When pride still matters

Chapter 182 If you do it again, you will see blood
Chapter 182 If you do it again, you will see blood.
The Bucks, who had a 9-point advantage, naturally let Yu Fei rest at the beginning of the second quarter.

It's not so easy for the Spurs.

19 is better than 28
For a team that averages 90 points per game, falling behind by 9 points in the first quarter is a sign that they must be vigilant.

"Tim, don't always think about passing the ball to the most accurate one." Popovich said loudly, "You have to know that the situation changes quickly!"

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Duncan's big eyes, and Popovich could see a lot in them. The only thing he couldn't see was the opponent's aversion to being coached.

"Bruce was distraught," Duncan said. "Fry influenced him."

Popovich said coldly: "I will let him wake up!"

In the second quarter, the Spurs started with Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Stephen Jackson, Tim Duncan and David Robinson.

Replacing Ginobili with Bowen is the Spurs' regular starter.

On the other hand, for the Bucks, Yu Fei is not there, and Sprewell is in charge of the ball, paired with Michael Redd, Devin George, Tyrone Hill and Dan Gazulic.

Yu Fei, Mason and Ray Allen were all sitting off the court.

Parker stood on the outside and threw the ball to Duncan who stepped to the free throw line to support.

The moment Duncan took the ball, Robinson was already penetrating from the outside in.However, Gazulic stood in front of him and seemed to have no chance.But this can't help Duncan.

If the team needs it, Duncan can also send out entertaining passes.

For example, at this moment, the passing route is blocked, and Robinson is about to make an ineffective cut. This ineffective cut not only wastes time, but also blocks the space in the penalty area. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

As a result, Duncan found the angle from nowhere, hit the ball with one hand and threw it out at an extremely fast speed. The ball passed through Gazulic's body and came to Robinson's hands at a speed that Gazulic could not react.

The biggest disadvantage of forward defense is that once the opponent receives the ball, the defender cannot interfere with the offense.

Robinson dunked and scored.

21 is better than 28
Then, Devin George missed a three-pointer from the outside.

Parker's counterattack was blocked and passed to Ginobili.The Argentinian failed to score a three-pointer, but Duncan had already reached the frontcourt, rushed down the offensive rebound, and forced Gazulic's third foul.

After the ball was played, Gazulic's foul numbers became subtle, and Karl couldn't sit still.

There is no one at the fifth position, and the fourth position lacks vitality. This is an obvious problem for the Bucks.

Karl did not replace Yu Fei in advance, but replaced Gazulic with center Travis Knight, who usually has no chance to play.

Knight was born in the class of 1996. As a player who was favored by Jerry West, he went to the Lakers with Kobe Bryant. Although his development was not as good as expected, he was also a good white blue-collar insider. He played with the Knicks last season and played with Spurs. Revell was shoehorned into New York in the Big Dog Robinson trade.

In order to make this deal, the Bucks general manager sent away Karl's favorite player Earvin Johnson. Therefore, Karl has always disliked Knight.

However, this is also related to Knight suffering from injuries and losing most of his immediate combat ability.

He didn't fit Carl's needs.

But now, Duncan is about to go berserk. Even if he is used as a sandbag, Carl has to replace Knight with him for a few minutes.

"George, I can play." Yu Fei said.

Karl really wants Yu Fei to play, but the opportunity to rest is rare, and he will not use Yu Fei like the Spurs used Duncan.

"Wait a minute." Karl responded softly, as if he had no confidence, and murmured again, "Wait a minute."

Before Yu Fei traveled through time, he was in the period of data explosion in the small ball era.

Therefore, when he saw that the best power forward in history averaged "only" 19+10 in his career, he was naturally like other millennials who favored the present over the past.

But after traveling through time and actually fighting against Duncan, we now know why he was able to win the title in the power forward era.

Integrating offense and defense was just an adjective for Yu Fei.

