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Chapter 233 Very Calm

The Spurs' lineup is typically weak on the outside and strong on the inside.

And the inside line is not generally strong, there is no such strong configuration in the entire NBA.

David Robinson, who is still in his prime, and Tim Duncan, who is at his peak as soon as he enters the league.

Either of these two top picks is a natural defensive core in a certain team, but now, the two of them are actually together.

The power of this joint blockade is too strong. The Spurs' insiders averaged 5 blocks per game, which can be called the most suspended no-fly zone in the current NBA.

Before the game, assistant coaches Bob and Qin Fei said that hitting the basket with your head covered is not a particularly good choice. If there is an opportunity to switch, you must seize it.

Right now, after passing the defensive player with Sam Gold, it is the best fast break opportunity.

The overall movement speed of the Spurs is not fast, and the defensive formation in the half court is relatively disordered.

With such a rush by Qin Fei, only Avery Johnson was left to defend in the half.

And he had to mark Peyton, and countless muddy horses galloped past him in his heart.

"Where can I and he have time to defend against two?"

While hesitating, Qin Fei rushed in, grabbed the basketball with one hand, leaped high, and took a favorable position in the air.

Chuck, a fast-moving small forward, jumped over to defend from the side, but Qin Fei made a gliding movement in the air, dodging Chuck's block.

The body paused slightly, the waist and abdomen straightened, and the mid-air was very obvious.

The right hand that was holding the basketball was stretched out again, holding the basketball with one hand and making a dunk.

"boom!"

The inertia was too great, and he was afraid of straining himself when grabbing the basket with one hand. After dunking, Qin Fei fell directly to the ground.

Looking back, at this time, the Spurs had just retreated to half court. Duncan was running fast, but there was still a long way to go.

Popovich took a deep look at Qin Fei.

He had always admired Qin Fei for his court acumen, because he felt that Qin Fei was a malleable perimeter gatekeeper. The Spurs lacked everything, except for Qin Fei's perimeter gatekeeper.

Today, the Spurs have the strongest interior defense in the league. If there is an iron gate like Qin Fei on the outside, they will be the league's champion team sooner or later.

It's a pity that Qin Fei failed to come to the Spurs. What's even more unbelievable is that in just one year with the Sonics, Qin Fei completed a gorgeous turn from an outside iron gate to a young scorer.

Qin Fei's scoring method does not mean that he has an invincible stunt, but that he can play in the most correct way.

Such a choice makes Popovich, a coach who believes in the team concept, feel deeply comfortable.

In his heart, Qin Fei and the Spurs are simply too compatible.

The Supersonic's defensive system is composed of overall defense. Outside Payton is the real core defensive player. Qin Fei, including Kemp, are all defensive wings built for Payton.

The Spurs' offense is very interesting. It combines reality and reality. They thought it would be a high pick-and-roll, but they actually played low singles. They thought it was an air cut from the wing, but it was actually a combination of high and low positions.

It contains a lot of routines of "going through the back door", which looks dull and reveals a touch of chicken thieves.

The Supersonic's positional offense is basically based on the combination of Payton and Kemp. The pick-and-roll tactics of the two are a beautiful landscape of this era and a magic weapon for the Supersonics.

In addition to this tactic, there are also some dynamic attacks, air cuts with flank cover or external bomb tactics.

In fact, it is still an overall offense, but it relies on the strong personal abilities of Payton and Kemp.

Then again, any kind of tactic in the NBA requires players to have enough outstanding personal qualities, otherwise, in the end, once the tactic is implemented, it will be superficial and useless.

The two teams played against each other for half a quarter, and Qin Fei didn't do much other than this dunk in the fast break.

After half a quarter, only 2 points were recorded, but 3 rebounds were unknowingly grabbed.

Today's rebounds are very strange, they all bounced on him.

With more than 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Qin Fei came off the field and replaced Michael Smith and other players.

In the general rotation of the Sonics, Qin Fei has about 33 minutes of playing time, ranking fourth, lower than Kemp, Payton and Schramf. Among them, Payton is an iron man and often plays more than 40 minutes.

In his words, not tired at all

Qin Fei reappeared with 6 minutes left in the second quarter, and his playing time was relatively complete. Generally, he played about 13 or 14 minutes in the first half. In the second half of the game, he was usually more anxious. Qin Fei spent a lot of time on the court, and often even played the entire third quarter.

