This is the third time George Karl has led the team to the finals, and as a non-final debut, he should have been steady.

However, he couldn't control himself.

He's excited, just as excited as he was when he first coached a basketball team.

It's been eight years since the 1996 loss!

Eight years! How many eight years are there in life? Most basketball coaches don't even have eight years in their careers.

Carl thought he would never get a chance to recover his debt from Phil Jackson again.

However, fate made them meet on the biggest stage in the basketball world.

The day before the grand finale, Carl was holding an old newspaper in his hand.

It was a Chicago Tribune newspaper published after the Bulls won the championship in 1996, and it devoted a lot of space to the story of the Bulls, and the poster showed Jordan crying in the locker room in his brand new AJ shoes.

Phil Jackson was asked how he and his players overcame the 1995 defeat and won the championship.

At the time, Phil Jackson, who was "only" four champions, said: "We have a lot of internal motivation in us, and as a coach, I just let them turn that motivation into the energy of the game. It's been through day-to-day guidance and trust, if I were a crazy coach who would just pace back and forth on the sidelines and shout dirty words at the pitch. Maybe it's a different story. ”

Carl knew from the first glance at this interview that Jackson was talking about himself.

But what can he say? To lose is to lose.

The winner is right no matter what he says, and on the contrary, the only thing the loser has to do is to shut up.

No matter how reasonable and well-founded it is to argue for yourself, it is also a quibble.

Carl vowed in 1996 that they would make a comeback and wash away the shame with the blood on the tip of the bull's horn. But Carl and that SuperSonics team never made it back to the Finals.

Phil Jackson and the Bulls completed another three-game winning streak.

Then Jackson went to the Lakers and won another three-peat.

Well, there will be no more people saying that Karl is Jackson's arch-enemy – except Karl himself – no one in the current coach can say he's Jackson's arch-enemy except Riley. Sloan doesn't have that qualification, Popovich doesn't. Even, Jackson didn't think Riley was qualified.

The object Jackson tried to match was Reed Auerbach.

What about Carl? Don't even mention it, if you mention it, it's disrespectful to Jackson. Only Carl himself would insist that he was Jackson's nemesis. As a long-time NBA head coach, Carl has never been able to shake off Jackson's nightmare, and whenever the NBA coaches meet, he will approach Jackson's friends and ask them about Jackson. He wondered how Jackson thought of himself and whether Jackson knew how many times he had spoken out about him over the years.

Carl wondered if Jackson knew that he had won because he had Jordan and Pippen.

Does Jackson know that he can have OK with the Lakers and that Carl has only Glenn Robinson and Ray Allen?

Because he has these best players, he's won championship after championship, so he's better than everybody, is that really reasonable?

Carl never had the opportunity to ask Jackson in person, but he had gotten the answer from the old paper.

Jackson attributes the strength of the Bulls and Lakers to his "tuning power," not to the strength of his players. If it were a crazy coach like Karl who only roared and screamed, neither the Bulls nor the Lakers would win the championship.

Well, that's his answer.

Karl has confirmed it again and again.

On this day, Yu Fei noticed the old newspaper in Carl's hand and asked, "Is there anything special about this newspaper?" ”

"Nothing special." Karl said without changing his face, "It's just that the person I hate the most is talking about his coaching skills." ”

Yu Fei asked, "Can I take a look?" ”

Carl brought the newspaper over.

So Yu Fei saw Jordan's famous "Daddy, this is for you" locker room crying poster.

"It seems that the person we hate the most is in the same newspaper." Yu Fei felt that it was enough to read the poster, and there was no need to look down.

Carl took back the newspaper and rushed to Yu Fei and said: "I don't care what the outside world says, I think we are far stronger than the Lakers, they just have a gorgeous bubble!" ”

Yu Fei teased: "The game will only be played tomorrow night, if you look for me to cheer me up now, isn't it a little early?" ”

"It's not early at all!" "The Lakers are under pressure to win a championship, and the outside world thinks we're going to lose the Finals in five games, and they say it's the Finals with the biggest disparity of power in 28 years," Carr said. ”

Yu Fei was not interested in the finals 28 years ago, but he was surprised by the contempt for the outside world: "Are the experts serious? ”

No way?

