Chapter 508: Dumbfounded Popovich!
After the jump ball was completed, Durant walked slowly to the front court as usual.
It's not that he's lazy or unwilling to play.
It's his style of basketball.
He's too tall to move like Yes or Ray Allen.
That's too much physical drain.
What's more, in the Seattle SuperSonics, the player who needs to be constantly moving is not him, he is in the game, by Yes's side, more as a point of contact.
As long as Yes wants to pass the ball, you can find him.
After Yes found him, that's the stage he needs to play to his full strength. γ
As for the time before he was found, he could do whatever he wanted, even if it was walking on the pitch or resting on the pitch.
A minimum of thirty shots in a game is not that easy to complete.
Now he's played 50 games with the Seattle SuperSonics, taking a total of 1,600 shots.
1,600 shots is counted in 82 games, which means that the number of shots per game is 19.5.
Last season, in the entire NBA, there were 4 players who took more than 19.5 shots.
Yes, Kobe, James, Anthony.
So how many players in the league averaged more than 10 shots per game last season?
95 people!
The number of players in the league as a whole is close to 450, which means that if the workload is measured by the number of shots, his workload is now greater than the workload of the league's 350 players in two seasons!
What kind of intensity is this?
Even if he often rests and paddles on the field, it is quite a burden.
It can be said that for most of this season, his biggest improvement is not confrontation, not shooting stability, not attacking with the ball, but his greatest improvement is his physical distribution on the court.
It's really not good if you don't learn how to distribute physical strength.
Yes treats him like this, values him like this, if he can't even do this, he really has no face.
Fortunately, in every game, everyone's attention is on Yes, although it will not put him in a state of no defense, but basically there will be no team to consume him.
To be a little bold, it should be said that there has never been a team that wants to consume him in a targeted manner.
With no extra exertion, coupled with the privilege of having free rest on the court, he was able to complete the task of making a minimum of 30 shots per game and an average of 32 shots per game this season.
For him, after training for most of the season, he has slowly become accustomed to taking at least 30 shots a game.
Durant also knows very well that if Yes hadn't recognized his offensive prowess, he would have been in this state of play.
As a fan of Kobe Bryant and Maddy.
He used to fantasize about having unlimited shots per game in the NBA.
You can be like Kobe Bryant and Maddie, you can score as much as you want.
But after most of the season, Durant now always has the urge to pass the ball when it feels so hot.
It's just that his passing skills are so poor right now.
And the most unbearable thing for Yes is to make mistakes.
Yes can accept his iron and any teammate's iron, but it is very unacceptable to make mistakes.
For most of his season with the Seattle SuperSonics, he didn't have as much responsibility on the court and didn't have as much to do.
It can be said that these are the reasons why he can now average 32 shots per game and average 35.1 points per game.
But now, there is actually a team that has a personal attritional confrontation and interference with him at the beginning of the game!
The Seattle SuperSonics started with center Milicic, power forward Millsap, small forward Durant, and two guards were Yees and Rondo.
On the Jazz side, this is center Oku, power forward Boozer, small forward Kirilenko, and guards are Fisher and Delon.
The Jazz's best defensive player is Kirilenko, a player who is quite good at both individual and defensive support.
Right now, one with Deron Williams is standing in front of him and the other at his side.
That's how the Jazz played last season when they beat the supersonics.
There was no other reason why the Jazz beat the SuperSonics five times last season, but Yes was more afraid of Kirilenko's defense.
Yes didn't have the ability to pass the ball, and he didn't have a receiving point for him to pass the ball steadily, when he encountered this kind of defense from Delon and Kirilenko.
As long as you jump, you can only shoot.
DeLong is fast and Kirilenko is a great defender, so it's hard to find too many good shots in the game.
Most of his jumps will be accompanied by very high-intensity defenses.
After jumping, you can't pass the ball but shoot, and you can only hit the iron when you shoot.
In this case, Ye Si can only reduce his jumps, reduce his shots, and protect the hit rate.
When he is ready to protect the hit rate and rarely jumps, of course, it will be difficult to brush more good touches, and if he can't brush more good touches, he will not get more points.
It's a vicious circle.
Without his score, the SuperSonics certainly can't be a match for the Jazz.
So much so that he was finally killed by Jazz Five.
And this season, because of Durant, a stable receiving point, Yes can jump up without any scruples, jump up and shoot when he has a good feel, and pass the ball if he can't brush it, anyway, Durant is guarding his bottom line on the side.
With Durant's protection, under his leadership, the SuperSonics, who were killed five times by the Jazz last season, have doubled the Jazz this season.
It's just this game...... Yes, who was jumping in the air, glanced at Fisher, who was fighting with Durant not far away, with a look in his eyes that was not fake surprise, but real surprise.
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Not very good feel!
And he is still in front of Kirilenko's big hand, and he is surrounded by the blockade of Deron Williams.
It's not a good opportunity to make a move.
Ye Si almost instinctively threw the pot in his hand in the direction of Durant!
In order to avoid the blockade of Kirilenko and Delon, his ball passed fast and high.
With his current passing ability, he can only break through the blockade of Kirilenko and Deron Williams in this way.
Can Durant catch this ball?
In normal times, he certainly wouldn't worry about that.
But now, looking at Fisher, who is fighting Durant...... Yes wasn't sure.
Ye Si has the instinct to shake the pot when he encounters this situation that needs to shake the pot.
And Durant has been in the pot for so long, of course, there is some kind of instinct.
The basketball is very high and fast, and the angle is extremely tricky, and there is no way for ordinary people to use such an angle to break through the blockade of Delon Williams and Kirilenko to pass the basketball in his direction.
