Chapter 365: The Skyrocketing Ball Control Attributes and Popovich’s Surprise

In Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals, the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Spurs at home and tied the score 3-1.

The SuperSonics also became the third team among the four conference semifinals to get a promotion point.

The Celtics, who are first in the Eastern Conference, and the Chicago Bulls, who are fourth in the Eastern Conference, are now tied at 3-1.

At the beginning of this series, the Boston Celtics won three games in a row and scored 3-0.

It wasn't until Game 4 of Game 4 that the Chicago Bulls waited for Luol Deng, one of the two juniors, to break out.

Facing the out-of-form Celtics and Garnett, Luol Deng scored 27 points in the game and led the Bulls to defeat the powerful Boston Celtics at home.

It also brought the big score back to 1-3.

The Chicago Bulls' young guard's performance in the Eastern Conference semifinals was jaw-dropping.

The predictions of experts and fans before the start of this series between the Boston Celtics and Bulls were not like this.

The Bulls, fourth in the Eastern Conference, easily eliminated last year's defending champion 4-1 in the first round. This team has a very good overall quality.

And the Bulls not only have a very good overall quality, but the talent of this team is also surprising.

The potential and strength displayed by the Bulls' young duo Luol Deng and Ben Gordon are exciting.

Whether it's because of optimism about the potential of the Bulls' two young men or because they really think the Bulls are strong, in short, the predictions of fans and experts before the game feel that the Celtics will still advance in this series, but they will play at least six games. match, maybe even a tie-break at the end!

A team that had the potential to compete in a tiebreaker with the Celtics' Big Three was almost swept by the Celtics.

This was unimaginable a week ago when the playoffs were still in the first round.

If in the first round of this year's playoffs, Yeez is the most impressive player, then the Bulls are the most impressive team.

Because of its wonderful performance in the first round, this young guard has gained the favor of a large number of fans and experts.

Who would have thought that this team that was so promising for the future would collapse in the semifinals.

And it wasn't destroyed by the Celtics, it was destroyed by the trade scandal between the Lakers and Bulls!

Now all over the world, the Bulls are preparing to use the Bulls duo of Ben Gordon and Luol Deng as the main body to trade the Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

Kobe is requesting a trade.

Bull intends.

The Lakers are also interested in the Bulls' two young men.

Neither the Lakers nor the Bulls took into account the feelings of the Bulls players who are still playing in the playoffs.

In the first round, facing Wade against the Heat, Chicago junior Ben Gordon scored 20+ in every game and hit key goals in every game.

In the second round after the news of the trade between the Bulls and the Lakers became rampant, Ben Gordon failed to score more than 20 points in four games, and his highest score was only 16 points, a very poor performance.

Whether it's data or fighting spirit, Ben Gordon has declined across the board.

But there's no way around it. It's hard for anyone to concentrate in such a situation. Even Kidd of the Nets was crushed by the media's "gay conference," let alone young players like Ben Gordon.

The players are working hard in the front, and the team is preparing to sell the players behind.

This is a fatal blow to a team dominated by young players.

The Celtics, who were ready for a tough battle, didn't expect this.

In this year's playoffs, the Celtics, who are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, have a smooth path to advance to the playoffs. They played the Magic in the first round and the Bulls in the second round. It was as easy as divine help.

If Kobe hadn't suddenly said something, the Celtics might have swept the Bulls.

Luol Deng suddenly broke out in the fourth game because he had figured it out. Even if the team traded him, he would have to work hard for the team.

Luol Deng's outburst was just because Kobe said before the game that he valued Luol Deng's future and would not allow the Bulls to trade Luol Deng. Kobe wanted to be teammates with the Bulls.

Kobe wanted to go to the Bulls, the Bulls also wanted Kobe, and the Lakers also wanted both Bulls players. The deal was almost completed, but no one expected that Kobe would suddenly make such a move.

However, Kobe has the right to veto the transaction. As long as he does not agree, the deal will not be completed.

Therefore, although Kobe is a player, his words carry considerable weight.

Luo Erdeng, who originally thought he was leaving, suddenly found that he didn't have to leave.

Not only did he not have to leave, but he would be teammates with Kobe right away.

It went from being depressed to being in a state of turmoil in an instant.

Because of Kobe's words, Luol Deng got up.

Ben Gordon continued to lie down.

It's just so true.

With the current 3-1 score between the Celtics and Bulls, and the gap in strength between the two sides, even if Ben Gordon picks up the fighting spirit now, it will be difficult to bring the Bulls back to life.

The outcome of this set of duels has basically been determined.

It's only a matter of time before Celtic advance.

The Pistons, who are second in the Eastern Conference, and the Wizards, who are third in the Eastern Conference, are currently 2-2 in the only matchup among the four groups in the semifinals.

The Pistons won their first two games at home.

