Chapter 341: Miracle?!
Lakers, Rockets, Suns.
Except for the game with the Lakers was a loss.
The other two games were all big defeats!
The three-game losing streak also allowed the SuperSonics to drop from fifth to eighth.
The SuperSonics now have a 53-27 record.
And the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers have a record of 54-26!
Now there are two games left in the regular season, and they are one win behind the three teams.
The chances of the supersonic trying to climb to fifth again are slim to none.
After the loss to the Suns, the SuperSonics players were a little depressed.
"It's useless!"
In the training hall of the Seattle SuperSonics, Rondo threw out the somewhat hot iron with an unhappy face.
I don't know if I'm upset with myself, or if I'm upset with other people at hypersound.
After losing to the Rockets and Suns in a row, facing the top four teams in the West, they have lost 15 games in a row!
The SuperSonics now have a 54-27 record.
The 27 losses were brought by the Mavericks, Rockets, Suns, and Jazz.
Facing the top four in the West, they can't win a single one.
The losses in those two games against the Rockets and Suns didn't just add two losses to the SuperSonics.
More importantly, it reminds them that even if they make the playoffs, they will be swept away!
This is even more terrible than three consecutive defeats and the collapse of the team!
Facing the top four in the West, you can't win a single one!
Even if you win!
The Lakers are now seventh in the West, but the Lakers have a very good record against the top four in the West.
The Mavericks, the Suns, the Rockets and the Jazz, the Lakers have all won.
Even if the Lakers really fail to run to the top five, they are confident of winning the series against any team in the top four.
But what about supersonic?
Yes, no worse than Kobe!
Yes has won three games against Kobe Bryant with the SuperSonics this season!
Almost all of these four games against the Lakers were one-on-one matches between Yes and Kobe.
Yes won three times, and the fourth time Kobe Bryant won it back at home.
Yes is no worse than Kobe, but the Lakers can win the Western Conference Final Four, but they can't.
Needless to say, it's already clear what the reason is!
"Mr. Nelson, there's something wrong with the mood in the team right now."
Scott Brooks looked worried.
After returning to Seattle from Phoenix, the SuperSonics players fell into deep self-reproach.
SuperSonics has lost three in a row!
This is the first time that the SuperSonics have lost three in a row this season!
It's a miracle.
For a team like the SuperSonics, who would have thought before the game that they would have their first three-game losing streak towards the end of the season?
What's more, the opponents of the three consecutive defeats are still strong teams such as the Lakers, Rockets and Suns.
So, the supersonics occupied the fifth place in the West for a week's time.
The media across the United States is describing the greatness of Yes in terms of shock, incredible, and unbelievable.
During the week when the SuperSonics finished fifth in the West, there were even a lot of media calls that Yes could compete for the MVP of the regular season.
The top four are the threshold for competing MVPs.
But this year, Nowitzki, Nash and Yao Ming are too close, and the MVP votes must be scattered, and it is difficult to guarantee that Yes has no chance!
So, in the week when the supersonic record was fifth in the West, public opinion around the supersonic seemed to be in heaven.
And now?
After losing to the Suns, the fifth place in the West fell directly to the eighth place in the West!
Public opinion in the United States turned around in an instant!
Now the public opinion outside is that the whole country is condemning the superSonics other than Yes.
In terms of the supersonics' performance so far this season.
No one dares to do anything yes even if the media wants to do something right.
It's just that these media don't do Yes things.
But it doesn't mean nothing.
There is no doubt that supersonic is indeed dragging Yes down now.
With Yes's strength, even if he is in a team with decent strength, he does not have to face the bad luck of suffering five consecutive defeats and be ridiculed.
Yes has repeatedly this season single-handedly lifted the supersonic up when they were facing a downfall.
Now, Yes is finally exhausted!
Because of his own reasons, Yes is expected to change from MVP to being ridiculed.
This makes it difficult for superSonics players to accept.
They can accept that they are being scolded for garbage.
But I can't accept Yes being ridiculed like this.
But what can they do?
Five defeats in a row?!
Now the supersonic are on a three-game losing streak.
But media experts across the United States have been waiting for Yes's first five-game losing streak for a long time.
And in the face of these people's stares like watching a good show, they have no way at all.
The next game is against the Pistons, and the next game is against the Mavericks.
In terms of the situation of the Pistons and Mavericks, it is not simpler than the previous Lakers, Rockets and Suns.
The Pistons may not be as strong as the Rockets and Suns this season.
But the Pistons have long said that this game is coming to Seattle for revenge!
The Pistons even said that this game would be treated with the intensity of the Finals from the beginning!
The last time the two teams met, the SuperSonics were beaten by Yes's stunner.
And it was the Pistons who were too careless to win.
If the Pistons are not careless in this game, the SuperSonics have no chance of winning.
