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Chapter 288 I'll Destroy Them

The Warriors lost three straight away and flew to Indiana to challenge the Pacers.

The strength of this game is obvious.

The Pacers are truly a strong team in the Eastern Conference. Last year, they played a tiebreaker with the Bulls and were only one step away from reaching the finals. The Warriors are still at the bottom of the Western Conference, and they are rushing to the top three picks.

This season, the Pacers and Warriors had a record of 11 wins and 4 losses before the battle. Like the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat, they are temporarily ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

The high records of the latter two are somewhat unexpected. Since last season, the Pacers have proved to be a team that can fight tough battles. Last year, they were second in the Eastern Conference. This year, the Bulls disintegrated. It is also very reasonable to go further.

The current Pacers team is head coached by Larry Bird.

Before fighting the Warriors, the Pacers defeated the Magic, Nuggets and Wizards respectively, achieving a three-game winning streak.

One is a three-game losing streak, the other is a three-game winning streak, and they met together.

The Pacers are still playing at home, so one can imagine how low the handicap is.

On the evening of the 5th, the Market Square Arena.

This season is the Pacers' last season at the Market Square Arena. After this season, they will move to the Conseco Arena.

That night, the Market Square Arena was packed.

Due to the team's good record, the Pacers' attendance rate is very high. In Indiana, this Pacers team is very popular.

After the two teams went through the warm-up, they selected the starters.

The Pacers' starting players are Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin, Dale Davis, and Rick Schmitz.

From the lineup point of view, this team is a special offensive and defensive balance.

Among them, Chris Mullin is a famous warrior. He spent the starting point and peak of his career in the Warriors. Although he was traded to the Pacers last season, he still has a very special emotion for the Warriors.

Chris Mullin had the most mixed feelings when the Warriors visited Indiana.

Mullin observed the Warriors' starting lineup and found that it was not the same as the lineups of other teams before.

The Warriors' lineup is John Starks, Qin Fei, Jason Caffey, Marshall and Dampier.

Jason Caffey is a player selected by the Chicago team in 95. He is 2 meters tall and weighs 03 kilograms. He is very strong and belongs to the swingman at the third and fourth positions.

Bimbo Coles was kicked out of the starting lineup by the head coach.

Bimbo performed poorly in the game before, and even had very low scores.

This adjustment actually allowed Qin Fei to return to the position of shooting guard. At the same time, he made a targeted arrangement based on the strength of the Pacers inside.

The Pacers have a balanced internal and external strength, and the team has a reasonable ratio, especially the insiders, who are tall and strong.

For example, the starting center Rick Schmitz was the No. 88 pick in 2. He was 24 meters tall. Together with Sabonis, he was called the star of hope in Europe.

The starting players of both sides appeared on the stage and stood in their respective positions.

"For the Pacers, this is a very easy game, because the Warriors' strength is really not good. Even if they have Qin Fei, their overall strength is very weak, which is several grades behind the Pacers."

Before the game, no one thought that the Warriors would win. They all thought that one was about to lose four games in a row and the other would complete four consecutive victories.

The host also talked about Qin Fei's transaction.

"The Warriors have made a good deal. A player like Qin Fei, no matter where he is, is a guarantee for the team's box office, and Chris Cohan will obviously be satisfied with this. Therefore, it can be expected that in the summer, the Warriors will definitely offer Qin Fei a big contract."

"At this time, the Warriors hold the bird rights. If Qin Fei wants to earn more money, staying with the Warriors will be the best choice."

As soon as the screen changed, a buzzer sounded, indicating that the two sides had completed the jump ball.

The 2-meter Schmitz stretched out his long arms and jumped to win the kick-off.

After Larry Bird moved into the Pacers, the Pacers' tactical philosophy has changed a lot.

In the previous Larry Brown period, the Pacers' main tactics were developed around Reggie Miller. They wanted to play an overall offense, but they relied on the performance of star players;

At the moment, it is the "assistant king" Mark Jackson who is in possession of the ball.

Mark Jackson is 34 years old and currently has more than 600 assists, ranking fifth in the NBA's history of assists. The top four are Stockton, Irvin Johnson, Oscar Robertson and Isaiah Thomas.

Considering the current physical condition and age of Mark Jackson, he even has a chance to hit the No.2 ranking.

In fact, in Qin Fei's previous life, Mark Jackson sent out a total of 10334 assists in his entire career. For a long time, it was indeed second only to Stockton in history.

