Silently Writing
Chapter 427 The King Ascends, The Legend Endures
However, as the days went by, McGrady discovered...
He had been influenced by this man without realizing it.
What kind of person is Su Feng?
In McGrady's view, Su Feng is actually a very boring person.
Because Su Feng's three hundred and sixty-five days a year are spent either training or on the way to the training hall.
For McGrady, who had been struggling since childhood, he never appreciated Su Feng's daily life from the beginning.
Especially in that summer...
When he saw Su Feng jump onto the scorer's table during the game and announce to the world that he was going to defeat Michael Jordan...
McGrady felt that Su Feng was an extremely chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur).
However, when the Philadelphia gang really snatched a glimmer of hope in that series...
McGrady, who was still "ashamed to be with Su Feng" a second ago, was more excited than anyone else the next second.
And since that night...
McGrady became even more determined to go to the NBA to compete with Kobe and Su Feng.
However...
The more beautiful the dream, the more cruel the reality.
Many times, people can only appreciate the hardships of life after personally experiencing the beatings of society.
During his rookie season, under the guidance of John Davis, McGrady received even more resources than Su Feng at the same time.
But what was the result?
Even if McGrady didn't want to admit it, he had to admit...
Even if he and Su Feng switched identities, he would not have been able to lead Philadelphia to complete that desperate comeback in the summer of 1997 after Iverson's injury retirement.
Therefore, when he learned that his second season would be spent fighting alongside Su Feng, McGrady joined Su Feng's embrace almost without thinking.
Because in this league, probably no one knows better than McGrady how thick Su Feng's thighs are.
Only...
I don't know when it started...
As the praise in his ears increased, McGrady found that...
He was no longer willing to settle for the status quo.
Two championships in hand at the age of 21.
Leaving aside personal honors, looking at the long river of NBA history, how many young people can be as infinitely glorious as McGrady?
Moreover, McGrady is not without personal honors.
Best Sixth Man, All-Star reserve, All-NBA Third Team in the 99/00 season, All-Defensive Second Team in the 99/00 season...
May I ask, apart from a certain freak who peaked upon debut, how many young people in the current league can compare personal honors with McGrady?
Therefore, after learning through his agent that the Raptors would build around Su Feng and Carter for the next three to five years, McGrady made the decision to leave the Raptors without any hesitation.
If the story of Su Feng defeating Jordan back then was like a fuse, igniting an entire era...
Then why couldn't he, McGrady, be the king of the next era?
However, when McGrady appeared in front of Su Feng with lofty ambitions tonight...
Under Su Feng's nuclear bombardment, his psychological defense was destroyed in an instant.
To put it bluntly...
The reason why Su Feng wanted to imitate Sakuragi and set up the flag of defeating Jordan was because he didn't plan to leave a way out for himself from the beginning.
Look, those powerful teams who only dared to tremble before the Bulls fell, aren't they like the princes who, seeing the Qin army's power, didn't dare to step forward to fight during the Battle of Julu?
Without burning the boats and sinking the ships, how could there be the fame of the Overlord?
Many times, failure is not terrible.
What is terrible is that you are afraid to move forward because you are afraid of failure.
Compared with Su Feng and Kobe, what McGrady lacks is never his talent.
It is a steel-like ambition forged through thousands of trials and tribulations.
At the Airlines Center Arena, looking at Su Feng, who was roaring at him, McGrady was stunned at first, and then stunned again.
Pa, pa.
Then, after slapping his cheeks hard a few times with both hands, McGrady's sleepy eyes were successfully "awakened" by Su Feng...
"Maybe I will never be able to surpass Su in my entire life, but so what?"
On the court, the Suns were on the attack.
After dribbling the ball past the halfway line, McGrady still passed the ball to Hill.
However, unlike before, this time after passing the ball to Hill, McGrady did not passively stand still and watch the show.
He took the initiative to pull to the high post, blocking out an excellent opportunity for Lewis, who was running.
The aging "Flying Pig" couldn't escape this ball, and between Lewis and McGrady, Su Feng could only choose to closely follow the latter.
A little to the right of the top of the arc, Lewis ran out of space, and Hill's pass arrived in time.
Swish!
72 to 81.
Back on the other end, the Raptors were on the attack.
