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Chapter 131: The trump card is revealed, the god is born! ( words updated per day, begging for monthly subscription)

Halfway through the first quarter.

The Supersonics made a substitution first, with Yao Ming replaced by Maurice Evans.

Evans is a heavy defender who is 196 cm tall and weighs over 100 kg.

Carlisle replaced Yao Ming with Evans and used Posey to play the power forward position. Evans' height and weight were just right for Artest.

On the defensive end, it is still Garnett who is responsible for dealing with that troublesome demon.

This is a rotation lineup called "Let Garnett suffer more, and let Carlisle bear the blame."

Because the substitutes of this Supersonic team are basically scraps except Evans and Hayes.
Therefore, Carlisle had to stagger the playing time of the "Northwest Big Three" in the first three quarters to ensure that the Sonics' lineup level was always online.

Seeing this, Qin Yue immediately cooperated with Murphy in high and low positions, and let Murphy feel what the gift of nature is.

Although most of Murphy's attacks are launched from the outside, this does not mean that he, who is 211 cm tall, does not know how to overpower Posey, who is taller and heavier than him, after falling into a deep low position.

Qin Yue is happy to help.

But in the next round, when Qin Yue wanted to do the same, Percy fully demonstrated his advantages as a champion puzzle piece.

With accurate judgment, Posey suddenly moved forward and intercepted the basketball before Murphy.

As one of the most outstanding defensive role players in the league today, Posey's greatest characteristic has never been his ability to lock down the opponent's outside core one-on-one, nor has it been his ability to limit his opponents by any means possible like Bowen.

It's his outstanding defensive awareness and his ability to switch to the power forward position when necessary even though he doesn't have a height advantage, and use his experience to deal with the opponent's inside players.

After another round, the Warriors replaced Murphy with Brown.

Brown is more mobile, and his talent determines that Qin Yue can choose a route that goes directly over Posey's head when passing the ball to him.

But when Brown happily received Qin Yue's lob pass and was about to finish at the basket, Evans quickly retreated from the wing to the inside and hugged Brown, which made Brown's face suddenly turn ugly.

This was a foul with clear intent.

It was also the first time that the Warriors encountered the "cloth-tearing tactics" in the playoffs.

Why did the Warriors not encounter the "cloth-tearing tactics" until the Western Conference Finals this year?
Because most of the time, Brown is only responsible for stealing the ball without the ball on the court and finishing quickly.

There is no way the Warriors' opponents will waste precious fouls on Brown, who takes no more than seven shots per game.

And when facing the Warriors, if your foul count increases too quickly, that would be a very dangerous signal.

So the "cloth-tearing tactic" only makes sense in specific occasions like tonight.

Because Yao Ming was resting, the Supersonics had to use Posey to hold the inside line for a while.

Therefore, under the premise that Garnett is responsible for defending Qin Yue, as long as the Warriors replace him with a big man like Brown who can score in the interior, the Supersonics will inevitably need to disrupt the Warriors' offense by committing fouls.

That’s right, this was a very helpless “cloth tearing”.

But facing the Sonics' "cloth-tearing", Brown, who instantly became the focus of the entire court, was extremely disappointing and missed both free throws.

Moreover, his second free throw even resulted in a three-no-touch violation.

On the Sonics bench, Yao Ming found it hard to watch this scene, because as a person who is good at free throws, he really couldn't bear to see others wasting free throws.

"Why were you in such a hurry to shoot the free throw just now? Can't you take a few deep breaths?" Qin Yue asked in confusion as he looked at Brown who was sweating profusely.

"I'm nervous." Brown whispered.

At this moment, Qin Yue was extremely speechless.

Because he didn't understand what happened to Brown during his four years with the Wizards.

You know, Brown in the first three years of his career
His free throws weren't too bad.

After all, when he ran for the draft, Brown's template was at least an enhanced version of Chris Webber.

If Brown is a rough guy with no skills
How could he impress so many general managers and scouts of NBA teams with his talent alone?

"Starting tomorrow, go and practice 'carrying the urinal'!" Qin Yue said to Brown.

Hearing this, Brown was horrified and said, "Then you might as well kill me."

On the court, since Cassell had already dribbled the ball through half court, Qin Yue temporarily interrupted the conversation with Brown.

