When pride still matters

Chapter 291 I am no longer what I used to be

圣诞大战到来前，密尔沃基雄鹿以22胜7负的战绩排名联盟第一，在他们之后的是21胜8负的马刺和20胜9负的小牛以及和小牛战绩相同的活塞。

For fans who have been paying attention to the NBA in the past few years, they are all "old acquaintances."

However, the NBA did not arrange for these four teams, which are considered to be the top teams in the league, to face each other in the Christmas game.

The Bucks' Christmas Day opponent is the 17-9 Cavaliers.

This arrangement is not surprising to fans. In recent years, the NBA has been keen to build Da Fei and King into a new generation of magic birds, making the controversy between them bigger than "Pat or De Niro". Just like CSGO players are debating the comparison between Zywoo and Simple.

However, the main issue in the battle between Yu and Zhan is different from the latter two comparisons. Since the current rank gap between the two is obvious, there is no need for serious comparison.

Moreover, James has been quite controversial since his mother Gloria was arrested for drunk driving. Public opinion will not only benefit him from being the best in active duty, but will also suffer from being the best in active duty.

In his Christmas Day preview, Bill Simmons called the Bucks-Cavs game "a battle between the temperance ambassador and the son of a drunk-driving mother."

On the day of the Christmas battle, Yu Fei prepared for the battle as usual.

After the Cavaliers' special plane landed, James called Yu Fei and asked for a front-row ticket to the Bradley Center.

Yu Fei happily agreed to his request, and the relationship between the two seemed to be the same as before.

None of them wanted to talk about Gloria.

This active avoidance itself shows that they cannot get around this matter.

Only 20 minutes before the game started, Yu Fei found out who James had given his ticket to.

Tonight, the Bradley Center welcomes an unusual guest. Due to the outdated facilities and troublesome on-site heating, even with a superstar like Yu Fei, it is still difficult to see celebrities coming to watch the Bucks home game in winter. ball.

But today, a woman named Maria Sharapova was welcomed to the scene.

As a person who has a successful career in the sports industry, Yu Fei met Sharapova at last year's ESPY Awards ceremony.

Yu Fei didn't expect that she was Xiao Zhan's friend and was even willing to come to the Bradley Center to watch the game for Xiao Zhan.

Does Miss Zhan really have anything to say?

Well, you want to ask what is a Jen girl? In the first half of James' long career, when he was at his most youthful and powerful, fans always fantasized about combining James with the most powerful woman on earth to create an invincible ultimate warrior. During this period, the Williams sisters , Sharapova and other female heroes are people's YY objects.

However, this phenomenon has gradually developed into another genre with the evolution of people's abstract psychology. One group of people want to make the most of James' talent, while another group of people want to see what James, as a representative of pure men on the basketball court, can do. He was unable to PK with all the masters in the boxing ring (from Zou Shiming to Tyson), and even evolved into a beast-fighting nature. He asked James on major forums whether he could single-handedly win against the beasts.

Now, as the owner of the Bradley Center, Yu Fei took the initiative to say hello to Sharapova.

"Hey, Maria, your arrival really makes our little shabby hotel shine." Yu Fei said with a smile.

Sharapova said with a smile: "Fry, everyone says your home court is very cold, but actually I feel pretty good."

"Do you know why you feel different from others?" Yu Fei said lightly, "Because this is my girlfriend's position, and she has not had time to come to the scene recently, so I temporarily gave this position to Bron's friend , but I didn’t expect it to be you.”

Sharapova's face turned red, but although she was young, she was also well-informed. She had become famous since she was a child, and she had no idea how many jokes she had been made by various men in public.

In response to Fei's teasing, she grinned and asked, "What if you knew it was me?"

"I would advise you not to come." Yu Fei laughed at himself, "Our shabby restaurant is not worthy of a big star like you."

Sharapova laughed.

After a while, everyone from the Cavaliers entered the field.

James found that Yu Fei and Sharapova were having a good conversation, so he came over and said, "I won't disturb you, right?"

"Of course not, LeBron." Yu Fei said, "I just talked about you with Maria."

James asked: "What about me?"

"I said, you might be able to score 40 points tonight," Sharapova said. "Frye doesn't think it's possible."

James pretended to be serious: "It's possible, Frye."

"Oops, Badass LeBron ran out of commercials tonight."

Yu Fei's joke made James laugh uncontrollably.

Because what Yu Fei is talking about is a recent joke about James. In the latest Nike advertisement, he plays four characters. Those four characters represent different aspects of James, and "Bad LeBron" is one of them.

After joking, Yu Fei and James returned to the court to warm up.

"It seems that the relationship between the Prohibition Ambassador and the son of the daughter of a drunk driver has not been affected at all."

Sprewell joked about Fei.

"If our relationship breaks down because of this trivial matter, it only means that the relationship is too fragile." Yu Fei said rationally, "LeBron and I are both adults and we know the importance."