Then the Wizards returned to home and won two more games.

In the first four games, the Pistons and Wizards were inseparable.

The Pistons and Wizards are two teams with completely different styles.

The Pistons are the representative of the league's defensive team, with defense but no offense.

The Wizards are the representative of the league's offensive team, with offense and no defense.

The Pistons' defense is so good that it can become a muscle-to-muscle battle with any team.

The Wizards' offense is so good that it can compete with the Suns, the league's strongest offense, and it's hard to separate them.

The Pistons have had a very good record against Eastern teams in the East these two seasons.

Whether it was the Pistons with Ben Wallace still there last season or the Pistons without Ben Wallace, the Pistons always won more than they lost when facing Eastern Conference teams.

Only facing the wizards.

The Pistons' record is quite dismal!

In the past two seasons, the Pistons have faced the Wizards with 2 wins and 5 losses.

When Ben Wallace was still with the Pistons last season, the Pistons were actually swept by the Wizards in the regular season.

When the Pistons had the top five, it was almost unbelievable that the Pistons could sweep the teams, even in the regular season.

It can be said that in the duel between these two teams with different styles, whichever team can play its own style in the game will win.

Said the style is too literary.

To put it simply, whether the Pistons can win this series depends entirely on the touch of the Wizards' three-headed monster.

Arenas, Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler…

The three men threw them away, and the piston died.

These three people are still not open, so naturally the one hanging is the Wizards.

Even when the Pistons were most dominant defensively, they couldn't dominate the Wizards.

Without the boss, it would naturally be even more difficult to rule.

After the big score of this matchup was now 2-2, the situation became extremely complicated and confusing.

Both the Pistons and Wizards have the possibility of advancing.

The Western Conference semifinals between the Suns, second in the Western Conference, and the Rockets, third in the Western Conference, are the matchup that the Leafs and SuperSonics are most concerned about.

The winner of the two teams is likely to be Seattle's opponent in the next round.

It's not the same style battle as the Pistons and Wizards.

This group of Rockets and Suns is a battle of rhythm!

The sun is fast.

Rockets are slow.

The Suns don't have a big center.

The Rockets have a big center.

Whichever of the two teams can control the rhythm in their own hands will have an advantage.

If the Rockets encounter the Suns who were only fast but not slow in the first two seasons, they could only run but could not stop and defend their position.

The slowness of the rocket can definitely suppress the speed of the sun.

Although Roy is not as good as Nash in terms of control, the Rockets can learn from the Spurs and use Yao Ming to help control the rhythm.

The big center can also control the rhythm in singles.

The Rockets put the Suns in a more defensive position.

Even if Nash's control is far greater than that of Roy, there is a high probability that the pace of the game will be controlled 50-50.

There is a high probability that the outcome of the game will be 50-50, and the Rockets may even have a slight advantage.

In fact, at the beginning of this series, after the Rockets were beaten by the Suns by more than 20 points, the Rockets were already learning from the way the Spurs played against the Suns.

In the next three games, the Rockets and Suns controlled the rhythm of the game almost half and half.

Half of the time in a game, the Suns are fast, and half of the time, the Rockets are slow.

The game was very intense, almost brutally intense.

In the second game, the Suns defeated the Rockets 110 at home.

In the third game, the Rockets defeated the Suns 108-105 at home.

Game 4: The Suns defeated the Rockets 111-109 in an away game.

The final results of the three games were quite close.

It can be seen that the strength of the two teams is indeed close.

But no matter how close it is, the sun still has the upper hand.

Judging from the game situation, the Rockets tried their best, but the Suns remained calm.

Nowadays, the solar energy can be fast or slow. When it is fast, it can run and blast. When it is slow, Nash can also play the blame-shifting system in positional warfare.

This is a team with no weaknesses on the offensive end, only strengths!

Relatively speaking, the Rockets may be stronger than the Suns in slowing down.

But when he got up quickly, Juwan Howard seemed too slow, and Chuck Hayes couldn't attack.

The Rockets' poor fourth position has become the Rockets' Achilles heel in this series.

The Rockets' single defense at the fourth position has a little offensive ability and is not so slow. The situation in this series will be completely different.

And what's even scarier than the absence of the fourth position is that Rockets head coach Van Gundy's reaction was surprisingly slow.

On May 14, 2007, the Houston Rockets faced the Phoenix Suns away from home. This was the fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns.

Leafs and Seattle watched the game together before flying to Texas.

"Since Juwan Howard and Hayes are useless in this round of the series, don't take them. You have to choose a less black hole between the two black holes, and finally take turns to send them. Even if the Rockets don't want the fourth position now, they are better than Be better than them!"

Not to mention Sonics head coach Old Nelson, even Sonics assistant coach Scott Brooks can't stand Van Gundy Jr.'s conservatism and poor adaptability.

