Chapter 1189: Oden's Way and Owen's Unconventional Path
Because of the efforts of the Grizzlies veterans, the Seattle SuperSonics, who have been showing their big devil status this season, were forced to show their full strength.
In the final quarter, a wave of 56-14 super climax, in the final quarter, the '58 Paul Medal of Courage' was still given out.
In the end, on this night that many people found incredible, the Seattle SuperSonics completed a 22-game winning streak and an incredible miracle of 22 consecutive five-eight.
Under the encirclement and suppression of the whole world, it is not easy to win in a row, and it is a consecutive five or eight consecutive wins.
This one is indeed a bit jaw-dropping.
Not to mention the Seattle SuperSonics fans, even other neutral fans who were originally watching the excitement and league president David Stern, the league's top brass found it very incredible.
In this game with the Grizzlies, I thought that even if the Grizzlies couldn't win because of the rotation, they wouldn't be five or eight.
However, in the end, it was still five or eight.
Of course, this does not blame the Grizzlies, a veteran team that is seventh in the West.
After all, even in the game, many people know that if you want to defeat the Demon King, you need to understand the Demon King first.
In all the games before this season, even the Warriors, who are now third in the West, have not done anything to understand the Demon King, and the Grizzlies have done it for everyone, so what else can there be to be dissatisfied with?
Although the grizzly bear did not win in the end, and did not escape the fate of five or eight in the end, the grizzly bear is still a hero in the face of the brave and has made his greatest contribution to the cause of the brave to overthrow the demon king.
Especially before the Christmas War, the strongest warrior Lakers and the strongest demon supersonic battle, such contributions are very important.
Of course, this is the perception of the outside world, and for the Grizzlies themselves, they will not take it for granted.
Make a wedding dress for the Lakers?
They didn't fight so hard in this game to make a wedding dress for the Lakers!
In this game, they fought so hard for Oden, for the team, and for themselves!
Since we are heroes, don't be so vain, if the SuperSonics don't win all this season, can we give the MVP to Oden?
This one...... Of course not.
So, for the Grizzlies veterans, no matter how good these guys are boasting, they don't have any eggs.
They all feel that the Grizzlies have made a wedding dress for the team they support, so they praise the Grizzlies like this.
Media reporters who support James feel that the Grizzlies have made a way for James.
Media reporters who support Kobe Bryant and fans feel that the Grizzlies are testing the true strength of the supersonic for Kobe.
The same is true for media reporters and fans who support the Warriors or other teams.
Of course, this game didn't allow the Grizzlies to beat the Seattle SuperSonics, but this game wasn't without its rewards for these Grizzlies players.
They know from this game that they and Oden are a good fit.
It's a pity that the most suitable time for them and Auden is when they are old.
It would be nice if they were so compatible with Auden when they were not old.
Then there has been absolutely no Mavericks, Warriors and Cavaliers thing for the past few years.
"Master, do you think I should catch up with the trend?"
"The tide is ethereal and ever-changing, you should continue to catch up with your own strength, I think, you have not reached your own limit."
"If it were me, I would push my strength to the limit and use everything I have to make the whole NBA trend catch up with me."
"You're different from everyone else, you have this potential."
For Yes's words, Auden is willing to believe.
Because, that's what the master did.
He just used his strength to turn everything around, the whole basketball world was catching up with him, and he used his strength to change the world.
But do I also have such potential and a future?
Oden didn't know.
Ye Si actually didn't know.
Does Oden have a future where he could change the trend of the NBA again?
Yes really didn't know.
But he knew that when a big man like Auden began to change his style to catch up with the current trend, it was destined to have no future.
Even if you win the championship, the final honor will be the one who represents the trend of that team.
Unless, his teammate is Curry......
What's more, he is different from others, he is the chosen one, he is a combination of Russell and Duncan, Yao Ming and O'Neill.
If he can't turn the tide and reality of the NBA now, who can do it in the future?
"Don't be influenced by the environment, don't be guided by public opinion, follow your heart, I believe you know what kind of basketball you need."
