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Chapter 13: Fanatic home court, stunning debut (new book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets)
On November 11, the Demon Deacons played at home for the last warm-up match before the start of the new season and faced their old rivals:
—North Carolina Tar Heels.

Although it was just a warm-up match, the blasting home music, the sexy cheerleading performances, the enthusiastic audience and the fragrant popcorn all reminded the players of the two teams who were about to step onto the court that they would face a game of extraordinary significance in the following night.

It has to be said that for sports fans, the United States, with its extremely developed sports industry, is indeed a "paradise" in a sense.

As we all know, the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the home of the Demon Deacons, can accommodate a total of 14665 spectators.

Therefore, if the Devil Deacons want to fill the stadium, apart from the supporters from the school, the only thing they can rely on is
"He started from humble beginnings, but he never gave up!"

"Hoohoho!"

"We are the judge of the devil, and he is our leader in the new season!"

"Hoohoho!"

"He's the AAU National Championship."

"Chris——————Paul!"

"Hoohoho!"

On the court, as Paul took the stage when the home DJ introduced the starting rosters of the two teams, cheers loud enough to pierce the sky almost instantly enveloped the entire stadium.

The citizens of the small town of Winston-Salem are responding to their home team's star player with the same enthusiasm that has remained the same for decades and has never wavered.

Yes.

You read that right.

Although the total population of the small town of Winston-Salem is only 18.

But this group of townspeople who always come to cheer for the team on game days are the real box office guarantee of the Demon Deacons.

This is North Carolina, the state with the best college basketball atmosphere in the United States.

No matter what the NBA does in the future, it will not be able to steal even a sliver of market share from this holy land of college basketball.

For the fans here who have supported their own teams for generations, how can those old guys in the NBA compare to the young people in college basketball?
Sitting on the sidelines, Qin Yue, who will be making his college debut as a substitute tonight, was filled with emotion.

Because compared to the scenes I usually dream about
When the dream came true at this moment, looking at this boiling stadium, Qin Yue's heart could only be described as boiling blood.

Tonight, Prosser sent out a starting lineup consisting of Ellis, Crickster, Monk, Evans and Paul.

Among the starting players sent by North Carolina on the opposite side, there were three names that Qin Yue was very familiar with.

They are Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants and Sean May.

As the main team that Qin Yue remembered as the one that helped North Carolina win the NCAA championship trophy again after 12 years, the current North Carolina team will be able to complete the famous "North Carolina Four" in history as long as Marvin Williams joins the team next year.

On the court, after the game started, the Tar Heels quickly showed the world their true dominance.

It only took a few rounds.
The originally bustling venue became an extremely quiet library.

Before the game, Paul, who wanted to prove that he was better than Felton, was suppressed by Felton almost from the beginning.

Unfortunately, despite Paul's best efforts to stop Felton on the court.
But facing Felton's bull-like breakthrough, he had no way to deal with it.

Felton, who is 185 cm tall, weighs nearly 95 kg.

Paul, who has a small body, has no advantage in absolute speed and physical confrontation, so he can only passively take the beating.

Although from Paul's future NCAA experience, he did gradually grow into a top point guard during his college years.
But during this period, the NCAA had two mountains at the point guard position that Paul could not overcome no matter how hard he tried.

One is Felton.

The other one is for Paul's future lifelong enemy in the NBA, my eternal nightmare, Deron Williams from Illinois.

If Qin Yue remembered correctly, the NCAA finals of the upcoming 04/05 season would be between Illinois and North Carolina.

In that game, two super guards who are in their own class in the NCAA will use an ultimate showdown to tell the world:
They are the two most outstanding players in the NCAA during this period.

On the court, Paul was suppressed, causing the Devil Deacons' offense to stagnate. Seeing the score gap getting bigger and bigger, Prosser had to temporarily change his plan and turned his attention to Qin Yue. "The beast is too weak in the interior now. I need you to play with him and form a twin tower in the interior."

After a pause, Prosser continued, "Do you remember the tactics I arranged for you during the previous training?"

Hearing this, Qin Yue nodded and said, "I will help Chris relieve the pressure through pick-and-roll and assists in the high position."

Prosser patted Qin Yue's back with great satisfaction, "If the opponent switches to a zone defense, I allow you to try a three-point shot on the court based on your own judgment."

Although he trained very hard this past summer, Qin Yue's three-point shooting is still unstable.

Simply put, when he is accurate, he can throw in many shots in a row.

But once it gets hard
The scene was like Westbrook's soul possessed.

no way.

Since he changed his shooting posture during the holidays, and the new muscle memory takes years to reach perfection, no matter how hard Qin Yue tries, he must follow the basic rules of basketball.

On the sidelines, Qin Yue, who had received instructions from Prosser, slowly walked towards the technical desk.

Compared with when he first joined the team training, Qin Yue, whose weight has now dropped to 134 kilograms, can be described as strong.

