When pride still matters
Chapter 177
Chapter 177
109 is better than 98
The Bucks won Game [-] of the Finals.
Just looking at the data, Duncan's data is the most eye-catching.
Duncan scored 24 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks. He can be said to be the best in the game, but the Spurs lost by 11 points.Moreover, the loss was basically due to Duncan's inability to go all out on the offensive end.
Gregg Popovich told reporters: "If you think this is the norm for TDs, then you'd better fold your hands and pray to God devoutly. See if God will let TDs keep appearing tonight."
Duncan's biggest problem today is free throws.
As soon as the Bucks saw that his free throw shooting rate was not high, they continued to foul him starting from the second quarter. In the end, Duncan made 19 of 9 free throws in the game, which can be said to be very ugly.
George Karl didn't care about Popovich's "Believe in Duncan" remarks. He joked to reporters: "The Lakers obviously didn't enter the Finals, why is there Shaquille O'Neal on the court?"
Even Ray Allen has developed a sense of humor.
"There's obviously no Shaq on the court," Ray Allen said, "otherwise Frye's numbers would be multiplied by two."
Although Yu Fei did not achieve Duncan-level statistics in his first appearance in the finals, his 28 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists were still considered a comprehensive performance.
Yu Fei was mainly dissatisfied with his offense in the second half.
He scored 17 points in the first half. In the second half, his shooting percentage dropped significantly under the Spurs' strict defense, and he only scored 11 points. Although the Bucks won, he thought he only played 70% of his level.
Therefore, he chose to stay at the Bradley Center for additional training.
"You are probably the only player in the world who still feels that he is not good enough when he leads the team to win with 28+7+9."
Anthony Lawson looked at Yu Fei helplessly.
"Too many words, pass the ball."
The focus of Yu Fei's extra training is on the mid-range and long-range shots on the left and right sides.
Lawson was responsible for passing the ball while chatting: "Did you watch the Spurs' post-game interview?"
"How can I have that time?"
"You can take the time to take a look, maybe it can increase your fighting spirit."
"Can't you just tell me no?"
"Okay," Lawson said, "Stephen Jackson said that their defense on you worked in the second half. This is what you will face later, and they are confident in guarding you. This guy really dares to say that!"
In any case, from Yu Fei's point of view, Jackson's first sentence was the truth.
The tricky thing about the Spurs' defense is that they have a pair of internal and external locks in Duncan and Bowen.
Bowen himself is one of the best single defenders in the league. His defense, combined with Duncan's rim protection, can indeed suppress the offense of most outside stars.
Especially in the first year when the offense can be attacked within the three-point line and a zone defense is allowed, it can be called the darkest defensive era since the 70s.
The difficulty for Yu Fei tonight was that after breaking through Bowen's defense, he had no feel for the pull-up jump shot. He also had a poor feel for the throw after breaking into the basket, making it difficult to challenge Duncan.
Yu Fei believes that the poor throwing feeling is only temporary. The first thing he needs to find is the mid-to-long distance jump shooting feeling.
"I still like to hear them say that TD is more worthy of MVP than me." Yu Fei said.
"They actually said it."
"Steve Kerr said some," Lawson laughed.
Yu Fei suddenly realized that it was "Qu Cai" who asked Lawson to be his trainer, and he should be the sounding board.
This guy gave him gossip and he knew everything the Spurs said after the game.
If it were someone else, Yu Fei would probably not take it seriously. As for Cole, the opinion of this future top 20 coach who helped Curry start the small ball era is still worth listening to. "What did he say?"
"It's all cliché."
"Tell me."
"I understand that the league promotes young people to such a high level for marketing reasons, but I hope people understand that that is a person who can't coexist with MJ. If he can't coexist with the best player in history, he can't be the best. , even the best in the regular season." Lawson paid great attention to Yu Fei's face, "I'm just relaying it, don't look at me like that."
"I am not angry."
After that, Yu Fei's shot was hit hard, and it was obvious that he used too much force, and the basketball bounced quickly into the backcourt.
