The Wizards returned from Boston, and after a day of rest, the Golden State Warriors were the first guests to come to the door.

The Warriors haven't made the playoffs for seven straight seasons since screwing up the Chris Webber trade, and there's no playoff hope in the Wild West this season.

The Wizards, as a team with the goal of making the playoffs, should win this kind of non-playoff team if they really have what it takes to make the playoffs.

The result was ridiculous, with fans expecting a big win at home to clear the two-game losing streak, however, Jordan and Hamilton turned into garbage brothers, shooting 8-of-23 from the field in the first half.

Hamilton was also severely humiliated by Warriors 3-and-D player Larry Hughes because of his size.

An angry Doug Collins yelled at Hamilton on the sidelines: "Rip, you can shoot without scoring, but you can't miss rebounding!" ”

Hamilton never felt it was his job to protect rebounds, so he didn't heed Collins' advice.

As a result, Hamilton was abandoned for most of the second half.

The person who replaced him was Yu Fei.

Having Hamilton off the bench in the second half and putting Jordan back in the No. 2 position seemed like the best solution Collins could think of.

The Wizards' wing height and athleticism have improved, and the rebounding pressure has plummeted, but Jordan still hasn't found his shooting touch, because Hamilton is not there, and he feels that he needs to take on the heavy responsibility, so he shot 15 shots in the third quarter, only 5 of which were hit, and cut down 11 points.

This performance was easily overpowered by Antoine Jamison, a North Carolina junior, who scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting in a single quarter, and Jordan played too much iron, giving the Warriors plenty of opportunities to defend and counterattack.

Yu Fei is worthy of Collins, the team needs rebounds, so he focuses on rebounds and gives Jordan the offensive end.

As a result, Yu Fei grabbed five rebounds in the first quarter, while Jordan was 5-of-15, and at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led the Wizards 85-70 on the road.

In the fourth quarter, Hamilton came up with 1 of 3 shots, still didn't defend, still didn't grab rebounds, and Collins completely gave up on him in this game.

Yu Fei is back again.

As if to compensate him, even Collins knew it was outrageous to let him play only six minutes a game, so tonight he played more than 20 minutes for the second time in his career.

However, Yu Fei was not satisfied, because Collins asked him to be a blue-collar worker, and the ball was mainly in the hands of the point guard and Jordan.

Yu Fei grabbed the rebound as Collins said, but the situation of the game did not change in the slightest, Jordan is still iron, but Collins will never be angry with him like Hamilton, lacking Hamilton's firepower output, and Yu Fei did not change the rhythm with the ball, and the offensive firepower of the Wizards is seriously insufficient.

The fourth quarter is basically garbage time.

In the end, 114-98, the Wizards suffered a three-game losing streak at home and were booed by the audience.

"I don't see a second person who has worked hard for this game other than Michael." Collins angrily scolded the other team members in front of the media, "This kind of performance can't be done again!" ”

Yu Fei has a different opinion, he is also very hard, as a substitute played 22 minutes and scored 8 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, the first rebound in the team, the first in the team in assists, and the third in the team. Instead, ask what the hard-working guy Collins said had done.

Did it make any sense to score a game-high 32 points on 13-of-30 shooting?

What does it take to win? Quite simply, like Antoine Jamison on the opposite side, he scored 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting and gave the remaining 13 shots to other teammates who felt good.

Fortunately, Collins did not point the finger at Yu Fei, he knew who the soft persimmon was.

Richard Hamilton was the focus of Collins' fire.

Speaking about the loss, Collins said: "There are two ends of the court and we want to make sure everybody can play both ends. It's not just Rip; We have a lot of people who don't keep their energy on both ends of the floor. I'm not going to point the finger at Rip. He paused at this point, and suddenly said, "But especially Rip"

In the NBA, it's rare for head coaches to complain to the media about their own stars.

And for Collins, this is nothing more than a "relapse of the old disease".

When the Pistons lost a game in Detroit, a reporter asked Collins how they would improve their defense.

