Chapter 842: The Shock of the World!
April 15, 2009, American Airlines Arena in Miami.
As the home of the Miami Heat, although the enthusiasm of local fans for basketball in Miami is relatively low, compared to basketball, perhaps the beach by the sea is more attractive.
But today, on this special day that many people think will go down in the history of basketball and the NBA, American Airlines Arena Miami is packed!
"Will Yes really miss the playoffs for the first and only time in his career tonight?"
"Will tonight's Yes really be the biggest Waterloo of his career?"
"Averaging 44 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3.5 steals and 2.5 blocks per game, will a player who can get such incredible data in the NBA not be able to make the playoffs in the end?"
In the stands of the American Airlines Arena in Miami, whether it was ordinary spectators, commentators or reporters, all whispered.
Obviously, this game is definitely not only because Miami Heat fans want to witness such a 'historic moment', but also because many, many fans across the United States also want to witness such a historical moment.
Even many people who are indifferent to basketball want to join in the fun to witness this historical moment!
After the Rockets defeated Nowitzki and Afralo away yesterday but the other players pulled their hips, the whole world, the public opinion in the United States, is that Yes will miss this year's playoffs!
It is even rumored that after watching the Rockets' away game against the Mavericks, David Stern stood there for a full hour in a state of despair!
Understandably, Yes and the Seattle SuperSonics missed the playoffs, and the biggest loss was the NBA.
Yes, of course, the loss is big, but it's mainly a loss of reputation, a loss of David Stern and the Alliance, that's really a lot of loss of money and interests!
In today's game between the Heat and the SuperSonics, David Stern also came to the scene.
He couldn't bear to come to the scene.
However, compared to being unbearable, he felt that Yes needed his comfort more after the game.
As the president of the NBA, a year of losses is difficult, but as long as Yes is still there, there will be opportunities in the future, right?
At this time, in the front row of the stands, in addition to the heavy-faced David Stern, and those celebrities who came from all over the United States to watch the excitement, the figure of Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, is undoubtedly the most attractive.
As long as you see Jordan standing in his seat and talking and laughing with the celebrities next to him, everyone can see that Jordan seems to have walked out of the slaughter of his alma mater by Yes in the NCAA finals just 10 days ago.
Jordan is in a really good mood right now.
Since becoming the owner of the Bobcats, Jordan doesn't even remember a time when he was happy to watch a game live.
No kidding, being the boss of the Bobcat, that's really miserable!
Such a weak team, when he plays against an opponent who can make him excited, he will be beaten by this opponent.
Especially after Yes appeared, he even had a psychological shadow on watching the game live or watching the game in front of the TV.
Even he doesn't know how many times he has made up his mind to quit this bad habit of watching NBA games.
But as it turned out, he really couldn't quit.
Fortunately, I didn't quit.
If he really quit, he wouldn't have been able to wait for such an interesting game.
"Michael, in order to see Yes 'make history', you came from Charlotte on purpose, you are too bad!"
"Hahahaha, don't talk nonsense, I'm not here today to see Yes 'make history', I want to see the mushroom cloud exploding over Miami tonight, it's the most brilliant fireworks!"
Jordan gentleman said elegantly.
"Michael...... You're right, maybe tonight in Miami will indeed be a night like a nuclear explosion, maybe we're all here to see the most brilliant fireworks. ”
Nuclear explosion?
The most brilliant fireworks?
Of course!
Jordan is a gentleman and has an elegant smile, becoming a gentleman and more elegant.
"LeBron, I said our chance will come eventually!"
"Your path, our path, is still right after all!"
In the player tunnel of the American Airlines Arena, Wade said to James emotionally.
Even in the players' tunnel, they can feel the excitement and anxiety in the stadium!
Opportunity!
Road!
James is glad!
After the Christmas war, he was really beaten by Yes and doubted his life.
Even Ibaka, who was defended by Yes on the pitch, didn't dare to sit and play.
I thought that my offensive strength had reached the level of 2016 seven years later.
But it wasn't until he broke out after the All-Star break that he found out that at the time of the Christmas game, he simply didn't reach his top level in the future of 2016!
Because after the All-Star, he really reached such a level!
Since he reached the level of the technical peak of 2016 after the All-Star, it is natural to think that the All-Star has reached the illusion.
At that time, he was beaten to doubt that his life was going to change his basketball path, and the idea was naturally wrong.
Not only should his basketball path not change, but his basketball path has brought him 26 consecutive wins, and his style of play has earned him the MVP of this year's regular season!
As long as this game beats Yes, the regular season MVP is 100% his!
