Chapter 18 Su Feng Goes All Out!

Su Feng was giving it his all!

For Davis's job security, and to ensure the "Wandering Blacksmith" plan remained just a plan...

God knows how many elbows Su Feng took from Reggie Miller on this night of the 19th.

Miller had gone crazy.

Because in this game, no matter what tricks he tried, he couldn't shake off Su Feng's defense.

In Su Feng's previous life, Reggie Miller was almost deified by many, but in reality, he wasn't that amazing.

His physical attributes simply couldn't compare to the monsters of this era, and in defense, he mainly relied on small tricks and trash talk to harass his opponents.

In the 1997/98 season, in that famous Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Miller, resorting to every possible means, averaged 17.4 points, 2.0 assists, and 1.6 rebounds.

Meanwhile, Jordan, standing opposite him, averaged a staggering 31.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 4.1 assists.

In that Eastern Conference Finals series, Jordan's field goal percentage was even higher than in the subsequent Finals. If Miller was Jordan's "arch-nemesis," wouldn't Bill Russell be considered Jordan's "killer"?

In Su Feng's previous life, Jordan and Miller only met once in the playoffs, and Jordan won that only encounter. So, where does this "arch-nemesis" talk come from?

Miller's 9 points in 8.9 seconds during "Miller Time" was certainly worth boasting about, but to say he was the best shooter in NBA history... Ray Allen, Klay Thompson, and Steph Curry would have something to say about that in the future.

With Miller's slight build, frankly, if he could handle Kevin Love, Su Feng would take off his AND1 Tai Chi 3s and eat them.

Of course, in the '90s, Miller was indeed a top-tier shooter.

It's just a shame that he ran into Su Feng, who loved defending shooters the most, on this night.

In this game, Miller was completely silenced. Rick Smits, the Dutch "Little Giant" who had just recovered from an injury, stepped up to support the Pacers.

As one of Yao Ming's future models, Smits, standing at 224cm tall, averaged "15+6" for his career. He had accurate shooting, solid fundamentals, and was a well-rounded European center.

In Su Feng's previous life, people always said that Yao Ming couldn't survive in the NBA without gaining weight.

But in fact, older fans who watched Yao Ming's rookie season knew better.

Smits had already pointed out a clear path for Yao Ming.

Smits, at 224cm, had been an All-Star, played for 12 seasons, and, apart from occasional minor injuries, had basically completed his entire career healthily.

Because Smits was an example of someone who didn't gain weight.

Smits, weighing only around 115kg, had fought in the NBA for many years.

In the '90s, with the four major centers and a bunch of tough guys, Smits was able to survive.

And in the future, in an era where centers were becoming increasingly obsolete, was the purpose of Yao Ming gaining weight just to fight against Shaq, who was almost a fathead fish?

This game was proof, because Smits used his height to make Ratliff and Ben Wallace very uncomfortable defending him.

Logically speaking, Yao Ming's low-post offensive skills in the future were much stronger than Smits' now.

In Su Feng's previous life, in the 2002/03 season, after gradually adapting to the NBA, rookie Yao Ming scored 20 points and 8 rebounds in his second game against Ben Wallace, making Ben suffer.

So, were those fans who said that Yao Ming couldn't play against Ben or Chandler just watching games on the internet?

In this game, the Pacers relied on Smits to hold on until the fourth quarter, and then...

Larry Brown felt extremely envious.

Because the 76ers had waited for Iverson to forge his unparalleled sword at this moment on this night.

In the last 6 minutes of the fourth quarter, Iverson scored 14 points in one breath, securing the victory for the 76ers.

97 to 88, the 76ers defeated the Pacers on the road, achieving a four-game winning streak.

After the game, Brown said impatiently, "I've said it before, Su's defense still has a lot of potential to be tapped.

Go look at the stats. After looking at the stats, you'll know how successful Su's defense against Reggie was tonight! (Miller was only 4 for 16 tonight.)"

"Because we failed to limit Allen Iverson's offense in the final moments, which led to the team losing?

This reporter, have you forgotten that I told you before that Allen is the strongest offensive guard in this league in my mind?"

Su Feng was shocked!

Seriously, while passing the buck so cleanly, while still continuing his cherry-picking operation, Larry Brown was simply his "arch-nemesis"!

Hey, you have to say, the reporters at the press conference were really fooled by him.

Because in the eyes of the reporters, Larry Brown was a famous coach of a generation, a legendary coach in the NCAA, plus he had indeed praised "Ai-Feng" many times before...

Therefore, the reporters naturally thought that Larry Brown was not shirking responsibility, but rather had a very visionary discovery of the talents of "Ai-Feng."

Some reporters even felt that the 76ers should hire Brown as their head coach!

Look, his understanding of "Ai-Feng" seemed to exceed that of Davis, the 76ers' head coach.

Su Wei! (Su is in danger!)

Su Feng realized that, in a sense, Brown was also someone who had read the Four Great Classical Novels.

Moreover, this person had clearly studied the fifth book in the Four Great Classical Novels—

*Feng Ge's Passing the Buck.*

To be able to become a famous coach of a generation in the NCAA, Brown's IQ was beyond comparison.