First quarter of the game.

In this relatively slow positional offensive and defensive battle, the two evenly matched teams ended in a 27-27 tie.

Back on the bench, Qin Yue put his legs in front of Brown and asked him to help him untie his shoelaces. He said, "What's wrong with 'carrying the urinal'? That's the specialty of our team's famous Rick Barry."

Brown muttered, "But that posture is so damn ugly."

Qin Yue asked curiously, "Can you guarantee that I can score the damn free throw when the Supersonics use the 'cloth-tearing tactics'?"

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No!

But even if you kill me, I will never practice holding a urinal!

"In the new season, do you want to go to Minnesota or Toronto?" Qin Yue suddenly asked, looking at Brown with the word "rejection" written all over his face.

Hearing this, Brown almost knelt down in front of Qin Yue and said, "Boss, I used to be a real shooter. Believe me, give me a summer, and I will definitely be able to practice free throws accurately."

Was Brown really a shooter in the past?

The answer is definitely no.

but
Looking at Brown's body which has become much slimmer compared to his career with the Wizards, Qin Yue feels that Brown's inaccurate free throws and worse shooting skills may be related to his excessive muscle gain in the Wizards.

Again, for a rough guy in the interior who can't shoot at all, no matter how outrageous it is, NBA scouts will never label him as the "new Webber".

In Qin Yue's memory, as his weight continued to increase, you couldn't even see any trace of the top pick in the future Brown.

All you can see is a Kwame Brown who is becoming more and more clumsy, his movements are becoming more and more stiff, and he may even catch the ball unsteadily due to excessive tension.

This season, as Brown lost weight to around 120 kilograms, his running and jumping abilities have obviously recovered a lot.

So, after thinking this through, Qin Yue said to him, "This summer, you have to lose another 3 kilograms for me."

"!!!"

Qin Yue knew very well that no matter how much weight Brown gained, he would definitely be the one to carry Yao Ming in the low post in the future.

therefore
Qin Yue plans to have Brown lose more weight to restore the excellent coordination he showed to the world during the draft.

Qin Yue wanted to try to see if he could help Brown practice free throws by removing the weight that he couldn't bear.
And develop a barely passable mid-range shot.

If Brown can do all of this, he will undoubtedly become a better blue-collar inside player.

At Oracle Arena, Qin Yue was not substituted back into the court until five minutes into the second quarter.

The impact of Dunleavy Jr.'s absence due to suspension was not obvious against the Spurs.

But on this night, Carlisle maintained his roster's offensive rating by staggering the playing time of the "Northwest Big Three".
Plus, in this slow-paced positional battle, it's really hard for the Warriors to go crazy.
"In the second half, we have to stagger the playing time of Messiah and Baron." Mike Malone said to himself on the Warriors bench.

Qin Yue, who plays with an injury, will inevitably have his playing time reduced.

This forced the Warriors to restructure their rotation system to ensure they could always maintain their advantage in this positional battle.

Because the weakness of the Supersonics is that their lineup, except for those main players and Evans and Hayes, is basically made up of scraps among scraps.

On the court, in Qin Yue's first offensive round after returning, Richardson received his pass and hit a three-pointer for the Warriors.

Under Qin Yue's cover, Davis, who was able to better penetrate the Sonics' restricted area from the ribs, used an aerial pull-up shot to dribble past Yao Ming who was in place to assist in defense in the next offensive round.

On the Sonics bench, Carlisle frowned and said, "I can't believe this. This is a team whose star player is playing with an injury and is missing the best sixth man."

Davis' good form, complemented by Qin Yue, enables the Warriors to possess unique offensive capabilities in the current era, whether in positional warfare or transition offense.

Although the Supersonics successfully signed "Alien" Cassell before the trade deadline
But the 37-year-old Cassell can't defend against Davis, who has been invincible since his return from injury this year.

At the end of the first half, the score was 52 to 51.

With the advantage Yao Ming created in the first half of the second quarter, the Supersonics will enter the second half with a lead.

At this time, both Carlisle and Malone realized it one after another.
This is clearly a competition to see who can kill whom first.

It is true that the Supersonics could not defend against the Warriors' offense.

But on the other hand, it was difficult for the Warriors to defend against the Supersonics' positional offense.

