Chapter 541: The Crazy West, Yes’s Weakness? !

The home game against the Grizzlies on February 19, 2008 was the SuperSonics' first game after the All-Star Game and the first game in the second half of the sprint. It was also a two-game competition for third place.

The Seattle SuperSonics' current record is 43 wins and 8 losses, while the Grizzlies' record is 39 wins and 13 losses. The Seattle SuperSonics are now third in the Western Conference and third in the league, and the Grizzlies are seventh in the Western Conference and seventh in the league.

As long as the Grizzlies can defeat the SuperSonics in this game, the Grizzlies will officially enter the top three in the league and the top three in the Western Conference.

And if the Grizzlies lose this game, then the Grizzlies will basically bid farewell to the third place in the Western Conference.

Therefore, the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies is a very important game, and it has extremely important significance for the next sprint stage of the regular season this season.

Seattle, Key Arena.

When the Seattle SuperSonics players walked out one by one amid the on-site DJ introduction and the cheers of all Seattle fans, the entire Key Arena was boiling.

For Seattle fans at Key Arena, it’s been a long, long time since they’ve seen the Sonics play.

After not seeing each other for such a period of time, the team's players also changed significantly when they were introduced by the DJ on site.

For example, when introducing Durant, who was the first to appear, not only introduced him as a player from the University of Texas, but also added the three-point champion.

When introducing Rondo, who was playing for the second time, he no longer just introduced the university and the assist leader, but also added the champion of the skills competition.

And Ye Si...

"mvp!"

"mvp!"

"mvp!"

The cheers for mvp become even more natural and incredible!

I have to say that the momentum generated by the SuperSonics fans at the scene tonight was indeed quite astonishing.

The enthusiasm of the SuperSonics fans at the scene also made this game more difficult.

The hardships mentioned here are for both parties.

For the Grizzlies, they have to go all out in this game. It should be said that this game is the most important regular season game for the Grizzlies and determines their fate this season.

If you win, then rush into the top three in one go!

If you lose, you will really be stuck in the seventh place in the Western Conference, unable to move up or down.

There is really no difference between seventh in the Western Conference and eighth in the Western Conference this season.

Whether facing the Rockets or the Suns, it is a nightmare for them.

Therefore, this game can be said to be a desperate game for them.

The fans at the scene were so crazy, the Sonics became more difficult to beat, and the price they had to pay was also greater.

And the price they paid in this game was greater, stronger, and more difficult to beat. Correspondingly, the Sonics did not want to fail and must become stronger.

It can be said that the SuperSonics fans at the scene were the catalyst for this game.

With such a catalyst, neither team will allow this game to fail.

Especially when the Lakers, Spurs and Nuggets all won before, neither team had a way out!

As the head coach of the Grizzlies, Stotts frowned as he looked at the Sonics players who were greeted by the crazy cheers of the fans.

The looks on the faces of these Sonics players are confident, relaxed and high in morale.

There is no tension or anxiety like that of a young team facing a life-and-death battle.

At this point, they Grizzlies are far inferior to them.

"The mentality of these young Sonics players is incredible!"

Winning this game is important to the Grizzlies and also to the SuperSonics.

The pressure brought by this game is huge for both sides. Even if the Grizzlies are a quite mature team, they will be anxious and uneasy when facing such a huge pressure game.

For this game, the Grizzlies did not have a holiday during the entire All-Star Weekend. No one except Oden went to the All-Star Weekend. Everyone was training and preparing for the game, just to win this stressful game in this game.

The entire Grizzlies really paid too much for this game.

Even a mature team like the Grizzlies with mature players would find it difficult to face a bad result in such a game.

"No matter what, this game is a battle of revenge that must be won!"

Stotts' eyes were firm, and the Grizzlies players around him had equally firm eyes.

Especially Shane.

You know, the last time the two teams faced each other was during Yes's crazy ten-game winning streak.

In that meeting, the Grizzlies were the team that was beaten by yes for ten consecutive games.

Battier is the player who was put into the annals of basketball history by yes.

Yes faced his eye-sealing defense and used his three-pointer to kill the Grizzlies!

In this game, Carter and Gasol want to help the Grizzlies win a game and work hard for the Grizzlies to go further in this year's playoffs.

