The Bucks were able to break through the Pistons and reach the Eastern Conference Finals to meet the Indiana Pacers, who are the first in the East, far beyond the expectations of the outside world.

From an outside perspective, the Pistons only need to limit Yu Fei, and winning against the Bucks will not be a problem.

As a result, they were completely unable to restrain Yu Fei.

Because the Pistons are an elite defender with more talent than his size, and like all flanking spidermen, he doesn't have enough weight to resist Fly's breakthrough.

This led to Yu Fei's outside line breaking through as if he was in a no-man's land.

The Pacers don't have that problem.

Their lead perimeter defender, Ron Artest, who is also a two-season DPOY winner in a row, feels like he's raping his opponent defensively.

Every time Yu Fei meets him, it is a hard battle, because this person has both skills and strength, and his body is still as strong as an ox, not the type that can knock people out of the way by shaking off a little position.

The match with Artest was a war, which led to Yu Fei devoting too much energy to attacking from the periphery.

And the Bucks are currently extremely reliant on flying's individual offense.

It's clear that Mobley won't be back in the Eastern Conference Finals, and it's not about whether he's recovering or not, because this is his contract year and he wants to go into the offseason with nothing to go into the offseason and sign a big contract.

As a result, Yu Fei was left alone, and he could not find a second teammate who could share the pressure with the ball.

The Bucks had no choice but to play a 5 OUT lineup all the time.

The main thing is to win if you have a feel, and send it if you don't feel it.

This is the only option for the Bucks.

Once such a choice is made, the outcome is doomed.

In Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pacers defeated the Bucks 99-93 at home and advanced to the Finals with a score of 4-2.

"I don't have much to say, I wish you all the best."

Yu Fei said in his ear when he hugged Artest.

Artest asked, "Why, you don't hate us?" ”

Artest was really shocked, everyone said that Da Fei was narrow-minded, and he would repay him, they personally ended the Bucks' three-consecutive championship hope, Da Fei didn't curse himself, but he still blessed?

"If you win the championship, I can at least console myself with this because we just lost to the best team of the season." Yu Fei said helplessly, "So, you'd better win the championship." ”

This truth is not difficult to understand, and Artest realized it at once.

"Don't worry, you'll win." Artest said with a big grin, "Actually, what we wanted to fight the most was the Pistons, but unfortunately you killed them." ”

Yu Fei can understand that the Pacers were eliminated by the Pistons last year.

After that, Yu Fei and the Pacers players agreed and showed the demeanor of a loser, and patted Kevin Martin, who was crying by his own food.

Due to his surprise performance against the Pistons, Martin averaged 24 minutes per game in the Eastern Conference finals, and his performance was dismal, shooting less than 40% from the field and scoring just 6 points.

"Fry, it's all my fault."

Instead of comfort, Martin was reassured.

"Yes, it's all your fault." "So you'd better hang up 20 pounds of muscle before the new season comes, or I'll send you to the Clippers." ”

Martin was stunned.

Yu Fei said again: "No, the Clippers are not a garbage recycling station, so they shouldn't want you, so if you still can't gain weight by then, just find a place where no one is there and hang yourself." ”

Back in the locker room, Yu Fei didn't see frustration or sadness, everyone had a mentality of "it's enough to come here".

After all, they took out the pistons.

Missing out on three consecutive championships made Yu Fei a little regretful, but he also knew that he had exceeded his goal by coming here this year, and there was nothing to say.

The person who is most upset about this is probably George Carr.

After all, his arch-rival has led the team to three consecutive championships more times than his championship ring, which is a big deal.

How do you wrap up the season?

Carl thought for a long time and didn't know what to say.

You can't just say, "It's great that we're the runners-up in the East, and everybody is happy to go home for the holidays, right?" ”

Suddenly, Christian Leitner stood up.

"After tonight, I'm going to retire, and I want to say something other than wishing you all the best for the future." Lightner pointed to Yu Fei next to him, "Although Frye is usually a bit high-minded and unapproachable, I believe that if he is willing to turn his face against management for the sake of a crazy man who locks his throat and ends up getting a big contract for that dog mongrel, he can do the same for any of you." After that day, he carried the team and without him we wouldn't have been able to get here, we wouldn't have been able to make the playoffs. ”

"The most important thing is that he is not yet 23 years old, you dog mongrels, maybe you don't know how lucky you are, help him well, as long as Frye is still there, everything is possible, everything is on him, I believe you can win the championship in the future."

Lawson, who was beside Yu Fei, was already stunned.

He couldn't believe that this Lettner had been punching and kicking Yu Fei.

But that's true, he was there at the time.