With such a passing master on the court, there is no doubt that the Pacers' offense is not smooth enough.

When he stretched out his gestures for tactical arrangements, he had already begun to observe the opponent's positioning.

What needs to be paid attention to is to avoid the strong attack of Qin Fei's defensive area as much as possible.

In the entire Warriors team, Qin Fei is the best defender, and Mark Jackson clearly arranged this.

So when the Pacers re-transmitted the ball to Mark Jackson, he had already done the best distribution of the ball, and directly gave it to "veteran" Chris Mullin as the final end point.

The Pacers have two pitchers, Reggie Miller and Mullin, who need to follow closely.

Qin Fei chose to follow Reggie Miller, and Kafei did not follow Mullin closely, giving the opponent room to raise his hand and shoot.

Facing his old club, Mullin showed no mercy, and hit the net with a three-pointer.

3 to 0, hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, and the start was hot.

"it's okay no problem"

Kafei is not very old, he looks 26 years old, but Qin Fei went to comfort him instead.

The two ran to the front court one after the other.

At the beginning of the attack, Qin Fei took the initiative to participate in the team. According to the tactics arranged by the coach, he mainly used air cuts to tear the opponent's defense line as much as possible.

John Starks' organizational skills are actually pretty good. In his early career with the Knicks, he averaged 5.9 assists per game in a single season.Later, when he became a substitute in the Knicks, he began to focus on grabbing points and no longer focused on organization, but his passing skills were still there. After coming to the Warriors, he began to return to his old business, averaging 4.7 assists per game this season.

The Pacers defended well, passing and cutting had no effect, and Dampier began to play in the low post.

Catch the ball, turn around and hook.

The height of 2 meters stands there, like a mountain, and it can still get a chicken feather.

"clang" struck the iron

Dale Davis, who got stuck, got the rebound.

The Warriors were at a disadvantage from the beginning, and the Pacers led the Warriors 8-2 at the start.

The Warriors only relied on Starks' two free throws to get 2 points.

The Pacers' strong defense was suffocating. Before the official timeout came, Carlesimo, who sensed something was wrong, requested a timeout.

This is the basic sense of smell that belongs to the coach.

Carlesimo was a little hesitant and a little embarrassed. Before finally going on the court, he held Qin Fei and told him: "Strengthen more personal offenses. With the Pacers' perimeter defense, the only thing that can stop you is fouls."

Carlesimo was watching the video of last year's Eastern Conference Finals last night. After studying it, he found that he had to rely on a tough guy like Jordan to fight the Pacers, otherwise he would definitely not be able to fight like this.

Qin Fei was quite surprised to hear Carlesimo say that, but now the two are more familiar than at the beginning, Qin Fei nodded: "Don't worry, coach, I'll blow them up."

Carlesimo:

drop--

Starks with the ball yells for the pick-and-roll.

Carlesimo's pick-and-roll is one of the variants of the middle pick-and-roll. Under the cover of Dampier, Starks accelerated his breakthrough and was chased by Mark Jackson.

The Pacers don't switch, allowing Starks to go deeper.

At this time Dampier turned around again, covering for Qin Fei who was on the line.

Qin Fei didn't go in after covering the air cut.

Suddenly, he ran back and came out of the top of the arc. At this time, Starks just couldn't break through. Seeing Qin Fei running up, he was overjoyed and threw the pot out.

"Snapped!"

Qin Fei caught the ball with both hands and followed the line directly to break through.

The Pacers team compressed the defense, and Reggie Miller chased Qin Fei with a candy-style defense.

He stopped suddenly, bent his knees, jumped up, and finished a shot high.

"Shh!"

The basketball went into the net hollow, which was Qin Fei's first sports goal.

John Starks was very happy. Qin Fei made the shot after a little luck. It should be regarded as helping him to score directly. An assist is in hand, so happy

Reggie Miller felt that he defended pretty well. Qin Fei's ball was too much of a thief, and he completed the jumper before his defense came.

"It's a bit rushed, but it's a good goal to score."

Reggie Miller silently commented, feeling that he should defend more tightly.

After two rounds, Qin Fei received the ball in the low post with his back against Reggie Miller.

He gathers all his strength and slams behind him, making a rare attempt to attack in the low post.

"boom!"

