Chapter 488 Miraculous Game, the 9th Consecutive Game Lore!
On the evening of January 23, 2008, Seattle, Key Arena.
The Key Arena, which can accommodate 17,000 people, squeezed in 25,000 spectators today.
"It's too hot, the temperature in the arena is too hot now!"
Before the game even started, the Seattle fans were already reveling on the sidelines.
This made Wang Han in the media seat feel incredible.
She has been stationed in Seattle for more than a year, and has watched more than 50 games at the Key Arena.
I have seen hundreds of games in other arenas in the NBA.
But she has never seen such a crazy scene in the Key Arena in any arena.
What kind of situation is it like to accommodate 25,000 spectators in a arena with 17,000 people?
With an occupancy rate close to 150%, even the air she breathed felt hot!
It's incredible!
In the NBA, some popular arenas often have an attendance rate of more than 100%. The attendance rate of the Seattle Supersonics has always been above 120%. The home attendance rate of the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder is also above 110%. .
In this year's NBA, there are eight teams with more than 100% home attendance.
But no matter what, an attendance rate close to 150% is really unheard of!
Now as a professional NBA reporter, Wang Han certainly knows that pure attendance data is nothing.
As long as the NBA team is willing, each team can increase its home attendance rate to more than 150% in a certain game.
For the eight teams in the NBA whose attendance rate exceeds 100%, as long as they don't increase the ticket price of the game and fully open the tickets, there is no problem in raising the attendance rate to more than 150%.
However, if the minimum ticket price for a game has reached 5,000 US dollars, and 25,000 people can be squeezed in in the end, then only the recent Supersonic games can do it.
According to the Wall Street Journal report,
In the two home games between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Spurs, the audience sitting in the arena, except for the season ticket holders, were either rich or expensive.
After all, $5,000 for a ticket is not a scalper's fare, it's an official fare!
The last time NBA officials set ticket prices so capriciously was the Bulls in 1995.
In the game when Jordan came back, the minimum ticket price for the Bulls' home game was $1,000.
Of course, 1,000 US dollars in 1995 and 5,000 US dollars in 2008 cannot be directly compared, and inflation and currency devaluation still need to be considered.
But no matter how you calculate it, the value of 1,000 US dollars in 1995 will not increase by 5 times in 2008, right?
Moreover, after the Bulls played the terrifying $1,000 ticket price back then, they did not have such a high attendance rate. Although it was full, it was only full. The Bulls did not apply for a higher arena capacity limit for that game.
But for this game, it's not that the Seattle Supersonics don't want to apply for a higher capacity limit, but that the Key Arena really can only accommodate so many people!
Except for those season ticket holders who can have one seat per person, other tickets, except those tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of VIP tickets in the front row, are definitely more than one seat for one person, plus the crowded aisles And elsewhere, Key Arena is limited to a maximum of 25,000 people.
If the key arena can be bigger, let alone 25,000 people, even 50,000 people can sit there!
The city of Seattle may lack many things, the most important thing is rich people!
And now the rich people in Seattle are not only local people, but also hundreds of thousands of tourists from other places who have poured in in the past week.
"Unbelievable scene!"
Feeling the crazy atmosphere of the stadium, David Stern sighed.
And Adam Xiao Hua beside him nodded in a daze.
He has been an executive in the NBA for so many years, and he never thought that NBA games would appear like this.
"When Yes finished his unbelievable fifth consecutive game-winning game against the Grizzlies, as long as his game can continue, his value per game is the Rose Bowl!"
Recalling the Wall Street Journal's commercial evaluation of Yes's current games, Adam Silver feels that the Wall Street Journal's statement is a bit conservative.
According to estimates by Forbes magazine, the direct commercial value of the Rose Bowl exceeds $500 million.
The 2007 Super Bowl grossed $250 million in advertising revenue alone.
The super high ratings have brought super high advertising revenue.
The super high attendance rate has brought super high ticket revenue.
And now every game of Yes is the same.
The ratings of the Super Bowl can reach 100 million people per game.
Judging from the recent Seattle Supersonics game, when the Seattle Supersonics played the Mavericks at home, the number of viewers in the United States reached 100 million people.
Turner Group and Disney did not disclose the advertising revenue.
But the ticket revenue, let’s take this game as an example.
Excluding the negligible 10,000 season-ticket holders, the remaining 15,000 spectators for the game generated more than $150,000 in ticket sales for the Seattle SuperSonics.
The Mavericks, Eagles, Kings and Cavaliers in this game, the four games brought the Seattle SuperSonics more than $500 million in ticket sales.
NBA teams don't need to distribute the regular season ticket revenue to the visiting team, and only 6% are handed over to the league!
In other words, in just these four games, the Seattle SuperSonics' ticket revenue can already raise most of the funds for them to build a new arena!
Without the money from the boss or the appearance of the government, most of the money for the new stadium was raised in just four games. This is the first time in the history of the NBA!