When Qin Fei reappeared in the second quarter, the main players were basically there, and occasionally one of them was absent, that is, he was still in a state of rest and cooling down.

The first quarter of the game was nothing spectacular except dunks. As soon as this quarter came on stage, Payton specially arranged an outside bomb tactic for Qin Fei.

Qin Fei came out around the screen to catch the ball. Although he couldn't get rid of his defender, he formed a misplaced switch.

It became Duncan playing against him.

Small fight big, and Duncan was defending again, Qin Fei chose to break through immediately.

It turned out that Duncan moved very well in small steps, with a pair of long arms covering his whole body all the time, and it was airtight.

Qin Fei reversed his crotch, switched to his left hand, paused slightly, and made a fake change of direction for the second time.

Duncan hesitated, and then took a small step back.

As soon as he retreated, he realized that it was not good, and rushed forward again.

Sure enough, Qin Fei directly pulled up the jumper, and it was useless to even take a step back.

When shooting on the spot, Duncan had no time to interfere, and watched Qin Fei take a high-arc jumper.

The basketball hit the net with precision, and there was a wonderful goal sound.

2 points to re-enter the account.

The two teams were considered to be the top teams in the Western Conference, which attracted a lot of attention. Qin Fei's jump shot, just like his dunk in the All-Star Game, opened and closed, extremely elegant, and magnificent.

Duncan backed away blankly.

Qin Fei knew that Duncan had facial paralysis, so he didn't talk rubbish to him.

He has only scored 4 points in this game so far, and he is not embarrassed to criticize others.

After two rounds, the Spurs' two big insiders were in charge. As a result, Schramf shot a long rebound. Qin Fei was ready to retreat, and the rebound appeared in front of him and the defensive players.

What matters is the reaction speed, and Qin Fei is faster.

He was the first to touch the basketball, and took advantage of the trend to dribble past others and kill him in.

The mid-range pull-up jumper was unmarked and made another hit.

The offensive rebounds picked up like this usually only happen once in two or three games. Most of the offensive rebounds still need to be fought by Qin Fei himself.

And the timing of grabbing offensive rebounds is very special.

Generally, after his teammates finish shooting, Qin Fei will retreat early to avoid losing his position.

After Qin Fei finished picking up the missed ball, Popovich was a little dissatisfied. Forget the rest, what does it mean to miss someone?

"Block people first, then grab boards."

This old-fashioned basic basketball common sense was once again appealed to by Popovich.

半场比赛结束，秦飞得到了6分6个篮板的数据，超音速队49比48还领先马刺1分。

The Spurs' two insiders will have to play sooner or later. The first half was tepid, and in the third quarter, it will definitely explode.

Therefore, during the halftime break, George Karl assumed the coaching attitude of "put 20 points here, love not to back", and warned the players to be careful of the Spurs' inside offense.

The Spurs rely on the Twin Towers to play, but the Twin Towers will not be a simple low-post offense.

These two tall men can not only attack in the low post, but also can pick and roll in the high post. After the pick and roll, they can roll down and shoot from the outside.

Sure enough, it was David Robinson who broke out first.

Facing the Sonics' inside defense, he hit one with his feet, one with the pick-and-roll, and another with a mid-range shot that caused a foul.

Aron received his fourth foul and left the game early to rest, and the Supersonics replaced veteran Perkins.

Although Perkins has experience, he is old after all, and now he plays a firefighter in the Sonics, and he will not play more than 20 minutes per game.

Ginger is still old and spicy, Perkins not only refuses to eat, but also clings to David Robinson.

When Robinson was young, he must have passed it all at once, but now that he is older, the advantage of inside breakthrough is not very strong.

Popovich took a fancy to this, and immediately made a gesture on the sidelines, indicating that Tim Duncan can strengthen his personal offense.

Duncan is a master of basic skills. After receiving the order, he started low-level work.

Kemp looked thinner, but his strange strength was astonishing.

The same is true for Duncan, who looks slender, but possesses first-class strength inside.

The two leaned together and made a toothache muscle collision, and then in such a confrontation, Duncan turned around calmly, and lightly hooked outside the penalty area with his non-dominant left hand.

The basketball hit the net, and Kemp's confrontation didn't seem to affect him at all.

