Chapter 597: Great Match, Great Opponent, Great Showdown!

The game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Denver Nuggets started less than two minutes before the head coach of the SuperSonics, Nelson Sr., was forced to ask for a timeout.

This made the media reporters who had been thinking that the Nuggets had collapsed before the start of this game were dumbfounded.

If the Seattle SuperSonics win this game, if the SuperSonics end up losing this game, then this series will really be just a fairly ordinary series!

Even if Yes is 3-3 down and then goes 3-3, it won't be earth-shattering if it falls short in the end.

"I didn't expect this game to start like this......"

In the media booth of the Key Arena, many media reporters now find it a little incredulous.

The Nuggets have never been a team known for their willpower.

This team has really improved in that regard since Billups and Hamilton arrived.

But Billups and Hamilton had collapsed in the last game, and the Nuggets could have been said to have been that in terms of willpower.

But look at Anthony's strong style of play at the beginning of this game.

Except for the first attack, which is clearly a purposeful mid-range projection.

The offense behind is all strong to the basket.

This is the posture of the players in hand-to-hand combat!

Who would have thought that Anthony could make such a gesture in the face of such a collapse situation?

The current state of Anthony and the Nuggets is unbelievable, but it is on the SuperSonics' side, because J.R. Smith's defense of Yes is unexpectedly good, which makes this team difficult.

"I don't know what the arrangement of the old Nelson is suspended this time, from our point of view, in the face of Anthony in such a hot state, someone on the side of the Seattle SuperSonics must stand up!"

"Rondo, Millsap, Milicic, Durant...... They need to stand by Yes's side and share the pressure of Yes! ”

"All the games before the Seattle SuperSonics put all their eggs into the Yes basket, and I believe that Yes can find its better offensive form sooner or later against the defense of JR Smith, but it will take time, and at this time, against the crazy Anthony, someone needs to bite these scores that are about to pull away!"

The start of this game did beat Barkley a little blindly.

However, although Barkley was not so stunned, he was still worried.

The first three games were all when Yes stepped up and took the game.

Now let the supersonic others stand up?

Is it possible?

Who can assist Yes and Anthony in the race under such tremendous pressure?

Barkley doesn't know who can be trusted up and down the supersonic speed right now.

But he knows very well that Yes is in trouble on the offensive end now, and he can't lose the start of this game, and even if he loses it, he can't lose too much, even if others can no longer be trusted to stand up, he must stand up!

Now for hypersound, it is really a difficult and suffocating period!

On the court, the suffocating pressure of the game is still spreading, and now this suffocating pressure is spreading in front of the bench of the Seattle SuperSonics under Anthony's strong performance.

On the Nuggets side, the pressure is much less.

George Karl could clearly feel the tension compared to the beginning of the game, and now the look on the faces of the Nuggets players has become soothing!

Seeing that the faces of the children under his command had begun to look relaxed now, George Carr was almost moved to tears.

He really never dreamed that he would see such a responsible Merlot in his lifetime.

Two years ago, when Anthony led the Nuggets to win with his constant killings, he always fantasized that Anthony could fully assume the responsibility of the team, and he had the strength!

Before Yes came along, George Carr always felt that Anthony was the key man with the most critical ball ability, he had all the offensive skills, he could face any difficult situation, no one in this world could defend him, he had the best innate conditions, and his high shooting percentage proved it.

Anthony shouldn't just dominate the team's last attack, there are other key moments in a game besides the last attack being a key moment.

For example, in this game, the start of this game is the most critical and critical moment.

In 48 minutes of a game, the key moment is not a few blues at the end of the game, but when the team needs him to step up, he can really stand up.

This has always been what George Carr wanted Anthony to do.

But Anthony's lack of concentration and casualness really hurt George Carr's brain.

Two years later, before this year's All-Star Game, he even sometimes wondered if at some point, he would never be able to stand Anthony's casual waste of talent and end up clashing with his favorite disciple and finally parting ways.

To make him think like this, you can imagine how desperate Anthony had made him before.

