Chapter 69: Two in a row
Michael Beasley's words took Qin Yang by surprise.
There's something wrong with this smoke.
Unlike other people's pastimes, Beasley even indulged in it a little.
Cigarettes with special things are not good things in themselves, let alone athletes, even ordinary people smoke too much, Beasley is really speechless when he comes like this.
"No, thank you, I'm going to be a superstar, this thing might as well be comfortable in the gym."
Qin Yang waved his hand and refused, and after chatting with Beasley for a few words, Qin Yang left decisively.
This party is just a simple internal exchange, more of an exchange between Wade and James, the two as rookies in 03, together became NBA superstars, and the relationship is very good.
After Qin Yang participated for a while, he said goodbye to James and returned to the training hall to continue to rest.
"He's a good rookie."
Wade whispered after Qin Yang left, and James nodded: "Yes, he may be indispensable for the Cavaliers' championship." ”
Qin Yang, who contributed an average of 17 points and 7 assists per game, does not seem to have very good statistics. But it helped the Cavaliers a lot.
Although the Cavaliers are a strong team, it is difficult to open up the situation when they encounter players who are good at helping defense on the inside and can restrain James on the outside.
Even as long as there is a super inside team, James's play will always be affected.
In this case, a player who is good at playmaking and passing, and who is very good at three-point shooting, would be a good fit for the Cavaliers' system.
When James encounters problems, with Qin Yang organizing the offense, the Cavaliers will not lose their rhythm, which is the real role of Qin Yang.
Wade and James have high ball quotients, and they can see that.
"Maybe the Cavaliers won't be able to keep him in the future?"
Wade laughed and joked, and LeBron James smiled: "No way, even the Cavaliers who are close to the top salary are willing to pay the luxury tax, as long as he has such strength." ”
James is confident that if the Cavaliers are not even willing to pay the luxury tax, how can they build a dynasty.
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Back in the training hall, Qin Yang continued to train.
Qin Yang's skills are constantly improving, even the three-point shot has not reached the limit, the breakthrough level is not enough to face the vast majority of outside players in the league, and the offensive skills are far from being incomprehensible, so Qin Yang has never slackened.
On the 28th, the Cavaliers hosted the Heat.
It's a battle of kings. In fact, the whole game process was as imagined, except for Wade and LeBron, everyone became a foil.
Wade had 29 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds, and LeBron James had 33 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
But Qin Yang watched the two of them play and had completely different opinions.
"These two superstars are not as powerful as they imagined, they still rely more on their bodies to play, James is better, even in the latter part of his career, he can still have a relatively stable performance, because he is very versatile, but Wade's kind of play, after encountering injuries, the performance will decline significantly."
Wade is very bad at shooting, and his three-point shooting ability is very weak and weak.
In this game, Wade made 0 of 2 three-pointers, and it was a completely empty shot, and he was let go of a step, and Qin Yang looked embarrassed.
This ball let Qin Yang come, and he dared to shoot fifty times in one game.
Of course, that's not the point, Wade's explosiveness, strength and ability to combine the ball are very strong, and he is good at breaking through with European steps and entering the basket to finish the offense.
The European Step is a very used breakthrough technique.
After Ginobili introduced this technique to the NBA, NBA referees began to slowly adapt to the European step, rather than treating it as a step.
Later, more and more defenders incorporated this technique into the attack.
Wade is one of them.
If it were purely explosive, Wade would not have been able to perform so well, and European steps were the main reason. But the damage to the waist, abdomen and knees of the European step is too great.
In the virtual training ground, Qin Yang also learned European steps, but after learning for a long time, the advice given by the training machine was to minimize the learning of European steps, and instead learn to use rhythm breakthroughs and use their own advantages to shoot.
Qin Yang changed his strategy at this time.
In this game, Wade just relied on the breakthrough and scored 29 points, and his scoring ability was simply perverted.
The 12-of-25 shooting percentage was also very good, and no one could say anything.
But in contrast, James, who is also not good at shooting, scored 33 points on 12-of-19, also hit 12 shots, shot 6 less, and scored 4 more points, which has a few free throws, but mainly James made 2 of 4 three-pointers, which is very rare.
Three-point shots, one more per hit than the average goal.
One time is nothing, but after a game, a difference of more than a dozen points is completely achievable.
Although James' three-point shooting rate this season is less than 30%, he will shoot more than twice in each game and practice three-point shooting in the game, which is why James has such qualifications.
With the help of high-post blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, James played handy.
After the home game, the Cavaliers had a day off and traveled to Mihami to face the Heat on the road.
After losing the home-court advantage, the Mihami Heat played more advantageously, James played wildly, getting 38 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, but the Cavaliers lost instead.
Qin Yang got 19 points and 5 assists, and when James was on the court, Qin Yang's ball possession was reduced a lot, and there was nothing he could do about it.
In the last two minutes of the game, Qin Yang missed two three-pointers in succession. The Mihami Heat ended up laughing at the end.
Qin Yang, who was 5 of 10 three-pointers in the game, was depressed about this.
At critical moments, the Heat's defense is very large, and Mario Chammos deserves to be the championship guard of the NCAA, and he knows how to choose at critical moments. almost interrupted Qin Yang's hand with a foul action, and hit the iron twice in a row, and the Cavaliers lost the opportunity to turn the tables.
After the game, the media praised LeBron James.
With 38 points and 7 rebounds, James' stats were impeccable.
But Qin Yang was a little sullen, if James passed a few more balls, the team could obviously play more easily, and it would be easier to win.
But in this game, apart from Qin Yang, the Cavaliers couldn't find a player who had more than ten shots.
Delonte West and Mo Williams shot 8 and 9 times respectively, well, the two of them really didn't feel good in this game, Mo Buchuan shot 2 of 9 in this game, and 2 of 6 from beyond the three-point line was simply speechless, which was the direct reason for the Cavaliers' loss.
The outside line can't be opened, and it is impossible to win the game by relying on James to hit the basket alone.
At the critical moment, James passed to Qin Yang, who had only eight shots in the game, and under the close high-intensity defense, Qin Yang hit two irons in a row to end the game.