Kobe Bryant's undisguised praise of Yi Feng did not make Yi Feng feel embarrassed, but it made Quinn Snyder and others next to him look embarrassed.

Because Kobe always used their Jazz as a stepping stone for Yi Feng, as if the Lakers won the game today was all due to Yi Feng alone, as if Yi Feng alone broke the Jazz team's defense.

Quinn Snyder revealed to a media outlet after the press conference, "Kobe Bryant spares no effort to tout Yi Feng, and the entire Lakers are waiting for this Yi Feng to grow rapidly and become the new king of Los Angeles." I have to say that Kobe Bryant is really attentive to the cultivation of his heir. ”

As a result, Yi Feng's title of "Kobe Bryant's successor" has spread far and wide, not only taking over Kobe's skills, but also his status with the Lakers. This is a later story, so I won't show it here.

A local Honolulu media asked Yi Feng, "This is your first game in the NBA as a top pick, but you contributed 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a perfect performance, which is a great debut, and you can't see that you are still a rookie." Did you feel any pressure before the race? Feeling nervous during the game? ”

Yi Feng said: "Of course there will be tension!" It's my first time playing in the NBA, and it's impossible not to be nervous. Before the game I thought about how I was going to get my first point, my first rebound, my first assist, even my first foul in the NBA. ”

The reporter said: "But no one expected that your first point in the NBA would be scored by riding Rudy Gobert!" Did you plan it before the game? ”

Yi Feng said with a smile: "No, I actually didn't decide how to score the first point in the end, and finally decided to follow the actual situation, no matter how you read it, it doesn't matter, just get the score wherever you can." ”

"And I never thought about who I was going to ride, because in China, riding buckles is actually a very insulting act. Coming out of a civilized and ceremonial country, I don't actually advocate such a dunk. ”

The reporter asked: "You keep saying that you don't like this kind of dunk, but why do you ride Rudy Gobert as soon as you come up, do you have a grudge against him?" ”

Facing the reporter's unkind tone, Yi Feng smiled, "Then you have to ask your Honolulu fans." ”

"It's not my fault that I'm the top pick this year, it's just that the Timberwolves are greedy for profit. But now that I have become the champion, then I have the confidence to protect the glory of the champion. ”

"In the past few months, the fans have never stopped questioning me. I have to improve my ability through continuous training so that I can prove myself better in the NBA. Prove to the fans that I have what it takes to be a top pick! ”

"The boos from the fans in the stadium today are a sign that I have the motivation to play well today. There were also a few extreme behaviors of the fans, which made me feel very uncomfortable and made me have some negative emotions, so I chose a dunk to score in the first place that I never thought about. ”

"You mean, Honolulu's fans are very low-quality, huh?"

The reporter's questioning was insidious.

But Yi Feng was not fooled, shrugged his shoulders and said, "This is what you said, I didn't mean that." ”

Of course, although he said this, he still agreed with this reporter's words in his heart.

Fans are a very large group, and the quality is uneven. For their favorite team or star, they will give their full support, and for other teams or even rival teams, they will never be polite.

Booing the away team in the stadium is just the most basic "hospitality" of the fans. I believe that many players can ignore the boos, but the vicious swearing that intensifies makes it unbearable for many players.

Yi Feng is the same, which is why he is full of anger and wants to prove himself in the competition. It can be said that Rudy Gobert and even the entire Jazz team have become "victims".

Through a perfect debut, Yi Feng finally silenced the audience who booed the audience.

Of course, there are some of them who have been conquered by a single game, but many more have not yet "apostatized".

There are many role players in the NBA, and if you count their resumes, you will find that they can score a very gorgeous statistic in a certain game; And the reason why they are not star players is because there are only a handful of times they get such a statistic in a season, and they don't even get it once in a season on average.

Although this is only Yi Feng's first statistic in the NBA, although it is a bit gorgeous and dazzling, these well-informed fans will not be easily conquered.

And you must know that before the game, they guaranteed a skeptical and mocking attitude towards Yi Feng. Closing the mouth of doubt now is a very big change.

The next day, sports news about the game came out.

"The top pick in Honolulu makes a perfect debut, Kobe: He's the Lakers' offensive knife" - Los Angeles Times

"The Lakers beat the Jazz in the first game of the preseason, and the Lakers' young players are shocked by their dunking skills" - Chicago Tribune

While the focus of these reports is on the game, the following ones focus more on the on-court clashes.

"The resurgence of violence on the court, the protagonist is actually the champion of China!" 》

This is the sports front page of the New York Times, and the report repeatedly emphasizes that Yi Feng, the protagonist of the violent conflict, is Chinese, accusing Sang and scolding Huai, and secretly belittling the low quality of Chinese.

