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Chapter 133: Pass of the Century, Possessed by the God of War (4900 words, the first update, please subscribe)

Why can Qin Yue still jump so high?
Because people's fragility and strength are beyond one's imagination.

Sometimes, a fragile word may make people burst into tears, and sometimes, you find that you have gritted your teeth and walked a long way.

In KeyArena, the Supersonics still have the ball.

Posey, who was lurking in the left corner, received a pass from Cassell and made a three-pointer.

As we all know, Qin Yue never complains about his teammates by spreading his hands or using a gloomy face.

So, he chose to kick directly.

boom--!
On the court, after kicking Richardson, Qin Yue scolded him, "If I see you defending with your eyes again, you'll get back to the bench and look at the water dispenser!"

Qin Yue knew that Richardson had been trying to regain his touch because of his inaccurate shooting in the first two games.

But if Richardson regains his touch by paddling on the defensive end, it can reduce the impact of high-intensity confrontation on his touch.
Then what's the point of the Warriors sending Jack to pester Ray Allen?

You know, the Warriors' lineup tonight is one big and four small.

If such a lineup cannot limit the opponent's outside shots, then what awaits the Warriors next is likely to be a situation where the Supersonics will flourish both inside and outside.

Coming back, Qin Yue and Artest passed the ball to each other, then turned around and cut into the basket with the ball.

Yao Ming double-teamed the opponent in time, and Qin Yue passed the ball to Artest at the top of the arc.

Then, with his butt sticking out, Artest made another three-pointer.

Facing the Warriors' one big player and four small players, with Garnett mainly defending Qin Yue, Yao Ming could only stand near the free throw line to protect him.

this means
If the Supersonics choose to retreat their defense like they did before, they will inevitably leave Artest open near the top of the arc.

After two rounds, Carlisle took the initiative to request a timeout and further adjusted the Supersonics' defensive arrangement.

Cassell dribbled the ball across half court. Yao Ming, who was afraid of the rope after being bitten once, did not forget to shoot the ball with a backward motion even though he gave Qin Yue enough physical confrontation this time.

Swish-!
Even Qin Yue found it difficult to stop Yao Ming's fadeaway shot.

But Carlisle noticed.
Compared with the previous two games, Qin Yue is putting increasing pressure on Yao Ming on the defensive end.

The Warriors attacked and wanted to punish the Supersonics' defense with a three-pointer, but Artest was blocked by Posey.

The moment Yao Ming retreated to the basket, the other three players of the Supersonics made a quick rotation and selectively left Jack open, buying Posey time to return to the top of the arc.

Seeing this, Artest passed the ball to Jack, but the latter's hesitation when receiving the ball gave the Supersonics defense the opportunity to block the Warriors' shooting angle again through rotation.

In the regular season, Jack's three-point shooting has improved significantly compared to last season.

However, in tonight's high-intensity, high-confrontation game, Jack was not sure about his three-pointer.

and
As there was little time left for this attack, Jack, who lacked the ability to perform a "hero shot", had no choice but to pass the ball to his strongest player.

Qin Yue received the pass from Jack and had about five to six seconds to complete the attack.

Garnett almost blocked Qin Yue's angle to launch an attack from the weak side.

He deliberately left the strong side where Yao Ming could assist in defense to Qin Yue.

However.
Facing Garnett's deliberate defense, Qin Yue, who was determined to go to the tiger's den, accelerated decisively after a powerful pass, and dribbled straight to the basket guarded by Yao Ming.

At the moment Qin Yue dribbled the ball into the basket, the well-prepared Yao Ming gave the opponent enough physical confrontation.

BOOM——!
In KeyArena, when the huge bodies of Qin Yue and Yao Ming collided with each other, the fans sitting in the front row could even clearly hear the sound of their muscles colliding.

However, Qin Yue, who didn't complete the shot in the air until Yao Ming landed, threw the basketball towards the hoop with an astonishing one-handed shot in the air.

Bang, whoosh——!
Basketball hits the board into the net.

