After a full day's rest, the Wizards drove off to Atlanta.

The status of the Hawks in the NBA is similar to that of the Wizards, except that Atlanta, where the Hawks are located, does not have a highly influential media, so they are so rotten that they are quiet, while the Wizards are located in the Washington Post, a major newspaper at the national level. Therefore, every bad game they play, every bad deal they make, and every parallel trade they choose will be amplified by the media in an exaggerated way.

The Eagles have won 25, 28 and 31 wins over the past three seasons, and the team has not been able to find the right direction since they announced their rebuild in 1998. Fans' patience is limited, so the Hawks burned the CPU in this year's draft, made the decision of ", we're going to win now", and gave away the No. 3 pick to trade back from the Grizzlies for Sharif Abdul Rahim-led instant power.

Raheem is the kind of player that Wizards fans are most familiar with, and there is no difference between him and Juwan Howard.

Just looking at the superficial data, you may think that he is not bad, and he can bring 20 points per game, but the problem is that he feels that he has done his duty after scoring 20 points in each game, and he has to leave the rest to his teammates.

However, with the season just starting and Pau Gasol yet to shoot, the Hawks didn't realize they had become the number one wrongdoer since the 1998 Bucks.

The Eagles are eager to get back to the playoffs and will go all out in that direction before being beaten by reality.

And the goal of the Wizards is also the playoffs, and even David Aldridge, one of the many Jordan lickers in ESPN, even issued a violent statement that "if Michael can bring the Wizards to the playoffs, it will be a more weighty honor than his six championships".

Jordan, who didn't perform well with the Knicks the night before, held back his strength to vent his anger.

The eagle just crashed into it.

This is a happy game, Jordan slashed 31 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, due to his excellent play, Yu Fei's playing time in the last game was compressed, and he only played 16 minutes against the Hawks, clocking in to get 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Yu Fei didn't complain, because someone was worse than him.

Kwame Brown didn't play a minute.

Why? Doug Collins explains: "I want Kwame to be on the bench to understand how the 'system' works. ”

He can clearly say that Brown is a mentally retarded who can't even understand tactics, but he said it so tactfully, and it is really a blessing for Brown to have this kind of coach.

Yu Fei endured the shock of Jordan from the media.

In the nearly 20-minute post-game interview, Yu Fei answered more than a dozen questions, more than half of which were related to Jordan.

Yu Fei was really annoyed, admitting that Jordan played well tonight, the data was there, and the Wizards also won, but is this data really "great"? As for that big reaction?

The three-year-old man scored 31+6+6 in the second game of his comeback to be commendable, but if you want to look into it, he shot a total of 30 goals.

When asked by an Associated Press reporter how much Yu Fei learned from Jordan's game, he couldn't help but say, "I'm just one of MJ's many watchers around me, just like the audience in front of the TV, and you ask me how much I learned from this game?" It's not a good question because I won't learn more than the audience. ”

Yu Fei left a little controversy behind and then returned to his home stadium with the team.

After one more day of rest, they will host the Philadelphia 76ers at home.

The opponent, although it was last season's Eastern Conference champion, is not terrible, as last season's MVP Allen Iverson underwent elbow surgery in September and will miss the first five games of the new season.

The 76ers without Iverson are literally toothless tigers who look bluffing but lack the offensive players to beat the enemy, and even though Mutombo is averaging 10 blocks per game, they still need to solve the scoring problem.

It's clear that the 76ers can't fill the 30-point void left by Iverson with the likes of Aaron McGee, Eric Snow, Mark Harprin and others. Although all of them are shooting better than Iverson, none of them are averaging more than 12 points per game.

Aside from Iverson, the 76ers' only score-fledged attacker is Derrick Coleman, who is known for wasting his talent. However, Coleman, as the No. 4 position, is good on the defensive end, and although he can score, he can also give up more points on the defensive end.

Therefore, Brown can't fully count on him.

As soon as the game began, the Wizards took the initiative on the court.

Richard Hamilton played well, but Jordan struggled a bit, and the 76ers could be his least favorite opponent at this stage.

There were few bright spots in their game, and the only thing they excelled at was torturing their opponents defensively.

Hamilton is young and fast, so he can naturally use his running position to get rid of the muscle jungle, while Jordan can't.

The 76ers' bucket defense successfully drained Jordan's touch, causing his touch to go all the way down.

