When pride still matters

Chapter 164 Never Say Never
The Wizards let rookie Jared Jeffries out for a jump ball.

This beast, who was known as "Yu Fei II" before the draft, has been tested in 70 games, and people can basically be convinced that he is not Yu Fei II.

Compared with Yu Fei, Jeffries is more like the long-armed, long-legged, running and jumping frontcourt swingman that is produced in batches every year in the draft market.

What distinguishes Yu Fei from these people is his ability to control movement and feel for the ball.

Yu Fei has point guard-level handling skills, not to mention ball feel. Every scout who has watched him play feels that his ball feel can be compared with Magic.

Although Jeffries, who was destined not to become Yu Fei, disappointed the Wizards, he himself has more courage and fighting spirit than Kwame Brown, which made the coaching staff very willing to give him a chance.

At the beginning of tonight's game, Jeffries won the opening ball for the Wizards.

As before, Yu Fei took the initiative to apply to the team to play the second position, so that he could face Jordan throughout the game.

The Wizards also passed the first ball to Jordan.

MCI immediately entered a decisive battle atmosphere.

"!#￥!@#￥"

The noise at the scene seemed to prove that fans still believed in Jordan.

Jordan raised the ball above his head, which was his habitual ball-holding action.

Yu Fei didn't believe that he would just pull it out without any prelude.

Sure enough, when Jordan's right foot moved forward, Yu Fei judged his intention.

Jordan wanted to use small steps to force Yu Fei's defense back, and then seize the fleeting gap to shoot.

Yu Fei took the initiative and almost jumped with Jordan.

The moment Jordan took action, Yu Fei slapped the ball hard and bloodily sent the ball out of bounds.

"Good judgment."

If Goute thinks that he can save face by saying this, he is wrong.

Yu Fei sneered and said: "Judgment? You misunderstood. This is experience. I didn't stay with you for a year in vain last year. I have seen through your inefficient style of play long ago!"

"It's just a goal, don't be complacent!" Yu Fei is revealing the true face of the NBA's court legend - don't anger Jordan.

Misfortune befell anyone who angered Jordan.

However, the main cases of this legend are concentrated in the 20s.

It's the 21st century now, and Yu Fei doesn't care about the rumors of the last century.

Just as he was hating Jordan, he saw team owner Abi Paulin in the VIP area of ​​MCI.

Paulin obviously doesn't want to miss the Big Game (the focus of the focus), which is much more topical and hot than the regular season.

Yu Fei found that today was a good opportunity to turn things over, and all the damn bastards were here.

Jordan got the ball again, but no longer sought to defeat Yu Fei one-on-one.

He called Jeffries' pick-and-roll.

Although Jeffries is not a player of Yu Fei's style at all, he is a little better than Yu Fei.That is, he is more of an insider than Yu Fei.

Jeffries' pick-and-roll was decent, and he successfully blocked Yu Fei in the high post.

After Jordan broke through, he passed the ball to Stackhouse in the bottom corner.

The North Carolina junior lived up to the opportunity created by his senior's hard work and hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

3 is better than 0
Yu Fei jogged to the frontcourt and found that the Wizards actually asked Jeffries to face him.

Doug Collins gave Yu Fei enough respect on the defensive end.No matter what position Yu Fei plays, they have to let the most suitable person play against him.

Jeffries is one of the rare frontcourt players who can match Yu Fei in terms of size, speed and physical fitness.

"They call you Fleur II, do they mean they regard you as my son?" Yu Fei smiled contemptuously, "I don't want to have a stupid son like you."

Jeffries has always felt that it was too late for the team to reuse him. If he entered the starting lineup earlier, it would be impossible for Yu Fei to average 48 points per game in the first two games against the Wizards (56 points in one game and 40 points in the other). ).

"Your days of arrogance are over!" Jeffries said.

"Oh?" Yu Fei caught the ball sideways and jammed Jeffries with half his body, "There are a lot of flaws!"

In the next second, Jeffries' center of gravity was tricked to the left by Yu Fei's head fake movement, but Yu Fei turned to the right.

