Chapter 587 Conspiracy and Pressure

Beating the Seattle SuperSonics felt really good.

Especially on the road, defeating the Sonics in front of the craziest Seattle fans in the NBA is definitely the most satisfying thing for a professional player.

In order to prepare for this series with the Seattle SuperSonics, the Denver Nuggets players did not leave Seattle after the last game of the regular season against the SuperSonics.

After so many days of hard work, they finally achieved the results they wanted.

There has always been a saying in the NBA that the playoffs begin with the first away game you win.

The Denver Nuggets started the playoffs this season with their first game against the SuperSonics.

And for the Denver Nuggets players, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics is definitely not just the beginning of the playoffs.

As the most watched team and player in the NBA, the Denver Nuggets' entire team has become the focus of the world after defeating Yes and the SuperSonics in Seattle away from home.

In the NBA, some players and some teams are unwilling to be in the spotlight.

Being under such light will make them very uncomfortable.

But such players and such a team will definitely not include the Nuggets and Nuggets players.

After defeating the Sonics on the road, the Denver Nuggets felt like it was Christmas.

Camby, Nene, Martin, Jr. Smith, and even Anthony and Billups Hamilton are now fully enjoying the afterglow of victory against the SuperSonics.

The whole United States, the whole world praises!

This feeling is really great.

In previous NBA games, Jr. Smith always wanted to go out and look for something happy after the game.

But after the first playoff game against the SuperSonics, Jr. Smith found that watching media experts from all over the United States and the world praise him in the hotel was the most wonderful and happiest thing.

Before the start of the playoffs with the SuperSonics, led by Anthony, the head player of the Nuggets, during this round of practice games with the SuperSonics,

Denver Nuggets players are banned from most recreational activities.

After the ban came out, many Nuggets players were worried about whether this would affect the Nuggets' morale.

Not only many Nuggets players, but even Nuggets head coach George Karl has this concern.

Although such an abstinence order has good short-term effects, in the long run, it is very easy to cause boring emotions for players.

Most players are human beings, and not everyone can focus all their energy on basketball like Anthony after switching to desperate mode.

If it weren't for the leadership of Anthony and Billups Hamilton, George Karl would never dare to play like this with the Nuggets.

"None of the players went out without permission?"

"No."

Hearing the assistant's answer, George Karl nodded with great satisfaction.

Looking at these national media newspapers in his hands, George Karl nodded with satisfaction.

The newspapers in his hand are all freshly published today.

Yesterday was the first day of the NBA playoffs.

On the first day of the NBA playoffs, there were four games in total, but in the newspapers in hand, most of the pages were devoted to the game between the SuperSonics and the Nuggets.

In these American media reports on this game, the exposure of many Nuggets players in a season is not even as high as this game.

And it’s all compliments!

In the last game, from the team's center Camby to the team's defender Billups Hamilton, to the team's substitutes Jr. Smith and Martin.

It can be said that everyone has received great recognition.

This kind of recognition brings great spiritual satisfaction to the Nuggets players who might otherwise be boring.

It's hard to imagine that Jr. Smith would be willing to read newspapers in his hotel room all day long.

This is a virtuous circle!

His players, his warriors, are now enjoying the feeling of beating Yes in the game!

In the NBA, the pleasure you get from beating Yes is far stronger than the pleasure you get from other places in other ways!

This can also explain the status of Yes in the current NBA.

For many NBA players now, they have not seen what the 21-year-old Jordan is like, but they have seen what the 21-year-old Yes is like.

In the current NBA, Yes has no championship and no MVP trophy. His historical status may not have even begun.

But Yes's reputation is so high that it's almost insane.

In fan voting on Twitter and other methods, Yes can easily beat Jordan twice.

No matter what the comparison is, if Jordan defeats Yes in the fan vote, it can now be described as a miracle.

In the current NBA, perhaps the strongest players in history are O'Neal, Duncan and Nash. Among them, O'Neal and Nash are simply the licking dogs of Yes, and they have lost their self-esteem.

Even Duncan, a stone Buddha who usually looks dull, is totally human when asked the question "Yes".

If Yes was just an ordinary second-year rookie, would Duncan need to be so cautious in responding to Yes' questions?

Duncan can say whatever he wants, but what if he says it wrong? Can't such a senior teach the juniors a lesson?

It can only be said that in Duncan's subconscious, he never felt that Yes was just a junior, or that his status in the NBA was higher than Yes.

As many media people say now, Yes has not yet started in terms of historical status.

But when it comes to the reputation of the NBA, Yes has achieved the level of "surpassing Kobe Bryant without a championship, and surpassing Jordan with one championship".

Now Yes' reputation is indeed above that of Kobe, on the same level as O'Neal, Duncan, and Nash, and even above these three.

As for surpassing Jordan with one championship, that is natural. In the SuperSonics, under the premise of the most unlucky player in history, he went to the end on the most difficult road and successfully reached the top. What level of prestige bonus is this?

Even Jordan himself said that as long as Yes leads Durant Rondo and Millsap to win the championship with the SuperSonics, it will be the most valuable championship in history.

As a veteran coach in the league, George Karl has been in the league for many years.

To be honest, in all his years in the NBA, he has never seen such a strange player.

Such a player without any actual achievements can gain such great prestige and respect.

However, if you imagine the games Yes completed in the NBA, and the miraculous performances and records he played in those games, you can understand it.

Although it feels very bizarre to say it.

But this is indeed true. A rookie second-year player is now the target of the entire league!

The Denver Nuggets players are now enjoying beating someone who is an icon and respected by the entire league.

