In the Western Conference finals against the Lakers, the SuperSonics have a certain psychological advantage.

Because they achieved a sweep of their opponents in the regular season.

While only one of those victories came after the Lakers completed reinforcements, it was enough to inspire confidence.

"I haven't had a good record of their engagements over the past few years." Phil Jackson said before the start of the game against the SuperSonics, "I think we can play well this time." ”

Jermaine O'Neal also came out and said: "We also beat the Spurs, but I wouldn't say I beat Tim Duncan like someone does. ”

In all fairness, Duncan is the only person who can say he is innocent after the Spurs lost the semifinals.

He averaged 24 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks per game, which is already comparable to the ancient bulls.

"Why wouldn't I say that? Because we all know who led us to victory over Spurs. Xiao Ao said pointedly. Unfortunately, that person will never know his weight. ”

Kobe Bryant is much more straightforward.

"It's been six years [since the last time I won it]." Bryant said, "I don't want to wait. ”

The Lakers are like some kind of maniac attack, taking turns to come to the front of the stage and speak harshly about the supersonics.

However, no one came out to respond to hypersound.

Yu Fei closed the mic, Brown didn't seem to know that Xiao Ao was angry with himself, and Carl, who had always been not weak in mouth cannons, had obtained the "opponent" certification of a Zen master for the first time in his career, but he didn't seem excited at all.

May 21

The first match day of the Western Conference Finals

The SuperSonics and the Lakers know each other very well.

Because they saw each other as their biggest competitors in the division very early on.

This makes the series non-existent from the start.

Both sides know what the opponent's weaknesses are.

The problem with the SuperSonics is that they don't have enough depth on the inside, the players are too young, and the performance is up and down.

In addition to the Lakers' usual No. 3 position, the players in the main rotation are not young. This can be both an advantage (experienced, mature and stable) and a disadvantage (lack of physical strength).

That night, the Key Arena was in full view.

The Lakers noticed that tens of thousands of people had gathered on the big screen outside the arena, and the inside of the arena was even more airtight.

Except for the seats, there are one or two people standing in all the positions where people can stand.

This small but compact arena is flooded with more people than the arena can handle.

In the VIP box and front row of the stadium, local celebrities can also be seen everywhere.

Schultz Howard, the former owner of the SuperSonics, is an unwelcome guest, but there is no reason not to welcome him as long as he is willing to come.

Clay Bennett was sitting next to him.

There was also an ironic thing going on between them.

The coffee king came to the scene tonight, not to relive old dreams, but to invest in the new arena of the supersonic.

Why does this seem ironic?

Because in the Schultz Howard era, the new arena was a long way off for the SuperSonics, and no one cared about the team.

When the coffee king sold the team, he said: "We have lost 50 million in the past five years. As I said, I didn't buy the team to make money, but I assure you, I didn't buy the team to lose 50 million. ”

Now the SuperSonics have nothing to do with him, and his reputation in Emerald City was ruined when he sold the team to an outsider like Bennett who said "The Oklahomians for life will steal the SuperSonic."

Now, he actually wants to invest in a new arena for supersonics?

It's a commercially easy thing to understand.

Warren Buffett and Ballmer and other bigwigs have made successive moves, showing that supersonic has broad commercial prospects.

Investing in them is a surefire deal.

The coffee king wants to make an investment in fame and fortune, and Bennett certainly won't refuse.

"It's easy to say." Bennett laughed, "Speaking of which, I have to thank you. ”

The coffee king smiled and asked, "Thank me for what?" ”

"If you didn't run an NBA team like Starbucks, you wouldn't be in trouble, I wouldn't have a chance to buy the team, and Frye wouldn't be back here." Bennett's compliment seemed genuine, but it sounded murderous to the coffee king. "If supersonic can rise again, you will definitely have 1/3 of the credit for this."

The coffee king laughed.

It's just that behind this smile, there may be countless fantasies about killing Bennett.

If he knew that Yu Fei could do this in order to save the supersound, even if he lost hundreds of millions, he would hold on and wait for this damn savior to come.

It's too late to say anything, the team is Bennett's, and all the commercial profits brought by Yu Fei also belong to Bennett.

His only hope now is to get a bite of a hot sho – yes, an investment in a new arena.

For him, that's Sho, because that's why he's determined to sell the team.

But now, it's Seattle's hottest investment.

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How can the world be so impermanent?

The main game of the night was a wonderful and intense one.

The SuperSonics and Lakers have taken the spectacle of the division finals to another dimension, giving people a sense of "this is the highest level of matchup in the West".

Kobe Bryant took the lead in the opening game, scoring 10 straight points to give the Lakers a lead.

