
"Nellie, thank you!"
Almost at the same time, both Ye Si and Nelson expressed their gratitude to each other.
After a moment of daze, Old Nelson laughed heartily.
And Ye Si also had a smile on his face.
This victory belongs to everyone in the Sonics!
The atmosphere in front of the Sonics bench is great right now.
In sharp contrast to the atmosphere in front of the SuperSonics bench is the Mavericks' bench.
Lifeless is the best portrayal now.
The game has been over for a while now.
But they still haven't gotten over their extreme disappointment and loss.
Even Johnson, the head coach of the Mavericks, looks uneasy.
As the head player of the Mavericks, Nowitzki's eyes are always looking to the other side.
"Dirk, I will fulfill my promise and make you perfect!"
Nowitzki's mind is now filled with what Nelson said to him standing in front of him in the last game of the regular season.
Nellie, is this how you make me perfect? !
The expression on Nowitzki's face is constantly changing.
He didn't know what Nelson meant when he said that to him.
After he repeated what Nelson said to him to his teammates, his teammates even thought Nelson was joking and playing psychological warfare.
Now, he knows that Old Nelson is serious!
Nelson is ready to expose all his flaws in this series!
Expose all his shortcomings, and then force him to improve!
Nellie, this is your plan? !
Thinking of this, Nowitzki closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He finally understood why Nelson apologized to him before and why he looked at him with eyes full of regret and resentment.
Nellie's apology was self-blame.
Nellie's regret is for him.
Nellie's resentment is toward Avery.
Thinking of this, Nowitzki's face became very ugly.
Since you know you haven't made me perfect yet, why did you leave me? !
What's the use of apologizing to me now?
What's the use of feeling sorry for me now?
So what if I'm angry at Avery Johnson now?
It was you who handed me over to Avery!
Even if Avery makes me not make any progress in the past few years, it's still your fault!
"Dirk?"
"I'm fine!"
It was the first time Avery Johnson and the Mavericks players saw Nowitzki showing such a scary expression.
It was also the first time that young general Johnson heard Nowitzki speaking to him in such a stiff tone.
Dirk was very dissatisfied with the loss in this game!
Dirk was also very dissatisfied with his performance in this game!
When the Mavericks faced difficulties, he had no choice but to face his teacher, Old Nelson.
The SuperSonics' performance in this game was shocking, but this cannot be the reason for his inaction in the game.
Not only Dirk, but other Mavericks players now look at him with less respect.
Looking at these eyes, young general Johnson's already restless mood became even more turbulent.
This team never belongs to me!
This is a painful fact.
He had always forgotten about this matter.
He never allowed himself to think about such things.
He changed the Mavericks' run-and-gun style to its current balance of offense and defense.
He changed the focus of the Mavericks from player development to overall tactical development.
Over the years, he has been adding his own marks and colors to the calf's body.
He is working hard to turn this team that used to belong to Nelson into his.
He has always had a beautiful wish in the past. As long as he proves himself in front of Coach Nelson, he can truly turn the Mavericks into a team that belongs to him!
Therefore, he is so eager to be first in the regular season and eighth in the SuperSonics.
How elated was he when he personally led the team to push the team led by coach Nelson into eighth place?
The Mavericks are first and the SuperSonics are eighth. This means that the opportunity he has been waiting for for so many years has finally arrived!
But now, all this is just self-deception.
No, it’s not self-deception either.
If he can beat Seattle in this game, maybe things will be completely different.
But in the end, he couldn't even defeat Nelson, who was leading a weak team like the SuperSonics!
How could he gain the respect of Sonics players like this? !
Now, no matter how angry Dirk is towards Coach Nelson, it is not real anger.
As angry as Dirk is at Coach Nelson, his respect for Coach Nelson is as high as he is now.
Young General Johnson reluctantly recovered from his emotions of envy, jealousy and loss.
He knew that he couldn't have so many thoughts now.
At least, he can't have too many such thoughts this season.
"This game was my fault. I misassessed the strength of the Sonics. I thought this series was too simple."
"The Sonics are a tough opponent, Yes is a great player, and Coach Nelson, he's a master, a true master."
