Chapter 1 The Beginning

At the moment Su Feng walked from the scorer's table to the court, you might not believe it, but what he was thinking about most wasn't "I'm finally playing in the NBA"...

Because after painstakingly acting for nearly a month, Su Feng could no longer suppress his steel-like ambition.

Don't you see, it's the right time to plot a coup, bravely forging ahead into a new era?

The 76ers had neither Eddie Jones, nor Ceballos, nor Kursi.

Su Feng knew that this preseason game was the best opportunity to prove with practical actions that he could take over the 76ers' front line.

Of course, as a rookie, he couldn't expose his ambition...

So he could only obediently and patiently wait for opportunities.

"Hey, Jerry, let me handle Ray next."

After stepping onto the court, taking advantage of a dead ball, Su Feng said to Stackhouse.

Stackhouse was first stunned.

Then he nodded immediately.

In Stackhouse's mind, this must be the coach's arrangement.

That's right, it was time to let the kid on the opposite side taste Su Feng's tormenting defense.

But...

Little did Stackhouse know that this was just Su Feng's personal proposal.

As a rookie, Su Feng couldn't possibly direct the coaching staff.

But as a rookie, his biggest advantage was that he could be reckless and impulsive.

Just like Kobe Bryant, who air-balled three shots in a row at crucial moments of the playoffs in his rookie season, Kobe received praise and tolerance at the time.

Rational use of all resources, even one's rookie status, this is the excellent quality that a usurper should possess.

Su Feng was very clear that if he wanted to prove himself...

Choosing the toughest opponent was the fastest shortcut.

So, after speaking to Stackhouse, Su Feng turned to Iverson and said, "Allen, don't let Sherman break through so easily anymore."

Iverson really wanted to put a big question mark on Su Feng's head at this moment.

But before the little partners with question marks in Ai's heart could appear, Su Feng continued:

"In my mind, your defense is unmatched even by the 'Smiling Assassin'. Next, let him see the power of the Big East Defensive Player of the Year!"

Iverson's heart trembled...

Oh, get away, this damn warmth!

He's hyped up, he's hyped up.

Seeing Iverson's blood ignited by him, Su Feng knew very well that what Iverson was about to display next was his never-say-die—

"Out-of-position Steal."

In this way, Su Feng could recklessly display his talent on the defensive end.

Whether he could defend or not didn't matter.

What mattered was that in this kind of preseason game, as long as Su Feng showed the attitude of a desperate saburo, he would easily attract people's attention.

And this was what Su Feng wanted to tell the coaching staff, look, this is the correct way to use Iverson.

Since he couldn't direct the coaching staff, Su Feng felt that he needed to inspire the coaching staff and let these tools give full play to their subjective initiative.

——《Dihua Tutorial First Edition》

On the court, after Su Feng replaced Marklen, the lineups of both sides at this time were:

76ers: Williams, Witherspoon, Su Feng, Stackhouse, Iverson.

Bucks: Andrew Lang, Armen Gilliam, John Newman, Ray Allen, Douglas.

On the court, the Bucks had possession, and Ray Allen's eyelids twitched slightly when he saw Su Feng appearing in front of him.

Su Feng had faced Ray Allen in the Summer League.

Fighting again this time, Ray Allen felt a lot more relaxed after seeing that his team's inside line had the advantage.

After all, in the Summer League, the figure that grabbed the rebound and roared to the sky had left an extremely deep impression on him.

On the bench, Jerry and Rick asked curiously, "John, did you tell Su to guard Ray?"

Davis looked confused, "No..."

"Forget it, it's just the preseason anyway, and watching Su's defense is also a kind of enjoyment," Jason said with a smile.

"Jerry is good at everything, but he always likes to be in a daze when defending," Rick added.

On the court, after Wen Baker and Robinson went off, the Bucks' main offensive point switched to Ray Allen.

Su Feng had discovered in the last match that Ray Allen's style of play was more rational than he had imagined.

At this stage, he could break through and dunk, but he wouldn't mess around if it wasn't an absolute opportunity.

This time, after Su Feng put on his defensive stance, Ray Allen passed the ball back to Douglas.

Ray Allen had experienced Su Feng's magnetic defensive deluxe package and knew the consequences of messing around.

So he chose to create distance from Su Feng by running around.

However, Iverson on the other side had been waiting for a long time.

The current Ai was no longer the Ai of the past.

To quote Liverpool's famous saying: The Answer, you'll never walk alone!

Douglas didn't expect that Iverson would dare to directly steal the ball regardless of his defensive position. He didn't prepare for this ball, and Iverson stole the ball.

After stealing the ball, Iverson scored with a fast break, 16 to 25.

Douglas glanced at Iverson with dissatisfaction. As a member of the league's "183" army, he felt that Iverson's steal was too rude.

Bucks offense, facing Iverson's aggressive defense, Douglas used a crossover to avoid Iverson's steal this time.

However, as soon as Douglas passed Iverson's defensive zone, Su Feng came to help defend.

Su Feng's help defense timing can be described as just right.

