Jordan's reaction to Yu Fei's problems was invaluable.

That proves how angry the contrast between the Bucks' good momentum and the Wizards at the bottom line really is.

This makes it all the more exciting to expect the first meeting between the two teams in early December.

Until then, the Bucks have some games to play.

Their next opponent is the Miami Heat, who are currently bottom of the East, and this is probably the worst team Pat Riley has ever had, and at first glance, none of them can be called stars.

The Heat are currently 1-7 and arguably one of the first teams to prepare for the 2003 draft this season.

Since the opponent's strength is not strong, Yu Fei naturally wants to practice with them.

In the game against the Heat, Yu Fei shot 27 shots, and due to a large number of step-back jumpers and low-post back-to-back shots, his shooting rate was not high, but he still led the team to extinguish the fire with a team-high 34 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

"Those are good balls." Yu Fei talked about his shots and iron numbers after the game, "It's just that I didn't shoot." ”

Although George Karl didn't like Yu Fei's style of play tonight, he couldn't say anything because the Heat were too weak.

In the face of such a weak team, what's wrong with the capriciousness of the star?

However, Ray Allen nodded at Yu Fei's name with a big brother, "Frye is a little selfish tonight, he has made too many shots." ”

For Aaron, this is a very normal criticism.

But if that criticism takes place in a big city like Los Angeles, New York, or Washington, the media will definitely take advantage of it.

But with the Bucks, no one will take it seriously.

Everyone's attention to Ray Allen's criticism of Yu Fei is not as much as Yu Fei's evaluation of the Wizards.

When the reporter asked Yu Fei what he thought of the Wizards' current win rate of only 50% and ranking 10th in the East, a subtle expression appeared on someone's face.

"I really don't like talking about other teams, but that's what you asked, and I can't help but answer, right?"

The media is full of anticipation for Fei's next words.

Because it is impossible for Yu Fei to leave the slightest face.

This is a man who has revenge.

"I think it speaks volumes about their trade for me for a personal vendetta and not for basketball reasons." Yu Fei said bluntly, "This shows that I was the one who helped them get to the playoffs last season, not the old man who played the role of player, coach, general manager and boss at the same time." ”

And just like that, tomorrow's headlines are here.

Everyone is looking forward to the game between the Bucks and the Wizards on December 3.

And within the bucks, the grievances between Yu Fei and his old club did not cause too many waves.

After playing the Heat, the Bucks' next opponent is the Golden State Warriors.

thought it would be another big victory, but it was met with the Warriors all breaking out, with all seven players on the team scoring double-doubles, and the Bucks' winning streak was interrupted.

After a two-day offseason, the Bucks are back on the road, this time to Los Angeles against the Lakers.

It was the Bucks' first all-American game of the season.

Not only because of the Lakers' gimmick, but also because Yu Fei and the Lakers also have some "origins".

In the rematch between the Wizards and the Lakers last season, Yu Fei defeated the Lakers away from home when Jordan and Hamilton were both reimbursed for the season, which can be said to be a big upset at that time.

Yu Fei not only conquered his teammates in that game, but also continued the feud with O'Neal and contributed a quote that could be written in an epitaph after the game.

Now, the Bucks, who are in full swing, are facing the Lakers, who have achieved three consecutive championships, and the media hopes that this new Eastern powerhouse can give the Lakers a little freshness and shock to the already somewhat old Lakers.

This season's Lakers have had a bad pregame omen, and that is the death of legendary announcer Cheek Hearn. When people are tired of the Lakers' "back-to-back-to-back" (triple champions) propaganda, when the OK brawl doesn't seem to break the line anymore, when Phil Jackson tirelessly promotes his Zen philosophy, even the Angelenos have become numb, and the only thing that touches hearts is Hearn's death.

Surprisingly, Shaquille O'Neal, who has always been well versed in the world, was absent from Hearn's funeral on the grounds of a "family emergency", and Kobe Bryant silently became a member of all the Lakers who accompanied Hearn's family. In addition to Kobe, there are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, Riley, and West, and at such moments, every member of Lakers Nation will be with Hurne's family.

If you're absent from this moment, you don't belong here.

But as Bill Praschke wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "Those who attended Hearn's funeral will soon forget that Kobe Bryant was present and O'Neal was not." ”

Because O'Neal knows far more than Kobe Bryant how to control the power of the media.

