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At this point in the game, Stephen can't help but not go all out, but the Nuggets' offense is indeed very good. No matter how hard Stephen tries, he can't narrow the point difference between the two sides. Stephen has already begun to pant Rough, and with the attack of the game, the time is getting less and less, I feel that today's game is really difficult to play.

This is the test of the playoffs. No matter how hard you try, you can’t win the game. It’s easy to give people a feeling of discouragement and even want to give up, because there are seven games anyway, and if you lose one, you lose one. I'm still one game ahead, and it's the opponent's home court.

But Stephen will never admit defeat so easily. Don't look at how many times they lost to the Nuggets in the regular season. The Nuggets' offensive strength is indeed stronger than that of the Sonics, but the strength is limited. But when it comes to the opponent's home court, People have exerted 120% of their strength, and you are still [-]%. Naturally, you are not the opponent of the opponent, not to mention that you have not yet achieved [-]% effort.

At least for now in this lineup, some people have not exerted their full energy. Maybe he is really tired, or maybe this kind of fast-paced game really makes him too uncomfortable. Stephen thought twice and felt that the team wanted to leave. No matter how far away, there will be more and more games at this level. If it is all in this mental state, how can the team compete for the championship.

And when the game is difficult, I think about giving up, thinking that there will be opportunities in the future, but if the next game is more difficult, if the opponent sees the hope of victory, the game will become more and more difficult. Watching the time Fewer and fewer, Stephen immediately gestured to Carlesimo. Although Carlesimo didn't know Stephen's intentions, he immediately called a timeout. [

After leaving the field, Stephen communicated with the coach first, and talked about his thinking. Carlesimo didn't say a word, and immediately arranged tactics and playing styles according to Stephen's thinking: "Through the previous games, we can be sure that we will play against the opponent. The counter attack was unsuccessful, or not so successful, so from now on, we have to return to our accustomed style of play, which is a balanced style of play that takes both offense and defense into account. Let me talk about the changes in the lineup , Yao Ming, you and Serge Ibaka are the team's insiders, Kevin's condition is not particularly good, do you need to rest for a while, okay, then come on Damien, Earl Watson, you and Steph is our backcourt, that's it."

It wasn't Stephen's idea that Carlesimo replaced Kevin Durant, but he was indeed too tired, panting heavily, drinking water, sweat dripped from his forehead, and his body felt like It’s like a channel, he is not the object of Stephen’s criticism, the reason why he is too tired is because he played too hard just now, his physical strength is not very good in the first place, so playing so hard naturally makes him very tired , So Carlesimo replaced him to rest and replaced Damien Wilkins.

"Before the start of the game, let me say a few more words. When we are behind in the score, the most important thing for us is to do a good job in our defense. Only when we defend well can we close the score. So next, we must You must do a good job of defending, and you must not relax at all. Leave the offense to me. What you have to do is to shoot and defend. Remember, you must not relax in defense." Stephen looked very serious, and looked at all his teammates with powerful eyes. Give them encouragement and emphasis.

Regarding Stephen's supplement, Carlesimo smiled and said nothing. As for what he thought in his heart, no one knew. Of course, Stephen did not change the coach's arrangement, but just broke down the tasks. The offense comes on its own, and the defense is left to the teammates. For this assignment, other people have no interest. In addition, everyone knows that even if Stephen said so, he would not really take all the shots by himself. In his hand, he will still pass the ball to his teammates.

After returning to the field, the Sonics played according to their own style. Stephen got the ball, then made an offensive threat, attracted the defense and then passed it to Yao Ming. Yao Mingqiang failed, but successfully protected the offensive rebound, and then passed back For Stephen, Stephen attacked again to attract the defense, and then passed to Earl Watson on the outside. Earl Watson caught the ball in the corner and hit a three-pointer.

After returning, the Sonics defended a three-two zone defense according to their usual habits. The three-two zone defense mainly defends the outside line and puts the inside line. However, there are Yao Ming and Serge Ibaka on the inside line. Two people are basically enough. Being able to protect his own rebounds, as for the mid-range, rely on Stephen among the three outsiders. His wide range of mobility can ensure that no matter which direction he comes from, he can make up for it.

Billups passed the ball to Carmelo Anthony, but under Stephen's defense, Carmelo Anthony tried a few times but did not dare to shoot, so he had to pass the ball to Billups again, Earlwater Sen adhered to the strategy of pestering and harassing Billups equally, and tried not to let him shoot from the outside. Billups had a chance to break through, but seeing Stephen staring at him in the middle, he thought it better to be on the safe side and pass the ball again. to jr smith.