Yu Fei didn't understand, isn't the restraint they showed against the Lakers in the regular season not obvious?

"So, you know what to do, right?"

This level of underestimation, only a tragic slap in the face can make experts doubt their IQ, and if the Lakers play a little competitiveness, even if they lose in the end, they will say that the Lakers lost because of infighting.

Yu Fei won't give them this chance.

June 6, 2004 at 9:00 p.m. Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Before the start of the game, the media asked the managers of both sides what they thought of each other.

ESPN wanted to use the 1996 Finals to make Phil Jackson nostalgic for the past.

But Jackson doesn't value that time: "It was a long time ago, and I was just focused on the present. ”

So, does he have any impression of Karl?

"George is very passionate, very dynamic, and I think that's what makes the Bucks strong."

Jackson's answer was very official and did not contain any personal emotions.

Because Carl really didn't impress him in the past, it was a clear difference from Carl's strong feelings for him as an old enemy.

"I have never forgotten the defeat in 1996, it was an opportunity given to me by God, and He wanted me to get revenge." "I think this is my last chance, so I'll do whatever it takes to win!" ”

The Lakers really forgot how miserable they were taught by the Bucks in the regular season.

Only veteran Rick Fox felt the unease.

But his emotions alone are insignificant to this superteam that loses or loses.

The race is on.

Everything the Lakers craved, OK blowing up the court, Payton and Malone playing their own games, role players going with the wind — none of that happened.

The most valuable lesson the Bucks learned from the Pistons was the use and layout of the bucket formation, which they played tonight with a much more mature formation than they did against the Lakers in the second regular season.

Accustomed to the confrontation in the West, and against a team like the Bucks who dare to fight hand-to-hand in front of the Pistons, many people in the Lakers are struggling.

In addition to stacking iron buckets to compress the space for singles, the Bucks have another point when defending, not to wrap up.

Whether it's Kobe Bryant's singles or O'Neal's low-post offense, it's not covered.

The presence of the bucket has greatly compressed Kobe's space for singles, and although the Bucks do not have a flank Spider-Man like Prince who is tall and long-armed, and specializes in defense, Sprewell is a player with more experience and skill than Prince in terms of individual defense.

Against O'Neal, the Bucks didn't cooperate, so Karl boldly used a wheel battle against O'Neal's defense.

Mutombo, Gazuric, Pachuria, Leitner and even Haslem, the Bucks' every interior is useful, and although they can be blown up with just one defense, O'Neal's teammates can't get the ball to him in time.

When OK fought separately and couldn't break the game, the Lakers' long-term inability to integrate combat power made the system grind into shape.

Regardless of whether he wins the championship or not, Gary Payton has said that he will not stay with the Lakers because he can't play the triangle offense.

Tonight, Payton completely isolated himself from the system, and did not make sporadic singles and jump shots.

Karl Malone, on the other hand, was plagued by a knee injury in the Western Conference Finals that could not help other than shoot in the high post.

The scary thing is that the only shot he can make is not accurate tonight.

Lakers supporters are looking forward to a slaughter.

Only by tearing apart the Timberwolves in a national live broadcast like the Western Conference Finals can the Lakers prove that the Bucks, the Lakers' nemesis, are pure nonsense.

However, Lakers fans were quickly disappointed.

At the end of the first half, the Bucks led the Lakers by nine points, 55-46.

At the beginning of the second half, Yu Fei hit consecutive three-pointers, then broke through to name O'Neal, and finally shook Karl Malone in a pick-and-roll attack, glided into the paint like a flying swallow, and scored against O'Neal's blocking hand.

This is the "world after the fifth game".

Game 5 against the Pistons established Yu Fei's absolute confidence, as he fearlessly attacked the Lakers' defense, and even shook the opponent in a misplaced outside confrontation with Malone, causing his knee injury to worsen.

The Lakers took Malone off and tried to find a replacement in the bench.

It's just that whoever comes, it's not enough to threaten the Bucks.

Because tonight's Malone is not the decisive player, he has only scored 4 points so far, and the defensive end is Yu Fei's experience baby, when he can't open it, he will come to a 1-4 block and break the roll call.

