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Chapter 212 Away Game

After the female boss's enthusiastic dinner, Qin Fei rushed directly to the airport.

The NBA also took civil aviation in the early years, but the tall players showed that they were not used to the small civil aviation seats, which seriously affected the rest of the players.

Later, with the development of business alliances and the improvement of the economy, it was basically changed to charter and special flights.

The level of a chartered plane is a little higher than that of a chartered plane. It can be understood that the latter is a rental service while the former is a direct purchase.

There are not many teams with special planes, but basically all teams will arrange charter flights with airlines, and after this season, it will cost a lot of money.

Of course, the money is included in the team's expenses.

After getting on the plane, Payton asked curiously.

"You didn't come to the team for training today?"

Qin Fei was stunned, "Is there any training this afternoon? I remember that there is no training today, right?"

"I know there is no training, but don't you always go to practice at this time before? It's strange that I didn't see you today."

Qin Fei was embarrassed to say that he went to dinner with the beautiful female boss, so he found a reason casually.

"Isn't this worrying about my lack of physical strength? Now it is different from before. Now that I am a starter, I have to save enough physical energy, especially in the next away trip, there will be two back-to-backs."

"That's true."

Peyton nodded, accepting Qin Fei's explanation.

The coach, team doctor, and team leader all entered the plane, the hatch was closed, and the plane began taxiing on the runway soon.

Amidst the roar, it flew into the clouds through the night.

The Toronto Raptors are the first game of the Sonics road trip.

The Raptors are a newcomer to the league and had just joined the league a year before Qin Fei entered the league.

In the first year of entering the league, the Raptors selected Damon Stoudemire with the seventh pick in the first round. In the second year of entering the league, they selected Marcus Camby with the second pick. This year is the third year for the Raptors.

Like many young rebuilding teams, the Raptors are hoarding talent.

There's nothing wrong with hoarding talent.

But fortunately, there are still rookie contract constraints, otherwise most players would not be very willing to play with the Raptors.

The reasons are actually very comprehensive. In addition to being located in the north, the climate is cold, the exposure is low, the football market is small and the team history and culture are not strong enough, part of the reasons for taxation are also considered.

The salaries of NBA players are very high, and they have to pay a lot of personal income tax. The main point of view of the Raptors is that "it is far away from home, and the tax is not cheap", so it is not attractive after all.

McGrady's performance in his first show was not good. In the away game against the Miami Heat, he had 0 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists and 1 turnover.

不过在第二场比赛和第三场比赛，麦迪都表现不错，第二场比赛8分2盖帽，第三场比赛8分5篮板1抢断2盖帽。

In addition to the offensive end, the talent on the defensive end is full.

Qin Fei thought that he would have a chance to face McGrady in this game, but he did not expect that McGrady sprained his right ankle during training the day before, and finally decided that he would not play in this game.

The Raptors coach Walker, Qin Fei has no impression of him. He only knows that this coach seems to be the same as the Lakers coach Harris. He is not very interested in high school players. Even though McGrady has shown some talent in the first two games, when interviewed by the media, Coach Walker still has reservations and directly pointed out that McGrady must become stronger, otherwise he will be eliminated by the NBA within three years.

After McGrady came to the Raptors, the situation changed. The general manager who selected him, Isaiah Thomas, resigned not long after. He was also caught in the rumors of trading Stackhouse, but the transaction did not happen after all. Everything was advancing according to the not-so-perfect script.

McGrady didn't play, and Qin Fei didn't have any acquaintances in the Raptors, only Camby and John Wallace in the same class were half acquaintances.

John Wallace was the ace of Syracuse University back then, and was selected by the Knicks after Qin Fei last year.

In a season with the Knicks, his performance was not very good. He was sent to the Raptors by the Knicks during the offseason and became a substitute for the Raptors.

The Raptors' tactical system relies on the Eagles' tactical system, which is quite different from the Supersonics.

In the NBA, there are many offensive tactical systems, but the most common are two major tactical systems, one is the UCLA tactical system, and the other is the Eagles offensive tactical system.

