Chapter 394: I am honored to be the first person in history

Smash Parker is a thorn in Kobe's heart, symbolizing the Lakers' incompetence and decadence during the 2004-2007 period.

No matter how much time has passed, this incident will not let him go.

Even, because he was teammates with the likes of Smush Parker, Kobe Bryant firmly believes that he can succeed if he gets better teammates.

But now, Parker is playing well under Yu Fei's men.

It's a frustrating thing.

Moreover, if someone analyzes the difference between Parker and Yu Fei and Kobe Bryant when they were teammates according to the control variable method, they will come to a conclusion that is not conducive to Kobe's competition for MVP: Yu Fei can make his teammates better, while Kobe Bryant can't.

Isn't that the most important measure of MVP?

The best player in the best team. This phrase is a true portrayal of MVP players in the Stern era. And MVPs are MVPs not because they have the best team, but because they make their own team the best.

If Yu Fei can make Smash Parker better, he can make anyone better.

Yu Fei clearly recognized this, so he played more selflessly, doing his best to create scoring opportunities for Parker and others.

In the first quarter, Kobe Bryant's offensive performance was very bright, scoring 12 points, while Yu Fei restrained his aggressiveness, only shooting 3 shots in a single quarter, hitting 2 goals, and scoring 5 points, but also grabbed 6 rebounds and handed out 7 assists.

He put Kwame Brown alongside Jermaine O'Neal and made Smush Parker look like an All-Star guard.

Parker, who came off the bench for seven minutes in the first quarter, finished with nine points, one rebound and one assist on 4-of-6 shooting, and all of his goals came from flying's assists.

Although he didn't do anything, Yu Fei's pass made him feel respect and the thrill of revenge.

When he looks back on his time with the Lakers, what impresses him the most? Kobe's contempt, of course.

Kobe despised everything about him.

Bryant believes that as long as he is there, the Lakers will not be able to succeed.

So now that he's gone, Kobe Bryant can lead the Lakers to success.

In the past half season, Parker has spent many years with the Heat, and he is not used to the Devils training in Miami or the high-pressure discipline of Riley, so he has less and less playing time and is about to be swept away by the NBA.

Before being traded to Seattle, Parker's agent even received an offer from a Chinese team.

Then the deal happened, and he was sent to the supersonic speed and came to Yu Fei.

Yu Fei is also a superstar who thinks highly of himself, but unlike Kobe, one of the attributes that comes with the ball-holding core is that it can play its own role according to the functionality of his teammates.

Although Parker had an unpleasant incident in Seattle, it was basically just a problem on the court, and Yu Fei still talked and laughed with him off the court.

And tonight, in the battle against the Lakers, for some reason, Yu Fei kept passing the ball to him, allowing him to get all kinds of easy scoring opportunities.

When the first quarter ended, the Staples Center was silenced by the HyperSonics playing on the road.

The score was 24-29, with the SuperSonics leading by five points.

The MVP battle that was in full swing from the outside world did not take place in the Mars collision with the Earth, at least from the first quarter, the supersonic protagonists were Kwame Brown and Smush Parker.

Brown just play it, Parker?

Why Parker?

Lakers fans have heard Bryant criticize Parker many times over the past few years.

Judging from Parker's two seasons with the Lakers, he is indeed a double-edged sword that is more likely to hurt himself.

But how did this guy become a high-quality point guard with good defense, fast speed, strong counterattack, and ability to shoot three-point shots when he arrived at the SuperSonics?

Not to mention Lakers fans, even the coaching staff of the SuperSonics didn't expect Parker to have so many advantages.

George Carr was amazed at Parker's play.

But he was quickly relieved, after all, this is the person who has been the main controller of the Lakers for two years, if you have to say that he is useless, it must be wrong, he has some advantages, but for the Lakers who are aiming for the championship, there is such a person with obvious advantages and disadvantages in the key position of point guard, which is not conducive to the championship.

After most of the quarter, Carl knew what Yu Fei planned to do with Parker.

It's ingenious.

Instead of going against Kobe Bryant, let's take a look at the biggest difference between them.

Parker doesn't need to play so well every game, he just needs to play such a good game against the Lakers, and Yu Fei's media power is enough to make a big fuss about it.

In this competition, the longboard is not important, but if Yu Fei turns Kobe's former shortcomings into a longboard, then the gap will come out.

Because at this level, players just can't have problems in front of key people.

