On the evening of May 6, 2008, at the West Arena in Phoenix, the fans in the stadium said "Yes! The Western Conference semifinals between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns are about to kick off.

Arizona is one of Yes's strongholds for fans in the United States.

This game was the first game after the 0-3 comeback between Yees and the SuperSonics, and almost the entire Meixi Arena was filled with coconut powder.

Even Suns fans with season tickets are mostly coconut fans.

It's really not a joke.

The whole world knows that the whole Phoenix Suns team is a die-hard Yes fan, but not many people know that many Phoenix Suns fans are die-hard coconut fans.

Even before the start of the game between the supersonic and the Suns, the official of the Suns was more able to play, knowing that the free sale tickets for this game were bought by coconut powder, so they simply sent a T-shirt to commemorate the 0-3 reversal for the audience.

This is quite rare in the NBA, and seeing the fans wearing T-shirts commemorating the superSonics, Barkley in the courtside commentary seat didn't know what to say.

"If it weren't for this familiar venue, I would have thought I had come to the Key Arena."

"It's fair to say that even the Suns and the SuperSonics think it's probably more interesting to focus on something else in this series."

Hearing that his partner next to him was speechless, Kenny Smith said with a smile.

The Suns did a lot of this game.

Such generosity can be interpreted from two perspectives.

One is that the Suns really respect Yes very much, so they are willing to use their home court as Yes's enthronement venue, which makes sense, after all, the Suns are willing to award championship rings to Yes teams!

This team has always been playful.

Another interpretation is that the Suns feel that the supersonic is really no threat to themselves, and there is nothing to worry about at all, since the suspense of the game cannot bring happiness to the fans, then use other ways to bring happiness to the audience and fans.

These two interpretations are not zero-sum, and it is not that there is no second one, but that these two interpretations can exist at the same time.

For example, the Suns respect Yes and feel that there is no suspense in this series.

For Kenny Smith, this Western Conference semifinal between the Suns and the SuperSonics is indeed the most peculiar Western Conference semifinal he's ever seen.

The eyes of public opinion fans are not on the series itself, and most of the fans who came to watch this game actually came to celebrate the previous round.

And the players of both teams also did not put their minds on this.

This round of the series even feels a bit redundant, and if someone now decides that the Suns have beaten the SuperSonics 4-2 or 4-1, I'm afraid many coconut fans will not object.

After all, after the Seattle SuperSonics and Yes staged the big miracle in the last round, this year's mission has been super successful.

"If the last round was the most exciting series in history, then this round is definitely the easiest series in history."

This series is going to be very easy, that's Kenny Smith's idea.

It is also the idea that the sun goes up and down.

But no matter how easy it is, this series is a Western Conference semifinals match.

"Guys, this series with the SuperSonics is our best chance to compete for the greatest title of the year!"

"I know this series is going to be very relaxing, and I know this series is going to make everyone feel more or less relaxed."

"But before this game starts, I want to say to you that our biggest disadvantage compared to the Rockets is that we don't have home-court advantage, and our biggest advantage is that our second-round opponent is the Seattle SuperSonics!"

"I'm sure everyone knows what I mean by that, and I hope you can take this game seriously, this opponent, and I hope you can beat the Seattle SuperSonics as soon as possible!"

"When the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers are playing in the dark and exhausted, I hope we are full of energy waiting for the winner of this group!"

"Guys, do you know why the team would allow such a celebration in this game?"

"It's not just out of respect for Yes, it's more about the Seattle SuperSonics beating the Nuggets to clear the way for us to reach this year's championship, and now the fans are not just celebrating Yes, they're celebrating us too!"

"Guys, this is our best chance, go take advantage of our best opportunity right now!"

D'Antoni is a very good orator, and under the intensity of his words, the Suns' players are on the court with a soaring murderous spirit.

D'Antoni's motivation can be said to have stimulated the morale and obedience of the Suns players, as well as the tactical tension.

If the Suns players were a little loose before, the loose Suns players may be a little unqualified in executing the head coach's tactics.

Then the current Suns players will definitely use the greatest execution to complete the tactical tasks assigned by D'Antoni.

Compared to D'Antoni's oratorial speech, Nelson's final speech before the game was less exciting.

If you can't guarantee defeating your opponent, the more exciting you are, the worse you will be after losing.

At this time, for supersound, what is needed is not stimulation, but a smooth, smooth maintenance of morale.

"Enjoy the game, boys, you've done well enough."

"Yes, is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Nelson Sr. left the last opportunity to speak.

That's what old Nelson has always styled.

"Enjoy your growth."

Yes swept the faces of all the SuperSonics players and finally watched Durant take the lead on the court after saying this.

Enjoy your growth!

For Durant, there is no 'we' in his ears, only 'you'!

He knows exactly how much Yes expects from him in this series!

In the last round of the series with the Nuggets, the team was so critical, Yes was so critical, and the whole career was in danger of collapsing, why did Yes continue to cultivate itself as always?

Durant knows very well that in addition to Yes's trust in him beyond imagination, there is also for this round of games with the Suns!

"I hope you can lift the championship trophy with me!"

Every time he remembered what Yes had only said to himself, Durant felt like his whole body was heating up.

If you want to lift the championship trophy with Yes, you need to defeat your current opponent, the defending champion Sun!

"I want you to be the backbone of hypersound!"

He needs to be not only a pillar of hypersound, but also a pillar of Yes!