Lawson swallowed: "Are you really not angry?"
"Do you think I'm angry?" Yu Fei said with a smile, "I just shot a little harder."
Based on Lawson's understanding of Fei, the possibility of him not being angry is 0.
It would be fine if Cole simply supported his teammates and gave him a thumbs up like Jordan's bastard.
It's okay to belittle him, but don't use Jordan as an example. This is the most unacceptable thing for Yu Fei.
Yu Fei's additional training lasted 90 minutes.
"Get up early tomorrow."
This was the scariest news Lawson had ever heard.
Yu Fei, who played 37 minutes tonight, practiced for an additional 90 minutes after the game. It was already midnight when he got home, and he has to get up early tomorrow?
Yu Fei is not a naturally energetic person like Jordan.
Legend has it that Jordan could play cards all night, then attend business activities the next morning, catch up on his sleep at noon, and then score 50 points in a game at night.
This is something that most people, including Yu Fei, cannot do.
Likewise, getting up early after such a night is difficult, but Yu Fei can do it, anger and the desire to prove oneself can drive a person to extremes.
At 06:30 the next day, Yu Fei woke up.
He first ate the breakfast prepared by the nanny, rested for a while and then started training in the morning.
In the afternoon, Yu Fei showed up at the St. Francis Center on time. He first went to Devin George to make an appointment for a one-on-one match, and then conducted shooting training alone.
Everyone was wondering, why did Yu Fei act as if they lost last night?
Christian Laettner knew the reason: "Probably because of what Steve Kerr said." As expected of someone who has been punched too much, he was half right after all.
In the subsequent tactics class, George Karl clearly noticed that Yu Fei and the others were not on the same channel.
Yu Fei looked even more nervous.
If there is a game tonight, Karl will be very happy that Yu Fei entered the game state early.
But with Game [-] still a day away, getting nervous now would be harmful rather than helpful.
After the tactics class ended, Karl called Yu Fei to his side, "Fry, what's on your mind?"
"No." Yu Fei replied.
"You look very serious," Karl said. "I'm not saying this is a bad state, but obviously, we won last night and you should be more relaxed."
Yu Fei was in a state of mind that was anxious to prove himself. He didn't know whether Karl was worth talking to, but looking at Milwaukee, besides the middle-aged man with a touching hairline in front of him, did he have a better choice?
"In the second half last night, I didn't play well enough." Yu Fei said, "I want to play the second game in the best condition."
Karl understood, this kind of thing is really easy to understand.
In Karl's view, Yu Fei's poor offensive performance in the second half yesterday was actually a normal fluctuation in the game.
He had it in the regular season, and now they have reached the finals, and their opponent is the Spurs. This defensive style is simply not like the fierce teams in the Western Conference. They can artificially cause fluctuations in the opponent's state.
Yu Fei is not used to it, or in other words, he has a sense of crisis.
But it's still not a good idea to be so nervous.
"Are you doubting yourself?"
Karl asked with a smile.
"No, no."
"Then what are you worried about?"
What made Yu Fei helpless was that he didn't know what he was worried about.
"Listen, young man, having ups and downs in a game happens to everyone, it happens to everyone in this sport, it's nothing special. You can't be in the Finals because of that. Just overreacting.”
Phil Jackson would do well to watch his nemesis calm down his favorite player like a Zen master.
Oh no, Jackson can't see it because he has too many old enemies, Riley, Popovich, Sloan. They are enough to block the view.
However, Yu Fei listened to Karl's words, but still couldn't relax.
Carl sighed, "Have you heard of Jack McMahon?"
Yu Fei shook his head.
Karl thought it was right, it would be strange if Yu Fei knew him.This man died as early as the late 80s.
"He is my senior and he was also an NBA coach. Once, his team suffered a losing streak. Everyone was nervous and uneasy, and they didn't know what the problem was. You know how Jack dealt with this. Is it something?"
Yu Fei looked at Karl breathlessly, of course he didn't know.
This was George Karl's favorite NBA story, and whenever his players were glum, he would use the power of the story to impress them.
