Chapter 257 Hardness

Having defeated Mosaic, after two days of rest, on the 4th, the Raptors welcomed their second-to-last regular season game in Salt Lake City.

If there was a team that was most severely affected by the lockout this season, the Jazz would definitely qualify to compete for the top spot.

As in Su Feng's memory, in order to keep the Jazz's veterans in shape, Sloan reduced the playing time of all the main players in the regular season.

However, although Sloan's move allowed the Jazz to still achieve good results in the regular season, in Su Feng's view, this Jazz team was already at the end of its rope.

Because, even if Malone, Stockton, and Hornacek all had high professional ethics, they could not have carried out a lot of physical training as they had in the past during the lockout.

And for basketball, especially the highly competitive NBA game, once you lose the guarantee of physical fitness, you are equal to going to the battlefield with an AK that has no bullets.

However, although the Raptors had an absolute advantage in physical fitness, because there was still a chance to compete with the Lakers for the top spot in the West...

In this game, the Jazz's veterans played even harder than each other.

In the first quarter, when assisting Joe Boss in defense, Su Feng's injury exemption was even beaten out by the "Elbow Emperor" Malone.

At that time, facing Malone's passionate elbow, Su Feng, who adhered to the warrior's faith, was directly penetrated by Malone, the meat-armored assassin.

"Ding! It has been detected that the host has three broken ribs, and the automatic repair mechanism is being activated!"

In front of the TV, watching Su Feng fall to the ground in pain, in this moment, the Raptors fans felt extremely uncomfortable.

But...

A few seconds passed, when Su Feng stood up again as if nothing had happened...

On the side...

Even Joe Boss was dumbfounded.

"It's good to be young."

Covering his chest, Jordan sighed silently.

It is worth mentioning that, on the court, after already taking an elbow from Malone, when he saw Su Feng still fearlessly pouncing on Malone's big elbow in the following games...

Who knows how many fans "Hard Man" Su Feng conquered this night?

Although the NBA has always been prejudiced against international players, who would dare to say that Su Feng isn't tough enough?

On the Jazz's bench, coach Sloan was now full of regret.

Honestly, if Sloan could go back to the past, he would have let the Jazz trade for a draft pick that could select Su Feng, even if it meant going bankrupt.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to sell in this world.

In the end, after a night of fighting against the Jazz in Salt Lake City, the Raptors won 91 to 88.

In the final moments of the fourth quarter, Su Feng thought that maybe his future father-in-law felt sorry for his son-in-law...

After Hornacek missed a three-pointer to tie the score, the Raptors left Salt Lake City with a victory.

After the game, Jazz coach Sloan highly praised Su Feng's performance this season.

And Jazz general Hornacek also said in an interview that under Su Feng's defense, it was difficult to even breathe, let alone attack.

"He's like a beast. He'll keep staring at you during the game, and once you relax, he'll pounce on you and tear you to pieces."

In this life, when facing Su Feng, Hornacek only averaged 10.5 points per game, and his shooting percentage was only 39.8%. It goes without saying how disgusting he was defended by Su Feng.

Therefore, in Hornacek's view, he must remind those American fans who are still arrogant:

It's not that we scorers don't want to score when facing Su Feng, but this guy's defense is so strong that it's simply not human!

Huh?

You don't believe it?

Don't believe it, go ask Jordan!

(Jordan: Can you please stop mentioning my old joke about being beaten by Su Tie?)

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After showing the world how tough he was in Salt Lake City, on the 5th, Su Feng returned to Toronto with the team.

In the regular season finale, the Raptors beat the Bulls in a back-to-back game, finally ending the 98/99 season regular season journey with a record of 44 wins and 6 losses.

On the standings, because the Raptors led the way this season, the biggest suspense on the standings was the ranking of the other seeds in the East and West.

In the East, the Celtics ranked second with 38 wins and 12 losses.

The Heat ranked third with 34 wins and 16 losses.

The Pacers, Pistons, Hawks, and 76ers ranked fourth to seventh.

And the Knicks ranked eighth in the East.

There was no way around it. Although the Knicks lacked Ewing ahead of schedule in this life, because of the tragic situation in the East, even if Van Gundy had all kinds of crazy ideas after Ewing's season was over, the Knicks still couldn't become Duncan's whetstone at the last moment like Su Feng thought.

