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Chapter 455 Influence
After the game against the Lakers, reports on Qin Fei were overwhelming.

Qin Fei scored 62 points in a single game, a record high for the league season.

Throughout the season, no one scored 60+ games.

Qin Fei was the first, and possibly the only one.

This is Qin Fei's fifth season and his second season in scoring.

Last year, Qin Fei scored more than 30 points per game. Many media reported that although Qin Fei's scoring stability was very high, his explosive power did not seem to be very strong, and he did not have many high-scoring games.

Such an argument is obviously one-sided. To this day, Qin Fei scored 62 points, proving once again his personal scoring power.

After Qin Fei scored 62 points, his average score increased by nearly 1 point per game, obviously ahead of Iverson, Kobe Bryant and others, and the throne of scoring champion is more stable.

After the game, "Sports Illustrated" praised Qin Fei as the strongest scorer in the early 21st century, and would even become the strongest scorer in the first decade of the 21st century.

In the past few years at the beginning of the 21st century, although Qin Fei's performance is good enough, it is obviously one-sided to use the current excellent performance to affirm his later career.

But no matter what, Qin Fei's performance made him angry again.

The NBA needs to set up a new benchmark. There is nothing better than the strongest scorer fighting the Big Three alone, scoring 62 points and taking the game away.

Therefore, the NBA has carried out extensive publicity, and deliberately established him as a lone hero, leading the team with a single core image.

Compared with the giant combinations that abound in the current NBA, such a single-core team seems to be more tragic and heroic.

It is also more able to resonate with the audience.

Under this wave of publicity, Qin Fei's All-Star votes soared, surpassing everyone, and becoming the top voter after the current round.

How strong is Qin Fei?

Many media began to comment on such a 23-year-old young man.

Strong scoring explosive power, unparalleled physical fitness, comprehensive style of play, big heart at the decisive moment...

Everyone used to think that Qin Fei was like Jordan's successor, but now everyone thinks that Qin Fei is not like Jordan's successor at all, he is just himself.

The worst thing is that the media in the Bay Area hailed Qin Fei as a scoring enhanced version of Pippen.

Pippen was the greatest small forward in the 90s and one of the 50 greatest stars in NBA history.

It is a great honor to be able to put Pippen's name together, not to mention that at the moment there seems to be a feeling of stepping on Pippen, and he has not retired yet. What does this mean?
Not to mention that Pippen was a little angry when he heard it, the other players of the Trail Blazers also felt uncomfortable after hearing it.

The other party seemed to have a feeling of deliberately provoking the topic.

As a result, the god of basketball Jordan was the first to express his opinion on Qin Fei's 62 points.

After a game on Wednesday night, Jordan was interviewed by the media. He said that Qin Fei scored 62 points in a single game last night and led the Warriors to defeat the Big Three of the Lakers. The game was very exciting. He also watched the video replay afterwards.

"Compared to his 62 points in a single game, I am more concerned about his gradually transformed quality. He has now become an excellent team leader and knows how to lead the team to victory. This is more important than him scoring 40, 50 or even higher points in a game."

Jordan said so.

When the media heard it, Jordan turned a corner and praised Qin Fei for having the qualities of a leader now?

From scorer to leader, this is another sublimation.

Of course, 60+ points in a single game is a threshold for NBA scorers.

从80年代算起，乔丹是职业生涯单场60+次数最多的球员，他从80年代到现在一共拿了5次单场60+得分。

Except for Jordan, since the 80s, there are only a few players who have scored 60+ in a single game.

Bernard King, Bird, Karl Malone, Tom Chambers, David Robinson and O'Neal.

They each had a 60+ scoring performance in a single game.

Qin Fei is the eighth player in the NBA to score 80+ in a single game since the 8s.

If you count the ancient times, then there is a scoring monster that has to be mentioned.

Warriors legend Chamberlain.

He scored 32+ points 60 times in his career, and once contributed a miracle of 100 points in a single game. These are the records that are considered least likely to be broken in the NBA.

Even with Qin Fei's current scoring ability, it is basically impossible to score 60+ points so many times and 100 points in a single game.

