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Chapter 516 Reincarnation
The regular season ended with 82 games.

The Warriors achieved the league's first record of 64 wins and topped the list.

秦飞场均出战37.4分钟，砍下31.2分6.8篮板7.3助攻2.9抢断和1.3次封盖的全面数据。

Compared with last season, Qin Fei's average points and rebounds per game have decreased, his average assists per game and average blocks per game are basically the same, and his average steals per game have increased slightly.

In the final scoring battle of the season, Qin Fei lost to Iverson.

Under the tremendous pressure created by Qin Fei, Iverson averaged a career-high 32.7 points per game. In the last month, he made rapid progress and scored 40+ points in consecutive games, breaking a bunch of league records.

So Iverson is the scoring leader this year, and Qin Fei is second.

However, Qin Fei's average steals per game ranked first in the league, slightly ahead of Iverson, who averaged 2.8 steals per game.

Qin Fei is still known for his comprehensiveness. All five statistics are among the top [-] in the league. Except for rebounds, other statistics are among the top [-] in the league. His points, assists and steals are all in the top ten of the league.

Last year, Qin Fei's data was even stronger, and the five data items were all in the top [-] in the league.

In fact, this year it has dropped a little bit. The main reason is that in the first half of the season, especially on the eve of the All-Star Weekend, in order to let a few teammates hit the All-Star Game, they let go of some possessions and data.

So this season, several players of the Warriors are also very good-looking.

Daben averaged 7.6 points, 13 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game. He ranks first in the league in rebounds and blocks per game, and has been promoted to the league's number one defensive gate.

O'Neal averaged 19 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. He is already the team's No. [-] scorer and an extremely important part of offensive tactics.

The data of Billups, Artest and others are slightly worse.

But the scoring average is also in double figures.

This year, the scoring list is still a battle between dragons and tigers. Qin Fei and Iverson are the only two players who averaged more than 30 points per game.

Ranked third is O'Neal with 27.2 points per game, followed by Kobe with 26.9 points per game, Pierce with 26.1 points per game, McGrady with 25.6 points and Vince Carter with 24.7 points per game.

Carter is a typical representative of driving high and walking low. At the beginning of the season, he averaged more than 30 points per game. After the season, he averaged no more than 25 points per game.

Kobe's scoring average has also dropped a lot. The Lakers are a Big Three team after all, and it doesn't show that they have maintained a high number of shots for a season. Although the scoring average has fallen below 27 points per game, because of his super performance last season, it is generally believed that he is still a super scorer at this level.

The league record was released, and the playoff map between the East and the West also appeared at the same time.

Eastern Conference matchup map, first-round matchup situation, Nets VS Hornets, 76ers VS Pacers, Bucks VS Raptors, Bulls VS Celtics.

In the west, Warriors VS Supersonics, Kings VS Jazz, Lakers VS Trail Blazers, Mavericks VS Timberwolves.

Compared with last year, the Suns who lost Kidd fell out of the top eight, and the old and strong Jazz once again reached the top eight.

In the absence of Karl Malone, the Jazz relied on Stockton, Kirilenko, Russell, Marshall, John Starks and other giants to achieve certain results in the West, ranking seventh in the West, slightly more wins than the Supersonics.

The Warriors' first-round opponent has also been determined, the Sonics.

The Supersonic team may not have much feeling for other players, but for Qin Fei, it has a completely different feeling.

This is Qin Fei's first team in his career.

People, always remember the first time.

In fact, it is already the fourth season with the Warriors.

But when people think of the Supersonics at that time, there are still some unforgettable meetings and regrets.

If Qin Fei hadn't left, maybe Supersonic wouldn't be what it is now?

Seattle has its own icon, and maybe it won't be entangled in inheritance.

Of course, the Sonics are not bad right now.

When Qin Fei traded, he left the Supersonics with some good chips and team members, and then the Supersonics got rid of Kemp's big contract. Now, although there are no other All-Stars in the team except for Payton, the overall strength is not weak. They also made a breakthrough this season and reached the top eight.

However, these ideas are only based on the fact that the two sides have never met.

When I really met the mighty warrior and the hot Qin Fei, my heart began to ache again.