The shining light that is exuding from Yes now, in Adam Silver's view, it is the light that symbolizes money!
Having such an arena in the NBA is definitely not only a blessing for the Seattle SuperSonics, but also a blessing for the entire NBA!
This is a player who can make the entire NBA revolve around him.
Unfortunately……
Adam Xiao Hua had some regrets on his face.
If it was him, he could develop the greater value in him.
It's just that the current president of the league is David Stern.
David Stern is all right, but too conservative.
Facing such a player, David Stern is wasting Yes's time and the entire NBA's time!
Yes, every day you reach the top, the NBA can make more money one day earlier!
Yes is not strong enough? Supersonic strength is not enough?
What does that matter?
As long as the alliance makes up for the lack of Yes's strength, it will be fine!
What LeBron James, what Steve Nash, what Yao Ming McGrady, what Kobe Kidd, what Duncan Bowen, in front of the interests of the NBA, they still need to consider their positioning in the NBA?
No opponent, villain, boss, these are not needed, as long as there is Yes, the others are not important!
Adam Silver has been suffering from suffocation recently, thinking of these things, he really wants to shout out loud, David Stern is an old and confused idiot!
It's just that he didn't dare.
The performances in front of David Stern over the years have made him the appointed successor of David Stern.
It is now one step away from success.
He didn't dare to make a move against this one step away.
Even if this step is getting farther and farther away from what he can see with his naked eyes.
This old fool has no intention of giving up the position of president recently.
In this world, as long as David Stern is unwilling to give up the position of NBA president, even the president of the United States cannot deprive him of his position as president.
His status in the NBA is too high, too high.
He's not an idiot, how could he not realize what David Stern was up to now?
This old guy is really ready to retire after surpassing the NFL!
If the dream of David Stern before was just a dream.
Well, after watching these four home games of the Sonics, no one will laugh at David Stern's goal as just an impossible dream!
Even if he strongly disagrees with David Stern's approach, he also admits that David Stern has the opportunity to take the NBA beyond the NFL.
Just maybe 8 years under David Stern.
But under the leadership of Adam Silver, his NBA and Yes can achieve the pinnacle of American professional sports history for up to four years!
It's a pity that he doesn't have the opportunity to display his talents now.
The uncomfortable and suffocating feeling of being pregnant has made Adam Silver very painful recently.
Why did Yes meet David Stern? !
Obviously we are a perfect match!
Now Adam Silver is crazily complaining about David Stern in his heart.
David Stern doesn't know that now.
The president of the league now only has the No. 9 of the Sonics on the court.
Even if there is still his own son LeBron James on the court, now LeBron James cannot be placed in the same important position as Yes in his eyes.
Maybe in the past, LeBron James was as important as Yes.
Maybe in the future, LeBron James and Yes may still be equally important to the NBA.
But now, in terms of importance to the NBA, it is absolutely impossible for Yes to stand beside others.
Even Arenas, who was recently pushed by him madly, is still standing quite far away.
Feeling the increasingly enthusiastic atmosphere around him, David Stern's face was already flushed with excitement.
Now the Seattle Supersonics players in the key arena treat Yes in this way. David Stern believes that fans around the world are absolutely very consistent in their treatment of Yes.
"This is the only NBA player in this world who can make the whole world crazy for him!"
Key Arena, the environment created by 25,000 fans is terrifying.
But for James and O'Neal Ben Wallace of the Cavaliers, this can only make them excited!
If you win, you earn blood, and if you lose, you don't lose money. This is O'Neill!
It's better to win, it's just like losing, this is Ben Wallace!
And LeBron James?
In this game, he just wants to win!
What O'Neill said yesterday made him want to start the game earlier and not wait a second!
After suffering for half a season, he can finally see the strongest O'Neal, the strongest Ben Wallace!
"LeBron, in this game you will see me and Big Ben at the peak in 2004!"
As long as he thinks of what O'Neill said to him yesterday, James can't help being excited.
Even thinking about O'Neill's words, he lost sleep last night!
Really can't sleep.
O'Neill's words are really too passionate!
O'Neal in 2004, Ben Wallace in 2004, what level of player is this?
O'Neal in 2004 was the last pinnacle of the Sharks!
Facing the Pistons, one of the strongest defensive teams in history, they can still average 26.6 points and 11 rebounds per game, and their shooting percentage is as high as 63%!
If it weren't for the players around O'Neal who were dragging their feet too much, O'Neal might not have 4 championships now, but 5 championships. O'Neal's current historical status may not be in the top ten, but in the top three!
And what about Big Ben?
Big Ben in 2004, that was the person who really changed the entire basketball world with his defense!
With such two teammates, what reason does he have to lose to Yes? !
If the two were just talking, he wouldn't be so excited.
These two are really not talking!
In the training hall for the past two days, the fighting spirit and physical condition of O'Neal and Ben Wallace really pleased James.