Because the concept of modern basketball is like this, it is impossible to let you take so many shots in a game every time.

Even in the Warriors system with him as the core, Qin Fei has unlimited firepower in the team, but 30 shots in a game is already a lot.

He always has to take care of the emotional and psychological state of the other players. A team only takes [-] or [-] shots in a game. If one person takes too many shots, why do others play?Definitely ruining the team's otherwise good chemistry.

This is not a question of scoring ability, but a question of changes in modern tactical concepts.

In the entire history of the Warriors, Qin Fei is the fourth player to score 4+ points in a single game.

The three Warriors legends ahead of him are Chamberlain, Joe Fox and Rick Barry.

With this battle, Qin Fei once again raised his historical status in the Warriors.

……

Throughout the latter part of January, people were paying attention to the Warriors' games and wanted to know whether Qin Fei could continue to play such a phenomenal performance.

With this key battle, the Warriors kicked off the victory with the Lakers and firmly sat in the first position in the Western Conference.

At the same time, the Philadelphia 76ers in the East have a stable record.

But Iverson's personal data has declined. In late January, his scoring average fell below 1 points per game.

Jerry Stackhouse of the Pistons overtook a corner and overtook Iverson, becoming the third on the current scoring list.

The decline trend in the same period also includes Kobe, Carter, Chris Webber and others.

This is actually quite normal. NBA stars have relatively luxurious personal data during the opening period. After the opening period is over, the personal data will drop accordingly, and then tend to stabilize in the later period.

Only Qin Fei did not fall but rose. With the 62 points in that game, it was enough for him to be the best in the mid-term scoring competition.

This year's scorers, generally speaking, still show a trend of rising scores.

In addition to Qin Fei, Iverson, O'Neal and other top scorers last year, Stackhouse, Kobe, Carter, McGrady, Pierce and many other players all averaged more than 25 points per game.

Averaging 25 points per game is also a threshold.

As long as it can exceed this line and the team's record is not bad, then at the end of the season, there will definitely be a place in the best team.

Not to mention the best team at the end of the season, in fact, it has already appeared in the All-Star voting in the middle of the season. When fans vote, they will love the top players on the scoring list more.

No way, after all, this is a sport in which the outcome of a game is judged by the score.

Other positive data such as rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, etc., are more attractive without scoring.

After the Eastern Bucks introduced Mutombo in late January, their record has also improved by leaps and bounds, gradually rising to the second position in the Eastern Conference, closely chasing the 76ers.

Ranked third is the Miami Heat.

The Heat were one of the teams that made the most moves in the free market in the summer.

The introduction of Eddie Jones was lively.

But just in October last year, when the season just started, Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with severe kidney disease during the physical examination, which posed a great threat to his career.

Since then, Mourning has missed most of the games, and the Heat have played the entire season with an incomplete lineup.

The 30-year-old Mourning's rapid retreat made countless people sigh.

But people believe that such an iron-blooded tough guy will definitely return to the game to chase his unfulfilled championship dream.

Injuries are like this sometimes. You never know how long a player's career is, nor how short a player's career is.

But no matter how long or short it is, as long as it blooms enough wonderful splendor at the peak moment, it will still be memorable.

……

In early February, the NBA officially selected the best players in January.

There are many players nominated for this award, and the most competitive ones are Qin Fei and Iverson.

Iverson averaged 29.7 points, 6.7 assists and 2.7 steals per game this month, shooting 45.5 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from three-pointers, showing a very efficient performance.

Originally under Larry Brown's coaching, Iverson gradually transformed from a point guard position to a pure scorer position.

But I didn't expect to introduce Duncan during the offseason.

This requires Iverson to make another career adjustment. He returns to the position of the combo guard. While scoring wildly, he will also take into account the combination with Duncan.

It's too easy to get an assist on Duncan's head. Duncan is as stable as an old dog in the middle distance, and his shooting percentage at the basket is also extremely high.

The 76ers have a record of 13 wins and 2 losses this month, ranking first in the league in a single month.

