When pride still matters

Chapter 108 I don’t hate old men, but it’s impossible for me not to hate this kind of old man.
About 5 minutes into the second quarter, the Bucks, who had a better second team, could never get closer to the score. George Karl finally gave up his fantasy and replaced Ray Allen and Sam Cassell after a timeout. Then replace Anthony Mason, who has good statistics but has disastrous results.

When Mason walked off the court, he looked majestic, and the audience in front of the TV could see NBC warmly showing his statistics: 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists.

Nice and all, but at what cost?
Facing the Wizards' second team without core players, the Bucks' second team with Big Dog, Mason, and Reid only managed to chase 5 point in 1 minutes.

Seeing the Bucks' substitution, Collins also replaced Yu Fei.

Moreover, before the substitution, Collins looked specifically at Jordan: "Michael, are you ready to play?"

Yu Fei looked at them playfully.

Is it Collins who has less autonomy in front of Jordan, or is it that Karl has less authority in front of Mason?
Jordan felt uncomfortable in his legs. Since Yu Fei was in good condition tonight, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let the opponent play more.

He has been struggling with tenosynovitis for so long, what if he takes a break?
"We have good momentum now." Jordan didn't give an answer, but Collins already knew what he meant.

Collins then turned to Fei and said, "Fry, as long as you maintain the feel you had in the first quarter, I have no problem with you even if you take 50 shots."

50 shots?
"I know." Yu Fei didn't think he would shoot 50 goals in a game.

The Bucks also changed their matchup strategy.

Karl has given up on the idea of ​​pitting Tim Thomas against Yu Fei, because watching Yu Fei tear Thomas' defense apart would be hurtful to his eyes and heart. The attacker is facing Yu Fei on the court, so it is better to replace him with someone who can consume him on the offensive end.

So, Karl decided that it was Glenn Robinson.

"Glenn, I hope you can put some pressure on Frye on the offensive end. I don't want to hear excuses. I don't care if you feel comfortable or not. Your job is to consume him."

Robinson just replied with a curt "OK" and then went on the court.

But the big dog didn't pay attention to Carl's instructions because their relationship was very bad.

When he came to the court, Robinson glanced at Yu Fei. He originally wanted to go through the motions and call it a day, but he didn't expect that Yu Fei was still willing to find out the Bucks' internal information: "Everyone can see that Anthony Mason is a problem. Why can't you see it yourself? Could it be that you are all afraid of him?"

"This is none of your business. A rookie like you who knows nothing better say less!" Big Dog showed off the momentum of a veteran who has been in the alliance for nearly ten years, trying to suppress Yu Fei.

Yu Fei took advantage of the situation to receive the ball from his teammates.

Yu Fei held the ball in his hand and seemed to be observing the Big Dog's defense. In fact, he found that Jasidi White was in a favorable position under the basket. He only needed him to deliver a risky but worth-trying operation. The knife passes directly.

In an instant, Yu Fei threw the ball inside, and no one except White reacted.

The next second, White squeezed away the defender and dunked.

"Let me tell you something I know." Yu Fei said to Big Dog when he was following the defense. "People like you, whose toughness is publicly questioned by your own coach, must be afraid of Mason."

Robinson was furious, and Yu Fei pointed out the source of the breakdown in his relationship with George Karl in one sentence.

It was during the offseason that Carr gave an interview and said by name that he was not tough enough, liked to use injuries to make excuses for himself, and did not have the manliness to endure pain and persist in the game.

From that point on, there was no going back on Robinson and Carr's relationship.

Now Yu Fei just opened the big dog's wounds, but he couldn't bear it anymore.

"You want to know my toughness?" Big Dog opened his hand for the ball, "Then I'll fucking show you!"

The Wizards' scouting report makes it very clear about Big Dog's play style and characteristics. The mid-range shooter is quite good, but lacks aggressiveness.

That is to say, although this guy can hit mid-range shots in various postures, he never uses his mid-range threat to help him attack the basket.

Since he wanted Yu Fei to see his resilience, shouldn't he be more murderous?
the answer is negative.

