Chapter 597: Great Game, Great Opponent, Great Showdown!

Less than two minutes into the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Denver Nuggets, SuperSonics head coach Nelson was forced to request a timeout.

This made the media reporters who had always thought that the Nuggets had collapsed before the game started were dumbfounded.

If the Seattle SuperSonics win this game, it will cause the most trouble. If the SuperSonics lose this game in the end, then this series will really be just a pretty ordinary series!

Even if Yes chased the score to 3-3 after falling behind 0-3, if they still fell short in the end, it wouldn't be so earth-shattering.

"I didn't expect this game to start like this..."

In the media box of Key Arena, many media reporters now feel a little unbelievable.

The Nuggets have never been a team known for their willpower.

This team has indeed improved in this regard after the addition of Billups and Hamilton.

But Billups and Hamilton collapsed in the last game, and the Nuggets can be said to be just like that in terms of willpower.

But look at Anthony's strong play at the beginning of this game.

Except that the first attack was an obviously purposeful mid-range shot.

The subsequent offenses were all about attacking the basket.

This is the posture of players fighting hand to hand!

Who would have thought that Anthony could show such a gesture when faced with such a collapsed situation?

The current state of Anthony and the Nuggets makes people feel incredible. On the contrary, it is the SuperSonics, because jr Smith's defense against Yes was unexpectedly good, which caused this team to encounter difficulties.

"I don't know what Nelson's plan is for this timeout. From our perspective, facing Anthony's hot state, someone from the Seattle SuperSonics must step up!"

"Rondo, Millsap, Milicic, Durant... They need to stand up next to Yes and share the pressure of Yes!"

"All the previous games of the Seattle SuperSonics put all their eggs in Yes's basket. I believe Yes will be able to find its better offensive state sooner or later when facing Jr. Smith's defense.

But this takes time. At this time, facing the crazy Anthony, someone needs to bite the score that is about to open! "

The start of this game really confused Barkley.

However, when Buckley came back to his senses, although he was not so stunned, he was still worried.

In the previous three games, Yes stepped up and took away the game.

Now let the rest of the Sonics step up?

is it possible?

Who can help Yes and Anthony compete together under such huge pressure?

Barkley doesn't know who he can trust in the Sonics right now.

But he knows very well that Yes is now in trouble on the offensive end. He cannot lose at the beginning of this game, and even if he loses, he cannot lose too much. Even if others can no longer be trusted to stand up, they must stand up. come out!

It's really a suffocating period of time for the Sonics!

On the court, the suffocating pressure of this game is still spreading. With Anthony's strong performance, this suffocating pressure is now spreading in front of the Seattle SuperSonics bench.

As for the Nuggets, the pressure is much less.

George Karl can clearly feel that compared to the nervousness at the beginning of the game, the expressions on the faces of the Nuggets players have become relieved now!

Seeing the relaxed expressions on the faces of his children, George Karl was almost moved to tears.

He really never dreamed that he would see such a responsible Mello in his lifetime.

Two years ago, when Anthony led the Nuggets to win with his constant kills, he had always imagined that Anthony could fully assume the responsibility of the team. He has the strength!

Before the emergence of Yes, George Karl always felt that Anthony was the key player with the most key ball ability. He had all the offensive skills and he could face any difficult scenario. No one in the world could defend him. He had the best His innate conditions, as evidenced by his consistently high hit rate.

Anthony should not only dominate the team's last attack. In addition to the last attack being the critical moment in a game, there are other critical moments.

For example, in this game, the beginning of this game is the most critical moment.

There are 48 minutes in a game. The critical moment is not a few blues at the end of the game, but when the team needs him to stand up, he can really stand up.

This has always been what George Karl wanted Anthony to do.

But Anthony's lack of focus and laxity really troubled George Karl.

Two years have passed. Before this year's All-Star Game, he sometimes even thought that maybe at some point, he could no longer tolerate Anthony's unfocused and unfocused waste of talent, and finally had an affair with his favorite disciple. Conflict and finally parting ways.

If he can have such thoughts, you can imagine how desperate Anthony was before.