Reggie Miller's arm was softened by Qin Fei, and a majestic force came from the young man's torso, wave after wave

So fierce!

Reggie Miller's eyes widened, and just about to start spitting, Qin Fei had already turned around.

Turn around with your back, as if going straight for a jump shot.

Reggie Miller took a step forward and found that Qin Fei was only dribbling the ball under his crotch, and was still attacking face-up. He rushed over from the left area and challenged the inside line!

"beep-"

The whistle blew and the referee called Schmitz for a foul.

Qin Fei walked to the free throw line and hit both free throws.

Reggie Miller was already extremely upset, and walked to the station coldly, and started to talk trash at Qin Fei.

Something like "You can't win no matter how many points you score today, go home early and rest, and save your energy for the next game"

Qin Fei also liked to chatter when he was in the Supersonics, but now he doesn't want to chatter, he just wants to talk with basketball

Reggie Miller faced Qin Fei's defense and missed the shot.

Uncle Miller's face became even uglier. Can't defend, can't attack?

Qin Fei felt that he was in excellent condition. When he had comprehensive offensive skills, no matter what kind of opponent he was facing, he could always find a flaw.

He received a pass from his teammates in the frontcourt and singled out Miller with three threats.

Qin Fei's two breakthroughs just now were very fast. At this time, Miller took half a step back to defend, and did not use the brown sugar style of close defense.

Qin Fei dribbled the ball in the first step, and his pace was very fast.

The long arm grabs the basketball, pulls it back halfway through the dribble, and switches it to the left hand with a behind-the-back dribble, then quickly pulls it back with the left hand, hits the ground with the crotch, and bounces it to the right hand.

When the ball was in his right hand, Qin Fei stopped for an instant.

虚晃

Suddenly pulled up in place!

One step away from the three-point line, Qin Fei jumped up high.

This force is exerted from the waist, and the sudden force of one foot drives the other foot and the whole body to take off suddenly. The speed is too fast and the rhythm is very bad.

Reggie Miller didn't have time to react. When he stretched out his hand, it seemed that he couldn't even cover Qin Fei's eyes.

The strength of the waist, abdomen and arms is integrated, Qin Fei's wrist is pressed down, and the shooting posture is kept to a special standard.

The person floats in the air and throws the ball with a very low arc.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the back edge of the hoop and bounced into the hoop!

Hit again!

Qin Fei scored 7 points in a row. This wave of sudden bursts led by individuals completely disrupted the Pacers' deployment. The effect was immediate. The Warriors overtook the Pacers by 9 point 8-1.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Larry Bird quickly requested a timeout.

"Good job!"

Carlesimo is happy. The effect of returning from the timeout is great. There is a feeling that the timeout has arranged a good strategy. This is the situation that best reflects the coach's ability.

"We continue to play like this, we can definitely win the Pacers!"

The Pacers who played against the Warriors were not as good as the outside world imagined. After the timeout, they still couldn't solve the misfire on the offensive end.

On the other side, under the leadership of Qin Fei, the Warriors slowly opened up the score.

Qin Fei had the illusion that "I can do five by myself". Later, the Pacers switched to Mullin, Jaylen Ross and others to defend, but there was nothing they could do about Qin Fei.

Can only keep fouling.

Some referees don't see it or blow it and earn it

Qin Fei's offensive ability made people dumbfounded.

"Fortunately, the supersonic traded Qin Fei"

After watching it, Larry Bird on the sidelines regretted not joining the ranks of Qin Fei. He was actually very excited at the time, but as a coach, he must proceed from reality. The good chemistry of the Pacers is placed there. It is impossible to dismantle the existing lineup that can already compete for the championship for a certain player.

"If the Supersonics hadn't traded Qin Fei, how would they fight if they met in the finals?"

Larry Bird counted up his fingers, Wally Walker is still good, this kind of player should use up his entire rookie contract, if he really can't afford it in the summer, he will just change it at that time, why be so petty

But after thinking about it carefully, he also understood Wally Walker's psychology. If the Supersonics really won the championship again, what reason would Wally Walker have to trade a two-time champion?Then the luxury tax, the pressure brought by the boss and the pressure from the external fans form a double confrontation. In other words, he will become a person inside and outside, and become the number one backer of the Supersonics.

Therefore, taking advantage of the Supersonics' poor record, it would be a bit controversial at best to trade early. The position of the general manager is still extremely secure.

(End of this chapter)