But missing Hearn's funeral wasn't the worst thing O'Neal had done in recent times, the worst thing he did was having toe surgery shortly after Hearn's funeral, and he would be on a nine-week break from the end of August, Jerry Buss was enraged and he couldn't understand why O'Neal was delaying surgery until before the start of the season.

The reason given by O'Neill angered the rest: "This is my holiday, my day off, I will not drag a plaster cast around, and the injuries I sustained during work should be used to recuperate during my working hours." ”

That's why the Lakers are now 10th in the West with 4 wins and 9 losses, and it's hard to imagine this is a team that has won three consecutive championships just by looking at the record.

But tonight is special because Shaquille O'Neal is back for his first game of the 2002-03 season (1).

It's a reason to cheer up the champions.

They have to believe that as long as O'Neal is back on the lineup, everything will be fine for the Lakers.

After more than half a year, I returned to the Staples Center again, and the atmosphere was still the same as at the beginning, although there was less pepper on the sidelines that liked to splash, and there was no fat and warm that Yu Fei loved, but no matter when, Jack Nicholson would always stand in the most conspicuous position.

Tonight, when Yu Fei was warming up on the sidelines, Nicholson shouted: "Yu, damn it, you're here again!" ”

Yu Fei asked rhetorically: "Do you miss me?" ”

"Everybody hates you here!" Nicholson said with a slick heart, "And, you're out of luck tonight, Shaq is coming back!" ”

It's no wonder that he turned over old accounts: "Was he not there when I beat the Lakers last season?" ”

Only the truth hurts the most.

Nicholson could only babble "That's your luck", "I still won the championship", "Three in a row!" Triple Crown! The court on the Bucks' side is full of joy because of the Oscar-winning actor's hard mouth.

Twenty minutes before the start of the game, the Bucks returned to the locker room.

George Carr told the assistant coach to close the door tightly and then said to the crowd, "I don't care who comes back, we have to win this game tonight!" ”

Are there any games that we "don't necessarily" want to win?

Yu Fei asked for the new recruits this year: "Is there any special reason?" ”

"Of course, if you need to know why you need to win this game, I'll tell you." Carl looked at Yu Fei and said in surprise: "Phil Jackson is my old enemy, and that's why. ”

"Nemesis.?"

Yu Fei couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, Phil and I are old enemies." George Carr really believed what he was saying, and for good reason, "Phil lit incense and lanterns in the locker room, and I lit the passion of the players; Phil's triangle offense is about a smooth rhythm of the game, and I focus on letting the players disrupt the rhythm; Phil's ideal game is fast dexterity, while mine's ideal game is savage hand-to-hand combat; Phil demands the players to be sane and cold, and I need your passion, madness! ”

"On the pitch, we are two opposing styles and as rivals I have to win this game!"

Before his brain was shut down by Carl's shocking speech, Yu Fei had to clear up a few things.

Phil Jackson is known to be a nine-time champion as a coach, while George Carr's highest honor is overall runner-up, and he has only won it once. Although it was Jackson who defeated him that time, does that mean that they are old enemies? If this is the archenemy, then the number of archenemies of the Zen master will be staggering.

Although the fact that Karl proclaimed himself an old enemy of the Zen master is a bit nonsensical, it is not unacceptable.

Yu Fei would never laugh at Carl.

Everyone has to have dreams.

If Carl's dream is to become Jackson's archenemy, then why did Yu Fei tell him the truth?

Five minutes later, the Bucks returned to the court.

The two sides had a few more minutes of shooting practice, and then, the lights dimmed and the DJ began to broadcast the starting points of both teams, and the Bucks had a noticeable change of having Christian Leitner appear as the starting four.

With Karl's emphasis on defense, it looks extremely unusual for Leitner to start.

The Lakers haven't changed much — and that's for Fly — and for Lakers fans, O'Neal is back, which frees them from Soumaila Samake C's nightmare. During O'Neal's absence, Samaki was urgently signed by the Lakers as a supplement to the interior. As a result, the Lakers lost again and again, and although Samaki only played less than 10 minutes per game, fans still blamed him.

Looking at O'Neill up close, Yu Fei could feel that he was a lot fatter than last season, and his face was obviously much rounder.

This is characteristic of a lack of exercise.

How much strength can he recover when he returns to the pitch before he has fully recovered his fitness?

