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Chapter 119 Records are past, passing and control are excellent! (5000 words chapter, begging for monthly subscription!)
The dunk contest came to an end, and Qin Yue unsurprisingly dominated the headlines and hot searches in the basketball world.

As the first Asian player to win the championship in NBA history, the New York Times commented on Qin Yue's current popularity, "His influence in the basketball world is comparable to that of Michael Jordan. We are living in his era."

The development and progress of the Internet has greatly changed people's lifestyles, and at the same time has accelerated Qin Yue's popularity.

But as a person who has experienced it, Qin Yue knows very well
The Internet can elevate you to a pedestal overnight, or it can take away everything from you in the blink of an eye.

And, I want to maintain my current popularity and status.
The effort Qin Yue needs to put in is far greater than before.

Because it has always been difficult to conquer the world, and it is even more difficult to keep it - no one can stay at the top forever, even if you can be prepared for danger in times of peace. But when you are surrounded by young people who are as ambitious, passionate and eager as you, they will study your strengths and weaknesses under a microscope and use you as a target. Do you think it is difficult to keep the world?
On the 19th.

The All-Star Weekend is held at the Thomas and Mack Center.

That afternoon, the Western Conference All-Stars team held their only joint practice during the All-Star Weekend.

McGrady, who replaced Nash as the starting guard for the Western Conference All-Stars team due to Nash's absence from the All-Star Weekend due to injury, is clearly not as mentally fit as he was last year.

The "sleeping T-Mac" is now showing signs of turning into the "sluggish T-Mac".

McGrady's slump was related to the fact that he only received 97 votes in the All-Star voting.

In fact, if Baron Davis hadn't been interrupted by that damn injury in early January, his good upward momentum would have been
McGrady may not even have a chance to replace Nash.

Because at that time, apart from Kobe who was far ahead in the guard position, the competition between Davis and Nash had reached a white-hot stage.

While voting for Qin Yue, Chinese fans and Bay Area fans obviously did not forget the first generation bearded man.

As Yao Ming's teammate, Garnett is lucky.

This year, among the Western Conference forwards, apart from Qin Yue who monopolized the title with 380 million votes, Garnett was the most popular, receiving a total of 190 million votes.

During the voting phase, Garnett's popularity rebounded significantly, which formed a sharp contrast with McGrady's sharply declining popularity.

But in fact
If the All-Star Weekend selection is really based on strength, then McGrady, who participated in the Western Conference forward position voting last season①, should not be a starter.

（①历史上，04/05和06/07赛季，麦迪参加的是西部后卫位置投票，05/06赛季则是前锋）

Because considering McGrady's performance last season, where he played half of the time and recovered from injury for the other half, how could he have deserved to have pushed Garnett and Nowitzki to the bench?

On the training ground, looking at the team's tall and strong lineup, the Western Conference All-Stars head coach D'Antoni fell into confusion.

Nash is injured.

As a result, the only true point guard on the Western Conference All-Star team this year is Tony Parker from the Spurs.

Historically, the Western Conference All-Star teams during this period have always had a tradition of giving priority to forwards when selecting substitutes.

As for the reason?

Who made the Western Conference so full of monsters on the front line during this period?

Anthony, who has been suppressed by Stern since his rookie season due to off-court reasons, should be selected as an All-Star at least once, right?

After Nash was injured, considering the Suns' excellent regular season record, should Stoudemire and his teammate Marion, who have returned from injury with even greater strength, also be included in the bench list?
There is also Nowitzki and his teammate Josh Howard, who led the Mavericks to chase the Suns and Warriors, and survived the "58 tragedy".
In addition, another teammate of Yao Ming, Ray Allen, who beat Richardson in the selection process.
Are there any extra spots for point guards in the Western Conference?
Unlike the star lineup that will always be criticized in later generations, the current era of Western.
If you don't make the All-Star team, it's not because you're not good enough.

There are just too many people who are better than you.

If Qin Yue remembered correctly, in the original 07 All-Star Weekend, D'Antoni would let McGrady and Parker be the main point guard in the starting and substitute stages respectively.

Moreover, McGrady and Parker both contributed double-digit assists in the end.

But since the Western Conference All-Stars team has this outlier
Then Qin Yue must of course experience for himself what it is like to play the point guard role under D'Antoni's tactical support.

