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Chapter 238 Increased Emphasis

As soon as Qin Fei appeared on the stage, the shouts of young fans were particularly loud.

He is only 20 years old, and his style of play is becoming more and more beautiful now, sometimes violent and sometimes elegant, able to satisfy the fantasies of different groups of scorers, and some postures have begun to be imitated by fans.

Many people think that Qin Fei must have a bright future in the future, and the supersonic speed has found a treasure.

But there are also some people who don't care, and even think that Qin Fei is an overrated player.

"Houston Chronicle" reporter Merion pointed out that this season Qin Fei benefited from George Karl's dynamic offensive system and averaged 19.4 points per game, but his actual scoring ability is not very strong. There are three reasons.

First, Qin Fei's long-range shooting ability.

Qin Fei's three-point shooting percentage has reached 33.5% this season, which is slightly improved compared to last season, but he is still not a very good outside shooter. Even because Qin Fei is open most of the time, his three-point shooting percentage should be discounted. He is definitely not a qualified shooter above the NBA level.

Qin Fei's organizational skills.

How can a good player not attack the organization?Historical scorers, including Jordan, all have excellent passing ability. After Schramf was injured, Qin Fei's weak organizational ability was exposed in some supersonic games. During the time when Schramf was injured, Qin Fei had a high turnover rate, and his average turnover increased to 2.5. In comparison, his assists did not increase much. This is the second weakness.

Third, Qin Fei's physical fitness.

Physical fitness is the capital of revolution, but this article still ambiguously mentioned the physical quality of yellow people who are prone to injury, including Qin Fei who likes to hit the basket and always pulls a lever, which consumes more on the body. Will he be able to withstand more intense confrontations in the future?This is a point of doubt.

Three points and one point are more vicious than one point, basically showing the stance of insisting on questioning Qin Fei, and also citing some arguments from scientific magazines, which seems to have done some research.

This article didn't have much impact on Qin Fei, but it caused dissatisfaction between the two cities. Supersonic fans thought Houston was so harsh and what they said was not pleasant, so they felt that they were looking forward to Qin Fei's injury.

What mentality!

It's disgusting to play on and off in your own team and expect others to get hurt too.

The fans in Houston were also angry. What other media wrote had nothing to do with their fans. Although the writing was really good, there was no need to go online.

Anyway, after Houston's analysis, Payton and Kemp are the strongest offensive players in the Supersonics, and Qin Fei only benefits from the system.

system player

After the war of words ended, the two teams finally ushered in the day of the official match.

The opening of the playoffs was different. In addition to receiving the cheers of the audience in turn, the starting players also had ingenious celebrations among the rest of the players.

For example, Kemp made a jet action, which fits the city of Seattle very well.

When Qin Fei was about to play, Payton stopped him.

"Don't you give me a high five?"

Qin Fei smiled and reached out to give Peyton a high five.

Then the enthusiastic Kemp ran over, palmed his left hand and fisted his right, and made a clasping gesture with Qin Fei, and Qin Fei naturally saluted him back.

The footage was also captured by cameras at the scene.

It reflects the more relaxed posture of the Sonics players.

As for the Rockets, everyone was more serious. The coach seized the last time to arrange some tactics, and then, the first five entered the arena.

From the first position to the fifth position are Maloney, Mario Eli, Drexler, Matt Brad and Hakeem Olajuwon.

Barkley really continued his style of serving as a substitute for some games during the regular season.

The language of the camera is also very interesting. The five starting players confirmed that they were correct. After completing their debut, they immediately gave it to Barkley who was sitting on the bench. Barkley had a serious face.

Even knowing that Barkley is one of the Big Three that the Rockets are still focusing on, the matter of playing as a substitute is still shocking and embarrassing.

After all, no matter how strong a player is, he can't withstand the intrusion of time.

The Sonics lineup is relatively young, the same as the lineup at the beginning of the season, Payton, Qin Fei, Schramf, Kemp and Geiger.

Geiger stood on the center line and prepared to jump the ball. Qin Fei and Mario faced each other.

Last year, Mario was the starter, but Qin Fei played well in the game against the Rockets. The Rockets used Mario to defend Qin Fei many times, but the effect was not great.

But there is no way, there are no other perimeter players who can defend, and Drexler is the best defense left, but he has limited physical strength, and in recent years, he has mostly played the position of small forward.

Mario stood beside Qin Fei, feeling Qin Fei's youth in his heart.

He is a veteran who entered the league in 85. He is 35 years old this year and is 15 years older than Qin Fei.

"Drip~"

The buzzer sounded and the game officially started.

The fans at the scene shouted in unison, and then saw that the Supersonics won the jump ball, and under the guidance of the DJ, they shouted cheers in unison.

"That's the vibe of the playoffs, the enthusiasm from Seattle."

