The penalty in the next game became normal, but the Supersonics, which were originally planning to play conventional tactics, suddenly lost the core point of Yao Ming, the inside line. Cooperd made a foul as soon as he got up, and soon after, another foul was made. Although this foul was indeed a problem for Cooperd, in this way, Cooperd naturally became timid and did not dare to show himself too much.

However, the Nuggets have always played very tough and active. Although the offensive rhythm is not as fast as the previous game, it is more efficient. The Supersonics have a little low morale due to the setbacks at the beginning. Finally recovered under Stephen's guidance. In a very simple collision, Balkman happened to step on Earl Watson's foot. Although it didn't seem too serious, Balkman didn't seem to have done it on purpose, but it still had a certain impact on the Supersonics.

In this case, it is inevitable that the gap will gradually expand from five points to ten, and then from ten to seventeen points. Stephen hit the basket four times, causing Nuggets players to foul free throws and scored twice, but even so, the gap will be narrowed to 12 points. Then, as the Nuggets scored consecutively, they widened the gap to fifteen points.

The magical Stephen couldn't reverse the situation of the game today. Fans always easily forget the pain of yesterday. The Nuggets also led the way in the last game, but the Supersonics finally won. However, today, the Supersonics launched several counterattacks, but it was not effective.

The score difference of more than ten has been maintained. No matter how hard the SuperSonics play, after Stephen received his third personal foul, Caresimo replaced him.

The direct consequence of Stephen's fate was that no one could suppress Billups or Carmelo Anthony, and the indirect consequence was that within three minutes, the score difference was widened to twenty-four points. You should know that when Stephen was there, no matter how strong the Nuggets' offense was, Stephen was able to maintain the score difference of no more than twenty. Although he did not have the ability to narrow the score difference, he could not expand the score difference.

While defending the opponent's two best players with almost one-on-one strength, Stephen also used his offense to make the score barely keep up with the opponent's rise. It can be said that Stephen has achieved the ultimate he can dominate both offense and defense, or show such powerful ability at the same time, but Stephen has done it.

However, he alone cannot defeat the Nuggets who are united as one. At this time, he needs his teammates to stand up and help him share some pressure or responsibilities. Unfortunately, today's Supersonics team, without this person, Yao Ming was trapped in a foul crisis. He just came on the court and was judged an offensive foul by the referee. He wanted to communicate with the referee himself, but before he could speak, the referee had already made an inviolable look, which made him not dare to be so impulsive.

Kevin Durant was a bit of a stunning move in the first quarter. He didn't concentrate throughout the game. His touch improved in the second quarter, but his mistakes increased. After Stephen left the court, the team was originally the core of the outside, but he couldn't afford it.

Kevin Durant is not good at defense. After Stephen left the court, the Supersonics' defense on the outside fell sharply, revealing the team's loopholes in the forward-back line. Neither Damien Wilkins nor Du Fei were defensive players. Russell Westbrook appeared on the shooting guard and had no problems in offense, but in defense, the disadvantages of height and strength cannot be compensated with hard work.

So as soon as Stephen's game, the team's outside defense immediately dropped by several levels. It turned out that the Supersonics could maintain their support from being pulled apart because they were both offensive and defense. When the defense line outside was not solid enough, the inside would encounter more impacts, so Yao Ming was forced to leave the field after a while because of four fouls.

After Yao Ming's game, the team was even more defeated. It was less than two minutes before the end of the first half. However, within two minutes, the Supersonics did not score a single point. Fortunately, the Nuggets also had some problems at this time. After leading the score, JR Smith began to take random moves. In two minutes, the Nuggets only scored five points, widening the gap to twenty-nine points. The referee then blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

When we arrived at the locker room, the Supersonics were dull, with only heavy breathing sounds spreading in the locker room, and tension and uneasiness were constantly spreading. No one expected that he was still dreaming of sweeping the opponent before the game, but the reality was almost thirty-two by the opponent. The gap between dreams and reality was revenge for their contempt of their opponents, and it was also a great irony.

Stephen lay there and asked the masseur to rub the muscles on his legs. The calf was a little sore. This was not a good phenomenon. It meant that the muscles were already tired, so he reminded himself this way, but he had already tried his best. How could he beat him like this?

I felt that the last game was already difficult enough. I didn't expect that this game would be more difficult than the last game, and it made people feel powerless to resist. Stephen closed his eyes. At this time, he didn't want to say anything because he didn't know what to say and scolded his teammates for not performing well, but they did not perform clearly. It was a big deal for the referee to be biased towards the opponent. You should know that this is the opponent's home court. It is normal for occasionally a few fouls to be biased towards the opponent. And if you go to the referee, you will only give up the victory to the opponent.

