Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 674 674 478 Only Have Feelings for You
Chapter 674: Chapter 478: Only Have Feelings for You (Combined)_4 Chapter 674: Chapter 478: Only Have Feelings for You (Combined)_4 The changes on the court were even greater than those off the court.
Durant’s one-on-one playing disrupted the Supersonics’ ga rhythm, yet Yu Fei’s return brought them to their best form.
It was like a match to prove “Yu Fei is Yu Fei, Durant is Durant”.
Durant was an outstanding offensive player, forcing the Miami Heat to double-team him.
On the other hand, even double-teaming couldn’t solve the problem that was Yu Fei.
With Durant present, the SuperSonics’ sophomore guard Anthony Moro played a role similar to Durant beside Yu Fei and Roy—an undeniable sharpshooter.
However, Durant had never utilized Moro’s shooting threat, only leveraging the opponent’s threat to aid his own offense.
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But Yu Fei activated Moro with his passes.
From the second to the third quarter, Moro’s three-pointers poured down on the Miami Heat like rain.
The previously very active Curry gradually lost his presence under Yu Fei’s targeted aggressive attack.
Wade was unstoppable.
The “Flash” was at his peak, especially in this era of lenient defense that prohibited hand-checking but allowed players to take multiple steps after catching the ball, where his offense was an unsolvable problem for any team.
The SuperSonics responded to Wade in the simplest way.
That was to shoot it out.
No matter what tricks Wade tried, the SuperSonics always had soone to respond.
Either Yu Fei or Roy.
Little O’s low-post offense and DeAndre Jordan’s rim protection, which far exceeded Brown’s, secured the victory in the second half.
Just when the Miami Heat fizzled out, the SuperSonics suddenly combined their inside and outside ga, a 12-0 run in offense and defense extinguished Miami’s fla of victory.
During this process, Durant almost sat through the ga on the sidelines.
He kept thinking about Brown’s words.
“You never asked him not to do that.”
It was simply irrefutable.
Did he have the right to tell Yu Fei no?
Of course, with his status, even if he had said so, the team wouldn’t have done anything to him.
But he never refused to let Yu Fei push him.
Was this to maintain his own image, or did his subconscious hope soone would teach him like that, or did he simply not have the guts to refuse Yu Fei?
This question haunted Durant until garbage ti arrived.
Karl put Durant in.
Before Durant went on, Yu Fei asked him, “Can you let sit comfortably on the sidelines until the ga ends?”
There were four minutes left in the ga, and the SuperSonics were leading by 20 points.
If that lead was overturned, it would be disastrous.
Durant humbly replied, “I’ll try my best.”
Yu Fei laughed, though he didn’t seem happy, “Our Kevin is back.”
Durant was back, specifically by not taking shots recklessly, running the plays by the book, and in the last four minutes took only two shots—making them both.
His shooting percentage returned to 50%, and he scored 16 points for the entire ga.
The nightmare of a coback, of course, did not happen.
115 to 98
The SuperSonics defeated Miami Heat, claiming victory in the spotlight match.
Post-ga interview
“I still have a lot to learn from Frye,”—Stephen Curry talked about his first NBA encounter with Yu Fei.
“I think we had a chance to win the ga, the SuperSonics are not as strong as last season,”—Dwyane Wade looked forward to the next encounter.
“The most terrifying thing about them is that they make us feel like we have a chance all the ti, but in reality, we were never close,”—Spoelstra discussed the ga against the SuperSonics.
“I made so mistakes, so the coach had on the bench for a while. I deserved that punishnt,”—Kevin Durant talked about sitting on the bench for a long ti during the ga.
“Without a doubt, I will play in Seattle for a long ti, I want to retire here,”—Kevin Durant discussed renewing his contract with the team.
“I have to conserve energy because I know there’s a battle waiting for on Christmas Eve,”—Kwa Brown discussed why DeAndre Jordan took away so of his playing ti tonight.
Yu Fei was always the first to arrive in the dia room.
Being earliest ant leaving earliest. Many journalists thought that this was his little trick. Because after they interviewed him, they would lose interest in his teammates. This way, the focus would always be on him.
However, so of Yu Fei’s supporters believed it was his way of protecting his teammates.
If Yu Fei answered all the main questions at the start, the likelihood of his teammates making mistakes during interviews would be reduced.
On a controversial figure, the sa event can spawn countless opinions.
Today, as usual, Yu Fei arrived early.
Strangely, Yu Fei didn’t talk to the journalists about the ga; they talked about movies instead.
Yu Fei admitted that as a mber of Marvel, he actually didn’t like superhero movies, expressing, “I really don’t understand why my teammates like it, you know…”
“The movies are just too exciting. If I watch them before a ga, I get too hyped up and then keep missing shots, making mistakes…”
The journalists all knew he was being sarcastic, so they laughed along with him.
Then, finally, soone asked, “Do you see this ga as a warm-up for the Christmas Battle?”
Yu Fei counter-asked, “Where are we playing on Christmas Day?”
“Los Angeles,” soone answered.
How could he possibly not know?
“Los Angeles?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, alright,” Yu Fei suddenly said, “I didn’t play in the Christmas Battle my rookie year, but interestingly, every year since then, I’ve been playing on this holiday.”
“The Staples Center is a nice place,” Yu Fei said, “I like playing there.”
Possibly because Yu Fei ntioned his rookie season, a journalist asked, “Wizards Team owner Abe Pollin passed away a few days ago, how do you feel about him?”
“Did he?”
Yu Fei gave the journalist a sidelong glance, his badge showed he was from D.C—
“I won’t be attending his funeral,” Yu Fei said, “And I can’t say I have clear feelings for him. To , he has only one impression in my heart, and I’m sure I’ll take that to the grave.”
“What impression?”
“He’s the one who decided to trade ,” Yu Fei’s tone carried a hint of coldness, “Maybe the D.C. fans should celebrate this, they got rid of the wrong owner, and Mr. Pollin won’t have to trouble himself over trading anymore. Whether he enters heaven or falls into hell, he doesn’t an much to the world anymore. Fifty years from now, if I’m still alive, trust , I’ll still rember who traded .”
“That’s my feeling towards him.”
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