League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 413 Getting Anxious

Chen Dongqing's hands began to rapidly tap on the keyboard, and Irelia in his hands began to display her power as a blade dancer on the battlefield!

The moment Chen Dongqing unleashed his ultimate skill, Vanguard Blade, he used Flash to reposition himself behind LeBlanc.

At this moment, the three of them—LeBlanc, Olaf, and Captain—were all in front of him!

The ultimate sword array flew out and instantly unfolded upon contact with LeBlanc, disarming all three members of IG and marking them!

Immediately afterwards, Irelia quickly began to dance, first Q'ing the LeBlanc in front of her, then Q'ing the second Olaf, and finally Q'ing the Gangplank at the farthest point!

With zero latency on the match server, the three consecutive Q skill dashes were incredibly smooth, almost instantly teleporting to a distance and breaking LeBlanc's E skill chain!

In addition to that

During Irelia's three consecutive Q dashes, two E [Double Blades] were silently released without anyone noticing, drawing a long line across the entire screen that encompassed all three characters!

The three members of IG were immediately taken aback.

What's the deal with this "E"?

The chain had been broken, and Rookie instinctively pressed W to switch positions, trying to avoid the E.

But Chen Dongqing had taken into account his route back via W. After he returned via W, he would be right at one of the endpoints of the [Twin Blades]!

As for Olaf and the captain, there's no need to say more; they simply didn't have the ability to dodge.

The two blades converged, triggering a stun, and all three members of IG were stunned in place at the same time!

At that moment, a gasp of surprise erupted from the audience!

The hearts of the two commentators in the commentary booth also raced at the same time.

"This 'E' has affected three people!!!"

This is practically a world-famous painting: the three IG players are standing in a line, all bearing the mark of Irelia's E skill, and all of them are stunned.

Although the captain and Olaf used their crowd control removal skills to remove the stun in the next second, the marks on their bodies still remained!

With Blade of the Ruined King in hand, Irelia's damage output is now incomprehensible!

Chen Dongqing then unleashed another AQA combo on the captain, essentially dealing a full set of damage to him!

How could TheShy, this underdeveloped guy, withstand it? He was immediately reduced to low health!

Chen Dongqing unleashed another basic attack, followed by another Q, securing the captain's kill!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing changed his tactics and used Q to rush Olaf.

Olaf becomes a true man after activating his ultimate ability; his combat power is even comparable to Irelia's.

But Chen Dongqing's target was not Olaf at all.

After he used Q to dash in, he merely slashed Olaf once, and then immediately used Q again, rushing straight to LeBlanc's face!

Chen Dongqing had a significant equipment advantage, full passive, and Conqueror was re-triggered. With just two hits, Rookie's LeBlanc had already lost half of her health!

Rookie was genuinely terrified by those two stabs and quickly used R+W to escape.

Chen Dongqing was too lazy to chase after him. At this moment, Olaf's ultimate was about to end. Chen Dongqing turned around and used Q to rush back to Olaf's side!

Throughout this battle, Irelia's various movement abilities never stopped, and she darted back and forth across the battlefield three or four times, dazzling countless viewers.

The logic behind this back-and-forth movement is something the audience doesn't understand.

All they knew was that with each round trip, one person from IG would die.

Ning and Irelia exchanged blows twice, and Ning realized that Irelia's damage was ridiculously high. He, Olaf, couldn't even fight her off. But at this point, he had no room to escape.

Once Olaf's ultimate ability wore off, Chen Dongqing took a breath of his Blade of Despair, then chased after him relentlessly, easily securing the kill!

Two of the three IG players have already been eliminated!

After killing the enemy, Chen Dongqing moved with lightning speed, weaving through the minions of IG and using his Q ability. With the help of Q and the healing from Blade of the Ruined King, he instantly regained a large amount of health!

Where is the last one?

With half health remaining, Rookie dared not provoke Irelia and had already made his escape!

Three against one, two died, one survived! IG's plan to gank top lane has suffered a devastating failure!

Offstage, all one thousand spectators at QG's home stadium stood up, waving their support sticks and creating a frenzied roar!

Holy crap, one against three!

[Three against one and they were all killed? Wow, it has to be Tree Bro!]

[IG clearly won all the way up, so why did they become so weak when they faced Tree?]

