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

Chapter 231 "Take Flying" Gary Payton, dunk the rainman Kemp, and Ye Qingchen returns strongly!

The 1993-1994 NBA playoffs officially started!
The top eight in the West are:
Seattle SuperSonics, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers.

The top eight in the East are:
Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat.

Therefore, the situation of the first round matchup has also become clear at a glance.

In the West, the No. [-] Seattle SuperSonics VS Los Angeles Lakers;

San Antonio Spurs vs. Portland Trail Blazers;

Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets;

Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns.

The matchup in the East is as follows:

Chicago Bulls VS Miami Heat;

Orlando Magic VS New Jersey Nets;

Atlanta Hawks VS Charlotte Hornets;

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers.

Regarding the first-round matchup, the one that attracted more attention was actually the matchup between the Sonics and the Lakers.

Because although the Lakers only entered the playoffs as No.8 in the Western Conference, Ye Qingchen ushered in a comeback.

As we all know, the Lakers with Ye Qingchen and the Lakers without Ye Qingchen are two completely different teams.

Therefore, Ye Qingchen's comeback will definitely bring a huge improvement to the strength of the Lakers. Just in the last regular season game against the Nuggets, one can clearly see the influence Ye Qingchen brought to the team up.

You know, in that game, Ye Qingchen didn't play at all, he just took out the tactical board, designed a few tactics for his teammates, and then the Lakers won the opponent.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Ye Qingchen's coaching and tactical thinking are quite good, which makes his opponents even more fearful.

In fact, the most panicked person when the Lakers entered the playoffs was none other than the Seattle SuperSonics.

As the No. [-] player in the Western Conference, they will meet the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. It has to be said that this is a tragedy.

Everyone knew that Seattle hadn't won a game against the Lakers with Ye Qingchen. Whether it was Rainman Kemp or Gary Payton, they had cast a huge shadow on Ye Qingchen.

Therefore, in the last regular season, they least want to see the Lakers win, but the Lakers just won a big victory.

This created a situation where the Lakers had to face the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. The entire Sonics team became quite nervous, and even the head coach George Karl panicked.

But the result could not be changed, and they could only bite the bullet and face this difficulty.

So after the playoff spot was confirmed, the Sonics put themselves into intense preparations. George Karl even gave the team's video analyst a death order, and they must let them find the Lakers from the Lakers game video. The Achilles' heel of the team, especially Ye Qingchen's, otherwise they could pack up and leave.

For this request from the head coach, the video analyst of the Seattle SuperSonics dared not speak out. They could only watch the Lakers game video day and night, trying to find some tricks that could be used against the Lakers.

At the same time, George Karl let the Sonics players continue to practice shooting three-pointers, so that their offensive speed continued to accelerate. This is George Karl's perception of the Lakers game.

Although George Karl is very afraid of the Lakers with Ye Qingchen, it doesn't mean he will sit still.

On the contrary, when he coached the Sonics this season, he focused a lot of attention on the Lakers in order to study the Lakers' tactical routines.

George Karl's actions are indeed effective. He found that Ye Qingchen's tactical position in the Lakers team is quite important. Whether it is offense or defense, Ye Qingchen is the core.

After Ye Qingchen violently beat up Magic coach Hill and was suspended, George Karl confirmed his point of view, and the Lakers' offense and defense began to suffer huge regressions.

Even though the Lakers had all-star big men Ewing and Olajuwon, they were at a loss without Ye Qingchen at this time, completely losing the ability to lead the team alone.

George Karl could see that this was one of Ye Qingchen's most fatal flaws:

He can lead the team to achieve extremely brilliant results, and he can also make the statistics of his teammates more luxurious and beautiful, which has caused his teammates to rely heavily on him.Once Ye Qingchen was absent, these teammates became unable to play, and they didn't even know what to do.

Therefore, George Karl knew that Ye Qingchen was the key point in this playoff match against the Lakers. They had to take effective measures against Ye Qingchen so that he could not form an effective effect on the Lakers.