The TV host who relayed the broadcast was inevitably affected by the heat wave at the scene, and his voice was much louder.

"The first wave of offense was controlled by the Sonics. Gary Payton was looking for pick-and-roll opportunities outside the three-point line. The Rockets chose a shrinking defense to give the opponent a certain amount of outside space."

Payton read the defense. After a high breakthrough, he found that the Rockets' formation was scattered and the inside line was bloated, and then he scored a goal to the outside line.

It happened to be in the hands of Schramf.

This is the difference between Schramff and Qin Fei. After taking the ball, Schramff quickly made a second treatment and gave it to Qin Fei who was in the bottom corner.

At this time, Qin Fei's front defenders rushed back again.

Qin Fei has a natural advantage. With a smooth breakthrough, he passed Mario, who was one year older.

Mario couldn't catch up with Qin Fei, and reached out to grab the ball behind his back, but Qin Fei grabbed the ball very alertly, and then faced the defending inside players, soaring into the air.

The inside line is defended by Olajuwon.

The 35-year-old Olajuwon's defensive deterrence has declined significantly, but the awareness of the defensive end still exists, and his arms are too long. When he stands there, he feels like blocking the sky.

Qin Fei hit his head hard and slammed into Olajuwon's defensive pocket.

Then one evaded the block, and the other fought hard to block the block. During the confrontation, Qin Fei threw the ball.

"Covered!"

Olajuwon just brushed the edge of a little basketball.

The trajectory of the basketball has obviously changed, and Olajuwon is too late to be happy, because the straight up and down basketball has risen to the highest altitude.

Qin Fei fell to the ground and rose again brazenly.

He grabbed the basketball before Olajuwon, but it stopped there. There were Rockets players in all directions, and the space was too small to start again.

Qin Fei had no choice but to look out, and Payton, who found an empty seat, passed it on.

Because Cai Cai's offense did not touch the basket, 24 seconds have been running, and with little time left, Payton chose an outside three-point jumper to directly end the offense.

"Clang~"

The basketball hits the hoop.

Qin Fei should be preparing to retreat, but he happened to be in the paint. The rebound bounced out, and Olajuwon and Kemp grabbed it together and turned into a ground ball.

Qin Fei bent down, rushed over with a stride, and snatched another offensive rebound.

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The Rockets fans watching the game were stunned, how could they lose two offensive rebounds at the beginning of the game.

This incident made Tomjanovich even annoyed when he saw it. The two things of losing offensive rebounds and turnovers are the most unbearable mistakes on the court for the coach.

After grabbing the rebound, Qin Fei threw the ball and returned it to Payton's organization.

The unwritten rule in the NBA is that whoever grabs the rebound will take the shot, so some players have an unwritten habit of grabbing the rebound, not passing the ball desperately, and insisting on doing it by themselves.

Qin Fei didn't, Qin Fei chose to reorganize, not worrying about not having a chance to play the ball.

But Payton remembered that it was Qin Fei's offensive rebound, so he specially arranged a wave of outside bounce tactics after a counterrun from the bottom line. Qin Fei came out to catch the ball from a high position, and the defensive player was already a beat behind.

He took another step, took a big step in the opposite direction, and then shot a jumper.

Mario couldn't defend well, and watched Qin Fei hit the mid-range jumper.

Finally got in!

The fans at the scene started clamoring, and the Rockets fans also breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of being robbed of offensive rebounds was too bad.

Off the court, Barkley shook his head.

"How can you grab a rebound without getting stuck? Just let him come in like this, it's too careless!"

He has always felt that the state of the Rockets is not right. Last year, when the Big Three got together, the Rockets had a bit of fighting spirit. If they want to go to another championship, a large part of the reason for the Rockets' poor record this year is that the players are tired.

Without the kind of murderous spirit he imagined that every ball must be contested, the game seems to have become a regular commute to and from work.

He wasn't targeting the other big guys on the team, he just felt that coming to the Rockets wasn't a good choice.

He has been holding these words in his stomach all the time, and he doesn't say them, but he thinks so in his heart.

He is willing to sacrifice, including as a substitute, but others may not think so.

The team is not good at all

Qin Fei came up and grabbed two offensive rebounds, and then retreated halfway to the defense.

The Rockets' tactics are standard low-post offensive tactics, and the end point of everything is to find Olajuwon inside.

Although Olajuwon is 35 years old, he is still the Rockets' second-ranked scorer. He averaged 16.4 points per game this season. When he gets the ball in the low post, he has N ways to get the ball into the basket.

At this time, test the supersonic striker group and center configuration.

Fortunately, new aid Geiger was introduced in the summer.

Geiger is a vicious man, able to resist people and rebound, and he is at the peak of his career.

I competed with O'Neal before, and now I compete with Olajuwon.

