When the final whistle blew, Yu Fei slowly stood up and high-fived his teammates on the field one by one.

109 to 84

The Bucks easily won the first game of the semifinals.

Although this is only the first game of this series, there are some series where only one game can test the strength of both sides.

The Bucks showed a clear outfit of the 76ers in the game.

The 76ers could neither target tactically nor have a lineup to limit the Bucks' offense.

As soon as the game was over, Larry Brown walked up to George Carr.

Even though it was only the first game, Brown knew their odds were slim.

Coming to Karl, Brown congratulated: "You guys are better this year than the year before." ”

Although the Bucks lost to the 76ers in the Eastern Conference finals the year before last, if they had to say anything, it was actually a bad move.

Brown said that this year's Bucks were better than the year before, and there are some deep meanings that Carl didn't react to on the spot.

Carl just thinks that this senior brother, who has always been serious, seems to be a little more emotional tonight.

"I think it's still far from it." Carl didn't take Brown's words to heart, and glanced at the key figures in the game with his peripheral vision, "Actually, in the end, whether the playoffs go well or not always depends on those people. ”

When it comes to basketball, Brown has absolute rationality and ruthlessness.

He just needs to be a team that wields like an arm, but his experience with Iverson has taught him that Phil Jackson is by no means a ready-made superteam, as Reed Auerbach has suggested.

Restraining a superstar is a tough lesson.

Larry Brown has had enough of superstar torture in Philadelphia.

He followed Carl's gaze to Yu Fei, who was sharing his "post-match remarks" with Iverson, and whispered, "George, you have an obligation to put that kid on the right path." ”

Carl smiled and didn't speak, he was already trying.

But the reality is that he is willing to give his whole hand to teach, and Yu Fei may not be willing to bow down and accept the teaching.

He's an arrogant Gen Y, probably the most promising Gen Y Carl has ever seen, and such a genius can't possibly be as docile and obedient as a sheep.

"I'm working on it." Carl laughed at himself, "Although I don't know if it will work in the end." ”

"It must work." Brown has a crush on flying, which may be the beauty of distance," my gut tells me that he's not the kind of person who doesn't get into the oil and salt of the AI. ”

Hearing this, Joe Carl squinted at Brown for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just thought of it, speaking of stubbornness," Carl laughed, "you're pretty much the same." ”

Suddenly, Carl discovered all that Brown and Iverson had in common.

They were all raised by single mothers. They were the shortest guys on the court when they played, with big hearts and a desire to get their feet – Brown was so often on the court that he now had replacement joints at the waist and Iverson was ramming and jumping, and they were running for the same fate. They are both very sensitive, and a single ugly word or expression can cause deep pain to each other.

This is the reason why they torture each other, and the reason why they have been arguing for six years even though they know they can't coexist.

Yu Fei and Iverson's relationship doesn't seem to be as close as that of Carl and Brown.

Due to the hype of the Reebok derby, Yu Fei and Iverson both played with the idea of overpowering each other.

As a result, Yu Fei won in all-rounderness, but Iverson still scored a game-high 44 points with 35 shots in a single game.

"With so many shots, is Coach Brown okay?"

Yu Fei asked gloatingly.

"No, he knows I want to win," Iverson said. ”

With Iverson's shooting percentage tonight, he dared to shoot 35 shots in the name of "I want to win" and didn't think Brown would blame him for that.

Yu Fei had nothing to say, because Iverson definitely knew Brown better than he did.

"See you the day after tomorrow, then." Yu Fei said.

Iverson stubbornly said, "We'll win then." ”

It's a trash-talk without power.

Yu Fei really can't see that the 76ers have any chance of winning in the semifinals, compared to the offense, they can't compare to the Bucks.

Defensively, the 76ers who lost Mutombo are left with nothing left to the overall runner-up season, and a team that lacks top basket protectors will not be able to defend well unless they have two DPOY-caliber swingmen like the Bulls do.

The 76ers have nothing to do, this is the reason why Yu Fei is not optimistic about them.

At the press conference that night, the reporter asked Yu Fei if he was impressed by anyone from the 76ers.

Yu Fei said: "The number of AI shots is impressive. ”

"Yes, the AI scored a game-high 44 points tonight, how are you going to limit him in the next game?"

"We don't have to limit him, the crazy AI can't lead Philadelphia to win, and if he continues to play like this, I think we can study the opponent for the next round in advance."

At this point, the reporter is not a big deal to see the excitement: "Who do you hope to be the opponent in the next round?" ”

"Of course it's the same team that knocked me out in the first round last year."

Yu Fei's remarks offended the 76ers to some extent.

However, it was easier to win the second game of the semi-finals than the first.

The Bucks still need to take into account Iverson's offense in the first game, and in the second game, the AI magic is no longer there.

Ironically, Iverson's scoring was limited to 28 points, and the 76ers' offense was quite a bit more active.

Van Horn and Aaron McGee both scored in double figures.

