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Chapter 508 The Eve
Before the All-Star weekend, the Wizards came to the Bay Area to challenge the Warriors away.

The Wizards are a relatively special team in the league. This season, their record is hovering at the eighth and ninth position in the Eastern Conference. They hope to enter the playoffs, but they are not very competitive.

However, such a team has gained a lot of attention. Every time they play an away game, the attendance rate of the away game will increase.

Thousands of people came to watch the last dance of "San Duan Shen", and the people were very positive.

This year, Jordan, already 39 years old, is approaching retirement again on the NBA stage.

However, although he is old, his combat power has not declined much. In the NBA arena, he can still contribute an average of 20+5+5 per game, which belongs to the level of a first-line star.

During the game of the Wizards, because of Jordan's existence, the Wizards attracted much attention.

In early February, the Wizards came to San Francisco.

Qin Fei's dialogue with Jordan has attracted much attention. In the past period of time, when facing Jordan, many young stars will perform better than usual.

For example, Kobe two months ago, when facing Jordan, went berserk, scored 41 points, and paid tribute to the legend.

This should be Qin Fei's seventh regular season match against Jordan.

He played two games in each of the previous three seasons.

At the beginning, Qin Fei had just entered the league, and Jordan was still a superstar at the peak.

So there was a big gap between the data of the two at the beginning, but in the most recent season, when Jordan came back for the second time, Qin Fei had become the only existence in the league.

So the data gap between the two became smaller.

This game is still the focus of the national live broadcast. After this game, it will just end all the games before the All-Star Weekend.

The Warriors are now the league's No. [-] record, and the Wizards have not yet entered the top eight in the East, so the strength gap between the two teams is not small. The Warriors still play at home, and the odds are even lower.

Before the game, according to the usual practice, the main generals of both sides accepted some interviews.

Qin Fei said: "When I was in college, the first NBA game I watched was the Wizards game. I am a fan of the Wizards and Jordan."

"Yes, I think the Wizards played well this season. They have great potential. They now have a superstar like Michael Jordan leading the team, and the future can be expected."

After hearing Qin Fei's praise, Jordan said that Qin Fei is the strongest player he has ever seen under the age of 25.

"Maybe when I was his age, I wasn't as good as him. He did everything on the court, he could accomplish anything, he was full of competitiveness, and he could lead the team to victory."

At night, Oakley Stadium.

The two teams meet daily, and the Wizards wear the blue jerseys.

Qin Fei stepped onto the floor, high-fived and hugged Jordan.

"Are you interested in playing for the Wizards?"

Jordan began poaching in front of Carlisle.

Poaching is very normal in the NBA, and Jordan's status is also quite special. In addition to being a player, he is also the small owner of a team, so his solicitation can be said to be full of sincerity.

Not interested in.
Qin Fei didn't reject Jordan, but just said with a smile: "It's still early, my contract has not been fulfilled yet, so there is no rush."

"But you will become a free agent sooner or later. The media said that you will become a free agent in 03, right? Come to the Wizards at that time, and I will also retire. The Wizards are completely your team."

Jordan knew that he couldn't give any good bargaining chips, so he said a few words half-jokingly.

Who wouldn't be joking, Qin Fei immediately responded.

"Actually, I would rather have the opportunity to cooperate with you than to struggle by myself. I think that is something very worth looking forward to."

Forehead.
Jordan couldn't answer these words. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was not impossible.

The two of them stopped talking after that, and they returned to their positions, and the game started on time.

The head coach of the Wizards is Doug Collins.

Collins also served as the head coach of the Bulls and Pistons before becoming the head coach of the Wizards.

Qin Fei and Collins are relatively familiar. When Qin Fei went to the Pistons to participate in the draft trial training, Collins once discussed with his team whether to introduce Qin Fei.

It's just that there was no follow-up later, and the Pistons couldn't get a higher pick at all.

Collins is Jordan's mentor. When he was in the Bulls, he supported Jordan's growth in the early days.

When the two reached the end of their careers, it was a good story to cooperate again.

Collins' offensive and defensive tactics for the Wizards now mainly include low-post singles for scorers, as well as mid-range shots for a lot of positional battles, with relatively few conversions and three-pointers.

This is exactly the opposite of the Warriors. On the Warriors side, the offensive end is relatively average.

