109 to 98

The Bucks won Game 1 of the Finals.

Just looking at the data, Duncan's data is the most eye-catching.

Duncan scored 24 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks, which was arguably the best of the game, but the Spurs lost by 11 points. Moreover, it is basically lost on the offensive end of Duncan's ability to go all out.

Greg Popovich told reporters: "If you think this is the norm at TD, you'd better put your hands together and pray to God with all your might." Let's see if God will keep showing up tonight's TD. ”

Duncan's biggest problem today was free throws.

As soon as the Bucks saw that his free throw shooting percentage was not high, they continued to foul him from the second quarter, and finally Duncan made 9 of 19 free throws, which can be said to be very ugly.

George Carr didn't care about Popovich's "believe Duncan" remarks, and he joked to reporters: "The Lakers obviously didn't make it to the Finals, why is there a Shaquille O'Neal on the court?" ”

Even Ray Allen has developed a sense of humor.

"There was obviously no Shaq on the field." "Otherwise Frye's numbers would be multiplied by two." ”

Although Yu Fei's finals debut did not score Duncan-level statistics, his 28 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in the game are still fully played.

Yu Fei was mainly dissatisfied with his attack in the second half.

He scored 17 points in the first half, and in the second half, his shooting percentage dropped significantly under the Spurs' tight defense, scoring only 11 points, and although the Bucks won, he thought he was only playing at 70%.

As a result, he chose to stay at the Bradley Center to practice.

"You're probably the only player in the world who has won 28+7+9 and still doesn't think you're good enough."

Anthony Lawson looked at Yu Fei helplessly.

"That's a lot of talk, passing."

Yu Fei's practice focuses on the left and right sides of the long-range shot.

Lawson was in charge of passing the ball while chatting: "Did you watch the Spurs' post-game interview?" ”

"Where is the time?"

"You can take a look at it and maybe increase your morale."

"Did you just tell me no?"

"Okay," Lawson said, "Stephen Jackson said they worked against your defense in the second half, and that's what you're going to have to do next, and they're confident to defend you." How dare this guy say it! ”

In any case, in Yu Fei's view, Jackson's first sentence is the truth.

The Spurs' defensive tricky is that they have Duncan and Bowen as big inside and outside locks.

Bowen himself is one of the best single defenders in the league, and his defense, paired with Duncan's basket protection, can really stifle the offense of most outside stars.

Especially in the first year of being able to play against the offensive team inside the three-point line, and allowing for joint defense, it was the darkest defensive era since the 70s.

Yu Fei's difficulty tonight is that after breaking through Bowen's defense, he didn't feel his pull-up jump shot, and after breaking into the basket, he didn't feel good about throwing shots, and it was difficult to challenge Duncan.

Yu Fei believes that the feeling of throwing is only temporary, and the first thing he needs to get back is the feeling of a mid-to-long-distance pull-up jump shot.

"I still like to hear them say that TD deserves MVP more than I do." Yu Fei said.

"And they did."

Lawson laughed, "Steve Cole said something. ”

Yu Fei suddenly found that he had let Lawson be his trainer "Qu Cai", and he should be a microphone.

This guy gossiped about him, and the Spurs knew everything they said after the game.

If it were someone else, Yu Fei probably wouldn't take it seriously, Kerr's words, the opinion of the future top 20 coaches who assisted Curry in opening the small-ball era is still worth listening, "What did he say?" ”

"It's all clichés."

"Tell me about it."

"I understand that the league is promoting young people to such a high level for marketing purposes, but I want people to understand that it is a person who cannot coexist with MJ. If he can't coexist with the best player of all time, he can't be the best, even the best in the regular season. Lawson paid close attention to Yu Fei's face, "I'm just relaying, don't look at me like that." ”

"I'm not angry."

After that, Yu Fei's shooting hit the iron hard, obviously seeing that the force was too strong, and the basketball bounced quickly to the backcourt.

Lawson swallowed: "Really not angry? ”

"Do you think I'm angry?" Yu Fei said with a smile, "I just shot a little harder." ”

Based on Lawson's knowledge of flying, the probability that he will not be angry is zero.

If Kerr just supported his teammates, he also lifted the dog like Jordan's doglegs.

It's okay to belittle him, but don't take Jordan as an example, this is the most unacceptable thing for Yu Fei.

Yu Fei's training lasted 90 minutes.

"Wake up early tomorrow."

It was the most terrifying news Lawson had ever heard.

Yu Fei, who played 37 minutes tonight, practiced for 90 minutes after the game, and it was already midnight when he returned home, and then he had to get up early tomorrow?

Yu Fei is not a naturally energetic person like Jordan.

Legend has it that Jordan could play cards all night, then go to business the next morning, catch up at noon, and score 50 points in the game in the evening.

This is something that most people, including Yu Fei, can't do.

Similarly, waking up early after a night like this is difficult, but Yu Fei can do it, anger and the desire to prove himself can make a person go to extremes.