He is not Kobe, and he has not been a teammate or opponent with Ben Wallace or O'Neal in 2004. I don't know what the specific situation of these two people is like.
However, based on his close observation, the two are in such a good state that James is speechless!
Not only made him speechless, but even the team's head coach Mike Brown found it incredible.
"It is impossible for us to maintain this level for a season, and it is also difficult for us to maintain this level for how many consecutive games, but if we can maintain this level in a certain game, we can still do it .”
"It's a big deal to take a break!"
At worst, take a break!
This is what Ben Wallace said. The meaning of what Ben Wallace said is similar to O'Neill's saying that he played this game as the last game.
After both O'Neill and Ben Wallace made such statements, James knew that these two people were playing for real!
These two really want to beat Yes in this game!
These two people, it is absolutely impossible to be an undercover agent for Yes in this game!
O'Neal and Ben Wallace in the 2004 finals, in any game, facing any opponent, cannot be undercover.
"This game will be a milestone in my career!"
Looking at the crazy Sonics fans around the court, James can be sure.
This game is as long as it can beat Yes.
Then those seals that were just lifted by Pat Riley will be sealed again!
And it's the kind of thorough sealing!
As long as this game can beat Yes and the Sonics, he knows that he can't have any thoughts of leaving Cleveland.
No reason to leave Cleveland either!
He can stay in Cleveland with peace of mind, learn from the fighting spirit and will of Yes and Arenas, grow slowly with Cleveland, and finally realize his dream and the dream of this city!
As long as this game can beat Yes and the Sonics!
As long as this game can end Yes, the biggest miracle in basketball history!
He can get everything he wants!
"The Cavaliers have a lot of fighting spirit in this game!"
"Yes, this game is not as moaning as many media reporters reported!"
"Both teams looked very confident in this game!"
The match between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Cavaliers is undoubtedly a historic game.
Regardless of the outcome of this game, it will be recorded in the annals of history!
Being able to participate in such a game is something that makes everyone extremely excited.
In order to be able to participate in such a game that is destined to be immortal, the fans at the scene are willing to give 5,000 US dollars to the outermost position of the stands.
In order to be able to participate in such a game, the famous and rich businessmen in the United States are willing to give tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars for a small seat on the sidelines!
At this time, all the people who pay attention to basketball all over the world are participating in this game in their own way.
Even the players on both sides are now fighting with high spirits for this historic game.
Yes and the Seattle SuperSonics should have been disappointed because it was difficult to win this game, but they don't see any disappointed expressions on their faces now, and Yes's sighs before the game are no longer in this game.
As for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Barkley felt even more magical.
That fat man he was very familiar with didn't even go to say hello to Yes before the game!
This guy who can do anything to gain popularity, and doesn't want the face of the top ten superstars in history, can be so serious before this game.
O'Neal in this game allowed Barkley to truly see the O'Neal who fought for the championship when he was in the Lakers!
"It's been a long time since I saw O'Neill like this!"
"It's all about showing the best of yourself in this game, but compared to the laughing O'Neal in the Christmas game, tonight's O'Neal is the one who really shows the best of himself!"
"It's not just O'Neill, Ben Wallace is also like this. Ben Wallace's eyes are very familiar now!"
When Barkley said this, he looked at O'Neill and Ben Wallace with envy.
For an NBA player, he also wants to participate in such a game in his career!
Except for the championship, his career can be said to be perfect.
He has won the MVP in the NBA, he has also been a superstar, and he even fought against Jordan at the peak of his life.
These are his legends and exploits.
However, his legends and achievements still can't make him get rid of the haze of not having a championship.
Not having a championship is still his eternal pain.
How can I make up for this pain?
In addition to winning the championship, it is possible to win such a legendary battle!
As long as Yes's perfection is ended in this game where Yes hits perfection, then it doesn't matter if he doesn't have any championships in his career.
The attraction of such a game is really too great.
It's so big that a guy like O'Neill who likes to "show off the crowd" didn't run to Yes before the game to get some heat.
Of course, although he can't personally participate in such a game like O'Neal, for Barkley, he is extremely excited to be able to participate in this game as a commentator.
When people look back on this game again after a thousand years, his voice will be handed down along with this game!
This game really means so many things to many people around the world.
The bald head referee Crawford, who hadn't seen the game, was wearing different clothes today than before?
The dress Crawford is wearing now is a dress he has carefully selected.
His bald head looks extra bright against the backdrop of this dress!
"Ni, Mr. Nelson, we will definitely win this game, and Yes will definitely create another legend in this game!"
On the sidelines, as the assistant coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, Scott Brooks was so nervous that he could barely speak when the players from both sides stood in the middle of the court and the game was about to start.
As for the old Nelson beside him, his brows were tightly furrowed all the time.
"Create a legend again?"
Under the circumstances that the whole world is looking forward to but not optimistic, if he can really fulfill the expectations of the whole world, then the world may not be as simple as being ignited by him.
This world will be completely detonated by him!
