Chapter 1 The Adoration of All

It had been two days since Lower Merion High School won the Pennsylvania high school basketball league championship.

After the team returned to Philadelphia, the basketball players were worshiped by the entire school's faculty and students.

Especially Su Feng and Kobe, who had become the ultimate heroes in the eyes of many female students.

In the minds of many female students, the image of Su Feng and Kobe was roughly like this:

Look, that man riding a colorful cloud, with a face that transcends national borders, he is Su Feng, famous throughout Pennsylvania!

Look, that man riding a white horse, handsome among black people, with unparalleled basketball strength, he is the famous Kobe Bryant!

"Is this the Philadelphia Gemini? I'm in love!"

"Awei, come out and die! I'm so infatuated with them!"

In short, Su Feng felt that he had to pay attention to his safety recently.

Otherwise, he was just too dangerous.

Well...

Su Feng's sexual orientation was of course normal.

It's just that he had seen everything in his previous life.

Not to mention the dozens of terabytes of local specialties downloaded from Japan, Su Feng had enough "ex-girlfriends" in his previous life to form an independent regiment.

Moreover, with the constant firing every night, Su Feng wasn't Brother Yunlong and couldn't change equipment.

So in this life, after wholeheartedly dedicating himself to basketball, Su Feng discovered that he had put down his stick and become a Buddha on the spot.

Basketball is my girlfriend!

Basketball is my true love!

The court has its own house of gold, the court has its own jade-like beauty.

"Su, can you hurry up? NBC is broadcasting Michael's highlights tonight, and also broadcasting Michael's game, we still have to train, there's not enough time!"

After finishing a day of classes as the ultimate hero, Kobe, who was preparing to go to the court for training, looked back at Su Feng and said.

Su Feng nodded, wiped the corner of his mouth, and followed, "My cheat... oh no, Kobe, I'm coming!"

……

Just as Su Feng was happily playing with Kobe...

New York, Madison Square Garden.

As a nationally televised focus battle, the game between the Knicks and the Bulls at this time never lacked topics.

With his slicked-back hair and being hailed as the "Al Pacino" of the court, Knicks coach Pat Riley looked at Jordan before the game and jokingly asked, "Michael, can you still score 50 points now?"

Jordan, who was tying his shoelaces at the time, looked up at Riley.

And even the suave Riley couldn't help but twitch his mouth at this moment.

I.....

Did I just make a capital "D" for death?

So, the game began.

Michael Jordan, wearing the No. 45 jersey, quickly conquered this basketball mecca with his superb basketball skills.

Facing his old opponent John Starks, although he hadn't returned to his best in all aspects, Jordan told the world in his own way:

Your grandpa is still your grandpa.

In the first quarter, after Jordan scored consecutive hits, commentator Marv Albert exclaimed, "He's really aggressive, he wants to get 50 or even 60 points tonight!"

Albert's prediction soon became reality.

Jordan made 9 of 11 shots in the first quarter, scoring 20 of the Bulls' 31 points in the first quarter.

At the end of the first half, he had already scored 35 points.

Sitting on the sidelines, Knicks legend Earl Monroe said感慨 during a halftime interview with a television reporter, "It's like he never left."

In the second half, Jordan scored another 20 points!

In the entire game, the "Old Rogue" made 21 of 37 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 10 of 11 free throws, scoring his first 50+ since his comeback!

55 points!

On the Knicks side, although Ewing also scored a high of 36 points, it eventually turned into a rage of incompetence on top of the Empire State Building.

113 to 111, after the Bulls defeated the Knicks, the people who had been questioning Jordan before chose to shut up obediently that night.

And in front of the TV, after watching this Knicks-Bulls battle with Kobe, the shock in Su Feng's heart could not be calmed for a long time.

Su Feng wasn't biased toward the past and belittling the present, but to be reasonable...

Each era has its own god. Under the constraints of the H.C. rules, the only perimeter player who could score points as easily as drinking water was this man.

Jordan wasn't perfect, because he had missed 9000+ shots in his career.

He had many games where he shot poorly, and Jordan liked to gamble, and he was even a famous trash talker...

In the future, during his second comeback, Jordan had crushed the "glass hearts" of many young people.

However, as long as you look back at this era, you must admit Jordan's greatness.

Of course, even such a powerful "Old Rogue" probably didn't expect that in Philadelphia, a Mamba snake and an Iron Man had already set their sights on him.

"I really want to enter the NBA soon!" Kobe said excitedly.

Su Feng agreed.

This time it was a genuine agreement.

Because Su Feng knew that Jordan was going to retire after playing the Bulls' second dynasty, how could his future second comeback be as powerful as he was now?

