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Chapter 305 The Barometer

The starters of both sides came on stage.

The starting lineup of the Suns at home is Kidd, Toby Bailey, Clifford Robinson, Gugliotta and Langley.

Among the starting five, the shooting guard position should have been played by Rex Chapman.

But in the last game, Rex was injured and could not participate in this game, so he had to choose someone else at the shooting guard position.

The Suns were not good outside, and they couldn't find any good options, so they replaced the little-known Toby Bailey.

Toby Bailey is a rookie in the second round of this year. His physical fitness is still good. He also has a height of 1 meters and a weight of 98 kg. It is not too bad for Qin Fei.

This may be an aspect that Danny Ainge, then the head coach of the Suns, considered.

The Warriors also have injuries. Among the five starters, Marshall was injured, so the veteran Terry Cummings was replaced at the power forward position.

The atmosphere of the Suns home court is strong, and as far as the eye can see, there is a sea of ​​orange and red.

"Di-"

Relying on his height and long arms, Langley won the jump ball.

Kidd advances with the ball.

The audience chanted "Beat the Warriors!"

Kidd is a tall and large point guard with a relatively wide field of vision, commanding his teammates to run at the top of the arc.

The current tactics of the Suns are mainly attacking from the forward line, so it is also a bit like a dynamic attack, but because the team's ability to attack with the ball is not strong at various points, it relies heavily on Kidd's series organization.

Clifford Robinson, who came out of the bag at the end, ran to pick and roll with Kidd.

Kidd finds a screen to break through, and Starks defends well, staying close to Kidd.

Kidd is leaning against Starks, the Suns have someone stretched, someone cuts, and someone is ready to catch the ball at the basket.

Everyone is like a child waiting for Kidd to feed the ball.

When the black shadow approached, Kidd felt a little vigilant. He estimated Qin Fei's defensive range in his heart, held the ball with one hand, and flicked his wrist lightly.

The basketball hit the ground, and Qin Fei just dodged before the big hand that arrived.

"Snapped!"

Gugliotta caught the bounced ball, dribbled a step sideways, found a better angle, and took off to shoot.

At this time, Cummings was already a bit slow to make up the defense, and the others completed the shot steadily.

"Shh!"

hit!

Gugliotta's mid-range shot is as solid as a dog.

The speed at which the Warriors shrunk the line of defense was already very fast, but Kidd still found a gap in the defensive connection, and at the moment of a loophole, it was passed to the most stable offensive point of the Suns.

This is his organizational ability, which is stronger than when Qin Fei met in Supersonic.

Kidd was in great form this year, with the most assists in the league, only 3 turnovers per game, and the assist-to-turnover ratio can be on the historical single-season rankings.

Moreover, his criticized shooting has also made great progress this season. His three-point shooting percentage has reached a career high of 36.6%, and his production is still very high.

If he doesn't let go, the inside space will be larger, and he will be more comfortable in organizing, and everything will become a virtuous circle.

Kidd is the barometer of the Suns today. If Kidd plays well, the Suns can win the game.

The Warriors attack and Starks has the ball.

In the halftime tactical arrangement, Qin Fei went around the bottom corner from the flank, and then Cummings actively ran out to cover for Qin Fei without the ball.

Qin Fei flicked to the left, then ran to the right suddenly.

It was equivalent to returning the same way, with Dampier covering near the baseline, and finally helped Qin Fei block the defenders. Several eyes of the Suns were attracted by Qin Fei.

Starks felt that the defensive pressure was not high, so he took the initiative to break through.

Drives to the basket from the middle, throws the shot in front of Longley.

"Shh!"

Hollow into the network!

Is it possible to get in?

Langley felt that it was outrageous. Starks is not a star player, and he has swelled to this level now?

Starks, who made the throw, was very happy, and applauded again and again when he retreated.

The two teams drew 2-2. It seemed that both teams defended very hard, but neither seemed to be able to defend the other side.

Toby Bailey was a nobody, and when defending Qin Fei, he desperately followed Qin Fei away. The head coach only arranged for him to do one thing in the whole game, defending Qin Fei.