Because if he was faster, Douglas's vision would be able to spot Ray Allen, who appeared in the open space.

If he was slower, Douglas would be able to directly break through the 76ers' defense.

Playing a playoff-level defensive intensity in the preseason, even if Douglas was experienced, he couldn't react immediately.

Feeling helpless at the moment, he could only throw the ball towards Ray Allen's direction by feeling.

Pa—!

Su Feng leaped up, volleyball-style double-handed block!

Douglas: "......"

After stealing the ball, Su Feng decisively passed the ball to Iverson, who had already fast-breaked.

Ai succeeded with a one-handed dunk, 18 to 25.

On the sidelines, Jason and Rick clapped their hands and cheered, "I said, this is the level of defense we should have!"

"We just changed one person, is there such a big difference before and after?" Davis slandered in his heart.

Actually, there wasn't such a big change...

The key is that you can't stand Su Feng playing desperately!

This is the preseason, not the regular season.

But the problem comes, the preseason...

Although the basic iron-striking value given is not as high as the regular season, it is still an iron-striking value!

Su Feng knew very well the principle of giving before taking.

Look, after scoring with this dunk, Iverson said to Su Feng when retreating on defense: "Su, don't just pass the ball to me, if you have a chance later, you can also score a few."

Su Feng nodded with a smile.

On the court, the Bucks attacked.

Originally, Bucks coach Chris Ford wanted to call a timeout after the team made two consecutive mistakes, but when he thought that it was the preseason, he felt that it was not necessary.

This time, the Bucks ran out a classic pick-and-roll coordination.

Witherspoon's half-hearted attitude made him fail to keep up with Gilliam in time, and Ray Allen successfully slipped to the basket with the help of Gilliam's screen.

Douglas quickly passed the ball to Ray Allen, and although Su Feng made up for the defense in the last moment, the rational Ray Allen passed the ball to center Lang.

The latter caught the ball and dunked it.

18 to 27.

On the sidelines, Jason and Rick were a little dissatisfied with Witherspoon's attitude.

Because this ball, Su Feng chased all the way from the outside to the inside.

That "never give up" figure formed a sharp contrast with Witherspoon's lazy attitude.

"John, since it's the preseason, why don't we change Ben to try it out?" Jason suggested to Davis.

Davis thought Jason's suggestion was ok.

Because in training, Ben Wallace's desperate defense and rebounds left a deep impression on him.

"Ben, you go on later and replace Clarence," Davis said, looking at Ben Wallace, who was guarding the "water dispenser" at the end of the bench.

Ben Wallace nodded with a "憨憨 (hān hān - simple and honest)" smile.

Although Ben Wallace looked fierce, at this moment, Davis felt that Ben Wallace's attitude towards him was as good as it could be.

Especially when he remembered Witherspoon always complaining that he couldn't touch the ball when he called a timeout before...

Davis believed that Su Feng and Wallace's attitude was the professional attitude that professional players should have.

Without comparison, there would be no harm.

Su Feng had already told Ben Wallace yesterday that he would do whatever the coach asked him to do today.

Be sure to show a spirit of blue-collar workers who are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, and treat themselves as a fool no matter how hard or tired they are.

Because Su Feng knew very well how miserable Davis, this tool man, would be in the trajectory of history.

In his previous life, by the second half of the season, Davis could only let the players play freely.

Su Feng and Ben supporting Davis's work at this time would naturally easily increase Davis's goodwill towards them.

To put it bluntly, no matter how much of a tool man this coach is, he is still the coach, the boss who can decide your playing time.

There is absolutely no need to go against the coach.

On the court, the 76ers attacked, but unfortunately, Stackhouse's three-pointer missed.

Stackhouse was 1 for 5 today, and the reason for his low shooting percentage had nothing to do with ability. It was purely because he was afraid of not being able to touch the ball, so he shot regardless of whether it was reasonable or not.

In Su Feng's previous life, Iverson's average shots per game this season would be close to 20, and Stackhouse would also be close to 17.

One had a shooting percentage of 41.6%, and the other had a shooting percentage of 40.7%. It was obvious at a glance that most of their shots were unreasonable.

As a "Human Iverson Encyclopedia", Su Feng had watched the 76ers' games during this period, and the offensive scenes were no different from a vegetable market.

However, the situation has now undergone subtle changes.

Because just now, Su Feng had already run out of the baseline three-point high post tactic that Davis had drawn for him. According to the tactic, Stackhouse should have passed the ball to Su Feng just now...

So, Davis quickly understood that it wasn't that no one was playing according to his tactics, it was that some people looked down on his tactics!

Even if he was a tool man, Davis had a temper.

"Rex, you replace Jerry later!" Davis then turned to the 76ers' shooting guard Waters on the bench.

"Do you think we should let Su start in the next game?" Although Su Feng had been on the court for less than 2 minutes, Davis's favorability towards Su Feng was almost maxed out.

Jason and Rick nodded after thinking for a while, "I think it's okay. Usually in one-on-one matches on the team, Su has always suppressed Jerry. He has the ability to start."

