I'm a ball devil

Chapter 189 Goodbye, Seattle!Goodbye, supersonic!
When the game returned to Seattle again, the fans in Seattle couldn't help shouting long live.

In their imagination, they only won one of the previous two home games, and they were beaten 3-1 by the Lakers, and the Supersonics went to Staples, which is probably the same.

So after losing the second game at home, the fans at the scene were reluctant to leave the field, and some even cried bitterly, as if watching the tragic back of the team gone forever.

Now, Ye Hao returned to Seattle from Los Angeles with the team on his back.

How can this make them not excited?

When the Sonics beat the Lakers on the road and dragged the game into Game [-], many people in Seattle were too excited to sleep.

Tonight, Seattle is sleepless.

For Game [-], the arena at the home stadium was naturally full of seats, and the tickets could not be bought even through scalpers.

The arena was also full of people, and countless people came to the scene. Even if they couldn't enter the arena to cheer for the home team, they were happy to be with the team outside the arena.

Because, there is something in their hearts that they don't want to mention, but they have to admit, that is, this game may be the end of the season for the Sonics.

If that's the case, the franchise's Seattle history will also end tonight.

Many of these fans grew up with the Sonics.

The Sonics are their youthful memories.

The Sonics are gone, and their damn youth is over.

Although the team name of the Sonics is still in Seattle, perhaps a new team named "Sonics" will be born in Seattle in the future.

But that was not their youth anymore.

So many of the fans who came here today are holding posters of the former Supersonics and wearing past Supersonics jerseys...

A surge of emotion, full of memories and sadness.

Tonight will definitely be a sleepless night.

Many old fans have agreed that after watching the game, whether they win or lose, they will gather together to remember their youth.

Before the start of Game [-] between the Sonics and the Lakers,

The sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals has ended. The Pistons defeated the Celtics with difficulty and chased the big score to 3 to 3. The Eastern Conference Finals series will enter the tiebreaker.

Many fans joked that the Celtics have gone through three tie-breakers in the Eastern Conference, which is as powerful as Tang Seng's journey through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties.

Back at the competition arena in Seattle, players from both sides appeared on the field.

When Ye Hao made his final appearance, all the fans were shouting his name, "Ye Hao! Ye Hao! Ye Hao..."

The audience watching around the arena also looked up at the picture on the big screen and shouted Ye Hao's name.

The sound waves from inside and outside continued for a long time, unwilling to stop.

Ye Hao raised his right hand, walked around the stadium to greet the fans, and then bowed to them.

The sound of the shouting raised another level with a bang.

Ye Hao couldn't help the corners of his eyes getting wet from this situation.

Seattle, this is where his NBA dream started.

Next stop is Oklahoma City.

Durant and other Sonics players also had tears in their eyes.

Ye Hao turned around and said to his teammates: "Let's fight for Seattle tonight!"

"Fight for Seattle!" teammates shouted.

He took the lead in stretching out his palm, and his teammates folded their palms on his palm one by one, "Fight for Seattle!"

Director Zhang said: "No matter whether you win or lose the game tonight, everything that happened here tonight will be recorded in the memory of this city."

Yang Yi said: "If there is wine at this time, some strong men will go out to fight, and the wind will be rustling and the water will be cold."

Director Zhang nodded and said: "Yes. If the Sonics can win tonight, they will go to Los Angeles to play the tiebreaker. The winner of this round of the series will be decided at the home court of the Lakers. It will be incomparable. difficult,

So this battle might really be their farewell performance at this venue. "

"What if they win this game and the tiebreaker?" Yang Yi hypothetically asked.

Director Zhang shook his head slightly, "If you watch the game rationally, the Lakers are too strong, and this situation may hardly happen.

Of course, if they can really advance to the finals, it will take a long time before they can return to play here.
Because whether it is the Celtics entering the Finals or the Pistons, the Sonics have no home court advantage. "

The game on the field has already begun. Kobe made an outside jumper and hit the iron with a bang.

The Supersonics attacked, and the ball was in Ye Hao's hands. He slowly controlled the ball and did not rush to attack.

Instead, he waited for Durant to go around and get near the free throw line before quickly raising his hand to pass the ball.

Durant catches the ball and turns around for a jumper and makes it under Ariza's defense.

Director Zhang said with a smile: "Ye Hao played the ball well and played reasonably. It seems that he wants to let his teammates find the touch first."

