When pride still matters

Chapter 69 "Anti-Mike" who treats everyone equally

Collins' decision to fly out to the [-] wasn't meant to punish him.

Because the Knicks' fourth position Kurt Thomas is a light fourth position in the contemporary era, weighing only 230 pounds, which is similar to Yu Fei's 227 pounds (103KG).However, Yu Fei would not think that the two sides' confrontational abilities were on the same level just because the opponent was about the same weight as himself.

Yes, strength is tied to body weight, but every weight has a theoretical maximum strength.

Yu Fei's focus this summer is to gain weight, and for Thomas, a veteran who has been playing for many years, in addition to maintaining weight, the most important training is to use a lot of bench press and deadlift training to maximize his personal ability. Maximum strength and core strength.

This is something that Yu Fei cannot currently compare with, and it is also the reason why Thomas must have an advantage in the confrontation with Yu Fei.

However, Yu Fei does not intend to fight Thomas like an inside man.

Since Collins asked Yu Fei to gain a matchup advantage, he must have a reason.

If before playing against Sprewell, Yu Fei was still a little unsure about the intensity of the NBA, now, he has no doubts.

After hard training in the offseason, he has fully reached the NBA level.

Under Doug Collins' system, the fourth position is a tactical pivot point. It may not be the most important, but it is an indispensable part of the operation of the system.

Therefore, by arranging Yu Fei to play the fourth position, Collins has essentially recognized Yu Fei's ability.

This is also related to the Wizards' poor lineup. If Laettner cannot fully play the role of the fourth pivot point because of selfish motives, who can he rely on?We can only try to see if Yu Fei can work in the fourth position.

Yu Fei took the ball, faced Thomas in the high post, and raised his hand to call Popeye Jones to pick and roll.

Thomas knew very little about Fei, so when the pick-and-roll came, he still didn't feel that Yu Fei had the ability to penetrate the Knicks' position.

In just a blink of an eye, Yu Fei used Popeye's pick-and-roll to get rid of Thomas, accelerated past Felton Spencer's defense, rushed to the basket and completed a dunk.

"Fry Yu, another dunk!"

"This young man's first and second goals in the NBA were dunks."

"Does this imply that his shooting is not consistent?"

Yu Fei inexplicably feels like Ben Simmons.In fact, his shooting is not bad. Although it is not stable enough, it can be used as a regular offensive method.It's just that Yu Fei's current status in the team is very unclear. On one side, he is Jordan's substitute, and on the other side, Collins wants to give him a chance but takes Jordan into consideration.If it hadn't been for Laettner's personal revenge, Collins wouldn't have even thought of the idea of ​​moving Yu Fei to the fourth position to indirectly give him a core position.

And Yu Fei will not play as he pleases just because he has temporarily become the axis of the positional battle, so he will try to complete the offense in a more confident way.

In this case, shooting that is not stable enough is Yu Fei's last choice.

That's why he plays like Ben Simmons.

Back on the defensive end, Kurt Thomas wanted to use his strength advantage to ravage Yu Fei.

However, Yu Fei firmly remembered Collins' instructions that Thomas only had a mid-range shot ability outside the left paint area, so he didn't care about Thomas' attack from the right, but was determined not to let him go to the left.

Thomas didn't want to show weakness in front of the rookie, so he dribbled the ball with his right hand and hit hard. He faced the basket and started to collect the ball and then made a throw against the defense.

"boom!"

Popeye Jones collected the rebound and handed it to Yu Fei.

The moment Yu Fei took the ball, he saw Richard Hamilton who was about to leave, so he passed the ball directly.

In less than four seconds, Hamilton counterattacked and scored on a fast break.

"It's a loss for the team if you don't start the game." Hamilton likes Yu Fei's passing.

How to send comfortable passes to teammates is both a knowledge and a skill, which requires the passer to fully understand the habits of his teammates.

Yu Fei doesn't know why he can pass the ball comfortably. For him, the only passing object that needs to be seriously considered is Kwame Brown. For others, just by looking at their movement status, he will know what force to pass. ball.

Then, the Knicks' counterattack arrived.

Latrell Sprewell easily drove past Tyrone Naseby, got to the basket and drew a foul on Jones.

Sprewell's style of play gave Yu Fei a strong sense of disobedience.

Why?He obviously belongs to the generation that grew up "watching Jordan games in the basement", but his style of play is nothing like Jordan's?The long two-point jump inside the three-point line that Richard Hamilton was obsessed with was something he would never do.Sprewell's style of play is no different from players in the small ball era.

Three-pointers and breakthroughs, and determined not to miss a shot.