In this game, Oden will once again prove that he is more suitable than Durant for the best game of the year.

And him!

This game is his battle of revenge and counterattack that was originally sent to the annals of basketball history by yes!

After the last confrontation between the two teams, Battier had been studying this game after the game.

He wanted to scientifically study why yes, like a veteran on the court like Kobe, was not afraid of his eye-closed defense.

It is unscientific for a young player to be so calm and relaxed in the face of his intimidating defense.

He also wanted to know scientifically why yes chose a three-pointer instead of other methods.

Facing his defense, Yes could have more choices, but in the end he chose the most difficult path, which is also unscientific.

"Of the two teams in this game, the Grizzlies are stronger than the SuperSonics. The Grizzlies' overall strength is among the top six in the entire Western Conference. They are on the same level as the Lakers, Nuggets and Spurs."

"The SuperSonics' hard power is, at best, only the top eight or even the top ten in the Western Conference."

"The difference between the two teams in this game is far less huge than the rankings of the two teams."

Kenny Smith introduced the background and information of the game to viewers across the United States before the game began.

In fact, he doesn't need to introduce it. Most senior fans who have been following the NBA schedule know it very well.

The rankings of the two teams seem to be third in the Western Conference and seventh in the Western Conference, which seems to be huge.

But if the third place in the Western Conference and the seventh place in the Western Conference were replaced by the confrontation between the third place in the conference and the seventh place in the conference, wouldn't it feel like the gap is not that big?

After the Boston Celtics were hammered by the Nuggets some time ago, the Grizzlies are now the seventh-best team in the league.

If the Boston Celtics, number one in the East, come to the West, they will only be ranked eighth.

At the same time, after the Boston Celtics lost to the Nuggets in an away game, the Boston Celtics have lost against the top eight teams in the Western Conference, except for the SuperSonics, which is third in the Western Conference.

To put it simply, among the top eight teams in the Western Conference, except for the SuperSonics led by Yes, the other seven teams have all defeated the Celtics this season.

Do you feel like the Celtics, who are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference this season, are having a miserable life?

But if you think about it again, as the third-ranked SuperSonics in the league, they can't even win against the Celtics, who are having such a miserable life. Will it be even worse?

No, the Sonics are not miserable!

Because of yes, this Western Conference team that couldn't even win against the Celtics was able to rank third in the Western Conference and third in the league.

This is not misfortune, this is luck!

But luck cannot always accompany this team.

Virtue is not worthy of its place!

Using the Celtics as a reference, the SuperSonics' hard power is not as good as the other seven top eight teams in the Western Conference, but they can rank third in the Western Conference.

This is the bonus of having eaten yes, and the advantage of not being able to fully exert its strength with other teams in the first half of the schedule.

Now everyone has to sprint. The Grizzlies have even been preparing for this game for more than half a week. The Grizzlies are preparing for this game as a playoff game and the finals.

In this case, hard power is important.

Therefore, before the start of this game, most expert reporters in the United States believed that the Sonics would lose this game.

The reason why the Grizzlies were restrained by Yes's speed before was not only because of their style of play, but also because of Yes's comprehensiveness and perfection. They have always used the playoffs to target opponents without targeting them.

In this game, the Grizzlies will definitely use their height and size to target the SuperSonics.

Now the two teams have to target each other in this game. It's hard to say whether Yes's speed is better than the Grizzlies' height and strength, or whether the Grizzlies' height and strength restrain the SuperSonics' speed.

In the end, this game is likely to turn into a battle of strength between the two teams.

If it really comes to this point, the Sonics will definitely lose!

"According to the predictions of the tnt expert team, in the last game in Pisa, the Grizzlies in the regular season needed a tough kill to win. Facing the Grizzlies in the playoffs in this game, the SuperSonics are likely to lose. About 10 minutes.”

"According to their analysis, yes has occupied the first place in the official mvp list for the whole season. After this game, yes will give up his first position."

"If I had the right to vote for MVP, I would definitely vote for yes."

"The legend created by Yes this season is epic, but for many people, MVP is a sacred honor that needs record support. If there is no record, even if Yes averages a triple-double this season, they will not give Yes vote."