"You mean you want to play the role of starting power forward in name only, but point guard in reality?" Before the game, D'Antoni suddenly fell into deep thought about Qin Yue's proposal.

On the side, Kobe objected: "I don't think this is a good idea. I think we should let 'T-Mac' or I play the point guard."

If you play the point guard role, then don't I have to run back and forth on the court all the time?
Moreover, considering your relationship with McGrady, how can McGrady consider you a brother?

At this moment, his eyes turned to Kobe, and Qin Yue complained: "I averaged 10.5 assists per game this year, second only to Steve Nash. Who averages more assists per game, you or 'T-Mac'?"

Kobe: “.”

Then, Qin Yue continued to say to D'Antoni: "I played as a point guard in the World Championships, Mike, you don't have to worry that I can't handle this position."

Seeing this, D'Antoni no longer hesitated.

As an offensive maniac, D'Antoni also wanted to see how Qin Yue would perform as a point guard in NBA games.

However, after learning about D'Antoni's tactical arrangement, Duncan said to Qin Yue with a worried look on his face: "The average number of rounds per game in FIBA games is only 50 to 60.

Although the intensity of the All-Star Weekend game is much lower than usual, the number of rounds is much more than usual. Are you sure your physical fitness can withstand the consumption? "

Duncan's concerns at this moment are not unreasonable.

In fact, the reason why Qin Yue never played as a point guard in the Warriors was also based on this reason.

Considering the Warriors' game pace of eighty or ninety rounds this season, no matter how good Qin Yue's dribbling skills are, he will only dribble the ball from the backcourt himself in necessary rounds.

After all, it allows teammates to share the dribbling tasks.
Why should Qin Yue waste his precious physical energy?

However, it was precisely because tonight's game was the All-Star Game that Qin Yue wanted to play as a point guard.

"Tim, have you forgotten that since tonight is the All-Star Game, I will have more rest time than usual." Qin Yue smiled at Duncan.

Hearing this, Duncan finally reacted.

Generally speaking, even if they are All-Star starters, their playing time will only be around 20 minutes.

After all, in the All-Star Weekend game, the head coach must give all players certain opportunities to perform.

"But I always feel that your purpose of playing the point guard role is not pure."

"That's your prejudice against me, Tim."

That night, when the Thomas & Mack Center introduced the starting lineups of the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams, the cheers Qin Yue received clearly outweighed those of other stars.

The fans at the scene were all immersed in yesterday's dunk contest, and this made Qin Yue's desire to perform even stronger.

Qin Yue has always been clear about the distinction between public and private affairs, and judges by deeds rather than intentions.

Just like at Staples, even if he had no feelings for Khloe Kardashian, even if her purpose of cheering for him was just to attract attention, Qin Yue didn't mind taking photos with her and signing autographs before the game.

At this moment, the entire stadium burst into cheers and applause for himself.
Qin Yue has already regarded himself as the owner of this stadium.

In addition, during the pre-game jump ball ceremony, Qin Yue noticed that the man whose bath water Durant wanted to drink also came to the scene.

She was wearing a Warriors No. 30 jersey that had been modified to better highlight her figure.

It's clear that Khloe Kardashian has taught these attention-seeking female celebrities how to make headlines.

Is Scarlett Johansson really her own fan?

Qin Yue didn’t know.

But he is sure that his young GOAT is not interested in Scarlett Johansson's bath water.

On the big screen at the scene, as the players of the two teams took their positions, the starting rosters for this year's Eastern and Western Conference all-star teams were announced.

Eastern Conference Stars: Howard, Bosh, James, Wade, Arenas.

Western All-Star Team: Yao Ming, Garnett, Qin Yue, Kobe, and McGrady.

During the jump ball, Yao Ming won the ball for the Western All-Stars team with his bloodline suppression.

Looking at Yao Ming's back, McGrady, looking a little lonely, passed the ball to Qin Yue according to D'Antoni's pre-match arrangement.

In the first attack of the game, Kobe was very active in asking for the ball.

However, Qin Yue, who was in charge of the main point guard, simply ignored Kobe's request for the ball and passed the ball to Yao Ming with a lob pass.

Howard was unable to stop Yao Ming even with all his strength, and could only watch Yao Ming make a one-handed slam dunk.

