Chapter 322: The Last Stubbornness
Yu Fei sat on the side to recuperate, while Karl held the tactical board and emphasized how to limit Wade.
But in fact, Karl also knows that this is on paper, and the real situation is that they can't defend Wade as they think.
Once they do, the dog referee blows the whistle.
It's just a scripted arrangement, and when it comes to the game, what they really need is for Yu Fei to maintain an efficient offensive output like in the first half, and the others to do what they have to do.
Carl didn't expect Sprewell to get up and talk after he finished speaking, and his performance was as surprising as his performance after he replaced Martin in the second quarter.
Kevin Martin was out of shape in the second quarter, and Carl pushed Sprewell to it, but he didn't expect it to work well.
Sprewell, who had not taken responsibility at such a critical juncture for a long time, was not jerky at all, and played his role as quickly as a veteran in the Heat lineup.
At this moment, just as Karl was laying out the opening style of play and the overall strategy of the second half, Sprewell said loudly: "What can that little imp in Miami do except make fouls?" If he still wants to foul in the second half, we'll give him a hard shot! You're going to get a foul anyway, so why not push hard? ”
Sprewell had a point, and his teammates around him nodded.
"Da Fei has already scored 29 points in the first half! We can't expect him to do better! Sprewell exclaimed, "We have to step up and take our responsibilities too!" ”
Having a veteran who can lift his spirits does take the pressure off the coaching staff.
Yu Fei had already finished eating the banana, so he took Sprewell's words, "Spree is right, but I want to correct it." ”
Yu Fei said confidently: "If Miami's big fat pigs can get better, there's no reason why I can't get better." ”
After that, they returned to the site to warm up.
The Heat are back.
O'Neill is being interviewed.
ESPN's Jim Gray asked him, "How does it feel to be Robin next to Batman (Wade)?" ”
A few years ago, if someone asked O'Neal such a question, he would never get a good face, which would be disrespectful for a player who has won the Finals MVP three years in a row.
O'Neill would never answer this question directly.
Although he had made it clear after Game 3 that Wade was the best player in Miami, he continued to emphasize his worth on such occasions and in the face of such status issues, even though he had accepted a certain reality in his mind.
O'Neill said: "I knew I had to take this young man to the next level when I came here. I knew I'd face a double or even a triple bag, but it didn't matter, Dwayne was going to make them pay and I knew I didn't have to do the heavy lifting all the time. ”
Every word in O'Neal has a subtext, but it sums it up simply, it's just: I could have been mean to the whole thing, but I voluntarily gave way to this guy so we could win the championship.
At this time, Yu Fei noticed that Wade sneaked up behind O'Neill and teased him.
O'Neal, who was originally a little angry, saw that it was Wade and laughed.
Is he right about Wade?
There seems to be no doubt that Wade has grown into a top-five player in the league since the playoffs, and he instinctively balances the line of letting his teammates play and taking over the game himself, just as everyone has been expecting Kobe to do during the OK years, only it never happened.
O'Neal seems to have come to terms with the result, having dominated the league for three years in a row but now has a "I have" mentality, looking exhausted as the season progresses and Yu Fei's torture makes it difficult for him to respond. But his own decline in athleticism is undefendable.
Everybody knows how a player over 30 can stay competitive, stay in great physical condition and stay that way. However, he had no intention of doing so. While people like Jordan are pathologically competitive and obsessed with beating every challenger, O'Neal prides himself as the number one in the world but has never made basketball the center of his life.
He loves spending time with his family, spending time with friends, making cameos in movies, recording bad music, attending Hollywood events, going to the cinema, organizing celebrity partiesYou can say he loves to do anything, but he never likes to give everything to basketball.
So, from the time he moved to the Lakers, his game was destined to be like this: I want to enjoy my vacation, every training camp doesn't guarantee that I'm in good shape, gradually get into the groove as the season progresses, and give the ball to Kobe/Wade. When it comes to the playoffs, I'll be ready and we'll win the championship again because I'm always the best player in the league if I'm determined. No one can stop me.
That mentality didn't work in the '90s, and when Kobe Bryant blew himself up, they failed in 2003 and 2004 as well.
This is the reason why it is impossible for him to compete with Yu Fei.
Because Yu Fei wanted to kill him, and O'Neill had hatred, but he never wanted to do something for revenge.
On the contrary, it was Wade, and the closer Yu Fei observed him, the more he could feel the leadership temperament of this person.
After only three years in the industry, O'Neill, a dead fat man with a short amount of energy, voluntarily gave up his position as a head dog.
