Chapter 606: The result that made the world in an uproar!
The first game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns blinded the whole world.
Even the defending champions of the Suns, who are already very mature, were already a little skeptical by the end of the game.
Fortunately, the head coach of the Suns, D'Antoni, inspired the team immediately after the game, swept away all the team's doubts and doubts, and at the same time completely regained the team's confidence.
At the end of the first game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Suns, viewers around the world could feel the confusion emanating from the Suns, the confusion of a kitten that was originally holding a handle in front of him and suddenly turning into a lion in front of him.
But before the start of the second game, when I saw these Suns players again at the West Stadium, the fans on the sidelines, the audience in front of the TV, and the reporters of the commentary media in the stadium saw the confident Suns again.
"D'Antoni is a very motivating coach and the Phoenix Suns lost their first game against the SuperSonics, but don't forget, they're still the biggest favorites in the league right now!"
"Before the start of this game, the odds given by the major bookmakers were whether the Phoenix Suns could win by more than 10 points at home!"
"Winning Game 1 will give the SuperSonics a lot of confidence, coupled with Yes's regular season MVP trophy and Durant's Rookie of the Year trophy, the Seattle SuperSonics have been very happy in recent days, but that doesn't change the strength of this team, they are still the weaker team compared to the Suns."
Because in the last game, the SuperSonics defeated the Suns on the road, and the media across the United States obviously paid more attention to this game.
At the beginning of the last game, all of these people were reminiscing about the last round of the SuperSonics against the Nuggets.
And now, at the beginning of the game, these media reporters across the United States are paying more attention to this round of the series.
Not only these media reporters, but also fans, audiences, and many celebrities who like to rub the heat.
It can be said that the second game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Suns once again appeared in the spotlight.
Now the supersonic are still the underdog, but the supersonic do have hope of beating the sun, right?
As long as there is hope, it can be worth looking forward to!
"The morale of both teams was good."
Before the start of this game, CCTV reporters Wang Han and Lin Rui in the press booth were slightly sweating in their palms.
This is the second game of the series.
But because the first game was won by the SuperSonics, this game is very important for both teams.
If the Seattle SuperSonics win, then the Suns are really in danger.
And if the Suns win, then it is likely that the danger is the supersound, maybe the Suns will directly play four games in a row and take the supersonic away directly.
It's not impossible.
In the history of the NBA playoffs, after the weak team attacked the strong team for the first time because of luck, the fighting spirit and morale of the strong team were brought up, and the last thing that brought the weak team was annihilation!
Luck, it's really not in every game.
If the SuperSonics continue to win this game, then it will naturally prove that this is not luck.
It's that Durant really has that ability.
When Durant really has that ability, the Suns can't be so desperate to flank Yes, and then the Suns will have to change his tactics.
And the whole world knows that D'Antoni is a coach who is quite poor at adaptation.
Falling behind 2-0 and still having to make a change is quite desperate for the Suns.
Of course, this is just her personal speculation, whether Durant really has the ability to score 40+ in a single game against Grant Hill, which is obviously not.
In the regular season, even Kobe Bryant can't guarantee that he will get 40+ in a single game against Grant Hill every game.
Therefore, Durant's 46-point performance in the last game was an absolute luck component that was played at an over-level level.
According to Durant's score in the last game and the final win of the SuperSonics, as long as Durant has a shooting rate of about 50% per game and Grant Hill scores about 36 points in a single game, the SuperSonics can beat the Suns.
And it's the sun in good shape.
In the last game, the Suns were in very good offensive form.
Facing 36-year-old Grant Hill, who scored more than 36 points per game with a shooting rate of about 50% in singles?
That's a bit demanding for Durant.
Durant's current strength is a quasi-All-Star, not an All-Star, to do this, at least an All-Star, and it is also the top of the All-Stars, infinitely close to the All-Star of a superstar.
Durant clearly can't be such a player.
Therefore, before the game, Wang Han knew that although media experts across the United States said that there was suspense in this round of the series, when asked which team was optimistic about qualifying, the number of experts who supported the Suns still exceeded 8 percent.
Not to mention these American experts, even those domestic experts who unconditionally support Ye Si in China, before the start of this game, they don't dare to brag too much.
I'm really afraid that it won't end well if it blows up.
Although the Rockets are the team with the best regular season record this year and the only team to break the Bulls' record that year, the team with the highest reputation in the past two years is still the Suns.
The power of the sun is engraved in everyone's heart.
For such a team, no one will underestimate, only overestimate.
As far as Wang Han herself is concerned, she can even accept a supersonic loss in this game, as long as the loss is not so ugly, and it is not more than 10 points from an outside bookmaker, then there is no problem.
Why do bookmakers draw a 10-point cut-off?
Wang Han can guess, because the bookmaker thinks that the Suns will not be in such a good state as the last game in this game, even if D'Antoni's motivation is magical to maintain the morale of the Suns, but the physical condition of the Suns players is difficult to compare with the previous game, and the Suns in this game will score less than the Suns in the last game.
And the supersonic in this game will also score less than the supersonic in the previous game, and it will score a lot less, Durant scored 46 points in the last game, and the team won by 11 points, if Durant scored 25 points in this game, then after a simple calculation, the supersonic will lose 10 points.
Can Durant score 25 points on around 50% shooting in this game?
Chances are few and far between, or impossible, and Durant may score more than 25 points, but certainly not as efficiently.
This is equivalent to Durant and the SuperSonics being worse than expected, and the Suns being worse than expected, and naturally, the 10-point gap is also reasonable.
