When pride still matters

Chapter 119 Genuine trash

O'Neill missed the free throw.

When Yu Fei was replaced, the score stayed at 24-29.

There is only 5 points difference between the two sides.

O'Neal looked at Yu Fei and then at Laettner, who was newly replaced. The idea of ​​destroying the Wizards became more urgent.

There is a rookie on this team who is rude to him, and there is a thief who "stole" his dream spot.

"It's time to settle the score, kid!" O'Neal said to Fei.

Upon hearing "settling accounts," Leitner's expression changed.

He may be the first NBA player in history who wants to "settle accounts" with Yu Fei, and the ending is not happy for him.

Yu Fei smiled and didn't take O'Neill's words seriously.

Back in the backcourt, Laettner serves.

Yu Fei said: "Don't stay in the paint, use more pick-and-rolls."

Leitner, who had some bad memories "awakened" by O'Neal, didn't want to talk to Yu Fei at all and ran forward on his own.

In the frontcourt, the Lakers chose to pit Devin George against Yu Fei.

George has what people often call a superstar body and blue-collar skills.

But his biggest flaw is that he has a personality like a giant baby.

To say that he is a giant baby does not mean that he is immature or difficult to get along with, but that he is as fragile as a giant baby and cannot bear the pressure.

"Yo, it's you."

Yu Fei recognized this opponent who came to the court to shoot in advance like him before the game started.

George's nerves were tense. He had long regarded Yu Fei as a dangerous person.

A No. [-] pick who dares to fall out with Jordan in his rookie season is destined to be no ordinary person.

George did not respond to Fei's greeting.

Later, Yu Fei waved for Leitner to come out for a pick-and-roll.

O'Neal only symbolically left the basket, but stopped outside the paint area. Yu Fei used a pick-and-roll to get rid of George. He ignored the bluffing O'Neal one step inside the free throw line and made a jump shot.

24 is better than 31
"Big fat pig, do you hate moving so much?" Yu Fei pointed his finger at O'Neal, "Do you miss Kobe so much?"

O'Neal was furious, but could not respond directly to Yu Fei, so he had to vent his anger on George, "DG, did you defend well? Why did you let him rush in so easily?"

"I'm sorry, it's my fault!" George, who had no fault at all, had no sense of struggle and directly accepted the blame.

O'Neal knew exactly who was at fault, but he couldn't admit it. That was his prerogative.

You can't go wrong with a franchise player.

O'Neal came to the frontcourt full of anger and fiercely demanded position. This pressure was not something that Laettner could resist.

When O'Neal reached a favorable position, he raised his hand and Fisher lobbed the ball from the outside.

O'Neal's original intention was to press Laettner for an alley-oop dunk.

But Kwame Brown shrunk in time, preventing him from completing his plan.

But it doesn't matter, the ball is still in his hand.

The current situation is almost the same as the last round. Facing the Wizards' front and back attacks, O'Neal shouted and once again took on the confrontation between the two.

Without any pressure, O'Neal put the ball in the basket again.

Also, Brown was given a body hair whistle.

O'Neal shook his head, pursed his lips and let out a weird cry of "oh oh oh oh", which was a sinister mockery. Brown raised his hands speechlessly, while Laettner asked him dissatisfiedly: "Since it's a foul, , why don’t you try harder?!”

A disgusted Laettner criticized Brown.

But Yu Fei felt that he was right.

In the situation just now, if there was a foul, it would be better to give him a harsh penalty. Giving him 2+1 is a loss-making deal.

Fortunately, you can always trust O'Neal's free throws.

His extra penalty hit the basket again.

Yu Fei flew over to grab the defensive rebound, and the moment he landed, the Wizards' counterattack started.

Devin George wanted a tactical foul, but was deflected by Yu Fei from behind. Then, Rick Fox wanted to foul Fei in the frontcourt.

As a result, Yu Fei collected the ball early and used his elbow to force the opponent's foul shot.

"Beep!"

Fouls are doomed, Yu Fei cares about the ball.

The ball that was shot after being fouled flew very high. This was not a common arc, but - it went towards the center of the upper edge of the basket, rubbed, and then bounced right into the center of the basket.

And One! ! !

Fox complained to the referee that Yu Fei swung his elbow, and Yu Fei started talking trash, "How can you complain to Mr. Referee? What you should be complaining about is that fat pig. You blame him for always missing free throws, so you foul!"

After Yu Fei finished speaking, he turned to the Lakers' bench and shouted to the Zen Master: "Where's Kobe? Give me Kobe! I want to play against Kobe. An old guy who can only complain and a fat pig who can't score free throws are so boring. Give me Kobe." I'm Kobe, coach!"

Kobe smiled. Although what Yu Fei did was not good for the Lakers, it was good for him.

He stood up and said to Jackson, "Okay, let me play."

Jackson looked at Kobe seriously, "You have to promise me that you will cooperate well with Shaq."

