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Chapter 504 The Gap
Players from both teams stand on the field.

After a simple appearance ceremony, only the starters remained.

There were five screens with photos of the starting players printed on the broadcast TV screen, and the fans watching the game in front of the TV could clearly see it at a glance.

But this time was very short, before they even had time to take a closer look at the data of each player this season, the screen jumped to the field.

Under the spotlight, on the clean floor, the ten starting players stood according to their positions.

The referee, wearing a striped shirt, walked to the middle.

He squeezed the time, completed the kick-off, and the game officially started!
The Bulls and Warriors are the focus of battle, conservative attention.

The outcome of this game is related to whether the Warriors can break the opening record in team history.

The difficulty for the Warriors is that in the second game within 24 hours, the players are relatively tired.

Although the Bulls are in an away game, it is the first away game in the Western Conference and they are full of energy.

Jump ball, Bulls win.

McGrady, wearing a red jersey, faced Qin Fei in the frontcourt.

According to Carlisle's first arrangement, Artest should be facing McGrady.

But Qin Fei specifically talked to the coach.

So the team made adjustments, let Qin Fei match McGrady first, and let Artest chase Mike Miller who opened up the space. Miller had a very accurate three-pointer and had to defend.

Qin Fei and Mai Di faced off, and the adrenaline of the audience soared instantly.

It's a wonderful picture, the leading players of the two teams, one-on-one.

Mai Di is slightly taller than Qin Fei, but not too tall. In terms of body shape, he is thinner than Qin Fei, and his calves are even thinner.

"Snapped!"

McGrady grabbed the basketball with one hand and folded his hands together.

Qin Fei opened his mouth to make fun of him.

"Do you want to pass me with the first step?"

Qin Fei meant something.

At the beginning, McGrady was still the first step in training with Qin Fei, but now, the first breakthrough has become a symbolic technical move of McGrady, resounding throughout the league.

Therefore, judging from the relationship between masters and successors, Qin Fei should be Mai Di's master.

The apprentice singled out the master?

This is what Qin Fei wanted to say, to hit the young man mentally.

McGrady didn't speak, but a strong fighting spirit suddenly appeared in his sleepy eyes.

The Bulls opened up the floor, and the Warriors showed no sign of helping.

When the two faced each other, it was as if there was no sound.

"Humph!"

McGrady snorted coldly, and then his straight body suddenly tensed up.

In a very short period of time, he took a big stride with his left foot to the right, holding the ball in his right hand, and stuck Qin Fei, forming a breakthrough situation.

Qin Fei made corresponding adjustments, showing the league's top lateral movement ability, and easily kept up with McGrady, who took such an explosive first step.

However, at that moment, McGrady retracted, dribbled behind his back and switched to his left hand, and at the same time adjusted his pace, and retreated out of the three-point line.

On the three-point line, McGrady looked directly at Qin Fei and held the ball in his left hand.

Then the shoulders are pressed down, and the second time the body is turned forward, the feint is full.

It was a feint, with hands folded together, waist and abdomen exerted strength, and the whole person bounced into the air between the lightning and flint without any warning.

Dry pull!

A jump shot in front of Qin Fei!

McGrady's move was used by Qin Fei in the game before, and the two had a completely different feeling when they made it. McGrady's shooting sense was more elegant, with a high release point and his body floated forward;

When McGrady made a move, Qin Fei's big hands almost covered his face.

"This defense"

On the sidelines, Bulls coach Floyd looked disbelieving.

McGrady's offensive rhythm is good enough, and the average defensive player has no time to react.

But Qin Fei not only reacted, but also strongly interfered with McGrady.

McGrady's pull-up jumper hit rate is not bad. He is best at ignoring defense and has top-notch shooting ability. However, if Qin Fei's block defense is like Qin Fei, it will also make him feel difficult.

"Clang~"

Sure enough, the basketball hit the back edge and bounced off.

Although the angle is right, the strength is not well grasped.

Maybe just a little more force.

At the basket, Yao Ming gave up the offensive rebound. Da Ben jumped up like a wild beast and touched the basketball first.

The 27-year-old Daben is at the peak of his body. Since the beginning of this season, he has averaged 15.4 rebounds per game, currently ranking first in the league. He is one of the two most surprising players in the Warriors.

The other is Jermaine O'Neal, who averaged 18.7 points per game this season and is the Warriors' number one firepower besides Qin Fei.

So when the All-Star candidate list was announced, the two entered hand in hand.

Big Ben has big hands, touched the basketball, and grabbed it with one hand.

The first thing to do after catching is to hug with both hands, turn around with your elbows, and observe your teammates' running positions.

This may be the most different from Qin Fei's previous life.

Due to the tactical needs of the Warriors, Big Ben is responsible for a relatively important first pass. It may be a bit difficult to expect him to pass the ball across the court, but it is no problem to find a reliable receiving point in the first place.

