When pride still matters

Chapter 232 Irresistible Script

Once some boundaries are broken, it may lead to a crazy zone that the parties involved have never imagined.

114 is better than 89
  In the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks defeated the Pistons at home and got off to a good start in the conference finals.

By the Bucks' standards, scoring 110 points in a single game is nothing for them.

But by Pistons standards, this is terrible.

"This is the second time this season that the Pistons have broken the 110-point mark."

The last one to do this was the Dallas Mavericks.

Except for the Mavericks, including last season when the Pistons' head coach was Carlisle, the Pistons have never broken 110 points in a single game.

But tonight against the Bucks, it was broken in the first game.

Is this a coincidence, or is it the result of the Pistons' defensive system falling apart?
  "They took 22 three-pointers tonight." Larry Brown said. "This is a terrible statistic. What's even more terrible is that their shooting percentage is also very high. We need to solve this problem. They can no longer be like this." That’s how I shot three-pointers tonight!”

As the leading brother, Ben Wallace called the first game a "test", "Man, you know, this series will only really start when we win on the road, and tonight is just It was a test, and the Bucks did a good job."

In addition, the quarrel between Yu Fei and Hamilton is also the focus of sports writers.

Everyone knows that they were good teammates in D.C. They called themselves "Xinjie". What happened later to make them hate each other now?

Yu Fei doesn't like to talk about those nonsense things in D.C.

"You can ask Rip about this. I'm just doing what I should do. The person who really needs to explain this is Rip."

Of course, Hamilton would not speak out about such a sensitive secret.

When faced with a reporter's question, Hamilton simply dismissed the question with "next question."

Although they had just completed a big victory, the Bucks did not regard the Pistons as a team that could be manipulated at will.

Because there were a lot of contingencies in the first game, the encounter element was obvious. The Pistons used the methods they used to deal with other teams before to deal with them, while the Bucks used their previous experience against the Pistons to deal with them. As a result, the Pistons faltered and the Bucks' strategy worked.

This proves that the Bucks have a very mature method to deal with the iron barrel formation.

But the Pistons are not without room and room for adjustment, so the series still has to be played.

The Western Conference finals are not as story-telling as the Eastern Conference finals. The Lakers are still the Lakers, and the one competing with them at the top of the Western Conference is the Minnesota Timberwolves.

However, this Timberwolves were affected by the butterfly effect, and their overall strength was slightly weaker than the 04 Timberwolves in their previous life. Although they still reached the Western Conference Finals, they were far inferior to their Lakers opponents.

Quasi-MVP Kevin Garnett did little in the game, and the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Lakers.

"When this year's MVP voting begins, I'll be thinking about KG's performance tonight."

Although Garnett is ruining his reputation, there is a basic rule for MVP voting, which is to only look at regular season performance.

In terms of the regular season, combined with Garnett's years of struggling one-for-four with the Wolves, plus this year's great breakthrough in performance, he has the MVP within his grasp.

Before the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the NBA officially announced this season's MVP candidate.

Yu Fei learned from Reebok that he would be running with him the day before the voting results came out. Therefore, when he heard from reporters that he was second in the MVP vote, he just smiled and said: "Congratulations KG .”

"Does missing out on your second consecutive MVP award by a narrow margin inspire you to become better?"

"Yes, but I think KG deserves the title." Yu Fei said, "I hope we can meet at the top."

The words were kind, but they had a bit of a curse attached to them.

That night, the Bucks and Pistons had a tough game.

In the entire game, the Bucks shot only 43% from the field.

Facing the pick-and-roll attack, the Pistons' answer was to double-team and adopt strict defense tactics against Ray Allen while keeping others as they were.

This is equivalent to betting the suspense of the game on the outside shooting touch of Sprewell and others.

But before being given open space, the Pistons will first engage in fierce physical confrontation on the off-ball end.

It turns out that the Pistons' approach worked.

The Bucks, who have scored 100 points in every game so far in the playoffs, were limited to 81 points by the Pistons tonight.

The Pistons themselves didn't score very high, only 85 points, but it was enough to win.

85 is better than 81
  The Bucks suffered a tough loss at Bradley Center, losing home-court advantage in the playoffs.

As Big Ben said, a series doesn't really begin until you win on the road.

The key man for the Pistons tonight is Rasheed Wallace. As the most comprehensive inside man on the field, Rasheed gave the Pistons everything they wanted.

"They are humans, not machines." When asked about pre-game preparations, Rasheed Wallace replied seriously, "They bleed just like us. Since they bleed, it means they are flesh and blood. , as long as it is flesh and blood, there will be flaws."

The Bucks have no excuses.

The only thing they have to do is win on the road. Oben is right, the series can only truly begin if we win away from home.

Now that the Pistons' series has begun, the Bucks also need to start their series by winning on the road.

The Pistons' successful blockade of the Bucks in Game [-] taught Yu Fei to fully believe in his own strength when necessary.