After jr Smith got the ball, although Damien Wilkins' defense was very good, he still jumped up and threw the ball to the basket. For him, he only had the basket in his eyes and never had a defensive player. The same is true for Stephen standing in front of him, but Damien Wilkins' defense still played a certain role. JR Smith's shot was slightly off, and it hit the inner edge of the basket and came out backwards. Geebaka got it.

Serge Ibaka doesn't have any excellent first-pass awareness, but he knows a truth, that is, after getting the ball, give the ball to Stephen as soon as possible, so although he doesn't have this awareness, his body has taken action, As soon as he got the ball, he passed the ball long to Stephen.

After Stephen got the ball, he quickly launched a fast break, but before he could speed up, Billups had already grabbed him very presciently. There is no difference between two points, but Stephen still has the possibility of a fast break three-pointer, and no matter how high his free throw percentage is, isn't there a time when he misses.

No, Stephen missed it. At the first free throw, Stephen didn't pay much attention to it because he had great confidence in his free throw technique, and at the same time he was also confident in his ability to control his mind, but he didn't know what was going on, Stephen When I took the free throw, I felt something was wrong, but it turned out that the ball bounced twice on the basket and then fell outside the basket.

Seeing that Stephen missed free throws, the fans in the Pepsi Center Arena were very excited. They probably thought that their boos had played a role. They booed non-stop when Stephen made the second free throw, but Stephen had already If he missed once, would he miss the second time and make a second free throw soon?

After the timeout, one three-pointer and one free throw, the Sonics scored four points and narrowed the point difference to nine points. After the free throws, the Nuggets re-launched an attack. In 20 seconds, the ball was passed back and forth, and finally reached Billups' hands, and Billups made a mid-range shot.

After coming back, as soon as the player was in position, Stephen lobbed the ball high into Yao Ming's hands. Yao Ming turned around and scored two points with a small hook. At this time, the attack time was less than five seconds, just five seconds , The Sonics completed an internal and external cooperation score.

After coming back, Carmelo Anthony missed a shot, and Stephen also missed a shot here, but the rebound was taken by Serge Ibaka, and Serge Ibaka made a shot by himself while defending. The Sonics recovered two points again.

Jr Smith made a shot directly after receiving a pass from Billups, but unfortunately missed again, although Nene Hilario grabbed the offensive rebound, but was blocked by Yao Ming when the shot was made, and the ball fell to Sergi Iba In the hand of the card, it was passed to Stephen again. This time, because Billups was on the other side of the court, no one on the Nuggets side had time to foul, and Stephen made a fast break three-pointer.

The point difference was narrowed to six points. George Karl hesitated, and decided to watch another round or two. After coming over, JR Smith hit a three-pointer, making up for the mistakes and reopening the point difference to nine points.

But when Stephen came back to the basket, he jumped up and changed hands in the air to score a layup. If Nenecilario hadn't stopped faster, it would have been another two plus one this time, and the point difference came to seven points.

George Karl decided to watch another round. As a result, Carmelo Anthony was directly intercepted by Stephen, and then another fast-break three-pointer, and the point difference came to four points. This point difference is a bit dangerous, basically it is a goal or Two goals, with the current momentum of the Sonics, it is not a problem at all. [

But the Sonics now start from defense, and they play upright on offense. They don't fight against you at all, and it really makes the Nuggets have no choice. They start from defense like them, and the Nuggets are not good at this. Act, strengthen the offense, the team's offense has reached the extreme now, what else can be done, but the opponent suddenly strengthened the defense, and the shooting rate dropped slightly.

Now the embarrassment is that if you slow down the tempo and hit the success rate, you are in the hands of the Sonics, because they are not afraid of you slowing down, and the tempo cannot guarantee that the offensive success rate will increase, but if you don’t slow down, it will be The hit rate has dropped, but the opponent's offensive success rate is relatively high. In this way, it is the Nuggets who suffer.

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After returning to the court, the situation on the court was no different from before. The Sonics still played his tactics one by one, while the Nuggets' offense was still the same as before. Although they were no longer flustered, they were still not enough The point difference widened again.

With a three-pointer from Damian Wilkins, the Sonics narrowed the point difference to one point, but the Nuggets immediately responded with a three-pointer to reopen the score, and then Stephen missed a shot. Going back, Carmelo Anthony made a mid-range jumper to open the point difference to five points, but Stephen then assisted Damien Wilkins to hit a three-pointer, reducing the point to two points again.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides broke through [-] again. After a short break, the two sides returned to the court. The Sonics replaced Yao Ming with Coupard, because Yao Ming played the entire quarter just now, although the second half Duan has slowed down the rhythm, but because he has more burdens, he is also more tired, but it doesn't matter, the Sonics have a rich bench depth, and they can replace him with Coupard without losing too much strength.