For example, now he has found Billups on the three-point line.

Billups received the ball, as a setter, guided it precisely, and sent it to Qin Fei in the frontcourt.

The Bulls retreated fast enough, but it still feels a little out of step with the Warriors.

Fortunately, Yao Ming was also very flexible at this time, and retreated to catch up with the retreat.

Qin Fei dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch to face McGrady.

On the three-point line, Qin Fei dangled the ball with his left hand.

This breakthrough action is exactly the same as McGrady's before.

Before the audience had time to recollect, they saw that Qin Fei also jumped up suddenly, and bounced straight into the air.

McGrady learned something and rushed to interfere.

It turned out that nothing was caught, and Qin Fei, who was leaning back, demanded that he must violate his cylinder in order to interfere with him.

The audience can't see the difference, they just feel that both of them are top shots.

"Shh!"

The basketball is dragged into the hoop!
When Qin Fei landed, his arm was still raised high, but he didn't take it down. Mai Di stretched out his long arm and touched his wrist.

If he falls to the ground, maybe there will be three plus one.

However, Qin Fei's own center of gravity was relatively stable, so he didn't choose to operate like this.

He feels that the referee is not willing to call a foul for the time being, and it is three plus one. Maybe the Bulls fans will complain directly?
If you want to fall at a critical moment, if you fall every time, the referee will have doubts. Even if you are really violated later, people may still retain their inherent concepts.

This is not to doubt the referee's professionalism, but to analyze a routine operation from a psychological point of view.

The fight between Qin Fei and Mai Di ignited the passion of the audience.

Although McGrady did not enter, it did not prevent the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene.

It's all dry, Qin Fei entered.
McGrady felt that Qin Fei was doing something on purpose, so he was irritated by the success, and in the next round, he took the initiative to challenge Qin Fei with the ball.

McGrady was still a relatively junior scorer last season, but McGrady this season is completely different.

It's not that his ability has improved, but his temperament has changed. This kind of self-confidence gathered in him has created a rising superstar.

McGrady and Qin Fei were singled out, and both scored goals.

Qin Fei was so happy, he just wanted to challenge McGrady.

Bulls coach Floyd didn't think so.

The Bulls want to beat the Warriors and cannot drag the game into the opponent's rhythm.

So in the first timeout of the first quarter, Floyd proposed to return to the normal game.

At this time, Qin Fei scored 9 points, while McGrady only had 6 points. In the first wave of offensive and defensive battles between the two, Qin Fei clearly took the lead.

McGrady nodded, that's all he could do first.

After the timeout, the two sides returned to normal competition.

The Bulls began to play inside offense, with Tracy McGrady and two insiders playing a double pick-and-roll offense. This tactic is the most characteristic of the Bulls today.

The disassembled Yao Ming and Brand went in one and went out the other.

McGrady passed back to Yao Ming, who was closer to the basket. Yao Ming received the ball head-on, dribbled and hit Ben.

It looks thin, but it is actually quite capable of confrontation.

This hit hit Daben, and then he used the strength of the rebound to adjust his footsteps and turn around, replacing the ball with his right hand with a left-handed hook. He was far away from the basket and ignored the defensive attack.

Big Ben: .
With such a tall person hooking, even if he jumped up, it would be too late.

So Big Ben didn't jump, and turned around to grab a rebound.

The basketball hit the net.

"Pretty!"

The host in Chicago yelled.

"Yao!"

"Yao Ming's offensive ability is too good!"

The host made a fuss about Yao Ming's offense, thinking that Yao Ming is playing very smartly and has successfully used his height advantage. Even if a player like Daben has a tough style, his lack of height is a flaw.

You have to continue to exert physical confrontation, and you can't let him get a position in such a deep place.

After Daben served the ball, he already had an adjustment direction in his mind for the next defensive strategy.

At this time, the tactics implemented by the Warriors mainly came from the variant Eagles offensive tactics. Qin Fei, as the main offensive strength, played the role of destroying, dismantling and mobilizing teammates to attack in the tactical system.

The Bulls also implemented general double-team tactics against Qin Fei.

Work from the mid-range position, blocking the area on either side of the free throw line.

If Qin Fei chooses to pass the ball directly in the middle distance, then he will encounter a relatively small space, and the Bulls have a great chance to intercept his pass; if Qin Fei breaks through near the bottom line, then the Bulls will mainly rely on the generous body of the insiders to force Qin Fei to never have enough space to pass the ball.

This defensive tactic can be said to have a thorough understanding of the zone defense. Qin Fei conducted it twice, made a mistake once, and missed a chance in the corner once.

Then in the next round, Qin Fei changed his style of play and fell directly to the low post to ask for the ball.

McGrady defended Qin Fei in a low position and signaled his teammates not to come over to double-team.

Low-post defense is the highlight of McGrady's defensive skills. Many outsiders who are good at low-post offense do not have much advantage in front of McGrady's height and wingspan, and may even be blocked.

