Chapter 443: Prosperous Durant

Defeated the Orlando Magic at home, and the Sonics' record also came to 14 wins and 2 losses.

When defeating the Magic, the Sonics really didn't expect that the victory of this game would allow them to narrow the gap with the second Rockets in the West.

The Rockets played back-to-back against the Golden State Warriors on November 29, 2007 after a battle of the century.

In the end, the Rockets lost to the Warriors by a score of 113 to 114 on the road.

This game between the Rockets and the Warriors is not the Rockets' first back-to-back game this season.

But it was the Rockets' first game off this season.

In this game, the Rockets chose Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Roy, the three head players of the rest team.

In this game against the Warriors, the Rockets' starting lineup is Carl Landry, Luis Scola, Gerald Wallace, Ron Artest and Aaron Brooks.

The Warriors are currently the twelfth team in the West. Although they are only twelfth in the West, the Warriors are not weak, just because there are eleven teams in the West that are stronger than them.

The Rockets lost back to back to the Warriors in the away game, and it didn't make people feel that the Rockets were weak.

On the contrary, the strength of the Rockets makes people have a more intuitive understanding.

As the Rockets' substitute insiders, Landry and Scola scored 40 points together in this game!

The Big Three were rested in rotation, and facing the strong Warriors, they still played inextricably.

The Warriors are not an Eastern Conference team!

Even if there are so many strong teams in the Western Conference now, the Rockets are probably the only ones who can make the three bosses of the rotation team still able to play inextricably with a team like the Warriors.

Even if it is the Suns, if the Suns rest Nash, Stoudemire and Marion, they will definitely be cut by the Warriors!

But no matter what, if you lose, you lose.

After the Rockets lost to the Warriors, their record came to 15 wins and 2 losses, only half a game away from the Supersonics' 14 wins and 2 losses!

On November 30, 2007, on the last day of November, the Seattle SuperSonics ushered in a challenge from the Eastern Conference powerhouse Pacers.

The Pacers can be called a clear stream in the East this year.

This team has changed a lot this summer.

The team's head coach last season, Rick Carlisle, who has the title of Yes Terminator, chose to leave the team to join the Mavericks.

One of the core of the team last season, Stephen Jackson left the Pacers for the Spurs.

Jamal Tinsley, one of the core of the team last season and one of the NBA's three Rondo-style point guards, followed Carlisle to the Mavericks.

This is a team in which the head coach of the team has left, and the two core members of the team have also left.

Generally speaking, such a team is definitely going to be reduced to a belly.

What is surprising is that the Pacers have a very good record this season. The record so far this season is 7 wins and 9 losses.

This record puts the Pacers in fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers have been amazing under the leadership of new head Danny Granger.

This game against the Sonics is the second leg of the Pacers' Western Conference road trip.

The Pacers went to Portland in the first stop. They lost 95 to 99 away to the Trail Blazers led by Aldridge, Conley and Webster, Gortat and others.

Next, the Pacers will also play the SuperSonics, Clippers, Suns and Mavericks in the West.

The Pacers' trip to the West was less brutal than the Orlando Magic.

But for most Eastern Conference teams, this season's trip to the Western Conference is a nightmare.

Whether facing the so-called Clippers, the Trail Blazers and Timberwolves or facing the Rockets and Suns, they can't win anyway.

Of course, that's for most of the Eastern Conference teams that haven't pursued it.

The Pacers certainly aren't an Eastern Conference team without pursuit.

In fact, the Pacers can be regarded as a very ambitious Eastern team.

The Pacers are rebuilding this season. If the rebuilt Pacers enter the playoffs in this year's weak Eastern Conference, this is a huge reward for the Pacers.

In order to achieve the goal of entering the playoffs, the Pacers' road trip to the West was very brutal, but the team's new head coach Jim O'Brien still had a lot of ideas.

Jim O'Brien spent a decade as an assistant and head coach with the Celtics and a relatively successful stint with the 76ers.

It can be said that he is a very experienced head coach.

Also quite powerful.

Such a head coach has relatively many ideas.

His plan for the Pacers' trip to the West is to give up games that seem impossible to win and try to win games that seem to be winable.