Including three-point shooting tactics, offensive and defensive conversion, face-to-frame offense, low-post attack, etc., the tactics are more complicated because of the comprehensiveness of personnel.

The strengths of the two teams are not at the same level, so for this game, the Wizards naturally put themselves in the perspective of a weak player.

To win is to earn.
The two sides put up a lineup, and the Warriors still have a lineup of Billups, Qin Fei, Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Ben.

From the first position to the fifth position of the Wizards, they are Chris Whitney, Hamilton, Jordan, Kristin Laettner and Jahidi White.

White is an alumnus of Qin Fei University, and the two embraced warmly when they met.

White won the jump ball with Big Ben, and the Wizards got the ball on their first possession.

Jordan stuck Qin Fei and asked for the ball in the low post.

The ball had to be passed without any doubts.

When Jordan took the ball and was about to eat Qin Fei alone, the audience all went into a commotion, feeling that there was a good show to watch.

This scene seems familiar. When the Supersonics reached the finals, Qin Fei often defended Jordan like this. At that time, Qin Fei couldn't defend Jordan alone. He often asked his teammates to help defend, sometimes Payton, sometimes Kemp.

Jordan arched his body, and said some obscene words indistinctly.

Qin Fei chose to respond to him without saying a word.

Jordan stuck his back on the position, arched his body and chiseled in, and collided with Qin Fei with a bang.

Qin Fei had excellent strength and remained motionless.

Jordan slammed into him for the second time, but Qin Fei still didn't move. On the contrary, Jordan himself staggered a little, and his dribbling rhythm deteriorated.

Many old fans sighed after seeing this scene.

A few years ago, Jordan was still at his peak, and no one could withstand his back attack from the wing position, but now, the hero will also be late, Qin Fei's feet are like roots, and Jordan can't hit him at all.

Qiao Dan also noticed that Qin Fei's current strength was by no means inferior to him.

So he chose to turn around and attack, change hands and dribble, and break through the frame.

Qin Fei followed closely behind Jordan, and Jordan carried him to near the bottom line, jumped up suddenly, stopped suddenly, turned over, and shot a fallback jumper.

Qin Fei's probe caused serious interference, and he almost touched Jordan's basketball.

The basketball went out of the frame, and Big Ben took off the rebound.

Big Ben immediately passed it straight to Qin Fei. Qin Fei controlled the ball with his left hand and advanced, taking the lead.

The Wizards' retreat was obviously not in time, and Qin Fei rushed to the frontcourt in a one-stop attack, then resisted Hamilton and completed a layup.

"It was too easy to score."

"The host at the scene was amazed. It is difficult for ordinary people to score, but for Qin Fei, it is as simple as eating and drinking."

"Scoring in the NBA is very difficult, but Qin Fei seems to be doing it with ease."

This is Qin Fei's strength. When people talk about a player, they now start to describe him with "realm", which shows that he is indeed ahead of many people.

The wizard was beaten into a wave of fast breaks by Qin Fei, and the morale, which was not very high before, was even lower.

Subsequently, Jordan assisted Hamilton, who came out of the running position, and the latter hit a mid-range jumper, opening the scoring record for the Wizards.

The Warriors changed their position to fight, and Qin Fei chose to single-handedly challenge Jordan during the position attack.

Everyone thought it must be a very passionate one-on-one, but Jermaine O'Neal ran out to pick and roll for Qin Fei.

Qin Fei didn't reject O'Neal's pick-and-roll either. Since his teammates have all run out, there's no need to let them run for nothing.

As a result, Jermaine O'Neal only made half of the screen. After a false screen, he went straight down.

Qin Fei: .
Qin Fei had quick eyes and quick hands, and he passed the ball lightly to O'Neal who was running down. When O'Neal received the ball, the opponent's power forward went to double-team Qin Fei. He didn't retreat in time, so he directly hit the basket.

In the end, he completed a half throw in front of Jarhidi White, hit the board into the frame, and scored two points.

"It's a good boy!"

Jordan's eyes lit up when he saw O'Neal's speed, jumping and dribbling ability.

A seven-foot man can have such a foundation, it shows that O'Neal is really good.

"I've already been selected as an All-Star, please support me more."

Qin Fei is not afraid of Mr. Joe digging in. O'Neal is quite satisfied with his position in the team. This year, he was selected as an All-Star, and his value has doubled. After fulfilling this contract, he is expected to sign a lucrative contract. If the Warriors are willing to give it, he does not need to start another mountain.