Olajuwon is definitely not going to be completely hard. He began to choose to pursue some changes in his footsteps, preferably to attract double-teams from the Supersonics.

The Supersonics really double-teamed, but the double-teaming player was Schramf, and Qin Fei and Payton stared at the shooter very safely outside.

Schramff waited for Olajuwon to complete the final move before he double-teamed. At this time, he chose a hook action from the outside of the penalty area, and he could shoot against the defense of two people.

It is definitely impossible to cover, you can only rely on physical confrontation to give pressure, it is best to deform the opponent's technical movements.

Olajuwon was very steady and scored the goal easily.

2 to 2, the two teams came up to draw.

It has never been possible to kill the opponent with a single stick. The mentality of the players on both sides is relatively positive at this time.

After Qin Fei attacked twice, Payton began to arrange for others to attack.

The tactical strategy of the Sonics is like this. They usually choose to bloom more points. There will rarely be a game where a certain player solves the problem alone, so the scores are relatively average.

Qin Fei already took a lot of shots.

Payton made proper arrangements, and the Rockets took their time to attack.

Then Qin Fei began to remind Peyton that it was time to speed up properly.

After the initial trial, the two sides should show their true skills. The Supersonics adhered to their usual style and started some fierce pincer attacks to continuously increase the speed of both offense and defense.

The Rockets are feeling the pressure.

Maloney made a mistake while hanging the ball to the inside, and was won by Kemp, a monster with slender limbs.

Qin Fei and Peyton ran away and charged forward.

Camp and Qin Fei also had a tacit understanding. With a toss, the basketball crossed the half court and landed in front of Qin Fei.

At this time, the Rockets hurried back to defend, and Maroni, who was defending Payton, had to mark the unattended Qin Fei.

When Qin Fei was dribbling, he directly took two steps and one step at a time, so that he had a stronger force and easily pushed away Maloni who was a point guard.

When Maroni was pushed away, he was very unwilling, and looked back to pick out Qin Fei, but he couldn't touch Qin Fei because of his short arms.

Therefore, it is a matter of all aspects that the Rockets guard is not good, and this kind of ball is not as good as those talented players.

Qin Fei held the basketball with one hand, jumped up, raised it slightly, and hit the board into the basket.

"The Rockets' defense is not good!"

The TV host and the guests discussed that if Qin Fei got points so easily, there would be no hope for this round of the series.

"The first round is a 5-game 3-win system. Only by winning at least one of the SuperSonic's two home games can it be possible to reverse the unfavorable situation in the playoffs."

"Now the Sonics are completely dominant. The Rockets' biggest problem has not been resolved after two seasons."

"Since Alexander bought the Rockets a few years ago, his stingy personality has been evident."

"If he hadn't happened to win two championships, I'm afraid he would have sold the Rockets, right?"

Lao Mei’s TV commentary is like this, the more he talks, the more outrageous the more he talks. In the end, it doesn’t even have much to do with the game. The elements of ridicule are always more than professional explanations, and it always feels like a talk show.

Qin Fei added another 2 points, and the Rockets couldn't come up with any good strategy to defend him.

After Qin Fei played Mario with his back and scored 2 points with a step-back jumper, the Rockets requested a timeout.

Mario's face was complicated, surprise, helplessness, shame, all kinds of things came together. He was a veteran, but he was taught to be a man by a second-year player.

"Last year, he was unstoppable. This year, he is still a year older. Qin Fei has made such rapid progress. It will be even worse if one goes up and down the other."

Tomjanovich did not veto Mario's efforts, but made slight personnel adjustments after the timeout.

Qin Fei scored 4 points on 3 of 6 shots and was in excellent condition.

"You did a good job, Qin Fei!"

Peyton patted Qin Fei on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Qin Fei didn't think it was a big deal. Didn't he come here like this last year?

"It's okay, it's okay, the game has just started, so don't be careless."

After Qin Fei finished speaking, Peyton still made fun of him.

"There is no one on the opposing lineup who can guard you alone, unless Drexler returns to the shooting guard position."

Qin Fei was astonished, is there such a possibility?

No way, he only scored three goals.

"I'm talking nonsense, but what's the matter with the glider, I believe you can make it."

Payton still gave his teammates some encouragement before going on the field.

"Drip~"

Back from the timeout, both sides return to the field.

Mario rested, Charles Barkley came on, but the key inside power forward did not leave.

So, the Jazz are at small forward, and Delexler has naturally moved to shooting guard.

Drexler had a serious face, as if he was facing an enemy, and after approaching Qin Fei, he opened his arms.

With regard to the length of this arm, it is completely different from Mario just now.

Coupled with the degree of blackness of the face and the degree of muscular strength, it can be known without comparison, and it has been improved several levels at once.

Qin Fei:

(End of this chapter)