Farewell to 1996, on the first day of the new year, before the team left for Seattle, Su Feng specially invited Su Junyang to have a meal.

Su Junyang, who wears many hats, was just transferred back to the newspaper to interview the CBA some time ago, and within a few days, "China Sports News" received many calls from enthusiastic readers.

Jie, there is no report about Su Feng written by Mr. Su, the NBA section of "China Sports News", it is not good-looking!

You must know that at present, the number of basketball reporters in China is far less than that of football reporters.

Especially a basketball reporter like Su Junyang, who can write a 500-word essay that praises Su Feng with just one yard, is even rarer.

The fans wanted to see the small composition written by Su Junyang, so Su Junyang could only go to Mi Li's house again under the affectionate gaze of the editor-in-chief, and really "went out to collect materials".

"That old Su, how do you usually write about me in the report?" Su Feng, who had just finished talking to Comrade Su Weiguo on the phone the day before yesterday, no longer dared to believe in Zhang Weiping's guidance.

What kind of Philadelphia boss, single-handedly abusing Jordan, looking at the sky, really bullying the current Chinese fans who don't "understand" the ball?

On how did the steady and low-key Su Feng be blown to the sky by Director Zhang?

Su Feng, who has been a person in two lives, knows very well that sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to be praised too highly.

As the saying goes, if you want to kill it, you must first hold it.

Kill, stick kill, but only between words.

Su Junyang, who was immersed in drinking sweet tofu brain, smiled, "Don't worry, Xiao Su, my report is absolutely objective, fair, and realistic." ”

Su Feng nodded, there were not many Chinese reporters he could "trust" now.

In his mind, Su Junyang should still be able to be trusted......

Right?

On the evening of the 1st, 76 people flew to Seattle.

After the end of the December game, Su Feng's current statistics have risen to an average of 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.9 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game.

He shot 44.9 percent from the field, 39 percent from three-point range and 80.5 percent from the free-throw line.

The 76ers went 9-4 in December and currently have an overall record of 17-11.

You may not believe it, but if you put the 76ers' current record in the West, they can finish fifth in the West, but in the East......

The 76ers are currently 1.5 games away from the eighth-placed Wizards.

However, as the civil war in the east was about to break out in January and February, Su Feng knew that there were fewer opportunities for the eastern heroes to find the weak brigades in the west to brush up their achievements.

Therefore, in Su Feng's view, as long as the 76ers can stabilize the winning rate of more than 55%, the team still has a great hope of making the playoffs.

The east is strong and the west is weak, what a strange word......

In a few years, the pattern of the west being strong and the east being weak will not be changed for 20 years.

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On the evening of the 2nd, in Seattle, this time the 76ers failed to counterattack on the territory of the supersonic speeds.

In the last game, Peyton, who was caught by Su Feng with an unbalanced mentality, stared at Su Feng all over this game.

What the hell is Iverson?

I, Gary Payton, only have Su Feng in my eyes tonight!

Camp didn't dare to move around before the game because Carl Sr. and Payton had their eyes spewing fire before the game even started.

It's as if the 76ers have a grudge against them for killing their father.

Hit, beat me to death!

Su Feng was very happy...... Ah no, Su Feng is very 'sad'.

Because Payton's iron is worth it, but in this game, when the SuperSonics took out the attitude of scaring the Bulls to scare the 76ers, the 76ers who were fighting away from home were obviously a little unable to keep up.

Camp cheated a lot of free throws in this game, and Big Ben and Latlif both fell into foul danger.

In the end, the 76ers in Seattle lost to the SuperSonics 88-99, releasing the SuperSonics from the "pseudo-strong team" club.

On the 3rd, the 76ers challenged the Warriors coached by Rick Adelman in Oakland back-to-back.

The Warriors, who have "Madman" Sprewell, '95 No. 1 pick Joe Smith, "God's Left Hand" Mullin, and Mark Price, have a sparse record in the new season.

In the future, there will always be people who praise Adelman for how good he is, but in fact, in addition to the hard set of Princeton, this product is also a dead brain who does not know how to be flexible.

To be reasonable, the West only needs 36 wins to make the playoffs this season, and you can't bring this lineup to the playoffs, do you blame the players for not being good?

