Chapter 23

On the 23rd, in Toronto, the Raptors continued their homestand against the Pistons.

In this game, Rivers truly disgusted Su Feng.

Tight defense on the perimeter;

Switching on every screen;

Double-teaming on every possession.

On the court, adhering to these twelve-word mantra, the Pistons players were clearly trying to experience Su Feng's ability to score "miracle shots" on the offensive end.

However, disgusting as it was...

Su Feng didn't act like a hot-headed elementary school student during the game.

In the first quarter, after testing his touch, Su Feng, who always prioritized teamwork on the court, quickly broke the deadlock with his "brilliant" passing and "colorful" imagination.

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In the end, relying on two waves of offensive surges in the first and third quarters, the Raptors once again defended their home court.

The score of the game was 93 to 118.

Throughout the game, Su Feng, with 6 of 16 shooting, only scored 19 points, but contributed 14 rebounds and 11 assists.

Honestly, it's just that Su Feng doesn't have teammates like Adams who can fight like that...

Otherwise, who could say that Su Feng couldn't compete for the league's rebounding title?

According to the schedule, the Raptors and Pistons' next game would move to Detroit.

It is worth mentioning that before the third game between the two teams, in order to give his players confidence against the Raptors, Rivers, in an interview before the game, encouraged his players through the media:

"Talking about how to compete against a great player like Su...

First of all, I must point out that since the 1990s, we have not truly limited players of Su and Michael's type.

But I fully believe that if everyone does their job, if nothing is overlooked, and the best arrangements are made according to the current situation, then we will prove that we have the ability to defend our home court.

I believe that we have the ability to advance from this seemingly impossible series.

Although the odds currently seem to be only one in ten thousand.

But we will not surrender or give up in advance.

We will fight to the end!

We will fight in the paint, we will fight beyond the three-point line, and we will fight in the air against the Raptors' gifted flyers with ever-increasing confidence and strength.

No matter the cost, we must defend our home court.

We will start fighting from shooting practice, and we will start fighting from the locker room.

We will never surrender!

And even if we still cannot defend our home court, I will not think that these Raptors are unbeatable.

Because next, in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, in the Eastern Conference Finals, there will be other teams carrying our will to fight the Raptors!

Until, when God believes the time is ripe...

I believe that the new era will definitely use its answer to tell us how we should limit a great player like Su."

It must be said that it's a waste of Rivers' talent that he didn't change his profession to become a speaker.

Because based on his passionate speech alone, doesn't Rivers deserve to sit in the position of President of the United States?

Before the game, because Rivers' speech was too passionate, many media outlets published the original transcript of Rivers' speech at that time.

As a result, for the already extremely chuunibyou (a Japanese term describing someone with delusions of grandeur) United States...

Such a pre-war speech instantly struck the hearts of fans of other teams who had almost been driven to self-isolation by Su Feng and his Raptors in the past few years.

Memphis, Van Gundy, who was leading his team in a fierce battle with the Jazz, sent his support to Detroit as soon as possible.

"If we do nothing, then nothing will change."

And in Boston, Auerbach also gave Rivers a big thumbs-up.

"People who cannot accept any change will definitely not be able to change anything."

Just like how Su Feng used the sentence "I want to defeat Michael Jordan" to fire the first shot of the 90s, with various NBA teams resisting the Bulls.

Last season, whether it was Yao Ming's re-enactment of his behavior, or Rivers' pre-game speech this season, it was enough to show...

The NBA had already had enough of the "Feng Dynasty's" rule.

Huh?

You said that Su Feng failed to win his third championship and hasn't established his dynasty yet?

What does it matter?

In the eyes of the world, can O'Neal's dominance on the court compare with Su Feng's?

In short...

At this moment, the first shot of the "Anti-Feng Dynasty" had already been fired.

And after Detroit revolted, if history could be rewritten...

Then Su Feng really wanted to chop Rivers, that double agent, to death with a knife.

Because in Su Feng's eyes...

You guys don't target such a strong Celtics team, such a luxurious Lakers team...

Why are you all staring at me?

Jordan: Then why were you staring at me back then?

Su Feng: Because you were the strongest!

Others: That's right! Because you are the strongest, who else should we target if not you?

Su Feng: What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless.

There was no other way, for this era where heads were as hard as iron, it seemed to be a consensus to specifically target the elites.

On the 26th, in Detroit, boosted by the morale brought by Rivers, the Pistons players, who showed a fighting attitude on the court, immediately started hitting three-pointers one after another under Billups' leadership.

In this game, Rivers changed his defensive strategy against Su Feng.

