When pride still matters

Chapter 277 The Game between Big Brother and Little Brother

LeBron James' childhood dream has come true.

But in front of him, there is a cruel reality: he must surpass Frye Yu.

This has nothing to do with personal relations. Whether it is himself or the Nike he represents, he needs to do this.

James wanted to be the best player of all time, so his initial goal was to surpass Michael Jordan. But on this road, some other sounds gradually appeared.

Frye Yu's name appears frequently.

They are all high school players, both are precocious and are considered to have the potential to win the championship.

James believes that the 19-year-old himself is better than the 19-year-old Yu Fei. This can be proved by the various records of the youngest 19-year-old that he dominates.

However, at the age of 20 and 21, there was a gulf-like gap between him and Yu Fei.

The 20-year-old James can still rely on his 19-year-old data advantage to once again seize some of the youngest records at the age of 20, but Yu Fei surprisingly won double MVPs at the age of 20 and led the team to win the championship.

The 21-year-old Yu Fei led the team to defend the title and held the record for the youngest 21-year-old. This year, Yu Fei averaged 33 points per game. James needs to average 32 points per game this season to retain most of his achievements. record.

When Yu Fei was 22 years old, that is, last season, he averaged 36 points per game.

Yu Fei replaced the Chicago ghost and became another ghost hovering over James.

For James, if he wants to chase Jordan, he must first surpass Yu Fei.

For Nike, James is a player they have made a big bet on. Yu Fei’s fame already has a certain influence. If James cannot become the contemporary Michael Jordan, then Nike’s dominance in the basketball field will also be shaken by Reebok. .

Therefore, James cannot lose.

But now, he is standing leisurely outside the right three-point line, not very willing to catch the ball.

This is what makes Yu Fei feel strange.

James on the court has a completely different face than in private, with almost no explicit desire, quiet and calm.

When James doesn't take the initiative to ask for the ball, the Cavaliers don't use him as their first point of attack.

Facing the Bucks' zone defense, the Cavaliers chose to shoot from the outside and missed, but once again grabbed an offensive rebound.

Drew Gu went up to Kwame Brown and dunked.

4 is better than 7

"Bron, it seems you really don't have the ball."

Yu Fei is now certain that the Cavaliers are trying to turn James into a pure small forward.

This is also in line with many contemporary coaches’ views on flying.

Holding the ball with a big core is evil.

Even Jordan needs the triangle offense to share the ball.

So Mike Brown let James "idle" outside the three-point line, and the Cavaliers' opening positional attack was mainly organized by Snow⑴.

⑴ 2005-06赛季第一个月，詹姆斯场均28+5+4助攻，球权少到助板数据不如新秀季。

James generally supports the team's tactical attempts because he still doesn't know what system is best for him.

He didn't express anything about Fei's words.

Just because James doesn't have the ball, doesn't mean Yu Fei doesn't have the ball either.

The Bucks' lineup consists of three outside and one inside with Yu Fei as the core.

Yu Fei dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without making any tactics or letting people pull away. He was ready to test for himself how fragile the defense that prohibits hands is.

The Cavaliers are responsible for guarding Yu Fei, Larry Hughes, who was selected to the All-Defensive Team last season.

Yu Fei subjectively believes that all players who were selected for the defensive team in the era of handouts need to be re-evaluated in the era of illegal hands.

Hughes took a defensive stance, but was called for a foul when he blocked Yu Fei's breakthrough.

Yu Fei felt that Hughes didn't touch him at all, just some small movements on his torso, but he was still blown away. This was the Cavaliers' home court.

So harsh?

The introduction of every new rule will be accompanied by overly harsh initial penalties from referees. After players and referees adapt for a while, the standards will gradually adjust. Yu Fei also saw this at the beginning of the 2022-23 season. At that time, in order to reduce the phenomenon of collisions, the league proposed some new rules on defense and footwork, which led to some disastrous performances by some collision kings.

Now is the time for overhand bans to become popular, and referees must strictly deal with those who want to fish in troubled waters.

For Fei, this doesn't hurt.

If it was this kind of scale, he could be sure that no one could guard him.

After being sanctioned by the referee, Hughes became honest and defended strictly in accordance with league regulations.

He, a defender less than two meters tall, wanted to stop Yu Fei, who had bare feet of 206 centimeters. He was not of the same height and weight. If he couldn't use some tricks, how could he defend him with a hammer?

Yu Fei broke through Hughes and scored with a one-step throw inside the free throw line.

4 is better than 9

On the Cavaliers side, Hughes called for a pick-and-roll to break through Martin, but missed a layup, but James followed up and made a tip-in.

6 is better than 9

Yu Fei once again played in singles, making a strong breakthrough, making an emergency stop, feinting, and then made a three-pointer after breaking away from the defense with the ball.

6 is better than 12

James missed a three-pointer from the outside. Yu Fei grabbed a defensive rebound and advanced in one line, but was blocked by James again.

"If you don't get the ball, the game won't be played."

After Yu Fei finished speaking, he suddenly had a tendency to collect the ball, which made James jump subconsciously.

The moment he took off, James knew he had faked a move.

Yu Fei staggered James' body, broke into the basket and scored a dunk.

6 is better than 14

Yu Fei scored 9 points in a row and hit the Cavaliers' first timeout tonight.

"Compared to LeBron, Frye's skills are more reasonable. In these rounds, he is full of tricks. It's so exciting!"

