Hey, young Jerry Stackhouse, North Carolina's star, are you sure you want to press that red button in front of you?

Stackhouse: What the hell?

Press it!

Emmm......

On the court, as a breeze brushed his face, for some reason, Su Feng felt a chill coming from the Bulls' bench.

Of course, there couldn't be wind in an indoor basketball stadium.

But at this moment, believe it or not...

When that man lifted the towel covering his shiny bald head, the United Center, even though there was no sound, everyone's ears seemed to ring with the BGM of ten thousand stampeding cattle.

Okay...

Perhaps...

Enduring the most vicious beatings is the destiny that every warrior cannot escape.

Speaking of which, in his second career game, Su Feng had tried to provoke "Old Rogue."

So, since there was no way to undo Stackhouse's provocation against Jordan...

Then, instead of thinking about which of the thirty-six forms of military boxing to use to educate him, it was better to think about how to deal with Jordan, who was about to return to the court.

Pippen, who had been weak-kneed for the first three quarters, delivered a heavy punch.

On the court, the Bulls attacked, and after successfully drawing a foul on Su Feng, Pippen, who had been toiling all night, unleashed his ultimate move.

Ultimate Summoning Technique:

—"God Descends to Earth."

At the scorer's table, both teams simultaneously brought back their decisive lineups after the dead ball.

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

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

"Su..." On the court, looking at the murderous Jordan, Big Ben patted Su Feng's shoulder with a worried expression.

"Tell Theo... he doesn't need to worry about Dennis anymore.

Next, I need you to work with me on defense."

Su Feng wasn't arrogant enough to think he could guard Jordan alone.

In fact, Shōhoku had already provided the answer on how to deal with this kind of league no. 1 player in *Slam Dunk*.

Ready for war!

Wasn't it just Jordan they were up against?

Pippen made both free throws, and on the court, when it was the 76ers' turn to attack, Su Feng actively moved to the high post to set a screen for Iverson, sending Pippen into Iverson's bowl again.

Iverson was on fire tonight. The regular season wasn't the playoffs. As long as "the Answer's" critical hits could be evenly matched with "Old Rogue," the 76ers still had a sliver of a chance to win.

God knows how many times EDG had been overturned after leading by 10,000 gold in *League of Legends*.

Whether it was esports or basketball, never give up until the last second.

And what's more, the 76ers were currently leading 78 to 77.

*Dong, dong, dong*.

It was still the familiar butterfly-like footwork, still the unique style that no one else could match.

In his previous life, many streetball masters in China and the United States had imitated Iverson.

But in reality, they only mastered the movements, not the essence of the move.

The key to Iverson's unparalleled skill was that final acceleration, the twitch of his left shoulder.

That twitch was almost deceptive, making defenders mistakenly believe you were trying to go left, to the right side of the defender.

And this kind of breakthrough, with the main purpose of luring the defender's center of gravity, was also the reason why Iverson's peak period was slightly longer than those of Rose and Hill.

Because Iverson wasn't simply accelerating or changing direction without slowing down.

He was more like playing Tai Chi, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, making it impossible to defend against.

*Crack, crack*... On the court, the moment he was shaken by Iverson, Pippen felt like he heard his ankle protesting!

Pippen's ankle, which pursued "freedom, peace, and democracy," hadn't stopped all night. You know, ankles have ankle rights too, okay?

Life is hard for an ankle...

Especially when it was Pippen's ankle, it was even harder.

Swish!

After shaking Pippen, Iverson scored as soon as he came on the court. It was a "183" style cannon shot!

80 to 77.

How iron Iverson was in the previous period, that's how high his critical hits were tonight.

In this life, after being teammates with Kobe and Iverson one after another, Su Feng found that you could only use quantum mechanics to explain the shooting percentages of these two.

Turning around, the Bulls attacked, and Jordan didn't bother with the triangle offense anymore. He directly used his shoulder to post up, and then reached out to Harper for the ball.

Allowing Jordan to handle the offense at will was the privilege that "Zen Master" gave him.

Don't think too complicated about this Bulls team's play, because most of the time, in the fourth quarter, giving the ball to Jordan was their most unsolvable tactic.

That was the advantage of having a star guard in charge.

And that was also why O'Neal had to wait until Kobe grew up before he could take over the league.

In his previous life, the defensive strategies adopted by the Jazz and Spurs against O'Neal were similar.

That was to first send someone to top him, forcing him to chisel from the high post, and then when he was preparing to chisel from the high post, directly use three-man double-teams.

Reality wasn't playing a game. You had to know that in the face of a double-team, it was already pretty good if O'Neal could get the ball out.

