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Chapter 161 This era can only belong to me! (5000 words chapter, begging for monthly subscription)

When this epoch-making opening game officially came to an end, the entire basketball world was in an uproar.

The new GOAT Qin Yue scored 55 points against the US team, tying the single-game record for the highest score in the Olympic men's basketball game.
This is also the highest individual score ever scored by an opponent in a single game at the Olympics in the history of American basketball.

Can the Dream Team really achieve redemption in this Olympics?

Christian Laettner, a former member of the Dream Team, said in an interview: "If you told me in 1992 that someone could score 55 points against the American team, I would think you were crazy."

David Robinson said pessimistically: "I know the boys have tried their best in the game, but this is exactly what makes people feel desperate. The decline of American basketball seems to be an irreversible fact."

Scottie Pippen said something very rare to be fair to Michael Jordan: "If someone could score 55 points in front of us, I believe Michael would definitely score more points in the game to fight back."

Mike Breen, the legendary commentator who commented on the game throughout, concluded: "As much as I want to tell you that this is just an opening game and the U.S. team still has hope of catching up in the following games, as long as you watch this game, you will definitely realize that the era of American basketball is over. We do have a group of talented and gifted players in this tournament. However, the best player in the world is not on this American team."

If there were still people in the United States who questioned the quality of Qin Yue, the new GOAT, after this night, there was only one voice in the entire American basketball world:
Qin Yue is the well-deserved new GOAT.

The importance that American basketball attached to this Olympics, as well as the funeral that Qin Yue personally organized for American basketball, have already made Qin Yue's current reputation so intimidating that it far surpasses Jordan.

In China, the worship Qin Yue enjoyed was unprecedented.

The day after the competition, Qinyue became a famous check-in spot for all Chinese Olympic teams.

"You have to be careful when you return to China next time," Yao Ming said. "Now the whole country worships you as a national hero like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing."

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The heat of Qin Yue single-handedly shattering the American basketball redemption dream in the opening game has not yet faded, and the Chinese team ushered in their second opponent in the Olympic group stage - the Spanish team.

During the pre-match warm-up phase, many Spanish men's basketball players took the initiative to find Qin Yue, hoping to take a photo with him.

Gasol was like a newborn bull, pushing aside several teammates unreasonably: "After the game, can we exchange jerseys?"

Seeing this, the other players on the Spanish team were very dissatisfied and said, "Hey, Mark, you play in the NBA, and you will have plenty of opportunities to exchange jerseys with the GOAT in the future, so you have to give the opportunity to us!"

Qin Yue's dominant performance in the opening game has made him a god in the eyes of all international players of his generation.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Spanish team to despise the Chinese team with gods as Qin Yue remembered.

However, shortly after the game started, the Spanish team encountered the same dilemma as the American team.

In the FIBA arena, Qin Yue's violent jump shot is too lethal.

Moreover, because the Spanish team lacked the athleticism of the American team, when Qin Yue pulled up recklessly on the court, the Spanish team couldn't even cope with it.

This is exactly why Durant caused great headaches for the world's powerful teams in later generations.

In international competitions, due to restrictions on the rules, the court space available to each team should be smaller than in the NBA.

But if the opponent's scoring core can shoot three-pointers at will.
How do you guard against it?
But compared with the US team, the Spanish team, which was not afraid of the Chinese team's double-team defense, relied on the outstanding performance of its forwards and guards as well as Gasol to keep the game in suspense until the fourth quarter.

But in the final quarter.
Swish, swish, swish!

With Qin Yue's dry jump shot from the top of the arc hitting the goal like a string of cannonballs, the suspense of the game was ended by Qin Yue himself in an instant.

The final score was 90 to 108.

Regarding Qin Yue's 48 points for the Chinese team in the game, Spanish head coach Garcia-Rences said helplessly: "We fell before this GOAT of the basketball world could even use his full strength. He made all the tactics meaningless. In international competitions, you just need to give him the ball and let him shoot like a shooting machine, and you can win the game."

In the face of absolute personal strength, tactics really don't mean much.

Whether it was Durant's single-handed victory over Serbia in later generations, or Curry's combined 60 points in the semi-finals and finals of the Paris Olympics, this point has been fully demonstrated.

In the NBA, Qin Yue, who had never shot three-pointers so well before, had made a total of 17 three-pointers in the first two games.

This has made many top European teams gradually realize the importance of three-pointers in the future basketball world.

As Mike Breen said
Qin Yue is leading the entire basketball world into a new era.

Throughout the Olympic group stage, Qin Yue replicated such victories for the Chinese team almost every night.

In the fourth game against Germany, in the second quarter when the score was still a little tense, Qin Yue hit four three-pointers in a row against the German team's forward line, and opened the score for the Chinese team in one fell swoop.

In the fifth game against Greece, the Greeks tried to replicate their victory in 06 through team basketball. However, they were leading by seven points in the final quarter, but were reversed by Qin Yue with five consecutive three-pointers.

After the group stage, except for the third match against Angola, Qin Yue only played half a game and clocked out early.