Absolutely don't learn the negative teaching material of the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have already arrived in the West. They thought they were a strong team, and they thought they were the chosen one. They wanted everything, but in the end they could only suffer a six-game losing streak!

In the end, it was humiliatingly defeated by a team like the Clippers.

The Pacers certainly cannot repeat the mistakes of the Cavaliers in this regard.

The game that should be abandoned must not be trafficked.

In the five games of the Pacers' trip to the West, the Supersonics and the Suns will definitely give up, the gap is too big.

The Blazers and Clippers are going to work hard to win.

And in the last game against the Mavericks, we can't give up. As long as we have the energy left, we will strive for an upset.

What's more, playing the Mavericks is so special to the Pacers. This is the team led by the team's former head coach Carlisle.

How does the successor prove that he is better than the predecessor?

Of course, he directly KO'd his predecessor!

Jim O'Brien's idea is very good.

But to O'Brien's embarrassment, the Pacers, who went all out in the first game, lost to the Trail Blazers.

This game really let O'Brien know what it means to be "not going to the West, not knowing how weak you are".

After the game against the Trail Blazers, O'Brien was frustrated, but also very grateful.

Where is the Trail Blazers ranked in the West now?

Suns, Rockets, Sonics, Spurs, Lakers, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Thunder, Mavericks, Jazz, Clippers, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Timberwolves, Kings.

The Blazers are only ranked 13th in the Western Conference this season!

According to O'Brien's estimation, apart from the Celtics, no team in the East this season can guarantee that they will make the playoffs in the West!

This is too brutal.

His fifth team in the Eastern Conference seems to be inferior to the bottom three teams in the Western Conference.

It's no wonder that a team with such strong strength as the Cavaliers ran around in the West and lost all.

Logically speaking, even if James and the Cavaliers wanted everything, it wouldn't be so.

Every Eastern Conference team will play 30 Western Conference teams this season.

The record of these 30 games against Western teams will directly determine the top eight rankings in the Eastern Conference this season!

After losing to the Trail Blazers, O'Brien no longer has the idea of ​​keeping two, three, four, and five.

Winning one of these five games is a gift from God.

Of course, this game against the Supersonics should be given up or given up.

In the end, facing the Pacers who double-killed themselves last season, the Sonics easily defeated this Eastern "strong team" 115 to 93 at home.

At the end of the game against the Pacers, Ye Si could clearly feel the ugly face of the Pacers' new leader, Granger.

Granger resisted his reluctance and hugged Ye Si, then left the arena with a cold face.

The team gave up the game, which has the consideration of the head coach.

But if you give up too much, there will always be side effects.

Not everyone in the NBA has the same heart as the head coach.

In this game, the Pacers gave up more than just the team's victory.

And Granger's dream of instant fame.

Granger had been preparing for this match for a long time.

Seeing Granger's displeased back, the Sonics players were very grateful.

If it is not impossible, who would like to stay in such a team?

If there is no way, who doesn't want to win, data and big contracts?

It's just that most players can't do it.

They are lucky.

Most of them have been with Yes from the beginning.

Wins, stats, big contracts, it's all there.

Compared with real rookies like Rondo, Durant, and Millsap.

Kwame Brown, Milicic and Quentin Richardson, players who have suffered in the past, can better understand Granger's mood now.

After defeating the Pacers at home, the Sonics' record came to 15 wins and 2 losses.

This is the same record as the second Rockets in the West, but because of the same district rules, the Seattle SuperSonics are still ranked behind the Rockets, ranking third in the Western Conference and third in the league.

But even so, when the Sonics' record reached the same level as the Rockets, it still drove the media and experts across the United States crazy.

Prior to this, the Rockets and the Suns had always been the first team in the Western Conference.

There are only two teams in the first group in the entire league and the West.

Now that the game has been played for 17 games, it has exceeded 1/5. The Supersonics still have not fallen from the third position in the West, and they have temporarily squeezed into the first group!

The current record of the Sonics really surprised everyone.

It is precisely because of this that on December 1st, the league announced the best player of the month in the East and West, and the most watched western side, Ye Si defeated Nash and Yao Ming, two major rivals, to win the best player of the month in the west.

