Chapter 1 One of Su Feng's Most Familiar Away Games

As one of Su Feng's most familiar away games, Su Feng would patiently inspect the floor of the Boston Garden arena almost every time he visited.

As the saying goes, caution is the parent of safety.

Even during the regular season, the Celtics usually wouldn't use their home court's "banner floor."

But given his personal animosity toward this Celtics team...

Su Feng couldn't be sure if the Celtics would do something so outrageous to him.

Fortunately...

After a careful inspection, Su Feng didn't find anything unusual about the home court floor tonight.

This season, due to health reasons, Auerbach officially handed the Celtics over to Miller Carl.

However...

The Celtics' fans weren't very satisfied with the exam results that Carl had achieved independently.

As of now, the Celtics are already 4.5 games behind the 76ers, who are ranked first in the East.

In the eyes of the Celtics' fans, this is completely unacceptable.

After all, in the past few years, which team in the East, other than the Raptors, could compete with them for the top spot?

However...

Didn't we agree that after the Raptors disintegrated, we would monopolize the top spot in the East?

It's already 2004!

Not to mention the 76ers, if the Heat win a few more games, we might not even be able to hold onto the second spot in the East!

As for the thoughts of these Celtics' fans...

Su Feng could only say that basketball is indeed a game where insiders see the details, and outsiders just watch the excitement.

Because Duncan missed the Celtics' playoffs due to injury last season, Carl has obviously reduced Duncan's playing time this season to protect him.

In addition, even if the Celtics' fans have always looked down on Artest, it doesn't change the fact that the Celtics' frontline has become weaker after losing Artest.

Moreover...

Marbury, who could still be a good student under Auerbach's suppression, is now becoming increasingly "ball-hogging" on the court due to contract renewal issues.

Therefore...

Instead of saying that Carl's independent exam results are not ideal, Su Feng thinks that his exam results are a bit too ideal.

On the one hand, after Duncan has been used protectively, with Duncan's durability, the Celtics won't need to worry about their team leader for the next ten years.

Secondly, under Carl's bold use, Outlaw, who often made mistakes in the early season, has also grown rapidly.

In Su Feng's opinion, as long as Carl can properly handle Marbury's contract renewal issue...

Or if he can trade Marbury for suitable potential players before the renewal, the Celtics will still be one of the most competitive teams in the East in the next few years.

In the NBA, some fans often like to draw conclusions based on the performance of a certain game or a certain period of time for teams and stars.

But in fact, only when you lengthen the timeline of these stars and teams can you get a fair and objective evaluation.

Take the famous "Ku Hei" (Curry haters), "Du Hei" (Durant haters), "Ke Hei" (Kobe haters), and "Zhan Hei" (LeBron haters) groups from Su Feng's previous life...

Will the historical status and championship count of these people be reduced because the haters say a word or two?

Wake up, when they retire in the future, when their career is summarized...

I'm afraid that when they enter the Hall of Fame, the haters will still be angry with themselves.

On the court, after the warm-up of the two teams' players, the big screen then showed the starting lineups of the two teams tonight.

Heat: Miličić, Odom, Su Feng, Butler, Alston.

Celtics: Randolph, Duncan, Outlaw, Ray Allen, Marbury.

In the center of the court, Duncan jumped for the first possession for the Celtics.

On TNT, Barkley said, "If Su can get a triple-double tonight, he will tie Michael Jordan's record of seven consecutive triple-doubles set in the 88/89 season."

On the side, Smith set a trap for Barkley, saying, "Esteemed Charles, in your opinion, does this mean that Su has surpassed Michael in terms of all-around ability?"

Because Barkley lost a bet to Barkley during the Christmas game, Smith has been trying to create rhythm for Barkley in the commentary whenever he has the opportunity recently.

Hearing this, Barkley nodded and fell into the trap, saying, "The current Su has definitely surpassed Michael in terms of all-around ability.

He is the absolute leader of the Heat on both offense and defense. In my opinion, even if you let Michael Jordan lead this Heat team, he couldn't do better than Su."

In Su Feng's original timeline, Barkley won the "Outstanding Sports Broadcasting Commentator Award" in the future.

