When pride still matters

Chapter 340 Calf Pills

Starting in March, whenever the Bucks lose, it will become a big event in the NBA.

Because they look unstoppable.

In mid-April, when the Bucks beat the Cavaliers by 41 points on the road, LeBron James claimed: "This is an unacceptable game!"

This game gave the Bucks 69 wins.

They tied the second-win record in NBA history.

There was one last game before the end of the regular season, and they faced the Phoenix Suns, who had defeated them a few months earlier.

If the Suns, with their entire team, defeats the Bucks tonight, they will lock in second place in the Western Conference.

They are confident about it.

After all, they have done it once before, and they don't have the same psychological burden on the Bucks as other teams.

It's just that tonight's Bucks look completely different from the teams they've faced before.

The only reason the Pacers are in the playoffs is because the East is too weak.

People in Dallas probably won't take this game seriously.

This intersects with the legendary story of Chamberlain, the No. 1 player in the history of basketball statistics who also succeeded after giving up becoming the scoring champion.

Therefore, in the last game of the regular season against the Warriors, he adopted a negative attitude towards the game.

For Fei, this is still a great season. He played full attendance during the season and averaged 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game. Compared with the mythical statistics of the previous two seasons, Yu Fei's statistics this season are inferior, but he led the team to achieve great results. Best record in personal history.

What's more, the Warriors' coach is Nelson. The Warriors weren't sure they would advance to the playoffs until they beat the Mavericks because they were competing with the Clippers for another spot. There is only one win between the two sides. If the Warriors lose, based on the relationship between victory and defeat, the Clippers will advance to the playoffs.

They did not provide intensity or confrontation throughout the whole process. They simply fought offensively with the Warriors, and then they couldn't fight.

This night, Dallas and Golden State were all smiling.

They currently have 65 wins, 4 games ahead of the second-place Suns in the Western Conference, and have secured first place in the Western Conference in advance.

Facing the second-place Suns in the Western Conference, the Bucks showed terrifying dominance and finally advanced to the playoffs with the second-best record in history at 70 wins and 12 losses.

This is their last regular season game of the season.

But at the same time, the shadow of the Bucks' biggest rival, the Dallas Mavericks, the No. 1 team in the Western Conference, is growing bigger and bigger.

The Bucks' first-round opponent is the Indiana Pacers.

This is a team that shouldn't be in the playoffs.

However, the people of Dallas never imagined that they, the first NBA team in the Western Conference to prepare for the playoffs, would become the first NBA team in the Western Conference to prepare for the 2007-08 season.

Because this game is insignificant to the ranking, winning or losing will not affect the overall situation.

But the Mavericks went right ahead and proved with facts that professional basketball also has human nature.

Danny Granger replaced Bell in the starting lineup, and it was Granger who opened up the situation first.

After the release of the rights, the people who benefited the most were Martin and Granger. One of them began to learn to become a ball controller in the Bucks' system, and the other developed towards the traditional ace third position.

Yu Fei didn't exert any force at all. He just shot from the outside, played a few low posts, ran and counterattacked, and passed the ball. He easily scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, but the Bucks shot down the Suns with a huge advantage of 30 points.

Carter, who has always been stoic, scored 40 points like a killer, leading the Warriors to a 122-89 victory over the Mavericks by 33 points.

They only had 37 wins. This record ranked them th in the Western Conference, and they didn't even get to play in the play-offs more than ten years later.

But there is no way. In recent years, the talent in the East has basically flowed to the West.

Players like Tracy McGrady and Ray Allen were traded to the West by chance, while O'Neal, who moved from the West to the East, is getting old.

However, the top star in the East is still Yu Fei, which is enough for the West to pay attention to the East.

But compared with the Western Conference, the test the Pacers gave the Bucks in the first round was basically as easy as a teaching game.

George Karl, who never liked opening champagne in advance, confided to a friend in private: "If we lose a game in the first round, it means we have a big problem."

In Karl's opinion, a complete victory is the right thing to do.

Yu Fei likes to play the Pacers because there is his good friend Jermaine O'Neal.

"meet again."

Before the G1 game, Yu Fei sent friendly greetings to Xiao Ao.

Xiao Ao's response made Yu Fei laugh: "This is the time of the year when I least want to see you!"

"Don't be sad, you still have a chance to win a game." Yu Fei said, "Come on."

But what's the use of winning a game?

That night, O'Brien tried his best to score 38 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks in the Bucks' inside. As an inside line, his performance was already dominant, but the Bucks' outside was leaking everywhere. The hard-earned points scored inside were drowned out by the Bucks' 28-for-17 three-point shooting.

In the end, 118 to 97, the Bucks won.

After the game, Xiao O's interview made headlines the next day.

A reporter asked: "What did you learn from this game?"

