NBA: There is nothing wrong with bringing a ball in a fight!

Chapter 222 Hardaway: Ye is too old, I will not respect him unless he can
Although the Bulls were successfully killed by Ye Qingchen in the opening game, their strength has been recognized by many fans.

Moreover, this is only the first game of the new season. There are as many as 82 games in the regular season. It is obviously imprecise to judge the strength of two teams based on the outcome of one game.

Sure enough, in the game after the opening game, the Bulls also showed their strength with practical actions.

In the first month of the new season, the Bulls played a total of 18 games, and they won 17 games, and they have won 17 consecutive victories.

The only game they lost was the opening game against the Lakers, which is enough to prove how terrifying the Bulls' strength is.

Moreover, the Bulls averaged as many as 17 points per game during their 125-game winning streak, with an average margin of 20.5 points per game.

Among them, Danzi averaged an astonishing 35.5 points per game, which earned him the Player of the Month award for the first month of the new season.

Compared with the Bulls' crazy winning streak, the Lakers' game is a bit tepid.

The record of the Lakers is actually quite good, with 15 wins and 3 losses.

But compared to the madness of the Bulls averaging 20.5 points per game, the Lakers can only win 9.5 points per game.

Moreover, Ye Qingchen's personal score also showed a downward trend, 28.5 points plus 14.5 assists and 10.5 rebounds.

Although Ye Qingchen was still able to easily average a triple-double, compared to his last season's data, there was indeed a significant decline.

Therefore, many Bulls fans concluded from these statistics that Ye Qingchen's condition had begun to decline, and his role in the team was no longer as good as before.

The reason why they said that was because of another reason, that is, Ewing joined and shared some of Ye Qingchen's possession of the ball, which made Ye Qingchen's role not as great as before.

Moreover, in the three games the Lakers lost, it was not Ye Qingchen who made the shots at the last moment, but Ewing and Olajuwon.

This signal told everyone that Ye Qingchen seemed to be less effective in the team.

This is also the case. On the official strength list, the Bulls have always held the top of the Lakers, occupying the top position.

Ye Qingchen didn't care about these remarks and ridicule from the outside world at all. In fact, this season he felt more at ease than ever before.

With Ewing and Olajuwon as two strong teammates, Ye Qingchen felt that he didn't need to do everything by himself, because it was impossible.

Moreover, the internal atmosphere of the Lakers is quite good. The addition of Ewing has made the Lakers have no obvious shortcomings, which makes them start to enjoy the game.

Ye Qingchen's average playing time is only 25 minutes, as for Ewing, his playing time is only 30 minutes, and Olajuwon's playing time is 26 minutes.

In many cases, most of the Lakers' games entered garbage time at halftime, and it was Ewing who ended up on the court.

It is also true that Ewing's statistics this season are also particularly good-looking, averaging 25+15 large double-doubles per game.

Even so, many fans only look at the data and not the process. In their opinion, the offensive ability of the Lakers this season is indeed inferior to that of the Bulls.

But as the fans have seen, the Lakers' offensive ability is indeed inferior to that of the Bulls in the first month of the schedule.

Whose team still keeps the main players on the field when it is obviously garbage time?

But in any case, the Bulls were undoubtedly quite successful in the first month of the regular season, with both records and honors.

However, although the Bulls' offensive ability this season is very good, but in the process of seventeen consecutive victories, they still encountered a powerful obstacle, that is, the Orlando Magic.

In the game between the Bulls and the Magic, the two sides fought fiercely until the last moment of the game. If O'Neal hadn't left the field with six fouls, the Bulls might not have the last laugh.

In this game, the Magic had two very surprising highlights:

The first one is that O'Neal's basket skills have become more delicate, not only can he savagely rush to the basket, but his turn and hook skills have become very proficient;

The second is that Hardaway's breakthrough is eye-catching, especially when he cooperates with O'Neal in the pick-and-roll, the Bulls have difficulty restricting him from entering the interior, and Hardaway's finishing ability is also top-notch.

Even, in this game, there were many famous scenes, all created by Hardaway.

For example, in a one-on-one with Pippen, Hardaway was able to shake past Pippen with a realistic change of direction and make a throw.

Another example is in the process of cooperating with O'Neal in the pick-and-roll, he went to the inside and directly faced Barkley's defense to complete the dunk.

These excellent offensive skills have made many fans shine, thinking that Hardaway will become a proper superstar in time.

Of course, Hardaway himself is quite confident about this game. He said this in an interview after the game:

"Obviously, if it wasn't for the ejection of Shaq, the winner of this game is obviously ours!"

"Although the Bulls have the Big Four, in my opinion, they are not as good as our Big Two!"

"The next game back home, we will let them know what true strength is!"

Hardaway's remarks made many American fans very excited. Their arrogance is very in line with the appetite of the fans.

In the cognition of American fans, rookie players should maintain a high degree of self-confidence, no matter how powerful the opponent is.

Moreover, Hardaway is not a player who can only talk, he did have a very exciting performance in the game.

You know, in the game against the Bulls, he was a rookie player who could score 35 points and 15 assists.

The last time a rookie player was able to score such a high score in front of the Bulls was back in 1991 when the Lakers played against the Bulls. The record was set by Ye Qingchen.

Therefore, at this time, Ye Qingchen naturally couldn't get around.

The good news reporter immediately told Hardaway about the data and asked him what he thought of Ye Qingchen.

When Hardaway heard the reporter's question, a disdainful expression appeared on his face:
"I know what you mean by asking this question, and I also know that no matter how I answer, in the end your report will say that I am defiant and that I don't respect him enough!"