But now...

Yes, I really have it all!

The qualities he had always hoped for in Anthony were now there!

Looking at the baby fat cheeks on Anthony's face, the expression on his cheeks now is neither casual nor indifferent. It is not despairing to fight as much as he wants. It is perseverance, and it is a future full of hope and longing!

"As long as we defeat Yes and the Sonics in this series, we will be this year's championship!"

George Karl is extremely convinced!

After Anthony completed his transformation under such huge pressure in the face of the SuperSonics and Yes, the entire strength of the Nuggets will also complete its transformation!

The current Nuggets can definitely compete with the Rockets and Suns!

Not to mention the Seattle SuperSonics.

When the timeout ended, George Karl looked at the Seattle SuperSonics bench on the other side. He didn't believe that Nelson could change the situation with a timeout.

Now there is an urgent need for others around Yes to stand up. Whether it is Rondo, Millsap, Milicic or Durant, they are not people who can stand up in this kind of game!

Although the SuperSonics are a group of unreliable people except Yes, Old Nelson still has to find someone among these dwarfs who is not so short.

This has to be said to be a pain.

Even George Karl felt a little desperate for Nelson.

"After the timeout ends, who will the Seattle SuperSonics use to share the pressure on Yes?!"

"Milicic? Or Durant?"

After the timeout ended, when the players on both sides returned to the court again, both the fans on the sidelines and the media reporters from all over the world became curious.

Rondo and Millsap's offensive abilities really can't be counted on at this time.

Milicic and Durant are the most likely options.

But the offense of these two people is not very stable.

Most people are actually more optimistic about Milicic. Durant has proven in the previous six games that he cannot bear this responsibility. Can Milicic bear this responsibility?

No one knows, but you can always give it a try, right?

What if?

It's better than always having a loser, right?

only……

When all the fans and viewers in front of the TV saw the familiar scene of Yes dribbling the ball forward, they had a very bad feeling.

The scene of Yes advancing with the ball is so familiar!

Wasn't this the case in the previous six games when Durant was preparing to attack?

"It's Durant!"

"Similar to the previous six games, even at the most critical moment that determines life and death, the one Yes trusts the most is Durant!"

Durant was running forward slowly, and Anthony was always following him.

"KD, the next attack is yours!"

No words of hesitation!

Whether it's head coach Nelson, the team's head player Yes, teammate Milicic or others, all the eyes looking at him are trusting.

He is a sensitive person, and he knows whether these trusting looks are true or false.

He also knows that the trust that other teammates have in him is actually their trust in Yes.

Since Yes believes in him and is willing to put his career into disrepute for him, they believe in Yes and believe in him unconditionally, so they are also willing to believe in him.

This kind of trust surrounded by people feels very good, but it is also very scary.

He cannot fail!

This time, it is really the last chance!

"KD, can you be a pillar in Seattle?"

This is what Yes said to him while looking into his eyes during the pause.

Still calm, still determined.

But being sensitive, he could clearly hear that Yes meant more than just hoping that he would become a pillar of Seattle.

Yes also hopes that he can be his support!

Before, he could always tell himself that no matter how bad he was, he would always have Yes to protect him and rely on him.

But now, in this game, he will be relied on by Yes!

Yes has dragged the team forward in the previous six games. He is really tired. Even if Yes is an iron man, he still needs a moment of rest.

He needs to be a harbor where Yes can rest peacefully for a while!

Durant can clearly feel that this time is the time when he is under the most pressure since the beginning of this series.

Although the pressure was huge, Durant did not feel the slightest impatience or anxiety before.

He is actually unusually calm now.

This kind of calmness made Durant himself feel extremely strange and incredible.

"Perhaps now, I can truly face everything with a normal heart..."

With no way out and no other way out, everything seemed to become clear.

Seeing Ye Si slowly dribbling the ball against Jr. Smith's pressure, commentators from all over the world on the sidelines exclaimed and expressed their feelings and disbelief in languages ​​from all over the world.

But on the court, under the pressure of Jr. Smith, Yes successfully took the ball across the frontcourt without calling any teammates to cover.

