Chapter 22 Niao Ni (Tease You)

On the Raptors' side, facing Artest's strong man-to-man defense, Su Feng successfully used his steel-like body to show Artest what it means to go against a man.

On the Celtics' side, Little Deng, full of fighting spirit, also responded to the domineering Su Feng with his steady scoring.

However...

Just as the fans in front of the TV and at the venue were immersed in the two teams' close combat...

Suddenly, a strange man named Tracy McGrady...

Arrived like a divine soldier!

With 7 minutes and 15 seconds left in the first quarter, McGrady first faced Marbury at the top of the arc and hit the Raptors' first three-pointer of the night.

Then, in the next possession, McGrady, who dribbled the ball to launch a fast break, shot another high-difficulty fadeaway in front of Marbury from almost the same spot. This shot had almost no arc.

Then, the Celtics, who were in disarray, immediately lost their composure.

Under McGrady's guidance, the Raptors unleashed a wave of violent rain like the Dragon King flooding a group in the last 7 minutes.

Although Auerbach tried to call a timeout to interrupt the Raptors' hot streak...

But...

A hot streak is like something that can be contagious.

Facing the Raptors' completely unreasonable style of play, the Celtics players on the court were in a state of mental collapse.

In his previous life, Su Feng had heard many powerhouses who were defeated by the Warriors had this experience.

That is, you clearly feel that you can fight, and even if you fight, the opponent may not be much stronger than you...

But when you look up at the score...

Wow, good heavens, how were we tied just now, and in the blink of an eye, we're down by 20 points?

In short, tonight's game has nothing to do with the Celtics players' performance.

It's purely that the Raptors shot their best game since the team was founded.

On the court, as the Raptors shot more and more accurately, the Celtics players were dazed when defending, not to mention their defensive formation. They didn't even know who they were guarding.

In basketball, unlike mid-range shots, three-pointers score points too quickly. Therefore, when the opponent continuously hits three-pointers, the defending side is prone to being "mentally handicapped".

And that's why the Warriors' opponents in the future were often taken away in one wave.

To be honest, the Celtics were really unlucky tonight.

Because although they weren't the kind of weaklings that would collapse at the first touch, in this still slightly conservative era, a super-unrestrained style of play like the Raptors' was rare.

Therefore, after the first quarter, looking at the score of 20 to 45, most of the Celtics players, except for a few, had already begun to doubt their lives.

In the second quarter, McGrady, who was as accurate as a god of war tonight, was kept on the court by Davis.

As a result...

Carter, who was sitting on the bench, admitted that he was getting anxious.

Because after the first round of All-Star voting this year, many people were saying that Carter's reputation didn't live up to its name.

And that's why Carter found Su Feng before the game tonight, wanting to increase his possessions in this game.

Because Carter found that...

Even Little O'Neal had already had his moment this season.

But he, a dignified second-highest vote-getter in the All-Star Game, the Maple Emperor's right-hand man, second only to one person in Toronto...

Hadn't even put up any decent stats...

That didn't seem convincing.

However...

Now, not to mention Little O'Neal...

Why could even that stinky brat, Tracy, be so flashy?

In the second quarter, McGrady continued his good form tonight.

And with McGrady feeling so great, as a leader who never hogs the ball, Su Feng naturally devoted himself wholeheartedly to twice the happiness.

It's still that saying.

Scoring is one person's happiness.

But assists are two people's happiness.

On the court, watching his assist data skyrocket, Su Feng just wanted to ask:

Who else?!

Thinking of the assist world...

Ke Bu Gong, Na Bu Fang, little Paul, laughable, laughable.

Looking at the scoring circle again...

"All-around" Kobe, "ball-hog" Iverson, banging and clanging as they clank iron.

Tsk!

May I ask, in today's league, if he, Su Feng, acknowledges second, who would dare to acknowledge first?

(O'Neal, Duncan, and many other stars: Actually, we all really want to acknowledge it.)

At the Air Canada Centre, after the first half, this highly anticipated battle for the Eastern throne had already ended its suspense early.

In the second quarter, although the Celtics launched a tenacious counterattack led by Little Deng, who still refused to give up, it had to be said...

That McGrady guy was indeed Duncan's nemesis.

Huh?

Did you think this refers to the time McGrady scored 13 points in 35 seconds in the future?

No, no, no.

Many young friends may not know that in Su Feng's original timeline, McGrady briefly joined the Spurs at the end of his career.

And then...

What "and then"?

The fact proves that McGrady's talent was exchanged for his luck.

Except for Su Feng, who was a chosen one...

Even Duncan, who came with his own cornerstone halo, couldn't save McGrady.

At the end of the half, 45 to 77, the Raptors entered the second half with a 22-point lead.

McGrady made 10 of 11 shots in the half, including 5 of 5 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring a team-high 27 points, plus 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Su Feng, on the other hand, contributed Nash-like stats of 13 points and 7 assists.

During the halftime break, on TNT, Smith joked: "Based on Tracy's performance this season, if he fails to make the Eastern All-Star team in the end, it must not be a matter of his strength, but that the Raptors have too many star players..."

Helpless...

Just like Smith said, if he were on another team, with Iverson out for the season this year, McGrady might really have a chance to challenge for a starting position in the Eastern All-Star team.

But on the Raptors...

Did you think McGrady's biggest enemy was the other Eastern All-Star guards?

Heh...

You might not believe it if I told you.

McGrady's biggest competitor was his teammate.

Especially those two mountains, Su Feng and Carter.

No matter how hard McGrady tried, he couldn't feel any hope of scaling those two peaks.

However, no matter how many Raptors players are selected for this year's Eastern All-Star team, at least tonight, McGrady had a great time.

