Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 598 The end of the preseason

United States, Las Vegas.

A preseason game is underway, Philadelphia 76ers vs Los Angeles Clippers.

The game has progressed to the third quarter, the score is 72:61, and the Clippers lead by 11 points.

In the first half, the two sides were evenly matched, and the score was always tight. The Clippers did not take much advantage, but after entering the second half, the Clippers played a 10-0 shock wave, leading the 76ers by 11 points. as many points.

"Substitution." Coach Collins made a substitution, replacing Holiday and Iguodala Qiqi with Qin Hao and Lu Wei.

Qin Hao scored 27 points in the China game two days ago, plus 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Qin Hao played a total of 28 minutes in that game, and his performance was also extremely brilliant.But after returning to the United States, he didn't have so much playing time in today's preseason game.

Qin Hao played for 11 minutes in the first half, and only played for the first time in the second half.

But now Lu Wei, Speights, Thaddeus Young and other players are much more enthusiastic about Qin Hao, and truly regard him as a reliable teammate.So even if the playing time returned to more than ten minutes, Qin Hao played much more comfortably.

Coming to the frontcourt, Qin Hao passed the ball to Lu Wei. Lu Wei played singles, made continuous cross steps, and then broke through from the right side, attracting the defense and then split the ball in the middle.

Qin Hao made an air cut along the middle, and after receiving a pass from Lu Wei, he made a dunk.

"Bang!"

There was a loud explosion, which drew applause from the audience.

After several games, the tacit understanding between Qin Hao and his teammates has become better.

Especially with Speights and Lu Wei, the pick-and-roll cooperation with Speights, and Lu Wei's pass and cut cooperation have become more and more proficient.

"Beautiful pass." Qin Hao and Lu Wei clapped their hands.

The point difference narrowed to less than ten points, and the Clippers players frowned. The point difference narrowed was nothing, but they could feel that the 76ers' game attitude was a little different.

Qin Hao also played very actively and seriously today. After the last China game, he understood that for other players, the preseason can be played casually, and it is not necessary.

But not for a rookie like him.

For him, every game is a kind of experience, every game is extremely important, and it deserves him to take it seriously, devote himself wholeheartedly, and strive to do his best.

Seeing Qin Hao being so serious, Lu Wei and the others, who didn't care much about the game before, were naturally embarrassed to be too lazy. After all, the relationship is better now.

Under Qin Hao's influence, they will be a little more serious.

For a while, the 76ers reversed the situation and began to narrow the point difference.

A few minutes later, the point difference has been narrowed to 6 points, and the third quarter has come to an end, the ball is in the hands of the 76ers, and they have one last chance to attack.

Holding the ball, Qin Hao used up some time first, not intending to give the opponent time. When there were only ten seconds left, he looked at Lu Wei. Lu Wei shook his head at him, signaling that there is no need to pass the ball, and you can play by yourself.

"En." Qin Hao nodded and decided to come by himself.

This is the trust his teammates have in him.

The next moment, Qin Hao started suddenly, and made a breakthrough with a change of direction. The defender quickly retreated. Qin Hao's speed was too fast, so he had to deal with it carefully.

But this time Qin Hao didn't break through for a layup, but stopped suddenly, retreated a little, and imitated Paul's appearance, and came to a mid-range fallback.

Swish!
The goal is scored, two points are valid.

The third quarter is basically over. Although the 76ers are still behind, there are only 4 points left.

Just entering the fourth quarter, the Clippers quickly gained the upper hand again. It's not that Iguodala and the others deliberately let the water go, it's just that they played relatively lazily before, and they couldn't get up all of a sudden.

In the fourth quarter, Qin Hao only got less than 3 minutes of playing time, even if he wanted to do something, he couldn't help it.

"drop"

In the end, the game ended with a score of 97:91, and the Clippers won.

Qin Hao played 17 minutes and scored 14 points, plus 3 rebounds and 4 assists. His performance was not bad, at least relative to his playing time, it was already very good.

A day later, the 76ers ushered in their final preseason game against the Phoenix Suns.

Qin Hao is looking forward to this game. The "running and bombing tactics" he played at Syracuse University before came from the Suns. Steve Nash of the Suns is his favorite star. Nash's elegant style of play often Seeing it made him feel pleasing to the eye.

It's a pity that although Nash started this game, he only played a total of 6 minutes. Obviously, the Suns didn't pay much attention to this preseason game.

Nash only played for 6 minutes, and Qin Hao was not on the court for these 6 minutes, which made Qin Hao feel a little regretful that he was not able to face Nash on the court.

After four quarters, the 76ers beat the Suns 92:85.

I don't know if it's the role of Luka's assistant. Qin Hao played a little more time, played 18 minutes, scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists, and his performance was still outstanding.

So far, the 76ers' preseason games are all over. In 5 preseason games, the 76ers have 3 wins and 2 losses. However, the results of the games are not included in the regular season record, so it doesn't make much sense.

However, Qin Hao's performance has been unanimously recognized by the outside world. Qin Hao averaged 5 points, 17.2 assists and 5.8 rebounds per game in 4.4 games.You must know that his average playing time is less than 20 minutes per game, and it is already rare to be able to play such data.

Among a group of rookies, only Wall and Cousins ​​have the same scoring average as Qin Hao, but Wall has more assists than Qin Hao, and Cousins ​​has more rebounds than Qin Hao. Much better than kissing—of course, the two also played more time than Qin Hao.

With the end of the preseason and the approach of the regular season, the debate about who can become the best rookie among Qin Hao, Wall, and Cousins ​​has also begun.

As for Turner, he couldn't get in for the time being.

George and Gordon are still in their infancy.

The 76ers practice arena in Philadelphia.

Today's training is over, the players left separately, only Qin Hao stayed and started his daily extra training.

"Shh!"

Qin Hao hit a mid-range jumper. He wiped off his sweat and continued training. The ball popped out of the shooting machine. Qin Hao caught the ball and made a shot, either made a sudden stop, or fell back, or turned around and then shot a jumper.
This is Qin Hao's current targeted training - mid-range shooting.

Half an hour later, Qin Hao stopped and stood on the court with his knees supported. Sweat dripped down his chin, and soon formed a puddle of water.

"Still failed to break through." Qin Hao sighed secretly.

In the past few months, he has been seeking a breakthrough in mid-range shooting, trying to make up for this shortcoming, but he has never been able to succeed.

In a few preseason games, Qin Hao tried a lot of mid-range shots. After a few games, he could feel that he was very close to that step, but he was always a little short.

(End of this chapter)