Therefore, after the Lakers had Kobe, a point guard who could hold the ball at critical moments, that Lakers team became unstoppable.

On the court, the mess that Stackhouse had just made had to be carried by Su Feng now.

As the 76ers' first line of defense, what Su Feng had to do was to keep up with Jordan as much as possible, stall Jordan, and buy time for his teammates to help defend and double-team.

Blindly double-teaming Jordan wouldn't end well, because if your double-team came too early, it was like giving the opponent a five-on-four opportunity.

*Bang, bang, bang*!

On the court, facing "Old Rogue's" hard chisel, Su Feng恪守 (kèshǒu - adhered to) his faith as a warrior!

"Heaven is to the left, warriors are to the right!"

Cooperating with the HC rules, Su Feng actually withstood Jordan's first wave of back attack!

However, Jordan... he was Jordan.

After suddenly withdrawing his strength, Jordan actually completed a turnaround at the same time.

What coordination and core strength was this?

While exerting force, he also withdrew his strength and exerted force in the lateral direction. Honestly, Su Feng felt that it was a pity that "Old Rogue" didn't switch to gymnastics.

However... after imagining Jordan wearing a gymnastics uniform, Su Feng felt that it was a bit of an eyesore.

On the court, Jordan "traveled."

Yes, you read that right, this guy traveled in the air!

The facts proved that Newton's coffin lid couldn't hold down people like Jordan.

Although in his previous life, many jumping freaks would appear in the future, if you really wanted to compare it in actual combat, there weren't many players who could travel in the air under this kind of defense...

Big Ben and Ratliff had helped defend in place...

But by the time they were about to land, Jordan was still in the air...

The NBA was indeed a league of cheaters.

The current Jordan, and that bastard in the future who directly flew over a seven-foot-tall man to dunk in a game, if you said they weren't cheaters?

Heh...

Su Feng's heart was calm, and he even wanted to laugh a little.

Swish!

80 to 79, Jordan's super-reverse layup reignited the atmosphere of the United Center.

Bulls fans were immediately沸腾 (fèiténg - boiling/overjoyed)!

In the eyes of the fans in the audience, the ticket price for this night was definitely worth it.

You could understand the mentality of the Bulls fans as if you felt like you had made a profit after drawing the skin you wanted.

Anyway, the players never lose, and Tencent loses money every year.

When it was the 76ers' turn to attack, Su Feng was as calm as ever.

Because Su Feng knew that if he panicked at this time, then this game would definitely be over.

Just like what Jinzu said to Miyagi, no matter how beautiful the goal was, it was only two points.

Screen, run, on the court, Su Feng continued to actively create the best output environment for Iverson.

Pippen was strong, but in this game, he was already approaching the end of his rope.

Before this game even started, Su Feng had estimated the difficulty he would encounter in the game. Therefore, Jordan's "God Descends to Earth" was naturally also within his consideration.

At this time, letting Iverson eat, sleep, and beat Pippen was the most efficient way for the 76ers to attack.

Su Feng had paved the way for the entire game, just to bury the foreshadowing for a comeback against the Bulls tonight.

On the court, Pippen once again became the background!

Iverson, who broke into the Bulls' interior, couldn't be stopped by Rodman alone.

Relying on outside rotation and oppressive defense, the Bulls could make many teams suffer, but when facing Iverson, their weakness of lacking a top rim protector was exposed.

The series between the Heat and the Mavericks in the future was an example. The role of Tyson Chandler was not how many points he could score for the Mavericks in a game, but that he could help the Mavericks weaken the breakthrough effect of James and Wade.

82 to 79, "the Answer" blasted his 30th point of the night!

On NBC, Williams said with emotion: "Pacers head coach Larry Brown is indeed the person in this league who knows Allen Iverson best. Allen does have the potential to become the strongest attacker in the NBA."

Unfortunately, Su Feng didn't hear Williams' explanation, otherwise, he would definitely拍死 (pāisǐ - slap to death) these experts.

The game continued, the Bulls attacked, "Old Rogue" shot a turnaround jumper in a twisting, harmonious, but beautiful way.

Swish!

82 to 81.

Helpless, Jordan, who had regained his touch, was just so unsolvable.

Even the best defensive players couldn't prevent Jordan from shooting, because the offensive player always had the first-mover advantage when attacking.

In order to avoid being double-teamed by the 76ers, Jordan had obviously widened his attack range this time.

If you didn't look at the outcome of the game, Su Feng quite enjoyed being beaten like this.

Because even if he lost 10,000 defensive bricklaying value, in Su Feng's mind, his one-on-one defensive potential...

