Chapter 751 Youth, Dreams and Depressed James

The Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Magic on the road on December 5th.

On the other side, the Timberwolves also defeated the Nets by a huge score during their road trip in the Eastern Conference on the same day.

After the two teams completed the game on December 5, their records once again returned to the same position, both with 12 wins and 8 losses.

March 6th is a very interesting day. On this day, there are back-to-back games between the Sonics and the Timberwolves. The game between the Timberwolves and the Heat precedes the game between the Sonics and the Eagles.

In other words, as long as the Timberwolves defeat the Cavaliers on the road, the Timberwolves will temporarily surpass the SuperSonics and rank eighth in the Western Conference.

However, for the Timberwolves, it is definitely not easy to defeat the Heat in this game.

In particular, the Heat are in urgent need of a victory. The Heat's current record is 18 wins and 2 losses. Although they are ranked first in the Eastern Conference and first in the league, the Heat's current record is far behind the Celtics, who are second in the Eastern Conference, and the Celtics, who are ranked first in the Eastern Conference. The advantage of the three Cavaliers is not that obvious.

If the Heat lose this game to the Timberwolves, the Heat are likely to give up their first place in the Eastern Conference to the Celtics.

This result is also absolutely unacceptable to the current Heat.

Therefore, James is really uncomfortable in this game with the Timberwolves!

After more than 20 games, the Seattle SuperSonics and Yes have still not fallen from the eighth position in the Western Conference!

More than a quarter of the season has been played, and Yes still has not given up on his fairy tale. The aura of Yes has not faded. Yes is still moving forward with the garbage Ibaka.

In this game with the Timberwolves, he really wanted to push the Timberwolves, one of the unlucky losers, to the eighth position in the Western Conference. However, in the end, he could only reluctantly protect Yes and the SuperSonics, who were ranked eighth in the Western Conference. Eight position.

After defeating the Timberwolves at home, James didn't have any joy on his face.

This made Wade on the side think that James was unhappy because the young Timberwolves caused so much trouble to the Heat in this game.

"It was a tough game, the Timberwolves were very strong, but in the end we won, didn't we?"

Thinking about getting an unwanted victory in this game, how could James be happy? However, after feeling that he seemed to be misunderstood by Wade, James quickly put away those thoughts in his heart.

"The Timberwolves are really good."

James nodded finally.

It's not that he's being hypocritical.

Although I have been complaining about the Timberwolves and Trail Blazers in my heart, even the Seattle SuperSonics, a team that has always been four-on-five, can't stop them.

But after this game, his impression of the Timberwolves did change a lot.

This is an almost perfect team except for some defensive issues.

In this game, the Heat were not only made uncomfortable by the Timberwolves, but they were also made uncomfortable by Gay.

Perhaps the one who suffered the least discomfort in this game for the entire Heat was Dwyane. Dwyane's ruthless suppression of Mayo in this game was the key to the team's victory.

Thinking that the key to the team's victory in this game was Dwyane, James' face revealed a trace of unhappiness that no one noticed. Of course, such unhappiness disappeared as quickly as it came.

James can feel that Dwyane's style of play this season has been giving way to him, but...

Dwyane will not hold back when faced with victory or defeat, especially in tough games.

When Dwyane, who spares no effort, faces strong teams and difficult opponents,

It is indeed more eye-catching than him.

Of course, his data this season is the best in the team, but if you remove the data when facing weak teams, and only when facing strong teams, or at critical moments, his performance and data cannot surpass Germany. Wynn.

James is also very clear about Dwyane's strength. Dwyane is powerful and has excellent physical talent. Coupled with his excellent condition, he has not encountered any major injuries since coming to the NBA. It can be said that now Dwyane is in his prime!

When Dwyane was at his peak, James didn't think anyone else in the league could beat Dwyane except Yes.

What's more, he was very touched and grateful that Dwyane was willing to let him go in normal times.

It is impossible to ask Dwyane to continue to let him go in key games and difficult games. The reason why the two of them cooperated in the Heat is to win!