"Incredible ball control!"

Although jr Smith's confrontation is not that strong, with such a mad dog-like full-court press, it is really difficult for ordinary people to be as calm and relaxed as Yes.

Maddie thought she couldn't do it.

He will use his strength to push past Jr. Smith at some point and then speed through.

But what about Yes?

It’s really a constant speed the whole way!

The constant speed throughout the entire process means that you need to fight against Jr. Smith throughout the entire process!

The last time he saw someone dribbling so strongly and calmly in the face of a full-court press was his idol, the Magic's eternal No. 1.

McGrady is admiring Ye Si's dribbling now. The more McGrady admires, the more worried Yao Ming becomes.

He really doesn't want this series to have any impact on Xiao Ye's national team mentality.

Xiao Yezi's ball control that even Tracy McGrady admires is what the national team needs most!

Yes's ball-control advancement made Jr. Smith very uncomfortable.

Jr. Smith has always felt that his one-on-one performance is very good. Yes's ball control is actually a one-on-one performance.

In the process of Yes dribbling the ball forward, it was equivalent to launching countless one-on-one challenges to Yes.

In the end, Yes successfully passed, which naturally meant that all the duels he initiated had failed.

Yes seems to know his choice of attack!

This really makes Jr. Smith feel incredible.

Since his own steal had no effect on Yes, what is even more incredible is of course that he could actually restrict Yes on the defensive end!

Although he now has an aura that can limit Yes on the defensive end, to be honest, he really doesn't want to face Yes.

I don’t know if it’s his imagination, but he always feels that Yes wants to kick his ass hard all the time. He always feels that Yes looks at him with aggressive and unfriendly eyes. He always feels that as long as Yes is willing, he can do it right away. Become God in His presence!

Yes, who pushed the ball across half court, watched Durant on the other side succeed in the position with Anthony, and then threw the ball to Durant on the other side. This made Jr. Smith's nervous nerves finally relax. Come down.

It's like passing the ball to Durant!

Jr. Smith secretly looked at Durant on the other side, his eyes filled with gratitude.

This is not false gratitude, this is real gratitude!

This series is really thanks to Durant, the pressure on them to defend Yes will be so much less.

After Durant caught the ball sideways, he quickly changed his body from side to front.

After dodging an attack from Anthony, Durant was forced from the mid-range to the three-point line by Anthony.

Anthony is disdainful of Durant.

Anthony never hides such emotions.

However, there is one thing that Anthony still admires about Durant. This guy is really thick-skinned!

He has caused such misfortune in this series, yet he still dares to bear such responsibility.

Having strength and being willing to take responsibility is called being responsible.

If you don't have the strength to take responsibility, that's called having no self-awareness!

Durant is a player who has no self-awareness.

After playing against Durant in this series, he has seen Durant scramble and make mistakes countless times under his defense.

His defense has been practicing recently, but it has not yet reached an outstanding level. Durant's mistakes and mistakes were really caused by this guy, and they really have nothing to do with him.

Anthony has never seen such an unreliable player in such a critical playoff period in all his years in the NBA.

Facing such an unreliable player, Anthony already has experience. Now he doesn't need to be very good at defense. As long as he keeps putting pressure on Durant, he will make impatient mistakes and throw things around.

And the power needed to put pressure on Durant and confront him is exactly what he is best at!

"After Anthony failed to steal the ball for the first time, he took advantage of the situation and made a move!"

"Will Durant choose to dribble the ball to his feet this time, or will he choose to force the shot with Anthony next to him?"

Seeing the still familiar scene on the court, many commentators on the sidelines even started making crazy complaints about Durant.

I really can't blame them for being so mean to Durant. It's because Durant really didn't live up to expectations in the first six games. He really wasn't even as good as the regular season!

Good times and bad, sometimes angels and sometimes devils, even more unstable than the regular season.

As a die-hard coconut commentator, Barkley now sees Durant playing Anthony alone, and he really feels unbearable to watch!