In the fourth quarter, O'Neal, the best player in the Lakers, was also fouled by Yu Fei for the sixth time and left the game directly.

At this point, the first game of the finals went into garbage time.

Yu Fei played 39 minutes, slashed 40 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, continued the strong performance in the playoffs, and led the Bucks to a 109-92 victory over the Lakers at home.

"It's nice that we don't think we're going to be beaten 4-0 by the Lakers as the so-called observers predicted."

Yu Fei immediately mocked those sports writers who were optimistic about the Lakers.

And these guys are now concentrating their fire on Kobe.

Although it may seem like they are making excuses for themselves, who asked Kobe Bryant to give them a chance?

Facing an old man like Sprewell, Bryant scored 27 points on 11-of-30 shooting. On the other hand, O'Neal scored 35 points and 15 rebounds on 13-of-15 shooting.

Isn't it clear who is undercover, who doesn't want to win, and who is dragging the Lakers down?

Aside from Malone's 4 points per game, Payton is a heavyweight 1-of-5, Fisher's terrible 9-of-0, Fox's 0+0+0 performance without this person, isn't it all Kobe's fault, why don't you pass the ball to O'Neal, why?

Yu Fei returned to the locker room, high-fived every teammate, and said loudly: "There are three more games!" I'm going to sweep them away! ”

How arrogant does that sound, sweeping the Lakers? That's the most talented team in the salary cap era, can you really sweep them?

"Everybody said before the game that the Lakers were going to sweep us, wouldn't it be funny if we swept the Lakers in turn?" Sprewell came up with a brilliant idea, "I'm going to collect all the articles that are optimistic about the Lakers before the game, make a bound book when the Finals are over, and sell it in a bookstore in Milwaukee!" ”

Yu Fei listened to it: "Spree, you're a genius, I want to pre-order a thousand copies!" ”

The Bucks are happy within because they know the Lakers are no different from the regular season and that they are very close to the defending champions.

Yu Fei's 40+11+7 performance in a single game in the finals established his reputation as the league's best player.

In his win over the Spurs last season, Yu Fei wasn't even considered the best player in the Finals, as experts believe Duncan's overall influence is higher.

And O'Neal, as recognized as the best player in the league so far in the new century, was obviously inferior to Yu Fei in the first game of the finals, and under the data of 35+15, he could not hide his helplessness and incompetence in the face of blocking and pick-and-roll offense.

ESPN's number one writer, Mark Stein, wrote an article titled "If 21-Year-Old Folly Is the Best in the League."

Stein reflected on the three seasons of Yu Fei's career so far, extracted his accolades, and concluded by asking: "If the Bucks have made the biggest upset in 33 years (1), the 21-year-old Frye will qualify as the absolute core of a two-time championship team, and he will qualify to be in the top 10 players of all time." From this perspective, perhaps we are witnessing the birth of the next GOAT. ”

Stein's personal relationship with Yu Fei is well known, and it seems biased for Stein to make such an assessment.

However, it was Stein's reminder that everyone found out that although Yu Fei was not qualified enough, he already had several key honors.

If he wins again this year, two consecutive titles would be enough to put him in the ranks of "one of the greatest of all time".

When Yu Fei heard that Stein was openly discussing whether he might become a GOAT, he just felt that it would be beneficial to have a good relationship with the media.

The two consecutive championships have not been skimmed, and they are going to take out a loan GOAT, and the fourth power is simply nonsense (deep) words (de) messy (my) words (heart).

Although it is not good to open the champagne in advance, Yu Fei feels that during the finals, except for not being able to score FMVP before deciding the winner, everything else is easy to say.

Unlike the Bucks, the Lakers are in a bad environment for both external public opinion and internal environment.

Due to years of domination, the Lakers have made countless enemies, and they have basically reached the level of "the Lakers are in trouble, and all sides praise them".

The Los Angeles Times did not forget to save the home team's respect, and they wrote an article called "The Alarm Bell Rings", which roughly means that fans should not panic, the Lakers championship is as steady as a dog, but the first game is careless.

So, the second game of the finals came.

Tonight, OK played a familiar performance to the fans.

