After retracting his gaze from Iverson, who had been dozing off, and looking at the Jazz's starting lineup for the night: Greg Ostertag, Malone, Brian Russell, Hornacek, Stockton...

Su Feng scratched his head.

Not easy.

Salt Lake City has always been one of the toughest away games in the NBA. The high-altitude home court, coupled with the crazy fans, led people to call the Jazz's home court the Devil's Triangle during this period.

In the future, Su Feng's successor, the Akron boy, failed to lead his team to win at the Jazz's home court for seven consecutive years.

In Su Feng's previous life, Yao and McGrady also suffered defeat here.

Even the famous Bulls team during this period had to shed a layer of skin, even if they survived, to pass the Jazz's home court.

But even if it's not easy, he still has to do it.

After all, if he doesn't do it, it wouldn't be Su Feng's style.

Do it!

On the court, as the two teams' players walked to the center circle one after another, the Jazz fans' fanatical cheering almost shattered the dome of this arena.

The Great White Bear, Ostertag, was responsible for the Jazz's jump ball.

Standing at 218 centimeters tall and weighing nearly 130 kilograms, Ostertag was a meat shield-type player with outstanding resistance to being beaten.

Unlike the Rockets who focused on the Sonics, and the Sonics who focused on building a team against the Bulls...

Sloan knew that the Jazz could only make it to the Finals by focusing on all Western opponents.

This season, Sloan gave Ostertag a lot of leveling-up time in order to give O'Neal a big gift when they met the Lakers in the playoffs.

Of course, the Great White Bear couldn't withstand O'Neal either, but as long as he could hold on until Malone came to help defend, Sloan would consider it a victory.

In Su Feng's previous life, Ostertag and O'Neal faced each other 9 times in the playoffs, and O'Neal lost 8 of them. There is no doubt that Sloan's plan was successful.

Bearing a hint of flexibility in his stubbornness, this was another thousand-win coach in the NBA: Jerry Sloan.

In Su Feng's previous life, in the 06/07 season, after the Golden State Warriors used a flurry of punches to turn the Dallas Mavericks, who dominated the West at the time, into hand-beaten beef balls...

In that famous Western Conference semifinals, you might not believe it, but Sloan, who always liked to grind in the half-court, suddenly changed his style and used a running game to sanction the Warriors' running game.

Tonight, facing the young 76ers, Sloan specifically emphasized before the game that as long as they suppressed "Ai Feng", the Jazz could win the game.

And after the two teams started the game with the jump ball, Su Feng and his teammates quickly felt how much this Jazz team valued them...

Su Feng remembered that in this game in his previous life, Iverson performed very poorly, and his legs always felt weak when breaking through.

For competitive sports, where a slight change can be enough to change the outcome of the game, Salt Lake City's high-altitude home court is the nemesis of many players who are not adapted to high-altitude games.

And unlike Longley, Ostertag has a certain ability to protect the rim.

This season, while averaging 24 minutes per game, Ostertag is averaging 2 blocks per game.

In Su Feng's previous life, Yao Ming liked to play against this Great White Bear the most, because in this kind of floor-flow PK, Yao Ming could slowly wear you down with his technique.

In the first quarter, Malone took the lead for the Jazz. He, with Stockton, used his experience to repeatedly trick Big Ben.

After receiving two early fouls, young Big Ben's afro visibly rose by 5 centimeters.

And in return, Iverson also encountered Stockton's hands-on defense.

Stockton, who has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team many times in his career, is either fierce and tough in defense, or, to put it bluntly, dirty...

The 76ers' opening offense was repeatedly blocked. Amid the cheers of the home fans, the Jazz quickly led the 76ers by as many as double digits.

Young Iverson was both angry and helpless when Davis called a timeout, and Su Feng could only pat him on the shoulder to show his comfort.

There's no way, in the NBA, those who play point guard all have dirty hearts.

As for Nash...

Um...

Um!

Doesn't Nash have to maintain his handsome image?

On the court, after Big Ben was taken down by Malone, it became difficult for the 76ers to limit the Jazz's pick-and-roll.

Stockton is a player with excellent overall vision. He frequently used the breakthrough after the pick-and-roll to send wonderful passes to his teammates.