ESPN's Scottie Pippen, who "goes wherever there's food to beg for," lamented: "In terms of body control alone, the Messiah has surpassed Michael Jordan back then."

A-Smith laughed and said, "Michael would never agree with your comment."

Pippen spread his hands and said, "I always just tell the truth."

After a pause, Pippen added: "Michael is only 6 feet 6 inches, but the Messiah is 6 feet 11 inches tall. I have never seen a big man who can pull up like him."

Facing Pippen's well-reasoned argument, A-Smith said: "His body control is indeed incredible, but this is also a dangerous signal.
Whenever Messiah plays like this, it means that his energy consumption rate is very alarming. "

Pippen shrugged and said, "I never use common sense to figure out these great players, because these great players often use their performance on the court to tell you that common sense does not work on them."

A-Smith laughed: "Including Michael Jordan?"

The next second, Pippen gritted his teeth and said, "Including Michael Jordan!"

In the Sonics' offensive round, after receiving the pass from Ray Allen, Garnett suddenly turned sideways, received the ball and shot.

This old wolf's agile and smooth ball-catching movements are definitely worth learning for those players in this league who have not yet tamed their limbs.

Swish-!
On the court, Artest, who was very upset about being attacked by Garnett in front of him, slapped himself hard.

But when passing by him, Qin Yue patted his back gently and said, "Don't worry about his piecemeal behavior."

Qin Yue knew very well that if Garnett's piecemeal attack could kill people, he would not need to rely on forming a Big Three to challenge for the championship in the later years of his career.

Moreover, once Garnett started playing piecemeal on the court, it meant that the Sonics' offense had begun to have problems facing the Warriors' one big and four small lineups.

From the beginning to now, Ray Allen has not scored a single point.

Only Posey from the outside of the Supersonics made a three-pointer.

No matter how good Yao Ming is, it is impossible for him to turn into a Titan in every round.

On the bench, Rick Carlisle was fully aware of the main purpose of the Warriors' use of a one big and four small lineup tonight.

Although the Warriors' one big and four small lineups will indeed give the Supersonics more opportunities in the interior, the Supersonics lack of offensive players.
Therefore, as long as the Warriors can block the Sonics' outside offense, the Sonics will inevitably need Yao Ming and Garnett to perform more offensive tasks on the court.

Warriors coach Mike Malone did not leave the outcome of the game entirely to his unpredictable outside shooting.

But at Qin Yue's suggestion.
Using a more aggressive defensive strategy based on the Sonics lineup framework further improved the Warriors' defensive level in Game 4.

In addition, compared with the previous two games, Qin Yue, who played with an injury tonight, obviously had a stronger desire to attack.

On the court, as soon as Davis dribbled the ball across half court, Qin Yue took the initiative to reach out for the ball on the left side.

If we talk about the impact of the injury in the previous Western Conference Finals, Qin Yue would only attack for the Warriors in necessary rounds.
In this fourth game, he obviously focused his shots.

On the wing, seeing that Garnett intended to put Qin Yue into his own defense zone, Percy promptly helped him to encircle Qin Yue.

But before the encirclement was formed, Qin Yue completed a difficult fadeaway in the long two-point area in a rude and unreasonable manner, which even Kobe would call an expert.

When——!
The basketball bounced out of the frame.

However, because it was a long rebound, Yao Ming was unable to control the basketball immediately.

Through the video recordings of the previous three games, Qin Yue was very clear that the Sonics' double-team defense would inevitably cause them to lose control of these long rebounds.

Therefore, at the moment when he completed the shot, while Garnett and Percy were still in a daze, Qin Yue immediately turned into a tiger and pounced directly towards the landing point of the rebound.

He grabbed the basketball he had just missed with his own hands, and after a jump step, he faced Yao Ming and made a layup.

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

AND-ONE!

Such a Qin Yue is simply a god of war!
1300 kilometers away at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, don’t ask for whom the golden wave is rolling!
Of course it’s for the savior of the Bay Area, for the Golden State Warrior who is standing in the KeyArena at this moment!