Old Nelson let out a deep breath.
He has been in the NBA for so many years, he really never thought that the most important game he has coached in his career is actually such a regular season!
"If Yes continues to kill the Cavaliers in this game, then the next game will be the most important game of all of us in our careers!"
The San Antonio Spurs, who just beat the Los Angeles Lakers at home, don't have any players leaving the arena now.
Now everyone is staring at the picture on the TV.
The next game could be the most important game of our career?
**Vitch's voice was decisive.
In a team like the Spurs, it's a very interesting thing to talk about a career.
Because this team has too many great players in their careers.
The team's boss Tim Duncan, the team's second child Bruce Bowen, the team's super substitute Robert Horry...
They have no shortage of victories, they have no shortage of championships, they have created countless great moments and played countless great games in their long careers.
When someone tells them that a certain game will be the most important game of their career, they are qualified enough to refute.
However, when **Vichick said this, no one of them refuted, even the head of the team, the greatest power forward in history, three championships, three finals MVP, two regular season MVP Tim Duncan is still nodding blankly.
If Yes manages to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Spurs-Sonics game is certainly the most important game of their careers.
Their honors, those championships are not worth mentioning in front of such a game.
The individual honors and legends they won in the NBA are nothing compared to beating Yes in this game.
Playing such a game is full of pressure for anyone.
Just like they have always felt before, the Cavaliers must hope that the King can end Yes' lore.
Because they now also expect the Cavaliers to end Yes' lore.
It's just... if the most terrible thing happened.
Well... thankfully we have Bruce again!
Almost at the same time, the players in the Spurs locker room all looked at Bruce Bowen.
Seeing the faintly confident smile on Bowen's face, every Spurs player secretly marveled.
In this world, only Bruce can face the present Yes with such confidence and calmness!
Even Duncan himself secretly admires it now.
Because he knows it very well.
Even if he is as solid as a rock, it is impossible for him to be so calm and confident in the face of such a game.
"The game is about to begin!"
When the referee of this game, bald Crawford, threw the basketball high in his hand, Duncan could clearly feel how his heart was beating now!
Not to mention facing such a game directly as a player.
Even watching this game as a bystander, his emotions are already inexplicably excited!
Seattle Key Arena, O'Neal and Milicic jumped high!
Seeing the lump of flesh jumping up in front of him, Milicic's somewhat paralyzed face showed deep surprise!
When O'Neal jumped the ball, did he actually take off? !
I don't know when it started, but the whole world knows that when O'Neal stands in the middle circle for a jump ball, it means that O'Neal's team will definitely fail the jump ball.
Because O'Neill can't really take off at all!
As a center who is not very good at jumping, no one must ask O'Neal to be as serious as Yao Ming.
But it's one thing to be serious, it's another to put your hips on the court.
O'Neill's akimbo has not been ridiculed by media experts across the United States.
It's just that, with O'Neill's thick skin, there is no difference between teasing him and encouraging him.
In the end, these media experts across the United States found that teasing O'Neal did not cause O'Neal pain. When they teased O'Neal, LeBron James was the one who suffered more than Al!
It is really a desperate and painful thing to have such a teammate who doesn't work hard, puts his hips on the court, and is shameless, and the more he scolds, the happier he becomes.
Therefore, even knowing that O'Neal will go all out in this game, when he saw O'Neal really jumped up this time, James was really moved and almost cried.
No one may believe it, but this is the first time he has seen O'Neal take a serious jump ball in a game!
"This guy!"
In the visiting team's locker room at the ATandT Center, Kobe's face was very ugly.
Just lost a very uncomfortable four-game battle in the game, and now I see such a serious dead fat man again.
Today is really an unfortunate day to go out.
Losing to the Spurs today, it's okay to give up the fourth place in the West to the Spurs.
I gave up the fourth position to the Spurs today, and it will be good to take it back tomorrow.
But today this fat man is serious, if he really defeats Yes together with James and Ben Wallace, it will end Yes's first legend in history.
Then it really can't be taken back.
As long as he thinks that this fat man ended Yes' winning streak miracle, and then every time he is interviewed, he will talk about the end of Yes, and diss him crazily by the way, the expression on Kobe's face will become more and more serious. ugly.
Why is this game a fat man vs Yes, not a Lakers vs Yes? !
Looking at the picture of that fat man jumping high into his mouth on TV, Kobe is really shaking with anger now.
The Lakers are the third opponent of the Sonics after the Cavaliers and Spurs. You say they are irritating or not!
For many people, Yes is a reminder. They don't want to be killed by Yes, and they don't want to engrave their names on the pillar of shame forever.
But also for many people, Yes is a beautiful movement that makes people step into the legend, and everyone wants to rely on the legend of defeating Yes to climb to the top of the eternal legend.
There is only one chance to beat Yes, with the Cavaliers and Spurs ahead, and no matter what, this chance cannot fall in front of him and the Lakers.