"We should raise the SuperSonics to the same height as the Rockets and Suns. This is a team that we need to go all out to defeat!"
"Any arrogance, arrogance and unrealism will cost us dearly!"
"We lost this game. The price is too high to accept. I can understand how you feel now, because I am the same as you. I am also in pain now!"
"So, I hope this is our last pain!"
"Guys, show off the confidence you had before this game started. I want to see your confident smiles on your faces!"
"We are No. 1 in the Western Conference, and we just lost one playoff game. We lost the chance to eliminate the Sonics 4-0, but we can still eliminate the Sonics 4-1!"
Johnson, the young general who recovered from his uneasy mood, finally showed his style as the head coach of a team with the best record in the league.
The confidence in the way he carries himself is contagious.
Perhaps he can't even keep up with his teacher Old Nelson in terms of technical and tactical strength.
But he also has his own advantages.
Without such strong chicken soup ability, he would not have been able to lead the Mavericks to achieve such a good record.
Under such sincere words from him, the Mavericks players finally calmed down a bit emotionally.
Even Nowitzki has calmed down now.
This also reassured young General Johnson.
After this game, he knew that it would be impossible for him to prove himself in front of Nelson.
The reason why he was so obsessed with sweeping the Sonics 4-0 was because with the strength of the Mavericks, losing even one game to the Sonics would be a huge failure for him.
Now, such a failure has occurred.
He was also powerless to change.
He just wants to eliminate the Sonics now!
We’ll talk about other things later!
After losing this game, he could imagine how the Mavericks would be ridiculed by the national media tomorrow.
It's just a matter of being ridiculed for one game. He can accept it. If he defeats the Sonics in the next game, he and his Mavericks can escape from the endless ridicule.
But if he loses this series...
Mavericks will not only be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.
He himself will forever lose the opportunity to prove himself in front of Nelson, and he will even lose his qualifications as an NBA head coach!
No team will be willing to hand over the position of head coach to a head coach who led the Mavericks to be eliminated by the SuperSonics!
Because, what does it mean for the Mavericks to be eliminated by the SuperSonics?
Black eight!
Even though the Mavericks lost the first game, they still haven't found a way to deal with coach Nelson's tactics.
Coach Nelson's tactic of letting Tucker defend Dirk in this game was a huge blow to the Mavericks.
Even he didn't know that Dirk was afraid of short and stocky insiders!
I'm afraid it's not just him who doesn't know, but even Dirk himself!
In the NBA, no team has ever defended Dirk like this.
Coach Nelson is too familiar with Dirk and the Mavericks!
This familiarity with the calf was terrifying.
They themselves are not even familiar with themselves to this extent!
This also reflects the depth of Coach Nelson's creation and influence on the Mavericks.
As far as this series is concerned, Coach Nelson is as scary as Yes!
But Johnson, the junior general, didn't think he and his Mavericks would be hacked.
Yes and Old Nelson are indeed scary.
But the hard power of the Mavericks and SuperSonics is very different.
As long as the Mavericks don't underestimate the enemy and don't always think about proving something in front of the SuperSonics like today, the Mavericks will not lose!
Even if he can't solve Nelson's tactics of defending Dirk, the Mavericks can still beat the Sonics!
to be honest.
The Mavericks' hard power can accept Dirk's 5 for 14 in the game!
What's more, Dirk can't always be 5 for 14. Even if Tucker's defense against Dirk is very good, Dirk is still a player who can score more than 20 points against any defense!
It can be said that in the second half of this game, the Mavericks and Dirk were already bad enough and could not be worse!
As for the SuperSonics, can Yes guarantee that he will score 50+ points in every game?
Can Rondo guarantee 20+ assists in every game?
Can Quentin Richardson guarantee that he will score 7 three-pointers in every game?
Can Milicic guarantee that he can score 20+10 in each half?
Maybe that would be cruel to the Sonics.
But this is reality.
That is, the SuperSonics in this game were at their best.
They may never perform like this again in this series!
