The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 169 [Making a fortune, breaking the Spurs]

Some media called 2008-2009 the "hungry wolf" season.

The competition in the West is unprecedentedly fierce, and the Hornets with Chris Paul are also outside the playoffs.Under this premise, it is a miracle that the Clippers can still occupy the quarterfinals in the West.

Some experts pointed out that if Ye Feng did not miss 11 games, the Clippers might even have a chance to hit the top four.If the Clippers are in the top three in the Western Conference, Ye Feng should win the regular season MVP.No one thinks Ye Feng is the most capable player in the league, but his role in the Clippers is irreplaceable.

With a record of 4 wins and 0 losses in a single week, Ye Feng was once again elected as the player of the week in the Western Conference.Many TV stations want to invite Ye Feng to do programs, including famous sports interviews, talk shows and so on.Ye Feng did not participate, he no longer needed to participate in messy TV programs to increase his popularity.

Many ordinary people yearn to become stars. Once they become stars, many people want to return to the life of ordinary people and feel that kind of relaxed and carefree.

Now whenever Ye Feng goes out, he will meet many fans looking for him to take a group photo and ask for his autograph. The vanity of a popular and satisfied person, but after a long time, he will be stopped and said a few words wherever he goes. bothered.

In his spare time, Ye Feng earns money everywhere, and rarely has idle time.In addition to shooting commercials and acting as endorsements, he also opened an account to speculate in stocks.

Investing in business, starting a company, and developing a brand will take a lot of energy, Ye Feng has no interest and does not want to do it.For him, there is nothing easier than speculating in stocks to make money.He still remembers the ups and downs of the Dow Jones and Nasdaq stocks.In his previous life, he had little capital to speculate in stocks and did a lot of research. He was considered an experienced retail investor and could read all kinds of charts.Now he has enough funds to pull up a stock, so he is afraid that he will not be able to speculate in stocks?
What's more, there is Donald Sterling, a big expert.During dinner last year, Ye Feng talked about stocks with Donald, and mentioned the economic crisis, which allowed Donald to liquidate his positions in the stock market in time, avoiding a wave of sharp decline.At the end of February this year, Ye Feng dragged Donald to hunt for the bottom again. In the past month, the U.S. stock market has risen wildly. Ye Feng and the Sterling family's funds are almost fully invested in the market, and they have accurately grasped the rhythm of the stock market.

Some of them bought stocks, and some bought stock index futures, making huge profits.

A few days ago, the funds started to be shipped one after another, and Ye Feng's total assets have exceeded 3 million.The funds of the Sterling family have also almost doubled on the premise of making up for the loss in real estate last year, which is too much money to count.

Donald Sterling is almost in a good mood now, the stock market and real estate market are the big heads of the family business.After earning money, he was ready to be generous on the basketball court, and asked Ye Feng directly what big-name players he wanted to bring in. It was no problem to bring in anyone, and he didn't have to worry about the salary space. The luxury tax was nothing but a small amount of money.No matter how stingy a person earns more than one billion, he will become rich and powerful.

Donald even felt that Ye Feng would be very suitable to inherit the company in the future, much better than his unsatisfactory perverted son.He had heard from Ariel about Ye Feng's gambling, that he didn't make any money from playing basketball.He thought that Ye Feng would definitely be able to do business.Since meeting him, the family has made a lot of money, and the Sterling family has become more famous. According to this development trend, they are expected to become a first-class family in the United States in the future.

In the United States, it is very easy to get rich, as long as there is an opportunity.Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks, started working for others when he was young. It took 20 years to become a super rich man with assets of 200 billion. Ye Feng is a reporter. He understands future business opportunities, and doing whatever he wants will benefit him immensely. , This superhuman vision can last until 2012.However, he is not very interested in business, and he doesn't want to specialize in it, he just wants to find time to do it.

Having made a fortune trading stocks, Ye Feng and Ariel attended the celebration dinner hosted by Donald Sterling.Donald solemnly introduced him to some of his business partners and friends.He almost boasted his talent to the sky, and now Ye Feng has gained some fame in the financial and real estate circles.

Too excited to make money, Ye Feng and Ai Lier also vigorously "celebrated" after returning home, not caring about the competition.

The next day, the Clippers will play the defending champion Celtics.Excessive consumption at night really affected Ye Feng's state.

The Celtics lineup is neat, and the defense of Perkins, Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rondo is solid.The Clippers gave up the game after only three quarters, losing by a big score of 84 to 112.

叶锋只得到18分4篮板1助攻，史密斯23分11篮板3助攻4盖帽，乐福只得到11分，抢了16个篮板。

The Celtics' best performer was Rondo, with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists in a triple-double, and the Big Three also scored in double figures.The Clippers have lost to the Celtics twice this season.