How could the habit of clocking in to work all year round change suddenly?After the big dog firmly resisted Yu Fei's body, he quickly retreated, turned around and jumped up. The movement was inelegant, but the method of exerting force was very clever. Even if Yu Fei returned to his defensive position, he could only interfere.

"That's right! That's right! Just hit him like this! You can still be saved, Glenn. If you just hit him like this, you can still be saved!"

Carl yelled loudly from the sidelines, which could have been dismissed as noise.

Yu Fei has never seen such a noisy head coach.

Then, Yu Fei dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Robinson tried hard to defend well, but this was the same as his offensive habits. A person who does not defend well all year round, even if he has a good defense at the beginning, will not be able to defend well after a long period of time. If it gets bad, it will also lose its own defensive ability.

After Yu Fei met him, he accelerated and broke through him. He rushed to the free throw line and raised his hand to make a signature throw and hit the board.

"Coach Karl, I think there is no need to save him. Let's replace him. I want to face off against a tough defender."

Of course Karl knew that Yu Fei was trying to instigate a relationship between himself and the big dog, and it was working.

"Rookie, stop making trouble here!"

Then, the big dog charged with the ball.Robinson, who lost his mind, actually came to the basket, and then forced Yu Fei to go for a layup. However, Yu Fei blocked him and gave him a backhand shot.

Chris Whitney picked up the ball that was out of control and quickly ran forward to counterattack and score.

"Don't feel bad, Coach Carl, that's what people without resilience are like."

As Wiggins before Wiggins, the big dog who clocked in to work all year round was stimulated one after another, and he couldn't control his emotions. Finally, after this trash talk, he gave Yu Fei a hard push.

Yu Fei took advantage of his strength and sat back, then immediately looked at the referee.

Sure enough, the referee is still sensible. Even if he is at home, he cannot push someone down just because his opponent talks bad words.

The big dog deserves to be eaten to a T.

After Yu Fei hit the free throw caused by the technical foul, he continued to have a big dog mentality: "If you were really tough, you should have punched just now."

The big dog roared angrily: "You think I don't dare?"

"Shut up, big dog!"

The referee Jess Kersey glared at Yu Fei again, "Rookie, if you keep talking so much nonsense, I will kick you out!"

Regardless of whether the referee kicked Yu Fei out or not, the damage had been done.

The big dog was confused.

Carl was anxious, and the voices of the voice control team members became louder than before.

Then, during one of Robinson's powerful back blows, Carl yelled like he was beaten to death: "Just hit him! Hit him hard! Like a man, Glenn! Glenn! Hit him!"

Yu Fei's height and weight indicate that hitting him from behind is not a good decision.

After three seconds of back-up play, the Big Dog chose a turnaround and fadeaway jumper that made Karl furious, but the result was a three-pointer.

"You're such a fucking coward! Coward! I've never seen you get tougher! It's disgusting to watch you play! Damn it, why can't you be tougher?"

The big dog didn't reply.

Yu Fei could tell that he was not the common expensive black guy who mixed "mindless and unhappy" into one.

This kind of mixed personality has its own term in the United States called "black anger."

But the big dog was not angry.

He gritted his teeth and made a sound of "Hmm~~~~" like a dog holding back. It sounded like the tuba was stuck.

"Your coach is so considerate." Yu Fei said heartwarmingly.

The big dog glared over: "Don't make me beat you, rookie!"

"You don't know how to do it, big dog." Yu Fei smiled, "If you want to beat him up, you should first beat up that fat pig that keeps barking on the sidelines, right?"

For some reason, Yu Fei smiled when he saw the big dog.

But what Yu Fei didn't know was that the term "Big Fat Pig" was Anthony Mason's "respectful title" for George Karl.

That's what makes the big dog laugh, that's the root of all evil.

Yu Fei and Mason are the same kind of people.

He does not respect authority and regards insulting opponents and coaches as no big deal, but Big Dog is different. This is related to his character and the education he received.

Even if George Karl openly described him in front of the media as a softie who would die if he had a minor illness, he still did not have the courage to stand up and resist the coach's authority.However, this does not mean that he respects Karl.

Because Mason proves that Carl is a tough asshole.

He just likes to be tough on weaklings who don't dare stand up to him.