There is a gap in strength between the current Rockets and the current Suns, but the gap is not big.

A different coaching staff who is willing to gamble and create miracles may have different results.

But the Rockets' coaching staff is precisely the coaching staff least likely to create miracles in the league.

Head coach Van Gundy Jr. and assistant coach Tom Thibodeau did not have the courage to create miracles.

Their miracle is only to desperately use the three main players of the Rockets.

In this series, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming played 40 minutes in each game.

Roy plays 45 minutes per game.

Not too brutal.

The NBA actually has a head coach who uses players like this in the playoffs.

Ye Si was stunned when he saw it.

Fortunately, in the past two seasons, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady have been under very little pressure in the regular season. Otherwise, they would have been used like this by Van Gundy, and they would have been injured sooner or later, and they would have been seriously injured!

The fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns is a real battle of life and death. If the Rockets lose, they will be eliminated.

This game is still at the home court of the Suns. Before the game, many media predicted that the Rockets would almost need a miracle to win.

Ye Si could see that neither Yao Ming nor Tracy McGrady or Roy wanted to lose in this game.

The Mavericks unexpectedly lost 8, and the Spurs unexpectedly lost 3-1 to the SuperSonics.

The two strongest teams in the Western Conference in the past few years have all had surprises.

As long as they are not stupid, anyone can see how good the opportunities are this year.

How could the Rockets and Suns, one of the three best teams in the Western Conference this season, not see that this year is the best chance to win the championship!

As long as you defeat the opponent, you have a great chance of reaching the finals and winning the championship.

For many players, this year is almost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Rockets are not as good as the Suns because of their overall strength and the head coach's formation.

But in the fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns, the two teams actually dragged on from the beginning to the end.

The tenacity of Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Roy and the Rockets is incredible.

"Unbelievable!"

"It's so untrusible!"

"Incredible buzzer beater! 108 to 106! Brandon Roy buzzed the Suns in 0.8 seconds!"

Listening to Reggie Miller's crazy cheers on the TV, Yes and the Sonics players around him were stunned.

Roy killed the Suns? !

Looking at the scene played back on TV, Ye Si's face was very surprised.

This is a shot that Laga Bell defended to the extreme!

This is not a fake defense performed by Yeez and Bowen together!

0.8 seconds to kill!

Roy used his killer shot to rescue a team that was about to be eliminated!

Ye Si was watching Roy on TV in a daze.

Everyone on the SuperSonic side looked at Ye Si almost immediately.

The story Roy wrote tonight, Yes, has been written three times in the past four games!

Roy saved the Rockets once.

Yes has saved the Sonics three times in this series.

Um?

Looking at Rockets No. 7 on TV, who was stumbling after being helped up by his teammates, Ye Si frowned.

Roy, hurt.

With Roy's incredible 0.8-second buzzer beater, the Rockets managed to tie the series to 2-3 on the road.

"Don't worry, my foot is fine. It's not my knee that's injured, it's just a sprained ankle. I should be able to play in the next game."

On the other side of the phone, Roy's voice was very excited. It could be heard that compared to the physical pain, the joy of winning diluted everything.

"Ye, see you in Xijue!"

See you in Xijue?

What Ye Si wanted to say failed to come out in the end. After being stunned for a moment, Ye Si nodded.

"I'm waiting for you."

After watching the fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns, Yes and the SuperSonics boarded a special plane flying to Texas.

Waiting for them there is another team from the top three Texas teams.

After watching the game between the Rockets and the Suns, everyone on the SuperSonics team looked solemn.

The SuperSonics team is mostly made up of young people, but now, the faces of these young people have a maturity that does not match their age.

Nelson is very satisfied with the current expressions of Sonics players.

This year's playoff trip has made them grow a lot.

In this year's playoffs, the team's ability to go this far in the playoffs far exceeded his expectations.

He is confident that he will defeat the Mavericks in the first round.

But I never expected to lead the Spurs 3-1 in the second round.

Now the whole world outside is thinking about the SuperSonics promotion.

With Bowen's broken leg injured, the Spurs' perimeter defense now looks extremely weak.

Based on his knowledge of **Vic.

**Veach and Van Gundy Jr. are different from so-called conservative defensive coaches.

Game 5 against the Spurs was definitely not that simple.

The Rockets can beat the Suns on the road.

The Spurs also have the ability to overturn the SuperSonics at home.

Bowen is gone, but Duncan is still here!

No matter how well Bowen performs in this series, the Spurs will always be Duncan's team!

When Yes and the Sonics came to the University of Texas again, the media gathered at the University of Texas exceeded Ye's and the Sonics' imagination.

It can be described as a sea of ​​people.

"Tonight's game is a battle for the SuperSonics' promotion. Now the whole world is waiting for the SuperSonics' promotion!"

