Chapter 520: Greet men

In 1994, Seattle Key Arena.
This is one of the most broken stadiums in the NBA team.
Because the stadium is too broken, and the Seattle city government has been reluctant to build new stadiums, which led to the Supersonics moving away from Seattle and Oklahoma many years later.
Of course, in 1994, the supersonic speed was Seattle's darling.
This year they scored 63 wins and 19 losses in the regular season, ranking first in the league.
This is the first year of Michael Jordan's retirement, and the dragons have no heads. It is a good opportunity for many powerful players to compete for the championship.
Supersonics are definitely a big hit to win the championship, at least in the West feel they have no rivals.
Olajuwon has won a big harvest of personal honors this year. Eighteen out of ten regular season MVPs will be included in the bag. There is also the best defensive player. The first team, the Rockets are also 58 wins and 24 losses, ranking after the supersonics. West second.
However, the Supersonics are not afraid of the Rockets and Olajuwon. On the contrary, they have always been the hard hands of the Rockets and Big Dreams. If they meet in the Western Conference, the Supersonics are confident to kill the Rockets.
As for the first two rounds? The league first, like the Supersonics, should consider the division finals.
But no one would think that they had a big trouble in the first round.
In the face of the eighth-ranked Denver Nuggets in the West, they easily won in the first two games, thinking that the third game will sweep into the next round, the Nuggets launched a Jedi counterattack.
After returning to the homeland of the plateau in the third game, they broke the expectation of sweeping the supersonic into the next round with a big victory.
Then in the fourth game, they used a hard defense to completely suppress the supersonic speed, tenaciously equalized the big score.
In the first round of the 1994 playoffs, they still won three games in five games. The Supersonics ushered in their life-and-death battle at home.
This night, the Key Arena was full, and it may be a big meaning for Seattle fans to play a life-and-death battle, that is, to watch the supersonics advance to the next round at their door.
So they all ran to cheer for the supersonics. In their view, the supersonics won the game without much suspense.
In the past 39 home games, the Supersonics won 34 games.
And before 1994, the first round of the division was never eliminated.
For the first place, the first round is just a passing game.
However, history is used to create.
Just 1 year ago, the Phoenix Suns almost turned over in the first round.
In the end, they clenched their teeth in the battle of life and death, and then broke into the finals to create glory.
Supersonic fans believe they can create the same brilliance. You know that it was the Supersonics who was eliminated in the Western Conference finals last year. They lost 3:4 and regret to make a comeback this year.
Fans are full of confidence, but players are not.
Before the game, the team coach George Karl himself said, "I can't deny that I really felt uneasy, that feeling was like swallowing ice cubes..."
Swallowing ice cubes is not only cold, but also chokes people.
The feeling of not getting stuck in the esophagus and having trouble breathing is really an image.
Li Liang felt that in the supersonic dressing room, a tense atmosphere was spreading and passing.
Gary Payton of the team sat in front of the locker to deal with his foot injury.
His foot injury intensified during the game.
I thought I could eliminate my opponent in three games and enter the next round, but I didn't expect to drag it to the last game.
He carefully put his bandaged feet into his shoes and walked back and forth to make sure he didn't feel particularly sick.
In fact, there are, but even if there is, he must also debut.
No one from the other supersonic players stood up to say something. Head coach Karl was discussing with the assistant coach. I don't know why he didn't communicate with the players. Even if he shouted, he could just spit the chicken broth.
In this atmosphere, Li Liang wanted to say two sentences without knowing what to say.
Needless to say, just go to the game.
Although the Key Arena is dilapidated, the atmosphere of the fans here is one by one.
So when the Supersonics moved from Seattle to Russia in the future, the people of Seattle have always been cherished, hoping to have a new NBA team in this city.
Compared to the tension of the supersonic players, the Nuggets are completely relaxed.
Their current situation is that they have not lost, won blood, and bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes.
In fact, this is the case in the playoffs. The rankings are all floating clouds. Whether you can advance or not depends on whether you can use your strength to beat your opponents.