And the 76ers, who had been firmly in the top four in the East at the beginning of the new season...

Because they were defeated by the Raptors, their morale was low, so in the final stage of the season, the team suffered repeated defeats and slid all the way to seventh in the East.

In the West, after Zen Master joined the Lakers a year in advance, the Lakers finally ranked first in the West with 37 wins and 13 losses.

Don't look at the fact that the current Lakers still have a certain gap from the complete body, but after Duncan was abducted by Auerbach, Su Feng knew very well that there was no team in the West that could stop them.

The rankings from second to fourteenth in the West in the 98/99 season are as follows:

Jazz, Trail Blazers, Spurs, Mosaic, Kings, Suns, SuperSonics, Timberwolves, Warriors, Mavericks, Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies.

As for the ninth to fifteenth in the East, they are:

Magic, Bucks, Hornets, Cavaliers, Wizards, Nets, Bulls.

Affected by the harsh environment in the East, the Magic, led by devil coach Dai Li, ultimately fell out of the playoffs.

And what was the same as in Su Feng's memory was that even without Jordan, the Bulls were still "first."

Of course, this first is the reverse first.

To be reasonable, if it weren't for the 76ers' management team sharing a lot of pressure for the Bulls' management team, then Reinsdorf and Krause wouldn't be able to clear their sins in the eyes of the Bulls fans even if they jumped into the Pacific Ocean.

In terms of regular season individual data kings, Iverson became the regular season scoring champion this season with an average of 29.6 points per game.

At the same time, Iverson also became the shortest scoring champion in NBA history.

Webber, who was traded to the Kings, was named rebounding champion with an average of 13 rebounds per game.

To be fair, if it weren't for the fact that Da Ben had to undertake a large number of tasks to screen for Su and Joe, then even if Webber could grab an average of 15 rebounds per game, he would have no chance of winning the rebounding title.

In addition, Kidd won the assist king with an average of 10.8 assists per game, and Mourning won the block king with an average of 3.9 blocks per game.

And the steal king was won by Kendall Gill with an average of 2.7 steals.

According to the schedule, the playoffs will start on May 8. The four groups of matchups in the East are Raptors vs. Knicks, Celtics vs. 76ers, Heat vs. Hawks, and Pacers vs. Pistons.

And the four groups of matchups in the West are Lakers vs. SuperSonics, Jazz vs. Suns, Trail Blazers vs. Kings, and Spurs vs. Mosaic.

In the lockout season, because the schedule was tight, there was not much preparation time left for each team after the regular season.

But even so, Davis still decisively gave the team two days off before the playoffs started.

As for this, Joe Boss, who originally wanted to discuss the Dao with Davis, finally gave up this idea.

Because facts speak louder than words, in the face of the Raptors' excellent record this season, he, Jordan, couldn't be so stingy.

While the other players on the Raptors were enjoying their vacation time before the playoffs...

Su Feng was completely immersed in the report card he had played in the 98/99 season.

In the 98/99 season, Su Feng averaged 26.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.4 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game.

On the scoring list, relying on his py cooperation with Joe Boss, Su Feng successfully surpassed O'Neal at the last moment, second only to Iverson.

Benefiting from the Raptors' powerful offensive firepower, Su Feng's shooting percentage this season was as high as 48.9%, while his three-point shooting percentage was 38.7%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 88.6%.

In this era dominated by defense, Su Feng's shooting percentage was not low.

Although his efficiency in obtaining iron-making points slowed down a lot this season due to his high shooting percentage...

But for Su Feng, who had already saved enough 1.5 billion iron-making points, he was now just waiting for the end of this season to complete the upgrade of [Heavenly Genius].

Therefore, with the idea that making iron was also for becoming stronger, Su Feng didn't care so much about his excessively high shooting percentage this season.

In addition, this season, under Davis's unlimited firing permission, Su Feng also made a total of 158 three-pointers.

If nothing unexpected happens, Su Feng will be able to upgrade the [Sharpshooter] badge to the next stage next season.

And in this way, the day when Su Feng will use the double-motion shooting to show the Logo three-pointer is not far away...

Of course, compared to the above data, the most shocking thing is Su Feng's average playing time of 46 minutes per game in this lockout season.