CCTV, seeing this scene, Zhang Weiping said with a look of satisfaction: "In the past, Yao Ming was just a runner-up in the All-Star Weekend, but now with Qin Yue, his performance in the All-Star Game is definitely worth looking forward to."

If it was the first attack at the beginning, people would have thought that Qin Yue was just playing the role of the core organizer as usual.

Then, after Wade scored two points for the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Seeing Qin Yue personally escorting the basketball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, the fans at the scene and in front of the TV were stunned for two seconds. "Wow! D'Antoni is really bold. Is he going to learn from Jonas and use Qin Yue as the point guard?" CCTV, Zhang Weiping said in surprise.

After guessing D'Antoni's intention, the big screen at the scene did not forget to give a close-up of Magic Johnson, who was having children on the sidelines.

On TNT, Barkley laughed: "Now Magic is no longer the tallest point guard in NBA history!"

Qin Yue, who actually played the point guard of the Western All-Star team in the offense, brought an extremely amazing performance to all basketball fans in the following game.

He first connected with Garnett with an elbow pass that puzzled everyone, and then used an imaginative pistol pass to assist McGrady to hit a three-pointer from the outside.

Moreover, during the dribbling process, Qin Yue also boldly demonstrated those streetball skills that he usually had no chance to practice.

Within 5 minutes of the opening, Yao Ming, Garnett and McGrady all opened their scoring accounts with the assists of Qin Yue.

Only Kobe.

After running back and forth for nearly half a quarter, Kobe said to Qin Yue in dissatisfaction when the game entered a timeout: "You are f*cking taking revenge on someone else!!"

Qin Yue looked puzzled and asked, "How did I take revenge? I haven't taken a single shot so far. Haven't I been passing the ball?"

Kobe said, "I kept asking you for the ball, but you never passed it to me once!"

Qin Yue shrugged and said, “that’s because other teammates are in a better position than you.”

On the side, seeing that the two pillars of the team were arguing fiercely, D'Antoni quickly came out to smooth things over: "Kobe, take a rest first, I'll replace you later."

D'Antoni knew that the only way to ease the conflict between the two that could break out at any time was to stagger the playing time of Qin Yue and Kobe.

As for why Kobe was replaced first instead of Qin Yue?
Of course, in addition to the fans who wanted to continue watching Qin Yue's passing performance, D'Antoni was also very curious.
What other amazing things can Qin Yue do on the court?

After the timeout, Kobe, who was extremely angry, immediately gave Qin Yue his death glare.

What a terrifying gaze.

However, under the gaze of these eyes
Qin Yue, who played as a point guard tonight, was recognized by every teammate.

Anthony, who was participating in the All-Star Weekend for the first time and was extremely eager to prove himself, sighed after scoring twice: "If my teammate was you, who else would be the scoring champion?"

At this moment, looking at Anthony, Qin Yue actually wanted to say...
Is there a possibility that the other people Anthony was talking about also included him?
Josh Howard, who was also selected for the All-Star Weekend for the first time, also scored with Qin Yue's assists.

Because of his unique appearance and low popularity.
Historically, Howard only got three shooting opportunities in his only All-Star Weekend trip.

But since the man who is in charge of the ball right now is his junior.
Then Howard naturally wouldn't have to run back and forth on the court like a fool in Qin Yue's memory.

Duncan, who wanted to take it easy during the All-Star Weekend, lost control of his body and ate two shots from Qin Yue after coming off the bench.

There was no way. As Qin Yue's senior, facing the kindness of his junior, Duncan couldn't spit out the cake that Qin Yue had fed to him.

In the first quarter, Qin Yue played the entire quarter without realizing it, and in the completely defenseless game rhythm of the All-Star Weekend, he made 12 assists in a single quarter.

On the court, the Western Conference stars blossomed in many areas. After D'Antoni made a rotation, except for Kobe and Ray Allen, all the other players scored.

The scoreboard showed 39 to 51, and the Western All-Stars entered the second quarter with a 12-point lead.

In the second quarter, Kobe, who had been holding back his emotions for the entire quarter, finally got the chance to release his emotions.

D'Antoni was very considerate and let Kobe perform alone on the court for 8 minutes before replacing Qin Yue.

In these 8 minutes, Kobe took 13 shots and made 8 of them.

Just looking at the efficiency, Kobe has already proved with practical actions that he has a great touch tonight.

