Chapter 436: An Unexpected Miracle!
"Popovich's intention to win this game is too eager!"
In the Lakers' locker room, Phil Jackson now has a surprised look on his face.
As an old rival, he really rarely saw Popovich so desperate for victory.
When the Spurs were abused by the Lakers he carried, Popovich was never so eager.
However, when he thinks about the Spurs' record against the SuperSonics last season, Phil Jackson is a little dumbfounded.
It can only be said that his old opponent was too miserable by Yes last season.
and the SuperSonics fought nine games and lost eight.
The key is not yet a 1-8 record.
It's even more bitter than the 1-8 record.
In the regular season, the Spurs were dragged into the vortex of last season's steal by the SuperSonics.
In the playoffs, facing the SuperSonics, the Spurs were close to being killed every game.
Although because of Bowen's magic, Spurs are not considered a backdrop.
The world's public opinion felt that Yes and Bowen, SuperSonics and Spurs teamed up to play the greatest series in NBA history.
But the point is, this is the view of the world.
It does not represent the opinion of Popovich.
As an old rival, he knows exactly what kind of person Popovich is.
His self-esteem would never allow him to accept the seemingly acceptable result of last season.
He was definitely going for revenge.
And that kind of revenge that is desperate.
"Tactically, Coach Nelson has no problem with his approach, consuming the eager Spurs and finally fighting back against the tired Spurs."
"However, chasing 10 points in less than 4 minutes is still too difficult, and Coach Nelson is too other SuperSonics players."
, Phil Jackson fully understands Nelson Sr.'s tactical arrangement.
Popovich was so eager, the Spurs were so eager, temporarily dodging the Spurs' edge at the beginning of the fourth quarter, first seeking attrition, and then seeking a counterattack.
If it were him, he would have such a choice.
The key is the timing of the counterattack!
In his opinion, the best time to fight back is when there are still 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game, when the supersonic are not so far behind, and the main force of the supersonic is not too long to sit on the court, and the offensive state will not cool down.
Holding back players, this is also a huge science in the NBA.
If it is too light, it has no effect, and the fighting spirit of the players cannot be stimulated.
If you hold it too hard, it is easy to suffocate the players, the fighting spirit of the players is stimulated, the body is cold, and there is no offensive state, then it is really funny.
"Phil, I don't think Coach Nelson is holding back too the superSonics, I think, it's just the right time!"
Just right?
Phil Jackson looked at Kobe Bryant beside him in a bit of a daze.
Kobe Bryant's eyes are now flooding against the TV.
Looking into Kobe's eyes, Phil Jackson was also stunned for a moment.
Yes?!
That's right!
Yes!
Yes has always been on the court, and his offensive form has always been hot!
Phil Jackson now finally understands why the old Nelson held the supersonic players for so long, until the supersonic was ten points behind before they got on them.
Old Nelson doesn't expect them to score at all, Old Nelson is counting on their defense!
An oppressive defense against Spurs players!
In this game, Spurs are in danger!
3 minutes and 35 seconds is not too short, it is too long!
Kobe Bryant ignored Phil Jackson, who was now in shock, and his eyes were always on Yes on TV.
Parker and Ginobili were too evasive of Yes in this match, and there was not much pressure on Yes.
The Spurs made Yes pay too little on the defensive end.
On the offensive end, Jackson put a lot of pressure on Yes, but it wasn't enough for Yes to drop in with less than four minutes left in the game.
This guy is a monster with stronger physical strength than him!
"The main force of the superSonics in this game is late, and it is not easy to catch up!"
When the SuperSonics and Spurs took to the court again, Barkley was a little apprehensive.
The intensity of this game was indeed beyond his imagination.
Not only him, but the supersonic fans on the sidelines are now also worried.
Naturally, he saw this tactical intention of old Nelson.
He really didn't want to say it, but the old Nelson was indeed the main force late.
Didn't you see that the smile on the face of Spurs head coach Popovich is back on his face?
With 3 minutes and 35 seconds left in the game, the SuperSonics were 10 points behind, and although the ball was in the hands of the SuperSonics, the difference was still too big.
Even if the Spurs have some physical problems now, the Spurs are still one of the most consistent teams in that league!
Yes, I won this game!
Supersonic frontcourt ball.
Jackson stuck to Yes's body.
Jackson was very satisfied with Yes's defense in this game!
Although Yes made 12 three-pointers in this game, Yes's three-point shooting rate was only 12 of 27 shots, except for the two three-pointers who were not stable in the opening game, Yes's three-point shooting rate was only 10 of 25 shots, and the shooting rate was just 40%!