O'Neill was then slow to react and lost to Dan Gazuric on the jump.

Yu Fei catches the ball and moves forward quickly, and the Lakers put Rick Fox in front of him.

Fox used rough defensive pressing, and it was undoubtedly a foul in the NBA, which doesn't allow for defensive outside the three-point line (it's okay inside the three-point line).

But this is the home court of the Lakers, and they have the privilege of playing from beyond the three-point line.

Yu Fei was not afraid of Fox's harassment, turned his back against the opponent's body, suddenly turned around, and threw the ball towards Ray Allen outside the three-point line on the right.

Ray Allen catches the ball with a three-pointer.

0 to 3

"Hey," Yu Fei asked Fox "friendly," "Did you develop this defensive habit in that series against the Kings?" ”

Fox just responded to Yu Fei with a cold face.

Then, the Lakers, like all teams with a dominant interior line, always start the game with the interior to play the first shot.

Compared to O'Neal, the Bucks' starting center, Dan Gazuric, is simply not enough tonnage.

O'Neill catches the ball, goes back to a deep position, and then doesn't need to lean in anymore and just turns and hooks his hands.

2 to 3

This is a player who has just recovered from toe surgery, but his low post threat is still infinite.

Yu Fei can understand why the teams would frantically increase the thickness of the inside line for O'Neal, for them, this is the only way.

The Bucks' interior is probably the worst of any playoff contender.

However, they are also the team that makes the Lakers feel the most powerless.

Because when Yu Fei calls Leitner to go to the outside to block and pick-and-roll, they will be reminded of last year's game against the Wizards.

At the time, the Wizards didn't have much of a three-point threat, but Leitner's range was enough to give him room to fly.

But in the Bucks, Yu Fei can rely on not only Leitner.

And he still has to take advantage of Leitner's spatial attributes, and O'Neal can't get out? The answer is no. Because the man opposite Leitner is Samaki Walker, a No. 4 who served as a pseudo-starter with the Lakers.

Yu Fei directly accelerated past Walker's change of defense and collected the ball outside the paint area.

O'Neal's help didn't have any effect.

"Bang!"

2 to 5

"Big fat pig, is this also considered a defense?" Yu Fei sneered, "Or are you unable to come out in time because of a 'family emergency'?" ”

O'Neal, who was exposed by Yu Fei in person, was extremely angry, so he had to anger his teammates: "Samaki, don't let him break through so easily!" ”

Poor Samaki Walker, you should give him back this sentence: Dead fat pig, don't let the Chosen One score so easily!

Seeing O'Neal's face full of black lines, Dan Gazuric felt that disaster was coming, and he reluctantly said to Leitner as he returned to defend: "Frye, he really likes to make opponents unhappy. ”

If it weren't for the game, Leitner would have let Gazuric know that there is no NBA player in the world who knows Yu Fei better than he does.

O'Neal ran to the front court with a murderous face and came to the low post in a rage, forming a triangle with Fisher and Kobe.

He leaned against Gazuric and yelled, "Give me the damn ball!" ”

Fisher handed the ball to Bryant, meaning to let him pass the ball to O'Neal.

However, Bryant showed off a picturesque back-to-back iron when O'Neal was already in the position.

“！ ￥#！ @￥”

O'Neal yelled at Kobe Bryant, "You fucking selfish bastard! ”

"Shut up!" Kobe retorted, "Only you are not qualified to say that about me!" ”

Kobe Bryant's lean turned iron out of bounds, which allowed Yu Fei to appreciate the OK Lakers' "team culture" up close.

How so? There is a kind of beauty that he and Jordan "harmoniously help each other" last season.

Is this how it feels when others watch him quarrel with Jordan?

What could be more interesting in the world?

Watching Kobe and O'Neal spray back from the front court all the way to the back court, Yu Fei silently supported Kobe Bryant in his heart.

That's it, damn dog! I, the two-day-old Komi, will always stand by your side!

And off the court, on the Lakers' bench, Phil Jackson's face flashed with a haze that no one could see.

(1) Some people may want to ask, "Is it such a coincidence?" Is O'Neal playing the Bucks to make a comeback? It really happened to be so coincidental that O'Neal just happened to be playing the Bucks to make a comeback. It's not even a plot that I set up on purpose. It just so happened to be the right match.

(End of chapter)