Bryant shot 14-of-27 and O'Neal shot 10-of-20, both overcoming the problem of tight space caused by the iron bucket formation.

It's just that the problem of offense is solved, what about defense?

Kobe's defense is naturally not a problem, and the Bucks have no intention of making him a breakthrough.

In the previous game against the Bucks, the Lakers' breakthrough on the defensive end has always been O'Neal.

Yu Fei had a disease that made him feel so uncomfortable that he was dying when he saw O'Neal doing well, so from the second quarter onwards, he made a lot of roll calls against O'Neal.

This makes O'Neal tired, and while there are some teammates who can help him avoid being attacked by Yu Fei, most of the time, he has to deal with this problem alone.

O'Neill's response was not ideal, he first bet on Fei's hand, saw the block but did not go out. As a result, Yu Fei shot 4 of 4, and then O'Neal began to go to the high post to help defend. As a result, Yu Fei scored four times in the next seven rounds and caused O'Neal to commit two fouls.

O'Neal's pick-and-roll problem is so serious that as soon as the Bucks call for pick-and-roll, Lakers supporters feel that the round is over.

O'Neal, who couldn't solve the pick-and-roll, ended up with six fouls due to too many fouls.

When O'Neal left, Yu Fei had a feeling that this year's Lakers were not as "extra favored" by the league as they had been in the past.

After O'Neal left, he and Bryant's game of "you play one, I'll play one" could not continue.

In addition to OK, the Lakers did not have a third person to score a double-double.

Payton was once again an ice-cold shooter, Malone dragged a badly injured knee and shot 3-of-10, and Fisher and Fox both scored under five points.

O'Neal was broken through on the defensive end, and the rest of the offense was weak, wasting Kobe's strong offensive and defensive performance.

107 to 94

The Bucks won two games in a row and led 2-0.

"Part of it is because of expectations." Fox spoke of the Lakers' poor performance on the road, "We expect to win everything easily this year; So when we don't win, it looks like something serious has happened to us. ”

"It's not a switch between deciding to play well and deciding not to play well."

Phil Jackson seems to want people to believe that the Lakers were blown up by the Bucks because his players didn't want to play well.

"It's a question of self-sacrifice. Sometimes we choose to sacrifice ourselves for the good of the team, while other times our focus turns to individual achievements. ”

O'Neal did exactly what Fox said: "We expect an easy win because that's how we used to play in the Finals. ”

The arrogance and arrogance of the Lakers are beyond Yu Fei's imagination.

So far in the finals, except for O'Neal, no one in their starters has shot above 40%, and no one on the bench has shot above 50%, and then you blame this on "you don't want to play well"?

The Lakers' overly arrogant statements drew national criticism.

They decided to shut up before the third game arrived.

Before that, the only good news was that Malone, who completely disappeared in the Finals due to a knee injury, decided not to go to the hospital for a check-up, he was called a real Warrior, but Mr. Warrior just said that he would not be examined, and did not say that he would continue to play.

Bigger cracks are growing inside the Lakers.

Through the review of the second game, the players naturally found that O'Neill had completely become Yu Fei's wealth password, and if the offense could not be opened, he called a 1-5 block roll call.

Those embarrassing roll calls made O'Neill look so clumsy.

It reminds some of the Lakers' old folks when O'Neal first arrived in 1996, when he was so flexible, slim and athletic. What now? He looked a little fat, slow, loose in defense, and was frantically humiliated by Yu Fei without knowing it, he dared to interrupt the video analysis meeting and accuse others of not helping him defend.

"How much do you want me to do? I can't be 100% offensive and defensive! O'Neill growled, "I just fucking want to win the next game, I don't want to see this shit anymore!" ”

Bryant quipped: "The game footage exposes your inability to do anything against Frye's offense, so you don't want to watch it, do you?" ”

"Fuck you, you're not qualified to teach me how to play!" O'Neill roared with hatred.

The two could barely be in the same room, O'Neal left the video analysis room, and Kobe Bryant said with hatred: "He's just overrated!" He's Frye's X slave! I can't stand him anymore! ”

The Lakers' nightmare continues.

June 10th

The Bucks were on their way to Los Angeles on a special plane.