Yes is now one of the biggest favorites for MVP, but a player who is eighth in the West is barely qualified for the MVP, and a player who is ninth in the West definitely doesn't qualify!
Without Yes holding him back in the MVP, O'Neal, Kobe, Bowen, no one would be his opponent!
27 wins in a row!
Plus his stats!
With the victory of this game, he will be crowned king this year!
"Our time has finally come!"
"The foundation of our holy capital has finally been built!"
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This game between the SuperSonics and the Heat has a lot of attention, a lot of attention.
The attention of this game is not only about the number of fans in the stadium, but also the number of celebrities in the stadium.
It's more about how many people are paying attention in front of the TV!
Needless to say, the rocket is now sitting in front of the TV nervously.
Nowitzki and Avlalo, who had already tried hard to beat the Rockets yesterday, are now watching the game with the same frown.
The two of them really worked hard yesterday.
But to help Yes, it's a decision they made out of friendship, out of their hearts.
But this is only the interests of the two of them, and they are not people who take their own interests to hijack the interests of the team.
For the interests of the Mavericks, Yes has nothing to do with whether the SuperSonics make the playoffs or not, but what matters is this round of focus matchup with the Grizzlies in the first round.
Anyway, no matter who makes the playoffs between the SuperSonics and the Rockets, they will definitely lose to the Spurs in the first round.
As for the recent news that Durant is scrapped, if Durant is really scrapped, this year's supersonic will be like this.
So, who will win the supersonic and the rocket really doesn't really mean anything to the Mavericks.
Nowitzki and Avlaro are unlikely to force their teams to work for Yes with them.
Although in the end, the efforts of the two of them ultimately failed.
However, both Nowitzki and Avlaro still hope that Yes can finally make the playoffs.
Although the reputation of being out of the first round is not so good.
But at least it's in the playoffs.
If you don't make the playoffs, it's a real injury to a player of Yes's current level!
"Do you say, Yes and hypersound can pull off miracles?"
In the Spurs' locker room, the Spurs' home game against the Thunder is the last game of the regular season this season, because Chris Paul has ended the schedule early, and they have also determined the first place in the West in advance, so today's game with the Thunder, the Spurs really don't have any interest and difficulty.
Everyone is staring at this game between the SuperSonics and the Heat.
Unlike the Mavericks, the Rockets and the SuperSonics, the two teams that eventually made the Western Conference playoffs, were their opponents in the first round!
For the Spurs and Popovich, they certainly hope to play the supersonics in the first round.
Relatively speaking, the Rockets are really not that easy to fight.
The Rockets don't look at the regular season and are now ninth in the West, mainly because this team has lost too many games to the East in the first time.
In the second half of the season, when the Rockets got used to playing without Maddie and Artest, the team had the best record in the West in the league.
Who is harder to fight, rocket or hypersonic?
This can be seen from the direct confrontation record of the Rockets and SuperSonics this season.
Swept!
This season the Rockets swept the SuperSonics!
The Rockets are the only two teams in the entire West that can sweep the SuperSonics in the regular season!
The Spurs didn't do it, the Lakers didn't do it, the Grizzlies didn't do it, the Nuggets didn't do it, the Rockets and Mavericks did!
Therefore, whether it is out of the idea of revenge like Yes or out of the team's own interests, the Spurs, as the first in the West, hope that the SuperSonics will be the team's first-round opponent.
Especially after the X-factor Durant of the supersonic is abolished, Yes and the supersonic are sure to fish this season!
"The SuperSonics need to beat the Heat if they want to make the playoffs, and it's really hard to ......"
Looking at the incredible throwing of magnesium powder in their hands when James and Wade played with the Heat players on TV, many players in the Spurs are in a very dignified mood now.
They want to believe that their first-round playoff opponent is likely to be the Rockets, but they still hope that Yes can do a miracle in this game.
"He's not going to be absent."
What the?!
Just when the Spurs were worried about Yees and the SuperSonics, Bowen, who sat in front of the TV tonight without saying a word, actually spoke.
Everyone looked at Bowen with curiosity and incredulity.
If their ability to understand is not wrong.
Bowen thinks Yes and SuperSonics, which have less than a 5% chance of winning, can win in the end?
Just kidding, right?
"Bruce ......"
"He's going to win this fight."
Bowen tried to keep his face looking so confident and calm.
But in his heart, he was gritting his teeth.
He hoped to never see this demon again.
But......
Bowen is very uncomfortable right now.
But what made him even more uncomfortable was that these teammates who trusted him so much had that excitement and expectation on their faces after hearing his words......
"Since the master said Yes can win tonight, although we don't know how he will win, let's take it as God's guidance to us!"
