Chapter 607: Rookie Fantasies and Championships?
Before the second game between the SuperSonics and the Suns, the world knew how important this game was for the Suns.
Regardless of whether the first game was a surprise loss or not, the Suns must bottom out in this game if they want to win the championship this year.
On the other side, the Houston Rockets have pulled one back in the second game after losing to the Lakers in the first game.
Although the second game of the Rockets was difficult to win, it still won after all.
The biggest advantage of the Sun and the Rocket is that the Sun's opponent is the Hypersonics.
If the sun can't end the supersonic speed in the shortest time, then the showdown between the sun and the rocket will have no advantage!
How many games will the Rockets and Lakers play?
Six or seven?
No one knows about this.
But the game between the Rockets and the Lakers is played for one day.
If the Suns want to get more rest and an advantage, they will have to finish the SuperSonics in five games.
A 4-0 sweep was out of the question after losing the first game, and the best result for the Suns would be to win four games in a row and knock out the SuperSonics in five games.
In this case, it doesn't matter if the Rockets solve the Lakers in six games or seven games.
In this game between the Sun and the SuperSonics, whether it is from the situation at the beginning of the game or from the pre-game interview of the game, the Suns are really united and strive to win!
But what about the final outcome of this game?
116 to 128!
In this game, the Suns lost even worse than the previous game!
It doesn't matter if the Suns lose in this game, it's not a loss that is even worse.
For the Suns, what is even more desperate in this game is that the Seattle SuperSonics really have a stable singles spot other than Yes!
In this game, Durant hit 17 of 33 shots in the game, once again scored 40+ in the game, and after scoring 46 points in the last game, he scored another 45 points in this game!
In two consecutive games, he cut 40+ with a shooting rate of about 50%!
It's fair to say that when the Suns put their best defensive players, Marion and Ragabel, on Yes, the Suns' best perimeter defensive player, Grant Hill, was almost like air in front of Durant.
Everyone in this game saw how embarrassed Grant Hill was in front of Durant.
In the last round, Durant, who was abused by Anthony, brought Grant Hill back to life in these two games.
A young All-Star who is not so good defensively, but has a very distinctive offense, has risen under the backdrop of Grant Hill.
Before the start of this series, most of the world believed that the big score would indeed be 2-0, but it was not the supersonic 2-0 Suns, it should be the Suns 2-0 supersonics.
But now?
When the second game between the SuperSonics and the Suns ended, the result of the SuperSonics score 2-0 Suns really shocked the whole world!
The fans, the media, and the teams that stayed in the playoffs, or the teams that have been eliminated, or the teams that didn't make the playoffs in the league, are all feeling dazzled or dreaming right now.
At the end of the second game between the SuperSonics and the Suns, everyone knew that the impact of this result was too great.
Not to mention other effects, let's just say that for the Western Conference semifinals between the Rockets and the Lakers on the other side, when the Suns are 0-2 behind the SuperSonics at home, this will greatly stimulate the fighting power of these two teams.
"As long as we beat the Rockets, we are the champions!"
"As long as we beat the Lakers, we are champions!"
Looking at the stunned Suns fans on TV, Kobe and Maddie, who are good friends, shouted this sentence in unison and excitement almost in different spaces!
The Suns are now 2-0 down.
It's not 0-2 away, it's 0-2 at home!
Coupled with the failure of the Suns' tactics of sending Yes out of the game that have been effective against Yes, the situation of the Suns is really in crisis now.
If the Suns' loss in the last game made Kobe Bryant and Maddy just think that the Suns could be eliminated by the SuperSonics.
So the Sun's continued loss in this game is to make them feel that the Sun is not possible, but has a very high possibility of being eliminated by the SuperSonic!
Of course, this is the impact of this game on the Lakers and Rockets.
The impact of this game on another group is even greater.
That is, for the NBA rookie players who participated in this year's draft, when they witness the rise of Durant, this game is the favorite position of the rookies, and the 'Yes teammates' will become more valuable!
In the past, Yes's teammates would just make them feel that they could win the scoring title, assist champion or other honors.
As for the upper limit of strength and potential, they really didn't think much about it.
A real all-star?
No kidding, you don't have that potential, you are blown up by an all-star opponent every time, how can you be a real all-star?
They don't need to be real All-Stars, they just need to be All-Stars in stats, and they need to be All-Stars in the All-Star Game.
But now Durant ......
After this guy became an all-star in data and an all-star in the All-Star game, he actually became a real All-Star in one fell swoop?!
Looking at the supersonic No. 35 standing next to Yes like a minion on the court, Harden in the stands on the sidelines subconsciously touched his buttocks.
By Yes's side, you can not only get data, honor, money, but also break through the upper limit of strength!
A player who is recognized all over the world and has only the potential of a quasi-All-Star level has been promoted to an All-Star level by Yes in front of the whole world!
It's really terrifying!
You know, he, James Harden, is because he is considered to have the most potential, that is, a weakened version of Ginobili, so he has always been on the edge of the lottery and can't go further in the draft.
Potential!
His potential isn't enough in the eyes of many draft experts.
At the very least, his potential is not enough in front of Beasley, Mayo and Rose, who are destined to become the least All-Stars.
There is a ceiling to his potential, so there is a ceiling to his draft pick, which may be very sad to say, he performed well in this year's NCAA, entered the national championship with a fish belly team, and his own statistics are also quite good, but because of his lack of potential, his draft predictions are not as good as Joe Alexander!
