NOVEL WEB Chapter 165: I'm very happy to personally organize his retirement ceremony_4
"45 to 4."
The tragedy of Julius Erving and Larry Bird ultimately repeated itself on Jordan.
Was it fate? No, it was Jordan's inevitability.
A man who shouldn't have come back did, and the twilight he brought was bound to affect everyone.
A person like Yu Fei wouldn't let the short life be wasted by such a twilight-enshrouded old man; the twilight belonged to yesterday, to tonight, to the Wizards, but not to him. He would just take a deep breath, inhale all the twilight, exhale it, and then it was trash.
Just like Jordan lying on the ground.
All trash!
After that, both Yu Fei and Jordan (due to injury) were substituted out.
In the fourth quarter, with a 38-point lead, the Bucks didn't need to put Yu Fei back on the court.
But George Karl, considering that Yu Fei had scored 60 points in three quarters, thought that with a bit of effort, perhaps he could break through the 70 or even 80-point barrier.
As a result, Yu Fei looked at Karl's eager face and said a sentence that left the latter speechless, "I'm tired."
Karl didn't think for a moment that Yu Fei was faking it.
Because Yu Fei had played the first three quarters fully, so even if he didn't play in the fourth, he had already been on the court for 36 minutes tonight. Playing with such an all-inclusive focus for the first three quarters could undoubtedly exhaust anyone. Karl believed that Yu Fei was genuinely tired.
But of course, the key thing was definitely Jordan.
Jordan wouldn't be playing anymore.
So Yu Fei felt there was no need to go back in the game.
In the end, Yu Fei didn't return to the court.
Final score: 131 to 95. The Bucks achieved their season-high score in the last game against the Wizards and buried the Wizards' playoff hopes. Yu Fei's performance was astonishing, with 60 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks in just three quarters. It was an epoch-making event.
After Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point night, Yu Fei was the second person to score 60 points in three quarters.
As Bill Walton said after the game ended, "In 20 years, players involved in this game might have retired, but this game will be talked about 200 years later. It's eternal."
Post-game interview
"We knew how important this game was for Frye, so our tactic was to let him play freely. I knew he was going to do something crazy, but I didn't expect it to be this crazy...OMF***G!" — George Karl discussing Yu Fei's insane performance.
"I think he'll never get over that trade in his lifetime." — Latrell Sprewell commenting on Yu Fei's motivation.
"I've got nothing to say; tonight belongs to Frye." — Ray Allen refused to discuss his own performance.
"I think you can really judge who is worth following from a single game. I admit most would follow MJ for his six championships, but I'm more vulgar, I'll follow those who can get 60 points in three quarters and refuse to score more in garbage time." — Anthony Mason expressed his opinion.
"This is internal business, nothing to disclose." — Doug Collins refused to comment on Starkhouse's meltdown.
"The season isn't over, we have to play well in every game that's left." — Doug Collins discussing the rest of the season's schedule.
"I believe Michael will see things through." — Doug Collins ambiguously responded to queries about whether Jordan would retire.
"Last year, the person who led us into the playoffs was Frye, so you shouldn't ask me what I think about this. I've always been a spectator in this game, only getting some time on court at the end. But if I were Frye, I'd hate D.C. even more than him." — Kwame Brown talking about Yu Fei's performance.
"Although Frye went crazy tonight, I don't think anyone is surprised, right?" — Jahidi White responded easily to the media's probing.
(Michael Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse were both absent from the post-game press conference)
"Frye, does this game alleviate your hatred towards D.C.?"
"I don't hate D.C."
"You've said before that what keeps you going here is love and hate."
"Don't twist my words; we should love specific people and hate specific people. It has nothing to do with D.C.; my mom lives here; she likes D.C., and so do I."
Everyone knew who Yu Fei hated, so the reporter tacitly asked, "There's news that Michael's knee injury is serious, meaning that tonight could very well be his last game representing D.C. What are your thoughts on that?"
"Oh, it's a good thing; without him, the Wizards will become better,"
Yu Fei cut off his words abruptly; the reporters were used to his aggression towards Jordan. Discover more stories at empire
However, Yu Fei hadn't finished speaking.
"I'm happy to personally handle his retirement ceremony." Yu Fei's tone was calm, his expression indifferent, and his gaze showed no edge, but no one doubted his sincerity, just as his last sentence said, "It's what he deserves."
Martin Luther King Jr., hero of African Americans, once said that we should remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Presumably, Dr. King, through his own experiences, understood that it's the bullets of enemies that are fatal, the silence of friends insignificant.
Today, Yu Fei fired the last bullet at Jordan still in active service.
He appeared to have completed his revenge, yet on his face, people saw more of a sense of unfinished business.
He had given Jordan all the retaliation and comeback he could muster, yet felt no satisfaction whatsoever.
He might never feel satisfied.
Because the revenge on Jordan was just an interlude during the season, with the playoffs approaching, he had more important things to do.
PS: This chapter is basically moving one of tomorrow's two updates to today, so there's only one update tomorrow.
(Sorry, out of saved drafts, had to make a big adjustment to the update schedule)
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