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Chapter 212 Destroy it, hurry up and do it!
"Brown, it wasn't your fault that you couldn't contain Messiah in the first half."

Seeing that James' right hand was not seriously injured, although he didn't care about James' mood, he knew that the Knicks would still have to rely on James to defend Qin Yue's Durant in the second half, so he took the initiative to comfort him.

"Many of his points came from fast breaks," Durant said, trying to explain for James. "It was our defense that wasn't quick enough, which led to him scoring 46 points in the first half."

In the past, Durant always wondered why Qin Yue had to coax Brown into playing basketball.

But now, through James, Durant has realized the importance of treating his teammates who work tirelessly for him on the court well.

"Brown, if it weren't for your outstanding defense, believe me, Messiah could have already scored 60 points." Looking at James, Durant suddenly said earnestly, "In the second half, we will not let you continue to be isolated and helpless."

First, shift the blame for James, then vindicate the other party.

Without a doubt, from this moment on, Durant is no longer the schoolboy people are more familiar with—the boy who always appeared in the public eye with a schoolbag, and who at least on the surface seemed harmless, innocent and naive.

"Brown, I'll lead the way and pass the ball to you from now on." In the visiting team's locker room, Durant continued to encourage James, "In the first half, we let down too many of the scoring opportunities you created with your tireless running."

Despite this, James always felt there was something unsettling about Durant's words of comfort.

But at this moment when his resolve was almost broken, Durant's words of comfort did indeed ease James's constantly anxious heart.

The game resumed after halftime.

True to his word, Durant immediately delivered a brilliant pass to James on the wing.

On the court, James, using a teammate's screen, got rid of Qin Yue, received the ball, and drove into the paint.

"The Great End!"

In the Warriors' paint, after James, facing Brown's help defense, used his signature American step to put the ball in the basket, Durant continued to provide emotional support for James, saying, "Brown, I have to take my hat off to you!"

Furthermore, Durant, who wasn't entirely fooling James, even retreated to his own half of the court first during the defensive transition.

This scene deeply moved James.

The only drawback is
After their fast break failed, the Warriors switched to a half-court offense, and Brown assisted Qin Yue to immediately respond with a basket under the basket.

Brown's assist took everyone by surprise.

Even Qin Yue, who connected with Brown's pass, found it unbelievable.

Qin Yue didn't know why Brown had suddenly become enlightened.

Only Brown himself knew that his assist just now was purely because he didn't grab the ball firmly in time.

Yes, it was just a misunderstanding caused by Brown's slip-up.

60:73.

The Knicks then launch their attack.

At his brother's urging, Harden also took the initiative to set a screen for James, and cleverly blocked Qin Yue by sticking out his butt, sending Nash to James.

James couldn't possibly miss such an opportunity.

He quickly outpaced Nash, sprinted to the basket, and slammed home a tomahawk dunk.

It has to be said that the fact that two future MVPs served James is such a blessing that even Qin Yue was drooling over it.

With the Warriors in possession, Qin Yue set up Nash at the top of the key.

Harden couldn't get around the screen in time, giving Nash the opportunity to shoot directly using the screen.

Unfortunately, Nash was out of sorts tonight, and his wide-open three-pointer bounced off the rim.

However, in the Knicks' paint, Westbrook, who wanted to follow in the footsteps of his older and younger brothers and give up some stats to James, ended up doing more harm than good.

Because he hadn't communicated with James beforehand and was only focused on positioning himself, Westbrook clearly didn't notice that James had already been blocked behind him by Qin Yue.

On the court, seeing Westbrook voluntarily give up the rebound, Qin Yue grabbed the rebound and easily made a layup.

"Great positioning!"

After scoring, Qin Yue turned to look at Westbrook and said.

Upon hearing this, Westbrook, already furious, wanted to throw up his hands and complain.

What can be done?
His older brother had specifically instructed him during halftime to treat James well.

During this period, Westbrook still admired Durant wholeheartedly.

So, even though he and James have always disliked each other, Westbrook, who was about to shrug but then stopped, managed to restrain his restless hands.

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Harden dribbled the ball across half-court and continued to look for James to run pick-and-roll plays.

Qin Yue could not possibly be fooled by the same trick twice in a row.

But James, who failed to get Nash back in front of him, delivered a sudden and unexpected long-range shot the moment he received the ball.

Swish!
After scoring seven consecutive points for the Knicks in the second half, Qin Yue noticed that James immediately became radiant.

