Chapter 671: Chapter 478: Only Have Feelings for You (Combined) Chapter 671: Chapter 478: Only Have Feelings for You (Combined) After one quarter, the SuperSonics took the lead thanks to Yu Fei’s mid-quarter surge.

29 to 24
Miami trailed by 5 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the SuperSonics let Durant lead the second unit, while Miami let Curry and Ariza lead their second unit.

Durant’s task was to play the role of a star on the court, which was a simple assignment for the SuperSonics’ coaching staff, as Miami’s second unit wasn’t very strong.

Ariza’s defense was decent, but what could Curry, this rookie, achieve without the help of players like Wade and Tskitishvili?

“I don’t think he’ll perform better than Stephen.”

Fei, watching from the sidelines, was not so confident in Durant.

Brown speculated with ill intent, “Because he doesn’t like to pass the ball?”

“That’s part of it,” Yu Fei said, “but most importantly, we don’t have a great backup point guard.”

This highlighted how scarce the fundamental skill of passing was in the SuperSonics’ second unit.

Their second unit had Durant, Moro, and Alonzo Gee, but not a single qualified playmaker.

But the reality was more complex than Yu Fei described.

Curry was the absolute core of Miami Heat’s second unit and had a higher tactical status than Ariza.

Therefore, he could comfortably control the ball.

Since his technical style and the team’s system were highly converged, the tactical approach of Miami Heat looked no different from when the full starting lineup was present, even with the rookie Curry at the core.

Novts`O.co

Curry called for a pick-and-roll,
Miami Heat’s backup center Steve Novak, a sophomore, came to set a pick. He quickly spread out, caught the ball, and made a three-pointer.

If it wasn’t for Fei bringing the small-ball era ahead of schedule, Novak would just be a player with unique skills.

His most unique ability was having the height of a power forward, the speed of a center, yet in college he played small forward because his shooting was nearly divine.

Riley recognized Novak’s attributes as extremely suitable for the team, and if they could let Love play as center, they could make Novak a backup for the position.

With a three-point shooting percentage as high as 42%, Novak secured a stable spot on Miami Heat.

Curry’s performance once again elicited amazement from the audience.

Commentators from various TV stations recognized the rookie’s leadership.

These comments were grating to Durant’s ears.

Despite winning back-to-back championships with the team and even averaging 20 points last season, he hadn’t received the kind of praise from professionals that he wanted to hear.

It made him angry.

He wanted to be the top player of the new generation. A skill-centric player like Curry with average talent wasn’t in the same league as him.

But simply because of Yu Fei, Curry was selected for the 2008 Dream Team, performed well at the Olympic Games, and then joined Miami at this year’s draft as “the answer to the new generation of basketball.”

If he were really as outstanding as the legends say, shouldn’t he have at least been picked first overall?

However, Curry was never part of the conversation for the first pick.

Even though Blake Griffin, the number one pick of the 2009 class, was sidelined for the season right at the start, no one thought there was a problem with choosing Griffin as this year’s first pick.

That’s how people viewed this draft.

It was that bad.

Royal Ivey, the backup point guard for the SuperSonics who joined the team this summer, wanted to initiate a formulaic set offense.

But as soon as he thought about it, he saw Durant signaling to him.

Now, with neither Fei nor Roy on the court, and even Brown resting, Durant could decide, “Give me the ball and get out of the way,” and a small character like Ivey wouldn’t possibly refuse him.

Ivey passed the ball over.

Little O on the court, seeing Durant’s posture, knew the ball wasn’t going to be passed out again.

“Why can’t this young man be more patient?” Little O thought to himself as he moved out of the paint.

Ariza spread his arms wide, confident in his defense.

He had faced off with Durant last season and felt that, although Durant’s jump shot was high, his ball-handling attack was ordinary, so it wasn’t difficult to defend.

This impression lasted until now.

So he believed his defense would be successful.

After a stern lesson from Yu Fei, Ariza didn’t become humble. So, when Durant performed his signature move, a right-handed dribble followed by a sudden, wide crossover to the left, Ariza lost his defensive focus, was thrown off-balance, and could only watch as Durant, who stood 5 centimeters taller, dribbled through the lane in a way Ariza could never hope to match and slammed a beautiful one-handed dunk over Novak.

“At that moment, KD played like Frye!”

Collins’s exclamation didn’t bring any pleasure to Durant.

His face cold, he ran past Ariza.

After experiencing Durant’s power first hand, Ariza was left with only one thought.

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This young man was about to become one of the few attackers in the league that he was powerless against.

“He’s really great, isn’t he?”

After watching the play, Roy said to Yu Fei.

In Yu Fei’s memory, Durant from his previous life would secure his first scoring title that season.

But from watching internal team training, he thought Durant was still a scorer who could be contained.