And Ratliff was quickly tricked into committing two fouls by Stockton after Big Ben was no longer around to help him clean up.

The 76ers' bench is very bad, so bad that they don't deserve to have a name.

The Jazz came prepared tonight, and the referee's calls were also influenced by the home fans.

However, the 76ers' tenacity still exceeded Sloan's expectations.

In the second quarter, a somewhat tired Iverson went off to rest, and Su Feng took the initiative to ask for a fight.

Davis glanced at the score of 19 to 33, looked at Su Feng's serious expression, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Go for it!"

At this moment, even Stakhouse was in awe of Su Feng.

Because so far tonight, the best performer for the 76ers has been Su Feng.

The Jazz's "sharpshooter" Hornacek has not scored a single point so far.

Don't ask, asking is to leave a good impression on his father-in-law... ahem, asking is because Su Feng really feels that the high-altitude game has no effect on him.

The Philadelphia Iron Man, what is there to fear from the small Salt Lake City plateau?

Because Hornacek only played half of the first quarter, Sloan arranged for him to lead the bench in the second quarter.

On the sidelines, two-year-old Abby fell asleep in her mother's arms after whimpering.

On the court, Hornacek, who was heavily defended by Su Feng tonight, carefully looked at Su Feng when he was about to play. To be honest, although their skin colors were different, in Hornacek's eyes, Su Feng was indeed quite sunny and handsome.

It's just that his hairstyle is slightly exaggerated.

Speaking of which, the Jazz's bench is not very good either. After all, the Jazz's total salary this season is only about 12 million. If they had money, they would have won the championship long ago.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the 76ers attacked first, and Smith passed the ball to Su Feng.

Su Feng didn't ask Hendrickson for a pick-and-roll, because at this time, Hornacek was responsible for defending him on the court.

Hey, father-in-law... no, Jeff, don't elbow my waist!

If you break it, will you have Abby compensate me?

Hornacek is accurate, but if you say his defense is like Jordan, then you are really dissing Nash.

Su Feng calmly judged the situation on the court and launched an attack directly on the wing.

Boom!

Unlike the previous suicide attacks launched directly after grabbing the ball, this time, Su Feng "elegantly" shook his shoulders, Crossover shook Hornacek open, and then strongly cut inside!

You have to say, when Su Feng broke through, Sloan on the sidelines kept seeing Grant Hill's figure in his mind.

The Jazz's inside player Adam Keefe couldn't make it in time to help defend, and on the court, Su Feng dunked with one hand!

It is worth mentioning that when Su Feng dunked the ball in, Abby on the sidelines whimpered again.

"Silly child, your dad was just passed," Hornacek's wife, who was holding Abby, laughed.

21 to 33, Su Feng's ball greatly boosted the 76ers' morale tonight.

And next, the good show had just begun.

Because just when Hornacek, nicknamed the "Death Ray Gun," was preparing to return the favor, Su Feng showed his amazing lateral movement ability and his terrifying static talent.

Pa!

Hornacek's three-pointer that stepped on the line was directly blocked out of bounds by Su Feng.

Hornacek was shocked because he never expected that Su Feng could still get around the pick-and-roll in time to block himself, even with half a body's distance between them.

However, after being blocked, the "Death Ray Gun" was not annoyed. He just felt that Su Feng's fighting spirit was too tenacious.

On the court, the Jazz continued to attack. After running out, in order to avoid having Su Feng block his basketball dream again, Hornacek sped up his shot.

Hornacek showed his superb shooting skills this time. After all, how could a player who can shoot a great beauty like Abby on the court not be accurate?

Swish!

This was a standard Hornacek-style long two-pointer.

Hornacek has a career shooting percentage of 49.6% and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.3%. Many of his goals are this kind of three-pointer that steps on the line.

Fortunately, Kobe's idol, the Italian legend D'Antoni, has not yet entered the league, otherwise D'Antoni would definitely feel like his obsessive-compulsive disorder was being forced to death.

This is Sloan's stubborn side.

On the one hand, he allows Hornacek and Russell to shoot some fast-break shots in transition offense, but on the other hand, he prefers to teach players to shoot this kind of long-distance two-pointer.

