Chapter 1564 Self-Challenge

It has to be said that the Pacers coach has a very sharp vision.

Indeed, Qin Hao thought so. Under the premise of controlling playing time, ball possession, and number of shots, he also had to improve his average data.

His teammates were worried that he would fall out of the top two in the Eastern Conference backcourt in the All-Star vote, and Qin Hao himself was absolutely unwilling to be transferred out of the top two, because that would mean losing the Eastern Conference starting position.

Even if he could enter the bench lineup later, it would be absolutely not allowed given Qin Hao's current status.

He must be in the starting lineup!

Therefore, he must improve his average data. It doesn't have to be too high, but at least it can't be like the period when the data declined before.

At the same time, for Qin Hao, this is also a self-challenge.

The average playing time per game does not exceed 25 minutes, the ball possession will not be much, and the number of shots is controlled below 15 times. In this case, Qin Hao needs to be very efficient and difficult to achieve the improvement of his personal data.

This is a difficult challenge, because he is not pursuing high efficiency in one game or two games.

If it was just one or two games, many people could do it, and there are even precedents of 100% hit rate in a game.

But that is meaningless.

What Qin Hao wants is to maintain this high efficiency for a long period of time, which is very difficult.

But it is just like this that makes sense to him.

Under the premise that mid-range shooting and breakthrough ability cannot be transformed for the time being, it is difficult for him to improve further - challenging himself and improving efficiency is a way and a very interesting thing.

On the court.

The 76ers always have the upper hand. Butler played very well today, Xiaoka was not bad, but Nene and Iguodala performed very averagely.

But this did not affect anything. Until the end of the second quarter, the 76ers still maintained a double-digit lead.

......

Halftime break.

The players returned to the locker room, and the Pacers coach expressed his opinion of Qin Hao.

"This is unlikely, right?"

"With Qin's playing time, ball possession, and number of shots during this period, it is almost impossible to improve his data. You know, his efficiency during this period is actually not bad, it is already very high. How can he improve it at this point?"

"That's right. Qin's data has declined during this period because of less playing time and fewer shots, not low hit rate. On the contrary, his hit rate has been maintained well. His shooting hit rate has reached 48%, his three-pointer hit rate has reached 43%, and his free throw hit rate has reached 90%. This is already terrifying."

"Tsk tsk, the shooting hit rate and three-pointer hit rate are all above 40%, and the free throw hit rate is even 90%. How many people can do this? If you still want to improve efficiency, can the shooting hit rate and three-pointer hit rate reach more than 50%?"

A group of Pacers players shook their heads and said it was outrageous.

Either Qin Hao is a fool or a lunatic.

"Nothing is impossible." The head coach of the Pacers smiled bitterly: "Qin only played for 14 minutes in the first half, but he has already scored 11 points, plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists. If converted to 25 minutes of playing time, he has already had a triple-double. In addition, his shooting percentage in the first half reached 70%."

This is fucking!

A group of players widened their eyes. They didn't pay attention to the specific data, and they were a little shocked when they heard it.

"Coach." West frowned and said, "You can't calculate it this way. Qin played well in the first half, with high efficiency and high shooting percentage, but it doesn't mean the same in the second half. It's not practical to convert it into 25 minutes in equal proportion."

"Yes."

"That's the truth."

Everyone seemed to have found a placebo and agreed.

This is not unreasonable. Just like a player can score 25 points if he plays 30 minutes per game, then if he plays 40 minutes per game, can he score 33 points per game?

Of course not.

Many times, a player's score changes dynamically. For example, if he plays well in a certain quarter and gets 7 or 8 points, or even more than 10 points, he may not do so well in other quarters. So even if he gets more than 10 points in a single quarter, he may only get more than 30 points in a game, instead of more than 40 points or even 50 points.

"Okay." The head coach of the Pacers waved his hand and did not argue with the players. "I just remind you to be careful of Qin. Don't take it lightly because he has less playing time and fewer shots now."

Everyone nodded and said they would not.

George frowned. Could it be that Qin Hao is really so crazy? If he can do this, it would be too abnormal.

......

The second half started.

Qin Hao returned to the court, and the 76ers played "one big and four small".

In fact, even if Qin Hao played with the substitute lineup for some time during this period, Qin Hao would definitely play with Butler, Xiaoka, Iguodala, and Nene at the beginning of the first and third quarters.

Anyone who knows a little about basketball should know that this is definitely not a sign of being suppressed.

When he came to the court, Qin Hao mainly organized the offense, but on the defensive end, he put more energy into rebounding.

After a few minutes, Qin Hao had two more rebounds, one assist, and two more points from a layup. His personal data became 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists.

At this time, Qin Hao was replaced.

It was not until the fourth quarter that Qin Hao was replaced again, playing with Lou Williams and several substitute players.

In this lineup, Qin Hao is undoubtedly the absolute core, but he did not take too many shots, played very patiently, and pursued efficiency.

"In the past, I could shoot without restrictions, even if I was only 60% sure, I could shoot directly." Qin Hao held the ball and wandered outside the three-point line, "But now in order to pursue higher efficiency, I need to be at least 70% sure to shoot."

"Although it is not as comfortable as before, it can play a role in training the control of the game, the control of the details of the game, the grasp and judgment of the timing."

Self-challenge, pursuit of higher efficiency.

This is not an easy thing, but Qin Hao found that there are not only difficulties, but also gains, such as the control of the game, the judgment and grasp of the timing, etc., which have all improved in this process.

Whoosh!

Qin Hao broke through, changed direction and accelerated, and went straight to the basket.

At this time in the past, he would directly face the defense.

But this time he didn't. He read the defense, slowed down a little, jumped up, paused in the air, and made sure that the defender rushed over and Speights cut into the basket from the other side. Then he threw the ball to Speights.

"Huh?" Speights was surprised. He wanted to grab the rebound, but he received the pass from Qin Hao.

But there was an empty basket in front, so there was no need to hesitate.