Thinking of this, James also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter, as long as we play in the playoffs and make the playoffs and finals into simple games, I will still be the protagonist!

The reason why this game was so difficult against the Timberwolves, apart from the surprising strength of the Timberwolves, is mainly because the Heat are still in the running-in period!

By the time the playoffs are over, the Heat's running-in period is over, and he doesn't think any team can create difficulties for the Heat.

In the game between the Heat and the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves' loss and the Heat's win helped relieve the pressure on the Seattle SuperSonics.

In the recent battle between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves have always been the first to appear. As the first team to appear, no matter whether the opponent they face is strong or weak, they have the pressure to win. , otherwise you are leaving your destiny in the hands of your competitors.

The Timberwolves' loss gave the Seattle SuperSonics a long-lost feeling of mastering their own destiny.

The Hawks, like the Magic, are the second opponent the Seattle SuperSonics have encountered this season.

However, unlike the last match, when Howard and the Magic wanted to stimulate Yes's "reverse scale" to break Ibaka, the Hawks gave in at the beginning and asked Joe Johnson to personally educate Ibaka and guide Ibaka.

Joe Johnson and the Hawks are also the first team to give in directly in the face of Yes's 100-point threat.

This is the second match against the Hawks this season, and the Hawks did not change the situation of the last match between the two teams.

Although Joe Johnson was not very willing to play the role of a teacher on the court, facing the request of the team's head coach Mike Woodson, Joe Johnson could only continue to choose to accept it.

It's not that they succumbed to Joe Johnson, but that the Hawks really need to win!

The end of angering Yes is the end of the Magic!

The Hawks do not have enough strength to anger Yes and still beat the SuperSonics to win.

He didn't like this choice, but there is no doubt that it was the most realistic and wisest choice.

Even though such a choice would still be laughed at by many people.

Joe Johnson was not a person with a perverse personality. He actually didn't mind educating some promising players on the court, but Ibaka, a player who was already 20 years old but didn't know anything, obviously couldn't be said to have a future.

Although he and Mike Woodson kept praising Ibaka before the game, they seemed to believe that they really educated him because of Ibaka's talent, not because of Yes's threat.

It was just that after the game between the Hawks and the Seattle Supersonics, Joe Johnson's feeling about this game was completely different from the feeling after the previous confrontation between the two teams.

"In the end, we still lost..."

Mike Woodson, the head coach of the Hawks, was quite regretful about the result that the Hawks lost to the Seattle Supersonics in this game.

The Hawks had a great chance of winning this game.

This shows that it is the right strategy to let Joe Johnson educate and guide Ibaka and cooperate with Yes's education of Ibaka.

No matter what others say, such a victory is absolutely fragrant.

Although it was a little unfair to the team leader Joe Johnson, who had to accompany such a rubbish game for a whole game.

Joe Johnson's education of Ibaka was like Beethoven succumbing to pressure to teach him to play the piano. This was indeed a humiliation to Beethoven.

But...

"Joe, are you okay?"

After the game, Mike Woodson was a little surprised to see the No. 28 of the Supersonics sweating profusely.

Joe was not broken by Ibaka's idiocy and weakness, was he?

"Maybe he is really a genius..."

"What?!"

Mike Woodson looked at the look on Joe Johnson's face that did not look fake, and his face was full of shock.

Joe Johnson was not really broken, was he?

We just talked about it at the press conference, what do you take it seriously!

If this man is a genius, then the entire NBA is a genius!

Joe Johnson did not want to explain anything to Mike Woodson's confusion and confusion.

In this game against the Supersonics, Ibaka's performance surprised him very much, really very much.

Compared with a month, Ibaka's progress is very, very great!

Although there are still many bad habits in the game, maybe from the game, Ibaka is still completely beaten by him. With his current strength, there is actually no difference between Ibaka's 60 attributes and 50 attributes.

But as a person who directly played against Ibaka, he could clearly feel Ibaka's changes in this game.

He is not the majority of people in the NBA who are not sensitive to technology. He is one of the few people in the NBA who is very sensitive to technology!

He can really feel Ibaka's progress.

Yes...