Turning around, the 76ers attacked. This Jazz team is well-trained. Although their bench strength is not enough, after Su Feng broke through and scored, they immediately retracted to the penalty area.

After calmly analyzing the situation, Su Feng looked at the distance between himself and the three-point line, as well as Hornacek, who didn't dare to rush too hard, and directly raised his hand and threw it.

Um... this is the old version of the three-point line. In Davis's tacit approval, this ball has already entered Su Feng's range.

On the Jazz's bench, Sloan shook his head repeatedly when he saw this scene, because in his opinion, Su Feng's style of play was a bit too reckless.

Swish!

But no matter how reckless, after Su Feng scored 5 points in a row, the 76ers have slowly approached the score between the two teams.

Su Feng's current kind of shooting would be regarded as a bit of showing off in this era. The Jazz attacked, and Hornacek, who was determined to show Su Feng his true shooting skills, used a screen to prepare...

Damn it, how did this kid follow me?

Although he didn't like Su Feng's shot selection, Sloan on the sidelines began to regret it a little when he saw Su Feng repeatedly getting around the Jazz players to screen for Hornacek...

Always stacking armor to get beaten, do you really think the warrior doesn't have a charge monster?

Hornacek was having a hard time being entangled by Su Feng. He wanted to pass the ball, but at this moment, Su Feng seemed to have cast a multiple shadow clone technique. Hornacek felt that no matter which direction he passed the ball, it would be intercepted by Su Feng.

"Didn't he play the entire first quarter?" In Hornacek's opinion, Su Feng's stamina was simply inhuman.

It's just that tonight's game is not broadcast nationwide, otherwise in Chicago, a certain unit of measurement who is doing a big health care routine would definitely hide in the corner and draw circles silently.

Pa!

Hornacek, who didn't know where to pass the ball, finally made a mistake.

Because just when he was holding the ball and watching, Su Feng suddenly used his big hand to grab the ball directly!

Hornacek desperately reached out to try to get the ball back, but on the sidelines, after Abby whimpered spiritually, Su Feng's cutout-style steal was successful. He quickly went down the court and dunked again.

On the sidelines, Sloan hurriedly called a timeout and called up the Jazz's two elders.

Sloan, who has studied the 76ers, knows very well that once this 76ers team gains momentum, it will be difficult to limit them.

"Too difficult." After the timeout, looking at the Jazz who brought back their main players, Su Feng felt that the Jazz were too frantic tonight.

This is a regular season game!

Is it really okay for you to overuse Stockton and Malone like this?

Jazz: We don't know about the regular season, but we don't want to join the "pseudo-strong team" club.

So, the following game became the Jazz relying on their main players to widen the score, Su Feng leading the bench to chase back points, then the Jazz's main players coming back on to widen the score again, and Su Feng taking advantage of the Jazz's main players going off to lead the bench to chase back points again...

It's just a pity that Iverson was not in good shape, and the 76ers, lacking a critical hit, were never able to turn the score around.

Fei Pao has already disappeared tonight.

And Big Ben and Ratliff paid another game's tuition.

Speaking of which, in this game, Su Feng played a full 48 minutes for the first time in his career...

Because Davis forgot that Su Feng hadn't been substituted by him tonight.

It wasn't until the end of the game, looking at Su Feng who was lying on the floor exhausted, that Davis realized, "Su, are you okay...?"

Hearing the coach ask him this, Su Feng, who was bleeding from both ends on offense and defense, immediately jumped up and said "full of energy," "Coach, don't worry about me, I'm fine."

The 76ers' coaching staff was shocked, because Su Feng's relaxed expression didn't seem fake...

Nonsense, how could what is acted out be the same as what is faked?

Su Feng is not just good at glaring-style acting.

In addition to his stamina, Su Feng's endurance is also amazing.

……

After the game, looking at the technical statistics, the old coach Sloan was silent.

Because he felt...

He seemed to have missed a billion dollars.

Playing a full 48 minutes, 11 of 26 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws, Su Feng, who got his first 30+ score of his career, created a not-so-small record on this night...

Because he is now the youngest 30+ player in the NBA.

