Chapter 1 Inspired by Van Gundy...

On the 4th, in Oklahoma City, the Hornets and the Heat immediately started playing an offensive-minded game.

Due to the hurricane that struck in 2005, which caused extensive damage to the city of New Orleans, the Hornets had to temporarily move their home court to Oklahoma City for the past year.

In Su Feng's previous life, since moving away from Charlotte, this Hornets team seemed to have had no luck.

In the future, after Hornets owner George Shinn became tired of basketball, in order to leave the seed of the NBA in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans, the NBA even had to step in to manage this ill-fated team.

And later...

It was the story of the Hornets changing their name to the Pelicans, the Bobcats changing their name to the Hornets, and Michael Jordan reclaiming the Charlotte Hornets legacy.

In this life, because Chris Paul declared for the draft a year earlier, the Hornets were in a worse situation than Su Feng remembered.

"New Bee King" Raymond Felton was unable to take on the heavy responsibility.

Currently, in this Hornets team, apart from David West and Rasual Butler, Su Feng found that he couldn't even name a few players.

In Su Feng's opinion, the Hornets' greatest contribution to the NBA was probably letting Bennett see the enthusiasm of his hometown folks for basketball.

See, what is the real-life butterfly effect?

Because a butterfly flapped its wings, causing New Orleans to be attacked by the Hornets, so after the Hornets mistakenly set up a temporary home court in Oklahoma City...

Su Feng knew that it was only a matter of time before the Seattle SuperSonics withdrew from the historical stage of the NBA.

The story of SuperSonics fans cursing Bennett for not having a little *jiba* (penis) for his future son will not be mentioned for the time being.

On the court, at least on this night, the Hornets players successfully used their strength to make Su Feng remember their names.

In the game, whether it was Hayes, who was known as "Mini-Ben" this season, or Haslem, who was jokingly called "New Big Ben" by Chinese fans, neither of them was a match for David West.

In his previous life, Su Feng had faced West 23 times in NBA games.

In addition to winning 14 of them, West could also contribute an average of 21.6 points and 9.3 rebounds for his team.

In his career against Haslem, West basically beat Haslem every time he caught him at his peak.

In the NBA, it is not uncommon for playing styles to counter each other.

West, whose actual height was about 205 centimeters, had some low-post back-up ability and also had an accurate mid-range shot.

To deal with short, strong rebound monsters like Hayes and Haslem, West was undoubtedly the right answer.

As in the game against the Grizzlies, Spoelstra gave the rookies more playing time in the game, in addition to Su Feng and O'Neal.

As a result, after the first three quarters of the game...

The Hornets even led by double digits at most.

Because this game was not broadcast nationwide, while fans were still discussing another Lakers-Suns game that started on the same night online...

The news that the Heat was about to lose almost instantly flooded major basketball websites in the United States.

Just...

Before the Maple Haters who had been silent for a long time could make up jokes...

The news that Su Feng led his team to bombard Oklahoma City made the major basketball forums in the United States a complete mess.

In the final quarter, Su Feng and O'Neal both exerted their strength.

The former hit 4 three-pointers in a row from the outside in 5 minutes.

The latter successfully caused West's sixth personal foul in the final quarter.

On the court, without West, the Hornets were immediately thrown into chaos.

In the end, 131 to 114, with a wave of 31 to 6 offensive frenzy in the final quarter, the Heat successfully took their second victory of the new year.

On the 6th, the Heat, who returned to Miami, ushered in the second game against the Suns this season.

This season, as Hill's age increased, the Suns had gradually withdrawn from the ranks of the league's top teams.

In addition, after sending Marion to Golden State, D'Antoni realized...

That unremarkable guy...

Was the "real C" of this Suns team.

That year, as McGrady's replacement, Stephen Jackson, who had won a championship ring with Su Feng after McGrady left the Raptors, had frequent conflicts with McGrady this season.