Whenever Jordan is not in good shape, Yu Fei's opportunity comes.

Halfway through the first quarter, Collins replaced Jordan and Yu Fei came off the bench.

Thankfully, Collins was replaced by Kwame Brown at the same time as Yu Fei.

This is the first time since the start of the new season that the Wizards' lottery brothers have played at the same time.

Fans at the MCI Center cheered on the two youngsters.

Yu Fei said to Brown: "Derrick Coleman is on the floor, and Philadelphia's No. 4 defense is very weak. ”

Brown's eyes changed, "What do you mean?" ”

"If you want to look up in front of your boss tomorrow, you have a good chance tonight." After Yu Fei finished speaking, Brown understood.

Like Yu Fei's anti-Jordan, Brown doesn't have the guts to show off his might in front of a weak opponent in order to prove to Jordan and Collins that he is not parallel and waste.

As a small forward, Yu Fei is too tall for the 76ers, who are short in the backcourt.

Both Mark Halprin and Aaron McGee are small-sized forwards in front of the fly, and Halprin has no speed, and McGee is crushed.

After Yu Fei came onto the court, he first crushed McGee's body to score a force, and then used his speed to get rid of Harpley and complete a silky pull-up jump shot at the free throw line.

NBC's ace commentator Bob Costas said, "Frye Yu is like a combination of Lamar Odom and Jamaal Wilkes SF/SG (1). ”

(1) Jamal Wilkes: The main player in the early and middle stages of the Showtime Lakers, nicknamed Silk, is known for his shooting.

Just as Larry Brown struggled with how to defend Yu Fei, Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll attack flooded the Philadelphia penalty area.

Brown's pick-and-roll steps are really primitive.

However, it was such a primitive run, and when Mutombo was pulled away, Coleman had nothing to do with Brown's pick-and-roll attack.

Yu Fei and Chris Whitney swiped assists, and Brown raised his eyebrows and scored eight straight points to give the Wizards a 14-point lead before the end of the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Wizards' new heroes were shining, with Hamilton, Yu Fei and Brown scoring 27 of the team's 34 points.

It's fair to say that this is how a playoff team should behave in a normal game.

The question is, are the Wizards a playoff team?

In the second quarter, Jordan returned, and, in order to change the tempo, or rather, Jordan had Collins replace Chris Whitney with Tyronn Lue for other purposes.

Lue is known for hand-to-hand fights with Iverson in the Finals, and winning two championships with the Lakers has given him a championship experience that ordinary players don't have, and the Wizards want to get more out of him.

But Coach Lu has exposed problems with Jordan's compatibility in training camp.

His speed is too fast, the pace is too fast, and he doesn't like to shoot empty threes in positional battles.

However, there is one thing that Coach Lue has that Chris Whitney and others can't match, and that is that he doesn't have the dignity of a point guard.

He can even be out of possession.

Why is he not in possession? Defend. Although the 76ers don't have the ability to attack on their own at all, he can still defend, what, Eric Snowylu doesn't like to shoot threes? Isn't that right, he likes to guard against this kind of non-aggressive defender.

Someone is going to ask, Lue guides this point guard and doesn't control the ball, so who controls the ball?

The answer, of course, is Jordan.

Since he couldn't find a shooting touch, Jordan wanted to influence the game in other ways, such as being a point guard, passing the ball to this pass, passing the ball to that pass, and picking up a few rebounds by the way.

Jordan himself may not have the heart to cover up his shame with comprehensive data, but the requirements for all-round players in this era are really low, and rebounds and assists can be regarded as comprehensive core players as long as they reach 5+5.

Therefore, as long as Jordan's stats are up to standard, then he is innocent.

Yu Fei patiently waited for Collins' call.

From the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Jordan would find his touch. As long as Jordan gets into shape, the game will soon go into garbage time, and when the time comes, Collins will let him play Brown for longer. It's just that he is pessimistic about Jordan's state. Not to mention, the style of play directed by Lu, who is partnered with him, is not in line with him.

Even if Lue relinquishes possession, this will still be exposed.

Because the 76ers' positional offensive shooting rate is too low, as long as Coach Lu gets the rebound, it is like stepping on Hot Wheels under his feet, only accelerating, there is no reason to brake or slow down.

With Hamilton as a running man, the Wizards can run out of the top five fast breaks in the league.

"Accelerate! Hasten! Hasten! The 38-year-old Jordan was tortured.