Sprewell smiled and said nothing. The two protagonists may be smart people who know things, but how can they stand up to the fact that there are always people around them who provoke their relationship? Sprewell has heard Yu Fei's followers and assistants say bad things about James more than once.

This is like a best friend in a relationship between a man and a woman who keeps telling the woman all kinds of bad things about the man. How long can a relationship, no matter how strong it is, be maintained if it is so provoked day and night?

In the opening jump ball, although Big Z had an obvious height advantage and caught the ball, Yu Fei quickly grabbed the position and took the ball that should have fallen into James' hands.

James quickly caught up with Yu Fei, and the two met at the free throw line, but Yu Fei cleverly leaned on the opponent's body and turned around for a layup as fast as lightning, making the little emperor's efforts in vain.

2 is better than 0

James held the ball from the outside, and even though the space was not widened, he still broke through Bell's defense regardless and rushed into the basket to challenge Kwame Brown's protection of the basket. Brown tried his best to only interfere and not make contact, while James relied on his left hand to pick the basket past the defense and hit a hollow shot.

2 is better than 2

"Lajia, are you okay?" Yu Fei said, "If you can't stand it, I can switch with you."

Bell's foundation in the league is defense and three-pointers. The eldest brother in the team suddenly has doubts about his defense and wants to trade with him?

"Don't mind your own business!" Bell defended, "This is the regular season, so my defensive intensity only belongs to the regular season. If we meet in the playoffs, I will be completely different."

Like paying homage to Sprewell and pinching my little brother's neck?

Yu Fei dribbled the ball, and before halftime, the Bucks' tactics were already in operation.

As soon as he landed at the top of the arc, Danny Granger had changed from a power forward to a shooting guard. Using Bell's screen, he ran to the left side of the free throw line to catch the ball and shoot a jumper.

4 is better than 2

"I honor you, Fry!"

Granger said like a medieval knight.

"Okay, don't play "Gladiator" on the court." Yu Fei said loudly, "Keep an eye on your people, make your shots, and then shut up!"

Granger always thought that he was Maximus (the protagonist of "Gladiator"), loyal to his family, friendly to his friends, loving to strangers, a perfect and upright person.

The current Cavaliers are used to being dominated by James.

Larry Hughes has honestly played the role of the basketball leader defender. In addition to sharing some of the ball rights that James is willing to share and shooting open three-pointers, his main job is defense.

In this round, the Cavaliers sang the classic duet of James and Big Z.

James lobbed the ball to Big Z, Bell's defense shrank slightly, and Big Z seized the opportunity to distribute the ball to James who had room to shoot.

In the left corner, James inexplicably became the shooter.

James hit a corner three-pointer.

4 is better than 5

"It seems you can't give him a seat tonight." Yu Fei said.

If James can consistently make shots like this, Bell really can't imagine anyone being able to guard him.

However, considering his size and his tendency to hit the inside like a tank, he is destined to not have the touch of a top shooter.

Yu Fei decided to do something.

He came to the frontcourt, but it was Kevin Martin who was dribbling the ball.

Suddenly, Yu Fei asked for the ball from the flank.

Martin passed the ball.

Yu Fei started to call a 1-3 pick-and-roll, forcing James to switch defense.

Due to the relationship between the two of them, Yu Fei did not talk trash before doing anything like he did with other people. Regardless of whether the fight was successful or not, he did not intend to talk trash.

Although this is James' third year in professional basketball, he is still gaining defensive experience.

Most of the time, he relies on talent to defend.

Even though his reliance is so simple and pure, he is still a defender that cannot be underestimated.

Yu Fei's attack had no intention of being sloppy. He started with a strong right hand and drastically changed his step to pull the ball under his hips, shifting James' center of gravity to the opposite direction of his retreat.

"!￥!￥%"

This scene made the audience extremely excited and excited. The screams and cheers reached their peak with Yu Fei's jump shot after shaking away James.

As the most valuable spectator at the scene, Sharapova saw the charm of basketball in this ball.

No, this is not so much the beauty of basketball as it is the style of the stars.

This is why Yu Fei can be promoted globally as a facade and product by the Alliance and Reebok.

"Shh!"

Yu Fei easily overcame James' defense, then turned around and left.

James took a deep breath. He had already expected Fei's strength. He didn't want to have a direct collision with Frye's men in the early stages of the game. However, after this round, he listened to the ridicule from the audience and the enthusiastic face not far away. A large pink poster that read: LeBron, Frye will buy you a drink tonight.

I am no longer what I used to be!

James wants to prove something, just like he did with the Cavaliers.

He has led the team into the playoffs, averaging 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game so far, and was selected into the top five in the MVP simulation prediction. Although he is not as good as Yu Fei, who led the team to the league's first record and averaged a triple-double per game, he He feels that he has initially proved that he has the ability to compete with anyone.

Tonight may be an opportunity.

This is a chance for everyone to take a look at his rivalry with Frye.

James made the decision that he was going to have a fight with Frye.

(End of this chapter)