This was undoubtedly the scene Qin Yue had been hoping for.

After all, the more the opponent resists, the more excited Qin Yue usually becomes.

Warriors' offensive possession.

Qin Yue, who received a pass from Sh and drove to the basket, made a floater after being tackled by Mozgov in a football-like manner.

Originally, according to the "Qin Yue Rules", Qin Yue was already preparing to retreat on defense after scoring two points for the Warriors.

However, the referee in charge of this match, Tony Brothers, blew his whistle after a delay of a fraction of a second.

Mozgov, who knew he had indeed targeted the player, not the ball, had no objection to this.

However, the infamous "black-hearted referee" Tony has already officially announced at this moment that Qin Yue, the star referee, will be making a brief return.

That's right, this was not an accidental whistle blew for Qin Yue.

Instead, the league, eager for Qin Yue to continue his impressive performance in the first half, temporarily adjusted the officiating standards for him.

In the next possession, Qin Yue, who once again drove into the Knicks' paint, earned two free throw opportunities because James pulled his ball-protecting hand.

Seeing this, James, who needed a reasonable explanation, immediately turned his gaze to Tony: "I definitely didn't foul!"

absolute?

Tony scoffed, "LeBron, the league abolished the Hand-Check rule six years ago."

At that moment, James was completely dumbfounded by Tony's answer.

Because if the referees don't allow hand-checks on Qin Yue, how is James supposed to defend him?
It's important to know that Qin Yue was unrestricted.
That's a humanoid tank that can charge at will!

At the free-throw line, Qin Yue made both of his free throws.

Barkley wasn't the first commentator on TNT to realize that a big one was likely to happen tonight.

At Oracle Arena, as Qin Yue scored his 55th point of the game, Smith said, "I think the league changed its slogan for this season precisely for this moment!" Big things are coming.
In front of the television, fans who recalled the NBA's promotional slogan this season under Smith's commentary had no idea that they had used the same slogan not long ago to criticize the gun incident that broke out before the start of the regular season.

Although the impact of the gun possession incident is destined to be far-reaching.

But as Qin Yue kept breaking his own statistics on Christmas Eve that year, the usually forgetful fans were completely immersed in his great performance.

The Knicks are on offense, and Durant receives the ball on the perimeter and makes a jump shot.

Conversely, unable to continue using hand-checks on Qin Yue, James had to maintain a safe distance between himself and Qin Yue to prevent Qin Yue from breaking through.

Seeing this, Qin Yue pulled up for a shot from the top of the arc, and the basketball swished through the net.

On the sidelines, D'Antoni, noticing that Qin Yue had already scored 58 points for the Warriors, called a timeout at the scorer's table in an attempt to interrupt Qin Yue's unstoppable scoring momentum.

Meanwhile, on the Warriors' side, knowing that the Knicks would likely double-team Qin Yue, Warriors head coach Malone patted Nash on the shoulder and said, "Steve, the Messiah needs you now!"

Although Qin Yue has broken through opponents' double-team tactics in past matches using his individual skills.

However, in the NBA, the best solution to break the double-team tactic is to give the ball to teammates and switch to off-ball play.

Malone knew very well that this was very likely to be the night Qin Yue would make history.

Therefore, as the coach of this team, he naturally had to create the objective conditions for Qin Yue to break history.

After the timeout, Ma Long began to look forward to Qin Yue's 60th point.

On the court, Qin Yue didn't keep Ma Long waiting for long.

Harden's step-back three-pointer from slightly left of the top of the arc missed.

The next second, Nash took the basketball from Brown and immediately passed it up the court.

In the Knicks' halftime play, Qin Yue, who was enjoying a fast break and had been consistently making steals, caught the ball in mid-air with one arm outstretched and scored on a powerful counterattack.

At this point, only five minutes into the third quarter, Qin Yue's personal score for the game had already reached 60 points.

After glancing at the statistics on the scoreboard, James was immediately thrown into a panic.

With a quarter and a half left in the game, James was at a loss as to how to stop Qin Yue.

James knew very well that after this game, he would be nailed to the pillar of shame—the pillar of shame used to highlight Qin Yue's illustrious reputation, a pillar that would be dragged out and whipped by fans of the future even ten or twenty years later.

Moreover, unlike Qin Yue's 67 points in just three quarters during the finals, this was different.

That time, James at least had an excuse to say that he wasn't guarding Qin Yue all night.