"You know, Da Fei is my good brother, but I have to pay the price for ruining his three consecutive championships. This is my retribution."

Another reporter asked: "Do you think you can get at least one win in the playoffs?"

"Da Fei didn't even break a sweat tonight, we were just lying here, and you still think we can win? Brother, you look more like a Pacer player than me. Um, do you like eating corn?"

Finally, a reporter from Milwaukee asked: "If you are eliminated by the Bucks two years in a row, will your relationship with Da Fei be challenged?"

"SHIT~~!!!" Xiao Ao shouted, "The game is a game, how can our relationship be affected? Is the relationship that is affected by this kind of thing still reliable? Moreover, I feel that this matter does not let me Embarrassing. Why? Because there's a good chance I'm going to be the only guy in five years to win a big game in the playoffs."

Speaking of this, the negative emotions of losing actually disappeared from Xiao Ao's face, and he seemed to be the ultimate winner: "You know, people will not remember those overall runners-up who were defeated by Da Fei in the end, but they will definitely I will remember who stopped Da Fei from winning five consecutive championships. Yes, it was me, it was me, it was me!"

Xiao Ao's sense of humor is the reason why Yu Fei has a good relationship with him.

You really can't hate this kind of person.

The next day, Yu Fei simply responded to the public opinion brought by Xiao Ao: "Well, I think Jermaine is right."

Then he let the public opinion ferment and left all the traffic to Xiao Ao, who was about to be sent back to cut corn.

At the beginning of G2, Yu Fei took Kwame Brown to greet Xiao Ao.

His original intention was to ease the relationship between the two, but when Brown met, he began to criticize Ou for talking too much outside the court: "Jermaine, you are obviously a complete loser, why do you act as if you are the winner? Moreover, the Pacers The victory over the Bucks was not all due to you alone, so why do you disrespect your teammates so much?"

Xiao Ao replied: "You have no right to speak here. It's as easy as drinking water to score 30 points on your head. If you have time, you should go back and practice defense more."

Yu Fei felt Wade's helplessness.

This is another quarrel between the self-proclaimed No. 2 center in the East and the consensus No. 2 center in the East.

Since then, Yu Fei has basically stopped trying to reconcile the relationship between the two.

That night, the showdown between O'Brien and Brown couldn't help but bring fans back to the 90s, the legendary era of center centers where giants were rampant. Now they have gradually disappeared, but today, O'Brien scored 30 points and 11 rebounds, while Brown only relied on eating cakes. Got 22 points and 10 rebounds.

In terms of statistics, O'Brien has a small victory. On the scene, O'Brien has a complete victory because he beat Brown to six fouls and left the game. Moreover, there is a clear difference in the difficulty of scoring between the two.

O'Brien basically relies on singles, and the Pacers only have him as a reliable singles player. Brown's scoring is too easy. The Bucks' shooters only need to spread out to have a wide space, plus Yu Fei is a master. The cake feeding king, and Martin has recently begun to learn how to feed Brown cakes, Brown's cake balls can be said to be available when he opens his mouth.

Hitting the back, Xiao Ao, who had the advantage, was on the verge of breaking the defense.

Why does he work so hard but have no hope of winning? And the parallel import No. 1 pick doesn't have much strength at all. His defense and rebounding are just okay. His offense is entirely dependent on people. How can he actually be on par with himself in terms of statistics?

He's also an insider, so why doesn't he have such teammates around him?

The lively scene could not save the Pacers' defeat.

The Bucks once again beat their opponents by 20 points.

"Tell that Bitchi!" Little Otto Yu Fei sent a message, "If he refuses to shut up, I will continue to score 30 points on his head!"

Of course Yu Fei didn't bring the words.

In the next two games, O'Brien's performance was in line with the old saying of "failure from exhaustion". Returning to the home court, he lost his offensive touch. In the crucial third game, he only scored 20 points, and the Bucks easily won the match point. .

Then in the fourth game, Yu Fei went all out and scored 45 points with an unsolvable offensive performance, sending away the Pacers with a big score of 4-0.

"Win another championship, Da Fei." Xiao Ao joked, "This is really important to me."

Yu Fei responded with a suggestion: "Indiana has no chance of rising in the short term. You should consider starting over somewhere else."

"Oh?" Xiao Ao rolled his eyes, "What do you think of Seattle?"

"hehe."

Yu Fei didn't respond, patted him on the shoulder and left.

The Bucks swept the Pacers completely in line with outside expectations.

But the Mavericks fell into a tough battle against the Warriors in the first round, which was surprising.

Especially on the second day, when the Warriors, who had won two of the previous three games, defeated the Mavericks at home and led 3-1, basketball fans generally had the same feeling.

Calf pills.

PS: There are three updates today, and the one I missed on New Year’s Eve is a chapter.

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