This honor is roughly equivalent to the Oscar Award in the American film industry.

In the United States, some people also dislike Barkley's commentary, which is too biased and often carries personal opinions.

However...

Because Barkley dares to praise and criticize in his commentary, most American fans like Barkley's commentary style very much.

Therefore, it's just that Su Feng doesn't know that Smith wants to create trouble for Barkley by creating rhythm, otherwise Su Feng would definitely tell Smith...

With Barkley's mouth, even if you don't create rhythm for him, he will create it himself.

On the court, the Celtics' first attack was scored by Duncan in the low post.

Although Randolph is the Celtics' "orthodox center" in terms of the registered position, Duncan is the real C of this Celtics team in actual play.

Look, as soon as he returned to defense, Duncan took the initiative to block in front of Miličić.

And the Celtics' starting center Randolph, swayed the fat on his belly and rushed towards Odom.

This season, under the tempering of the "Sewer Tactics," Su Feng has gained many new insights into basketball.

If he used to often transform himself into a "chariot" on the chessboard to charge for the team.

At this time, he already has the feeling of stepping out of the chessboard to be a chess player.

On the wing, just as Odom chose to cut in, Su Feng caught a glimpse of Duncan, whose defensive focus began to shift towards Odom, out of the corner of his eye.

So, after faking a shot towards Odom, Su Feng decisively passed the ball to Miličić.

Swish!

On the right wing baseline, Miličić hit a mid-range jump shot.

2 to 2.

On the surface, this is just an ordinary pass, catch, and shoot cooperation.

But at the moment when Su Feng passed the ball, who would have thought...

He actually had a game with Duncan?

And how many point forwards in the NBA can make such accurate judgments about the situation in an instant like Su Feng?

Ahem!

Can't praise anymore, the game continues.

Even if they have encountered many troubles this season, the overall strength of this Celtics team is still terrifying.

This ball, Butler failed to keep up with Ray Allen, who ran out of space on the left wing after borrowing continuous screens from his teammates.

On the other side of the low post, Duncan, who observed this scene, also sent the ball to Ray Allen's hand.

Swish!

Worthy of being the fourth-ranked shooting guard in the league selected by ESPN!

This season, Ray Allen, who can score 20.1 points per game for the Celtics, has a three-point shooting percentage of 44%, and he can also hit 3.1 three-pointers per game for the team.

Due to the appearance of a certain person, teams in the current version of the NBA are paying more and more attention to three-pointers...

So, based on Ray Allen's current number of shots from the outside, his career total of three-pointers will definitely exceed the 2973 that Su Feng remembers when he retires in the future.

Back on offense, it's the Heat's ball.

Odom, Miličić, and Su Feng play the triangle offense.

After passing the ball ↑ to Su Feng, Odom used his speed to cut in again.

Randolph couldn't keep up with Odom's pace, and Duncan was also a little afraid of Miličić's range.

So, after Su Feng slapped the ball on Odom's face with a behind-the-back pass, Odom, who was extremely clear-headed tonight, presented King Su with his second assist of the night.

4 to 5.

On TNT, Barkley laughed and said, "It's so great to be Su's teammate this season.

As long as you run to the spot, Su will definitely pass the ball to you.

And next, all you need to do...

Even if my grandma goes up, she can do it!"

Celtics' offense.

At the high post, after the Marbury-Duncan pick-and-roll, Marbury's jump shot missed the basket.

The quick-eyed Su Feng turned around and grabbed his first rebound of the night.

And after quickly dribbling the ball through the half court, Su Feng just looked up...

And found that Odom was bullying Randolph.

Good heavens!

Based on Odom's judgment of the game tonight, to be honest, even Pippen in his prime was nothing more than this.

Looking at Odom, who had already left Randolph behind, Su Feng immediately threw the ball into his hands.

Boom!

And look at tonight's top five plays: Su Feng's no-look pass, Odom's one-handed dunk!

6 to 5.

On the sidelines, on the Celtics' bench, seeing this, Carl called a timeout in a timely manner.

As a young coach who knows how to admit his mistakes, after this timeout, Carl replaced Randolph with Tony Battie.

And on the court, at the high post, Duncan and Marbury are still doing screens.