"Facing the Suns and Rockets, it is very likely that they will both break 70 wins. Yes and the SuperSonics need at least 65 wins."

"However, according to the predictions of tnt's expert team, the SuperSonics' record this season is likely not to be 65 wins, or even just around 60 wins. Although 60 wins is excellent, it is not enough to become the top four in the Western Conference this season. "

Kenny Smith is stating what he believes to be the facts.

Barkley, on the other hand, was worried.

There is no way not to worry.

yes's performance in the first half was perfect.

Winning all the best of the month, winning all the official first place in mvp.

Scored 82 points in the game, made 10 consecutive buzzer beaters in the game, and just won the greatest game in history in the All-Star Game.

Now yes and the Sonics are a target!

The Eastern Conference teams will fight the SuperSonics every game.

The strong teams in the Western Conference will also fight the SuperSonics because of their ranking.

And those teams like the Grizzlies that have conflicts of interest and revenge relationships with yes SuperSonics will not let the SuperSonics go.

Look at the two teams standing on the court now, the murderous look on the Grizzlies players as the game prepares to start.

With the evil spirit among the Grizzlies players, some people believe that this game is the last game before humankind goes extinct.

As the referee on duty, Javi, threw the basketball in his hand high, Oden and Milicic bounced out almost at the same time.

This time the jump ball is another direct competition between the emperor, the emperor and the four kings.

The final result was that Oden as the First Emperor defeated Milicic as the Four Heavenly Kings.

Winning is hard!

After Oden succeeded in jumping the ball, the expression on his face was quite surprised.

According to his estimation, he should be able to relax more.

The morale on the faces of players like Milicic and SuperSonics is also abnormal!

The morale of the SuperSonics players in this game was a bit abnormal, and the Grizzlies players quickly felt it.

In the NBA, the greatest role of morale is mainly in defense.

When a player's morale is high and his concentration is focused, that's when he defends best.

Strictly speaking, the SuperSonics are not a defensive team.

Abandon the question of who can restrain the speed and height of the Sonics and the Grizzlies.

Just take the Grizzlies' offense as an example.

When the Grizzlies play their double-high tactics, they should be able to score relatively easily.

But after the game started, whether it was Oden playing Milicic or Gasol playing Millsap, it was not that easy to play!

What surprised Grizzlies coach Stotts and the two TNT commentators on the sidelines was that the Grizzlies, who were so well prepared before the game and showed the highest state and attitude, were only slightly disappointed in the first quarter. Suppress supersonic speed.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies only led the SuperSonics by 3 points, and the score was also quite low, 24 to 21!

"The morale of the SuperSonics players is no worse than that of the Grizzlies!"

No, even harder!

If the Sonics players hadn't worked harder than the Grizzlies players, they wouldn't have been able to score like this in the first quarter!

This is really incredible!

Barkley and Kenny Smith looked at each other a little bit after the first quarter.

If the morale of the Grizzlies is that the starters are strong and the substitutes are weak, the Grizzlies starters have many reasons to give everything for this game, but the substitutes are almost meaningless.

But here at the SuperSonics, the morale of the substitutes is no weaker than that of the starters!

With the two teams having almost the same substitute strength, after the second quarter, the two teams were tied 48-48!

“A surprising first half!”

The first half between the Grizzlies and SuperSonics was indeed surprising enough.

Phil Jackson looked at the data on TV. Not only was he surprised that the two teams were able to fight hard in the half, but Yes made 1 of 4 three-pointers in the first half. Including free throws, he only scored 8 points, which also made him quite satisfied. surprised.

"In this game, Battier defended Yes very tightly from outside the three-point line. Yes should jump out of the three-point line and attack in the mid-range or other areas, but Yes' mid-range shots in the first half were 0!"

Kobe had some disbelief on his face.

Could it be? !

Did Battier find Yes's weakness and find a way to defend Yes? !

How can this be? !

Looking at the smiling and extremely excited Battier on TV, Kobe even jumped up with excitement!

What is the weakness of yes? !

"Yes, it's perfect, but it's not that perfect!"

"His weakness is the mid-range!"

Shane could feel his hands trembling. This wasn't fear, it was excitement!

He has already felt that this game is likely to be the most exciting game of his career!