As an enthusiastic basketball fan, Su Feng also wanted to personally play against Jordan.

After all...

We're playing against Jordan!

……

After Jordan reigned over Madison Square Garden in the guise of a "God," the 94/95 NBA season also ushered in its climax.

In addition to going to school obediently, Su Feng and Kobe's daily routine during this time was getting up at four in the morning to watch the Philadelphia sun.

Bang dang clang!

It's worth mentioning that on April 4th, on his 17th birthday, Su Feng also received a birthday gift from Kobe.

A pair of Jordan 1 basketball shoes with great collection value.

"How is it, do you like it?" You have to know that in order to buy these shoes, even Kobe had spent a lot of his pocket money.

Su Feng nodded, feeling inexplicably touched.

"It's good that you like it, because that way, I won't have any psychological pressure when I beat you." Kobe added.

Su Feng: "..."

Okay, return my damn feelings!

In addition, besides receiving Kobe's birthday gift, Su Feng also blew out the birthday cake with Kobe's family at the Bryant's house.

Joe Bryant now finds Su Feng more and more pleasing to the eye.

Especially since this kid makes a great steak.

Well...

In fact, when Kobe was a child, every time Joe Bryant called Kobe's name, he would remember the exceptionally delicious steak he and his wife had once eaten.

Kobe... is so delicious!

……

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-April.

The 94/95 NBA playoffs had begun...

In the East, the Chicago Bulls didn't encounter too much trouble in the first round of the playoffs.

Although they lost one game to the Hornets, the Bulls ultimately advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a score of 3 to 1.

And their next round opponent would be the Magic, who had Shaq and Hardaway.

In the West, compared to other teams that had already shown championship potential, the Houston Rockets fought the Jazz all the way to the fifth game before the winner was decided.

Well... In the 90s, the NBA's first round of the playoffs still used a best-of-5 series.

With a 1-2 deficit against the Jazz, the defending champion Rockets began their legendary playoff journey.

The Jazz's two old players failed at the last minute, and Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, who joined the team in the second half of the season, combined to score eighty-one and sixty-four points respectively in the last two games, helping the Rockets reverse the Jazz and advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

However, after this miraculous reverse promotion, people thought that this Rockets team was hopeless.

Because they were consumed too badly in the first round.

You might not believe it if I said it.

At this moment, the only people who still firmly believed that this Rockets team could take off were their coach Tomjanovich and several veteran Rockets players...

Coach Tom's ultimate move was about to be ready, and in the East, in the semifinals, the Bulls were eliminated!

The young Magic succeeded in six games.

Although Michael Jordan was able to score 30+ points per game in this series, the huge gap in strength between the two sides' inside lines, as well as Jordan's failure to recover to his best competitive state, determined the final outcome of this series.

In Game 1, Jordan had as many as 8 turnovers, and even had the ball stolen from him by Magic guard Nick Anderson at the decisive moment of the game.

After the game, Nick Anderson also said the famous line that the 45th Jordan was not as good as the 23rd Jordan, which was just asking for death.

Jordan was provoked, and in the second game, he switched back to No. 23. Of course, the league also punished the Bulls for this.

Because the NBA doesn't allow teams to privately change their jerseys during the season without the league's permission, and what's more, the "Old Rogue's" No. 23 jersey had already been retired?

However, even after switching back to No. 23, the "Old Rogue" couldn't find his form.

The Chicago Bulls lost to the Magic 2-4, and for a time, various news stories mocking and complaining that the "Old Rogue" had turned back into a mortal came one after another.

That's just how the media is. When you're successful, even the shit you pull seems fragrant to people.

But when you're at a low point, even if you deal 2200 tons of damage in the S game, someone will still spray you...

Ah, no, that seems like it should be sprayed.

Cough, let's get back to the main topic.

After the Old Rogue and his Bulls were eliminated, in the West, a shocking comeback was being staged.

In the Western Conference semifinals, just as people had expected before, the Houston Rockets, who were already at the end of their rope, were once again pushed to the brink by the Phoenix Suns.

After the Suns defeated the Rockets 114-110 in the fourth game of the Western Conference semifinals, Su Feng didn't know if Barkley had opened champagne, but anyway, even the media in Houston itself thought that this Rockets team was finished.

After the game, the Phoenix media even joked to Rockets coach Tomjanovich, "Rockets, Rockets, when will you be the best in Tianjin, when?"

And at this moment, Tomjanovich, whose ultimate move had already been restored, replied calmly, "Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

Philadelphia, although he knew the plot would develop like this, even Su Feng felt that he was ignited when he heard Coach Tom's famous quote.