After playing the Pistons, the opponent of the supersonic's last game was the Mavericks.
Mavericks, now number one in the West.
And the SuperSonics, facing the top four teams in the West, have lost fifteen in a row!
If the SuperSonics face the Pistons, the chances of winning are almost zero.
Well, against the Mavericks, who know the old Nelson, the supersonic's chances of winning are negative!
Two games have not yet been played, and the SuperSonics have been considered by outside commentators to have lost five in a row in advance.
It's very despised by people.
But there is nothing supersonic players can do.
They really don't deserve to be looked up to.
But they are them, Yes is Yes!
But in the end, it was their problems that Yes took on!
It's uncomfortable!
On the supersonic training ground, Rondo was doing iron-striking exercises.
Milicic is working one-on-one with Tucker.
David Lee doing mid-range shooting exercises.
Barria, Quentin Richardson, Wilkins are shooting three-pointers.
Millsap and Nick Collison are slotting each other.
Every player in the SuperSonics is desperate to improve their quality right away.
But the cruel reality makes each of them unhappy now.
For all this, the old Nelson saw it all.
It's a great group of young people.
As long as you can get into the NBA, no matter how you get in.
Almost every one of them is a genius.
If such a genius can still have a sense of shame, then there is no limit to what he can achieve in the future.
From a bad point of view, the current hypersound is really emotionally problematic.
But on the bright side, hypersonic is also unusually united now.
They really can't beat the Rockets and the Suns.
Whenever the SuperSonics have a chance to win a team, Nelson Sr. believes that these superSonics players will bite like mad dogs!
He has produced a lot of young players.
He has also coached a lot of young teams.
But no young team before, any young player, he has never seen such a strong sense of shame as these players of the SuperSonics.
In the eyes of those media across the United States.
The current supersonic players are already a bunch of small ball ruffians without any sense of honor.
They don't care about being scolded, and they don't care
Win or lose, you will only hang on Yes and rely on Yes to brush data.
Just like that, a group of people who have been sprayed by public opinion in the United States for a season.
The so-called 'trash', who even the media is too lazy to spray, can have such a strong sense of shame!
It's really incredible.
Old Nelson couldn't help but look at the familiar figure.
In the past, Yes has been the hardest working man on the team.
But now, the other supersonic players are practicing desperately, hoping to improve their strength quickly.
Yes, he sat alone on the sidelines with a schedule in his hand.
Yes hasn't given up hope of fifth!
Old Nelson sighed softly.
Fifth!
Yes also wants a fifth!
But judging by the current situation.
If the SuperSonics want to regain the fifth place in the West, it is impossible.
With two games remaining, they are one win behind three teams.
The SuperSonics have faced the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers this season, and they have all had the best head-to-head record.
If the four teams have the same record, the SuperSonics will be at the top of the standings.
But even so, the supersonic need to win the next two games!
Pistons, Mavericks, All-Win ......
Such a result can only appear in dreams!
And even if the supersonic has such a dream, it is not up to the supersonic to decide whether it can be fifth or not in the end!
The Spurs' remaining two opponents are the Mavericks on April 15 and the Nuggets on April 18.
The Nuggets' remaining two opponents are the Grizzlies on April 14 and the Spurs on April 18.
The Lakers' two remaining opponents are the Suns on April 15 and the Kings on April 18.
In other words, if the SuperSonics want to climb to fifth place in the West again, their side needs to win both games, and the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers can't win them all!
That's too demanding!
Old Nelson was sighing
Yes has worked hard.
But that's really the limit for this young team!
Yes, this season has been greater than I imagined!
San Antonio.
Spurs' training ground.
The Spurs players are also working hard.
The second half of the season has been sprinting until now, and this group of veterans has not stopped for a moment.
This made Popovich very uncomfortable!
Draining the veterans in the regular season, what about the playoffs?
What's even more terrifying is that even if these veterans of the Spurs exhaust their energy in the regular season, they can't get what they want!
Looking at the schedule in his hand, the opponents of the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers with two games left, Popovich is really unhappy!
The Spurs' biggest rivals for the top five right now are the Nuggets and the Lakers.
The Nuggets and Lakers have a must-win game in their remaining two games.
The Nuggets play the Grizzlies, and it's a game that can be won while lying down.
It's the same with the Lakers beating the Kings.
And what about Spurs?
Whether it's the Mavericks or the final nuggets.
These are not easy teams to win!
In the penultimate game against the Mavericks, the Mavericks have not yet determined the first place in the West, and it is impossible to release water on the Spurs!
The penultimate game against the Nuggets, this game is likely to directly decide the fifth game in the West, and the Nuggets will fight hard with the Spurs!
Desperate with a team with Iverson and Anthony?!
I feel cautious when I think about it!
Iverson and Anthony had a convulsion, and the whole league had to tremble!
