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Chapter 364 Difficult second half of the schedule
The banquet is withdrawn, and the guests are scattered.

The All-Star weekend came to an end, and fans and stars from all over the world began to return to their respective cities.

As soon as the exhibition game ended, the tense atmosphere of the playoffs came in an instant.

From that night onwards, the transfer market became particularly hot.

This year's transfer deadline is February 2.

Before the official transaction appears, basically a lot of it is still dominated by rumors.

The rumors that are more concerned nowadays include the trading scandal of Tracy McGrady, one of the starters of the Raptors.

McGrady is in the last year of his rookie contract this year, and he will become a free agent in the summer, regardless of whether he is traded or not.

This season, McGrady has made great progress, and in the previous slam dunk contest, he showed enough talent.

Many teams, including the Philadelphia 76ers, are more interested in McGrady.

76 of them were the most aggressive.

The 76ers focus on building a super strong backcourt combination of peak Iverson + peak McGrady. From the perspective of the 76ers' management, Iverson is good at attacking and McGrady is good at defending. Moreover, McGrady is a high guard and is an excellent partner.

As early as last year's draft, the 76ers had already expressed their pursuit of McGrady.

It was a fall short at the time, and now, McGrady's performance this season is better, and this rumor is probably just a rumor.

But the rumors also illustrate some things, for example, the possibility of McGrady leaving Toronto?
Carter may be the only one in the world who believes that McGrady will not leave, because the Raptors are now marching forward with great momentum under the leadership of these two brothers.

The Warriors also made some adjustments after the All-Star break.

Temporary workers with 10-day short contracts in the team were officially laid off, and the lineup returned to the original 14-man roster.

Jacobson, Filton Spencer, and Kenny Thomas belong to the 12-man roster that takes turns to play, and sometimes they may not be activated.

For Jacobson and Kenny Thomas, the two have just stepped into the league not long ago, and it is normal to have such a difficult treatment.

For Spencer, it is also acceptable. He is a veteran of the league. In the past few years in the Warriors, he has always been the third backup center. Now he has just fallen from an unstable rotation to a marginal position on the team. Anyway, he is 33 years old and is about to usher in retirement.

To use the famous saying in the media, it is "can be off the field" to help the team.

Of course, the deeper reason is because of the excellent performance of Ben and Grant, including the third insider Jermaine O'Neal, which compressed the opportunities of other insiders.

After the end of the All-Star weekend, the NBA has made some new troubles.

Qin Fei was told by the assistant coach to learn "new things".

"What's the situation?"

Qin Fei cursed and opened the computer to search. On the Internet, portal websites had appeared, and he could see all of them with a search on the website.

It turned out that it was a change motion proposed by the League Athletic Committee, and it was approved by the league board of directors, and it will be implemented from the next season.

There are a total of three new rules, and the relatively big change is aimed at delaying the game in the last 2 minutes.

If a defensive player deliberately crosses the inside line while defending the offensive passer in the last 2 minutes, he will be directly penalized as a technical foul.

In the past, this would be called an illegal defense, but for the first time, an illegal defense was just a warning.

This adjustment can be regarded as plugging the loopholes that were easy to be exploited before, and also punished the team that wanted to delay the rhythm of the game at the last moment.

Qin Fei felt that this might be another signal from the NBA.

He couldn't remember when the NBA began to abolish illegal defense and at the same time announced the legalization of zone defense, but it should have been in the past two years, and it was really fast.

The times are changing, and this kind of rule adjustment is actually driven by the times to carry out and develop in many cases.

Qin Fei took a closer look, and found that the other two rules were minor rule adjustments.

They are respectively before the clock ticks, fouls in the penalty area or five-second violations allow substitutions and when a player is unable to make free throws due to injury or penalty, the coach of the punished side has the right to choose any of the other 11 players of the opponent to take free throws.

In the past, these two rules had to wait until the ball was dead and only 4 players left on the court made free throws.

This doesn't affect the game too much.

After Qin Fei looked at it, he felt that it was okay not to learn, but he would naturally know it when he was on the court.

Assistant coaches are very responsible, and sometimes urge players to learn some new rules, including letting new players understand the team's tactical manual.

Every team's tactics are rich and varied.

For example, the most famous Bulls swept the league with the triangle offense.

But it doesn't mean that the Bulls have only used the triangle offense for 48 minutes on the court. They also play pick-and-rolls and defensive counterattacks. It's just that compared with the triangle offense, the proportion of these other tactics is not so high.

Like the Warriors, under Carlisle's training, they mainly focus on the UCLA offensive system.

