The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 38 [Battle of Revenge]

After negotiating important matters, Ye Feng slept soundly in the luxurious guest room.Now that he has left a good way for his future, there is no pressure, and he just needs to work hard to improve his skills.In the NBA, players are like commodities. There are many people who have played for more than five teams in their careers. He likes Los Angeles, but he doesn't want to live that kind of nomadic life.

After eating breakfast, Ariel sent Ye Feng to practice, feeling happy all the way.When she arrived outside the arena, she asked, "What time do you finish training in the afternoon? I'll pick you up in the evening and have dinner together."

Ye Feng said with a smile: "Five o'clock, your problem is solved, you have to treat me to a good meal."

"no problem."

That night, Ariel booked a table at the best Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles, and it was a candlelight dinner, which attracted reporters to take pictures.The next day, the media broke the news that Ye Feng went to the villa to meet his parents. The relationship between the two "heated up" again, and Ye Feng received more doubts. After the end of the season, there is speculation about whether he will switch to the Clippers.

Whether Ye Feng is really capable, or whether the Clippers players let him brush up his statistics, will soon come to a conclusion.The Lakers' next opponent is the Phoenix Suns, the only team in the Pacific Division that can threaten them.

This is a high-profile revenge battle. The Lakers were eliminated by the Suns in the first round of the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.He was out 4-1 last season, and was reversed by the Suns in 2006 with a 3-1 lead.In the second half of the seventh game, Kobe was angry. At that time, because Jackson said that Kobe took too many shots and played too alone, Kobe gave up his shots in a fit of anger. He only scored 2 points in the second half, and the Lakers lost the game by a big score.After this game, many people also doubted Kobe's professional attitude and character.

Since then, the two teams have feuded, and now Kobe hates the sun when he mentions it.

The situation of the Suns this season is not good. In the summer, only veteran Grant Hill was introduced in the free market to reinforce the lineup.

The main cause of the conflict was "Hacker" Sean Marion.There has been a big rift between the four-time All-Star and thrift-oriented new general manager Steve Kerr.

Now Marion is already the salary king of the Suns team. This season's salary is as high as 1640 million, and next season's salary will reach a staggering 1780 million US dollars.Such a huge salary has also become a reason why the team wants to trade him to leave the team.It is rumored that the greedy Marion is still not satisfied with the Sun's refusal to renew his contract so far, and asked the Sun's top management for a three-year super contract of 6000 million US dollars.

马里昂这赛季数据场均15.6分9.8篮板2助攻1.5盖帽2抢断，从数据上看不出他哪里值2000万的年薪，也许他是拿自己和魔术的刘易斯相比。

太阳另外两位核心发挥要比马里昂出色的多，阿玛雷.斯塔达玛尔出场34分钟就能拿到25分9篮板1.5助攻2盖帽；两届常规赛MVP得主史蒂夫.纳什出场35分钟17分3.4篮板11助攻，效率惊人。

The Suns have superstars, but the only role players they can rely on are Grant Hill, Raja Bell, Boris Diaw, and Lindro Barbosa.The other players are too poor. If the main players leave the field, their strength will be reduced by two levels. They are currently ranked sixth in the Western Conference.

湖人同样主要靠三名球员，科比28.6分6.2篮板5.2助攻1.8抢断。奥多姆14.6分10.8篮板4助攻1抢断。拜纳姆13分11.2篮板1.6助攻2盖帽。湖人的主要优势却在于替补，叶锋进入轮换阵容后，他们连续几场在“板凳阵容”比拼中占得上风。

As soon as he entered the locker room, Ye Feng found the old team members discussing something in the corner, laughing from time to time.

Seeing him coming, Fisher suppressed his smile and said, "Ye, the coach asked me to inform you that you will take the lead in the warm-up at the beginning of the game. Because you played the best game last game."

"Really? No problem." Ye Feng agreed with a nod. He didn't expect that there was a conspiracy, and his teammates wanted to play an international joke on him.

When it was time to enter the field, Ye Feng took the lead and rushed out. The fans cheered enthusiastically, but none of his teammates followed. They ran back to the locker room and left him alone on the field.

In the auditorium, someone who took the lead shouted "Hungry Wolf"!The voice of "Hungry Wolf" sounded together at the Staples Center.

Ye Feng simply didn't go back, he walked straight to the center of the court, waved to the stands, took a basketball from the side of the court, and patted it lightly.He decided to perform, and rushed towards the visiting team's half with the ball, changing hands and dunking into the basket!He often practiced this move, as long as no one was defending, he could do it perfectly.

After the dunk, the audience cheered and applauded even louder. Ye Feng took the ball and exited the three-point line, threw the basketball high, caught up and jumped up, and successfully caught it with his back and side.

The atmosphere of the Lakers' home court was fully mobilized, Ye Feng turned the warm-up before the game into his own dunk performance.

