Chapter 54: Playing Better!
Yi Feng put down two Jazz interior players at once, and he didn't have any.
In fact, Yi Feng knew very well in his heart that after such a thing, it would be of great benefit to his future career.
Maybe in the future, he will be saddled with titles such as "butcher" and "demon", but a bunch of insiders in the alliance will also be afraid of him. When Yi Feng attacks the inside line, the inside players will now think about the weight of their shots. Otherwise, if you anger this "butcher", will you be directly put down?
In this way, the risk of injury is greatly reduced, and his career can be invisibly prolonged.
The Jazz will make free throws first.
But on the Jazz side, because of what happened just now, the players had too many thoughts in their minds, and Gordon Hayward, who executed the free throw, actually didn't hit the free throw, and he didn't want to give away points for nothing.
This may be the legendary "don't eat the food that comes from the mouth".
Next, the Lakers will perform "four free throws and one throw". According to NBA rules, the number of free throws can be stacked for two "two free throws and one throw", but you can only have the ball once after completing the free throw.
The so-called "two free throws and one throw" means that the violated team member takes two non-standing free throws, and the team throws the ball into bounds at the extension of the halfline on the opposite side of the record table. And "four free throws and one throw", but the number of free throws has changed to four.
The Lakers gave Yi Feng the free throw opportunity in the "four free throws and one throw", after all, this is what Yi Feng deserves.
Yi Feng's heart is very hard, and such a quality can become a big heart in the NBA.
Take a deep breath, slap the ball to adjust the feel, and Yi Feng will hit all four free throws!
The Lakers then threw the ball into bounds from the halfway line extension on the opposite side of the table. It was Roy Hibbert who served and Kobe Bryant who received the ball.
At the moment, the Jazz are not in a good mental state and are not concentrating defensively. Bryant threw the ball directly to Yi Feng at the top of the arc.
Yi Feng looked at the defender in front of him, Alec Burks, a little stunned, and directly pulled up and jumped, and shot three points.
The basketball spun and landed in the hoop, bringing up a burst of white nets!
Three-point hit!
At this time, Yi Feng's personal score has come to 9 points, and the Lakers also temporarily lead the Jazz 11:2.
The stopwatch only took a few seconds, and the Lakers relied on Yi Feng to directly hit a 9:0 attack wave!
Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder, despite his gloomy face, did not call a timeout.
Jazz send a baseline shot.
Starting point guard Raul Neto dribbled across the midfield with a blank face and then threw the ball to Alec Burks on the right like a hot potato.
In the face of Yi Feng, Burks had no idea of singles at all, and immediately turned out after getting the ball.
The Jazz moved the ball so quickly and really turned the opportunity, and Tre Lyles, who received a pass from Burks, actually had an empty position! However, he had the ability to shoot, but he didn't shoot immediately, and after a moment of hesitation, the opportunity was missed. Randle made amends and got back in time for his defender.
Seeing this, Lyles didn't say a word, and passed the ball to the outside again.
Not to mention the starters Gordon Hayward, Alec Burks, Raul Netto and others, even Trevor Booker and Tre Lyles, who were replaced, have little desire to attack. The ball was passed back and forth, and at the end of the day there was not much time left for the attack to be hastily thrown by Raul Neto.
The result, of course, was missed, and the basketball bounced straight out of bounds.
Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder couldn't hold back any longer and called a timeout in frustration.
Hayward and the others, who returned to the bench in disgrace, were scolded by him so much that it was a bloody dog!
"Are you here for sightseeing or are you here for tourism? Are you fascinated by the beauty of Honolulu? Look what you're doing on the field?! ”
"It's less than three minutes into the game! You actually let your opponent easily get 11 points!! ”
"I'm not going to talk about you guys when you don't stand on free throws, but Alec, you actually watched that Chinese kid shoot easily? And you Trey, you don't shoot an empty basket, what the hell are you thinking? ”
Alec Burks was still in a blur, his mind full of footage of Derek Favors being knocked down by Yi Feng with an over-the-shoulder fall, and Favors' painful voice still rings in his ears today.
Yi Feng's "brutality" gave him a lot of pressure!
Alec Burks, 24, was drafted by the Jazz with the 12th pick in the first round in 2011.
Last season, Burks played in 27 games, 22 of which were in double figures, scoring 20+ points four times, averaging 13.9 points and a career-high 4.2 rebounds and three assists per game. In addition, Burks shot 38.2% from three-point range and 82.2% from the free-throw line, also setting a career-high percentage.
It's fair to say that Burks was on a rapid upward trajectory last season. Unfortunately, as God willed, he played just 27 games last season before missing the rest of the season with a left shoulder injury.
Suffering a serious injury has undoubtedly slowed down his growth a lot. Coupled with the fact that he is not in a good state of mind at the moment, it is reasonable that Berks is unable to defend Yi Feng.
Like Alec Burks, Tre Lyles was the 12th pick in the first round, but Tre Lyles was a rookie who just entered the NBA this year.
This is the second time Tre Lyles has seen Yi Feng hit someone!
The last time was at the combined training camp in Chicago in May this year!
