Chapter 695: Chapter 486: Durant Doesn’t Want to Be Durant Anymore (Combined) _2 Chapter 695: Chapter 486: Durant Doesn’t Want to Be Durant Anymore (Combined) _2 Artest’s answer was the button that detonated a nuclear bomb, “But none of them are Julia Ann.”

“See your mother’s ghost!!!”

Kobe hysterically roared.

James listened to Kobe’s curse, but didn’t feel any relief at all.

Because of Artest’s mistake, his losing streak against Fei continued to grow.

He knew the outside world would continue to make fun of him because of it.

And he couldn’t stop it.

To put an end to this, they had to win the game.

But they lost, and moreover, they lost on his pass.

He absolutely didn’t regret passing the ball, but he regretted passing it to Artest.

He had already seen that Artest tonight wasn’t trustworthy, so why did he still pass him the ball?

James, of course, wouldn’t accept the outside world’s evaluation of him.

But the only reason he could think of to justify his passing choice was that Artest was open then.

He had time to take that open three-pointer.

As long as he shot immediately after receiving the ball, no matter the outcome, everyone could accept it.

But Artest chose to dribble and, after the buzzer, missed a three-pointer, nothing but air.

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That was the ugliest ending.

James blamed Artest for the final shot, and also blamed Jackson’s choices.

What was the reason Jackson kept Artest on the court? He was tough enough to cause some trouble for Fei on defense, but what about the end? Fei grabbed the offensive rebound over him and completed the near game-winning slam dunk.

A series of errors by Artest in the end led to the eventual defeat.

James forgot that it was he who left his spot under the basket to block Durant’s shot in the final moments, thus letting Fei get into a key position.

That was the foreshadowing for The Slam.

But humans are like this, involuntarily glamorizing themselves in their memories.

Even though this was a game that just happened, James still didn’t think he did anything wrong.

If there was a fault, it was someone else’s.

Kobe didn’t shake off Fei, Jackson used up all the timeouts, leading to no chance for adjustments in the final moments and relying solely on his own decision-making, and he made the best decision.

But even a genius decision, if executed by a fool, will lead to a terribly bad outcome.

Despite his many opinions about those around him, James showed the utmost restraint in front of the media.

“I don’t blame anyone, I only blame myself, I didn’t play well enough.”

This was in response to questions about Artest’s performance.

“If given another chance, I would still pass the ball, Ron is a great player.”

This was in response to the common question, “If you were given another chance to choose, what would you do?” following a key mistake.

The question that touched James the most was still about Fei.

A reporter from Seattle conveyed Fei’s words: “Frye said he doesn’t know why you passed the ball, how do you view this statement?”

“That’s ridiculous!” James said coldly, “He had 13 assists tonight and he’s asking me why I would pass the ball?”

Finally, Fei’s twenty-nine consecutive losses became James’s Achilles’ heel.

“Next question.”

When you ask a question that leaves someone speechless, the only thing they can do is say that.

The SuperSonics defeated the League’s number one Lakers, instilling confidence in everyone who doubted their ability to defend their title.

Reebok won this battle against Nike once again.

But it seemed as if Nike hadn’t quite lost either.

Despite the loss, Kobe and James performed well, Fei was undoubtedly dominant, but if not for Durant’s explosion in the second half, the SuperSonics would have certainly been defeated.

Kobe and James’s performance was routine for Lynn Mermitt.

If they lost the game, there was nothing more to be said.

Durant’s outburst was a pleasant surprise for Mermitt, particularly when Fei played as the power forward, pushing Durant to the small forward position. He thought he must be seeing things.

Had the SuperSonics finally realized? Did they finally recognize that KD was a natural small forward?

But then, why would Frye allow such a thing to happen?

Mermitt felt, as Nike’s figurehead, Fei would try everything to suppress Durant.

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So he was curious about what had happened in the locker room during halftime.

After the game, Durant first followed Nike’s arrangements, connecting with the TNT Crew in the studio, and talked with Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and others about “how I stepped up in this big battle.”

Durant wasn’t an excellent storyteller, but the locker room stories he told during this connected interview raised Mermitt’s alarms.

“Frye said to me, ‘I’ll block Ron Artest for you, you take care of the Lakers,’” Durant tried his best to show a sense of humor, “You know, I’m not strong enough to take down the Lakers all at once, so we needed Frye to deliver the final blow.”

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“How to pierce the heart of a city in three seconds? You can find the answer in the Christmas Day battle between the Lakers and the SuperSonics.”–Los Angeles Times
“The grand battle of 44 VS 23 And 24 eventually succumbed to a 3-second show by Ron Artest.”–New York Times
“Coward Brown James decided to pass the ball at the last moment, the timid betrayer failed as usual.”–Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Artest’s three-pointer might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen a professional athlete do in a game. Really, ‘stupid’ doesn’t even describe it. It’s a kind of self-destruction, basically a punishment to the team and everyone in the arena. That shot made me sick to my stomach and made Ron Artest my most disliked NBA player.”–Jack Nicholson