Seeing that Paul Pierce was beaten by Yu Fei, Rivers still felt good with his pig-sized head, but Thibodeau, who was next to him, suggested: "We have to let Paul rest." ”

"It's only been a few minutes." Coach Pighead asked with a serious face, "Is this necessary?" ”

"I don't know, but it's definitely better to have Paul down and adjust than to keep playing," Thibodeau said. ”

It wasn't until Rivers saw Pierce use a feint to shake Yu Fei and then throw away his usual nine-ten-thru jump shot that he felt that his beloved PP34 had indeed been repaired by some villain.

"You're right, Tom."

Pierce missed, Yu Fei grabbed a long rebound, and went straight to Durant, who was fast.

Durant, who finally got a chance to perform, only dribbled after receiving the ball in the frontcourt, and Michael Reed, who was in place, symbolically opened his hand, but lost to Adu's height and arms, and directly scored a "layup" with a shot point on top of the basket.

Is this Frye's new favorite? Sure enough, he was talented.

"You'll be better than me and Ray." Reed said to Durant, "Then, your relationship with Frye will come to an end." ”

Durant wondered, why did he say that?

Reed didn't break it.

When Oden walked out of summer league due to injury, then withdrew from the U.S. men's basketball training camp in Las Vegas due to tonsillitis, and finally was reimbursed for the season with a foot injury before the start of the new season — the doubts about why the SuperSonics didn't draft Oden with the No. 1 pick dissipated.

Such a super genius who overpowers Oden, his lower limit is to become a superstar, and his upper limit is unlimited.

So how long can a genius with infinite possibilities put up with an arbitrary overlord? Reed was one of many spectators who watched Yu Fei and James go from close brothers to the end.

He was also there at the time of the Las Vegas tragedy.

He believed that Yu Fei had an internal drive and urge to force others to accept challenges, and LeBron couldn't bear his pressure, so their relationship came to an end, and one day, Durant would empathize with LeBron.

This is Reed's view of the future of Du.

Even if they look like mentors now.

Durant returned to the backcourt, Yu Fei high-fived him, and asked him why he didn't dunk.

Durant replied: "Reed's defense is already in place, and a layup is a better option." ”

"But a dunk can boost our morale."

Both were right. But in the supersonic team, only Yu Fei is absolutely right.

"I'll try next time."

Yu Fei said before the Celtics attacked: "It's not an attempt, it's a must." ”

The Celtics noticed that Pierce's form was not right, and as a result, the offense's focus gradually shifted from the wing to the interior.

Garnett had a good shot tonight, and Perkins also had a certain height advantage over Kwame Brown.

After splitting into position, Rondo gave Perkins a pass.

Perkins hit Brown with his back, causing the latter to foul his defense and go to the free throw line.

Before Perkins made a free throw, the technical desk came with a Celtics substitution prompt.

The Celtics replaced Paul Pierce with Matt Barnes.

Last summer, after the Celtics formed the Big Three, there were countless people who wanted to get on the trailer and win the championship. The Celtics signed almost every player they wanted, with only James Posey turning them down. While Percy admits that the Celtics are the favourites for the new season, he thinks he has a better future with Yu Fei.

Because he saw with his own eyes in the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals how Yu Fei tore apart the Heat team that had an absolute chance to compete for the championship.

Percy chose Yu Fei out of intuition and emotion. The Celtics had to look for a replacement for Posey, who is also known for his blue-collar work as a flanker Matt Barnes.

Unlike Posey, who is a three-and-four, Barnes is a full-time small forward, so he lacks flexibility in the rotation.

But when Pierce had problems and the Celtics needed to shift their focus to the interior, Barnes was a good filler. He can defend like a mad dog, and then seize every opportunity that comes his way like a hungry dog.

Compared to a barking dog like Pierce, Barnes's function is closer to the definition of a dog.

However, Yu Fei didn't care who was on the other side.

Barnes is at best a leper dog who can't be killed, like PJ Tucker, who was sent by the Bucks to defend Durant full-time in 2022. Did Tucker guard Durant? No, he's just consuming Durant every turn. That's where Barnes comes in.

It's just that Tucker can drain Durant, who is over 30 years old and has recovered from a major injury, but Barnes will never do the same thing to Yu Fei, who is at the peak of Spring and Autumn.

Perkins made one of two free throws, and Brown grabbed the rebound and gave it to Roy.

Roy waved his hand and let Yu Fei, who felt hot, go to the front court and wait.

Just kidding, giving the ball from the back court shows that he is very irresponsible as a ball carrier, and most importantly, if Yu Fei dribbles from the back court to the front court to score alone, he has no assist.