There's something about the court that goes beyond pure talent.

Although Jeffries' static and dynamic talents are similar to Yu Fei's, if panel data can determine everything, people like Bird and Curry will have no way to survive in the NBA.

Strength (confrontation), skill, and experience are the three major difficulties facing all talented men.

If you lack strength, your talent will be confiscated. If you lack skills, you will end up being a rough guy. Experience is the only thing that can be increased by playing a lot of games, and it is also the one that has the least impact on personal strength.

Jeffries needs strength and talent, skill and talent, experience and talent. He doesn't have any acquired software that can compete with Yu Fei.

After Yu Fei shook off his defense and rushed to the penalty area to assist Dan Gazulic in the alley-oop, he turned back to Jeffries and said, "Kid, the fairy tale is over."

"Don't call me kid!" Jeffries said angrily.

Yu Fei said sarcastically: "When you participated in the draft, you used your father's name to get attention from the outside world, but now you don't recognize it? You are really a good son of your father!"

Seeing Yu Fei attack Jeffries so unreservedly, Collins began to doubt whether it was appropriate to let the rookie face the big boss in the east.

Will Frye simply destroy his confidence?
Collins doesn't think Yu Fei is the kind of bully who likes to destroy his opponents, but the opponent is their wizard, and there are two human beings, Jordan and Pauline, who are enough to make him lose his mind. It's really hard to say.

Back in the backcourt, Yu Fei came to Jordan.

"Don't like Jared?" Jordan thought he had found Yu Fei's pain point.

"What father doesn't like his son?" Yu Fei laughed, "My feelings for him are as strong as your lady who asked you for 500 million US dollars!"

Jordan could have ridiculed him for replacing Yu Fei with Jeffries, but that would be meaningless, because the Wizards have a poor record, and, in terms of black spots, how could Yu's accumulation in two seasons compare to that of a dog? 19 years of “inheritance”?
Jordan called for cover, trying to get rid of Yu Fei.

Sprewell wants to switch.However, when he saw Yu Fei squeezing through Tim Thomas's screen like a mad dog and chasing Jordan ferociously, he suddenly had a feeling in his heart that if this kid defended so hard every game, he should have a chance to get into the best defense. line-up.

The screen created opportunities for Jordan to catch and shoot, but time took away his speed and bounce. When he took off, Yu Fei came from behind and covered the higher ground with his arms.

Jordan had no choice but to force the shot.

Although it was not blocked, it was severely disturbed.

"boom!"

Mason protected the defensive rebound, and when he was about to look for Yu Fei, he found that this guy had already passed half the court. How much did he trust his own defense, and how much did he trust his brothers' rebound protection?
Seeing Yu Fei running and raising his hand for the ball, Mason felt that if the ball was not passed, it might not end with a few scoldings.

No matter how stupid he is, he knows that this game has special meaning to Fei.

Mason gritted his teeth, even if he made a mistake, the ball had to be thrown forward.

He threw the ball forward with all his strength. Although the quality was not high, Yu Fei caught it.

The Wizards only had Sam Cassell back on defense, another NBA player who was at odds with Yu Fei.

Ever since Yu Fei started trash-talking Cassel about his appearance during the game, it was impossible for the two to develop any friendship.

Cassel decided to commit a tactical foul on Fei, but the implementation process was beyond imagination.

Yu Fei knocked Cassel's body away, and together with the opponent's hand that was about to grab him, the alien flew out from the basket like he was hit by a truck.Yu Fei, who only accelerated without decelerating, didn't even consider whether Cassel was injured. He took off in the paint, pulled the ball with his right hand, and completed a full-length tomahawk dunk.

"God, Frye Yu totally dominated this round!"

"Not only did Sam Cassell fail to stop Frye, he was called for a defensive foul!"

"There are additional penalties! Frye has additional penalties!"

The commentators from several major TV stations shouted out in unison. Just like Yu Fei, no one cared whether Cassel was injured.

Yu Fei's current performance is the kind of performance everyone expects.

He is here for revenge!

The better he plays, the more shameless the Wizards become.

From the moment that deal happened, what happened tonight was doomed.