Because in the Suns' losing games, Jackson felt that as long as McGrady showed a little more fighting spirit, the Suns could win.

However, because he hadn't had a good rest under D'Antoni in the past two years, McGrady also had the idea of staying healthy in the regular season.

For this life's McGrady, his biggest pursuit at the moment was to lead his team to win the championship alone and win a regular season MVP.

But based on the current NBA regular season MVP competition...

How could McGrady, who had multiple injuries on his body, compete with Su Feng and others who were getting crazier and crazier?

And so, it was.

As time went by...

Jackson could be said to be more and more displeased with McGrady.

And what made D'Antoni's head ache the most was...

Because these two people were both Su Feng's second in command back then, and they had both won NBA championships with Su Feng...

So when these two people were arguing, D'Antoni found that he couldn't interrupt at all.

And online, fans who originally thought that Jackson and McGrady, these two star players, could spark sparks complained:

The Raptors back then were simply a bunch of stars when they gathered, and a pile of shit when they dispersed.

"I think whether it's Tracy or Stephen, or Vince and Jermaine, they are all very good players.

But in the past two years, you can clearly find that after losing Su's control, their performance on the court can only be described as disappointing.

The fact proves that it was not them who made Su back then, but Su who made them."

ESPN, the famous "Maple Flatterer" Balbas wrote in his personal column.

And although, for Balbas's comment, this time the Maple Haters were rational and thought that Balbas shouldn't flatter one and belittle the other...

But combining Su Feng's past and present lives...

In fact, Balbas was just telling the truth this time.

In Su Feng's original timeline, Jackson's most glorious personal record was breaking the Mavericks with the Golden State gang.

In terms of style, without Jordan on the team, no matter how rebellious a Pippen-type player like Jackson was, his energy was limited.

And what about Carter...

Apart from messing up a good hand, in Su Feng's memory, Carter's most commendable thing was probably his love for basketball.

As for Jermaine O'Neal...

Because of his personality, after the original Auburn Hills Palace incident, this unlucky child gradually faded out of people's sight.

And McGrady...

Whether in his previous life or this life, he was not without opportunities to prove himself.

In his previous life, Su Feng almost led his team to defeat the Pistons with a single core, and after Yao Ming was reimbursed, he also led the Rockets to a 22-game winning streak...

And in this life, he even almost led the Suns to win the championship in the season when Su Feng was raising his child in Miami.

Yes, that's right...

It was always a little bit short.

It was always almost.

In Su Feng's eyes, McGrady was not without the talent and strength to challenge him.

He...

Just lacked a breath.

However, on the basketball court, this breath...

Was precisely the most crucial.

Back then, with this breath, Su Feng blacked Jordan's eight.

And it was this black eight that allowed Su Feng's level and status in the NBA to enter a new stage at once.

American Airlines Arena.

Even without Van Gundy's reminder, the Suns, who were destined to play a running-and-gunning game with the Heat, were not as lucky as the Grizzlies and Hornets before this night.

Because against the Suns...

Su Feng would not take it lightly.

On the court, after three quarters, the visiting Suns were 59 to 77 behind.

Under Su Feng's defense, McGrady, who was in poor form, only made 4 of 14 shots in the first three quarters.

And Jackson, who had been glaring at McGrady, didn't play much better himself...

After being brought into the "Iron Realm" by Ariza, Jackson finally hit his first field goal of the game until the third quarter was about to end.

And so...

The old Hill became one of the few reliable players on the Suns' side again this night.

But in the fourth quarter...

If you can only count on a 33-year-old veteran...

Then why can you win at American Airlines Arena?

In the end, 84 to 105, the Heat easily defeated the Suns at home, taking their third victory of the new year.

And if you count last year, this was already the Heat's eleventh consecutive victory.

On the 8th and 10th.

The Heat defeated the Trail Blazers and the SuperSonics at home respectively.

In the game on the 8th, Chris Paul was still tenacious and unyielding.

