Chapter 870: Everything Is Back and the NBA's Biggest Delusion!
Although public opinion in the United States feels that the Mavericks have a great advantage.
The Mavericks themselves feel they have a big advantage.
But Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks' players are still quite cautious about the first game against the SuperSonics.
The impact of this series between the SuperSonics and Spurs is still being felt today.
Just like no one wanted to be the second of the Mavericks before, who dares to be the second of the Spurs now?
And Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks' pre-game compliments to Yes and the SuperSonics are really what they have in mind, not just words.
They're really looking forward to tonight's game against the SuperSonics, which could be a big battle comparable to the Lakers and Nuggets.
The whole world can look down on hypersonics, and the whole world has reasons to look down on hypersonics.
But the Mavericks, they were the team that was blackened by the SuperSonics two years ago!
Two years ago, they capsized in the first place in the west, how can they still capsize now because of mental matters.
Before the Mavericks' home game against the Hypersonics, the Mavericks are really preparing for a big battle with the Hypersonics.
It's just that when the first divisional semifinals between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks were played, looking at the score on the sideline scoreboard, the expressions on the faces of Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks players who thought that this game would be a big game were a little embarrassed.
They won the first game of the series against the SuperSonics with considerable ease......
The score of the match also shows this.
115-94, the Dallas Mavericks won by 21 points at home.
And in this game, the Mavericks really led from the beginning of the game until the end.
I thought it would be a big battle, but in the end, they easily won by 21 points!
I thought it would be a fierce battle from beginning to end, but I didn't expect that the supersonic leading players, their most feared Yes, simply didn't play a minute in the fourth quarter.
In fact, in the fourth quarter of the game, Yes and the superSonics, who had played seven games against the horses, did not stop playing.
After the end of the third quarter, the superSonics could not save the game.
The reason for this is simple.
That's Durant, who came back after a year, played a familiar and unfamiliar iron in this game.
"7-of-33 shooting, 2-of-11 three-pointers, 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 7 turnovers......
"It's the Durant we know and don't ...... again"
After the game, looking at Durant's technical statistics for the first game of Durant's comeback, Barkley was really a little crying and laughing.
There has been a lot of news about Durant's bad form, and of course he knows it.
He also knew that Durant's performance in this game would not be very good, but really, he didn't expect it to be so bad!
What he didn't expect was that Yes's love for Durant could be so deep.
In the first game of his comeback, he passed the ball to Durant like crazy and fed Durant cakes.
It can be seen that Yes is enjoying the familiar feeling of being paired with Durant.
In response to Yes's familiar feeling of him, Durant is also very good, and the response to Yes is to let Yes, the 'Seattle Iron God' that SuperSonics fans are very familiar with, this game Durant is really iron!
Even if the iron Yes hits 32 points in the first three quarters, it can't be saved!
"It seems that our expectations were correct, and Durant's offense has fallen back to square one after a major injury."
"Although Durant's defense has not only not declined but improved after a major injury, Yes and the SuperSonics need Durant's offense more than ever, but he seems to be completely gone now."
Shooting 7-of-33 in the game and 2-of-10 in the fourth quarter, Durant's comeback first game reminded the world of the Iron God who made coconut fans tremble, the Seattle Iron God who shot at least 30 times per game and hit at least 20 irons.
As for Durant's state, media reporters across the United States are hoping for a miracle.
But in the end, the game taught the world that miracles don't happen that easily.
"7 of 33 shots ......"
Seriously, don't say it's anyone else, even Yes, who was sitting on the sidelines watching in the fourth quarter, watched Durant's iron performance on the court, and the expression on Yes's face was a little surprised.
The Mavericks actually couldn't find a defensive point that could match Durant.
Afralo is by his side, Monta Alice can't guard Durant, Josh Howard can't guard either, and Nowitzki certainly can't guard it, that is, Kwame Brown can help defend Durant on the inside.
It can be said that Durant's poor shooting rate in this game is not because the Mavericks defend well, but entirely because of his own reasons.
After his comeback, in order to adapt to the physical changes, Durant was changing his game rhythm and some action details.
For example, before the injury, Durant was on the thin side, and his shooting was with a very flowing back, like Kobe Maddy, who didn't look at his face and had such a dashing energy.
But now after the injury, Durant's weight has gone up, because of his broken leg, although he can still jump as high as the original when he jumps from the shot, Durant still subconsciously collects most of his jump, so the jump height of the shot has dropped a lot, and the body is no longer leaning back but leaning forward!
It is precisely because of such changes on the offensive end that Durant needs to adapt very much, and it is a high-intensity adaptation.
Even James, who is next door, is much stronger than Durant in terms of coffee position and strength, and when he adapts to the new rhythm and new technology, isn't he going undercover almost every game?
Durant certainly can't compare to James.
The status of the two in the team is not the same.
But there is one thing that the two of them figured out.
Ye Si can see it.
James needs a lot of quality games to shape a new and strong self.
And Durant also needs a lot of excellent opponents and games to hone a strong self.
After thinking of this, although Ye Si's face was still calm and expressionless, his heart was still a lot more relaxed.
As long as enough games are played, Durant will naturally get his offensive strength back, as for when will he get it back?
Yes didn't know, but he certainly could.
Durant's offensive play in the first game of his comeback stinks, but because of these objective reasons, coupled with Durant's role in facing the Mavericks on the defensive end, both Yees and Nelson Sr. see that they will be willing to give Durant more patience.
But the media that expect hypersound to cross the Maverick are not like that.
In the game's post-game press conference, Yes answered almost all of Durant's questions.