McGrady, who had regained his spirits, clung to Su Feng.
At this moment, feeling McGrady's completely different defensive intensity from before, Su Feng was amused.
From the left corner to the right corner, and from the right corner to the left 45-degree angle...
On the court, Su Feng and McGrady fought all the way.
Bang, bang, bang.
And the sound of these two people's muscles colliding made the audience closest to the court tremble with fear.
As a devout honey, Corlen Martin, one of the referees tonight, and the other two referees did not use their whistles to interrupt this one-on-one battle between real men.
Because in 2000...
The NBA did not have the saying that you can't touch my body.
Bang!
On the court, after constantly circling to the top of the arc, Su Feng received a pass from Yarichi under Da Ben's screen.
And the next second, looking at McGrady, who had already set up his defensive formation, after feinting with the ball in one hand, Su Feng unhesitatingly started his Emperor Engine.
In the Suns' restricted area, Hill and Lewis immediately came to help defend in the direction of Su Feng's breakthrough.
And Tsakalidis resolutely stood in front of Su Feng.
At the same time, McGrady also used his extremely fast sliding steps to always maintain pressure on Su Feng from the side and rear.
To use a common saying, Su Feng's situation at the moment is "a turtle in a jar."
However, Su Feng is not 1988.
So, in the next moment, he chose to put on his wings.
Then, under the siege of the Suns' quartet, grabbing ahead of Hill, Lewis, and McGrady before their closeout was complete, Su Feng, who had already jumped, took the initiative to lean on Tsakalidis in the air.
Immediately afterwards, like dancing ballet, he bypassed this Georgian meat shield in the sky.
At the Airlines Center Arena, when have the short-sighted Raptors fans ever seen such an "air walk"?
In the Suns' restricted area, when Su Feng gently sent the basketball towards the backboard...
On TNT, Smith roared excitedly: "For the sake of this ball! What's it to me if I have to streak at the White House tomorrow?"
On CCTV, Zhang, who was "lacking in talent and learning," used three incredibles in a row to describe this ball at this moment.
"This is really something that only Michael Jordan has ever done...
In the NBA, I haven't seen many people who can dance in the air like Su Feng." Zhang said with emotion.
In New Jersey, in the Nets' visiting team locker room, after rubbing Marbury and Ray Allen's heads with his big hands, Duncan said with a puzzled expression: "Does gravity really exist for players like Su?"
Ray Allen shook his head and said, "I don't know if gravity exists, but I know...
I won't help Ron defend in the next game."
And aside, Marbury nodded and agreed with Ray Allen's point of view.
What a joke...
If Su Feng is still in this state in the next game...
Then in this world, can anyone really stop him?
In front of the TV, you might not believe it when I say this...
At this moment, even Kobe began to doubt whether he had really won against Su Feng so many times in high school.
The camera returned to the court.
After Su Feng finished performing this "air walk"...
On the sidelines, Skiles, who was having difficulty breathing, hurriedly requested a timeout while he still had a breath left.
After the timeout, Fisher was replaced by Marion, and McGrady played point guard.
Obviously, the Suns want to use their strongest forward combination to encircle and suppress Su Feng.
Honestly, if the Suns' four-man forward lineup were all at their peak, how beautiful would that scene be?
On the court, the Suns were on the attack.
At the high post, Marion used his unique shooting posture to steadily shoot a mid-range shot for the Suns.
74 to 83.
Back on the other end, the Raptors were on the attack.
Facing the terrible pressure of the Suns' forward group in defense, Su Feng hurriedly summoned his right arm.
To be fair.
If Su Feng admits to being second in stubbornness in the NBA, then probably only Carter dares to admit to being number one.
Because this ball, without completely getting rid of Hill's defense...
Carter actually seized an opportunity to jump and, in front of the Suns' meat shield Tsakalidis, began to perform...
———— Vertical ascent!
Tsakalidis, who had no way to avoid it, had to raise his arms and pounce towards Carter.
And after a violent collision with Carter, what made this Georgian meat shield doubt his life was...
Carter actually turned his right hand holding the ball into a huge battle axe in an instant when he was almost losing his balance, and slammed the ball towards the Suns' basket!
Bang————!
In Su Feng's previous life, Carter had completed similar dunks over the heads of Mutombo and Mourning.
Only...