But under the background of Qin Yue
The Western Conference All-Stars, except McGrady, obviously wanted to play with Qin Yue. (Ray Allen: Can we let both of them die?)

In the last four minutes of the second quarter, Stoudemire, who played with Qin Yue, soared into the air many times.

This is Stoudemire's second time participating in the All-Star Weekend, and he has an equally strong desire to perform on the court.

Therefore, as long as Qin Yue called him to come over for a pick and roll, he would immediately rush towards Qin Yue without hesitation.

It turns out that players who are good at making shots are warmly welcomed wherever they go.

Just quietly.
As Qin Yue's assists continued to rise, Barkley suddenly exclaimed, "Will he set a new All-Star Weekend assist record tonight?"

半场战罢，78比91，秦岳半场总计拿到4分6篮板18助攻。

In that non-confrontational game environment, Qin Yue was only 4 assists away from tying Magic Johnson's record of 22 assists in the All-Star Game that year.

After halftime, D'Antoni reduced the playing time of players who were more willing to slack off.

Under his careful coordination, the Western All-Stars team sent out a lineup with unparalleled offensive power: Stoudemire, Marion, Howard, Anthony, and Qin Yue.

This lineup not only has amazing athletic ability, but also has outside shooting range.

On the court, the Western All-Stars' offensive round.

After setting up a wall for Qin Yue on the outside, Stoudemire immediately went down and disrupted the Eastern Conference All-Stars' defense.

At the top of the arc, Qin Yue, who was in charge of controlling the ball, pretended to shoot, but in fact he used a Buddha's gesture to dodge past Howard who was in place to assist in defense, and assisted Stoudemire who was already ready to score a dunk.

Then, in the next offensive round, Qin Yue made a wonderful pass without looking at anyone and found Marion who was cutting to the basket of the Eastern Conference All-Stars team.

This was Qin Yue's 20th assist that night.

In the next two offensive rounds, Anthony helped Qin Yue catch up with Magic Johnson with two efficient catch-and-shoot jump shots.

Sitting on the sidelines, watching the Western Conference All-Star players chatting and laughing with Qin Yue, for a moment, Kobe even felt isolated.

Thomas and Mack Center.

It was not until Qin Yue connected with Stoudemire and officially surpassed Magic Johnson that D'Antoni sent Kobe back to the court.

It was an aerial connection that shocked all the fans.

Because Anthony's lob pass was too powerful, Qin Yue was forced to fly out of the court to save the ball. At that moment, Qin Yue incredibly grabbed the basketball back in the sky and threw it under the basket.

Immediately afterwards, Stadler made a powerful move to help Qin Yue complete his 23rd assist in this game!
The big screen at the scene also gave a close-up of Magic Johnson.

No one knows what kind of mood legendary guard Earvin Johnson was feeling as he watched the game at that moment.

But as a Lakers legend.
Johnson's mood is definitely not "proud".

On TNT TV, Barkley took the initiative to stand up and cheer for Qin Yue, saying, "I don't want to say that he is the best big man in NBA history in terms of passing and controlling ability, but I think this is a fact!"

Qin Yue, who is 211 cm tall, is still writing his myth.

And what about Kobe?

Two minutes later, an extremely shocking scene took place at the Thomas and Mack Center.

At that time, Shaquille O'Neal, the backup center of the Eastern Conference All-Stars, was taking free throws on the court.

After his first free throw bounced out of the rim, Qin Yue joked, "I bet $500 that he'll miss the second one, too."

Suddenly, a voice said, "I bet $1000 that he will miss the second free throw."

结果
After O'Neal missed his second free throw, Qin Yue and the owner of the voice immediately gave each other a satisfying high-five.

then
Qin Yue and Kobe were embarrassed.

Why is it you! ?
At that moment, Qin Yue and Kobe were so embarrassed that they wanted to chop off their hands.

However, after the Eastern Conference All-Stars team sent out O'Neal, Qin Yue and Kobe reached a rare consensus.

"Next, I want to play freely." Kobe looked up and said to Qin Yue.

"That's exactly what I want. Don't worry, I will definitely pass the ball to you! No matter what, I will make you complete a dunk in front of that fat pig!"

Seeing this, Kobe clenched his fists and said, "If you have a chance, I will pass the ball to you too!"

Hearing this, Qin Yue smiled and said, "I couldn't ask for more!"

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