Chapter 179 I Want to Beat Michael Jordan

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was the evening of the 24th, the eve of the decisive battle between the 76ers and the Bulls.

Under Su Feng's subtle influence, in addition to adjusting the game tactics against the Bulls, "rookie coach" Davis had been turned into a "chuunibyou teenager" by this group of passionate players in the past two days...

After all, if your players tell you things like, "Coach, we're not afraid of the Bulls!" or "Coach, we will beat the Bulls!" every day, no matter how rational you are, you will subconsciously think...

Maybe, we really can win.

People are always like that. Even if the hope is small, as long as there is hope, people will still line up to crash into it, even if they get hurt doing so.

Just like before Miller's 8 points in 9 seconds, everyone thought the Pacers were doomed to lose.

And, like that night in Istanbul in the future, everyone thought AC Milan was guaranteed to win at the end of the first half.

In competitive sports, only by believing in miracles and working tirelessly towards them, can you possibly create miracles.

Of course...

Most of the time, miracles don't happen.

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On the evening of the 24th, after finishing the team's last training session, Davis attended the pre-match press conference with "Ai Feng."

Just a moment ago, "Zen Master" and Jordan had left the press conference venue.

And the next moment, it was the guests' turn to speak.

After a wave of standard answers, Su Feng, who had been building up his energy, winked at Davis.

Davis nodded, indicating that Su Feng could speak freely.

"Su, many people now believe that you are the third Jordan successor after Grant Hill and Anfernee Hardaway.

What do you have to say about meeting your idol in the playoffs?" a local Chicago media reporter asked.

Su Feng shrugged and replied, "First of all, I don't think I'm any Jordan successor.

Because you also know that my nickname 'Sweet Melon' was given to me by Clyde.

So, I won't be the next Michael Jordan, I will become the one and only Su Feng."

At the press conference, the reporters who were originally prepared to ask questions according to the script were a little dumbfounded for a moment...

Because Su Feng's remarks...

There seemed to be a lot of melons in it.

However, having been countered by Su Feng with "freedom of speech" before, the Chicago reporters had learned their lesson this time.

A reporter from the *Chicago Chronicle* dug a hole for Su Feng, saying, "Su, many people are not optimistic about you. In your opinion, what are your chances of defeating the Bulls?"

Su Feng spread his hands and replied, "In basketball games, as long as the game hasn't started, the chances of winning are fifty-fifty for both sides.

We came all the way from Philadelphia, 1200 kilometers away, not to tour Chicago, but to compete here and take the victory."

This...

Why does Su Feng seem to have an explosive aura tonight, even a little arrogant?

Iverson, who was sitting next to Su Feng, was amused, because he thought that Su Feng was very cool!

"Su, Michael specifically praised you in an interview just now. What would you like to say to him before the game starts?"

The Chicago reporters led Su Feng into the pit step by step.

But in Su Feng's opinion...

Where the heck is this a pit?

This is simply a divine assist!

After taking a deep breath, Su Feng slowed down his speech and said, "Although Michael wearing number 23 is stronger than Michael wearing number 45.

But in my opinion, the Michael of '97 is not as good as the Michael of '92, because he is already 34 years old this year."

As the saying goes, one word stirs up a thousand waves!

This...

Is this a provocation?

This must be a provocation, right?

Davis, who was not far from Su Feng, felt a pain in his chest.

But thankfully, because Su Feng had informed him beforehand, and he also knew Su Feng's true purpose, Davis felt that even though his chest hurt, everything was still under control.

Yes, that's right!

Su Feng was provoking Jordan.

Unlike the regular season, the playoffs are a complete series.

Therefore, if the 76ers wanted to seize a glimmer of hope, the only advantage they could use was their youth.

This was no longer a question of whether they disliked Pippen, but in order to achieve the small goal of winning one game against the Bulls, Su Feng had to make Jordan defend him in this series.

However, based on Su Feng's understanding of the "old hooligan"...

Given this guy's shamelessness, it was almost certain that Pippen would be guarding him in the playoffs.

As the saying goes, times change. Whether Jordan wanted to open up "God Mode" or beat him up, Su Feng had to take this step.

Say the craziest words, take the most poisonous beatings.

Wake up, Su Feng wasn't Nick Anderson.

You should know that the tragedies that happened to Anderson were purely because his own psychological quality wasn't strong enough.

Therefore, before saying these words, Su Feng had already thought about the consequences.

And do you know why he deliberately slowed down his speech just now?

Because his words looked like a provocation, but in fact, everything he said was true.

Provocation?

That's what you guys are imagining, it has nothing to do with me!