After the halftime break, McGrady became another Raptors player, after Little O'Neal, to successfully experience Su Feng's output environment tonight.

In the third quarter, in order to brush out...

Bah!

In order to put up the first big triple-double of his career, McGrady started making plays for Su Feng like crazy.

And to that, Su Feng felt that McGrady was worthy of being McGrady.

He was different from some people who couldn't find their place.

In the end, when he was substituted off the court at the end of the third quarter, McGrady put up a 40+ triple-double of "40+12+10" on this night.

Su Feng also had 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists.

In the fourth quarter, sitting on the bench and watching Carter still working hard to score in double figures, Su Feng and McGrady were chatting and laughing.

It was just a pity that Carter ultimately failed to seize the few "garbage time" opportunities.

Because the Celtics withdrew all their main players after only two minutes of the fourth quarter, Davis also took Carter off the court on the Raptors' side.

And then...

Looking at his stats...

Even though the Raptors won a satisfying victory at home tonight, Carter couldn't feel happy at all.

9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Carter's mentality collapsed.

Although Carter was instilled with the concept of "team first" in college...

That didn't mean he didn't want to play like Su Feng and McGrady.

In his previous life, as the "Rational Emperor" among the Four Shooting Guards, Carter had delivered a total of 19 game-winning shots in his career.

Therefore, Carter wasn't as incapable as many fans said.

It's just that most of the time, he leaned more towards the team.

And the benefit of this was that Carter's teammates could get more opportunities to perform usually.

Of course, the downsides were also obvious.

That is, Carter was the only player among the Four Shooting Guards in Su Feng's previous life who had never won a scoring title.

And his highest-scoring season averaged only 27.6 points in the 00/01 season.

But in this life, after noticing Su Feng's "sewer tactics" that could take into account both the team and individual performance, Carter always felt that he had been brought into a whole new world by Su Feng.

In Carter's philosophy, it was impossible to compete with Su Feng.

After all, Carter himself knew very well that this Raptors team was nothing without Su Feng.

However, as Su Feng's deputy, he also wanted his data to look better and occasionally have a few breakout games!

However...

However full Carter's ideal was, reality was just as bony on this night.

And on the side, after noticing Carter's "outsider" mentality, Su Feng patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Vince, our opponent in the next game is the Nets...

I will suggest Coach John increase your possessions."

Hearing this, Carter, who was a little depressed, immediately perked up.

Because of his grudge against Pierce, Carter always felt more energized when playing against the Nets than other teams.

Therefore, Su Feng knew it was time to let Carter have a great game too.

Look...

What is called winning people's hearts?

Su Feng knew very well that he couldn't keep these talented Raptors under control for a long time just by relying on so-called coercion.

Last season, when these guys were nothing, their absolute obedience to him was because he was stronger than them in both reputation and strength.

But now, after everyone has become championship players, who doesn't have their own little ideas?

Therefore, in order to ensure the team's purity and absolute obedience to orders, "carrot and stick" was the way to go in Su Feng's view.

And the so-called "carrot and stick," in addition to relying on his usual spending money to buy gifts, satisfying them in terms of honor was also crucial.

So, in fact, Su Feng didn't lie to Carter.

Because what he said next time...

That was definitely next time.

…

104 to 131, after defeating the Celtics by 27 points at home, on the 7th, the Raptors flew to New Jersey to welcome the team's second game of the new year on the road.

As a result...

Those experts who were still touting McGrady and stepping on Carter last game were dumbfounded.

Because in this game, Carter played like McGrady last game.

In the entire game, Carter made 13 of 22 shots, including 5 of 8 three-pointers and 4 of 5 free throws, scoring a game-high 35 points, plus 11 rebounds and 12 assists.

On TNT, after the game, Smith summarized with emotion: "This Raptors team is now too strong. All their players have the strength to stand alone.

When we played the Trail Blazers, we saw a Jermaine that was completely different from previous years.

When we played the Celtics, we saw a super rookie rising in the backcourt.

And now, after playing the Nets, I just want to say that, just like Coach John said, this Raptors team, in my opinion, has at least six All-Star players!"

Last season, under the light of Su and Jordan, Carter was the most noticeable player on this Raptors team.

And this season, after Jordan retired, with the growth of Carter, McGrady, O'Neal, etc...

People gradually realized that the strength of this Raptors team not only didn't decline, but also seemed to be a step closer than last year.

And to these people who were aware of it later...

Su Feng could only say thank you to Larry Brown.

Because if it weren't for Brown's kick back then, how could Su Feng have pieced together such a strong cosmic team under various coincidences?

…

Los Angeles.

O'Neal's mood has been bad recently.

Because after the end of December, O'Neal, who thought he should win a monthly Player of the Month award, never expected that...

The judges still gave that damn award to Su Feng in the end.

As in November, O'Neal's individual stats were still better than Su Feng's.

But unfortunately, because of Britney, Su Feng almost dominated the headlines of the entire December NBA.

Therefore, with Su Feng playing better and better while "fighting for love," in the eyes of the judges, they couldn't give this award to O'Neal, who had never defeated Su Feng, right?

And because the monthly Player of the Month award has always been said to be a small MVP award for the regular season, O'Neal, who vaguely felt that he was going to be in trouble this year, knew that he couldn't stand it anymore.

So, after treating Kobe to n luxurious meals for several consecutive days...

Looking at the Lakers' schedule in January, the murderous O'Neal revealed his fearsome fangs to those poor NBA teams.

And this time, even far away in Toronto, Su Feng felt the earthquake coming from Los Angeles!

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ps: First update in the morning.

ps2: Keep a low profile, be patient, and recover.