Chapter 27: Suppression

  The Lakers' bench, which has been weak all along, made the Celtics call a timeout in just a few minutes. Ye Feng scored 6 points and made a big hat, becoming a surprise hero. His appearance completely disrupted the Celtics' pre-game deployment, and one of the three giants, Garnett, had to return to the court ahead of schedule.

  Now Ye Feng understands what Divac said. On the court, wanting to break through with the ball, the most important thing is not technology, but speed. Without speed, players who use fake movements to break through have weaknesses, and as long as they don't get dizzy, they can be defended against, and after being passed, they can be chased back to cover their hats. But fast people, even if their skills are rough, may become unsolvable on the court. Iverson was able to average 23.5 points per game in his first season in the league, and he could even knock down Jordan, relying on his super speed.

  Ye Feng is not good at fake movements and is not skilled at dribbling, he finds it difficult to break through the defender, but can easily get past clumsy interior defenders like Davis.

  Rivers also had to admit that Ye Feng was no ordinary rookie, he's hard to deal with.

  As this was the home court of the Celtics, Ye Feng's dunk that time did not replay on the big screen, but all the fans in the stadium had already begun to notice him.

  Maxwell said during the suspension: "It's hard to imagine that Ye Feng is a low-paid player who was just called back from NBDL. The two substitute insiders of the Celtics couldn't do anything about him. In the previous attack, he also proved that he wasn't just good at dunking. If he can maintain this level in the future, maybe he will become the second Chinese star after Yao Ming."

  Glen Davis said: "The Bucks' Yi Jianlian is also good, he started all 13 games in November, averaging 25 minutes per game, scoring 9.8 points and grabbing 5.8 rebounds, but he's more like a big outside shooter, attacking from the perimeter, Ye Feng is much stronger than him."

  The timeout ended, Garnett came on. He stared at Ye Feng, his expression ferocious, ready to help Bo Si regain the field. After joining the Celtics, Garnett's stats had declined somewhat, but in fact he was still in his prime, it's just that with Pierce, he didn't need to take on the main scoring task, and could put more energy into defense.

  Maxwell laughed: "It seems that Garnett will be matched with Ye Feng, interestingly, Ye Feng's nickname at UCLA is 'Hungry Wolf', and Garnett was previously the Timberwolves' wolf king. The hungry wolf challenges the wolf king, I wonder what kind of performance it will be."

  Jackson didn't draw up a new play and didn't call a timeout, giving Ye Fung enough trust. He hoped the substitutes could hold on for a few more minutes to give Kobe Odom enough rest.

  Ye Feng saw Garnett, a smile appeared on his face. Jackson didn't say anything, meaning the team would still revolve around him in offense. He wanted to try and see what he could do against Garnett, he wanted to know the gap between himself and a top player.

  The Celtics took possession of the ball and attacked first.

  Ganete leaned against Ye Feng, in a low position to receive the ball, muttering: "Let me give this little bird a gift."

  "Are you going to send the hat like that big treasure?" Ye Feng faced the famous Garnett of the alliance for the first time, without a hint of fear, only a surge of competitiveness, and couldn't help but retort.

  Ganete felt a bit surprised, rookies who just entered the league were often honest children who couldn't fight back or retort, and only gradually transformed after playing several seasons. This was the first time he had seen someone who dared to confront him head-on from the start. He received the basketball and prepared to attack with his back to the defender from the right 45-degree angle.

  Ye Feng held off Garnett in the backcourt. Don't look at Garnett's thinness, his strength is not bad, and his footwork is even more agile. He dribbled the ball for a step, suddenly turned around to the middle road, and his movements were smooth and natural.

  Garnett's speed is one of the fastest among inside players, but Ye Feng is even faster. He stuck tightly to Garnett, spreading his arms to interfere with Garnett's vision and trying to disrupt his rhythm.

  Garnett held the ball with both hands, took a step back and jumped up for a shot, this is his signature move. His height plus extremely high release point makes it difficult to block even in a crowd, let alone against shorter defenders. Ye Feng jumped late, but managed to get his hand on Garnett's face. The length of a player's arm is not just an advantage for shooting, but also for defense, which is why teams value players with long arms during draft time. Garnett was affected by this and the ball bounced off the rim.

  Kwame Brown grabbed the rebound and the Celtics immediately went into a full-court press.

  He blocked another attack, and also blocked Garnett. This kid is great! Jackson clenched his fist, vowing to give Ye Feng more playing time in the future.

  Lakers launched a fierce attack, and Garnett kept up with Ye Feng on the defensive end. Ye Feng was fearless and ran straight to the low post to ask for the ball.

  Famar originally wanted to let Ye Feng come out and cover, misplace the attack. He looked at him going low to get the ball and was stunned, this kid, isn't Kobe not around? He thinks he's the boss? Obviously a new guy, also the youngest... just practiced some offense in the NBDL, where did he get the confidence to single-handedly add Garnett?

  Despite his doubts, Famao still passed the ball to Ye Feng, because the coach did not make any tactical adjustments, and he also wanted to see how the two men would match up.