The last kilogram of fuel for the Rockets to take off had been equipped.

Never question the power of chicken soup for the soul.

Especially in the 90s, a decade full of adolescent sentiments.

Unlike future chicken soup master Rivers, the lethality of Tomjanovich's chicken soup can only be described as terrifying.

Because...

This was an outburst after suppressing it for an entire season.

From being ridiculed at the beginning of the season for being complacent after winning the championship, to being ridiculed as being nothing more than that after Jordan's return, Tomjanovich remained calm like an enlightened master.

Even after trading for Drexler, this Rockets team didn't show any signs of taking off.

In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, although they defeated the Jazz with Malone and Stockton, they quickly "revealed their true colors" as they were at the end of their rope, and were met with a head-on blow by the Suns led by Barkley and Johnson in the semifinals.

However, in reality, all of this was within Tomjanovich's plan.

During the regular season, after the Rockets showed signs of fatigue, Coach Tom was very clear that this Rockets team, which was composed of veterans, couldn't compete for the regular season standings like young people.

Therefore, patience and low-key became the theme of the Rockets' entire season.

After Drexler joined, Coach Tom knew that this Rockets team needed time to integrate, so he continued to be patient and low-key until they were truly forced into a desperate situation.

Now, it was time to give these old boys some motivation.

Tomjanovich's words completely ignited the Rockets' generals.

And then, they went forward without hesitation, straight into the sky.

The classic comeback was coming.

The Houston Rockets won the next 3 games against the Suns, and with everyone united, they made it into the Western Conference Finals in one fell swoop!

In the Western Conference Finals, Hakeem would face his old opponent, Admiral Robinson, one of the four major centers.

And it's worth mentioning that in this playoff, Hakeem also began his journey to determine the ranking of the four major centers.

Last year's Finals, the Rockets won, the Knicks lost, Hakeem laughed last, and Ewing cried to death on top of the Empire State Building.

And this year's Western Conference Finals, Hakeem, who averaged 35.3 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 4.2 blocks per game, completely blew up Robinson, who was able to get 23.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.2 blocks per game.

The Rockets won, the Spurs lost.

Now, two of the four major centers had been eliminated by Hakeem.

He was going to the Finals, and his opponent would be the youngest of the four major centers.

Orlando Magic, Shaquille O'Neal.

In fact, looking back at the 1995 Finals, you would find that the Magic didn't have no chance to defeat the Rockets.

They had two games where the point difference was within 4 points, and in the other two games, the Magic had a chance to catch up in the fourth quarter.

However, fate was already decided after Tomjanovich said that "never underestimate the heart of a champion."

The young Magic lacked experience, and their fighting spirit couldn't be compared with the Rockets' veterans.

……

Time passed, and as the NBA playoffs became more and more intense, Su Feng and Kobe were also improving rapidly in the past two months.

"By the way, Su, you're also supporting the Magic in these Finals, right?"

Although he had been hurt by Hardaway, Kobe felt warm in his heart whenever he thought of that honest and cute, not-yet-fat Shaq, so he was supporting the Magic in these Finals.

Su Feng realized that Kobe was simply a poison milk.

Last year he supported the Knicks, and this year he supported the Magic.

And if Su Feng remembered correctly, Kobe would also transcend boundaries and poison milk in the future, poisoning Dream Two Barcelona.

As everyone knows, because he grew up in Italy since he was a child, Kobe was different from other Americans. His favorite sport besides basketball was soccer, which could be ranked second.

In Su Feng's previous life, Kobe had said that if he didn't play basketball, he would choose to play soccer, and his favorite team was AC Milan, which would be praised by Super Deportivo and Liverpool in the 21st century.

In addition, Kobe would be good friends with Ronaldinho in the future.

So... volcano literature

One day, Ronaldinho invited Kobe to watch a game at Camp Nou, which was just asking for death.

As a result, Barcelona, which had swept Europe the previous year, inexplicably ended its dominance of Europe.

Of course, this was related to Ronaldinho's own depraved private life.

But the most important thing was...

The game that Kobe went to see at Camp Nou, if Su Feng remembered correctly, was exactly the game where Barcelona lost the title...

In the 06/07 season, because Real Madrid and Barcelona had the same points, but Real Madrid had the advantage in the head-to-head record, so Barcelona had to hope that Real Madrid would lose in the last round while Barcelona won in order to win the title.

And originally everything was going according to the expectations of Barcelona fans, Real Madrid conceded a goal first in another game, and Barcelona was scoring goals at home like crazy...

However, after the camera suddenly gave a close-up of Kobe in the VIP box, the situation in the two games changed dramatically.