Why are Spurs in their current state now?!
Popovich sighed.
If it weren't for Yes, Spurs wouldn't be as passive as they are now!
All four games of the season and SuperSonics have been lost!
Even if they only win one game, Spurs will not be as passive as they are now!
It's a terrible feeling to try your best and end up with nothing!
Looking at the last column of the schedule in hand, the SuperSonics, the remaining opponents are the Pistons and Mavericks.
This schedule is worse than that of Spurs.
Theoretically, the SuperSonics still have a chance to regain fifth place in the West.
But unless a miracle happens, it can't be.
Therefore, although there are still four teams in the West in theory, there are actually three teams left.
The scramble between the Spurs, Nuggets and Lakers.
Of the three teams, only the Spurs were swept by the supersonics!
Thinking of this, Popovich is even more uncomfortable!
Why bother!
What a pain!
You dragged the Spurs into a five-tie quagmire, swept the Spurs again this season, and made the Spurs so miserable that they weren't eighth in the West in the end!
Why are you restless and restless in the eighth position in the West, isn't there no such thing as now?!
It will not be ridiculed by the media in the United States because the contrast from the fifth in the West to the eighth in the West is too great!
I can only say that I deserve it!
I didn't get any benefit from making the spurs so uncomfortable.
West for five?
As far as the strength of the supersonic team is concerned, if you can really stage a miracle and successfully compete for the fifth, I, Popovich, will not play defensive basketball in the future, but will play offensive basketball instead!
Looking at the names in the back row of the schedule in his hand, Popovich thought viciously.
Los Angeles, Lakers Training Gym.
Under Kobe's urging, the Lakers have been in an excellent atmosphere recently, and even Bynum now looks like he's serious!
Now although the Lakers are seventh, their fate is already in the hands of the Lakers!
As long as the Lakers beat the Suns in the next game,
Complete two wins, and the Lakers will be able to take the initiative of destiny!
Originally, the Lakers had no chance to compete for the fifth place in the West, but Yes's domination of the Spurs made it impossible for the Spurs to take the fifth place early!
One player, on his own, ruled the Spurs with Duncan!
Unheard of!
No matter what, it's a good thing for the Lakers!
As long as they win both of their next two games, the Lakers have a great chance of finishing fifth!
All thanks to Yes!
Thank you Yes for your persistence and dream of chasing fifth!
In the end, Yes didn't succeed in chasing his dream, but it gave the Lakers a great opportunity!
On April 14, 2007, the Nuggets and Grizzlies took the lead in the eight key battles of the intricate Western Conference for the fifth place!
The Nuggets were motivated by coach George Karl, and morale was high.
They beat the Grizzlies 133-118 on the road.
Anthony and Iverson scored 48 and 44 points respectively in this game!
The two played the best game since they worked together!
"Now we have only Spurs against the top five!"
"The remaining opponents of the Supersonic are the Pistons, the Mavericks, they can't win all two games, they can't win a single win, they want to be in the top five, they can only expect a miracle!"
"The Lakers' remaining opponents are the Suns and the Kings, the Suns are now one win behind the Mavericks, and the Suns will definitely not lose to the Lakers!"
"Now the initiative is in our hands!"
"As long as they beat the Spurs, the Nuggets, who have won two in a row, don't have to look at anyone's face!"
Away win over the Grizzlies, George Carr's face flushed with excitement!
With one game left in the season, the Nuggets have finally climbed to fifth place in the West!
"Now we're fifth in the West, and I hope by the end of the regular season, we'll still be fifth in the West!"
With the Nuggets' climb to the fifth, the battle for the fifth in the West has finally entered the final climax.
Although George Carr's slogan was fierce, he did not come down after climbing to the fifth position.
But with the current situation in the west fighting for the fifth, how can he really be so optimistic!
April 15, 2007.
George Karl and the Nuggets players were in front of the TV early.
The Nuggets didn't play today.
But in order to increase the cohesion and urgency of the team to fight for the top five, as well as participation.
George Karl still asked everyone on the team to watch the Spurs and Mavericks, Lakers and Suns play together!
The Spurs and Mavericks, the Lakers and Suns, and the SuperSonics and Pistons were playing almost simultaneously.
The Nuggets' main focus is on the Spurs and Mavericks, Lakers and Suns.
As for talking about the supersonic and piston races.
In terms of the current state of the supersonic running out of oil and the Pistons' all-out attitude of playing the game as a finals, the supersonic have no chance.
If the SuperSonics want to win the Pistons and win the Mavericks, they may participate in the battle for the fifth again, such a miracle is not so easy to happen!
The game between the Spurs and the Mavericks.
The Spurs are making a last-ditch fight for five.
If this game is lost and the fifth place is lost, then there will be no point in the Spurs fighting for the sprint of the season.