Maybe what he just said to the Mavericks was a bit exaggerated. It would be difficult for the Mavericks to eliminate the SuperSonics 4-1. Although the Mavericks are much stronger than the SuperSonics, it is not that easy to win 4 consecutive games.
But no matter how many games it takes the Mavericks to defeat the Sonics, it will be the Mavericks who ultimately win the series!
However, this is something for later.
Now, he and his Mavericks need to bear the consequences of losing to Seattle.
What will be the consequences if the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference loses to the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference in the first game of the playoffs?
In any year's playoffs, when the No. 1 team is defeated by the No. 8 team, there will be negative public opinion.
What's more, this eighth team is still the SuperSonics led by Yes.
He knew that the Mavericks' loss in this game would give fans around the world some unrealistic expectations.
This is normal.
He never denied the popularity of Yes.
What kind of popularity does it mean to turn a series with such a huge disparity between the first in the Western Conference and the eighth in the Western Conference into the most watched series in history?
It’s unimaginable!
There is no doubt that Yes is the protagonist of the NBA!
The Mavericks are the villain in this series!
However, even though he knew that the Mavericks' shocking loss to the Sonics would generate negative public opinion, Johnson was still shocked at the post-game press conference.
Beyond his imagination!
"Avery, you lost, with a huge 12-point difference, and you were defeated at home. Have you ever thought about the possibility of the Mavericks being beaten by the SuperSonics in this series?!"
"After the game, TNT organized experts to re-predict the final outcome of this series. 99 out of 100 experts believed that the SuperSonics could beat the SuperSonics in this series. What do you think of this?"
Black eight! Black eight! All black and white!
Every reporter never leaves the word "black eight" when asking questions!
Young General Johnson now understands that the media across the United States are preparing to party.
Junior General Johnson didn’t believe that these reporters didn’t understand how difficult and impossible it was for the Supersonic Black Eight Mavericks to win.
They are creating a public opinion for Yes to escape unscathed!
To stir up the public opinion of Black Eight, even if the Mavericks win four consecutive games against the SuperSonics in the end, Yes can still hold its head high and escape unscathed.
The idea of the national media puzzled General Johnson.
You were not like this before!
You used to stand with us!
You used to hope that we could humiliate Yes, preferably the bigger the humiliation, the better.
Didn't you hope that we would force Yes to abandon his trash teammates?
How has everything changed now? !
You don’t hate Rondo, you don’t hate Milicic, you don’t hate Tucker, you don’t hate Quentin Richardson and the others?
You used Mavericks before, and we were still partners before the game started.
Just throw it away now?
Are you guys changing your attitude too quickly?
No, it’s not just the media who are carnivaling, but also the experts!
99 out of 100 experts support the Sonics? !
This is not support, this is expectation!
Does this mean that the entire United States and the whole world are now looking forward to the Mavericks losing to the SuperSonics? !
Thinking of this, the expression on young general Johnson's face was very ugly, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart!
Even though he has already thought about how terrible losing this game would be.
But he still underestimated it!
His Mavericks are a team that has played in the Finals.
But even a team that has played in the finals can withstand the pressure from all over the world? !
After losing this game.
The Mavericks' most formidable opponents are not just Yes and Coach Nelson.
There are also expectations from all over the world!
This is even scarier than Yes and Coach Nelson!
Young General Johnson knew he had to do something now.
"You guys lack the most basic respect for the No. 1 player in the Western Conference!"
"In the history of the NBA, many regular-season division champions have lost their first playoff game, but what is the probability of a black eight in the history of the NBA?"
"Almost zero!"
"Most of the teams that were criticized by you in the past were not criticized. Now, I can tell you clearly that neither will the Mavericks!"
"The Sonics' victory in this game is shocking, but obviously, if the Sonics can always perform like this, you can't be so shocked. In other words, even you don't believe that the Sonics can win again. Twice!"
"Don't forget, the Mavericks are a team that has played in the Finals. We have seen too many storms. As for the SuperSonics, their main players are all rookies in the playoffs. They can play a good game, but they It will never end a series!"
Watch the young general Johnson argue hard when he was besieged by the media across the United States.
The beautiful eyes of CCTV reporter Wang Han, who was sitting below, kept flashing.