Thibodeau didn't blame the players.In fact, he didn't want to win this game at all, and the formation of troops was all to save the energy of the main players.The Celtics' defense line was trained by him. He only needs to compare the players to know who is strong and who is weak.Now the Clippers have obvious weaknesses at the point guard position, and they have at most a [-]% chance of winning if they try their best.Rivers knows Thibodeau's style and can make corresponding adjustments. Fighting the Celtics consumes a lot of energy and may not win. It is better to save energy and fight back-to-back games.

On the 26th, the Clippers played away against the New York Knicks and won the game steadily.

After a day off, the Clippers' biggest challenge came. On the 28th and 29th, there were back-to-back games again, two consecutive away games, the opponents were the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets.

The Clippers' goal is to fight the Spurs and win the first game no matter what.Thibodeau changed the starting lineup, Love, Hayes, Smith, Ye Feng, Tony Allen.

Hayes entered the starting lineup again, Thibodeau is not crazy, he values ​​Hayes very much. In 2008, when Hayes was in the Rockets, he guarded and killed Duncan. He was an incredible guy.After Ye Feng played against Hayes, he felt that the Rockets had traded him away. If he stayed, it would be even more useless against the Rockets in the playoffs.For Hayes, he can't squeeze into the paint, he can only face up the frame jumper.The jump shot is not as consistent as the low shot.Hayes, Battier and Artest, he will have a hard time playing the whole game. If it's just the last two, he can still fight in the low post.

Tony Allen continued to start at point guard in order not to let Parker do whatever he wanted.With a 23-zone defense, Smith played against Bowen, who had no offensive ability, and defended the Spurs' pick-and-roll at any time.Love has no problem against Oberto, and Ye Feng can easily match Finley.

This arrangement paid off right from the start.Although Hayes is not tall, he is born with supernatural power and good defensive awareness. He entangles Duncan like brown sugar, blocking Duncan's movement line so that "Stone Buddha" cannot enter the penalty area, and he wipes the board many times and misses the shot.

If Duncan can't attract double-teams, the Spurs will be very difficult to play. Hayes' task is to defend Duncan alone. If he fouls too much, he will let Gortat and McGee play together.

Parker was also entangled. Tony Allen played a stalking defense when he came up. His defense is the same as Bowen's. The only difference is that he can't play tricks, has a high professional ethics, and is often injured on the court. people.

The two main scorers of the Spurs played hard, but Ye Feng's offense went smoothly.Bowen is no longer the god who enters the best defensive team every year. This year he always misses people on the defensive end.In fact, even Bowen at his peak would have a hard time defending tall swingmen with strong back-to-the-basket abilities.Back then, he was beaten by Bunch Wells.

Ye Feng can always rely on Bowen to bring the ball to the low post and score shots. The matchup between the two is like Ye Feng bullying the elderly.Knowing that Bo Wen likes to have black feet, Ye Feng was also very careful when he landed the jump shot, and there was no tragedy of stepping on Bo Wen's feet.

Bo Wen couldn't defend Ye Feng, the strongest "thorn" of the Spurs had already softened.In the first quarter, Ye Feng scored 15 points.

In the second quarter, the Clippers replaced Gortat, McGee partnered inside, Barea, and Wright were responsible for grabbing points, and Barnes dealt with Ginobili.In this quarter, McGee performed well and slapped two hats, one of which was given to Ginobili who broke into the inside.

Excited, McGee made Mutombo's signature "finger shake" and got a technical foul.

Mutombo is the only one in the league who can’t eat T... When Mutombo was a child, when he was bullying his younger brother, his mother shook her finger and said to him, “Don’t do this.” Since then, the uncle has written down This moves.He started using this move in high school, when he was already tall and blocking shots was terrible, and then he used this move after every block, as if saying to the layup guy, "This is my place, here, You are not allowed to do this.” Because he has been using this action in the NBA, the league finally made concessions and publicly stated that as long as he does not insult people in this way, the referee will no longer blow him T, and other players do not have such power .

McGee, a silly boy, doesn't believe in evil, so he wants to give it a try.An angry Thibodeau scolded him again.Mutombo laughed off the court, but forgave McGee, saying that he learned quite well.

Every season, some people say that the Spurs are old and dying, but now they are still one of the most difficult teams in the league.Relying on the excellent performance of the substitutes, the Clippers led by 18 points at halftime.In the third quarter, the Spurs made a strong counterattack under the leadership of Duncan, Parker and Ginobili, narrowing the score to only 5 points.At the critical moment, Ye Feng made two pull-up jump shots from a high position, which stabilized the morale of the army.

全场103比92，快船取得了一场艰难的胜利。叶锋打了41分钟，狂掠37分6篮板2助攻4盖帽，防的老将芬利中场休息的时候就想退役。

After this game, Ye Feng averaged 29.2 points per game, overtaking Wade and regaining the scoring title.The Heat also won a lot of games in the past week. Mayo played well and shared the offensive tasks. Wade's scoring average dropped to 29.1 points.

The competition for the scoring title between the two will also be heated up.

(End of this chapter)