"Jack prepared a lot of bitches and plenty of drinks for his players in the hotel, and then said to them, 'Carpe diem, guys.'"
"Guess what happened next? Hehe, they started a winning streak!"
Yu Fei stared at Karl suspiciously, "You don't want me to..."
"No, I mean, you can find something to do to relax."
I wonder if there is anything more relaxing than sex?
"Is there anything else?" Yu Fei asked.
"No more." Karl said, "You can leave. Today's training ends here."
Yu Fei went to the locker room to take a shower, changed his clothes, and went outside with Lawson.
"Are you done so early today?" Lawson asked unexpectedly.
Yu Fei said: "George said I need to relax."
"Indeed, you think too much." Lawson suddenly had evil thoughts, "Why don't we go?"
Yu Fei interrupted him, he would never do anything inappropriate during the finals.
As they walked out of St. Francis Center, Yu Fei thought of ways to entertain himself.
Then, with Lawson driving, it took them nearly 40 minutes to get off the car in front of a Japanese restaurant in the small town of Arlington, dozens of kilometers away.
"Two pork chops with rice, thank you."
Lawson said fondly: "How long has it been since you had this?"
"You forgot, we had it when we were in Korea last year." Yu Fei shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the taste is not good."
Lawson said, "But Korean women have great taste."
Yu Fei couldn't deny it.
After the pork chop rice arrived, there was nothing unusual about the rice itself. What was strange was the waiter, who turned out to be an Asian woman. She looked like the girl next door, like a middle version of Momoka Nishina and Rie Tachikawa. What was even more rare was her figure. Unlike the Asians with fine ribs who were blacklisted by Yu Fei at a glance, even though he was tightly wrapped in work clothes, he could still tell that he was very talented.
"Da Fei, how much tip should we give?" Lawson saw Yu Fei's reaction. Obviously, the waiter just now deserves 100% of the tip.
At this moment, Yu Fei understood the meaning of George Carl's story.
Carpe diem, man.
(End of this chapter)
109 is better than 98
The Bucks won Game [-] of the Finals.
Just looking at the data, Duncan's data is the most eye-catching.
Duncan scored 24 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks. He can be said to be the best in the game, but the Spurs lost by 11 points.Moreover, the loss was basically due to Duncan's inability to go all out on the offensive end.
Gregg Popovich told reporters: "If you think this is the norm for TDs, then you'd better fold your hands and pray to God devoutly. See if God will let TDs keep appearing tonight."
Duncan's biggest problem today is free throws.
As soon as the Bucks saw that his free throw shooting rate was not high, they continued to foul him starting from the second quarter. In the end, Duncan made 19 of 9 free throws in the game, which can be said to be very ugly.
George Karl didn't care about Popovich's "Believe in Duncan" remarks. He joked to reporters: "The Lakers obviously didn't enter the Finals, why is there Shaquille O'Neal on the court?"
Even Ray Allen has developed a sense of humor.
"There's obviously no Shaq on the court," Ray Allen said, "otherwise Frye's numbers would be multiplied by two."
Although Yu Fei did not achieve Duncan-level statistics in his first appearance in the finals, his 28 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists were still considered a comprehensive performance.
Yu Fei was mainly dissatisfied with his offense in the second half.
He scored 17 points in the first half. In the second half, his shooting percentage dropped significantly under the Spurs' strict defense, and he only scored 11 points. Although the Bucks won, he thought he only played 70% of his level.
Therefore, he chose to stay at the Bradley Center for additional training.
"You are probably the only player in the world who still feels that he is not good enough when he leads the team to win with 28+7+9."
Anthony Lawson looked at Yu Fei helplessly.
"Too many words, pass the ball."
The focus of Yu Fei's extra training is on the mid-range and long-range shots on the left and right sides.
Lawson was responsible for passing the ball while chatting: "Did you watch the Spurs' post-game interview?"
"How can I have that time?"
"You can take the time to take a look, maybe it can increase your fighting spirit."
