When the Bucks end a three-game road streak in the West, the February schedule will be over.

They are currently 31-22 and fourth in the East, followed by the Lakers and Clippers.

In terms of record, the Lakers and Clippers are both underdogs.

The Lakers currently have just 28 wins, and the Clippers have 24 wins. The Clippers can be ignored, but playing against the Lakers is never an easy thing to do.

And the key to this problem is naturally on Kobe.

Bryant wanted a straightforward way to announce that he was ready to take over the Lakers.

He considered that O'Neal's departure would make the team need him to attack the interior more, so he chose to add weight.

At the start of preseason training camp, teammates were greeted by a heavily loaded Kobe Bryant who weighed nearly 230 pounds (103 kg).

Ironically, Bryant's calculation was in vain.

With Phil Jackson also leaving, the Lakers in the new season will not only need to adjust their style of play, but also need to find a coach. At first, they wanted to poach Coach K, whom Kobe Bryant revered, from Duke to the NBA. But this is not the first time Coach K has had an affair with the NBA, for NCAA practitioners, this is a fixed program once every few years, and the result is nothing more than a salary increase for the old K to stay at Duke.

In the end, the old K really stayed in college, so Jim Buss, the actual manager of the Lakers, launched Plan B and signed Rudy Tomjanovic as soon as possible.

The most bizarre thing about this decision is that Bass Jr. did not communicate with anyone on the team when he signed Tang Shuai, and even Kobe Bryant was an afterthought.

This temporary decision led to the failure of Kobe's weight gain.

In Tang Shuai's plan, Kobe Bryant will be more of a rotational offensive arrow, so he needs to maintain lightness and speed, rather than hitting the interior as often as Jordan back then.

The Lakers had to play mediocre games after mistakes, as the Lakers played at the beginning of the 2004-05 season, where they took turns to break through the point from the outside, so as to create an open shot or an outside three-pointer, which really didn't work, so they singled Kobe and Odom.

After that, there was the Marlon flirtation with Vanessa, O'Neal's confrontation with the elder Bass on the eve of the Christmas game, and Kobe Bryant's serious ankle sprain at the beginning of the New Year, and lost his trust in Tang Shuai during the recuperation period. He believes that Tang Shuai's coaching ability is lackluster, and he is clearly not a good choice to lead the Lakers back to the top.

Tang Shuai, who lost Bryant's trust, took a sharp turn for the worse with the Lakers and resigned in early February.

For a while, the Lakers were leaderless and chaotic from top to bottom, and for a while, they could only let assistant coach Frank Humbleland serve as interim coach, and then let the situation continue to deteriorate.

This situation continued to this day, when the Bucks came to the Staples Center, and in the face of the Lakers, who played loosely, had loose discipline, and were disorganized, Karl gave Yu Fei unlimited freedom: "You can play how you want, and I will tell you after the game if there is a problem." ”

Yu Fei felt that Carl had changed a lot in recent years.

At the beginning, Carl was a representative of over-coaching, and he couldn't wait to connect with the point guard on the court to play remotely on the spot.

Now Carl rarely pays attention to details, but puts all the burden on Yu Fei, only responsible for timeouts and substitutions and defensive alignment adjustments.

After having everything that the big core needed, Yu Fei recalled how the big cores with the ball in his previous life played, so he began to imitate them in a similar way.

Yu Fei's first imitation target was Harden, who called countless pick-and-rolls against the Lakers and used a three-point retreat after multiple duffles.

On this night, Yu Fei's three-point shots reached an astonishing 14 shots, although he only hit 5 shots, but the Lakers were extremely afraid.

Lakers interim coach Humberland even adopted a trap tactic for Fei in the second half.

This is because Yu Fei's three-point shooting in the first half was 4 of 9, and after being wrapped up in the second half, although 1 of 5, the Lakers also paid the price for their defense.

Brent Barry and Old Cat Mobley both punished the Lakers with accurate shots after receiving Yu Fei's pass.

On the other hand, on the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant scored 30 points on 11-of-24 shooting, and three of his teammates also scored double-doubles, but in the end they lost.

The Bucks beat the Lakers 111-100.

Judging from the data, Kobe's performance is not bad, but this is the biggest difference between a typical contemporary outside star and a ball-holding core.

When the two teams have similar lineups, teams with a core with the ball tend to have a higher floor.

Because the ball-handling core can radiate its performance to his teammates, and Kobe, a typical star at the beginning of the century, is obsessed with one-on-one offensive and defensive influence.

When Yu Fei is in excellent condition, he can protect four, and conversely, if he doesn't feel good, his teammates around him can also play the effect of four guarantees and one. No matter how good or bad Kobe Bryant is, he can't have a direct impact on his teammates, and everyone plays their own way, all by their ability.

This phenomenon made Carl ponder.

If it had been a few years ago, he would have admired a player like Kobe Bryant more.

But now, he only feels that Kobe Bryant's playing style is inefficient and his game thinking is rigid, and he has insufficient influence on the team.