  Ye Feng received the basketball, turned his back to the right and made a quick fake move towards the baseline. This was one of his most familiar moves. Garnett and Davis were not the same, he reacted extremely quickly and immediately moved towards the baseline, easily blocking Ye Feng's path. Ye Feng's dribbling rhythm was instantly disrupted.

  Don't look at him scoring six points in a row, he's actually not as good as Cheng Yaojin. Cheng Yaojin has three killer moves, but he only has one. He relies on speed for the first step, and then doesn't know what to do next. He hastily picked up the ball with both hands, barely preventing Garnett from stealing it. Tony Allen suddenly came over from the side to double-team him, trapping him on the baseline and cutting off all passing angles.

  Ye Feng didn't freeze, he chose to jump out of the baseline and turned around to slam the ball with all his might towards Tony Allen. Worried about being intercepted, this slam was fully powered in mid-air, just like the MAX special move in Nintendo's "Dodgeball"!

  A tragedy has occurred.

  Tony Allen should have checked the Yellow Calendar before going out today, calculated a fortune-telling, and the witch or fortune teller might have told him that today's forehead is black and not suitable for going out, especially not suitable for packing and defense, otherwise it will be egg pain.

  With a loud thud, the basketball hit Tony Allen right in the crotch and bounced out of bounds. The entire arena fell silent, as if everyone had heard something shatter. The referee's whistle blew, Lakers' ball. Tony Allen looked anguished, clutching his groin with both hands, like a Spartan warrior fighting to the last moment, slowly falling down...

  Later, Tony Allen's tragic injury was matched with the music "See You Later, Police" from the movie Infernal Affairs by some evil Chinese netizens and made into a montage, which has since been etched in the memory of every basketball fan. Because of this incident, Tony Allen never acknowledged Ye Feng as his friend until he retired...

  Ye Feng wanted to say that he didn't mean it, but he could only explain himself after the game, Tony Allen was taken off the court for treatment, and the game had to continue.

  The Celtics lost a key substitute, Pierce is back, Posey moved to the scoring guard position. The Lakers still didn't make any substitutions. The players on the bench were all sneaking smiles, Tony Allen's defense was tight and threatening, but now Ye Feng has taken him down.

  Worton sent a baseline pass, Vucevic received the ball under the basket, was closely guarded by Pasecniks and had no chance, and passed the ball to Fournier on the outside. Yufei pulled up to high position to screen for Fournier and blocked House, Garnett could only follow him out. Fournier broke through to the left side, and Yufei immediately ran to the right side.

  What if I run in the opposite direction? Ye Feng thought to himself.

  "What a bastard!" Famer was about to add defense, Garnett observed Ye Feng's movement with the corner of his eye, immediately understood his intention and felt uncomfortable. The basketball IQ shown by Ye Feng surprised him, this was no longer like a rookie.

  If Garnett knew that Ye Feng was not a basketball genius, but relied on years of paparazzi experience to play ball, he would definitely faint. Paparazzi law: if you want to take pictures of celebrity privacy in the heavily guarded villa, besides having the ability to climb walls and walk on walls, you also need some help, such as colleagues to divert the attention of the security guards.

  Now Yefeng treats Garnett as a security guard, Famar is his accomplice, after attracting attention, he now rushes to the weak defensive position at the fastest speed to complete the stealth mission.

  Ye Feng sprinted towards the baseline empty space, only Haus followed him, unfortunately the ball couldn't be passed to Ye Feng's hands. Famar made a three-second zone turn under Garnett's pressure and went out from the right side again. Garnett returned to the inside line to block Ye Feng. Famar passed the ball to Wotton, who missed the shot. Garnett grabbed the defensive rebound in the backcourt.

  Not every point guard has Steve Nash's court vision, and Farmar's strength isn't passing.

  Celtics counter-attack, Yefeng holds off Garnett in the paint. This time Garnett pulled up to the high post and Yefeng followed him out. House didn't drive with the ball and passed it to Garnett. Garnett had his back to the basket, single-handedly holding the ball, observed the situation for a moment, then sent the ball over Yefeng's head from behind. Posey made a baseline cut, received the pass and scored easily at the rim. 23-32.

  Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat, Garnett was using the inside line response tactics that Divac had always taught him. Pulling out the opponent's strongest defender from the inside line, others can break through to the inside line and shoot. Brown is not as fast as Ye Feng, and it's hard for the outside defender to catch up. Garnett himself didn't attack, but he was still the most uncomfortable player on the Lakers' court, this is the effect of inside line response.

  Next round, Ye Feng was still blocked by Garnett, Farmaer's jump shot was off, the Celtics grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack. Garnett made a similar move, pulling up to high position to pass the ball. Polad covered the baseline, Haus mistakenly hit Brown, and made a three-pointer. The score was 23-34, and the gap widened to two digits again.

  "Why pass the ball, hit me one!" Ye Feng taunted as he ran towards the Celtics' half court. Garnett would go crazy if he kept playing like this, with a feeling of having great strength but nowhere to use it.

  Ganete sneered: "Rookie, you're still too tender."