When pride still matters

Chapter 206 When the shark becomes more animalistic

At the beginning of the second quarter, Karl let Yu Fei, who had played the entire first quarter, take a rest, and sent out a lineup that made it difficult not to think deeply about the transition period.

Sprewell, Ray Allen, Reid, Horry, Pachulia.

There is no point guard and no small forward.

The point guard will take turns among three players capable of averaging 20 points per game.

Soon, Reed was stripped of his point guard status.

Because his movement control skills are not enough to assume the responsibilities of a point guard, however, Reid showed another side of himself during this period.

That is the face he will not show when Yu Fei is present.

Reed is shown to be more selfish and egotistical than expected.

Especially when the positional battle begins, he is like a ball-gobbling machine that stops every time the ball reaches his hands.

Reid has only one way to handle the ball, which is to try his best to create shooting opportunities for himself. To this end, he does not hesitate to break the tactical process and let Pachulia pick and roll for him.

Soon, Carl couldn't stand him anymore.

When Reid made 3 of 4 shots in 1 minutes, Karl called a timeout and replaced Reid with Devin George, and then gave the latter a fierce reprimand: "Listen to me, I don't need you to do anything extra." That’s the thing! Pass the ball out and stabilize your three-point shooting percentage at 40%. If you can’t do it, then just stay off the fucking court!”

Reed knows that every time he takes the top position, there will be difficulties and obstacles, and tonight was just bad luck.

He won't be bothered by Carr's accusations like Ray Allen was.

He knows that he is of great value to the team, so he will never be relegated to the sidelines just because he didn't play well in one game.

Just do it well next time.

This is the difference between draft picks who are desperate to climb up and pretentious lottery picks like Ray Allen.

Guys like Reid will seize every opportunity to prove themselves.

"You only get a salary of 300 million US dollars every year, why are you working so hard?" Yu Fei asked casually, silently observing the situation.

Reid joked: "If I work hard, maybe I have a chance to get $3000 million a year like MJ."

"For the example you gave, I have to side with Rey-ray."

"Fry, I was kidding."

Yu Fei still cherishes Reed. It is difficult to find a shooter like this who has the top ten output in the league and shoots 44% three-point shooting rate in a single season.If he can really maintain a 20% three-point shooting percentage while averaging 44 points per game, that will be the level of Ray Allen.

Although Ray Allen may be more comprehensive, when it comes to choosing between the two, Yu Fei will definitely lean towards Reed.

Therefore, if Reid wants to compete with Ray Allen, Yu Fei will not easily side with him unless Reid affects the team, or there are enough game samples to prove that it is indeed impossible for him to average 20 points per game like Ray Allen. He can also maintain a 40% three-point shooting rate.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Lakers, led by Malone, chased the point difference to 3 points.

Subsequently, the Bucks replaced Sprewell, Ray Allen and Horry with Fly, (Devin) George and Mason.

As for the Lakers, they also replaced all the main players.

Gary Payton has calmed down. Compared to the first quarter, he was much quieter. His powerful mouth seemed unworthy of his reputation at this moment.

However, the all-main force Lakers are still the same.

Payton gave the ball to Malone, who habitually passed it to Kobe.

When Malone jammed Mason's body, he thought Kobe would pass the ball back to him.However, the return pass did not happen. Instead, Kobe dribbled along the corner and suddenly picked up the ball and jumped, one step inside the three-point line and made a corner turn-around jumper.

"boom!"

The rebound bounced into Yu Fei's hand.

Yu Fei was stunned for half a second, then dribbled forward happily.

As expected of an idol, he can strike with different tricks every time.

The thought of being able to see his idol playing like this for 12 years made the four-day-old Kermit overjoyed. He decided to vent his anger on his idol, waved his hand and said, "Zaza, bring that fat pig out for me!"

Yu Fei didn't talk about martial arts, so he called O'Neal's name when he came up. The Lakers were also negligent for a moment. They didn't expect that if they didn't pay attention to Fei in one round, he would kill the shark.

