"I didn't expect that we and the Seattle SuperSonics would have a team that wouldn't make the playoffs this season."

In the hotel in Dallas, Yao Ming, Roy and Gerard Wallace and other Rockets players now have very solemn expressions on their faces.

Seeing his teammates like this, Yao Ming didn't know what to say for a while at this time.

The Rockets were the strongest team in the league last season, with a 73-9 record in the regular season, breaking the Chicago Bulls' record for a regular season record that was considered impossible to break.

And what about the Seattle SuperSonics?

The Seattle SuperSonics were last season's NBA champions and arguably the real biggest winners in the NBA last season.

Arguably, last season, the Rockets were the biggest regular season winners in the NBA, and the SuperSonics were the biggest playoff winners.

Those are the two teams, and if you say that one of these two teams might not make the playoffs before the start of the season, you must be considered crazy.

But right now, it's true that only one of the two teams can make the playoffs.

Even if the Phoenix Suns, who are now 60-21, lose the last game against the Timberwolves, the Fixes Suns can only be surpassed by the Seattle SuperSonics and fall from seventh to eighth, and cannot be surpassed by the Rockets, who are now 58-23.

That said, the Phoenix Suns' playoff spot has been decided.

The difference is just whether this team is seventh or eighth, winning the Timberwolves is ensuring seventh, losing to the Timberwolves, if the SuperSonics win the Heat, it is eighth, and if the SuperSonics lose to the Heat it is still seventh.

But the Rockets, if they want to make the playoffs, must beat the Mavericks on the road in the final game and lose to the Heat with the SuperSonics.

In this game between the SuperSonics and the Heat, judging from the recent statements of the Heat players, the Heat will definitely go all out, and the chances of the Seattle SuperSonics winning away from home are not very good.

But if the Rockets want to make the playoffs, it's not just the Seattle SuperSonics that they can lose, the Rockets themselves have to beat the Mavericks!

The Mavericks are now fourth in the West, and it is impossible for the Spurs to catch up with the first place in the West, so even if the Mavericks' record is better than the Lakers and Nuggets, they can only rank fourth, and it is impossible to catch up with the first place, nor can they be caught up by the fifth Grizzlies, which makes the Mavericks' attitude towards the final regular season game worth choosing and scrutinizing.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the rocket is indeed better.

Because the Mavericks don't care about the last game, it's really hard to say how much power they can use to fight the rockets.

After all, the Mavericks still have to play the very strong Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs.

A hard fight with the Rockets didn't do the Mavericks any good.

But.

Even if the situation of the Rockets is better than that of the supersounds, the initiative is still not in the hands of the Rockets.

That's where the trouble comes in.

The chances of the Seattle SuperSonics beating the all-out Heat are few and far between, and perhaps it would take a miracle for something like this to happen.

But don't forget, Xiao Yezi is the best miracle worker in basketball history!

As the person who won the Olympic championship in the Chinese team with Xiao Yezi, Yao Ming knows even more how dangerous this is.

Not only does he know it, Roy knows it, but Gerald Wallace and the Rockets players who were beaten by the SuperSonics in the playoffs last season are also very clear.

"Seattle SuperSonics and Yes are in a desperate situation!"

"Yes and the Seattle SuperSonics will miss the playoffs!"

"Season reuse of Ibaka becomes the most unbearable weight for the SuperSonics and Yes!"

"Ibaka will be Seattle's historical sinner!"

"We're on the verge of not making the playoffs for the only time in Yes' career!"

This is the voice and public opinion outside now.

A lot of people are looking forward to the defeat of the small leaves and the supersound.

With Xiaoyezi's current status in the NBA, it would be really big news if he and the SuperSonics couldn't make the playoffs.

At this time, these people who like to watch the excitement will subconsciously ignore the great achievements of Xiao Yezi before.

Reason?

If these people are really rational, how can there be so much fake news in this world every day.

These people are now ignoring these things.