With Garnett feeding the ball, Yao Ming can catch the ball much more easily than when he was with the Rockets. Qin Yue, who was responsible for passing the ball to Yao Ming at the World Championships last year, had a profound experience of this.

As long as Yao Ming can successfully receive the ball in the low post, there is basically no way to deal with him except to double-team him.

and
Under Carlisle's tactical system, you also have to always be on guard against Ray Allen's sudden attacks.

After the halftime break, the game continued.

On the court, the Warriors' offensive round.

Qin Yue passed the ball hand to hand with Davis on the right side of the court.

Garnett delayed Davis' breakthrough for Cassell, but also gave Qin Yue the opportunity to make a pick-and-roll.

Seeing this, Davis decisively passed the ball.

On CCTV, Zhang Weiping explained vividly: "Wow, the Warriors' offense, a two-person turn, easily got a chance to shoot."

Swish-!
Compared with all the super forwards he had played against before, Qin Yue was definitely the one who tormented Garnett the most.

Maybe the only thing about Nowitzki is his shooting ability.

In terms of post-up basics, Duncan is better than him.

But the scary thing about Qin Yue is that you can't guess what weapon he will take out of his arsenal in the next offensive round.

And it’s only because Qin Yue is still a “patient” now, otherwise he could even use his defender-like offensive skills to torture you repeatedly.

Fortunately, in the Sonics' offensive round, before the Warriors' double-team arrived, Yao Ming made a fadeaway shot in front of the player with the game ID "I'm taller than Yao Ming", which made the player blush with anger.

Tonight, every time Yao Ming scored in front of Qin Yue, Garnett couldn't help but beat his chest and stamp his feet for Yao Ming.

"here you go!"

When retreating, Garnett high-fived Yao Ming and said, feeling that he had finally vented his anger.

It was the Warriors' turn to attack, and Qin Yue continued to look for Davis to pass the ball to him.

This time Garnett didn't give Qin Yue a chance to pick and roll, but because he delayed too early, Davis simply stepped on the accelerator and went all the way.

In desperation, Cassell could only interrupt the Warriors' offense through tactical fouls.

At this time, a very interesting scene happened on the sidelines.

On the Sonics bench, Payton kept telling Cassell about the problems he had just encountered on defense.

However, facing this "little brother" who needed to rely on himself to win, Cassell responded to Payton with his disdainful eyes:

——Come if you have the guts!

At this moment, Payton was speechless because of Cassell's eyes.

Qin Yue, who noticed this scene, made up his mind that in the future, as long as he felt that his condition was declining, he would end his professional career as soon as possible.

Qin Yue definitely didn't want to be like Payton, who was looked down upon by others because of his declining strength in his later years.

In this world, only the tortoise is destined to live longer than anyone else.

In the third quarter, Carlisle still only arranged for Yao Ming to play for half a quarter.

The SuperSonics hope to save Yao Ming's energy for the more valuable fourth quarter.

This is another big difference between Yao Ming's time with the Rockets and his time with Carlisle.

That is, compared to Van Gundy, who always drains Yao Ming's physical energy in the first three quarters of the game, Carlisle prefers to conserve his strength so that Yao Ming can exert his power in the fourth quarter.

The most intuitive effect of this adjustment is that Yao Ming's on-court look is obviously better than when he was with the Rockets, and he looks more like a star player.

But unlike the first half
In the third quarter, with Yao Ming leaving the court to rest and Hayes coming on as a substitute, the Warriors immediately increased the frequency of their attacks to the basket.

This high-frequency charge was initiated by Ron Artest.

Posey has excellent defensive awareness, but facing Artest's unreasonable bulldozer-like charge, in those rounds where Artest should be chasing him, he can only stop him by fouling.

Qin Yue was replaced by Mike Malone with about three minutes left in the third quarter.

The outstanding performance of Artest and Davis was enough to support the Warriors' offense in the third quarter. Now Malone needed to think about how to deploy his troops in the decisive stage of the fourth quarter.

Oracle Arena.

After three quarters, the score was 77-77.

Ray Allen's difficult catch-and-jump shot before the end of the third quarter brought the two teams back to the same starting line.

In the early part of the fourth quarter, Malone chose to "make things harder for Davis" and did not give the Sonics' second lineup led by Yao Ming a chance to take the lead.

