Chapter 760: The Raptors Who Lost Everything and O'Neal Who Picked Fruits!
After the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Clippers on December 16, the Seattle SuperSonics' record also became 16 wins and 10 losses. At the same time, because on the same day, the Houston Rockets lost to the Nuggets at home with a score of 108 to 116. The Golden Team, the Seattle SuperSonics' record rose from eighth in the Western Conference to seventh in the Western Conference. On the same day, the Timberwolves, who played back-to-back games at home, also lost at home, losing to the Cavaliers by a score of 80 to 103.
The Cavaliers' road trip to the Northwest District is quite impressive. The Timberwolves, Nuggets, and Seattle SuperSonics are the three opponents of the Cavaliers' Northwest District road trip. The opponents are not weak.
The Cavaliers and O'Neal used thunder to kill the Timberwolves as soon as they came up. The intention of O'Neal and the Cavaliers has been quite obvious, which is to build momentum for the Christmas game between the Cavaliers and Rockets!
Now the media across the United States has focused on the two games between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Lakers, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Heat, yes and Kobe, and yes and James.
As a "former teammate" of Kobe and James, O'Neal became angry when he saw that the whole world was hyping yes and Kobe and yes and James.
Why can't the Shark-Yao battle get such attention!
I'm a big shark and I'm not convinced!
The Cavaliers and the Sharks now have a sense of going against the grain.
Aren’t you hyping up the showdown between these people?
I will push it all the way across and see if you will be embarrassed when the time comes!
The Cavaliers' record this season is really domineering.
No one may believe it, but after defeating the Timberwolves, the Cavaliers' record reached 20 wins and 4 losses!
Now the Cavaliers' record is no longer third in the Eastern Conference, but second in the Eastern Conference and second in the league!
I'm afraid when the Heat's Big Five were formed, they never dreamed that their biggest competitor this season would be the Cavaliers.
No matter how big the gap is in the hard power comparison between the Cavaliers and the Heat, the current records of the two teams are indeed close, and the Heat are only 1 game ahead of the Cavaliers.
It can be said that the Cavaliers' current record is so domineering, the most embarrassing thing is LeBron James.
Especially if the Heat's record is surpassed by the Cavaliers, I am afraid that the silent James Black, who was drowned by Ibaka Black, will come out to make trouble again.
It can be said that just as the Seattle SuperSonics cannot fall out of the top eight in the Western Conference, the Heat also have pressure to absolutely not fall below the Cavaliers in the rankings.
The current strong performance of O'Neal and the Cavaliers has shocked many people, but this can also be regarded as helping the Seattle SuperSonics from the side.
After the Cavaliers defeated the Timberwolves in an away game, the Timberwolves' pursuit of the Seattle SuperSonics significantly slowed down.
However, for the Seattle SuperSonics, although the Timberwolves' pursuit seems to have slowed down, the Seattle SuperSonics themselves cannot really relax. The Seattle SuperSonics also have to compete with the Cavaliers.
And in the future, the Seattle SuperSonics' schedule looks to be the most devilish in the entire league!
On December 21st, they played against the Cavaliers, who had the second best record in the league. On December 23rd, they played against the Lakers, the new first team in the Western Conference. On December 25th, they played against the best team in the league, the Heat, who are also the most powerful team in NBA history. Team.
With these three opponents standing there, even if the Seattle SuperSonics want to relax, they cannot relax.
According to current statements from the national media, the Seattle SuperSonics' Christmas schedule is the scariest Christmas schedule in the history of the NBA. In this Christmas schedule, the probability of the Seattle SuperSonics winning a game is less than 10%, which means that the Seattle SuperSonics can win a game. The probability of three consecutive losses exceeds 90%!
This one is even worse than the previous three consecutive guests from Southwest!
It can be said that as Christmas approaches, the entire United States is immersed in a Christmas atmosphere, but Seattle and the SuperSonics really feel like dark clouds are closing in on the city.
Even if the current Seattle SuperSonics are ranked seventh in the Western Conference, they really can't withstand a three-game losing streak!
On December 19, 2008, after three days of rest, the Seattle SuperSonics faced the challenge of the third-to-last team in the Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors, at home.