God's guidance for us!
When Bowen heard Ginobili's words, he felt even more uncomfortable, and even broke down at that moment and wanted to commit suicide.
These people he loves, these people who trust him, in their hearts, he is God......
But in reality, he led them into the abyss...... Demon.
Today's game against the Heat, Ye Si has been looking forward to it for a long, long time, and he has been practicing for this game before.
Of course, from the eyes of James standing in front of him, Ye Si can also see that James has been looking forward to this game for a very, very long time.
The last time the two teams met, he took advantage of his familiarity with James to score 100 points in front of James and almost broke James.
According to James's character, he is probably eager for revenge, I don't know how long he has been anxious, right?
Of course, on the surface, you can never tell how eager he is, if you don't pay close attention to his eyes.
Just like when the two were teammates in 2016, if you just look at James on the surface, you would never have guessed that he could do those incredible things for the sake of victory, for the sake of honor.
He cares about other people's scolding, and when he really makes up his mind to do something, he doesn't care about anyone's scolding.
This is the James he knew.
A very complex and very simple James.
Yes was looking at James, and James was also looking at Yas.
He just looked at it, but he really didn't understand what the strange look in Ye Si's eyes meant by the strange expression on his face.
"Don't worry so much, this game, just run over, it's fine!"
Run over Yes, run over supersound, he is confident!
It's not just James who has faith, but those who support him are equally confident.
"In a match that will determine the height of his career, Yes still hasn't given up on Ibaka!"
Yees and James were looking at each other.
But as a commentary on the sidelines, Kenny Smith and Barkley had all eyes on the supersonic No. 28 Ibaka on the pitch.
This is a figure that makes Kenny Smith regret and makes Barkley desperate!
"This rookie, why is it still on the field!"
To be reasonable, Barkley really wanted to cry.
This rookie has dragged Yes down for a whole season, and this is really going to be staged from beginning to end.
"Maybe that's what Yes loves about Durant."
The SuperSonics were not the starters of Durant, and Kenny Smith was a pity, but after the pity, a smile appeared on his face.
By the time the starters of both teams appeared on the pitch, commentators from all over the world were now fully focused on the starters of the game.
The Heat, who are playing at home, have Tyson Chandler as the starting center, Chris Bosh as the starting power forward, LeBron James as the starting small forward, Ben Gordon as the starting point guard, and Wade as the starting point guard.
On the SuperSonics' side, the starting center is Milicic, the starting power forward is Millsap, the starting small forward is Ibaka, the starting scoring guard is Yes, and the starting point guard is Wade.
Both teams are regular lineups.
With a whistle from the referee on duty, Crawford, Milicic and Tyson Chandler, who were jumping in the center circle, jumped high.
Milicic and Chandler's jump ball strength is similar, both of them are one of the four kings of the jump ball world, and their jump ball is between them.
So it's normal for either of the two to win in the end.
But when the jump ball ended, almost the entire audience gasped.
Because!
"Milicic is a bit tight in this game!"
As a result of this jump ball, Milicic was actually defeated!
"This game is really dangerous!"
Even Kenny Smith was surprised at this time.
The pressure on the superSonics players in this game is indeed huge!
SuperSonics players are notoriously unafraid of pressure, and Milicic is one of the best.
After Milicic entered the NBA, he didn't experience anything, Larry Brown's abuse, his status as a parallel import, and then to the later All-Star.
Milicic was able to climb from the abyss to heaven again, which required great mental strength to support.
But even he was affected by the huge pressure faced by the supersonics in this game!
Milicic lost the jump ball, and the people who supported Yes and the SuperSonics on the sidelines were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, and the entire aviation arena was completely occupied by Heat fans.
“MVP! MVP! MVP! ”
“MVP! MVP! MVP! ”
“MVP! MVP! MVP! ”
After receiving Chandler's jump ball, Wade dribbled the ball across the half court and handed the basketball to James under Rondo's harassment, and the entire American Airlines arena resounded with incredible MVP cheers.
"This is Wade's request to Heat fans before the game!"
"He doesn't want to hear any more boos for James, what he wants to hear is cheers for James!"
"The MVP cheers of the audience are not only Wade's support, but also James's own performance, the performance of the last 26 consecutive wins, James has conquered the fans and players in Miami!"
Has James conquered Miami's fans and players?
No one knows such a thing as the human heart.
But on the face of it now, it seems that James has indeed conquered Miami's players and fans.
Now it seems that everyone in the world is building a shining leading stage for James.
Yesterday's Rockets, today's Wade and Heat fans.
