Chapter 163 The Hardest Series

In the past, when the NBA officially announced various awards, media reporters always criticized some of the league's selection results.

A first-team All-Defense or second-team All-Defense in a rookie season, and also a high school rookie, if no one stood up to question it, would that still be the "freedom of speech" of the United States of America?

I have to say, reality is too skewed, because there really are American fans who stood up to question...

Why isn't Su Feng on the first team All-Defense?

Only ghosts know how much effort Stern put in this time to re-coagulate the shattered divinity of the "Old Rogue."

Although Su Feng is definitely Duncan's senior in terms of debuting at his peak, if you say that Su Feng played with the rookie season dominance of Old Duncan...

Then you are probably poisoned by Zhang Zhidong.

Everyone with eyes knows that Stern is hard-core promoting someone this time.

However, even if Americans know there is a "dark curtain" inside, can they say this is a dark curtain?

For the countless Jordan fans in the United States of America, they not only cannot say this is a dark curtain, but they even have to help blow up Su Feng with tears in their eyes.

The reason is simple, right now, lowering Su Feng is equal to lowering Jordan, and raising Su Feng is equal to raising Jordan.

So, under the guidance of a small group of "fools," most of the "wise men" in the United States of America participated in Stern's carefully planned star-making campaign.

"The strongest high school rookie in history," to be honest, even Su Feng's future successor will definitely not be able to steal this title.

Because, the only one who can tie Su Feng's honors in his rookie season in the future... is Duncan.

But Duncan is not a high school rookie.

Therefore, no matter how much Pippen wants to cry this time, his title as the first small forward in the East is already dead in name only.

In the Rabbit Country, when Su Weiguo saw Su Feng on the news again, what made Su Weiguo feel more uncomfortable than being stabbed in the heart by his son was the complaints from his father and his wife...

Waste Su Weiguo, the only good thing you have done in your life is giving birth to this little Su Feng bastard.

Trash Su Weiguo, look at your son, he is much more capable than you!

Su Weiguo, whose family status is declining day by day, suddenly couldn't understand this world a little bit.

There is no way, in this era without social networks, Su Feng has become more and more deified in people's word-of-mouth.

Perhaps most Chinese fans in this era don't understand what an NBA first-team All-Defense means, but it doesn't matter...

Saying he is awesome, calling him a legend, praising him as great, praising him as invincible...

He, Su Feng, has inspired an entire era of Rabbits!

"Ha, I'm on the news again? Comrade Weiguo, may I ask how many minutes I was on this time?"

Philadelphia, Su Feng, who had just showed off his "EQ" in front of American reporters, soon received a call from Su Weiguo.

"Two...two minutes," Su Weiguo said weakly.

"Two minutes...one minute shorter than last time, ah no! This must be the country's official media telling me not to be proud and complacent, but to stay true to my original intention and forge ahead," Su Feng said.

Su Weiguo: "..."

For some reason, Su Weiguo really wanted to kick Su Feng twice at this moment.

"Okay...remember to take care of yourself abroad, we can talk about anything when you return to China in the summer." After chatting with Su Feng for a while, Su Weiguo felt that he had completely lost his temper.

And in order to make himself a little happier, Su Weiguo took a deep breath and dialed Xu Guoliang's phone.

"Old Xu, have you seen the news?

Hey, it's nothing, I just wanted to tell you that the little bastard is on the news again..."

Just on the news again?

After hanging up the phone in anger, looking at his iron-headed son, Xu Guoliang slapped Xu He in the face!

Xu He, who was painting on the side, felt extremely wronged.

This...

What does it have to do with me that Brother Feng is on the news?

Dad, am I really your biological son?

"No, no, I can't stay in this house anymore, I have to quickly pack my things and join Brother Feng as soon as possible."

Xu He, a young and clever kid, opened the drawer as soon as the exasperated Xu Guoliang left his room and took out his piggy bank.

Bang—!

However, after smashing his piggy bank, Xu He discovered a very serious problem.

"Why is it empty?"

The eight-year-old Xu He felt that life was not worth living, because when people are unlucky, even the piggy bank will bully you!