Shooting 10-of-25 from the field, that's excellent for anyone in the league.
But it's not enough to put it on Yes!
With those teammates around him, Yes wasn't enough to lead them to victory on 10-of-25 three-point shooting!
Although Yes this game is very impactful and visually effective against every three-pointer he shot.
But it's just visuals!
Jackson believes that after this fight, he will once again be recognized as a Yes finisher.
Last season with the Pacers, he double-killed Yes!
This season at the Spurs, if he beats Yes again, he will be the one Yes will never be able to beat!
If he can sweep Yes this season with the Spurs, then his evaluation in the NBA will definitely not be worse than Bowen's!
Bowen can use his Yes defense to get to the top of his life!
And he can use the victory against Yes to reach the pinnacle of life!
Victory!
It's not just Popovich who is eagerly hoping for victory.
The same is true of him!
Thinking of this, Jackson felt his body attached to Yes tremble.
In this game, he faced Yes with the ball, and he was a snake release tactic.
But in the face of Yes without the ball, of course he has to be close.
Not only is he defending closely, but Oberto, who is not far away, will come to flank at any time.
As long as Yes is out of the ball, then it is a merciless pinch, there is no reason!
He was confident in Yes's defense, and even if he was up against a Hurricane-style Yes in this game, he wasn't knocked down by Yes.
Jackson's versatility on the defensive end really makes Yes uncomfortable.
He's not top defensive in every way, but he's good in every way.
When facing other excellent defensive players, no matter how strong the opponent is, he can always find the opponent's weaknesses.
But against Jackson, it was hard for Yees to find his weaknesses.
That's why he pulled up whenever he had the chance.
He didn't want to get tangled up with Jackson.
It's easy for him to break through Jackson with the ball, but it's hard to get rid of him.
The final result is that he has operated a lot, and the effect is not good before he directly pulls it up.
"Yes has lost two straight against Jackson, right?"
"If you count today's loss, it's a three-game losing streak!"
"Jackson really has a knack for Yes's defense, he's an underrated defensive player!"
Supersound is now 10 points behind, and the reporters in the press box are quite nervous right now.
Now hypersound is third in the West, but the race for third place in the West is far from over.
If the SuperSonics lose this game, the third place in the West will be snatched by the Spurs.
Before the start of the season, Yes said that the SuperSonics he carried with him would not fall out of the playoff zone while developing Durant, and they didn't believe it at first, but now, they do.
Yes really has the strength.
Yes's true strength is that it can take any team to the playoffs in any difficult area.
However, the eighth place in the West is to enter the playoffs, and the third place in the West is also to enter the playoffs, and there is still a big difference between them!
Of course, they hope that the SuperSonics can make the playoffs as third in the West!
Jordan's second full season, the third season, led the Bulls to a 40-42 record, just eight in the East, and eight in the West to enter the playoffs, before being swept out by the mighty Celtics.
Now the competition between Yes and Jordan is far from over.
Because of the emergence of the Sanders index, the scoring ability of Yes and Jordan can be quantitatively compared, so the peak Jordan is a little stronger than the current Yes, which is generally recognized.
Coconut flour and coconut flour media are also reluctantly accepted.
Big is like Pippen said, yes doesn't matter if it's not as good as peak Jordan right now.
As long as Yes is stronger than Jordan in the same period every season, then he will surpass Jordan sooner or later in the future!
Now they are creating this public opinion!
Yes is better than Jordan every year!
Not only better than Jordan, but better than all the players of the same year in the history of the league!
Last season, Yes was already recognized as the best rookie in league history.
This season, Yes' goal is to become the best sophomore in league history!
It's not okay to be the best sophomore in league history, only to enter the playoffs with an eighth place, and then be swept away in the first round by the Rockets or Suns.
After Pippen came up with the concept of being the strongest of the year, the media across the United States are now looking forward to this concept.
The SuperSonics need to try to have a good finish in the regular season.
Preferably third in the West!
The third in the West is the sixth in the West, and with the strength of supersonic speed, the probability of passing the first round is still very high.
If you fall out of the top three, it will be more difficult for supersonic speed to pass the first round!
For the third place in the West, the SuperSonics and Spurs, which are direct competitors, try not to lose.
Especially since this is still at home!
They want Yes to win this game, but look at the current point difference, and then look at the person who posted it to Yes, these reporters in the media box are really desperate!
"Yes came out to catch the ball!"
Ye Si moved.
Jackson moved too!
Jackson's concentration was very focused, and he was always waiting for Yes to come out and get ready to catch the ball.
When Yes was activated, he followed suit.