At the free throw line, Qin Yue made the free throw with an extremely determined look.

Seattle fans will not be unfamiliar with this look.

Because eleven years ago, the man who personally shattered Seattle's championship dream, with just such a look, defeated the Supersonics led by Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp and Dretf Schremp in the third game of the finals.

In the first quarter, Yao Ming played two minutes longer than usual before being replaced by Carlisle.

Qin Yue, who was firing on all cylinders, and Garnett, who was under increased pressure, were certainly one of the reasons why Yao Ming was forced to play two more minutes in the first quarter.
but most importantly
In the entire first quarter, Ray Allen made only one mid-range jumper, shooting 5-for-1. Unlike Richardson, who looked very strong, Ray Allen only needed a few fake runs to stun him.

Jarrett Jack is like a stinky rat in a sewer in front of Ray Allen.

He harassed Ray Allen all the time.

No matter how Ray Allen tries to get rid of him, the "stinky" Jack will appear in front of him again in the next moment.

Jack's excellent defense made Ray Allen much more anxious than in the previous two games.

And this anxiety eventually manifested itself in Ray Allen's inaccurate shooting performance.

In the last moments of the first quarter, Cassell, who had a three-point shooting percentage of only 20% in this year's playoffs, hit a key three-pointer in the bottom corner for the Supersonics, changing the score to 28 to 23.

This three-pointer, which was somewhat lucky, gave the KeyArena, which was almost suffocating, a slight relief.

But Carlisle gradually realized that the Sonics' offensive firepower could no longer match that of the Warriors.
However, in the second quarter, Yao Ming was sent to lead the Sonics substitutes to attack, while Ray Allen was also left on the court, hoping that the opponent could take the opportunity to find his touch.

In response, Malone chose to "fuck" Jack.

In the first quarter, Jack, who did not score a single point and had only 2 rebounds and 2 assists, was definitely the Warriors player that Ray Allen hated the most at the moment.

In addition, thanks to Qin Yue's concentrated firepower in the first quarter to complete a lot of hard work, Davis, who is responsible for leading the Warriors' second lineup tonight, is in significantly better physical condition than in the previous two games.

This was one of the main purposes of Qin Yue's concentrated firepower in the first quarter.

By pushing his own physiological limits, Qin Yue has set the stage for the first generation of bearded men, called "off-peak travel."

On the court, the Warriors' offensive round.

Davis, who was holding the ball, chased Earl Watson from the ribs and made a quick stop and hit the rebound for two points.

In the next round, it was still Davis's individual singles match.

This time, Davis attracted Yao Ming's help defense and made a wonderful pass to Brown, who succeeded in an alley-oop dunk.

While Qin Yue was resting on the sidelines, Davis, who had regained his superb form, perfectly seized the opportunity throughout the first half of the second quarter and almost single-handedly supported the Warriors' offense.

The only flaw is that
Brown, who was always beaten by Yao Ming before his teammates could double-team him, completely became Yao Ming's toy in the game.

This was Brown's darkest moment, but to Brown's surprise
Qin Yue, who often beat and scolded him, instead touched his already depressed head tenderly when he was replaced.

"Well done. I'll give you a 9 for tonight's performance. The 1 point was deducted because I was afraid you'd become too proud."

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Table. Good performance?

If Brown read the technical statistics correctly, under his defense, Yao Ming should have made 5 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points and 3 rebounds for the Supersonics in just half a quarter.

And what about him?
Apart from that alley-oop, he only scored 2 points and 3 rebounds in the entire first half of the second quarter.

Such a performance is actually good and can even get a high score of 9 points?

To be honest, there was a moment when Brown even suspected that Qin Yue's scoring standard was based on a 100-point system.

But after Brown returned to the bench, it wasn't just Qin Yue who praised him.

"Your performance tonight is worthy of your title of No. 1."

On the Warriors bench, head coach Malone was seen praising Brown.

Brown still needs to improve his basketball IQ.
He obviously did not realize that in this game of who could kill the other first, his relentless defense had objectively helped the Warriors consume a lot of Yao Ming's physical energy.

