When pride still matters

Chapter 367 I will end your career
The fact that Ron Artest can limit Yu Fei has been rumored more and more like "the Sonics won two games in a row after Payton started playing against Jordan in 1996."

Whether it was Payton back then or Artest now, they both relied on their excellent defensive systems to bring about excellent matchup defensive performance.

But now, the rules are no longer the rules of the past, and the team is no longer the team of the past. In fact, Yu Fei is much better than he was then, but Artest's defensive peak period has ended with the changes in the rules. .

In order for Artest to better restrain Yu Fei, other members of the Cavaliers also assisted.

However, Yu Fei's unreasonable misplaced singles made Artest's single defense look extremely unstable.

The Cavaliers responded to Yu Fei's singles with Big Z's inside attack.

Then, Yu Fei used his speed to break through Artest's defense, and after attracting the help of Larry Hughes, he finished the game with a pull-up jumper.

With his teammates' help so weak, Artest's unreasonable temperament began to do evil.

He growled at Hughes: "I don't need your help, stop meddling!"

It sounds like Artest believes that his defensive failure just now was mainly due to Hughes's "unnecessary" help defense that affected him.

Because not only was he unable to guard against Yu Fei's offense with the ball, he was even more powerless against Yu Fei's offense without the ball.

Roy barely did anything before Hughes pounced on him and exposed a big flaw.

Artest revealed the Cavaliers' internal narrative perspective on Yu Fei's 70-point game.

However, fortunately, the fans have sharp eyes. Except within the Cavaliers, there is no argument that Yu Fei scored 70 points over Hughes.

He had been broken through just now. Even if he didn't step forward to help defend, it would be impossible for Artest to keep up with Yu Fei at his speed.

The legend of the Noble Phantasm may come to an end tonight.

There have been reports from the outside world that the Cavaliers are actively promoting his deal.

In response to these discordant flames, James only said one thing to Artest: "Ron, don't mind, Larry also wants to help you."

Because he is too heavy and not fast enough, he is completely unable to match Yu Fei's offensive rhythm without the ball.

Artest's one-on-one defense suddenly lost its magic.

When he broke through Hughes, he discovered that there was no trap at all, but that there was something wrong with Hughes' thinking.

"No need!" Artest said without any reservations, "He can't help me. Have you forgotten that he once scored 70 points by Frye!"

This is directly reflected in Hughes' self-defeating defense.

Hughes has a hard time defending this, because in the past games against Yu Fei, the Cavaliers did ask him to guard Yu Fei, but in that 70-point game, Yu Fei called a lot of pick-and-rolls to call James, and he got the ball over James' head. The score is much more than the opponent's score.

Artest's own destructive power to the team quietly appears when the defense is not going well.

Although Hughes is not angry about this, he also knows that because he has not become a powerful helper to James as the Cavaliers originally expected, his status in the team is declining, especially after the arrival of Artest. The value of the opposing arrow is replaced.

The Sonics, who originally planned to let Yu Fei open the game in singles, actually let Roy break out of the Cavaliers' perimeter and indirectly create various easy scoring opportunities for Yu Fei.

Although everyone outside said that Yu Fei scored 70 points on James, in the Cavaliers, the narrative protagonist of this matter is Hughes.

Now that James, who was bullied by Artest and said he wanted to protect everyone under his wing, chose to fight with him again, Hughes was filled with resentment.

Hughes couldn't believe Artest would say that.

At first, Roy wondered if there was some kind of trap.

After eight minutes, the constant connection between Roy and Yu Fei allowed the SuperSonics to score 26 points in eight minutes, while the Cavaliers only scored 18 points relying on James' sudden pass.

Mike Brown looked serious and asked for a timeout.

James' confidants were extremely disappointed with the defense of Artest and Hughes, and they were even more jealous of Fei's excellent teammate luck.

Why would this guy join the bottom team in the Western Conference in the name of so-called salvation and still meet teammates like Roy? And LeBron works so hard, just because he wants the team to bring in some teammates who are worthy of him, but he can't get them?

Just when the bosses of both sides came to the court to rest, Durant turned out to be the highlight of the court.

His catch-and-shoot and dribble-stop shooting are both excellent, and the Cavaliers couldn't find anyone to match him for a while.

Brown, who no longer believed that Artest could limit Yu Fei, decided to put this rusty and dull knife in the most correct position.

In the second quarter, when all the main players from both sides return, we can see that the Cavaliers' defensive matchup has been adjusted.

They pitted Artest against Durant, pitted Hughes against Wei Fei, and pitted James against Roy.

At this time, the score on the court was 39 to 28.

The Cavaliers are already 11 points behind.

This is mainly because they cannot limit the Sonics' main offensive points, and in turn they do not have enough firepower to match their opponents' offensive.

Yu Fei was not satisfied with the Cavaliers' arrangement of letting Hughes defend him.

They should know what the audience wants to see.

So, when the Sonics were on offense, Yu Fei wanted the ball and asked Hughes before the attack started: "Why doesn't LeBron come to guard me? Is he going to be a deserter again?"

At this time, Hughes, who already felt that the countdown to his Cavaliers career was beginning, did not want to cover up James at all: "He is right next to him, you can ask him yourself."

After saying that, Hughes once again resorted to self-destructive defense.

It has strong pressure on the ball, and at the same time, it also gives Yu Fei a huge operating space.

Yu Fei pulled the ball behind him to change direction, swaying Hughes who was pressing forward behind him, bursting out like a cheetah, rushed into the basket and scored with a dunk.

Big Z spread his hands. He didn't know why the defense could defend like this. Even if it couldn't be defended, at least it had to give the inside line time to react. However, Hughes' defense collapsed at the first touch and had no effect at all on slowing down the rhythm and speed.

