When pride still matters

Chapter 227 The Celtics should renew his contract for 20 years

As the season draws to a close, the Bucks have ended their experiment with carnival basketball.

Unlike last season, the Bucks' record this year cannot be as proud of the Eastern Conference as last season.

This season, the Pacers, who optimized their coaching staff, immediately unleashed their potential and remained strong during the regular season.

The Pacers were the Bucks' victims in the regular season last season. They were also taught a lesson by them on the craziest night when the Bucks vigorously promoted Carnival Basketball.

By the end of the season, there is still one battle between the two sides.

This time, the Bucks did not let the Pacers take the title of "Bucks Nemesis".

Yu Fei and Ray Allen scored 77 points together. The Pacers' outside defense collapsed, and they failed to defeat the Bucks inside, so they were defeated.

This game puts the Bucks one game ahead of the Pacers and gives them an advantage: as long as they maintain a complete victory in the only two games left in the season, they can lock in the first place in the Eastern Conference.

On the Eastern side, it seems that the Pistons need to be vigilant. They are a team that cannot be seen as good in the regular season. The Pacers are the only Eastern team other than the Bucks that can dominate in the regular season.

The top four contenders in the Western Conference each have their own problems.

To a certain extent, this is not their problem, but the problem of the Western Conference. The result of being too competitive in the division is that it is easy for everyone's record to not be good enough.

The Bucks are determined to win the last two regular season games.

Because the last two opponents are teams outside the playoff ranks.

One is the Cleveland Cavaliers, Yu Fei's favorite, and the other is the Toronto Raptors, whose injury caused the team to withdraw from the competition early due to Carter's injury.

There were still many stories that happened in the last showdown of the season with the Cavaliers.

Yu Fei's success is good for James.

In the previous life, it was not until 2008 that the Cavaliers gradually figured out how to build a team around James. But now, they don't need to study how to build a team. If you don't understand anything, just look at the Bucks' configuration.

Therefore, although the Cavaliers cannot provide James with teammates around Yu Fei, they know how to position James.

After the All-Star Weekend, James played better and better. Although he has no hope of the playoffs, he still scored 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in front of Yu Fei.

Yu Fei's performance was slightly better, with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, but he was no longer able to attract national attention like he scored 49 points against the Cavaliers at the beginning of the season.

"You know, Fry is my big brother and I'm going to follow his example moving forward!"

As long as the result is 46 like now, James will happily talk about what Yu Fei means to him.

And Yu Fei doesn't mind at all when others say that James' performance is on par with his own.

What a joke, how can an elder brother be jealous of a younger brother who plays well?
  Moreover, Yu Fei also praised his younger brother's rookie season in his own unique way: "I know that many people will blame LeBron for missing the playoffs. I know that you are all comparing him to me, but this is not the case. Why bother? The Cavaliers won 17 games last season and 33 wins this season. I mean, Bron gave them an extra 16 wins, which is amazing for a rookie. And if you take 33 wins, The Cavaliers will enter the playoffs in the 1985-86 season, replacing the Chicago Bulls that year."

The reporters were dumbfounded, can you even describe the GOAT in a roundabout way?
  Yu Fei didn't seem to know that he was the GOAT. He even explained: "I have no other intention. I just want to tell you that 33 wins is great."

Well, understand the applause.

In fact, Yu Fei didn't mean to criticize Jordan. He originally wanted to use the difference in wins before James arrived and after he arrived to prove that James is the Rookie of the Year, and let those who say that Carmelo Anthony is the Rookie of the Year. Save your melon, filial son.

Then he thought, no, according to this logic, Anthony is more qualified to be elected Rookie of the Year.

Because the Nuggets and the Cavaliers both won 17 games last season and have exceeded 40 wins this season.

Moreover, in terms of statistics, Anthony is not bad. In terms of record improvement, he has improved even more. In terms of division competitiveness, four of the eight teams in the Western Conference playoff circle are championship teams, and five or even six teams are competing. The 50-win Shura Field is really not comparable to a fish pond with a big head and a small body like the one in the East.

You can't think about this matter in detail. The more you think about it, Yu Fei's arm can't help but turn outwards - Gua Xiaozi is actually himself - anyway, this year's Rookie of the Year belongs to his younger brother, and it doesn't matter who comes. , Unless Anthony leads the Nuggets to the Finals and destroys him and the Bucks, he will be stubborn to the end.

Therefore, this was not allowed to be mentioned, so Yu Fei had no choice but to shoot at Jordan. It was just an accidental attack. It was really not intentional.
  In the final game of the regular season, the Bucks faced the Raptors at home.

The irony for the Raptors this season is that Carter was unable to play when there was still hope for the season, but returned to health in the "garbage time" at the end of the season.

