Chapter 344 The Pride of Seattle!
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Seattle, Key Arena.
Deafening cheers!
"It's hard to imagine that a team can get such cheers from the home team fans after losing!"
"Supersonics fans may now regret Yes' failure to hit five."
"SuperSonics fans may also be sad now because of the loss."
"However, Yes' performance this season deserves their wildest applause and cheers!"
"54 wins and 28 losses!"
"This is the Sonics' best record in the past ten years!"
"Yes took the weakest team in history and achieved the SuperSonics' best record in the past ten years!"
"This season, Yes used his tenacity, his fearlessness, his selflessness, and everything he did to write a fairy tale for the Sonics and Seattle that is unique to them!"
"Now, this fairy tale is coming to an end, but for Sonics fans, the memory of this fairy tale is eternal!"
"The fairy tale of Yes this season will be an eternal memory in the city of Seattle!"
"They are proud of Yes' performance!"
"Yes's performance this season is worthy of all of them being proud of!"
Look at the SuperSonics No. 9 on the court thanking the fans on the sidelines.
Barkley remains emotional.
Followed Yes for a season!
From Yes's first game with the Trail Blazers to his last game with the Mavericks.
Every game of Yes is now constantly replaying in his mind.
Playing against the Trail Blazers, a perfect debut with 35+8+7!
Beat the Lakers,
The snake release tactic that will change the future pattern of the alliance!
Beat the Heat and score 58 points in three quarters with the defending champion as the backdrop!
Beating the Raptors, they scored 75 points in three quarters and defeated the team that was originally second in the Eastern Conference!
Beat the Pistons, a perfect win in two games!
Play against the Spurs and sweep this season, the most successful team in the NBA in the past decade!
Fly over Madison Square Garden, conquer the Staples, and win the Battle of Destiny...
So many legendary moments!
As one of the greatest players in NBA history.
It was hard for Barkley to imagine that there would be a rookie like Yes in NBA history!
There have been many legendary rookies in NBA history.
Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Walter Bellamy, Michael Jordan…
Now Yes has become one of these legendary rookies!
Even compared with these legendary rookies in NBA history, Yes is the one and only one!
Maybe Yes' regular season record isn't the best among these rookies.
Maybe Yes's playoff record may mean they will be swept out in the first round.
However, whether it is Chamberlain, Magic or Jordan, which one of them dares to say that they achieved a record of 54 wins and 28 losses with Rondo, Milicic, David Lee, Millsap, Barea, Tucker... such things? !
54 wins and 28 losses, this record ranked second in the Western Conference last season!
If Yes had been a rookie entering the NBA last season, he would have won the regular season MVP without any doubt!
If Yes had entered the SuperSonics last season, with Ray Allen and Lewis, Yes could have become the first rookie in NBA history to win the regular season MVP and Finals MVP!
This is an assumption!
Assumptions that never happened!
If you say this assumption using other people's names, no one will believe it, and you will even be scorned!
But if it is Yes, no one will refute this assumption!
Even those who don't like Yes will not raise objections.
Yes can lead the most trashy SuperSonics in history to a record of 54 wins and 28 losses.
Last season, any team in the NBA would have a better record. Coupled with Yes's data and performance, what suspense can there be about the MVP? !
If it weren't for this season, if it wasn't for the Sonics this season, Yes could be the rookie MVP for any team in any year!
This is Yes’ greatest achievement this season!
His performance made the whole world feel sorry for him and made the whole world willing to believe these seemingly impossible assumptions! ,
"From a perspective of results, Yes will be a huge failure this season, eighth in the Western Conference and swept out of the first round of the playoffs. However, everyone who has been with Yes for a season will know how great his season is!"
"As a Yes fan, I will always be proud of Yes this season, just like the current SuperSonics fans!"
Barkley is excited now!
Heartfelt excitement!
His partner Kenny Smith sees this very clearly.
He has never seen such a scene in Buckley!
The whole world knows how unreliable his partner is.
The whole world knows how sensationalistic and unreasonable his partner is.
Once upon a time, Kenny Smith never believed that Barkley would be like this!
This is the change that Yes has brought to the NBA this season!