Just when Barkley resisted the urge not to watch the game, everything that suddenly happened on the field made Barkley's eyes wide open!

"Durant didn't break through!"

"Durant didn't force the move either!"

"Durant chose to give in once again!"

Durant retreated again in the face of Anthony's pressing!

Only this time, after Durant retreated, he immediately made a drastic change of direction, and Anthony, who was about to stick up again, passed cleanly!

"So fast?"

"No, too slow!"

Anthony looked at the disappearing figure in front of him in disbelief, his eyes widening!

That kind of frequency changes from left to right...

That was definitely the slowest change of direction breakthrough he had ever seen!

But he didn't block it? !

"The extent of Durant's change of direction and breakthrough this time is really too great!"

"In this breakthrough, Durant lowered his speed and increased his range!"

"Anthony was cheated!"

It wasn't just Anthony who was deceived. After breaking through Anthony, Durant faced the jumping man Camby who came to help defend, and he also used his weird low-speed and large-scale changes of direction to cleanly deflect!

Bang!

The Nuggets' entire defense was pierced by Durant's somewhat slow three-step breakthrough!

Look at Sonics No. 35 hanging on the basket with one hand.

The entire Key Arena was silent!

Whether it was the Sonics fans at the scene or the media reporters from all over the world, they all looked dull at this time.

On the other side, Ye Si looked at Durant hanging on the basket, his eyes flickering.

finally!

Six playoff games have passed, and Durant finally learned to take his time and attack!

After a brief silence in the Key Arena, the entire arena soon burst into explosive cheers!

This Sonics offense is really important!

Before the SuperSonics' attack, the score on the field was 7 to 3. If the Seattle SuperSonics' offense failed and the Nuggets scored again, the point difference between the two sides would be at least six points. In such a critical game, In the game, a five-point difference is a huge hurdle!

As long as this hurdle is exceeded, the pressure on the Sonics players will be too great!

Seeing the SuperSonics fans cheering crazily on the TV, Yao Ming in front of the TV also breathed a sigh of relief.

Durant was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics as the person who needs to step up next to Yes.

Regardless of anything else, forget Durant's previous game, Durant's breakthrough is indeed wonderful.

There is a bit of his one-stop dunking style back then.

Of course, Durant's speed and ball handling are much better than him.

More importantly...

"Durant's arms and legs are too long!"

"Durant's official height is 2.06 meters, but he is born with a short neck. His wingspan and leg length are actually those only players with a height of 2.13 meters or above can have. Such a player can play such a big game Ordinary players are really difficult to defend when it comes to changing directions, but Anthony and Camby are the pair of defensive players in the league who are least good at dealing with such slow-paced breakthroughs!"

"No, Anthony and Camby can't be blamed for this goal. Durant's change of direction breakthrough has never been seen in the NBA. It's so strange. Durant's talent may not be that high, but he does have characteristics. , I now somewhat understand why Yes is the one who values ​​him the most among the Sonics!"

"Although this level of breakthrough has limited effect against outstanding defensive players, Durant is probably the only player in the NBA who can use this kind of rhythm and amplitude to change directions!"

Listening to the discussion among his Rockets teammates, Yao Ming also nodded secretly.

As long as Durant is not so impatient, he can really do a lot against the Nuggets, a team that doesn't have such a good defense!

However, Durant's performance in the first six games of this series is really memorable.

Yao Ming is really not sure whether Durant's attack against Anthony this time was a flash in the pan.

But soon, Yao Ming was sure that Durant's slow-to-extreme breakthrough in his first attack was not a flash in the pan!

Make a big change of direction to get rid of Anthony, then accelerate and make a big change of direction to break through!

The SuperSonics No. 35 on TV in this game really made Yao Ming feel like he got to know him again.

"Not only do you have long arms and legs, but your basic skills are also quite excellent and comprehensive!"

Yao Ming can clearly see that this is a player who has worked hard.

In the next few offenses and defenses between the Sonics and the Nuggets, Durant's incredibly slow-paced and drastic changes in direction broke through three times in total, and he succeeded three times!

