Chapter 399: The essence of the world is double standards

In the second game of the first round, the Rockets were still defeated by the SuperSonics.

The SuperSonics took a 2-0 lead before moving on to Houston.

On the day of the third game, Yu Fei went to visit Yao Shu, who was recuperating from his injury.

Yao Shu was injured on the way to the Rockets' magnificent 22-game winning streak, but before he entered the operating room, he didn't think about the future of the Rockets, but whether he could make it to the Beijing Olympics.

"What's wrong, are you in a bad mood?" Yu Fei joked when he saw Yao Shu, "You look thin." ”

Yao Shu was surprised: "Even you can see it?" I'll just say I'm thin. ”

Actually, this was just a casual remark by Yu Fei who had nothing to say, and seeing Yao Shu's reaction like this, he knew that he was now very sensitive to his physical state.

"Do you really want to make a comeback at the Olympics?" Yu Fei heard that if the current plan is followed, Yao Shu may have to return a few months in advance, so as to catch up with the last few warm-up games of the Chinese team.

However, Yao Shu is not an individual.

Competing in the Olympics is not his will alone.

To put it mildly, this is the only time in his life that he has the opportunity to compete in the Olympics on his own soil as a Chinese, and to put it mildly, the brand he represents and its sponsors need him to perform at the Beijing Olympics, and the expectations of countless people are also a heavy burden. The most important thing is that he must show up. So, as long as there is the slightest opportunity, he will not give up.

"Do you understand how tiring it is to carry the expectations of 1.3 billion people on your shoulders?" Yao Shu smiled and said, "If I don't fight, how do you guess the fans will scold me?" ”

In fact, whether he fights or not, there are a group of people scolding him.

Who doesn't know the name of "Yao Dasha"?

Since Yu Fei has been in two circles with Yao Shu since he entered the industry, although they are in contact, his actual influence on each other is extremely limited.

Therefore, watching Yao Shu embark on the same trajectory, there was nothing he could do.

That night, the SuperSonics played away against the Rockets.

Maddy had his best performance since the start of the season at home, with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, but he shot too many three-pointers.

There's nothing wrong with shooting threes per se, but if you shoot just over 20 percent from the field and stick to the shot, that's a problem.

Maddy's play was the key to the Rockets dragging the game to the end, but the addiction to three-point shooting and low shooting percentage were also key to the Rockets' loss.

With 30 seconds to go before the end, Maddie missed a three-pointer on a flying head.

Supersonic counter-attack scores.

Subsequently, Maddie made another three-pointer, but still didn't score, Yu Fei grabbed the long rebound and dribbled to the front court to shoot a three-pointer.

The difference suddenly came to 4 points, and the Rockets tried to score three more points, missed, and the game ran out of time.

After the game, Maddie received a lot of criticism, the main criticism being that he was not tough enough, relied on shooting, and did not like to impact the basket.

Maddie chose to ignore these accusations, and the Rockets announced Maddy's absence due to injury before Game 4.

Since the Rockets are down 0-3, the general trend has gone, and the story of Maddie choosing to play closed and forced to play did not happen.

In the fourth, the civilian rocket, which lacked a core, was easily defeated by the supersounds.

4-0, SuperSonics advanced to the second round.

Just like the SuperSonics, none of the other teams in the upper bracket made it to the first round.

In the West, the Spurs, Lakers and Hornets all advanced to the second round.

It's the same in the East, with the Celtics, Bucks, Magic and Cavaliers all making it to the second round.

SuperSonics still got the ideal opponent in the semifinals.

The Hornets are another upstart in the West who has risen this season, and if it weren't for Yu Fei's supersonic speed being too dazzling, the person competing for MVP with Kobe Bryant would have been Chris Paul.

The young Paul was dubbed the "God of Point Guard" by ESPN experts for his unparalleled leadership.

However, although the Hornets are brave, this is still the best opponent the SuperSonics can meet in the semifinals.

Because the Spurs, who are second in the West, and the Lakers, who are third in the West, both have an interior advantage over the SuperSonics, while the Hornets are a team that relies heavily on Paul.

They have good players like David West and Tyson Chandler on the inside, but they still can't compare to the Spurs, who have no dead spots except for the No. 1 position, and the Lakers, who are strong inside and outside.