However, in front of Hayes and Haslem, Garnett, who couldn't use his signature Sky Howl skill, was weakened on an epic level.

And on the 10th, after losing to the Heat, whether the SuperSonics, who had only won 2 games so far in the 05/06 season, could reverse the historical record of the NBA...

Had become a topic of concern for people at the moment.

Last summer, Su Feng noticed that the SuperSonics had poached Presti from the Nets.

So Su Feng was also very curious...

With the historical trajectory already going wild, could Presti create a galactic battleship again?

On the 13th and 14th.

The Heat defeated the Kings and the Bobcats back-to-back.

On the 16th and 18th, after sinking the Rockets and the Clippers one after another, the Heat's winning streak had reached 17 games.

On the 19th, the third phase of the 2006 NBA All-Star voting was officially released.

Su Feng and Kobe led the Eastern and Western All-Star voting lists respectively.

And even if Shaq's younger brother's data had risen to an average of 19.9 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 9.3 assists in the Heat's winning streak in January...

He still couldn't change his fate of being Yao Ming's substitute.

"Too outrageous! Is half of China voting for Yao?"

That day, looking at his vote count, which was less than half of Yao Ming's, O'Neal said to Su Feng with a depressed face.

And hearing that...

Su Feng patted O'Neal on the shoulder and said, "Be confident, Shaq, you don't need half of China, just half of Shanghai, and Yao can squeeze you out of the starting lineup."

O'Neal: "..."

This season, the All-Star starter battle in the East was still fierce.

Affected by the Raptors' continued decline this season, since entering the league, Carter was likely to give up his starting position for the first time in the voting session. (Note 1)

However, because the NBA would continue to adopt the BP rule this season...

So what was the point of Carter entering the starting lineup?

No exaggeration.

Based on Su Feng and Kobe's selection of people...

Wouldn't anyone really think that these Raul Marion twins wouldn't treat Carter as a free gift?

On the 20th, the Heat played against the Grizzlies at home for the second time.

As a result...

Something that made Van Gundy go crazy appeared again.

That was...

It seemed that the Grizzlies only knew how to play good offense when they were playing against the Heat.

In the game, Gasol, who was blessed by the gods, was simply Kareem Abdul-Jabbar II.

Baron Davis played like a super point guard in one game.

It was a pity...

The Heat was still the one who laughed last in this game.

Crushed, overturned, crushed again.

In front of the TV, no one knew what the mood of the Grizzlies fans was at the end of this game.

And on the 22nd, the Heat's 18-game winning streak was broken by Nash.

This season, after bringing in Marion, the St. Mana trio who gathered in Golden State was outrageous in Su Feng's opinion.

No need to break in.

It was as if these three people had a natural understanding.

In Golden State...

Just when the eyes of the world were attracted by the Heat, the "Golden State Suns" had already set off a Nash whirlwind in the West.

This season, they not only ranked first in the West, but they could also score an average of 117.7 points, second only to the Heat.

The successful experimenter, Nelson, had become the godfather of Golden State.

And this time...

In Su Feng's opinion, it was also the closest Nelson had ever been to the championship.

Because after this game with the Warriors, Su Feng knew...

Apart from the Mavericks, there was now another Warriors team that could compete with the Big Three in the East.

On the 24th, the Heat played against the Jazz at home.

This was also a hard battle.

In the game, the Utah Youth Guard, composed of Kirilenko, Boozer, Deron, Yi Jianlian and others, set off a youth storm at American Airlines Arena.

In competitive sports, youth is invincible.

After the first quarter, the visiting Jazz took the lead in the score with an offensive-minded game, leading 36 to 31.

Unlike those truly stubborn and corrupt coaches, in Su Feng's previous life, Sloan had changed his basketball concept when facing the Golden State Gang.

In fact, in the NBA, where did so many inherent routines come from?

How could a famous coach like Sloan not know how to adapt to the circumstances?

