Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 1150 - 632: I Can Still Fight 82 More Matches!_3
Chapter 1150 -632: I Can Still Fight 82 More Matches!_3
He will give his all in every game, treat every opponent as an enemy, and launch the fiercest attacks, until his body can no longer hold up, until his will can no longer suppress the adversary. That will be his time to leave.
Their opponent in the Conference Finals is the familiar foe, Warriors Team.
This year, Leonard made the First Team, Lillard was selected for the Third Team, Draymond Green won the Defensive Player of the Year, and despite Blake Griffin being limited by injuries, he still ranked as an All-Star level player.
The Warriors are a super team that’s underestimated.
They went 1 win and 1 loss against the strong Eastern Conference rival, Miami Heat Team.
However, the Warriors are seldom mentioned.
That’s because Leonard is a player with “zero news” off the court, and Lillard’s fame is completely overshadowed by Curry, Irving, Westbrook, and others.
They live in the shadow of the Clippers.
This is the fourth consecutive year the two teams met in the playoffs.
Unless they defeat the Clippers, the outside world will still overlook their existence.
In the first four games of the series, the Clippers led with 3 to 1.
However, the unexpected happened in Game 5.
Just when everyone thought the Clippers had secured their Finals tickets, the Warriors Team rallied for a counterattack, surprisingly pulling off a victory.
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With Leonard’s perfect defense and a 34-point offensive performance, plus support from other star teammates, the Warriors defeated the Clippers.
The series score changed to 3 to 2, bringing suspense to Game 6.
In contrast to the semifinal against George, where George pressured Yu Fei offensively, Leonard exerted pressure on Yu Fei defensively.
However, Leonard was born in the wrong era.
With his defense, if he played in an earlier era, Yu Fei could hardly imagine how much pressure he could put on his opponents.
The era of Space Basketball is essentially one that infinitely glorifies offense, and it’s also when the balance of offense and defense has been completely broken.
Therefore, it’s hard for Leonard to completely shut down Yu Fei, and so halfway through the game, the Warriors Team had him guard Antetokounmpo, which turned out to be very effective.
With the Greek restrained, the Warriors Team’s perimeter suddenly opened up, and so they managed to pull back a victory in the do-or-die battle.
The Conference Finals came to Game 6.
Before the game, Yu Fei said to reporters: “I know Stephen doesn’t like to wait, I won’t make him wait too long.”
At this time, the Miami Heat had eliminated the Knicks with a 4 to 1 score, advancing to the Finals with an intimidating record of 12 wins to 1 loss.
Clippers vs. Miami Heat – this was the script the League had been building up to a climax through media power for a whole year.
The greatest of all time against the son of small ball.
The confrontation between Frye and LeBron, a fateful battle entangled for over a decade.
Antetokounmpo and Jokić, as the future stars of the League, were taking over.
This game symbolizes the League’s past, present, and future intertwined in a grand battle.
Regardless of whether GOAT ultimately wins, other players will determine the direction of the League for the next five years.
But Yu Fei must win.
At the beginning of the game, Yu Fei opened the offense with a three-pointer.
Then, he aggressively attacked the strong point of the Warriors’ defense through pick-and-rolls, forcing Green into foul trouble. GOAT admits the referees had a certain bias toward him, but at least four of Green’s six fouls were solid calls.
The Warriors Team helplessly sent Leonard to mark Yu Fei.
And by then, Yu Fei changed his strategy, no longer relying on ball-dominant attacks, instead moving without the ball to find opportunities, shooting upon receiving the ball.
Leonard’s superb defensive skills also faltered before this kind of retro play.
From having the ball to moving without it, from off-ball to the low post, then roaming beyond the three-point line – Yu Fei seemed to effortlessly switch rhythms on the court, while Jokić was the silently contributing passing master, each of his assists perfectly timed, allowing Yu Fei to take shots over Leonard’s head again and again.
This was the moment the Warriors crumbled.
Four years ago, the Warriors were blown up by the inside combination of Yu Fei and Griffin.
Four years later, although Griffin had joined them, they were still destroyed by Yu Fei’s 46 points in the game that decided the season’s fate, left powerless to respond.
This game was not a typical performance from Yu Fei.
Apart from scoring 46 points, he had only 6 rebounds and 2 assists. In other words, he put all his energy into the offensive end.
The media exclaimed: “GOAT secured his Finals ticket in his own way!”
Fans revered his performance like a pilgrimage, teammates gathered around him to celebrate the victory.
But what about him?
All he wanted was to quickly return to the locker room and soak his feet, which felt like they were on fire, into an ice bath.
Despite being utterly exhausted, when the camera focused on him, he still instinctively showed a relaxed smile.
“Frye, you look like you can play another game!”
“Not just one game, not two games, not three games,” Yu Fei said with a smile, teasing an old joke of James’s, then said, “I can play another 82 games!”