Compared to the SuperSonics, the Lakers and Spurs are destined to fight to the death in the semifinals.

And in the East, the Bucks-Cavaliers matchup is also in the spotlight.

Before the first game of the semifinals, the league announced the results of the regular season Most Valuable Player vote. Just like the pre-game prediction, Yu Fei was elected this season's MVP by a clear margin, and the second and third MVP votes were Kobe Bryant and Paul, respectively.

"Why can't I be an MVP?" Upon learning of the results, Paul said, "It's a form of identity discrimination. Because I am a newcomer and there are many opportunities in the future, they should give priority to the elderly. Man, how can they deprive me of my chance with such illogical reasons? ”

At the end of April, the Hornets arrived in Seattle.

It was also on this day that the supersonic boss, Clay Bennett, officially presented a three-year plan at a meeting of the alliance.

The SuperSonics will spend a year refining their business to make it profitable — what Bennett didn't say they are already — so that the team can comply with Seattle's bill to apply for government funding to build a new arena.

Then, in 2009, SuperSonics will seek social financing to prepare for the construction of the new arena through continuous fundraising.

By 2010, if SuperSonics had raised all the money and been profitable for three years in a row, they would formally propose a financing plan to the city government.

The summer of 2010 was the final year of the SuperSonics' contract with Key Arena, and if the SuperSonics did everything they could but still couldn't get a new arena, they would move the team out.

After the conference, Bennett was interviewed by ESPN's Mark Stein, answering a number of insider questions.

"Frye and I share the same goal." "Like I said, if we do everything and we still don't get the support of the team, then we can accept it, but we will make our own choices. ”

Stein asked, "Will Frye support this option?" ”

"He's going to be my number one supporter." Stein replied.

A video of the interview was shown on the streets of Seattle.

Many supersonic fans were cheering.

Since last year, the news of the imminent relocation of the supersonic has been hovering over the Emerald City.

The fans were terrified.

Even if Yu Fei returns, as long as the matter is not confirmed by Bennett for a day, fans will worry about the relocation.

Now, Bennett has personally confirmed that the team will stay in Seattle until the summer of 2010, and although it is not the final result, the SuperSonics are here to stay.

It's an unbelievable situation, and the power of one person can change a general trend of events.

The basketball atmosphere in the Emerald City is at an all-time high, and the excitement of the fans can be felt along with the guests who come here.

"It's possible that the superSonics will move out in 2010, I don't know what they're excited about!" Tyson Chandler, the Hornets' main center, was unhappy for Paul, "Why did they act like Frye had saved the team?" Obviously Chris was the first person to do this! ”

Substitute striker Bunch Wells said: "You're right, but that's the Frye effect, everything he does is magnified tenfold and hundredfold! ”

The teammates discussed Yu Fei word by word, and they seemed very dissatisfied with the attention and praise they received from each other.

Truth be told, Paul didn't understand either.

When Yu Fei returns to Seattle in the name of salvation, it is an act of abandoning Milwaukee in a realistic sense.

But no one cares about the feelings of the Milwaukees, everyone is chanting "Frye is great, no need to say more", but the problem is that he, Chris Paul, saved a region's basketball earlier than Yu Fei, but when it came to selecting the MVP, the judges felt that he was too young to be as attractive as Yu Fei and Kobe.

What kind of double standard is this?

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Hornets didn't have a home court for more than a year and a half, and the owner wanted to move the team away, who changed all that?

It's Paul.

It was he who single-handedly pulled the Hornets out of the quagmire that had plagued the Hornets since the civil strife between Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning, re-established them as contenders, and won the love of the fans, so the team stayed.

But, sorry, no one cares.

The same thing is done by different people, and the world is so unfair.

Watching the excited fans, watching them celebrate as if they had won a major victory, watching them worship and worship the idol of Yu Fei's poster, Paul only felt disgusted.

Paul's younger brother CJ said, "I want the supersonic to move away and then we can watch these dog mongrels cry!" ”

Paul didn't have that in mind, but his antipathy for Seattle, the supersonic speeds, and everything else related to Yu Fei was real.

Oddly enough, last year in Las Vegas, he didn't have such a bad feeling about flying.

It wasn't until Yu Fei literally took away his reputation, honor, and prestige that he realized what he had lost.

"We can make them cry tonight."

Paul said to the people.

(End of chapter)