Chapter 86: This is the Beginning of the End

"How does starting feel?"

On the bench, Tyronn Lue struck up a conversation with Yu Fei.

Yu Fei didn't quite know what to say. To call it exhilarating wouldn't be entirely true, as he had been outplayed by McGrady on the court and couldn't find a good counter. But to say it wasn't exciting would clearly be wrong.

As a rookie making his first start, Yu Fei's performance in the first quarter definitely scored above 90.

"Not bad, but I'm starting to miss the feeling of coming off the bench," Yu Fei admitted, his comment tinged with a bit of Versailles.

On the court, Fei's departure suddenly tipped the scales in favor of the Magic.

And inexplicably, Kwame Brown seemed to have forgotten how to play basketball altogether.

This confirmed Doug Collins's suspicion—if they expected positive feedback from Brown at this stage, they could only do so by pairing him with Fei.

Fei was Brown's barometer.