"This is impossible." Kobe refused to guarantee.

Jackson could only take a step back, "If you affect the game because of selfishness again, I will replace you at any time!"

The communication to this point was enough. Kobe turned around and walked to the sidelines, preparing to replace Fox.

Kobe replaced Fox and Yu Fei made an extra free throw.

Under normal circumstances, replacing George with Fox would be one of the regular starters for the Lakers.

But tonight the Wizards used a lot of zone defense, so the Lakers need players who can shoot three-pointers from the outside. So as long as George doesn't have major problems, his value on the court is obviously greater than Fox.

Yu Fei agrees with Zen Master’s views on Kobe to a certain extent.

He really disrupts the team's system when he's on the court.

This is reflected in all aspects.

Although the previous lineup did not have a strong secondary attacker on the outside, the four players revolved around O'Neal and could always open up. Now with Kobe who can do things, the tactical fluency is far less than when Fox was on the court.

This season is the lowest point of Kobe's career outside shooting percentage, with an average three-point shooting percentage of only 25% per game. Therefore, the Wizards tend to give him a big step forward when defending him.

Due to the limitations of the times, Kobe will not take this kind of opportunity deliberately given by his opponent as a provocation. He prefers to dribble into the three-point line.

Whenever he does this, the triangle offense collapses.

Because the basic plan of the triangle offense is to form a triangle position on both the strong and weak sides. If someone chooses to cut in with the ball, the triangle position will lose all meaning.

Not only did Kobe bring the defender into the paint, but after disrupting both sides' formations, he passed the ball to the open Fisher.

Is he wrong?

He felt right.

Fisher made the shot.

This should be a happy outcome for everyone, but Phil Jackson looked gloomy.

29 is better than 34
This is a man who doesn't follow the rules, but makes a difference.

There are people like this in all walks of life, and the one thing they have in common is that they are unpopular.People tend to remember his negative aspects and pick out his positive aspects with colored glasses. In LA and Phil Jackson's coaching staff, this kind of discrimination against Kobe's style of play is open.

Yu Fei now doesn't know whether forcing Kobe to play is good or bad for them.

He originally thought that Kobe would continue to be angry with O'Neal, but now it seems that they have returned to the "Are you unhappy with me? I am unhappy with you too, but we can kill the opponent first and then solve the problem behind closed doors" mode.

This is a way of coexistence that has gradually evolved since 1996.

Victory is the only reliable glue between OK.

As long as they believe they can continue to win by maintaining the status quo, O'Neal can continue to tolerate Kobe. If that doesn't work, he can continue to publish an autobiography next year to discredit his partner. Kobe has made his life a mess, and he doesn't mind himself. His working environment has also changed. As long as he can win, he can tolerate it.

Yu Fei ran to the frontcourt, and the person facing him was still Devin George.

George cautiously stayed close to Yu Fei, trying to block all aspects of Yu Fei.

He works hard, really works hard, just like Yu Fei saw working hard before the game.

Regardless of the fact that the two sides are now rivals, Yu Fei admires George very much.

"Hey, Tai Lun!" Yu Fei waved, and the ball came quickly.

Yu Fei, who got the ball, stretched out a finger and said, "I SO!"

Since the Lakers insist on letting George play against themselves, there is no reason for Yu Fei not to seize this matchup and take advantage.

Yu Fei took the ball with both hands, first took a probing step full of McGrady flavor, then put the ball on the ground, and then crossed his hips to change direction. He looked like a large Jordan again, and George's defensive focus swayed left and right. Uncertainly, his defense completely lost the initiative from this point on.

The moment Yu Fei completed the cross change to the left, he caught the ball with his left hand and slapped it behind his back. The focus of the attack instantly shifted to his right hand, accelerated, rushed into the paint, and faced O'Neal's defensive throw to score.

29 is better than 36
Looking at O'Neal's extremely angry face, Yu Fei imitated O'Neal's face just now, like a gorilla that had won the right to mate, pouting and screaming: "Oh oh oh oh oh!!!"

"DG, are you fucking serious about defense?!"

O'Neal, who was unable to limit Yu Fei's throwing and couldn't control his temper, could only rage at George, who had no problem except his lack of ability.

Yu Fei could sense that George's confidence was declining further with O'Neill's unreasonable accusations.

Can a person who lacks confidence, is afraid, and dare not make mistakes, shoot an open three-pointer?

Although this is cruel to Devin George, Yu Fei is very willing to do such an experiment.

In the subsequent Lakers offensive round, under Yu Fei's instruction, the Wizards suddenly changed to man-to-man defense. Except for Yu Fei, no one could go back in time to double-team.

Sure enough, the Lakers passed the ball to the low post, hoping to let O'Neal beat Laettner.

O'Neill did think so, but he was still worried about Yu Fei sneaking up on him, so he paid attention.

As a result, the bastard Yu Fei is really here!
"idiot!"

O'Neal threw the ball to George before Yu Fei double-teamed him.