In the other game, Real Madrid suddenly exerted its strength, and Reyes and Beckham opened the deadlock for Real Madrid, helping Real Madrid to reverse the score and win 3-1.

And that way, it wouldn't matter how much Barcelona won.

Cough, Kobe, do you know that your milk is poisonous!

Actually, Su Feng had never been interested in metaphysics.

But after getting to know Huang Xudong and Zidane through the keyboard, Su Feng felt that some things really couldn't be explained by science.

"No, I support the Rockets." Su Feng replied to Kobe.

"Why? Don't you like Shaq?" Kobe asked rhetorically.

Su Feng originally wanted to answer Kobe immediately, who doesn't like hugging Shaq's thighs?

But immediately, Su Feng replied, "But I prefer what Coach Rudy said, 'Never underestimate the heart of a champion.'"

"Okay, then it seems that we have to decide the winner in terms of prediction." Kobe said looking at Su Feng.

In terms of prediction?

Then Su Feng wasn't really bragging, as long as you bought against Kobe, you would have a villa by the sea.

"There are still a few days until the Finals, and we can't slack off during this time!" On the court, Kobe said to Su Feng.

Su Feng nodded.

It was impossible to slack off, it was impossible to slack off in this life, hitting iron was fragrant and sounded good, Su Feng loved hitting iron.

Bang dang clang!

……

Su Feng never expected that he would ultimately underestimate his own hard work in training, as well as the bonus that Kobe, this cheat, brought him.

After all, although Su Feng was improving, Kobe was also improving!

With a single-combat prince like Kobe, Su Feng was simply being hammered while happily harvesting.

So...

You might not believe it if I said it.

Before he even waited for high school graduation, before the summer vacation started, Su Feng's iron-hitting system had officially been upgraded to the last version before he entered the NBA -

Version 7.0!

The Will of 7, could even the system not resist it?

"Host: Su Feng, Nationality: China, Age: 17 years old.

Height: 192.5 cm [198 cm], Weight: 79.5 kg..."

"Host's current ability value (NBA first-round pick level), Close Shot: 45 [68], Mid-Range Shot: 74 [80], Three-Point Shot: 76 [80], Fadeaway Shot: 70 [75], Jump Shot Off Dribble: 60 [70].

Passing: 24 [48], Vision: 23 [51], Ball Handling: 51 [57], Dribbling: 50 [58].

Lateral Movement: 79 [89], One-on-One Defense: 78 [92], Steal: 57 [82], Block: 40 [65].

Vertical: 64 [75], Strength: 37 [46], Rebounding: 30 [40], Speed: 74 [75].

Host's currently equipped shooting animation: A-level Stephen Curry college shooting package.

Host's currently equipped special skill: Kobe's Turnaround Fadeaway (Gold Epic), Current Level: NBA second-round pick level.

Host's skill inventory unequipped special skill: Sam Cassell (Original).

Host's currently equipped badge: Yang Yan."

It had to be said that Kobe, this cheat, was really terrifying.

Because after this upgrade, Su Feng actually used the remaining iron-hitting value to max out his potential.

It's just that...

Looking at his defensive and dribbling attributes, Su Feng felt a hint of sadness.

Defensive genius, dribbling talent negative?

"It seems that I can only find opportunities in the future." Su Feng thought with emotion.

In addition, in System 7.0, Su Feng discovered that he could see more of his ability values.

And this also made Su Feng believe that if he could complete the [Road to Genius] mission, he should be able to see more ability details in the [Innate Talent] system.

After all, Su Feng thought that this iron-hitting system was very reasonable in terms of ability value settings.

Because after this upgrade, Su Feng discovered when he clicked to view the strength attribute that there were some interesting explanations in the strength attribute...

The meaning of these explanations was probably that Su Feng's strength potential was linked to real-world factors such as weight, muscle, and fat percentage.

In addition, if Su Feng's weight was too high in the future and he wanted to develop into a tank-type player, then attributes such as speed would also decrease in a certain proportion as strength and weight increased.

Ability values were related to each other.

In other words, in addition to being able to improve his potential by upgrading the system, Su Feng could find ways to break through the ceiling himself.

Of course, the premise was that this system didn't set up a firewall for Su Feng.

For example, taking the 7.0 version of the system as an example...

"Under version 7.0, the host cannot further improve his potential (including through triggering tasks, etc.). He needs to upgrade the system after completing the main quest of entering the NBA in order to view the next stage of potential value."

"This system really doesn't allow any showy operations such as going to college to practice for four years, leveling up to a full-level account, and then going to the NBA."

"So... does Kobe also have one of these systems?"

Thinking of Kobe's impatient expression to enter the NBA, Su Feng wondered...

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