Do you hate it so much?

Since the Lakers were not prepared in advance, O'Neal chose to retreat, so after a pick-and-roll, Yu Fei got open and he shot a jumper directly from the free throw line.

"Shh!"

"You can't bring it out, boss," Pachulia said after discovering that O'Neal didn't guard the pick-and-roll at all.

"It doesn't matter. I already knew that Puxi, who has no talent, doesn't dare to come out."

Yu Fei said to Pachulia: "Keep working hard."

Pachulia could see that Yu Fei hated O'Neal. Although he was a rookie, he had learned some skills since he was a child.

He decided to give Yu Fei a surprise.

In the next round, the furious O'Neal wanted to retaliate, and the Bucks went crazy and actually expanded their defense, allowing Pachulia to face him with confidence.

In fact, this was Pachulia's request.Mason was about to shrink, but was pushed away by Pachulia's gesture.

This changed Mason's view of Pachulia.It turned out that he didn't like the Georgians at all, so he focused all his attention on Haslem.He thinks Haslem has a 10% chance of inheriting his legacy.Unexpectedly, Georgians are soft on the outside but tough on the inside, and Mason is convinced.

Pachulia completely fouled O'Neal.

O'Neal hit the ball and pushed him away with a jumping step, then turned around and smashed the basket to vent his anger.

However, the accident happened when O'Neal landed. Pachulia had no time to take his foot back. One accident or two did not pay attention, and actually stepped on O'Neal's foot.

O'Neill screamed in pain and fell down.

When Yu Fei originally suggested that the team select Pachulia, he did have some evil intentions - if this guy was anxious, he might hurt the opponent - he didn't expect that his dream would come true so quickly. Reality, and it’s O’Neal, a bastard who’s worse than a pig or a dog, who’s on the bench. That’s good. If he “accidentally” cushions Duncan, someone will inevitably blame themselves.

However, O'Neal seemed to be fine. After feeling the pain, he stood up with thunderous fury to settle the score with Pachulia.

But it was too late. Pachulia hid behind the crowd when he saw that the situation was not going well, and Mason and other pacifists stepped forward to break up the fight.

"Don't be angry, that's just a rookie. He doesn't know how to defend at all."

"!￥#!￥"

Mason, the referee and O'Neal's teammates tried hard to persuade him, but they finally stopped him.

Then Mason came over and scolded Pachulia, "You're a rookie, you really don't learn well. Don't tell me that I took care of you if you are traded in the future! It's not just your face that you've lost, Dafei's face has also been lost!" "

"Indeed, stepping on the ground is not good." Yu Fei nodded and said, "Next time I will find some Bruce Bowen game videos for you to watch, so you can learn from them."

Mason was stunned.

Conflicts can be talked out of, but as long as the game continues, the tinder that has arisen will ignite a fire.

Yu Fei did not show his appreciation for Pachulia, after all, what the other party did was not elegant.

But there is always someone to do the dirty work.

Pachulia found the password to superiority.

He discovered that the team boss had a grudge against O'Neal. The more he provoked O'Neal, the more the boss appreciated him.

Although O'Neal is great, he is not his teammate, and the Lakers are still the Bucks' number one competitor on the road to defending the title. Since there is so much objective background, he feels that he can do more with O'Neal.

Yu Fei called O'Neal in the pick-and-roll, and the Lakers asked Malone to come to the rescue.

Moreover, they don't want Yu Fei to have the opportunity to attack in a misplaced position, so for Fei's pick-and-roll offense, their choice is often to double-team without thinking.

This approach has brought them some breathing space.

Because neither Pachulia nor Mason have three-point threats.

Therefore, even if they let go of these two men in exchange for the opportunity to double-team Yu Fei, it will be difficult for them to use their own opportunities to score steadily.

If Yu Fei insists on naming O'Neal, there is really nothing he can do against the Lakers' double-teaming without a three-point threat inside.But there's more than one way to hit O'Neal.Yu Fei entered the second stage of roll call-pick-and-roll tactics at the second position.