At the same time, with the various tactics in the Eagles offense and run-and-bomb system, except for Princeton, which may be a bit difficult, many other tactics will also be used.

If a player does not improve his basic tactical literacy just by relying on his talent, he may not even know how to run and stand, and he will easily be attacked by the opponent, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the league.

Qin Fei has learned these three new rules seriously.

According to the regulations of the league, the new rules will be implemented next season.

After the All-Star weekend, the Warriors ushered in a strong enemy.

The Portland Trail Blazers, who are at the top of the West, are coming.

This season, Pippen has thoroughly proved himself in the Trail Blazers. After he came to the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers took off directly, from a strong team in the West to a top team in the West.

In terms of momentum, it is the only team that can rival the Lakers.

The style of the Trail Blazers is that everyone is a soldier. In the end, the statistics in the team were very average. Only Rasheed Wallace was selected for the All-Star Game.

Encountering such a strong enemy and after the All-Star Weekend, the entire Warriors team felt tired and unable to lift their spirits.

In the end, the Warriors lost to the Trail Blazers 87 to 104 at home.

Only 4 of the Blazers scored in double figures, but there were a bunch of people who scored 8 and 9 points, and even Qin Fei, the best performer in the Warriors, only scored 23 points.

Qin Fei's performance was mediocre, breaking his momentum of 13+ in 25 consecutive games, and the team had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of failure.

The Warriors' schedule after the All-Star Game is relatively intensive. After the game against the Trail Blazers, the game of the Eastern Celtics immediately followed.

Not exactly back-to-back fights, but the second match in 24 hours.

The Celtics' record is mediocre, ranking around tenth in the East, and no one was selected in the previous All-Star Game.

The name of the team's twin stars is relatively loud.

Fourth-year Anthony Walker and second-year Paul Pierce combined to average nearly 40 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

The biggest problem is that both of them are finishers.

When two final players are together, one player must sacrifice a little, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve great things.

The Celtics' interior is not very good either.

Walker can only be regarded as a jack-of-all-trades third and fourth position, not a pure insider. The team's frame protection is very problematic. It can only send 3.5 blocks every night.

So even if there are two scorers who can shoot, in this era full of backs and muscle collisions, it is still not enough.

Facing the warriors led by Qin Fei, Pierce and Walker wanted to win very much.

Both of them surpassed Qin Fei in the second season in terms of statistics, but Qin Fei had already been selected as an All-Star at that time, and neither of them was selected as an All-Star, especially Walker. He was also an All-Star in the 97-98 season, but he was not selected this season.

He felt neglected.

It's just that the outside world believes that his 20+8 data this season is not as amazing as his 22+10 data in the second season.

The Warriors refused to lose two games in a row, and the Celtics Gemini held their breath and wanted to win.

So the game was extremely intense from the very beginning.

The young Pierce took the lead. Facing Caffey's defense, he shot from inside and outside, and scored 9 points in a single quarter, helping the Celtics to take the lead and gain the lead.

Soon the Warriors had Grant, Blaylock and others stand up and score.

Qin Fei's performance in the first quarter was mediocre, with only 4 points and 2 rebounds recorded.

The MVP of the New Division All-Star Game will definitely not fall silent so easily. In the second half of the second quarter, when Qin Fei reappeared, he immediately felt the touch.

First, he hit a three-pointer against Walker's defense from the outside, and then cut off Pierce's dribble, rushed to the frontcourt, knocked Pierce away and completed a layup.

Continuously scored points on Gemini's head.

Although the sophomore Pierce was very strong and confrontational, he still couldn't handle the impact of Qin Fei's fast break.

Pierce also secretly snapped his tongue.

Qin Fei didn't look like a particularly strong player, but he was really strong in confrontation, and his strength was amazing, so he couldn't even pull him down.

Qin Fei is an all-round scorer. He should play in a restrained way against any player. Fighting Pierce is not the way he wants, but Pierce is still relatively thin, so it is not a big deal if he bumps into him.

After halftime, the Warriors led the Celtics by 59 points 51 to 8.

Although leading by 8 points, the scores of the two teams were only opened before halftime, which is actually quite anxious.

After the second half, Walker came to the feeling.

Walker is also an all-around scorer, a swingman in the third and fourth positions, and his scoring methods are very comprehensive.

Another important reason why Walker did not make the All-Star this season is that his three-point shooting percentage this season is very low. It can be said that he made too many shots and made too few shots.

Before the All-Star Game, the shooting percentage was as low as 23%.

Such a low shooting rate caused Walker's scoring efficiency to be very low, and a kind of "wave shooting" temperament appeared.

It's really not easy to lose this temperament once you hang it on your body.

