When pride still matters

Chapter 304 When Becoming a God

At the beginning of March, Yu Fei ushered in his key game. The opponent was the Suns. This was their first showdown this season.

At the same time, it is also the second MVP competition between him and Nash.

Last season, Yu Fei led the team with a single core after the battle at the Palace of Auburn Hills. He averaged 36 points per game and led the team to 50 wins and entered the Eastern Conference Finals, thereby taking away Nash's own dramatic fairy tale reversal and making him Missed the MVP.

This season, the script is reversed.

The Bucks have a strong team, and the Suns have lost Amar'e Stoudemire from the beginning of the new season. Nash has made the team strive for the top in a difficult situation. It seems that he is finally going to win his MVP.

But Yu Fei's triple-double per game puts a big question mark on this matter.

Tonight, as the originator of all small ball fast plays in the new century, the Bucks don't mind playing fast with the Suns at all.

The rhythm of both sides was full, the offensive efficiency continued to rise, and finally completed a standard small ball game in the big ball era.

常规时间内127比121，雄鹿以6分的优势击败太阳，于飞轰下50分13篮板9助攻，差点就复刻了全明星赛上的50+15+10。

Nash, on the other hand, finished with 35 points and 15 assists.

"I know some people want to say that Frye won the MVP last season because of the same predicament, so Steve should also win the MVP this season." George Karl said with a look of ridicule on his face, "But tonight, The game proved that Frye is not only the best player on the best team, but also the star among stars. Steve Nash is very good, but there is a clear gap between him and Frye. Who wants to give him the MVP? The first one disagrees.”

Then, Mike D'Antoni began to repeat the same old tune, accusing Yu Fei of taking over everything, hurting the team, and affecting the growth of young people. Unlike Nash, who could still lead Boris Fei even when Stoudemire was reimbursed for the season. Dior.

This kind of statement first came from Phil Jackson, but in recent years, Jackson has stopped saying it because the loopholes are too obvious.

Karl originally thought this was not worth refuting, but it was D'Antoni who said this. If he does not fight back, he will easily be led to the rhythm.

So, Karl responded at the press conference: "You said to help new players grow? Boris Diaw? Has he been selected for the All-Stars? Fryco has really helped Kevin Martin from a fringe player who is about to be kicked out of the league. Developed into an All-Star as a sophomore.”

The quarrel between Karl and D'Antoni has become the highlight of the league, but it has also allowed more people to see Yu Fei's advantage in this competition.

For Karl, defending Yu Fei's honor is part of his job. If D'Antoni continues to bark, he will start to directly attack Nash himself.

The Bucks made great progress, and at the end of March, they went to the away game for a second game with the Suns.

This time, the Suns sat back and rested for three days before competing against the Bucks.

The Bucks came to Phoenix after playing back-to-back games and resting for a day.

Tonight, Raja Bell took a rest, Karl put Ariza into the starting lineup, and let Robert Horry replace Kwame Brown as the starting center. He put out 5 OUT at the beginning, asking Yu Fei to lead the game.

"As long as Steve Nash is eliminated in Phoenix, there will be no suspense in the MVP battle!" Karl said simply and rudely.

Kill Nash? Yu Fei understood.

What the Cavaliers did to Curry in the 2016 Finals, he will do to Nash.

Curry's Warriors are the result of Nash's reincarnation in the sun. The biggest difference from the original team is that as the core, Curry on the outside is actually quite passable as a defender and will not become a liability like Nash.

The Cavaliers' logic for unlimited naming of Curry is very simple. Consumption is the first priority. Secondly, he is really the best player on the Warriors field to be named.

But Nash is different.

To lead everyone's absolute core on the offensive end, he also needs to have his teammates wipe his butt on the defensive end. If the Bucks point to Nash endlessly like the Cavaliers point to Curry, as the team leader, Nash will encounter an extremely embarrassing situation.

That's what happened tonight.

The Suns completely treated this game like a playoff game, and D'Antoni, who treated his players like animals, focused on a seven-man rotation.

Fortunately, everyone on the Suns team has the physical fitness of an animal and maintains a precise touch throughout.

However, Nash was beaten violently throughout.

Yu Fei asked him for a roll call, and Martin asked him for a roll call. Later, even Ariza started to roll his name awkwardly, and finally Granger. If Horry didn't like to attack with the ball now, he would also order Nash's dish.

In order to show the difference from Nash, Yu Fei generously shared the ball tonight, devoted a lot of energy to the defensive end, and then used the remaining energy to point Nash.

This left a terrifying scene on the court.

Nash is a loophole, and both Yu Fei and Ariza can take advantage of him.

On the defensive end, Yu Fei suddenly looked like a little Garnett, sweeping high, protecting the basket in the penalty area, and guarding pick-and-rolls on the outside, all of which were surprising.

"I know what you want to say, but Frye tonight is a combination of Ray Allen, Gary Payton, and Sean Kemp!" Karl said excitedly, "I have coached these three people, and I am qualified. so!"

The Suns were defeated at home.

Since Yu Fei played many singles tonight and shared a lot of the ball, he did not get a triple-double, but he scored 37 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks.