This person is truly outrageous!

[It's not so much that this person is outrageous, but rather that the champion Irelia is outrageous?]

[Irelia is ridiculous, but the player is ridiculous too. That R-flash, that inexplicable E, I definitely couldn't have pulled that off.]

【really】

The director quickly switched to the replay, showing Chen Dongqing's outrageous move.

A wildly imaginative R-flash, and two E-shots silently thrown out during the three-part Q combo, all hit the three IG players.

Chen Dongqing's actions seemed to be the best route found after countless rehearsals, full of rationality.

"Wow, what is this Irelia?!" Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but laugh as he said this, "Three Rs, three Es, Tree Bro played so cool this time!"

"He was really cool!" Remember's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement. "This has a huge impact on IG!"

The camera cuts back to the game, and we can see that Xiangguo and Xiaohu have already run to the bottom lane.

Having gone through the Demacia Cup and two rounds of the Spring Split, JackeyLove now has some competitive experience. He decisively led Baolan to retreat to the second tower, narrowly escaping death, but the dragon and the bottom lane tower were obviously out of reach.

Who would have thought that Uzi, who had been enduring pressure in the bottom lane and even camped in the bush once, would actually be the first to push down the enemy's bottom tower.

The fundamental reason is that Irelia fought three opponents in the top lane and won!

This is the impact a top laner can have on the team.

At this moment, the IG players watched the game situation take a sharp turn for the worse in just two minutes, and they were filled with rage.

Damn it, why can't this Irelia just die? This top laner is invincible, who can beat him?

The IG players also knew that after this wave, the game would no longer be meaningful.

Uzi's Ezreal rotated to mid lane, embarking on a crazy journey of stacking Manamune.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, continued to dominate the side lanes, drawing all of QG's firepower.

At 22 minutes, Uzi acquired Trinity Force and Manamune, reaching his first peak in combat power, and QG destroyed all of IG's outer towers!

During this period, minor squabbles between the two sides continued.

IG ganked and killed Xiaohu once, but QG was not to be outdone, killing TheShy twice.

At 27 minutes, Uzi summoned Seraph and entered his ultimate form.

Chen Dongqing's equipment was even more terrifying, consisting of four items: Blade of the Ruined King, Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage, and Guardian Angel. QG initiated a team fight at Baron Nashor, inviting IG to join the fight.

IG didn't shy away from the fight and decisively engaged in a 5v5 team battle!

In this team fight, seeing that Irelia with Bloodthirster and Guardian Angel was impossible to kill, the five IG players simply turned their attention to Ezreal.

But EZ also has two summoner spells and Seraph's Embrace, making him somewhat difficult to kill.

They can only kill the Ice Maiden.

But the Ice Maiden also activated her ultimate ability on herself.

In the end, IG didn't kill a single player, managing a clean sweep of five for themselves!

TheShy's record ultimately ended at 0-7.

"Congratulations to QG!" Commentator Guan Daxiao said with a smile, "Compared to their last match against IG, QG has undergone a complete transformation. They didn't give IG any chance and easily ended the game with their smooth offense!"

"Yes!" Remember couldn't help but exclaim, "QG's offense this game was flawless. They first attacked IG's weak points in defense, then broke through the top lane, and then Shu Ge used his individual skills to create a lot of space for the team with a 1v3 situation, thus helping Uzi speed up the game!"

"The main problem is probably with the road."

Colonel Guan said, "To be fair, TheShy is indeed an excellent top laner. He can maintain a very strong aggressiveness when facing other top laners, but when facing Tree, this aggressiveness will only harm him."

In this world, all top laners who dare to challenge Tree will eventually be defeated and forced to fight as a team.

Leaving aside top laners within the league, Smeb and Cuvee are examples of this in the World Championship.

In their view, TheShy must be the same.

Aggressiveness will only become a weakness when facing QG.

"Hopefully they can adjust well in the next game and find the right way to counter QG."

At that moment, inside the IG training room, they were indeed making adjustments.

However, their approach to the adjustment was somewhat extreme.

They don't intend to solve the problem; they intend to eliminate the person who raised it.

They are considering whether to carry TheShy off the field.

