February 20, 2009, Seattle, Key Arena.

The Seattle SuperSonics face the Lakers, currently second in the Western Conference, at home.

This game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Lakers is the third meeting between the two teams this season.

In the previous two confrontations, the Los Angeles Lakers failed. The first time was a scoring battle between Kobe and Yes. Both Kobe and Yes scored 90 points.

But in the end, the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Lakers because of Leafs' higher efficiency.

The second time the two teams met was before the All-Star break, when the Los Angeles Lakers were defeated by the Leafs at the last minute at home.

So far this season, the Los Angeles Lakers have only lost eight games in total.

Two of the losses came to the Seattle SuperSonics.

It can be said that this season, the Seattle SuperSonics, currently seventh in the Western Conference, is simply the nemesis of the second-placed Lakers in the Western Conference.

Of course, in terms of record, the SuperSonics are the Lakers' nemesis this season. There is nothing wrong with this statement.

But in fact, the scores in the first two games between the two teams were very, very anxious.

Therefore, it is actually more accurate to say that the strength of the two teams is similar and between them.

And as many expert media analysts have analyzed, the reason why the Lakers and SuperSonics are playing so fiercely this season is because the two teams are really, really similar.

The Lakers' strongest player is their shooting guard Kobe Bryant.

The Seattle SuperSonics' strongest player is also their shooting guard yes.

The Lakers' point guard is the master of the Rondo-style guard, or rather the cancer, Kidd.

The SuperSonics point guard is simply Rondo himself, the ancestor of Rondo-style guards.

The Lakers' insiders are Andrew Bynum and Randolph, a very powerful pair, and both are top-notch insiders.

The Seattle SuperSonics' insiders are Milicic and Millsap, both of whom are also top-notch insiders. In addition, there is also a very powerful Marc Gasol on the bench.

It can be said that from the comparison of these two teams, four of the five starting positions of the two teams are comparable!

In the past, whether the Lakers faced the Spurs, Mavericks or Nuggets, they always had an advantage inside and outside. When facing the other three of the top four in the Western Conference, they were always on the dominant side.

But the amazing thing is that facing the seventh-place SuperSonics in the Western Conference, the Lakers' advantages are really no advantage!

Even the first two games were still at a disadvantage.

If Ibaka wasn't too good compared to Artest, the Lakers might not have been able to compete with the SuperSonics in the first two games.

It is precisely for this reason that many NBA experts say that if the Los Angeles Lakers do not meet the Seattle SuperSonics in the playoffs, this season, the Los Angeles Lakers will probably represent the Western Conference and reach the finals.

The Lakers faced the Spurs, who are now number one in the Western Conference. Although the triangle strategy was restrained by Bowen, the players had an advantage both inside and outside. The Lakers defeated the Spurs in the playoffs last year.

The Lakers face the Mavericks, who are currently third in the Western Conference, and they have an advantage inside and outside. Many people say that this season's Mavericks are the same as the 2007 Mavericks, a regular season team that relies on offense.

Facing the Nuggets, who are currently fourth in the Western Conference, the Lakers have advantages inside and outside.

Facing the fifth-place Grizzlies in the Western Conference, the Lakers don't have an advantage inside, but they have an advantage on the outside and their bench is thick.

Only when facing the Seattle SuperSonics, except for Artest, who is not a strong offensive point, the Lakers have an advantage over Ibaka, the others really can't take advantage of the SuperSonics.

Milicic has gained more and more experience against Bynum in the previous two games.

Millsap and Marc Gasol are two of Randolph's toughest players in the league.

The result of the duel between Kobe and Yes was that they won less and lost more.

As for Kidd and Rondo, this is even more confusing. Every time the two play against each other, they look very lively. But when the game is over, the data patterns of the two are almost exactly the same, single digits.

Double-digit points, double-digit rebounds, double-digit offense, and appalling shooting percentage.

It is precisely because the performance of the two teams in the first two games this season is too close, and the strength is also too close.

