Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 695 695 486 Durant Doesnt Want to Be Durant

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.

Jas 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.

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

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?

Jas, 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 ti to take that open three-pointer.

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

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

That was the ugliest ending.

Jas blad Artest for the final shot, and also blad Jackson’s choices.

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

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

Jas forgot that it was he who left his spot under the basket to block Durant’s shot in the final monts, 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 mories.

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

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

Kobe didn’t shake off Fei, Jackson used up all the tiouts, leading to no chance for adjustnts in the final monts 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 outco.

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

“I don’t bla anyone, I only bla 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 Jas 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 statent?”

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

Finally, Fei’s twenty-nine consecutive losses beca Jas’s Achilles’ heel.

“Next question.”

When you ask a question that leaves soone 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 seed as if Nike hadn’t quite lost either.

Despite the loss, Kobe and Jas perford 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 Jas’s performance was routine for Lynn rmitt.

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

Durant’s outburst was a pleasant surprise for rmitt, 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?

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

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

After the ga, Durant first followed Nike’s arrangents, 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 rmitt’s alarms.

“Frye said to , ‘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 Tis

“The grand battle of 44 VS 23 And 24 eventually succumbed to a 3-second show by Ron Artest.”—New York Tis

“Coward Brown Jas decided to pass the ball at the last mont, 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 ga. Really, ‘stupid’ doesn’t even describe it. It’s a kind of self-destruction, basically a punishnt to the team and everyone in the arena. That shot made sick to my stomach and made Ron Artest my most disliked NBA player.”—Jack Nicholson