When pride still matters

Chapter 98 If Jordan doesn’t mind, what else do I mind?

Yu Fei is back, although the result is not surprising.

This incident also made Yu Fei realize the complexity within the Wizards.

On the surface, Pauline and Jordan have common interests, but Jordan's "performance" is still too stable. Obviously, Yu Fei is not the only one who can't stand his superior attitude.

In Yu Fei's impression, this was the first time Paulin stood up to confront Jordan after he came to DC.

The result ended in a complete victory for Pauline.

But will Jordan die out?Yu Fei doesn't see it that way, but he has used this matter to declare his existence and weight, and even Jordan will no longer treat him as a simple rookie.

Yu Fei doesn't want to worry about higher-level struggles. He just wants to play well, so as long as Jordan doesn't go too far, he is still willing to be a good player.

One day later, on Christmas Day, Yu Fei and Yu Fenglin returned to their hometown in Kent to celebrate the holiday.

Probably because the family was a little deserted, Yu Fenglin rarely cared about Yu Fei's life events: "If you play ball, you can still find a girlfriend, right?"

"Don't you watch the news lately?" Yu Fei didn't expect that his mother would start to care about his love life just after he finished his fight with Jordan.

Seriously, where has he been free during this past time?
"No matter how big the news is, what does it have to do with you? Didn't you just have some conflicts with your teammates?"

"Yes, that's it. Well, I'll ask Tony to introduce a few to me later."

"Tony? Do you want him to introduce you?" Although Yu Fenglin has no dislike for black people, she is really worried that Lawson will introduce Yu Fei to an unreliable black girl. "You should let QD (Quint Demi) do this kind of thing." Oh) help you."

"Okay, I'll talk to him later."

After the holiday, Yu Fei needed to rush back to DC to meet with the team, while Yu Fenglin had something to do and stayed in Kent.

On December 12, the Wizards departed from home and headed to Indiana.

This is Yu Fei's first away game with the team after his protective suspension for more than half a month.

It is worth mentioning that the person sitting next to Yu Fei is no longer Steve Wyche, a reporter from the Washington Post, but Thomas Flynn from the Washington Times.

There are two main reasons why this situation occurs. One is that Wyatt is Jordan's official external mouthpiece and a genuine direct descendant of Jordan.

Flynn was temporarily transferred from the Times. He offended Collins on the first day he came to the Wizards. Jordan also refused to be interviewed by him and would not let anyone reveal his information to him. Yu Fei was the only one willing to accept His wonder players.

Naturally, Flynn replaced Huaiqi in Yu Fei's heart.

Because the relationship between Yu Fei and Jordan has broken down, Wyche can no longer do anything for him, but he needs an influential local media to be his voice, and Flynn is the perfect replacement.

Although Flynn himself didn't want to be Yu Fei's person, he actually had no choice.

"Hey Thomas, do you have any advice for me about tonight's game?" Yu Fei asked.

Flynn asked: "Do you think sportswriters have to be basketball experts?"

"I don't think so, but I know you will pretend to be an expert when reporting on the Wizards." Yu Fei smiled, "Tell me, I like to hear laymen's opinions on the Pacers."

For laymen, you really know how to talk.

"I think Indiana is a balanced offensive and defensive team, but they failed to fully tap their potential." Flynn said sharply, "Isiah Thomas is a problem."

Yu Fei had an expected expression on his face: "I have heard the legendary story of Isiah bringing the prosperous CBA (American secondary league) to bankruptcy, but I didn't expect that his coaching ability is so 'remarkable'? I think across the entire league, Michael's leadership is the only one that can compete."

This man said in front of many media a few days ago that he has learned to respect veterans.

After only two days, he reduced the word "respect" to "fuck".

Fortunately, Jordan has the habit of wearing headphones to listen to music on the plane, so Yu Fei's jokes did not reach his ears.

"Do you mind if I include your words in tomorrow's news?" Flynn asked expectantly.

"I mind. I just reconciled with Michael. Wouldn't it be disrespectful for you to do this?" Yu Fei said, "However, Michael is the most tolerant person I have ever met. I believe he will not If he doesn’t mind, then I guess I shouldn’t mind either. Just write it and you don’t need to keep me anonymous. I’m a person who doesn’t change my name or surname.”

Flynn was willing to bet anything that within a week, Yu Fei and Jordan would be arguing again.

They are becoming an "ideal" OK pair.

This "ideal state" is of course for the media.

The tense and tense relationship between Yu Fei and Jordan is exactly what the media wants to see in OK.It's a pity that Kobe has corrected his evil ways in the past two years. A good shooting master should not listen to the team's advice and become a perfect team player. Although he occasionally loses control and has had a lot of friction with O'Neal, since they were in After winning the championship in 2000, there has never been another national breaking news comparable to "He said he wanted to trade me."

When will news like Kobe Bryant's one-on-one with O'Neal in the offseason and shouting "This is my team" only to be slapped in the face happen again in OK?Flynn closed his eyes as he thought.

Conseco Arena

As before, Yu Fei came to the scene in advance to warm up.

The staff here are making preparations before the game.

