Chapter 1003: The Banana Boat Brothers Who Fell Apart
In this game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago Bulls' collective tribute to the SuperSonics from players to fans before the game was quite shocking.
Never before in the history of the NBA has one team had such respect for another.
However, respect for respect, the game really fought, and the Chicago Bulls did not give the supersonic the slightest face.
This season, the Chicago Bulls have been very good in the East.
Compared with the Chicago Bulls, who barely made the playoffs last season, the home Bulls have improved even more this season.
And this boost is all-encompassing.
First of all, as the leading player of the Chicago Bulls, Rose's improvement this season is visible to the naked eye.
This season, Rose can average 26 points and 8 assists per game, which is a lot better than last season's statistics.
And this season Rose isn't just about stats.
The overall style of play and strength have also improved dramatically.
This season, Rose's three-point shooting average has improved to six per game, and his three-point shooting percentage has also risen to 35 percent.
Although such a shooting percentage and efficiency are really nothing for a first-line scorer.
But there is no doubt that such a number of shots and such a hit rate can be called a threat.
Rose's current three-point shot is a threat, and it also proves that this young man who has worked hard to keep up with Yes since he entered the NBA last season and worked hard to learn three-point shooting really has a talent for three-point shooting, and is not the kind of shooting waste that is impossible to shoot even if he tries hard.
Rose's three-point shot is not so strong now, but as long as there is a threat, Rose's entire strength is turned upside down.
Rose's speed and breakthrough physicality, combined with his now threatening three-point prowess, is like a plug-in in the entire East!
Maybe in the West, Rose and the Bulls may not be that strong, but in the East, no Eastern team other than the Heat can stop Rose right now.
Now the Chicago Bulls' standings in the East speak for themselves.
Now the Chicago Bulls are competing with Howard's Magic, Arenas' Wizards and Cavaliers for the second spot in the East.
And because Arenas and the Monster Howard were more affected by the Heat some time ago, Rose and the Bulls were not so affected so much, although they were also desperate, after all, they were younger, which also made the Chicago Bulls now surpass the Magic and the Wizards to the second place in the East.
Now YES and the Supersonic have opened the door of hope for everyone again.
And as Yes in the East, as the SuperSonics in the East, the Chicago Bulls are excited by this game, and that must be the biggest.
In this game, the fighting spirit of the Chicago Bulls is quite high.
However, the Bulls have a high fighting spirit, but how this game is played......
There are indeed some things that people dare not compliment.
The Bulls' style of play largely distracts from Rose's individual abilities.
Attack through Rose's individual singles or on his own or share the ball with teammates.
If the individual offense can't work, then fight with Noah and let Noah help Ross attack or help Ross organize.
This kind of routine is really invincible when facing other Eastern teams.
Because the Eastern team can't defend Rose's individual singles, and they can't defend Rose and Noah's blocking.
Ross and the Bulls could get them whatever they wanted.
But in the face of hypersound, this tactic of Ross and the Bulls is not so useful.
Yes is the best player in the entire league to defend Rose.
Yees is now almost completely surrounded by Ross.
Until Rose fully develops his shots, he has little chance of winning against the Upper Leaves.
When the bull's biggest threat point is directly restricted to death.
This team that only relies on singles is naturally almost dead.
Bulls head coach Scott Brooks is a former assistant coach for the SuperSonics.
This is a manager who is very good at developing young people.
His chicken soup for the soul can even be eaten by Rondo.
In terms of developing players, Scott Brooks did a great job with the Bulls and won the best coach last season.
But tactically......
This is really a shortcoming.
A coach who is good at developing young players, his own tactics are only player singles, this actually makes sense.
Because the singles tactic is the most suitable tactic for developing young people.
Even someone as strong as Jerry West, when developing Beasley, required Beasley to score at least 20 points per game last season, regardless of offensive efficiency.
It's actually about developing Beasley's singles ability.
After a season of attacking Jerry West's inhumane development, Beasley's improvement is also very, very great.
Scott Brooks and the Bulls' one-on-one tactics ran into trouble here with the SuperSonics, but for Scott Brooks and the Bulls, such trouble was expected.
The Bulls now look like they're in contention for the second spot in the East.
But Scott Brooks and the Bulls are well aware that the Bulls are still in the development stage of players.
The main task is not really to win, but to develop the players.
And this game against the SuperSonics is one of the two most important games that make Rose improve every season and make Rose feel the gap between himself and the best players.
The fighting spirit of the Bulls is not about winning.
It's so that Ross doesn't have any fear when he challenges Yes!
Scott Brooks and the Bulls hope Rose can find his way forward if he can go forward in a game like this.
As for what Scott Brooks and the Bulls think, Yes is certainly very clear.
Not only clear, but also very cooperative.
As he used to say, he admired Ross very, very much.
This is a player to pursue!
A player with talent and pursuit, as long as there are no accidents, the future is bright!
Yes was eager to see what kind of future this young man who had him as a model.
Therefore, every time he faced the Bulls, Ye Si also never spared.
He hopes to make Rose see more of his shortcomings.
And every time they meet, Rose really surprises him.
Basically, in every encounter, he can see the shadow of progress and hard work in Rose.
This one was nothing like what he saw in Westbrook.
Therefore, under his witness, Ross has fewer and fewer shortcomings.
Shooting, Defense, Technique, Passing......
Compared to last season, Rose this season is almost an all-round improvement.
"It's no surprise that Stephen was beaten by him in the Christmas War."
That's how it should be.
After the third quarter, Ye Si thought to himself when he left the game.
Although Curry is a rookie, Curry's current strength is definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary rookie.