An all-round change!
The arrival of Yes makes the NBA more lively!
The arrival of Yes has made the NBA the first focus of the American basketball world for the first time!
The appearance of Yes changed the title of the Chosen Son!
The arrival of Yes makes Seattle, a city about to lose the NBA, once again proud to have an NBA team!
Too many people and too many things have changed because of Yes!
Yes is the most amazing player in the NBA this season!
This is a player with magic all over his body!
Yes without the ball, yes with full strength, yes with the strongest, yes with Rondo style...
Everything about him is changing this alliance that seems to have become stale again!
Barkley said a lot.
The greatness of Yes this season goes beyond winning and losing.
Ranked eighth in the regular season and swept out in the first round of the playoffs, this cannot define the greatness of Yes!
Yes has a great performance this season and deserves the honors of regular season MVP and finals MVP!
However, Yes cannot win the regular season MVP or the finals MVP!
Ranked eighth in the regular season and swept out in the first round of the playoffs, this is the reality of Yes this season!
As someone who supports LeBron James.
He didn't like Yes that much, but he was full of respect.
He also knew that being swept out by the Mavericks in eighth place in the regular season and in the first round of the playoffs was not worthy of Yes' performance.
But, this is reality!
In the NBA, the biggest reality is performance!
Realistic results are everything!
He can understand how unwilling people like Buckley who support Yes are.
He can also understand the pride of Sonics fans in Yes.
I can also understand Barkley's pride in Yes.
However, in competitive sports, the strong is king!
The Mavericks are better than the Sonics!
And it's still far stronger than Supersonic!
No matter how much emotion Yes has in him, in the end he can only be the loser who is sympathized with!
For a chosen one like Yes, either he doesn't make the playoffs, or he makes it to the playoffs, and getting swept in any series is an unforgivable black mark!
LeBron does this better than Yes.
When LeBron was still known as the Chosen Son last season, he entered the playoffs for the first time and reached the second round.
And even against a super strong team like the Pistons, James was only unfortunately eliminated 3-4 in the end.
The chosen one needs to do things that others cannot do!
Before Yes, LeBron was doing great.
And this is why he has always sided with LeBron in the battle for the Chosen One.
LeBron has proven himself in the playoffs!
Yes, he has yet to achieve the feat of winning a series!
No matter whether LeBron's opponents are much weaker than Yes's opponents.
Regardless of whether the Western Conference teams are strong enough to beat the Eastern Conference.
Not winning the series means not winning the series!
Others can look for reasons.
But there is no reason for the chosen one!
The whole world is moved now.
I was moved by the fairy tales, miracles and great efforts of Yes this season.
The whole world knows that the Sonics, who finished eighth in the Western Conference during the regular season, are out.
This feeling is more like the elegy of fans all over the world for Yes' great performance this season.
When the touching elegy ends, everyone will return to reality!
The reality is that Yes will be swept in the playoffs for the first time in his career.
Perhaps the only time in his career that he was swept in the playoffs!
With the strength of Yes, Kenny Smith believes that he will never be swept by other teams in the future.
Being able to lead a team like the SuperSonics to a record of 54 wins and 28 losses this season.
Even if the SuperSonics strengthen a little next season, Yes will not be able to continue to be swept in the playoffs.
In the future, Yes may receive many honors and many championships.
But no matter how many championships he wins, it is impossible to cover up the embarrassment and shame of being swept this time!
Perfect player!
So far, Yes has been perfect both in terms of his personal strength without any shortcomings and his career.
But as long as he has this sweep this year, he will never be perfect!
Perhaps, except for not having an NCAA championship, LeBron is closer to perfection than Yes!
Buckley was still roaring without emotion and was moved.
This is both a summary of Yes’ past season and a send-off for Yes this season.
It's really hard for those who support Yes to accept that Yes will be swept by the Mavericks in the playoffs.
When the Sonics are really swept by the Mavericks, it may be too late to summarize Yes.
Because at that time, the media around the world probably made fun of Yes.
Just like when the Sonics lost three games in a row.
If it hadn't been for Yes's forcible defeat of the Pistons on his own.