Spurs will give it their all in this game.
And the same goes for the Mavericks, who are now one win ahead of the Suns.
If they lose to the Spurs and lose the first place in the West, the Mavericks absolutely don't want such a thing to happen.
The Lakers and Suns are actually pretty much the same.
In these two games, the Mavericks and Suns are crazy for first place in the West, and the Spurs and Lakers are crazy for fifth place in the West.
These two games were extremely exciting!
The eyes of the Nuggets players in front of the TV are also brilliant!
"The strength of the Spurs is definitely underrated!"
"The strength of the Lakers is also underestimated!"
"But the Mavericks and the Sun are really strong!"
One hall, three TVs.
Now all eyes of the Nuggets players are on these two games.
As for the supersonic and piston races, it is slowly forgotten.
In fact, the Pistons took a 10-point lead as soon as they came up.
Even in order not to interfere with them watching the Spurs and Mavericks, Lakers and Suns play, they also turned the sound of the Pistons and SuperSonics games to a minimum.
"The Spurs and Lakers really want to win!"
"The Mavericks and the Suns don't want to lose either!"
Compared with the Pistons supersonic game, the Pistons scored more than 10 points as soon as they came up, and the two games between the Mavericks and the Spurs, the Lakers and the Suns played extremely anxiously.
The game was bitten together from the start.
A match between the Mavericks and the Spurs.
The Spurs were playing on the road, and the Spurs took the lead as soon as they came up, and at the end of the first quarter it was 28-22, and the Spurs led by 6 points!
Immediately after the second quarter, the Mavericks took advantage of a strong rotation lineup to catch up with the score.
At the end of the first half, the score of the two teams was 55-52, and the Mavericks were three points behind at home!
The Mavericks, who have been so strong at home this season, actually trailed by three points at halftime at home!
Spurs are more powerful than anyone expected!
Duncan, who was so calm and composed, actually ate a technical foul in the first half.
Faced with a controversial penalty from bald Crawford, Duncan yelled at Crawford.
The game entered the second half, and such anxiety entered the climax!
The score difference between the Spurs and the Mavericks has never exceeded five points!
And the Mavericks who are not the first in the West have always been the Spurs who have been leading in the fifth!
Such a spectacle, the Nuggets players in front of the TV were dumbfounded!
Originally, the Nuggets always thought they were the strongest team among the four in the West!
"The Spurs replaced Duncan with three minutes left in the third quarter, and the Spurs were ready to let Duncan play the rhythm of the fourth quarter!"
"Now the Spurs have a slight lead, they can afford it, they can give the Spurs some rest!"
"The bald Crawford is very unfriendly to the Spurs in this game!"
"Crawford isn't unfriendly to Spurs, he's not friendly to anyone, he's blind!"
"This foul is somewhat controversial!"
The Nuggets are now all drawn to the Spurs and Mavericks game.
Even the game between the Lakers and the Suns is slowly giving up on it.
This game between the Mavericks and Spurs is so exciting!
Whether it's the intensity or intensity of the game, according to the words of Reggie Miller, the commentator of this game.
"It's a Grand Final intensity match!"
A regular season game with the intensity of the finals!
Such a game is extremely rare, even in the history of the NBA!
"Wait?! What is Crawford doing?! â
"Crawford made a T gesture to the Spurs' bench?!"
Tīŧīŧ
Or the bench against Spurs?!
Did Popovich eat T?
This is not surprising.
But when the TV camera was always focused on Duncan.
The Nuggets players were instantly dumbfounded!
"Duncan is eating T again?!"
"This is Duncan's second T's in this game?!"
"Duncan ate the second T?!"
"Duncan has been sent off!"
Looking at the picture of Duncan being ejected from the game by Crawford, the Nuggets were really dumbfounded!
Duncan also ate T for smiling and clapping in the game against the SuperSonics, but Duncan was on the court at that time!
Crawford does have a reason.
But now, Duncan is sitting on the sidelines!
You can eat T like this?!
A grand battle of finals intensity is over like this?!
Duncan's downfall undoubtedly deprived the Spurs of any hope of winning this game!
10 to 19!
This is the score of the fourth quarter!
After Duncan was gone, the Spurs collapsed!
86-91, Spurs lost away!
Through the screen, the Nuggets can feel how ugly Popovich's face is now!
"The Lakers also lost, 85-93!"
"Spurs, the Lakers have lost, and now the Nuggets are in fifth!"
Anthony and Iverson are thrilled!
No matter what the process looks like, this result is the best!
And at this moment, the TV next to me, which was almost muted by them, exploded with a bang!
"Miracle! Marvel! Marvel! â
"Yes kill the Pistons again!"
Yes lore the Pistons again?!
For a moment, the Nuggets looked up and down in disbelief at the TV they had been ignoring.
Marvel?!