Billups, who had the perfect build for a point guard, and Robinson, who was tall and had long arms, took turns being responsible for matching up with Su Feng.

As a result, in the deafening cheers of the Motor City's home court, the referees also made many extremely controversial calls in this game.

For example, the collision when Su Feng was making a layup that would have been enough to make Harden pass away was not considered a foul;

For example, Su Feng simply didn't have a cylinder when he was shooting;

For example, when Su Feng was dribbling, even if Billups' knife-hand chop hit his arm until it was purple and blue, it wasn't considered a foul...

Anyway, on the night of the 26th, Su Feng finally understood what true "superstar treatment" meant.

A fake superstar can always get star calls on the court.

And a true superstar, in order to limit you, the referees even have to increase the severity of their calls against you during the game.

In Su Feng's previous life, just like in the Eastern Conference Finals of the 17/18 season, James wasn't considered to have been fouled unless he was body-slammed...

And around 2000, on the NBA court, O'Neal's arm wasn't considered a foul unless he had two people hanging on it, Curry didn't have a cylinder, and Harden could draw fouls as long as he had body hair...

Whenever the NBA produces a pervert who can change the outcome of the game with his own strength...

Then sorry, you can basically forget about superstar calls.

Because, in this "fair, open, and just" league, "black whistles" have never been just an isolated phenomenon.

So now the question is.

Since the NBA is so "black," then why doesn't Su Feng call the police?

Hey...

Wake up, just like when you're a working stiff in society, you'll always encounter this injustice and that injustice.

Absolute fairness itself is non-existent from an objective point of view.

Of course, this also doesn't mean that just because you're strong, you deserve to be beaten.

On the 26th, after being tied by the Pistons, Su Feng showed off the bruises on his arm at the post-game press conference, and slowly took off his training suit in front of the reporters present.

Then, after revealing the large chest muscles and abdominal muscles that were enough to murder all female perverts, Su Feng smiled and said, "Seriously, if it wasn't because I just walked out of the basketball gym tonight...

Then I would have almost thought that I was here to participate in WWE."

As an adult, Su Feng knew very well that excessive protests after the game might attract Stern's dissatisfaction.

Therefore, after shouting to Stern from afar through a sentence of complaint, Su Feng believed that in the next game, at least in terms of the severity of the calls, the Raptors would be able to get the guarantee they deserved.

After all, judging from the crazy atmosphere at the Detroit arena in this game, it didn't seem like the referees tonight were all being directed by Stern.

Because officiating a game in this situation can easily bring some human interference.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a clear difference between home and away games in the NBA.

In fact, as long as it is a sports event that is officiated by people, home and away games cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

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On the 28th, the Raptors and Pistons' fourth game continued at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit.

And Stern, this good brother, really heard Su Feng's shout to him from afar after the G3 game.

Because the referee responsible for officiating this G4 game was none other than the number one honey in this league...

Korey Martin.

As a result, after the severity of the calls returned to normal...

In this game, the Raptors didn't give the Pistons any more chances.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Su Feng let Billups experience what it meant to be elbowed.

In addition, compared to the "Four Stars Pistons" in Su Feng's memory...

In this life, although Stackhouse was stronger in terms of confidence, his "iron monster" nature didn't change.

In the end, the score of this game was 119 to 91, and the Raptors won another game, successfully getting the match point in this series.

And on May 1st, after the two teams' game returned to Toronto, the Raptors even gave Rivers a 40-point victory, making him feel the anger radiating from the Raptors from the inside out.

After the game, when congratulating Davis on leading the Raptors to successfully advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Davis almost killed Rivers during the handshake.

"Very good, Doug, very good, very good!"

gtmd (fuck) Rivers!

In Su Feng and Davis' eyes, there was nothing to say about taking this series with a score of 4 to 1.

Because this Pistons team was not weak, so before this series even started, this master and disciple had prepared to play at least five games.

But these past two days, as more and more people on the Internet joined the "Anti-Feng Dynasty"...

Honestly, it's just that Toronto isn't Shanghai.

Otherwise, Su Feng would have to let Rivers experience the water temperature of the Huangpu River in winter.

You can just play basketball properly...

Why are you randomly leading the rhythm?

Didn't you see that last season's champion was my Lakers?

Even if you're boasting, you have to boast about my Lakers' championship, understand?

On the 3rd and 4th, the first round of this year's Eastern and Western Conference playoffs had basically been decided.

In addition to the Jazz, who were going to have a Game 7 with the Grizzlies, the other seven teams that entered the next round were:

Celtics, Philly Thugs, Raptors, Nets, Lakers, Mavericks, Suns.

