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Chapter 155: The Damn Dream Team, a Toy for Venting Anger (5000-word chapter, begging for monthly subscription)

Before the Western Conference semifinals began, the NBA officially announced the major awards for the 07/08 season.

Qin Yue was elected the regular season Most Valuable Player for two consecutive years.

Although compared to last year, the Warriors have dropped to fourth in the Western Conference this year due to injuries.

However, Qin Yue, the real single core of the team, did not go unnoticed by the judges for his legendary performance in the regular season.

And
既然87/88赛季的迈克尔-乔丹可以凭借场均35分5篮板5助攻的表现，在率领公牛打到东部第四（50胜）的情况下当选MVP。

Qin Yue, whose statistics this season are even more shocking and whose team's record is even better (57 wins),
It is fully in line with the current NBA regular season Most Valuable Player award rules.

But what’s interesting is that in this season when Qin Yue’s defensive improvement was the most obvious, the league awarded Kevin Garnett the best defensive player.

Qin Yue made a bold guess about the league's DPOY award idea.

Simply put, the league hopes to get more hype in the next round of the Western Conference semifinals.

One is a young player who was elected MVP for two consecutive years.

One is the best defensive player who is still strong despite aging.

In addition, Garnett has always been recognized by the league as the player who is most suitable for defending himself. Therefore, from the perspective of building momentum for the Western Conference semifinals, the DPOY trophy naturally belongs to Garnett.

Similar to the reason why Garnett was elected DPOY, this year's best coach was also elected by Rick Carlisle, head coach of the Supersonics.

The league intends to take this year's Western Conference semifinals to a whole new level.

after all
As early as last year, the China derby between the Supersonics and the Warriors made the league a lot of money.

In addition, this year's Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player awards were won by Ellis of the Lakers and Turkoglu of the Magic respectively.

As for the best rookie, it was Qin Yue’s incredible little brother Durant who was elected.

It is worth mentioning that Oden, who lost to Durant in the best rookie selection, has strictly controlled his weight since college under the advice of Tim Grover. He played 70 games for the Trail Blazers in this regular season, averaging 12.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.

In later generations, there were many speculations about Oden's "vitreous body".

But if you think about it carefully you will find it.
Whether it was because of his naturally long and short legs, or because of hip surgery in his early years, which caused the muscles on one side of his hip to atrophy, his legs were unable to bear excessive weight.
As long as the weight is strictly controlled, the wear and tear on Oden's knees caused by strenuous exercise can be effectively reduced.

The fact that Grover accidentally "rescued" Oden also made Qin Yue look up to this GOAT in the trainer world.

The legendary trainer's impressive resume certainly doesn't lie.

Historically, more than 400 athletes and Olympic champions from the four major leagues who have received his guidance, almost without exception, will be able to compete in the next sports events in a healthier and more vigorous state with his assistance.

Moreover, Grover had warned McGrady when he first gave him guidance.

"T-Mac may be the player in NBA history who is most unsuitable for weight gain that I have ever seen. As long as his weight exceeds a certain threshold, his career will definitely end early in the future."

Qin Yue knew very well that no matter how amazing the talent he obtained from the [Mountain Top] system was, Grover, who had been guiding him in various training since college, was the hero who enabled him to make continuous progress.

Qin Yue plans to give the GOAT of the trainer world a further salary increase this summer in order to lock in Grover's loyalty.

In addition, on the day of the award selection, the results of the best team and best defensive team selection, which also attracted much attention from fans, are as follows:
First team of the best lineup: Yao Ming, Qin Yue, James, Kobe, and Paul.

Second team of the best lineup: Howard, Nowitzki, Garnett, Nash, Deron.

The third team of the best lineup: Stoudemire, Duncan, Anthony, Carter, and Wade.

The best defensive team: Howard, Garnett, Qin Yue, Kobe, Kidd.

Second team of the best defensive team: Chandler, Duncan, Battier, Prince, Bell.

In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, James, the star player of the Cavaliers, was eliminated by the Hawks with a score of 4 to 3. The reason why he was able to return to the first team this year was mainly because the league wanted to compensate him for his performance last season.