In the second quarter, vaguely feeling that the Mavericks, Warriors, and Jazz would become the Big Three in the West in the future, Su Feng decisively grabbed the tactical board from Spoelstra.

Because this game...

Relying on the current Spoelstra...

Su Feng knew he couldn't win.

"You mean, we should take the initiative to slow down the pace?" Before the start of the second quarter, looking at Su Feng, Spoelstra asked with a surprised face.

"Yes.

Because after entering the positional battle, they are not our opponents." On the sidelines, pointing to Jefferson and others who were still slightly immature at this time, Su Feng said.

"Also, as long as this Jazz team plays pick-and-roll, we will directly switch defense.

If they choose to play small in the high post, then let them play, as long as our wings pay attention to helping and filling the position."

While drawing on the tactical board, Su Feng said to Mourning, Haslem and others who were about to play with him in the second quarter.

And on the court, after this adjustment, the Heat quickly reversed the situation in the second quarter.

At this time, on the Jazz's bench, the old coach Sloan's face was also full of shock.

Because...

In Sloan's opinion, Spoelstra's on-the-spot adaptability tonight was simply comparable to Pat Riley.

So after the halftime break, in the third quarter, Sloan changed his formation again.

On the court, Kirilenko appeared at the power forward position.

Compared with his peak, because O'Neal's ability to eat hard in the low post was declining, Sloan's change was to fully exert Kirilenko's ability to help defend in the interior.

This season, Kirilenko could contribute 3.1 blocks per game for the Jazz.

Compared with Camby's misplaced blocks...

Kirilenko desperately vomited blood to make up for his teammates.

In Su Feng's opinion, if Gobert in the future could win the Defensive Player of the Year...

Then Kirilenko was definitely more qualified to win this award than him.

It was a pity that because he couldn't defend the entire league like Gobert...

Plus, he was not good at words, so Kirilenko was destined to always be selectively forgotten by the judges when selecting awards.

And on the court, facing Sloan's change, Su Feng suggested that Spoelstra boldly bring Kapono up.

As the saying goes, if you defend the inside, I will play your outside.

Avoid the solid and attack the weak.

*Sun Tzu's Art of War*, truly does not deceive me!

In the end, relying on the outstanding performance of the outside players who made 17 of 36 three-pointers in this game, the Heat successfully won at home.

In the whole game, the final score of the two teams was 112 to 125.

Putting more energy into organization, coordination, and fighting with Sloan, Su Feng could not use data to reflect his value in this game.

In the case of only getting 33 points, 12 rebounds, and 16 assists, Su Feng also admitted in an interview after the game that he did not play well in this game.

And aside, O'Neal, who was drinking water next to Su Feng at the time, almost knelt down to Su Feng!

Actually...

If it weren't for someone who had played "30+triple-double" performances in the previous two seasons, then this season, could O'Neal even be unable to squeeze into the top five of the MVP list at this time?

Although after coming to the Heat, O'Neal had never thought that he could still win the regular season MVP...

But...

In O'Neal's eyes, Su Feng was really outrageous.

Because you may not believe it when you say it...

Now, as long as Su Feng's field goal percentage is less than 50% in a certain game...

Then on the major forums in the United States, the Maple Haters dare to say that he played too poorly.

In January, after fighting the Warriors and the Jazz, the new Big Three in the West, the Heat were not challenged in the remaining games.

February.

In the selection of the best Eastern and Western Conference players of the month in January announced by the NBA official, Su Feng and Kobe were selected respectively.

In January, Su Feng could average 38.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.3 assists.

And Kobe could average 34.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists.

Also worth mentioning is...

Because this life's Deron's development trajectory was better than what he remembered...

So a certain iron-headed guy who was facing the sky, facing the earth, and facing the air at the draft was quite sour now.

"Hmph, if I were American, then this year's best rookie would definitely be mine!"

Not long ago, in an interview, Bogut, who was currently leading the San Antonio Spurs to closely follow the Seattle SuperSonics, said.

