Chapter 252: Chapter 160: It Seems Different from Before

Yu Fei thought that the Spurs would continue to play to Duncan's advantage in one-on-one situations, but he was wrong.

The Spurs' response to Yu Fei's step-back three to break the double team was to let Stephen Jackson go one-on-one against Yu Fei.

If professional basketball in the 90s was influenced by Pat Riley's physical style of play, then at the start of the new century, teams further increased their demands on physicality in defense to limit behemoths like Shaquille O'Neal.

Therefore, even teams like the Spurs would grant certain one-on-one opportunities to their wing players.

The rise of Martial Saint meant that the Spurs no longer needed an aging Steve Smith to take on more one-on-one responsibilities than he could handle.

Yu Fei rarely felt surprised by the ball-handling skills of players his own size because he himself was an expert in that area.