When pride still matters

Chapter 292 Victory or defeat is just a matter of a moment

Yu Fei retreated to the backcourt, thinking that this was just an ordinary defensive round. Unexpectedly, James took the initiative to let people pull away and pretended to single out Raja Bell as a response to Fei's goal in the previous round.

Bell naturally didn't want James to succeed, but in the vast space, James' breakthrough can be said to be unsolvable.

Bell first suffered a physical defeat, and then his talent was crushed.

In the blink of an eye, James rushed to the basket and dunked like a sports car.

However, Yu Fei was still not sure whether this was a deliberate response to him.

If it is a response, it would be more formal to call a pick-and-roll to force him to switch defenses and then score in isolation.

This time the Bucks' positional battle was not initiated by Fei.

Yu Fei only stood at the top of the arc, while Kevin Martin on the weak side rushed to the basket like a ghost.

The audience cheered loudly. Although Martin's second season has only passed 1/4, he has changed from Yu Fei's stain to a boast.

If it weren't for Da Feili's objections, I strongly recommend that the team select this legacy. With the Bucks' draft picks in the past few years, there is little hope of winning such a big prize.

Now, Martin gives full play to his characteristics, entering the free throw line position and choosing to throw instead of forcing a foul in the penalty area according to his personal habits.

"Shh!"

For a player with excellent touch, there is almost no difference between a floater and a one-handed shot. Martin quickly mastered this unique skill to challenge big men.

"You're a little anxious," Yu Fei said. "If you let the Lithuanians get close, you can still throw and have more space to pass."

Martin responded respectfully: "Understood."

The Bucks immediately retreated, and as soon as the Cavaliers arrived in the frontcourt, James once again assumed a singles stance.

Now Yu Fei can be sure that Xiao Zhan wants to use the stage of the Christmas battle to prove something.

And, he had a good reason.

Since entering the league, both the league and Nike have been committed to shaping him into the next generation of professional basketball leaders. However, two years before he entered the league, Yu Fei suddenly appeared halfway and stole the protagonist's script. .

Therefore, the persona of "Born to Be a King" cannot be lost, and the gimmick of being a double star with Yu Fei must also be included.

Just in the first two years of his career, although James proved that his talent was real, he could not compare with Yu Fei's historic start.

James desperately needs to do something to prove himself.

Tonight is an opportunity.

If he can perform well in front of Yu Fei, or even dominate the opponent in the Bradley Center, a lot of work behind the scenes will be easy to do.

After all, public opinion in the sports world is a turn-based game. Whoever performs well on the spot will be the king of public opinion.

James beat Bell aggressively, but it made him really angry.

He originally wanted to deal with this game casually, but he had nothing to say if he was really beaten. The talent of the little emperor was indeed visible to the naked eye.

But the little emperor now seems to regard him as a Steve Nash-style defensive loophole, and he really doesn't treat him as a human being.

Bell lost his defensive position under James' tank-like breakthrough, but grabbed the opponent's arm with his backhand and pulled hard.

James was forced to stop, and the referee also called Bell a defensive foul.

James, who was fouled, just glanced at Bell indifferently, as if he didn't care much.

He is used to opponents violently intercepting his breakthroughs.

His breakthroughs are like O'Neal's low-post plays to defenders. In an era when overhands were banned, you had to do some extraordinary things to stop him one-on-one.

Subsequently, the Bucks' defense began to change.

James' one-on-one breakthrough is certainly unsolvable, but facing a zone defense, his and his teammates' shooting touch will be tested.

If the shot fails, the zone defense is a threat and will completely explode, thus suppressing James' breakthrough.

James' choice is to pass the ball to Larry Hughes on the outside and see if he can make a shot.

Hughes smashed the iron.

Yu Fei grabbed a long rebound.

Now that Xiao Zhan has made his move, it's time for him to fight back.

The difference between Yu Fei's approach and James' approach is that James will also play coyly against Bell, who has better defense, while Yu Fei has a straightforward attitude. Since the little brother wants to use his on-the-spot performance to win the championship in the next few days. Sports headlines, then he should give the other party a chance.

Yu Fei called Bell to come to the pick-and-roll and brought James over.

James tried his best to defend, but he could never keep up with Yu Fei's rhythm, either to the left or to the right.

Suddenly, Yu Fei violently made a Tim Hardaway-style double change from the crotch to shake James away, and then naturally collected the ball and shot a jumper.

"Shh!"

"Bron, come and fight if you want." Yu Fei said, "Let me see how much you have improved."

Yu Fei seemed to have no malice and his tone was gentle, but James instinctively hated this brotherly tone.

When he was in private contact with Yu Fei, he could suppress this feeling with reason, but now, James didn't want anyone to tell him what to do.

He was silent.

There was no response, and Yu Fei already knew what the answer was from his expression.

"Laga, from now on we switch defenses."

This is not a request, this is a command.

Bell knows when to maintain his dignity as an elite defender and when to step aside and stay out of the way. There are three types of people that Yu Fei, as a small forward, is not good at defending.

