The 25th of December in New York, compared to its usual hustle and bustle...

...remained just as bustling and noisy as ever.

But unlike the people who were wholeheartedly enjoying the holiday cheer...

...at this very moment...

...the Knicks players were in dire straits.

Failing to contend for the championship for many years, repeatedly paying the luxury tax only to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs time after time...

Currently, the Knicks players had long become the biggest joke in the eyes of their own fans.

And despite Patrick Ewing having tried to turn the air conditioning up to the max countless times while resting at home before...

...his body would still tremble uncontrollably.

For Ewing, he had never hoped so much as he did now, at this moment, that he could get rid of the shivering caused by the cold air as soon as possible.

A speck of dust of the era, falling on a Knicks player, is the Statue of Liberty.

The Knicks players wanted to breathe.

They wanted to enjoy the right to breathe freely, like ordinary people.

However...

"Boo————————!"

On the afternoon of the 25th, at Madison Square Garden, as boos came from all directions, as the Knicks players stood shoulder to shoulder awkwardly...

Perhaps in the eyes of many, this was not very "American," not very "free," but...

...this was very New York.

However, as the saying goes, people are watching.

Perhaps New York fans felt very relieved by this behavior.

But for Su Feng, who knew the Knicks' future, he knew that this behavior of the New York fans had offended all the current and future stars.

Logically speaking, it was only because Marbury of this life went to Boston.

Otherwise, can you imagine a child born in New York being forced by New York fans to run to Kè (Note 1) Beijing to study socialism?

Arrogance and conceit are the most accurate descriptions of New York fans.

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A prime opportunity to defend the regular season MVP!

If the difficulty of Su Feng dethroning O'Neal to defend the regular season MVP in the 99/00 season was originally hell-level in Su Feng's original plan...

...then now, due to various coincidences, this difficulty had been reduced to ordinary.

As the saying goes, times change.

Knowing that opportunity knocks but once, Su Feng wasn't the kind of person who would just sit back and watch as glory was right in front of him without taking it.

Therefore, after entering December, in order to help Su Feng win in this showdown with O'Neal, the entire Raptors team was of one mind.

After all, Su Feng was such a great boss; it was rare for him to make a request, so would anyone in the Raptors dare to refuse?

Of course not!

In the words of Steve Nash, if Su Feng was a king leading the charge, then he, Nash, was willing to be the sharp sword in the king's hand.

Wherever the sword pointed, it would be invincible.

Unbeatable in attack, invincible in battle!

For Su Feng!

Charge!

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On the court, with the strong cooperation of his teammates, Su Feng had already scored 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists by the end of the first quarter of this Christmas game.

It had to be said that having a strong lineup really allowed one to do whatever one wanted.

After all, no matter how much one focused on padding stats, in this era that valued team records, winning was the Raptors' top priority.

You see, in Su Feng's original plan to defend his MVP, he originally intended to first have the Raptors surpass the Lakers in record.

Then, through the Oakland All-Star Game, he would use the battle of the century with Carter to crush O'Neal in reputation.

However, plans could not keep up with changes.

Because of the listing of "Su Bu shares," Su Feng now had to find a way to maintain this positive reputation buff through excellent performances on the court.

Otherwise, the media's speculation about "fighting for love" was likely to turn into a barrage of criticism of Su Feng's private life overnight.

And for Su Feng, who was very aware of the impact of public opinion...

...he knew very well that as long as he could maintain his recent form, then even if O'Neal slightly surpassed him in stats after the Oakland All-Star Game, O'Neal wouldn't be able to compete with him for the MVP this season.

Of course, neither maintaining high-efficiency stat-padding nor defeating Carter in the Oakland All-Star dunk contest were 100% certain.

So, Su Feng admitted that he was gambling a bit.

But isn't the greatest charm of competitive sports the chance to take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle?

Wake up, this was the peak O'Neal of the 99/00 season.

This was a monster who forced the league to change its rules for him.

This was a superman who, if it weren't for a certain reporter's selfishness, might have become the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.

It was not an exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the media stirring up the rhythm due to various coincidences, then even if Su Feng completed everything according to his original plan...

...he would only have a 50% chance of winning this year's regular season MVP.

Because don't forget how much opposition there was in the United States when Su Feng became the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history last season.

In Su Feng's previous life, throughout the long river of NBA history, apart from North America, there were only two international players who had won the MVP in the NBA.