Joe Johnson retracted his gaze from the back of the No. 28 figure and put it on the back of the No. 9 figure.

This is really an amazing guy!

A player who was an idiot before the age of 20 actually got it...

After three consecutive away games in the East, Yes and the Supersonics went to the East with the uneasiness and pressure of falling out of the top eight at any time.

And when Yes returned to the West with the Supersonics, the Seattle Supersonics brought back a wave of three consecutive wins.

After winning three consecutive away games in the East, the Seattle SuperSonics' record has become 21 wins and 8 losses. Although they are still the eighth in the West, the eighth position has been stabilized.

"I knew that the master would be fine!"

In the training hall of the University of Washington, Stephen Curry looked at Yes with admiration.

The same was true for the other players of the University of Washington next to him.

As the group of people who are most closely connected with the Seattle SuperSonics, they certainly know that the Seattle SuperSonics were really under so much pressure a week ago that they were about to collapse.

The news they got from the inside of the SuperSonics was that Rondo and many of the Seattle SuperSonics' militant factions had already taken action against Ibaka, preparing to cripple Ibaka and let him lie on the hospital bed.

If the pressure was not really extreme, even if Rondo was extreme and didn't want Yes to be hurt, he wouldn't be desperate to that extent.

At that time, not only Curry, but every University of Washington player was very worried about whether the Seattle SuperSonics would collapse before Yes could train Ibaka.

Now it seems that they are really too worried.

They don't know if Ibaka can be trained in the end, but the teacher's power is really beyond their imagination!

No wonder the master was able to teach them Coach Romar's five-small tactical system at the University of Washington when the Seattle SuperSonics encountered such difficulties.

"Master, I really want to stand on the NBA stage and compete with you earlier!"

"Not just Stephen, I want it too!"

"And I!"

"Me too!"

Looking at the excited University of Washington players around him, Yes was stunned for a moment.

Are you going to be my opponent?

Yes looked at Curry, Thompson, Green...

There are extremely familiar faces on each face, it was really a frustrating time.

"Soon."

Yes nodded.

"Of course it's coming soon, Master, we are sure of this year's NCAA championship!"

"Master, we can appear in the NBA next season!"

The faces of Curry and the friends around him are full of anticipation, and the face of Ye Si is also full of anticipation.

"This is dream and youth!"

Although I have already graduated from the University of Washington, the atmosphere of the NCAA and the atmosphere of the NBA are indeed completely different.

I hope that after these children go to the NBA, they can retain the dreams and youth that Yes has created for them.

On March 8, the Seattle SuperSonics' first opponent back at home was the Warriors, who are still ranked last in the Western Conference.

After the Seattle SuperSonics lifted the team's crisis with a three-game winning streak in the Eastern Conference, this game against the Warriors was a must-win game.

The Warriors are rebuilding this season. The biggest purpose of this team this season seems to be to give Beasley unlimited firing rights and allow Beasley to grow rapidly.

Beasley's performance both off and on the court this season is worth the Warriors' desperate effort.

In this game against the Warriors, the Warriors still couldn't create any difficulties for the Sonics.

The final score was the same, but Mike Beasley's performance in this game was quite outstanding.

Facing Ibaka Beasley, he once again scored 40+ points in this game.

The 40+ points in this game also made Beasley the second player after Yeas to score 20+ points in all the first 21 games of his career.

But this consecutive 20+ scoring record did not make Beasley happy.

After the game, Beasley complained directly to Durant on the sidelines.

"Kevin, I really don't want to!"

"But that old man in West is so bad. He forced me to take action. If I don't score 20 points in a game, my salary will be deducted!"

"Holy shit, I have to protect my hit rate!"

"..."

It would be really miserable to do what Yes does without Yes's strength.

but……

Want to protect your hits?

Do you have money?

Seeing Beasley forced to change his appearance because of money, Durant had sympathy on his face, but he was smiling in his heart.

"Hua Q, if I pay back the money later, if I don't get it back with the old man West, he will be my father!"

"..."

Durant, who was smiling in his heart, slowly changed his smile...