But players like this "wave throwing" are not very easy to guard against once they really make waves.

For example, Grant, who is known for his strong defense in the Warriors, immediately had nothing to do with Walker. Walker made consecutive three-pointers and scored.

As soon as he got close, this guy broke through with the ball again, leaning on his body to complete a turnaround and a small throw, as flexible as a fat guard.

Walker scored 14 points in this quarter, and most of the points were scored in the first half, helping the Celtics tie and overtake the score.

The eyes of the audience refocused on Qin Fei.

"Qin Fei vs Celtic Twin Stars!"

Qin Fei, who has scored 15 points, is the savior of the Warriors.

"For the current plan, I can only trust him!"

Off the court, Carlisle had no good way to deal with the Celtics' unreasonable style of play, so he could only leave the game to his disciples to solve.

"I come!"

Qin Fei patted his chest and signaled his brothers to hand him the ball.

Isn't it just unreasonable, he will too.

The Celtics didn't have any players who could defend from the outside, and the one who played against Qin Fei more often was Paul Pierce.

After Qin Fei made up his mind to pay attention to his own attack, he adopted a face-up attack as the main offensive method.

Pierce's confrontation is very strong, his lateral movement ability is average, and his face-to-frame offense can better play Qin Fei's characteristics.

In the second half of the third quarter, Qin Fei was fully fired.

Completed a wave of crazy output on the opponent's defensive player.

Focusing on mid-range shots, strong sudden fouls, and strong inside layups as supplements, he quickly scored 10 points and helped the Warriors take the lead again.

Both teams scored high points.

At the end of the three quarters, the Warriors led the Celtics by 91 points 88 to 3.

Qin Fei has scored 27 points, which is equivalent to playing half a quarter with Walker, helping the team maintain the lead.

"The second half of the schedule is really difficult. The teams with a little playoff hope will go all out in every game."

Qin Fei sat on the sidelines to rest, sweating profusely, exhausting a lot of energy.

So in the second half of the schedule, it is common for players to drop in scoring. On the one hand, it is because of the decline in momentum. On the other hand, they have encountered a higher level of strict defense, which is also a major reason.

And after studying for most of the season, many players know how to defend.

"The Celtics are very accurate today. This is very abnormal. If you count the previous shooting percentage, how could Walker make 6 of 5 three-pointers?"

Grant is very depressed. He is the kind of player who values ​​defense more than offense.

As a result, tonight, the kid who was facing up, although he was not facing up all the time, kept hitting three-pointers from the outside. According to the data broadcast by the assistant coach, Walker's three-pointers were not that accurate at all.

"He's not that inaccurate, but sometimes, his shots are too sloppy."

Qin Fei thought that Fat Toutuo hadn't reached his peak yet, and in two more seasons, this kid would really become the insider who likes shooting three-pointers the most. It's normal to shoot more than ten three-pointers in a game.

In this period of normal insiders, who shoots so many three-pointers in a game?
That is to say, the coaches of the Celtics in the past two seasons are all new coaches with no reputation, really famous coaches, who would do this to him.

Walker and Pierce, who have been indulged, somewhat feel that they have missed their youth.

Of course, from the perspective of Celtics fans now, Gemini still has great potential for development.

The main players of the two teams rested for half a quarter off the court, and finally they all went to the court to fight fiercely in the final quarter.

Qin Fei went all out, Pierce had 4 fouls on his back, and dared not defend Qin Fei again, the Celtics replaced a rookie to defend Qin Fei.

This rookie is called Adrian Griffin, a standard shooting guard of six feet six inches.

No way, there is really no one.

Griffin was undrafted and got some opportunities in the Celtics. The task of defending Qin Fei was arduous. After getting the coach's order, even if he was 1 unwilling, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Not to mention, he actually defended quite well.

In the face-up attack, Qin Fei almost broke the ball once.

After thinking for a while, Qin Fei chose to start a low-post attack in the next round.

The figure is a little thin, and Griffin, who has not recovered from the wrecking ball, suddenly has a big head.

"boom!"

"boom!"

He was knocked back again and again by Qin Fei, backed up twice rhythmically, Qin Fei had already caught sight of someone double-teaming him out of the corner of his eye, and he turned around in the opposite direction.

Stepping on the floor to jump back, Griffin was hit and hadn't recovered yet, so he couldn't jump up.

He could only watch Qin Fei throw the ball dryly.

Scored easily.

Qin Fei was very indifferent and didn't say any rubbish.

He is also principled, and there is no need to talk trash to every opposing player.

Sometimes, the quiet cooking process is also a different kind of enjoyment.

(End of this chapter)