What is offense and defense?He tried his best to imagine, but he could only think of Leonard in 19 and Antetokounmpo in 22. He had never seen James before 2014, nor Kobe in the 2000s, let alone earlier. A star.

Integration of offense and defense is an abstract term. In his understanding, this sentence is usually used to describe stars who are good at offense and defense. But are there really stars with the same offensive and defensive strength?
Duncan gave him the answer.

Such people exist.

Moreover, not only on offense and defense, but also on things like blocking and pick-and-rolls, Duncan gives people the same feeling.

It's top notch.

It may not be considered the best in the league if you single it out, but all the basic qualities are at the top level and integrated into one, which is the original appearance of the basic skills.

In the 4th minute of the second quarter, Duncan hit a goal that made Carl decide to replace Yu Fei.

Ginobili missed a three-pointer from the outside, Travis Knight was in a good position, and the rebound was headed towards them.

Knight should have grabbed the rebound.

What happened?In order to trap Duncan, Knight used too much force, and his body weight was completely on Duncan.Although he gained a position by doing so, he also lost the opportunity to take off and grab the board.

On the contrary, Duncan was stuck in the position, but his hands were relatively free. Knight, who could not do anything except being stuck in the position, ended up watching Duncan behind him take the rebound off his head.

What great core strength and positioning skills is this?
Yu Fei thought to himself, and then Duncan put the basket in front of Knight and scored.

Enough, George Karl has seen enough.

He turned to Fei and said, "Fry, it's time!"

Also substituted on the field with Yu Fei was Ray Allen.

"Rey-ray, give me more pick-and-rolls."

Ray Allen initially resisted giving Yu Fei a pick-and-roll because he couldn't see the significance of it.

His body could not give Yu Fei a comfortable pick-and-roll, but when Yu Fei used guard pick-and-rolls to open up gaps in the opponent's defense again and again and sent him passes, he discovered that high-quality pick-and-rolls were Yu Fei's. An inadequate and unnecessary condition in the pick-and-roll offensive system.As long as he can achieve the basic effect of the pick-and-roll - slightly delaying the defender - Yu Fei can make a difference.

This subversive concept impacted the entire Bucks team.

Everyone quickly completed the transition from questioning to understanding.

In the first round when Yu Fei played, the Spurs asked Stephen Jackson to face him, and Ray Allen's pick-and-roll brought Bruce Bowen in front of Yu Fei.

However, the pick-and-roll defensive takeover method is not the man-to-man that Bowen is good at. It is sudden.

Yu Fei grasped the pick-and-roll and rushed in with his mouth. He hit Bowen's body with his right hand for a layup and hit the rebound.

In an instant, Dick Bavetta blew the whistle.

"Bruce Bowen defensive foul! This is his third personal foul!"

"Enough! If it's this size, we can't defend at all!" Popovich complained loudly.

If he said that, Yu Fei would have a problem.

"Can't you defend? Does that mean the referee can't call you fouls?" Yu Fei nodded and laughed, "This is why you averaged 10 more free throws per game than the Lakers in the semifinals. It turns out that this is how the defending champion lost."

The actual situation is not as exaggerated as Yu Fei said, but it is not much different.

The main controversy in the semifinals between the Spurs and the Lakers was that Kobe averaged 27 points on nearly 33 shots per game. However, the advantage the Spurs got on the whistle was real. After one series, they made 50 more free throws than the Lakers. Although there were no Yu Fei's average of 10 more per game is an exaggeration, but it's not far off.

Popovich's face was livid. Generally speaking, those who mock the opponent's head coach in public are going to start a group fight, but the Spurs are not a team that likes to fight.

Popovich originally wanted to replace Bowen, but now the court cannot be separated from the opponent's defense, so he said ferociously: "Bruce, pay attention to your foul count and tell that second-year bastard to shut up!"

Bowen's face was impassive, but anyone who knew him well knew that once he ran out of things to do with someone, some unflattering moves would become his next plan.