The Denver Nuggets players are even now looking forward to and imagining beating Yes in the next game.

The players of the Denver Nuggets are now very motivated and their morale is very explosive. The current Denver Nuggets players even feel that they are certain to advance.

Although this series with the SuperSonics was just one game.

This is what the Denver Nuggets players think, and such thoughts do not represent George Karl.

As the head coach of the Nuggets and one of the most famous coaches in the NBA, George Karl has never considered himself to be such a superficial person.

He also never thought the Denver Nuggets could beat the Seattle SuperSonics easily.

After putting down all the newspapers in his hands, George Karl picked up the technical statistics of the two teams in the previous game.

His eyes are always on Yes' data.

12 of 14 shots, 30 points!

This is a very scary data.

Maybe the scoring is not very high, just Yes's scoring average this season.

But as long as you see Yes's shooting percentage and think about the defensive intensity of Billups and Hamilton that Yes faced in the last game, you will know how incredible Yes's data is.

Before the start of this round of playoffs, George Karl scoffed at what many media outlets across the country said as long as there was Yes, the Sonics could win at least three games and at most three games.

Yes is very strong, but he alone can beat his Nuggets three games in a series?

This is a fantasy!

But now, as long as he sees the statistics of Yes in the last game, he really has to believe that if Yes really lets go, it is possible to win three games against the Nuggets in a series!

Just like those media experts said, it's impossible for Yes to defeat the Nuggets in the series, but it can make the Sonics look like a 69-win team.

However, in the end, with the expectations of the United States and even the world, Yes did not go it alone, but chose to train Durant with useless efforts.

A rookie who has grown into a quasi-All-Star player in just one rookie season.

An ordinary rookie who develops into a quasi-All-Star in one season will definitely be praised as having a bright future.

But if it's Durant, it's completely different. During Durant's growth, he received too many resources, such as Yi Jianlian or other popular rookies. I'm afraid it would be difficult to grow with resources like Durant. They are all already All-Star players.

Since Durant has no way to become an All-Star player, it can only be said that his potential has reached its peak.

George Carle never thought Yes was a fool.

Since the whole world can clearly see Durant's potential, he doesn't believe that Yes can't see it.

Yes's vision is indeed not very good, otherwise he would not have produced so many Jordan Magic, Kareem Russell, Chamberlain, etc. in the 2007 draft.

Yes' vision should be on the same level as Jordan's.

However, no matter how bad Yes's vision was, the answer had already been told to him. He didn't believe that Yes would know nothing.

Yes is a stubborn person, everyone knows this, unless Yes feels that Durant really has the potential to become an All-Star and a superstar.

And Durant is indeed a quite confusing player. His height, wingspan and position really make people think.

"Is Durant really a genius?"

George Carl didn't want to believe the fact that Yes believed.

"What if Durant is really the genius Yes believes he is?"

Thinking of this, George Karl frowned.

If this is really the case, that would be terrible...

Yes's statistics in last game are so scary.

12-for-14 from the field...

This is a statistic that even he believes can defeat him and his team as long as Yes throws it around.

Yes could beat him and his team, but failed to do so.

Then the only explanation is that Yes is creating pressure on Durant, a genius!

Huge enough to put pressure on Durant to break through!

As long as Durant completes the breakthrough, and coupled with Yes's strength, it will be a devastating nightmare for the Nuggets!

Thinking of this, George Karl even felt that his whole body was breaking out in cold sweat.

"Well, I must be scaring myself, how is this possible!"

"How could Durant be a genius? Even if I was wrong, the whole world could be wrong?"

“When Yes and the whole world disagree, no matter how you look at it, it’s Yes’ fault!”

George Karl is trying his best to convince himself.

George Karl is trying to calm down.

"Sure enough, regardless of whether I am scaring myself or not, in the final analysis, the score of 1-0 is too unsafe!"

George Karl doesn't believe there's a Yes-led conspiracy on top of himself and his team.

But now he finds that he and the Nuggets players have completely consistent mentality.

"No matter what, when facing Yes and Yes's team, we must not stay up all night, otherwise we will have many dreams!"

Seattle SuperSonics practice facility.

After losing to the Denver Nuggets at home, the atmosphere in the entire team became a little strange.

It's not that the team's morale suddenly dropped.

In fact, the loss to the Nuggets in the first game did not affect the morale of the Sonics players.

For Sonics players, their losses to most teams will not cause a morale drop.

It's not like they haven't lost before. Since most of them came to the SuperSonics, they have always been underdogs when facing any team, and they have been looked down upon.

Their mentality is very good.

The current atmosphere in the Sonics is strange mainly because of Durant.

This Sonics player who has been competing with himself recently became even more competitive with himself after losing to the Nuggets.

Seeing Durant competing with him like this, many players in the Sonics team who once envied Yes for loving Durant are now secretly glad.

If they were in a situation like Durant's now, they would probably collapse long ago!

"This guy is really smelly and hard!"

Rondo looked unhappy.

If this guy gives up on his own, Yes will naturally not continue to train him.

But this guy is already so miserable, but he still persists, and Yes seems to continue to support him, which is uncomfortable.

Now the rest of the Sonics have a strange attitude toward Durant.

But for Yeosi, he likes Durant's persistence and fierceness now.

Although he still has not completed his own breakthrough, the pressure he created has not been wasted.

Durant has potential, but has not yet broken through. This only shows that the pressure is not enough and the tempering is not enough.

Looking at his teammate No. 35 who was competing with him, Ye Si knew that he needed to create more pressure.