Feb. 15 is the last day of competition before All-Star Weekend.

The Bucks host the Rockets.

What's interesting about this game is that this year's All-Star Weekend will take place in Houston, the home of the Rockets, who were a powerhouse in the West and went out in seven games in the first round last year.

This season is the second season of Yao Mai's team, and they have higher expectations.

It's just that their upward momentum was interrupted by Yao Shu's injury.

In mid-December last year, Yao Shu, who has been known as an iron man since entering the NBA, suffered a serious foot injury and missed 20 games, during which the Rockets went 6-14 and finished at the bottom of the West.

At the end of January, Yao Shu returned from injury, and the Rockets immediately ushered in a rebound, winning 7 of the last 9 games, and starting the Northern Expedition.

For the Rockets, they don't want the All-Star Game to go ahead as scheduled, as it would disrupt their recent good form.

Against the Rockets, the Bucks weren't deterred by the fact that this was their last game before the vacation.

At this time, Yao Mai Rocket, just like Xiangbei in "Slam Dunk", who has both Mitsui (if he did not go astray) and Akagi, has a strong core inside and outside, but his book strength is compared with the real championship team, and he makes a judgment.

The Bucks let Kwame Brown go around the front to harass Yao Shu with a foul, and as long as Yao Shu gets the ball, he will wrap it.

As for Maddie, in fact, having a traditional interior line with devastating low-post offensive ability like Yao Shu is a happy worry for him.

On the one hand, Yao Shu can indeed share the pressure for him, on the other hand, he must always endure having a big man squeeze his offensive space on the inside, and he must choose more of the inefficient dry pull that the black fans hate than the half-court gallop that comes and goes freely during the Magic period.

It's not that he has a low ball quotient, but a compromise with reality, the Rockets are not strong enough role players, so to be competitive, Yao Mai has to play a core role, and if you want Yao Shu to play a core role, you have to put him in the low position and weld him to death, but once Yao Shu is welded to death in the low position, Maddie's positional battle has fewer offensive options.

This is a dead loop, it can be said that Yao Mai Rocket's lack of book strength due to the owner's willingness to invest, plus the style of the two core players is not perfectly matched, and the moment they make their group debut, they are destined to have a visible ceiling on their heads.

The Bucks blocked Yao Shu, and Maddy's shooting that night was not good, which led to the opponent's targeting.

A big defeat is inevitable.

111 to 79

The Bucks beat the Rockets to start All-Star Weekend with a 44-8 record.

"Thanks to you, I'm not in the mood to take a vacation at all."

After the game, Yao Shu said to Fei.

Yu Fei said counterproductively: "Thanks to me, you only played for 19 minutes tonight, which is a good thing." ”

The loss was unpleasant, and the Rockets, who are outside the playoff ranks, especially need to win, but Yu Fei's words reflect his concern for Yao's health.

"See you in Houston." Yao Shu said.

Yu Fei joked: "Is there a plan for the second part of "The Legend of Yao Shu"? ”

"Don't think!" Yao Shu said eloquently in Mandarin and Shanghainese, "This kind of thing is wide-ranging, completely wide-ranging!" ”

"I think it's still broad, I want to listen to that song, it's that YAOMING~~~ (infinite repetition)"

Yao Shu fled, and at this speed, Yu Fei was sure that his foot injury had healed.

At the post-game press conference, Yu Fei congratulated his coach George Carr on becoming the head coach of the Eastern Stars team again after a few years, and secondly encouraged Kevin Martin, who was selected to the All-Star Game in his second year: "First of all, I want Kevin to have fun in Houston, and secondly, I want him to defend the championship of the three-point contest for me." ”

Yu Fei had no interest in continuing to participate in the event due to his surprise win at last year's All-Star Weekend, and Martin, the Bucks' second-highest three-point shooting percentage (after Raja Bell), would have to compete in both the All-Star Game and the Three-Point Contest.

Then, Danny Granger will compete in the Rookie Challenge, and Louis Williams, a rookie high school student who doesn't usually get a chance to play, will compete in the Skills Challenge.

In this way, this year can be said to be the largest number of Bucks participating in the All-Star Weekend since the Yu Fei era.

Yu Fei thought that he would just need a good vacation for a while, but he didn't expect Gary Smith's second long article for him to officially appear in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated magazine before All-Star Weekend.

The cover character of this issue of the pictorial is Yu Fei.

He was dressed in a Bucks jersey with a contemptuous smile on his face and nonchalantly holding a red crown in his left hand.

On this attractive cover, there is also a paragraph: Fry Yu wants a bloody crown more than becoming the chosen one.

Gary Smith's article was put to the top.

All readers who subscribe to the magazine will be able to read this article first.

Title: After Being God's Chosen

Quote: In a brutal test of last year, Frye Yu brought an exceptional, unparalleled performance — which is why he and the Bucks could become NBA champions again.