Cassell did not expect that he was knocked away and did not cause an offensive foul. This is another proof of the NBA's star supremacy.

Yu Fei already has a star whistle regardless of home or away games.

Cassel stood up with gritted teeth, while Yu Fei laughed at the free throw line: "You are really ugly and make trouble."

Cassel was already annoyed enough by having to pay for the foul after failing to commit one. Unexpectedly, Yu Fei continued to talk trash about his appearance, which made him even more angry.Yu Fei could see the anger on his face, but he didn't care.

He's not going to let anyone in a Wizards jersey go, except Kwame Brown (and Jasidi White).

Yu Fei hit an extra penalty, 3-5.

The angry Cassell used his speed to break through Ray Allen, and outside the paint area, the alien completed the attack with a throw.

5 is better than 5
Yu Fei's sense of presence finally decreased a little.

The Bucks have had other players step up on both ends of the floor.

Jordan doesn't guard Yu Fei. As his opponent, Ray Allen has reason to be dissatisfied with this.

You are afraid of Yu Fei, aren't you afraid of me?What's the point?
Ray Allen allowed the crowd to pull apart, allowing him to single out Jordan on one side.

Jordan's skills and experience were ineffective because Ray Allen didn't care about martial arts and just took the shot.

5 is better than 7
Unlike Yu Fei, although Ray Allen had some offense to Goute before, Jordan did not take it seriously.But now, being regarded as a breakthrough, the Flying Emperor, who has not scored since the start of the game, urgently needs to score a goal to prove himself.

To do this, he must first fly over that level.

"You're not used to being beaten up by young people, are you?" Yu Fei laughed at Jordan when they met, "Now you have nothing left except your reputation."

Remember Jordan's classic response when he was questioned?
Now Jordan is not qualified to say that unless he breaks Yu Fei's defense.

Jordan, who vowed to prove himself, forced a breakthrough from Yu Fei's left hand. With his current starting speed, it was impossible for him to successfully break through.

Unless the referee is willing to grant him a legal exemption for hitting someone with the ball.

When Jordan pushed away Yu Fei's body with his elbow, the referee was indifferent.

You can't see it, can you?OK!

Yu Fei suppressed his anger and chased Jordan fiercely. When the opponent took off, he jumped out like a leopard that had been lying in wait for a long time, bumped into Jordan, connected the ball with his hands, and intercepted his attack directly outside the paint area.

Jordan lost his center of gravity and flew several meters away like an old man who fell from the steps.

Just when the referee's whistle sounded, Yu Fei waved his elbow like an evil tiger, "Did you really not see him elbowing me?!"

This is a flagrant foul and may be coupled with a technical foul.

If it is an ordinary player, after treating Jordan like this and contradicting the referee, he will get this kind of punishment.

However, Yu Fei only got a common foul.

Jordan's eyebrow was broken when he landed on the ground. Although it was only a small wound, blood overflowed and needed to be treated off the field.

The game is suspended.

Yu Fei, who provoked the referee, insulted Jordan, and made dangerous moves on the defensive end, deserved to be booed by the audience.

However, there were very few boos from MCI.

There were many Jordan supporters present, but the majority were silent. Most of these people had seen with their own eyes how Yu Fei led the team to the playoffs last year.

They were not surprised when they saw Yu Fei full of hatred for the Wizards.

Put yourself in their shoes, if you were to lead the team into the playoffs when the team's boss and second-in-command were reimbursed for the entire season, and then be traded because of a disagreement with the boss, wouldn't you want to destroy the Wizards? ?
Yu Fei should hate the Wizards, and his hatred of Jordan is completely reasonable.

What's really shocking is that the majority of Wizards fans think this way.

Wizard Dan's second season did not create more popularity for the team.

Although the season ticket market and sales of merchandise are still booming, during normal times, MCI often has thousands of empty seats.

Does this mean the Wizards are falsifying their ticket sales data?No, because the majority of those absent are season ticket holders.You know, those who buy season tickets for Jordan are not Wizards fans themselves. They buy season tickets just because they want to watch the game of the best player in history.