The ideal was very full, the reality was very cruel; in Su Feng's previous life, even future person Curry was criticized by many Hall of Famers for not being black enough.

So you can imagine how difficult it was to win the regular season MVP in the NBA.

And Su Feng, what he was planning now was to defend his NBA regular season MVP.

Therefore, although this wave of him and Britney being each other's tools was beneficial to everyone, psychologically, Su Feng was still quite grateful to this girl.

Especially when he noticed the changes in Britney's clothing and hairstyle tonight, Su Feng felt that at least now, he was willing to give Britney's appearance a score of 6.

Ah...

Achoo—!

In the courtside seats of Madison Square Garden, Britney felt that someone was talking about her behind her back today for some reason.

"Actually, looking at it this way, Su is indeed more outstanding than many American boys."

And after wiping her nose, looking at the strong and handsome figure on the court, Britney silently thought to herself.

Tonight, Britney, who had changed her style, was the most beautiful scenery in the entire arena.

Clothes make the man, and gold makes the Buddha; although Su Feng couldn't really be compared with those fashion masters in terms of aesthetics and styling, compared with the future...

Take the black history of many celebrities, for example.

Who knew how much these celebrities of the future would want to delete this unbearable past when they saw their non-mainstream styles?

On the court, after the intermission, Su Feng still didn't rest in the second quarter.

As a result, he didn't know if Madison Square Garden had a buff that increased the stats of away players, but Su Feng felt that his touch tonight was unusually good.

Here...

At the beginning of the second quarter, Su Feng hit an unreasonable fadeaway three-pointer on the wing.

20 to 35.

On TNT, Smith spread his hands and laughed, "My God, send someone to sanction Su quickly!

If this continues, the Knicks players will definitely doubt the basketball concepts they usually accept!"

Immediately afterward, the Knicks turned around and attacked.

As the savior in Van Gundy's eyes recently, Sprewell was preparing to force his way to the inside with the ball.

But, just as he broke through Su Feng's defense and was about to challenge Big Ben one-on-one...

Suddenly, on the court, the classic front block and rear swat appeared!

It turned out that Su Feng had deliberately let Sprewell slip past him from his left side in order to wait for this fleeting opportunity to block!

Pa—!

This was a spicy hot pot with a strong Sichuan flavor!

Little brother, does it taste good?

Recently, Su Feng had become more and more skilled in collaborating with Big Ben to pad their block stats.

That's right, you didn't misread.

Although blocking wasn't as easy to pad as other stats, for an underplayer, there was no stat in this world that couldn't be padded!

On the court, Sprewell, who had been blocked by Su Feng, was a little dizzy...

Because after the Knicks inbounded the ball, this guy actually wanted to compete with Su Feng in terms of elbow strength.

Then...

There was no then.

Su - specialist in beating tough guys - Feng successfully used his chest to take Sprewell's repeated hard pounding.

At this moment, even Britney on the sidelines covered her mouth.

Too tough.

This man was really too tough!

Think about it, if even someone like Britney who didn't understand basketball had this impression, what about the other fans who were watching this game at this moment?

Beep—!

The Knicks' first attack in the second quarter was defended by the Raptors for 24 seconds.

Conversely, the Raptors attacked.

Different from his toughness just now, Su Feng showed his "soft" side in this play.

Swish—!

Another dry three-pointer with no scientific basis to follow!

"Hiss—! Unreasonable!"

On the court, after shaking his head, Su Feng looked down at his big hands. At this moment, he couldn't believe that these were his hands.

Because they were just too accurate!

If Su Feng used to praise himself as "worthy of me" when he had a good touch in previous games, then tonight, his touch...

In his opinion, it seemed to have broken through the sky.

Therefore, in order to cherish this hard-won touch, Su Feng said to Nash while retreating, "Give me the ball next, Steve!"

Originally, Nash wanted to say, when you're around, when have I ever given the ball to anyone else?

But looking at Su Feng's sparkling eyes at this moment, Nash finally held back these words in his heart.

"Okay."

As Su Feng's true deputy, the Raptors' actual second leader, Nash replied "obediently and sensibly."

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ps: Sorry. I encountered another emergency last night, the update is late but it's here.

ps2: "Kè" is a dialect in the southwestern region, referring to words such as go and arrive, for example: I was drunk at a friend's house last night.