Chapter 365: Soaring Ball Control Attributes and Popovich's Surprise
In the fourth game of the Western Conference semifinals, the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Spurs at home and tied the score at 3-1.
The SuperSonics also became the third team to qualify in the four divisional semifinals.
The Celtics, who are first in the East, and the Chicago Bulls, who are fourth in the East, are now also 3-1.
At the beginning of this series, the Boston Celtics won three games in a row, bringing the big score to 3-0.
It wasn't until Game 4 and Game 4 that the Chicago Bulls waited for the outburst of Lore Deng, one of the two few.
Against the in-form Celtics and Garnett, Lore Deng scored 27 points in the game to lead the Bulls to a home win over the mighty Boston Celtics.
It also pulled the big score back to 1-3.
The Chicago Bulls, a young youth guard, were a surprise in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
This round of the series between the Boston Celtics and Bulls was not predicted by expert fans before it started.
The Bulls, who are fourth in the East, easily eliminated last year's defending champions 4-1 in the first round, and this team has a very good ensemble.
And not only do the Bulls have a great overall character, but the talent of this team is also amazing.
The Bulls duo of Lore Deng and Ben Gordon showed great potential and strength to look forward to.
Whether it is out of optimism about the potential of the Bulls or really feeling that the Bulls are strong, in short, the predictions of fans and experts before the game feel that in this round of the series, the Celtics will still advance, but they will play at least six games, and may even end up in a tie-break!
A team that has the potential to grab seven with the Celtics' big three was almost swept by the Celtics.
This was unthinkable a week ago, when the playoffs were still in the first round.
If in the first round of this year's playoffs, Yes was the most eye-catching player, then the Bulls were the most eye-catching team.
Because of the wonderful performance in the first round, this young guard has gained the favor of a large number of fans and experts.
Who would have thought that this team that was so promising for the future would collapse directly in the semi-finals.
And it was not collapsed by the Celtics, but by the trade scandal between the Lakers and the Bulls!
Now the world is full of Bulls who are ready to trade the Lakers' Kobe Bryant with the Bulls of Ben Gordon and Lore Deng.
Bryant is asking for a trade.
The bull is intentional.
The Lakers are also interested in the Bulls' double deficit.
Whether it's the Lakers or the Bulls, they don't take into account the feelings of the Bulls players who are still playing in the playoffs.
In the first round, facing the Heat and Wade, Chicago Yes Ben Gordon Jr. was able to hit 20+ per game and hit key shots every game.
In the second round after the news of the Bulls and Lakers trade was rampant, Ben Gordon did not score more than 20 points in any of the four games, and his highest score was only 16 points, which was a very poor performance.
Whether it's stats or morale, Ben Gordon is on a downward spiral across the board.
But there is no way to do it, it is difficult for anyone to focus in such a situation, even the Nets' Kidd has been collapsed by the media's 'foundation conference', let alone a young player like Ben Gordon.
The players are desperate in front, and the team is ready to sell the players in the back.
This is a fatal blow to a team dominated by young players.
The Celtics, who were ready for a tough battle, didn't expect it to be like this.
In this year's playoffs, the Celtics, the No. 1 team in the East, have a smooth path to the playoffs, playing the Magic in the first round and the Bulls in the second round.
If it weren't for Kobe Bryant's sudden words, maybe the Celtics would have swept the Bulls.
Lore Deng's sudden outburst in the fourth game is not figured out, the team is trading him, and he has to work hard for the team.
Lowe Deng's outburst was only because Kobe Bryant said before the game that he valued Lowe Deng's future and did not allow the Bulls to trade Lowe Deng, and Kobe Bryant wanted the Bulls and Lowe Deng to be teammates.
Kobe Bryant wants to go to the Bulls, the Bulls want Kobe, the Lakers also want the Bulls to be less, the deal was already about to be reached, and no one expected Kobe to suddenly come to such a play.
However, Bryant has the right to veto the deal, and as long as he doesn't agree, the deal can't get through.
Therefore, although Kobe Bryant is a player, the weight of his words is quite heavy.
Luo Erdeng, who originally thought he was leaving, suddenly found that he didn't have to go.
Not only does he not have to leave, but he will be able to be teammates with Kobe Bryant soon.
In a moment, it went from sluggishness to prosperity.
Because of Kobe's words, Lore Deng got up.
Ben Gordon continued to lie on his stomach.
It's that real.
With the current 3-1 score between the Celtics and the Bulls, as well as the difference in strength between the two sides, it will be difficult for Ben Gordon to bring the Bulls back to life even if he picks up the fighting spirit now.
The outcome of this set of duels has basically been decided.
It's only a matter of time before Celtic advances.
The Pistons, who are second in the East, and the Wizards, who are third in the East, are now the only of the four matchups in the semifinals to go 2-2.