Qin Yue found that since the alliance's cake is limited every year, each award selection
Stern is like a debtor who can only make ends meet by repeatedly swiping credit cards from different banks.

In the regular season, Paul averaged 20 points and 10 assists per game for the Jazz, and was successfully shortlisted for the first team just as Qin Yue remembered.

Duncan, who switched from the Spurs to the Celtics, was obviously affected by the "Hulk incident."

The betrayal of his ex-wife Amy inevitably distracted Duncan in the second half of the regular season.

Before setting off for Seattle, the Warriors held a grand press conference for Qin Yue at the Oracle Arena.

When delivering his acceptance speech, Qin Yue's mood did not improve after being elected MVP. After briefly thanking everyone he should thank, he said: "This is not an easy season, but many years later, when I look back on this season, I think I will still be proud of my performance this season."

At the end of his speech, Qin Yue quoted a famous saying of Napoleon to conclude.

“Anyone who is determined to achieve success never says it’s impossible.”

……

In the renovated KeyArena, in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, the Warriors lost to the SuperSonics 99-108.

As the favorite for the championship, the SuperSonics showed the world the depth of their lineup in this game.

If we say that the Sonics starting lineup consisting of Yao Ming, Garnett, Posey, Ray Allen and Bibby is already a headache,
After entering the rotation stage, "Diamond" Scola, who has always been good at playing in a favorable situation, and Radmanovic, who returned home from wandering, effectively improved the weakness of the Supersonics' lack of bench firepower last season.

第一战，全员在线的超音速令秦岳在“全力特”面前砍下的41分14篮板7助攻3封盖1抢断不幸化为了空砍。

A day later, the second game between the two teams continued at KeyArena.

The Warriors, with their incomplete lineup, fully exposed the fact that they are currently short of perimeter defensive resources in this game.

In order to limit Ray Allen, Malone could only send Jack, who had a good defensive effect on him last season, to match up with the opponent.

As a result, the Warriors were taken advantage of by the "White Devil" Bibby to give a perfect individual performance in the game.

全场比赛，从未感受过如此出色进攻环境的毕比12投8中，其中三分球8投6中，罚球4罚4中，总计为超音速拿到了26分3篮板5助攻。

The final score was 102 to 106.

秦岳在第二战为球队斩获的40分12篮板8助攻2封盖2抢断再次化为了空砍。

Well, two days later.
The Warriors returned to their home court, Oracle Arena, and successfully won the third game, which Qin Yue thought was impossible to lose.

Why does Qin Yue think the Warriors can’t lose the third game?
Because in the game, the Sonics players would be called for fouls if they dared to touch him, and they were unable to give him enough physical confrontation like in the previous two games.

这一晚，秦岳狂揽26次罚球，并罚中了24球，全场总计为勇士砍下50分14篮板5助攻3封盖1抢断。

Although the 50 points scored in a single playoff game by relying on explosive free throws was not worth bragging about in Qin Yue's eyes.

But since the league chose to give the Supersonics off-court weighting for ratings in Game 0 of the Western Conference Finals last year, how could NBA director David Stern remain indifferent this year when the Warriors were trailing 2-?

However, Stern's help to the Warriors is destined to be limited.

In the fourth game, as the referee's penalty scale returned to normal, as long as Qin Yue didn't score 50 points in this round, the Warriors would have a high probability of losing the Western Conference semifinals.
In the end, the Supersonics won on the road.

秦岳本场再度为勇士轰下了44分12篮板8助攻3封盖1抢断。

On the court, facing Qin Yue who always manages to complete the attack for the Warriors in various ways, even "Quanli Te" was once put into autistic mode.

Entering the playoffs, Qin Yue's dribbling attribute has increased to 93 points.

His ability to combine man and ball, which gave Garnett a headache, enabled him to always get shooting opportunities under Garnett's crazy targeting.

However.
After the first four games, the Supersonics, with stronger overall strength, took a big lead with a score of 3 to 1 and successfully kicked the defending champion to the edge of the cliff.

However, Rick Carlisle, who didn't want to wait any longer, planned to completely eliminate this Warriors team in Game 5.
Qin Yue, who was like a god descending from heaven, led the Warriors to successfully beat the Supersonics' first match point at the Key Arena. In the fifth game, Qin Yue, who was free to swing his weapon, played the full 48 minutes for the Warriors with the tacit consent of the beautiful team doctor Ryan, who didn't want to agree but had to agree.

