When pride still matters

Chapter 384 Dulan has nothing to ask for

"We only had one tactic in the first half, which was to give the ball to Frye, and the others stood far away." George Karl told the ABC reporter during the midfield interview. "You have to admit that this method is very effective."

The reporter asked: "Will you stick to this style of play in the second half?"

Carr certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to reveal his second-half strategy to the public.

However, the SuperSonics' focus on Yu Fei in the first half is almost a clear-cut strategy, so it is not a bad idea to dig holes for their opponents here.

"It depends on whether our opponents have other countermeasures." Carr said, "If a pair of shoes is very comfortable to wear, you should keep wearing it, and the same is true for basketball games."

Doc Rivers and George Karl have a feud that no one talks about anymore.

After Rivers was elected as the head coach of the Orlando Magic at a young age, the old white coach headed by Karl was not very happy.

Why? Because they all struggled for more than ten years before they reached the position of head coach. What about Rivers? As soon as he retired, he was invited to be a commentator. With his excellent eloquence, he was considered a natural coach. Then, he became an NBA head coach without having any experience as an assistant coach.

In LOL, since the LPL did not win the world championship until the S8 season, a large number of new viewers who poured in during that period regarded the world championship as the only indicator of players. That was the beginning of the "what kind of championship are you?" era. If the same standards were applied to the NBA, Karl back then could be regarded as a waste that accomplished nothing.

That animosity was clearly reflected in Rivers' halftime interview.

Some want beer and charcuterie, others want deep-fried fast food, and the scene is a mess. By the time the game is over, Boston's mecca for basketball fans will be reduced to a garbage dump.

This sentence was naturally questioned as racist, and Karl finally apologized. Since then, he hasn't had much interaction with Rivers.

"Coach Karl said they will continue to expand Frye's single-point matchup advantage. What do you think?"

But that may not be the case for Rivers.

Carr publicly stated that Rivers received preferential treatment because of his skin color, and he believed that more and more black people would receive similar care in the future.

Compared to the old Boston Garden where he once stayed, the North Shore Garden was already a paradise.

Rivers kept in mind the shame that Karl brought to him. He always felt that the two were old enemies. Although this realization would make Karl feel baffled, that's what Rivers thought.

He was a participant in Jordan's so-called "God Weared No. 23" night.

When a person has been idle for a long time, he will tend to think wildly. If there is something wrong with his thinking, he will start talking nonsense.

In his perception, Yu Fei now is like Jordan back then. He does not have a competitive enough team, but the first half of the game gave Anji another wake-up call.

"I think that's how Cal succeeds, we're different than them," Rivers said. "We don't have the best player in Frye, but we have a group of guys who want to win, so we'll see. "

At the North Shore Garden, fans were taking advantage of the halftime break to go shopping.

The person who hurts is forgetful, but the victim will remember it.

When a reporter asked Rivers if the Celtics were caught off guard by Flying's outbreak, Rivers gave partial affirmation: "I really didn't expect Frye to score 33 points in the half. This situation is very rare, but We can handle it.”

Karl's success is because of Yu Fei, and the Celtics' current success is because his players want to win.

Seeing the super army he had formed by himself being beaten so badly by the world's number one man fighting alone, it was hard for Anji not to think about the past.

Danny Ainge is used to this kind of thing.

The subtext of this sentence is that without Yu Fei, Karl is nothing. Rivers' own success is not because he has the Big Three, but because he makes this group of people "want to win."

Karl envied Rivers' good luck and was jealous that Rivers could take over in his prime. He never believed that this was because Rivers was a so-called natural coach. He needed to give himself a reason, and he found it quickly. .

The arrival of Yu Fei made Karl's career take off. He is now a coach with four championships. There are only a handful of coaches in NBA history who have won more championships than him. No matter what kind of status he says, Karl will not continue to waste time on Rivers.

The Celtics of today are by no means as flawless as the Celtics of 1986.

"But one person certainly can't win."

In the front row of the Garden, ESPN's "Sports Man" Bill Simmons said excitedly to his friend House: "What I'm talking about is winning, not winning or losing in a night, but winning or losing in a season. You can't tell me, F. Lay can replicate what he did tonight in every game of a series!"

House is a die-hard buddy of Simmons. In his early years, before Simmons became famous as a "sports writer," he worked as a bartender for a period of time. It was under that circumstance that he and House met. Unlike Simmons, House is 24K pure in bragging.

"That's not necessarily true, Bill," House said. "Before Frye, could you believe that someone was averaging a triple-double in modern basketball? Before Frye, could you believe that someone could score 70 points on LeBron? ? He is a person who was cursed by No. 23, but under the curse he led the Bucks to win four championships in five years. I think he is the son of destiny, he can do anything!"

Even at Celtic's home games, Yu Fei is the biggest topic at the scene.

As a topic of conversation, Yu Fei told his teammates in the locker room: "I feel good tonight, and I will continue to attack in the second half."

Roy asked: "What if they double team you like they did in the second quarter?"

Yu Fei said: "I will pass the damn ball, and then you guys better shoot it in!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Then, a solemn-looking Durant apologized to his teammates: "Sorry, I didn't play well tonight. I will make up for those mistakes in the second half."

People always love Durant when he's good guy.