But now......

There you have it, you really have it!

The qualities he had always wanted to have in Anthony were all there!

Looking at Anthony's baby-fat cheeks on his face, the expression on his cheeks now is not casual or indifferent, it is not desperate to fight how he wants, it is perseverance, and it is a future full of hope and longing!

"As long as this series beats Yes and beats the SuperSonics, we're the champions of the year!"

George Carr couldn't be more convinced!

Anthony is facing the supersonic and Yes, after completing the transformation under such huge pressure, the entire strength of the Nuggets will also complete the transformation!

The current Nuggets can definitely wrestle with the Rockets and Suns!

Not to mention the Seattle SuperSonics.

At the end of the timeout, George Carr looked at the Seattle SuperSonics bench on the other side, and he didn't believe that Nelson Sr. could change the decline with a timeout.

Now Yes urgently needs someone else to step up, whether it's Rondo, Millsap or Milicic or Durant, it's not someone who can stand up in this kind of game!

Although the supersonic up and down are a group of unreliable people except Yes, the old Nelson has to find a less short one among this group of shorties.

This has to be said to be a pain.

Even George Carr was a little desperate for old Nelson.

"After the pause, who will the Seattle SuperSonics use to share the pressure of Yes?!"

"Milicic? Or Durant? ”

At the end of the timeout, when the players on both sides returned to the field again, both the fans on the sidelines and the media reporters from all over the world were curious.

The attacking prowess of Rondo and Millsap really can't be counted on at this time.

Milicic and Durant are the most likely options.

However, neither man's attack was very consistent.

Most people are actually more optimistic about Milicic, Durant has proven in the first six games that he can't take this responsibility, can Milicic take this responsibility?

No one knows, but you can always try, right?

What if?

It's better than using a loser all the time, right?

It's just that......

When the fans in the stadium and the audience in front of the TV saw the familiar picture of Yes advancing with the ball, they had a very bad premonition.

Yes is so familiar with the ball!

Wasn't that the case in the first six games when Durant was ready to attack?

"It's Durant!"

"Like the previous six games, even when it comes to the most critical moment of life and death, Yes trusts Durant the most!"

Durant was running slowly forward, and Anthony was always by his side.

"KD, next attack, you come!"

Without any hesitation!

Whether it's head coach Nelson Sr., the team's leading player Yes, or teammate Millsap Milicic or anyone else, all eyes look at him with trust.

He is a sensitive person, and he knows whether these trusting glances are real or false.

He also knows that the trust that his teammates have in him is actually the trust of Yes.

Yes Since they believe in him and are willing to put their careers on their backs for him, they believe in Yes, unconditionally, so they are willing to believe in him.

This kind of trust around people feels very good, but it is also very scary.

He can't fail!

This time, it's really the last chance!

"KD, can you be a pillar in Seattle?"

This is what Yes said to him when he looked into his eyes during the pause.

Still calm, still determined.

But he was sensitive enough to hear that Yes wasn't just saying that he wanted him to be a pillar of Seattle.

Yes also hopes that he can be his dependence!

In the past, he could always tell himself that no matter how bad he was, he had Yes to cover for himself, and Yes to rely on.

But now, this game, he will be Yes to rely on!

Yes dragged the team forward in the first six games, he was really tired, yes even if he was an iron man, he needed a moment to rest.

He needs to be a haven where Yes can rest for a while!

Durant can clearly feel that this time is the most stressful time since the beginning of this series.

Although the pressure was huge, Durant did not feel the slightest impatience and uneasiness before.

Now he is unusually calm.

This calmness makes Durant himself feel extremely strange and incredible.

"Maybe it's only now that I've really been able to face everything with a normal heart......"

With no way out, no other way, everything seems to be clear.

Seeing Ye Si slowly advancing with the ball under the pressure of J.R. Smith, commentators from all over the world on the sidelines were bustling with exclaims, telling their feelings and incredibleness in languages from all over the world.