On the night of Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals, Yu Fei saw Dick Bavetta on the referee list and wondered if this was proof that the league might give them some help in terms of penalties?

What Yu Fei is sure of is that the league prefers the Bucks to advance.

The Bucks and Lakers meeting in the finals will bring unparalleled traffic and popularity to the league.

Since we want the Bucks to advance, there must be some bias in the penalties in some games.

Yu Fei soon went into battle himself to test the penalty scale that night.

In the previous two games, the referees were more hard-core, and some fouls that could or could not be called would definitely not be called.

Tonight, Ben came up with a helper who was on the verge of fouling.

However, the referee blew the whistle.

Daben was called for a defensive foul and Yu Fei got two free throw opportunities.

Although the Bucks also receive strict attention on the defensive end, this kind of strict penalties is good for the Bucks.

The Pistons wanted to turn the game into a meat grinder, but under this kind of penalty scale, there couldn't be any meat grinder.

With such intensity, not only could Yu Fei be unable to guard against him, but the Bucks' outside perimeter would also be in full bloom.

At the end of the game, the Bucks once again scored over [-] points. The Pistons' encounter was better than in the first game, but it was limited because the Bucks' defensive actions were also limited. It was just that the Pistons' offensive capabilities were insufficient, and Big Ben was in the fourth game. Halfway through the fourth quarter, six fouls left the game, the offense and defense were unbalanced, and the Bucks won the game in one fell swoop.

2 is better than 1
  The Bucks regained home court advantage in the series.

Two days later, in Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals, the referee was replaced by Joe Crawford. The Pistons gained a real home court advantage, and the numbing suffocating defense returned again.

Moreover, the Bucks' actions on the defensive end are still a little restricted.

The Pistons can do the same action, but if the Bucks do it, it's a foul.

Even if Yu Fei and Ray Allen opened up the situation, they would still be beaten by everyone in the field.

At this point, Yu Fei figured out the alliance's intentions.

No matter who wins or loses, what they want is for the Bucks and Pistons, two highly talked-about opponents, to push the series to at least the sixth game.

In order to create so-called gimmicks and suspense, the first four games were tied at 2-2, and then they could launch their marketing machine to promote the Battle of Tianwang Mountain the day after tomorrow.

Yu Fei, who saw the script, still played the fourth game with all his strength, scoring 30 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Although the data were good, the defeat was unstoppable. The big score of the series finally came to an intense 2-2 as the league thought.

If possible, Yu Fei really wants to call the league office and have a good fuck.

The series lasted four games, and only the first and second games were valuable.

The Bucks and Pistons each relied on their own abilities to win one game against each other, and then the NBA script killing began.

Now, Yu Fei needs to do his best to win the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, which probably won't involve the alliance.

As a new generation star that the league strongly supports, Yu Fei has the experience to prove himself on such a big stage. If he loses to the Pistons the night after tomorrow, the Bucks will get an epic body hair whistle in Game [-]. No matter what, the league will keep the Bucks for seven games.

Yu Fei didn't need to read the scripts of the small ball era to know what was going on.

There are still scripts in the east, but things are worse in the west.

From the perspective of the league, an upstart like the Timberwolves is not worth wasting effort to promote.

The only problem is that the Lakers have been competing in the Western Conference for many years. If the Timberwolves are able to overthrow them, maybe the league will help them for the sake of freshness. But now, after four games, the Timberwolves are trailing 1 to 3 and are in a deadlock.

Since they are not strong enough and the league does not want to meddle in their own affairs, it is obvious that the two teams in the Eastern Conference are more worth worrying about.

The day before the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the league announced the referee list for Game [-].

Not surprisingly, there is neither Dick Bavetta, who is a full-time director and part-time referee, nor Joe Crawford, the Pistons' official referee in this series. The referee is Joe DeRosa. He is a referee who is often booed by home fans for being too fair.

Yu Fei's judgment on the alliance was completely correct.

It is precisely because his judgment is correct that tomorrow night's game must be won. If they lose, with the league's piss-poor nature, there will have to be a black whistle that would make him and others blush to keep the Bucks in the tiebreaker and the decisive battle with the Pistons.

Yu Fei didn't want to be criticized by someone like this godfather in a few years. Therefore, since he now had the opportunity to decide the outcome based on strength, he should seize the opportunity and kill the Piston in one go.

With this determination, Yu Fei practiced an additional 400 three-pointers from one meter beyond the three-point line on the eve of the game.

Everyone is confused because Yu Fei's three-point shooting from standard distance is not very stable. Why should he practice extra long three-point shooting?
  But it was difficult for Yu Fei to explain clearly to them, so he simply practiced on his own.

After the three-point extra practice, Yu Fei still felt it was not enough, so he went to the gym to work out for another hour. Only then was he fully prepared for tomorrow's game.

(End of this chapter)