But Wade, who has gained status, is not as aggressive as others, he has a lot of respect for O'Neal and refuses to answer any questions about "whose team is the Heat?"
O'Neal had previously said that Kobe, Penny and Wade correspond to the three Corleone brothers in "The Godfather", and he is not sure if Kobe and Penny are Sonny and Fredo, but O'Neal is right when he says that Wade is Michael.
Whether it is his current performance, or the future formation of the Big Three, James who was pitted by the C-position cancer in the 2011 championship to take the initiative to play without the ball, can prove his pattern and leadership.
In dealing with such an opponent, we must not give any chance.
Especially considering that Wade now has the blessing of the whistle, if the Heat is allowed to tie the score to 2-2, the devil knows if the league will have a whim, and thinks that it is a rare script to let the third-year Wade overturn the big fly, so he gave Wade 30 free throws in the life and death game.
Yu Fei didn't want to risk his reputation for the rest of his life.
We have to win tonight, and we have to completely crush the Heat's confidence and establish a winning momentum, and now is the time.
At the beginning of the second half, Yu Fei used a three-point shot to show his attitude.
The difference between the two sides came to 7 points.
James Posey then hit a three-pointer on Wade's breakaway shot.
The third quarter began with Kevin Martin failing to regain his touch, so the overall offense was driven by the Flyer.
As long as Yu Fei gets the ball, the Heat are nervous, and they use all their strength to defend, but even if they can use the bag and shrink the defense line to limit Yu Fei's offense, they can't limit his passing.
Martin's hands were soft, but Bell and Sprewell's hands were hard.
Sprewell, in particular, gave a strong sense of conviction and mission in his performance tonight.
For his contract, Yu Fei endured a lot of infamy, and the facts also proved that giving him a top salary was a loss-making deal for the Bucks, and he no longer had the strength to top the salary.
Sprewell doesn't feel unworthy, he's just grateful to Fei.
Last year, the team missed the opportunity to win three consecutive championships because of his own affairs, which made Sprewell even more angry, and he always felt that he owed Yu Fei something.
The moment Martin fades out of the stage is Sprewell's best moment of the year.
He seized the opportunity to give fans who felt he was just going to choke the neck to see another side.
Yu Fei has tasted the bitter fruit of fighting alone, and he lost to the Pacers last year. Therefore, he knows how rare it is to have teammates who can stand up and share the pressure on such a big stage.
What he didn't expect was that the person who helped him the most tonight was Sprewell.
At the end of the third quarter, Wade missed a three-point shot, and the long rebound almost flew out of bounds, Sprewell could have let it go out of bounds, anyway, it had been determined that it was the Bucks' possession, but he saved it outward, and forcefully saved the ball back into the court, allowing Yu Fei to make a last defensive counterattack before the end of the third quarter.
84 to 71
The Heat missed a three-point shot, and at the end of the third quarter, the Bucks led their opponents by 13 points.
Yu Fei shined at the American Airlines Arena with 42 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, and before the game was over, some people were expecting him to hit the first 50-point triple-double in playoff history.
"You're trying to scrap yourself so that the team can use the amnesty clause on you, and then you can lie at home and count the money every day?"
Coming to the court, Yu Fei said to Sprewell, who fell not lightly.
"Shit!" "The team can pardon me whenever I want, and they want to do that." ”
Yu Fei asked knowingly: "Then why don't they do it?" ”
Because they're afraid of angering you.
Sprewell said in his heart, but he said: "I probably think I can bring some help, I don't want to be looked down upon, as long as I play, I will play with all my might." ”
In this section, Yu Fei still couldn't get out of the break.
He could clearly feel tired, but seeing that old Beaton like Sprewell didn't even want his life to help him, he didn't feel that he had any legitimate reason to go down and rest.
Because he knows better than anyone the potential of his opponent.
If they dare to give each other any chance, the 06 Mavericks in the previous life will be their end.
"What?" Carl was shocked when he heard that Yu Fei was going to continue to play in the fourth quarter, "Still playing, not resting?" ”
Yu Fei said: "I'm not tired. ”
'We're 13 points ahead now and you can rest for a few minutes.' Carl suggested.
"George, I don't need it." Yu Fei said, "The only thing I need is to win this game, and when I win them, I can rest as much as I want." ”
Karl doesn't know why Yu Fei regards the Heat as his biggest opponent, which is simply not taking the old enemies who are fighting fiercely in the West in his eyes.
"If I notice that your defense is slow, I'll replace you."
Carl knew that he would definitely not be able to screw Da Fei, and this sentence was just his last stubbornness.
PS: If the third chapter is not updated at 4 pm, it means that I haven't finished it yet
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