Thinking of this, George Karl has already figured out a countermeasure. The best way to prevent Ye Qingchen from playing is to let him be sent off or miss the game due to injury. Both of these results are acceptable to him.

In George Karl's view, the playoffs are a bayonet game. He will not have any kindness towards anyone. Victory is the only thing he pursues.

So, when the first round of the playoffs was about to start, George Karl gave such a death order to his players:
"No matter what, we can't let Ye Qingli break through and score inside. As long as he breaks through, he will be knocked to the ground regardless of life or death. At least he won't be able to stand up comfortably!"

George Karl's decision changed the expressions of all the Supersonic players. They all knew Ye Qingchen's reputation. If they moved too much, Ye Qingchen would really hit someone.

George Karl seemed to see their concerns, and said directly and loudly:

"I know what you are worried about, but isn't this exactly what we are after? If he dares to do something, the alliance will never let him go lightly! Just let go and do it!"

George Karl's words completely made the Sonics players understand.

That's right, Ye Qingchen has just come back, he absolutely dare not hit someone casually, otherwise the alliance will definitely punish him severely.

After figuring this out, the supersonic general finally let go of the worries in his heart completely, and is ready to give it a go.

On the Lakers side, the atmosphere in the team was very joyful. They didn't even have a joint practice before the game. Instead, they gathered together to relax.

It wasn't until the first round of the game that the Lakers conducted a simple pre-match training. Ye Qingchen spoke to his teammates on behalf of Old Deng:
"Guys, our Lakers team can be said to have tempered a lot this season, but fortunately we still broke into the playoffs in the end!"

"Since we have successfully entered the playoffs, we have only one goal, and that is the championship. We will start a real Lakers dynasty!"

No one would question Ye Qingchen's words because they believed Ye Qingchen.

The first round of the playoffs still adopts a five-match three-win system, 2-2-1 home and away.

The Lakers don't have home court advantage, so they have to take the lead in playing two away games at the Sonic's home court.In the eyes of the outside world, the biggest advantage of the Sonics is their home court advantage. They must defend their home court advantage in order to have a chance to eliminate the Lakers.

In fact, although many fans are unwilling to admit it, but in terms of strength, the Supersonics are indeed far behind the Lakers. It is really difficult for the Supersonics to successfully advance to the second round.

The first game between the Lakers and the Sonics in the first round of the playoffs officially started!
Because of their home court advantage, the Sonics began to attack the Lakers inside crazily after the opening game. They simply ignored the Lakers Ewing and Olajuwon's inside gates, just to make their fouls.

This offensive strategy achieved certain results at the beginning of the game, and even took the lead in the score.

As for Ye Qingchen, who just came back, he didn't seem to find the state of the game. Basically, he didn't participate in the offense, and was only responsible for passing the ball to his teammates.

Seeing that Ye Qingchen's condition didn't seem to be good, the Supersonic players became even more excited. Gary Payton even started to provoke Ye Qingchen.

From Gary Payton's point of view, Ye Qingchen's condition at this time is indeed not very good, and it is precisely when his illness is killing him.

As everyone knows, Ye Qingchen just wanted to familiarize his teammates with the intensity of the playoffs and the offensive strategy of the Supersonic team. After the first quarter, Ye Qingchen had already figured out the strategy of the Supersonic team. up.

It's nothing more than wanting to let the Lakers' inside players fall into foul trouble prematurely as soon as possible, so that they can play better.

Since the Sonics didn't have any good offensive strategies, Ye Qingchen didn't want to waste any time, he was about to start exerting himself.

From the second quarter, Ye Qingchen officially took over the game!
George Karl had already told his players during the intermission to beware of Ye Qingchen's performance in the second quarter.

Sure enough, as George Karl expected, Ye Qingchen entered the offensive state at the beginning of the second quarter.

At this moment, there are many players paying attention to this game, including Danzi of course.

Dan Zi is also very curious about Ye Qingchen's state. After all, he hasn't played for half a season, and his first comeback game is definitely not in a good state. This is also the best opportunity for the Sonics.