If he hadn't arranged people to target Su Feng in the second half of the game in turns, Sloan suspected that with this kid's stamina, he might have kept throwing it in.

In the NBA, especially in a game like tonight with near-playoff intensity, if you want to score, you have to shoot first.

Why is Jordan, the leader of the iron-making gang, difficult to defend?

Because you can't limit Jordan's shots, and once you wait for Jordan to find the switch to descend to earth like a god, then you can only wait to die.

Therefore, although he successfully avoided joining the "pseudo-strong team" club on this night, Sloan also saw the problems that currently exist in this Jazz team.

That is, their frontcourt lacks players who can limit their opponents.

In Su Feng's previous life, Jordan could throw 26 times per game in the 96/97 season Finals.

You have to know that in this era, as long as you can guarantee your shooting percentage at around 40%, if you dare to shoot, then the coach will dare to let you keep throwing it in.

Of course, Su Feng can't do whatever he wants like the "old rogue" yet, but tonight Iverson is not in good shape, and the only ones on the 76ers that can be relied on are him and Stakhouse, the single-handedly brothers.

Russell is strong, but his speed is a disadvantage, and Hornacek is too soft and difficult to hold Su Feng.

Sloan felt that he still underestimated Su Feng's basketball IQ in the summer, because this guy really knows how to use his advantages to steal chickens.

On the other side, supporting his waist and with sore legs, Hornacek felt that he didn't even have the strength to drive home with his wife's support.

"Jeff, didn't you only play 30 minutes tonight? Why do you feel more tired than playing a back-to-back?" Hornacek's wife asked with concern.

30 minutes?

Wife, do you know how I got through these 30 minutes?

If it weren't for Russell helping him, Hornacek felt that he would have died of exhaustion on the court tonight.

"That kid is not an ordinary person," Hornacek said after a long silence.

Hornacek's wife nodded, and then said with some worry: "Jeff, there is something I must tell you. Tonight, I always felt that the 76ers' number 23 was looking at me."

Women's sixth sense is so keen, but Hornacek smiled after hearing his wife's words.

"Don't worry, Dale (Curry) told me when we played against the Hornets.

That kid named Su is famous for liking children. I think he was not looking at you, but our Abby."

While talking, Hornacek teased the sleeping Abby, "You said so, baby?"

"Ooh!"

Abby, who was sleeping, bit Hornacek's finger, with a small expression as if she was angry that Hornacek had woken her up.

Hornacek's wife smiled and said, "Yes, look, our Abby is so beautiful."

Hornacek smiled bitterly and touched Abby's head, then looked at his wife and said: "Or, you should drive?

I always feel that my feet are a little weak."

……

The 76ers, who failed to take down the Jazz, returned to Philadelphia overnight, and this defeat made Su Feng also see the current shortcomings of himself and the team.

The ceiling of this 76ers team is very high, but before they stabilize their lower limit, they will inevitably have to pay tuition fees like tonight.

Su Feng is not stable enough on the offensive end, which is related to him having to bear a lot of defensive responsibilities, and also related to him lacking combo punches on the offensive end.

But the appearance of this 76ers team is indeed very different.

Tonight, the Jazz repeatedly widened the gap between the two teams to more than 15, but even until the last minute, the 76ers did not give up.

Next, the 76ers will play against the Lakers and the Sonics in a row, and because these two teams have both lost to the 76ers before, Su Feng knew without thinking that it would definitely be a tough battle.

There is no way, the Eastern Conference is full of strong teams during this period. Before getting through this wave of devil's schedule in January, Su Feng knew that the 76ers might have to slow down their pursuit of the Bullets.

"Alas, father-in-law... Jeff's iron-making value is not fragrant enough. I was desperately throwing it, but I only got 2.25 million iron-making value." Su Feng thought silently on the way back to Philadelphia.

And just as the 76ers returned to Philadelphia, in the West, after defeating the Celtics, the Lakers also flew to Philadelphia overnight.

O'Neal has been in great shape recently, because as long as he thinks of the game-winning shot that Su Feng shot in his face last time, O'Neal gets very angry.

Wash your neck and wait for death, Su thief!

I, Shaq, swear in the name of short, small, and fast, if I don't beat you down in three quarters, I won't be called O'Neal!

……