Chapter 879: This Time, It’s Really Desperate!
In Game 6, they failed to defeat the Dallas Mavericks in Seattle. In the end, the Mavericks dragged the game back to Dallas, which caused everyone in the SuperSonics, except Yees and Nelson, to be very, very injured.
No kidding, it was really, really hurt!
After the sudden change in the style of this series between the Sonics and the Dallas Mavericks, the Sonics players are the most painful group of people on the court!
Before this series between the SuperSonics and the Dallas Mavericks changed, the most painful group of people on the court were the Dallas Mavericks players.
It's not painful to be fouled by Durant's incredible skills.
Things really are changing.
They really didn't expect that what happened to Kwame Brown and Afflalo would happen to them so quickly.
From Game 3 to Game 6, every Seattle SuperSonics big man was in foul trouble in one of these three games.
Among them, Milicic, Millsap, and Gasol were in foul trouble in all three games. Millsap and Gasol were also sent off respectively.
Even in the sixth game, the two Seattle SuperSonics substitute players J Tucker and James Harden were sent off!
In the last game, the sixth game between the SuperSonics and the Dallas Mavericks, yes's soaring points finally defeated Nowitzki.
But the Sonics ultimately lost the game.
Because of the failure to defend Nowitzki in the fourth and fifth games, in the sixth game, Nelson, the person who is most familiar with Nowitzki, finally chose to change the lineup when winning.
Putting a big defensive player in front of Nowitzki is a real gift!
In the first two games, the number of fouls committed by Milicic, Millsap, Gasol, Durant and Ibaka was truly frightening.
So in the sixth game, Nelson used a different strategy, and the big man still defended conventionally.
But in some special periods, when Milicic, Millsap and Gasol are all in trouble, they no longer use Ibaka or Durant to block the eye-catcher, but use J. Tucker, the original Sonics. James Harden, the great contributor to the Black Eight Mavericks and the best defender on the current SuperSonics bench, is James Harden.
The final result was that the two teams played overtime in the last game. James Harden played 23 minutes, committed 6 fouls and was sent off.
J. Tucker played for 15 minutes, but still committed 6 fouls and was sent off!
It's really not surprising that Tucker was sent off by Nowitzki in such a short time.
Tucker's defense has a bit of a three-way approach, stalking and attacking. This type of style has no advantage in strength and no technical advantage, so it is very restrained by Nowitzki.
Tucker is really awkward no matter how he defends on the court. As long as he moves, he will foul, and if he moves, he will violate the cylinder.
After Tucker played the last game,
They are already doubting life!
In fact, Harden, another Sonics guard who was used to defend Nowitzki, was more skeptical about life than Tucker.
Tucker's style cannot defend the current Nowitzki, and this SuperSonics is expected.
But James Harden, even if he can't guard him, shouldn't be in foul trouble.
James Harden's talent of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is miraculous in avoiding fouls.
A thief like Ginobili didn't take advantage of Harden.
James Harden was very confident when he was tasked with guarding Nowitzki.
"You can't guard Nowitzki? I don't know, but at least he doesn't want me to foul!"
Before the game was over, James Harden, who was sent off early, stared wide-eyed at Nowitzki, who was making a killing on the court. James Harden was sluggish and desperate.
"My advance prediction didn't make any sense at all..."
"This is a truly perfect offense..."
"In addition to yes, my talent has detected another player with perfect offense..."
James Harden was mumbling something that no one around him could hear clearly because his voice was too low.
But watching James Harden being beaten like this by Nowitzki, the other Sonics players on the bench were really sympathetic and pitiful.
James, what a wonderful boy!
Usually he is carefree and happy together.
He was actually beaten to death by Nowitzki!
This situation really looks scary!
Now that the SuperSonics big men have completely turned into pimps in front of Nowitzki, the hopes of the two small men Tucker and Harden have also become pips. So the next step, coach Nelson Who will be used to solve Nowitzki's problem?
You must be looking for it from among them!
The SuperSonics need to be trained collectively by Nowitzki to get through the rhythm in one go!