The Warriors have a slightly worse record than the 76ers, going 12-3 this month.

But Qin Fei's personal data exploded.

本月场均35.4分8.1篮板6.5助攻2.6次抢断，投篮命中率百分50.9，三分球命中率百分之39.7。

Qin Fei's data is even better than Iverson's.

So in the final selection, based on his personal data and record, Qin Fei actually defeated Iverson and won the NBA Player of the Month in January.

This is the second time Qin Fei has been selected as the best player of the month this season.

The fans of the Philadelphia 76ers are of course very dissatisfied. Since the new season, the three players of the month have all been awarded to Western players. What does this mean, that there is no one in the Eastern Conference?

Of course, the most dissatisfied is that Iverson was not elected.

In the eyes of the fans, Iverson's performance this month is almost perfect, and it is simply unreasonable not to be elected the best player of the month.

But what about that?

Qin Fei's performance is also impeccable, and the Warriors' record is very good, and the overall record is still the first in the league.

Player of the month is simply not enough.

Therefore, many experts have given suggestions, hoping that the NBA will divide the best players of the month into the east and the west.

The same is true for the best player of the week, so that players can get more honors.

And more importantly, no one felt that the gold content of the best of the week or the best of the month was reduced because of the separation of things.

This honor is still very difficult to obtain.

Therefore, this call and proposal have received the attention of relevant departments. There are rumors that the NBA has considered setting up the best players in the East and West.

……

In early February, the NBA's overall scoring average began to decline.

Many teams have entered a period of fatigue, and people began to wait for the upcoming All-Star weekend to adjust their mid-term status.

Qin Fei's scoring average also declined during this period.

But soon, they ushered in the All-Star Weekend.

The 2001 All-Star Weekend was held in Washington.

Washington held the All-Star Game, which happened to be Michael Jordan's home court, and Michael Jordan was selected as the starter of this All-Star Game without any suspense, which made many fans feel that it was an All-Star Game with a different meaning.

The final All-Star voting results showed that Qin Fei narrowly beat Carter with 177 million votes and became the top voter in this All-Star Game.

Qin Fei belonged to the ticket king who caught up in the later stage. At the beginning, Carter, who was at the peak of his popularity, far surpassed the others. He looked like he was going to become the all-star vote king just like last year.

In the past two years, Vince Carter has been the hottest star in the NBA, and he is very popular regardless of his record. Fans who like him have ranked from Canada to Mexico.

Qin Fei is also a hit. With his strong personal performance, he has conquered a large number of fans. When many fans start voting for the All-Stars, they will always think of voting for Qin Fei. There is no suspense. They hope to see Qin Fei in the All-Star game.

In the end, the All-Stars selected by the Eastern Conference started Iverson and Jordan in the backcourt, Carter and Grant Hill in the frontcourt, and Yao Ming in the center position.

Yao Ming averaged only 12 points and 8 rebounds per game. As a result, he overwhelmed Mourning, Mutombo, Ratliff and others, and became the starting All-Star in the Eastern Conference.

This is too scary, O'Neill sighed.

"Fortunately, Yao is in the Eastern Conference, otherwise I would lose my starting position."

He is actually a self-deprecating statement. This season O'Neal got 154 million All-Star votes, which is still ahead of Yao Ming who got 128 million.

In the Eastern Conference starters, Grant Hill missed the game due to injury.

Finally, a player is needed to replace him as the starter.

The replacement rules for the All-Star game are not complicated. If the starter is injured and unable to play, then the head coaches of the two teams will designate players to replace them into the starting line-up; the final selection list is insufficient, and the league president will directly designate players to enter the All-Star game.

Therefore, it is the authority of the head coach to replace the game, which is similar to the usual game.

The head coach of the Eastern All-Stars this year is Larry Brown, the head coach of the 76ers with the best record.

Larry Brown eventually named Duncan on his team into the starting lineup.

In the West, all members are healthy and no one is absent from the All-Star Game.

The final selection of starters were Kobe, Qin Fei, Garnett, Webber and O'Neal.

(End of this chapter)