In the end, Nuggets head coach George Karl was forced to request a timeout before the official timeout arrived.

There was no way not to call a timeout. Yes, under the defense of Jr. Smith, still shot 50%, shooting 2 of 4 and scoring 6 points. However, Durant played too fiercely and scored 6 points on 3 of 3 shots!

In total, the Sonics hit four times in a row!

The Nuggets hit twice out of the three times, and the score between the two sides also changed from 7 to 3 before the SuperSonics timeout to 12 to 12.

And looking at this posture, the Nuggets still feel like they are being suppressed by the SuperSonics again.

This game is so important, how could George Karl allow the team to have problems!

"Mello, your defense against Durant was great before, but your defensive intensity was too great. After Durant broke through, you left too much space for Durant. Defend Durant. Special, put pressure on Durant, don't step out of the three-point line, Durant is not Yes, ignore his retreat, he doesn't have that long attack distance!"

George Karl's adjustment is still very timely.

As one of the most famous coaches in the league, he can certainly see the problems the team is facing now. The Nuggets are a fast-paced team, and they are used to fast offense and defense. They really can't handle Durant's situation. Not very slow.

"Durant actually changed the Nuggets' defensive strategy!"

"Durant can actually change the Nuggets' defensive strategy during the game!"

"Anthony needs to focus more on the defensive end now!"

"Durant's sudden enlightenment changed not only the Nuggets' defense, but also the Nuggets' offense!"

"When Anthony needs to focus more on the defensive end and the Nuggets' offensive efficiency drops, Yes's 50% shooting rate under the restriction of Jr. Smith is no longer not enough, but is enough!"

At the end of the first quarter, the much-anticipated tiebreaker between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Nuggets was tied at 34-34!

Tie!

The two players who received the most attention in this game, Yes, made 6 of 12 three-pointers in the first quarter, scoring 19 points in a single quarter!

Anthony, on the other hand, made 8 of 12 in the first quarter and scored 21 points in a single quarter!

"In the first quarter, Yes scored all his points outside the three-point line. He gave Durant all the offensive areas inside the three-point line!"

"Most of Anthony's offensive area in the first quarter was inside the three-point line. He gave the area outside the three-point line to his teammates!"

"The performance of Yes and Anthony in the first quarter was so exciting!"

"Besides Yes and Anthony, another player who changed the pattern of this game is Durant!"

"After Durant's defense contracted with Anthony and the Nuggets, his shooting percentage was not that incredible, but he still changed the Nuggets' offense and defense, giving Yes more breathing space!"

What an amazing game!

Originally, before the game started, Kenny Smith thought it would be a game between rookies.

He really didn't expect that this game would be a fight between gods!

In such a stressful tie-breaker, Yes and Anthony both scored over 15 points in a single quarter. What does this mean?

Jordan's scoring average in key games was only a 'mere' 39 points per game!

"This game is really exciting!"

And the excitement of this game is not just the starting lineup of the two teams.

When the game came to the rotation stage, after the substitutes from the two teams came on, the game was also extremely exciting.

"After the leadership of Yes and Anthony in the first quarter, the other players on both teams were in good shape!"

No, except for the Nuggets' Hamilton, most of the players on the court are in good condition!

"This game is so exciting!"

The game was only in the second quarter, and Kenny Smith felt that the palms of his hands were completely soaked with sweat.

After the two teams started with a deadlock, the two teams began to compete for substitute time in the rotation stage.

The crazy state of the two teams holding their breath lasted from the beginning until the end of the rotation in the second quarter.

The second quarter ended normally, the rotation time of the two teams was over, and when the main starting players of the two teams returned to the court again, the score on the court was 50 to 50!

Still a draw!

In the second half of the second quarter, when the official timeout ended and the game restarted, Nuggets head coach George Karl, who was standing on the sidelines, no longer had the calmness he had after the game started.

The Nuggets players played so well under the leadership of Anthony!

Scored 50 points in one and a half quarters!

This really reminds George Karl of the second regular season game between the Nuggets and SuperSonics this season. The Nuggets faced the SuperSonics and scored a terrifying 160+!