Everyone has this stage ready for James, he just needs to dance on this stage!
Holding back the excitement in his heart, James looked at the familiar person in front of him who wanted to swallow it in one bite at the top of the arc, his face was full of excitement.
"The Seattle SuperSonics are not defending James in this game, it's Ibaka, it's Yes!"
"Now Yes defends James, the difference in size is too big, right?"
"No matter how you look at this, Yes can't defend James!"
"Originally, I thought Ibaka would top it first, and then Yes would help defend it!"
"Now Yes not only continues to keep Ibaka's starter, insists on continuing to trust Ibaka, but also takes away the most difficult task of Ibaka's game, with such a boss, Ibaka is too happy, right?!"
Seeing the confrontation between James and Yes, many people were in an uproar.
And Ibaka, now her lips are clenched tightly and her fists are clenched tightly.
At this moment, he even felt that even if he broke his leg for Yes like Durant, he would not be able to repay Yes's kindness and trust.
Looking at the contrast between Yes's emaciated body and James's massive body, the emotion was suffocating.
In the last game against the Heat, Yes did not face James directly many times.
In his last game against the Heat, the goal was to score 100 points, not a five-double.
He doesn't need as many steals, and he doesn't need to take as many blocks.
But this game is different, if it's just a help defense, the block may not be a problem, but the steal is not so easy.
Miami Heat's first offense, after James suppressed the excitement in his heart, he didn't think so much, Yes's power confrontation is very strong, especially after Yes is fat, stronger.
But!
Now Yes, there is no way that any force confrontation can directly stop his crushing!
James looked at Yes, who was one step away, and didn't pull directly outside the three-point line.
Yes, of course, knew James wasn't going to go straight from beyond the three-point line in the first place.
"James is starting!"
"Incredible impact, incredible breakthrough, LeBron James' breakthrough seems to be like a torrent of steel!"
James' breakthrough was shocking!
This breakthrough of great strength and beauty, coupled with the contrast with Ye Si's figure, is even more shocking.
"Yes didn't go straight up!"
"Yes, I don't dare to collide with LeBron James!"
"Yes, get out of the way!"
Yes actually got out of the way?!
James' face was rather dark.
This feeling is like a duel between two peerless swordsmen, and the two faced each other for a long time, but in the end, one ran away directly when the other drew his sword!
This Nima is simply disgusting!
If it weren't for the victory that crushed Yes, even if he really won in the end, he wouldn't feel so fragrant!
James, who ran over Yes and went to the basket, saw Ibaka who ran over to help defend, and he didn't slow down at all, and rushed over directly!
"Incredible power!"
"Ibaka is not a Yes!"
Although Ibaka is useless, this guy's strength is indeed not comparable to the current Yes.
However, Ibaka was directly hit by James and almost flew out!
Seeing what happened to Ibaka like this, those people realized what the right decision Yes had just made to let James die!
"No matter who it is, whoever stands in front of me tonight, there is only one word, and that is death!"
After running over Ibaka, James still did not slow down, but was ready to continue to kill under the basket!
At the same time, the American Airlines Miami Arena, which was originally boiling, has become even more boiling.
Such a boiling made James feel that it was not directly crushing Yes, but exciting and exciting!
It's just that just as James was about to welcome his own bigger cheers, the entire American Airlines Arena suddenly changed from an explosion-like atmosphere to silence in an instant!
"Be careful!"
What the?!
Is this Wade's voice?
Just when James didn't know why the arena was suddenly silent and why Wade suddenly made such a sound, a figure like lightning swept past him!
Lightning?!
No, not lightning!
Be...... Yes?!
James, who couldn't stop the car and hit Milicic, turned around suddenly, and the speedy figure was the familiar supersonic nine!
"Yes broke the ball in James's hand?!"
Kenny Smith, who was already about to cheer, stood up excitedly and looked incredulous!
Yes, in James's high-speed breakthrough, he actually used his incredible explosive power to cut James' ball directly from behind!
Yes is very explosive and can catch up with the tank sprint like James, which he recognizes.
But!
At James' pace, James is not O'Neal's grandmother!
Yes, even if he can catch up with James, and even have enough explosiveness to think about how to break James's ball, but how does he know the rhythm and frequency of James' dribbling?!
If you don't know the frequency and rhythm of James' dribbling, no matter how explosive Yes is, it is impossible to break James's ball!
Yes, of course, it's impossible to know how often and rhythmically James dribbles!
Even the players themselves don't know the rhythm and frequency of their dribbles, let alone outsiders!
But!
It's not a delusion just now, yes is just breaking James's ball!