In fact, in the previous three games, Nowitzki has defeated Milicic, Millsap, Gasol, Durant, Ibaka, Tucker, Harden...
In addition to Rondo and Yes, Nowitzki has actually got through to the SuperSonics!
Use Rondo and Yes to defend Nowitzki?
Forget about Rondo, the six fouls he committed were not enough to make Nowitzki's teeth ache.
Only yes!
Now, the only player the Sonics can theoretically use to test how powerful Nowitzki's offense is is yes!
When Nelson didn't dare and couldn't double-team Nowitzki, in one-on-one defense, the only thing that could stop Nowitzki from making a killing was yes!
In fact, yes was also the last time the two teams met in the playoffs, the SuperSonics and the Mavericks were the last straw that broke the camel's back between Nowitzki and the Mavericks!
In that round of the black eight game, after Tucker ended up in a foul crisis, he defended Nowitzki and defeated Nowitzki with yes!
But that's now.
Can yes now defend Nowitzki?
What's more, yes has to break through the double-teams of Afflalo and other Mavericks players on the offensive end, and defend Nowitzki on the defensive end. This pressure is too much.
But if Nowitzki's single defense problem is not solved, Nowitzki will always be allowed to score 40 points with a true shooting percentage of 70. This is really not an option. Putting Nowitzki outside, even if it is yes You fought very well, but you don’t dare to say that you can win, right?
In fact, in these three games, yes was also very good, but the SuperSonics lost two of the three games.
This is not because Yes is not good, but because the SuperSonics as a whole is indeed not as good as the Mavericks as a whole. After Yes and Nowitzki exchanged, the SuperSonics' victory or defeat depends very much on the performance of other teammates.
Durant made 7 of 22 shots in the last game, yes unless he is better!
But yes, under the double-teaming of Afflalo and the Mavericks, scored 40+ points in three consecutive games, which is already amazing!
So desperate!
The atmosphere within the Sonics right now is really desperate.
In the training hall of the University of Texas, reporters from all over the world can feel how desperate the atmosphere in the Sonics is now.
"Even in the last round of the playoffs against the Spurs, the Sonics fell behind 0-3. When they were most desperate, none of the Sonics players were as desperate as they are now."
"Yeah, in that series with the Spurs, even though they had been losing before, I could feel that the energy of the Sonics players was still there at that time, and not only was it there, but it was always extremely exciting. In this state, it can be said that the fighting spirit is high!”
"But now...Ibaka can be considered a strong-willed person, otherwise he would not have been able to shoot 10-for-10 against the Spurs under such great pressure. But in the last game, he was so desperate that his eyes were red and ready to cry. Same!"
"This cannot be blamed on these Sonics players. If any of us were faced with such a situation, we would have such emotions. Milicic has suffered 15 fouls in the past three games. Millsap has 16 times and Gasol has 16 times. These three people are the backbone of the Sonics on the defensive end this season. When your defensive backbone cannot protect you on the defensive end, and they may even collapse at any time, they will still be there. If they beat you to death in turn, you will be afraid. In the past three games, the number of fouls committed by these three people proves that if Nelson hadn't been seeking changes, he would have used Durant, Ibaka or James Harden and Tucker. If someone else shares the pressure on these three people, they may all be knocked off the field by Nowitzki in the same game!"
"Milicic, Millsap and Gasol are among the best insiders in the league this season. Even though they were trained by Rockets insiders and Grizzlies insiders and Cavaliers insiders, they were definitely not trained by Nowitzki. The training of the People's Army is so miserable!"
"Nowitzki's performance in the past three games is really amazing. If Nowitzki really leads the Mavericks to defeat the SuperSonics this season and finally miraculously win the championship, I am willing to support him and make NBA history." The strongest power forward candidate!"
"The strongest forward is controversial, but the strongest offensive power forward, or even one of the strongest offensive players, is still no problem."
The series between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks has ended like this.
It's really unexpected.
I thought that after yes defeated the Spurs in the first round and became a god again, it would be Wade, Kobe or Anthony who became a god in the second round.