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On the afternoon of the 5th, after taking a group photo with Iverson, who was leaning on crutches, as the "Best Rookie," Su Feng flew to Atlanta with the team to prepare for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Hawks on the 7th.

Su Feng can say that he has scratched his head trying to figure out how to play this round of "greatly disadvantaged matchup."

Su Feng had seen in his previous life how the Bulls cleaned up this Hawks team.

But the Bulls' tactics at that time...

The 76ers can't learn from it.

Because...

Su Feng is the "Shadow Grinding King" from hell, not the "Old Rogue" with a divine punishment strike effect.

This Hawks team lacks the ability to make key shots, but on the other hand, you can also understand that they are all soldiers, and all four All-Star players have a certain scoring ability.

The 76ers were swept by the Hawks in the regular season, which is related to the 76ers' style being restrained by the Hawks.

For a simple example, when facing this Hawks team, the 76ers are like the Bulls when facing them.

You must know that basketball games are not playing 2K.

Many people always like to do simple addition and subtraction, and interpret basketball games as science fiction and comics.

But in fact, in reality, most miracles have their own coincidences and randomness.

In his previous life, in this version that shortened the three-point line, the Bulls could not defend Iverson, so the 76ers first had a sharp blade that other teams did not have when playing the Bulls.

Secondly, Rodman was in poor condition in the playoffs, and Big Ben and Ratliff, who had developed excellent rebounding ability in the regular season, were equivalent to putting a talisman on the 76ers.

Finally, there was Su Feng's consumption of Michael Jordan on both offense and defense, which is why Su Feng chose to "provoke" Jordan in Game 1 in an extremely chuunibyou way.

Because later games proved that only time can defeat Jordan.

Coupled with Pippen's rate-assisted assists on key shots in the final battle, the 76ers seemed to win miraculously, but in fact, this is precisely the essence of the NBA beast chess league in this era.

The Bulls in the last two years were not unsolvable, and the mutual restraint of playing styles was a natural and objective reality.

However, now when facing the Hawks, the 76ers must also accept this objectively existing fact.

Blaylock is a "183" with good defense, so even if Iverson is not injured, it is difficult for him to be as unsolvable as when playing the Bulls.

Because Blaylock only needs to block Iverson's three-pointers, and the rest is left to Mutombo.

And the 76ers' pitching and grabbing tactics in Game 4 will inevitably attract the attention of this Hawks team.

As one of the future NBA's thousand-win coaches, Wilkins is black, but he is not stupid. If the defensive strategy that should be adjusted is not adjusted, how could his 1000 wins be won by the keyboard?

"Fight defense, gamble with your life!"

This time visiting Atlanta, Su Feng couldn't give Davis much more hints.

In addition to doing what they can do and waiting for the Hawks to make mistakes on their own, the 76ers have no other way.

In short, keep charging forward, be reckless, that is the only way for the 76ers to survive in Atlanta.

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On the 6th, after a few days of rest and adjustment, the 76ers' physical condition was much better than when they had just finished playing the Bulls.

Su Feng has been in a good mood recently. The only regret is that he has not been able to get through to Kobe's phone these days.

In Su Feng's opinion, Kobe must be busy preparing for the series with the Jazz with the Lakers, so he has no time to answer his phone.

These days, the 76ers have been practicing man-to-man defense, because unlike the Bulls, this Hawks team is one of the teams that loves to shoot three-pointers the most this season.

In addition, although they cannot completely replicate the Bulls' tactics against the Hawks in his previous life, the 76ers can indeed refer to the Bulls in defense.

Kenny Smith felt that he was under great pressure. After all, Blaylock, this "183," attempts nearly 8 three-pointers per game. Once he starts making them, the 76ers will be in trouble.

On the 7th, at the Omni Coliseum, the 76ers ushered in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Hawks.

Because the Hawks were the last team to finish Game 5, the game between the 76ers and the Hawks was also the last game to start in all the semifinals.

In the already concluded division semifinals, the Knicks took the lead as visitors and won Game 1 against the Heat.

However, after watching the bloody game between the Heat and the Knicks, Su Feng felt that it was only a matter of time before Van Gundy hugged Mourning's thigh.

And compared to the East, the West was also full of excitement.