So although the Lakers are second in the Western Conference and the SuperSonics are only seventh in the Western Conference, the SuperSonics fans are still looking forward to the result.

Among the top five teams in the Western Conference, the SuperSonics are most afraid of the Grizzlies, followed by the Mavericks and Spurs. The Nuggets are also afraid, but they can all win inexplicably. Only the Lakers, SuperSonics fans are worried every time they meet.

I think I can just do it.

"Kenny, do you think it would be interesting for two teams to enter the playoffs with their current rankings?"

Very interesting?

Kenny Smith was speechless at the bad jokes of his co-stars.

The Lakers and SuperSonics entered the playoffs with their current rankings, one second and one seventh, just in time.

This will indeed produce a rather interesting result, that is, the Lakers will either win the championship or be defeated by the Sonics.

The Lakers are really afraid of the Seattle SuperSonics this season.

Kenny Smith feels that Barkley might not only want to see the second-place Lakers and seventh-place SuperSonics play in the playoffs.

Barkley probably wants to see the Lakers first and the SuperSonics eighth in the playoffs!

It should be said that the current ranking in the West is a ranking that all coconut flour fans are very willing to see.

Judging from the situation this season, Durant will not return until the second round.

Regardless of whether the Sonics play the Spurs, Mavericks or Nuggets in the first round, their chances are not that high. Only playing the Lakers has the greatest chance.

Barkley and the fans he represents really want to beat the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs!

In the eyes of SuperSonics fans and coconut fans, the Lakers are not just rookies in front of the SuperSonics, but they are also a team of the same level as their own team.

On the court, the Lakers players didn't think so.

It's true that the Lakers lost twice this season.

But for the first time, Kobe insisted on scoring points with yes!

And what about the second time?

Who would have thought that at the last second of the game, the normal shoelaces in the front, yes, would suddenly come!

This is all an accident, okay!

Therefore, not only other Lakers players don't think the Lakers are afraid of the Sonics, but even Kobe himself doesn't think the Lakers are afraid of the Sonics.

yes is the first player he admits is stronger than him. He admits yes's strength, but he is never afraid of yes!

Yes and he have the same talent and the same aura, this is already obvious.

And it's true that yes's aura is stronger than his. Kobe always feels that he can't control his aura, but yes can.

As for why yes can control it, Kobe doesn't know.

This is also the direction that Kobe has been working hard on recently.

In addition to Phil Jackson forcing him to watch Yes's All-Star game and see how Yes plays the triangle offense, Kobe has been focusing on improving in this area recently.

However, it was just like he couldn't understand the passes that yes was making in the triangle offense.

He was completely unable to figure out how Yes felt that his hand was not good or that it was good.

In fact, when Kobe was very young, he felt that his touch was a constant talent in a game.

Really, I don’t know if it was in middle school or high school, but he felt his explosive talent for blacksmithing and scoring.

There's no way to control this.

He really doesn't know how to control his touch.

Therefore, he has been working hard, working harder than others.

He hopes to use his strength to change the impact of touch on his shooting percentage.

In a sense, he was indeed successful.

Up to now, no matter how bad his touch is in a game, his hard power can make his shooting percentage not look so ugly.

At the very least, compared to two good friends, McGrady and Iverson, he is much better.

At least, the hit rate is no worse than these two people.

Before meeting yes, Kobe really felt that he had reached his limit.

He used his hard work and hard power to control his talents, although he could not control them.

But the appearance of yes changed everything.

He really didn't expect that there was a second person with such a talent in this world.

He really didn't expect that there was someone in this world who could use this talent better than him. He had controlled this talent, and yes, that was completely controlling this talent!

Therefore, in the last game, Kobe was really shocked when he saw Yes suddenly came to kill him with the shoelace Yes.

At the same time, besides being shocked, Kobe was also looking forward to it.

Since yes can control this talent, why can't he?

Talent is a feeling that cannot be communicated to each other. He also asked some questions during the All-Star period.

Yes, he remained silent, even thinking that what he said was incomprehensible.

He can understand.
To be continued...