Just like Qin Yue cannot escape the constraints imposed by his own body shape.

Yao Ming, who is 7 feet 6 inches tall, also has to bear a lot of physical energy consumption in every attack.

In the second half of the second quarter, when Qin Yue appeared again.
Yao Ming, who had been attacking for the Supersonics for half a quarter, inevitably saw his shooting touch decline.

On the court, Garnett passed the ball from a high position, but Yao Ming's fadeaway shot went wide.

After Qin Yue secured the rebound, he quickly passed the ball to Davis who dribbled across half court.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Yue, who had concentrated his firepower in the first quarter, finally saw the scene he wanted to see most.

The moment he was holding the ball and attacking the strong side of the Supersonics' defense, Posey's assist came obviously much faster than before.

Seeing this, Qin Yue, who had a tacit understanding with Richardson, passed the ball without looking at him and directly found the opponent who was ambushing at a 45-degree angle on the right.

After getting the ball, Richardson understood what he meant and pulled the trigger, hitting a three-pointer.

This was a long-planned pass.

Since Qin Yue’s passes in the first two games did not get positive feedback, Qin Yue naturally had to find a way to create easier shooting opportunities for his teammates.

The solution Qin Yue came up with was to force the supersonic defense line to retreat more quickly by relying on a more fierce attack.

This is the simplest underlying logic of the game of basketball.

But to achieve it
But it is not easy.

Because if there is no powerful hard solution that scares the opponent, it is impossible to effectively disrupt the opponent's defense line arrangement.
Then your pass will easily turn into a scapegoat for your teammates.

After Cassell dribbled across half court, Ray Allen scored two points in the Sonics' positional battle.

Ray Allen, who was tightly entangled by Jack, was unable to create a three-point opportunity according to the original tactics, so he made a quick decision and cut into the basket by running.

Qin Yue, who was blocked behind Yao Ming, was unable to assist Jack in defense at the first time.

But it was still a successful defense.

For the Warriors, tying up Ray Allen and not giving him the opportunity to easily shoot three-pointers is a victory.

After all, facing this kind of historical level pitcher.
No team can completely limit his scoring.

Coming back, the Warriors attack.

In order to prevent Qin Yue from having a chance to connect with the attack, "Quanli Te" took the initiative to signal his teammates with his eyes not to assist in defense.

But when the Warriors used a lineup of one big and four small players, the Supersonics would inevitably be misplaced on Artest's side. However, a brief defensive vacuum appeared at the moment when Artest chose to cut to the basket.

Qin Yue, who had predicted Artest's position in advance, was almost there when the ball arrived.

Artest did not miss Qin Yue's high-quality pass.

Since the point and strength of Qin Yue's pass made Artest very comfortable to receive, after getting the ball, Artest only needed to lean forward and use a low layup to get the ball into the basket before Yao Ming's help defense arrived.

ESPN, Pippen praised Qin Yue's pass: "He keenly perceived the opponent's defensive position and promptly passed the ball to his teammates who had an opportunity.

In my opinion, his pass is a great work of art that deserves to be appreciated and savored over and over again.”

After a pause, Pippen added: "His passing allows him to better connect with his teammates, which is an ability that Michael Jordan did not have back then."

In the Warriors' next offensive possession, the Sonics players became more alert to Artest's open cuts.

But just when the situation was becoming tense, Qin Yue suddenly made an extremely bold and imaginative cross pass from the baseline to find Richardson in the opposite corner.

The home crowd at KeyArena immediately expressed their shock at the pass with exclamations.

Horizontal passing has always been a taboo on the basketball court.

Therefore, what about the baseline cross pass?
In the opposite corner, when the basketball appeared in front of him, the dunk king, who was alone, was also stunned for a second.

Fortunately, Richardson did not let Qin Yue down with this great pass of the century.

Swish-!
While retreating, Richardson looked at Qin Yue and asked curiously, "How did you pass the ball just now?"

Hearing this, Qin Yue shrugged and said, “When you need my pass, my pass will naturally find you.”

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