The Pistons won two games at home.
Then the Wizards returned home and won two more games.
In the first four games, the Pistons and Wizards played inseparable.
The Pistons and the Wizards, these two teams are two teams with very different styles.
The Pistons are the representative of the league's defensive teams, with defense and no offense.
The Wizards are the representative of the league's offensive teams, with offense and no defense.
The Pistons' defense is good enough to fight any team into hand-to-hand combat between muscles.
The Wizards' offense is so good that it can be separated from the Suns, who have the strongest offense in the league.
The Pistons have had a good record in the East in both seasons against Eastern teams.
Whether it is the Pistons who were still with Ben Wallace last season, or the Pistons without Ben Wallace, the Pistons are more wins and fewer losses in the face of Eastern teams.
Only in the face of the Wizards.
The Pistons' record is quite dismal!
In the last two seasons, the Pistons have faced the Wizards with a 2-5 record.
Last season, when Ben Wallace was still with the Pistons, the Pistons were swept by the Wizards in the regular season.
When the Pistons have five tigers, it is almost inconceivable that a team that can sweep the Pistons, even in the regular season.
It can be said that the matchup between these two teams with very different styles will win the game if the team can play their own style in the game.
It is said that the style is too literary.
To put it in layman's terms, whether the Pistons can win this series depends on the Wizards' three-headed monster's feel.
Arenas, Antoine Jamison, Caron Butler......
The three threw away, and the piston hung up.
These three people are still not open, and they are naturally geniuses.
The Pistons didn't dominate the Wizards when they were most dominant defensively.
Without the big book, it is naturally impossible to rule.
Now that the score of this matchup is 2-2, the situation has become extremely confusing.
Pistons and Wizards, anyone has the possibility of qualifying.
The Western Conference semifinals between the Suns, who are second in the West, and the Rockets, who are third in the West, are the matchups that Yees and the SuperSonics are most concerned about.
The winner of both teams is likely to be the opponent of the next round of superSonics.
It's not the same as the Pistons Wizards' style battle.
The Rockets and Suns are a battle of the rhythms!
The sun is fast.
Rockets are slow.
The Suns don't have a big center.
The Rockets have big centers.
Whoever can control the tempo of the two teams will have the advantage.
If the Rockets meet the Suns, who were only fast and not slow in the previous two seasons, they can only run and can't stop to play positions.
The slowness of the rocket can definitely suppress the speed of the sun.
Although Roy is not as good as Nash in terms of control, the Rockets can learn from the Spurs and use Yao Ming to help control the tempo.
The singles of the big center can also control the tempo.
The Rockets put the Suns more in positional post-battle.
Even if Nash's control is far greater than Roy's, the control of the pace of the game is likely to be five or five.
There is a high probability that the game will be won or lost, and even the Rockets may have an advantage.
In fact, as soon as this series came up, after the Rockets were bombarded by the Suns by more than 20 points, the Rockets were already learning from the previous way the Spurs played against the Suns.
In the next three games, the Rockets and Suns controlled the pace of the game almost half-to-half.
Half of a game is the Sun's fast and half the time the Rocket's slow.
The game was very intense, almost brutally intense.
In the second game, the Suns beat the Rockets 110 at home.
In Game 3, the Rockets defeated the Suns 108-105 at home.
Game 4: Suns beat Rockets 111-109 on the road.
The final results of all three games were quite close.
It can be seen that the strength of the two teams is indeed close.
But no matter how close they are, it is the Suns who have the advantage.
Judging from the situation of the game, the Rockets did their best, and the Suns remained calm.
Now the solar energy can be fast and slow, when it is fast, it can run and bomb, and when it is slow, Nash can also play the pot throwing system in positional warfare.
This is a team that has no weaknesses in the offensive end, it is all strengths!
Relatively speaking, the Rockets may be stronger than the Suns in slowing down.
But when it was time to get up, Jowan Howard was too slow, and Chack Hayes couldn't attack.
The Rockets' poor No. 4 position became the Achilles heel of the Rockets in this series.
The Rockets' No. 4 defense has a little bit of offensive ability and is not so slow, and the situation in this round of the series will be completely different.
And what is even more terrifying than the absence of the No. 4 position is that the Rockets' head coach Van Gundy has also been surprisingly slow to react.
On May 14, 2007, the Houston Rockets played the Phoenix Suns on the road, and this was the fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns.
YES and SuperSonics watched the game together before the plane flew to Texas.
"Since Juwan Howard and Hayes are useless in this round of the series, don't go on, you have to choose a less black hole between the two black holes, and finally take turns to send them, even if the Rockets don't want the No. 4 position now, they are better than them!"
Van Gundy Jr.'s conservatism and poor adaptability, not to mention the head coach of the SuperSonics, Nelson Sr., and even the assistant coach of the SuperSonics, Scott Brooks, can't stand it anymore.