Fisher stopped on the outside with the ball, passed the ball over his head, and sent it to the basket to Paul Gasol. Gasol took the ball and turned around with a small hook, hitting the board and scoring.

After Gasol scored a goal, he raised his right hand and signaled to Fisher. Obviously, he was a little excited at the beginning.

He probably thought that as long as he won this game, he would be able to advance to the finals.

The Finals is an experience he has never experienced in his career.

Think about it, look forward to it, and feel excited.

After all, before he was traded to the Lakers this season, he was in the first round of the Grizzlies, and he never tasted the second round and the Western Conference Finals.

Moreover, he led the Grizzlies to the playoffs three times, was swept out three times, and never won a game in the playoffs.

It can be regarded as an old miserable All-Star.

After being traded to the Lakers, it was different immediately. He tasted his first win in the playoffs, advanced to the first and second rounds, and was about to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

So Paul Gasol really couldn't help being excited.

But his excitement only lasted for a short while, and soon he lost it.

because……

Ye Hao controls the ball at the top of the arc, finds Durant to cover, and after dribbling the ball around Durant, he quickly wants to break through the basket.

Halfway, he also made a quick turn and passed Odom.

Seeing Ye Hao rushing in with the ball, Bynum hesitated for a moment with lingering fear. Being repeatedly bullied by Ye Hao would really cause fear.

Didn’t some players admit in front of the media that they were afraid of playing against Jordan and Kobe Bryant?
This is the fear of being beaten, and the physical and psychological instincts are not willing to face it, but want to avoid it.

When Bynum hesitated, Gasol next to him raised his hands and blocked him.

Ye Hao took off, in front of Gasol.

He jumped up high and buckled down hard.

And it was a dunk with both hands.

Right on top of Pau Gasol.

A ferocious but elegant button.

Ye Hao slanted and hit Gasol's body, and Gasol could only instinctively lean back at that moment.

Gasol just stepped on the spot and raised his hands high. How could he stop Ye Hao's button?
Ye Hao's current jumping ability has reached 92, plus the bonus of the S-level "Button Master" skill badge.

It's really easy to dunk most players in the league.

So, Pau Gasol is not excited soon after a little excitement,

It's hard to get excited after being blocked.

Looking back, the Lakers were attacking, and Kobe faced Watson with a dislocation on the outside.

Ye Hao moved laterally from the left wing, slipped to catch the ball near the free throw, quickly turned around and made a jumper, and scored a jumper in front of Kobe and Ariza.

His touch is there today.

When his touch came, it was really difficult to hold back any defense.

Ye Hao scored 11 points in the first quarter and sent 3 assists to his teammates, helping the Sonics gain a 4-point lead.

Back in the second quarter, Fisher scored a three-pointer from the outside, chasing the point difference to only 1 point.

The old fish Fisher has always been regarded as a player with a big heart, who dares to shoot and play on the court.

It can be regarded as a relatively good backcourt partner that Kobe has partnered with.

But Ye Hao knows that Lao Yu's big heart is not only on the court, but off the court, he is also quite "big hearted". He can be regarded as a ruthless person who can face Ba Ye's violent beating without changing his face. .

Varejao moved to a high position to get the ball, made a support, and then hit the ground and passed the ball to Ye Hao who ran to the left waist. Ye Hao took the ball and made a jumper and scored two points.

And it also caused a foul by Bynum's thugs who defended him.

There are also additional penalties, 2+1 is scored.

The Sonics continue to lead.

The head coach of the Lakers, Zen Master Jackson, was sitting on the sideline bench with no expression on his face. After all, he was used to seeing big scenes. This point difference was not enough to make him panic, nor enough to get him off the bench.

One of the hallmarks of his coaching is the presence of an old god, giving people a feeling that everything is under control.

Although no one knows whether it is under his control or not, it is just right to keep calm anyway.

This is probably the expression of the so-called "Zen" realm.

When the team encountered trouble on the court, it was left to Jordan to deal with it before, but now it is left to Kobe to fix it.

In short, the team he coaches has no shortage of superstars.

This can save him a lot of brain power, anyway, it is right to hand the ball to the strongest player on the team.

Now Kobe stood up. He faced Ye Hao's defense from the outside, used his skillful tentative step to feint, shook Ye Hao away, and then directly shot a jumper and made a three-pointer.

Kobe's three-point shooting is also very accurate.

The record for the number of three-pointers made in a single game in the league is still set by Kobe.

Coincidentally, it was the Sonics that provided the backdrop for Kobe's record.