Want to get rid of me in an instant?
No way!
As long as he can hold on for a while, as long as a while, the Spurs' pinching will be there soon, and Oberto is already on his way!
Well?!
Just when Jackson was running frantically in order to catch up with Yes, there was a bang!
Jackson slammed into a huge body!
Millsap?!
Millsap arrived first?!
Jackson's eyes bulged out as he looked at the person he bumped into!
Not just Jackson, but Oberto as well.
His speed can suppress David Lee, even in the face of Millsap, his speed is not as good, and he can use experience to suppress him.
But just now, he was forcibly overtaken by Millsap, and he didn't even have a chance to use his experience.
The body can't keep up with the thoughts!
Oberto quickly discovered the problem.
But when he found out about the problem, Yes had already received a pass from Rondo in his hand, and Yes had already jumped!
Finished!
45…… 52…… 71……
71!
Half-unguarded, half-jamming!
55% defensive intensity!
By the time Oberto jumped up, it was too late, and the ball thrown by Yes had already flown out.
Brush it up!
With the sound of the basketball brushing the frame, the entire key arena completely walked out of the nervous and uncertain mood!
109 to 116!
What was originally a 10-point difference has become 7 points!
What's more, this attack of the supersonic speed is useless for even five seconds!
"Incredibly fast attack!"
"Millsap's cover was so good, he did the perfect one in the right place!"
"Yes hit a crucial three-pointer that requires a huge heart to hit!"
Seeing this rapid attack of the supersonic, the confident smile on Popovich's face on the sidelines was still on his face, but his eyes were not as bright as the smile on his face.
If the Spurs players' bodies can't keep up with their thoughts, the look on Popovich's face just as can't keep up with his eyes right now.
"Popovich asks for a timeout!"
"After the supersonic completed the first attack, Popovich hurriedly asked for a timeout!"
No surprise pause!
Phil Jackson is well aware of what Popovich's timeout is for.
It's not about setting up tactics, it's not about adjusting personnel to boost morale, it's just about buying time for the Spurs players to rest.
"Popovich misjudged the energy of the other Spurs players because of Jackson's energy!"
Especially the dynamism of the Spurs' interior players, Oberto is now 32 years old!
To put it simply, except for Jackson, the other Spurs players are more tired than Popovich imagined!
For the Spurs and Popovich, it is extremely difficult now that they can only go all the way to the dark!
"The timeout is over, the game is restarted!"
"The Seattle SuperSonics are now pressing the Spurs full-court now!"
Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Yes, Rondo......
Looking at the scattered supersonic players on the field, the supersonic fans on the sidelines went crazy!
They really didn't expect the supersonic players on the field to be so crazy!
The whole court is pressing, and the supersonic actually have a day of full-court pressing against the Spurs!
It's not just Barkley and the reporters and fans at the scene who can't think of it.
Even the Popovich and Spurs players on the sidelines didn't think about it.
You know, the Spurs players on the court right now are Duncan, Oberto, Jackson, Ginobili and Parker.
Spurs have a lot of players on the court who can control the ball!
In the face of such a crazy full-court pressing on the Spurs, even if the Spurs players have a physical problem, it is definitely not so easy to be crushed by the full-court pressing.
Popovich was confident that his team would never be crushed by such a full-court press.
But his face is now full of that anxious look!
Popovich is now even dictating to the Spurs players on the sidelines.
In this game, whether it was the supersonic fans at the scene or the audience in front of the TV, Popovich had never seen such a gaffe.
The most stressful thing in the game now is definitely not Popovich, but Parker, who is suddenly enveloped by Yes!
He's the one who dribbles the ball now!
Popovich kept screaming on the sidelines.
The body was shrouded in Yes again.
Parker doesn't even dare to let go of the ball right now, and he knows Yes doesn't like to force steals.
But, does he dare to bet on Yes at this time?
He's crazy!
Not only did he not dare to dribble, but he was now preventing Yes from suddenly putting his hands on his ball and causing him to scramble.
He's going to get out right away!
But now that his teammates are all being watched one-on-one, it will not be easy for Duncan to easily get rid of the now morale-boosting Milicic.
The current supersonic players are suffocated by old Nelson as if they were beaten with chicken blood!
"Tony!"
Just when Parker was desperate, a familiar number finally appeared in his field of vision.
Number Three!
And it's also the number three of the Spurs!
Jackson took the lead in getting rid of Durant, who had a very poor sense of position!
The moment Jackson appeared in Parker's field of vision, Parker threw the basketball in his hand at Jackson.
Not good!