Su Feng felt that he had to find a way to make Davis feel a sense of crisis...

...

On the 20th, the 76ers returned to Philadelphia and faced the Bucks on the road in a back-to-back.

As the starting point of his career, and the backdrop for his debut game-winning shot, Su Feng found that Glenn Robinson's hatred for him seemed to be even higher this time in Milwaukee...

"Big Dog" went completely berserk on this night, and Vin Baker and Ray Allen were completely shut down by him.

Would you believe that those two guys only took 15 shots combined in this game?

Robinson looked for Su Feng to go one-on-one whenever he had the chance in this game, and as a defensive悍将 (han jiang, valiant warrior) known for playing with his life, Su Feng naturally responded with "You want to fight, I'll fight."

Robinson was only 9 for 29 in this game. Although he scored 28 points in total, including free throws and three-pointers, "blowing up" Su Feng, who only scored 14 points...

But after the game, when he stood in the center circle with his hands on his hips, righteously wanting to tell Su Feng that "I score on your face as easily as chopping melons and vegetables"...

Su Feng had already slipped away with a score of 102 to 79 and a five-game winning streak.

Wake up. After being tempered by Jordan, Hill, and others, Su Feng now had no interest in Glenn Robinson.

He was only interested in how the 76ers could make the playoffs and save Davis.

And the reporters weren't stupid. In this game, besides clanking 20 shots, Robinson also had as many as 7 turnovers. How could he have blown up Su Feng?

It would be okay if the Bucks had won, but they had been hammered by the opponent for 23 points at home. The Milwaukee media wasn't shameless to that extent.

But then again, Su Feng remembered that he and "Big Dog" didn't seem to have any interaction other than their first career game...

Was this guy also a grudge-holder?

Well, what Su Feng didn't know was that most of Robinson's hatred for him was due to Ray Allen.

Because Ray Allen really couldn't stand Robinson pointing fingers at him every time the team lost.

So, recently, whenever "Big Dog" blamed him, Ray Allen would suddenly say, "I heard that Su's votes in the All-Star voting seem to be more than yours?"

Well...

Although Su Feng was still far from the top guys in the All-Star voting, after the third round of voting ended, his current ranking was indeed ahead of Robinson's.

Robinson, the No. 1 pick, was furious, but whenever he wanted to refute Ray Allen, Ray Allen would always give him another sentence:

"I've been reading the newspapers recently, and people are saying that Su is a real strength-based player compared to some stars who only pad their stats."

Robinson couldn't hold it in anymore.

Many times, he would frantically question Ray Allen, what is the evidence, the basis for what you are saying?

And Ray Allen would always give him a newspaper without rushing.

Seriously, did Ray Allen need to deliberately collect news criticizing Robinson?

This season, the Bucks were highly anticipated, but look, with Robinson and Vin Baker, their record was not as good as the 76ers, who were led by rookies...

So, accumulating day by day, Robinson's hatred for Su Feng naturally increased.

Ray Allen was also a master of stabbing people in the heart.

Because when this kind of "aloof" player suddenly says something to you, it makes you feel like the whole world thinks so.

It's a pity that Su Feng would never know that Ray Allen had helped him behind his back in this life.

Otherwise, based on the amount of missed shots that Robinson gave Su Feng in this game, Su Feng would definitely praise Ray Allen:

Truly worthy of being my Feng Xiao.

...

On the 22nd, in Boston, the 76ers achieved a six-game winning streak with a score of 127 to 101.

Look at the man on the opposite side!

He carries all the hopes of the team alone. He is the "future" of the team. Even if he misses his first ten shots, he will resolutely take his eleventh shot. Looking at his teammates who are constantly missing shots, he raises the Thor's hammer in his hand again and again. He is fearless. He is—

Antoine Walker.

The real No. 8 Woke (Kobe)!

What is a win-win situation for everyone?

This game between the 76ers and the Celtics is a classic example.

Celtics coach M. L. Carr was extremely happy, because after losing this game, he felt that he was closer to the task that Auerbach had given him.

And the 76ers were also delighted, because they easily achieved a 6-game winning streak. Oh right, when was the last time the 76ers had a 6-game winning streak?

Forget it, that's not important.

What is important is that the amount of missed shots Su Feng has accumulated this season is close to 200 million!

Since the system added the missed-shots-from-defense patch for himself, Su Feng's recent speed of acquiring missed shots has been extremely fast.

Don't look down on missed shots from defense being only one-fifth of missed shots from offense, but after your base number is large, multiplied by the rating score, it is another concept.

Now, Su Feng doesn't even use the unit of pi anymore, but instead began to use units like 0.3 Jordan, 0.4 Jordan.

And it is worth mentioning that, because of the 76ers' recent 6-game winning streak, they have reached the 11th position on the latest team power rankings.

And, on the Eastern Conference standings, they have surpassed the Washington Bullets by 1.5 games.

Now, please call them:

A playoff team.

...

Okay...

On the 24th, after being promoted to a playoff team, the 76ers were robbed...

Returning to their home court, they were swept by the Kings.