Increased by 1 point again.

On the court, the 76ers attacked, and the Bulls narrowed their defensive area this time.

In addition to Pippen continuing to stick with Su Feng, the attention of other Bulls players was focused on Iverson.

Su Feng felt that there was a reason why the Bulls' boss in the future was unwilling to pay "Zen Master" a high salary.

Because "Zen Master's" annual salary of several skins did sometimes give you the feeling that it was too easy to earn.

Su Feng continued to bring Pippen to Iverson.

The second brother couldn't bear it anymore this time. He forcibly绕开 (rào kāi - went around) the screen and "hugged" Su Feng.

If it were normal, after bypassing the screen, Pippen would generally add: "See where you can escape, you damn strawberry pudding."

But facing Su Feng, Pippen really didn't want to waste the energy to speak.

Tired!

Even the best耕牛 (gēngniú - ox/plow) would have times when it couldn't stand it if you kept it plowing the land!

The "Ai-Feng" screen failed, and Iverson wasn't in a hurry. After all, without patience, he couldn't break the Bulls' pressing defense.

Ratliff came out when the 76ers had 8 seconds left on the shot clock. Rodman didn't mean to follow, so Harper had to retreat.

Rodman's character was恶劣 (èliè - vile/despicable), but this guy was definitely a cunning defensive player.

Once he followed out on this play, not to mention that the Bulls' restricted area would be unguarded after Iverson broke through, but if Iverson made a mid-range shot, who would go for the rebound?

However...

Rodman didn't follow out, who said Iverson could only break through and shoot mid-range shots?

After Ratliff blocked Harper, "the Answer" decisively used the screen to shoot a three-pointer!

Swish!

85 to 81!

In his previous life, in the 97/98 season, you would find that Iverson's critical hit rate obviously decreased when facing the Bulls.

As for the reason...

Check Iverson's three-point attempts and you'll know.

To play against a team like the Bulls, it wasn't enough to just have breakthroughs. You had to have立体式 (lìtǐshì - three-dimensional) offensive methods to make them lose sight of one thing while attending to another.

Although there was the reason for shortening the three-point line this season, when facing a breakthrough player like Iverson, the three-pointer was actually the easiest opportunity for the Bulls to give him.

Because if the Bulls wanted to deal with Iverson, they had to play small. After all, if you put on Longley, wouldn't that be letting Iverson play around with him?

And under the premise that the Bulls played small, Rodman was the five, and also the only reliable rebound point on the court for the Bulls.

Stackhouse was now relying on his own hatred value to bring his upperclassman to the outside, and Su Feng even attracted Pippen out of the restricted area. Therefore, Jordan and Pippen had no way to return to Rodman for help at the first time.

And in this way, whether Rodman defended or not, Iverson could shoot boldly.

Because if he came out, Iverson would突突 (tūtū - shoot) him.

If he didn't come out, Iverson would shoot him to death.

Therefore, this was the fundamental reason why Iverson could get an average of 32 points and a shooting percentage of over 50% when facing the Bulls in the 96/97 season.

All in all, no matter how the Bulls defended, and who they used to defend, Iverson was a problem they could never solve.

Of course, the main reason why the 76ers could kill back and forth with the Bulls tonight was because the regular season and the playoffs couldn't be generalized.

If Stackhouse hadn't touched that damn switch, Su Feng felt that the 76ers' chances of winning would have exceeded 50% by this point in the game.

Swish!

On the court, the Bulls countered, and Jordan also returned a three-pointer to the 76ers.

Su Feng: "..."

This Nima was cheating!

Su Feng always felt that Jordan's current state was even more exaggerated than the zone he had seen in cheater basketball in his previous life.

"I said, System, how about we discuss it, you can give me a cheat like this too?" Su Feng suggested reasonably.

Unfortunately, the system didn't reply to him this time.

The game continued, and the fourth quarter of this game had become a scoring battle between Iverson and Jordan.

On the 76ers side, Su Feng was helpless against "Old Rogue's" tongue-wagging.

And the Bulls were having a headache over Iverson's unreasonable attacks.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson had already smelled a deeper threat from the 76ers to the Bulls from this game.

In "Zen Master's" opinion, if the 76ers could further strengthen their wing position next season, then the Bulls...

They really wouldn't dare to say that they could稳稳 (wěnwěn - steadily) eat them.

Iverson and Su Feng were simply like opponents that fate had deliberately arranged for the Bulls.

The former was an object that this Bulls team just couldn't solve.

The latter seemed to have inexhaustible energy.