So even at the beginning of the first quarter, when Qin Fei's desire to attack was not very strong, the opponent still followed Qin Fei and never dared to take a step away without permission.

This gives other Warriors players a good room to work.

Starks, Cummings, including Dampier all scored.

It's just that the Warriors' three-pointers have never been opened, and at the small forward position, Caffey feels a little unable to guard Clifford Robinson.

"Uncle Cliff" is known for his strong defense, but he is also very distinctive on the offensive end. With his 6-foot-10 height, he can shoot near the three-point mark, and the shorter ones really can't put too much.

Even Kafei couldn't guard against it, and Carlesimo felt that others couldn't guard against it either.

On the other side, Angie was thinking the same thing.

Is it a correct tactical idea to defend Qin Fei with all your strength and relatively weaken the defense against other players?

As far as the situation in the first quarter was concerned, Qin Fei played for 8 minutes and only scored 2 points in total. It really gave Angie a lot of face with this defensive strategy.

However, the Warriors did not decline in score, leading the Suns 23-21.

"Even if I don't score a point, as long as the team wins, I feel that everything I have done is worthwhile. In the adult world, only the results are seen."

Qin Fei said so when defending against the "Jordan Law" in an interview before.

The attitude is nothing to say, he has always been like this.

Qin Fei also meant that it was absolutely impossible to interfere with his mentality.

What's more, although it is restricted for others to stick to him with such a cowhide plaster, it is not easy to implement, and players will definitely be negligent.

Two minutes into the second quarter, Qin Fei returned to the field.

At this time, the Warriors are still in charge of the bench.

Angie considered whether to continue to replace Bailey, it seems that Bailey's defensive effect is quite good.

"Shh!"

Qin Fei came up against the Suns' substitute player and hit a mid-range jumper.

Angie was so scared that he beckoned quickly, ready to replace Bailey on the field.

Angie was also one of the many team planners who pursued Qin Fei at the beginning, and contacted Qin Fei's agent many times during the offseason. Later, the Suns had achieved certain results in the negotiation with the Supersonics.

But Wally Walker never wanted to trade Qin Fei to a strong team.

The Suns had a top-five record in the Western Conference last season, and Kidd is very good at unleashing the offensive ability of his teammates.

And if Qin Fei partnered with Kidd, the backcourt defense would be another pair of "Payton + Qin Fei" super iron gate combination, so Wally Walker especially didn't want to trade Qin Fei to the Suns.

Later, the Warriors made a horizontal move, and Wally Walker immediately dumped Angie.

Although the deal failed, Angie really felt that Qin Fei was very suitable for the Suns.

Now the weakest part of the entire Suns team is the position of shooting guard. With Qin Fei, the Suns may directly change from a strong team to a powerful team or go one step further to become a top team.

Even though the Warriors are so weak, getting Qin Fei is nothing more than changing from a weak team to a quasi-strong team.

That's right, in Angie's eyes, the Warriors are not yet a strong team. There are no high-ranking rookies in the entire team, and their talents are too low.

The Suns were originally quite strong, but due to too many injuries, they have now fallen to the same level as the Warriors.

Bailey is back.

His round eyes stared at Qin Fei, not daring to relax for a moment.

Qin Fei laughed, really thought this guy could guard against him?

The second quarter is 9 minutes and 31 seconds.

The Warriors attacked, and Boggs passed the ball to Qin Fei.

"Pull it apart!"

Before Qin Fei could speak, Starks off the court took the initiative to help Qin Fei and shouted.

The players all understood, and immediately opened up space one by one, giving Qin Fei room to play singles with the ball outside the three-point line.

"I'm really not ready to play singles!"

Qin Fei slandered, without saying a word, he broke through with the ball.

The two have faced each other until now, and Qin Fei has also broken through several times before, but this time the breakthrough is very different, almost instantly rushing to Bailey's side, and the two are parallel.

Bailey adjusted his pace, only to find that Qin Fei had already completed a dribble behind his back the moment he adjusted.