Under the premise that Su Feng had just stopped the Suns with an "air walk," Carter's super battle axe...
Was about to drive the Raptors fans crazy.
"My God, what kind of monsters are these two?" On TNT, Smith knelt down.
And aside, Derek also knelt down.
At the Airlines Center Arena, at this moment, where are there any fans sitting in the stands?
And in front of the TV, even the knowledgeable Bulls fans have never seen such a scene!
Because Pippen is just a chump. Where has he ever had such a domineering performance like Carter?
(Pippen: So, were all those dunks I made in my career dunks on air?)
"Hey, big guy, don't treat me like Su, because I won't avoid fighting!" After landing from the dunk, Carter did not forget to mock Tsakalidis in the Suns' restricted area.
Su Feng: "..."
Suns players: "..."
Honestly...
This Carter...
In Su Feng's view, it's better to bury him.
"I now understand why you wanted to leave the Raptors, Tracy." Looking at the Su and Carter duo, who disliked each other while retreating, Hill said in astonishment.
At this time, McGrady, with his hands on his hips, also smiled and said: "There's no way... These two people are not human at all."
In fact, even after hearing what Fisher said to him before the game, McGrady didn't completely believe it.
Because he knows...
No matter how good a player you are...
In this Raptors team, you can only live in the shadow of Su Feng and Carter.
Therefore...
What McGrady cares about is not whether Su Feng said such a thing.
What he cares about is...
Even if Su Feng didn't say such a thing, people would still think that way in a few years.
Vince Carter.
Su Feng.
This is the sorrow of being teammates with these two people.
……
In the remaining time of the third quarter, under the Suns' frantic defense, Su Feng scored another 4 points through free throws.
And with that, with one quarter of the game remaining, Su Feng has become another player in the NBA to achieve back-to-back "50+" scores, following Chamberlain, King, and Jordan.
After three quarters, the score between the Suns and the Raptors was 85 to 94.
In the fourth quarter, Su Feng and Carter did not rest.
Obviously, Davis wanted to seize the gap in the Suns' personnel rotation and win the game in one breath.
Of course, before the start of the fourth quarter, Davis did not forget to instruct the Raptors players to try their best to help Su Feng create opportunities.
As the saying goes, only children make choices.
On this night, Davis chose to have it all.
On the Suns' side, Skiles originally wanted to fight the Raptors to the end.
But unfortunately...
With the Suns' team doctor's warning in advance, and the fact that this game is just a regular season game, after simply explaining to Marion and his teammates how to encircle and suppress Su Feng, Skiles could only sigh and look at Davis.
In the final quarter, the Suns attacked first.
Fisher assisted with a three-pointer, and Su Feng easily picked up the rebound under Da Ben's screen.
The Raptors counterattacked, and Su Feng was double-teamed as soon as he dribbled the ball past the halfway line.
As a result, Carter once again ushered in an opportunity to perform.
After receiving Su Feng's pass and breaking into the restricted area, Carter completed the finish with a spectacular 360-degree dunk.
On TNT, Smith sighed: "I feel that tomorrow's Top 5 Plays will be the highest quality episode in the history of this season."
And aside, Derek complained: "Kenny, to be responsible, in my opinion, even the Top 10 Plays can't fit the highlights of this game."
On the court, the Suns fell into position, and Fisher almost made a mistake under the Raptors' fierce pressing.
Fisher's game experience on this night was extremely bad.
Because he, who is not known for his breakthrough ability, was either facing the tallest player on the Raptors or wrestling with the tallest player on the Raptors in this game.
Yarichi, who was heavily criticized in the previous game against the Nets, completely suppressed Fisher tonight.
There's no way...
With the 24 seconds about to run out, Fisher had to choose to pass the buck to Marion.
And the latter directly threw the basketball to Da Ben standing under the basket with his feminine shooting posture.
And then...
This is very embarrassing.
Because Da Ben can't give this kind of ball to Su Feng.
Fortunately, Su Feng is not the kind of person who is calculating like O'Neal.
The Raptors attacked, and Su Feng, who did not get many opportunities on the outside in the third quarter, seized the opportunity that Marion failed to get around the pick-and-roll and successfully summoned Fisher to his front.
As a result, probably because he was afraid of Su Feng's iron elbow, the already short Little Fish actually took a step back.