Collins asked rhetorically, "Improving defense?" Does Grant (Hill) be included? ”

Then he began to talk at length about how Hill's defense was dragging down the team.

Collins's criticism of Hamilton shows his disappointment with the latter.

When the next game came, Collins took decisive action.

Richard Hamilton left the starting line-up.

Who replaced Hamilton in the starting line-up? Tyrone Nesby. Nesby will play the No. 3 spot and free up Jordan to the No. 2 spot.

That's what Collins found out in the last game, and Jordan played more easily at the No. 2 position.

But who can make up for Hamilton's 20-point-per-game output?

Who can keep Hamilton's mentality from collapsing?

It is undeniable that Jordan, who plays the second position, is indeed much more comfortable.

In the three games Hamilton came off the bench, Jordan scored 31 points on 50 percent, 51 percent and 55 percent shooting, and scored 44 points and 33 points, respectively.

But Hamilton collapsed, and his three bench games were 4-of-15, 3-of-16, and 2-of-13, and not surprisingly, the Wizards lost all three games.

The losing streak came to six at once.

From three consecutive wins at the beginning of the season to six consecutive losses now, Jordan's magic disappeared a little suddenly, and the gravitational pull of reality was too heavy.

On Nov. 22, Hamilton returned to the starting lineup, but the Wizards still lost at home to the Charlotte Hornets, swallowing a seven-game losing streak.

During this period, Collins changed eight sets of starting lineups, and except for Yu Fei, everyone who could enter the starting lineup has entered.

Including Kwame Brown.

Yu Fei had been waiting for the day when he would enter the starting lineup, but he didn't wait.

Everybody started, the team didn't get better, they suffered seven straight defeats, and then, didn't let him start?

Even if it's a permutation, it's his turn.

On Nov. 24, the Wizards played at home against the SuperSonics.

The starting lineup is Taryn Lue, Richard Hamilton, Michael Jordan, Tyrone Nesby, Christian Leitner.

Yu Fei's patience had been worn out, and he felt like an infatuated licking dog chasing after the goddess.

Because the answer is *** can't even be your turn.

For the supersonic game, Yu Fei didn't even watch the game, and closed his eyes the whole time before Collins called his name.

When Collins called him off the bench, there were 5 minutes left in the first quarter, 19-8, the Wizards had been defeated, and Jordan was 0 of 5 in the first quarter, which is why Yu Fei was replaced early.

The more this was the case, the more angry Yu Fei became.

What did you take me for? Toilet paper? Or a fucking enema syringe?

The old thing's can't be pulled out to use me, is that what you mean?

"Give me the ball."

After going on the field, Yu Fei only said this sentence to Director Lu.

From the moment Yu Fei came on the court, the ball was in his hands.

With a gloomy face, he called for an inside line block, and then misplaced the roll call, one emergency stop, another emergency stop, eating big and small, and the pent-up anger found an outlet, but it was not enough, far from enough.

Within 5 minutes, Yu Fei scored 11 points.

This allowed Collins to spin the wheel for the first four minutes of the second quarter, and Yu Fei scored eight points in those four minutes.

In the second half, Yu Fei was not called on until the team trailed by 18 points and Jordan played a terrible 1-of-8 in the first quarter. He doesn't look at the score, he doesn't look at his teammates, he just wants the ball and then he attacks.

What is visible to the naked eye is that there is no one in the supersonic team who can stop Yu Fei.

It seems that whoever he hits is misplaced.

NBC's commentator said that this was Yu Fei's rise to play with his hometown team, but come on, it's the same for everyone.

Yu Fei is unstoppable tonight, and the only person who can stop him is Collins.

When Yu Fei scored a team-high 25 points and had to hit an ugly 4-of-10 in the fourth program, he exited the game two minutes before the end of the game.

Yu Fei, who returned to the locker room, called the agent on his mobile phone.

As soon as the other party picked up the phone, Yu Fei said: "No matter what method you use, let me leave, I can go anywhere, I've had enough!" ”

(End of chapter)