This game put tremendous pressure on the Mavericks!
The shock and expectations from around the world put tremendous pressure on the Mavericks!
She also felt that what Junior General Johnson said was correct.
This is the most rational thing to say.
But this game was originally a game that made the whole world lose their minds!
Anyone looking for sanity in a world that has lost its sanity must have something wrong with their head!
April 23, 2007.
The day after the SuperSonics away game against the Mavericks.
Ye Si got up early in the morning.
He slept well last night.
When Yes woke up early in the morning, the living room of the hotel suite was already filled with Sonics players.
Each of these Sonics players is happily holding countless copies of newspapers.
Looking at the current state of the Sonics players, Ye Si was quite surprised.
The eyes of his teammates are all red.
This is an all-night rhythm!
But even after staying up all night, even after playing a very intense NBA playoff game last night, the expressions on their faces were quite excited, and their spirits and morale were also quite vigorous.
I only have one newspaper left in my hand, not happy!
The second master is very unhappy now!
"15! 24! Rajon Rondo is in the hall of point guard gods!"
,
The unhappy Rondo lowered his head and saw the newspaper, and all his unhappiness disappeared.
Rajon Rondo has ascended to the hall of point guard gods!
What USA Today means is that Er Ye is already the god of point guards?
24 assists in a single game in the playoffs. In NBA history, only Magic and Stockton have achieved this!
Now we have to add another second master!
It was the first time I was praised by the American media. The praise was so great that it made the second master feel light-headed!
After the game against the Mavericks, they felt as if they had entered a new world!
Whether it's online, on TV or in newspapers, they are all praised!
This makes those of them who have been criticized for a season and have already admitted that they are trash feel a little uncomfortable.
It's harder to adapt than the playoffs with the Mavericks.
Now newspapers across the United States are looking forward to the SuperSonics Black Eight!
Now newspapers across the United States are crazily touting Yes!
Now newspapers across the United States are crazily praising Nelson and SuperSonics players!
Even Malikros, who didn't play in the last game, was criticized by the media because he is Tucker's master!
This feeling of being surrounded by flowers and applause is great!
Yesi picked up a newspaper from the ground.
"The Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in an away game, Black Eight is already on the way!"
"Unprecedented and unprecedented! 52+11+8! Yes played the scariest playoff debut in history!"
"0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, the fifth man disappeared and the German tanks disappeared together!"
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Glancing at this nationally renowned newspaper, Ye Si had a surprised expression on his face.
Anticipation rushes into my face.
Flowers and applause came to my face.
After being stunned for a moment, Ye Si also had a smile on his face.
His teammates felt the power of recognition for the first time.
Yesi put the newspaper in his hand into Rondo's hand, who was hiding in the corner and giggled, and left the living room softly.
Yes?
Rondo looked down at the newspaper in his hand.
The headline at the top of the opened page of the newspaper is: Rajon Rondo, he can accompany Yes forever!
Did Yes also see this report just now? !
Did Yes approve this report? !
Rondo felt his hands holding the newspaper were shaking.
The unhappiness of being bullied by other Sonics players disappeared in an instant.
Do you trash have the ability to bully the second master? Do you have the ability to get recognition like Yes? !
A pile of dregs!
The second master is now full of motivation and can still fight the Mavericks for three thousand games!
"Incredible tide of public opinion!"
After the game between the Mavericks and the SuperSonics, Kobe was dumbfounded by the national public opinion on the game.
Even in the Los Angeles media, the news about the game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks is far greater than the news about the game between the Lakers and the Suns!
"With this kind of pressure and expectations from all over the world, who can't handle it first, the Sonics or the Mavericks?!"
This kind of pressure reminded Kobe of the 2004 Finals.
No, this sense of pressure and expectation is even more terrifying than the 2004 finals!
April 25, 2007, the second game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Mavericks.
Watching the score on TV, Kobe and the Lakers players around him looked shocked.
99 to 92!
SuperSonics, win again? !
SuperSonics, a big score of 2-0 against the Mavericks on the road!
The second fairy tale that the whole world has been waiting for has once again been shocked? !