All Su Feng was doing now was picking up the gourd in his hand, shouting Michael's name, and seeing if the "old hooligan" would answer him.

Forcing Jordan to defend him was one of the tactical details that Su Feng had told Davis a few days ago.

Only in this way could Su Feng consume Jordan.

And in order to prevent Jordan from dealing a critical hit, Su Feng wouldn't be stupid enough to defend Jordan alone.

No matter which lineup the Bulls used, Rodman was a point that could be left open.

Therefore, when playing against the Bulls, the 76ers would adopt the strategy of double-teaming Jordan once he went to the low post.

After a season of cooperation, although the 76ers' current pseudo-zone defense wasn't as unsolvable as the Jazz's, it was definitely one of the best in the league.

After all...

This 76ers team had a bunch of "defensive talent freaks."

However, the gift that Su Feng and Davis had prepared for the Bulls was more than just this.

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After this press conference, the busybody Chicago media quickly relayed what Su Feng had said to Michael Jordan.

"Heh heh..."

After laughing twice, the veins on Jordan's big hands had already started to bulge.

However, a few minutes later...

"Su, do you think I'll fall for your trick?"

How could Jordan, who had been through hundreds of battles, be so easily provoked?

The biggest difference between Jordan and Kobe was that for the championship, Jordan could have no limits and lose his temper.

You should know that whether it was Stackhouse or Nick Anderson, they were all opponents that Jordan could easily deal with.

Before he returned his EQ to God, Jordan's "public executions" were always selective.

The Bulls vs. 76ers battle was receiving unprecedented attention.

And in addition to American fans, a large number of Chinese fans would also be watching this series through live television.

Jordan knew that Stern wanted to please the Chinese market.

So, for the championship, he could endure it!

Of course, even if Jordan couldn't endure it, he had to.

Because he knew very well how much it would cost him to take down Su Feng.

Jordan had already experienced Su Feng's stamina during All-Star Weekend.

And during the first game against the 76ers, Jordan was almost run to death by Su Feng.

Therefore...

Be calm, be rational, stay steady.

We're guaranteed to win this one.

After figuring out this relationship, the "old hooligan" went to bed happily.

Well... as a "friendly" senior, Jordan didn't forget to make a note of Su Feng in his little notebook before going to bed.

As the saying goes, "a hooligan's revenge is never too late." Jordan wasn't worried that he wouldn't have a chance to deal with Su Feng in the future.

But not now.

Because this playoff series could not be lost.

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"Su, to be honest, if you hadn't told me beforehand, I might not have had the courage to let you play in the upcoming games." After the press conference, Davis said to Su Feng on the way back to the hotel.

Su Feng nodded. Having lived two lives, he could understand this "Jordan phobia" very well.

But in fact, Su Feng knew very well that Jordan was opening up "God Mode" less and less frequently in the second three-peat.

Most of the time, many teams were scared to death by Jordan.

Don't believe it?

Just look at the Supersonics from last year.

With Payton's mouth, who knows how many sentences he sprayed at Jordan.

But when facing the Supersonics' iron-blooded defense, after the series was chased to 2-3, didn't Jordan still have to pass the ball when he needed to?

"Coach... what I'm most worried about now isn't how angry Michael will be.

But I'm worried that... even if I've said offensive things to him, he won't come and guard me," Su Feng said to Davis.

"Impossible, with Michael's pettiness..." Davis scratched his head and said.

"It's very possible, because coach, Michael wants the championship more than you and I can imagine."

Su Feng narrowed his eyes. In this life, after having more contact with Jordan, Su Feng already knew him inside and out.

As the saying goes, only a "hooligan" can understand a "hooligan."

Su Feng knew very well that Jordan might be angry when he first heard what he said, but after recalling the scenes of fighting with him, he would definitely calm down.

After all, the reason why Jordan was Jordan was because he knew what was most important.

But...

It's okay!

Anyway, Su Feng had a lot of backup plans.

As long as Davis approved him to do anything and say anything, he had a lot of ways to force Jordan to guard him.

Answer me!

Michael Jordan!

This time, you can't escape from my grasp!

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On the 25th, after Su Feng's foreshadowing at the press conference yesterday, the Chicago media were happy to add all kinds of "derogatory" labels to Su Feng.

And for the "Jordan fans," what they were most looking forward to was that in tonight's game, Jordan could beat Su Feng to death.

You should know that last night, after seeing Su Feng's interview report, Kobe in Los Angeles was as anxious as if Su Feng had already picked his peach.

This time, he wasn't joking. Kobe was genuinely worried about Su Feng.

