After losing the opportunity to break the record, the regular season games against the Clippers lost much significance.
They had already secured the top position in the League; even if they lost all the remaining games, this fact would not change.
Usually very methodical in his coaching, Rivers started to boldly imitate Popovich by adopting massive rotations at Yu Fei's suggestion.
Yu Fei also took a rest for the last two games of the season.
This delayed his milestone of 33,000 points until the final game of the season.
That night, their opponent was the Portland Trail Blazers.
Yu Fei needed just 25 points tonight to join the 33,000 points club.
As a versatile forward, Yu Fei did not shy away from being considered a scorer, especially since he averaged a memorable 36 points in his last year of his upward trajectory.