In Su Feng's previous life, there were always people who whitewashed Adelman, saying that he had also persuaded Yao Ming to lose weight.

Don't do it, friends with a little exercise knowledge know that Da Yao's body fat percentage and weight, you let him lose muscle?

Even if it's not Yao Ming, it's fatal.

Without the defensive system that Van Gundy left Adelman, this game between the 76ers and the Warriors is an example, what will the Warriors' players do other than run around?

You must know that 'blind fighting' is not a random fight, and 'tyrant' is not a waste of investment.

Su Feng was very curious, in this life, after Divac went to Dallas, there would be no Divac in the future, how Adelman would play his Princeton.

In this game, the 76ers passed easily.

The Warriors have no defense, Iverson, Su Feng, and Starkerhouse have scored 20+, and in retrospect, the 76ers' defense has made the Warriors quite uncomfortable.

114-94, the 76ers beat the Warriors on the road.

On the 5th, in Sacramento, the 76ers' unstable problem was repeated.

In the Iron King Game in Sacramento, Kings star player Mitch Richmond had the last laugh.

The Philadelphia Triathlon teamed up to pay tribute to Jordan and strive to be the "successor of Jordan".

The final score of this game was 77-81, and after the end of this game, the 76ers also ended this wave of Western three-game road trip with a record of 1 win and 2 losses.

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On the night of the 5th, the 76ers flew back to Philadelphia overnight.

On the 7th, the 76ers will host the Magic.

"Penny" has now returned from injury, and as Su Feng remembers, after the absence of O'Neal, Hardaway's shooting percentage this season has quickly dropped to 44.7%.

Ha? You say that "Penny" suffered an injury, so the stats fell?

So why can he still be in good shape in the playoffs this season, averaging 31 points per game and leading the team to a round?

There is only one truth.

Hardaway's early-season injury didn't affect his career at all, and his reduced efficiency was related to O'Neal's departure.

Without O'Neal to attract the bag, where did Hardaway get the opportunity to make an easy shot?

Just like without Su Feng this season, can Iverson shoot 44% from the field?

In Su Feng's previous life, there were always people who compared "Penny" with Hill, but whether it was the theoretical peak of these two people or the popularity at this time, Hardaway couldn't compare with Hil.

After the results of the second phase of the All-Star Game were released, it was proved that Hardaway's votes are now almost caught up by Iverson.

And Hill's votes ......

Well......

Well!

Let's discuss the possibility of Su Feng surpassing Pippen.

Although there is not much hope, at least surpassing Pippen is still possible in Su Feng's opinion.

Chinese fans in the United States are already actively voting for Su Feng, but no matter how many Chinese fans there are in the United States, you can't have more local fans.

However, recently, Su Feng always felt that there was something wrong with his votes......

One thing to say, Su Feng felt that his votes were a bit high.

After all, with the voting method of this era, there is such a thing as increasing more than 200,000 votes at once, without human interference, Su Feng will not believe it.

It can't be, a bunch of rabbits suddenly run to New York, and then vote for themselves and slip away, right?

If that's the case, then how valuable is Su Feng's final vote?

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On the 6th, after the team returned from the west, the whole team had a day off.

Su Feng was not idle, he asked the assistant coach to ask for the video of the Magic team's game after Hardaway's comeback.

Without O'Neal, the Magic are no longer a championship-caliber team.

But with the legacy of the past two seasons, they currently sit seventh in the East this season and are in direct competition with the 76ers.

If Su Feng is not mistaken, the Magic team will end up with 45 wins this season.

Therefore, if you don't want to play in the playoffs, in Su Feng's opinion, the difficulty of Black Seven is much smaller than that of Black Eight.

For this kind of game where winning one game is equal to winning two, Su Feng naturally attaches great importance to it.

After O'Neal left, the inside of this Magic team currently belongs to Ronnie Secali.

Lebanon-born Secali, nicknamed "Dr. Turn", won the NBA's Most Improved Player Award for the 89/90 season.

His career masterpiece came in the '92/93 season, when Sekari grabbed 34 rebounds in a game against the Bullets.

