When pride still matters

Chapter 263 We will win this year

Chapter 263: Win again this year

In Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Bucks failed to end the series at home.

"They took 25 free throws and we only had seven." Carr directly criticized the referees. "That's why we went to Detroit to play the tiebreaker."

The league quickly "rewarded" Carr with a $10000 fine.

Yu Fei didn't know how to evaluate this game. Although the Pistons once again suppressed the Bucks, the problem was that the Pistons' offense was not good either.

When both sides feel bad, the number of free throws can determine the direction of the game.

Since the 2002 Western Conference Finals, Yu Fei has believed that the top management of the league has arrangements for each series, because some series are more valuable if they reach a tiebreaker.

Just like the Western Conference Finals between the Kings and Lakers that year, the tiebreaker brought tens of millions of dollars in revenue to the league.

Although the Bucks and Pistons do not have such great commercial value, with the grievances between the Palace of Auburn Hills as a foreshadowing, and the presence of Yu Fei, allowing the two teams to reach the tiebreaker is beneficial to professional basketball that needs "story" .

If the Bucks win, then this is the story of Frye becoming a bloody enemy and forever etching his name into every Detroiter's nightmare.

If the Pistons win, it will also be a story of revenge, and it will be a story of a brave man who was once defeated coming to the same stage a year later to defeat a brave man who has transformed into a dragon.

The next day, a good thing washed away the haze of Game 6 defeat.

After voting, Yu Fei narrowly defeated Steve Nash and was elected the most valuable player of the 2004-05 regular season.

As soon as this news came out, it caused a huge shock in the outside world.

The voices congratulating Yu Fei were quickly drowned out by Nash's supporters.

Yes, the Bucks are in trouble this season.

That's right, Yu Fei's statistics are monster-level.

Of course, everyone admits that as a player, Yu Fei may be much better than Nash.

But in the eyes of some people, Yu Fei's election as MVP means a change in the award criteria.

"Think about it, if the standard of MVP does not depend on how much change the player brings to his team, does not depend on the team's record, but blindly pursues individual strong and crazy data, then, from the 60s to the present, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Jabbar, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, they should win the MVP award every year."

"But that didn't happen because we have some basic principles. The MVP doesn't belong to the best player in the literal sense. It should belong to the best player on the best team that makes a huge difference to the team."

"Steve Nash's MVP was stolen. He may never have a chance to win this award again. This is definitely the day when the award authority of professional basketball will completely die!"

Leading the charge was Bill Simmons, who had previously threatened to accept Yu Fei as the MVP, but would not accept him in the defensive formation.

Simmons's views are mainstream.

It is great that Yu Fei used monster data to lead a broken team to 53 wins, but it cannot be compared with what Nash did in Phoenix.

在他们眼中，一个场均15.5分11.5助攻的核心控卫将上赛季只有29胜的球队提升到62胜的含金量远高于在失去第一和第二帮手的情况下，场均轰下36+8+8带队拿下53胜的怪物表现。

Some anonymous voters said: "Steve Nash is definitely my first choice, but when I saw Frye's numbers, I was shaken."

However, no matter how the outside world denounces the voting results, the results are irreversible.

Yu Fei won his second MVP trophy, which made the entire Reebok company rejoice.

On the day of Game 7, the Bucks traveled to Detroit.

Reebok people prepared a T-shirt for Yu Fei at the airport, which read: Been here before, won last year, and will win again this year.

(Came before. Won last year. Winning again this year),

"This is?"

Yu Fei liked this copywriting, but he wanted to know why Reebok suddenly did this?

Quint DiMeo smiled and said: "They want to use your cash cow to develop more products. The average number of viewers per game between you and the Pistons is close to 10 million. Such a good gimmick cannot be used in vain."

"Okay." Yu Fei asked, "Then what else can I get besides getting more Detroiters who hate me?"

"10% dividend."

Yu Fei said: "It seems that I have another reason to win the tiebreaker."

Afterwards, Yu Fei took the team bus to the hotel.

When they arrived outside the hotel, they saw crowds of people and people from the Sheriff's Department.

A group of crazy Pistons fans attacked every Bucks player with vulgar language.

Yu Fei glanced at them and suddenly took off his coat, revealing the T-shirt specially prepared for him by Reebok.

"Da Fei, are you sure it's a good idea to provoke them here?" Barry asked nervously.

Yu Fei asked him back: "They said you are not as good as your father's dick hair. Aren't you angry?"

Barry's expression was gloomy, and he suddenly said rudely: "FUCK! These damn gang"

"By the way, that's it. There's no need to be polite to them."

Four p.m

The Bucks set out for Mount Auburn.

One characteristic of Pistons home games is that they are usually scheduled around 5 p.m.

Same today.

The Bucks arrived an hour early, but the venue was already packed.