This is why he dares to shoot three-pointers in fast breaks with more shots and less. This is how he plays.

Sprewell made both free throws.

After Chris Whitney dribbled the ball across half court, he passed the ball to Yu Fei in the high post.

Yu Fei called Jones again for a pick-and-roll.The Knicks' defensive strategy has changed. In order to prevent Yu Fei from directly attacking the basket, Thomas and Felton Spencer chose to double-team in the high post.

Yu Fei didn't know why they did this.

Although he looks ugly and his shooting movements are ugly, Jones has the ability to shoot.

Is letting Jones short like this to bet that he can't find this open teammate right in front of him?
It doesn't make sense!

Yu Fei passed the ball high and Jones received the ball and took an open shot.

"Shh!"

"Autobot (nickname)," Yu Fei said with a smile, "It's so disrespectful for them to let you go like this!"

"Yes, I am angry."

Jones responded to Yu Fei with a straight face, and then used actions in the next defensive round to show how bad it was to make him angry.

Sprewell is addicted to porcelain, and Naseby, as a guest insider at the third position, has no ability to guard against him.

Yu Fei had learned the madman's first step before, and it was so fast that people couldn't react.

When you encounter this kind of person, you really have to pull your defense back to give some space to show respect.

Naseby doesn't seem to know how to defend the outside line. He was passed by one step in the last round and continued in the next round.

As a result, Sprewell took advantage of his defensive loophole and rushed in to find Jones again. This time, Jones did not let the madman touch the porcelain, and slapped the ball to the ground with a powerful block.

Yu Fei got the out-of-control basketball and was about to make a fast break when Thomas smacked it hard with his hand and successfully interrupted the rhythm of the game with a tactical foul.

"Is this a tactical foul?" Yu Feiyang asked, his hand stinging from being slapped.

The referee didn't want to pay attention, but Thomas mocked him like a veteran: "Yes, kid, this is a tactical foul in an adult game. If you don't like it, go back to school and play your high school basketball!"

"Fry, don't mind." Whitney was worried about Yu Fei Hongwen.

They had seen this young man get angry before.

After that day, Laettner never had trouble with Flying on the practice field again.

Moreover, except for Jordan, no veteran is playing tricks on Yu Fei anymore.

Everyone knows that Yu Fei is a person with a very low "threshold".

"I'm fine." After Yu Fei said that, he ran towards the front court.

Is it really okay?
Whitney didn't believe that Yu Fei would give up. When he dribbled the ball past half court, he saw that Yu Fei did not follow the tactical arrangement and took the initiative to gain position in the low post.

It seems that Yu Fei's position is very simple, and Thomas's counterattack is very tough. With Yu Fei's blocking skills, core strength and tonnage, it is impossible to completely occupy this position.

Whitney gestured for Yu to come high and get the ball.

And Yu Fei shouted at the top of his lungs: "Pass the ball over!"

Although passing the ball like this has been risky in the past, Whitney is a veteran after all. He has rich experience and knows how to pass the ball at this time.

Whitney's ball is in place.

The moment Yu Fei caught the ball, his head turned to the left, but his body drove the ball to turn to the right. These were two actions that almost happened at the same moment. Thomas was deceived by the first action, and the defensive focus shifted to the left. The move caused his defense to completely collapse.

Yu Fei turned and cut to the right, not only throwing Thomas' body behind him, but also attacking further inside. Felton Spencer wanted to make a remedy, but he was too bulky and could not stand up immediately. In the best position.

Most of the inside lines that became the backdrop for poster dunks were caused by the time difference. Spencer was just a beat slower, and Yu Fei, whose body was soaring like a rocket, held the ball high over his head to complete the third dunk of the night. .

There was a loud bang, and Spencer, who could neither stop Yu from flying into the basket nor maintain his body's center of gravity, fell back after losing his balance.

Yu Fei's hand grasped the basket tightly without falling to the ground, and looked back at Thomas, "Is this the defense of an adult game? Let your teammates pay for your incompetence?"

Naturally, Thomas couldn't tolerate such a rookie insulting him, so he retorted on the spot. However, Yu Fei always used his advantage to show off his face, and continued to laugh at Thomas for causing his teammates to be dunked. As a result, the referee couldn't bear it anymore and called a technical foul on both sides.

Doug Collins looked at Jordan dumbfounded.

Seeing Yu Fei like this, Jordan felt a little better. It turned out that the "anti-Mike" was not directed at himself, he did this to everyone.

"Let him come down and calm down." Jordan looked at Kwame Brown, who was fascinated by Fei's wonderful performance, "I think Kwame has had enough of sitting on the sidelines."

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