Chapter 592: An Impossible Miracle
The first four games of the Seattle SuperSonics and the Denver Nuggets were big scores.
These two teams inherited the style they had when they met in the regular season.
Neither team seems to be able to limit the opponent's knife players when it comes to defense.
The supersonic can't stop Anthony, and the Nuggets can't stop Yes, and overall, the Nuggets' players have stronger offensive power.
It is precisely because the overall offensive power of the Nuggets' players is stronger, and the Nuggets have a very huge advantage when no one can prevent the opponent's top hand.
According to the difference in strength between the two teams in this similar style, many experts before the game believed that in the fifth game between the SuperSonics and the Nuggets, the Nuggets didn't even need to make any tactical adjustments, as long as they followed the ideas of the previous game and played the game step by step, they could beat the SuperSonics.
So, when the Denver Nuggets players stepped onto the court, the Nuggets had the exact same players on the court as in the first four games: Billups, Hamilton, Anthony, Nene and Camby.
Nothing has changed!
In the playoffs, many teams will make tactical adjustments whenever they lose out of respect for their opponents.
But the Nuggets have no plans to adjust in this regard.
Not disrespect for hypersound.
It's that the SuperSonics really don't qualify the Nuggets to make tactical adjustments.
Canby, Nene can't move.
Anthony couldn't move even more.
Does a loss in a game make Hamilton or Billups adjust?
No kidding!
Billups and Hamilton really didn't defend Yes in the first four games.
But considering the contributions of the two on the offensive end, the performance of the two was qualified.
What's more, no one in the Nuggets other than J.R. Smith is better at defending Yes than Billups and Hamilton.
Judging by the effect of defending Yes in the first four games of the game.
J.R. Smith's defense is really the best.
Yes rarely conceded in the first four games, shooting over 75%!
And most of the balls conceded were in front of JR Smith, who was 'magical' enough to make Yes's shooting rate 'only' only 50%!
J.R. Smith's defensive prowess, George Karl, certainly knows, is certainly not as good as Billups and Hamilton.
But when it comes to defending Yes, it's such a metaphysics.
George Carr, of course, knew that J.R. Smith's defense of Yes was so good in this series, not because of Yes's release or because J.R. Smith's defensive strength skyrocketed.
Whether it's metaphysical or other reasons, in the team's offensive and defensive considerations, there is no need for him to use J.R. Smith to adjust Hamilton as a starter right now.
Unless the Denver Nuggets have to adjust, such as being pulled back to 3-3 after leading 3-0.
At that time, whether it is metaphysics or something else, of course, I can only go to J.R. Smith.
If it weren't for Hamilton's Yes being blown up, it would not have been possible to be beaten 3-3 with a 3-0 lead.
Of course, 3-3 was just speculation, and George Carr never thought that such a thing would eventually come true.
The Denver Nuggets are not a team like the Seattle SuperSonics that can be won three in a row by an opponent!
In a game like the playoffs, it's impossible to win two games in a row!
The Denver Nuggets' roster depth and depth of roster adjustment really aren't comparable to the Seattle SuperSonics.
Even these players on the Nuggets court can adjust themselves on the court after something goes wrong.
For example, in the last game, Hamilton and Billups were very unsuccessful in defending Yes's perimeter perimeter.
After being broken by Yes, such a defense will allow teammates on the inside to face Yes's attack directly.
And when this game started, Hamilton and Billups were no longer the kind of defense that wanted to swallow Yes.
It's the kind of progressive defense that goes on layer by layer.
The biggest advantage of this kind of defense is that even if neither of them can defend Yes, it can always allow one of them to help defend Yes.
This would be a huge support for the Nuggets' defensive players on the inside.
After Billups and Hamilton adjusted to this defensive style, Yes started the game with a drastic reduction in the number of hits to the basket.
"Just let Yes and Hamilton Billups hang out outside!"
George Karl really didn't believe Yes could have such a good shooting percentage on the perimeter!
Billups and Hamilton are defensive prowess, and he recognizes them.
The outside offense is the one that generally has a lower shooting percentage
Even Anthony has greatly increased his strength after giving up too much outside offense.
In the first quarter of the last game, the Denver Nuggets were blinded by Yes's constant impact on the inside.
In the last game, after the first quarter, the Denver Nuggets' two interior Nene and Canby were burdened with two fouls, and even Anthony almost had two fouls, if it weren't for the last game Nuggets were playing at home, Camby, Anthony, and Nene would all be in foul trouble.
In the face of such a crazy Yes, the Denver Nuggets lost by only six points by six points.
But in fact, the biggest difference between the two teams was 15 points!
It was only later, after J.R. Smith came on the court, he was very good on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends against Yes, and finally narrowed the score between the two sides, so that in the end, the Nuggets only lost by six points.
In this game, George Karl certainly didn't want to see the same thing happen twice in a row.
What's more, this time, it is Yes and Supersonics who are fighting at home!
Therefore, the adjustment of Billups and Hamilton is something he would very much like to see.
The defensive quality of these two Pistons players is indeed the highest on the entire team.
In this game, the Seattle SuperSonics want to use Yes to bring the rhythm of the game.
After the pace of the game is brought up, the difference between the superSonics and the Nuggets' attack power on the run is smaller.
In the fast attack, the strength of the players will be greatly reduced.
The superSonics are weaker, but most of the players on this team are also young.
Coupled with the sharp knife Yes, the ability of supersonic speed on the run is quite incredible.
As a manager who also likes to grab the pace, George Karl certainly doesn't shy away from the fast-paced game.
It's just that this game, he and his team are going to close this series.
There is simply no need to race with supersonic in such a rhythm that supersonic likes.