"It was KD's first competitive game of the year, he needed time to find his rhythm again, me and Mr. Nelson, we were all happy with his performance, it took a lot of high-intensity games to get back in form, he was in great physical condition, he played 44 minutes in this game, he maintained a high level of intensity every minute, he got five blocks and two steals in this game, it was a wonderful performance."
Yes is a person who doesn't talk a lot, and in the post-game press conference, those reporters who were crazy with Durant's rhythm really didn't expect Yass to say so much for Durant.
The reporters who were there thought it wasn't Yes sitting on it, it was Nelson Sr.
Before the game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks began, these coconut fans reporters still had expectations for Durant, after all, one of the biggest contributors to the SuperSonics winning the championship last year, without Durant, the SuperSonics could not break through the West, and naturally they could not abuse the dishes in the East and win the championship.
So even if Durant is in poor condition in training, they still have expectations.
But after this game, after this 7-of-33 shooting, all their expectations were dashed.
Even after the post-game press conference got the information that Yes and Nelson Sr. firmly supported Durant, these reporters were really desperate, and even directly brought "It's better to start on Ibaka!" in the media! The rhythm.
It's as if last year's Durant, who broke his leg for the sake of supersonic and Yes, all the credit has been lost.
It's just clear that these forgetful media and journalists have forgotten Durant's contribution to the HySonics, but the fans of the Hypersonics have not.
Durant's comeback opening game was very, very bad.
These reporters thought they could bring Durant to the beat, and soon they failed.
Whether online, in Seattle, or on the streets of Dallas, Seattle fans have almost unanimously expressed their joy and blessings for Durant's comeback.
No one cares if Durant's first comeback game was bad.
Even after the first game between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks, the first supersonic fan, who is also the leader of the coconut fans and supersonic fan groups, was not fifteen or second did not summarize the game on his own Twitter, and directly threw out a photo of Durant breaking his leg in the playoffs last year in the game against the Rockets.
And the caption of this photo is: He's back, he's going to be all back!
Not fifteen is second This tweet in just one day, the number of comments broke one million, most of the comments are all blessings, hope and trust, and the Durant rhythm that the media wants to bring up is extraordinarily pale and powerless under the support of this tweet and supersonic fans who are not fifteen or second.
There is no way to bring Durant's rhythm, which makes these coconut powder media quite uncomfortable.
They also support Yes, but now, they are on the opposite side of coconut flour, because of Durant!
Journalists and fans are not the same after all.
Journalists can mercilessly abandon Bowen when they need to, throw Durant up, and even throw Leafs like they tossed Jordan in the future, as long as they need to, when abandoning Yess and supporting Yes can give them more benefits, they will make that choice, and they will definitely make such a choice.
But the fans ......
Spurs fans won't abandon Bowen......
Mavericks fans won't abandon Nowitzki......
SuperSonics fans will naturally not abandon Durant or Yes......
Seeing that Durant can't be kicked off the SuperSonics starting position by bringing rhythm, these coconut powder media have started to intimidate the exact same card as before.
"Yes and the SuperSonics are giving up this year's playoffs for Durant, and they're giving up this great playoffs this year!"
"Durant is useless now, Yes and SuperSonics stand with Durant, they are standing with failure!"
The fact that the SuperSonics and Mavericks caused such a storm after their first game really made many fans of other teams feel incredible.
"That fear that the world was dominated by Durant news is back!"
Now such public opinion even reminds many NBA fans of the appearance of Durant being hacked by the whole world more than a year ago.
This atmosphere where the whole world is targeting Durant is something that new superSonics players like Harden, Ibaka, Gasol Jr. and Ingles have not experienced.
But for the rest of the supersonic veterans......
"It's back! I feel like I'm back! ”
At the University of Texas' training gym, Sessions' excitement was great.
The faces of the others were also full of memories.
And Durant is a little powerless to complain.
This familiar feeling is indeed all back......
This made Durant, who was a little nervous about the comeback of this game, feel that the nervousness in his heart was a lot easier.
In this comeback battle with the Mavericks, he performed so badly on the offensive end.
In addition to the fact that his current style of play is adjusting and his body is adjusting to the intensity of the game, the bigger reason is the psychological factor.
I want to show so much in this game!
Yes is indeed willing to let him behave.
In the end, he hit a miserable offensive stat of 7-of-33 shooting.
With his current strength, the Mavericks don't have a player who can defend him, if he is not in a normal state of mind and doesn't want to show himself too much, how can he play like this?
If he doesn't play like this, he won't enjoy the malice of the whole world again, and the malice that the whole world thinks he is invalid.
From the point of view of public opinion, after this game, except for Yes and old Nelson who have always supported him, as well as supersonic players and fans, everyone else thinks that he has been scrapped......
Even Mavericks, who are opponents of the supersonic speed, feel this way.
"It's a pity that Durant played the Rockets in the playoffs last year, and he once had the strength to be an offensive superstar."
"It's a pity, but now Yes is really uncomfortable, the supersonic is against us, Durant has defense but no offense, Ibaka has offense and no defense, this is two cups of poison, and any cup of drink is dead poison."
Jason Terry's analogy even Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle couldn't help but laugh.
Although schadenfreude is not good, the analogy is indeed apt.
If Durant still has the offense like last year's Rockets, the Mavericks will indeed be difficult to do, with Afflalo, there is a way to Yes, but the Mavericks really don't have the point of Durant who played the Rockets last season.
"Could it be that God is really on my side with the calf this year?"
The Spurs are eliminated, the supersonic is flawed, the Lakers and Nuggets are fighting fiercely, and the opposite Heat is in the midst of infighting.
Such an environment really gives Rick Carlisle the illusion that we are the legendary Chosen One!