Thus began a sustained half-time lag of the SuperSonics.

Roy, who was on the stage for the first time in the West, was extremely excited, and he stabilized the morale of the army with two three-pointers before flying out.

Subsequently, the inside lines on both sides began to exert force.

Xiao Ao yelled at Brown every time he won a single: "Are you okay, the league's No. 1 center?" ”

Can Brown be at this? Of course not, but he didn't have the ability to fight back, so he counted on Yu Fei to set up a stage for him.

Yu Fei and Brown blocked and dismantled several times.

Brown responded to Ao again by eating bread.

Every time he eats a cake and scores, he draws a muscle that symbolizes strength to little Obi.

Roy's outside offense and Yu Fei's organization made the SuperSonics fall behind in the first half, but generally do not fall behind.

In the third quarter, Yu Fei was powerful, as if he was going to use all the useless offensive shares in the first half.

Bryant scored 10 points in a row in the opening game, and Yu Fei unstoppably swept 22 of the 28 points scored by the Supersonic in the third quarter.

Each viewer has only one impression of the game in this section.

Yu Fei, Yu Fei, Yu Fei everywhere.

From the front court to the back court, Yu Fei integrates offense and defense, preventing whoever dies and who hits who explodes.

This kind of dominance is truly appalling.

The Lakers maintained the lead for most of the half, and they did not hold back in the final minute of the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the SuperSonics replaced Durant, who was incompatible with the intensity on the court, with Yu Fei, Roy, Marion, Posey and Brown as the main lineup.

This lineup is balanced offensively and defensively, and it can be said that there are no flaws in the absence of big killers on the Lakers' inside.

Bryant, who once went back and forth in the Spurs' wing group, turned off the fire under the high-pressure defense of the supersonics.

When Bryant's fire was extinguished, Kidd's organization was no longer strong, and the Lakers suddenly relied on the inside.

However, this inside line is not so easy to play.

Brown is not tall enough, but he has followed Yu Fei for a few years, and his understanding of defense has been greatly improved, and now he has the league's first-class level whether it is a single defense or an assistant defense, plus Marion in the second defense, Yu Fei in the first defense and Posey who is also strong in defense assist, the supersonic defense in the fourth quarter looks like the beauty of the Pistons and Pacers in the early years.

No one expected that the supersonics, who have always pressed people with offense, would destroy the Lakers with defense.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers' offense was dumb and then collapsed.

113 to 99

In the first game of the Western Conference finals, the SuperSonics defeated the Lakers by 14 points.

Their opponents have a lot to say about this match.

"They made 15 more free throws than we did, and they can do a lot of defensive moves that we can't." Kidd complained directly, "It's really hard to win in this situation. ”

After Kidd's speech that was enough to make him pay tens of thousands of fines, Jackson also had some opinions about the penalty scale of the Key Arena.

"In my opinion, this is a bit excessive." "Their defense against Kobe Bryant is restrictive, and if we can do the same against Frye, he'll disappear from the court," Jackson said. ”

The Union's fines soon fell on their heads.

However, the fact that a fine is a fine does not mean that the alliance will not accept the opinion.

The league is very focused on public opinion, especially on the Lakers' side.

When the Lakers disagree with the penalty scale, it's better that your penalty scale really has something to be corrected, otherwise the league will overkill.

The SuperSonics had some home-court advantage in Game 1, but who doesn't? When Carl noticed that the referee was particularly lenient on defensive penalties that night, he directly sent a full-defense lineup to suffocate the Lakers.

But unexpectedly, the Zijin aristocracy didn't suffer any losses, and protested directly after the game, although they were fined, but the penalty scale came to a 180-degree change in the second game.

Supersonic seems to have come to a neutral venue, and the referee is completely unaffected by the home field, and can blow as much as he wants.

This deprived them of their "geographical advantage" and they had to rely on the hard power of the players to win the game.

Luckily, Seattle has Yu Fei.

Tonight, a special group of spectators came to the Key Arena.

They were placed in a prominent spot, with each wearing the number 44 shirt. However, these fans belong neither to the SuperSonics nor to the Bucks, but from Fly's alma mater, Kent Merridian High School.

They are Yu Fei's former classmates and teammates, and most of them are now married.

They brought their families to the scene tonight, cheering loudly as Yu Fei's group of relatives and friends.

It's another home-court advantage that the Lakers can't take advantage of public opinion.

On this night, Yu Fei showed the energy of the best player in the league, slashing 47 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game.

"No matter how much I've achieved, no matter how many championships I've won, from the moment I'm born, I'm destined for who I am."

"I'm Fry, a young boy from Kent."

——Yu Fei talked about the motivation of his high school classmates to come to the scene in an interview.