There is a gap between the current rocket and the current Sun's strength, but the gap is not big.
A different coaching staff who is willing to gamble and work miracles may have a different outcome.
But the Rockets' coaching staff is precisely the one in the league that is least likely to work miracles.
Head coach Van Gundy Jr., assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, neither of them had the courage to pull off miracles.
Their miracle is only the desperate use of the three main forces of Team Rocket.
This series Maddie and Yao Ming played 40 minutes per game.
Roy plays 45 minutes per game.
Murderous no.
The NBA still has a head coach who uses players like this in the playoffs.
Ye Si was dumbfounded.
Fortunately, Yao Ming and Maddie have very little pressure in the regular season in the past two seasons, otherwise they would have to be used like this by Van Gundy, and they will be injured sooner or later, and it will be a big injury!
The fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns, this is a real battle of life and death, and if the Rockets lose, they will be eliminated.
This game is still on the home court of the Suns, and many media predicted before the game that the Rockets would almost need a miracle to win if they want to win.
Yes could see that neither Yao Ming, Maddie nor Roy wanted to lose this game.
The Mavericks' unexpected black eight, the Spurs' unexpected was 3-1 by the SuperSonics.
The two strongest teams in the West over the past few years have all had their surprises.
As long as you are not stupid, anyone can see how good the opportunities are this year.
As one of the three Western Gods this season, the Rockets and Suns can't see that this year is the best chance to win the championship!
As long as you beat the opponent, you have a great chance of reaching the finals and winning the championship.
For many players, this year is almost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Rockets are not as good as the Suns because of their overall strength and the head coach's arrangement.
But in the fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns, the two teams actually dragged on to the end from the beginning.
The tenacity of Maddie, Yao Ming and Roy and Rocket is incredible.
“Unbelievable!”
“It's so untrusible !”
"Incredible lore! 108 to 106! Brandon Roy beats the Suns in 0.8 seconds! ”
Listening to Reggie Miller's frantic cheers on TV, Yes and the supersonic players around him were dumbfounded.
Roy killed the Sun?!
Looking at the replay on TV, Ye Si's face was very surprised.
This is a real shot that is defended to the extreme by Ragabel!
This is not a fake defense staged by Yass and Bowen together!
0.8 seconds lore!
Roy, with his stunner, saved a team that was about to go out!
Ye Si was looking at Roy on TV in a daze.
The supersonic speed on one side and up and down, everyone's eyes were almost immediately on Yes.
The story Roy wrote tonight, Yes has written 3 times in the last four games!
Roy saves the rocket once.
And Yes has saved the SuperSonics three times in this series.
Well?
Looking at the Rocket 7 on TV who was hobbled up by his teammates, Ye Si frowned.
Roy, wounded.
With Roy's incredible 0.8-second kill, the Rockets struggled to tie the series to 2-3.
"Don't worry, my foot is fine, it's not my knee that hurts, it's just that my ankle is twisted, and I should be able to play in the next game."
On the other side of the phone, Roy's voice was agitated, and he could hear that the joy of winning had diluted everything compared to the physical pain.
"Ye, let's see you in the west!"
West Showdown?
What Ye Si wanted to say was not able to say in the end, and after being stunned for a moment, Ye Si nodded.
"I'll wait for you."
After watching the fifth game between the Rockets and the Suns, Yees and SuperSonics boarded a special plane to Texas.
Waiting for them there is another team from the top three in Texas.
After watching this game between the rocket and the sun, the supersonic up and down now have a solemn expression.
The supersonic team is mostly young, but now, these young people have maturity written on their faces that does not match their age.
Nelson Sr. is pleased with the expressions on the faces of the current supersonic players.
This year's playoff journey has made them grow a lot.
In this year's playoffs, the team can go so far in the playoffs, far exceeding his expectations.
He was confident that he would hack the Mavericks in the first round.
But there was absolutely no thought that the Spurs would be able to lead 3-1 in the second round.
Now the whole world outside is thinking about the supersonic promotion.
With Bowen injured to a broken leg, the Spurs' perimeter defense now looks weak.
With what he knows about ** Vicky.
** Vicky and Van Gundy Jr.'s so-called conservative defensive coaches are not the same.
The fifth game against Spurs was definitely not that simple.
The Rockets can play one game against the Suns on the road.
Spurs also have the ability to play a supersonic game at home.
Bowen is gone, but Duncan is still there!
No matter how good Bowen's performance in this series is, the Spurs have always been Duncan's team!
When YES and Supersonics came to the University of Texas again, the University of Texas gathered more media than YES and Supersonics could have imagined.
It can be described as a sea of people.
"Tonight's game is a supersonic promotion battle, and now the whole world is waiting for the supersonic promotion!"