At this time, Kevin Durant also replaced Damien Wilkins. Damien Wilkins didn't perform very well just now, but he was good enough defensively, and it was acceptable. , with the increase in the intensity of the game, players who could adapt to the game, such as Kurt Thomas and Damien Wilkins, gradually became a little bit unable to adapt, including Du Fei, but everyone knows that his defense is not good. Choosing him When he is on the court, it means that he does not need to defend, which is barely acceptable.

Like Damien Wilkins, last season, he was still the team's first substitute on the front line and basically the team's sixth man, but this season, although his playing time does not seem to have declined How much, but in essence the importance of the team has dropped a lot. Stephen and Kevin Durant have basically played the entire season, and he can only come off the bench. But this season, the team introduced Both Jarrett Jack and Russell Westbrook can appear at the shooting guard position, which indirectly affects his performance.

What makes the Supersonics gratified is that both Jarrett Jack and Russell Westbrook performed well in the playoffs, especially Russell Westbrook, who is still a bit hamstring in passing, but has the ability to score. Really strong, and Jarrett Jack's scoring ability is good, but he can also pass the ball, and his defense is more mature than Russell Westbrook, so he is more and more used as the team's backup point guard. And Russell Westbrook is partnering with Kevin Durant, and the effect is also satisfactory.

The Sonics still played the same way as before, but the Nuggets played crazily. Under the frenzied atmosphere at home, it seems that the Sonics defense is very worrying, and it may leak thousands of miles at any time, two points The point difference also becomes four points at one time, and five points at another time. In any case, the Sonics have never tied or overtaken once, but the Sonics have persisted and prevented them from expanding the point difference.

Gradually, the scoring momentum of the Nuggets weakened. At this time, with a wave of [-]-[-] offensive led by Stephen, the Sonics overtook the point difference in one fell swoop.

Although it only led by one point, it was an obvious indicator for the Sonics, which had been lagging behind throughout the game. Their morale rose sharply, but the morale of the Nuggets plummeted.

George Karl called a timeout, trying to calm the players down, but the effect was not obvious. After the timeout ended and returned to the court, the Nuggets not only failed to score, but missed two consecutive offenses and were caught by the Sonics. Chances widened the point difference to four points.

jr smith's shot broke their scoring drought, but stephen came back and told them with a three-pointer, "Mr. scoring in the fourth quarter" is here. After switching to the chasing side, the nuggets' offensive efficiency is even worse , especially jr Smith, wasted several opportunities, but he was able to make that kind of difficult shot, and in the end George Karl couldn't help it and replaced him with Daddy Jones.

But no matter how they adjust, after giving up the lead to the Sonics, the Sonics are not prepared to give up this advantage. Although they evened the score most of the time, Stephen then used a layup after a breakthrough to get two. Points, and the point difference is widened again.

Stephen scored 34 of the team's 23 points in the fourth quarter, while the Nuggets only scored 27 points. In the end, the Sonics only won the game with a 130-130-51-[-], [-]-point advantage. In this game, Stephen scored [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists, [-] steals and [-] block.

Since entering the playoffs, his data has been growing, which fully shows that what he showed in the regular season is not his limit at all.

After three games, among the eight teams remaining in the playoffs, the Sonics are the only team with a [-]-[-] advantage, which makes the entire North American region talk about this team with praise , especially Stephen, the voices of praise are endless, and many fans have dreamed of sweeping the Nuggets. In this way, the Sonics can become a team that sweeps opponents consecutively.

Even inside the Sonics, many people think that it is better to try harder and sweep the Denver Nuggets to the end, then rest for a few days and face the next opponent.

This kind of thinking cannot be wrong, but if it is shown publicly and the Nuggets players see it, they will naturally be furious, and inside the Nuggets, the atmosphere of mourning is getting stronger and stronger. Emotions mingled, allowing the Nuggets to play tough at the start of Game [-].

Different from the third game, the Nuggets didn't play fast in this game, but they were very tough, and they shot very resolutely. The breakthrough was either your foul or his foul, otherwise they would never stop.

Yao Ming received his second personal foul in less than 3 minutes of the game, so he had to rest, but Coupard, who had just played, was also fouled by the referee for rebounding in less than [-] seconds. Stephen went to explain to the referee, Probably because Stephen didn't show his respect for him. Before he could say a word, the referee gave Stephen a technical foul, which made Stephen dare not say anything.