As a Rocket player, as a player competing with Xiao Yezi, how could they be ignored!

"We don't care about the Seattle SuperSonics and the Heat right now, for us, if we want to make the playoffs, it's simple, we need to beat the Mavericks!"

"No matter what the SuperSonics and the Heat have to do, beating the Mavericks is the only thing we have to do!"

Yao Ming is rarely so tough in the Rockets.

But his remarks did strengthen the hearts of all Rockets players.

In such a situation, everyone will be very shaken.

Everyone thinks very, very much.

This is understandable, as long as it is human, it will be like this.

However, the more this time comes, the more calm and firm it is needed.

Seeing that under Yao Ming's encouragement, the faces of the Rockets players became firm again, and the head coach of the Rockets, Adelman, also breathed a sigh of relief.

This season has been really unfriendly for the Rockets.

After losing the playoffs last year, the assistant general manager, the main culprit of the team's failure, is still in a state of disappearance, some say he accidentally fell into the sea, some say he committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea.

In short, after that, he never appeared again.

And this season, at the beginning of the season, the Rockets were ambushed by several teams in the East, and after losing a few games that they shouldn't have lost, they couldn't turn over.

Facing the eastern teams, especially those that are not so strong, you really can't lose!

Everybody is winning, you're losing, and now you're going to have to get back to the teams in the west against those games that the teams in the east lost, how passive you have to be!

They have worked very, very hard, and even the Rockets are the team with the best record in the league in the second half of the season, but they are still a little bit behind, and they still can't get the initiative back.

Although according to outside public opinion, the chance of the Rockets entering the playoffs is 90%, but they are really afraid of the 90% number, and the probability of them beating the SuperSonics in the playoffs last season is also 90%!

But in the end?

The final overall winner was the Seattle SuperSonics!

"James, how do I feel like you've been very, very excited when you came to Miami?"

"Clams? Have it? Do I have one? Mark, don't be innocent! ”

James Harden, who was in the hotel, hurriedly stuffed the swim trunks that he had just taken out into his suitcase.

I, James Harden, am a serious person, how can I be excited to come to Miami, where there are a lot of beep-beeping ladies on the beach!

I, James Harden, am the kind of person who likes big PP ladies!

"James, it's a big game now, I advise you to still focus, if you go undercover in this game, think about what happened to Sergi recently."

Gasol Jr. reminded his roommate seriously.

Hearing Gasol Jr.'s reminder, James Harden felt his PP cold.

Ibaka hasn't had a good time lately.

Since everyone's attention has been on the supersonic record.

Ibaka became the target of coconut powder and the coconut powder media.

According to coconut powder and coconut powder media, if the Seattle SuperSonics fail to make the playoffs this season, Ibaka will be to blame!

James Harden doesn't think there's anything wrong with these coconut fans and the coconut media blaming Sergio Ibaka for the SuperSonics' poor record this season.

In fact, Ibaka does have to take responsibility for the team's current record.

Although the whole team can see Ibaka's improvement, there is no problem with Ibaka's improvement in exchange for the team's record.

Even Ibaka himself admits the problem.

So he is the hardest working person in addition to Yes, and he is also very grateful to Yes and the team.

"I heard Sergi has reached out to Mr. Nelson and is coming down from the starting position?"

James Harden asked as he looked at Gasol Jr. in a whisper.

"Sergi did apply to step down from the starting position, but Sergi's starting position is not something that Mr. Nelson can decide."

Gasol Jr. shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Yes sternly rejected Sergi's request to leave the starter, and at the same time, Yes also rejected Kevin's request for an early comeback. ”

Hearing Gasol Jr.'s words, James Harden was shocked.

Yes, rejected Ibaka's request to leave the starting line-up?

According to the current hypersonic situation, Yes should not accept Ibaka's request as it comes, so as to sacrifice Ibaka's present and future, and will not lose his face.

Because now the world, whether it is the coconut powder media or the coconut black media, wants to see Ibaka leave the starter.