Difficult to do.
The Sonics players arrived in Oakland two days ahead of schedule.

In the Bay Area, they saw a lot of promotional slogans about the Warriors, and the roadsides were full of fans wearing Warriors jerseys.

The basketball atmosphere in the whole city is extremely strong.

"This is the huge commercial value that Qin Fei brought. He made basketball the most popular sport in the Bay Area, bar none."

The bus drove past the square, and Payton sighed over there.

His voice was loud, and he was only speaking in a low voice, but he was still overheard by Jamison on the side.

Jamison felt bad after hearing Payton's words.

Logically, if he hadn't been used as a bargaining chip for Qin Fei, then it should be himself, not Qin Fei, who stayed in the bay area to receive cheers.

"Actually, many fans in the Bay Area are fans of baseball teams."

Jamison offers a different take.

"Although basketball has been very popular in the Bay Area in the past two years, in the final analysis, there are still more fans of the Giants. This is based on history."

Jamison knows a thing or two about the game of baseball.

What he said is also true.

Although the Warriors are already considered a team with a relatively long history in the NBA, they are still slightly inferior to baseball teams.

Like the San Francisco Giants, a team founded in the 19th century has been around for more than 100 years.

"I think the hottest thing is football, right?"

"The 49ers in San Francisco are also good."

Brent Barry is a New Yorker. From his perspective, San Francisco should be more popular in football.

The 49ers are a football team in the San Francisco area. The 49ers do not mean 49 people. It is a collective name for the gold diggers who flooded into Northern California in 1849.

Therefore, it seems more appropriate to call this football team the "Gold Diggers Team".

Among the four major sports in North America, the Super Bowl has always been the most popular sport, so the players in the bus agreed with Barry's argument.

In fact, Payton has the most say in this regard.

Because Payton is a player who was born in the Oakland area.

Playing the Warriors in the first round was also the first time in his career to return to his hometown to play in the playoffs.

For a while, I was really emotional.

If Payton is allowed to choose, he believes that the most popular sport in the Bay Area is basketball.

Times have changed.
Maybe some young people like football and baseball, but this does not prevent them from becoming fans of the Warriors. They love the Warriors basketball that has risen in the past two years and have become fans at their peak.

Regardless of whether this fan will leave when the road goes downhill, at least for now, it seems that the momentum is huge.

It also creates extremely high commercial value.

"This season, Qin Fei should continue to be elected as the most valuable player, right?"

Earl Watson was a second-round pick by the Sonics last season, making the playoffs for the first time.

In the early days, Watson was studying at UCLA. When he entered his freshman year, Qin Fei had already entered the NBA. He failed to play against Qin Fei in the NCAA.

It is said that they played against Georgetown University the year before college.

When he entered the league, Qin Fei was already a superstar in the league, having won honors such as MVP and FMVP.

It's a little out of character for him to say that.

Although everyone knew in their hearts that Qin Fei would still be selected as the MVP with a high probability this season, after all, no one could challenge him for this award in the same period.

"No matter what, we can't be timid about the game in our hearts."

Payton saw that everyone was immersed in the strong atmosphere of the playoffs outside, and felt that the mentality of the team members was actually not good at the moment.

Although the Sonics made it to the playoffs.

But most of the players are rookies like Watson and Jamison who have never experienced the playoffs.

The Warriors are a team that has won a championship, and there is a certain gap between the two sides in terms of psychological construction.

This is the last time the NBA playoffs will take a best-of-five series in the first round.

There are rumors that by next year, the NBA will be restructured, and seven games will be played in the first round.

The difference between seven games and five games is that the seven games have a longer front line and give the team more opportunities to adjust.

Maybe the difficulty of black eight and black seven has increased, but the difficulty of the middle level competition must be reduced.

The overall success rate of the next gram will be improved, and it will also increase the enjoyment of the first round of the game.

The Warriors are already ready at home.

This is not the first time to play in the playoffs, and many players are old fritters.

Before the start of the playoffs, the Warriors still have players on the injury list, such as veteran Clifford Robinson.

