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Coming up is post-up singles.

When playing post-up singles, the effectiveness of the zone defense is weakened to the minimum.

Qin Fei made sure that no one was double-teaming on one side, and only needed to focus on the wider outside area.

The Sonics can choose to double-team.

However, the Supersonics still retain the defensive style of the George Karl era, preparing to double-team Qin Fei when he is about to complete his shot.

So when Qin Fei held the ball for the first time, no one double-teamed him.

"Pull it apart!"

Billups from the outside yelled, signaling his teammates to move to the weak side to give Qin Fei enough space.

Qin Fei gathered strength from his back and leaned heavily on Mason's body.

"boom!"

Very direct physical confrontation.

Mason's arm was numb, and he felt that Qin Fei was hitting him like a mountain, and the impact was too strong.

He felt overwhelmed at first.

"boom!"

Qin Fei bumped again for the second time.

At the moment of contact, Mason bounced back, and Qin Fei stretched out his feet at the same time. After getting stuck, he turned around and turned over from the bottom line to shoot a jumper.

Mason was so knocked that he had no strength to take off, and his reaction was obviously half a beat slower.

In the end, when Qin Fei turned around, it was tantamount to a wide open shot.

Whether he can make it or not depends purely on his personal shooting state.

The basketball has a good arc and fell into the basket.

"Shh!"

Two points hit steadily.

At the beginning, the Warriors completed the set goal and easily scored two points.

The audience shifted from the roar of "attack" to thunderous applause and cheers.

Someone held up a sign.

It read: "Thank you Sonics, thank you for giving such a good Qin Fei to the Warriors."

This is a bit mercilessly exposing the short.

The Supersonic players saw it, and their hearts were very complicated.

However, this is the playoffs.

On the stage of the playoffs, sympathy will only happen after a whole game.

Now that you have met him, you are your opponent, and you will do everything you can.

Players, coaches, fans... all of them.

Such a slogan is still polite, just a little aggressive, so don't make too much fuss.

But many of the Sonics' players are "rookies" entering the playoffs for the first time.

Amidst the boos all over the sky, his face turned slightly pale.

Payton holds the ball.

Payton is the core of the Sonics, the player who controls the lifeline of the team.

This season, Payton still showed the strength of the league's top point guard, averaging 22.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, supporting the team's overall situation on both offense and defense.

The 34-year-old Payton does not look old.

Good self-discipline led him to embark on a completely different path from Kemp.

Of course, in some respects, he must have slipped.

In the face of Billups' defense, Payton will occasionally feel some difficulty.

The young man's defense.
Payton was surprised. Billups' defense was better than he had imagined. Although there were no steals and other statistics, Billups' ability to confront and interfere was top-notch, forcing Payton to hold the ball in an uncomfortable situation.

Payton found a pick-and-roll and played the high-post pick-and-roll offensive tactics familiar to the Supersonics.

The quality of Jamison's pick-and-roll was mediocre, and Billups wiped it out.

Although the quality of the pick-and-roll is mediocre, Jamison's movement of disassembling and popping up the outside line is very smooth, and Payton immediately passed back to Jamison.

Jermaine O'Neal is a little far away from Jamison at this time.

The latter received a pass from Payton, and actually threw the ball directly on the three-point line at the top of the arc!
Jamison has the ability to shoot three-pointers, and Xiao Ao was a little careless.

When he bumped his feet and threw the ball, Jermaine O'Neal suddenly saved it, which was already too slow at this time.

The basketball hit the net, and Jamison, who was booed, kept a good start.

"nice shot!"

On the sidelines, Sonics coach Nate McMillan shouted and applauded Jamison.

McMillan is also an acquaintance of Qin Fei!

When the Sonics were still a player, McMillan and Qin Fei were teammates for two years, and then retired after winning the championship.

After retiring, he has been engaged in basketball-related work.

Until last season, McMillan took over George Karl's coach and became the new head coach of the Sonics.

McMillan led the team with results, and immediately brought the Sonics into the playoffs.

As a young coach, it is the first time for him to lead the team to the playoffs.

Therefore, from top to bottom, the supersonic speed reveals a rookie atmosphere.

Can come up and make a three-pointer, Jamison is already unexpected.

Little O'Neill was a little annoyed.