This is IG's standard approach to handling problems—if TheShy makes a mistake, then let Duke play; Duke's game experience will help stabilize the team.

But this time, the IG members hesitated.

The main issue is that it doesn't seem to work well on Duke either.

If we say that Ah Guang is Tree One and Smeb is Tree Two...

Duke is Tree Three.

Duke played a significant role in the rise of the legendary player ilex.

Everyone knows that Ilex defeated Duke at the 2016 MSI to win his first world championship and FMVP.

Ilex's story of using Lucian to tower dive and solo kill Duke in the final battle of the 2016 MSI, allowing him to farm and ultimately kill Faker in one second with a W flash and six shots, winning the FMVP, is still being told to this day.

Let Duke take over. It seems like the problem is even bigger.

"TheShy," IG coach Kim Jeong-soo asked seriously in Korean, "what are your thoughts for the next game?"

TheShy thought for a moment and said in Korean, "Protect me while I play, I can win."

Upon hearing this, Rookie and Coach Kim, who both understand Korean, closed their eyes.

Although the others couldn't understand Korean, they could still guess most of it.

"Are you serious?" Kim Jung-soo thought for a moment and said, "I can give you this chance, but if you lose this match, you'll have to bear the consequences."

Coach Kim, like many other coaches from South Korea, is extremely controlling and wants the athletes to follow his ideas.

However, unlike Park Un-yong's gentle PUA style, Coach Kim prefers to use heavy blows and directly discipline with authority.

If you don't obey, you'll be punished.

Normally, TheShy would be substituted, but unfortunately, the substitute options weren't working, so Coach Kim had to trust TheShy one more time.

TheShy nodded seriously after hearing this: "OK".

Coach Jin nodded: "Alright, let's talk about the draft picks for the next game. The bans this game are a big problem."

On the other side, in the QG rest room.

Chen Dongqing was looking at the MVP screen for this game and was quite satisfied.

With a score of 9-0-6, the invincible Irelia boasts 31% damage share and 34% damage taken share; anyone who comes near her must marvel at her unparalleled skill.

I haven't played this new version of Irelia for over two years, but my proficiency hasn't dropped much, which is great.

"See that? That's my 'Knife Girl'!" Chen Dongqing patted his chest. "Li Yuanhao, take note!"

Little Tiger stuck out his tongue and licked repeatedly: "But you, with your sword, I could never learn to play like that, even if I studied for a lifetime!"

"It's okay, just learn 60% of what I teach, and I guarantee you'll dominate all mid-laners!"

"Okay, okay!"

Chen Dongqing felt good about the banter between the two, but his teammates felt increasingly uncomfortable listening to it.

How come they've started performing crosstalk?

"Alright, alright." Banbazi cleared his throat twice, steer the conversation back on track: "Let's talk about the draft phase for the next game. The staff just came over and said that the opposing team has chosen the blue side next game. What do you think they mean by that?"

"It's hard to say." Chen Dongqing shook his head: "If the other side wants to play in the bottom half of the bracket, they will definitely bring on Duke, but since they haven't made any changes, they will probably still play in the top half of the bracket."

That makes sense, but Xiangguo still frowned and asked, "But if they're playing in the top half of the bracket, why did they choose blue?"

Chen Dongqing laughed and said, "Is that even a question? It's definitely to use banning instead of banning, otherwise, how would they have enough ban slots?"

Soon, the break ended, and the two contestants took to the stage from the two side passages.

Chen Dongqing waved his arms and interacted with the thousand audience members before taking his seat and entering the competition room.

Once both teams were ready, the second round of banning and drafting began quickly.

Since neither side switched sides, both sides advanced their draft strategies quite quickly at the start, clearly indicating they were well-prepared.

"For the first pick, IG banned Jayce, while QG banned Poppy. Then, instead of banning Fiora, IG opted to ban Irelia!"

Clearly, this was IG's draft strategy for this game.

TheShy is also a master of Fiora, so they wanted to let Fiora be available so they could pick her themselves and solve the problem of not having enough ban slots.

Of course, this means TheShy will face another counter-pick situation, and whether he can withstand it remains to be seen.

Subsequently, Banbazi banned Azir and Orianna, thus limiting IG's absolute carry, Rookie.

IG then sealed EZ and entered the champion selection phase.