The process of this game was simply toxic, because it was exactly the same as the previous game in which the 76ers lost to the Kings in Sacramento.

It wasn't that the Kings played well, but that the 76ers collectively malfunctioned.

Su Feng felt that it couldn't be that his "the.king" nickname had angered the Kings' team name, right?

84 to 80, the most accurate outside player in this game was still Richmond. He was 10 for 24 in this game, scoring a game-high 29 points, including free throws and three-pointers.

The media was stunned, because the 76ers swept the Lakers this season, but...

Would you believe that they were swept by the Kings?

Kings coach Garry even didn't know how to describe this game after the game,

Because although the Kings are currently ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference this season, they are currently 9 games behind the 76ers.

"Perhaps, this is the charm of the NBA."

Garry had to explain in this way after the game, because he really didn't expect the team to be able to beat the 76ers on the road this time in Philadelphia.

The 76ers are nominally the eighth in the East, but who would really dare to treat them as the eighth in the East?

Speaking of which, 76ers coach Davis took the initiative to take responsibility for the loss after the game, which made Su Feng anxious.

"The responsibility for the loss in this game mainly lies with me. The players' poor performance is related to the tactics I deployed. I am willing to take full responsibility for the loss."

As in Su Feng's memory, Davis is not savvy enough.

You know, in the NBA, a head coach who doesn't pass the buck often doesn't survive a season.

Originally, after this game, Su Feng was already ready to take the blame for the head coach, but whenever Su Feng wanted to say that he played poorly and that it had nothing to do with the coach's tactics, Davis would always grab the microphone and say:

"Su's performance tonight was very good. He is always the most dynamic one on our team."

Su Feng: "......"

And don't look at Davis always joking with Jason and Rick on the team, but when responsibility and pressure really rush to the 76ers, he is like that Real Madrid No. 9 in the future, "carrying" a sky for the 76ers...

"My assistant coaches are all excellent. The loss in this game has nothing to do with them. I was too arbitrary."

Su Feng: "......"

"Allen's performance was terrible?

No, I don't think so.

There are 82 games in the NBA. We can't always pass the burden to the players after losing a game. In fact, I think it was my tactics that failed to restrain the opponent, which led to our loss tonight."

Su Feng: "......"

Looking at the sky...

Actively taking the blame in this buck-passing league...

Su Feng felt that he should still prepare the 8.0 version of the "Wandering Blacksmith" plan...

With someone like Davis, how could he fight against those old foxes?

Su Feng knew that Davis, as a "rookie coach," had really developed feelings for the 76ers.

This season, the players supported him, and the team's record was good, so he was even more proactive in taking responsibility than in Su Feng's previous life.

But...

The NBA is such a martial world...

Jerry Sloan spent his whole life and ended up being backstabbed by a certain fat guy.

Yao Ming gave his all and only got a sigh in the end.

Durant was willing to bear the infamy, and in the end, when he left Golden State, all he got was a sentence from a certain Draymond Green: We were already champions before you came...

...

The 76ers' winning streak was ended, but their performance in January was good enough.

And on the 25th, just as the 76ers flew to Detroit and Su Feng was preparing to challenge Grant Hill again...

New York, Fifth Avenue, Olympic Tower...

David Stern choked for a long time, looking at the scene that appeared before him...

Look, those emails, one truck after another, were piled up like a mountain at the NBA headquarters.

No one knew how many emails there were here.

But after randomly checking a few, each one was filled out so standard and impeccable.

A few years ago, when Stern went to the rabbit's house with the videotape in his arms, everyone around him said he was a fool.

China?

Have the people there eaten enough?

But Stern was such a stubborn person.

In Su Feng's previous life, in 2008, Stern called on the strongest NBA stars to play for their country as much as possible.

Bringing the best NBA players to Beijing was Stern's respect for the Chinese market.

And when he came to Beijing again, the scene he saw at that time was completely different.

When he was interviewed by Yu Jia, a reporter from China Central Television at the time, he said that this was a miracle that only Chinese people could do.

And now...

In this life, on this day, January 25, 1997, Stern had already seen the future in advance.

Because, at this moment, what appeared in front of him was a Chinese-style miracle!

"David..."

Mark, who was on the side, looked at Stern with a slightly trembling voice. At this moment, almost all of the NBA executives were silent.

And after taking a deep breath, Stern patted Mark on the shoulder and said, "Count every email here, I'll only give you 2 days."

Mark looked at Stern hesitantly, because how could the emails here be counted in two days?

And what's more, you have to manually check whether these emails meet the voting standards...

But Mark knew why Stern only gave himself two days.

Because two days later, it would be the deadline for the fourth round of voting for the 1997 NBA All-Star Game.

"I know what you're worried about.

But please don't doubt the 'gift' that your friend sent you from thousands of kilometers away.

Mark, we are a fair, open, and just league." Stern said, patting Mark on the shoulder.

Mark nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, David..."

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ps: Today's guaranteed update is nearly 11,000 words! Aqiao is going to sleep first! Well... I think I need a little spur. How about this, you all reply here: If I don't update 20,000 words tomorrow, I will be 2 centimeters shorter in the future!