As Yi Feng's opponent, Tre Lyles has suffered a lot and thoroughly appreciated Yi Feng's power on the basketball court.
He knew that although Yi Feng was very good at fighting, he was even more powerful at playing!
On the basketball court, Yi Feng has a hundred ways to score goals, and as a defender you are helpless!
When he faced Yi Feng on the court again, Tre Lyles remembered the fear of being dominated in the Chicago United training camp, and his heart seemed to be a mess, and he became very hesitant to face an empty basket opportunity.
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During the period when the two teams alternated free throws, and then the Jazz were stopped by the Lakers, the two commentators on the live commentary bench also chatted happily.
Because it is a preseason game, even the game venue is not a regular season arena, and the commentator is naturally not the commentator that fans are familiar with. These two commentators are the commentators in the NBA's second-tier league, the NBA Development League (NBADevelopment League, or NBDL).
One is a grim-faced white man named Patterson, who speaks sharply, and the other is a black uncle named Billy with a slow face.
"I've always heard that this Chinese kid is very newsworthy, and reporters can write big news as long as they follow him," Patterson said. Now that I look at it, it is still so! ”
Billy smiled, "Otherwise, how could people suddenly counterattack from an unknown little person to become the top pick in the draft?" If he wasn't more magical than the average person, he wouldn't be able to do it! ”
Patterson took over, "Yes, just like just now, as a basketball player who is more than two meters tall, he did difficult moves that only an acrobat can do. ”
Billy said, "If he can't do it, then he's done." Probably his entire career was ruined by Goebel. ”
Patterson said: "Of course, this can't be said to be Gobert's fault, the league has a history of decades, and there are many people who have been ridden, some of them are casual, but some of them are fighting on the spot." After all, it is understandable that he can't bear the humiliation of his crotch. ”
Billy disagreed, "If you can't bear the humiliation of your crotch, you have to ruin everyone's career?" Goebel was a bit vicious in doing so. ”
Patterson said: "Gobert didn't mean it, he just got angry for a while. Besides, isn't that Chinese kid unharmed now? And got so many free throws for nothing. ”
Billy said disdainfully, "That's just easy to be agile!" If it were you, would you have been able to save yourself in that situation? I'm afraid I can only cry and fall to the ground, right? ”
Patterson said: "You have to figure it out, the Chinese kid is an athlete, and I'm just a commentator, and my physical fitness is too far behind!" ”
Billy pouted, "The difference between you is not only your physical fitness, but also your appearance!" And Yi and you can't even dream of tens of millions of dollars! ”
Patterson was a little excited, perhaps Billy said about his sore spot, "How can this Chinese kid be worth tens of millions?" He's just an NBA rookie who just played his first game! ”
Billy said slowly, "Didn't you watch that episode of "Jimmy's Chicken Feather Show"? It said that Yi has signed 5 big contracts. Before he played a game, Yi already had tens of millions of dollars in income! This is something that has never been done in the history of the NBA, and he is unique! ”
Patterson was quite excited, "Tens of millions of dollars in contracts? Did he pay taxes? So much after paying taxes? You know, Los Angeles is very taxed! ”
Every NBA player must pay agent and player union fees, as well as federal, state, and city taxes.
For example, a player in New York, who lives in a different part of New York State, may also cause a difference in his final income.
Due to California's high personal income tax, including Kobe, Chris? Players including Paul have the highest tax payers in the league. In 2012 alone, California received a whopping $216.8 million in taxes from professional athletes.
Patterson continued: "I remember there was an investigation into the wages of NBA players, and it was Sports Illustrated and tax expert Robert? Raiola teamed up. Last season, the real highest-paid player was not Kobe Bryant, but Joe Johnson! ”
Billy was a little confused, "What's the situation?" ”
Patterson's tone was a little ostentatious, "You are lonely at first glance. ”
"Last season, the NBA player with the highest salary was Kobe Bryant, at $23.5 million; This is followed by Amare Stoudemire with a salary of $23.41 million, although I also don't think he's worth the price; Third place is Joe Johnson with a salary of $23.18 million! ”
"And yet it's all pre-tax wages!"
"After paying taxes, almost half of the deductions were gone. It seems that Kobe Bryant, who has the highest salary, actually received only $12.09 million because of California's tax policy, ranking only fourth in last season's salary income. ”
"In third place is Amare Stoudemire, with an after-tax salary of $12.11 million."
"In second place is Dewalt Howard, with an after-tax salary of $12.37 million. Although he gave up the Lakers' high-priced contract in the summer of 2013 and chose to take a pay cut to come to the Houston Rockets, because Texas is a personal income tax-free region, he only needs to pay a certain amount of athlete tax for away games. That moved him to second in the league in after-tax salary income for the 2014-15 season. ”
"Last season's No. 1 working emperor was Joe Johnson! After-tax wages are $12.5 million! ”
Billy swallowed, "Actually, those hundreds of thousands of dollars are nothing for someone of that level." But I have to complain, the United States is so taxed! ”
"Lao Tzu's hard work income is actually handed over to the government!"
Patterson said: "Actually, the government can't look down on your little money, and the real big taxpayers are super high-income people like Kobe Bryant." Earn more, pay more! ”