Throughout November, the Seattle SuperSonics had a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, and the Suns had a record of 15 victories!

Throughout November, Yeth's data was 31 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, steals, 1 block and 1 block.

Throughout November, Nash averaged 28.5 points and 8.5 assists per game.

In terms of record, Nash is of course the best candidate of the month, with 15 consecutive victories in a single month, which is rare in NBA history.

Of course, Yeth's current performance of 31 points and 12 assists in a single month is also quite rare in the NBA.

And in this month, Ye Si also had a miracle of 82 points and 13 points in 35 seconds in a single game.

After the league announced the Western Conference's single-month best award, Nash immediately expressed his congratulations in an interview.

"Mr. Da deserves the award. It's a great honor to be defeated by Mr. Da in the month of complete victory!"

Nash looked genuinely excited during the interview.

It may seem controversial that the best of the month in the Western Conference was not awarded to the undefeated Nash, but there is actually no controversy.

And on another award, it's really controversial.

That is the award for Rookie of the Month!

There is no suspense about the rookie of the month in the East. Al Horford of the Eagles averaged a double-double throughout November, which is the best performance among all rookies in the East.

The key is that in the West, the league's rookie of the month was given to Durant...

From the data point of view, the best of the month in the Western Conference has no problem for Durant.

Durant is now the core force of the Seattle Supersonics, third in the West.

Seattle's current record is also an astonishing 15 wins and 2 losses.

More importantly, Durant's current statistics are also quite brutal, averaging 42 minutes per game, and his monthly averages have also reached an astonishing 34.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.2 steals.

When a rookie player leads the team to a record of 15 wins and 2 losses with 33+4+1+1+1 data, if he can't get the best of the month, that is the real shady scene.

How can this be disputed?

But in fact, Durant's data really can't be studied in detail.

With an average of 34.5 points per game, he ranks among the current scoring leaders. Seeing that Durant is about to become the fifth rookie scoring leader in NBA history, this really surprised the whole world.

In the pre-match interview for the first game at the beginning of the season, the saying that Durant of Yes won't affect the team's record even if he wins the scoring champion is still true.

No matter how the Sonics won before, most people were still skeptical. With Durant's strength, can the price of training him to become the scoring champion be affordable by a team like the Sonics?

Now the first month is over.

The supersonic speed not only withstood it, but also withstood it perfectly!

Third in the Western Conference, with the same record as the Rockets, do you want to be so brutal?

It is said that this year's West is very brutal.

Compared with the supersonic record, any ferocity has become less ferocious!

It's just that every time I see Durant's shooting percentage and number of shots, it's really hard to calm down!

He averaged 33 shots per game, and the average shooting percentage per game was only a little over 34%. If Durant's shooting percentage hadn't increased a little in recent games, Durant's shooting percentage was actually just 34%.

The scoring leader with a shooting percentage of 34%!

In the history of the NBA, there is one and only Iverson in the 01-02 season who has a shooting percentage lower than 40%.

Iverson's shooting percentage that season was 39.8%, which was more than 5 percentage points higher than Durant's!

Don't look at just five percentage points, this is the difference between Nick Young and Kobe this season!

In addition, Durant averaged 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. The data looks very beautiful.

But his defense is too easy to lose his position. Defense with the ball is excellent, but defense without the ball is a disaster!

Regardless of the strength shown on both ends of the offense and defense, Durant has been overwhelmed by Oden, who is now averaging 18 points, 11 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.

They really want to say that Durant's scoring champion is the brush.

But what makes them helpless is that the Supersonics have such a good record, and there is no basis for saying Durant can't find an argument!

I can only watch Durant smile and hold up the trophy for Rookie of the Month.

In the end, they can only lament that Yes's ability to train teammates is too strong.

This is completely different from the Chosen One!

Durant has been quite smug recently.

Just overwhelmed Oden to lift the Rookie of the Month trophy amidst the malice and boos all over the world.

and……

"Congratulations KD, you have fully adapted to being too heavy in two months, and then proceed to the next phase of a two-month weight gain plan of 2 kg."

Scott Brooks' expression was complicated.

"try hard."

The smile on Yes' face made Rondo jealous and the Supersonics envious.

It also made Durant excited!

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