At this time, under the leadership of the two champions, the Spurs overtook the score.

George Karl called a timeout.

"We played so slow, it wasn't our rhythm."

George Karl made his request during the timeout.

"It is necessary to switch between offense and defense a little faster. Not only the offense, but also the defense must pay enough energy. Only by doing a good job of defense can we play the offense we want."

He seldom asked players to take the initiative to play fast, and this change surprised Qin Fei a little.

Before appearing on the stage, Qin Fei pulled Payton and whispered.

"Gary, why don't we hit the baseline fast!"

"A fast baseline shot?"

Peyton froze for a moment.

"Didn't the coach tell us to switch faster, but you can also see the Spurs. They rarely make mistakes on the court. A few guards are basically only responsible for passing the ball to the inside. Why don't we serve the baseline ball quickly? Once the baseline ball is served, the players in the court will run, and the speed will increase."

Qin Fei explained his thoughts.

Last year, he would not say such a thing, and no one would listen to him.

But it is different now. He is not only the starting player of the Sonics, but also a newly promoted All-Star player in the league. The status of the team and the market value have skyrocketed. Payton listened to Qin Fei's words, thought slightly, and agreed.

Then Payton ran to Kemp to communicate.

To run, Kemp is definitely in favor of it, he is more powerful in transition than in position.

The two sides returned to the field.

Kemp went to the high position and Payton picked and rolled, the Spurs double-teamed the ball holder, and then quickly retreated. Payton didn't find a chance to pass Kemp, and immediately shifted to the weak side.

Qin Fei responded and shook the defender lightly.

Without hesitation, he made a breakthrough step by step, and then immediately encountered the Spurs' very layered defense, one layer of outside line, one layer of forward line, and one layer of inside line.

Before the legalization of zone defense, the Spurs had already begun to do this kind of thing that was on the edge of illegal defense.

The pressure on Qin Fei's breakthrough defense was not small, but Qin Fei still broke into the inside line.

At this time, two big mountains stood majestically in front of him.

Qin Fei had challenged several times before, but basically ended in failure. In this quarter, he caused Duncan's defensive foul.

Qin Fei ran to Duncan because Duncan had already committed three fouls, so he definitely didn't dare to make too many moves.

Sure enough, Duncan raised his arms high and defended with a blocking posture. After Qin Fei took off, Duncan jumped back. At this time, Qin Fei was much taller than Duncan.

Qin Fei raised his arm high, pulled it down suddenly, and picked the ball out of Duncan's armpit.

Duncan is not a robot, so there is no way to interfere.

There were too few angles, Qin Fei used very light force, the basketball bounced on the hoop after hitting the backboard, and finally rolled into the hoop, Qin Fei himself flew out of the baseline and fell to the floor.

He had already prepared for this normal fall, and he stretched his arms slightly on the ground, taking advantage of the situation to relieve the force.

Looking far away, there is no harm.

In the transition from offense to defense, the Spurs opened up their positions unhurriedly.

This time, Duncan is still leading the offense. As the final point, Duncan shakes Kemp, dribbles and breaks through, and then chooses a hook in motion, and the basketball is still scored.

The Spurs fans at the scene finally had a lot of cheers. Even if they were indifferent, they would give enough encouragement when they saw their favorite young players score consecutively.

Duncan pumped his fist in cheers.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Supersonic team ran wildly.

Ok?

He was taken aback, why so fast?

The camera didn't keep up, and the basketball passed halftime almost instantly. It felt like Duncan didn't score the goal, but was intercepted by the Supersonics on the spot.

After halftime, it was Qin Fei who responded.

Quickly serve the bottom line, Payton first, Qin Fei second, the Spurs have not yet settled.

Constrained by the eyes of the times, Popovich never thought that such a trick would exist. Qin Fei rushed forward, and only the defenders were left to defend him.

At this moment, he stopped running and dribbling the ball, and pulled back.

The defensive player felt that there was no second, and took a sneak peek behind him. Sure enough, a black whirlwind figure rushed in.

At this time, there was no need to look at the frame, Qin Fei threw the ball almost by feeling.

Kemp has been waiting in the air for a long time, took the flying basketball, skipped over the top like a bomber, and smashed the dunk heavily.

"boom!"

It was so crisp that everyone was shocked.