Facing a wide open space, under O'Neal's stressful death gaze, Devin George tremblingly shot an open three-pointer.

At that moment, George thought of a lot.

He recalled that when he first participated in the draft, Jerry West, who was still the general manager of the Lakers at the time, suspected that he was a problem player, because how could a forward as versatile as him only have a market price at the end of the first round.

Then the Lakers found the answer in the psychological test. He is a fragile person.

In a Lakers team with many old bastards, he became an obvious target of bullying.During George's rookie season, O'Neal decided to "toughen" him up, so when the team went to play an exhibition game away from home, he and a group of veterans tricked George into the gym, then stripped off his clothes and tied his hands and feet with tape. mouth, pressed his whole body to the ground, and then walked away.

He did not resist. He lacked the courage and courage to fight against the hegemony. The torture and bullying of the veterans led by O'Neal only made him further timid.

This shot is a reflection of Coward George.

"boom!"

Yu Fei, who had already guessed this result, flew forward to grab a long rebound, and then there was another counterattack that the Lakers could not stop.

Because the long backboard lands too far outside, there are very few people who can stop Yu Fei's fast break.

Devin George is the only one.

Treating George, Yu Fei had no mercy in his heart. He rushed inside from outside the three-point line, collected the ball, took two long steps and jumped up. George, who was like a mantis trying to drive a car, jumped up to block him when his mind was blank, but was stopped by Yu Fei. Fei ruthlessly knocked it away.His blockage had no effect. Yu Fei raised the ball in the air like an axe. The moment George's body fell, the ball, like a giant ax about to hit his head, exploded on his head. A terrible noise.

"BOOM!!!!!"

The referee gave George a foul, and Yu Fei showed his hands to O'Neal from a distance after landing.

That means, if you, a little brother, can’t do it, why don’t you do it yourself?
"Damn it! DG, damn you! #@￥@%"

"I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry." George turned pale with fright and admitted his mistake again and again.

George's fear of O'Neal, and O'Neal's condescending way of questioning George, reminded Yu Fei why he and Jordan were at odds with each other.

Not everyone is as talented as Yu Fei.

For every Yu Fei, there may be 100 Devin Georges.

But because there are so many people like George, is the behavior of O'Neal and others correct?

"Is this the number one player in the league? He only blames his teammates when there are problems? No wonder Kobe doesn't accept you."

Yu Fei's provocation against O'Neal will make people think there is some grudge between them.

But today is the first time they meet.

If there is any grudge, it is at most because Yu Fei said bad things about O'Neal before entering the NBA. This is not a big contradiction.

But Yu Fei's boredom with O'Neal is soaring.

Similarly, the more Yu Fei provokes, the higher O'Neal's hatred towards him.

The conflict between the two can no longer be explained clearly by "Yu Fei said bad things about O'Neal".

Devin George was replaced.

His replacement was Rick Fox, who had just been replaced.

This substitution may be a relief for George, but it will also significantly affect his status within the team.

However, he may never have had any status within the team.

After the substitutions, the Lakers' style of play was much more vigorous.

It's Kobe again. He doesn't follow the tactics. It's clear that O'Neal is under the basket, but he insists on dribbling into the crowd.However, even so, he still put the ball in among the crowd.

Subsequently, Yu Fei called for a pick-and-roll singles. The previous attempt by Bailing finally missed. Fortunately, he returned to defense quickly enough and the Lakers' counterattack was resolved.

However, Kobe, who shot only 25% from three-point range, suddenly hit a cold arrow three-pointer to help the Lakers chase five points in a row.

34 is better than 39
Tyronn Lue attacked quickly, rushed to the basket like a rabbit and made a time difference, stealing 2 points for the Wizards.

It would be good for Fei to have someone to share the offensive pressure.

Yu Fei was about to adjust his breathing rate when suddenly, Leitner collapsed in a key position inside.

He was stuck all the way to the basket by O'Neal. In this case, he would either foul or ask his teammates to help, because once O'Neal receives the ball at that position, even five people can't defend him.

Too late!
The ball had already flown into the basket. O'Neal caught it with open hands, turned around unstoppably, pushed Laettner away, and dunked like King Kong jumping onto the building.

That was the moment to relieve his anger. O'Neal, who was completely carried away, didn't know what respecting his opponent meant, and Laettner was not an object worthy of respect in his eyes. Therefore, after he landed, he smoothly pushed Laettner to the basket. push.

"How dare you, a loser like you, play center?!"

O'Neill smiled contemptuously.

Then, he turned around and prepared to receive a foul, knowing that the referee would not give him a technical foul.

But when he turned around, what he saw was not the referee, but the person he hated most right now.

Yu Fei used all his strength to push O'Neal away in front of everyone. The unprepared O'Neal actually slipped after taking a step back and sat directly on the ground.

"A big fat pig like you who can't do anything outside the restricted area is the real trash!"

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(End of this chapter)