Clifford Robinson is a veteran. His function is similar to that of Jermaine O'Neill. He is an important firepower point on the Warriors' bench. He suffered some injuries in the middle of the season, and then suffered another injury at the end of the season. According to the rehabilitation plan given by the team doctor, he will not be able to return until mid-May. At that time, if the Warriors play well in the playoffs, they will already be in the Western Conference Finals.

To Uncle Cliff's embarrassment, although he missed many games, the Warriors' record was not affected at all.

Still scored the first record in the league as if there were no injuries.

Of course, this is not his embarrassment alone. The status quo of this team is that the main players are as strong as iron men, as if they played more than 100 games a year with ease, and the lack of any substitute will not have much impact on the overall combat power.

On game day, the Oakland Arena was packed.

The first playoff game between the Warriors and the Sonics will be held on the first day of the NBA playoffs.

In the hustle and bustle, the fans raised the banner.

Players from both sides played one by one amid the passionate roar of DJ. The first one to play was the visiting team, the Sonics, wearing green jerseys.

Sonics starters tonight: Gary Payton, Desmond Mason, Brent Barry, Antawn Jamison, Jerome James.

Of the five starters, three are youngsters.

Mason was a player who debuted in the 00 draft, while Jamison and Jerome were both drafted in 98.

In fact, Barry is not very old. Barry was a player who debuted in 95. However, when he first entered the league, he was already a social youth who graduated from a senior year. Now he is in his early thirties, so he can be regarded as a Mesozoic player.

Young players make up today's Sonics youth guards.

For the Warriors, the starting players are Billups, Qin Fei, Artest, O'Neal and Ben.

This is the starting lineup that the Warriors have lasted for a season without any changes.

Carlisle responded to all kinds of changes by staying the same. After the experiment, he felt that this lineup was very easy to use and had a very high winning rate.

The two sides shook hands and hugged before the match.

Qin Fei naturally exchanged pleasantries with Peyton.

The two met again in the playoffs, and it was really embarrassing for a while.

The last time the two met in the playoffs, Payton was still the top point guard in the league, at the peak of his career, and Qin Fei at that time was just a young boy who had just debuted.

In a blink of an eye, Payton became a veteran, and Qin Fei grew into a superstar in the league.

Of course, you can't always miss the past on the field. Payton is also a free and easy person, and he only talks about the present.

So facing Qin Fei, he confidently wrote down: "Tonight, we are fully prepared and we will win."

Payton's logic is that he can win the game because he is fully prepared.

Qin Fei also gave a targeted counterattack immediately, and said with a smile: "It's not that you can win the game if you are well prepared. Sometimes, talent already determines the outcome."

His implication is that the supersonic talent is not good, not as good as the Warriors.

Peyton snorted coldly and didn't say any more.

The main players of both sides stood in their positions, Ben stood in the middle circle, and jumped the ball with the young supersonic center.

Jerome James is a player who was drafted in 98. He is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms. He has a strong physique and is an inside player with excellent strength.

His advantages are outstanding, but his shortcomings are also very obvious.

The disadvantage is that the mobility is not good, and the finishing method is single. He can be used as the blue collar of the team, but he can't support him to complete a whole game of high-intensity confrontation.

So Jerome James has always been a pseudo-starter who only played 6 and [-] minutes.

Even so, with his excellent strength, height and wingspan, he also averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game. If it is converted into Daben's 35 minutes of playing time and his efficiency remains the same, then he is also a proper double-double player.

That's why he can start the Sonics.

Against Big Ben, the two muscular people stand together, and they can guess without comparison that it is an exciting super confrontation.

"Snapped!"

Big Ben took off and touched the basketball first.

The Warriors' first wave of offense on the court.

For the first offense of the playoffs, Billups held the ball across half court.

He raised his arms high, and the fans in the audience have already started to shout.

Qin Fei stuck in the low post to defend his young man Mason.

Mason is 1 meters tall and has excellent physical fitness. With his arms bent behind Qin Fei's back, he can already feel the majestic energy in Qin Fei's torso.

"Snapped!"

Qin Fei put his hands together and slapped the surface of the basketball, making a loud noise.

The new season of playoffs has officially begun!
(End of this chapter)