But the problem with the 76ers is that Iverson can't win if he doesn't open, and Iverson is easy to fall into the cycle of unlimited singles when he opens.

Because the second game was won too easily, even Karl was talking about potential opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals after the game.

"If I had to pick a team to play against in the Eastern Conference Finals, I would choose the New Jersey Nets." "Because we had a winning record against them in the regular season. ”

Carried away, Karl was soon sanctioned by the Alliance.

A day later, the Bucks were on the road.

When Karl got the referee for the third game of the semifinals, his face suddenly turned dark.

"What's wrong?"

At that time, the players were training, and someone noticed that Karl's face was not good-looking.

Carl handed the referee list to Ron Adams, the head assistant coach.

Adams looked at it, and his face was equally heavy.

"Even if they let the zombies be the referees tonight, you don't have to be so nervous, right?"

Yu Fei made a little joke.

Karl was still in the mood to joke: "It's not funny, you'd better prepare for this game tonight with the same attitude as you prepare for Game 7 of the finals." ”

Yu Fei said: "I'm sorry, I can't do it. ”

Cal:?

Yu Fei said reasonably: "I haven't played in the finals, let alone in the playoffs, so I can't prepare." ”

Mason, who finally waited for the opportunity to suppress Yu Fei, smiled: "Oh, there are still times when you are inexperienced, usually in your eyes, you are the boss, God is the second, but you haven't even played in the finals?" ”

"Have you ever beaten it?" Yu Fei asked knowingly.

"Hit." Mason said smugly, "Not only did I play, but I made it to Game 7 in the Grand Finals. ”

"The result? Lost, right? ”

Yu Fei didn't expect that someone would really take the bait for casual fishing.

"Why don't you speak?" Yu Fei saw Mason's face flushed, and he felt more confident, "I said you old thing, you are really promising, you have played in the NBA for so many years, and finally played the finals once and played the seventh game, not to mention the seventh game, you haven't won the championship yet?" Isn't this the ultimate vain job? ”

"You don't understand anything when you step on a horse!" Mason stamped his feet in frustration, and then began to weakly retort, what "winning or losing is only part of the game", what "I tried my best was Ewing's fault", what "Olajuwon didn't know what I could do that year", the air was full of joy.

It's just that George Carr's expression is still heavy.

Yu Fei had no choice but to ask: "George, who is the referee tonight?" ”

Hearing this, Karl's face showed an angry look, and the name sounded like it was popping out of his teeth, extremely indifferent: "Dick Bavita." ”

Yu Fei, who has played for two seasons, basically recognizes the faces of all the referees.

Bavita is the most special of them, he has always been known for favoring the Lakers, but this kind of referee who likes to favor the Lakers can be the referee in the Western Conference Finals last year.

The terrible G6 game between the Lakers and the Kings was played under the auspices of this dude.

Some serious observers believe that from that game onwards, the NBA officially entered the WWE era.

Bavita can be described as a fight to fame.

Yu Fei also deepened his impression of Bavita through that game, but looking at Carl's expression, things didn't seem to be so simple.

"George, do you have a story between you?" Yu Fei asked.

Carr asked rhetorically, "Do you think last year's Western Conference Finals were scary?" ”

If Carl were referring to Game 6 of last year's Western Conference Finals, it would be scary, but that's about it, about the same as Game 4 of the 2017 Finals.

The difference is that one tells you "don't want to win" in the fourth quarter, and the other tells you "you can't win tonight" at the beginning.

"Terrible." Yu Fei responded to Carl's words.

Carr said, "What if I told you that something even more terrible happened ten years ago? ”

Then, George Carr told the story of the 1993 Western Conference Finals.

In that year's Western Conference Finals, Carl's superSonics and Barkley's Suns met at the top of the West, and the series reached the seventh game, and there seemed to be a force in the universe that wanted to promote the season's MVP Barkley and Jordan, the ruler of the league, to fight 300 rounds in the finals, so that the supersonic would lose a lot of gimmicks.

As a result, the Suns made 64 free throws in the Western Conference Finals that year, and the SuperSonics, including Kemp, were all fouled.

In this kind of game where there is a foul at the first touch, Barkley played 46 minutes and refused to go off, leaving behind the famous saying "When I die, there is time to rest".

SuperSonics naturally fell short and lost the series.

And the referee of this match is none other than Dick Bavita.

Karl looked at Yu Fei, "The ratings of our game against Philadelphia are good, believe me, the league will want to play one or two more games in this series, Dick Bavita is not good, we have to be ready." ”

Yu Fei does not have as strong PTSD as Carl for Bavita, because the relationship between Iverson and the referee has never been good, even if Bavita comes with a mission, at most it is to give the 76ers some biases, such as the sixth game of last year's Western Conference finals and the seventh game of the 1993 Western Conference finals, which should not happen.

And even if it happens, so what? Yu Fei's goal is to sweep the 76ers, which would not only give the team more time to prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals, but also give him some advantage in the MVP race against Duncan and Kidd.

So, whether the whistle is biased or not, they all have to die.

(End of chapter)