He called Su Feng as soon as possible, and his words were full of things like, "Do you want to die?" "Do you know you'll be criticized if you get blown up?" "If your mentality explodes, who will comfort you besides me?" things that Su Feng couldn't understand.

Looking at the sky...

This Kobe is really growing in the wrong direction!

However, Su Feng was still very happy that Kobe cared so much about him, because in this life, his friendship with Kobe was so strong.

United Center, after the energetic 76ers arrived here, it was as if they were the owners of this arena.

The Bulls players who were warming up half court away finally knew why Su Feng had said those words to Michael Jordan last night...

Because it wasn't just Su Feng who didn't have a sense of reverence.

It was clear that this entire 76ers team didn't have a sense of reverence!

"I said, are they treating the regular season as the playoffs?" Pippen said to Jordan with a smile.

Jordan shook his head...

If it was just the arrogance of young people, then Jordan wouldn't mind.

But after Jordan carefully observed, the 76ers players weren't disrespecting the Bulls.

He saw that they were playing around with a trace of rigor, and in their seriousness, there was a trace of ease...

In Jordan's opinion, this state was very terrible.

Because it meant that the current 76ers, whether psychologically or tactically, were ready to face the Bulls!

They...

They had really come to Chicago with the belief that they could defeat the Bulls.

I'm afraid... they were a little difficult to deal with.

And as soon as he thought of this, Jordan felt that his lungs were about to explode again.

Because in his opinion, if the 76ers could play with this state against the Heat, then the Heat might be kicked down by them.

"Huff——!"

Forget it, what's the use of thinking about those things now?

Anyway, at most, they would play 4 games.

4 games was Jordan's bottom line for this series.

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As the game time between the two teams was approaching, the stands of the United Center had begun to surge with people.

This was the first time in the history of Great Celestial Dynasty Television that they were broadcasting an NBA playoff game live.

Although CCTV had broadcast NBA playoff games before, they were not live broadcasts.

Before the game started, Su Feng was also pulled to the sidelines by Director Zhang to accept a live interview in front of the camera.

Because of Su Junyang's previous report, the Rabbit Country could completely describe this game as "the New Year."

Tens of millions of Rabbits were full of confidence in Su Feng and this 76ers team.

Shanghai, Little Yao, who had been approved by the coach to not have to "nap," was overjoyed staring at the TV.

And in order to prevent him from sitting too far forward, which would cause him to become Hu Weidong in the future, the older brothers in the Shanghai team would also remind him to sit back a little from time to time.

Well, being afraid that Little Yao would become Hu Weidong was fake, being blocked by Little Yao's sight was the truth.

"This NBA stadium is really beautiful. When will we be able to have such lighting and a stadium?"

"I asked someone from CCTV last time, and they all said that it seemed to be related to the NBA's broadcast camera positions?"

"Damn, Jordan's muscles are too terrifying, right? Look at his arm, it's almost as big as my thigh."

"Su Feng's isn't thin either. I don't know how he trained. The last time I saw a Chinese player with such muscles was during the Zhang Weiping era."

"By the way, have you seen the news? I saw CCTV's report that Su Feng said in an interview last night that 'he won't be the next Michael Jordan, he just wants to be himself.' My goodness, that sounds too awesome."

"Isn't it? Su Feng can be considered the boss of the 76ers, right? Doesn't Director Sun often say that Iverson was selected by the 76ers to assist him?"

"That's right, 19 years old... I never dared to imagine that China could produce such a basketball player before."

Listening to the older brothers' discussions, Little Yao, who wasn't yet Big Yao, was very quiet.

He controlled his urge to shout "Brother Feng is awesome" several times...

Come on, Brother Feng!

Little Yao silently cheered for Su Feng in his heart.

The camera returned to the United Center. As the players from the two teams finished warming up, the entrance ceremony began.

Speaking of which, when it was Su Feng's turn to enter, the Bulls fans in the entire arena were booing him, which made the Rabbits in front of the TV extremely angry!

Especially some young female fans, in their opinion, the Bulls fans must be jealous of Su Feng's good looks!

Actually, Su Feng had long been mentally prepared for this booing treatment.

Don't worry...

If Jordan doesn't want to defend me later, then you'll have to suffer.

After the entrance ceremony, the big screen showed the starting lineups for the two teams tonight.

76ers: Ratliff, Big Ben, Su Feng, Harris, Iverson.

Bulls: Longley, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, Harper.

"Tonight, let's see if Jordan will take the initiative to defend Su Feng, haha," Director Zhang said with a smile on Great Celestial Dynasty Television.

"I don't think so. The Bulls should still use Pippen to match up with Su Feng," Su Junyang analyzed.