However, Hamilton scored on quick counter-attacks in quick succession, which left Jordan at no point in action.

Yu Fei watched it with relish, and Jordan's expression was as if he was in prison.

The more you fight like this, the more you have to keep it steady, and once you make a mistake, Boss Qiao has something to say.

And it is impossible to blindly accelerate the counterattack and fast attack without making mistakes.

When Coach Lu missed a chance to pass it out of bounds, the tormented Wizards leader yelled indignantly, "You ran too fast!" The location is too far ahead! That's why it's a mistake! Control the pace, take your time, and don't rush! ”

From this moment on, Tyronn Lue became indecisive, and his greatest strength suddenly became an obstacle.

As a low-level player, he wanted to be happy with someone like Jordan, and Jordan went furious with a single mistake, which was a huge blow to his confidence.

The Wizards' fast break is gone.

Hamilton is no longer a running man.

Jordan's favorite positional battles are back.

But Jordan didn't feel it tonight, what should I do? Possession of the ball! Coach Lu has already given up the ball.

The 76ers chose to let go of Lu's guidance and pack Jordan.

Jordan directs the pass to a failed Lue.

Lu then threw the ball to the basket like a shot put, and of course missed.

The basketball hit the iron and was beaten into a defensive rebound by the 76ers, who are not good at pushing and counterattacking.

Two minutes later, Tyronn Lue was substituted.

Collins called Director Lou to his side and shouted, "Listen, Taryn, you must regain your faith!" ”

Well, let's pretend together that we don't know who took away Coach Lu's confidence.

Yu Fei sneered while scolding Collins.

"In the Finals last season, you made six three-pointers next to Shaq and Kobe! Find yourself, Taryn! ”

Director Lu nodded, indicating that he would do his best, but the problem was not solved.

Seeing Director Lu walk to his position and sit down in frustration, Yu Fei became more and more angry, "We can play a fast-paced attack, as long as we replace those who can't run." Why insist on positional warfare? For the guy who always shoots the most shots on the team with a 33% shooting percentage, how long are we going to cocoon?! ”

"Shut up, rookie!" Collins glared at Yu Fei, "This is not something you should care about!" ”

Yu Fei stopped complaining, but that didn't mean he was stopped by Collins.

He just didn't want to quarrel with his coach off the pitch when the team was taking the lead.

Moreover, Yu Fei can clearly feel that his teammates who support him are in the majority.

Not everyone licked Jordan like Lightner and Nesby, they didn't despise their own personality, but they were afraid of Collins's majesty and Jordan's power and status. Some resentment has already grown, and it just needs an outlet.

Yu Fei just acted as a substitute for all the resentful people at the right time.

This made Doug Collins nervous.

Yu Fei's "anti-Mike" behavior can be interpreted as rebellion at the outset, which is a common characteristic of the untaught Generation Y.

Jordan will of course be unhappy, but he can tolerate Yu Fei's rebellion, because human personalities are always diverse.

However, Yu Fei has now gradually become the voice of the "anti-Mike" collective, and he no longer only represents himself, but also other people who are dissatisfied with Jordan.

This is a force that threatens to shake Jordan's dominance.

On this night, the Wizards continued their courage in the previous game, against the 76ers, who lacked "answers", and defeated their opponents 106-77.

Hamilton maintained his red-hot form since the start of the new season, with a team-high 29 points per game.

Yu Fei had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in 23 minutes, and it is worth mentioning that 4 of his 5 assists were fed to Brown.

Kwame Brown finally played with the help of Yu Fei, finishing with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks in 11 minutes.

The new heroes are all brave, and Michael Jordan is a little sluggish, shooting only 33% from the field, but he shot 21 shots, cutting 20 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

"I felt terrible with my jumper tonight, but I still created a lot of chances for my teammates. That's what experience comes with and I want young players to know that when you don't feel good, you have a lot of things to do to help the team win. ”

A 33 percent shooting percentage didn't dilute the joy of leading the team to a three-game winning streak, and Jordan was smiling throughout the post-game press conference.

Instead, head coach Doug Collins' expression was slightly gloomy.

When Collins and Jordan walked into the hallway leading to the locker room after the press conference, Jordan noticed that Collins was strange.

"Doug, have something to say." Jordan doesn't like to beat around the bush.

"Michael," Collins said in a low voice, "have you ever thought about trading Frye?" ”

(End of chapter)