After returning to Washington, D.C. from Wilmington, North Carolina, the Wizards had a day off before preparing for the preseason game at home.

Normally, the N.B.A. places preseason games in more commercial cities, but in the aftermath of 911, some believe that the N.B.A.A. billionaires have an obligation to remind Americans that the country is still great.

In fact, Yu Fei thinks this is American formalism.

It doesn't make any sense, because it's hard to see NBA news on TV or mainstream news, and even Jordan's comeback is just a ripple.

Even though it's all a formality, the Wizards still use "Homecoming" as a marketing method.

The Wizards will host their first preseason opponent, the Phoenix Suns, at their home arena, the MCI Center.

Just before the Wizards entered the locker room, a uniformed police officer led the Strip Pastor inside.

"Oh, this is a goddamn dog!" Surprised, Kwame Brown asked, "Why are there slivers and big dogs here?" ”

Steve White, a reporter accompanying the team, explained: "This is to prevent someone from putting dangerous items inside. ”

Before 911, Brown probably didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but now he immediately reacted, "Is someone going to plant a bomb in there?" ”

"Don't be surprised!" Jordan scolded, "They're just doing a routine." ”

Both the Wizards and Jordan's teams seized on the hot spot of 911 as a way to sanctify his return.

But in fact, Jordan is a rare superstar in American sports history who has no interest in social issues and current affairs, and during training camp, the Wizards were never asked questions about 911.

Even when the smoking World Trade Center was shown on TV and in the newspapers day and night, the Wizards remained indifferent. They live in a pipe, completely cut off from the outside world, and the only thing that matters is basketball. In this environment, it's hard to imagine an NBA player going on a strike because a compatriot died in violent law enforcement.

Rather than asking about the impact of 911 on life, the media wants to know if the Wizards can make the playoffs in the new season, so they ask more than twice a day.

Yu Fei is extremely disgusted with the problem of the playoffs, not that he doesn't want to enter the playoffs, but the media has packaged it as a "mission" in their own way.

You're going to make the playoffs before Jordan retires, right? What are you willing to give to make the playoffs with Jordan?

Yu Fei was still able to play calmly at first, and then, when he entered the locker room after each training session and saw veterans like Jordan Leitner asking for ice on their joints one by one, turning the locker room into a cold storage room for corpses, he really wanted to throw these people's ice packs in the face of the media.

Yu Fei shot at random on the court, and then saw the police dog sniffing everywhere in the MCI.

From the locker room to the hallway, from the trash can to the restroom, to every place in the stands.

After the dogs had completed their mission, MCI opened up tickets for fans.

As one of the most interesting teams in the new season, even the preseason is sold out.

Yu Fei met the team's owner, Abi Boleyn, and the league's president, David Stern.

Suddenly, it wasn't just a preseason game, it was a mission to promote the league and raise the NBA's image.

Yu Fei silently shot to warm up.

Coach Lu, who had been watching Yu Fei since the start of the training camp, noticed the improvement in his shooting stability, "Fry, you feel good today." ”

"yes, it's just a preseason game."

Before the start of the game, the most important part of the night began – even if it had nothing to do with the game.

Pauline, the owner of the Wizards, walked up to the stage and gave a speech like a rock star.

Pauline seems to be imbued with 911, starting with the attack on terrorism, then moving on to the positive meaning that basketball games give to society, moving on to Jordan's comeback and how many Americans he can cheer up as a hero, and then back to the Wizards — vaguely raising his own image — and Pauline announces to society that all firefighters and police officers involved in the 911 rescue will receive free season tickets.

Highlights: All firefighters and police officers involved in 911 rescue efforts.

In the end, while the generous Pollin was great, he had to end the speech with greatness itself, so the conversation returned to Jordan.

Poling pointed out how important it was for him to let these heroes who were involved in the disaster relief work see for himself how important Jordan's game was to him and how important it was to this society, and as the owner, he wanted Jordan to bring a heroic performance like he did in the 90s and fill the stadium, and finally, he said: "The terrorist attack is such a tragedy, it has torn apart tens of thousands of families, but I believe that even if there are countless tragedies happening in front of our eyes, as long as one good thing happens, the world will be better, let's get started!" ”

That's a good point, Yu Fei's hands were smoking.