Now the whole world is making fun of Yes!
At that time, if I summarize the season of Yes, what I will get will not be moved, but ridiculed!
Kenny Smith is silent.
In previous live broadcasts, he would make fun of Barkley whenever he said anything.
But now, he still gives all the stage to Barkley.
Kenny Smith knew that if he continued to cause trouble at this time, Barkley might actually kiss his beep.
The current scene at KeyArena is very touching.
Everyone is excited for Yes.
However, this picture is also extremely sad.
As long as the SuperSonics have even the slightest chance of defeating the Mavericks.
Neither Sonics fans nor Barkley can be like this now, showing off to Yes and the Sonics!
This is an elegy and a tragic song!
Even if this elegy is not played.
But it’s already doomed!
"I like to see this picture!"
"I like this picture so damn much!"
Jason Terry was also applauding Yes and the Sonics players on the court with the SuperSonics fans at the scene.
But there was no emotion in Terry's eyes.
There is only endless ridicule!
The weak can only gain respect with sympathy at such moments!
This not only demonstrates the weakness of the weak, but also demonstrates their strength!
The Mavericks are so powerful!
After the Mavericks knocked Yes and the SuperSonics to eighth place, the playoffs haven't even started yet, but the SuperSonics and Yes are already preparing for the funeral!
There is nothing that shows the strength of the Mavericks more than this!
"Giving you the first playoff sweep of your career!"
"Winning the first regular season MVP of my career!"
"Dirk, believe me, in half a month, you will be the happiest person in the world!"
"In half a month, Dirk, you will reach the peak of your life!"
Giving the Chosen One his first career playoff sweep?
Win your first career regular season MVP?
The expression on Nowitzki's face was not as naked as that of Terry and other Mavericks players.
But this still made him extremely excited!
These are two huge achievements!
Yes!
Candidate for the future greatest player in NBA history!
He is now recognized as the only player who has the potential to surpass Jordan!
Giving a player like this the only playoff sweep of his career?
This is a huge honor!
Jordan was swept by only one person in the playoffs in his career, and that person was Larry Bird and his Celtics!
As the only super giant to sweep Jordan in the playoffs, this has earned Larry Bird a huge reputation!
And he, Dirk Nowitzki, when he entered the league, his draft model was Larry Bird!
This is really a cycle!
When he completes the sweep of Yes this season, becoming the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP, his little Larry Bird will truly be able to compare with Larry Bird!
Even, the higher the status of Yes in the future, his status will also rise with the tide!
Half a month later, he will become the happiest player in the world!
Even though he was always modest, he was shaken by Terry's words!
Because this is not a mirror image, this is not Terry's compliment to him, this is real!
The peak of life in half a month!
Extremely looking forward to it!
Uncomfortable!
The second master feels very uncomfortable now!
Rondo was thanking the fans for their applause.
But the expression on his face was constipated, and his heart felt as uncomfortable as constipation.
This game was the first time in his career that Erye received cheers from the team boss when he played.
This game was also the first time in Erye's career that he received applause from the team boss at the end of the game.
But why is the second master not happy at all now?
As a rookie, he played all 82 games in the regular season, shooting 29% from the field and 21% from the three-point range.
Erye's performance this season is perfect, averaging 8.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game!
The league's assist leader, a future first-team Rookie of the Year player, and the team's record is also excellent, 54 wins and 28 losses.
Er Ye played a perfect regular season performance.
But why can't you be happy now?
It wasn't just the second master who couldn't be happy.
Next to Milicic, David Lee, Quentin Richardson, Barea, Millsap, Tucker, Nick Collison, Wilkins, Mari Kroos...
Everyone on the team now has a face full of sadness in addition to being moved!
sad!
Deep sorrow!
In the end, he was still eighth in the Western Conference!
Such a ranking means that their sprint for half a season has no meaning!
They still have to face the Mavericks!
The Mavericks, this is the opponent the Sonics least want to fight!
This year, the Sonics have lost 16 consecutive games against the top four teams in the Western Conference.
It can be said that there is no guarantee against any team.
But relatively speaking, playing Jazz is the best.