"How to make up for the mistake? Use that messy shot of yours?" Yu Fei asked.

Durant didn't know what Yu Fei was talking about, which was the key to his transition from the NCAA to the NBA. Due to the different levels of the league, the difficulty of offense is also different. In the NCAA, Durant's talent can solve many things, but in the NBA, he is much more disturbed. Those goals that can be easily completed in the NCAA are difficult to hit steadily in the NBA.

The simplest example is that if a 2K game layman is allowed to control the peak Jordan, the effect will probably be worse than that of Jordan Poole. This is a matter of choice and cognition. If he cannot correctly understand his own characteristics, even Yu Fei will play like a cancer on the court.

In the second half, Yu Fei's offensive continued unabated.

However, the Celtics have already established the correct understanding.

Even if Yu Fei is allowed to defeat each of them with unlimited singles, it is better than double-teaming Yu Fei heavily and allowing him to assist his teammates in making various opportunity shots.

The former is Yu Fei dragging four, and the latter is four in a row.

Pierce continues to suffer. Being blown away in the first half was already unbearable, but in the second half, Yu Fei completely treated him as a test subject for low post offense.

On Pierce, Yu Fei tried back hooks, back jumpers and various footwork combinations.

What devastated Pierce was that Da Fei, who was fond of playing in the low post but was not very efficient in the scouting report, had trouble playing him.

Offensive and defensive momentum is a thing that waxes and wanes. The more Pierce is treated like a plaything on the defensive end, the more anxious the offense becomes.

He wanted to respond to Yu Fei, but he felt uneasy.

Even with excellent fake moves and offensive skills, his final shot was affected by his mentality, and his hit rate was far below average.

"Why didn't you bark, Paul?"

Five minutes before the end of the fourth quarter, Yu Fei grabbed the ball with one hand and looked at Pierce jokingly.

Yu Fei has scored 48 points, more than half of which were scored by Pierce.

Pierce had no excuse and could only defend.

Then, Yu Fei pulled the ball into his hip with his back and turned around. He cleverly displayed a set of highly entertaining moves that made the fans in the Garden scream, and then he shot over Pierce's head.

"Shh!"

That was his 50th point of the night.

"Paul Pierce can't stop Frye, he just can't!"

As early as the third quarter, the Celtics had recognized the fact that Pierce would not be able to get an advantage tonight, so they concentrated on attacking the inside.

Just like Yu Fei defeated Pierce, Garnett defeated Kwame Brown and Rashad Lewis.

It's just that in the same peak state, the scoring efficiency of the inside players is difficult to compare with that of outside players.

Garnett went one foot inside, and Yu Fei was one foot taller on the outside.

The SuperSonics, which had already taken the lead, slowly expanded their lead under Yu Fei's strong attack.

It was 8 points at the end of the first half, 11 points at the end of the third quarter, and now 14 points.

With five minutes left in the game, the 14-point gap was already huge.

Now is the time to be strong, and the Celtics need to maintain offensive stability inside.

However, Garnett's tendency to shoot instead of fighting inside in moments of life and death means that he is not a superstar who can give people a sense of security in critical moments.

Facing Brown, who had five fouls, Garnett made another turnaround jumper.

"boom!"

Brown got the defensive rebound and directly found Yu Fei to pass the ball.

Yu Fei's terrifying offensive threat made the Celtics' defenders tacitly close together, and they wanted to launch a surprise attack.

"You want to guard me so much?"

Yu Fei laughed and suddenly threw the ball to the left.

Kevin Durant followed up to the frontcourt. He didn't know Yu Fei could pass the ball, he just followed instinctively.

When the defensive attention was taken away by Yu Fei, he didn't think Yu Fei could pass the ball.

But he was still ready to catch and shoot.

He is a natural attacker.

Yu Fei passed the ball unexpectedly and was picked up by Durant. The Celtics gave him an open space as big as the sea. He remembered what he said in the locker room.

He will make up for his mistakes in the first half.

"How do you make up for your mistakes? With that messy shot of yours?"

Yu Fei's caustic sarcasm rang in Durant's mind.

Yes, he just needs to use random shots to correct his mistakes.

“Kevin Durant’s three-pointer from the left three-point line~~~~~” Tom Heinsohn’s voice sounded like he was about to have a heart attack, “He made the shot! This young man made a shot! We can’t give him an open shot, we can’t give him such a big open shot!!!”

Heinsohn expressed the fans' feelings, but everything was irreversible.

Durant hit a heart-breaking three-pointer, and the Sonics' lead reached 17 points with only four and a half minutes left in the game.

Celtic request timeout
Durant exhaled with relief. This was not a buzzer beater, or even a key goal that changed the situation. It was like the last nail in the coffin of the Celtics tonight. Even without him, someone else will get the job done. But if he does it, the meaning is different.

Did the criminal in the first half really redeem himself in the second half?

Yu Fei came over.

Durant wanted to know what Yu Fei said about this. He even hoped to hear some praise from the other party, but how could he have such a delusion? That was an opportunity created by the opponent's defense that attracted three people. It is necessary to make a shot. If you can't make a shot, you will die.

"Good shot." Yu Fei said flatly, "Keep it up."

This is enough, Dulan wants nothing more.

(End of this chapter)