So when Yu Feirui commented on Carl, this achieved the highest score of unintentional comedy - he did not realize the impact of this sentence on the person involved, but achieved the highest comedy effect.

This is on the same level as the Canadian electric eel predicting that he will go to jail, and Cecilia Cheung's line "Do you want to see me take off my clothes" in "The Promise"⑴.

It's so funny, the big dog can't control himself at all.

This also greatly reduced his dislike for Fei. In the final analysis, it was just trash talk, and the examples cited by Yu Fei were all facts. If you really want to blame him, you have to blame that fat pig who still has the nerve to bark on the sidelines. .

The game continued, and the confrontation between Yu Fei and Big Dog became less explosive, thanks to Karl.

He was too noisy and annoyed Yu Fei, while the big dog loved his various attacks on Carl.

But the game is still the main thing.

Yu Fei was in a state where he could play any game, and the Big Dog's game in the second quarter felt far less good than the first quarter. The hero who allowed the Bucks to control the point difference within 20 points was Ray Allen.

Personality aside, Ray Allen should be Yu Fei's dream teammate.

He doesn't dominate the ball very much, he's accurate on three-pointers, he can run fast breaks, and he doesn't steal the show.

If he were placed in the splash-era Warriors to replace Klay Thompson, he would be a version of Buddha with enhanced single-point breakthrough ability and weakened defense.

However, Ray Allen in the Bucks was often forced to be the main attacker due to the big dog's Buddha nature and Mason's fooling around. Once he failed to attack well, Karl would bark again.

Unfortunately, Ray Allen, like Big Dog, is the type of player who is used to submitting to the authority of his head coach.

Allen's responsible personal performance prevented the game from entering garbage time until the end of the first half.

This is not a bad thing for Fei.

The later the game enters garbage time, the more opportunities he has to improve his statistics.

At halftime, Yu Fei scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. This is undoubtedly his best game so far this season.

"You can describe Frye tonight as great," Collins said. "He can do anything!"

In the second half, Ray Allen began to miss, and Anthony Mason once again showed his cancerous attributes.

This time, he was even more egregious than in the first half.

More than once, Yu Fei saw Mason dribbling the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, then waving his hands to let his teammates pull away. He was slowly playing singles on one side. Although his shooting rate looked okay, he had completely knocked his teammates out of the game. Isolated.

It's like the game is his own show.

Karl acquiesced in what Mason did, and no other teammates dared to stand up and accuse this famous villain.

Mason's outburst exacerbated the Bucks' collapse.

Less than 5 minutes into the second half, the point difference was widened to 24 points.

Mason once again played in singles, and was blocked by Yu Fei, who came in to help defend.

Then, Yu Fei picked up the ball on the floor again. After he came to the frontcourt, he suddenly hit a chasing three-pointer from the top of the arc.

"Shh!"

There was still a quarter and a half left in the game, but Bucks fans were already starting to leave.

They were disappointed with this team, even though they didn't have much expectations.

Since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fled Milwaukee in the early 70s on the grounds that he "didn't feel like he belonged," the Bucks had been going around in circles until the late 70s, under the leadership of Don Nelson and the addition of Sidney Monroe. The arrival of Cliff and other stars allowed the Bucks to usher in their second peak period in team history.Unfortunately, this team that could definitely win the championship in the 70s met the peak Hukai led by the Magic Bird in the 80s.

Disappointment, continued disappointment, dissolution, and then quiet despair.

This is why the Bucs will never unseat the Packers in Wisconsin.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Glenn Robinson chose to withdraw from the game midway due to discomfort in his legs and feet.

George Karl didn't say anything because the game was over.

But Carr's comments off the court about the Big Dog's lack of resilience only doubly hurt the latter on a night like this.

In the fourth quarter, Yu Fei took a break after playing only a few minutes.

He doesn't like to brush up data in garbage time, and neither does Jordan.

The entire fourth quarter was boring because the outcome was decided.

In the end, the Wizards defeated the Bucks 116-88 and successfully took away a victory on the road.