During the entire training period, only Pacers coach Isiah Thomas showed up.

Thomas heard about Yu Fei's "feat" in DC and came here specially to say: "Young man, I like what you are doing. It is very important to stick to yourself!"

The translation of this sentence is: Continue to embarrass Danzi, I like to see it.

Yu Fei didn't express any reaction to his words.In the evening, the audience entered the stadium, and players who had thoughts about the game also arrived 30-40 minutes in advance.

Tonight, the Wizards' starting lineup is Whitney, Jordan, Yu Fei, (Popeye) Jones, and White.

Christian Laettner suffered a fracture in the first two games and will need to miss 1-2 months.

Although Yu Fei and Leitner have a deep conflict, Leitner is indeed the most comprehensive insider in the team, and the impact of his injury will be all-round.

On the Pacers' side, the starting lineup is the same as the last time they met, namely Jamal Tinsley, Jaylen Rose, Reggie Miller, Jeff Foster, and Jermaine O'Neal.

Thomas was wearing a brown suit and called Miller to his side, looking like a master tactician.

After Thomas finished his instructions, he licked his lips with his tongue in a playful manner.

Then, as soon as the game started, O'Neal won the ball for the Pacers.

The Wizards' starting players quickly returned to defense, but the Pacers provided Miller with a common wing screen in the small ball era. Miller directly stepped out of the open space, and the three-point shooter took off.

3 is better than 0
"How could someone lose track of someone right after they started?" Yu Fei asked knowingly, "Who was there to guard against that?"

Quiet, so quiet.

"My fault!" Popeye Jones had one of the most ferocious faces in NBA history. "I didn't keep up."

Yu Fei ran across half the court and happened to overlap with the area where Jordan was. He asked Chris Whitney for the ball, and then waved to Jordan, who was already in his position: "Come out for the pick-and-roll!"

"FUCK!" Jordan raged, "Pass the ball!"

"OK, then you'd better make the shot!" Yu Fei lobbed the ball over.

Ross, who faced off against Yu Fei, was simply dumbfounded.

Are these two still teammates?
But when you think about it, it's not that shocking. After all, Yu Fei and Jordan have openly broken up.

It should be said that this is normal.

Jordan wanted to beat Miller with a back attack. Although the two collisions seemed to be in good rhythm, the moment he turned over and took a shot, the weakness of his lower limbs was visible to the naked eye.

"boom!"

Jasidi White grabbed the offensive rebound and wanted to attack directly for the second time, but was blocked by O'Neal in front of him.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Yu Fei ran to the free throw line and caught the out-of-control ball. There happened to be no one to guard him, so he adjusted his rhythm and shot on the spot.

"Shh!"

2 is better than 3
In the eyes of others, Yu Fei severely offended Jordan.

Maybe Jordan himself thinks so too.

But Yu Fei just wants Jordan to play easier. One-third of the regular season has passed, and Goute's shooting percentage is less than 1%. Doesn't this explain the problem?
If James were to play like this every round 20 years later, it would be difficult for his shooting percentage to exceed 45%.

The Pacers' offense was very simple. They stretched out. O'Neal asked for the ball in the low post, turned over and made a jump shot after pushing it.

5 is better than 2
"Chris!"

Before Whitney passed halftime, Yu Fei had already got the ball.

Looking at Yu Fei's marching posture, Jordan slowed down. He felt that Yu Fei would not pass the ball.

His hunch was correct.

Yu Fei discovered that the walkers' defense was disorganized and wanted to teach them a lesson.

Jaylen Rose stands in front of Yu Fei, but his body is closer to the second position than the third position, but Yu Fei's body is closer to the fourth position. The size gap between the two makes this matchup look unfair. .

Rose opened his hands, and when Yu Fei dribbled the ball in front of him, he suddenly froze his body and pressed his center of gravity down. At that moment, Rose felt that he was facing off against Jordan.

Yu Fei's figure hovering the ball in the air and adjusting his posture looks too much like Jordan.

In just a moment, Yu Fei crossed his left hip and dribbled the ball forward. Rose's defense was completely penetrated, and he lost his defensive position.

Yu Fei inserted himself into the free throw line in one stride, collected the ball, jumped up, and dunked directly to score.

4 is better than 5
"Jalen, what are you doing?!" Thomas yelled, "What kind of defense is this? I passed you with a change of direction?!"

I have to say that Jaylen Rose's defense just now was indeed very poor, comparable to yellow chocolate performing acrobatics on the court. This is the second similarity between them. The first similarity is that they are both called Jaylen. .

"Hmm, it seems someone was scolded."

Yu Fei's witty words were like a dark wind blowing by Rose's ears.

The conflict between Rose and Thomas is no secret, just like the bad relationship between Yu Fei and Jordan.

"That damn rookie!" Ross stared at Yu Fei and decided to do something to save face.

⑴The incident of O'Neal slapping Kobe Bryant happened before 1999. I can't remember the specific time period. You just need to know that it happened.The Zen Master's autobiography, Kobe's autobiography, and the OK Dynasty's book ("Three Ring Circus") mutually confirm this matter.

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