Yu Fei called Paris Hilton in front of his teammates before the plane took off: "Hey, Paris, if we win in Los Angeles, what a big party do you think I should have to celebrate this championship?" ”

The videotape princess excitedly said, "If it were me, I would invite all the Hollywood stars to my party!" ”

"I like your idea, although I don't know so many stars, I will reward myself with a big party!"

After that, Yu Fei hung up the phone and said to his teammates with surprised expressions: "I'm not the only one who thinks we can sweep the Lakers in Los Angeles, right?" ”

The atmosphere on the plane suddenly became much more enthusiastic, and while the sweep of the Lakers F4 sounded a bit surreal, what if it came to fruition? It's going to be a slap in the face to idiots who call themselves basketball experts.

That night, the game started at half past eight in the evening.

Yu Fei arrived an hour early.

Now that he's familiar with the Staples Center, he doesn't need to spend as much time getting acquainted with the road as he did in his rookie season.

There is only one reason why it came so early, and the NBA entertainment department decided to make a short film for Yu Fei and James called "Generational Inheritance".

The moral of this short film is that Yu Fei is ruling the NBA, and James is the next person to do it.

Their age is so close that sooner or later, the NBA will be ruled by them.

So, will they be like the magic birds of the 80s to bring the world another legendary history of competition?

James is willing to talk about the future because he only has the future to talk about now.

Yu Fei seemed absent-minded, because he didn't need to think about the future.

Last season's championship has put him in the same age group, and if he wins again this year, he will not be compared to the scum who have entered the league in recent years, but to those who need to consider their place in history.

Although Yu Fei was not engaged, this episode of the show was a great success.

NBA viewers love the concept of "a 21st-century version of Magic Bird Showdown."

This was followed by the crucial third game of the Grand Final.

The Lakers, who are already down 2-0, have no way back, although fans still have faith in them.

Tonight, Hollywood's celebrities gathered in the VIP section of the Staples Center.

What they like about the Lakers is that the Lakers are strong and always bring wins, and as celebrities, it's normal to support the side that is bound to win.

Falling behind 0-2? It was the Lakers' carelessness, plus the black whistle on the road — the Bucks led the Lakers 66-40 in free throws at home.

Coming to the away side, things should get back on track.

But things didn't go the way they thought.

For some reason, tonight's Lakers gave up the triangle offense as soon as they started the game.

They don't move the ball, they don't run tactics, except for the faltering Ma Long, whoever gets the ball will go straight to single.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Gary Payton.

It's been a season now, and he's been complaining every day that he's not compatible with the triangle offense.

Phil Jackson had foreseen this. Payton may still have All-Star power, but he's never been well-suited to a triangle offense. Once that discomfort intensifies, the contradiction becomes public.

With a lot of dribbling and a lot of iron, the Lakers have the momentum to lose big at home.

At the end of the first half, the Bucks were on fire, leading the Lakers by 16 points 60-44.

Later, it was rumored that the Lakers held an internal meeting with a limited number of participants at halftime.

Fox, Fisher, Kobe, O'Neal and Jackson had a ten-minute conversation in the locker room.

Fox bitterly stated why the team is no longer playing triangle offense? They should play the triangle attack because they have already won three consecutive championships with the triangle attack. Bryant then promised that he would pass the ball to O'Neal, who said he would disrupt the Bucks' restricted area.

Fisher? The triangle offensive maestro will replace Payton in the Lakers' starting lineup in the second half.

Whether the legend is true or not, whether the meeting is real or not, the Lakers went toe-to-toe with the Bucks in the third quarter, with a 22-21 score in the first quarter.

This is the first time they have won a single quarter since the start of the finals.

Even if it's just one point, even if it's just to narrow the gap to 15 points, it's exciting.

The Lakers have not been without their chances of winning three consecutive championships, such as Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals and Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals, both of which ultimately proved to be the better team.

It's just that things seem to be different tonight.

In 2000, they had OK as united, when Bryant was able to produce Scottie Pippen and deliver the greatest aerial relay in playoff history for O'Neal.

