The weight of gunpowder between the Bucks and the Nets seems to go beyond the game itself.

Kenyon Martin is still making excuses, but as long as Yu Fei keeps beating him up, his excuses will become less and less.

Sooner or later, he'll look back and remember with the most emotion the fond memories of their first-round knockout of the Wizards.

For the Nets, Yu Fei is like an uncontrollable X-factor.

When he was with the Wizards last season, the Nets were able to use joint defense to limit Yu Fei. But now, they don't have much to do with Yu Fei.

Could it be that only half a year later, Yu Fei opened up the second vein of Ren Du and completely practiced a magic throw? The answer is not so simple.

Yu Fei's shooting stability has indeed improved, but as a point guard who holds a lot of the ball and constantly fights against opponents, it is difficult for him to stabilize his hand at an extremely high level.

This requires long-term training and actual combat, and what makes Yu Fei difficult to defend is that his current helpers are far stronger than they were during the Wizards.

Especially for outside firepower, starting Ray Allen and Michael Reed on the bench are both top shooters with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, and Sprewell, Lightner, Devin George and others are above average shooters, and their outside threats have caused far more disruption to the Nets than expected.

Nets coach Byron Scott even has a feeling that if the Bucks' team is given to Yu Fei in his rookie season, they will lose that series.

A Yu Fei whose projection is more stable than it is now can lead the Wizards to win the Nets in the first round, so can Yu Fei, who has a more stable projection and has many shooters at the same time, defeat the Nets?

The answer to this question was already available some time ago.

But the Nets, led by Kenyon Martin, still said that they were just careless and unprepared, and Yu Fei and the Bucks were overrated.

Tonight, Yu Fei scored five points in a row in the opening game and completed an extremely brutal slam on Martin's head, which severely damaged the latter's morale and connected the team.

Although his organizational skills and on-the-spot dispatch are not comparable to those of a master commander like Kidd, his basic talent is too high to need to run a complex tactical system like Kidd.

The tactics led by Yu Fei are often simple and rude, breaking through with the ball, creating chaos and then distributing the ball to teammates in open positions.

The Bucks have played like this for a lot of rounds.

It looks simple and brainless, but there is an indescribable coordination and smoothness.

Byron Scott is both familiar and unfamiliar with this style.

Since ancient times, there have been two styles of basketball, the half-court offense, which emphasizes control, and the full-court shooting, which ignores discipline. Since the George McCann era, teams with giants have been staunch supporters of the half-court offensive system, and teams that lack great interior players will find ways to find the interior and, if they can't, run and shoot.

It wasn't until the 80s that Johnson, the Wizards' Magic, first subverted people's perception of point guards, and then subverted "half-court offense" and "running and shooting".

Showtime Lakers can play half-court offense, they have the most consistent two-point game in history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and can play run-and-shoot, and Magic grabs backcourt rebounds and counterattacks are their signature. However, as the Magic evolved, the Lakers' game evolved into a different style — they would use quick transmission and cut-ins to turn the half-court offense into a fast-break offense.

The reason why Scott felt that Yu Fei's style of play was familiar was because he saw the shadow of a magician in it, but he was not exactly a magician.

Yu Fei is more indefinite than the magician.

It's a positional war like a chaotic battle.

is such a style of play, so that Yu Fei scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the half, and another triple-double night is approaching him. He got the full stats and helped the Bucks lead the Nets by 12 points at halftime, 58-46.

According to league rules, the head coaches of both sides are required to speak to the media.

"Coach Karl, your team leads the Nets by 12 points at halftime, which is a great result on the road, why don't you look happy?"

Carl responded: "I'm not upset, and being happy doesn't have to be shown. ”

"Throughout the first half, you and the Nets had three times when the game was suspended because of player disputes, what do you think of those conflicts?"

The anger on Karl's face flashed: "Oh, there's nothing wrong with that, I'm glad that most of the players can stand up for their teammates. ”

At the end of the interview, the image of Ray Allen's indifference still lingered in George Carr's mind.

Ray Allen reminds George Carr of another player, a player who has been forgotten by the world, but will never be forgotten by him – Joe Barry Carroll, the top pick in the 1981 NBA Draft. Early in Karl's coaching career, he coached Carroll with the Warriors.

