Chapter 543: Chapter 381: Frye Yu, the Dog-Bully

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“Big Fei, you start the game like this?”

Garnett rubbed the spot where Yu Fei had elbowed him, muttering to himself, “Don’t think you can fucking bluff me with that, I’m not scared, just you wait!”

Compared to his days with the Timberwolves, this version of Garnett had obviously gained some weight.

This was so he could swing to the center position when necessary.

However, under normal circumstances, David VB Lee was the Celtics’ center, whose inside scoring had no blind spots, coupled with Garnett, who liked to take high-post jump shots, the offensive end was more like the sum of 1+1 being greater than 2.

Rajon Rondo brought the ball past midcourt and executed a pick-and-roll with Garnett, then passed the ball after breaking through.

The response from Garnett was a high-post jump shot that didn’t look very strong.

2 to 2

Garnett couldn’t help but clench his fist and shout to PJ Brown sitting in the front row, “PJ, you know who can lead you to a championship!”

As a greatly respected veteran, PJ Brown felt a strong sense of respect from Garnett, and he clearly understood that the Celtics were the fastest express to the championship.

Yu Fei didn’t know where Garnett’s confidence came from, a guy who had never won a championship daring to promise others a title?

Seeing PJ’s expression, Yu Fei knew this old guy was already tempted.

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The only reason he hadn’t immediately agreed to Garnett was because he didn’t want to offend himself.

After exchanging pleasantries with Garnett, PJ noticed the look on Yu Fei’s face.

It wasn’t one that said “we need you,” but one that exuded “I am recruiting you because I respect you.”

If Yu Fei were still in Milwaukee, PJ Brown would definitely not refuse his recruitment.

But now, when Yu Fei’s team no longer had the upper hand, his personality became an issue.

PJ didn’t know if he would be respected in Seattle.

Then, Yu Fei’s breakthrough tore through Pierce’s defense, ignoring the Celtics’ string of help defense, and scored with a floater.

2 to 4

“KG, you haven’t even won a Western Conference championship, and now you’re promising others a title?” Yu Fei asked sarcastically, “Does everyone who plays in Boston like to talk big?”

Pierce, completely uninvolved, took a verbal blow, and yelled out with his mouth wide open, “Big Fei, your era is over, the Garden is no place for you to speak!”

If my era is over, then whose era has begun?

Surely not the Celtics’ era, right?

That would be disgusting.

Yu Fei put in all his effort on defense, using various moves, and the referee immediately made it clear why this was a devilish home court.

Even a superstar like Yu Fei didn’t have immunity in the Garden.

When it was time to blow the whistle, the referee did not hesitate.

With a whistle, Yu Fei picked up a defensive foul.

The Celtics took a sideline inbound, with Rondo’s near-zero threat from the outside allowing the Supersonics to play very daring defense against him, but he was a wily court operator, highly skilled at using his teammates’ offenses for his own benefit.

Garnett set a screen, Pierce moved, and David Lee followed up with another screen.

The Celtics demonstrated their powerful secret in just one play.

It’s the latter part of January now, and the regular season has just gone through one-third.

The Supersonics’ issues had just been exposed and were being addressed, and many strong teams were looking for trades to shore up their weaknesses, while the Celtics were like a fully-leveled character from the get-go.

From the start of the season, their offense and defense systems were already fully mature, and the players had great chemistry among themselves.

Thus, they could steamroll their way through the competition.

This explained from another angle why the ’08 Celtics had such a tough time in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Because they gave their opponents a season’s worth of samples, by the playoffs, when their opponents’ tailored strategies started to work, they began to lose games, thus playing round after round of Game 7s. At such times, they needed a coach who could adapt promptly.

Unfortunately, their coach was Doug “Even though I’ve been overturned time and again I’m still a good coach” Rivers.

Because the coaching staff was poor in making adjustments, they had to rely on sheer talent and home advantage, and so lost layer after layer with every round they advanced in the Eastern Conference.

Right now, this was when the Celtics were at their strongest.

While other teams were still finding their groove and their own paths to development, the Celtics only needed to stick to their routine to dominate and crush the weak.

This sequence revealed an immediate imbalance in the Supersonics’ defense.

They left the very person they shouldn’t have–Michael Redd.

Redd got free using David Lee’s screen and caught the ball in the left corner for a three-pointer.

5 to 4

“Michael Redd has said that this is the best team he’s ever been on!” Heinsen exclaimed with passion, “Now, he will prove it to Frye Yu right in front of his face, this statement is absolutely true!”

Redd faced Yu Fei’s gaze as he fell back on defense.

While others felt intimidated by Yu Fei, Redd was filled with courage.