Kemp watched too many alley-oops, and was somewhat aesthetically fatigued, but the fans who watched the game for the first time still praised it, thinking how could someone fly so high and cooperate so well.

The issue of defense has been an important issue for Popovich to make repeated orders. As a result, at this critical moment, he still lost the chain.

Popovich was very dissatisfied and told the players that the offense could be slower, but the defense must be fast.

But this kind of retreat awareness is not useful just by talking about it. Seeing that several people retreated quickly enough, Popovich got angry and directly replaced all three perimeters.

This really is

The little general also yelled that they were wronged. They were fast enough, but they really couldn't stand what to do. The people on the outside of the supersonic speed were all tall and muscular.

Relying on the fast break, the Sonics recovered and overtook the score. At the end of the third quarter, the Sonics led the Spurs by 78 points 74 to 4.

In the final quarter of the game, David Robinson took a rest but Duncan did not.

Duncan is also an iron man. Not only is he perfect in offense and defense, but he is also in peak physical condition. When he first joined the Spurs, he played nearly 40 minutes in each game, which is the same as last year's Iverson.

David Robinson is 33 years old after all, and he had a serious injury last year. Popovich still counts on him to play an important role in the playoffs.

So Robinson went off and Duncan led the team alone.

Facing the siege of supersonic wolves.

It is much easier to encircle and suppress one person. Taking out the set against the Rockets, Duncan even made some mistakes due to the crazy striker group.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Spurs were beaten 0-7 by the Sonics, falling behind by 11 points.

The Spurs could only call a timeout again, and Popovich was also stubborn, so he let Duncan lead the team alone.

As a result, Xiaoken was hit by Qin Fei, resulting in a defensive foul and 4 fouls.

The 4 fouls in the last quarter were okay, but it would definitely have an impact on Duncan's defense. The Spurs' disadvantage further increased. The home fans were depressed and felt that there was no way to win the Sonics.

Until David Robinson appeared again, he used his personal ability to recover two points, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation.

Qin Fei caused multiple fouls in this quarter. Not only was Duncan fouled, but David Robinson also paid for fouls on Qin Fei.

Qin Fei knew that it was too difficult to complete the attack under the blockade of the two players, so he rushed to draw a foul from the beginning, and the effect was not bad.

In the end, he actually scored a season average of 19 points, many of which were free throws.

The Sonics beat their rivals 103 to 97 points away.

What made Qin Fei feel depressed was that the team was too boring, the arena was too boring, and the fans were even more so. It seemed that losing was no big deal, and they left the field in an orderly manner, very indifferent.

It is indeed the most calm team in the league.

Qin Fei thought to himself.

A small victory, two days later, in Los Angeles, the Supersonics faced the second-ranked Lakers in the Western Conference.

Several away games were of high quality, but not as heavy as this one.

It's a pity that the "O'Neal Terminator" Geiger of the Supersonics is still sidelined due to injury, so the Supersonics are essentially incomplete.

In this way, they played against the Lakers until the last minute, and then Eddie Jones scored a key goal on Qin Fei's head, helping the Lakers beat the Sonics 1 to 101.

Qin Fei suddenly remembered the days in San Antonio, and became very indifferent.

"Sure enough, basketball should be about ups and downs, winning and losing. There are no generals who are always victorious, there are only undefeated individuals. That's all, it should be considered as a character."

Qin Fei thought so, but when facing the media interview, he had an angry face filled with righteous indignation.

"It's nothing, we know each other very well, it's a tough game, but the playoffs will be tougher, looking forward to the moment when we meet in the future."

He was talking about the team, but some media mistakenly thought it was Kobe.

Kobe responded immediately.

"I will still lose in the playoffs. I, Kobe, will definitely win!"

Kobe was talking about an individual, but some media mistakenly thought he was talking about a team, and immediately wrote articles such as: "The new demon star boasted to beat the league's No. [-], and the Lakers pointed to the championship."

The fans watched with enthusiasm.

Fans of the two teams also criticized each other, sparring constantly, and seemed to regard each other as the biggest stumbling block on the way to the championship this season.

Under such an atmosphere, the Jazz team in Salt Lake City, which is accustomed to exerting strength after the All-Star Game, slowly took the lead. No one thought that they would be able to return to the first echelon of the Western Conference.

(End of this chapter)