Aside, Marion, who was blocked by Yarichi, wanted to die at this moment.
Because look at what Fisher is doing?
You must know that for many fans who only look at the post-game statistics, they will not care how many mismatches Su Feng played in this game.
They will only say after the game how trash Marion, Hill, and McGrady are...
In Marion's view, it's fine if Fisher can't defend Su Feng, but how can he leave such a big gap for Su Feng at this time?
Throughout the third quarter, the Suns' four major forwards did their best to prevent Su Feng from shooting on the outside.
However, Su Feng's touch, which had already started to cool down, ushered in an opportunity to reconnect.
At the high post, looking at Fisher, who dared to use a retreat to defend himself, Su Feng raised his hand and fired a blind shot.
No aiming, no extra preparation.
A real man's artillery is about speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness.
Swish!
85 to 99!
Su Feng's 54th point of the game, and also his 10th three-pointer of the night!
On the Suns' bench, Skiles hurriedly gritted his teeth and called a timeout.
After the timeout, Skiles sent Lewis back onto the court.
Swish!
And the latter did not disappoint Skiles' expectations.
As soon as he came on the court, Lewis cut two points for the Suns with a pull-up jumper at the high post.
87 to 99.
The game continued, and the Raptors attacked.
This time it was Su Feng and Carter who played the pick-and-roll.
Carter simultaneously screened for Su Feng in place at the moment he handed the ball to Su Feng through a handoff.
And using the characteristic of his big hands, after dribbling and lightly tapping two steps to the right, Su Feng suddenly stopped the ball and made a fake back pass.
The young Marion was tricked out of his center of gravity by Su Feng because of inertia.
Swish!
At the Airlines Center Arena, as Su Feng hit this three-pointer, the Raptors fans at the scene also shouted 12, 12... in unison.
Because as long as Su Feng hits another three-pointer, the new NBA single-game three-pointer record will be born on this night!
On TNT, Smith said: "The Raptors fans are already warming up for Su to hit his 12th three-pointer of the game."
And aside, Derek said: "To be honest, at this point, who wouldn't want to witness Su creating three NBA historical records on this night in a row?"
Emmmmmmm...
Actually...
There are really a bunch of people who don't want to see this scene.
For example, Boss Jordan, who is preparing to go to the casino to spend money and vent his anger later.
Another example is Kobe, who feels that his training volume is not enough recently and needs to work harder, and has already taken Vanessa back to the bedroom for special training.
And on the court...
Clang clang clang!
After this wave of toxic milk from Smith and Derek, don't mention it, Su Feng's next few shots really deviated from the basket...
As a result, at the Airlines Center Arena, because they were too tired from standing for a long time, and their throats were already hoarse, the Raptors fans at the scene were just about to sit down...
On the court, the moment that was destined to be recorded in history...
Arrived quietly.
In front of the technical table, McGrady and Hill, who were preparing to be substituted on the next dead ball, regrettably missed the opportunity to be remembered in history with Su Feng.
Derek Fisher.
Su Feng's previous life's five-time champion old Fish, this life's no-champion small Fish.
At this great moment, he stood side by side with Su Feng!
Swish!
This was a plain Yan shot (face shot) from Su Feng.
At the Airlines Center Arena, as Su Feng scored his 60th point of the game and hit his 12th three-pointer...
On TNT, Kenny Smith then announced to the entire North America in his hoarse voice:
"Ladies and gentlemen...
I announce that the new NBA single-game three-point record has been born at this moment!
In addition, this is also the first time in NBA history that a player has scored 60 points in two consecutive games in back-to-back games!"
One game, three historical records.
On the court...
When the breeze caressed that handsome face, when the cheers of the whole stadium broke through the dome of Canada...
Su Feng's hometown, 13,000 kilometers away, had already boiled like boiling water.
If the records created by the predecessors are not left for the later generations to break, if Michael Jordan has already completed the definition of No. 23, then why are people still obsessed with basketball?
Although Su Feng's career has only entered its fifth year, although his story has just begun to improve, on this night, what Su Feng brought to people is no longer just shock that can be defined.
The king ascends.
The legend is immortal.
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ps: Ah, you are all playing 2077, but I am diligently coding! Humph! (Secretly ask, is it fun?)
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