So, now he can only watch this fat man seize this opportunity and achieve an immortal monument? !
With the character of this dead fat chicken thief, Kobe guessed that this dead fat man would go all out in this game before the start of the game.
In the face of hardships, this fat man can run faster than anyone else, but in the face of things that take advantage, such as robbing the FMVP, this fat man can run faster than anyone else!
Defeating Yes now is more valuable than those FMVPs!
"Shaquille O'Neal beat Milicic for Cleveland Cavaliers' first wave of the game!"
Look, this fat man is a lot of chicken thieves!
Milicic never thought that O'Neill could still jump like this, not only Milicic, but no one in the world except me would have thought that this fat man would do such a move!
O'Neal beat Milicic with a jump ball, which made the Sonics fans who had been cheering for Yeth from the start of the game suffocate and silence for a while.
This result is really unbelievable, which can be seen from Milicic's current remorse,
Because O'Neal can't jump when jumping the ball, Milicic adopted the conservative way of jumping the ball, and there is no need to pursue the speed of jumping too much.
Too much pursuit of the speed of take-off, if you jump too early, you can only stare blankly in the air.
But now after being slapped by O'Neill of the chicken thief, Milicic was equally angry and could only stare blankly.
Shaquille O'Neal's jump ball beat Milicic to the surprise of the world, including Yees and James.
But Ye Si and James were not as dazed as Milicic and the others.
Jess and James reacted quite quickly.
James received a pass from Daniel Gibson, and rushed out of the frontcourt with Yeth's close defense.
In order to fight against James, Yeth is now wearing a Westbrook card.
After hanging up the Westbrook card, his strength and bounce were temporarily adjusted to 90.
At the same time, losing the speed bonus of John Volka, he is now only 88 speed and acceleration.
Fortunately, the speed and acceleration of 88 are enough on the defensive end. No matter how fast the offensive player with the ball is, that is the speed of holding the ball.
Definitely not as fast as empty running.
It can be said that the speed and acceleration of Jess 88 are about the same as James' speed with the ball.
In terms of speed, Ye Si did not suffer.
only……
James is too powerful!
Even though he has been teammates with James for more than 2,000 games and knows how James dribbles, Ye Si feels a strong sense of powerlessness.
He can predict where James' dribble will land.
But in the face of James, who is almost crushing, his steal data simply does not allow him to steal James!
Steals: 50 (50)
Ye Si's stealing ability under confrontation is only 50!
So Ye Si can only watch countless stealing opportunities disappear from sight because of his lack of stealing ability.
"Amazing!"
Although Ye Si, who was defending against James, felt extremely powerless from the huge impact from James, but for the audience and the audience in front of the TV, the fast-break confrontation between Ye Si and James was very difficult. It's incredible to watch.
"In the NBA, Yes is recognized as the number one player in fast breaks without the ball, and LeBron James is the number one player in fast breaks with the ball!"
"James' perfect combination of strength, ball control and speed makes him almost invincible when he is on the fast break with the ball!"
"Now, someone can stick to the basket from James' side all the time!"
Listening to Barkley's excited commentary on the TV, Redick in front of the TV was shaking all over his body.
He used to think that Yes's strength confrontation was similar to his, or even inferior to him!
Check out this incredible scene on TV right now!
As a guard, he can actually hold James, who is the most powerful even at the small forward position!
Not only the fans at the scene and in front of the TV found it incredible, but even James himself felt incredible.
The average defender in the league must have been knocked away by him early after several times of his efforts, but Yes, he can follow him to the basket all the time!
"LeBron James jumped, and Yes jumped!"
Bang!
James' forceful dunk made the Sonics' rim tremble.
After James and Yees crossed each other in the air, the two landed on the ground looked at each other in surprise.
James felt the raw pain in his right hand!
Not only can Yes be with him all the time, but he has a chance to block him until the end.
If it wasn't for avoiding Yes' block, he wouldn't have needed to squeeze his hand so hard that it hurt.
James was amazed, and Yees was equally amazed.
If it is James in 2016, he has just completed blocking James.
James in 2016 definitely didn't jump so high!
The second force in the air seemed to be stuck in the air, which made people crazy.
With so much power and such a large tonnage, it is really crazy to have such jumping and athletic ability.
The Chosen One.
This is the Chosen One!
Ye Si has always been very clear that if it were not for various chances and coincidences, James would be the most difficult opponent for him to deal with.
Whether it is on both ends of the offense and defense, James has the ability to restrain him very much.
For basketball, James' talent is really the skill of restraining everything.
And this is why it has been very difficult for Kobe to meet James in the past two years.
Now, he is not James' opponent, whether it is offensive or defensive.
It's just... Ye Si looked at O'Neill and Ben Wallace who were crazily running towards James from behind, and after taking a deep look at James, he turned and walked forward.
"This is an offense and defense in a fight between immortals!"
"In that case, Yes still has a chance to block James!"
"The talents of the two are so amazing that it makes people crazy!"