But on the court, Ye Si managed to take the ball past the front court under the pressure of J.R. Smith, and he did not call any teammates to come over to cover.

"Unbelievable possession of the ball!"

Although J.R. Smith's confrontation is not so strong, it is really difficult for ordinary people to be as calm and relaxed as Yes with such a mad dog-style full-court pressing.

Maddie thought she couldn't do it.

At some point, he would squeeze through J.R. Smith with his power and then speed through.

But what about Yes?

It's really a constant speed throughout the whole process!

The constant speed of the whole process means that you need to fight against JR Smith the whole time!

The last time he saw him dribble so aggressively and calmly in the face of full-court pressure was his idol, the Magic's eternal No. 1.

Maddie is now admiring Yes's dribbling, and the more Maddie admires, the more Yao Ming worries.

He really doesn't want this series to have any impact on Xiao Yezi's national team mentality.

Xiao Yezi's ball control, which even Maddie admires, is what the national team needs most!

Yes's advance on the ball made J.R. Smith very uncomfortable.

J.R. Smith has always felt that his heads-up is very good, and Yes is actually a kind of heads-up.

In the process of Yes advancing with the ball, it is equivalent to him initiating countless heads-up against Yes.

In the end, Yes passed smoothly, which naturally means that all these heads-up he initiated failed.

Yes as if he knew his choice!

It was really incredible to J.R. Smith.

Since his steals have no effect on Yes, what is even more incredible is that he can actually limit Yes on the defensive end!

Although he now wears the aura of being able to limit Yes on the defensive end, it stands to reason that he really doesn't want to face Yes.

I don't know if it's his delusion, he always feels that Yes always wants to kick his ass hard, he always feels that Yes's eyes look at him are full of aggression and unfriendliness, he always feels that as long as Yes is willing, he can immediately incarnate as God in front of him!

Yes, who pushed the ball across the half court, watched Durant on the other side successfully play with Anthony and threw the ball to Durant on the other side, which finally relieved JR Smith's nerves.

It's like passing the ball to Durant!

J.R. Smith secretly looked at Durant on the other side, his eyes full of gratitude.

It's not false gratitude, it's genuine gratitude!

This series is really thanks to Durant, and the pressure on them to defend Yes will be so much less.

After Durant received the ball sideways, he quickly changed his body from sideways to frontal.

After dodging a layup from Anthony, Durant has been forced beyond the three-point line by Anthony from mid-range.

Anthony is dismissive of Durant.

Anthony has never hidden such emotions.

However, there is one thing that Anthony still admires Durant, this guy's face is really thick!

He made this series so miserable, and he dared to take such a responsibility.

Having the strength and being willing to take responsibility is called being responsible.

If you don't have the strength to take responsibility, that's called having no self-knowledge!

Durant is a player without self-knowledge.

In this series against Durant, he has seen Durant scrambled under his defense countless times and kept making mistakes.

His defense has been practicing lately, but it hasn't reached an excellent level, Durant's iron and mistakes, it's really this guy's own fault, and it really doesn't have that much to do with him.

A player who is so unreliable in such a crucial playoff game, Anthony has never seen in the NBA for so many years.

In the face of such an unreliable player, Anthony has already learned that he doesn't need to be very good defensively now, as long as he keeps putting pressure on Durant, he will throw his own impatient mistakes and impatience.

And the power needed to put pressure on Durant and fight against it is exactly what he does best!

"After Anthony failed to steal for the first time, he posted it on the spot!"

"Will Durant choose to dribble the ball to his feet this time, or will he choose to force a shot under Anthony's closeness?"

Seeing the still familiar picture on the court, many commentators on the sidelines have even started a crazy mode of complaining about Durant.

I really can't blame them for being so mean to Durant, it's that Durant's first six games are really not so competitive, and it's really not as good as the regular season!

Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad, sometimes angels and sometimes devils, and it's more unstable than the regular season.

As a die-hard coconut powder commentator, Barkley now sees Durant playing Anthony alone, and he really has a feeling that he can't bear to look at it directly!