In this life, Qin Yue's height after wearing shoes is much taller than Zion in his memory. In addition, he has broad shoulders and long arms, so if you only look at his appearance, he will give people the feeling that he is even more symmetrical than Zion.

Inside the gym, when classmates noticed that Qin Yue, who was a little chubby at the beginning of the school year, had now turned into a muscular man, everyone applauded and cheered for him.

Sure enough, the prodigal son's return is very popular in every part of the United States.

Don't ask, just ask what happened to Qin Yue in the past six months.
It has long become a legendary experience passed down by word of mouth among classmates.

However, in the stands, everyone just cheered for Qin Yue's figure a second ago.
The next second, everyone fell into depression.

With Felton's three-pointer against Paul, the visiting Tar Heels' lead reached 12 points with 47 minutes and 14 seconds left in the first half.

The scoreboard showed 27 to 13.

According to American basketball convention, the visiting team is in front and the home team is in the back.

Paul, who wanted to prove himself before the game, was extremely anxious at this moment.

On the court, after a dead ball occurred, the Demon Deacons made a substitution, with Qin Yue replacing Creekster.

Looking at the lifeless crowd, Qin Yue knew that the team urgently needed an excellent attack to boost morale.

Therefore, after Monk sent the sideline ball to Paul, Qin Yue quickly mentioned the upper line to cover Paul.

Qin Yue's pick-and-roll was so solid that Felton, who was trying to defend Paul, felt like he had hit a mountain.

Although he has lost weight, Qin Yue's model advantages remain.

In the high position, looking at Felton who was completely blocked by Qin Yue, Paul, who finally regained some vitality, immediately accelerated and rushed into the penalty area of the Tar Heels.

just
His brain was still not fully awake at this moment, but he chose to force his way into Sean May's defense zone after the breakthrough.

Mei is 206 cm tall and weighs 121 kg.

As a famous flexible fat guy in the American college basketball world, when he noticed that Paul was about to force an attack on the basket, May greeted him with a smile, and used his weight to force Paul to barely complete the shot in an extremely awkward state before losing his balance and flying out of the baseline.

If this kind of shot could go in, it would undoubtedly be the best shot of the night.

Unfortunately.
Paul's attack on the basket was mercilessly mocked by the Demon Deacons' home basket.

despair!

Really desperate!
Can.
Just when the whole audience fell into despair again, a strong figure suddenly cut through the night sky!
In the restricted area, Mei was looking at Paul lying on the baseline with a joking look on his face. And what about Paul?

After seeing the figure behind Qingmei
Having already realized what was about to happen on the court, he immediately turned over and jumped up in front of Mei's astonished look!

The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which has been silent for a long time, has finally returned to its bustling state before the game!
In the restricted area of the Tar Heels team, Qin Yue, who came down from nowhere, followed up with a pick-and-roll and completed an incredible tomahawk dunk with thunderous force!

The moment Mei turned around, he saw the scene that would haunt him for many years:
Above the sky, Qin Yue, with his arms swung wide, was looking down at him with a look that looked down on the world.

This was the first time in Mei's life that she felt so insignificant.

Bang-!
"Don't be dazed when defending, buddy. It makes me feel unfulfilled." In the penalty area, after making a tip-in, Qin Yue shouted to Mei.

Then, after embracing Paul who was rushing towards him, Qin Yue smiled and said, "Don't worry, Chris, now you are no longer fighting alone."

And at the same time.
In the stands, several NBA scouts who came here for others looked at each other and asked the same question in their hearts:
Who exactly is this No. 10 player from the Demon Deacons who came on as a substitute?
Although, Qin Yue only completed a tip-in.

But from the tip-in he just completed, the professionals fully felt his talent that overflowed the screen.

Anyone with a little common sense should know that a player who is 200 cm tall and a player who is 180 cm tall having the same jumping ability are two completely different concepts.

Even if there are two players with the same height of 200 cm, if their jumping ability is the same, the one with a longer wingspan will have an advantage after jumping.

What does a longer wingspan and taller height mean?
It means that you can easily do things that others have to work hard to do.

As far as Qin Yue could remember, no one had ever praised Durant's jumping ability.

But when Durant makes a pull-up shot, how many people in the NBA will be able to interfere with him in the future?
There is a famous saying in the NBA: I can teach you how to play basketball, but I can't teach you how to grow taller or how to make your arms longer.

Therefore, at that moment just now, the scouts were amazed at Qin Yue.

Because in addition to his height and long arms that are visible to the naked eye, Qin Yue also showed them a certain degree of mobility in the tip-in just now.

At this moment, now.

The beast from Wake Forest is out of the cage!
On the sidelines, Prosser, who witnessed how Qin Yue grew up step by step, smiled and said, "This kid is simply a natural big-scene man."

Back to North Carolina's offensive round.

