Updated: 2012-09-24

It’s not that Stephen doesn’t want to fight back, but the Jazz’s defense is not overwhelming. Apart from Kirirenko’s entanglement, as long as Stephen breaks away from Kirirenko’s defense, the others will be a foul without hesitation and will not even let Stephen take action.

Stephen scored eight points with eight free throws. Apart from that, there was no score in a sports game. All three shots were lost due to the interference of Kirilianko. Although Stephen seemed to have been scoring, his scoring has reached forty-five points, the team's backward situation has not improved at all, and he has tried hard to maintain the gap not further expanded.

The problem with offense is that no one can score except Stephen. In this way, the Jazz's defense pressure is all on Stephen alone. In defense, as the game time becomes less and less, seeing that the team does not seem to have any hope of winning, the defensive quality and intensity of other people are also declining, and the Jazz's scoring becomes easier.

No matter how strong Stephen is, what can he do? The Jazz are a playoff team, but the Supersonics have not even been able to enter the playoffs. Even if Stephen is alone with Ray Allen and Lewis, the team is not a match for the Jazz.

Stephen's rare snake-step broke through the defense line between Kirilenko and Boozer. As soon as he reached out and put the ball into the basket, he heard the bad wind and Kupad's roar coming from behind. Stephen hurriedly dodged to one side, but it was too late. Stephen, who was too eager to score, put himself in a dangerous position. Although he had Coopard's reminder and sensitive reaction, he was still slapped on the shoulder by Oku.

Before Stephen could turn around and react, he saw Oku's huge body flying more than two meters away from the basket. Coupard was red and he was about to chase after him. Wilcox was hugged, and Stephen was also stopped by Durant. Only Deronti West stood in front of the Jazz and negotiated with the other side.

Other players of the Supersonics have received instructions from the coaching staff that once there is a conflict on the court, the first thing they must do is not to attack with the opponent, but to control Stephen, because Carlesimo knew Stephen very well and knew that Stephen would not act like this, and he would be out of control as soon as he did it, so he reminded other players that Durant was very concerned about Stephen and blocked Stephen when he came up, while persuading Stephen to calm down.

"Don't worry, I won't be impulsive, get out of the way." Stephen pushed Durant away, came to Coupard, gave him a look of peace, and pushed him aside. Then Stephen came to the referee again, explained Coupard's actions to the referee, and relaxed his cheeks.

The referee shook his hand and signaled that Stephen didn't need to say much, but he didn't make a big fuss about it. He just gave Cooper a technical foul and then gave Oku a foul. The Jazz players were still about to get into a bit of trouble. The referee immediately looked at them with warning eyes, an expression that anyone who talked too much would have to take a technical foul. No one dared to speak immediately.

During the free throw, Caresimo replaced Cooperde with Robert Holly, but even so, it would not help. The Supersonics' offense still could not be opened, and the quality of the defense could not be improved. Robert Holly did not hit two shots outside the three-point line, and his glory seemed to only bloom in the finals. In such a normal game, it seemed like he had lost his magic.

The Jazz did not relax their defense against Stephen because of this, but instead increased their defense movements. The Jazz's defense is like this. They use this persistence to make the referee helpless and can only accept their defensive style. You can't send us all off, it's impossible to judge a foul in one round, so that the game cannot continue.

The Jazz's defensive skills and defensive literacy are not too high. They rely on this inconsistency in the judgment standards to defend. This is the only one in the league, and it is also the helplessness of the league and the referee committee against Sloan. Although they are now at the home court of the Supersonics, is there any difference between the home court of the Supersonics and the away court?

Stephen was quickly slapped twice for fouls. At this time, Caresimo replaced Stephen. Stephen held back his anger and walked out of the field. However, the fans still understood Stephen. Although it seemed that another failure was another match, the fans still supported Stephen with applause.

Calesimo replaced the entire substitute and scored a number of points to make them adapt to the feeling of adapting to the game, otherwise they would not be able to train. Calesimo already knew that there would be no deals on the team for the time being. All he could do was to use the materials at hand to pursue victory as much as possible. Thinking of this, Calesimo turned his attention to Stephen, who was sitting there unmoved, and he had to rely on him. How could he play Stephen's ability as much as possible and allow other people on the team to perform.