Aoden, who has been melancholy lately, looked at the gentle smile on Ye Si's face, and the melancholy on his face finally began to dissipate.
"I want a basketball like my master, I don't want a basketball like James."
This time, Auden did not have any melancholy or hesitation in the words that Ye Si spoke.
Whether you succeed or fail, look at the road you want to take in front of you, go all the way, don't hesitate, don't be confused, and go to the most whether it is the light of the light or the darkness of the abyss, it is a journey without regrets.
On December 13, 2013, the Seattle SuperSonics came to New York to face the New York Knicks led by Kyrie Irving after defeating the Grizzlies, a powerhouse in the West.
Compared with the Grizzlies' thrilling 'all-out' in the last quarter, this game with the Knicks is much simpler and easier.
The boss of the New York Knicks is an acquaintance.
New York Knicks head coach Marik Cross is a former assistant coach for the SuperSonics.
Although the Knicks also worked hard in this game, they played unusually happy.
The main reason is the Knicks' boss Irving, who is really quite the head iron in this game, and he has to play a series of five against the SuperSonics as soon as he comes up.
This intention is simply undisguised.
And what is very surprising is that Irving's coquettish dribbling, that coquettish one-on-one, really made Leonard, Kevin Durant and James Harden and Antetokounmpo quite uncomfortable.
Although the four starters of the supersonic are not as inexplicably strung by Curry as they did against Curry.
But they weren't able to take down Curry either.
The four of them went head-to-head with Owen, and they actually fought with Owen for a five-five fight.
And they can clearly see that Owen is just warming up for them to go head-to-head.
Owen's real target is Yes.
In the end, Owen, who had finished warming up, found Yes.
And the final result, of course, is self-evident.
"Guy who can't do anything!"
After the game, looking at Owen with a shocked face, Long Erye looked disdainful.
However, in addition to Rondo, whether it is Durant or Leonard or James Harden or Antetokounmpo, Irving is rated quite highly.
"He's been abused by Yes as badly as Curry, not because they're not strong enough, but because Yes is too strong!"
"Kyrie is probably the best ball-handling player in the entire NBA history, outside of Yes."
That's Durant's assessment.
He's a very old-school player, and his idols are all old-school stars, Kobe Bryant, Maddy, Iverson, Carter, these are all his idols.
Previously, he had felt that Iverson and Jordan were the best ball-handling players in the NBA since Yes.
But now, he thinks Owen is.
If it weren't for Yes, Irving would be the most sao in the entire NBA history!
And......
"I've always felt that Owen's style is somewhat similar to Yes."
"I think so, too."
Could it be that the sao is the same in the depths?
I don't know about this.
Because the Knicks' head coach and leading players are all Seattle.
The relationship is very good.
Not to mention the mentor-apprentice relationship between Marik Cross and Nelson Sr.
Let's just say that the relationship between Durant and Irving is also quite iron.
Durant is a pretty aloof guy.
He didn't have that many friends in the NBA.
And Owen is definitely one of his best friends.
Two heads-up maniacs, who would have gone head-to-head when they had nothing to do in Seattle.
Before meeting Yees in this game, Irving's most admired player was Durant, and Irving used to admire Kobe Bryant the most, and after going head-to-head with Durant, he felt that Durant's heads-up should be stronger than Kobe, so the player he admired the most was changed.
Owen's personality is also a little strange, and if he wants to gain his respect, he falls in front of him.
It's almost exactly the same as Beasley's back then.
With Irving's ball-handling and heads-up strength, coupled with his pride, I am afraid that there are not many players in the entire history of the NBA who can be truly respected by him.
I heard that when Irving participated in the draft, James also looked at him.
The Cavaliers have so many chips, plus the Knicks had Chen Jianghua and Jeremy Lin at the time, and they didn't have much thirst for point guards, the Cavaliers really want to be willing, and the Knicks are willing to trade for the top pick.
But later, after private contact with Owen, James, who came on the spot, left with a black face.