They were killed five times by the Jazz this season. It is true that the Jazz are the nemesis of the Sonics, but now the Sonics can clearly feel that the gap between them and the Jazz is closing.
If they play the Jazz in the playoffs, they have a chance!
This is also the reason why they are so crazy about rushing to five!
There is really no chance at all against the Mavericks!
The Mavericks are the most restrained team in the entire league against the Sonics!
Balanced offense and defense, deep bench.
There’s also Devin Harris, a player who can match Yes’ speed and explosiveness.
The Sonics really can only give away in front of the Mavericks!
Faced with such a situation, no one would be happy for any reason.
The season is over!
Even if they are unwilling to accept it, they must accept it.
The season is really over!
The second master is a player equal to Jordan!
Jordan has a bunch of Jordan successors in the league who are modeled after Jordan.
Erye also has a bunch of Rondo-style point guards in the league who are modeled after Erye.
Now in terms of being swept in the playoffs, does the second master want to be on par with Jordan?
The second master is really unwilling!
Jiu Ye has worked so hard this season to carry Er Ye and those rubbish to enter the playoffs, but he has to face such a tragic future. Er Ye is not willing to accept it!
Rondo secretly looked at the Sonics Nine next to him, and that reassuring figure was still so calm and reassuring.
I can't tell what Master Jiu is feeling now.
But Master Jiu is definitely more unwilling than us!
This season, Master Jiu has paid so much for the team, for him as the boss, and for those trash boys!
"Mr. Nelson, congratulations. The SuperSonics' performance this season has been amazing. You have built another very good team."
Facing his teacher, young general Johnson looked very humble, but it was impossible to conceal the excitement and arrogance in his eyes!
For Dirk, half a month later will be the happiest moment in his life.
The same is true for him!
There is no better coronation than defeating your own teacher!
He, Avery Johnson, can become a famous coach who will shine in the NBA for decades and never fall like his teacher in the future!
He, Avery Johnson, his journey as a famous coach will begin today by defeating the Sonics and driving them to eighth place in the Western Conference!
Looking at this disciple who was trained and promoted by him, Old Nelson sighed.
He was relieved when the calf was handed over to him.
Because at that time, he really felt that Avery had inherited his mantle.
But now it seems that Avery still let him down.
After Avery became the head coach of the Mavericks.
More like his registered senior brother **Vicci.
But he didn't have the evil intentions and schemes of Liu Wei.
He also forgot about the most important players he trained as Nelson's disciples.
In this regard, his registered disciple **Vicci is better than this direct disciple whom he values.
**Veach is a disciple of Larry Brown. Larry Brown's disciples are more utilitarian and don't put much thought into cultivating players. Larry's disciples prefer to transform players rather than train players.
**What Veach learned the most from him was offense and player development.
Plus **Vitch himself is proficient in transforming players and defense as a Larry disciple.
**Veach is one of the strongest head coaches he has ever seen in the NBA!
There is no way to learn from a head coach like this!
If he had known that Avery would be like this when he became the head coach of the Mavericks, he would not have handed over the position of head coach of the Mavericks to him so rashly.
Young General Johnson left the presence of Old Nelson with satisfaction.
"Mr. Nelson, I am looking forward to this year's playoffs and the SuperSonics game."
Looking at the disciple in front of him who was once the most satisfied.
Old Nelson sighed again.
Too bad Dirk.
Nowitzki was a little puzzled and a little surprised.
Is there anything wrong with what I just said?
Although I am indeed very happy and excited now, I didn't show it, right?
Coach Nelson’s eyes are very strange!
"Dirk, I'm sorry, I left willfully before I could carve you into perfection."
Nellie is apologizing to me? !
Nowitzki, who originally thought he had said something wrong, had a surprised expression on his face and clenched his hands tightly into fists.
He really couldn't understand why Nellie abandoned him so suddenly, and he couldn't understand why Nellie wanted to come back to the Sonics after abandoning him.
He envied Yes very much and was also jealous of Yes!
Because there is something about Yes that he does not have, and this thing is attracting Nellie.
After Nellie became the head coach of the Sonics, he wondered countless times what it was about Yes that attracted Nellie.