Looking at Pippen, who was摇摇欲坠 (yáoyùzhuì - tottering/on the verge of collapse) and exhausted on the court, Su Feng's threat level was even greater than Iverson's in "Zen Master's" eyes.

Pippen, who scored 28 points tonight, didn't score a point in the second half of the fourth quarter. It wasn't because Pippen didn't want to score, but because he really didn't have the strength.

Su Feng was too磨人 (mórén - persistent/annoying).

If you only looked at the data, you would think that Su Feng, who only got 13 points, seemed inconspicuous, but if you watched the whole game, you would find that Su Feng was everywhere on both offense and defense tonight.

"The strong mental attributes of Chinese players are indeed well-deserved." Phil Jackson, who had read a lot of reports解密 (jiěmì - decode/unveil) Su Feng's energy before the game against the 76ers, thought with emotion.

In "Zen Master's" opinion, Su Feng must have relied on his tenacious fighting spirit to get to this point.

Speaking of which, Jackson had heard Pippen mention a good Chinese guard before...

It seemed to be called Hu something?

"Zen Master" decided to inquire about the information of this Chinese guard later.

Although "Zen Master's" contract would also expire after this season, how could he not want to take advantage of the fact that Jordan was still at his peak to create another dynasty?

Therefore, in "Zen Master's" mind, if that Chinese guard named Hu also had Su Feng's tenacious fighting spirit, then it seemed pretty good to recruit him to be a catfish tool man?

Speaking of which, while "Zen Master" was修禅 (xiūchán - meditating), on the court, the two teams had already fought to the last moment.

99 to 97, the leading 76ers called a timeout when there were 47 seconds left in the game.

The facts proved...

Three-pointers had one more point than two-pointers.

In the fourth quarter, Iverson and Jordan scored almost the same number of goals, but because Iverson scored two more three-pointers than Jordan, the 76ers had always maintained the lead.

Su Feng felt that his hard work to this point was worth it.

Because Iverson didn't disappoint him tonight, he really took out an peerless divine weapon!

It was a诛仙剑 (zhūxiān jiàn - Immortal Execution Sword) that could slay the Bulls and屠神 (túshén - slay gods)!

After this game, regardless of winning or losing...

Su Feng believed that in the future, Ai Mi would definitely brag about this game for a lifetime.

Because just looking at this game, using the view of one game to evaluate it, Iverson did achieve a 50-50 match with Jordan.

You had to know that when the 76ers requested a timeout, Iverson had already scored a career-high 46 points tonight.

If Su Feng remembered correctly, in his previous life, Iverson's highest single-game score in his rookie season was 50 points, which was scored in a game against the Cavaliers at the end of the season.

But the question came...

Could scoring 46 points in a game against the Bulls be the same as the "含金量 (hánjīnliàng - gold content/value)" of scoring 50 points when facing the Cavaliers?

On the 76ers' bench, Davis交代 (jiāodài - explain) the tactics while拍 (pāi - patting) Su Feng's shoulder at the end of the timeout and said:

"If Allen's attack is blocked, then Su, we'll have you complete this attack."

Su Feng nodded, this attack was very important to the 76ers, because if they could score while consuming all the time, it would basically be equivalent to killing the game.

On the court, after the timeout, on the Bulls side, Jordan was changed to be responsible for defending Iverson.

To be honest, because of Iverson's actual height of 178 centimeters, the effect of Jordan defending Iverson might not be as good as Harper's.

But at critical moments, Jordan was the kind of player who would rather be beaten to death than leave regrets for himself.

On the court, Stackhouse was responsible for inbounding.

不得不说 (bùdébùshuō - it must be said), being able to have such energy and韌性 (rènxìng - tenacity/resilience) to this point...

As well as the exaggerated center of gravity when facing players shorter than himself, Jordan deserved the title of God of Basketball.

Under the continuous screens of Big Ben, Ratliff, and Su Feng, Iverson managed to struggle out and receive Stackhouse's pass.

At the same time, the timer started counting down!

The entire United Center was chanting defense, defense at this moment.

Iverson looked up at the timer while警惕 (jǐngtì - vigilant) watching Jordan, who was responsible for guarding him.

The "Old Rogue" who was focused to the extreme played an oppressive defense. If it wasn't for Iverson's innate character of not fearing the sky and the earth, who would dare to act rashly in this play?

With 8 seconds left on the shot clock, Iverson didn't call for a screen.

*Dong, dong, dong*.

Accompanied by the sound of dribbling like a war drum, Iverson charged with his Immortal Execution Sword!

Left, right, right, left, *dong*!