"Relatively speaking, Yes's talent is better. He is a weak defensive end, and this time the Cavaliers' fast break is still a sudden attack. More credit for James' fast break this time should be credited to O'Neal."
"However, Yes now needs to change his defensive style. His defensive style of not losing position, not shooting, and trying not to pursue blocks needs to make some changes."
"Yes's sense of defensive position is epic. In the history of the NBA, only Yes can never lose his position, but Yes's defense lacks enough aggressiveness. If he loses aggressive defense, even if Yes's sense of position Well, it can’t be deterrent enough.”
"But now Yes is still young, and there is still enough time to perfect his defense. Besides, not stealing or blocking shots on the defensive end is not Yes's shortcoming, it's just a different style. As long as he is willing to make changes, with his defense Talented, Yes could easily lead the league in steals."
"What's more, it's James who needs to steal this time. James is the best small forward. Yes can push James to this level is already very good. You know, James' opponent in this game is not Yes, but It's Tucker!"
The Cavaliers' starting lineup for this game is center O'Neal, power forward Ben Wallace, small forward James, guards Pavlovic and Daniel Gibson.
The Cavaliers' double center tactics are very strange.
But such a double center plus the invincible James at the small forward position is very powerful!
Now O'Neal can attract the focus of any team's center in the paint.
Milicic is destined to be sucked away by O'Neal.
Then the fourth position of the Seattle SuperSonics will take on the task of helping defend James.
But whether it is David Lee or Millsap's current defense, there are some problems.
Their movement is relatively fast enough.
So the old Nelson also arranged a very weird lineup for this game.
Center Milicic, power forward Durant, small forward Tucker, guards Yes and Rondo.
When Durant plays a power forward and faces a back-up from his opponent, that is to send.
However, except for O'Neal, the Cavaliers have no back-up ability.
Whether it's Big Ben or James or Pavlovich or Gibson, they don't have the ability to play back.
In this way, Durant's single defense problem will be covered up to the maximum extent, but his assisted defense can give full play to a very huge advantage.
Of course, in terms of Durant's current strength confrontation, even if his defense will be very good, it's hard to say how effective it will really be.
As far as James' strength is concerned, as long as he breaks through Tucker, even if Durant helps defend in front of him, it is just a dish, and it is still a relatively thin dish.
The video of Durant being pushed by James to complete a layup in the last Christmas game has now exceeded 10 million views on YouTube.
It is precisely because of this reason that as long as O'Neal said before the game this season that he will go all out, media experts before the game will say that the Cavaliers will have a greater chance of winning.
After O'Neal, who really went all out, attracted Milicic away, the Seattle Supersonics really couldn't prevent the Cavaliers!
As for the Seattle SuperSonics' defense without Milicic, when facing the Cavaliers, it is really exactly the same as what Bai gave.
The Seattle SuperSonics' defense is so bad, the Cavaliers can score whatever they want.
On the other side, the defense facing the Seattle SuperSonics is a very terrifying defense.
James' single defense, Ben's assist defense, and O'Neal's top defense.
Before the game, many media experts came to analyze the trend of the game in advance because of Yes's sighs. Halfway through the analysis, these media experts did not analyze the trend of the game, but instead produced a Christmas war. How did the Supersonics beat the Cavaliers?
I really can't find a reason.
In the end, the media experts seemed to have reached a consensus, and finally threw all the blame on James.
The Cavaliers would have beaten the Sonics long ago if James hadn't repeatedly interrupted Ben Wallace and O'Neal's defense of Yes.
And the Cavaliers probably didn't simply defeat the Supersonics, it was probably like the Supersonics defeated the Cavaliers in three quarters. If the Cavaliers didn't have James' trouble, they might be able to kill Yes and the Supersonics in three quarters.
This is the view of most American media experts before this game starts.
Even many Yehei Zhan fan media think so.
"LeBron, you are not Yes now. You can't do everything. You can do what you are good at on the court. Believe in your teammates. You must truly believe in it completely and hand over the things you are not good at. Give it to your teammates, just like you did before!"
That's what the Cleveland Candid Man said before the game.
According to the Cleveland Candide, this is to persuade James not to mess with O'Neal and Ben Wallace in this game.
Just defend against Yes alone, as long as Yes challenges O'Neal and Ben Wallace one-on-one, then let Yes go!
No matter how old O'Neill and Ben Wallace are now, when these two go all out, no one in this world can beat them one-on-two.
Even if they can beat them 1v2, it is impossible to have a very good hit rate and efficiency.
At least, it is definitely not as efficient as the Cavaliers playing supersonic!
For all the media in the United States, including Cleveland, the pressure on James is of course considerable.
Whether he was undercover or O'Neal Ben Wallace was undercover in the last game, it is meaningless to entangle these things now.
No one in the world, except him, believed that O'Neill and Ben Wallace were undercover.
No matter how much he said, no matter how much he explained, no matter how much he explained, it was no use.