Moreover, on the court, under the extremely skeptical gaze of the fans, in the fourth quarter, Qin Yue single-handedly scored the last 31 points for the Warriors.

In the first offensive round of the final quarter, when he dribbled past Garnett on the outside and stepped back to hit a three-pointer, Barkley smiled and said, "The Messiah gave the Warriors a reassurance with a three-pointer."

then
In the TNT TV studio, Barkley's hearty laughter was quickly replaced by a look of disbelief.

"He scored again! Kevin Garnett couldn't stop his violent start!"

"Oh my god! He just flew over his compatriot 'Big-Yao' in the air like a glider!"

"This is his 18th consecutive point for the Warriors. Tell me, what is his limit?"

"He is unstoppable! Just now, Messiah scored his 28th point of the quarter in the right corner!!"

"It's over, it's all over, ladies and gentlemen! This is definitely the greatest single-quarter scoring performance in the NBA that I have ever seen! With the Messiah scoring 31 points for the team in the final quarter, the defending champions told everyone with their actions that they are still alive!!!"

If Qin Yue's previous four games have confirmed once again to the entire basketball world, he is the player with the most outstanding individual ability in the league today.

In the fifth game, Qin Yue scored 61 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks for the Warriors.
Even if you search through all the dictionaries in human history, you will not be able to find an accurate word to describe it.

Carlisle's heart, which had always disliked the core players holding the ball, was completely shaken. "We didn't lose to the Warriors. We just lost to a god you can't surpass in this game."

Perhaps it was Carlisle's words after Game 5, "We just lost to Qin Yue," that successfully stimulated the Warriors' championship players.

Two days later, at Oracle Arena, the Warriors, with a total of six players scoring in double digits, launched a wave of three-pointers that came as a relief after a long drought. Qin Yue, who had always been the sole pillar of the team, finally felt the positive feedback from his teammates.

The final score of the game was 107 to 119.

第六战仅为勇士砍下30分12篮板15助攻3封盖1抢断的秦岳，再度率领勇士打掉了超音速的又一个赛点。

Moreover, as this round of the Western Conference semifinals entered a life-and-death battle, the Warriors, who had already fallen to the edge of the cliff, quietly dragged the Supersonics to the single-plank bridge where anyone could fall off.

The seventh game between the Warriors and the SuperSonics was held at KeyArena.

After the jump ball, Qin Yue, with fatigue clearly written on his face, almost relied on his personal willpower to drive him to complete those impossible tasks for the Warriors.

But at the end of the game.
The Supersonics, who seized opportunities continuously, won the seventh game under the leadership of Yao Ming and Garnett.

The final score was 90 to 94.

but
Qin Yue, who scored 45 points for the Warriors and was completely exhausted in the game, did not look as painful as he had thought when the buzzer sounded in the fourth quarter.

All the Sonics players, including main players like Ray Allen, took the initiative to step forward and shake hands and hug Qin Yue at the first opportunity.

ESPN也在赛后发起调查道：“弥赛亚在今年西部半决赛单轮场均砍下的44.6分13.6篮板8.1助攻3封盖1.3抢断，是否是NBA历史上最伟大的单轮系列赛表演？”

Indeed, failure can never be close to greatness.

But after giving his all and trying his best, Qin Yue faced the failure calmly and said, "It's obvious that my worst record in my career has gone from the championship to the Western Conference semifinals."

In addition, Qin Yue also sent his best wishes to Yao Ming and Garnett: "They are a very good inside pair. I hope they can win the championship in the end."

However, compared to Qin Yue who could accept failure calmly.
When Qin Yue finished the interview and returned to the locker room, his teammates were more upset than each other.

In the playoffs, although C has played, Richardson is more likely to be the one committing the crime.
He may have missed the most promising opportunity of his career, the opportunity to become a dynasty player.

This season, Murphy, who has been plagued by injuries and has been playing on and off, was sad and cried at this moment.