"Well, but his playing time still needs to be slightly controlled."

Davis had made up his mind, and the well-behaved persona that Su Feng had established in the team made him feel that he owed Su Feng a bit.

Why let these bastards who don't play well go up, instead of giving a chance to a player who is willing to listen to him?

Alright...

Davis had obviously forgotten that Su Feng, in fact, hadn't followed his arrangements at all on the defensive end.

On the court, the Bucks' offense failed.

Although Douglas just missed the shot himself, in the eyes of the 76ers' coaching staff, it was all Su Feng's credit.

Because at the moment when Douglas took the shot, Su Feng was already preparing to help defend in the direction of Douglas's breakthrough.

Douglas's style of play was also a rational emperor. His career shooting percentage was close to 50% because he didn't like to shoot randomly, and his offense was mainly based on open layups.

In fact, this guy's mid-range shots and three-pointers were very bad. His career mid-range shooting percentage was only about 35%, and his three-point shooting percentage was only 26.7%.

Su Feng let Iverson boldly steal the ball because it didn't matter even if he lost his position.

This guy had no basket, and Su Feng would be able to make up for the defense before he reached the basket.

As a steady player, Su Feng had started planning for this preseason game from the day he stepped into the 76ers' preseason training camp.

Satisfied with the "rational iron-striking right"?

That was not Su Feng's style.

So, challenging Stackhouse to a one-on-one was just Su Feng's first step.

It was to tell the coaching staff that he was durable, sturdy, and good at defense.

The well-behaved persona was the second step, further gaining the favor of the tool man coaching staff.

What Su Feng was plotting was not just the mere iron-striking value.

What he was plotting was the infinite iron-striking right!

On the court, this time Iverson simply ignored the tactics and threw the ball directly to Su Feng, and then took the initiative to run aside.

The meaning was simple, everyone get out of the way, my brother is going to play one-on-one.

The Bucks' small forward Newman was close in height to Su Feng, but this guy was a light small forward, weighing only 88 kilograms.

Su Feng grabbed the ball behind his back with one hand, faked a shot, and then directly launched a kamikaze-style charge!

This acceleration!

Even Ray Allen on the side was stunned.

Su Feng took big steps, and his style of play was very similar to that of Grant Hill, who flew and jumped.

This time, Su Feng went straight to the middle, and the Bucks' restricted area, the two inside players contracted in time, but when Su Feng rushed to them, Lang and Gilliam both thought:

"Is this kid not afraid of death?"

Lang and Gilliam were on the left and right, closing the door, but Su Feng not only didn't dodge, but also insisted on facing them head-on!

Bang—!

After the muscle collision, Su Feng fell down, but his heroic posture even stunned the Bucks fans at the scene.

And the most important thing was that before falling down, Su Feng struggled to throw the ball towards the backboard.

Clang—!

The ball didn't go in, but because Lang and Gilliam had already gone to help defend against Su Feng, Williams seized the opportunity to grab the rebound and score with a put-back.

In the restricted area, Su Feng patted his butt and stood up and muttered: "Damn, the referees in the 90s are too ruthless, this... this is not a foul?"

Of course, Su Feng didn't complain to the referee. Anyway, successfully assisting the rebound was also very good in Su Feng's opinion.

According to the iron-striking value acquisition rules, in addition to the system evaluating a basic iron-striking value before each game, this iron-striking value will increase as the intensity of his matchup increases.

And this matchup intensity is given by the first-responsible person system.

For example, if Su Feng is playing against the Bulls and he is matched up with Michael Jordan, then no matter what method he uses to complete the offense in the end, the iron-striking value he obtains will be counted on Jordan's head at that time.

Unfortunately, Newman was not Ray Allen, and this guy's iron-striking value was only a mere 2800 points...

But there was no way...

Su Feng had discovered during the last matchup that Ray Allen was extremely shrewd and never took the initiative to defend him.

20 to 27, after Su Feng came on the court, the point difference between the 76ers and the Bucks was rapidly narrowing.

And his desperate style of play also left a deep impression on the Bucks.

On the sidelines, Iverson committed a hand-checking foul this time, dead ball, the 76ers replaced Ben Wallace and Waters.

With Ben on the court to protect the rebounds, the 76ers' rebounding pressure was greatly reduced.

Ben at this stage did not yet have the ability of the future Defensive Player of the Year, but he was definitely a good player in rebounding for position.

Especially the ferocious expression on Ben's face every time he grabbed a rebound coupled with a roar, directly made his opponents feel terrified!

Before the end of the first quarter, Su Feng struck two more irons, but Ben successfully grabbed the rebounds.

24 to 29, although he hadn't scored yet, the vitality after Su Feng came on the court had already made the 76ers' coaching staff feel that they had found another "Answer" for the 76ers.

"Su, you continue to play in the second quarter, you will be the main offensive point," Davis said, patting Su Feng's shoulder with a smile.

At this time, Su Feng's persona switched from the ferocious and desperate saburo on the court to "well-behaved" once again.

"Okay, coach."

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