As if a supernatural event, Yes really stole the basketball directly from LeBron's hand in the high-speed breakthrough!
And that's why the entire American Airlines arena is so silent now!
Supernatural!
The process of Yes cutting off the James ball just now seems to be like a supernatural event!
No one would have thought that James would be cut off in that situation!
Therefore, until Yes's one-stop layup was successful, the entire arena, whether it was the players on the court, the fans on the sidelines, and even the audience in front of the TV, seemed to be frozen!
"2-0, the first to score the first point of this game was actually Yes and the SuperSonics?"
Barkley looked at the figure on the court who walked back calmly after completing the layup, and his face was sluggish.
James' face was dark.
Feel the silence all around.
James' face is really quite dark.
He really didn't expect that the stage he had built for himself, the first performance, would actually end in failure!
"LeBron, don't worry too much, it's just an accident, this is Yes's gamble, we must not be affected by Yes's gambling defense this time!"
"I know."
Wade could see what he could see, how could he not see it.
How could Yes know that his dribbling rhythm was so fast and he was stealing him accurately, Yes's steal just now was a gambling steal!
A gambling-style steal to disturb his mind!
"Next time, I won't give him such a chance!"
Yese's steal on James' first offense was really impressive.
However, after a brief shock, the scene of the American Airlines arena came to life again.
No way, even the supersonic players think that Yes's steal just now was a gambling steal.
However, although this gambling steal did not deter James and the Heat, it did make some changes in the atmosphere of the court.
The nervousness of the supersonic players has indeed been relieved to a certain extent.
And the MVP cheers of the Heat fans at the scene were not so energetic.
Such a change may not seem like much, but it is not a lot, and Yes can feel it, and James can certainly feel it.
And that's the last thing he wants to see!
He misses the crazy attention and MVP voice before the game!
He's going to get that attention and MVP again!
He's going to beat Yes!
He's going to crush Yes!
The Heat's second offense, Wade passed halftime and once again put the ball in James' hands.
As a superstar, willing to be a dribbler for James, willing to run for James without the ball, and willing to assist James to such a role, many fans of James feel embarrassed.
And this is also the reason why many Wade fans don't like James very much, Wade is too humble to James, so humble that Wade's fans can't stand it.
"James really rushed to Yes again!"
Bryant watched James' offensive options on TV without the slightest surprise.
And this time, Yes is still out of the way again!
It's almost exactly the same as the last time the two of them attacked and defended!
"No, it's different!"
"Although the last steal was an accident, it still had a very big impact on James!"
"James didn't choose to rush to the end, James didn't crush Ibaka, James shook off the Ibaka who helped defend and was about to shoot!"
Very refined offensive options!
It's hard to imagine that such a fierce player can attack so exquisitely!
It's just that!
Just when Kobe Bryant was admiring James's offensive choice, a sudden snap on the TV made Kobe's eyes shrink rapidly.
"This, how is it possible?!"
Cap?!
It's not just the cap, it's more incredible than the cap, Yes has been waiting in the air for a long time!
And Yes, who was waiting in the air, seemed to know that James could shoot, as if he knew what the shooting arc was, and in the air, he directly fanned the flying basketball directly to James's body!
It's smashing!
Looking at the basketball that smashed into him, James's face was full of horror, and he didn't know if his reaction was really fast or Yes deliberately wanted to smash his face, the basketball flew too right, he held the basketball in his mouth with both hands and pushed the basketball out with all his might!
It's just that what makes James desperate is that this time it's not a snap!
He was about to push the pass to the other side, and Wade's basketball was intercepted directly by Yes in the air......
"It's incredible, Yes blocked LeBron James, and then stealed LeBron James!"
Watching this scene on the pitch, Barkley was completely resurrected!
And Kenny Smith next to him is completely blinded at this time!
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James, a block and a steal by Yes in one round?!
Boom!
Looking at the James who fell to the ground and sat on the ground with a dull face and looked at Yes standing in front of him, Kenny Smith's face was also dull!
When the game began, Kenny Smith was just as sluggish as the live Heat fans, Heat players, reporters and the audience in front of the TV.
This game should have been a big win for the Heat, but it started like this!
10 to 2!
Looking at the score on TV, Yao Ming and Roy and the rocket next to them went up and down, and their eyes were wide and they couldn't even breathe for a while......
His eyes had been wide since the start of the game, and Adelman even felt like his eyes were sour now.
Why is this happening?
Why is this happening!
Looking at the supersonic 9 coming off the pitch on TV, Adelman felt his heart go into a trance......
He could feel his shock at this time.
He can also clearly feel the shock of the world from the TV and his own side!