In the other four games, Qin Yue made a total of 35 three-pointers, which was unprecedented in history.

In the NBA, that would be just 35 long two-point jump shots.

But in FIBA, Qin Yue converted them into three-pointers, which are always one point more than two points.

He was like an efficient and never-stopping scoring machine, helping the Chinese team defeat one world powerhouse after another in the group stage.

After the group stage, China's odds of winning the championship have surpassed those of the United States.

However, Qin Yue was not dazzled by the praise from the outside world.

Just as Qin Yue remembered, the situation in Group B of this Olympics was too chaotic.

So next, the Chinese team, which has won five games and advanced to the quarterfinals as the group leader, will face the Australian team, which is known for its dirty style of play.

This is not an easy opponent to deal with.

Shortly after the game began, the weak side guarded by Yi Jianlian was frequently broken through by Australian forwards and guards.

Australian players seem to have set their sights on Yi Jianlian.

No matter where he stands, the Australian team's ball handlers will resolutely attack the side guarded by him.

Qin Yue knew very well that this was exactly the dilemma Yi Jianlian had been facing on the court since February this year.

In Minnesota, the Timberwolves' uniform team gave Yi Jianlian far more resources than at any other time in history.

At the beginning, Yi Jianlian seemed to have the potential to soar to the sky.

But as NBA teams began to gradually understand Yi Jianlian's playing habits, many of Yi Jianlian's problems were exposed.

On the defensive end, Yi Jianlian's defense is always not strong enough, and because he has been enjoying core treatment in the country for many years, Yi Jianlian often subconsciously avoids confrontation.

On the offensive end, Yi Jianlian's shot pre-swing is too long, he can only use his right hand to attack with the ball, and in the more intense NBA games, his finishing efficiency at the basket does not even exceed 50%.

Although to be honest, Yi Jianlian's fans may not be very happy.

But during this period, Yi Jianlian really gave people the feeling of "Lian Mei" on the court.

In the first half of the regular season, Yi Jianlian, who was once known as one of the top five players in the 2007 class, has been unable to regain his former glory since he hit a wall in February this year.

Even in this Olympics, Yi Jianlian became the person who was "bullied" most times by Qin Yue on the court.

Qin Yue knew very well that if Yi Jianlian wanted to survive in the NBA, he had to do a good job in defense and choose to work hard on space defense at the power forward position.

Because in the NBA, where superheroes gather, there are too many players who can match his physical fitness.

It is impossible for Yi Jianlian to use his physical talent to soar to the sky like he did in China.

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Halfway through the first quarter, Qin Yue, who was not satisfied with the progress Yi Jianlian had made in the past season, simply asked Jonas to replace Wang Lei, and he himself played as the power forward on the defensive end.

On the court, the defensive power of the twin towers formed by Qin Yue and Yao Ming was obvious. However, the brutal confrontation of the Australians made the Chinese team's outside shooters, who were very accurate in three-point shooting in the group stage, lose themselves.

Only Qin Yue and Yao Ming could maintain a certain hit rate under such brutal confrontation.

The first half ended with the score being 44 to 39.

After the group stage, the Chinese team, which had already given fans hope of winning the gold medal, lagged behind Australia by 5 points at halftime.

Qin Yue could not be satisfied with such a result. He pointed at the technical statistics in the locker room and said, "I don't ask you to seize every open shot opportunity, but can you show some fighting spirit on the defensive end? Those Australian bastards are all descendants of criminals. They like brutal confrontations, so you should overthrow them with even more brutal confrontations!"

After the halftime break, the Chinese team's mental outlook improved greatly.

Zhu Fangyu took the lead and immediately tackled Joe Ingles of the Australian team from the outside at the beginning of the third quarter.

In the next defensive round, Sun Yue also pulled down CJ Bruton who was trying to attack the basket with the ball.

The Chinese team's rough defense in these two attempts to retaliate against the Australian team immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the Australian players.

But Qin Yue, who always maintained a calm mentality, hit four three-pointers for the Chinese team at 45-degree angles on both sides, which ignited the whole court.

Moreover, in the round when the Australian team tried to prevent Qin Yue from pulling up from the outside by double-teaming, Qin Yue first pushed Ingles away from the outside with great force, then dribbled straight to the Australian basket, and slammed the ball into the basket against Bogut!

This extremely satisfying slam dunk, coupled with Qin Yue's Chinese curse "Fuck your mother" after he landed after the dunk, instantly made the entire stadium resound with cheers.

From the third quarter of the game, Qin Yue officially took over the game.

Except for those rounds where Yao Ming's position was too good, Qin Yue had to pass the ball.

No matter whether the Australians used a double or triple team, Qin Yue, who had removed the passing button, would finish on the court in an unreasonably brutal and incredible way.

All this made Yi Jianlian, who was never substituted by Jonas in this game, stunned.

Especially the round in the fourth quarter when Qin Yue forced his way into the Australian penalty area.