Moreover, at the decisive moment, Malone unexpectedly sent Brown to replace Murphy to partner with Qin Yue.

Although Brown was embarrassed by the Sonics' "cloth-tearing tactics" in the first half of the game, when Yao Ming was in the low post, only Brown's mobility could ensure that the Warriors could target Yao Ming through double-teaming without blind spots.

Malone believes that no matter how Carlisle preserves Yao Ming's physical strength.
After the fourth quarter, as his physical strength declined, this was a great opportunity for the Warriors to use double-teaming tactics to force Yao Ming to make more mistakes.

On the court, the Supersonics' offensive round.

Yao Ming, who was surrounded by Brown and Qin Yue, was unable to find a way to pass the ball, and the basketball in his hand was quickly cut off by Qin Yue.

Richardson received Qin Yue's long pass and made a fast break layup.

Carlisle immediately requested a timeout, and after the timeout, he once again showed the world how different Yao Ming was from when he was with the Rockets.

In the high post, with the help of Garnett's screen, he received the pass from Ray Allen, no longer looking for Yao Ming who fell into the low post, and made a long two-point tiptoe shot.

In Qin Yue's previous life, throughout his Rockets career, Yao Ming's long two-point shots accounted for less than 6% of all his shots.

In Carlisle's eyes, this is undoubtedly a waste of Yao Ming's shooting ability.

Moreover, unlike those head coaches who are obsessed with having big centers post up to the basket.
Carlisle has always been a head coach who places great emphasis on scoring through shooting.

To Carlyle, this was a simple math problem.

As long as your player can complete the offense on the court with a two-point shooting percentage close to 45%, why should you care whether he completes the offense by shooting or attacking the basket?
Carlisle is well aware that as Yao Ming's physical fitness declines, he will inevitably make more mistakes if he is double-teamed more often in the low post.

So, instead of letting him continue to be double-teamed in the low post, it is better to let him move up to the high post and solve the battle through shooting with Garnett.

The next Sonics offensive round
They were positioned in a 1-2-2 formation, which immediately allowed Qin Yue to feel the difference between the bull horn tactics and the bull horn tactics.

Yao Ming and Garnett's excellent high-post pick-and-roll quality ensured that the Sonics' bull horn tactics could be perfectly launched.

Moreover, since both Garnett and Yao Ming have shooting range, when carrying out the subsequent derivative of the horn.
It is really difficult to guess the launch of the Supersonics' attack by predicting in advance.

This was a trump card that Carlisle didn't reveal until the Western Conference Finals.

In today's league, in this era, there is no team that can better utilize the power of the bull horn tactics than the Supersonics.

On the court, as Ray Allen was moving toward the high horn, Garnett suddenly broke down the wall.

Yao Ming used Ray Allen's running position to attract the defense and set up a checkpoint in advance, instantly helping Garnett block the two Warriors players who were responsible for chasing and defending.

Immediately afterwards, Cassell passed the ball in time and Garnett made a dry shot.

In this derivative of the Supersonics' bull run, the team led by Carlisle was like a master painter who picked up his pen and painted a world-famous painting called team basketball in the Oracle Arena.

This is Carlisle, who to this day, is unable to appreciate the beauty of the ball-holding core, and he responded to Qin Yue and the Warriors with his stubbornness.

Now, it's the turn of the defending champion Warriors to respond to the Supersonics.

On the court, the Warriors' offensive round.

Qin Yue played a "full-strength" singles match facing the basket on the right side of the court.

At this point in the game, Qin Yue, who had long forgotten the pain in his ankle, suddenly pulled the ball back after speeding up, and then pretended to shoot, and successfully deceived Garnett by praying to Buddha.

In the Sonics penalty area, Yao Ming quickly opened his arms and retreated to the basket.

But the next moment, Qin Yue, who had physical contact with Yao Ming, used his arm span advantage to force the basketball into the basket!

Beep——!
The ball goes in and the whistle blows.

AND-ONE!

TNT TV station, this time, Barkley did not give Smith a chance to sneak attack, but grabbed the microphone and yelled: "The Messiah is unstoppable tonight! What a great dunk! Injuries are destined to trap only mortals! But the gods have come to the world at this moment!"

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