Now, although he is still not relieved, he has admitted that Yes does have too many things that he does not have.
However, even after knowing this, he still couldn't understand when Mr. Nelson mentioned this matter again!
Just because Yes is more attractive, can you dump him and choose Yes? !
"Dirk, I apologize to you for my past willfulness. Before I came to the SuperSonics, I always thought that the basketball I pursued was fairy tale-like flawless basketball. I didn't care about winning or losing, the championship, the team, or the players. I feel that my willfulness and selfishness have sacrificed too many things for you."
"N...Nellie?"
Is Nellie really apologizing?
And he's still apologizing for basketball, which he was most proud of?
Nowitzki's expression now looks like he's seen an alien!
"Now, I finally know what kind of basketball is truly fairy tale basketball."
Following Nelson's gaze, Nowitzki looked at the SuperSonics No. 9 not far away who had just been defeated by him.
Yes? !
Did Yes make Nellie, who was so stubborn and willful, change? !
Nowitzki's face looked surprised and uncomfortable.
The clasped hands became tighter.
"Dirk, I have told you more than once before that you are a perfect offensive player!"
"Even after meeting Yes, I still think so."
"I have told you more than once that I will make you a perfect offensive player. Unfortunately, I failed to fulfill my promise."
"This time, I will fulfill my promise!"
Looking at Old Nelson who withdrew his gaze from Yes, Old Nelson's expression was very serious now.
Such serious eyes made Nowitzki feel a little dazed.
The same words, the same promise, he was still young at that time.
After a brief trance, Nowitzki's expression became even more uncomfortable.
What's the use of saying these words now?
"Nellie, you are now the head coach of the SuperSonics and I am a player for the Mavericks."
"I know."
"It's impossible for me to listen to your arrangements like I did in the past!"
"I know too."
Nowitzki's face was very dark, Nellie, are you kidding me? !
What's the point of saying this if you already know? !
"Nellie, I'm the perfect offensive player now!"
Perfect?
Looking at Nowitzki's back and leaving, Nelson shook his head.
Dirk, you are both very close and very far from perfect.
"Dirk, what did Nellie just say to you?"
After Nowitzki repeated Nelson's words with a dark face, the Mavericks were stunned for a moment, and then everyone laughed.
"Nellie isn't an old fool anymore, is she?"
"This series will teach Dirk how to become perfect?"
"Dirk is the future MVP!"
"It seems that Dirk can let Nellie see it more clearly and truly in this series!"
Let Nellie see it more clearly and realistically?
That's right!
Let Nellie see how much I have improved since I left him!
Nowitzki is now extremely looking forward to the first round of the playoffs starting on April 22, four days later!
"Yes, Nowitzki looks ugly. Is the coach going to start psychological warfare now?"
Playing psychological warfare?
Yes and Nowitzki were teammates in the All-Stars, and he clearly knows what Nowitzki's character is like.
With Nowitzki's character, it is difficult for him to have such a red-faced moment.
Could it be that Coach Nelson has really started to engage in psychological warfare?
"Psychological warfare, that is to say, Mr. Nelson thinks we can still compete with the Mavericks?!"
"If it weren't for the possibility of winning, it would be impossible for Mr. Nelson to do such useless work?!"
The Sonics players around them who couldn't hide their disappointment instantly became excited!
Even Ye Si had a very surprised look on his face.
After the game against the Mavericks, the SuperSonics ended all regular seasons this season.
After two months of crazy sprints, it was finally time to take a break.
Even if most of the Sonics are young players, the fatigue caused by such a sprint is unimaginable.
Therefore, after the game, Nelson specially gave the team a day off.
A rare vacation.
But neither the Leafs nor the Sonics players were out having fun.
Yesterday, Mr. Nelson's psychological warfare against Nowitzki made SuperSonics players think a lot.
Faced with questions from Sonics players, coach Nelson just kept smiling and said nothing.
This situation makes these young players of the Sonics very uncomfortable.
Is there anything Mr. Nelson can do?
Give me a good time!
He just likes to bully young players like them.
Even if they knew that Mr. Nelson had a solution, they would not be complacent!