Carlesimo looked at Coopard again. The kid's performance has improved in the last two games. He can be Stephen's helper, but this temper is not for him, but that's not OK. Stephen has to discipline him well and increase his playing time.

Unfortunately, the effect of Cooper and Wilcox on the court was not very good. The performance of the two of them on both offense and defense was not too bad, but they lacked cooperation and fought each other, even if they had the ability, they would not be able to do so.

In addition, Durant is a talent who is very talented, but it will not be a game or two when he grows up. His physical strength and confrontation ability are not enough to allow him to play too much time. At the same time, he also has to tell the physical coach to increase his physical training.

As for the others, except for Ridno, Caresimo had no expectations. As long as Ridno adjusts his mentality and is willing to cooperate with Stephen, his personal ability is higher than Watson, but as a point guard, he likes to show himself too much, and in this team, he cannot do so.

I can only hope that as time goes by, the team's tacit understanding will further increase, and then they will cooperate. At this stage, I have to rely on Stephen. As for losing the game, Caresimo was mentally prepared. After getting used to the Spurs' style of playing and lineup, he would coach such a team. The strong gap made him a little want to give up on himself.

After losing the game against the Jazz, the Supersonics had already lost two consecutive games, and they were also a three-game losing streak at home. The current record is three wins and three losses, ranking ninth in the West, which is quite good. However, the next game is against the Detroit Pistons. Although the strength of the Detroit Pistons has declined, it is not something that the Supersonics can deal with, especially the team and overall style developed by their main lineup for several consecutive seasons, and they are the nemesis of the Supersonics.

So in the training the next day, Calesimo not only did not reduce it, but instead increased the training volume. The most important thing now is to further adjust the team's lineup. There is no need to pay attention to one or two games, and it is not easy to defeat opponents like the Pistons.

However, if you lose this game again, you will lose four consecutive home games and have not won a single victory this season. If this continues, home fans should have an objection and must win a home victory as soon as possible. However, following the Pistons' game, it will be a five-game away trip, and then you can return to home games against the New Jersey Nets and the San Antonio Spurs.

Carlesimo set his target on the New Jersey Nets. Compared to the New Jersey Nets, the strength of the New Jersey Nets is not too strong. Although it is also a playoff team and reached the semi-finals last season, the strength of the Eastern Conference teams is still a little worse.

As for defeating the Spurs, Calesimo didn't dare to think about the lineup, strength, and level of cooperation. Even at the coaching level, Calesimo didn't think that his two skills were **Vic's opponents, so he could only find comfort in the New Jersey Nets, otherwise he wouldn't expect this month.

Except for the center of the Pistons who replaced Antonio McDays, the others were the previous four-player combination. This has not changed at all. They have been together for four seasons, and the level of tacit understanding they have developed is something that no team in the entire league can compare to.

Although the loss of Ben Wallace greatly reduced their defense quality, the offense was not damaged, and even this level of defense was not something that the current SuperSonics could handle. Although Stephen still performed his usual level against Prince, he got 46 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, the team still lost to the Detroit Pistons by a 14-point difference. The SuperSonics are still hard to win at home.

In this game, Watson did not play with his calf and shin scrapes. Reedno, who started instead, scored 19 points, four rebounds and five assists, making him the second highest scorer. Cooper was afraid of the two players against McDyce and Rashid Wallace. Although he scored a little less, he only scored 17 points, but he grabbed 14 rebounds and had two blocks.

Such performance is already eye-catching enough. You should know that if his opponent Mike Dyce is not injured, he will be a top inside player. However, Calesimo and the others are all happy about the growth of the players. At the same time, they also see that the team's current situation is gradually changing, and the noise of doubt begins to appear.

"High scores cannot be exchanged for victory, what's the use of it?" This is an article in the Seattle Post. At the same time, the same article appeared on a local sports website, which directly questioned Stephen, believing that it was Stephen's high score that hurt the team, and that the team was hard to win.


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