Mainly the on-site staff, ABC, TNT and ESPN, several media regarded this game as the most important game before the finals.

ESPN's Jim Gray wanted to invite Yu Fei for a short interview before the game.

Yu Fei rejected him, "Jim, everything I want to say is in the game."

Then, Yu Fei kept shooting.

His shooting is irregular. Wherever he picks up the ball, he takes the shot. He did the same thing until the audience opened up to the venue.

Since the last palace brawl, security and protection have been strengthened here. According to the person in charge of the palace, they have been able to ensure that the scene is foolproof.

Fans may not want to throw things into the arena anymore, but that doesn't stop them from doing other things to make them sick.

Satirical posters, hate quotes and parody cartoons.

Among the spoof comics, Yu Fei couldn't help laughing the most. The Detroiters imagined him as a slave owner, then drew the faces of his teammates on the dog's body, and let him hold the rope.

It read: Frye Yu and his wild dogs are doomed!

Due to Mobley's injury, the Bucks chose to put Trevor Ariza into the starting lineup tonight.

The advantage of this is that the Bucks' defensive intensity will increase, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, there is a lack of space on the outside, and the Pistons will double-team Yu Fei more frequently.

Ariza knew what was going to happen, so he warmed up shooting as seriously as Yu Fei did.

Seeing that Ariza couldn't even hit a stable three-point shooting rate in practice, Laettner couldn't help but say something to him: "Rookie, don't be too outrageous!"

"Is this kind of shooting rate really the result of practicing 700 extra goals every day?"

Ariza said angrily: "Shut up, old guy! Who has never been out of shape?"

Laettner sarcastically said: "Mr. Ariza, your outside shooting percentage this season is 29%. If this is considered out of shape, you have been out of form for the entire season."

Ariza couldn't refute and made another shot.

"boom!"

Laettner shook his head and seemed to have given up on continuing to "motivate" Ariza.

Then, Yu Fei stood far away and asked, "Chris, are you bullying the rookie again?"

"Yes, he not only bullied me but also affected my training!"

Ariza successfully left the impression of a bad dog in Laettner's mind.

They all say that I look like the dog next to Frye, but this rookie... If he were a dog, he would at least be a Rottweiler. This rookie... at most, he would be a rebellious beagle!

"Chris, don't influence him."

Yu Fei stood two meters outside the three-point line and shot again.

"Fry, why are you shooting from such a distance?" Ariza asked in surprise.

Yu Fei didn't even look at him: "You vote for me, leave me alone."

Behind the basket, Lawson is like a ruthless passing machine, picking up the ball and passing it out.

In the same position, Yu Fei took action again.

"Shh!"

"So accurate?" Ariza called out.

"We've scored 13 goals in a row," Laettner said.

Ariza quickly asked: "What's the secret?"

It's not like Yu Fei has never taught Ariza how to shoot, but when he told him how to adjust his breath, the opponent seemed to be listening to a book from heaven.

"It's not that I won't teach you. This matter varies from person to person. You may need more time."

After a while, the warm-up session ended.

The starters from both teams gathered around the head coach to listen to the pre-start instructions.

Regarding the game plan, Karl no longer wanted to say more, because by the seventh game of the series, both sides had figured out each other.

The competition now is who performs better on the spot and who makes fewer mistakes.

"We are standing here tonight, reaching the seventh game of the series with Detroit not for the so-called glory!" Karl feels like he is not like himself tonight, but like the old enemy who has lost his job, but these are his sincerity talk. "This has nothing to do with three consecutive championships. This has nothing to do with the honor we are pursuing. Do you know what we are fighting for tonight?"

Ariza said what Yu Fei said: "For everyone?"

"Not bad!" Karl glanced at him approvingly, "This is a personal grudge. We have to fight for those who can't stand here because of Detroit!"

After saying this, Karl put the players on the field.

This was the most meaningless pre-game arrangement he had ever made, but he felt that he had to say this.

Afterwards, players from both sides took the field.

Yu Fei walked up to Prince as usual.

What he didn't expect was that someone from the Pistons would dare to come up to him and make a declaration of victory.

Ben Wallace seemed to feel that revenge would be incomplete if they didn't make a statement before winning.

"I've been here before, won last year, and will win again this year." Da Ben asked Yu Fei, "Is this what you said?"

In fact, this is the text on my buddy’s T-shirt.

Yu Fei had no need to explain this and asked instead: "So what?"

"We'll ask you to take that back," Ben said.

"It's better to use this kind of nonsense to scare children." Yu Fei mocked, "If you could do it, we wouldn't have to fight until the seventh game."

PS: I went to New Year’s Eve last night too late. After I got home, I set an alarm for 9:30 to get up for updates, but as you know, I overslept.

PPS: Happy New Year to everyone. My New Year's resolution is to work full time for at least one month without asking for leave.

(End of this chapter)