Update time: 2013-02-24

The Suns had a similar offensive state as last time, but they were still a little worse when facing the supersonics, especially Stephen, who still scored 21 points under the joint defense of Lagabele and Grant Hill, firmly grasped the lead.

In this game, the Suns are like a young and energetic newborn calf, while the Supersonics are like a middle-aged wise man who is experienced enough to deal with life calmly, and have been dealing with the Suns' offense with ease.

Before the game started, the Suns were planning to defeat the Supersonics with offense just like the previous game. Through the last game, they realized that what they were best at was offense, just like a sharp spear, they had to stab to play a role.

But the Supersonics are like a sword, occasionally blocking, but most of the time they are also attacking, but their offense is more effective than the Suns and their offense is more efficient.

By the second quarter, the Suns no longer had the seemingly invincible spirit at the beginning of the game, but became peaceful. At this time, the Supersonics also lowered their offensive rhythm. After all, no one could end up playing like the first quarter.

Steel cannot last long, soft cannot be kept. Stephen suddenly thought of this sentence, which is so consistent with the scene in front of him. Everyone is a playoff-level team, and no one can beat anyone to death. In this game, the Suns suffered this loss.

They imagined that they had taken the lead from the beginning and then until the end of the game, but did not consider that the Supersonics' strength was slightly better than them, and the Supersonics did not think about leading by about twenty points at once, which completely disappointed the Suns.

For the Supersonics, even if they lose the game, they still have two chances to win, but for the Suns, they only have this chance, so even if the Supersonics lead, it is impossible to eliminate the Suns' fighting spirit. They will launch a counterattack sooner or later.

For the Supersonics, the earlier they come, the better. The earlier they come, the more time the Supersonics will have to defeat him. The Suns' counterattack will not be only one wave. If the counterattack continues to be ineffective, they will become increasingly weak in counterattack.

The ultimate winner is naturally the Supersonics team, so after the rhythm is reduced, the Supersonics strengthened their defense and did not give up on the offense. This made the Suns quickly pull away even if they catch up with the score in a short period of time.

The two sides played until the end of the first half, and the Supersonics still had a seven-point advantage, while Stephen scored 31 points in the first half, and at the same time, six points, four assists, one steals and one block.

For many players, it is already satisfying to get such data in the whole game, and for Stephen, this is only his half-time data, and he has been resting for nearly four minutes.

During the halftime break, Calesimo warned the players to be careful of the Suns' fierce counterattack at the beginning of the second half. On the one hand, the game time is getting less and less, and the Suns must be anxious. On the other hand, the Suns' players are older and will inevitably have physical problems. After the halftime break, their physical problems are alleviated and they must have counterattack.

In fact, this is the case in the game. It is precisely because the Supersonics have the initiative that the Suns must be anxious. If they lose, they will be eliminated, so the Supersonics have psychological advantages.

At the beginning of the second half, the Suns first made a three-pointer by Lagabe, and then Amarest Demire attacked Wilcox, which also caused Wilcox to foul while scoring the ball, chasing the gap between the two sides to only one point.

At this time, Stephen was not in a hurry to attack, but controlled the ball slowly, observing the situation on the field, and suddenly accelerated and changed direction, crossed Lagabele's defense, and rushed towards the Suns' basket. As soon as Boysdio came up, the ball in Stephen flew to Watson on the weak side.

After receiving the ball, Watson faced Steve Nash's defense and changed directions, blocking Nash behind him. However, he did not launch a strong attack, but made a fake move to shoot and passed the ball to Stephen who ran to the basket without the ball.

Stephen made a big stride to the basket, and a pull rod avoided Amarest Demire's block, then waved his one-arm and dunked the ball into the basket and scored two points.

However, after coming back, Steve Nash dribbled into the three-point line and then took a step back and just outside the three-point line. Although Watson rushed over quickly, Nash made a very determined move. He shot the ball in front of Watson's defense, hit a three-pointer, and tied the score at the same time.

Stephen turned his head and looked at Caresimo. Caresimo sat there calmly. The two of them exchanged their eyes. Caresimo shook his head again, indicating that he did not need to call a pause. He believed in Stephen's ability.

After Stephen dribbled through the frontcourt, he made a pick-and-roll with Wilcox who was lifted up, but did not get out of the defense. However, when he moved to the left, Grant Hill made up. At this time, Stephen passed the ball to Durant outside the three-point line with a pass.