"Two teams that were very fast before, this game slowed down!"
In the fifth game of the Seattle SuperSonics and Nuggets, the two teams played the first quarter with a score of 28-24!
Judging from the scores of the first three games of the two teams, such a first-quarter score is very unqualified.
"The Denver Nuggets didn't make any changes in personnel after the last game, but there were changes in the game arrangement."
"Because of the offensive versatility of Anthony Billups and Hamilton, the Nuggets' positional offense is just as good as their fast-paced offense!"
"In this regard, the Seattle SuperSonics are a little bit worse, and Durant's offensive stability in the playoffs has cost Yes a lot of 'best passes of all time'!"
"Even if Durant's offense has the consistency of his late regular season, it will make a huge difference in the situation of the Seattle SuperSonics!"
Durant came into the playoffs with a poor shooting percentage, turnovers, and other stats that were nothing short of miserable.
According to the words of many journalists who are now eligible to vote for the best team.
"If we can vote now, even if he is the scoring champion, even if he is the second leader of the 69-win team, even if he can average 35+ per game in a season, we will not vote for any of the best team for him!"
69 wins, 35 per game, scoring champion!
When these three words appear in a player, that player is bound to be the MVP in NBA history!
But this season, after playing a few playoff games, this player was even disliked by reporters and experts that he should not even be in the best team.
Durant is well aware of the controversy that surrounds him right now.
He doesn't care about these controversies.
Really, now he doesn't care at all about the insults and contempt that others give him.
The most important thing for him now is to win every next game!
Yes, for what he's done in this series, he's seen it clearly.
The whole world felt that after the Y supersonic victory in the last game, Yes was finally relieved.
Even Seattle fans felt that Yes, winning one game in this series would be enough.
But he doesn't think so!
Yes The price for all this this series has paid for him is too great!
And at all costs, he doesn't want a series defeat!
Win every game!
This is the goal he has set himself.
Durant is well aware that his current strength cannot dominate any game victory.
After falling behind 3-0, he couldn't even sleep well every night, and every day he was in the nightmare of being eliminated if he lost the next game.
Even if he can not care about the whole world, he can't not care about Yes!
He has lost his hair in the recent period of being tortured by huge pressure!
You know, he's only 20 years old now!
When he woke up this morning, he even felt like the back of his head was starting to get bald!
It may seem strange to say that his current bald style is exactly the same as the Spurs' Ginobili!
Of course, what is the cause of Ginobili's baldness he does not know.
And he, he knew very well that if it weren't for such a lot of pressure, he would have thick black hair even when he was thirty or forty years old!
In the second quarter of the game, Durant fought on the court with the Seattle SuperSonics' bench players.
In the second quarter, Durant was still working hard to attack with the support of his teammates.
Compared to the starting time, Durant's performance in the bench time is even better.
Because on the defensive end, you don't have to face Anthony who keeps staring at him.
This allows Durant to put all his energy on the offensive end as he did in the second half of the regular season.
Durant, who focuses all his energy on offense, does not need to be scolded on the defensive end, does not need to fight against people in hand-to-hand combat, and he finally has a little shadow of the regular season after losing all restraints.
Looking at Durant on the court, Ye Si nodded slightly.
Durant's strength is not as those outside say, even if there is no progress, it has regressed.
It's really that Durant is too much pressure to face Anthony when he starts.
The huge attrition on the defensive end inhibited Durant's performance in the game.
Durant, who is not bound on the defensive end, can vaguely let Yes see some of the shadows he wants to see.
It's just clear that those people out there don't have any interest in such a Durant.
Even if Durant performs well off the bench, they will also feel that this is the reason why he asked other SuperSonics teammates to create opportunities for Durant.
Although this is also true.
The Seattle SuperSonics and Nuggets have a difference in quality in their starting lineups.
But the difference in strength between the bench lineups of the two teams is very small.
There is not even a gap!
After the rotation lineup was played, when the two teams started the game, the difference between the two sides was even erased at the end.
And at the end of the first half, the score of the two teams was also extremely close to 55-54!
"The Seattle SuperSonics have persevered in a competition like the Nuggets that deliberately slowed down?!"
At the end of the half, Kenny Smith and a bunch of media reporters on the sidelines thought they were wrong.
With the state of the Nuggets players before the game, how could they only lead by 1 point at halftime in the game?
In the face of the Nuggets' positional defense, the Seattle SuperSonics simply have no way to crack it.
Even Yes can only keep facing the same defensive defense as Billups and Hamilton and Bowen on the outside!
In the face of Hamilton Billups' kind of defense that does not lose position, the most taboo is to throw!
However, yes is to vote!
And in the end, he won the Nuggets!
107 to 105!
Looking at the final score on the big screen live, it looked impossible for anyone to hit the final ball in Yes against Hamilton and Billups in a defence that could hit.
The entire arena, whether it supports the supersonic or the Nuggets, is now silent!
Even Durant now looked at Ye Si with two fingers stretched out of his right hand and raised his head high.
2 to 3?
It's 2 to 3?!
Looking at the supersonic No. 9 who raised two fingers in the air, Kenny Smith, who had been excited about the whole game, even felt his heartbeat constantly accelerating.
2 to 3!
Kenny Smith blankly looked around at the supersonic fans who were also shocked with a shocked face.
The partner who was worried about the whole scene around him was already roaring madly at this time.
"The Seattle SuperSonics won't really be able to turn the tables, will they?!"
Yes isn't really going to be an impossible miracle of a 0-3 comeback, right?!
Kenny Smith didn't know, but when he thought about it, he could feel his back soaking wet!
At the same time, the originally silent Key Arena seemed to be able to open up the cheers of the whole city and ignite the whole world!