"Is Rudy too wronged? 》

This is the Boston Post news about the first game between the Lakers and the Jazz. As two of the most historic teams in the NBA, the Celtics and Lakers have always been at odds. Therefore, for this court-court violence incident of the Lakers' new favorite Yifeng, he will naturally not show mercy.

In this report, it is clear that Yi Feng rode on Rudy Gobert's head and was complacent, so he was taken off. What's more, he didn't rub off any skin, and Rudy Gobert was wronged by being punished for a second-degree malicious foul. And the author also said that in the later conflict between Derrick Favors and Yi Feng, for whatever reason, both of them shot, and according to NBA rules, both should be sent off. Finally, the article also called on the league to impose additional penalties on Yi Feng.

"Champion Lang: The quality of fans is too low! 》

This was reported in Hawaii Information Network. The author of the article wrote in the report that the quality of the fans was too low, and the boos caused the dissatisfaction of the champion show, so the champion with negative emotions caused violent clashes on the field.

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More people are interested in the violent clashes on his pitch than those who follow Yi Feng's debut.

The pressure of public opinion was so great that the NBA officials quickly reacted.

At 12 noon on October 5, the NBA issued the final punishment decision for the violent clash between the Lakers and Jazz in the preseason game in Honolulu on the 4th.

an additional $25,000 fine and two-game suspension for Jazz center Rudy Gobert;

Jazz forward Derrick Favors was fined an additional $20,000 and suspended for one game;

Lakers guard Yi Feng was fined an additional $10,000 and banned for one game.

The punishment of one slap on both sides of the official finally calmed down public opinion.

Of course, there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied, thinking that the punishment for Yi Feng is too light. There will also be people who think that Yi Feng was very innocent when he was punished. But these are just the voices of the fans and have no impact on the outcome of the punishment.

Yi Feng didn't mean anything to such a punishment, in fact, at the beginning, he didn't get sent off directly, and he already felt very lucky. After all, according to the rules of the NBA, as long as you start fighting, you will be sent off.

As for why he escaped, could it be that the referee saw that he was handsome??

For him now, $10,000 is just a small thing. So he also paid the fine very happily.

It's just that after missing him, the Lakers played a very unpleasant second preseason game.

The Jazz team unanimously agreed that the official punishment for Yi Feng was too light, and they all wanted to vent in the game. As a result, the Lakers will "suffer".

Although the Jazz, like the first game, are short of major generals. But without Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors' Jazz, the strength is very close to the Lakers without Yifeng.

The Lakers played very hard this game because Hayward exploded.

It stands to reason that in the preseason when the rookies and team tactics are being exercised, the star of the team should not have too much playing time.

But the current Jazz team is different, they are united and hateful, just to defeat the Lakers and let out a bad breath.

And Byron Scott, out of the protection of the veteran, did not let Kobe Bryant play for more than 20 minutes!

Even if the team has been pressed by the Jazz, Scott has pressed Kobe Bryant to the bench.

In the end, the Lakers, like the Jazz in the previous game, were suppressed for a whole game, losing the game 86-95.

It seems that the Jazz generals who are in full condition, after winning this game, it is like winning a key game in the playoffs, which makes Yi Feng very unhappy.

So with this mood, Yi Feng began his "slaughter" journey in the preseason.

On October 8, he scored 41 points, 5 assists and 8 rebounds against the Raptors;

On October 11, he played against the Israeli giant Maccabi and scored the first triple-double of his NBA career with 23 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds;

On October 13, against the Kings, he scored 30 points in front of Cousins;

On October 18, against the defending champion Warriors. Yi Feng was full of fighting spirit and wanted to shoot three points against last season's MVP Stephen Curry, but unfortunately the Warriors, including Curry, also had Klay Thompson, Andrew Boggart and other main players absent. And on the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant also failed to play. What made Yi Feng even more depressed was that when he scored 30+ points in two quarters and led the Lakers to lead the Warriors 85:70, the game was canceled because the floor of the arena was too slippery!

Oct. 19, against the Trail Blazers. Yi Feng scored 30+ as usual in this battle, and he found that the team with four of the five starters still had extremely strong strength. If it weren't for the lack of playing time of star Damion Lillard, it would have been very difficult for the Lakers to win.

On October 22, he played the Warriors again. Warriors star Stephen Curry is out again, but one of the league's top scorers, Klay Thompson, is on the sidelines. Yi Feng scored 40+ and hit two key shots in the last minute of the fourth quarter to win the game with difficulty.

Yi Feng played in 7 preseason games, led the team to 6 wins, and had one game cancelled with no wins.

He averaged 34.1 points, 5.5 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game, while also contributing 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks on the defensive end.