As the season progressed to this point, in addition to the MVP list, the rookie list was also the focus of people's attention.

And after Bogut became sour about Deron for a long time...

American reporters were also wondering...

Because based on your Spurs' second-to-last record in the West, why are you calling out the point guard of the third-ranked team in the West?

Are you kidding me?

Also, even if you, Bogut, want to compare, you can't compare to the undrafted Chuck Hayes!

Because just looking at the data, Bogut's average of 10.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game...

Does this qualify as "Australian Duncan"?

"To quote a Chinese friend of mine, Andrew is called having a heart higher than the sky and a life thinner than paper!" On TNT, Barkley ridiculed Bogut in a recap program.

Actually...

In this life, because the Spurs had no one available, Bogut's performance in his rookie season was better than the historical period in Su Feng's memory.

But...

Who told him to be so impulsive at the draft before?

Not to mention anything else...

Just say his performance against Yao Ming, Duncan, Garnett and other star insiders.

In December, the Spurs played the 76ers. In the whole game, Bogut only got 4 points and 3 rebounds.

And Yao, who was facing him, was replaced by Carlisle after getting 23 points and 10 rebounds without even sweating.

In January, the Spurs played against the Celtics, and Bogut contributed a total of 3 points and 5 rebounds for the team.

On the other side, Duncan scored 19 points and 9 rebounds in just 23 minutes.

As for the three games that the Spurs and the Trail Blazers have already played this season?

To put it bluntly.

Comparing Bogut with Garnett...

Is simply the greatest insult to this iron-blooded wolf king.

Because unlike when he was playing against the Heat, when he couldn't get the chance to roar to the sky...

When playing against the Spurs...

Garnett simply didn't have the heart to even beat his chest and stomp his feet.

After all...

A normal person drinks a sip of water, wouldn't they have to shout?

On February 2, the NBA officially announced the starting lineups of this year's Houston All-Star Game after four rounds of voting.

East: Yao Ming, Duncan, Su Feng, James, Iverson.

West: Stoudemire, Garnett, McGrady, Kobe, Nash.

According to the rules, Su Feng and Kobe, who were the All-Star vote kings in the East and West, would select people through live TV on the 7th after the announcement of the substitute lineup.

And before that...

Su Feng had to celebrate his "birthday" first.

Because according to the schedule, on the 3rd, the Heat would go to San Antonio to play against the Spurs.

And this time...

Without Su Feng's reminder, the Heat players were ready to celebrate Feng Ge's birthday.

Because on February 2, after the Houston All-Star voting results were announced...

This time, even Stern wanted to take a knife and chop someone.

"In my opinion, the NBA is just for making money, so it has allowed Yao to enter the All-Star Game starting lineup for many years in a row.

Because if we really fight, Yao and I are definitely 50-50."

On February 2, local time in the United States, in an interview with the Australian media, Bogut said with a confident face.

Make...

Make money?

Admittedly, the NBA has indeed made a lot of money from the Chinese market in the past two years.

But if Yao Ming didn't have that strength, then Stern would have used his backstage privileges to block Yao Ming's starting position.

Hey, no...

Could it be that 23 points and 10 rebounds can't stop Bogut's mouth against 4 points and 3 rebounds?

In New York, this day, Stern found that the Spurs team...

Whether it was Popovich or Bogut...

Were simply sent by God to disgust him.

And so...

This day, an interesting thing happened before the start of the game between the Heat and the Spurs.

That was, the referee William Thompson, who was originally responsible for officiating this game, would be absent from this game due to physical reasons.

And the referee who replaced him...

Was actually...

Corey Martin!

"Fight! Fight to the death!

It's best to disband this Spurs team in one game!"

This day, although Stern's original English meaning was not this meaning...

But in Mark's opinion...

What Stern wanted to express at the time was this meaning.

The stage.

Stern had already set it up for the Heat.

And then...

It was the protagonist's turn to appear.

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