For some reason, Su Feng, who had always felt very nervous before, didn't feel nervous at all when the game was about to start tonight.

Perhaps...

He was just the legendary type of player who performed well in games?

Come on, Chicago Bulls.

If playing basketball wasn't for victory, then what's the point of playing basketball!

To hell with the future, what Su Feng wanted was always the present!

On the court, after the referee threw the ball up, at this moment, there was clearly no other noise except for cheers, but people in the bullet comments twenty years later would always say:

Does anyone know what this BGM is?

And without exception, after these bullet comments, there would be a bunch of those familiar BGMs that would make you want to save the world as soon as you heard them.

As the saying goes, in the eyes of ten thousand people, there are ten thousand BGMs.

In the center of the court, Ratliff's eyes were clearly spitting fire at this moment.

Alright, after seeing Pippen who was closest to him, Su Feng knew that the "old hooligan" hadn't fallen for the trick.

As expected of Michael Jordan.

After raising the corners of his mouth slightly, Su Feng suddenly switched to a highly concentrated state. He looked at the Bulls' half and prepared to sprint at full speed.

Bang——!

On the court, Ratliff jumped the ball for the 76ers in the first attack of this G1 battle of the series!

And Iverson seemed to have predicted Ratliff's jump ball landing point in advance. After receiving the basketball jumped down by Ratliff, Iverson looked at the figure that had already rushed to the Bulls' position and sent a long throw without hesitation!

At this moment, Iverson seemed to have returned to the years when he was still playing quarterback.

On the court, the Bulls players clearly weren't prepared for the 76ers to suddenly launch a fast break.

What kind of trust was this?

Su Feng trusted Ratliff and Iverson, so he had prepared to sprint early.

And Iverson trusted Ratliff and Su Feng, so he had planned his passing route from the beginning.

As for Ratliff, he completed a wonderful jump ball with the trust of "Ai Feng."

In order to complete this opening fast break, Su Feng, Ratliff, and Iverson had spent a lot of time practicing this kind of cooperation in the past few days.

So now the question is.

Is it meaningful to spend time specifically practicing this kind of opening fast break?

Of course, it is.

Because if they wanted to create a miracle, the 76ers had to do every detail well.

In a basketball game, some goals may only be worth 2 points, but the effect they can bring is more than just 2 points.

On the court, the 76ers' "wide receiver" Su Feng successfully received the long throw from "quarterback" Iverson!

Su Feng, who was in the lead, jumped high and completed a wonderful single-handed dunk!

2 to 0!

This was Su Feng's first playoff score of his career!

In front of the TV, countless Rabbits felt that their hearts had been surging along with Su Feng's dunk.

However, before Director Zhang and the others could blow a wave of Su Feng, before the fans at the scene could boo him, and even Iverson, who was preparing to high-five with Su Feng, was stunned in place.

"I approve you to do anything and say anything in this game against the Chicago Bulls."

On the 76ers' bench, when John Davis recalled what he had said to Su Feng a few days ago, he wanted to slap himself in the face.

Because...

What happened next was destined to be recorded in history.

On the court, Su Feng neither pounded his chest nor stamped his feet after completing the dunk...

——He went straight to the technical table.

No!

Bro, the opening ceremony is already over, you can't be thinking of throwing magnesium powder now, right?

Looking at Su Feng rushing towards them, every member of the technical table staff subconsciously moved back half a step.

The Bulls fans in the United Center looked at each other, completely unable to guess what Su Feng was going to do next...

The NBC TV broadcast camera had been following Su Feng, and then, just as Su Feng was about to jump onto the technical table, the cameraman's hand...

Shook!

What was he going to do?

Was he crazy?

"Cough cough!"

After casually picking up a manual placed on the technical table and rolling it into a cylindrical shape, Su Feng held it with his left hand and put his right hand on his waist.

At this moment, he raised his head, straightened his chest, and his eyes were firm.

And next, his every word would become a legend.

"I want to beat Michael Jordan————!"

Bang!

After saying the above sentence, Su Feng jumped off the technical table smartly.

Come on, "old hooligan," come and match up with me!

Act like the most awesome person in the world and take the most poisonous beatings in the world!

For the sake of victory, why would Su Feng have so many worries?

In competitive sports, every ball must be contested!

If he was afraid of the Bulls, if he feared the Bulls, then why would Su Feng work hard for it?

If he did nothing because he would lose 100%, then why didn't Su Feng choose number 22 and soak a cup of wolfberry tea?

Even Duncan had moments when he angrily slapped the floor for victory.

Even Yao Ming would angrily throw his towel because of anger.

Going forward is Su Feng's basketball path!

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