The pick-and-roll tactics of Yu Fei and Ray Allen are the Bucks' weapons in attacking tough situations.

The Lakers tried to let Ray Allen go, but after being sanctioned by a three-pointer, they chose to switch defense, so Yu Fei faced off against Kobe.

Kobe is one of the Lakers' perimeter gatekeepers, and it is the best result for them to have him switch defense against Wei Fei.

Yu Fei immediately took off and shot a jump shot in front of Kobe.

This completely ignores Kobe's defense.

Kobe tried his best to interfere, but Yu Fei won with one high word.

"Shh!"

After special training by Tim Grover, Yu Fei’s most intuitive feeling about his own changes is the lightness of his body.

In the past, Yu Fei used to do the same movements with all his strength, but now, he can have some spare energy.

In Grover's words, for the same movement, he could mobilize much more power than before.

Kobe was naturally not reconciled to being pulled out in front of his face.

Ten seconds later, the Lakers' offense ended with Kobe's single.

What is encouraging is that although Kobe's single was unreasonable, he scored.

Yu Fei and Kobe began to fight against each other. Although it only lasted less than 2 minutes, this period of time was too difficult for the Lakers.

Not only wasting energy by running back and forth in vain, but he also had to deal with Pachulia's annoying little moves.

O'Neal's patience has reached its limit.

As Yu Fei passed the ball to Devin George and hit a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll, he unilaterally announced the end of the single.

Kobe said with practical actions: You are finished, I have just begun.

When Kobe once again ignored tactics and shot singles, and then hit the iron, O'Neal focused all his anger on this ball.

He jumped up, grabbed the offensive rebound, and then went for a explosive dunk.

Just as he was gathering strength to take off, Pachulia hit O'Neal's hand without any restraint, regardless of other people's feelings.

"Snapped!!!!!"

Yu Fei thought to himself, it must be very painful.

This sound is so clear, Pachulia is such a strong man!
The referee blew the whistle and O'Neal dropped the ball.

The big shark went berserk in an instant, his sanity evaporated at this moment, and he threw a righteous punch at Pachulia.But in American dramas, justice does not always defeat evil.

As the incarnation of evil, Pachulia was forewarned of the consequences of taking action. He reflexively ducked back to avoid the opponent's full blow.

However, how could O'Neal, who had been inspired by his bestiality, be willing to let him escape?
Mason wanted to score twice and be the peacemaker again.

Yu Fei also came over. He saw that O'Neill's bestiality was coming out, and Mason might not be able to resist it.

As a result, his arrival had no cooling effect on the situation at all. O'Neill, who was already red-eyed, suddenly felt that Yu Fei was more hateful than Pachulia, a rat.This person was rude to me before he even entered the league. He humiliated himself last season just after he returned from injury. Now he still dares to break up the fight?
The one who deserves the most fuck is this Chinese guy!

Therefore, the NBA No. 1 since the new century took the initiative to shake his fist at last season's MVP.

Yu Fei subconsciously raised his hand to block and just escaped the heavy blow, but the vibration, numbness and burning pain on his wrist made him realize how much strength O'Neill had exerted.

Almost instantly, Yu Fei, who was already extremely disgusted with O'Neal, raised his other hand and threw an uppercut at O'Neal's fat face.

slap!
He hit it!
Bradley Center instantly turned into a riot scene.

Yu Fei and O'Neal had a big fight. This boxing will be remembered and passed down as the mark of hatred between the two. In the end, rational people were in the majority, the two sides were quickly separated, and the referee issued a verdict of expulsion for both parties.

The left side of O'Neal's face was swelling, and to make matters worse, his left eye was black and blue.

On the other hand, Yu Fei at least has a clean face, which reflects another thing: O'Neal is not good at fighting.

Before Yu Fei left the field, Pachulia ran over and said: "I don't want to involve you. If the league wants to fine...it will be on me."

"What a joke, do I need your money?" Yu Fei was not satisfied after a few punches, and glared at O'Neal in the distance hatefully, "That Sima fat pig, I've wanted to beat him up for a long time!"