As expected, IG locked in Fiora as their first pick, eliciting cheers from the audience.

Again?

This isn't the first time TheShy has locked in Fiora when facing QG.

TheShy picked Fiora once during the S7 Spring Split.

But on that occasion, Chen Dongqing first used Fiora to defeat TheShy's Camille, and then used Camille to kick TheShy's Fiora, completing a series of backhand and fronthand lessons.

And now, TheShy has chosen it again, which can only be described as perseverance.

Putting everything else aside, TheShy's willingness to pick Fiora twice in front of Tree Bro alone makes him worthy of the audience's admiration.

At least the entertainment value is top-notch.

"What do you mean?" Banbazi asked. "Are we going to pick Camille again to counter Fiora this time?"

"Forget it," Chen Dongqing waved his hand. "Camille isn't fun."

Camille, despite being a warrior champion, did not benefit from this Conqueror update.

Camille needs attack power, but Conqueror's attack power boost is far less than the old version of Fervor, and the true damage conversion effect is an attribute that Camille doesn't need.

If you focus solely on offensive attacks and don't rely on annihilation, your combat power will only be average and won't be able to compensate for Camille's stats.

Therefore, Camille is not a high priority in this version, as there are better options.

"So what do you mean?"

"Riven," Chen Dongqing said, "Is everything alright?"

Riven is the champion who benefits the most from Conqueror, whose 20% true damage conversion perfectly solves the biggest weakness of this champion who only deals physical damage.

This version of Riven definitely won't get completely destroyed by an Iceborn Gauntlet Ezreal.

Banbazi waved his hand: "Whatever you want, choose."

Chen Dongqing dragged the mouse and selected the Exile Blade for himself!

The moment this hero appeared, the audience below the stage started to commotion again!

Wow, before it was Camille versus Fiora, now it's Fiora versus Riven.

The top lane is always the highlight in the QG vs. IG match!

After these two heroes are selected, the subsequent hero selection becomes meaningless, because the focus of this game can only be the top lane.

After securing Fiora, QG then picked Caitlyn, while IG locked in Tahm Kench and Varus for the bot lane. QG subsequently locked in Morgana, entering the second round of the draft.

In the second round of the competition, QG still gave the counter pick to Xiaohu, locking in a Prince first.

For IG, this time they chose the Lee Sin and Syndra lane dominance combination, aiming for lane control in the mid and jungle.

But Xiaohu was no pushover either. Facing Syndra, he decisively picked Ryze, whose fighting power was also considerable, determined to hold the mid lane rhythm.

It has to be said that in the LPL during S8, there were very few mid laners who could go toe-to-toe with Rookie, but Xiaohu in the spring was definitely one of them.

That's why Chen Dongqing specifically asked for Xiaohu; after all, Xiaohu is quite knowledgeable about playing in the LPL.

Once we get to the world championships, Chen Dongqing can try to train him a bit and then lead him with his own skills. I believe there shouldn't be any problems.

Such promising talents are hard to find.

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

Blue side IG: Top lane Fiora, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Varus and Tahm Kench.

Red team QG: Top lane Riven, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Caitlyn and Morgana.

"The lineups on both sides in this game are absolutely evenly matched!" Wawa couldn't help but comment, "None of the three lanes are giving an inch!"

The top lane is a duel between warriors, the mid and jungle are both tempo-setting heroes, and the bottom lane consists of two late-game carries plus a protective support.

In terms of lineup composition, both sides were surprisingly similar in this game!

It's not hard to see that there's nothing fancy going on in this game; whichever side has the stronger player will win!

The match began quickly.

Chen Dongqing still bought a Doran's Blade and went online, and he had already begun to rehearse and simulate the laning phase in his mind.

The Riven vs. Fiora matchup is extremely common in the Chinese server. Chen Dongqing has a clear understanding of the laning techniques for this matchup, as well as when its advantages and disadvantages lie.

I believe TheShy on the other side feels the same way.

Chen Dongqing logged on ahead of time and crouched in the grass to use Q.

During the process of KaQ, ​​he saw TheShy make no attempt to hide his intentions after going online. He immediately started farming minions and building Conqueror while pushing into the bushes, seemingly trying to trade blows with KaQ's Riven!

Of course, that makes sense.