In 2002, they still had the care of the referees, but tonight, even at home, they trailed the Bucks in free throws, and OK Unity in the third quarter, like a return to the sick, lasted for a short time, reminding people of their good old days, and then.

Kobe Bryant is determined to play the role he got from Eagle County to the end.

What's that role?

A rapist, a demon, a villain, a man who creates internal chaos, gives the team hope and destroys it once and for all.

Tonight, O'Neal was invincible inside, but in the fourth quarter, Bryant ignored his advantage again and again, and opted for a difficult jumper and a three-pointer with no accurate head.

When Kobe Bryant went crazy, Yu Fei was on the court, and he was next to Kobe.

For some reason, he can actually understand what Kobe Bryant did.

It is an indisputable fact that Kobe Bryant did this for the sole purpose of winning the FMVP.

Whether it is Jordan, who he imitates everywhere, or O'Neal, who is incompatible with him, on top of their crowns, there are gems called MVP. Kobe Bryant has an urge to prove himself, he wants to win his own FMVP, and he selfishly wants to prove himself no matter what the Lakers are in.

Tonight, O'Neal had 32 points and 20 rebounds, but he took 0 shots in the final half of the quarter.

Bryant shot 14-of-32 from the field and 3-of-11 in the final quarter.

Lakers fans at the Staples Center watched firsthand as the Lakers collapsed on the court, losing Game 3 by 22 points.

And just like that, the Lakers stood on the edge of a cliff.

0 to 3

Their comeback is only theoretically possible, one of the most unchallengeable myths in NBA history.

No team can win four in a row after losing three in a row.

Mike Wise, a sports reporter for The Washington Post and co-authored his autobiography with O'Neal, wanted to offer some comfort and encouragement to his friends.

Right on the court, Wise said to O'Neal: "Shaq, you and Kobe Bryant need to work together, you can still win this game, although the Bucks are strong, but I think"

Enough is enough, after watching Kobe's "performance" in the fourth quarter, O'Neal has lost enthusiasm, and he waved his hand to signal Wise to shut up.

Then, his eyes fell on the distance, the woman who was kissing Yu Fei in front of the live camera - Christian Hendricks, she picked a suitable dress tonight to match her funnel-shaped figure to the fullest.

This dog mongrel is really a blessing!

"I've got to say," O'Neill looked into the distance, "that bastard woman is so hot!" ”

In an instant, Wise knew that the Lakers were finished.

Even he is hopeful, while O'Neill is critical of his number one rival/enemy's girlfriend.

No more hustle and bustle.

The Lakers have already been sentenced to death.

Two days later, on June 12, Game 4 of the Grand Final kicked off at the Staples Center.

The desperate Lakers opted to make Stanislav Medvedenko the team's starting power forward.

The mediocre Ukrainian is unfortunate, once it was his supreme honor to be a member of the Lakers' F4 side, but now, he is forced to play with the selfish Kobe, the unintentional O'Neal, the confused Peyton, and the mediocre Karim Rush.

Medvidenko, 25, joined the Lakers in 2000 and is the second European player to play for the Lakers after Divac. At first, the Lakers' scouts wanted him to be half of Baker (footsteps) and the other half of Divac (ball quotient), but they found out that this man had Baker's self-discipline and Divac's ball quotient of about 10%.

Having such a person as the starter in the Finals itself shows that the Lakers are already in despair.

Then, this desperate game began.

Yu Fei's torture of O'Neill continued.

In the first quarter, O'Neal took the initiative to go out to help defend Yu Fei because he was named, and was fouled twice.

Phil Jackson didn't actually replace him.

Then, Yu Fei quickly caused O'Neal's third foul. This foul made Yu Fei believe that even within the league, he did not want to see the Lakers win the championship. This whistle is proof of that.

It's not that the Bucks took advantage of it, but the Lakers didn't get the referee's care in the Finals at all, which is very unusual.

But this can't be blamed on the alliance, who let Kobe Bryant still carry the lawsuit, and it seems that the other party has a lot of evidence, as long as the lawsuit is sued to the end, the rape crime may be confirmed. If the Lakers win a championship and then everyone finds out that their leading player is in jail, how badly will it take to the image of the league (2)?