"Yes, LeBron still has a long way to go."

The Cavaliers fans at the scene had mixed feelings about Fei. To this day, no Cavaliers fan wants to look back on the 2001 draft.

The Cavaliers drafted Yu Fei with the eighth overall pick in 2001 and then sent him directly to D.C. in exchange for future draft picks, which has surpassed the operation of sending away Dirk Nowitzki for Robert Traylor in 1998. of the stag.

If Yu Fei is a reward for the people of Milwaukee, then James is also a reward for the people of Cleveland.

However, Cavaliers fans always like YY. If they didn't make that deal, they might have a chance to get Yu Fei and James together at the same time.

But now, everything can only remain in the most intriguing "if" in the sports world.

Yu Fei walked off the court without even a drop of sweat on his body.

Karl also saw it. After the handover ban was introduced, the strengthening of players like Fei and James was simply unimaginable.

James' one-on-one breakthrough from the outside has no solution, but what about Yu Fei? He can no longer be described as incomprehensible.

Facing the first defense last season, Yu Fei simply regarded the opponent as Star Fury and played whatever he wanted.

"Singles is good, but don't be obsessed with it." Karl suggested. "Next, they will definitely be more defensive against you, and others will get more opportunities."

Yu Feixiao asked: "My hit rate is 100%, what's wrong with hitting a few more?"

"You can't keep scoring. It's time to pass the ball." Karl was really worried that Yu Fei would hit him.

But Yu Fei is not stupid either, he knows when to attack and when to pass.

He thought that after this timeout, Xiao Zhan would be able to control the ball. By then, the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm would change again.

Sure enough, when the timeout ended, James received the sideline ball and moved forward.

James stood on the left side, waiting for Big Z to take the position.

This is the Cavaliers' strongest duo, both inside and outside, both threatening.

Standing behind the two-meter-two big Z, Brown looked like a dwarf, but he firmly withstood the former's bottom plate, preventing his attack from flowing smoothly.

Big Z couldn't attack at a comfortable pace, so he passed the ball back to James after a few hits.

James feinted, and finally smashed Bell's defense with his body, broke into the paint, and the Bucks surrounded him. After James broke into it, he jumped up with all his strength. His body floated to nowhere, and he just threw the ball towards the basket with his left hand, and actually hit the rebound.

Talent, how should I put it, is that if you are strong enough to a certain level, you can easily insult top defenders like Bell.

It is said that James' skills are not good, which implies that he relies on his physical talent to play, but whoever has this kind of monster body that only happens once in ten years, doesn't he have to play like this?

Yu Fei is not envious, really, not at all.

What's so great about playing with your body? Just wait, you won't be able to play anymore when you're 50.

Then, as soon as Yu Fei passed half court, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy seemed to explode.

He wasn't even close to the three-point line, but Snow and Hughes came up to double-team him. This was completely disrespectful of Bell.

Yu Fei raised his hand and passed. Bell, who was constantly being ravaged by James, was determined to find some space on the outside, catch the ball, stabilize his center of gravity, and shoot a three-pointer.

8 is better than 17

The tide turned against the Cavaliers as the rest of the Bucks started scoring.

James made the mistake that young people make, wanting too much to shoot a three-pointer so he tried a pull-up from the outside.

Missed.

Yu Fei grabbed another long rebound, but this time, he was tactically fouled by the Cavaliers.

Yu Fei received the ball from the sideline and slowly came to the frontcourt. After Bell hit a three-pointer, the Cavaliers sobered up a lot.

Hughes looked at Yu Fei sensitively, wondering what the other party wanted to do.

Suddenly, Yu Fei turned his body to the left? No, it was just a fake move. The moment Hughes' body moved with it, Yu Fei's left hand changed direction to the right and suddenly opened the opening. Hughes, who was unable to take advantage of it, was jumped by with one step.

The knight's defense line shrank, vowing to stop Yu Fei.

But Yu Fei stuffed the ball into the arms of Kwame Brown.

Naturally, Brown would not miss this piece of pie that was fed to his mouth. He raised the ball and let it go, then scored two points and then returned it.

"I'm unstoppable!" Brown exclaimed excitedly.

Yu Fei rolled his eyes at him, "You should dunk the ball before you say this."

"Do you think everyone is like that animal (referring to Xiao Zhan)?" Brown retorted.

In the next round, James was blocked by the zone defense and chose to take a mid-range shot but failed to score.

Brown took the defensive rebound and passed it to Yu Fei.

As if he wanted to prove that he was superior to James in everything except his body, Yu rushed to the frontcourt and faced James again. He dribbled to a sudden stop without any unnecessary movements, collected the ball and pulled it out. James jumped to the highest point. At this point, he felt that Yu Fei's sight had been blocked.

But Yu Fei's shot was not affected. He shot it out smoothly. The ball was in mid-air, and the shooter already knew it.

"Bingo!"

The ball fell into the basket following Yu Fei's words.

"You still have to practice, Bronn."

Just like the Big Dream bloodbathed David Robinson in the 1995 Western Conference Finals, there is no more intuitive comparison between core players with similar positions and similar playing styles.

James has a talent that is unparalleled, but at this stage, when compared with Yu Fei, the intuitive gap between his skills and Yu Fei's is far greater than his talent advantage.

This game of big brother and little brother will continue.

And the eldest brother always wins in the end.

(End of this chapter)