Although the Toronto Raptors were considered the most unlucky team in the league in the past two seasons, they sent the yes they already had to the Seattle SuperSonics for the so-called present and future.
But after the struggles and absurdities of the past two seasons, this team has completely lost everything this season.
With the team's former boss Bosh angrily leaving, and Rashard Lewis, who was robbed from the Sonics, also sent away, the Toronto Raptors lost their present.
And as the Boston Celtics continue to advance rapidly, the future they traded from the Boston Celtics is really just the future, and it is still a distant future.
Now, this team that has lost its present and future can only look at the grief and anger of Bargnani in the team who traded yes.
The mood of Raptors fans now is sad and angry, real sad and angry.
The team's fierce operation in the summer of 2006 was almost equivalent to yes in exchange for Bargnani, and they even got Chris Bosh!
What do you think Raptors fans think?
Bargnani performed very well when he came to the Toronto Raptors. Starting from averaging more than 12 points per game in the first season, he has averaged 21 points per game this season. It only took Bargnani three seasons to become A star player who can average 20+ per game.
This kind of performance is completely worthy of his ranking.
However, such a performance is definitely not worthy of the player's worth in exchange for yes!
It was only in his third season that he scored 20+ points in this poor Raptors. Yes, he has never scored less than 20+ points in every game in his career!
It hasn’t even been below 30+ this season!
The loss for one with yes is so bad that it makes people want to cry, not to mention that the team also has Bosh.
If yes had stayed, Bosh would definitely not have left!
Isn't it better to stay with the Raptors and be the second-in-command of a championship team than to go to the Heat and be the third-in-command of a championship-contending team?
It's not even clear who is the third leader between Bosh and Ben Gordon.
In short, Raptors fans are really uncomfortable right now. This season, the Raptors' performance can be said to have completely nailed the Raptors to the most humiliating pillar of shame in the NBA.
Of course, as uncomfortable as Raptors fans is Raptors head coach Casey.
In order to rebuild the spirit and fighting spirit of the Raptors last season, Coach Casey adopted the self-deceptive Amway spirit in the Raptors.
With the large number of special criticisms against Bosh and the angry scolding of the Raptors after Bosh left, his Amway strategy of inducing players to deceive themselves and paralyzing themselves has certainly failed.
Last season's Raptors, under his paralysis, were one of the most motivated teams in the league.
This season, the Raptors' fighting spirit has completely shrunk after Bosh burst the bubble.
The current Raptors look like people who are sluggish after taking stimulants. It really feels like there is no cure for them.
If it weren't for the fact that the current Raptors team is indeed a puddle of mud, and no one with a slight pursuit of fame would be willing to come here to puddle in muddy waters, I'm afraid he would have been dismissed long ago.
In the game against the Seattle SuperSonics, when the Raptors came on the field, the SuperSonics fans watching them still gave them huge applause and cheers of gratitude when they came out.
The Raptors players couldn't even lift their heads with such thanks and cheers.
Not only when facing the Seattle SuperSonics, I was so embarrassed by the applause and cheers of the Seattle SuperSonics fans. When I went to play in other places, I was equally uncomfortable by the boos, jeers and yeses from other teams, even when I was They also had a hard time at home.
It can be said that Chris Bosh's accusation against the Raptors completely exposed the Raptors' protective color and presented their ugliest and most shameful side to the world.
"As long as Yes is still in the NBA, the Raptors will be completely ruined..."
On the Toronto Raptors bench, Casey and Nurse looked at each other and sighed.
Yees did have quite a lot of emotions about the Toronto Raptors team in the past.
But those emotions all evaporated after the Seattle SuperSonics won the championship last season.
The current Raptors, to Leafs and the players in Seattle, are just an ordinary NBA team.
The current Raptors team needs fighting spirit but not fighting spirit, and needs strong men but no strong men. In fact, they are the best warm-up opponent for the Seattle SuperSonics to face the most difficult Christmas schedule in history.
The game against the Raptors was really a pretty easy game.
In this game, Ye Si easily scored 30 points after playing only 20 minutes and clocked out.
At the same time, in this game, the Seattle SuperSonics starters and substitutes all got a lot of warm-up opportunities. Even Ingles, the player at the end of the bench, played more than 10 minutes for the first time in his career. , scored 10+ for the first time.