Thanks to the Jazz and Grizzlies' game not being over yet, the Lakers, who were dragged to six games by the Trail Blazers led by old Pippen in the first round of the playoffs, got three more days of rest.

According to the schedule, the Raptors and Nets' Eastern Conference Semifinals will be held on May 6th, with the Raptors playing away first and then home.

On the other side, the Celtics and Philly Thugs' Eastern Conference Semifinals G1 game will start on the 5th.

In this year's playoffs, Iverson, who had recovered from his injury, can average 33.5 points per game in the first round of the playoffs.

And in his second season, Little Yao can average 18.4 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.

From the lineup point of view, this Philly Thugs team and the Celtics can match up in multiple positions.

Moreover, because of Ratliff's existence, it is still difficult for the Celtics to use Duncan's advantage on the mobile end to bully Little Yao.

It's a pity that the experienced Auerbach still had the last laugh on the night of the 5th.

Marbury and Ray Allen became the key to the Celtics' victory.

The former, in this game, went head-to-head with Iverson on the court, eventually scoring 33 points and 11 assists.

The latter, on the other hand, suddenly made 6 three-pointers.

As for the "Yao-Duncan" duel that was highly anticipated by Chinese fans before the game...

From the data point of view, Yao Ming, who scored "18+11", and Duncan, who scored "19+10", were evenly matched.

But from the role on the court, Yao Ming at this time obviously still needs to level up.

In Su Feng's previous life, in Yao Ming and Duncan's 23 career encounters, Yao Ming averaged "17+8", while Duncan averaged "21+11".

In terms of shooting percentage, Yao Ming reached 50%, while Duncan was 43%.

Even in his rookie season, Yao Ming scored a luxurious double-double of "27+18" in his first PK with Duncan.

It's a pity that, constrained by the Mosaic era, there were too few power forwards who could play by his side, so Yao Ming lost 15 of these 23 encounters.

However, Yao Ming definitely did not have an absolute disadvantage when facing Duncan, as many Yao haters said.

Because after Yao Ming gradually entered his peak period, in fact...

Even Duncan would not be stupid enough to match up with him on the court.

All in all, Su Feng, who watched this game in a hotel in New Jersey, still felt sorry for Iverson and Yao Ming.

Because if this Philly Thugs team had more shooters...

Then the situation might be very different.

On the 6th, at the Continental Airlines Arena, the first game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Raptors and the Nets officially kicked off.

As a result, I don't know if it was because they left too deep an impression on the fans here during the regular season...

Anyway, when Su Feng was warming up before the game, he always felt like he was playing at home.

However, as more and more fans arrived on the scene...

In this arena, the home team fans who were wearing Raptors jerseys before were also visibly decreasing.

"Aren't they hot wearing that?"

Looking at those "honeybees" who put the Raptors' number 23 jersey under the Nets' home t-shirt, and wore the Nets' jacket to pretend to be home fans...

Barkley, who had never experienced such treatment in his career, said indignantly.

Shameless!

Clearly a Nets fan...

But defecting to the Raptors camp!

Where is your backbone as a fan?

Where is your sense of honor as a New Jersey Nets fan?

At this moment, if it wasn't because he was also a Raptors player, Barkley would have had to go forward and question this group of shameless Nets fans.

It's just...

The Nets fans on the scene couldn't hear Barkley's complaints.

Otherwise, they would definitely point to the Nets' poor and empty dome and tell Barkley:

With this empty dome, you're telling us to have a sense of honor?

Wake up, Charles!

Not every team in this league is called the Celtics, and not every arena is called Staples.

It is worth mentioning that, because Scott warned Pierce before this game, Su Feng always felt that this game with the Nets lacked a bit of flavor...

Oh, my dear Paul, are you just going to watch me kick your ass like this?

There was no other way, because he felt the resentment that was almost written on Pierce's face, so, before this game started, Su Feng took the initiative to walk up to Pierce and smiled:

"Hey, what's wrong, Paul, aren't you going to continue challenging the truth today?"

And upon hearing this, Pierce, who originally wanted to retort a few words to Su Feng, noticed the look Scott was giving him from the sidelines...

At that moment...

He decisively put on Master Roshi's turtle shell, like Durant, Harden, and Beal in the future...

Moving forward with weight!

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ps: 5200-word small chapter is here! My cold is finally getting better, and the magic-resistant heater I ordered yesterday should arrive tomorrow, so I'll try to start entering the end-of-month mode tomorrow! After all, this month, I originally planned to write all the way to the 04/05 season in one go...

ps2: Continue to beg for monthly tickets, subscriptions, and rewards!