Last summer, Hill, who chose to join the Warriors to cling to Qin Yue's thighs and now only wanted to retire with a championship ring, couldn't help but laugh at himself: "Is it really me who affected the feng shui of this team?"

Barnes, who has limited abilities, doesn't know if he can stay with the team after this season.

Dunleavy, who has repeatedly exposed problems on the defensive end, is worried that his poor performance in the playoffs will make him a trading chip for the Warriors in the summer.

In the entire team, only Jack and Brown felt the same as Qin Yue, believing that they had all tried their best in the game.

Because he had been winning for the past two years, Qin Yue found in a trance that at this moment, he didn't know how to comfort his teammates.

This has been an extremely difficult season from every perspective.

Although Qin Yue had been angry with his teammates during the playoffs, he knew better than anyone why these champions in the Warriors lineup did not perform well.
The main reason was that the Warriors were missing two first mates.

Whether it was Artest in the past or Wallace who was later traded by the team, the protection they provided to the team on the wing was the key to the outstanding performance of players like Dunleavy and Murphy when they were substitutes or starting.

No matter how hard the loyal and courageous Barnes and the old Hill who believes that he has influenced the team's feng shui try, they cannot guarantee that the Warriors can still maintain the previous defensive strength of the forward and guard lines.

Davis' season-ending injury has left the Warriors without a crucial second firepower point.

Qin Yue didn't know whether Rowell, the team president who was on paid leave, saw all this.

Unfortunately, even if Lowell could realize later how naive he was to think that the Warriors could use some cheap championship pieces to fill the vacancies left by Artest and Davis, the fact was already determined on that night.

Now, to end this not-so-pleasant season, the Warriors have no choice but to look forward.

It is a pity that he failed to win three consecutive championships in the first three years of his career.

But since trying his best couldn't change the outcome, Qin Yue naturally had nothing to say.

of course
Even though he had given his all in this Western Conference semifinals, Qin Yue still couldn't vent his resentment.
So while accepting the failure calmly, Qin Yue was also prepared to completely shatter the dream of redemption for American basketball this summer.

On the FIBA stage, Qin Yue, who has further surpassed his original limits through this year's playoffs, now has absolute confidence in destroying the dream team in his memory.

Before Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski had his epiphany.

The American men's basketball team, which is attempting to redeem itself at the Beijing Olympics, will undoubtedly become the perfect target for Qin Yue to vent his anger.

In the game that will decide the fate of American basketball, Qin Yue will vent all the resentment he has accumulated over the past year on the dream team led by Kobe and James!

He wants to use an unprecedented myth to personally break down the psychological defenses of American basketball and tell this era who is the greatest player in the basketball world today!
"Have a good finals, see you BJ."

After the game, when hugging Yao Ming, Qin Yue said this.

Hearing this, Yao Ming laughed and said, "We have to win the next Western Conference Finals before we can play in the Finals."

"The Lakers are no match for you. The Gasol brothers can't handle you with Garnett by their side at this stage." Qin Yue said, "Although the world will not admit it, this season, Garnett is the second best forward in the league after me."

Seeing this, Yao Ming said: "Garnett will definitely be very happy with your evaluation of him."

Qin Yue knew very well that Ray Allen, who was always excited when playing against Kobe, didn't need to be evenly matched with Kobe on the court.

Because as long as he can shoot that desperate three-pointer percentage like in the 2008 Finals, the Supersonics can indirectly complete the exchange with Kobe.

Moreover, in this round of Western Conference semifinals against the Supersonics, Qin Yue, who tortured Garnett to the point of excruciating pain, did not mean to look down on Garnett at all.

On the contrary, Qin Yue was very sure.
Garnett's condition has reached the peak of his entire career as he is hungry for the championship.

In addition, Qin Yue hopes that Yao Ming can win the championship with the Supersonics this year, not just because the Supersonics defeated the Warriors.

Instead, Qin Yue hopes that Yao Ming, who becomes a championship player, can have the same confidence as him to crush the American basketball redemption dream at home.

What the hell is this dream team?

In Qin Yue's view, it was destined to be just a toy for him to vent his anger!

……

PS: The 5000-word chapter is here! Aqiao will try to finish the second chapter before 23:!
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