Chapter 463: Funny Celts and 'Historic' Supersound
With the end of the Christmas war, the four focus battles created by public opinion in the United States in the past half month, such as the battle of the Chosen One, have naturally come to an end.
Supersonic defeated the Knights, and Yes won the battle of the Chosen One.
The Rockets beat the Wizards, and Yao Ming won a small Chinese derby.
The Grizzlies defeated the Lakers, and the battle for the Western Conference became more and more intense.
The Suns defeated the Celtics, and the Finals showdown was fought again, and it was the Celtics who were humiliated.
The tacit understanding of the Celtics' Big Three is increasing, and the defensive problem at the No. 1 position is still unresolved.
And it's very funny that in the face of the pressure of general manager Danny Angie and head coach Doug Rivers to make him focus more on the defensive end and the playmaking end, Alain Ray is very personal.
More than one media reported that Alain Ray said something like this in front of Danny Angie and Doug Rivers: Don't beep in front of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't need you to teach me, you are endless, Lao Tzu will go to Europe now!
Alan Ray is not just talking, but he has really asked Celtic to cut him more than once.
is worthy of being a person from the Bronx, New York, who is hard.
As an undrafted pick, you can make the scalp of an 'old rascal' show like Danny Angie that even Larry Bird dares to trade.
In China, the darkest place in New York has always been Queens or Brooklyn, but in fact, the Bronx is not bad at all, and even more so.
On December 25th, the Christmas battle, the game between the SuperSonics and the Cavaliers was the biggest focus.
And after the game, the biggest attraction became the game between Celtic and Suns, and Alain Ray pointed to the picture of Danny Anji spraying on the edge of the stands.
And in the face of Alan Lei's irritable squirting, Danny Angie actually held back.
It's really not okay to be unbearable, and the only point guard the Celtics can use now is Alan Lei.
Danny Angie, the 'old yin beep', really can't tell how he meets a 'grumpy black boy' like Alain Lei.
Lay off this kid, maybe he'll be happier.
Most people thought it was funny to see Danny Angie eating deflated at the stunned boy Alan Lei, and Alan Lei then won the title of the best 'draft loser' in history.
In the midst of such a tough group of characters such as Danny Angie, Doug Rivers, and Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen, he has no scruples about spraying people in and out, and he is really the only one in the entire history of the NBA.
It doesn't matter what kind of champion he is, but he is a small undrafted pick.
Many people say that when Alain Lei was spraying around, Danny Angie must have laid him off three thousand times in his heart.
According to Danny Angie's character, how could this humiliation be endured?
If it weren't for the success or failure of the Celtic Big Three, would he be able to endure such a black boy?
But in any case, Danny Angie's scruples really let the world see this absurd scene.
On the plane, watching the video of Alain Ray spraying Danny Angie, Rondo couldn't stop laughing all the way.
This year's Christmas war is very lively, and there are all kinds of dramas.
After the end of such a lively Christmas war, public opinion in the United States and around the world needs to find a new focus.
This focus doesn't really need to be looked for at all, it's ready-made.
As long as you look at the current record of the Rockets, Suns and SuperSonics, anyone knows what the focus of the NBA is next.
After watching the Celtics' farce, the focus of the whole country is on the Suns, Rockets and the SuperSonics.
These three teams started from 17 wins and 2 losses, and the three teams have not lost a game for most of the month, and the SuperSonics have set a team record of 16 consecutive wins.
From the beginning of the season to the present, in two months, Yes, Yao Ming and Nash have won all the weekly awards in the West, and the three have been monopolized in the top three positions in the league's official MVP rankings.
When the season didn't start, the Suns were considered the strongest team in NBA history.
Many pundits believe that no team in the league was a match for the Suns last season, and this season the Suns have added the duo of Chris Webber and Grant Hill, and the Suns of the Seven Stars have no rivals.
This season is certainly one for the Suns to shine in.
Even before the season began, many pundits and media were already hoping that Nash would break into the Magic's all-time No. 1 point guard position over the next two seasons.
It's not a joke, it's serious.
If Nash successfully wins the regular season MVP and Finals MVP this season, then Nash will have three regular season MVPs and two Finals MVPs, which can challenge the Magic's all-time No. 1 point guard.
The main Nash can complete a three-game championship with the Suns, and when it comes to the first point guard in NBA history in the future, the Magic will definitely not be so taken for granted.
And it's not the speculation of those media pundits that the Suns and Nash really look like they could dominate the NBA for the next three years.
But really no one thought that this season would rise rockets and supersounds!
Forget about the rise of the Rockets, the Rockets traded Artest and signed Gerard Wallace for free, which can also be seen to be powerful, as long as Artest doesn't make trouble, the Rockets do have the capital to compete with the Suns.
But the key is supersonic.
Supersonic is really rising without any reason.
At the start of the season, some of the most influential media outlets in the United States put the supersonic at the bottom!
If you want to say that the west is weak this year, and the supersound will appear strong, then forget it.
The point is that this year's West is also known as the most powerful West in history!
This year's West has two historic teams such as the Suns and Rockets, and there are so many elite-level teams, and this season's West is unprecedentedly strong.
In this case, any team that plays a historic record in such an environment as the West is a historic team!
The Suns and Rockets are now 26-2, which is a historic record, and these two teams are certainly historic teams as well.
The SuperSonics now have a 26-2 record, which is also a historic record, but is this team a historic team?
Yes, Durant, Milicic, David Lee, Rondo......
Whenever those experts and media open the supersonic lineup and look at the bunch of players on the lineup, they want to say that the supersonic is also a historical team, but they really can't say it!
Except for Yes, the rest of the players were either hacked by them today, or were hacked by them yesterday, or were scheduled to be hacked by them tomorrow.