"So, in order to make your reports more real, I will satisfy your fantasies!"

"So, my evaluation of Ye is that his strength is nothing more than that, and I will prove myself in the game against the Lakers!"

Hardaway's remarks immediately excited the reporters who interviewed him.

Although Hardaway's previous few words meant to mock them, but it doesn't matter, he did say something that looked down on Ye Qingchen himself.

As a result, the report about Hardaway's disrespect for Ye Qingchen was quickly reported by the reporters.

According to the schedule of the regular season, the Magic's first game against the Lakers will be played in half a month.

Therefore, this game has also become the highlight of the fans' expectations.

Of course, this game will definitely be broadcast live across the United States. Whether they are Magic fans or not, they all want to see if Hardaway really has the strength to challenge Ye Qingchen.

In this regard, many experts have expressed their views on this game:

"From the game between the Magic and the Bulls, it can be seen that Anferney's strength is quite good, so I am optimistic that he can challenge successfully!"

"Yes, as a rookie player, Anferney has such courage, and it is indeed very admirable. He has such strength."

"I can't wait to see the start of this game, and I absolutely support Anfernee!"

"The strength of the Lakers is very strong, but we should not underestimate the strength of these new generations. I still hope that more young players like Anferney will attack Ye!"

The opinions of these experts are almost unanimous, they all want to see Ye Qingchen lose to Hardaway.

The topic of Hardaway's remarks also reached the ears of the Lakers players early on, including Ye Qingchen of course.

Therefore, the Lakers players looked at Ye Qingchen curiously and asked:

"Hey, Ye, I think this guy is arrogant, but he is still very capable. Are you worried?"

This sentence was said by Ewing. He really felt that Hardaway's strength was good.

Facing Ewing's question, Ye Qingchen shook his head with a smile and replied:

"To be honest, I really don't know how to answer, because I haven't had any fights with him!"

Ye Qingchen's answer stunned Ewing for a moment, he thought that Ye Qingchen would confidently say that he could easily defeat Hardaway.

"Why don't you seem to have great confidence in yourself?"

"Yes, to tell you the truth, I really don't have much confidence in myself. I only know how to deal with my opponents during the competition!"

Ye Qingchen spread his hands and replied.

Olajuwon on the side rolled his eyes directly after hearing Ye Qingchen's answer.

Ewing is not familiar with Ye Qingchen and may not know the meaning of Ye Qingchen's words, but to Olajuwon's ears, the meaning of Ye Qingchen's words has actually been expressed very clearly, the subtext is:

"It's useless to talk about this kind of thing too much. It must be on the day of the game that we can really teach him a lesson!"

Therefore, Olajuwon also said lightly:
"Patrick, you just look forward to that game, someone will definitely let us down!"

"But it shouldn't be him!"

Regarding Olajuwon's support, Ye Qingchen also spread his hands helplessly, saying that he didn't say anything.

Although the game between the Lakers and the Magic has been arguing before it even started, the regular season will continue.

Due to Hardaway's high-profile remarks, the Magic have received enough attention.

It has to be said that Hardaway's performance is indeed remarkable during these times of attention.

Many people think that Hardaway will definitely bear a lot of psychological pressure after making such high-profile remarks.

But in fact, he didn't show any pressure at all, and even performed better and better in the following games.

In the past half month, the Magic played a total of eight games, and they won six games.

Although the opponents in these eight games are not considered strong teams, Hardaway's performance is quite stable.

In these eight games, Hardaway averaged 28.8 points + 12.5 assists + 6.5 rebounds per game.

If the data cannot represent everything, then the record of the Magic can explain a lot of things. They won six games in eight games, which is enough to prove the importance of Hardaway's data.

Therefore, even Hardaway's teammate O'Neal began to stand for Hardaway:
"Obviously, my teammate Anfenni is very strong, and our cooperation is quite tacit!"

"For the upcoming game, we are full of confidence!"

O'Neill thinks that he is confident enough to answer like this, but in Hardaway's ears, O'Neal's answer is still too cautious:

"Hey hey, Shaq, you are really too conservative to say that!"

"In my opinion, the Lakers are not a strong team at all. The only thing we need to pay attention to is that you have to control your fouls!"

Hardaway's words caused the reporters present to burst into laughter, and even O'Neill made an angry look on purpose.

However, Hardaway is right. If O'Neal can control his fouls, then their record should be better.

After all, O'Neal's threat in the interior is really huge, and few players can really guard against O'Neal.

Therefore, the only way to prevent O'Neal is to get him into foul trouble and finally send him off.

Although it was just a joke, it revealed the key point of the game between the Magic and the Lakers.

From this point of view alone, Hardaway's understanding of the game is quite in place.

In fact, Ye Qingchen also recognized Hardaway's strength, especially his dribbling ability, which Ye Qingchen had always appreciated very much.

In Ye Qingchen's view, the NBA in the 90s can be said to be the era of star eruption. All kinds of stars bloomed in this era, and each has its own unique skills to survive.

It's just that although these stars are very powerful, if they have to say that they can shake their positions, they are really far behind.

Anyway, I am also an open player, if it is really so easy to be defeated, then I am really sorry for the golden finger I have.

Soon, half a month passed, and the long-awaited Magic vs. Lakers game finally started!
This game was played at the home court of the Magic, and the Magic's home court had already flooded in with more than 1 spectators two hours before the start of the game, directly filling the arena.

Therefore, the momentum of the entire Magic's home court is quite terrifying, and the shouts of the fans are quite loud.

This made the players of the Magic team excited instantly. This is the benefit of playing at home, with thousands of fans supporting them!

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