In this game against the Raptors, Nelson was preparing for the next three deadly battles in a warm-up match, a warm-up match where he could observe the status of other players on the team.
The final observation was also satisfactory to Nelson. In this game against the Raptors, Seattle's entire team had 10 players who scored 10 points!
Ten players scoring in double figures in one game really surprised Nelson, as well as many other experts and media in the league.
"Who could have imagined that after being robbed by the Raptors, the worst team in history would actually turn into a team with 10 players scoring in double figures in a game in less than three years? team!"
"Although the Toronto Raptors are a loser, although the Toronto Raptors are the NBA's biggest joke and shame, the Toronto Raptors are still an NBA team!"
After the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Toronto Raptors 151-100 at home on December 19, many things came to a conclusion.
Many people no longer need to hold any reservations in their evaluation of the big deal three years ago. The winners and losers of that big deal of the century have become completely clear.
On December 21, 2008, after the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Raptors at home, they will start the most difficult Christmas schedule in the history of the Devils' three consecutive home games at home.
"It's finally starting!"
Sitting in the media box of Key Arena, many Chinese reporters and coconut reporters are feeling both expectant and nervous.
Cavaliers, Lakers, Heat, these three teams are really powerful!
Two days ago, on the day of the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Raptors, a game that ended at the same time, the Cavaliers once again defeated their opponent 115-98 on the road. This time their opponent was fourth in the Western Conference and fourth in the Northwest Division. A Denver Nuggets!
In the game two days ago, even Anthony, as powerful as Anthony, was beaten to death by O'Neal and the Cavaliers.
Anthony's impactful style of play, which is invincible against many teams, really doesn't work well with O'Neal in front of the Cavaliers.
In the end, Anthony was forced to switch back to his old kaleidoscope style of play. The kaleidoscope is a kaleidoscope, but it has not been used for a long time. It is true that he is a little bit sloppy. He also hit a lot with the iron. He made 8 of 24 shots and used 24 He scored 23 points in one shot. This efficiency is really rare for Anthony in the past year.
In the end, the Denver Nuggets also lost miserably to the Cavaliers at home.
After the Cavaliers defeated the Nuggets on the road, O'Neal and the Cavaliers will face their last opponent in their incredible journey, the Seattle SuperSonics.
As long as they beat the Seattle SuperSonics in this game, O'Neal and the Cavaliers can draw all the attention and focus.
"Yes, after this game, yao and I will be the protagonists of this Christmas war!"
Looking at the fat man laughing in front of him, Ye Si didn't say anything.
This damn fat guy is really good at this.
He has an innate sense of attracting media attention.
In the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Heat and the Lakers, he actually didn't do anything, but Kobe and James have been warming up and talking about the games between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Lakers, and the Seattle SuperSonics and the Heat in recent interviews.
It can be said that James and Kobe are working hard to increase the popularity of these two games.
But obviously, when the game between the Cavaliers and the SuperSonics started, the popularity of the game between the Cavaliers and the SuperSonics had already surpassed these two games.
Unless the Seattle SuperSonics can defeat the Cavaliers in this game, the two games between the SuperSonics and the Lakers and the SuperSonics and the Heat will become the nutrients for the game between the SuperSonics and the Cavaliers. It will become nourishment for the Cavaliers and Rockets, and the game between the Cavaliers and Rockets will become nourishment for O'Neal to return to the No. 1 center and the MVP throne!
The biggest winner of the Christmas game, coupled with the fact that his career is about to reach 30,000 points, plus the story of one person supporting the rise of the Cavaliers after LeBron's betrayal, no one can compete with O'Neal for the position of the biggest winner this season.
Even with O'Neal's operation, those who were originally looking forward to the showdown between Yes and Kobe, or between Yes and the Heat, are now even more looking forward to this showdown between Yes and O'Neal, wanting to see O'Neal, this fool, win the biggest prize. How lively it will be after the fruits.
Anyway, since we are making trouble, of course it is better if things get bigger and bigger!
"This damn fat guy!"
In front of the TV, James and Kobe almost simultaneously gritted their teeth at the fat man who was picking their fruit.