You must know that this season, burdened by weak waist strength, the playing time of many physical monsters has declined compared to last season.

However, for Su Feng, who wants to be a role model for young people in the future, rest is something that will never happen even when he is old in the future.

So...

Now the question comes.

What is it like to be a substitute for an excellent physical freak like Su Feng?

Ahem, let's get down to business.

In the 98/99 season, Su Feng scored a total of 1320 points, 370 rebounds, 140 assists, 120 steals, and 45 blocks.

Without a doubt, in this 98/99 season, Su Feng handed over a report card with a score as high as 99 points.

In addition to Su Feng's report card being quite dazzling, the data of other Raptors players was also quite impressive.

Joe Boss, 36 years old, was able to get 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 8.1 assists per game this season.

And 8.1 assists also created a new career high for Jordan.

In the streets, Jordan's fans never expected that Joe Boss, 36, could still break records...

To be reasonable, this Jordan is just outrageous.

And Su Feng's left hand, Da Ben, was able to get an average of 4.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, 1.9 steals, and 2.9 assists per game this season.

If you only look at the data, Da Ben's data this season has not changed much compared to last season.

But if you only look at Da Ben's frontcourt rebound data...

Da Ben, who can grab an average of 5.9 frontcourt rebounds per game this season, is the NBA's frontcourt rebounding king.

As for Su Feng's future second-in-command, Carter was able to score 16.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game.

This season, although Carter's average data was slightly worse than in Su Feng's previous life due to the reasons of Su and Joe, Carter, whose shooting percentage was as high as 51% and his three-point shooting percentage was 40.1%, could have even become a member of the 180 club in his rookie season if it weren't for his 75% free throw shooting percentage.

However, Carter did not become a member of the 180 club, but Nash moved into the 180 club ahead of schedule.

This season, Nash was able to get an average of 9.1 points and 9.1 assists per game.

And Mr. 91's shooting percentage was 50.5%, his three-point shooting percentage was 40.8%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 92%.

In the 98/99 season, the Raptors team was able to score an average of 112.5 points per game, leading the league in scoring firepower. In addition, their average assists were 31.4 times, playing a team basketball that was pleasing to the eye.

After the regular season, American experts believed that the Raptors had a great probability of winning the championship this season.

(McGrady: Doesn't my data deserve to be reported?)

However, unlike the toxic milk in the streets, during the vacation, after admiring his report card, Su Feng was more cautious than ever.

Because Su Feng knew better than anyone else that in this era when the first round of the playoffs only played five games, the current Knicks without Ewing were not without a chance to reverse the Raptors.

To be fair, Van Gundy and Brown also have advantages.

Especially the loyal Van Gundy.

This season, after Ewing was out for the season, don't look at Van Gundy as a pressure cooker, but because of the deep impression that Van Gundy left on the Knicks players last season...

Whether it was Sprewell or Larry Johnson, these Knicks players are now willing to play for Van Gundy from the bottom of their hearts.

In Su Feng's previous life, this Knicks team was able to complete the classic Black Eight and enter the finals. In addition to Van Gundy finally figuring it out, the Knicks' high morale was also their greatest capital to fight to the end.

Therefore, just when the major American media were saying that the Raptors only needed three games to send the New Yorkers home, Su Feng had already prepared to play five games with this Knicks team.

As the saying goes, be careful to sail for ten thousand years. You must know that in competitive sports, there has never been a galactic battleship that cannot be overturned.

So, after a short vacation, Su Feng found that, in fact...

Joe Boss's love of spraying people is not necessarily a bad thing sometimes.

On the morning of the 7th, Jordan, who was extremely eager for his sixth career championship, noticed that young players such as Carter did not take the Knicks seriously...

The exasperated Joe Boss directly turned on his mouth cannon mode.

And this time, Su Feng did not step forward to dissuade Joe Boss.

At this moment, in Su Feng's words:

Michael, good scolding!

Please increase the intensity and continue scolding!

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ps: The poor author has classically reduced 200 again. (V group red envelope has been roLLed)

ps2: On the 17th, Qiao will continue to force himself. Because the effect of forcing himself in the past two days has been good, although he failed to complete the task today, he has sorted out the subsequent tens of thousands of words in detail, hoping to force himself into his best state as soon as possible through this method!