But Ye Qingchen quickly overturned their idea. Ye Qingchen first scored an open three-pointer from the outside line, and then even broke Gary Payton, and directly completed a fast-breaking windmill dunk. Score!

Seeing Ye Qingchen's performance, the commentator at the scene also exclaimed:

"Ye announced his strong comeback with a windmill dunk!"

George Karl on the sidelines was very anxious when he saw Ye Qingchen start to play, and shouted loudly to the players on the field:

"Cling to him tightly, don't let him have room to shoot, the foul must be thorough!"

As soon as the words fell, Kemp, the rain man here, received the ball inside, and after dribbling Ewing away, he was about to complete a powerful two-handed dunk, but it was Ye Qingchen who rushed in from the free throw line He snatched the basketball directly in the air with both hands!

Ye Qingchen's aerial snatch frightened the supersonic fans at the scene, they couldn't even imagine what kind of force it was against the sky.

After completing the grab, Ye Qingchen dribbled the ball quickly, and Gary Payton behind him made a timely foul!
Gary Payton took the words of head coach George Karl to heart, so the first foul was a fierce hug with both hands.

Gary Payton put his hands on Ye Qingchen's shoulders fiercely, and pulled hard behind him, trying to pull Ye Qingchen to the ground directly.

But what Gary Payton didn't expect was that Ye Qingchen's impact was too strong. At the moment when he was moving forward at full speed, he couldn't hold back at all, and was directly carried forward by Ye Qingchen.

Of course, no matter how strong Ye Qingchen's explosive power was, it was impossible to keep Gary Payton running forward. His fast down was also forcibly interrupted, and the referee's whistle sounded because of this.

When Ye Qingchen stopped abruptly, Gary Payton behind him still had a sense of inertia, and even flew him to Ye Qingchen's body!

Gary Payton was extremely frightened at this moment. He couldn't figure out why he took off like this!
Witnessed by the Supersonics fans at the scene, Gary Payton took off in place!
It wasn't until Gary Payton fell hard to the ground that his teammates reacted and rushed to him to ask about his injury.

The referees were also stunned when they saw this scene. They didn't expect the result to be like this. Ye Qingchen was deliberately fouled by Gary Payton, and he was the one who fell out in the end?

Gary Payton, who fell to the ground, was not only in great pain physically, but also extremely depressed in his heart. This is really embarrassing!

The narrator even laughed loudly:
"Gary never dreamed that he would take off in such a way!"

"This also proves that Ye is in really good condition!"

"The Supersonics must find a way to limit him, otherwise they will be really dangerous!"

George Karl's expression was quite gloomy. Ye Qingchen's strength was beyond his expectation. He did not expect that Ye Qingchen's strength would still be so abnormal after being absent for so long.

But he still asked the referee loudly:

"Didn't you throw him away on purpose?"

Faced with George Karl's shameless questioning, even the referee felt a little angry:

"Hey, pay attention to your words, we will deal with the specific penalty, and you don't need to question it!"

The referee's words were already a warning to George Karl, and George Karl's face became even uglier.

The referee's penalty for Gary Payton was also an ordinary foul, after all, he was the one who was hurt.

Next, the Sonics didn't restrain their foul actions because of this, but they intensified their actions towards Ye Qingchen.

As soon as Ye Qingchen gets the ball, the supersonic players will directly confront him physically, constantly trying to annoy Ye Qingchen, causing Ye Qingchen's mood to change.

Ye Qingchen's expression was always calm. He knew that the purpose of the Supersonic team was to use the rules to sanction him, so he couldn't let the Supersonic team succeed.

Ye Qingchen's style of play is still as domineering as ever. He also imitated the Supersonics players, every time he holds the ball, he goes to the inside.

Although Ye Qingchen was constantly fouled, he was still able to maintain a good physical condition, walking to the free throw line and hitting free throws.

He even completed a variety of explosive dunks after Kemp fouled one after another.

Ye Qingchen's strong performance led the Lakers to overtake the score and stretch it all the way. The final result was a big victory over the Sonics and won the first game of the series.

Now, the Sonics are not the only ones who are nervous, but every team that may encounter the Lakers!

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