Carroll's cold, sane, detached worldview drove Carl mad, and when they met Magic and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Lakers in the playoffs, Carroll had nothing to do on the court. Karl told him to fight hard, and Carroll said, "Stop yelling, we can't win against the Lakers." ”

It's true that the Warriors can't win against the Lakers, but Carl won't accept this premature abandonment. After that game, he tore Carroll's locker apart, and his uncontrollable anger almost set the locker room on fire. After he nearly cut off his coaching career in the NBA because of his temper, he spent some time in Europe before getting a chance to coach in Seattle.

Since then, Karl has worked hard to turn his anger into coaching energy.

If he's unhappy with a player, he's usually going to do it in front of the other side and the media, but when dealing with a Carroll-like guy like Ray Allen, it seems that he doesn't care no matter how he leads him.

What happened tonight, and Carl's long-standing resentment of Ray Allen, had left him with a rage that had crossed the threshold, and he wouldn't be patient any longer.

When Carl walked into the locker room, what awaited Ray Allen was a nightmare he hadn't imagined.

"I'm happy that there are at least three guys who stepped up for their teammates when Kenyon Martin was rough and that's what you should do, and if you back down in moments like this, our opponents will have a psychological advantage!" Carl turned to Ray Allen, "Only a weak bitch would ignore this kind of thing. ”

Ray Allen's face changed.

Yu Fei also raised his head suddenly, he knew who didn't make a move just now.

Mason and Sprewell hadn't heard what Carl was saying, but they soon understood what was going on.

Because Carl wasn't going to beat around the bush anymore, "Ray, where were you when Frye and Spree stood up for Anthony?" ”

When Carl gave up saying bad things in front of the media and went straight to the main owner, how should the main owner who pretended not to hear bad words deal with himself?

Ray Allen said defensively, "I don't know what you're talking about. ”

"You don't know what I'm talking about? You don't even know what the I'm talking about? "If Aaron really didn't know what Carl was talking about, then Carl would go crazy. No, he's already going crazy. "You shameful softass! Why are you acting so arrogant? Why can't you step up when your teammates are in trouble? Why do I need to remind you of such a basic thing? What do you really think of as a team? Or do you think you're the chosen one, and aren't these people in the locker room worthy of your head on their behalf?! ”

Well said, Yu Fei nodded and shook his head - labor and management are the chosen ones.

Carl's rampage can be said to have gone without warning, and both Mason and Sprewell were stunned.

In their opinion, what a big deal, as far as it goes?

Ray Allen's self-esteem is on the verge of shattering. Growing up, he hardly fights with people and doesn't help people get ahead, he always behaves decently, strictly restrains himself, he neither needs others to stand up for him, nor does he want to stand up for others, it is a way of behaving that is carried out from his life to the court.

Suddenly, this is actually a problem?

George Carr is going to tear his face with him for this?

Ray Allen was in a humiliation that he couldn't justify himself, he clenched his teeth and said with difficulty: "I am such (person), I will not change, if you don't like it, you can trade me." ”

Although Yu Fei doesn't agree with Ray Allen's way of dealing with this kind of thing, he won't blame him for it, people are different.

Just as Carl said that he wanted to trade Ray Allen, Yu Fei stood up, "George, your reaction is a little too aggressive. ”

This almost made Carl stop thinking.

"What?" Carl asked incredulously.

"Your criticism of Ray is a bit excessive." Yu Fei said, "It is true that he did not stand up, and he may not stand up in the future, but we don't need him to stand up." ”

Karl glared at Yu Fei, wondering what he meant.

Yu Fei said: "You can't ask me to reconcile with Michael, you can't ask Anthony (Mason) to never behave willfully when he gets the ball, and you can't ask Spree to resist the urge to choke the other party's neck when he is abused by the coach, in my opinion, these things determine what kind of people we are." Ray doesn't want to do it, so he can do it without it, and his contract doesn't say he needs to fight on the court for his teammates. ”

"What are you kidding? All four of you are involved in the conflict, and you still think it's reasonable for him to stand alone in the back? ”

"Why is it unreasonable?" Yu Fei glanced at Ray Allen and publicly expressed his support for him, "This is Ray, we have known for a long time that he is such a person, and we will not be disappointed in him, the only thing he needs to do for us is to shoot those damn three-pointers!" ”

"It's only when he can't do that that we get disappointed."

Yu Fei clearly depicted everyone's feelings about Ray Allen.

It also made Carl learn from the side that he doesn't know his players as well as he thinks.

"That's what you all think?" Carl asked.