The Lakers were restrained in style, and there was no whistle to help, plus core infighting, and role players were dumb, and it looked like they didn't win at all.

Before the end of the half, Yu Fei singled out Kobe Bryant on the outside, and after shaking the ball continuously, he stepped back to play 3+1.

That shot gave the Bucks a 19-point halftime lead over the Lakers.

Although there is still a second half, the Bucks have already won the game.

The second half was a happy hour for the Bucks, a show moment, an opportunity for some to liquidate for others.

Ray Allen prepared a series of speeches, with the core concept that if he replaced Kobe, he could also win a three-straight championship with the Lakers.

George Carr is on the verge of completing his revenge on Phil Jackson.

He wouldn't mind if someone said that he could win the championship because he had Yu Fei as a player.

Like he has been saying before, isn't it all Jordan and OK that Jackson wins so many championships? Riley can win so many championships, isn't it all thanks to Magic and Sky Hook? In the long run, isn't it because Bill Russell can win so many championships in Auerbach?

Don't say anything about anyone!

Without a superstar, you still want a title? Eat the and go!

And, of course, Yu Fei's retaliation against O'Neill.

How could he miss such a thing as beating a water pig.

Roll call, roll call, O'Neal quickly made five fouls, and then stopped defending.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers trailed by 30 points.

Kobe Bryant turned on the lone hero mode and didn't pass a single ball, as if he could really save the world.

Ultimately, his inefficient singles were just feeding to his teammates and the crowd.

When the Lakers trailed by 35 points, Jackson called a timeout, and the big screen camera gave Kobe Bryant that arrogant face.

He didn't feel at fault at all.

That egotistical face is like asking all the Lakers supporters: Is this delicious?

After that, Yu Fei, who had 32 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, was replaced.

Watching the Lakers F4 fall to this step, his heart was not half of a wave.

It's a good story and extremely educational.

It's about the boss of the team who can't manage the team well, if the head coach can't figure out the core, if the team is full of old bastards like Payton who want championships and status but don't have a face, then you can't succeed.

A minute before the end of the game, the fans began to leave the stadium.

Then, a minute of garbage time flies by.

When the buzzer sounded, Yu Fei exhaled softly.

The final score was 113-83, and the Lakers lost by 30 points at home.

Carl rushed to the field like a child getting a Christmas present, and hugged Yu Fei hard: "Well done Fry! After tonight, Shaq will shut up forever! He will never be able to raise his head in front of you again! ”

"What about you, George." Yu Fei asked, "Have you settled your grudge with Coach Jackson?" ”

Karl actually said, "What did you say? We don't have any grudges between us, I just know that my coaching career started in the summer of 2002, so you better call me Youth Coach! ”

Youth Coaches? Yu Fei looked at Carl's hairline.

Well, whatever he says is what he says, why should he care about the madness of an old madman who has a great vengeance?

The Bucks' players, coaches, and staff began to celebrate on the court.

The Lakers are a different story.

The only person who cried over the defeat was Rick Fox, who could barely speak a sentence in its entirety.

Probably, he is the only Lakers player who still has a sense of honor. He knew that this match heralded the end of an era.

Karl Malone dragged his injured leg and had a lot of thoughts, and he wondered why he had given up the glory of one man and one city to come here.

Gary Payton is the NBA's most famous big mouth, but in recent games, his mouth has been sealed.

Especially tonight, he didn't say a word.

Phil Jackson was interviewed, and reporters wanted him to talk about the situation on the team and why the Lakers had lost so badly.

Jackson doesn't want to say anything about the team, but he does have something to say about the defeat.

"It's not the way we want it to end." Jackson said, "A great group always beats a great group of individuals, and we became a group of individuals at the wrong time, and that's why we failed." ”

In the Lakers' locker room, the atmosphere was as silent as a morgue.

Bryant left with his bodyguards after taking a shower, and O'Neal didn't speak, and their relationship completely collapsed.

That's why they've been so badly defeated, they don't have a boss, no one can say "this is my team", if O'Neal was the boss, he should have gotten an early contract extension from the team, but he didn't. And if Kobe Bryant is the boss? No, Kobe Bryant was never the boss. Not in the past, not now. Not only is he not the boss, but he is also the cancer of the team, but he is also a precarious person, how can a criminal who may go to prison at any time become the boss of the team?