The coconut powder media hopes that Ibaka will leave the starter and Durant will return, so that the supersonic may still have a chance to live.

And what about the coconut black media? Serge Ibaka is still in the starting lineup, and even if the Heat beat the SuperSonics, the Heat have won a little bit of victory.

Since it is a humiliation of Yes, why can't Yes be humiliated more wordless and more vicious?

Therefore, if Yes takes advantage of the situation at this time to replace Ibaka and then replace Durant, it will definitely get unanimous approval.

But......

In the end, Yes refused......

"It's not that you don't know Kevin's state of play, and now is really not the time to let Kevin come back."

Hearing Marc Gasol say this, James Harden wanted to laugh a little.

He used to think that Rondo was the toughest in the team.

Until...... After Durant's comeback......

In the team's practice games, Durant is real iron!

According to the team's statistics, Durant's shooting rate in practice matches is not even 30%!

Not only iron, but a lot of mistakes.

When you dribble, you either hit your foot or drop the ball directly.

Seeing Durant like this, many coconut powder reporters on the sidelines really shook their heads.

He knows that many coconut powder media are privately saying that Durant is not wasted.

The reason why the coconut fan media wants Durant to come back is because they feel that Durant is better than Ibaka even if he is scrapped.

And many coconut black media may also feel that a scrapped Durant is no longer to be afraid, and it is even just enough to add another medal to James.

After all, Durant is wasted, but he is also the league's scoring champion, the league's second-team player, and the league's all-star starter.

After Durant's start, the SuperSonics will start Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Yes and Rondo. The starting four All-Stars were also four All-Stars on the Heat's side, Chandler, Bosh, James, Ben Gordon and Wade.

Therefore, these coconut black media are really shameless.

The same four all-stars, all-stars and all-stars are the same thing!

You four All-Stars are All-Stars at the level of the leading players of the four teams.

All four of our All-Stars grew up with a bunch of waste that was brought out by Yes.

Isn't this bullying!

"Anyway, James, be careful yourself, don't play too high before the game against the Heat, if that's really ......"

"Don't worry, Mark, I won't, I'm James Harden, aren't you at ease?"

Looking at the honest smile on James Harden's face and then at the swim trunks that were stuffed in, Marc Gasol felt that he was really not at ease.

This kid is really addicted to that thing, he can't change it at all, and he is addicted regardless of the occasion!

However, he reminded and reminded him, James didn't listen, he couldn't help it, he was also benevolent and righteous.

What's more, he said that James should not go undercover in this game with the Heat, and he himself should not go undercover, the inside line of the Heat, that is really strong!

"We have now reached the last mile, if you are willing to give up, I will not give up."

"No matter what the result is, no matter what the world is, since I have chosen to trust you, I will always choose to trust."

"You don't have to do anything else, stand on the pitch and give it your all regardless of the result, that's what I want to see you do."

"Sergi, don't let me down."

Mark Gasol and James Harden walked out the door and saw Ibaka coming out of Yes's room.

Looking at Ibaka who was standing at the door of Yes with his fists clenched tightly at this time, Mark Gasol and James Harden originally wanted to say hello, but in the end they couldn't make a sound.

The two saw Ibaka bow deeply in front of the door, and then left without looking back.

Seeing Ibaka's originally dazed back become extremely determined, Harden and Gasol looked at each other with a look at each other.

April 14, 2009, American Airlines Arena, Dallas.

When the game between the Mavericks and the Rockets ended, when the big score on the scene was written 101-106, the press box of the entire arena exploded in an instant after a moment of silence!

And James, who had been standing in front of the TV, was also relieved.

"Guy who doesn't know the times!"

James scolded Nowitzki and Avlaro, who were all out in this game.

But waste is waste after all!

What about going all out!

It's different, but it still sets up a perfect stage for me!

The wheel of history will not change because the mantis arm of the little man is a car!

Looking at the Western Conference record table played on TV, James's eyes radiated an incredible light!