With a sharp change of direction, he jumped to the left in an instant.

Qin Fei switched to left-handed dribbling, and Bailey was even more difficult to defend.

"boom!"

The moment the two came into contact, Qin Fei raised his hand and shot.

"duo~"

whistle.

Sure enough, the referee blew a defensive foul, and Bailey stood still with his hands raised, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

And when the opponent lost his balance, he shot with a crooked handle.

The thrown basketball bounced twice on the rim and finally fell into the net.

"2 points count!"

The referee points two fingers down.

Two plus one!

The Phoenix fans were dissatisfied, and immediately booed them concentratedly. They probably felt that the call was unreasonable. Why did they call the Suns player a defensive foul?

Stop it, it's too obvious!

Qin Fei was delighted in his heart, this foul is really easy to use, no wonder there will be scorers who rely on this to take off in the future.

Angie went to communicate with the referee very dissatisfied.

It’s okay not to blow the ball, but the block must be blocked. Bailey’s own defensive position is missing, and he rushed a little too hard.

After all, he is still too young and inexperienced.

Qin Fei walked to the free throw line and easily hit the extra penalty.

After scoring 5 points in a row, the Warriors instantly led the Suns by 32 points 25 to 7. Angie could only call a timeout.

It would be useless not to call a timeout, because if the opponent plays well, they only need one more round to have a chance to open the point difference to double digits.

Once it reaches double digits, it will be a very serious blow to the Suns.

The two hosts were discussing over there.

"Qin Fei is now the barometer of the Warriors. When Qin Fei is performing at an average level, the Warriors can't see much combat power. As long as Qin Fei breaks out, the Warriors will have the possibility of winning."

Qin Fei's goal just now was played back on the big screen.

The Suns fans at the scene became more and more sad as they watched.

"It's too difficult, can everyone get in?"

"It's really impossible to be careless at all, we will fall behind immediately"

After the timeout, Kidd returned to the court.

This game is a struggle between the two barometers.

Both have had a huge impact on the game, but in very different ways.

Kidd glanced at Qin Fei.

Qin Fei didn't play well in the first quarter, but went berserk in the second quarter.

The impact of a scorer on the game is his own scoring. As a top organizer, sometimes even if he is in good condition and can pass the ball stably, it still depends on whether his teammates can make shots.

This is why after Magic Johnson, teams with top organizational point guards at their core rarely win championships.

The problem of differences in game influence.

The state of the Suns team today is good. After some confusion at the beginning of the second quarter, Kidd started to organize again, and then the Suns slowly caught up with the point difference.

At halftime, the Warriors led the Suns by only 49 points 45 to 4.

Intermission, locker room.

"As long as we win the Suns, we will be the top eight teams in the Western Conference. Guys, I don't need to discuss the importance of this game? I believe you all know it!"

"Sometimes, the goal is far away, out of reach."

"But if we take the first step, we will always be able to get there one day, but if we never take the first step, we will never get there."

"At the beginning of the season, who would have thought that we would be in the top eight now?"

"This is what all of us have worked so hard for, and I'm so proud of you."

Carlesimo chicken soup was delivered very professionally, and the players were all excited.

He looked at the state of the players with satisfaction, and then began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

In the second half, the battle between the two teams became more intense.

Even though Qin Fei only scored 9 points in the first half, he scored several times in this quarter and scored 10 points in a single quarter, bringing his total score to 19 points.

The 19 points is that he was often able to reach the scoring average during the Supersonic period, but now, it is often completed in the first three quarters.

It's been slow today.

The Suns once overtook the score in the middle of the third quarter, but after Qin Fei scored consecutive points, they were at a disadvantage again.

The two sides entered the final quarter of the game.

At this time, Angie already felt that it was useless to use any defense, so he could only tell Pele not to be easily tricked into a foul by Qin Fei.

Pele has already committed 4 fouls. Thanks to Qin Fei, as an outside player, the accumulation of fouls is extremely fast.

The Suns' defense against Qin Fei in the fourth quarter was that Kidd and Bailey took turns to defend, and Kidd's defensive effect was slightly better.