Karl didn't expect Leitner to bring the season to a close in such a good way.

Losing the East Final certainly loses the hope of a three-straight championship, but it does not mean losing the future.

That's what Leitner wants the team to understand.

As long as there is Yu Fei, the future is still bright.

Carl suddenly felt that Leitner should consider transitioning coaching.

Unfortunately, Lightner already has plans for his future.

That night, Yu Fei received a text message from Lightner.

"I'm joining."

is a simple sentence, but it makes people feel warm in their hearts.

"Alas, another one was sent away." Yu Fei said, "After the start of next season, my seniority is one level higher. ”

Christina, who was lying next to Yu Fei, asked softly, "Who died?" ”

"My teammates."

"May he rest in peace."

Yu Feile is happy.

However, he was right.

Retirement is the end of a journey, and it's not an exaggeration to say it's death.

The world of basketball will then focus on the Spurs vs. Pacers Finals.

This is a duel caused by the butterfly effect, and even Yu Fei himself doesn't know which side will win.

If he had to choose, he would choose the Pacers, but intuitively, the Spurs might be a little stronger.

Interestingly, before the start of the Finals, both NBA officials and industry experts believed that this round of the series was full of highlights and star-studded.

Duncan, Kidd, Ginobili, Miller, O'Neal Jr., Arteset. How could such a series be lacking in highlights?

But as it turns out, there really is no point to watch.

The Spurs' games have always been said to be boring, and the Pacers are even more heavyweight.

Their semifinals against the Pistons last year have been called the worst series in NBA history.

The so-called "good defending" rounds between the two sides could be edited into a 30-minute reel of highlights.

Scoring more than 80 points in a game is considered an offensive performance.

If the Pistons are the Wolong of the ratings killer world, then this phoenix chick must be a Pacer.

Once the series began, the Pacers quickly turned the game into the shape of the Eastern Conference playoffs on their own.

The two sides go back and forth, and the Spurs don't mind hand-to-hand combat with the Pacers at all.

Because for them, whether it's against an aggressive offensive team like the Suns or an extreme defensive team like the Pacers, they have a way to deal with it.

The watershed moment of the finals took place in the fifth game.

The fierceness of the game can be said to be rare in modern times, the Spurs and Pacers did not score more than 70 points, and finally completed the quasi-stunner with Ginobili's serpentine layup, allowing the Silver and Black to capture Tianwang Mountain and lead 3-2.

This is a game that new fans can't understand, old fans applaud, and cloud fans don't want to watch for a second.

As the ratings for this match set a new all-time low, there have been some changes in the ongoing collective bargaining agreements.

The league is determined to crack down on this increasingly defensive-biased trend, and the first thing to do is the damn rules of the game.

For the players' union, as long as there is no harm to their interests, they generally do not raise the bar with the league.

This year, labor and management have been largely harmonious, with everything going smoothly except for restrictions on high school students from participating in the draft and a dispute over how to divide the money.

With the finals bringing ratings into the abyss of darkness, both sides feel that the next few years will be difficult, so each has compromises and concessions.

As a result, the ban on high school students from the NBA draft became a major part of the union's concession, and management gave up 1% of their gross profits to join the salary cap.

This makes it impossible to regress like this season's regression of the salary cap.

Moreover, the two sides also discussed Yu Fei's amazing 2+1 contract extension.

The bosses roughly believe that Yu Fei is doing this to leave Milwaukee as soon as possible, after all, for a superstar like him, the big city is the place to realize his value.

However, you need stars in your big cities, and we need stars in our small clubs, so we have to limit that. But it is unlikely that the players' union will agree to a collective bargaining agreement that restricts free agents from changing teams.

So, as a small club, the only way is to give them as much money as possible.

In this way, Yu Fei's clause was introduced.

The clause states that if a rookie player is named MVP on a rookie contract or is named to the All-Star team and All-Star team for three consecutive seasons,(1) he will receive a salary cap of 30 percent of the team's salary cap on his second contract (a 5 percent increase from the old contract).

(1) The difference with the Rose clause is that "being named to the All-Star Team for two consecutive seasons" becomes three seasons.

At this point, the two sides reached a multi-year collective bargaining agreement.

And the NBA Finals also ended in the ugliest way.

After seven games between the two sides, the Spurs limited the Pacers' total to less than 70 points for the second time in the series, and then scored 79 points themselves, winning the second championship in franchise history and making up for the regret of 2003.

Tim Duncan was elected FMVP with a slight controversy.

His acceptance speech reads: "If it's against Milwaukee, it would have been better if I had beaten Frye Yu." ”

(End of chapter)