But no matter what, because of this incident, the SuperSonics continued to maintain strong self-confidence amidst the mourning for them across the United States.
After the game against the Mavericks, public opinion across the United States was not optimistic about the Sonics.
Facing a perfect team like the Mavericks, it's really strange to be optimistic about it.
In such an atmosphere, if the Sonics players themselves begin to doubt themselves, then there is no doubt that this series will be easy and cannot be swept easily.
As the head coach of the team, no matter whether there is any way or not, you need to make adjustments and incentives to the team's atmosphere.
Is Mr. Nelson just trying to intimidate us, or does he really have a solution?
Ye Si, who had just been running around his villa for two hours, stood in the garden of the villa wiping sweat, his brows furrowed.
Next to him, CCTV female reporter Wang Han was chattering endlessly.
"Yes, almost all the media in the United States said that your performance this season was perfect!"
"Averaging 32 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1 block per game this season. USA Today said that you are the first rookie player since Oscar Robertson to average 30+5+5 per game!"
"If you add steals and blocks, you are the first and only rookie in NBA history to average 30+5+5+1+1 per game!"
Wang Han is very excited now.
Ye Si can also understand Wang Han's excitement.
He did play well after all, and USA Today is chronicling all the records he broke during his rookie season.
The youngest record...
First recorded...
The first record after xxx and so on.
Just the records he broke this season made USA Today devote four pages to it!
Listening to Wang Han excitedly read his records on USA Today.
He was also feeling a little excited.
He has little interest in media adulation.
But these records are not what the media is touting.
"Yes, USA Today said that because of you, this year's NBA regular season is a magical year!"
"Regardless of whether the playoffs will be normal in the future, this year's NBA will be different because of you!"
"Because of you, Kobe has averaged more than 36 points per game for two consecutive seasons, the first person since Chamberlain!"
"Because of you, Rondo became the only player since Oscar Robertson to win the assists title as a rookie!"
"Dwight Howard said personally that it was because of you that he worked so hard this season and finally won the rebounding title!"
The three most important individual awards in the NBA regular season are all awarded to Yes, and two of them are history-making!
Not to mention USA Today has the final standings of the Western Conference and Conference written on that last page.
The Mavericks are first in the Western Conference, with 67 wins and 15 losses.
The second Suns in the Western Conference, 66 wins and 16 losses.
The third-place Rockets in the Western Conference, 64 wins and 18 losses.
The fourth Jazz in the Western Conference, 56 wins and 26 losses.
The Spurs, fifth in the Western Conference, have 55 wins and 27 losses.
The Nuggets, sixth in the Western Conference, have 55 wins and 27 losses.
The Lakers, seventh in the Western Conference, have 55 wins and 27 losses.
The eighth-place SuperSonics in the Western Conference, 54 wins and 28 losses!
The record-setting top eight in the Western Conference all have more than 54 wins, and it's also because of Ye Si!
Also look at the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference.
The Celtics, first in the Eastern Conference, have 55 wins and 27 losses.
The Pistons are second in the Eastern Conference with 52 wins and 30 losses.
The Washington Wizards, third in the Eastern Conference, have 41 wins and 41 losses.
The Chicago Bulls, fourth in the Eastern Conference, have 40 wins and 42 losses.
The Miami Heat, fifth in the Eastern Conference, have 39 wins and 43 losses.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, sixth in the Eastern Conference, have 38 wins and 44 losses.
The New Jersey Nets, seventh in the Eastern Conference, have 38 wins and 44 losses.
The Orlando Magic, eighth in the Eastern Conference, have 37 wins and 45 losses.
In the entire Eastern Conference, only three teams have a winning percentage of 50%!
This record is equally magical.
Also because of Yes!
This is Ye's first season.
The changes to the NBA are already terrifying!
If it wasn't at supersonic speed, if the supersonic speed wasn't so weak, it would be perfect...
However, if the Supersonic Speed were not so weak, it would not be able to demonstrate Ye Si's magic.
What a dilemma.
The more magical the regular season, the more miserable the playoffs.
Can we really not have it both ways?
God is too harsh on this Seattle pride.
A sigh……