After Yu Fei succeeded in dunking, he turned directly to James and challenged: "LeBron, your teammates asked me to ask you why you don't dare to defend me. What are you afraid of?"

James' eyes turned to Hughes, who had already run away.

"I will make you wish." James knew that he had no way out. "I have a lot of accounts to settle with you." Which accounts do you refer to?

I got 49 points on your head when we first met? 70 points on your head in the playoffs? Stealing your AMVP account at the All-Star Game? The one that blew you away in the Eastern Conference Finals? Or has he never lost to you in his career?

There were too many accounts for him to bother to settle.

He just has a strong interest in adding a new account to James.

Yu Fei gave James a certain amount of space on the defensive end, forcing him to shoot.

This is an opportunity for James, who has shot 36% from three-point range so far this season. He wants to prove that he has spent a summer tempering his strength and that he is stronger than before.

James took a three-point shot and hit a hollow shot.

What is certain is that he did not waste the past summer, and his long-range shooting stability has improved than before.

The three-pointer in front of Yu Fei gave James a shot in the arm. He was sure that the effect of this shot gave him more self-confidence than the steroids used by Barry Bonds.

Those who say he has no skills, only talent, should open their eyes and watch his game.

Skills are not exclusive to Fry Yu, he has caught up!
"It's bad, this guy has really developed a long-range shot." Roy gloated, "You're going to be blown away!"

"You're so happy!"

Yu Fei rolled his eyes, then opened his hand for the ball.

Roy was not happy either. Yu Fei was his brother. How could he be happy because his brother was beaten up? If anything, it was excitement, because he had never seen Yu Fei go berserk on the field, and he had only listened to other people's oral accounts of the legends about Yu Fei turning into a butcher.

Now, he might have a chance to see with his own eyes what a rampaging Yu Fei looks like.

James took the initiative to defend.

This scene made the audience at Quicken Loans Center roar with excitement.

Among those people was Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, who was sitting in the presidential box.

Ever since James was drafted in 2003, people have been looking forward to the moment he becomes "the guy."

Four years have passed, but Yu Fei has become "that person".

James only showed a hint of success in Game 5 of last season's Eastern Conference semifinals against the Pistons, and was quickly knocked back to his original form by Yu Fei.

Is he overrated?

Are we wrong?
Such doubts and uneasiness are floating in the hearts of everyone in the Cavaliers.

After the Las Vegas tragedy, James' reputation hit rock bottom, and then, until tonight.

James showed the results of his training, Yu Fei hit a three-pointer, and then took the initiative to defend Yu Fei.

This scene was enough to ignite the passion at home, and the fans at Quicken Loans Center almost shouted "Long Live the King."

However, when Yu Fei got the ball, he dribbled the ball quickly like a street baller facing James. The unbearable rhythm switch made James choose the wrong direction in an instant.

Yu Feihuang darted from left to right, stepped on the three-point line and stopped suddenly, and the ball handler made a move, which caused James to mobilize the top reaction and explosive power in history to take off.

But when the emperor came to the one-meter-high airspace and found Yu Fei still standing on the ground, he knew that his defense had completely failed.

Yu Fei stepped back smoothly, collected the ball, and shot a three-pointer when James fell.

The restless Quicken Loans Center was silent at that moment.

"Shuh!!!"

"Frye destroyed LeBron's defense and hit a step-back three-pointer!"

"Elegant skill set, perfect timing, ultimate scoring machine!" Doug Collins completely forgot about the commentator's neutral stance. "Frye is still the unshakable number one in the world!"

Yu Fei, who broke James' defense, stayed in the frontcourt and said sarcastically: "LeBron, why do you dare to guard me? Have you forgotten that your best ability is to escape, not to face."

"Stop blabbering!" James' three-dimensional defense was once again broken by Yu Fei's trash talk, "I want to end it with you!"

Yu Fei directly pressed James for the whole court. During this period, there were many illegal actions, but the referee did not give a whistle because this was a confrontation between super giants and they were exempt.

It wasn't until Yu Fei's ball-grabbing action clearly violated the referee's bottom line that the whistle sounded sharply.

"!#￥!@#￥"

The boos at the scene poured into the stadium like a tsunami, and Yu Fei mocked with contempt: "Stop it? You are a coward who ran away in the playoffs, a clown who made a fool of himself in Las Vegas, How can a loser who has never achieved anything have the right to end things with me? If you really want to end it, I will end it with you!"

"I'm here to end your career, and you better fucking remember my words!"

LeBron James is a decent guy.

At least it used to be.

But humans themselves are beasts. Once the moral concepts, reason, and judgment that distinguish us from beasts are overwhelmed by rage, the most primitive beastiality will burst out.

James rushed in front of Yu Fei like an angry orangutan, but was pushed away by Yu Fei. Fortunately, their teammates were not far away and the physical conflict between the two was stopped.

"I swear this is the last time you say this shit to me!!!" James roared with a red face, "This is the fucking last time, I've had enough of the bullshit you say!"

But Yu Fei sneered like he was watching a monkey show: "I can also swear that this is not the last time you say such nonsense that looks tough but is actually softer than your a**!"

The game was interrupted for a while, and the referee needed to watch the video to decide the penalty, while the fans continued to support the home team and uttered unpleasant curses against Fei.

But no matter how fiercely they cursed, they could not restore James' calm.

This scene makes people believe the authenticity of the Las Vegas tragedy.

"Frye and LeBron were once as close as brothers, but what happened before us makes us question whether their friendship is real." ESPN's Mike Breen said, "I think this will always be the case for us. It’s a mystery.”

(End of this chapter)