Roy isn't a stats person, but Yu Fei often uses his assists to complain that there is no point guard on the team and lets Presti do the work.

Since there is a practical need, Roy will naturally share a little slave.

came to the front court, first pretended to play tactics, and then pointed to the weak side and let Yu Fei go to catch the ball.

Rondo, who was on the other side, rolled his eyes.

Yu Fei caught the ball, kicked back Barnes tentatively, and pulled up on the spot to score a neat jumper.

Roy's assist is followed by +1.

"Aren't you playing a little too much?" Roy asked, pretending.

Yu Fei smiled and asked, "Do you like the assists I gave you?" ”

"I like it."

"And what's your name?"

Back in the backcourt, Roy felt the need to remind someone that basketball is a team sport.

"We can't win on your own, can we?"

"You can be on my own tonight."

In addition to Lawson, who has played since he was a child, and now there are hardcore buddies with the same interests, Yu Fei's best buddies in the alliance are Roy, Brown, and then Xiao Ao and others.

But even Roy knows there is a clear line of power within the SuperSonics.

What Yu Fei wants to do must be convenient, so he has opinions on the surface, but he is completely unambiguous when he should actually cooperate.

Durant, who has become a spectator, deeply understands the privilege of superstars through these tiny details? How dignified it can be.

Nike wants him to be a good guy and not challenge Frye until he has absolute strength.

"Otherwise, LeBron is a lesson for you."

This is what Nike's top management said to him personally.

Since seeing how LeBron was retaliated against by Yu Fei in Las Vegas, Durant has never had any crooked thoughts, and he feels that he should never go against Yu Fei.

However, he can't lie to himself that he doesn't want to be a player like Yu Fei.

From the moment he entered the mainstream scouts' sights, scouts decided that he was the next Frye Yu, that this was his development template, that was his mission, that he could reach the end, and that this was the future he had been dreaming about.

If he can't be such a person, then his career is a failure.

But is being such a person necessarily in conflict with Fry? The naïve Durant thinks it's not meant to be. Because Frye isn't Jordan, he's not Frye, he just wants to be a player like Frye, not someone like Frye.

Kevin Durant, who is 19 years and 117 days old, still doesn't understand that some things are doomed, because Yu Fei is such a person, so he will become such a player. Once he wants to go down this path, then it is inevitable that the good guy Durant will be devoured by the demon Durant.

The Celts gradually discovered that Pierce was not the point that provoked the flying nerves. Yu Fei targeted Pierce only because the latter was noisy.

Yu Fei is targeting their team, and in the eyes of the Celtics coaching staff, this is Da Fei going all out to show PJ Brown his competitiveness.

So, neither Pierce nor Barnes could stop his offensive.

Pierce could even put pressure on Yu Fei's defense on the offensive end, but what about Barnes? He lacked the ability to hold the ball in positional battles, and could only cut and catch the ball, which greatly relieved Yu Fei's defensive pressure.

After Barnes came on the court, Yu Fei began to gradually swim inside to help Brown and others relieve the pressure, if it weren't for the Celtics and Reed scoring three points in a row to stabilize the situation, the SuperSonics might have established a double-digit lead in the first quarter with Yu Fei's inexplicable offense and defense.

But at the end of the day, a superstar who goes all out is the one who can dominate the situation.

At the end of the first quarter, the SuperSonics led the Celtics by eight points 29-21.

Yu Fei was full of firepower, scoring 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter, except for missing two shots from the outside, and almost 100 shots in the positional battle, Pierce and Barnes were blown up.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Carl changed to Yu Fei and went to rest.

"Fry, even for PJ, it's too hard." "It's just a regular season. ”

Yu Fei said: "What if our opponent in the finals is the Celtics? How many defensive resources will they put into me in this game? I guess it's 30% more than usual. We have a lot of non-major fledglings on the team, and the extra 30 per cent of the pressure on me relieves them of 30 per cent, which will give them a better chance to play at the intensity of the Grand Finals. ”

It's only mid-January now, and Dafei is already thinking about the finals?

Although it looks like it's because of personal grudges, but Da Fei said so, can Carl not believe it?

I fly great, needless to say!

In the second quarter, Karl was relieved to send a second team with young players as the core to play with the Celtics.

The quartet is (Luke) Redno (1), Durant, Childis, Posey, and Nick Collisson.

Durant likes that he is the only starter in the current roster.

This means that his tactical position is the highest.

Although he doesn't have a high shooting percentage, a lot of turnovers, and isn't as prestigious as Frye, he can really be like Frye if he wants to.

He felt ready.

(1) Watson's previous mistake has been corrected in the previous article, thanks to the book friend for pointing it out.

(End of chapter)