There is only one and a half people in the world who can make the greatest pass of all time.
One is Yes.
The other half is Nash.
Such a pass is placed in the usual, he jumps lightly, and his right hand can be received with one stroke.
But now......
"Damn!"
Durant watched as his clothes were grabbed by Fisher's hands.
He couldn't jump at all!
He was fighting with Fisher for a long time, and he couldn't carry this short and fat veteran away!
"An unbelievably beautiful pass, this is the greatest pass of all time for Yes's signature!"
Barkley was thrilled.
Although the opening fast-break supersonic did not play, it was also great to see such a pleasing pass at the beginning.
Yes's greatest pass of all time is a pass that you won't get tired of looking at and will never get out of style!
Well?
Just as Barkley and Kenny Smith were about to exclaim for the pass, the basketball did not slow down, flew over Durant's head, and flew into the audience with a thud.
When the basketball that was passed out by Ye Si was finally picked up by the Seattle SuperSonics audience in the audience, the Seattle SuperSonics fans who were still cheering wildly instantly became as quiet as suffocation!
"Durant...... Didn't jump up?! β
Barkley was dumbfounded.
Such a great pass, such a mistake?
And what about Durant?
He couldn't jump up under a point guard?
He wasted a great pass from Yes and added a mistake to Yes's technical stats!
"This is the first time in the NBA that a team has targeted Durant in the first place!"
"Jerry Sloan did it on purpose!"
Deliberately?
Barkley looked at his partner on the side, and Kenny Smith nodded rather seriously.
"If I'm right, Jerry Sloan is ready to use the same approach to Durant as Yes's greatest pass of all time!"
"Passing ...... against Durant against Yes"
Barkley quickly understood what Kenny Smith was talking about.
No matter how great the pass is, it is also the transfer of the basketball between the two players.
No matter how great a pass is, if there is a problem with the person receiving the ball, it will not be possible.
Like just now, Yes's kind of pass that can pass between Kirilenko and Delon is great enough, right?
But if Durant can't jump up and can't catch the ball, the ball is just a mistake!
"This is the first time Durant has been targeted in the NBA in a attritional way, and he has played badly!"
Kenny Smith's words caused a lot of coconut fans and supersonic fans in front of the TV to start whispering.
And the fans at the Seattle Key Arena have already started whispering.
This mistake in the opening of the Seattle SuperSonics can be seen by everyone who is the problem.
As the focus on the court now, Durant himself is quite shocked and uncomfortable.
Fisher's old guy was too powerful, and he was tugging at his jersey just now!
The moment he was ready to jump, he grabbed his jersey!
If Fisher had been tugging on his shirt, he would have been caught by the referee and would have been a foul.
Fisher's timing was so good that Durant now has to sulk at himself!
Looking at Durant, who was sulking in front of him, Fisher looked at the Jazz bench next to him quite unexpectedly.
Is this method really effective?
Can this method really block Yes's strongest pass in history?
The league's active scoring champion, is he really such a weak chicken now?
"Durant is not a weak chicken!"
Jerry Sloan looked at Fisher's surprised gaze and thought to himself.
With Durant cultivated like Yes, he has the ability to be a third-year in the first year.
The rapid progress of strength in all aspects is staggering.
But there is one thing that cannot be compensated for by such a cultivation of Yes.
That's against experience!
Durant has little experience in the game!
His current experience is actually not much better than that of other rookies of the same period.
Players who have played in the NBA for three years know how to deal with and receive Yes's passes in the face of a defense like Fisher.
But Durant, who was eaten to death by Fisher!
It's like a baby in front of an old ball ruffian.
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"Don't care, just feel the game."
Yes smiled and patted a guilty Durant on the back before returning with the supersonic player.
He's been helping Durant hide his presence on the court.
The evaluation of Durant's garbage by national public opinion, as well as his tolerance of Durant's walking style before receiving the ball on the court, are all in order to keep Durant from being targeted.
Public opinion across the United States can make Durant be taken lightly.
Durant's walk around the court before receiving his pass is a way to let opposing players relax and watch over him.
Durant is walking, not aggressive, and the defenders will naturally not be stupid and not pull the defense too tight, too tight and easy to lose position.
Yese never wanted to help Durant hide for the rest of his life.
He'll work on Durant's ability to fight hand-to-hand on the court.
But it needs to be gradual, not now.
Durant's main focus now is still to improve his offensive ability rather than hand-to-hand combat ability.
"Jerry Sloan......"
Ye Si, who was walking back, secretly thought about the name in his heart.
Jerry Sloan made a change in his development plan for Durant.
"Feel the game?"
Do you mean that I should learn to fight Fisher in this game?
Durant is a little unsure.
The Jazz's first offense of the game was still a pick-and-roll by Deron Williams and Boozer.
It's just that Deron and Boozer, who are invincible against other teams, will always be pretty bad when facing the SuperSonics.
"Yes is too much to suppress Delon, and Boozer is not so advantageous to Millsap!"
Sloan frowned.
The Jazz's first offense also failed, and Deron Williams stared at Yes' defense and hit the iron from beyond the three-point line.
The Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics were difficult to initiate and could only simplify the offense, which was a headache for Sloane.
But fortunately, the Jazz performed quite well in this game under his targeted defense.
And yes, as he expected, didn't ignore Durant!
"Another mistake?!"
"Yes's strongest pass in history, and another error!"
Barkley was roaring, and the Seattle SuperSonics fans around him were already completely whispering.
And as this game goes.
The strong teams in the West who have been following this game now have the same shocked expressions on their faces.
"Yes's strongest pass in history, just like that, it's cracked?!"
Watching the 15-14 score on TV at the end of the first quarter, Popovich was dumbfounded!