"The Spurs have lost Bowen, and the chances of the Spurs getting back at home are very low in the face of an in-form Yes!"
"It's a game that could witness a miracle, and the highest-rated semi-finals of all time will come to an end."
"Now Yes and the superSonics look easy."
"Yes and supersonic players, what are they doing?"
"It's the latest training out of Yes, don't you know? Yesterday there was a video on Youtube. ”
"It's a special training."
"Of course it's very special, it is rumored that this is a training method adapted by Yes based on the principle of Rondo's massage for Yes, which can not only help Yes practice ball control, but also massage supersonic players."
"Is it really that powerful?"
"That's it!"
In the training hall of the University of Texas.
Rondo flattened himself and lay on the sidelines of the training ground.
Being stared at by so many people made Rondo quite uncomfortable.
And the eyes of the other supersonic players on the training ground were full of envy.
You only get one chance.
Rajan is so happy to be able to ...... in front of so many people
Rondo cramped himself on the field.
Yes, on the other hand, crouched beside Rondo and dribbled on Rondo's back.
Yes dribbles as quickly as if he were playing a beautiful piano tune.
The picture looks quite harmonious.
It was Rondo, who was lying on the ground, and now the expression on his face was getting redder and redder.
Black-red, black-red.
This touch behind it is quite special.
Wrong! Rajan, what are you thinking!
Your old vengeance has not been avenged, and you have been humiliated by Yes again!
Yes didn't notice Rondo's expression now, he was dribbling seriously.
Controlling the ball on people's bodies is a very difficult thing to concentrate.
This is also one of the ways to improve the attributes of ball control.
The egg chasing practice method can no longer be practiced when you reach 60.
After that, Ye Si tried again the way he used to practice ball control.
I found that when I was a child, the method of practicing ball control on his father's back was still usable.
When he was a child, Ye Si slapped his father's back three times in a row, and he was able to gain +1 attribute points for ball control.
Now, he needs to shoot on the back of someone else for three minutes straight.
And YES has also been tested on Dean Simmons and Anthony Washington, as well as Webster.
It doesn't work to practice on Simmons and Washington, but it works on Webster.
Webster is an NBA player, Simmons and Washington are not.
That's easy to understand.
Webster, Damion Wilkins, Nick Collisson, Tucker, Barria, Marik Cross, Quentin Richardson, Joan Brockman, Justin Duntmon, Poundset.
With the help of six of the SuperSonics' teammates, three players from the University of Washington, and Webster, Yes's basic ball control stats were successfully improved from 60 to 70.
Curry, Isaiah Thomas, Zach LaVine, David Lee, Milicic, Millsap and Rondo under him.
Rondo is the seventh.
Compared to David Lee, Milicic and Millsap before him, it was easier to control the ball on Rondo's body.
Rondo doesn't have that much flesh on him.
Holding the ball on Milicic and it looked like they were dribbling on cotton.
Dribbling on Rondo's body is similar to dribbling on the floor, quite flat and stable.
"See, that's how I invented it with Yes!"
Webster on the sidelines was quite complacent.
After the Trailblazers Lotto, he didn't have a good place to fish, so he stayed by Yes's side.
Webster and the rookies of the class of '07 such as Durant and Oden around him can be regarded as people of the same era.
Webster was the No. 1 forward in the nation in 2005, with a small forward and a second team of Durant.
"You want to try?"
Durant, Oden, Conley, Noah, Horford and other rookies in '07 are quite excited.
Yes massage is possible.
You can also become an Internet celebrity, which can increase the exposure of the draft!
Three minutes later, Rondo stood up in black and red.
Yes looked at his ball-handling attributes.
Ball possession: 92.4/77 (90).
After switching to Owen's four-star card, his actual possession came to 92.4!
Break 90!
"Yes, they said they wanted to try it too!"
Yes looked at Auden and Durant and nodded.
"Yes."
The training hall at the University of Texas has a relaxed and warm atmosphere.
In San Antonio, more than a hundred kilometers away, Vicky has been frowning these days.
The Spurs are making final preparations for tonight's showdown.
Everyone is working hard.
Especially Manu.
Ginobili on the training ground in the last two days has been a rare consolation for him.
"**, according to the news from the front, Yes and the superSonics players are now playing at the University of Texas!"
Play?
Spurs assistant coach Don Newman spoke in the ear of Vicky about what is happening at the University of Texas right now.
Vicky's eyes lit up.
Yes and supersonic did they stop when they got to the 99th step?!
Could it be that Bruce has a spirit in the sky?!
No, Bruce hasn't gone to heaven yet.
Either way, it's a big surprise!
At the University of Texas training gym, Durant straightened up, and he didn't feel anything special?
But Yes is happy.
Ball control: 96/80 (90)!
Soaring!