Just when Barkley resisted the urge to not want to watch the game, everything that suddenly happened on the field made Barkley's eyes wide!

"Durant didn't break through!"

"Durant didn't force it either!"

"Durant chose to back down again!"

Durant retreated again in the face of Anthony's pressing!

Only this time, after Durant stepped back, he immediately changed his direction sharply, and Anthony, who was about to be pasted again, was clean!

"So fast?"

"No, it's too slow!"

Anthony looked at the disappearing figure in front of him in disbelief, his eyes widening!

The change of direction of the left and right frequencies ......

It was definitely the slowest change of direction breakthrough he'd ever seen!

But he didn't block it?!

"Durant's change of direction and breakthrough this time is too big!"

"This breakthrough, Durant reduced his speed and increased his amplitude!"

"Anthony has been deceived!"

Not only was Anthony deceived, after breaking through Anthony, Durant faced the jumping man Camby who came over to help defend, and also used his weird low speed to change direction sharply!

Bang!

The entire defense of the Nuggets was pierced by Durant's somewhat slow three-step breakaway!

Look at that supersonic thirty-five hanging from the basket with one hand.

The whole Key Arena was silent!

Whether it was the supersonic fans at the scene or the media reporters from all over the world, they were all stunned at this time.

On the side, Ye Si looked at Durant hanging on the basket, but his eyes kept flashing.

Finally!

Six playoff games have passed, and Durant has finally learned to slow down and attack!

After a short silence, the entire arena was soon in an explosion of cheers!

This supersonic offensive is just too important!

Before this attack of the SuperSonics, the score on the court was 7 to 3, and if the Seattle SuperSonics failed to attack and the Nuggets scored again, then the difference between the two sides would be at least six points, and in such a crucial game, a five-point difference is a huge hurdle!

As long as this hurdle is broken, the pressure on the supersonic players will be too great!

Looking at the supersonic fans cheering wildly on TV, Yao Ming in front of the TV was also relieved.

Durant was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics as the guy next to Yes who needs to step up.

Regardless of the rest, forget the game ahead of Durant, Durant's breakthrough is indeed wonderful.

has a little bit of his one-stop dunk style.

Of course, Durant's speed and ball handling are much better than his.

More critically......

"Durant's hands and legs are too long!"

"Durant's official height is 2.06 meters, but he was born with a short neck, and his arm span and leg length are actually the arm span and leg length that only players with a height of more than 2.13 meters can have.

"No, you can't blame Anthony and Camby for this ball, Durant's change of direction breakthrough of this magnitude, the NBA has never seen it, it's too peculiar, Durant's talent may not be so high, but he does have characteristics, I now understand why Yes values him the most in the supersonic group!"

"While this level of penetration is only effective against a great defender, in the NBA there is probably only Durant who can change direction with this pace and amplitude!"

Listening to the discussion of the rocket teammates around him, Yao Ming also nodded secretly.

As long as Durant is not so impatient, he will indeed make a difference in the face of the Nuggets, a team that is not so good defensively!

However, Durant's performance in the first six games of this series is too memorable.

Whether Durant's offense in the face of Anthony this time was short-lived, Yao Ming is really not sure.

But soon, Yao Ming determined that Durant's first offensive slow-to-extreme breakthrough was not a flash in the pan!

Dramatically change direction to get rid of Anthony, and then accelerate and then make a big change of direction breakthrough!

The supersonic No. 35 on TV in this game made Yao Ming really have a feeling of getting to know him again.

"Not only are the hands and feet long, but the basic skills are also quite excellent and comprehensive!"

Yao Ming can clearly see that this is a player who has worked hard.

In the next few offenses and defenses of the SuperSonics and the Nuggets, Durant's incredible slow-paced and large-scale change of direction breakthrough broke through a total of three times, and also succeeded three times!

In the end, Nuggets head coach George Karl had to ask for a timeout before the official timeout arrived.

There was no way not to call a timeout, Yes shot 50% from the field under the defense of JR Smith, shot 2-of-4 and scored 6 points, but Durant played too fiercely, scoring 6 points on 3-of-3 shooting!