"The Spurs have lost Bowen. Facing the extremely hot Yes, the possibility of the Spurs getting back a game at home is very low!"

"This is a game that could witness a miracle, and the semi-final with the highest ratings in history will come to an end."

"Yes and the Sonics players look very relaxed now."

"What are Yes and the Sonics doing?"

"This is the latest training created by Yes, don't you know? There was a video on Youtube yesterday."

"This training is very special."

"Of course it's very special. It is rumored that this is a training method adapted by Yes based on the principles of Rondo's massage to Yes. It can not only help Yes practice ball control, but also massage SuperSonics players."

"Is it really that powerful?"

"That's how awesome it is!"

In the training facility at the University of Texas.

Rondo spread out his body and lay on the sidelines of the training ground.

Rondo felt quite uncomfortable being stared at by so many people.

The other Sonics players on the training ground were filled with envy.

A person only has one chance.

Rajan is so happy to be in front of so many people...

Rondo lay awkwardly on the court.

Yesi squatted next to Rondo and dribbled the ball on Rondo's back.

Ye Si's rapid dribbling frequency is like playing beautiful piano music.

This picture looks quite harmonious.

It was Rondo who was lying on the ground, his expression now getting redder and redder.

Black, red, black and red.

This feeling on the back is quite special.

wrong! Rajan, what are you thinking about?

You haven't avenged your old grudge yet, and you were humiliated by Yes again!

Ye Si didn't notice Rondo's current expression, he was dribbling seriously.

Controlling the ball on someone's body is a very test of concentration.

This is also one of the training methods to improve ball control attributes.

The egg chasing practice method can no longer be practiced after reaching 60.

After that, Yesi tried the previous method of practicing ball control again.

He discovered that the method of practicing ball control on his dad's back when he was a child can still be used.

When he was a child, Ye Si slapped his father on the back three times in a row, and the attribute point of the ball control would be +1.

Now, he needs to slap the other guy on the back for three straight minutes.

And Yes has also been tested on Dean Simmons and Anthony Washington and Webster.

Practice didn't work on Simmons and Washington, but it worked on Webster.

Webster is an NBA player, Simmons and Washington are not.

This is easy to understand.

Webster, Damian Wilkins, Nick Collison, Tucker, Barea, Malik Rose, Quentin Richardson, Joan Brockman, Justin Dentmon, Pondset.

With the help of six teammates from the Sonics, three players from the University of Washington, and Webster, Yes's basic ball-handling attributes were successfully improved from 60 to 70.

Curry, Isiah Thomas, Zach LaVine, David Lee, Milicic, Millsap and Rondo underneath him.

Rondo is seventh.

Compared with David Lee, Milicic and Millsap before, it is easier to control the ball with Rondo.

Rondo doesn't have that much meat on him.

When Milicic and the others control the ball, it looks like they are dribbling on cotton.

Dribbling on Rondo is similar to dribbling on the floor, quite smooth and stable.

"See, this is the method that Yes and I invented together!"

Webster on the sidelines was quite proud.

After the Blazers won the lottery, he had no good place to fish, so he stayed with Ye Si.

Webster, Durant, Oden and other rookies from the 2007 class around him can be considered people of the same era.

Webster was the No. 1 forward in the nation in 2005. He was the first-team small forward and Durant was the second-team player.

"You want to try it?"

Durant, Oden, Conley, Noah, Horford and other 2007 rookies are quite excited.

Can be massaged by Yes.

You can also become an Internet celebrity, which can increase your exposure in the draft!

Three minutes later, Rondo stood up black and red.

Yes looked at his ball-handling attributes.

Ball Handling: 92.4/77 (90).

After replacing Irving's four-star card, his actual ball control reached 92.4!

Breaking through 90!

"Yes, they said they also want to try it!"

Yes looked at Oden and Durant and nodded.

"Can."

The atmosphere at the University of Texas' training facility is relaxed and warm.

In San Antonio, more than a hundred kilometers away, **Vicci has been frowning these days.

The Spurs are making final preparations for tonight's decisive battle.

Everyone works hard.

Especially Manu.

Ginobili's presence on the training ground in the past two days has been a rare consolation for him.

"**, according to the news from the front, Yes and Sonics players are now playing at the University of Texas!"

Play?

After Spurs assistant coach Don Newman told **Veach what was happening at the University of Texas.

**Vicci's eyes lit up.

Did Yes and the SuperSonics stop when they reached step 99? !

Could it be that Bruce has a spirit in heaven? !

No, Bruce hasn't gone to heaven yet.

Anyway, this is a big surprise!

In the training hall of the University of Texas, Durant straightened up and felt nothing special?

But Yes looked very happy.

Ball Control: 96/80 (90)!

Skyrocketing!