TheShy chose the green rune tree in this game, obviously taking Bone Plating to enhance his level 1 dueling ability. In addition, he had Conqueror charged up in advance, so even if Riven missed her Q, Fiora could still force a win.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing had no choice but to turn around and retreat, abandoning the first level.

The Sword Maiden with the skeleton is very strong at level one, so Chen Dongqing doesn't plan to force a blood exchange.

As he retreated, Chen Dongqing kept an eye on the Sword Maiden's movements.

His weakness was right at his butt, and this Fiora couldn't possibly hold back.

He seized the opportunity when Fiora used her [Sky Piercer] to stab him, and immediately used his three-part Q to counterattack.

Riven's three-stage Q was a bit slow, and although he was still caught out, Chen Dongqing successfully used the control effect of his Q skill to steal a basic attack, making this trade a worthwhile exchange.

Although he was forced out of position, making it difficult to farm the first three minions, Chen Dongqing didn't care at all.

It's only the economy of three soldiers; letting it go is fine.

Chen Dongqing is extremely confident in his operations, but this is not the time to be overconfident.

Losing health for one or two minions and getting tower-dived is a foolish thing to do.

First, push the minion wave into the tower. Once Riven has finished farming under the tower and reached level three, that's Riven's power spike, and you can play however you want.

Immediately afterwards, the laning phase in the top lane entered a brief period of stability.

Chen Dongqing pushed the minion wave under the tower and farmed safely.

From God's perspective, Chen Dongqing's steadiness was meaningful because Rookie had retreated to the tower and Ning was already in position on the top lane.

If Chen Dongqing had lost even the slightest bit of health, this wave could very well have resulted in a three-on-one victory.

Even if Xiang Guo (a famous Chinese comedian) joined forces, they might not be able to withstand this situation.

Fortunately, Riven is currently at full health, and there is likely a Prince protecting her nearby, making it difficult for this three-on-one attack to proceed, so they had to give up.

Although Chen Dongqing didn't have a god's-eye view, his 95 points of awareness still allowed him to see Rookie's movements in the mid lane and vaguely guess the cause and effect.

This proves that he is absolutely right.

He played steadily, successfully last-hitting the enemy champion under the tower. Then, relying on the pushback momentum and the Conqueror buff he had built up after last-hitting the champion under the tower, he immediately launched a counter-pressure!

TheShy was smart this time. He knew he couldn't fight a Riven with Conqueror and all her abilities, so he did the same as Chen Dongqing and let the wave go under the tower.

That's right, this is the version.

This version features Conqueror, an item that can instantly boost a player's strength by controlling the lane, making it difficult for top laners to engage in direct combat and easily turning the game into a peaceful game of pushing lanes back and forth.

After the minion wave was pushed forward, Xiangguo tried to tower dive, but ultimately found that there was not much of a chance. In the end, he could only rely on the lane priority in the top lane to steal a group of newly spawned Gromp.

TheShy farmed under the tower, and the minion wave pushed towards Chen Dongqing's side.

At this point, the top laners on both sides began some minor exchanges of damage, making flashy plays but achieving little real effect.

It's just like practicing Tai Chi.

Of course, the reason they were able to engage in such a back-and-forth battle was mainly because both top laners were highly skilled and didn't reveal any weaknesses, so they were locked in a fierce struggle, with their true strength hidden in the shadows.

If a slightly weaker top laner were to play, they would quickly find an opening, then the enemy would be reduced to half health and the jungler would call for a tower dive, ending the lane immediately.

Chen Dongqing was taking it easy, not in a hurry at all, and just leisurely enjoyed the journey.

Take your time, what's the rush?

The ones who should be anxious are definitely the other side!

Uzbekistan hasn't even started yet.

The camera then pans to the bottom lane, where Uzi's Caitlyn is using her 650-yard reach to relentlessly stab Varus and Tahm Kench.

IG's choice of this bot lane is quite clear: to rely on Tahm Kench's protection to ensure they aren't ganked under the tower, and then wait for the late game to unleash their power.

As for how many CS the opponent gets during the laning phase, and how many minutes it takes for their tower to fall, that depends on the player's luck and skill.

Unfortunately, he encountered Uzi, whose laning ability was unmatched in the AD position.