"Can't you just tell me no?"
"Okay," Lawson said, "Stephen Jackson said that their defense on you worked in the second half. This is what you will face later, and they are confident in guarding you. This guy really dares to say that!"
In any case, from Yu Fei's point of view, Jackson's first sentence was the truth.
The tricky thing about the Spurs' defense is that they have a pair of internal and external locks in Duncan and Bowen.
Bowen himself is one of the best single defenders in the league. His defense, combined with Duncan's rim protection, can indeed suppress the offense of most outside stars.
Especially in the first year when the offense can be attacked within the three-point line and a zone defense is allowed, it can be called the darkest defensive era since the 70s.
The difficulty for Yu Fei tonight was that after breaking through Bowen's defense, he had no feel for the pull-up jump shot. He also had a poor feel for the throw after breaking into the basket, making it difficult to challenge Duncan.
Yu Fei believes that the poor throwing feeling is only temporary. The first thing he needs to find is the mid-to-long distance jump shooting feeling.
"I still like to hear them say that TD is more worthy of MVP than me." Yu Fei said.
"They actually said it."
"Steve Kerr said some," Lawson laughed.
Yu Fei suddenly realized that it was "Qu Cai" who asked Lawson to be his trainer, and he should be the sounding board.
This guy gave him gossip and he knew everything the Spurs said after the game.
If it were someone else, Yu Fei would probably not take it seriously. As for Cole, the opinion of this future top 20 coach who helped Curry start the small ball era is still worth listening to. "What did he say?"
"It's all cliché."
"Tell me."
"I understand that the league promotes young people to such a high level for marketing reasons, but I hope people understand that that is a person who can't coexist with MJ. If he can't coexist with the best player in history, he can't be the best. , even the best in the regular season." Lawson paid great attention to Yu Fei's face, "I'm just relaying it, don't look at me like that."
"I am not angry."
After that, Yu Fei's shot was hit hard, and it was obvious that he used too much force, and the basketball bounced quickly into the backcourt.
Lawson swallowed: "Are you really not angry?"
"Do you think I'm angry?" Yu Fei said with a smile, "I just shot a little harder."
Based on Lawson's understanding of Fei, the possibility of him not being angry is 0.
It would be fine if Cole simply supported his teammates and gave him a thumbs up like Jordan's bastard.
It's okay to belittle him, but don't use Jordan as an example. This is the most unacceptable thing for Yu Fei.
Yu Fei's additional training lasted 90 minutes.
"Get up early tomorrow."
This was the scariest news Lawson had ever heard.
Yu Fei, who played 37 minutes tonight, practiced for an additional 90 minutes after the game. It was already midnight when he got home, and he has to get up early tomorrow?
Yu Fei is not a naturally energetic person like Jordan.
Legend has it that Jordan could play cards all night, then attend business activities the next morning, catch up on his sleep at noon, and then score 50 points in a game at night.
This is something that most people, including Yu Fei, cannot do.
Likewise, getting up early after such a night is difficult, but Yu Fei can do it, anger and the desire to prove oneself can drive a person to extremes.
At 06:30 the next day, Yu Fei woke up.
He first ate the breakfast prepared by the nanny, rested for a while and then started training in the morning.
In the afternoon, Yu Fei showed up at the St. Francis Center on time. He first went to Devin George to make an appointment for a one-on-one match, and then conducted shooting training alone.
Everyone was wondering, why did Yu Fei act as if they lost last night?
Christian Laettner knew the reason: "Probably because of what Steve Kerr said." As expected of someone who has been punched too much, he was half right after all.
In the subsequent tactics class, George Karl clearly noticed that Yu Fei and the others were not on the same channel.
Yu Fei looked even more nervous.
If there is a game tonight, Karl will be very happy that Yu Fei entered the game state early.
But with Game [-] still a day away, getting nervous now would be harmful rather than helpful.
After the tactics class ended, Karl called Yu Fei to his side, "Fry, what's on your mind?"
"No." Yu Fei replied.