However, the unparallel butterfly-like footwork could pass Pippen, but it couldn't pass Jordan at this moment!

Michael Jordan stretched out his long arms. No matter how far Iverson could flip in one somersault, he couldn't escape the "Old Rogue's" Five Finger Mountain at this moment.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Iverson hurriedly pulled the ball behind his back and transferred the basketball to the other side.

However, you could avoid the first day, but you couldn't avoid the fifteenth.

Jordan slid forward, covering Iverson entirely under his defense!

With 4 seconds left on the shot clock, Iverson was almost dead!

The anxious Answer looked around, but on the wing, Pippen exhausted his last strength and "hugged" Su Feng tightly!

Only 3 seconds left!

"Pass me the damn ball!"

You might not believe it, but in this 76ers team...

In addition to "Ai-Feng," there was another player who wasn't afraid of anything.

That was:

Stackhouse, who was missing a tendon in his brain and took the wrong script.

Iverson didn't dare to delay and hurriedly passed the ball to Stackhouse. Stackhouse didn't make adjustments either, and threw the ball towards the basket after receiving it and turning around!

Whether this ball could go in or not, what his upperclassman taught him was that it only counted if you shot it!

In the Bulls' restricted area, Rodman was resisting Big Ben and Ratliff.

If the two had shown footwork in the fight between Jordan and Iverson on the outside just now, then now...

Rodman and Big Ben and Ratliff were competing for strength.

*Dang*—!

Stackhouse's three-pointer didn't hit.

Big Ben and Ratliff exerted force at the same time, wanting to壓 (yā - press) down Rodman.

However, Rodman broke free from the shackles on this ball.

The three jumped almost at the same time, and the 76ers duo, who had the advantage in numbers, were first able to reach the basketball by Ratliff!

However, Ratliff couldn't hold onto the rebound, because under Rodman's interference, Ratliff could only打 (dǎ - hit) the ball outwards.

*Dong*!

After landing, the basketball bounced towards the Bulls' bench!

Stackhouse, who was closest to the basketball, wanted to dive to save the ball, but at the moment he was about to pounce on the ball, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Get out of the way—!"

Before he could even blink, Su Feng leaped to save the ball and hooked the ball back before it touched the off-court personnel, and delivered it to Stackhouse!

Immediately afterward, Su Feng didn't have time to apologize to Phil Jackson, whom he had pounced on. With the "Zen Master" brand sofa cushion cushioning him, Su Feng rushed to the Bulls' restricted area at the first opportunity after getting up.

On the court, because the NBA hadn't introduced the 14-second second-attack rule at this time, the Bulls players on the court almost unanimously rushed towards Stackhouse after Su Feng saved the ball.

And for Stackhouse, who was known for his squat-style free throws, he had a fairly good free-throw percentage, so he wasn't very afraid of the Bulls' fouling tactics.

But...

When he saw that figure rushing towards the Bulls' restricted area, Stackhouse didn't hesitate and threw the ball directly towards the basket!

There wasn't enough time. No matter how many times Jordan opened the "God Descends to Earth," he couldn't make it back to the restricted area in such a short period of time.

Su Feng's charge wasn't magnificent, but it was so determined.

*Kuangdang*—!

As a crack appeared in Mount Hua, thousands of kilometers away, Su Feng succeeded in splitting the basket!

101 to 97!

With only 17.9 seconds left in the game, Su Feng's splitting dunk was almost equal to killing the game!

The Bulls fans in the United Center were silent.

On the court, Jordan put his hands on his hips and silently stared at the scoreboard.

Pippen, on the other hand, put his hands on his knees, with unspeakable suffering.

As for the sidelines...

"Zen Master's" heart was very tired...

He was supposed to just好好修个“禅” (hǎohāo xiū gè “chán” - properly practice Zen), but who knew that Su Feng would fly over?

It was just that Phil Jackson was still young now, otherwise, who knew how much Su Feng's crash just now would have hurt him!

"Su, you can take all the game-winning shots in the future!" After Su Feng dunked, Iverson jumped onto Su Feng's back excitedly again.

Su Feng smiled and joked, "Melo" nickname came with a game-winning buff, okay?

In Su Feng's previous life, Anthony's "game-winning shots" could really get you a top-20 highlights reel.

*Hoo*—!

Not easy!

Really not easy!

But no matter how difficult it was, if they could defend the last 17.9 seconds, in Su Feng's opinion, everything would be worth it!

……

ps: Daily 1/2! This chapter is nearly 7000 words, um... according to Yingjiang's (slang for America) rules, the next chapter is guaranteed, we'll still start with 5000 words!