The Australian team, which had four players standing under the basket, could only watch Qin Yue grab three offensive rebounds in a row in front of them, and with Ingles hanging on him, he violently dunked the ball into the basket like Shaquille O'Neal! (Qin Yue:?)

The final score was 77 to 98.

In the second half, under the same level of brutal confrontation presented by the Chinese team, Australia's outside shooters also got lost in this high-intensity confrontation.

而全场为中国队爆砍54分17篮板5助攻3封盖1抢断的秦岳，则是打出了他自揭幕战以来最为暴力的单场表演。

Qin Yue's outstanding performance in the quarter-finals once again set off the entire basketball world.

In FIBA games, he seems like an unstoppable monster.

"I don't know how to stop him. He is more dominant in international competitions than in the NBA," said Yao Ming, who had 24 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for China. "Luckily, he is my national team teammate."

Yao Ming is happy in this Olympics.

This happiness came not only from the hope of winning the gold medal that Qin Yue gave him, but also from the fact that he, who used to be the pillar of the Chinese team, was now immersed in the joy of clinging to Qin Yue's thigh.

Yao Ming is very clear that this gold medal in this Olympics is a kind of redemption for the American team.
For Chinese basketball, this gold medal can only be described as "Pangu creating the world."

Yao Ming couldn't imagine what positive changes this gold medal would bring to Chinese basketball.

But he is convinced that this gold medal will surely attract countless young people in the country to take up the sport of basketball.

A day later, the Chinese team faced Argentina in the semi-finals.

Facing the defending champions, the Chinese players, who were just one step away from entering the finals, couldn't help but become nervous.

Despite reaching the semi-finals, the Chinese team has successfully created history in Chinese men's basketball.

But with Qin Yue, the GOAT, how can a mere top four possibly satisfy the appetite of this Chinese team and Chinese fans?
It is worth mentioning that.
Before this game started, the US team had already defeated Spain 118-108 in another semifinal, so for the US players who were eager for redemption, they all hoped that Ginobili could lead Argentina to defeat China.

However, coincidentally, just as Qin Yue remembered, Ginobili sprained his ankle at the beginning of the semi-final.

Ginobili's non-contact injury is related to his long-term playing style.

In fact, long before the start of the Olympic Games, the Spurs team doctor discovered that Ginobili's heel and ankle ligaments were severely swollen.

For this reason, the Spurs coaching staff hopes that Ginobili will not participate in this year's Olympics and recover from his injury.

But Ginobili, who was eager to play for his country, finally came to BJ with hidden injuries.

As one high-intensity game after another is played
It was clearly only a matter of time before Ginobili's injury flared up.

Qin Yue didn't know whether Ginobili's accidental injury would affect his contract renewal with the Spurs as it did in the past.

However, what Qin Yue can confirm is that Ginobili, who is now having difficulty standing on the court, is no longer a threat to the Chinese team.

The Argentine team lost a key player at the start of the game.

The high-spirited Chinese team, led by Qin Yue, extended their lead to 19 points before the end of the first half.

Although unwilling to give up, Argentina, led by many veterans, increased the frequency of shooting from the outside in the second half and tried to catch up through three-pointers.

But what made the football king Maradona and the Argentine players on the field who were watching the game despair was that every time they hit a three-pointer on the court, Qin Yue would retaliate with a violent jump shot in the next round.

Moreover, compared with other strong teams that had big centers in the interior, the only player that this Argentine team can rely on in the interior is Oberto.

Yao Ming's teammate Scola in the Supersonics knew very well that Oberto was no match for Yao Ming, so he repeatedly tried to make Yao Ming collide with others by faking falls.

But no matter how good Scola's acting is, it is difficult for him to deceive the referee's keen eyes with his acting skills on this night when FIBA wants to see the second match between the Chinese and American teams in the finals.

Just like the NBA, who says FIBA games have no script?

But more often than not, the script only belongs to the strong teams.

Yao Ming, as if assisted by God, scored a total of 34 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks in this game.

秦岳本场发挥一般，仅拿到了40分14篮板6助攻2封盖1抢断。

Throughout the game, the final score between Argentina and China was 81 to 101.

Qin Yue is only one step away from shattering American basketball's dream of redemption.

After the game, when talking about Qin Yue's outstanding performance in this Olympics, Yao Ming said humorously: "You know, I thought he was here to assist me."

The Chinese team made it to the Olympic men's basketball final for the first time in history.

They will compete with the US team at the Wukesong Basketball Arena at 2:30 p.m. on the day of the closing ceremony of this Olympics to decide the champion of the men's basketball tournament.

If Qin Yue can win this gold medal with his own hands, he will not only put a perfect end to his legendary performance in this Olympic basketball game, but also
Moreover, this heavy gold medal will make him the basketball god in the hearts of all fans of this era.

In Qin Yue's view, if the previous opening game was the funeral he carefully prepared for American basketball.

Then the next final will be the coronation ceremony that belongs only to him.

He would not let anyone stop this coronation.

Qin Yue is never greedy.

But this era can only belong to him!
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