Under his guidance in the past four years, Curry's current strength is among the NBA All-Stars, and they are all first-class existences.
It can be said that among the opposing point guards, there will be no more than 3 people who can hammer Curry in the entire NBA now.
Otherwise, do you think Curry's 180 club, which averaged 20+ per game this season, is a joke?
Thinking of his escaped apprentice and this serious young man who would love and kill each other in the next ten years or more, Ye Si's face showed a very funny smile.
The end result of this game was a 146-108 win over the Chicago Bulls by the Seattle SuperSonics on the road.
The Chicago Bulls gave the SuperSonics a lot of face in this game, so the SuperSonics benches led by James Harden did not want to beat the Bulls here for a fifty-eight.
With the style of play of the Chicago Bulls in this game, the SuperSonics have no problem at all if they want to beat them for a fifty-eight.
In this game, Yees had 20 points, 14 assists and 15 rebounds, and after this game, Yees also completed 35 consecutive games with 20 points and a triple-double.
At the same time, the SuperSonics also won 35 consecutive games.
In addition, Rondo scored 30 points in this game, Durant scored 28 points, and under the control of Yes, Rondo still won the scoring title of this game.
It was also Rondo's 35th consecutive scoring title this season.
On the other side of Rose, Rose's 17 points in this game are not very high, but compared with last season, Rose has improved in terms of the rhythm of the breakthrough, the timing of the pass, the tacit understanding with his teammates and even the understanding of the game, of course, the highest improvement is his shooting.
So, at the end of this game, both the SuperSonics and the Bulls got what they wanted.
The SuperSonics got the win, got the data the players wanted.
And the Chicago Bulls see hope for the team's future.
Rose didn't push his limits as quickly as Ben Gordon.
Ross is still improving, and his limits really seem to be above space!
After beating the Chicago Bulls on the road, the Seattle SuperSonics returned to Seattle non-stop.
On January 9, 2010, the Seattle SuperSonics hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are now sixth in the West.
The Seattle SuperSonics now have a 35-game winning streak, which is unrivaled in the entire league.
The Thunder, led by Chris Paul, now have a 21-13 record.
This season, Chris Paul's Thunder team has performed very well.
This year's two rookies on the Thunder, Griffin and former University of Washington's white center, hope Spencer Hawes and Chris Paul are a good fit.
Griffin, a power forward, has outside ball handling and athleticism, making him a great player for pick-and-roll.
And Spencer Hawes's tactical system at the University of Washington is used for Curry to block and dismantle cover, and more importantly, Spencer is not only very compatible with Chris Paul, but also very good with Griffin, both of them have the ability to pass the ball, Griffin has some basket overlords, and Spencer is good at shooting, Spencer has a three-point shooting rate of up to 40% this season, which is one of the highest three-point shooting rates among all interior players in the NBA, and Spencer is not a small shot to have this shooting rate, Spencer averaged five three-pointers per game.
40 percent three-point shooting, 45 percent long-range two-point shooting, plus good finishing and technique from the inside.
The white center who was able to enter the NBA in 2007 hopes that the label of white hope is no longer a mockery, but a real white hope.
Curry's best partner, who gave up his 2007 NBA career and chose to continue his training at the University of Washington, now seems to be really holding up a white center.
Spencer, Griffin and Chris Paul, the three really have a sense of complementing each other right now at the Thunder.
Every game against the Thunder is a challenge for the SuperSonics.
The two teams are as if they are destined opponents with you and him.
Whether it's the feud between Yees and Paul, or the feud between Paul and Rondo, or the feud between the two teams.
When two teams meet each other, no matter what the difference in strength is, the game will be very intense.
However, in today's game, the Thunder led by Chris Paul gave Yees and the SuperSonics a little different.
In this game, Chris Paul's mouth didn't seem to be so upturned.
Every time he encountered supersonic in the past, Chris Paul pouted and wished that the whole world owed him.
It's as if every supersonic player owes him half a billion.
I can't wait to push every supersonic player to the ground and rub it over and over again.
But in this game, Chris Paul didn't let Yes and the SuperSonics feel that hateful feeling of hating the air.
Even Griffin, a second-year teenager who has always been hostile to Ye Si, looked at Ye Si with a very polite look in his eyes when he watched Ye Si in this game.
"Five-eight, this guy isn't going to be paying tribute to our victory and the Heat's victory in his way, is he?"
James Harden was a little surprised.
And the supersonic player next to him was also thoughtful.
If that's the case, this game is really embarrassing to beat five eight to a five eight......
Of course, with the strength of the Thunder this season, it is impossible for the SuperSonics to beat them.
The game between the SuperSonics and the Thunder ended in eerie harmony, with the SuperSonics defeating the Thunder 145 to 130.
After the loss, Chris Paul did not shake hands or hug any of the SuperSonics players, and after giving Yes a stubborn look, he left with his players.
Paul's attitude towards the supersonic is like this, and Spencer, who is friends with the supersonic players, and even Spencer, who is half a disciple and half a little brother of Yes, is not good at greeting the supersonic for too long.
"It seems that Chris Paul hates James much more than us now."
"Yes, the former banana boat brothers are really embarrassing."
Listening to the words of his teammates, Ye Si was also very emotional.
He really didn't expect that the banana boat brothers, who were wearing the same pants four years ago, would now become like this.
However, the game against the Thunder also made Yees and the SuperSonics realize that the victory between the SuperSonics and the Heat brought far more than they imagined.
It's not just teams like Rose and the Bulls that have a good relationship with them.
Even their fateful opponent, Thunder, gave them the highest courtesy they could give.
At the same time, the Heat, who are now in the Pacific Ocean and are visiting Los Angeles, are treated differently at all......