Joe Alexander's current strength is a hairy?
He can hit ten at a time!
Of course, this is an exaggeration.
But for the draft, it's such a reality that those draft pundits don't think Joe Alexander can be a better player, even if he Harden is the best player right now, he can't compare to him.
Potential!
It's something any young player wants to forget, but can't forget.
Every aspiring young player hopes that he can continue to improve his strength through his continuous efforts, as long as his efforts can be exchanged for strength improvement.
But the reality is that there is a limit to the potential of every player.
When you reach a level of strength, it's very, very difficult to move forward.
Unless you can find your specialty.
It is clear that 99.9% of the featured players in NBA history will not be featured All-Stars, but will only be featured role players.
A young player like Durant, who has broken through his limits in just one season, is simply unheard of!
And that's the magic of Yes!
And that's why last year's free market Bucks pair Mo Williams is willing to be a Yes teammate with the SuperSonics even if he takes a pay cut.
"I'm going into supersonics!"
"I want to be a real All-Star too!"
In Harden's heart, a voice like an angel and a demon kept roaring!
James Harden has been preparing his resume lately, and although he has been promised by SuperSonics general manager Presti, Princeton appreciates him again, and it is also a first-round late commitment.
For him, this promise can only be guaranteed, and with this guarantee of supersonic, he needs to hit the lottery, even the higher the better.
But now, he knew exactly what he needed.
Mo Williams can be willing to give up tens of millions of annual salaries in order to become Yes's teammate, and he James Harden can not even pass Mo Bu pass?!
At this time, looking at Durant standing next to Yes like a minion on TV, the young player who is doing such a low roar in his heart will definitely not be James Harden alone.
This is a real all-star!
This should be something that only a player in a million can have.
Now Durant's success has given any player in the world an opportunity to become a true All-Star.
"Yes has opened a way for young players from all over the world to leap into the sky!"
This year's NCAA champion, UC guard Jordan Farmar looked enviously at the cold-looking supersonic No. 35 player on the TV, and Jordan Farmar could feel the sound of his teammates' breathing that had been quite rapid in this game.
Even Russell, Kevin and Aaron, who are considered to be All-Star players, are now full of fantasies about the position of Yes teammates, right?
"Our goal is to get into the NBA and beat Yes, not to join Yes!"
"If you can't beat it, join in, if any of you are such a person, you won't be my brother in the future!"
Just when Jordan Farmar fantasized that he might be selected by the SuperSonics according to this year's draft prediction, the sound of a living treasure around him made Jordan Farmar's face darken!
Brother Nima!
I was a brother with you, and I was cheated by you for four years, and now I'm being falsely accused by you for life or what!
Lao Tzu has been with you for four years to win the NCAA championship, from the lottery three years ago to the end of the first round now, you are not satisfied with this mallet?
Finally, Lao Tzu has a chance to become a Yes teammate one day, Nima's and I said brother?
Lao Tzu doesn't have you as a mallet brother!
Jordan Famar is tempted to hit people right now.
But seeing the stubborn eyes of Afraro and Westbrook, the master and apprentice, Jordan Farmar finally gave up his plan to beat Afralo.
Well, you can't win.
Anyway, the draft is not up to us.
Just because I don't join doesn't mean Yes won't choose me!
But......
Jordan Farmar is well aware that SuperSonics' first-round pick No. 28 this year may be very competitive.
I'm afraid that there will be a lot of high-ranking rookies this year who deliberately pull down their own rankings!
"This year's draft is going to be quite chaotic!"
"If last year's draft had a bunch of Jordan Magic, this year's draft is sure to have a bunch of Rodman, Artest, and Bynum......"
The magnitude of the maelstrom caused by the second game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns was something that many people did not expect.
In fact, for Yes, he didn't expect that the second game would have such a big impact after continuing to beat the Suns.
When Yes brought Durant to the post-game press conference after the game, he was asked a question that he almost never asked.
"Yes, congratulations to you and your teammates on another perfect victory, you're now 2-0 up on the road, have you ever thought about winning this year's championship? One of the most prestigious championships in NBA history. ”
This is not a provocative media, nor is it a journalist who has always disliked him, and yes is familiar with this journalist, this is a reporter from Seattle, a reporter from The Stranger, and he asked him a fairly similar question seven years ago.
"Yes, congratulations on another victory, a trophy with your friends, you're in great shape right now, have you ever thought about this year's national championship?"
"Of course."
"That's what we've always been after."
After that interview, Yes and the Garfield Five Tigers were hammered by Anthony.
"Yes, is that a difficult question to answer? I know you're certainly not never thinking about it. ”
When the reporter from the Stranger Daily asked the question of the champion, the reporters in the audience were all silent at this time.
Yes is a rather difficult person to access, too much personality, plus he only tells the truth, so some questions really need to be taboo.
Yes will only tell the truth, not mean that he will say everything, and if he is asked a question that he does not want to answer, Yes will refuse.
If yes is left because of some idiot's problem, it will be too cost-effective.
For all the reporters on the scene, asking Yes a question about the championship is an idiotic question about Yes's provocation.
As for Yes's garbage teammates, you ask him about the championship in front of Yes, it's not a provocation, so what else is a provocation?
But the reporter of this stranger's newspaper is different.
Any of his questions would not be a provocation for Yes.
And this question has always been a question that they want to ask, but they dare not ask and can't ask.
"My answer I'm sure you've always been clear, as long as I'm on the court, my goal is to win the championship."
"It's the same this year."