Combined, supersonic hits four times in a row!

The Nuggets hit two of the three shots, and the score between the two sides also changed from 7-3 before the supersonic timeout to 12-12.

And looking at this posture, the Nuggets still have the feeling of being suppressed by supersonic speed again.

This game is so important, how could George Karl allow problems for the team!

"Melo, your defense against Durant was great before, but your defensive intensity is too big, after you are broken by Durant, you leave too much space for Durant, defend Durant, put pressure on Durant, don't step out of the three-point line, Durant is not Yes, don't pay attention to his retreat, he doesn't have that long attack distance!"

George Carr's adjustment was still very timely.

As one of the league's most famous coaches, he can certainly see the problems that the team is encountering now, the Nuggets are a fast-paced team, and they are used to being fast both offensively and defensively, and they really can't cope with Durant's slowness, which is actually not very slow.

"Durant actually changed the Nuggets' defensive strategy!"

"Durant can actually change the Nuggets' defensive strategy in the game!"

"Anthony needs to focus more on the defensive end now!"

"Durant's sudden revelation changed not only the Nuggets' defense, but also the Nuggets' offense!"

"When Anthony needs to focus more on the defensive end and the Nuggets' offensive efficiency is declining, Yes's 50% shooting under the JR Smith limit is no longer enough, it's enough!"

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the Seattle SuperSonics and the Nuggets in the much-anticipated tie-break was 34-34!

Draw!

And the two most talked-about players in this game, Yes, made 6 of 12 three-pointers in the first quarter and scored 19 points in a single quarter!

And Anthony, on the other hand, was 8 of 12 in the first quarter and scored 21 points in a single quarter!

"In the first quarter of the game, Yes's scores were all outside the three-point line, and he gave all the offensive areas inside the three-point line to Durant!"

"Most of Anthony's offensive area in the first quarter was inside the three-point line, and he gave the area outside the three-point line to his teammates!"

"Yes and Anthony played so well in the first quarter!"

"And in addition to Yes and Anthony, the other player who changed the pattern of this game is Durant!"

"Durant's shooting percentage is not so incredible after Anthony and Nuggets' defense shrinks, but he still changes the Nuggets' offense and defense, giving Yes more respite!"

What a magical game!

Before the start of this game, Kenny Smith thought it would be a rookie pecking game.

He really didn't expect this match to be a match of fairy fights!

In such a high-pressure tie-breaker, Yes and Anthony's single-quarter scores both broke 15, what does this mean?

Jordan's average points per game in key games is only a 'measant' 39 points!

"It's been a great match!"

And it's not just the two teams that started the game.

When the game came to the rotation stage, after the substitutes of the two teams came on, the game was also extremely exciting.

"After Yes and Anthony in the first quarter, the rest of the players on both teams are in good shape!"

No, with the exception of Hamilton of the Nuggets, most of the players on the court are in shape!

"This game is so exciting!"

It was only in the second quarter of the game, and Kenny Smith felt that his palms were completely soaked with sweat.

After the two teams grabbed the opening game without a score, the two teams began to grab bench time again in the rotation stage.

The two teams held their breath in a state of madness from the beginning until the end of the second quarter of rotation time.

After the second quarter, the rotation time of the two teams was over, and when the starting forces of the two teams returned to the court again, the score on the court was 50-50!

It's still a draw!

In the second half of the second quarter, when the official timeout ended and the game restarted, Nuggets head coach George Karl, who was standing on the sidelines, had completely lost the calmness he had since the game began.

The Nuggets players played too well with Anthony!

50 points in one and a half quarters!

This really reminded George Carl of the second regular season game between the Nuggets and the SuperSonics this season, and the Nuggets got a terrifying 160+ in the face of the SuperSonics!

In that game, the offensive state of the Nuggets was really God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha!

And this game may be just worse than Hamilton next to him compared to that game......

George Carr looked at Hamilton beside him, as long as he could recover, the anxiety of this game could be broken!