One is Danny Granger after becoming a Dacheng, who has no shooting skills, and Yu Fei, who carries the burden of offense, has no energy to follow them all over the court.

One is Tracy McGrady, a one-on-one king with a balanced first step with both hands.

The last type is the so-called small man, who is born to lose in speed.

James is the second variant. His first step is very fast, but not so fast that people can't react. But his strength is that he is one dimension larger than Tracy McGrady, but there is no difference between his left and right hands. As long as he is forced to tear it open One small opening and the defense is over for the defender.

No one can stop James who is rushing forward like a train.

Therefore, Yu Fei's defense against James depends on the scale given by the referee on the one hand, and on the strength of the inside line's protection of the basket on the other hand.

But Kwame Brown has been beaten by James' bully several times before, and Yu Fei feels that he can't count on him tonight.

Suddenly, James chose to attack Yu Fei's left side.

Yu Fei went to catch it, which constituted a foul. This was his test of the penalty scale.

The referee's attitude was: it's casual.

James' breakthrough speed was blocked by Yu Fei's delay, and the train layup was interfered with Brown's full strength. The all-conquering breakthrough finally failed.

"Isn't this a foul?"

James shouted, subconsciously raising his hands and questioning.

Since becoming famous in the ABCD training camp as a sophomore in high school, James has always been the pride of heaven. This is the reason why he is sensitive to penalties.

Yu Fei ignored Xiao Zhan who complained to the referee and sprinted forward. When he crossed the half court, he casually looked at the audience and found that the little tennis queen who was invited to Milwaukee by Xiao Zhan was paying attention to him. .

Yu Fei collected the ball at the free throw line, took a big step forward, immediately jumped up, and made the classic "Karl Malone may not be a crowned CJB, but he is willing to listen" action in the air with his left hand.

"BOMM!!!"

The cool Bucks home court was ignited by Yu Fei's dunk.

As ABC's Mike Breen said: "LeBron James must understand that this is Frye Yu's dojo, and everyone who comes here can't help but stand up and shout his name!"

"Fry!"

"Fry!"

"Fry...!"

James will never forget how Yu Fei extinguished those "LeBron" calls at Quicken Loans Center on the day of the opening game.

That's what he wants to do at the Bradley Center.

With this belief, James violently tore apart Yu Fei's defense like a tiger or a wolf, and then rushed forward.

Yu Fei tried to block it with half of his body, but was pushed away by James in just one move.

James attacked the heavily manned basket and forced his way into space for a layup.

Then, he yelled and glared at Brown fiercely, as if to say: How dare you, the rat who embarrassed our No. 1 pick, stop me?

Brown picked up the ball glumly and said to Yu Fei: "You're going to let your little brother act so wild in our home court?"

"You just serve."

On the sidelines, Karl has already seen that Brown's talent in protecting the basket is not enough in the face of James' power to rush to the basket.

Asking Brown to protect the rim in front of James is an unreasonable request. Fortunately, the Bucks have other options.

Karl looked at Mutombo, "Dikembe, get ready, go up and teach Kwame how to protect the basket."

Yu Fei dribbled forward, and the Cavaliers arranged the same as before, still letting Hughes face off.

Apart from anything else, this is what Yu Fei admires most about Xiao Zhan. Unless the coaching staff has arrangements, he will not be like some narrow-minded people who will always take the initiative to ask his teammates to switch defenses.

Since Xiao Zhan didn't come by himself, Yu Fei had no choice but to call a pick-and-roll to invite him.

This time, James planned a sudden pincer attack with Hughes before Yu Fei could react.

The plan was perfect, but something went wrong at the first step.

Hughes was too aggressive and pressed forward, hoping to make Yu Fei lose the ball in an instant. James, on the other hand, is too cautious. He first ensures that he does not lose his position, and applying pressure comes later.

The two defensive strategies conflicted with each other, giving Yu Fei a huge vulnerability.

The moment Yu Fei stepped forward in the middle, he gracefully slapped the ball from behind to his crotch with his right hand, connected with his left hand, and took another step, like a spear to shatter a shield, piercing the gap between the Cavaliers' strongest defense and best talent. A double team composed of people.

Big Z never expected that the double-team between James and Hughes would be broken so quickly, leaving him no time to react.

In less than a second, Yu Fei jumped up in front of him like a king, riding on the Lithuanian's displeased bald head, and violently smashed into the riding buckle that made the atmosphere of the scene explode.

"And One!"

"Fry Yu declared his dominance in the Bradley Center with one against three!"

Some people who were waiting to see the duel between Yu Fei and James realized that the gap did not widen slowly.

In just a moment, the superiority between the two was already clear.

Yu Fei even had the leisure to invite Sharapova to dinner after the game after making the extra penalty, but James needs to seriously consider what he needs to do to restore the impression points on the spot.

Everyone who watched the game agreed that James was outstanding.

It's just that Yu Fei belongs to another level.

(End of this chapter)