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After a timeout, the players of both sides returned to the field. At this critical juncture, all the players' faces were a little more dignified and a little less relaxed. What will be the return of the hard work and sweat for most of the game? It's been a few tens of seconds, so even the player who likes to show off the most jokes has become serious at this time.

The ball was on the Cavaliers side, and the ball was sent directly to LeBron James. Although LeBron James was criticized by countless experts for not being able to take shots at critical moments, the Sonics did not relax in the slightest.

Of course, his passing is also very threatening, and he also has a tradition in this regard, so the defense against LeBron James is limited to Stephen alone, and everyone else corresponds to their own defensive targets.

The current lineup of the Cavaliers is Drew Gooden, LeBron James, Pavlovich, Larry Hughes, Gibson, while the Sonics are Wilcox, Durant, Stephen, Will Kings, Watson.

The ball was dribbling back and forth in LeBron James' hands, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry to start an attack. Stephen stared at him not daring to relax at all, focusing on every movement of LeBron James, even Don't let go of your eyes.

LeBron James feels Stephen's defensive pressure. Compared with last season or last season, Stephen's defense this season is not so active, and his oppressiveness seems to have degraded a bit, but in essence, with Stephen's game experience With the increase in defense, the danger to people in defense is also increasing, but this danger has become very hidden, and ordinary people can't feel it.

In the past, Stephen, you could feel that he was constantly defending you, making you dare not relax at all, but now you feel that his defense is very relaxed. If you relax your vigilance a little, He could steal the ball from your hands or block your lane at any moment.

This is also the reason why Stephen seems to have lost most of his energy this season due to the offense, but the steals and blocks have not decreased but increased. It is because his defensive skills are gradually maturing, and his defensive breakthrough has been greatly improved. Great improvement, and at the same time, due to the inability to use a lot of physical strength and energy on defense, gambling-style steals and blocks are also increasing. In fact, the correct way to defend is to prevent the opponent from shooting or approaching the shooting area.

Stephen is currently leading the steals list with an average of [-] steals per game, which is higher than Chris Paul's [-]. You must know that last season's steals king, Barron Davis, averaged [-] steals per game. He won the steals king.

In the block list, Stephen also ranks eighth in the league with an average of [-] per game, still ahead of Yao Ming and Duncan. You must know that he entered this list as a guard. The highest record of a guard in history is Jordan. One point zero, Stephen has surpassed Jordan.

Of course, if you want to say that Stephen is a small forward, that makes sense, but Stephen's height is almost the same as Jordan's. If this record can be set on Jordan's head, it can also be set on Stephen's head.

While feeling Stephen Mingsong’s tight defense, LeBron James ran and observed the positions of his teammates. According to the team’s tactics, he is still the first shooter, but if other teammates have better opportunities, he will not Force yourself to shoot.

Although at this point, LeBron James is disliked by Americans who advocate individual heroism, but LeBron James insists on this approach, because this is in line with the way to win in basketball. The defensive pressure is always the heaviest on himself. And the teammate can run out of the open space, why not ask the teammate to take the shot, obviously he has a better chance.

The lore is actually like this. Jordan himself once said that he missed far more lore shots than made them, but many people remember the lore shots he once made, because at this time as long as he Dare to shoot, it shows your courage and self-confidence, and this is what Americans value most.

LeBron James does not lack courage and self-confidence, but his most recognized code of conduct is rationality, but at any time, he uses rationality to measure everything and every choice he has.

So at this time, facing the strong pressure from Stephen, LeBron James didn't intend to attack at all, but after making countless fake attempts, he suddenly passed the ball to Larry Hughes.

Then LeBron James ran towards the basket again. Stephen saw Larry Hughes under Wilkins' defense and continued to LeBron James. After Larry Hughes got the ball, the attack time was only left For seven seconds, he held the ball and made a motion to pass the ball to LeBron James, and at the same time LeBron James also turned around and reached out to catch the ball.

Stephen hastily turned his body to block between LeBron James and Larry Hughes, and at the same time began to accumulate energy under his feet, preparing to block the pass from Larry Hughes to LeBron James, and Wilkins also moved slightly away from Larry Hughes a little.