Wang Han can guess the ideas of these bookmakers, but Wang Han naturally can't know their specific calculation methods.
As a spectator and fan, it's very frustrating that the team you support is the underdog.
Wang Han and Lin Rui are in such a mood now.
I was very nervous.
Even when Milicic defeated Stoudemire and got the first attack of the game for the supersonic jump ball after the start of this game, Wang Han wanted to close his eyes.
After the start of the game, the Suns became very resolute in attacking Yees again, Marion, Ragabel, these two players who were a little confused and flustered in the previous game, this game became firm again.
So when Ye Si jumped high and threw the basketball in his hand into Durant's hand, Wang Han really didn't dare to look at it.
She is well aware that the success of Durant's first offensive single in this game, Grant Hill, determines too many things.
Not only Wang Han is very clear about this, but others are also quite clear.
Although it was an accident to know that Durant's explosion in the last game was an accident, this game Durant will return to his previous quasi-All-Star level.
But D'Antoni was still apprehensive.
99% of the time he wins, but as long as it's not 100%, anyone can lose.
What if Durant is also in good shape for this game?
Watching Durant on the court not choose to pass the ball in the face of Grant Hill's defense, but like in the last game, when he was confident to single Grant Hill, D'Antoni really clenched his fists with both hands.
Left?
Or on the right?!
Grant Hill was under a lot of pressure in this game.
With the team's two defensive sharps, Marion and Ragabel, on Yes' side, he became the only player on the team who could play against Durant.
Durant's reversal in the last game caused him a lot of psychological pressure.
The coach said that Durant's last game was a big explosion of state, and Durant's high-frequency change of direction breakthrough most of the time will end in mistakes.
D'Antoni convinced him of his own strength.
Grant Hill himself is indeed willing to believe in his own strength, and he also believes that Durant does not have the ability to explode every game like the last one.
However, can you imagine the shock of a 2.08m player who changes direction and breaks through at a high frequency like a defender?
Regardless of whether Durant can still use those incredible directional breakthroughs in this game, he must be ready to defend these magical breakthroughs.
He's a 36-year-old veteran, and he's not doing well in athleticism, but his lateral movement really isn't enough.
For older players, the fastest slowdown is not speed, but sideways!
Those superstars in the NBA, when they are older, the fastest degradation is not offense, but defense, and the reason is the degradation of lateral speed.
Arguably, Durant's incredible change of direction breakthrough is the most brutal offensive way to deal with veterans.
If he wants to block Durant's move, he can only retreat, his body can't keep up with Durant's breakthrough, but he still has a prediction!
Is it on the right?!
Seeing that Durant in front of him completed the dribble under his crotch, Grant Hill hurriedly took a predictive step to the left, but soon, he found out that he was wrong!
It's not the right, it's the left!
Even if he has taken a step back, but in the face of Durant's drastic change of direction, there is no possibility of modification for him to make a mistake in prediction!
A moment later, there was a thud behind him!
Grant Hill didn't even have to look back to know exactly what was going on behind him.
"Drifting, pretty!"
Whether it is coconut powder or Sun fans in the Meixi Arena, they are stunned at this time.
"This is the beginning...... It's almost like a continuation from the end of the last game...... Isn't it really all luck for Durant in the last game, he really has such strength?! ”
Before the start of this game, the morale of the Suns players was quite high.
However, the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV clearly saw that after Durant's breakthrough dunk was successful, the morale of the Suns players changed from firm to wavering at a speed visible to the naked eye, and slowly began to doubt.
"Durant's left and right hands are too balanced!"
"It's too bad for Grant Hill, who needs to be expected to defend, and Grant Hill simply can't press the edge!"
"In the past, when we evaluated Durant's balance of left and right hands, the final evaluation was mediocre, but now, this is no longer mediocre, but excellent!"
"Beautiful, this time Durant didn't break through, Durant chose to pull out, incredible confidence, hit again!"
"Grant Hill is not only restrained by Durant's drastic change of direction, but Grant Hill's height and arm span are also restrained by Durant!"
"Maybe Durant is more difficult to defend than Kobe Bryant for Grant Hill!"
It's so fierce!
In this game, Durant's offense played too fiercely!
Grant Hill really is like an ATM in front of Durant!
Looking at the Suns, who were on the verge of collapsing at halftime before the game started on the court, Kenny Smith was really shocked.
The supersonic in this half of the game shocked him even more than the previous one.
If the last game Durant singled Grant Hill, it was still a little jerky.
There are also some discomforts.
But in this game, Durant singled Grant Hill, it was really handy, and the ferocious was not good!
Grant Hill's performance this season is very good, but this game was beaten by Durant at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, just like Billups and Hamilton who were beaten by Yes in the last round!
The defensive end was perfectly restrained by Durant, and on the offensive end, it was quite difficult to beat Durant because of height, speed, arm span, etc.
When the Suns used that kind of desperate defense against Yes in a game, the world knew what the lifeline between the Suns and the SuperSonics was.
It's the singles results of Durant and Grant Hill.
When the singles results of Durant and Hill are so different, the outcome of this game is naturally conceivable.
"It turns out that Durant in the last game was not the strongest, and he really just started ......"
"It turns out that Yes really used his sacrifice and hard work to promote a player with a ceiling of only a quasi-All-Star to the All-Star level......"
116 to 128!
When the second game between the Phoenix Suns and the SuperSonics ended with another defeat for the Suns......
The whole world is in an uproar!