Defeating the Orlando Magic at home, the SuperSonics' record also reached 14 wins and 2 losses.

When they defeated the Magic, the SuperSonics really didn't expect that victory in this game would narrow the gap with the second-place Rockets in the Western Conference.

After a game of the century, the Rockets faced the Golden State Warriors back-to-back on November 29, 2007.

In the end, the Rockets lost to the Warriors on the road with a score of 113 to 114.

This game between the Rockets and the Warriors is not the Rockets' first back-to-back game this season.

But this is the first time the Rockets have a bye this season.

For this game, the Rockets chose Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Roy, the three leading players of the team who were resting.

In this game against the Warriors, the Rockets' starting lineup is Carl Landry, Luis Scola, Gerald Wallace, Artest and Aaron Brooks.

The Warriors are currently the twelfth team in the Western Conference. Although they are only the twelfth team in the Western Conference, the Warriors are not weak, just because there are eleven teams in the Western Conference that are stronger than them.

The Rockets lost back-to-back games to the Warriors on the road, which did not make anyone feel weak.

On the contrary, the power of rockets gives people a more intuitive understanding.

As the Rockets' substitute insiders, Landry and Scola actually scored 40 points together in this game!

After resting the Big Three, they still had a hard time facing the Warriors, a strong team.

The Warriors are not an Eastern Conference team!

Even if there are so many strong teams in the Western Conference now, the Rockets are probably the only ones who can rest their three top players and still be able to compete with a team like the Warriors.

Even if it is the Suns, if the Suns rest Nash, Stoudemire and Marion, they will definitely be cut by the Warriors!

But no matter what, if you lose, you lose.

After losing to the Warriors, the Rockets' record reached 15 wins and 2 losses, only half a game away from the SuperSonics' 14 wins and 2 losses!

On November 30, 2007, the last day of November, the Seattle SuperSonics faced the challenge of the Pacers, the powerful team in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers have been a breath of fresh air in the East this year.

This team has undergone tremendous changes this summer.

Last season, the team's head coach, Rick Carlisle, known as the Yes Terminator, chose to leave the team and join the Mavericks.

Stephen Jackson, one of the core members of the team last season, left the Pacers and went to the Spurs.

Jamal Tinsley, one of the core members of the team last season and one of the top three Rondo-style point guards in the NBA, followed Carlisle to the Mavericks.

This is a team whose head coach has left and two core members of the team have also left.

Generally speaking, such a team will definitely become a weakling.

What is surprising is that the Pacers' record this season is quite outstanding, with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses so far this season.

This record ranks the Pacers in fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers performed quite amazingly under the leadership of new head coach Danny Granger.

This game against the SuperSonics is the second stop of the Pacers' Western Conference road trip.

The first stop the Pacers went to was Portland, where they lost 95-99 to the Trail Blazers led by Aldridge, Conley, Webster, Gortat and others.

Next, the Pacers will play the SuperSonics, Clippers, Suns and Mavericks in the Western Conference.

The Pacers' Western Conference trip was not as brutal as the Orlando Magic's.

But for most Eastern Conference teams, this season's trip to the West is a nightmare.

No matter if we face the so-called weak Clippers, Trail Blazers and Timberwolves or face the Rockets and Suns, we can't win anyway.

Of course, this is for most Eastern Conference teams that are not pursuing it.

The Pacers are certainly not an Eastern Conference team without pursuit.

In fact, the Pacers can be considered a very ambitious Eastern Conference team.

The Pacers are rebuilding this season. If the rebuilt Pacers enter the playoffs in this year's weak Eastern Conference, it will be a huge reward for the Pacers.

In order to achieve the goal of entering the playoffs, the Pacers' road trip to the Western Conference was very cruel, but the team's new head coach Jim O'Brien still had great ideas.

Jim O'Brien has been an assistant coach and head coach with the Celtics for ten years, and has a relatively successful experience with the 76ers.

It can be said that he is a very experienced head coach.

Also quite powerful.

Such a head coach has relatively many ideas.

The plan he made for the Pacers' trip to the West was to give up the games that seemed impossible to win and try to win the games that seemed winnable.

I will definitely not follow the negative example of the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have already arrived in the Western Conference. They still think they are a strong team and the chosen one. They want everything, but in the end they can only suffer a six-game losing streak!

In the end, they were defeated humiliatingly by a team like the Clippers.

The Pacers definitely cannot repeat the mistakes of the Cavaliers' teaching materials.

There must be no traffic for games that should be abandoned.

In the five games of the Pacers' trip to the West, the SuperSonics and Suns will definitely give up. The gap is too big.

The Trail Blazers and Clippers have to work hard to win.

And in the last game against the Mavericks, we can't give up. As long as we still have energy left, we will strive for an upset.

What's more, playing the Mavericks is so special for the Pacers. This is a team led by former head coach Carlisle.

How can a successor prove that he is better than his predecessor?

Of course I directly KO my ex!

Jim O'Brien's idea is a very good one.

But what made O'Brien very embarrassed was that the Pacers, who went all out in the first game, lost to the Trail Blazers.

This game really made O'Brien know what it means to "don't know how weak you are until you reach the West."

After the game against the Trail Blazers, O'Brien was frustrated, but also very grateful.

Where do the Trail Blazers rank in the Western Conference now?

Suns, Rockets, SuperSonics, Spurs, Lakers, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Thunder, Mavericks, Jazz, Clippers, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Timberwolves, Kings.

The Trail Blazers are only ranked 13th in the Western Conference this season!

According to O'Brien's estimation, no team in the Eastern Conference, except for the Celtics, can guarantee that they will make the playoffs in the Western Conference this season!

This is too cruel.

His fifth-ranked team in the Eastern Conference looks inferior to the bottom three teams in the Western Conference.

No wonder the Cavaliers, a team with such strong strength, lost all of their games in the Western Conference.

Logically speaking, even if James and the Cavaliers want everything, it won't be like this.

Each Eastern Conference team will play 30 games against Western Conference teams this season.

The record of these 30 games against Western Conference teams will directly determine the top eight rankings in the Eastern Conference this season!

After losing to the Trail Blazers, O'Brien no longer has the idea of ​​securing second place, competing for third place, or finishing fourth or fifth.

Winning one of these five games is a gift from God.

Of course, in this game with the SuperSonics, we still have to give up.

In the end, facing the Pacers who double-killed them last season, the SuperSonics easily defeated this strong team in the Eastern Conference 115-93 at home.

At the end of the game against the Pacers, Ye Si could clearly feel the ugly look on the face of Granger, the new head of the Pacers.

Granger suppressed his unwillingness and hugged Ye Si in greeting, then left the arena with a cold face.

The team gave up the game, which was considered by the head coach.

But if you give up too much, there will always be side effects.

Not everyone in the NBA has the same heart as the head coach.

In this game, the Pacers gave up more than just the team's victory.

And Granger's dream of becoming famous in one fell swoop.

Granger has been preparing for this game for a long time.

Seeing Granger's unhappy back, the Sonics players were very happy.

If there is no other way, who would want to stay in such a team?

If there is no other way, who doesn't want victory, data and big contracts?

It's just that most players can't do it.

They are lucky.

Most of them have been with yes from the beginning.

Wins, numbers, big contracts, it's all there.
To be continued...