After two consecutive away games in the Pacific Division, the SuperSonics still cannot return to Seattle.

The SuperSonics' away schedule continues.

This is a crazy away schedule.

The Supersonics will first fight in the northwest, then the Pacific, and finally have to go to the southwest.

Fortunately, this trip to the southwest does not require the Sonics to play well and defeat the top three Texas teams.

They will face the Dallas Mavericks on January 7th and the Houston Rockets on January 8th.

Another back-to-back of two consecutive guests.

In the two games, without any surprises, the Seattle SuperSonics lost all games.

Entering 2007, the Sonics will play six games in eight days.

Except for the Timberwolves, the other five games were all against strong teams like the Nuggets, Warriors, Suns, Mavericks and Rockets.

Who can withstand this?

After two fierce battles with the Nuggets and Warriors, and after beating the Suns, the SuperSonics were completely exhausted.

In the game against the Mavericks, even substitutes like Barea and Millsap were exhausted.

Not only physically, but also mentally.

89 to 115, a 26-point loss to the Mavericks. The only players who seemed to have vitality on the court were Yes and Milicic.

There is nothing wrong with Ye Si's body, and even more so mentally.

He once played more than 10 finals games in one day for a month.

Milicic is eager to compete and enjoys burning everything he has on the court.

Yes and Milicic are special cases, one is a "veteran on the court" and the other "has held it in for too long".

But the rest of the Sonics are ordinary NBA players.

I really can't stand it.

"Yi Zi, this game is a pity. I wanted to have a big battle with you."

“Next time”

“Only next time”

Yao Ming smiled and nodded. This time the Sonics were too tiring.

This game between the SuperSonics and the Rockets is a China Derby that has attracted much attention.

Ye Si vs. Yao Ming, this game was explosive in China.

According to Wang Han, what domestic fans care about in this game is not the outcome. They support whoever wins and it doesn't matter who loses.

What domestic fans want to see is the pride of Ye Si and Yao Ming standing at the center of the NBA stage together.

If so, Yes's performance in this game should be in line with the expectations of domestic fans.

The SuperSonics lost 19 points to the Rockets 81 to 100, but Yeos performed very well. He scored 40 of the 81 points for the SuperSonics alone.

He made 10 of 31 shots, 16 of 20 free throws, and 4 of 12 three-pointers. He scored 40 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists.

By Ye's standards, Ye's shooting percentage in this game was average, looking a bit like Kobe and Iverson's shooting percentage.

Yao Ming stuck Milicic, and after Roy stuck Rondo, many of Ye's swipes were unable to get out.

If you can't throw the blame away, you can only forcefully attack after jumping up.

Moreover, Yes took far more than 31 shots in this game, and many of his shots were converted into free throws.

20 free throws in a single game, this is the highest number of free throws in a single game of Ye's career.

Ye Si recently discovered that as a rookie, he actually has a star whistle in the NBA...

If he hadn't discovered that he had a star whistle in this game, he wouldn't have taken so many shots.

He needs to use high efficiency to maintain his super image.

He scored 40 points on 31 shots, and his true shooting percentage was actually pretty good.

The true hit rate is okay, but the true hit rate is terrible.

Without a player to take over, even a star whistler cannot protect Ye's shooting percentage.

Trevor Ariza, who faced him throughout the game, was a very good pick-up player, and the SuperSonics had considered trading him before.

But the Magic had no interest at all in the chips offered by the Sonics.

After rejecting the deal from the Sonics, the Magic changed hands and completed the deal with the Rockets.

The Rockets traded the 24th pick of the 2005 first round, Luther Hyde, to the Magic for Trevor Ariza.

Hyde has performed very well this season, averaging 12 points per game next to Yao Ming and McGrady.

What the Magic value about Hyde is not Hyde's scoring average, but Hyde's 45% three-point shooting percentage!

The Magic are now building a team with Howard as the core, one inside and four outside, with stars everywhere.

The Magic needed three-pointers, the Rockets needed defense, and the two sides reached a deal.

"Ariza is outstanding"

Yes is sincere. Ariza is not at the level of a thousand-mile pot, but he is still a good pot comparable to Rondo.

I just don’t know if it’s iron or not.

“Really excellent”

Yao Ming didn't know what Ye Si was thinking.

In the previous two games between the Sonics and the Magic, Ariza's performance was very impressive, and Rockets coach Van Gundy has long been interested in it.

But before, the Rockets were only willing to send Alston to the Magic.

Now the Rockets have Roy as the starting point guard, and Alston has been reduced to a substitute.

However, after the Rockets lost to the Phoenix Suns some time ago, there was a crisis. The Rockets' offense was a bit overflowing and their perimeter defense was not enough.

Faced with the robbery of the Magic, the Rockets finally had no choice but to bite the bullet and admit it.

It would be a big loss to replace an offensive role player who averages 12 points per game and shoots 45% from three-point range with a role player who only knows defense and fast breaks.

However, in this game, Ariza allowed an efficiency maniac like the Leafs to shoot 10 of 31 from the field, and it didn't seem like he was at such a loss.

"However, in the end, I was beaten by Ye Zi as a sixth offender."

If players like the Leafs and Kobe Bryant want to score, they can really score.

Super giants like them cannot be defended. In the two games Ariza played against the Sonics before with the Magic, although he performed well, he failed to defend the Leafs. The Leafs still felt too bad tonight.

Things that are invisible and intangible like touch can really make players feel helpless sometimes.

Even a super giant like Ye Zi still has to kneel in front of the master of touch.

"Yao, why did you and Yes talk for so long?"

"The Leafs said Trevor was outstanding"

Ariza, who sided with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, was surprised.

Yes actually said he was outstanding?

This is Ariza's first game after coming to the Rockets.

Ariza originally felt that he was very unlucky.

Yes is too strong. Even Howard was taught a lesson the last time they played against each other.

Unexpectedly, today he encountered Yes who had such a bad touch.

If he can lock his starting position in the Rockets with this game, it will really be a blessing from God!

Yao Ming, Juwan Howard, Tracy McGrady, Ariza, Roy, and Mutombo, Hayes, Alston, and Bunch Wells on the bench.

Van Gundy Jr. was very satisfied with this game against the Sonics.

Although Yes scored 40 points in this game, it was Yes!

Even if Yes' touch is not good, no one can stop him from scoring. This is a super giant!

He never thought that Ariza could really guard Yes.

The important thing is that with Ariza's arrival, the Rockets finally have the perimeter shooter they have been in urgent need of!

It's a pity to lose Hyde, but with Ariza, Roy will be released from the defensive end, and the Rockets can be stronger!

Thanks to Yes for the parade of Ariza, this is an available fighter!

Yeas didn't know Van Gundy Jr. was thanking him.

He was chatting with Roy.

"I'm living a good life in Houston, so I don't have to worry about it now, right?"

When did I worry about you?!
Chapter completed!