This season, after kicking O'Neal into the sea, the Magic uniforms signed Sekari in a desperate way.

It's just that Sekari's power is obviously not on the same level as O'Neill.

In other words, in Su Feng's previous life, after Sekari retired, he also transformed into a DJ.

Sekari, who loves music, doesn't play hard, but he is really a tough nemesis like Big Ben and Latliff.

The last time the 76ers beat the Magic, Secali was absent due to injury, and this time he and Hardaway were both there, and Su Feng knew that cutting off the internal and external ties of the Magic team was the key to the 76ers' victory.

So, on the afternoon of the 7th, when the team was assembled, Su Feng started his own actions.

On how a generation of famous marshals is cultivated.

Looking at Davis, who had been full of confidence recently, Su Feng kept knocking on him while chatting.

As a result, before Su Feng could say a few words, Davis's inspiration came.

"Jason, how about we arrange Mark to start this game?" Davis said, turning to look at his two assistant coaches.

"What's wrong? John, could it be that Ben hasn't played well lately? Jason and Rick said as they looked at Davis curiously.

"No, I've worked on this magic team, and I hope we can open up space and play against them." Davis said.

The Magic have done well defensively this season, but their offense has clearly run into problems.

And Sekari has a weakness that is not difficult to spot, that is, if the Magic's forward line can't help him defend, he can't cover the box alone.

After Hendricksen came on, he and Latlif were able to pull Secali out so that Iverson could better break through and create damage.

In this game, Su Feng's main focus will be on dealing with Hardaway, and the 76ers need Iverson to step up and play critical attacks.

To be reasonable, in terms of a talent like Davis, in Su Feng's eyes, he is 10,000 times stronger than Larry Brown.

Because of this kind of coach who is good at listening to advice, as long as he is paired with two top assistant coaches in the future, he can take off in minutes.

And I don't know if it's because of the addiction to "slashing sharks" when playing the Lakers, in this game, Davis actually told the players that after the team's fouls reached 4, if the Magic had momentum, they could immediately foul Nick Anderson.

Anderson, the Creator of Sin......

This kid is still fighting his demons.

In the future, many people will laugh at Anderson, saying that he shouldn't have provoked Michael Jordan.

But Su Feng knew that in fact, it was not for nothing that Anderson scolded the "old hooligan" back then.

Because in Anderson's high school days, he had a good friend named Ben Wilson.

Wilson was recognized as one of the strongest high school students in the United States at the time, and his popularity was definitely no less than that of the spicy man of the future.

It's just a pity that Wilson sealed his talent forever in his high school years.

After Wilson was shot by bandits, Anderson, who witnessed his friend fall in front of him, chose the No. 25 jersey that Wilson once wore after entering the league in honor of Wilson.

Since then, Wilson's mother, Mary, has never missed any Magic game broadcast on television.

Because watching Anderson play on the court is like watching her son gallop around the court.

The reason why Anderson dared to say such things to Jordan back then was because in Anderson's opinion, he had witnessed a player who was even greater than Jordan.

Therefore, few people know that Nick Anderson is one of the players in this league who is approved by Jordan to wear AJ.

The "old rascal" was annoyed, but he also knew about Anderson's unknown past.

Of course, in this alliance, if you are kind to others, what awaits you must be a painful lesson.

Su Feng doesn't have a "virgin heart", so if Anderson is really sent to the free throw line at that time, then he can only rely on himself......

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On the evening of the 7th, at Zhongzhou Arena, the 76ers sat at home to face the Magic.

Now the DJ of 76ers has more and more tricks when he introduces it, especially when he reads "Ai Feng", he seems to want to read all the classic shots of Su Feng and Iverson in the past.

It is worth mentioning that during the warm-up before the game, Hardaway always felt that he had a little impression of Su Feng, but he couldn't remember much about the specifics.

At this time, Hardaway was at his peak, and his appearance was very handsome among black players, so he had a lot of fans.

It's just that Hardaway feels very unhappy when he thinks of his precarious popularity, which is about to be surpassed by Iverson.

Tonight he is determined to prove that the All-Star starters in the East are not yet a rookie to grab.

After the entrance ceremony of the two teams, the big screen on the scene immediately gave the start of the two teams tonight.

