Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 738 Losing Streak and Questioning

When the first half ended, the 76ers trailed by as much as 15 points.

Entering the second half, Qin Hao wants to help the team turn the situation around, he does almost everything, grabs rebounds, organizes the offense, and rushes to the basket with the ball.
After a few minutes, Qin Hao was sweating profusely and gasped for breath, but found that the effect was not good. The point difference narrowed a bit, but it was still as much as 12 points.

Coach Luke called a timeout and replaced Qin Hao. He patted Qin Hao's arm and said, "Qin, you are too tired from playing like this."

Qin Hao glanced at the scoreboard and was a little dazed: "Coach, I just want to do my best to help the team. I can do everything I can, grab rebounds, organize offenses, and score by myself. But I, why still so far behind?"

Now that Iguodala is absent, Qin Hao has become the sole core of the team. He is under a lot of pressure and feels heavy in his heart.

Seeing the team in trouble and falling behind, he just wanted to help the team turn it around, but the result frustrated him.

Hey.
Coach Luke sighed softly, and said, "Your idea is correct. I know you want to help the team, even if you do everything you can. But you want to do everything, but you lose something virtually."

"Efficiency." A flash of light flashed in Qin Hao's heart, and he suddenly came to his senses, "I lost efficiency, although I was doing everything, scoring, rebounding, organizing offense, and defending. But I kept running around like this, and the opponent The high-intensity defense caused me to consume a lot of physical energy and energy, but the efficiency was very low."

"That's right." Coach Luke was full of relief, and said: "You used to play very efficiently, so you can always stand up and change the situation when the team needs it. Now without Iguodala, the defense you have to face Bigger, but thinking about doing everything, the efficiency will naturally drop.”

In fact, it wasn't just Qin Hao who was inefficient.

The 76ers' overall efficiency is very low today. Affected by Iguodala's injury, the mentality of the players is a problem. The change of the lineup and the adjustment of tactics are also a problem.In the end, the shooting rate is low, the defensive efficiency is low, and there are many turnovers. How can it not be behind?
"Qin." Coach Luke comforted: "You don't have to blame yourself, you just need time to adapt to the new role, take your time."

Qin Hao nodded, but his mood was not relaxed.

Qin Hao didn't notice it before, but now that Iguodala is missing, Qin Hao realized that Iguodala played such a big role when he was there. He can restrain the defense and prevent the opponent from double-teaming Qin Hao easily. Step up and score when necessary, giving Sixers offense more options
Now that Iguodala is injured and Qin Hao has become the sole core, he finally understands that it is so difficult to be the core player of the team.

Moments later, the third quarter ended, and the point difference had widened to 18 points.

With this score, there is only the last quarter of the game left. The situation is very unfavorable for the 76ers, and it is already difficult to come back.

In the last quarter, Qin Hao was replaced in the 3rd minute. He began to pay attention to efficiency. On the one hand, he organized and mobilized his teammates, and on the other hand, he protected the rebounds and defended well.

Qin Hao reduced his personal attack, and only when it was more critical, he broke out suddenly, but the effect was much better than before.

It's a pity that the point difference is too large, and the adjustment of the lineup and the adjustment of tactics, some problems cannot be solved in a short time.

In the end, the game ended with a score of 118:106, and the 76ers lost the game.

Qin Hao was not very efficient today, shooting less than 40.00% from the field. Although he still scored 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists, he failed to help the team win.

This game fully exposed the impact of Iguodala's absence, which attracted a lot of discussion from the outside world.

And that night, the 76ers rushed to the away game and challenged the Portland Trail Blazers away after a day's rest.

At this time, Lillard hadn't entered the NBA yet. The leading star of the Trail Blazers was Lamarcus Aldridge, in addition to Wesley Matthews, Gerald Wallace and others. The strength of the team is not weak, and it is expected to enter the playoffs.

Since the previous 76ers vs. Warriors game exposed many problems, the Trail Blazers arranged targeted tactics.

So from the beginning of the game, the 76ers fell into a disadvantage. The Trail Blazers took advantage of some problems of the 76ers, coupled with their own strength, they have been pressing the 76ers.

This game Qin Hao played much better than the previous game, his efficiency has improved a lot, and he has become more calm on the court.

It's a pity that when the game ended, the score was 107:100, and the 76ers still lost.

"It seems that Iguodala's injury has a great impact on the 76ers. After his injury, the 76ers have suffered two consecutive losses."

"Yeah, Iguodala is injured, Qin Hao is alone, he is still a rookie after all, how can he carry a team?"

"I think Qin played well in these two games. They both scored more than [-] points. It's just that the Trail Blazers are very strong, so that's why they didn't win?"

"Oh, you don't understand this. Without Iguodala, Qin has more ball possessions. It is normal to score more points, and it doesn't prove anything. On the contrary, the team loses consecutively. This is the real truth." This is the proof.”

"But."

The outside world is talking, and the fans are arguing.

At the same time, the 76ers returned to the home court and ushered in the challenge of the Thunder at home.

The last time the two sides played against each other, the Thunder team narrowly won. This time the two sides played against each other, the situation became different. The 76ers lacked Iguodala and their strength declined, but the Thunder team was still strong.

Like the previous Warriors and Trail Blazers, the Thunder also grasped the weaknesses of the 76ers and arranged tactics in a targeted manner.

In addition, the strength of the Thunder itself is stronger than that of the 76ers, so the 76ers quickly fell into a disadvantage.

It wasn't until entering the second half that Qin Hao broke out and hit consecutive three-pointers, which helped the 76ers narrow the score and even overtook for a time.

Unfortunately, it didn't take long before the score was overtaken by the Thunder.

By the end of the game, the score was 110:103, and the 76ers lost the game again.

Qin Hao's performance was better than the previous two games. Although he scored only 22 points, his role on both offense and defense was obvious, and many of his points were key points.

Coach Luke is very satisfied with Qin Hao's adaptability and progress, but many fans don't care about these, and they don't pay attention to Qin Hao's progress. They don't even watch the game, they only look at the result.

As a result, the 76ers suffered a three-game losing streak after Iguodala was injured.

This made some fans question Qin Hao, thinking that he played well before because of Iguodala's escort, and now he can't do without Iguodala.

(End of this chapter)