"We still have to find a way to win the game. The 30-point gap is not something that cannot be surpassed. Let us complete this task that ordinary people cannot complete. Just like the previous game, we still have to start with defense, don't give up, don't be discouraged." When the halftime break was about to end, Stephen sat up and clapped his hands and said to everyone. No matter what, he can't give up the game. The 28-point gap is not an insurmountable natural danger, but this requires the whole team to work together. However, looking at the confusion and confusion in his teammates' eyes, Stephen was not very confident.

After returning to the court, the Supersonics started from defense and restricted the Nuggets' offense. At the same time, Stephen patiently grasped every attack and did not waste every opportunity. Although the game was very tiring and the pace was very slow, the score difference was indeed defended and was not widened by the Nuggets' first wave of offense.

Then the score difference begins to narrow slowly. Usually, one gets three points here and two points there, one misses the shot here and one misses the free throws there, but compared with the score difference of more than 20 points, this reduction is not enough to recover to more than ten before the end of the game.

When the Supersonics played an inside combination like Cooper and Yao Ming, they briefly gained a certain advantage, and Stephen's score narrowed the gap to 17 points. However, at this time, as Billups returned to the court, a breakthrough caused Yao Ming's personal fifth foul.

The referee didn't know what was going on today, and the targeting Yao Ming was particularly obvious. At this time, Calesimo was cruel and did not replace Yao Ming, and continued to let him stay on the court. After a few minutes, there was no abnormality. It seemed that his bet had been effective. The referee did not dare to knock out a star player like Yao Ming. However, less than twenty seconds into the fourth quarter, Nene Hillio's simple hook shot caused Yao Ming's foul that was trying to block Yao Ming.

Faced with such a biased judgment, the entire Supersonics team surrounded the referee, but the referee was unmoved at all. He insisted on his own judgment and signaled Yao Ming to leave the court quickly. As soon as Stephen questioned him, he made a technical foul gesture to threaten Stephen.

Damn, Stephen is really angry now and dares to threaten himself. Stephen is about to continue speaking. Cott Thomas, who was replaced by Yao Ming, came over and hugged him. At the same time, he reached out to cover Stephen's mouth, and signaled others to entangle with the referee, so that he would not notice Stephen's side.

"You said not to give up. Do you think we have no hope of victory anymore? Have you forgotten that you have a technical foul. Staying on the court is more effective than impulse. Didn't you say this?" Cott Thomas asked Stephen aside and kept asking Stephen.

"Okay, I know what to do, thank you, Cott, it's really good to have an old player like you on the team." Stephen exhaled a long sigh and calmed down his mood. He was indeed a little impulsive just now. Fortunately, Cott Thomas came forward, otherwise he would have to end up.

Regardless of whether the final victory can be achieved in this game, I must stay on the court to put pressure on the Nuggets, force out their greatest ability, and see what kind of combat effectiveness they can exert, so that I can have a clear judgment in the subsequent games.

Although he was a little dissatisfied with Cott Thomas' competitive attitude, he was right to think about it. He was already nearly forty years old and wanted him to work as hard as a thirty-year-old. How could it be? It was just that he had too high demands on him, just like Robert Horry back then, saying that he could only contribute fifteen minutes of high-quality competition, so that he would not blame him anymore.

As soon as the game returned to normal, when Nene Hilaryo finished the free throw, Stephen ran from one end of the court like lightning, and scored two points with a light layup.

But when he came back, he made a direct shot, and Stephen scored a layup again. JR Smith received a pass from Billups to make a three-pointer. Stephen missed the shot, but Cooper grabbed the rebound and passed it to Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant scored a goal. Come back, JR Smith continued to hit a three-pointer.

After Kevin Durant missed the shot, Stephen changed to defend JR Smith himself, but JR Smith scored again against Stephen's defense. No one could do anything about this amazing touch. The second time Stephen continued to defend him, he was fouled.

This foul did not dispel the Supersonics' fighting will, but encouraged the Nuggets. Billups's resolute breakthrough once again caused Coupard's foul. Everyone was speechless for the referee's special care for the Supersonics' inside players today.

"I hope you will enforce the law in the next game." Stephen said to him with a smile when he passed by the referee. When we arrived at our home court, we would see if you dare to brag like this. As a result, the referee just smiled and said nothing.

In the end, the Supersonics lost the game 127 to 141 and were scored back by the Denver Nuggets. Although Stephen personally got 50 points again, he couldn't be happy.
Chapter completed!