Smith's long essays, like his other articles, are eloquent, in which readers can see Yu Fei's life, as well as the pressures, concerns and troubles he faces to become the Chosen One, as well as the way he gets along with the people around him.

I have to say that Smith's pen power is amazing, and everyone who reads this article feels like they have reacquainted themselves with Yu Fei.

But the most surprising thing is the end of the article.

Smith writes:

"Frye still hates Jordan and O'Neal, and he will never forgive them. This reminds me of another question, in the future, will he love LeBron as much as he does now? Even if LeBron becomes an obstacle to his championship?

The crystal ball in Times Square fell, and Frye sent New Year's greetings to LeBron, and at that moment, he smiled and spoke softly, as if he were calling his closest family.

It made me stand on top of my hair as his answer echoed in my head.

"No, Gary." He said to me in a "Happy New Year to you" tone, "I will stain my crown red with his blood." ”」

This article easily stood out from the magazine articles in this issue of the pictorial and became a highly read and popular article.

One of the obvious questions it poses is whether there has been a rift in the relationship between Yu Fei and James.

Some believe that this is a Gary Smith fabrication.

Even if Yu Fei really said so, it would be impossible to allow Smith to write it in the article.

Others feel that Yu Fei and James are just superficial brothers, and this article is proof of this.

For James' fans, this seems like a big offense.

Yu Fei wants to let James stain the crown with blood, which not only shows that the Bucks' game against the Cavaliers will be a brutal slaughter, but also implies that James, who has the nickname KING, will lose his crown due to failure.

How can a big brother treat his little brother like this?

For a time, the topic of Yu Fei and James' break was widely circulated on the Internet.

This is what Yu Fei wants.

No matter how serious this matter is, at best, he Da Fei finally dragged Xiao Zhan who had been tying up himself to hype the "two heroes" when he was hype.

It's just that his words are more rough, and he is suspected of stepping on Xiao Zhan in order to foil himself.

But what Yu Fei really wants to express is that if they meet in the playoffs, he will not show mercy.

Because this year's Cavaliers are likely to enter the playoffs, if the two sides happen to meet, then no matter whether the person in the Cavaliers team is dear Xiao Zhan or the old Zhang in his mouth, he will try his best to defeat him.

That's the attitude he wants to show in this article.

The rest is an add-on effect.

Yu Fei is sure that the people around Xiao Zhan will be furious about this, especially that Randy Mims, who has to scold himself severely, and then said to Xiao Zhan: "LeBron, what did I say at the beginning, this is your good big brother!" ”

Although Yu Fei always speculated on other people's thoughts with the greatest malice and often made mistakes, this time, he guessed correctly.

Since the latest issue of the pictorial, Randy Meems, James' full-time assistant and Cavaliers' player liaison, has been eager to cut out the "Bloodstained Crown" segment and stick it in James' sight.

As early as when Yu Fei flew all over the world and said, "You know, LeBron is my little brother", Miems saw that this person had bad intentions, and now that the fox's tail is exposed, LeBron can finally cut the table with this hypocrite.

"LeBron, he doesn't respect you at all!" "He wants you to bleed on the field, and he's going to use your blood to stain his crown red, do you see that cover?" I said it a long time ago, he doesn't see you as a friend at all, he's been using you all the time."

The reaction of Meems and others was greater than James could have imagined.

In his opinion, isn't that the kind of criticism that Fry likes to say the most? He says a hundred of these things a day, so why should he care about it?

Moreover, if it weren't for their reaction, the impact of this article would be very limited.

It's not going to be where it is now.

It is these people who are indignant about themselves that have increased the spread rate of the article a hundredfold, making the stalk of "blood-stained crown" well-known in the basketball circle.

Now that there is such a big fuss, James also has some small resentments towards Fei, the initiator, but he is very sober, after all, his team is tied to Yu Fei's hype, and the practice of praising it can be said to be a routine operation, Yu Fei's side has always ignored such things, and when it really makes trouble in front of them, they will also say with disgust that "LeBron is still tender", which will bring a bigger blow to Xiao Zhan

"Enough!" James stopped chattering Mims, "Let Richie arrange a press conference in Houston and try to get acquaintances to attend, the impact of this matter can't continue to expand!" ”

"But LeBron, that bastard."

"Shut up, Randy!" James was a rare emotional outburst, "Do you know what's the best way to respond to Fry?" Stain my crown red with his blood! This is the only way! I'm not going to go to him like a resentful woman and ask for an explanation, and you'd better not do that unless you feel like I'm never going to beat him on the pitch. ”

"No, LeBron, I knew that day would come sooner or later, I just"

Randy Meems just doesn't know how much time "that day" is after.

This year? Next year? The year after? Or five or even ten years?

"Then shut up!"

James said whimically, "I'll earn back the respect I deserve!" ”

(End of chapter)