That night, Carter took off several times at the Bradley Center and performed stunning dunks, just like what Yu Fei had seen in the All-Star Game before.

He can understand from those dunks why this guy's development has been far less than expected in recent years. He has been plagued by injuries since last season but is still the All-Star vote winner.

But the scary thing is that Carter's origin (North Carolina) and Carter's dunks (reminiscent of Jordan) all made him guilty of original sin.

This original sin is called "If you don't want to be Jordan, then you are a fool."     Everyone used Jordan's standards to hold him, and it turned out that he was far from Jordan. He's not a crazy triumphalist. He's the kind of guy who's going to give his graduation speech on Game 1986. He doesn't have the sense of responsibility and killer instinct yet, so he's going to pass the ball on the play that determines the life and death of the season. He's also Not tough enough. When faced with minor injuries and illnesses, he would just hide and let himself recover - look at what Jordan did in 100. He came back from a fracture injury that had not yet recovered 30% and led the Bulls to [-] wins. Advance to the playoffs and look at you again, Vince Carter, you are such a coward!

Overall, Yu Fei expressed regret and regret for Carter's experience.

When Carter was welcomed for his dunk on the road, Yu Fei joked: "Our fans also like you very much."

Carter said self-deprecatingly: "Fans everywhere except Toronto like me."

It's a bit heartbreaking, but it's true.

Torontonians' high expectations for Carter, as well as the idea instilled by the fourth power that "this person can obviously be Jordan but doesn't want to be Jordan", made Raptors fans hate him out of love.

The game itself had no suspense. After four quarters, the Bucks won easily.

This is their last regular season game of the season.

Yu Fei only played 24 minutes and got off work after scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Carter played 34 minutes and scored 25 points but had no impact on the situation.

"I will remember these cheers," Carter said. "I know this is what I came for!"

As for Yu Fei, he smiled: "It felt great to play against the Celtics in the first round."

"Is it because of Bill Simmons?"

Yu Fei asked: "Who is Bill Simmons?"

Of course, this is another one of his jokes, even if he forgets that Paul Pierce was almost stabbed to death, forgets that the Celtics optimized Antoine Walker into Ricky Davis, and forgot that they played tricks before their own draft. Means intends to lower his draft stock, and will not forget Bill Simmons.

After tonight, the regular season ends and the season enters the second stage.

In Yu Fei's second season, the Bucks entered the playoffs with the league's first record of 59 wins and 23 losses.

This season, due to the Bucks suffering extensive injuries, this gave Yu Fei the opportunity to use his full firepower, and his scoring average was close to 34 points per game.

After that, the injured returned, and Yu Fei's number of shots gradually dropped, but he ensured at least 30 points per game through scoring efficiency. Finally, at the end of the season, his average data per game stabilized at 32.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

This allowed Yu Fei to win his first career scoring title.

Regarding the scoring champion, Yu Fei is not that rare, but Reebok spent a lot of money to hype it.

Because although Yu Fei does not want to simply define himself as a scorer, the customer groups targeted by sneaker manufacturers all like scoring.

Telling them how versatile Yu Fei is is not as good as directly telling them that Yu Fei can also score.

Yu Fei doesn't care about this kind of thing. The people at Reebok view the problem very abstractly. They even hope that they will only play in Milwaukee for three years-meaning they will leave after the rookie contract is over? Is there a 0.1% chance that the Bucks will not renew their contract or match outside offers?
  February 2004, 4

The first game of the Bucks' first-round playoff series against the Celtics begins.

From the beginning of the game, Yu Fei played with the energy of having a personal grudge against the Celtics.

The powerful block on Pierce, the breakthrough dunk in the position battle, and the provocative celebration towards the camera after knocking off Ricky Davis for a three-pointer.

"Fry was a beast tonight!"

"Who is it that awakens the beast?"

Not many people know the answer, but not every question needs an answer.

Yu Fei was very wild tonight and the game was great to watch. This series for the Celtics will not be easy. These three points alone are enough to make the fans happy.

The Celtics were beaten from start to finish, losing by 24 points.

Yu Fei scored 41 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. After the game, he did not mention a word about Bill Simmons-related issues, nor did he say what opinions he had on the Celtics. He just expressed his sincere gratitude to Lv Kai. General Manager Anji made a suggestion: "Ricky is such an excellent defender. Without him, I would have scored 100 points tonight. The Celtics should extend his contract for 20 years."

⑴ Some James Harden may correct me on the Cavaliers' 35 wins this season. Let me explain. In reality, the Cavaliers have 2 wins and 2 losses against the Bucks this year. The current world record is 0 wins and 4 losses, so it is 33 wins.

(End of this chapter)