Unexpectedly, it was Nowitzki who was awarded the title of God in the second round!
Watching Nowitzki take turns beating every SuperSonics player in the three games of the second round, Kobe, Anthony and others were stunned.
They know who these Sonics players are.
Especially Anthony. Anthony was really annoyed by Millsap at the beginning, and finally said that Millsap was an underrated player and he should go to the All-Star.
It was such an All-Star who was recognized by him, and with another All-Star and an All-Star younger brother, he was beaten by Nowitzki in a doubtful life.
Let alone these Sonics players doubting life, to be honest, seeing Nowitzki being so domineering in this series, they, the audience, are doubting life.
"One of the strongest offensive players in NBA history?"
May 16, 2009, the day of the tiebreaker between the Spurs and SuperSonics.
Looking at the pile of reports in his hand that were building momentum for this game and the battle between Nowitzki and Yes, Wade was a little disdainful, and James next to him was also not very interested in making such comments about Nowitzki.
The rift between Wade and James has yet to be repaired.
The two still have many differences that need to be resolved.
But on one thing, the two have no differences.
That's the evaluation of Nowitzki.
Wade's assessment of Nowitzki's image as a softie is deeply ingrained.
Not only in the 2007 Black Eight, but also in the 2006 finals, Nowitzki was an old coward.
"What if you beat the Sonics and win the championship? Haha."
James was very disdainful of the newspaper's speculation about the Mavericks' playoffs this season.
It's not just disdain for James.
The same disdain for the Sonics.
He takes yes very seriously.
But I really look down on the SuperSonics team!
Especially by this group of Sonics players who were beaten under Nowitzki's military training and their true colors were revealed.
Milicic, Millsap, Gasol, Durant, Ibaka, Harden...
Nowitzki proved that these guys are indeed a bunch of parallel imports.
Even if there are a bunch of pigs, taking turns to hump him, they won't let a weakling become a god!
The reason why this coward can become a god is probably because these guys are worse than pigs!
Yes, with such strong leadership ability, it is really not unreasonable that he can only barely make the playoffs with the SuperSonics this season.
This team is really good, these players are really good, they are great at waving the flag and shouting, but if they really want to kill the enemy, they are just a bunch of trash.
Look at Chandler, Chris Bosh, Ben Gordon, O'Neal Jr. and others on the Heat.
Nowitzki really led the team to the finals. Even if Dwyane and I catch a cold, we can beat Nowitzki and the Mavericks!
To give back a championship, to give back the most powerful forward in history, and to give back one of the most powerful offensive players in history, without even looking in the mirror!
Of course, the complaints in his heart are complaints. James is still happy to see Nowitzki defeat the Sonics.
Nowitzki's defeat of the SuperSonics further confirmed that he made the right choice to leave the Cavaliers and form a team with the Heat.
In the Cavaliers, he will definitely encounter the same trouble that yes is facing now. Just a weakling can get him and his trash teammates into trouble.
After coming to the Heat, he no longer has to worry about being threatened by the team led by players like Nowitzki. He only needs to play against the strongest opponent, even the strongest opponent, in front of his team. That was also being crushed in terms of strength!
If you can win by being crushed, why should you fight your way through a dog hole while still alive? !
At the end of the last training session at the University of Texas, Yes took the initiative to walk to the side of Nelson...
Looking at Ye Si's figure, the other Sonics players who were psychologically shadowed by Nowitzki felt ashamed, uncomfortable, and ashamed, and felt a little bit relieved.
"A bunch of cowards!"
The second master gritted his teeth and was very disdainful. At the critical moment, he had to rely on yes!
Besides relying on yes, what else can you do? !
A group of garbage!
On the other side is the Mavericks training ground.
"Dirk, the Seattle SuperSonics have run out of options."
"I know."
That is really a familiar scene...
After that scene, you soared into the sky and I fell into the abyss.
Now, we are in heaven, and we are about to meet again...
Nowitzki had a relaxed expression on his face and a relaxed smile.