After that, the Bucks went back to the locker room to change into a championship T-shirt before returning to the court.

They lifted the cup at the Staples Center.

There was no suspense in the selection of FMVP, and Yu Fei, who averaged 36.8 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists per game, was unanimously elected as the Most Valuable Player of the Finals.

Back in the locker room, they spilled champagne like they did last year.

In addition to the revelry players, there were also many reporters on the scene.

In an interview with The New York Times, Ray Allen was asked how the Bucks overcame their exhausting body and mind and successfully defended their title.

He replied excitedly: "You can see the difference between us and the Lakers, they have too many arrogant and egotistical players, you don't see any team spirit in them!" But you can see teamism in any of us! We know we can rely on each other, all have the same goals, and most importantly, we don't have privileged people, we don't have condescending bastards, and you don't see Frye keep reiterating that the Bucks are his team like OK does, and he doesn't stand in front of you and say that kind of thing, absolutely not. That's why we can defend the title! ”

Almost everyone was interviewed, except for Yu Fei, who sat on the side and refused to be interviewed by these reporters who rushed into the locker room.

When Yu Fei saw Sprewell soak his legs in an ice bucket the moment he entered the locker room, and the other party's body was full of "souvenirs" left by Kobe, he poured champagne on the other party's legs.

"Spree, it's all worth it." Yu Fei said.

Sprewell smiled lightly: "Yes, it's worth it, I hope we can come back for another year!" ”

Another year? Yu Fei didn't know what the situation would be next year, he just wanted to enjoy the moment.

Just when Yu Fei decided that he would not be interviewed by anyone, he saw Mark Stein in the crowd, the writer who openly claimed that he was expected to be the GOAT, and was full of expectations that he would be the lucky first to interview Frye Yu.

Yu Fei smiled and nodded, "Mark, you can ask a few questions." ”

"I know you've answered this question many times, but I need to ask again, have you changed your mind about joining the Dream Team?"

Yu Fei replied very dryly: "I won't play for Larry Brown." ”

Stein brought up his previous article.

"I've said before that if the Bucks win two in a row, you're going to be a candidate for the GOAT, which is really crazy considering you're under 22, what do you think about that?"

Yu Fei really wants to win this title, but the coronation of the GOAT has always been about the right name, if you proclaim yourself the GOAT at every turn, or say that there are many GOATs like Paul George, wouldn't it be a mess? A living GOAT today, a GOAT that changes teams tomorrow, a GOAT that brushes records the day after tomorrow, where are there so many GOATs?

"I'm not going to talk about it until I've won six championships."

Stein really doesn't know if Yu Fei is a big talk king now, or if he usually pretends to be a big talk king, such a traffic topic, he actually gave the most uneye-catching answer.

Later, Stein asked some questions that he had prepared in advance, and Yu Fei answered them all, but the content of the answers was not what Stein wanted to hear.

At this point, Stein confirmed that Dear Da Fei probably entered the sage mode because he won the championship again, and his edge was introverted, and today is really not a good time to ask questions.

Towards the end of the interview, Stein was wondering what kind of questions to use to close when he saw Ray Allen walking up with champagne, which struck him.

"Fry, do you think the Bucks are your team?"

"Of course," Yu Fei looked at Stein strangely, "why do you ask that?" ”

Speaking to Ray Allen, Stein said: "I always thought you weren't the kind of person who would stand in front of someone and say, 'Look, this is my team.'" ”

Ray Allen's expression changed, and of course he knew that this was what he had just said.

At least, Ray Allen is right about one thing.

Yu Fei wasn't standing in front of Stein, he was sitting there lazily, quietly saying something that some people thought he would never say.

"This is my team." Yu Fei said, "It has to be." ”

(1) The upset 23 years ago was the 81 Rockets' first-round dry defeat of the defending champion Lakers, and Abdul-Jabbar has since embarked on the road of no return to become (Moses) Malone.

(2) In the 2004 Finals, the Lakers and Pistons made 111 to 171 free throws.

PS: There is only one chapter today.

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