Boysdio had already made up for it at this time, but for Durant, who had taken a very fast attack, this time was enough. The ball flew out of his hand quickly, drew an extremely high arc, and then fell head-on into the basket, and the Supersonics entered the lead again.

After coming back, the Suns took advantage of the Supersonics' neglect of Boysdio and successfully shot two points. Stephen hung the ball high to Kupad, who was stuck in the position. Kupad easily hit the basket with a small hook, and the two sides entered the stalemate stage.

The Supersonics allowed the Suns to lead by one point at most, but after one round, they overtook it again. No matter how hard the Suns tried to attack, it was ineffective, and the scores kept rising alternately.

The Suns were anxious. When they reached halfway through the third quarter, Amarest Demire forced a blast to knock Wilcox over the ground and threw the ball into the basket, but the referee awarded him an offensive foul. Amarest Demire was angry and rushed to the referee angrily and questioned.

Not to mention that this is the home key center arena of the Supersonics. Even when it comes to the Suns' home court, the referee cannot allow others to challenge their authority, so the referee also gave Amarest Demeer a technical foul without any mercy.

This technical foul has become a turning point in the stalemate stage. Seeing that Amarest Demire is still going to compete with the referee, his teammates hurriedly held it. It is already bad for you to give someone a technical foul, but wouldn't it be worse to be kicked out again?

D'Antoni wanted to say a few more complaints to the referee and put some pressure so that the referee in the later game would be a little more biased towards the Suns, but before he could pass, he looked at the referee's look like he was waiting for you to fall into the trap, so he didn't dare to pass.

Some referees are like this, so I'll wait for you to come. As long as you speak a little rudely, I'll give you a technical foul. The referee is also human and targeted. They won't deliberately tend to be one team because another team will definitely not want to, but if you cause trouble, you can't blame them. You have to know that this is the home court of the Supersonics.

After the technical foul free throw hit, the Supersonics' offense made another three-pointer, which widened the gap to five points, no longer the gap of one ball, which was an obvious watershed.

Amarest Demeer couldn't help but get the ball and wanted to attack Coupard again. However, he didn't expect Coupard's lower set to be so solid. Without any movement, he was in a mess and was blown away by the referee.

Seeing this, D'Antoni quickly stood up. It seemed that he had to call a pause. It would be impossible not to call him. Amarest Demire's temper must be restrained, otherwise he might cause even greater trouble.

The Suns called a timeout, but the offense still did not improve much after the timeout, while the Supersonics team played more and more rumored to fully develop. When teammates felt the move, Stephen would hand the ball to his teammates in time, and at the same time he increased his own unball running to attract defense. When teammates were not attacking effectively, he would take over the offense in time.

He has always been in control of the team firmly. One advantage of such a team is that the offense is very clear. As long as Stephen's point is not curbed, the entire team's offense will benefit. However, Stephen's offense is so restrictive. It is not possible when there is Marion, let alone Marion is gone.

After expanding the score difference to double digits, Stephen left the court to rest. At this time, the Suns began a new round of counterattack, but left Cooperde fully exerting his power under the basket, attacking hard at the basket, rebounding, and blocking. At this moment, he turned into an inside monster, causing great trouble for the Suns.

Only O'Neal can fight him, but if O'Neal is replaced, the Suns' own offense will not be able to hit. Faced with such a dilemma, D'Antoni quickly made a decision after seeing Amarest Demeer being caused by Cooperd's defensive foul, replaced Amarest Demeer.

But in this way, the Suns' offense stagnated. O'Neal could not get much advantage when facing Coupard. At most, they would just explode each other. Two minutes later in the fourth quarter, the Suns replaced Amarest Demire again, but at this time Stephen also returned to the court.

In the end, the score between the two sides was frozen at 117 to 107. The Supersonics won. Stephen scored 31 points, six rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block in the first half. There were not many opportunities to perform in the second half. He only scored forty-six points, nine rebounds, eight assists, two steals and one block.

The Key Center Arena was filled with joy, with ribbons dancing in the sky, and colorful balls flying all over the sky. Amid the intense music, the DJ on the scene announced passionately to everyone that after three years, the Supersonics once again reached the Western Conference semi-finals.

When Nash and Stephen were hugging and parting, Stephen clearly saw the tears deep in the corner of Nash's eyes. For this old man who chased the wind, he had been successful in the regular season for several consecutive seasons and suffered setbacks in the playoffs. When will such suffering end? Is he so far away from the championship?

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