"Put it on." When Stephen saw that Wilkins also thought that Larry Hughes was going to pass, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and hurriedly asked Wilkins to remind him, but it was too late, and Larry Hughes stepped on three Outside the point line, he stepped on the three-point line and jumped up, throwing the ball to the basket.

"Rebound" Stephen rushed towards the basket while reminding his teammates. Although judging from the flight trajectory of the ball, the possibility of the ball scoring is very high, but there is also a possibility of not scoring it. LeBron James stretched out at this time. Leaning his arms back, he blocked Stephen from the periphery.

The ball flew fast and fast, and before Stephen bypassed LeBron James, it had already flown above the basket. From Stephen's point of view, the lower half of the ball had already fallen into the basket, but there was a crisp impact sound. After that, the ball quickly bounced to the other side, and then bounced out of the basket.

But the direction the ball bounced was the other side of the hoop, where Wilcox was standing, Drew Gooden was standing, Watson was standing, Gibson was still running over, there was still a little distance from here .

But under the attack of two Sonics players, Drew Gooden actually grabbed the rebound, and then he quickly passed it to Gibson. After Gibson got the ball, Watson had already swooped over at the fastest speed. , He didn't dare to let the ball stay in his hands, and passed it directly to LeBron James.

Before receiving the ball, LeBron saw the huge time on the timer on the side of the basket, a very eye-catching zero three, which means that there are only three seconds left in the game. After receiving the ball, there is no more pass Other people's time, not even time to observe teammates, couldn't help but LeBron James didn't make a move.

LeBron James didn't even have time to observe Stephen's position. He jumped directly into the air, leaned back slightly, and raised the ball over his head. He was about to make a shot when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. He stretched out his big hand and threw himself The ball was pushed back into his hand, and at the same time he heard the whistle for the end of the game.

When falling, LeBron James involuntarily exhaled, the game was still lost, but when he was about to accept the fate of failure, he saw a dispute on the sidelines.

It turned out that at the end of the game, Mike Brown immediately protested to the referee that Stephen's action just now was an obvious foul, and the bottom line referee also supported his view. In that case, the game would not be over until LeBron James made a free throw, but Ben The referee of the game, Powell, thought it was a standard block, not a foul at all.

It can also be clearly seen through the live playback that Stephen did not have any physical contact with LeBron James, and the ball was blocked after LeBron James shot. on the screen.

Although unwilling, but in the face of such clear evidence, the fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers quickly accepted the result and gradually began to leave the field, and at the same time players from both sides also began to leave the field.

Before leaving, LeBron James hugged and bid farewell to Stephen. LeBron James whispered in Stephen's ear: "You won this game, wait for me in Seattle, and I will definitely win next time."

"I'm waiting for you. If you want to win, you have to work harder." Stephen responded not to be outdone, and then began to exit. Both he and his team won an overall victory in this game. Although the process was very thrilling, the victory If you win, you win. What you need at this time is happiness and relaxation.

Stephen scored 41 points, nine rebounds, nine assists, four steals and two blocks in this game, and missed a triple-double again, while LeBron James also scored 36 points, eight rebounds, ten assists, three steals and one The block data is also a quasi triple-double, and it is a rare high score, but LeBron James' heart is full of depression and bitterness.

Even after winning the game, the Sonics still left Cleveland like a refugee. There was no way. In this four-game road trip, the next two games were back-to-back. There is going to be another game tomorrow night, and I feel that my body is getting more tired.

And before the break, it takes nearly an hour to fly to New Jersey, where the next away game will be played. As soon as they board the plane, all the players are ready to take a nap on the plane. Only the coaching staff The members of the team cannot rest and must prepare for tomorrow night's game as soon as possible.

As for why you fly to the away game just after the game, instead of resting here for a night before flying, it is because some people have found through research a long time ago that flying can make people more tired, and sleep can only be relieved .

And if the team is allowed to rest here and then take a plane to fly over, the fatigue caused by the flight will not be relieved. It is better to fly directly after the game is over, and then let the players rest for a while.

Just like that, the Supersonics landed at Newark Ziyou International Airport in New Jersey. The home court of the New Jersey Nets is in the city of Newark. After arriving at the hotel, Stephen was about to lie down when he suddenly received a text message on his phone , the content of the text message is: "I am in room [-] of the Windsor Hotel in New York, can you come?"