But this time...
James not only matched up against Qin Yue for the entire game, but he even requested this matchup before the game.

Without a doubt, if the game could be replayed, James would definitely slap himself hard.

Meanwhile, at the stadium and in front of their televisions, fans who hadn't felt a moment of sadness for James were almost instantly anticipating the moment when Qin Yue would break the 70-point mark.

At Oracle Arena, this scene officially unfolded with 1 minute and 05 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

On the left wing, Qin Yue, using Brown's screen, quickly cut into the Knicks' paint and, guided by Nash's quick pass, soared into the air to score his 70th point of the game with a thunderous two-handed alley-oop dunk.

"70 points in three quarters! That's unbelievable!"

On the court, the moment Qin Yue landed after his dunk, a helpless James felt as if his soul was being mercilessly whipped by Qin Yue.

Biting his lower lip, James's fear of Qin Yue reached its peak, and he even began to hope that the Knicks would lose the game as soon as possible.

Because if he did that, according to Qin Yue's professional ethics, he would definitely stop the massacre.

However, things didn't go as planned.
The third quarter of this game was a quarter in which the Knicks' young trio took turns shining.

Durant scored 11 points in the quarter.

Harden scored 8 points.

Westbrook scored 9 points.

In addition, James scored 7 consecutive points for the Knicks at the beginning of the third quarter.

On the court, when Qin Yue scored his 70th point, the score between the two teams was still close.

It's the Knicks' turn to attack.

Watching Durant complete his shot in just ten seconds of offensive time, James, who didn't understand why the opponent was in such a hurry to increase the number of offensive possessions for the Warriors, immediately cursed Durant's 45-degree slash in his heart.

James, who didn't want to be raped by Qin Yue again, hoped that Durant's 45-degree shot would bounce off the rim and that the Warriors could quickly widen the score gap.

but
Swish-!
At Oracle Arena, a spirited Durant not only hit the game-saving three-pointer for the Knicks, but also, after the Warriors made a quick turnover on the inbound pass, Durant, who had retreated to the three-point line, hit another three-pointer for the Knicks!
These were two three-pointers that caused James immense pain in his chest.

Especially when he noticed Qin Yue's burning eyes, James, who knew Qin Yue's personality very well, suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.

At the top of the arc, after a handoff pass to Nash, Qin Yue quickly made a reverse run to leave James behind and then scored inside, overpowering Mozgov.

At the same time, Tony's whistle, known as the "black-hearted referee," sounded from the sidelines.

"AND-ONE! Messiah is going to the free-throw line and has a chance to bring his score to 73 points!"

At the free-throw line, Qin Yue made the extra free throw.

This time, Harden patiently controlled the pace of the game after dribbling the ball across half-court.

Harden only leisurely passed the ball to Westbrook with five seconds left on the shot clock.

However, what James couldn't believe was...
"BOOM!!! The ball goes in and the whistle blows! Russell Westbrook has a chance to complete a three-point play! My God, the suspense in this crazy game is still going strong!"

Given Westbrook's usual shooting performance, James had no doubt that the shot he made was a lucky one.

but.
Why the hell did you have to make that lucky shot at a time like this?
At the free-throw line, Westbrook made the extra free throw.

Warriors' final possession.

As Qin Yue strode toward the Knicks' half of the court, he kept glancing out of the corner of his eye at the possible passing angles Nash might give him.

As a result, great minds think alike, and in order to ensure that the ball could be passed to him, Nash indeed delivered an alley-oop pass that only he could catch.

So, Qin Yue, having mustered all his strength to jump, leaped into the air and lightly tapped with his finger.
"75 points in three quarters! Messiah has completely crushed LeBron James this night!" Barkley shouted for Qin Yue on TNT. "103 to 112! This crazy game will keep the suspense alive in the fourth quarter!"

In front of the television, all the fans knew why Barkley was specifically mentioning that the Christmas Day game was still undecided.

This means that Qin Yue will definitely play in the fourth quarter and has the opportunity to continue to break his personal career high for single-game scoring.

Will this be the night Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point record comes to an end?

Before the start of the final quarter, countless fans were speculating in their minds.

And the Knicks' bench.
James, who no longer has time to destroy this messed-up world, undoubtedly wants to find a block of tofu and smash his head against it to his death.

Destroy it quickly!
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P.S.: Something came up at home today, so there will only be one update. Sorry!
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