It's like Niko's empty three shots at S1mple, where the best rifleman in the eyes of a player shoots three shots on a big stage that determines the status of history against a person who shouldn't have an empty gun and is counter-killed, and since then, the two can no longer be discussed together.

Carl thinks a lot, but Yu Fei's purpose is not so complicated.

He just wanted to take Parker to the championship, and as for the damage Parker caused to Kobe Bryant during the game, it was a windfall.

He couldn't help but increase his efforts, and it became the current result.

But, after all, that's just what happened in the first section.

Letting Parker perform well is a matter of course, and Yu Fei still needs to play better to close the coffin for the MVP battle.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides battled for lineup depth.

Because the SuperSonics replaced Roy with Parker in the first quarter, who had a big break, and now he is on the court again, giving people the feeling of being at the beginning of the game, full of energy and doing everything with ease.

Roy's presence broke the balance of the bridging section, and the Lakers' second line was led by Kidd, but Kidd is now older, and his individual offense is completely up to the sky, and the performance of leading the team is largely determined by his teammates.

If his teammates are strong, he will be strong, and if his teammates are not strong, he can only shoot a few empty positions, and then occasionally break through to rub points.

It's not the same as Roy's takeover that relies entirely on his own abilities.

Roy is flanked by potential players such as Childis and Channing Frye, who have been the result of the SuperSonics in recent years.

Although Roy is the only star talent, the other two are not parallel imports, and they belong to the main rotation with strong functionality.

With Roy with him, the superSonics had a strong momentum, and in less than three minutes, the score was stretched to 10 points.

27 to 37

The Lakers asked for a timeout.

Jackson is swapped for Kobe Bryant, and Carl will also be on the court on the court.

Coming back from the timeout, the Lakers first came with a standard triangle offense.

The two sides of the position were stretched, and the Lakers played the strong side of the three-man corner, and Wharton cut out to catch the ball and hit a jumper.

"This is Kobe Bryant, as long as he is on the court, the triangle offense will 'open', and any system needs the defensive appeal of the star!"

"For now, Kobe Bryant has shown off his offensive prowess, and Frye has shown how he can make his teammates better, but who is the real MVP?" ESPN commentator Jeff Van Gundy said, "They haven't given an answer yet!" ”

As Van Gundy's words fell, Yu Fei dribbled across the halfcourt.

Kobe Bryant only wants to keep passing the ball, and the defense is all focused on his flying teammates.

Then, Yu Fei called for a 1-4 pick-and-roll, and Channing Fry stepped forward.

Kobe's body was lightly blocked by Fry, which seemed to be an ordinary block, but it was this block that allowed Yu Fei to dribble and throw off Kobe's position, and directly separated the defense through Fry's barrier, and shot outside the three-point line.

"Huh!"

Yu Fei blew a three-point craze when he was in the Bucks.

There are a lot of teams looking for more three-pointers right now, but a lot of teams are learning to make a four.

However, teams like the Spurs, Lakers, and Celtics who maintain a traditional style of play around stars occupy the ecological niche at the top of the league.

But even the apologists of this traditional game are willing to try more at three-pointers.

Now Yu Fei used a three-pointer to stretch the difference to 11 points, and Kobe, who was eager to respond, couldn't care about anything else, and chose to pull out three points on the outside as soon as he came over.

Kobe Bryant's offense was extremely fast and fast, obviously Yu Fei knew what he was going to do, but he just couldn't cover his ball.

Moreover, a large number of shots in the first quarter also made him feel good.

"Huh!"

Bryant clenched his fists and bared his teeth.

Once the superstar's attack starts, it can't be stopped, and whoever stops first will lose the upper hand.

In less than 15 seconds, Yu Fei received Roy's pass, dribbled in the crotch pocket against Kobe's defense, and went back and forth four times, and the first step of the storm went directly to the right side, and he had already taken the lead.

Kobe Bryant hesitated slightly, and Yu Fei had already collected the ball and jumped.

"Huh!"

"Considering you only have seven fingers to work with, I don't want to take advantage of you." Yu Fei stepped back and said, "That's it, from now on, I will take your right hand every time I attack, how about it?" ”

Kobe Bryant said angrily: "No one can beat me without changing the rhythm!" ”

"Really?" Yu Fei said confidently, "Then I am honored to be the first person in history!" ”

Before the halfway point of the second quarter, the confrontation between the two MVP contenders was already heating up.

The eyes of the entire basketball world are on the same page.

Whoever is better and who is stronger, there will be results tonight.

(End of chapter)