The "Streetball King" can't get around Duncan's high wall.

Carl had already noticed this detail when he studied the Heat's defense before the game.

That is, this season, in defending pick-and-rolls, Alston is the worst starting point guard in the league besides Nash.

However, compared with the suave young man in the past...

Marbury, who only wanted a big contract at this time, still didn't choose to kill inside after breaking through Alston's defense with the help of Duncan's screen.

At the top of the arc, Marbury's contested three-pointer missed.

After the basketball bounced out of the rim, Su Feng cleverly protected this long rebound before Outlaw.

At this time, on the Celtics' bench, Carl's assistant coach said with dissatisfaction, "Stephen is deliberately arguing with us...

If you ask me, let's trade him away quickly!"

Hearing this, after a helpless wry smile, Carl said, "But...was Stephen's shot selection just now a problem?"

Assistant Coach: "..."

Carl had noticed that Marbury didn't look up to him very much when Auerbach announced earlier that he would no longer participate in the Celtics' internal affairs.

But as one of the heroes who won a championship for this Celtics team, Carl didn't want to be too cold-blooded in dealing with Marbury's problem.

Therefore, this season, when Marbury made some unreasonable choices, Carl would mostly speak for him.

But...

In this way, although the Celtics' internal conflicts were temporarily controlled by Carl...

But in the cruel and ruthless NBA league...

Sometimes being too sentimental is definitely not a good thing.

In front of the TV, after seeing this scene, even though the doctor told him to rest, Auerbach, who couldn't help but want to watch a game or two of the Celtics, smiled and said, "Miller is indeed only suitable for being a head coach."

Larry...

Now you should know why I wanted to ask you to come back and be the general manager of this Celtics team, right?

Miller will definitely become an excellent head coach.

But before he grows up...

Only you can guarantee that the lineup of this Celtics team can last forever!

In Indianapolis, Larry Bird, who was also paying attention to the Heat-Celtics battle, felt that before he returned to Boston this summer, it was time for him to call the Celtics' management first.

Otherwise, you can't wait until you go back to take over Auerbach...

The Celtics' group of talented young men have already dispersed, right?

You know, the current Celtics...

Are not as stable as the outside world thinks.

With Ray Allen and Marbury's contracts expiring, and Randolph about to end his rookie contract...

With a little carelessness, this Celtics team is also likely to be doomed.

The camera returns to the Boston Garden arena.

After switching to Battie to guard Odom, it was not so easy for Su Feng to play simple passing and cutting cooperation with Odom.

In the remaining time of the first quarter, Su Feng adjusted his strategic thinking in a timely manner.

He focused on how to bully Ray Allen.

Although Ray Allen's foot movement is good, and with Auerbach's training in the past few years, his prediction of defense is also very good.

But...

Based on this Gentleman Sword's model...

How could he withstand Su Feng's face-to-face hard digging?

In Su Feng's original timeline, Ray Allen had played against Kobe 50 times in his career.

Many Kobe haters often use the classic case of Ray Allen flying Kobe's kite on the court to complain about Kobe's defense...

And they will also cite various real cases of the Celtics and Lakers finals to praise Ray Allen's defense.

However...

If playing against Kobe 50 times in his career and allowing Kobe to score 28+ points per game can be considered defending Kobe...

Then where are these people hating Kobe...

Isn't this fucking the opposite of praising Kobe?

In fact, after Kobe gained weight later, Ray Allen himself didn't take advantage in the match-ups with Kobe.

In most of the time when facing Kobe, in addition to relying on his footwork to slip Kobe on the offensive end, Ray Allen still got beaten when he should be beaten.

And these haters who cite the Lakers-Celtics Finals examples are even more outrageous...

Because any fan who has watched those two Lakers-Celtics Finals knows that Ray Allen was not facing Kobe every moment in that Finals.

In Su Feng's opinion, Ray Allen's defense was indeed underestimated after he went to the Celtics.

But this kind of behavior of praising someone in order to hate someone is completely unnecessary.

In the first quarter, after hammering Ray Allen's chest a whole circle larger, Su Feng, who made 5 of 8 shots, had already scored 14 points plus free throws.