Odom came up with the idea, but it didn't have the desired effect. He stood in the player tunnel and sighed: "This kid is different from other rookies."

Fisher laughed loudly: "Don't you like the kind of player who hits the rookie wall after only a few games? He does have the capital of self-confidence, but his desire to perform is too strong."

Who doesn't like a person who dares to provoke Garnett, who can fly over people's heads and dunk?Kobe didn't speak, and a smile appeared on his face.Originally they wanted to wait a few minutes before coming out, but now Ye Feng has to steal all the limelight by himself, how can they still hold on?The players quickly went out to warm up together.

The two on-site commentators for this game are Sunderland and Meyers, two miserable guys.Thankless is the most appropriate adjective to describe the current working situation of the two of them.There is no doubt that they are also very good commentators.It's a pity that the one who sat in their seats before was the "Voice of the Lakers" that all Lakers fans love and respect - Chick Hearn. In 1961, Hearn began to explain the Lakers' games, and it lasted until 2002, a full 41 years. From Elgin Baylor to Jerry West, from "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar to "Magic" Johnson, to the OK combination of O'Neal and Kobe, it has witnessed every glorious moment of the Lakers, continuously explaining He played 3000 games for the Lakers, and many Lakers fans grew up listening to Hearn's voice.

Sunderland and Meyers can't blame themselves, they can only blame their predecessors for doing too well.No matter how well the two of them did, the fans took it for granted, but when they didn't do well, the fans would think of Hearn.What a thankless task!It will take time for Sunderland and Meyers to be accepted by fans.

Sunderland looked at the roster and said, "The Lakers still don't plan to start Ye Feng in this game. He should already have the strength to start. Why don't the Lakers let him play to defend Marion?"

Meyers said: "He is now acting like Manu Ginobili of the Spurs. The Lakers hope that he will lead the team's offense in the second quarter. Marion's offensive ability has declined this season. Maybe Jackson doesn't think it is necessary to Mainly defend him and disrupt the rhythm."

Ye Feng is now also willing to accept the substitute position. If he starts the game, he won't get the right to take a few shots, so he will just follow back and forth.His situation is very similar to Landry of the Rockets, and the effect of playing off the bench is far better than that of the starter.

The Suns starting center Stoudemire, power forward Marion, small forward Hill, shooting guard Raja Bell, point guard Nash.

Lakers center Bynum, power forward Odom, small forward Radmanovich, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, point guard Fisher.

The game begins.Bynum relied on his height and arm length to win the ball, and Fisher passed it to Kobe in the frontcourt.Kobe faced Raja Bell from the outside.When the two enemies met, they were extremely jealous.

The two not only confronted each other on the court, but also attacked and challenged each other off the court. In the fifth game of the 2006 playoffs, Bell performed a chokehold on Kobe and became famous since then. He was selected to the league's best defensive team last season.

Bell leaned close to Kobe and said softly, "How much iron are you going to hit today?"

Bryant did not answer, he is not the first confrontation with Bell, Bell is very insidious.He started with a provocative sentence. If the other party responded, he would reach out and steal the ball halfway through the sentence. Even if he couldn't steal it, he wouldn't be able to finish the sentence comfortably.

Kobe didn't wait for Odom to pick and roll, he turned around and drove the ball through.Bell clung to his side, blocking the breakthrough route.Kobe doesn't take Bell seriously. He doesn't need to respond to trash talk, he just needs to prove it with actions.

Kobe is 198cm, Bell is 196cm, weight and height Kobe has an overall advantage.After he started, he squeezed Bell's body and broke through to the inside. Both Odom and Bynum pulled out to make room.Bell's confrontation ability is very poor. Although he still followed, he couldn't stop Kobe from going deep into the basket. Seeing that Kobe was about to enter the basket, Marion stepped forward to defend.Kobe just in time to pass the ball back to Odom in the high post.When his teammates have a good position, Kobe is happy to pass the ball. Some people like to say that he is alone, but they can't see how his average of five assists per game comes from.

Odom made a high jumper. 2 to 0.

Back on the defensive end, Kobe began to fight back, and said to Bell: "Do you know why you are just a small role? Because you only talk nonsense on the defensive end, and if you have the guts, let me see if you break through and score once."

Bell was speechless.He is a defensive player, and his offensive method is spot-up shooting.He knew in his heart that he was far inferior to Kobe, and people all over the world knew this.Kobe's words stimulated him much more.

Nash relied on Stadamar's pick-and-roll to break through the inside line, hit the ground and pass the ball to Marion who cut the baseline.With a simple reverse run, Marion swayed Radmanovich into the inside, faced Bynum's block, and made a throw. 2 to 2.

Jackson shook his head lightly after watching this offense. Radmanovic's defense is really bad.

(End of this chapter)