Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 528 - 367 I Will End Your Career_2

Chapter 528: Chapter 367 I Will End Your Career_2

Having said that, Hughes once again resorted to his self-destructive defense.

It was oppressively effective against the ball but also granted Yu Fei a tremendous amount of operational space.

Yu Fei pulled the ball back and changed direction, shaking the advancing Hughes off his feet. With the burst of a cheetah, he exploded toward the basket and slammed it in for a score.

Big Z spread his hands; he didn’t understand why the defense could get so bad. Even if you can’t stop your opponent, you should at least give the inside a chance to react. But Hughes’s defense crumbled upon contact, failing entirely to slow down the pace or the speed.

After dunking, Yu Fei immediately turned to provoke LeBron James, “LeBron, your teammate wants to know why you’re too scared to guard me. What are you afraid of?”

James’s gaze shifted to Hughes, but Hughes had already run off.

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“I will grant your wish.” James knew he had no way out. “I have quite a score to settle with you.”

Which score is he referring to?

The one from their first encounter when he scored 49 points over you? The 70 points he dropped on you in the playoffs? The All-Star game where he snatched the AMVP from you? The Eastern Conference Finals where he beat you to a pulp? Or the fact that he has never lost to you in his career?

There were too many scores to settle; he couldn’t be bothered to count them.

He was merely very interested in adding a new charge to James’s account.

On the defensive end, Yu Fei allowed James some space, forcing him to shoot.

For James, who had made 36% of his three-point shots that season, this was an opportunity. He needed to prove that he had honed his power over the summer, that he was stronger than before.

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James took a three-pointer, and it swished in.

One thing was certain; he certainly had not wasted his past summer. His long-range stability had improved from before.

Hitting the three-pointer in front of Yu Fei gave James a huge boost of confidence, more than Barry Bonds got from steroids, he was sure of that.

Those who say he has no skill, just talent, should open their eyes and watch his game.

Skill wasn’t exclusively Frye Yu’s domain; he had caught up with him!

“Damn, the guy has really developed a long-range shot.” Roy said gleefully, “You’re going to get blown out!”

“Shut up!”

Yu Fei rolled his eyes, then called for the ball.

Roy wasn’t actually happy; Yu Fei was his brother, how could he be happy about his brother getting blown out? If anything, it was excitement, because he had never seen Yu Fei go berserk on the court. The legends of Yu Fei the executioner were something he had only heard from others.

Now, he might get a chance to see for himself what a rampaging Yu Fei looked like.

James moved up to guard him proactively.

This scene made the entire Quicken Loans Arena erupt in excited roars.

Among these people was Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, sitting in the presidential suite.

Since picking James in 2003, people had been waiting for the moment when he would become “the man.”

Four years on, it was Yu Fei who had become “the man.”

James only showed a sign of this potential in Game 5 against the Detroit Pistons in the previous season’s Eastern semifinals, and then Yu Fei promptly put him back in his place.

Had he been overrated?

“Did we make a mistake?”

Such questions and unease drifted through the hearts of everyone in the Cavaliers organization.

After the Las Vegas debacle, James’s reputation hit rock bottom, and then, until tonight.

James had shown the fruits of his training, making a three-pointer over Yu Fei’s head, and then, voluntarily took on the defense against Yu Fei.

This scene was enough to ignite the passion of the home crowd, and the fans at Quicken Loans Arena were nearly shouting “Long live the King.”

However, when Yu Fei got the ball, he dribbled between his legs with the speed of a streetballer, forcing James to choose the wrong direction with an unbearable change of rhythm.

Yu Fei faked left and surged right, coming to a sharp stop on the three-point line, handling the ball in a way that drew James to use his historically top-tier reaction and explosiveness to jump.

But when the Emperor reached a height of one meter above the ground, only to find Yu Fei still standing on the floor, he knew his defense had utterly failed.

Yu Fei smoothly stepped back, gathered the ball, and shot a three-pointer as James landed.

The bustling Quicken Loans Arena was silent at that moment.

“Swish!!!”

“Frye destroys LeBron’s defense and hits a step-back three-pointer!”

“An elegant combination of skills, perfect timing, the ultimate scoring machine!” Doug Collins completely forgot his duty to remain neutral as a commentator. “Frye is still the unshakable number one player in the world!”

Yu Fei, having broken James’s defense, stayed in the frontcourt and said mockingly, “LeBron, why did you dare guard me? Have you forgotten what you’re really good at is running away, not facing up.”

“Enough talk!” James’s layered defense was once again shattered by Yu Fei’s trash talk, “I’m going to settle this with you!”

Yu Fei directly applied full-court pressure on James, with several fouls involved, but the referees didn’t blow the whistle, as it was a clash between titans, and they were given leeway.

Only when Yu Fei’s ball-stealing motion clearly crossed the referee’s line did the whistle shrilly sound off.

“!#￥!@#￥”

The boos in the arena surged like a tsunami, while Yu Fei mocked with a disdainful attitude, “Settle this? You, a coward who fled in the playoffs, a clown who made a complete fool of himself in Las Vegas, a waste who has achieved nothing from beginning to end, what right do you have to settle anything with me? If there’s anything to settle, it’s for me to settle you!”

“I came here to end your career, you’d better remember my words!”

LeBron James was a man of dignity.

At least he once was.

But humans are inherently part of the animal kingdom, and once morals, reason, and judgment that differentiate us from wild beasts are overwhelmed by rage, the most primitive instincts explode forth.

James, like an enraged gorilla, charged at Yu Fei only to be fiercely pushed away by him, fortunately, teammates from both sides were close enough to stop the physical altercation.

“I swear this is the last time you talk this bullshit to me!!!” James yelled, his face red, “This is the last time, I’m sick of your trash talk!”

Yet Yu Fei mocked him as if watching a monkey show, “I can also swear, this won’t be the last time you say this kind of tough talk that’s actually softer than your ass!”

The game was paused for a while as the referees needed to review the video to determine the penalties, while fans continued to support the home team, hurling obscene curses at Yu Fei.

But no matter how viciously they cursed, it couldn’t calm James down.

This incident made people believe the reality of the Las Vegas catastrophe.

“Frye and LeBron used to be as close as brothers, but what’s happening now makes us question whether their friendship ever truly existed,” said ESPN’s Mike Breen, “I guess, for us, it may forever remain a mystery.”