The Utah Jazz, who secured two straight wins at their high-altitude home ground, essentially gave Qin Yue a recovery period of six days or so.

These six days are crucial, as it means Qin Yue will have more time to rest and calmly get through the toughest stage of his ankle sprain recovery.

Although in the upcoming Western Conference Finals, whether Qin Yue will need to play through an injection depends on his specific recovery condition, over time, Qin Yue clearly feels that his right foot moves much more easily than before.

Keep in mind, during the previous Western Conference Semifinals, he had to endure physical pain and practically cosplayed Nikola Jokic in four games.

Accustomed to flying on the court, Qin Yue was forced to play four games as a "grounded flow"...

Swinging from frugality to luxury is easy, but going from luxury to frugality is hard for him, and he's finding this extremely uncomfortable.

This resulted in Qin Yue inadvertently harboring a grievance.

Even though the target of this grievance is essentially out for their career.

But only after he is completely healed and has a chance to vent and release on the court...

Can Qin Yue fully rid himself of this grievance.

Qin Yue has seen the rehabilitation schedule planned for him by the Warriors team doctor.

Given his current good recovery progress, he is expected to completely overcome the troubles caused by this ankle sprain by the beginning of June.

If the Warriors can successfully make it to the finals, this recovery date means Qin Yue will make his full-strength return at this year's finals.

This undoubtedly adds another motivation for Qin Yue to lead the Warriors to the finals for the second consecutive year.

Because at this moment, he urgently needs to vent...

He doesn't want to wait, nor can he wait until the new season starts to release this grievance.

However, no matter how much Qin Yue desires to reach the finals again...

The Seattle SuperSonics, who gave the Jazz no further chances and took them down with a 4-2 score, are certainly no pushovers.

Qin Yue watched the fifth and sixth games between the Jazz and the SuperSonics through a live TV broadcast.

If, earlier this year, the Warriors felt like a "slow simmer" that turns into a "high heat reduction" during the regular season...

Then this SuperSonics team gives Qin Yue a feeling of being perfectly in control.

Since they were unexpectedly dragged into a game seven by the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, the SuperSonics had to slow down their already sluggish offensive pace in the first four games against the Jazz.

This allowed the Jazz to seize the opportunity to tie the series, taking advantage of the home court in Salt Lake City with two hasty strikes.

But Rick Carlisle did not let this throw him off balance.

In the fifth game, he brought out a one-on-four defense that was originally prepared for the Warriors, successfully helping Chris Paul achieve the best playoff performance of his career—36 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Then…

There was nothing after that.

Since the SuperSonics have Garnett and Boozer as "Conte".

Yao Ming can entirely move to the perimeter to chat with Okur.

As for the other players in the Jazz lineup?

Except for Matt Harpring, who has a certain capability for ball-handling offense, neither Kirilenko nor Brewer can play their roles offensively without Jerry Sloan's tactical system.

Carlisle flawlessly replicated the Spurs' strategy for playing the Jazz that year.

That is, as long as Boozer's productivity is controlled, then the rest…

It just depends on whether Paul can outperform the SuperSonics.

The fact proved that despite Paul's high scores for the Jazz in the fifth game, it severely disrupted the Jazz's original offensive system.

So in the sixth game…

Under Sloan's arrangement, Paul altered his game strategy.

However, in the game, watching Paul constantly trying to break the zone defense to reconnect with his "brothers"...

It was only until then that Sloan realized…

Carlisle, whom they consider a pretty young "rascal" in the coaching world, was using a straightforward strategy against the Jazz!

There was no alternative, because of Sloan's age and since Carlisle's strategy didn't expose itself in the fifth game…

Therefore, it wasn't that Sloan was slow to react, but rather Carlisle had utilized all the cards he had and dug a big pit for the Jazz in advance.

This straightforward strategy is named: as Paul takes a lot of time to crack the SuperSonics' zone defense, the Jazz will inevitably be dragged by the SuperSonics into a slow-paced setup battle.

This is a hallmark of Carlisle's coaching style.

As long as he has enough cards in hand, he will pre-dig a pit, waiting for the opponent to jump in themselves.

The available personnel of the Jazz and the cards in Sloan's hands determined that…

Along with the SuperSonics adjusting completely after the first four games, what awaited them could only be the SuperSonics' perfectly controlled continuous victories.

Successfully making it to the Western Conference Finals in the first year of forming the "Northwest Three Giants".

On the night of advancement, having never felt that the floor of the Western Conference Finals could be touched so easily, Yao Ming still appeared to be the cheerful and honest "Big Yao" on the surface, but secretly...

"This year, you happen to be injured, listen to your Brother Yao. If you can't handle the finals, leave it to me to handle."

In the World of Warcraft game, a player with the ID "Eternal Starlight" said to another player with the ID "I'm Taller than Yao Ming".

Upon hearing this, I'm Taller than Yao Ming retorted discontentedly, "I am a reigning champion player, what do you mean I can't handle it?"

Eternal Starlight chuckled, "Garnett said he already sees through your offensive style."

I'm Taller than Yao Ming replied with question marks all over his face, "Since when did that old wolf ever stop me? Send him a message for me, just ask him if the old general still has enough to eat!"

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