High rankings can only bring one more home advantage.
When there were not many NBA teams in the early years, the first round of the division was still in the first round, and then the round was canceled, and each round had to be played.
So some coaches pointed out that the return to the first regular season record is too low.
For players, in the playoffs, everything in the regular season will pass.
The league is the best, not to mention the best record, MVP is not useful, you only need to be able to win in 5 or 7 series.
However, for the supersonic players, the number one ranking changed from honor to burden.
Fear of losing is really too afraid of losing.
There is no first in history to be eliminated in the first round.
The players are underestimating their enemies, their eyes are too long to forget to pay attention to the thorns under their feet.
Now the only person who doesn't feel this way is Li Liang.
He played for German Schramf, the predecessor of Nowitzki who was Germany's pioneer in the NBA.
Although he did not achieve the same high level as Nowitzki, he was a successful team.
Li Liang and his position and height are similar, so it is a fit to replace him in the game.
George Carl arranged his tactics before the game, demanding the use of full-court tactics as soon as the game started, and striving to defeat the Nuggets in a short time.
George Carl was clearly anxious.
At the beginning of the game, the audience was pressed. If it is the first time that the opponent is caught, it is good to be caught flat-footed.
The Nuggets and Supersonic have played four games. There are no too many secrets before each other. The effect of pressing the whole audience may not be good.
On the contrary, if the Nuggets hold their ground, the press will force the Supersonics into a physical crisis.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Supersonics took out all the energy and pressed the Nuggets with high-intensity tight defense.
As a result, the Nuggets didn't panic, slowed down, played steadily, and fought against the supersonic a little bit.
Li Liang ran a few rounds on the court, and the first feeling was: The confrontation was really strong.
The atmosphere on the court was suffocating, the defensive players had great movements on their hands, and the referee's scale was also very large, so they did not sound whistle.
This is the first time Li Liang has participated in NBA games in the 1990s, and it is different from the 70s and 80s.
The team's defense began to have a system, the players' physical fitness was stronger, and the whistle on the court was loose.
Li Liang touched the ball several times, but did not get a good phone call, and he made a mistake under the pressure of the Nuggets.
In the systematic competition, Li Liang has no rune bonus, no skills, and no props.
He is a whiteboard, which is bound to be more difficult.
In the first quarter, the two sides reached 19:20, and the supersonics only led by 1 point.
Trying to score on both sides is harder than eating shit.
Li Liang tried three points and failed to hit.
The Nuggets' defense is tight, and more importantly, because Mutombo guards the three-second zone, the supersonic inside cannot be opened, and the outside cannot get good space and opportunities.
In 1994, the league had not defended for three seconds, and there was no joint defense. It was not allowed to pinch in advance. They were mainly one-on-one defense.
So it is not so easy to make a three-pointer without the pivot point of the inside line.
But Li Liang knows that to win this game must rely on three points.
Since it is a task to force a three-pointer, it can only be forced.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Liang sat down to rest.
At this point, the Nuggets have begun to grasp the initiative on the scene.
The Nuggets played very well, relying on the inside, relying on Mutombo, Ellis and Williams ~ EbookFREE.me ~ crazy attack the supersonic three seconds zone, rushing to the offensive rebound.
The Supersonics are also not good at shooting. Although they averaged 105 points per game in the regular season and ranked fifth in the league, they only averaged 8 three-pointers per game than Li Liang did this season alone.
Such a three-point shot ranks downstream in the league.
Supersonics' main scoring method still comes from quick counterattacks and second offenses, especially after fast defense.
The Supersonics averaged 12.8 steals per game, ranking first in the league and far ahead.
But the Nuggets' solid play tonight made the Supersonics unable to take advantage of them. Especially Payton was affected by a foot injury, and it was even worse.
Li Liang sat next to George Carl, thinking about how to play his three-pointer.
The intensity of the game will only get higher and higher, and the space will only get smaller and smaller.
Li Liang clenched his fists. He knew that no conspiracy or tricks were needed. This time he had to meet the man!