He didn't know if he had been successfully "domesticated" by Yu Fei.

"14 three-pointers in a single game." Karl teased Yu Fei and said, "If you play under Larry [Brown], you're going to be locked on the bench for making so many threes." ”

Yu Fei said: "So I will never play for him. ”

"Good vote." Karl said approvingly, "Keep it up." ”

Subsequently, Yu Fei went to the media interview room.

44 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, this is the data handed over by Yu Fei that night.

"What is it that makes you always bring your best to the Lakers?"

"What are these words?" Yu Fei retorted, "Everyone wants to play their best in the game, and if I always play well against the Lakers, then it shows that the Lakers are a great team and they can bring out all my potential." ”

Another Los Angeles reporter asked, "Will you retract those superficial evaluations of LA?" ”

Yu Fei remembers that the only map cannon he fired at Los Angeles was to say that the city was the most atmospheric city in the world.

It's been so long, and they're still thinking about it, isn't it the right seat?

"I think your question just proves that my assessment is accurate." Yu Fei said, "Since it is accurate, there is no need to take it back." ”

After the interview, Yu Fei met Kobe Bryant on the way back to the locker room.

"You played well tonight, next time it's my turn." Bryant said.

Although Kobe Bryant was imagining the next meeting between the two sides, the big men around him still made him look nervous.

Since last season, Kobe Bryant has been followed by a whole team of bodyguards wherever he goes.

That includes when he's in and out of the team's dressing room.

In this case, Yu Fei didn't know how Kobe Bryant would eliminate the estrangement between himself and his teammates.

"Why don't you speak?"

Kobe Bryant saw that Yu Fei was silent, so he asked.

"I wanted to say see you in the finals, but it's hypocritical to think about it, you can't make it to the finals this year." Yu Fei smiled, "See you next year." ”

Kobe Bryant asked rhetorically: "How can you be sure that we can't make it to the finals, and how can you be sure that you can make it to the finals?" ”

In Kobe's view, the Bucks after the Auburn Hills palace brawl obviously have no confidence to enter the finals.

"Because a team with 32 wins definitely has a better chance of reaching the final than a team with 28 wins." Yu Fei decided to leave, but in the end he didn't forget to say to Kobe, "I'm sorry about what happened in your family recently." ”

This is the news that Yu Fei heard from Trem, his agent is obsessed with Kobe, of course, this is also related to Kobe's family.

Kobe's family recognized Trym, and making Trym Bryant's agent back was one of the conditions for them to reconcile with Kobe Bryant — you knew it couldn't happen — and then, Trym also learned from Bryant's family that Vanessa had a miscarriage at the beginning of the year.

Kobe didn't expect Yu Fei to greet him.

The reason why he came to say hello was that Yu Fei claimed to be his fan.

You must know that even he, a Jordan fan, tried his best to avoid being regarded as a Jordan fan after becoming famous, but Yu Fei did not shy away from this matter.

To this, Bryant just said: "It's over, I'll look forward." ”

"Goodbye, then."

Yu Fei returned to the locker room, packed his things and went to the outside of the Staples Center, and took the team bus back to the hotel.

Because they have to play the Clippers here in two days, the Bucks stay in Los Angeles.

The next day, Yu Fei woke up as early as he did in Milwaukee and watched the Los Angeles media rant about his team.

The Los Angeles media likened the Lakers to the NBA's Yankees, while the Bucks were the NBA's Vietnamese.

Moreover, the explanation of this strange metaphor goes like this.

Vietnam (Bucks), a small country, became known in the last century for the war against France and the United States, and then disappeared for most of the time. And the Lakers are the United States, representing the most money, the most powerful weapons, and basically not failing, so people (Yu Fei) hate the United States, just as some people (Yu Fei) hate the Lakers, mainly because they want to be born in the United States (Lakers), so that they can cheer for the real hegemon and winner, instead of making violent statements like now.

Finally, the media also cursed: "You know, Vietnam (Bucks) will binge after the victory over the United States (Lakers) for a while, then fade out of sight, continue to hate the United States (Lakers) and miss past victories, and then concentrate on making shoes for Nike (implying that Yu Fei will move to the Lakers like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the future)." ”

To be honest, such an article does not make Yu Fei angry.

Because it's more like a whole job than a mockery.

After that, the Bucks played the Clippers on the road.

Yu Fei continued his fiery form against the Lakers, shooting 14 three-pointers again, but tonight, his hand was even better, hitting 7 three-pointers in the whole game, coupled with an inexplicable breakthrough, against the Clippers' crotch pull defense, bombarded a season-high 57 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the team to a winning streak.

"Stop talking about Frye as a contemporary magician, he's a combination of a magician and a legend of Larry!"

That night, Yu Fei declined the post-match interview.

The reasons are:

"We, the Milwaukee Vietnamese team, still have to make shoes for Nike, so we won't be with them. If you have any questions, go and interview the two American shames who were captured by the Vietnamese team. ”

(End of chapter)