He should have thrown it just now, but he didn't expect Jamison to shoot a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, and he really made it.

Should be back.

Xiao Ao, who was born on the street, is full of things about responding to the ball.

In the transition between offense and defense, he took the initiative to screen for Qin Fei.

Qin Fei pushed forward with his hand, signaling him to lift it up slowly first.

O'Neal then ran to the bottom line of the restricted area, waiting for the opportunity.

This place does not belong to the three-second zone, but it can step into the three-second zone at any time, and lie on the border to ambush. It is a new skill learned after the joint defense.

Qin Fei face-to-face singles against Mason.

The Supersonics were about to double-team Qin Fei, but at that moment, Qin Fei quickly completed the dribble under the crotch, dodged Mason's ball, and rushed inside.

The supersonic formation is chaotic.

Qin Fei dribbled the ball with his left hand, jumped in from the free throw line, just dodged Jamison who was defending him, and then made a fake pass to O'Neal who was in ambush.

Jermaine O'Neal received the ball and flew up for a layup.

The Sonics couldn't double-team and watched him score easily.

After the opening two rounds, the game between the two sides showed a very obvious tendency.

Although the Warriors are mainly singles, their tactical thinking is very clear. The basketball that flew out of Qin Fei's hands also successfully caused the Supersonics to lose points.

This is a very critical thing, but the Sonics are still sticking to the ordinary tactics of the regular season.

I didn't expect that in the playoffs, the Warriors' singles tactics have increased instead.

Tactics have become so simple, is it really good?

This question is worth pondering.

Carlisle has Carlisle's idea, and it is completely correct to rely on Qin Fei's singles to lay the foundation for victory first.

Coaching is a selection process.

Plan A is chosen, or Plan B is chosen in anticipation of outcome B.

No one in the Supersonics can defend Qin Fei, so why not play singles?

Anyway, Qin Fei's strength is here, and he alone already represents a system.

So basketball commentators have mixed reviews.

"The Warriors' style of play is too simple, which doesn't seem to be a good signal."

"Isn't it too dangerous to fight like this? Even if the supersonic speed is not as strong as the Warriors, it shouldn't be such an operation."

"If the Supersonics can't even defend the Warriors in singles, then it's basically no game, 0 to 4, no more."

Under the attention of the crowd, the progress of the competition between the two sides proceeded rapidly.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Warriors led the SuperSonics by 15 points 9 to 6.

The Supersonic players played relatively stiffly, and their offensive efficiency was very low in the half quarter of the game. Payton's touch was not very good, and he did not score in the half quarter of the game.

That is to say, Jamison was in full form. In the Oakland Stadium, the arena where his fate intersected, he scored 7 points in half a quarter and showed off various shots in front of O'Neal.

Little O'Neill's face was ugly, he didn't expect this Jamison to be so accurate.

During the timeout, coach Carlisle also specifically pointed him out.

"Jermaine, you have to give him enough pressure to force him to shoot in some uncomfortable rhythms. He is scoring too easily now."

Carlisle didn't say it clearly, but he was actually criticizing O'Neal's defense.

Jermaine O'Neal could only nod and say yes, who made him not guard well?

Qin Fei has a strong desire to attack.

After the opening two singles, I did a few more singles.

After a timeout, Qin Fei asked for the ball.

If Qin Fei wanted the ball, he would definitely have to give it to him.

He took the ball in a low position, and Mason thought that Qin Fei was going to hit him with his back as in the opening.

This time, Qin Fei did not choose to play with his back, but turned around and chose to attack face-up.

Turning around, the ball landed on the ground, and after bouncing, he controlled it in his hand, and at the same time stepped his right foot to the left, forming a breakthrough.

Mason opened his arms to defend, but was dazzled by Qin Fei's series of movements.

Payton on the weak side came to help defend and double-team Qin Fei.

Qin Fei suddenly retreated, left the key defensive area, and raised his straight arm to shoot a jump shot.

The two rushed over, but they didn't feel that they could guard against anything.

I turned my head and looked, sure enough.

The basketball got into the net, simply and neatly.

Qin Fei scored his sixth point. Mason's defense was useless in front of him.

Off the field, the supersonic coaching staff and assistants had disagreements over Qin Fei's defense.