Yu Fei walked into the player tunnel, and Laettner chased him. He was speechless: "You want to fight, why don't you let George play for me?"

"Didn't you see that the bastard made the first move?"

Leitner only saw that O'Neal's skills were all empty, and then Yu Fei scored two flat A's.

"I saw..."

"Then what nonsense are you talking about!"

Leitner secretly lamented that it seemed that their Master Yu would never understand what "step back and let someone help me".

Is this okay?
Leitner could feel that Yu Fei was gaining the gratitude of rookies such as Pachulia.

If Yu Fei can take action for Pachulia, then he can take action for anyone.

Two key players were expelled, and the Lake-Deer battle was much less exciting.

In the second half, the Bucks who lost Yu Fei were obviously more panicked than the Lakers who lost O'Neal.

For the Lakers, Kobe became normal, and Malone showed his responsibility as a veteran, finishing with 32 points and 11 rebounds.

The Bucks fought fiercely for four quarters and finally lost their first game of the season at home.

However, no one cares about this result.

More important than this is how many games Yu Fei and O'Neal will be suspended, and the opinions of the parties involved.

With the characters of Yu Fei and O'Neal, they will never give up.

Post-match interview
"This is not a normal game, I think we still have a lot of problems to solve." - Phil Jackson said about this game.

"Why do you emphasize that Shaq made the first move? I admit that Shaq was a little impulsive, but Frye's fight back was merciless. He punched Shaq at least twice. We must discuss this matter with the league. A theory." - Phil Jackson refutes Milwaukee reporter's claim that O'Neal was the instigator of the conflict.

"This game fully proves that no matter who can't play, our Lakers are an invincible and powerful team." - Kobe Bryant excitedly delivered his post-game remarks.

"Why should I help? Shaq didn't give me a call when I was in trouble." - Kobe Bryant explains why he was "invisible" during that battle.

"Today's young people are becoming more and more uneducated, especially No. 44 of the Bucks. Before he entered the NBA, I gave him a trophy. If I had known that he would become like this. Hum!"—— Gary Payton criticized Yu Fei.

"I'm not here to be a bodyguard." - Karl Malone explains why he didn't stop the conflict immediately.

"He publicly insulted me before he even entered the league. From the time he entered the league, he showed no respect! I'm a three-time champion! I'm the best player in the league! I want rookies to respect me, but I'm All he got was insults and ridicule, and I swear, if he continues like this, I will do something to him again!" - Shaquille O'Neal fiercely accused Yu Fei of all kinds of behavior towards him.

"Frye hit O'Neal? Yes, but it was O'Neal who struck first. Frye just exercised his right to defend." - George Karl talked about the conflict between Yu Fei and O'Neal.

"Fighting is bad, we should find a better solution." - Ray Allen on conflict.

"Who made the first move? (Reporter replied: O'Neal), then it's okay." - Anthony Mason cleverly responded to the same question.

"I didn't do anything. I don't know why he was so angry." - Zaza Pachulia expressed surprise at O'Neal's violent reaction.

"Fry, what do you think about Shaq saying you have a lack of respect for him?"

"Interesting, this bastard can't even get the respect of his biggest helper on his way to winning the championship, but he dares to expect to get my respect?"

"What do you think of Zaza Pachulia's controversial move on Shaq?"

"I don't think there's anything controversial about that, it's really a bad move, but Zaza is a good guy and he hates racism as much as I do, so if he loses his mind in the face of a racist, I'm okay with that. Express understanding."

"Charles Barkley said you knew kung fu because you dodged every punch Shaq threw. How did you do that?"

"It's easy to dodge the punches of the worst free throw shooter in history. Trust me, you can do it too."

PS: I do feel that the illustrations are too big and affect the reading experience. Currently, Qidian cannot post small pictures, so I decided not to include illustrations in the middle of the article.It depends on whether I insert an illustration at the end of the article.

(End of this chapter)