On the Bucks side, George Karl had no reason to let Yu Fei fight alone. He knew that the Spurs were not clean, so before the free throw, he replaced Tyrone Hill and Dan Gazu with Anthony Mason and Christian Laettner. Rich.

"Keep an eye on Bruce Bowen!" Carl said coldly, "If something goes wrong with Fry, it will be your fault!"

"How long-winded, how can I watch him get fucked?" Mason knew exactly what he should do.

After all, his heyday was the era when NBA thugs were prevalent.

It was the norm at that time to hit someone if you couldn't beat them.

As a time traveler, Yu Fei naturally heard about Bowen's "deeds".

In terms of black hands and black feet, he is not as good as Bowen, but no matter what he does, there is no reason to only defend and not attack. If you are really unable to defend, just ignore him.

Bowen came to counter, and Yu Fei called a pick-and-roll.

Laettner, who was famous throughout the country for being dirty during his college days, began to show off his true skills and deliberately tripped Bowen during the pick-and-roll.

The referee called him a screen foul.

But Leitner just gave Bowen an unclear look, as if to warn him.

Yu Fei didn't care. After throwing the ball to the referee, he and Leitner returned to defense together, and joked: "It's not like you to not kick him in the stomach."

Laettner was notorious for his misdeeds in college, and the best example of his demonic nature was that he would deliberately step on opponents who fell to the ground during games.

"If you need me," Lightner said politely.

"No need, we are all civilized people, let the old guy do this kind of thing, you are more valuable than him." Yu Fei said, "I need your outside shooting."

Yu Fei is very satisfied with Karl's rotation. The presence of Mason and Laettner makes people feel safe. It would be better if Devin George is replaced by Sprewell.

What could be more reassuring than being protected by a scumbag villain who is the strongest muscleman in the league, who is ready to trample his opponents for his own sake, and who will strangle his opponents' necks when cornered?

Coming to the position battle, David Robinson completed the offense with a mid-range shot.

The Spurs have closed the point difference to 2 points.

Then, Yu Fei left no gap. As soon as the Spurs' attack ended, he took the ball and went straight from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

For Duncan, who has not had any rest from the start until now, such a torment is undoubtedly terrifying.

Bowen gritted his teeth and caught up, and finally faced off against Yu Fei. Devin George's pick-and-roll fell beside them.

Everyone in the audience thought that Yu Fei was going to break through Bowen through the pick-and-roll again.

However, Yu Fei actually took a step toward the pick-and-roll, allowing Bowen to hit George. However, he lowered his center of gravity, switched hands, crossed to the other side, moved sideways, and stepped back to directly open a half-length gap, and directly took a step inside the three-point line. The length is two points.

"Shh!"

Bowen wanted to stretch his foot forward when he lost his position, causing Yu Fei to have an accident when he fell.

But he was shaken too far and had no time at all. His reflexive step-footing action looked extremely ugly, and his hurtful intentions were obvious.

"You like being so defensive?"

As soon as Yu Fei finished speaking, Mason who rushed over directly stood in front of him and insulted Bowen.

It was Nico who opened his mouth, blasting out obscene words with F's and B's like a rep single. The scene fell into chaos, with both sides forming a group. The stadium was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Not surprisingly, Spurs fans in the SBC Center booed. There was a loud noise, and finally the referee came in to calm the incident.

Dick Bavetta didn't call anyone a foul, he just separated people and issued a warning.

It's best if no one is hurt, but the seeds of hatred have been planted.

Everyone knows Bowen's thoughts, but the Bucks are not bullied lambs. Yu Fei himself is a thorn in the side, and he is surrounded by a bunch of villains who can take action for him at any time.

Later, Karl replaced Devin George, who had a weak personality, and brought back Sprewell. He had only one request:
"If Bruce Bowen dares to put his stinky feet where they shouldn't go, I'm going to see bloody blood here!"

(End of this chapter)