In 2003, Kobe made 18 of 12 shots against the Sonics, scored 45 points in a single game, helped the Lakers win the game, and set a record for three-pointers.

This record will not be broken until the Splash Brothers enter the league in the future.

Although Kobe's three-point shooting percentage in his entire career is only about 32%, which is not very high, it is still terrifying when he goes crazy from the outside.

But the current Sonics team is not the same Sonics team they were back then. They now have Ye Hao, a ball demon who has the ability to return.

The Sonics attacked. Durant singled out Odom with the ball in the high position on the right, then turned around and transferred the ball to the right wing to Ye Hao.

It is rare for Ye Hao to be open. Naturally, he will not easily miss the opportunity to shoot open.

He adjusts the basketball, jumps up and shoots.

Ariza rushed from the other side, trying to block it, but it was too late, and the basketball was thrown into the net very firmly.

The three-pointer is still on.

The Sonics continued to lead until the end of the first half.

But back in the second half, the Lakers strengthened their defense against Ye Hao, and at the same time played more cooperation, scored more points, and gradually tied the point difference.

For the Lakers, Kobe scored, Pau Gasol scored, Bynum scored, Odom scored, even Trevor Ariza and Fisher were able to set up shots to score points, and their bench players, Farmar and Walton Jr. can also score.

For the Sonics, except for Ye Hao and Durant who can score steadily, Varejao and Jeff Green helped contribute a few points, and few other players can score.

In this way, in the third quarter, the Lakers reversed the point difference and gradually widened the point difference.

At the end of the third quarter, the Sonics trailed by 12 points.
From leading to falling behind is really a matter of one quarter.

However, Ye Hao will not give up easily. As soon as the fourth quarter came up, he rushed into the Lakers penalty area to score points.

In many cases, he needs to face the attack of three people, or even the surrounding defense of four or five people.

This kind of scoring is actually very tiring, but there is no way, other teammates can't make the ball, he can only smash himself into the crowd again and again to get points desperately.

In the process of his breakthrough and upward jump layup or dunk, he can almost feel several hands greeting him.

His arms hurt from being slapped, and his body was hit and smashed.

This is the intensity of confrontation in the Western Conference Finals, and the referee will not give fouls easily.

He hit layups, shot, scored again and again, trying to close the point difference, trying to carry the team on his back, even if he took one more step forward, one more game would be good.

He is a ball demon, all he wants is to win!

However, the victory in this game is destined not to belong to him, but to the Lakers, where almost all members fought and fired more points, and it belongs to Kobe.

Although Ye Hao scored 48 points again, it was still not enough to help the team beat the Lakers.

Except for Ye Hao who scored 48 points and Durant who scored 20 points, no one in the Sonics scored in double figures.

On the other hand, the Lakers, in addition to Kobe scored 32 points, they also had Pau Gasol scored 24 points, Bynum scored 13 points, Odom scored 12 points, Ariza scored 10 points, Fisher scored 8 points , Even Fama scored 7 points.

So the Sonics lost Game 96 without any suspense, 111 to [-], which is a disastrous defeat.

The Lakers won 4-2 and advanced to the Finals.

So this is really the Sonics' last game in Seattle.

Their season is officially over.

However, the fans at the scene were reluctant to leave for a long time.

They were calling Ye Hao's name over and over again.

Just now, in front of their eyes, this Chinese rookie smashed his body into the crowd again and again to score points with difficulty, trying to win the game for them again and again.

His teammates couldn't give him real help at the most critical moment. The fans could even feel that he was like a lonely hero challenging the almost invincible enemy time and time again, and was knocked down again and again. Keep going, never stop.

They knew he was really trying his best.

They don't blame him, but are grateful to him for giving them the most gorgeous performance in the last game.

Therefore, although they scolded the team owner who wanted to move the team in their hearts, they also recognized Ye Hao as the son of the city here.

Goodbye, Ye Hao!

They wish Ye Hao can win the championship in the future.

Of course, although they will no longer be in Seattle at that time, they will still cheer for Ye Hao.

Ye Hao was also excited at this time, he covered his head with a white towel, trying to calm down his mood as much as possible.

He reached the Western Conference finals in his first playoffs, so he has no regrets.

If there is a regret, it is that I didn't win one more game, let's win another game.

After a while, he took the towel off his head and bowed to the surrounding fans.

Goodbye, Seattle!

Goodbye, supersonic!
(End of this chapter)