Chapter 592 The Impossible Miracle

The first four games between the Seattle SuperSonics and Denver Nuggets were all big scores.

The two teams inherited the style from when they met in the regular season.

Neither team seems to be able to limit the other's sharp players defensively.

The Sonics can't guard Anthony, and the Nuggets can't guard Yes. Overall, the Nuggets' players have stronger offensive power.

It is precisely because the Nuggets' players have stronger overall offensive power. The Nuggets have a huge advantage when no one can guard their opponents' cards.

According to the strength gap between the two teams under this similar style, many experts before the game believed that the Nuggets did not even need to make any tactical adjustments in the fifth game between the SuperSonics and the Nuggets, as long as they followed the rules of the previous game. If you think carefully and play the game step by step, you can beat the Sonics.

Therefore, when the Denver Nuggets players stood on the court, the Nuggets' players on the court were exactly the same as the previous four games: Billups, Hamilton, Anthony, Nene and Camby.

Nothing changes!

In the playoffs, as long as many teams lose, they will make tactical adjustments out of respect for their opponents.

But the Nuggets have no plans to adjust in this regard.

No disrespect to the Sonics.

But the Sonics are really not qualified to ask the Nuggets to make tactical adjustments.

Camby, Nene can't move.

Anthony couldn't even move.

Should Hamilton or Billups be adjusted after a loss in a game?

Do not make jokes!

Billups and Hamilton really failed to defend Yes in the previous four games.

But considering the contributions of these two people on the offensive end, their performance is qualified.

What's more, besides Jr. Smith, no one in the Nuggets is better at defending Yes than Billups and Hamilton.

Judging from the effect of defending Yes in the previous four games.

Jr Smith's defensive effect is indeed the best.

Yes rarely missed shots in the first four games, with a shooting percentage of over 75%!

Most of the missed shots were against jr Smith, and jr Smith was able to 'miraculously' make Yes's shooting percentage 'only' 50%!

George Karl certainly knows Jr. Smith's defensive ability, and it is definitely not as good as Billups and Hamilton.

But in terms of defending Yes, this is such a metaphysics.

George Karl certainly knows that jr Smith's defense against Yes in this series is so good not because of Yes's release or jr Smith's defensive strength.

Whether it is metaphysics or other reasons, due to the team's comprehensive offensive and defensive considerations, there is no need for him to use Jr. Smith to adjust Hamilton out of the starting lineup now.

Unless the Denver Nuggets have to adjust, such as leading 3-0 and then being pulled back to 3-3.

At that time, no matter whether it is metaphysics or something else, of course you can only go to jr Smith.

If Hamilton hadn't been absolutely blown away by Yes, he wouldn't have been beaten 3-3 when leading 3-0.

Of course, 3-3 was just speculation, and George Karl never thought such a thing would eventually come true.

The Denver Nuggets are not a team like the Seattle SuperSonics that can win three consecutive games against one opponent!

In a game like the playoffs where the focus is on targeting and counter-targeting, it is impossible to win two games in a row against an opponent!

The Denver Nuggets' lineup thickness and depth of lineup adjustments are really not comparable to the Seattle SuperSonics.

Even these players on the Nuggets court can make self-adjustments on the court after problems occur.

For example, in the last game, Hamilton and Billups failed miserably against Yes' perimeter defense.

After being broken through by Yes, such a defense will allow teammates inside to directly face Yes' attack.

After the game started, Hamilton and Billups were no longer the kind of defense that wanted to swallow Yes.

It's the kind of progressive defense that goes up layer by layer.

The biggest advantage of this kind of defense is that even if neither of them can defend Yes, one of them can always help defend Yes.

This will be a huge support for the Nuggets' defensive players inside.

After Billups and Hamilton adjusted their defensive methods, Yes's attempts to hit the basket dropped sharply after the start of the game.

"Let Yes and Hamilton Billups struggle outside!"

George Karl really doesn't believe that Yes can still have such an excellent shooting percentage from the outside!

He recognized the defensive abilities of Billups and Hamilton.

And the outside offense is generally an offense with a lower shooting rate.

Even Anthony's strength has greatly increased after giving up too many outside attacks.

In the first quarter of the last game, the Denver Nuggets were blindsided by Yes's constant attacks on the inside.

In the last game, after the first quarter, the two Denver Nuggets insiders, Nene and Camby, were fouled twice. Even Anthony almost fouled twice. If it weren't for the Nuggets in the last game, It's a home game, and Camby, Anthony, and Nene will all be in foul trouble.

Facing such a crazy Yes, the Denver Nuggets only lost by six points, despite the fact that the final score was a 130-136 loss.

But in fact, the biggest point difference between the two teams was 15 points!

It was only later that after Jr. Smith came on the court, he was very good on both offense and defense when facing Yes, and finally the score between the two sides was narrowed, so that in the end the Nuggets only lost by six points.

In this game, George Karl certainly didn't want to see the same thing happen twice in a row.

What's more, this time, Yes and the SuperSonics are playing at home!

Therefore, adjustments like Billups and Hamilton are something he is very willing to see.

The defensive quality of these two Pistons players is indeed the highest on the entire team.

In this game, the Seattle SuperSonics wanted to use Yes to bring up the rhythm of the game.

After the rhythm of the game increased, the gap in offensive power between the SuperSonics and the Nuggets became smaller during the run.

During a fast break, the player's strength will be greatly reduced.

The Sonics' players are weaker, but most of the players on this team are young players.

Coupled with the sharp knife of Yes, Supersonic's ability on the run is quite incredible.

As a head coach who also likes to grab the rhythm, George Karl is certainly not afraid of fast-paced games.

It's just that in this game, he and his team want to close this series.