And it will also affect the unity of the team.
As for what the national media said, when Yes challenged O'Neal and Ben Wallace, don't interfere. Of course, he couldn't believe it completely.
If it is not sure whether O'Neill and Ben Wallace will be undercover in this game, how can he safely give Yes to these two people?
In the last game, these two guys said nicely that they should go all out in the game.
But what are you actually doing?
Help Yes cover him!
Of course, O'Neill and Ben Wallace certainly did not intend to help Yes cover him.
But if they hadn't been lazy on the defensive end, such a situation would not have been possible!
So, even if they don't have the intention of going undercover, their actions are still doing undercover.
However, in this game, James no longer has to guess anything.
Now that it has been confirmed that these two people cannot be undercover in this game, they can naturally be completely trusted.
Don't these media across the United States want to see the scene where Yes faces O'Neal and Ben Wallace alone?
Then let these people see it.
It can not only give face to these media in the United States, but also release all the pressure on yourself, why not do it?
And what the national media said is correct, as far as Yes's success rate against O'Neal and Ben Wallace, can it be compared to his success rate against Tucker and Durant?
Tucker defended him very well in the fourth quarter of the Christmas game. It was because the score difference in the first three quarters was too large. He was a little impatient and didn't think about Tucker's strengths and weaknesses.
The advantage of Tucker is strength confrontation. The disadvantage is that the speed of the fourth position is considered fast, and the speed of the third position is relatively slow. , did not have such a good effect!
Because of his slow speed and too many shots, most of his shots are open.
He was also afraid of open shots last season, but this season, who dares to really give him a complete open shot?
If you don't give him a complete space, then a little closer, at Tucker's speed, that's a chance to break through!
Breaking through Tucker, facing Durant!
With O'Neal's restraint, let him face Durant one-on-one, it's not like playing!
For him, Durant and Tucker are almost air!
Are O'Neal and Ben Wallace almost air to Yes? How can this be!
Therefore, as long as it is confirmed that O'Neal and Ben Wallace will not work or work hard in this game, then just like the media in the United States, it is the best way for him to give Yes to these two people, and he can also put more energy and Put your physical strength on the offensive end, and fight Tucker and Durant desperately!
"Seattle SuperSonics offense, Yes still didn't get rid of James one-on-one!"
"Yes is going in the direction of O'Neill and Ben Wallace!"
"James just followed Yes, not close!"
"James is giving up the defense against Yes. James chose to hand Yes to O'Neal and Ben Wallace in this game!"
"Beautiful help defense, Yes, without the help of James, there is no way to get rid of the help defense of Ben Wallace and O'Neal!"
"The offensive time is running out, Yes chose to make a hasty shot with the help of Ben Wallace and O'Neal!"
Not far behind, he saw Yes throwing the basketball under the attack of Ben Wallace and O'Neal, and his eyes were straight.
I was really undercover in the last game? !
After the Christmas war, James always felt that O'Neill and Ben Wallace were definitely undercover.
But seeing O'Neill and Ben Wallace's defense against Yes this time really ruined his previous three views!
This defense is too good for Ben Wallace and O'Neal!
"Awesome, so this is O'Neal and Ben Wallace in 2004?!"
Not only James was amazed, even the Sonics fans on the sidelines were shocked by the defense of Ben Wallace and O'Neal.
As far as Yes' ball-handling ability is concerned, facing the defense of big men, he can defend to the same level as O'Neal and Ben Wallace just now. Even Oden and Gasol of the Grizzlies can't do it.
Swipe!
Just when James and the commentators from all over the world were amazed by the defense of Ben Wallace and O'Neal, the sound of basketball brushing the net was silenced by the Seattle fans who were amazed by the defense of O'Neal and Ben Wallace. It looks extraordinarily light and bright.
"Can you get in here?!"
Watching the basketball on TV that swipe the net from the center of the basket, the Spurs locker room, **Vichick and the Spurs players around him were stunned!
From their point of view, O'Neal and Ben Wallace's defense has reached the extreme!
There is no better defense in this world.
But Yes can still hit!
And it was a hollow hit!
This picture reminded Vivic and the Spurs fans next to the crazy playoffs with the Sonics last year!
That Yes, who can still make fancy hits in various ways under Bowen's constant defense to the extreme!
Thinking of this, the players in the Spurs locker room all looked at Bruce Bowen again.
When Vicky and Duncan saw the confidence and calmness on Bowen's face that hadn't changed in the slightest, they really had nothing but admiration in their hearts.
As bystanders, they would feel demoralized seeing such a hit from Yes, but as a person who faced Yes directly, Bowen could still be so relaxed.
"Bruce is really a great player!"
Duncan suddenly felt that Bowen was the real rock-solid person on the Spurs!
"Whether the offensive player can score or not, as long as the defensive player shows all his defensive capabilities, whether the goal is scored or not, it is God's business, Manu, do you understand?"