As the chain that had been restraining him became looser and looser, Qin Yue also further demonstrated another advantage on the defensive end:
Defensive range.

On the court, Felton, who also wanted to score a goal for the team with the help of his teammates, had just passed Paul, but was delayed by Qin Yue and immediately stopped where he was with the ball.

What a terrifying defensive area!

Obviously he was still some distance away from me, but I had to choose to pass the ball in order to keep possession of the ball.

Damn it, come over here and catch the ball, Rashad. If you don’t come over here, I won’t have any passing routes later!
On the court, Felton, who was forced to stop the ball under the pressure of Qin Yue, suddenly felt the pressure he had never felt before.

In fact, Qin Yue still has some shortcomings in this delay.

That is, he has not yet completely torn off the chains, so it is impossible for him to rush to Felton at the first moment like Garnett, Duncan and Davis in his memory.

But this can still be considered a successful defense.

In addition, in this defensive round, after Qin Yue helped him relieve the defensive pressure, Ellis, nicknamed "The Beast", also played his worth with his successful defense against Mei in the interior.

In fact, in the previous River Valley Cup, if Ellis had not been so stubborn as to use his not-so-excellent offense to force his way into the inside line guarded by Qin Yue, he would not have ended up in such a miserable state.

This guy weighs 115 kg and has a wingspan of 215 cm. Defense is the key to his ability to secure the position of the Demon Deacons' main center in his freshman year.

After successfully defending this round, the Demon Deacons have the ball.

Paul, whose brain was gradually clearing up, launched a perfect attack through cooperation with Qin Yue.

After the pick-and-roll, Qin Yue was left open and got a chance to shoot at a 45-degree angle on the right.

But at the moment of preparing to shoot, Qin Yue noticed that Evans, who looked like Tyrese Gibson, was running towards him and caught the basketball in time. After handing the ball to Evans, he created an absolutely open space for the best three-point shooter in Wake Forest.

In this attack, Qin Yue fully demonstrated his ability to read the game.

Evans, who was in an open position, did not waste this excellent opportunity.

Swish-!
On the court, after the three-pointer fell into the net, Evans looked up at Qin Yue and said, "Man, your pick-and-roll is as strong as the Great Wall!"

Hearing this, Qin Yue smiled and said, “Have you ever been to the Great Wall?”

Evans shook his head. “I haven’t been there, but now, you are our Great Wall!”

In the stands, in the eyes of the Demon Deacons fans tonight, Qin Yue was simply a gift from God to them.

Although in the end, after a total of 40 minutes of fierce battle in the first and second half, the Tar Heels took away the victory with a score of 90 to 81.

但为球队出战19分钟，7投4中，其中三分球1投1中，罚球2罚2中，砍下11分6篮板3助攻2封盖1抢断的秦岳，却是用一场令人惊艳的亮相，令魔鬼执事队的球迷感觉：

So what if we lose the game?
You know, besides Paul, we now have another rising star to look forward to!
In this game, after Qin Yue came on as a substitute to stabilize the situation for the team, in the second half of the game, Mr. Prosser still strictly controlled his playing time.

After all, you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

In addition, after the game, the local media in Winston-Salem also interviewed Qin Yue.

“Qin, first of all, congratulations on finally having your college debut.

We all know that during your freshman year, you gave up on yourself and your weight reached an astonishing 400 pounds.

At that time, many people thought that you had given up basketball and were planning to become a sumo wrestler.

But you slapped all of us in the face tonight. Can you tell us why this happened and what you paid for it?"

"You know, I was young and naive before, and I always liked to solve problems by escaping.

This made me very decadent and depressed for a while, and I even gave up on myself and doubted my life. But after spending some time, I figured it out.

Basketball is the love of my life. I can't live without basketball, and I can't accept that I can no longer play basketball. After figuring it out, I made up my mind to find my former self again.

To be honest, it is really difficult to do all of this, but fortunately my teammates and coaches gave me great help during this period.

Next, I will stay true to my original aspiration and continue to forge ahead, striving to live up to their expectations of me.”

“Looking to the future, what short-term and long-term goals have you set for yourself?”

"I wasted too much time in the past, and now I just want to cherish the present. I hope that in the coming season, my teammates and I can work hard together to make it to March Madness and strive to go further.

Of course, I also hope that I can go to the NBA in the future and continue to pursue my basketball dream there.”

"What do you think of Chris Paul, who just joined the team this year?"

"You know, Chris and I were teammates in high school. I know him well. This guy is incredibly strong. I think he and I can have a good chemistry in future games."

Qin Yue answered all the questions from the local media in one breath and chose to take all the blame for "someone". In fact, until this moment, he has not recovered from the nervous and slightly excited state during the competition.

At this moment, Qin Yue couldn’t wait to play the next game.

"Sure enough, I was born to play basketball."

Silently clenching his fists, Qin Yue thought so.

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