As for what happened privately between James and Irving.
Neither of them said anything to the public.
But according to media reports, Irving doesn't seem to look down on James like he likes Durant and Kobe, which makes James quite faceless.
As for what happened to Irving and James in private, most of the Durant superSonics players know, in fact, it is similar to what is reported in the media.
After all, although Owen and James don't talk about it, there are so many people next to James and Owen's heads-up between James and Irving.
James wants to subdue Owen, and Owen is also a person who doesn't like to beep too much, subduing me, yes, and facing me.
And in the final result, although James won in the end, he was quite faceless.
originally wanted to play skills with Irving, but James boasted that his skills were already very good at that time, and Irving was a rookie, although his skills have always been praised, but they are also limited.
But who would have thought that Owen's technology had reached that incredible level.
James, who didn't want to lose, could only use his brute force in the end.
Peak James, pushing his own tank to hit Owen, imagine this picture.
It would be strange if Owen was convinced.
After the final heads-up, looking at Owen's cold and disdainful eyes, James himself felt bored and faceless.
I originally came here to pretend to be 13 and take in a little brother by the way, but I didn't expect to be despised in the end.
In the end, James could only leave with a black face.
"This kid is the same as Beasley, and he is inherently incompatible with me!"
These are the words that James said when he left.
Owen is a really interesting kid.
In today's new generation of basketball, there aren't many players as old-school as Irving.
After beating acquaintance Kyrie Irving with the New York Knicks, the Seattle SuperSonics extended their winning streak and five-eight streak to 23.
And on December 15, the Seattle SuperSonics continued to travel to Denver.
It's another team of acquaintances.
Avery Bradley's Nuggets.
In the last game against the Nuggets, Bradley made Leonard a supergiant reputation.
In this game with the Seattle SuperSonics, it is obvious that Bradley's iron character naturally did not let go of his grudge against Leonard.
However, this time, Bradley didn't have another extreme one-on-one heads-up with Leonard.
Instead, with the help of his teammates' cover, coupled with his all-round ability and excellent running ability, Bradley wanted to take advantage of his small size and fast speed to sneak Leonard to play.
This style of play is indeed quite clever.
After all, the attacking side takes the initiative.
Bradley dodging Leonard and sneaking Leonard like this did make Leonard a little uncomfortable.
However, Bradley, on the other hand, is even more uncomfortable.
Attacking him can slip away from Leonard and avoid Leonard.
But the defense ......
Leonard's game is infinite and James Harden blocks and unlimited, and infinitely eats Bradley.
Bradley's defense is excellent, top-notch, defending a line of defenders, but the height gap between him and Leonard is too big.
Therefore, this game was supposed to continue to get back on the field and face.
The final result was that after the game, the field and face were still not recovered.
When you attack and avoid people, people attack and directly find you to fight, this sense is too bad.
If you want to get back to the field, you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey?
It's just clear that Bradley can't bear this breath now for Leonard who has always used himself as a gunman.
Especially seeing that the more beautiful the supersonic speed is, the more Bradley can't swallow this breath.
"Captain, don't persuade me, I was tired and tired before the co-authorship, and now I go to the plateau to blow the cold wind, Kehuai, this kid hides behind me and stays in Seattle to eat and drink spicy food?"
"If I knew that he was so strong, I wouldn't have contributed to college, and I would have pretended to be dead!"
"This guy is not authentic!"
Bradley was still indignant after the game.
Ye Si actually wanted to say that all this was a misunderstanding, how could Leonard be as dark as he thought.
You don't believe Leonard, can you still believe your captain's vision?
It's just that after Yes persuaded him like this, I don't know why Bradley was even more angry.
Avery who used to be so well-behaved, why is he so disobedient now?
"Could it be that the rebellious period is postponed but yet?"
Ye Si was a little puzzled.
And when they returned to Seattle after beating the Nuggets on the road and ending a long back-to-back road trip, the league announced the results of the first round of voting for the 2014 All-Star Game.
As soon as the results came out, the whole league was once again a sensation!