At this time...

In the Boston Garden arena, some fans have begun to miss Ron Artest.

You say...

If New York State General Ron Artest was here tonight, how could Su thief be so rampant?

Because Outlaw is also a bamboo pole at this time...

So in the second quarter, after patting Ray Allen's shoulder with a distressed look, Carl had to say to him even if he couldn't bear it, "Ray...I'll leave Su to you!"

Hearing this...

After showing Carl an awkward but polite smile, Ray Allen wanted to die at this moment.

Are you kidding me!

Is Su Feng's humanoid tank reasonable?

Why can he maintain such a fast moving ability after developing this body of muscles?

And it's okay to move fast...

Why are his big elbows thicker than Duncan's?

As we all know, Su Feng's barefoot height is the classic 198 cm.

Therefore, don't look at his weight being lighter than Duncan's, but his muscle density is definitely one of the best among the wing players.

In the second quarter, the Heat attacked first.

At the high post, looking at Mourning who has moved over to make a screen for Su Feng...

Ray Allen almost rushed towards Mourning's iron wall with the determination to die.

It's a pity...

As Su Feng's most efficient pick-and-roll teammate this season...

Even if you hold the determination to die, you may not be able to get around Mourning's wall.

On the court, Ray Allen and Randolph failed to delay Su Feng's breakthrough.

After breaking into the Celtics' defensive hinterland and attracting Battie's help defense, Su Feng found Haslem lurking on the baseline at the first time.

The latter received the ball and hit a mid-range jump shot on the baseline.

34 to 33.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat took the lead.

And this is also Su Feng's personal fifth assist in this game.

On TNT, Barkley sighed and said, "This season, the Heat are not only the team that shoots the most three-pointers in the NBA, but they are also the toughest team on the court."

On the side, Smith, who was drinking water, was almost choked to death by Barkley.

Oh my god!

How did this flying pig manage to connect Haslem's mid-range shot with toughness?

"Statistics show that the Heat's inside scoring efficiency per 100 possessions this season is also the highest in the league.

And they are also the team ranked second in the league's average blocked shots list." After a pause, Barkley added.

And this time...

After opening his notebook and checking it, Smith found...

This flying pig really did carefully sort out and analyze these data before the start of this game!

Looking at the sky!

If this continues, am I going to lose my job?

At this moment, looking at Barkley's wise eyes, Smith has felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

And on the court...

The Celtics' substitute point guard Mike James just broke into the paint, and his basketball dream was directly fanned out of the baseline by Mourning!

Young man...

Although Mourning will be 34 years old in another month...

But have you ever heard a famous saying circulating in the NBA?

Never underestimate the heart of a champion!

Before getting a championship ring...

Alonzo Mourning is far from being unable to play!

"Coach! Send me on!"

At this time, on the Celtics' bench, how could the young general Duncan still sit obediently on the bench to recover his health?

You have your Optimus Prime!

I also have my Megatron!

In this league, no one knows better than Duncan what a game against Su Feng means.

Regular season?

No...

In Duncan's opinion, every game against Su Feng must be treated as a Finals game.

On the sidelines, looking at Carl who was still thinking, Duncan said word by word, "He is the best player in this league.

I don't want to miss every minute of playing against him!

Coach, let the future decide what will happen in the future! Now, I just want to seize the day!"

Teacher, if it were you, would you send Tim on at this time?

On the bench, after taking a deep breath, Carl immediately approved Duncan's request to play.

And on the court...

At this moment, Su Feng finally understood why the system would set the game between Duncan and him as the "Battle of Destiny".

Because no matter whether he is in Toronto or Miami...

The battle between him and Duncan has never stopped.

Even...

Such battles will have to last at least ten years in the future.

Dusk is approaching, and the legendary figures of the past have successively said goodbye to the NBA stage.

But new legendary stories are being written by the stars of this era.

And as the temporary leader...

Who knows better than Su Feng...

How tired is it to lead in this era?

But...

There has never been a moment when Su Feng has been as excited as he has been this season!

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ps: 5600 words of midnight update! Continue to beg for subscriptions, monthly tickets, and recommendation tickets! Going to sleep!