Never before in the history of the NBA has a team with so many players in history.
So, every time they see supersonic and solar rockets competing against each other, they are engaged in self-hypnosis.
The supersonic will definitely fall behind, the supersonic will definitely fall behind, either today or tomorrow.
But in the end, until now, more than half a month has passed, and the supersonic has not been left behind.
Since the supersonic has not been left behind, then they naturally have to admit it.
Whether it is a team with Durant and Rondo, it doesn't look like a historical team no matter how you look at it, and they can only regard this supersonic as a historical team like the Suns and Rockets.
Now the overwhelming public opinion in the United States makes Ye Si really not very adaptable.
The supersonic were treated by these media with the same attitude as they treated historic teams.
Regarding the real strength of the supersonic this season, Ye Si certainly knows that supersonic is still far from the Rockets and the Suns.
Now that the supersonic have such a good record, except that he still has no weaknesses and can still create opportunities for his teammates like a superstar.
What's more, the supersonic race ahead is indeed much easier than the Rockets and Suns.
But no matter what, now these media who are crazy about who will fall first of the three teams don't care so much.
These guys can't manage that much, even if the supersonic can stalemate with the rocket sun for one more day, they can earn a lot of attention!
On December 27, 2007, the Seattle SuperSonics arrived in Portland under the leadership of Yes.
The Trail Blazers have been quite a surprise this season under the leadership of young players such as Conley, Aldridge and Webster, Gortat.
Conley is one of the few rookies of the Diamond Generation who does not have the title of Jordan and Magic on his head, and he is also one of the few rookies of the Diamond Generation who has not lost his water.
Conley's current data is 13+5 per game, although he is not as energetic as Nick Young, but he is calm and not at all like a rookie.
After the Trail Blazers traded Randolph in the offseason, they were ready to build a team with Aldridge as the core, as a 22-year-old young man, taking on the responsibility of rebuilding the team boss, Aldridge did a very good job, Aldridge's average points per game this season doubled, directly from 9 points per game to 18 points per game, and to the surprise and excitement of Trail Blazers fans, Aldridge is not at all as difficult as the former core of the Trail Blazers Randolph.
Conley and Aldridge have exceeded the expectations of Trail Blazers fans and management this season.
But after all, these two people have great expectations from fans and management, and they can also expect such a surprise a little.
It's not like Conley Aldridge's expected surprise.
The outbursts of young striker swingman Webster and young Polish center Gortat are really unexpected.
Webster is a rookie with the sixth pick in high school, and the No. 1 small forward in the United States has been beating Durant in high school, and if he wasn't really talented, the Trail Blazers wouldn't have picked him with the sixth pick.
But his performance in the first two seasons really made people think that he was not watery, the ball quotient was too tender, the playing style was too soft, and there were some problems with the confrontation.
The whole thing is a waste of talent to the point that it is a pity to discard it.
Webster's performance in the first two seasons was basically equivalent to O'Neal not playing on the court and shooting three-pointers instead of playing on the court.
Such a good physical talent is not used in the right place, and this is the effect.
Webster certainly didn't have the talent of O'Neill.
However, after wasting his talent and finding the right way to play, the swingman who was suspected of being out of water finally played the level and stats that the Trail Blazers expected him to play.
Whether it's offense or defense, the Trail Blazers finally saw a little shadow of Maddy in him.
Webster is talented, and it's not impossible for him to play with the Trail Blazers.
And compared to Webster, the Trail Blazers' exchange for Gortat from the Magic really turned the impossible into a possibility.
When the Trail Blazers traded Randolph and the Lakers Magic for Gortat, it was really the last option.
When choosing to trade Randolph for Gortat, the Trail Blazers really didn't think Gortat could play.
When the Trail Blazers made this trade, they were completely in the mindset of stopping losses in time and having to send Randolph away before the season began.
At the time of the trade, they really didn't expect Gortat to average 11+9 per game in his rookie season this season.
When the European player came to the NBA, he didn't need to adapt at all.
It is precisely because of so many young, potential and powerful players that the enthusiasm of Trail Blazers fans for the Trail Blazers this season is very high.
The current Trail Blazers are living with another Timberwolves in the West.
And such a team is also one of the hardest teams in the league to play.
Especially playing away from home with this kind of team.
Teams like the Trail Blazers and Timberwolves, they're not afraid to lose.
They are full of enthusiasm.
Even if they lose, they will give it their all.
What's more, whether it's the Timberwolves or the Trail Blazers, these two teams are still the kind of teams that have no shortcomings and weaknesses in the lineup.
Each location is quite distinctive.
What's more difficult for the Trail Blazers than the Timberwolves is that the Trail Blazers' players are generally more mature and disciplined than the Timberwolves.
After the supersonic away game, the Cavaliers flew such a long distance to Portland to play the away game, and they were already a little tired physically.
Now I have met such a group of young and desperate tigers.
The supersonic race was very tough from the start.
Throughout the game, the SuperSonics and the Trail Blazers were in a stalemate.
The course of this game even stunned the fans across the United States in front of the TV who were expecting the supersonic to continue to entangle with the Rockets and Suns.
Under Webster's crazy closeness, Durant is still iron, how much iron he has played in the face of James, and he is still playing the same iron in the face of Webster, without reduction.
Under Conley's crazy bite, Rondo was equally embarrassed.
In the face of Aldridge and Gortat's kite play, Milicic and David Lee were also struggling to cope.
The supersonic speed, which was originally rendered as a historical team, still looks like the most stable Yes that can be relied on in this game!
99 to 95!
The national media has just shouted a historic call for a strong team against the supersonics.
Supersonic slapped the American media with its own 'strength'.
The SuperSonics' away loss to the Trail Blazers ended their pursuit of the Suns and Rockets, while also ending their own 16-game winning streak.