In that game, the Nuggets' offensive state was really like God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking killing Buddha!

Compared with that game, this game may just be inferior to Hamilton next to him...

George Karl looked at Hamilton next to him. As long as he could recover, the anxiety of this game could be broken!

In that game between the Nuggets and SuperSonics, the Nuggets scored a crazy 160+ points. Most teams would have collapsed under the Nuggets' offense, but what about the SuperSonics?

The Sonics' score is 140+!

The Nuggets just won one Hamilton.

Without Hamilton's contribution in this game, the two teams are now locked in everything.

"The SuperSonics and Nuggets are too tight right now!"

"After the Nuggets led the SuperSonics by 4 points at the beginning, the highest score difference between the two teams is only three points!"

When the starting players of both sides returned to the court again, the anxiety of the game was not relieved.

Even in the second half of the second quarter, because the strength of the players on both sides of the court was improved, the game looked more exciting and exciting.

The fans on the sidelines and the audience in front of the TV became even more nervous.

"There is really no defense in this game!"

"It's not so much that there is no defense, but that neither team can guard the other. The final result of this game will depend on which of the two teams has the greater offensive advantage!"

"With Hamilton in extremely bad form, the strength of the two teams is already on the same level!"

Looking at the score on TV, 70 to 70!

This is the score between the two teams at halftime.

This is really a jaw-dropping score!

And it’s not just the first half that’s jaw-dropping, the second half is also jaw-dropping!

"The contribution of all the players from both teams in this extremely anxious game has reached its limit!"

"But the Nuggets still have a new force that they can use!"

Adelman looked at the TV with twinkling eyes.

The expressions on the faces of Yao Ming and Roy on the side became quite ugly.

"Hamilton didn't start the rotation at the beginning of the fourth quarter, right?!"

When the first five minutes of the fourth quarter were played and the two teams changed into their final lineups, looking at the Nuggets No. 32 on TV who had completely returned to normal, the ugly faces of Yao Ming and Roy had completely darkened. Come down!

"This is the last chance Melo and his teammates created for me with their efforts!"

"Seeing the performance of my teammates, even a rock would be moved!"

Hamilton looked at the familiar demonic figure on the other side and took a long, deep breath.

"This time, we will definitely win!"

Hamilton followed his Nuggets teammates onto the court.

"This game is over for the SuperSonics!"

Camby, Anthony, Hamilton, Jr Smith, Billups...

This is George Karl's last-ditch lineup!

With Hamilton recovering and new players joining the team, Barkley now feels his hands are shaking.

"Anthony successfully infected Hamilton with his performance. Finally, with Anthony's encouragement and infection, Hamilton returned to normal!"

Barkley is a little desperate now, but Kenny Smith next to him is once again passionate!

After he finished yelling, Kenny Smith looked at the technical statistics sent by his assistant, and his eyes suddenly shrank with excitement!

Anthony and Yes's current score? !

Not only Kenny Smith's eyes were shrinking rapidly now, but Jordan, who had just lit a cigar happily when he saw Hamilton playing again, saw the technical statistics of the two teams' game so far on TV. There was an incredible look on his face.

"How can this be?!"

What makes Jordan feel so incredible is certainly not the technical statistics of other players.

Yes, 20 of 32 shots, 10 of 20 three-pointers, 56 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Anthony made 20 of 32 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 15 of 16 free throws, 56 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

With more than half of the game left, Anthony and Yes both scored 56!

My playoff scoring record!

The cigar Jordan had just lit fell from his hand before he could smoke it.

pain!

This time, quick eyesight and quick hands rejected the fire.

However, my heart hurts and my hands hurt even more!

"I originally thought it would be a novice fight, but I didn't expect..."

Regardless of the outcome of this game, it is worthy of being the greatest tiebreaker in history!

Two players appear in one game who may break Jordan's playoff scoring record!

Kenny Smith believes that not only him, but many people around the world are trembling now!

"Great game!"

"Great showdown!"

"Great opponent!"

David Stern on the sidelines shouted three greats in his heart after his assistant whispered it!