Bowen's faint voice made the already quiet Spurs locker room even quieter.
This confident voice, this calm expression, and this disdainful look in the eyes, the adoration in Ginobili's eyes is like a beam of light, and it is about to burst out!
This is the teacher who taught me defense, this is the number one perimeter defensive player in history!
Look at the eyes of teammates and coaches around now, his teacher is full of unyielding pride!
"Yes, I know the state of this game very well. The Seattle SuperSonics are not so easy to lose."
Bowen's voice was still confident.
Even if his prediction at this time is completely opposite to the two TNT commentators on TV now!
"It's impossible for Yes to bring the Sonics to the end in this way!"
"This way of scoring for Yes is too difficult!"
"This game, the Seattle SuperSonics, is dangerous!"
Kenny Smith roared excitedly. As a supporter of James, no one would be more willing than him to be James to end the miracle of Yes.
As for Barkley, his excited voice was trembling now!
The players in the Spurs locker room looked at Bowen and looked at the TV.
These are two completely different predictions!
Their hearts, like the whole world, are more inclined to the predictions of Kenny Smith and Barkley.
But the process of the game stunned the players in the Spurs locker room!
In this game between the Sonics and the Cavaliers, the defensive end of the Sonics almost collapsed!
In the face of crazy O'Neal and James, the Seattle SuperSonics' defense did not have any strength.
Just in the first quarter, the Cavaliers scored 36 points in the away game!
O'Neal scored 8 points on 3 of 4 shots in the first quarter, James scored 14 points on 5 of 7 shots in the first quarter, and Daniel Gibson scored 9 points on 3 of 5 three-pointers. It can be said that in the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers The whole thing is blooming inside and out!
With the firepower of the Cavaliers in the first quarter, the entire league will collapse except for the Suns!
What's more, Yes and the Sonics scored in such a difficult way in this game?
Durant's shooting is still timeless, and he scored 12 points on 3 of 7 shots in the first quarter.
Rondo and Tucker were hitting the iron. They made 2 shots in total and scored a total of 2 points.
Facing the inside line of O'Neal and Ben Wallace, Milicic was also aggressive in the first quarter, only 1 of 3 and scored 4 points.
Except for Yes, the other Sonics players scored a total of 20 points in the first quarter.
A score of 20 points is not low, but if the opponent scores 36 points in a single quarter, this score is not enough.
With 20 points like this, after the first quarter, the Supersonics will be thrown away.
However, after the first quarter, the score was 36 to 36!
Because Yes made 6 of 8 shots in the first quarter!
Facing defenses like O'Neal and Ben Wallace, Yes' efficiency in the first quarter was terrifying!
By the end of the first quarter, the players in the Spurs locker room had already begun to look at Bowen in disbelief.
And the progress of the game afterwards made them look at Bowen as if they were looking at God!
The second quarter of the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Cavaliers ended. The score on the field was 66 to 66. The two teams are still tied!
At the end of the third quarter, the game on the court was 100 to 100!
In the first three quarters, not only the final result of the two teams was tied, but even the process was almost all tied!
As long as the Cavaliers have a tendency to pull away, Yes will immediately stand up and score. Under the extreme defense of O'Neal and Ben Wallace, he will challenge the two insiders as an outsider and forcefully score!
The supersonics and cavaliers almost seemed to be directed by the magical game until the end of the game.
When there were 15 seconds left in the game, the score on the court was 134 to 134!
That's a crazy big score!
It's okay for the Cavaliers to score such a high score against the Supersonics, but the Supersonics actually scored the same high score against the Cavaliers, and the last attack of this game was actually against Yes and the Supersonics!
Stuck on the silent commentary on TV, silent fans, everyone in the Spurs locker room is no longer watching TV.
because……
"In this game, Yes will continue to win the game!"
Bowen's face is still confident!
Just 15 seconds after Bowen finished speaking, James bumped into O'Neal on TV. O'Neal and James blocked Ben Wallace who wanted to help defend, and Yes was already outside the three-point line. Under the defense, he pulled it up high!
"James didn't trust his teammates in the end and gave Yes a three-point lore!"
Bowen finished speaking lightly.
With a sound of swiping, this is a crisp sound that resounds through the whole world!
At this moment, the world is exploding, and everyone in the Spurs locker room is dead silent.
Everyone is looking at the god-like No. 12 Spurs in disbelief.
"He can only be mine, and the person who can end him can only be me!"
Bowen's confident voice finished speaking softly as if muttering to himself.
The excited expressions on the faces of all the Spurs players looked like they could squirt blood red!
Even Duncan's face flushed with excitement now!
**The excited look on Vicky's face has exploded!
When we have someone who knows Yes so well, tell me, how can we lose!
"Incredibly amazing game!"
"Congratulations to Yes for winning 9 consecutive games!"
**Vich listened excitedly to Barkley's roaring voice.
With such a voice, the next game will roar for the Spurs!
This is something that even God cannot stop!