In that game between the Nuggets and the SuperSonics, the Nuggets cut 160+ crazily, and the average team would have collapsed long ago under the attack of the Nuggets, but what about the SuperSonics?

The supersonic score is 140+!

The Nuggets just won one Hamilton.

And without Hamilton's contribution in this game, the two teams are now biting into everything.

"The superSonics and the Nuggets are biting too hard right now!"

"After the Nuggets started the game with a four-point lead over the SuperSonics, the difference between the two teams was only three points at most!"

When the starters of both sides returned to the pitch, the anxiety of the game was not lifted.

Even in the second half of the second quarter, because the strength of the players on both sides of the court has been improved, the game looks more anxious and exciting.

And the fans on the sidelines and the audience in front of the TV have become more nervous.

"There really is no defense in this game!"

"It's not so much that there is no defense, but that neither of the two teams can prevent anyone, and the final result of this game depends on which of the two teams has a greater offensive advantage!"

"With Hamilton in terrible form, the quality of the two teams is already on the same level!"

Look at the score on TV, 70 to 70!

This is the score of both teams at half-time.

It's really a jaw-dropping score!

And it's not just the first half that was jaw-dropping, but also after the start of the second half!

"All the players from both teams have reached the limit of their contribution in this extremely anxious game!"

"But on the Nuggets' side, there is still a new force that can be used!"

Adelman's eyes twinkled as he looked at the TV.

The expressions on the faces of Yao Ming and Roy on the side became quite ugly.

"Hamilton didn't have the rotation time at the beginning of the fourth quarter, right?!"

When the first five minutes of the fourth quarter were played and the two teams changed to their lineups for the final showdown, looking at the Nuggets No. 32 on TV, who had completely returned to normal, Yao Ming and Roy's ugly faces had completely darkened!

"This is the last chance that Melo and his team-mates have created for me with their efforts!"

"Seeing the performance of my teammates like this, even if it is a rock, I will be moved!"

Hamilton took a long, deep breath as he looked at the familiar demonic figure on the other side.

"This time, we're going to win!"

Hamilton followed the Nuggets' teammates onto the court.

"This game, the supersonic is coming to an end!"

Camby, Anthony, Hamilton, J.R. Smith, Billups......

This is George Carr's final hit lineup!

With Hamilton recovering and a new force on the board, Barkley now feels like his hands are shaking.

"Anthony successfully infected Hamilton with his performance this time, and finally with Anthony's encouragement and infection, Hamilton returned to normal!"

Barkley is now a little desperate, and Kenny Smith next to him is full of passion again!

And after the roar, Kenny Smith looked at the technical statistics sent by the assistant, and his excited eyes instantly contracted rapidly!

Anthony and Yes score now?!

Not only is Kenny Smith's eyes shrinking rapidly now, but even Jordan, who has just lit a cigar happily watching Hamilton play again, has an incredible look on his face when he sees the technical statistics of the two teams played on TV so far.

"How is this possible?!"

What would make Jordan feel so incredible, of course, would not be the technical statistics of other players.

Yes, 20-of-32 shooting, 10-of-20 three-pointers, 56 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Anthony, 20-of-32 shooting, 1-of-3 three-pointers, 15-of-16 free throws, 56 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

With most of the game remaining, Anthony and Yes both scored 56!

My playoff scoring record!

The cigar that Jordan had just lit fell out of his hand before he could smoke it.

Hurt!

This time, the eye quickly rejected the fire.

However, the heart is distressed, and the hand hurts even more!

"I thought it would be a rookie pecking at each other, but I didn't expect it to ......"

Regardless of the outcome of this match, it is worthy of the greatest tie-break in history!

Two players in one game who could break Jordan's playoff scoring record!

Kenny Smith believes that it is not only him, but now I am afraid that many people's hearts are trembling all over the world!

"Great game!"

"Great showdown!"

"Great opponent!"

David Stern, who was on the sidelines, shouted three greats in his heart after his assistant whispered!