"You look very serious," Karl said. "I'm not saying this is a bad state, but obviously, we won last night and you should be more relaxed."
Yu Fei was in a state of mind that was anxious to prove himself. He didn't know whether Karl was worth talking to, but looking at Milwaukee, besides the middle-aged man with a touching hairline in front of him, did he have a better choice?
"In the second half last night, I didn't play well enough." Yu Fei said, "I want to play the second game in the best condition."
Karl understood, this kind of thing is really easy to understand.
In Karl's view, Yu Fei's poor offensive performance in the second half yesterday was actually a normal fluctuation in the game.
He had it in the regular season, and now they have reached the finals, and their opponent is the Spurs. This defensive style is simply not like the fierce teams in the Western Conference. They can artificially cause fluctuations in the opponent's state.
Yu Fei is not used to it, or in other words, he has a sense of crisis.
But it's still not a good idea to be so nervous.
"Are you doubting yourself?"
Karl asked with a smile.
"No, no."
"Then what are you worried about?"
What made Yu Fei helpless was that he didn't know what he was worried about.
"Listen, young man, having ups and downs in a game happens to everyone, it happens to everyone in this sport, it's nothing special. You can't be in the Finals because of that. Just overreacting.”
Phil Jackson would do well to watch his nemesis calm down his favorite player like a Zen master.
Oh no, Jackson can't see it because he has too many old enemies, Riley, Popovich, Sloan. They are enough to block the view.
However, Yu Fei listened to Karl's words, but still couldn't relax.
Carl sighed, "Have you heard of Jack McMahon?"
Yu Fei shook his head.
Karl thought it was right, it would be strange if Yu Fei knew him.This man died as early as the late 80s.
"He is my senior and he was also an NBA coach. Once, his team suffered a losing streak. Everyone was nervous and uneasy, and they didn't know what the problem was. You know how Jack dealt with this. Is it something?"
Yu Fei looked at Karl breathlessly, of course he didn't know.
This was George Karl's favorite NBA story, and whenever his players were glum, he would use the power of the story to impress them.
"Jack prepared a lot of bitches and plenty of drinks for his players in the hotel, and then said to them, 'Carpe diem, guys.'"
"Guess what happened next? Hehe, they started a winning streak!"
Yu Fei stared at Karl suspiciously, "You don't want me to..."
"No, I mean, you can find something to do to relax."
I wonder if there is anything more relaxing than sex?
"Is there anything else?" Yu Fei asked.
"No more." Karl said, "You can leave. Today's training ends here."
Yu Fei went to the locker room to take a shower, changed his clothes, and went outside with Lawson.
"Are you done so early today?" Lawson asked unexpectedly.
Yu Fei said: "George said I need to relax."
"Indeed, you think too much." Lawson suddenly had evil thoughts, "Why don't we go?"
Yu Fei interrupted him, he would never do anything inappropriate during the finals.
As they walked out of St. Francis Center, Yu Fei thought of ways to entertain himself.
Then, with Lawson driving, it took them nearly 40 minutes to get off the car in front of a Japanese restaurant in the small town of Arlington, dozens of kilometers away.
"Two pork chops with rice, thank you."
Lawson said fondly: "How long has it been since you had this?"
"You forgot, we had it when we were in Korea last year." Yu Fei shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the taste is not good."
Lawson said, "But Korean women have great taste."
Yu Fei couldn't deny it.
After the pork chop rice arrived, there was nothing unusual about the rice itself. What was strange was the waiter, who turned out to be an Asian woman. She looked like the girl next door, like a middle version of Momoka Nishina and Rie Tachikawa. What was even more rare was her figure. Unlike the Asians with fine ribs who were blacklisted by Yu Fei at a glance, even though he was tightly wrapped in work clothes, he could still tell that he was very talented.
"Da Fei, how much tip should we give?" Lawson saw Yu Fei's reaction. Obviously, the waiter just now deserves 100% of the tip.
At this moment, Yu Fei understood the meaning of George Carl's story.
Carpe diem, man.
(End of this chapter)
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