When retreating, O'Neal and Qin Fei clapped hands in celebration.

The two have what they need.

Jordan felt good. After missing two shots in the opening game, he found pick-and-rolls and other opportunities to go around the screen and scored some points.

One of the balls was near the free throw line, and it was a large fadeaway jumper after receiving the pass.

Going over Qin Fei's defense and scoring the ball, many fans watched with tears in their eyes.

He yelled "Ye Qing Hui".
Qin Fei's offensive desire is not low today. He took 9 shots in the first quarter, hit 5 goals in total, and scored 13 points, including a three-pointer. The overall aggressiveness is not very strong.

In the first quarter of the game, the Warriors at home led the Wizards by 29 points 25 to 4.

Although the Warriors are stronger, for now, the two sides are still in a state of anxiety.

In the second quarter of the game, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup.

There are many brave soldiers, and the bench lineup is also very balanced. However, in today's game, the bench players did not perform well, but the Wizards played better, and quickly caught up and overtook the score.

Carlisle was very dissatisfied with the performance of the substitute players, and called a short timeout to make adjustments shortly after the start of the second quarter.

But today is really not going well, and it is useless after calling a timeout. The Wizards continue to expand their lead from the bench.

This made Jordan very happy off the court, stood up and applauded, and applauded for his teammates on the court.

Some of the three-pointers made made the entire bench boil.

"Wouldn't you really lose to the Wizards?"

The Warriors fans watching the game were helpless.

But even if the team loses to the Wizards, they are acceptable.

There is no such thing as an undefeated team in the NBA. The overall performance of the Warriors this season has been good enough, even if they lose to the Wizards, they are still number one in the league.

"Qin Fei will be different when he returns to the field."

The fans thought so, and then looked forward to the Warriors replacing Qin Fei.

Carlisle still hopes to win this game, and ending with a victory before the All-Star weekend is also good for starting the second half of the schedule.

So Carlisle cast his eyes on the bench, just at this time Qin Fei also raised his head.

The eyes of the two met, and they immediately understood each other's meaning tacitly.

Qin Fei stood up, took off his training jacket, and prepared to appear on stage.

As soon as Qin Fei came on the court, he immediately shot a three-pointer against the opponent's backup shooting guard.

When the whole team feels bad, Qin Fei feels okay.

Standing up to save the team at this time happened to be a perfect script arrangement.

"It doesn't make sense."

Coach Collins spread his hands.

The Wizards players also felt bad. Qin Fei didn't feel smooth today, and many of them were hollow shots against the defense, dragging the team forward with his personal strength.

Three-pointer, emergency stop mid-range, turn-around mid-range, two plus one after breakthrough
In the second half of the second quarter, Qin Fei scored consecutively to help the team overtake the score again.

At halftime, the Warriors continued to maintain their lead, 56 to 50.

Qin Fei scored another 11 points in a single quarter, and had already scored 24 points at halftime.

"Qin Fei pays tribute to the legend with 24 points!"

The host who broadcast the game exclaimed, confused the basketball guests, and quickly asked: "How to say? Shouldn't 23 points be a tribute?"

"23 is a tribute, but 24 is also a tribute."

"Because Jordan is the God of War wearing No. 23, so Qin Fei's 24 points are exactly 23 point higher than 1 points. Isn't this a tribute?"

When the host said this, there was a trace of fallacy.

At this time, some All-Star players who had already arrived in Philadelphia were watching the game. After listening to this wave of explanations, a certain player thought it was very interesting, and silently gave a thumbs up.

"Is it really going to explode as soon as you hit Jordan?"

The media in Washington felt deep despair. Qin Fei was too strong and could launch all kinds of offenses from anywhere on the court. No one in the current Wizards team could guard against Qin Fei.

Jordan's low-post defense is okay, but if he defends face-to-face, his lateral movement can't keep up with a top breakthrough player like Qin Fei.

So this is the plight of the Wizards. There is also a part of the reason why they are trapped outside the eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

After all, the top teams in the Eastern Conference now have a lot of wing scorers.

Without a reliable wing defender, it is difficult to improve the team's record.

This has become the consensus of many teams.

For this reason, the value of wing defenders in the market is also rising.

But anyone who has won the honor of a certain defensive team is even more popular.

(End of this chapter)