In Game 1 between the Supersonics and the Rockets, the two teams committed a total of 61 fouls...

In order to break out of the West, the Supersonics and Rockets players were simply playing with blood.

The Rockets did win the first game as Su Feng remembered, but the score and process were completely different from Su Feng's memory.

Anyway, looking at the posture of this series, Su Feng felt that if this series did not break out, he could write his name backwards.

The Jazz, on the other hand, easily cleaned up the Lakers more easily than Su Feng remembered...

Inspired by the 76ers in the regular season, in this series with the Lakers, in addition to using the White Bear to top hard and Stockton and Malone to double-team O'Neal at the same time, whenever the Lakers were about to gain momentum, Jerry Sloan would send someone up to hack Shaquille.

In Su Feng's previous life, Shaquille in this series can be said to have been quite suffocated.

O'Neal's shooting percentage in this series with the Jazz will not only be limited to below 50%, but also his average score is only 22 points.

Look, even the most invincible person can be countered.

The reason why the Jazz dare to double-team O'Neal infinitely is very simple, because it is still the same reason, real basketball is not playing 2K, and reality will not bow to the Bugs like Jordan and O'Neal because of what some people call reasonable.

O'Neal can pass the ball, but Van Exel and Eddie Jones...

What can you do if they just can't make the shots?

In Su Feng's memory, the reason why Harris arranged for Kobe to shoot those three bricks in the decisive battle was because the other Lakers players at the time were so cold that they didn't even have the confidence to shoot.

Okay...

How desperate O'Neal felt after being defeated in Salt Lake City, Penny Hardaway, who was lying on the hospital bed, was temporarily so happy...

The camera returns to the Omni Coliseum. After the players of the two teams finished warming up, the big screen showed the starting lineups of the two teams tonight.

Hawks: Mutombo, Laettner, Corbin, Smith, Blaylock.

76ers: Ratliff, Big Ben, Su Feng, Stackhouse, Smith.

In the center of the court, Mutombo jumped for the Hawks' first attack.

Wilkens intentionally suppressed the rhythm and played with the 76ers tonight. The Hawks' first attack, after consuming almost all the offensive time, was completed by Laettner with a "sissy" jump shot at the high post.

Big Ben rushed out in time, but Laettner still managed to score.

0 to 2.

Turning around, the Hawks also played man-to-man defense tonight, which was to prevent the 76ers' crazy three-point shooting.

Smith and Corbin adopted a strategy of timely switching when defending Su Feng, not giving Su Feng a chance to shoot directly in the low post or after running.

Stackhouse completed the 76ers' first attack.

The North Carolina Tanhua Lang, who broke into the inside line, had to take a higher arc shot under the interference of Mutombo's exaggerated wingspan.

As a result, the basketball directly "bridged," and Laettner picked up the rebound happily.

Next, the two teams entered a long period of mutual grinding.

It was not until 8 minutes and 41 seconds left in the first quarter that Blaylock changed the score to 0 to 5 for the Hawks with a three-point pull-up after a pick-and-roll.

The 76ers' first two points were obtained by Su Feng with a turnaround fadeaway one step inside the three-point line.

This Hawks team is not afraid of opponents shooting three-pointers or entering the inside line. The only thing they are afraid of is this kind of mid-range shot.

Because under their man-to-man extended defense, mid-range is an opportunity that is easily given to opponents.

In Su Feng's previous life, this was precisely why the Bulls restrained this Hawks team.

2 to 5.

Turning around, the Hawks attacked. Under Su Feng's grinding defense, Smith almost made a mistake when receiving the ball.

At this moment, the person Smith admired most was not Su Feng...

But Jordan.

Because he can easily break through such a defense, is the "Old Rogue" still a person?

It is a pity that Jordan, who is beating Grover in Chicago, cannot hear Smith's inner voice, otherwise...

Grover is afraid that he will die even more miserably.

Well... After being eliminated early in the playoffs, Jordan immediately let Grover come over to beat himself to death.

As a result, when Grover was comforting Jordan, he accidentally leaked that he had specially trained Su Feng during the regular season...

Then, there was no then...

Great trainer Grover, go all the way!

