Chapter 672: Chapter 478: Only Have Feelings for You (Combined)_2 Chapter 672: Chapter 478: Only Have Feelings for You (Combined)_2 Take the Lakers for example, if in the playoffs, the Lakers let Artest unequivocally limit Durant, then the former can achieve that.

Now Durant makes Ariza look like a toy, it can only be said that Ariza’s defense has not reached that level.

“He can get better,” Yu Fei said.

Roy asked curiously, “Why are you so strict with him?”

Yu Fei didn’t give an answer.

On the court, DeAndre Jordan’s defense gave the Supersonics the opportunity for a fast break.

Durant’s disadvantages were also exposed in the three-line fast break.

He was the one dribbling the ball, so he was in the middle, Moro was on the left flank, and Ivey was on the right, the simplest tactic was to pass to Moro for a trailing three-pointer.

In this three-on-two fast break, Durant thought too much. He wanted to finish the offense by himself but didn’t want to appear too selfish and missed Moro’s open shot, leading to a poor pass to Ivey that resulted in a stiff shot.

Brown cracked a cold joke: “Maybe I should be thankful he didn’t pass to me just now.”

However, the consequences of a failed three-line fast break are not just missing an easy scoring opportunity, it also creates a domino effect on the defense of the next play.

Curry took the ball to the frontcourt, Durant wanted to help defend but was fooled by a fake move that made the entire Key Arena gasp in surprise.

Curry pounded the ball hard into the floor as though making a bounce pass, which is how Durant read it, so he held his position. But the ball didn’t bounce to someone else; instead, it came back to Curry.

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Curry collected the ball outside the three-point line and released a trailing three-pointer.

“Swish!!!”

Some people are just born with the ability to conquer away games.

The reaction of the venue does not lie.

Curry’s shot called for a time-out in the game.

The Supersonics requested a pause.

Karl was disappointed with Royal Ivey’s ability to control the game. As a point guard, he did not exhibit the necessary organizing capability.

If the Supersonics didn’t want to watch helplessly as Curry reversed the flow of the game, they needed a more reliable ball handler.

Karl’s choice was to bring in Roy ahead of time.

Roy’s return indeed changed the pace of the game; the Supersonics no longer played like headless flies.

But this was a feeling Durant disliked.

It could be said that he instinctively rejected this kind of orderly play.

To maintain discipline in the game, Durant needed to make vigorous off-ball runs. This was enjoyable during his rookie year because he couldn’t use isolation plays to score consistently. But now, he didn’t like it.

He believed that more than 70% of his movements were meaningless.

Because during those moments, the ball didn’t go through his hands.

The team only used his personal threat to force the opponent’s defense to contract, which had no impact on his statistics.

If someone got an open spot because of his containment, the statistics wouldn’t read “Kevin Durant’s offensive threat created scoring opportunities for XX”; they would strictly turn into assists on someone else’s stat sheet.

Durant hoped he could play the opponent’s role when Yu Fei was off the court.

What was Yu Fei’s role? It was to have the most ball control on the offensive end, be the primary passing option, and have unlimited autonomy in offense.

When Roy arranged for Durant to execute an isolation play on the weak side, and Durant completed a difficult-angle shot in front of Ariza with superb skill, he assured himself of this fact.

Without Yu Fei, he could become Yu Fei.

Curry’s privileged status on the Miami Heat further irritated Durant’s mentality.

You could see Curry bringing the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, with no one asking him for the ball.

He gestured, and Miami Heat players proactively set screens. Who dared not to?

This was the status of a core player.

Moro chose to double-team halfway, at the expense of leaving his own man open.

Curry’s pass was quick.

The ball shifted from the free-throw line to the perimeter and Curry’s teammate sank a three-pointer.

Curry jumped up as if he had accomplished something great, and the commentators spared no praise.

“Looks like Stephen will soon surpass Chris to become the second-from-last in the Night High Alliance,” Brown said smugly.

“You think Chris is ranked below you?” Yu Fei asked.

When faced with a disadvantageous comparison of abilities, Brown would champion the culture of championship rings: “I admit Chris has skills, but he doesn’t have a ring, and I have four.”

“In that case, Melo also doesn’t have a ring…” Yu Fei said with a laugh.

“Melo? Damn, I almost forgot about him,” Brown said, “but that doesn’t change my conclusion. Stephen is still last, but he will soon overtake Chris as the second-to-last, with Melo being the third-to-last in the Night High Alliance.”

Rookie Curry’s skills were a bit stronger than Yu Fei had anticipated.

This could be said to be the charm of an older rookie.

The higher the draft pick for an older rookie, the greater the NBA’s expectation of their immediate combat ability.

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Curry basically fulfilled those expectations.

While the outside world was optimistic about his future, they also underestimated him.

Many thought this was Curry’s peak; his talent wasn’t high, he was older, a player of the technical stream. It seemed this was as good as it gets.

Nobody expected him to level up from a street racer to racing in outer space like the protagonists of the “Fast & Furious” series.

Just when everyone thought Curry would face off against the Supersonics backed by Roy and his second unit, Durant unexpectedly lost control.