But he didn't expect that after Pauline finished speaking, Stern would also go up to give a speech.

Stern's speech was much the same as Pauline's, with the same message: Jordan's comeback is important to the world.

Strictly speaking, this statement is true, and it would be perfectly correct to add "Kwame Brown's" in front of the world.

Without Jordan, it would have taken at least two years for Brown to fall from being a top pick to a team that is inferior to a dog.

But Jordan did just that on his first day of training camp.

His presence was not only important to Brown, but it was a game-changer.

By the time Stern's speech is over, tonight's "Unforgettable Tonight" will begin, and the game between the Wizards and the Suns will begin.

It's going to be a long finale.

There is a tradition of scouting players in the preseason, so Yu Fei and Brown are in the starting lineup.

But the hero of Stern and Pauline sat firmly on the bench.

Insiders won't have any objections, because Jordan has tenosynovitis, so he naturally has to rest more when he can, and the preseason doesn't matter at all.

However, fans who bought high-priced tickets just to watch Jordan play will not be so forgiving.

Before the game even started, Doug Collins had already been verbally fucked thousands of times by the fans at the scene.

After the opening, the two sides played more relaxed, the intensity was basically absent, and the two sides went back and forth a few times, and in less than three minutes, the score was already 14-12.

Yu Fei's energy and style of play surprised some.

During the draft, fans generally believed that Jordan paid so much in exchange for Yu Fei was a failure.

Because Yu Fei is an inside line, and the Wizards have already used the champion to pick an inside line.

As a result, Yu Fei was actually the third position?

The Suns sent rookie Alton Ford PF/SF to play against Yu Fei.

As a result, Ford, who was in the No. 4 position in size and movement speed, could not keep up with Yu Fei on the outside.

At halftime, Yu Feiguang scored 21 points by relying on air cuts and counterattacks.

In the second half, Collins replaced Yu Fei, "Fry, you won't play again tonight, it's just a preseason game." ”

Yu Fei knew what Collins meant.

He has already passed the first half performance.

If you don't play in the second half, you probably won't even play much time in the next few preseason games.

A professional team at any level doesn't play seriously in pre-season, and it's essential to test the quality of the players and let the main players and rotation players find the feel of the game.

Instead, Collins' feelings about Brown are a little worried.

Brown played not badly in the first half, and played a lot of cakes at the same time as Yu Fei, scoring 12 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block in the half.

But Collins noticed that Brown was fed by Yu Fei, and the balls given by others either didn't finish or didn't catch the ball and made mistakes.

Looking at the stats, Brown performed well, but the stats were obtained with 14 shots, plus 3 turnovers.

Collins wanted to see how Brown played in the absence of Yu Fei.

On top of that, the man who ate Yu Fei's playing time in the second half was Jordan.

With the Wizards, Collins put Jordan at the No. 3 spot.

Replacing Yu Fei with Jordan is not a great contrast for Brown, at least it is also from heaven to hell.

After more than half a year of rehabilitation and preseason training camp, Jordan has completely regained the feeling of the game, and he has made three shots and three goals, as if he has seen the shadow of his peak.

Then, Jordan's trash talk forced the sun to intensify, and the other party sent a trio to wrap up.

Jordan jumped into the air, only to find that his bounce was not as good as before.

He couldn't find the space to shoot, but he grabbed the crack of the ball and passed it out like lightning, and the receiver was Brown.

Strike!

Even the Wizards' number one "anti-Mike" can't help but cheer for Jordan.

However... Brown's little hands weren't ready to catch the spinner, fast pass.

The ball scraped around in his palm and fell to the ground.

The Suns immediately controlled possession and launched a counterattack.

"What the are you doing?!! Jordan was furious, "If you don't want to play, get out of here!" ”

Brown craned his neck, not daring to speak up.

Yu Fei wanted to laugh, but Brown was his friend, how could he gloat when the other party was in trouble?

But this scene is really funny.

It's also terrifying, it's Kwame Brown's 911.

What is different from what happened at the World Trade Center is that it happens every day.

PS: National Day is on the shelves, and tomorrow is the last day of the new book period. Well, what should I say, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.