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Omni Coliseum, relying on tenacious defense, the 76ers were only 15 to 19 behind the Hawks at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, relying on the strategy of beating Su Feng to death, the 76ers once tied the score, but after the Hawks switched back to their main lineup, the 76ers' scoring became as difficult as squeezing toothpaste. Volcano Literature

Mutombo focused on rebounds and defense tonight. Unlike Rodman, who was in poor condition, these few seasons were the peak of Mutombo's career.

Before the "Golden Club" had conquered the NBA, Mutombo's physical strength was abundant. Tonight, this "African mountain" was the hurdle that the 76ers could not overcome no matter what.

Su Feng, who was responsible for watching Smith die, could not guarantee that he would have the same feel as in Game 4 against the Bulls in every game. After losing Iverson, the 76ers' speed of advance could not destroy this Hawks team.

Blowing the air conditioning in the Omni Coliseum, Su Feng suddenly missed the "hell on earth" game version.

In this way, before the end of the first half, the 76ers were 34 to 42 behind the Hawks.

In the third quarter, the 76ers increased the number of outside shots, and Su Feng and Stackhouse both scored.

However, without an absolute advantage in rebounds, the Hawks, relying on Laettner, who was in great condition, always maintained the lead.

Big Ben, who had just wrestled with Rodman, was mentally exploded by Laettner, because Laettner was not retreating while fighting, this guy did not even have the desire to fight...

Laettner, who was "shameless and wanted to do whatever he wanted," annoyed Big Ben, after all, Ratliff alone could not deal with Mutombo.

In the fourth quarter, the 76ers were always unable to catch up with the 8 to 10 point difference between them and the Hawks.

In the end... 74 to 84, the 76ers lost to the Hawks on the road, and the series score was 0 to 1 behind.

And the Hawks' coach Wilkens felt that the heart that he had always been hanging on had fallen down until the timer went to zero.

You may not believe it, even if he swept this 76ers team in the regular season, Wilkens did not dare to guarantee that the Hawks would be able to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

After eliminating the Bulls, who in this league is not afraid of the 76ers' name as robbers?

Su Feng made 9 of 21 shots in this game, including 2 of 6 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring a game-high 23 points, plus 6 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist.

In front of the TV, the Rabbits who had finished watching this game felt that Brother Feng was really too difficult.

Especially under Zhang Zhidong's commentary, at this moment, the Rabbits firmly believed that on this night, the 76ers lost, but Brother Feng did not lose!

After the game, Davis took the initiative to bear all the responsibility for the loss. At the press conference, Davis believed that it was his tactical arrangement that led to the team's loss on this night.

On the side, Su Feng wanted to take the blame for Davis several times, but Davis directly held him down.

John! If you continue to be so upright, you will really lose me!

There is no way, with Davis's old good-guy personality, if you want him to learn how to "pass the blame," in Su Feng's opinion, it is probably impossible...

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After losing Game 1 to the Hawks, Su Feng's mood was definitely not as good as before. After all, in this Game 1, many of the 76ers' problems after losing Iverson began to be exposed.

Unlike the half-crippled Bulls in Game 4, although this Hawks team had just finished Game 5 with the Pistons, they had not experienced "hell on earth."

However, while Su Feng was racking his brains, on the 8th, Bill Duffy brought him a message that made him a little unbelievable...

"Are you saying that Nike wants to cooperate with me...like they did with Michael Jordan?" Su Feng asked in surprise on the phone.

"The specific plan is still being planned by Nike. I think you will know the answer in a few days," Bill Duffy said with a smile.

Speaking of which, Duffy is also at the peak of his life in this life...

Because he never expected that the one he signed last year was not just a gold mine?

And after hanging up the phone with Duffy, although he was surprised, after thinking about it for a while, Su Feng roughly guessed Nike's intention to cooperate with him deeply this time...

This is to use himself to help Jordan restore his "divinity"!

What a great move to achieve each other and win-win!

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ps: Sorry ha~, the update is late! The transitional plot is not easy to write! Ah Qiao will stay up all night today and get some more out! Book friends who can't wait can go to sleep first! The weather is hot, pay attention to cooling down!