One school of coaches believes that sticking to the traditional strategy, Mason defends alone, Payton assists in defense, and then double-teams Qin Fei when Qin Fei finally makes a shot, prompting Qin Fei to reduce his offensive efficiency; the other school of coaches believes that we should not stick to tradition.

The advantages and disadvantages of using Mason to defend Qin Fei are all clear at a glance. The key is whether the Sonics think Mason is worth cultivating.

"Back then, in order to train Qin Fei, the Supersonic also handed over all the arrow characters to Qin Fei to defend. During this process, Qin Fei grew rapidly and became a dark horse in the 96th class."

McMillan is clear in his heart that for the Sonics, it does not depend on the success or failure of a year.

Now, seeing Payton getting old, the predicament of the Sonics is to find a new heir who can carry the glory of the past, so training will always be more important than the present.

But this cannot be said clearly.

So McMillan can be the head coach and they're just assistant coaches.

He sighed, really feeling that the work was difficult.

Amidst the clamor, the Warriors have always maintained their lead.

In the second half of the first quarter, Qin Fei's personal offensive state was excellent, and his lead once expanded to double digits.

"If you play like this, the game will collapse in one quarter."

The fans rejoiced, the opponent was obviously not at the same level, this game was too easy.

"Beep-"

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Sonics by 32 points 23 to 9.

Qin Fei, who scored 11 points, walked off the court and sat with his teammates.

The Warriors are basically old fritters who have played in the playoffs. They have rich experience in the playoffs, and they will not have stage fright on the court.

The two who haven't played are Arenas and Ginobili.

But the former will not appear, and the latter is caught in a group of old fritters, and he will not panic too much, so the problem is not big.

"Sonics players are too young."

Billups sighed from the side. In fact, he is not very old, but he speaks very old-fashioned.

Qin Fei smiled and said, "It can't be considered young, but they are all players who have just entered the league."

It's not bad for Qin Fei to say that. In fact, Qin Fei is also quite young. He is only 24 years old now, but he is a veteran who has played for 6 seasons. In everyone's eyes, Qin Fei is young, but he should not be equated with these young people.

Billups feels that the future of the Sonics is still hopeful.

"A team like the Sonics will develop and develop in the future, and there is hope to go further."

His judgment is based on the team's lineup structure.

This point just happened to deviate from Qin Fei's opinion.

But Qin Fei didn't refute Billups again this time. Does he want to tell Billups whether there will be a supersonic speed in the future?

"The Sonics have been looking for a superstar, hoping to succeed Payton."

Without playing, Clifford Robinson in a suit participated in the topic discussion.

As a veteran of the league, he has his own news channel, and he also knows some of the operations, demands and development direction of the Sonics in the last two seasons.

"While they are cultivating young people, they are also chasing some stars, but they haven't found the right one yet."

Generally, the stars in the NBA free market must have had contact with some teams before entering the free market, and they have already made an assessment of testing the free market.

Of course, this refers to the kind of stars who have a certain market and have a clear mind.

I'm afraid that some stars, with a feverish brain, did not correctly assess their commercial value, and then rashly rejected the lucrative contract renewal offered by their home team, broke into the free market, and finally lost everything.

"Seattle is a livable city, but for a long time in the past, few free agents joined Seattle. Generally, they relied on cultivating their own stars to gain competitiveness."

Billups has always felt that Seattle has a strong ability to cultivate people.

The Sonics have trained Payton, Kemp, and Qin Fei. In terms of their training achievements in the past ten years, they have already reached a certain level.

"This team is very good at cultivating people, which can be regarded as a tradition, and it will not abandon this traditional skill in the future."

Qin Fei made his own judgment, and gave a certain amount of recognition to the Supersonic team's talent in this area.

He changed the subject and said: "But if you only cultivate and don't want to keep people, then this team will be rootless after all, and it will be unsustainable if it wants to develop."

Billups thought that Qin Fei was talking about the fact that the Supersonics traded him.

He echoed deeply: "This is indeed their biggest loss, handing over the MVP to others."

Invisibly, he patted Qin Fei again.

After saying this, Qin Fei was very helpful.

And Clifford Robinson on the side also showed surprise.

This wasn't the Chauncey he knew.
(End of this chapter)