The two teams took the lead alternately.

With 1 minute and 34 seconds left in the game, the two sides tied at 95.

Many people are paying attention to this game, especially the teams near the eighth in the West, wanting to know who can win the two teams and occupy the advantage in the playoffs.

At this time, it was the Warriors who attacked.

Qin Fei, who has already scored 24 points, had average offensive firepower in the first half of this quarter, and took the ball outside the three-point line at the critical moment.

Cummings, who has a mid-range shot, came out to pick and roll with Qin Fei, and after the roll, he walked mid-range.

Qin Fei made a fake move pretending to pass the ball, but actually started dribbling the ball to the right to break through.

Kidd stuck close to Qin Fei to prevent Qin Fei from going in easily. On the other side, Robinson took the initiative to double-team. Before the double-team, Qin Fei began to move to the bottom line, pulling the Warriors' defense.

Then moved to the weak side.

It was given to Starks who was completely empty.

Starks was unguarded, and he didn't dare to shoot, so he chose to charge in.

The penalty area is full of people, and Starks takes a step forward and throws the ball.

"Toss again?"

The best sixth man of the Suns, Danny Manning, jumped up, but couldn't block the ball.

hit!

Qin Fei didn't score, but received an assist.

Starks' goal gave the Warriors a clutch lead with just over a minute remaining.

Kidd finds the pick-and-roll with the ball.

All the members of the Suns opened up space, and Qin Fei didn't dare to let go of his defensive players easily.

Kidd actually received very little double-team pressure. He felt as if he had a chance during the offense, so he dribbled the ball near the free throw line and made an emergency stop for a jumper.

In fact, there was almost no defense. When Starks pounced, he had already completed his shot.

The audience is full of hope, staring at Kidd's throw

"boom!"

the ball bounced

At the critical moment, Kidd missed a shot!

This is too hurtful. The Warriors used the Suns to complete the goal. Kidd chose Qin Fei's offensive choice at the anxious moment, but failed to score.

It was several points up and down when they came and went, and the whole game situation changed significantly at this moment.

Qin Fei was happy, and it took time to dribble the ball to the frontcourt.

The less time, the more intense the sun.

This time, the Suns blocked the attack and immediately called a timeout. At this time, there were only more than 30 seconds left.

It is impossible for the Suns to choose a quick attack, they must choose a success rate, so there is almost only one last chance to attack.

This time the offense was "basically not attacking" on the line, and the ball was passed to Danny Manning.

Danny Manning shot against Dampier and failed to score.

The rebound was taken by Qin Fei.

The Suns did not foul at the first time, but tried to steal Qin Fei.

"Foul, no time!"

Angie is going crazy, what are the players thinking?

At 4.6 seconds, Qin Fei finally walked to the free throw line.

The audience booed Qin Fei, hoping to interfere with Qin Fei's free throw.

"The Sonics traded you on purpose. You are not a player in Seattle at all. Your past performance is too bad!"

"Wally Walker has endured you for a long time, team cancer!"

"Payton said he doesn't like playing with Qin Fei!"

Fans spread rumors.

Qin Fei must have heard it too, but his expression was as usual and he was very resistant to pressure.

"Shh! Shh!"

With Qin Fei's key rebound and two free throws at the last moment, the Suns officially entered a dead end.

The entire arena was silent.

After 48 minutes of fierce fighting, did you finally lose?

And what's worse, after 4.6 seconds, the Suns haven't scored yet, and the Suns are about to fall out of the top eight.

how could it be like this

Some fans were devastated. Our Suns have such a good lineup, shouldn't they be rushing to win the championship?Why did he suddenly become ninth in the West?

This damn Qin Fei is all his fault!

26 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Qin Fei's data is not as explosive as before, but it has become a nightmare for Phoenix tonight.

"Do we still have a chance?"

The fans of the Suns silently asked the team.

too passive.

All hope in the future can only be pinned on the Warriors losing, and the Suns must win in the same round

(End of this chapter)