But what would they do if the best player in history didn't act like the dominant player they saw on Bulls game tapes in the 90s?Don’t watch it anymore.

Yes, they bought season tickets, but that doesn't mean they're going to watch the game.

If Jordan's appeal wanes, they don't have to come to the games.

For the middle class, it's a pastime, and if it turns out the time isn't worth wasting, they'll move Wizards games off their schedules.

This is direct proof that Jordan's appeal to fans has declined significantly.

If Jordan's failure in the All-Star voting was evidence of his plummeting popularity across the country, then the large swaths of empty seats at the Wizards' home court were proof that he was losing appeal at home as well.

Jordan is not on the court, Yu Fei still needs to find a target.

Jared Jeffries is a good fit.

Yu Fei lowered his center of gravity, crossed and dribbled, and suddenly stepped back laterally. Jeffries, who was unable to react and eager to complete the defense, instantly lost his center of gravity.

He slipped in front of the audience and had to look up at Yu Fei jumping up and shooting in front of him.

"Shh!"

"Tell Doug for me." Yu Fei said ruthlessly, "The most important thing for a waste like you to do is to go off the field and sit with that old waste until your butt is rotten."

Even if Yu Fei didn't say anything, Collins planned to replace Jeffries.

Because Yu Fei clearly dislikes Jeffries.

If the fight continues like this, Jeffries will be defeated.

One minute later, Jared Jeffries committed a three-point foul on Sprewell due to excessive help on the defensive end. He was replaced and replaced by someone who might slightly soften Yu Fei's murderous intent. —Jassidy White.

After last season, Jordan purged almost all of Yu Fei's associates.

Kwame Brown and Jasidi White were the only survivors.

After all, Brown was the No. [-] pick. No matter how much Jordan hated him, he had to keep him. Although White stayed, he also lost his starting spot.

As soon as Yu Fei saw White, he remembered the good times last year and said hello with a smile, "Hey, Jasidi, what did Doug ask you to do?"

Sprewell was shooting free throws, and White was joking with a serious face: "He said if I can reward you with three big blocks, you can return to the starting lineup."

Then, Sprewell made two free throws but missed the third.

However, White did not grab the defensive rebound that was close at hand. Instead, he let the rebound go to the outside.

Yu Fei rushed to the basket with flying strides, picked up the rebound, and facing the basket, he strode out and jumped with all his strength in front of him.

Jasidi White's take-off defensive timing was too poor, and he was easily suppressed by Yu Fei in the air. Then, there was a terrifying dunk that shocked everyone in the audience.

Yu Fei overwhelmed White in the air, and at the moment White fell down, the basketball crashed into the basket like thunder.

"BOOM!!!!!!!!!"

After Yu Fei landed, his legs fell just around White's body.

He had no intention of humiliating his former teammate, so he moved his legs away and extended his hand, "Garcetti, you will never be able to guard me."

"Damn it, Da Fei!" White, whose self-esteem was severely hurt by his little brother, slapped Yu Fei's hand away, jumped up and said, "Have you seen what Michael looks like now? Never say never!"

It’s incredible that such a philosophical statement was uttered by García Dee White.

However, Yu Fei must admit that White is right.

Ten years ago, Jordan was a superhero in the hearts of most basketball fans, but today, he is just an old waste in Yu Fei's eyes.

Not many things stand the test of time.

You can never say never, and for this reason, he should seize tonight as an auspicious day.

As Yu Fei flew back, he suddenly saw Jordan standing on the sidelines from nowhere.

There was a band-aid on his left eye, and it seemed that the wound had been treated.

He is coming back.

Look at his face, how proud and narcissistic it is!

Yu Fei suddenly put pressure on Cassel and flanked him on the outside with Sprewell.

After Cassel made a forced error, Sprewell grabbed the ball, Yu flew off the fast break, and the Madman's ball came later.

Yu Fei rushed to the frontcourt and completed a dunk within a few seconds. When returning to defense, he glanced at Jordan.

Garcetti, you are right, never say never.

But I will never forgive Michael Jordan!

(End of this chapter)