Post-match interview
"No words can describe how proud I am of Frye, he's awesome! He's really awesome! You can see him getting better and better, and his rapport with Michael is getting better and better, and he's proven that he can Share the pressure for Michael, this is the player we have been looking for, and he finally appeared!" - Collins praised Yu Fei's performance.

"You have to earn your playing time. If you play 10 minutes and only get one rebound, make one turnover and don't make a shot, they won't send you on the court again. Look up, this It's just your rookie year, your opportunity will come sooner or later, don't be frustrated, don't feel discouraged." - Collins' response to Kwame Brown's lack of playing time.

"Michael is the best player ever and the smartest player ever, and he knew from the start that tonight was Frye's, so he did a lot of work that the numbers don't show. I'm glad he finally got a good rest on game night. For a moment." - Collins responded that Jordan only played 27 minutes tonight.

“That’s what I told him, if he gets complacent about it, this could be the best game of his career and if he wants to get better, after tonight, he’s going to have to forget about this game. I hope he listened, you know, he doesn’t take much advice.” - Jordan talked about Yu Fei’s performance.

"As we start to have success, our goals get higher. People now think we're going to be a playoff contender. If we can continue to have success, that goal will get closer. So at least we should be Focus on the present, continue to focus on winning games, and the improvement of the team will become a reality." - Jordan talking about the future of the team.

"I'm not going to answer that question." - Jordan was asked about his marriage change.

"Frye is just proving himself to the old guys who didn't select him for the All-Star Game because of his age." - Whitney said about Yu Fei's performance.

"We are not tough enough, we are not decisive enough, we play in a mess, we are not tough enough, and we have no sense of responsibility. We are the worst team. It is unacceptable for a rookie to play like this. I hope everyone will do well when they go back. Reflect on yourself!" - Karl expressed dissatisfaction with the team players.

"Fry screwed us up, and I felt like we made a lot of mistakes, but I also have to admit he played well. He's a great rookie. Well, does Michael still want to trade him?" - Carr on Yu Flying performance.

"No. 44 is very good, but the problem lies with ourselves. We are messy, not integrated, very bad, and it is impossible to win the game like this." - Ray Allen talked about the game.

"If my teammates play like this every night and don't provide me with enough support, what can I do?" - Mason accused his teammates of poor performance.

"I don't care who the coach is, if I'm injured, I'm not going to practice. I don't care who you are. I don't care how many games you've won or your historical achievements. If my body isn't feeling well, if my body is telling If I can't continue, I'm not going to continue. And I'm not one of those guys who doesn't enjoy practicing. Sometimes I don't agree with some practices because I feel uncomfortable physically, but I think all players are like that. Even (Carl) When he was playing, he probably didn't agree with some of the training he was doing as a player." - Big Dog Robinson refuted questions about his toughness.

"Fry, this is your third triple-double this season and the first time in your career that you have scored 40 points. What was the motivation for you to achieve such a performance?"

"You know, no one is more motivated than me right now to prove myself."

"why?"

"Do you really not know? Standing in front of you is an unlucky guy who missed being selected as an All-Star in his rookie season due to age and qualifications. Do you think this unlucky guy should go all out to prove himself?"

"So, is this game your protest to the league?"

"It's not a protest, you know, I'm not a conceited person. I also know that the league has their own ideas for doing this, so the most I can say tonight is that some old guys in the rotten league office should retire early, they The only reason you like to have old guys in (the All-Star Team) and not like young guys is because they are old guys themselves."

"So you hate old people?"

"I don't hate old people, but it's impossible for me not to hate this kind of old man."

"Uh-huh?"

"It's okay if you don't understand. If I explain everything clearly to you, it will be difficult for you to grow up."

——Yu Fei’s post-game interview.

⑴The movie "The Promise" itself is a piece of shit that is so bad that it cannot be turned around, but its terrifying prophetic ability elevates it to a metaphysical level.This movie also has two unintentional comedies ([-]) and ([-]) that I will never forget.

⑵ Wu Huan (played by Nicholas Tse) said to Qing Cheng (played by Cecilia Cheung): "You ruined my chance to be a good person!"

⑶ Chen Kaige: "You have to wait until five years to understand my movie." Indeed, Qingcheng's uniform temptation is very good-looking.

(End of this chapter)