On the opposite side, Nash started but failed and was killed at home. His performance was not outstanding, with only 19 points and 11 assists. If it were not for the outstanding performance of his teammates, there would be a lot of time in this game.

"MVP battle? Don't talk about this anymore, it's over." Karl refused to answer any questions about MVP.

Yu Fei said in an interview: "I really don't pay attention to this. Instead of talking about the MVP ownership that will not have any results at present, it is better to look at the performance of the young players in our team. You always focus on Kai. Tattoo, but Trevor was pretty good tonight.”

Ariza has always been Yu Fei's follower, just like Damon Jones next to James. However, his growth curve is really tortuous.

The most important thing is the shooting problem. Due to his poor shooting, Karl positions him as a functional substitute, a double-edged sword who has excellent defense but will most likely occupy Dafei's offensive space after playing.

Ariza is very clear about his problem, but not everyone can practice shooting quickly. After two years of hard work, he finally stabilized his three-point shooting rate to 30%, but this is still below the league average.

Tonight, Ariza's basket was not accurate, but he unexpectedly showed off another small strength of his - rough ball-handling attack.

It's definitely not enough to count on him to serve as a secondary attacker, but it's not difficult to attack defensive holes like Nash.

Nash, who lost at home and exposed his own shortcomings, was quickly left behind by Yu Fei in terms of public opinion.

Some potential voters who originally supported Nash changed their minds: "When that day comes (voting day), I will think of Steve's performance today."

With a complete victory in the duel with Nash, Yu Fei has objectively cleared the obstacle to defending MVP.

Entering April, Yu Fei only needs to focus on two things.

Let the team remain first in the league, and then improve the data as much as possible, and maintain the long-lasting triple-double data per game until the end.

This is not a big problem for a team that is completely small-ball-oriented and whose core data output is completely in line with small-ball teams.

In the first game in April, the Bucks defeated the Pacers, who were seventh in the Eastern Conference, and dropped them to eighth.

Then, they encountered the Heat in an away game with O'Neal absent.

The Bucks, who were looking forward to continuing their winning streak, were involved in Waterloo and were upset by Wade, who led the team with a single core.

They had only one thing to say about the game.

Black, really dark.

The Bucks took 24 free throws as a team tonight.

Wade made 26 free throws on the Heat's side.

Yu Fei said jokingly: "On the plus side, it's a good thing that Dwayne got so many free throws tonight, because I don't want him to get so many free throws in the playoffs."

Karl wanted to criticize the referee sharply, but he didn't want to pay the fine, so he had to keep silent.

There are only eight games left in the regular season.

The Bucks' goal is to win.

But the plan was good, but something went wrong in the third step.

Encountering the Knicks, whose lineup was chaotic but whose nerves could defeat any team, the Bucks stumbled against them until the end, and were defeated by Jamal Crawford.

And this was just a small accident during the regular season. The Bucks locked in first place in the league in the third to last regular season game.

Just when the outside world thought that the Bucks would take turns to rest Yu Fei to eliminate all hidden dangers, Yu Fei actually let himself go in the last three games.

Against the Hawks, who are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, Yu Fei transformed into the old Kobe to pay tribute to Kobe who was 47/17. He made 40 wild shots and scored a career-high 64 points.

Then against the Pistons, who were second in the Eastern Conference, he posted his ninth 40-point triple-double of the season.

In the final game of the regular season against his old team, the Wizards, Yu Fei's momentum slowed down. He scored 32 points, 28 rebounds and 10 assists in 8 minutes, ending the 2005-06 season with a very dull performance for him. regular season season.

The night of the game against the Wizards was the night for Yu Fei's camp to celebrate their victory.

Because Yu Fei has already averaged a triple-double per game.

For Reebok, this is the key to further sending Yu Fei to the throne of god.

The reason why God is God is because He has done things that humans cannot do, so He is called God.

Big O's triple-double per game has become a myth, just like Chamberlain's 50 points per game, which is admired by future generations. Over the years, one all-around monster after another has tried to get close to it, but they have all failed.

The inside can't average 10 assists per game, and the defender can't average 10 rebounds per game. Why? Because of the special position of the inside line, they did not have the stamina to shoulder the ball share average of 10 assists per game in the big ball era, and it was difficult for the outside line to grab 30 rebounds per game in the era of averaging 10 rebounds per game.

So why can Big O do it?

You have to say that the Big O is great, but you have to take into account the objective background of the era. It was the 60s, there was no three-point line, the average shooting percentage per capita was 40%, there were fewer black people and more white people (their athletic ability was appalling), so they played every game The game produced 70 rebounds.

This is the background for Big O to create the myth, and it is also the reason why younger generations cannot match the triple-double per game.

How about Dafei? The big players who play small ball have already jumped out of the three boundaries and are not restricted by the rules of the big ball era.

But no matter how careful you look, Yu Fei has reached the pinnacle of the regular season.

2005-06赛季，82场全勤，场均33分11篮板10助攻2抢断1盖帽，44年之后，终于又有人来到了数据之神的面前大声说道：

"Averaging a triple-double per game, but mediocre."

(End of this chapter)