Thinking of this, Durant closed his eyes, and after a while, when Durant opened his eyes again, the excitement in Durant's eyes had all disappeared, and it really became cold and indifferent, and the thick excitement and emotion had been buried deep in his eyes.

"This game is a game where I enjoy growing up!"

"This is the race where I can tell the world that Yes is worth it!"

What to pack!

Although his eyes have been on Yes, Rondo, who has been on Durant, has seen that Durant's condition is quite unhappy now.

Let's not talk about whether we can save Yes and invite them back to the game, even if there are really supersonic players who can do this, this person is definitely Long Erye!

In the "Yes! In the middle of the game, the players of both teams were already standing on either side of the center circle of the court.

Every player on both teams has a familiar feeling of being unfamiliar with the opponent standing next to them or across from each other.

Of course, for the Suns, the five starters on the court, after glancing at the other SuperSonics, all had their eyes on Yes.

The Suns' starters for this game are Stoudemire, Grant Hill, Marion, Ragabel, Nash.

And the Seattle SuperSonics are still Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Yees and Rondo.

It was almost exactly the same start as the previous games.

"Not only will the beginning be the same, but the end result will be exactly the same!"

The Suns' five starters all had Yees in their eyes, and D'Antoni on the sidelines had Yes in his eyes.

For a conservative man like him, the Great Teacher was the most formidable opponent.

The uncertainty of the great teacher made him tremble.

Well, now that the big teacher is confined by his tactics, he and his team can calmly bypass the big teacher's side.

The big teacher will definitely have strong enough teammates in the future, and his tactics will not be useful to the big teacher sooner or later.

But that's later!

As for now, the winner, it is definitely him and his sun!

D'Antoni is very emotional right now.

For him, the big teacher is really the biggest benefactor in his life.

With the big teacher, his tactical system made up for the shortcomings of the final positional battle after getting the dumping tactics.

With a big teacher, he didn't have to play the Mavericks or the Spurs last season.

You don't even have to play the Suns' biggest nemesis, the Nuggets, this season!

It can be said that the Suns won the championship last season, and they sent the championship ring to the hands of the big teacher, which is absolutely sincere.

And this season, if the Suns continue to win championships, then he and his team will also send the championship ring to the hands of the big teacher!

The big teacher is not only a benefactor of him and his team, but also a lucky star.

A lucky star who keeps sending victories and achievements to him and his team!

D'Antoni is enjoying a championship right now, which is understandable, after all, for the Suns, the opportunity is really good.

Especially in the first game between the Rockets and the Lakers, when the Rockets were defeated by the Lakers at home, the Suns' chances were too good and too good.

According to the current situation, if the Suns can't win the championship this year, he can't forgive himself.

When the whole world felt that the protagonist of this season was the Houston Rockets, the big teacher used his own strength to change the protagonist of this season from the Rockets to the Suns again!

Bang!

Just when D'Antoni was imagining a bright future, a loud abuse sound came from the stadium and directly pulled D'Antoni's thoughts back from his beautiful imagination.

And when D'Antoni looked at the court, Durant was already hanging on the blue frame of the Suns at this time!

And the score on the sidelines has become 0-2!

As for the West Arena, the home of the Suns, it is even more silent now!

"Drifting, pretty, so pretty!"

"Durant's pass from Yes changed direction dramatically, and Grant Hill's acceleration dunk was so beautiful!"

"It's a punch we've never seen before!"

"Durant's change of direction breakthrough is completely different from his style when he was playing the tunnels, this time not only the amplitude is large, the frequency is also not slow, and the impact is full, Stoudemire didn't even have time to react, and was dunked by Durant!"

Barkley is cheering!

It was as if I had seen a new world.

Kenny Smith on the other side was stunned as the number 35 on the court.

Is that figure that skipped Grant Hill like a gust of wind really Durant?

Am I really not mistaken?

The player who was so resolute on the offensive end and on the break was really the undercover agent who made a mistake in the last round of the playoffs against Anthony as long as he was a little quicker?!

I'm not mistaken, am I?

It's not just Kenny Smith who thinks he's wrong.

Most of the fans at the scene, whether they were coconut fans, Sun fans, or other fans, had expressions on their faces whether I was wrong or not.

Durant is not an offensive instability except for the name!

But just now Durant broke through Grant Hill and completed the series of operations before Stoudemire returned to the defense, which is not unstable!

"No drops, no passes, just a one-shot impact!"

"Is this guy really Durant?!"

Soon, those who doubted that the player who had succeeded in singles with his impact and personal ability was Durant believed that this man was indeed Durant......

Because after the start of this game, it was only half a quarter, and the Suns, who were thought to be sure to win this game before the game, were already six points behind!

Even in this half-quarter, Phoenix Suns head coach D'Antoni has requested two timeouts.

Why did D'Antoni ask for a timeout?

Of course, it's because the Suns' players have begun to wonder about the way to play with Yes out of the game, because Durant's singles outburst is not working.

And D'Antoni's timeout is for these Suns players to hold on!

"Guys, don't forget how powerful and incredible Yes is when you put him back in the game!"

"Stick to our beliefs, stick to our style of play, at least this game, we need to have a tough heart!"

Same pinch!

The same please out of the contest!

But when the game ended, there was a different result!

128 to 139!

"Sun, you actually lost?!"

Yao Ming and the Rockets players looked at each other at the final score on TV.

"Durant!"

“Yes！”