When Parker passed the ball, got rid of Yes's shroud empty-handed, and looked in the direction of the ball, Parker, who was originally excited, instantly turned into fear!
Jackson got rid of Durant's pressing, but not Durant!
What the?!
When Jackson watched the basketball that was about to be snatched from the middle by a big long hand, Jackson's pupils contracted rapidly.
Durant?!
The trash he played with the whole game broke his ball?!
“Yes!”
Durant didn't dribble and threw the basketball straight to the right!
By the time Parker was ready to pounce, it was too late.
Brush it up!
Three point shot again!
At this time, it is only 12 seconds before the supersonic speed changes to the full main force at 3 minutes and 35 seconds!
116 to 112!
When the live scoreboard jumps again, the entire Key Arena explodes!
The supersonic players on the pitch roared wantonly in the atmosphere of the explosion!
This morale!
It's so loud that it can spill out of the TV!
Adelman and Rocket were now dumbfounded.
What happened next made them even more dumbfounded!
"Jackson didn't pass the ball to Parker, he wanted to break through Durant's pressing himself!"
"Beautiful ball-handling defense, Jackson dropped the ball!"
"Three points! Three points again! It's three points of Yes again! ”
"It's messed up, it's all messed up, and an angry Jackson has thrown the Spurs on the court into chaos, and Popovich is asking for a timeout again!"
"The timeout is over, the Spurs serve in the frontcourt, Duncan is pinched!"
"Oberto reluctantly throws, strikes iron!"
"It's a yes chance again! The Spurs' defense is completely messed up! ”
"Duncan, Duncan is out of the inside!"
looked at Duncan, who rushed over frantically, and then looked at Durant, who was already completely empty.
Jumping in the air, Ye Si ignored it, and didn't even change his movements!
55…… 61…… 71……
71?
You can wait a little longer!
…… 69…… 81……
81!
Bang!
Almost at the same time that Duncan's thug hit Yes's hand, Yes completed the shot!
No, not at the same time!
Yes, a little faster than him!
Duncan, who threw Yes to the ground, stared at Supersonic Nine sitting on the ground with his hands held high.
Yes is waiting for me on purpose?!
Yes are deliberately waiting for me to make a foul?!
Yes, who never deliberately makes fouls in a game, actually makes fouls?
And because of his foul, his hands were raised in celebration!
Thinking of this, Duncan's blank face was a little disappointed.
He thought he was different......
Just as Duncan withdrew his gaze from Yes, who was sitting on the ground, and looked back at the basketball in the air in disappointment.
Watch the trajectory of the basketball as it flies towards the hoop.
The look of disappointment on Duncan's face vanished instantly.
And when Duncan turned his head to look at Yes again, almost as soon as he turned his head again.
Brush it up!
The sound of the basketball swiping into the net made the entire key arena open with a bang after a second of silence!
Yes, I didn't make a foul just now!
Yes just sat on the ground and spread his hands out, not for the celebration of the villain's triumph!
He was celebrating this hit in advance!
Yes face his block, in the early celebration hit!
Duncan's heart now seems to be like a stormy wave!
Supersonic players from all sides are rushing in frantically.
Ye Si looked at Duncan with excitement in his eyes after being pulled up!
+1!
Three-pointers: 78 (90)!
Looking at this excited look, Duncan felt like a world away.
Is there really the kind of player in this world who deliberately challenges him and takes pleasure in him?!
The point is, after shooting him, he actually celebrated in advance!
How much courage is this, how much self-confidence is this, and how much determination is this?!
Well?!
Just when Duncan was in disbelief, the frantic roar of the live DJ rang in his ears.
Duncan suddenly looked at the timer on the sidelines.
There are three minutes left in the game!
Just 35 seconds have passed since the supersonic all-main force came on the field!
35 seconds, 4 three-pointers...... And the back of that standing at the free throw line.
Is that back good, it's not No. 1, it's No. 9!
Even the sluggish Duncan, looking at the back of the man standing at the free throw line, his hands were shaking.
Popovich, who was still frantically conveying instructions to the Spurs players on the court just now, is now unable to say a word.
In front of the TV, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers players in the locker room are all on their feet now.
There was an look of disbelief on everyone's face.
Deliberately waiting for Duncan, Yan She Duncan, sitting on the ground after cumming and celebrating in advance, this kid is playing too big this time, right?!
Kobe Bryant is speechless now.
“TMC?”
Maddie is still speechless......
The ears of the Rockets players are now full of the roar of a crazy Barkley.
"An incredible miracle!"
"The miracle of 35 seconds and 13 minutes reappears in the NBA!"