"That's right, Ray only needs to shoot a goddamn three!" After Sprewell finished speaking, he looked at Yu Fei, "Also, I swore that I would never pinch someone's neck again, and never mention that incident again!" ”

Yu Fei asked with a harmless face: "If I continue to mention that incident, will you choke my neck?" ”

Then, Mason also had a "little opinion" about flying: "It's been a long time since I've been 'willful' like you said, why do you say that?" Is that how you see my selfless dedication? ”

"Selfless dedication? How dare you open your mouth, old thing! Yu Fei sneered, "If you hadn't been selfless, you would have been traded a long time ago, just now without me, Kenyon Martin that brute can ride on your head and, you should dedicate yourself to me!" ”

Hearing this, Mason seemed to have a boulder blocked in his chest, and he held it for a few seconds before he screamed, "You're my nightmare!" ”

George Carr looked at Yu Fei, who was on Ray Allen's side again today.

However, he did not break with himself because of Ray Allen.

Yu Fei seemed to have saved this almost shattered situation.

"If you don't have an opinion, I won't have an opinion." Carl said.

This should be the end of the matter.

But Yu Fei didn't want to miss this hard-won confession, so he immediately asked Ray Allen, "Rey-ray, since George has no opinion on you, what about you, do you have an opinion on him?" ”

Karl frowned, looking at Yu Fei meaninglessly.

What's the situation?

Does this kid still want to live a good life?

Aren't you going to be a peacemaker? Why are you stirring up trouble now?

Carl knows very well what he has done to Ray Allen, can this BYD be okay?

If this is the end of the matter, perhaps the conflict will disappear for the time being, but Ray Allen's predicament remains.

Yu Fei felt that they had wasted too much time in this bull's horn, and if they didn't hurry up to calm down the internal troubles, they would have another pill this season.

"Of course I have an opinion!" "Since the fall of 2000, he has criticized me 45 times in front of the media, regardless of the occasion, he made the media think I was incompetent, he made the fans feel that I was not doing my duty, I was under a lot of pressure for this, and if he hadn't said those things, I would have been better!" ”

Do you even remember how many times you have been criticized, isn't it a bit perverted?

Yu Fei usually likes to tease Ray Allen, but I don't know if this guy has a small book of "How many times has Frye Yu bullied me"?

Carl defended himself: "I did it to make you better!" ”

"You're saying that you laugh at me in front of the media that I'm a delicate boy, say to the fans that I'm not responsible, and go around saying that I'm hiding and crying when I'm a little injured is trying to make me better?" The more Ray Allen spoke, the more angry he became, and when his emotions reached his peak, the tutor disappeared, "FUCKKKKKK!! I can't stand this anymore! ”

Speaking of this, others also began to express their opinions.

Sprewell said: "I was also criticized when I didn't play well, why can't I say it to my face? ”

"And me!" Mason wanted to say that he was definitely criticized by Carl more times in front of the media than Ray Allen, and then Yu Fei blocked him with a sentence, "You just shut up, do you complain less often that you don't have the ball?" ”

"No ball is a fact!"

"It's also a fact that you XJB plays!"

"Damn, why do you keep going against me?"

"As long as you do it right, I won't go against you again."

Mason shut up angrily, while Yu Fei said to Carl, "George, you see, people don't like some of your practices. ”

Karl's eyes widened and he asked dissatisfiedly, "Do you want me to say those words to you?" ”

"It's for the best."

"It's better to say anything in person."

The atmosphere started at once, and at the end, the players had a chapter with Caljofa.

From now on, no matter who you are, you can't spread the inside of the team to the outside world without permission.

Sprewell called this the "fart in the face" treaty.

After much deliberation, Karl agreed to sign a "fart to face" deal with the players.

The premise of "signing" this treaty is that Karl will not apologize for what has happened before.

It was an ordinary night for other NBA teams, but for the Bucks, it was no small feat.

The signing of the "fart in the face" treaty symbolizes that the artificial internal divide of the Milwaukee Bucks is crumbling, from now on, whoever has a problem and who has an opinion on whom, can be raised face to face, it may be difficult to solve the problem, but it will never be peaceful to hold the problem.

So, remember that today, it's Christmas 2002. Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, today will be the most important day in Bucks history beyond the day the Bucks won the "coin game" from the Phoenix Suns more than three decades ago to acquire Lou Alcindor.

"It's almost time."

Chief Assistant Teacher Ron Adams said.

"Then," Yu Feilang, who was standing in the middle, said, "let's go out and kill them all!" ”

(End of chapter)