It's only been five minutes, and IG's bot lane duo has already used up all their health potions and is still not at full health, clearly at a huge disadvantage in the laning phase.

If we fight for another two minutes, I'm afraid I'll have to go back to town to heal.

However, QG's bot lane duo did not focus on Varus, but instead kept their eyes on Tahm Kench.

With Tahm Kench protecting him, Varus is definitely not easy to kill.

Then we might as well just kill Tahm Kench.

This time, Tahm Kench didn't bring Cleanse, but Ignite, which definitely created opportunities for a kill.

"Shi Senming," Uzi called out over the voice chat, "Press the lane with me. Go up and try using Q. If you hit, you'll kill them. If you miss, don't let them farm!"

After saying that, Uzi attacked a minion to fully charge his passive ability, and then quickly pushed forward!

"Okay!" Shi Senming immediately followed suit upon hearing this.

On the IG side, Baolan saw that the female police officer dared to cross the minion wave and lick her. He immediately used Q to lick her.

Shi Senming reacted quickly, immediately shielding Uzi and making him immune to the slow effect. Then, taking advantage of Tahm Kench's Q animation delay, he threw out a basic attack followed by a Q!

Sometimes there's not much reason for hitting Tahm Kench with Q. Baolan might think Tahm Kench is tough and won't die from this Q, or he might think he can dodge it with his movement, or he simply didn't react in time.

Anyway, that Q hit Baolan squarely.

Shi Senming reacted quickly. Just before Q hit, he immediately cast W and Ignite, applying Grievous Wounds in advance to prevent the use of Healing.

"Nice!" Uzi's eyes lit up. He headshot Tahm Kench with a shot, then set up a trap, followed by a basic attack and a Q!

After Q activated the trap, Uzi followed up with another headshot!

After this combo, Tahm Kench's already low health bar plummeted, forcing Baolan to activate his shield while low on health and then Flash away.

"Chase!" Uzi took two steps to get out of Varus's E skill range. Once his heavy injuries disappeared, he used a healing speed boost and forcibly chased after Tahm Kench!

At that moment, the white shield on Tahm Kench disappeared!

Uzi flashes forward, then uses his E skill in the instant he lands a basic attack.

The policewoman fired the net, hitting Tahm Kench precisely in the body. Then, due to the recoil of the rope gun, she quickly retreated, getting out of Varus's attack range and giving IG no chance to counterattack.

Immediately afterwards, Uzi stood at a distance and fired a headshot, instantly emptying Tahm Kench's health bar.

"Nice!" A wave of praise rang out in the QG voice channel.

Upon seeing that his second father had secured a kill, the person who closed the account immediately showered him with praise: "Awesome, little dog!"

It can only be said that there is a difference between the second father and the first father; Xiao Hu's praise this time really lacked sincerity.

Uz gave a brief reply, then quickly called out over the voice chat: "Is Liu Shiyu here yet? Hurry up, I'm afraid he'll go back to the city."

"We're here, don't rush!" Xiangguo's Prince stood in IG's bottom jungle, and a Blast Cone blasted into the Krugs camp.

He swiftly appeared behind IG's next tower, carrying his halberd, and used his E ability to interrupt JackeyLove's recall.

JackeyLove had a good attitude. When he saw that his recall was interrupted and he knew he was going to die, he optimistically started dancing under the tower.

Xiangguo didn't hold back. While Shi Senming was tanking the tower with W, he used EQ to knock him up and easily took him down with the help of Uzi.

After this wave, the bottom lane has officially gained the upper hand.

Chen Dongqing kept switching screens to watch the bottom lane, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his lips.

He then switched the camera back to the road.

At this moment, it is clear that TheShy's playstyle has undergone some subtle changes.

They started pushing the lane faster and their positioning became noticeably more forward, looking for an opportunity to trade blows.

The collapse of the bottom lane clearly put TheShy under pressure. He needed to quickly break through the top lane so that the game could continue.

In other words—they're in a hurry.

This is exactly what Chen Dongqing needs.

If you're not in a hurry, how am I supposed to kill you?

October 10, 2023, cloudy.

Today is the sixth day of writing 7,000 words a day, and I have updated 7500 words.

This best-of-three series ends tomorrow, and then we can quickly move on to the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)