The Eagles' offense is derived from the transposition offense. Hubie Brown took the lead in bringing this tactic to the NBA and carried it forward.

The basic play of the Hawks offense is that the shooting guard cuts to the basket with a high screen.

The point guard initiates the offense and dribbles to the wing while the high post screens for the shooting guard.

The Eagles offense can maximize the offensive ability of the backcourt players. Today's Raptors rely on the offensive ability of "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire. The choice of the Eagles offense can also be said to be determined by the player's own characteristics.

The Sonics occasionally play the Eagles offense, especially after Qin Fei became the starter, there are two tactical arrangements for him that are based on the Eagles offense and then change.

So in order to defend the Raptors well, George Karl specifically clicked on Qin Fei before the game started.

In this game, the defense of the backcourt is the key. Payton has nothing to say. As a shooting guard, Qin Fei will directly face Stoudemire many times.

Little Flying Squirrel is 1 meters tall. He is extremely fast and flexible. Although Qin Fei is excellent at defending with the ball, he is now mainly defending against wing players. If he really talks to this flying mouse, he may not be able to restrain him.

On the evening of November 11, the Sonics played as a guest in Toronto.

At the beginning of the game, the Raptors took the lead, Stoudemire didn't play much, Walter Williams and Doug Christie both scored, the former was a small forward and the latter was a shooting guard.

After the timeout, Qin Fei defended with all his strength, Christie missed a three-pointer, and Kemp made a long pass to find Qin Fei who was fast breaking.

Qin Fei knocked away Stoudemire, who quickly returned to the defense, and made an easy layup.

This is also the advantage of the Sonics, which is much stronger than the Raptors in terms of physical confrontation.

After that, not only Payton and Qin Fei from the outside line scored, but Kemp also started to perform on the inside line. Kemp grabbed the offensive rebound to make a tip-up, followed the ball to dunk, and made a mid-range jumper. His consecutive scoring stopped the Raptors.

Coach Daniel Walker is very uncomfortable. It is really impossible, so he can only use Camby to defend Kemp.

This adjustment worked. Camp faced a bouncing man with long hands and long feet. If he couldn't shake him off, he was very likely to get a big hat, and he was under a lot of pressure.

Camby was able to average 2.1 blocks per game in his rookie season. In the first few games of this season, he sent an exaggerated performance of 6 blocks.

Then Stoudemire used screens and speed to hit the Sonics' basket continuously.

In a game like this, it would be great if there was Jim from last year. Jim's ability to help defend and block shots can make the defensive pressure of outside players much less.

But there is no way, there is no money in the small ball market, and two big contracts have been memorized. Wally Walker is under great pressure. 500 million is really too expensive.

The two teams did not see much difference in the first half, and even the Raptors led slightly by 2 points in the end.

The second half was a real confrontation. The Raptors didn't feel good outside. Doug, who was defended by Qin Fei, was originally a shooter. In this game, he missed all 5 shots from beyond the three-point line.

The outside feel is not good, so they can only rely on mid-range and hitting the basket. There are no other options. The supersonic shrinks the defense line and presses the inside line very tightly.

As a result, there were consecutive missed shots, no points for several minutes in a row, and a wave was opened by the Sonics to a gap of more than 10 points.

The fans in Toronto saw it, good guy, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and the team lost again.

The final quarter has been lagging behind, half the game is not over yet, there are not many fans walking in the stands, and the sparse look is particularly deserted and desolate.

Before Carter turned out to save the Canadian basketball market, the sport hadn't really gained popularity, and even because the team had only been established for two years, there weren't many basic fans.

Stoudemire felt that it was too difficult. He had stayed for three years and already had the idea of ​​leaving.

Suddenly I feel that Seattle is a pretty good place, with a suitable climate, an elegant environment, a good fan market, and the exposure is not bad.

At the end of the game that night, Qin Fei and others went straight to Indiana without stopping.

The result was a defeat in Indiana, a 93-99 loss.

But on the same day, the Lakers also lost the game, losing to the Knicks who came from afar. It was a great time, but they couldn't take the top spot in the Western Conference.

(End of this chapter)