Because unlike Yu Fei’s previous teammates, Redd had a very good opportunity to prove himself. If he won a championship with the Celtics, then the championship he won with the Bucks would no longer be one that Yu Fei led him to, but one they won together.

To him, that was very important.

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Because Ray Allen definitely had no chance to prove himself anymore.

At that time, he had been traded because he couldn’t compete with Ray Allen, but what he didn’t expect was that two years later, Allen would also be traded. The difference was that Allen, as Yu Fei’s sidekick, had won two championships, while Redd was just an important supporting role when the Bucks won the championship.

A supporting role is always a supporting role, but now, he is the leading man in Boston.

This time, Fei won’t be riding on his head and taking all the glory again.

Yu Fei couldn’t sense Redd’s adversarial emotions; if he knew what the other party was thinking, he might have chosen a different way to initiate the attack.

Yu Fei gets the ball in the low post.

“You think you can play in the low post?” Pierce loudly disrupted, “Joke! Big Fei, you can’t play the low post worth a damn!”

Roy passes the ball.

Yu Fei immediately goes for a Sikma-style pivot jump shot.

“Swish!”

Pierce is taken aback and involuntarily looks at Yu Fei, whose face is stern.

“If you bark like a dog again,” Yu Fei threw down another sentence, full of killing intent, “don’t blame me for kicking you into a dead dog!”

“Ha? You think I scare easy?”

Pierce has a sort of unassuming toughness about him, like a street ruffian who doesn’t look like much but in terms of strength, especially on offense, can match up with superstars.

Therefore, Fei’s emphasis when guarding him is on receiving the ball.

Once Pierce gets the ball, it’s going to be very difficult to defend against him.

At first, Pierce could still ridicule Yu Fei for trying too hard, but when his continuous positioning was obscured by Yu Fei’s front defense, making his location so poor that Rondo couldn’t find an angle to pass, he realized he was in big trouble.

“You can’t possibly guard me!”

Pierce yelled, forcefully shrugging off Yu Fei’s defense.

This move finally created space for him to get the ball, and Rondo passed it to him.

Then, Pierce was about to use his tried and true method of leaning and pushing.

But Yu Fei had no intention of grinding it out with him on the spot and actively went for the steal instead.

It was a risky choice, but at that moment, Pierce’s attention was all on the physical contest between his legs, and by the time he realized it, the ball was already slapped away.

Yu Fei was like a snake lunging at its prey, bursting forward in an instant, leaving Pierce behind.

Although Rondo caught up, his size disparity with Yu Fei meant there wasn’t a chance he could stop the counterattack.

In the end, Rondo became the spectator in the best position.

Yu Fei grabs the ball with both hands and slams it down with an explosive dunk.

To Yu Fei, Rondo was an insignificant little man not worth his attention.

He simply bypassed him, crossed half-court, and kept pouring it on the confidence-shaken Pierce, “Come on, keep barking, let me hear how this untrained Boston mad dog can still howl!”

Pierce no longer had the mood to joke; his expression tightened, displaying a resolve of “I will not surrender,” but who believed he could stand against Yu Fei?

Ainge sat at courtside, not surprised by Pierce being completely dominated by Yu Fei.

Because last summer in Las Vegas, Yu Fei dominated James in the same way.

The Celtics’ advantage over the Supersonics still had to return to the Big Three, of which only Garnett had a partial advantage over Yu Fei, but overall, they were still being outplayed, the others too short in front of Yu Fei, their weaknesses too pronounced.

“However, the best trait about Paul is that he won’t be absent all night long,” Rivers said to the person beside him. “He isn’t someone who gets completely destroyed.”

Thibodeau frowned: “If the opponent were Frye, maybe not…”

Then Garnett’s high-post jump shot steadied the Celtics’ position.

Yu Fei gets the ball again.

The audience in North Shore Garden holds their breath.

Because every time Yu Fei had the ball before, he scored.

Will it be different this time?

“Tsk tsk…”

Yu Fei makes a sound like calling a dog.

Pierce, furious, presses forward in defense.

A wrong decision might lead to consequences he can’t bear.

The moment Pierce presses forward, Yu Fei lowers his stance and bursts forward with his first step. In an instant, Pierce’s defensive stance is mostly lost, and realizing his mistake, he tries to recover, only to see Yu Fei halt abruptly, pull back, and change direction explosively in the opposite way, causing his body to react instinctively. But his center of gravity could not withstand those sudden stops and sharp turns, like a fatally ill patient who can’t catch his breath again.

“Frye ends Paul Pierce’s ankles with a move to the outside for a three-point shot~~~!!!”

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As if it was destined to go in.

Pierce turns around just in time to see the basketball piercing the net, then turns his head to the instigator.

Yu Fei finally smiles, but it looks more sinister than his unsmiling face.

“Keep barking,” he says. “I love to listen.”

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