At half past six the next day, Yu Fei woke up.

He ate the breakfast prepared by the nanny first, rested for a while, and then started the morning training.

In the afternoon, Yu Fei showed up at the St. Francis Center on time, first went to Devin George for a heads-up session, and then went to shoot alone.

Everyone wondered why Yu Fei acted as if they had lost last night?

Christian Leitner knows why: "Probably because of what Steve Cole said." ”

is worthy of being a person who has been beaten too much, and he is half right.

In the ensuing tactical lesson, it was clear that George Carr was not on the same channel as the others.

Yu Fei looked tighter.

If there is a match tonight, Karl will be happy that Yu Fei is in the game early.

But with a day to go until the second game, it would be harmful to tense your nerves now.

After the tactics class, Karl called Yu Fei to his side, "Fry, do you have anything on your mind?" ”

"Nope." Yu Fei replied.

"You look serious." "I'm not saying it's bad, but obviously we won last night and you should be a little bit more relaxed," he said. ”

Yu Fei was in a state of mind anxiously wanting to prove himself, he didn't know if Carl was worth talking to, but looking at Milwaukee, did he have a better choice than the middle-aged man with a touching hairline in front of him?

"In the second half of last night, I didn't play well enough." Yu Fei said, "I want to play the second game in the best condition. ”

Carl understood, this kind of thing is really easy to understand.

In Karl's view, Yu Fei's poor offensive performance in the second half yesterday was actually a normal fluctuation in the game.

He's had it in the regular season, and now they're in the Finals, and they're against the Spurs, who don't have a fierce defensive style like a Western Conference team, and they can artificially make their opponents' form fluctuate.

Yu Fei is not used to it, or rather, he has a sense of crisis.

But it's still not a good idea to be so nervous.

"Are you doubting yourself?"

Carl asked with a smile.

"No, there isn't."

"And what are you worried about?"

What made Yu Fei helpless was that he didn't know what he was worried about.

"Listen, young people, it happens to everybody that ups and downs in a game, everybody in the sport has experienced it, and it's nothing special. You can't overreact just because it's happening in the finals. ”

Phil Jackson should really take a good look at how his arch-rival appeases his favorite player like a Zen master.

Oh no, Jackson can't see it, because he has too many old enemies, Riley, Popovich, Sloan. They are enough to block the view.

It's just that Yu Fei listened to Carl's words, but he still couldn't relax.

Carl sighed, "Have you heard of Jack McMahon?" ”

Yu Fei shook his head.

Carl thought to himself, it would be strange if Yu Fei knew. This man died back in the late 80s of the last century.

"He's my senior, he used to be an NBA coach, and there was a time when his team was on a losing streak and everybody was nervous and upset, and they didn't know what the problem was, and you know how Jack handled it?"

Yu Fei looked at Carl with bated breath, of course he didn't know.

It's George Karl's favorite NBA story, and whenever his players are depressed, he uses the power of the story to move them.

"Jack prepared N pools and plenty of drinks for his players in the hotel, and then said to them, 'Have fun in time, guys.'"

"Guess what happened after that? Hey, they're on a winning streak! ”

Yu Feihu stared at Carl suspiciously, "You don't want me."

"No, I mean, you can find something to do to relax yourself."

What else can be more relaxing than **?

"Is there anything else?" Yu Fei asked.

"It's gone." "You can go, that's the end of today's training." ”

Yu Fei went to the locker room to take a shower, changed his clothes, and went outside with Lawson.

"Are you over so early today?" Lawson asked unexpectedly.

Yu Fei said: "George said I need to relax. ”

"Indeed, you are thinking too much." Lawson suddenly had an evil thought, "Why don't we go"

Yu Fei interrupted him, he would never do anything out of the ordinary during the finals.

As they walked out of the St. Francis Center, Yu Fei thought of a way to entertain himself.

Then, driven by Lawson, it took nearly 40 minutes for them to get out of the car in front of a Japanese restaurant in the small town of Arlington, a few dozen kilometers away.

"Two pork chop rice, thank you."

Lawson said wistfully, "How long has it been since you've eaten this?" ”

"You forget, we ate it when we were in Korea last year." Yu Fei shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the taste is not good." ”

Lawson said with a silver crotch: "But the taste of Korean women is very good. ”

Yu Fei is undeniable.

After the pork chop rice came up, the rice itself was nothing unusual, what was strange was that the waiter turned out to be an Asian woman, who looked like the temperament of the little girl next door, as if the intermediate version of Nishina Baihua and Rie Tachikawa, and what was even more rare was that her figure did not look like the kind of pork rib essence Asian who was blacklisted by Yu Fei at a glance, even if the work clothes were tightly wrapped, it was still very material.

"Da Fei, how much should we tip?" Lawson saw Yu Fei's reaction, obviously, the waiter just now deserved a 100% tip.

At this moment, Yu Fei understood the meaning of George Carr's story.

Have fun in time, man.

(End of chapter)