Qin Fei held the ball high in both hands, bowed his waist and moved his steps, leaning back to test McGrady's strength.

McGrady's strength is not weak, of course, compared to the current Qin Fei is still much worse.

"Not double-teaming?"

Qin Fei was a little surprised by the confidence of the Bulls.

Without thinking too much, he changed to the left hand to control the ball away from McGrady's side, and then his core strength exploded, and his strong torso slammed into McGrady.

"Pong!"

Qin Fei's strength is too strong.

Qin Fei's current strength is definitely the top among the outside players. McGrady is not as good. With Qin Fei's back, his defensive steps are a bit messy.

At this time, Qin Fei stretched out his leg again and caught Mai Di's left foot, and turned his whole body clockwise to the left.

The turning movement was realistic, and McGrady's center of gravity shifted accordingly, but just when McGrady's center of gravity changed, Qin Fei withdrew his turning movement, changed direction, and at the same time changed to holding the ball in his right hand, and turned towards the baseline.

Turning around is relatively large, and it is unrealistic to dribble again. Qin Fei also followed this pace and bounced to the outside.

Near the bottom line, McGrady murmured that something was wrong, and rushed forward, but he was still a bit late.

Qin Fei pressed down on his wrist, and the high-arc basketball got into the basket, rolling up the white net flowers.

This technical move is used by many stars in today's league.

It's just that the range and hit rate are different, and someone like Qin Fei has formed a strong personal style. Few people exert such strong force and pressure in the early stage like him.

McGrady was suppressed by Qin Fei in terms of strength, and he took a fake move. The defensive skills of this ball were not reflected at all.

The "self-defense" that I just shouted is rather embarrassing.

Fortunately, no one cares about these details, because there are too many people shouting slogans on the court.

For example, Qin Fei is calling for his teammates to retreat at this moment.

"Low, low, pay attention to the low!"

"I will guard against this."

"Good job, keep it up!"

The pace of the court is too fast, and generally speaking some phrases.

There's a lot of communication with each other, not just dull play.

"Before the game, we all predicted that the Bulls would not be able to beat the Warriors away. Sure enough, in the first quarter of the game, the Bulls fell into a disadvantage in all aspects."

"That's right, especially about McGrady, I feel suppressed by Qin Fei."

Tracy McGrady is the star of the Bulls and the Most Improved Player of the past year.

麦迪上赛季场均可以贡献26.8分7.5篮板5.6助攻1.5次抢断和1.5次封盖，是联盟里唯二可以砍下场均25+7+5+1+1的球员。

Another player is Qin Fei.

So many times, people compare McGrady and Qin Fei.

There are too many similarities between the two, but the only thing to note is that Qin Fei seems to have more experience in the use of dry pull jump shots.

"Dry jump shots are not easy to use every time. Sometimes, a jump shot that is too sudden not only has a low hit rate, but also does not give teammates a chance to grab offensive rebounds, so timing is very important."

Many basketball experts will focus on Qin Fei's technical move when commenting on the Warriors' offense.

He also thinks that the Warriors are strong now because their teammates can figure out some of Qin Fei's habits, including when he pulls up the jumper, which can perfectly match Qin Fei's technical action, while the Bulls have average internal mobility and have not yet formed a corresponding tacit understanding. This is the difference in chemical reaction.

McGrady was a little annoyed, he thought he should be able to guard Qin Fei.

At the end of the first quarter, he walked off the court with a trace of depression on his face. Although it would not dampen his fighting spirit, his desire to win Qin Fei once became even stronger.

He looked up at the big screen.

In the first quarter of the game, the Warriors led the Bulls by 32 points 26 to 6.

Qin Fei scored 17 points in a single quarter, beating McGrady's 8 points

The difference between high and low is clear at a glance.

The camera showed Qin Fei sitting off the court drinking water. Qin Fei was communicating with Ginobili who was about to play.

Ginobili is a dashing man with a straight nose and long hair. On the first day of playing for the Warriors, some female fans noticed this handsome guy from South America.

"I feel like the Bulls' bench lineup is pretty scattered. I think I can tear apart their defense."

Ginobili whispered to Qin Fei.

"Oh?"

Qin Fei's eyes lit up after hearing Ginobili's confident speech.

"In fact, the breakthrough is not difficult. The key is that the finishing of the last stroke is very troublesome. I feel that what I lack now is the final finishing."

Ginobili is a smart player. He has clearly known his strengths and weaknesses after only a few games.

This is better than most players. Many people don't know how to play correctly or make up for their shortcomings in the later stages of their careers.

"You can tear apart the defense and pass the ball. In our team, there are still many people who have strong fixed-point shooting ability."

Qin Fei gave Ginobili a suggestion, the first stage is a good way to transition.

Ginobili nodded, but he thought it was okay.

(End of this chapter)