Magic: Secali, Grant, Scott, Anderson, Hardaway.

76ers: Ratliff, Hendrickson, Su Feng, Harris, Iverson.

The average height of the starting lineup of this Magic team is more than 2 meters, and under Su Feng's step-by-step guidance, Davis made the decision to let Iverson defend against Scott, who is 201 cm tall, before the game.

Dennis Scott is a 203 cm tall player whose style of play is mainly based on catch-and-shoot shots.

Last season, with O'Neal, he averaged nearly 7.7 three-pointers per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field.

This season, Hardaway's breakout alone will not allow him to get so many open shots.

In Su Feng's previous life, in order to protect our weak Curry, Kerr often asked Curry to defend against the opposite 3D player, and then asked Klay to take care of the opposite main attacker.

Tonight, Davis's arrangement, which was influenced by Su Feng, was obviously a theoretical and advanced arrangement.

Hardaway, who was about to blow up Iverson, was stunned, because after Sekari jumped the first attack for the Magic, Su Feng directly pressed him all over the court.

Su Feng knows very well that the best way to defend against this kind of player who is good at relying on the rhythm of play to break through is to stalk him all over the court.

Hardaway's three-point shooting is not accurate, but his mid-range shooting percentage is quite good, so Su Feng should try to minimize the number of heads-up with Hardaway inside the three-point line.

Why is it difficult to defend against CIC investment?

Because outside the three-point line, you're not afraid to stick to the opposite pitcher.

After he breaks in, someone on the inside will naturally fill in for you.

But inside the three-point line, you often have to take a step back in order to defend against players who are good at penetrating.

Because once you're off the three-point line, it's hard for your teammates to react.

Su Feng has made a lot of mid-range shots this season because of this reason.

It can even be said that on the basketball court, the mid-range shot is sometimes a shot that you have to give to your opponent.

Therefore, Su Feng knows very well that once Hardaway enters the three-point line and goes heads-up, it will be difficult to limit Hardaway no matter how good his defense is.

On the court, Hardaway, who was entangled by Su Feng's death, was chased back by Su Feng after he cast several crossovers in a row to shake Su Feng away.

Su Feng's expanded defense gave him plenty of time to use his speed and lateral movement to catch up with "Penny".

Su Feng, who had fought with Hill and Jordan, obviously felt that the starting speed of this product was a little slower than that of the two demons when facing Hardaway.

is about to turn 34 years old, the leader of the Iron Gang, it just depends on whether he wants to surprise you......

As for Grant Hill, once he was passed by that goods, it really didn't give you any chance to react, and he rushed to the basket.

The first attack of the magic team, Hardaway can't show off, if he continues to carry it, his physical fitness gauge will be almost hollowed out by Su Feng.

Basketball is a sport that consumes a lot of moments, so the kind of people who can take 47 shots in a game, we collectively call them as:

Iron Man.

Hardaway is not Iron Man because he is an ethereal "penny".

He passed the ball to Grant on the right wing, who then hoisted the ball into the inside.

Sekari's footsteps are indeed solid, and the reason why Scola can be proud of the league in the future is because of his solid inside footsteps.

It's a pity that Ratliff, who was caught in the big dream trap, saw through the ball at a glance that Sekari wanted to turn from the bottom line, but actually wanted to cut to the other side of the hook.

This is the case with the Stack Armor War, and it is only after countless defeats that Ratliff can grow into an elderly warrior.

Smack——!

Secali's turnaround hook was directly blocked by Ratrive, and after Harris protected the drop, he carried on the good tradition of the 76ers' tool man and quickly handed the ball to Iverson.

Hardaway couldn't keep up with Iverson with this ball, and the "answer" broke through and scored a layup.

0 to 2!

And looking back, just when Hardaway was about to go to the baseline to catch the ball, Su Feng went directly to the big delay.

Hardaway was a little confused, because in his opinion, Su Feng played like this at the beginning, could his physical fitness withstand it?

Unfortunately, during the period of recuperation, Hardaway was clearly OUT.

Su Feng couldn't stand it, Second Master Pi of the TV didn't know, but Second Master Pi knew that Hardaway must be the one who lay down first in this duel......

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