There is no need to accompany the Sonics in such a rhythm that the Sonics like.

"Two teams that were very fast before, slowed down this game!"

In the fifth game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Nuggets, after the first quarter of the two teams, the score on the field was 28 to 24!

Judging from the scores of the two teams' previous three games, such a first-quarter score was very unqualified.

"Although the Denver Nuggets did not make any personnel adjustments after the last game, there were still changes in the game arrangement."

"Because of the offensive versatility of Anthony Billups and Hamilton, the Nuggets' positional offense is as good as their fast-paced offense!"

"In this regard, the Seattle SuperSonics are slightly worse. Durant's offensive stability in the playoffs cost Yes a lot of 'best passes in history'!"

"Even if Durant's offense has the stability of his late regular season, it will greatly improve the situation of the Seattle SuperSonics!"

Durant's performance in the playoffs was very poor. His shooting percentage, turnovers, and other statistics were simply appalling.

According to the words of many reporters now qualified to vote for the best team.

"If we could vote now, even if he is the scoring leader, even if he is the second-choice player on a 69-win team, even if he can average 35+ per game in a season, we will not give him any vote for the best team. !”

69 wins, averaging 35 per game, scoring leader!

When these three words appear on a player, this player will definitely be the MVP in NBA history!

But this season, after playing in a few playoff games, this player was so disliked by reporters and experts that he should not even be included in the best team.

Durant is well aware of the controversy surrounding him.

He doesn't care about the controversy.

Really, now he doesn't care at all about other people's insults and contempt for him.

For him, the most important thing now is to win every next game!

Yes, he clearly sees everything he has done for this series.

The whole world felt that Yes was finally relieved after the Y Supersonics won the last game.

Even Seattle fans feel that Yes winning one game in this series is enough.

But he doesn't think so!

Yes, the price paid for him in this series is too great!

Among these costs, he does not want to lose the series!

Win every game!

This is the goal he set for himself.

Durant clearly knows that his current strength cannot lead to victory in any game.

After falling behind 0-3, he couldn't even sleep well every night. Every day he had a nightmare that he would be eliminated if he lost the next game.

Even if he doesn't care about the whole world, it's impossible for him not to care about Yes!

He has lost his hair recently due to the tremendous pressure!

You know, he is only 20 years old now!

When he got up this morning, he even felt that the back of his head was starting to become bald!

It may seem strange that the way he looks bald now is exactly the same as Ginobili of the Spurs!

Of course, he doesn't know the reason for Ginobili's baldness.

And he, he knew very well that if it weren't for such great pressure, he would still have thick black hair even when he was thirty or forty years old!

In the second quarter of the game, Durant led the Seattle SuperSonics substitutes to fight on the court.

In the second quarter, Durant still worked hard to attack with the support of his teammates.

Compared with starting time, Durant's performance in substitute time was even better.

Because on the defensive end, he doesn't have to face Anthony who has been staring at him.

This allows Durant to put all his efforts on the offensive end like he did in the second half of the regular season.

Durant, who focuses all his energy on offense, does not need to be attacked on the defensive end, nor does he need to fight against others. He has lost all restraints and finally has a little bit of the regular season.

Looking at Durant on the court, Yes nodded slightly.

Durant's strength is not as good as those outside said. It doesn't matter if he doesn't make any progress, he actually regresses.

It was actually too much pressure on Durant to face Anthony when he started.

The huge consumption on the defensive end inhibited Durant's performance in the game.

Without the constraints of the defensive end, Durant can vaguely allow Ye Si to see some shadows of what he wants to see.

It's just obvious that those outside have no interest in Durant like this.

Even if Durant performs well as a substitute, they will feel that this is the reason why he allows other Sonics teammates to create opportunities for Durant.

Although this is also true.

There is a strength gap between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Nuggets in their starting lineups.

But the difference in strength between the two teams' bench lineups is very small.

Not even a gap!

After the rotation of the lineup was completed and the two teams started playing, the point difference between the two sides was evened out.

After the first half, the score between the two teams was extremely close, 55 to 54!

"The Seattle SuperSonics can survive in a deliberately slow-paced game like the Nuggets?!"

After half the game, Kenny Smith and a bunch of media reporters on the sidelines thought they had seen it wrong.

With the Nuggets players in such a state before the game, how could they only lead by 1 point after halftime?

Facing the Nuggets' positional defense, the Seattle SuperSonics had no way to crack it.

Even Yes can only keep facing Billups, Hamilton and Bowen from the outside with defenses that are not out of position and keep throwing shots!

Facing Hamilton Billups' defense that keeps him in position, the most taboo thing is to shoot!

However, Yes means to vote!

And in the end, the Nuggets won!

107 to 105!

Watching the final score on the big screen, Yes made the last shot in a defense where it seemed impossible for anyone to hit against Hamilton and Billups.

The entire arena, whether supporting the Sonics or the Nuggets, is now silent!

Even Durant looked at Ye Si with two fingers on his right hand raised high in disbelief.

2 to 3?

It’s actually 2 to 3? !

Looking at the SuperSonics No. 9 with two fingers raised high, Kenny Smith, who was so excited about this game, even felt his heartbeat constantly accelerating.

2 to 3!

Kenny Smith looked blankly at the SuperSonics fans around him who were also in disbelief and shocked.

The partner who had been worrying about him the whole game was roaring like crazy at this time.

"The Seattle SuperSonics can't really make a comeback, can they?!"

Is Yes really going to stage an impossible miracle of a 0-3 comeback? !

Kenny Smith didn't know, but when he thought about this, he could feel that his back was already soaked!

And at the same time, the originally silent Key Arena seemed to be able to lift the whole city's cheers and ignite the whole world!