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Chapter 296 From this day forward, only the Great Qin! (Bonus Chapter 22!)
Although Qin Yue successfully cast a spell on Durant in the first half with his "not as good as LeBron" curse.

However, in the second half, the Knicks, aided by the referee's calls, put the defending champions in a tough fight.

On the court, Wallace and Green, who had both committed their fourth personal fouls, looked helpless when they were substituted by their teammates.

"I'm fucking far enough away from him."

Wallace, whose mentality was shattered by Harden's deliberate arm-clamping foul, said, "Just because I touched his hair, I was fouled?"

In Qin Yue's previous life, just how unpopular was Harden's playing style?
In the season when he competed with Westbrook for MVP, one of the voters made this critical assessment of Harden: "Even if you pointed a gun at me, I wouldn't vote for that 'basketball fraudster.' His playing style is utterly unwatchable, and believe me, he'll never succeed because his playing style is a complete desecration of the sport of basketball."

Perhaps this assessment is biased in some respects.

But in the world of basketball, everything comes at a price.
Harden, who repeatedly tries to dance on the edge of the rules, is destined to pay the price he must pay for his playing style.

For example, this night.

If Qin Yue hadn't held him back, Wallace might very well have staged a memorable chase-and-attack scene against Harden on the court.

Do not ask.

The question is this: if this were a regular season game, then if Harden could even walk off the court standing up tonight, it would be an insult to the "Golden State Gang" brand.

Of course, besides the influence of the referees, the Knicks' ability to keep the score close in the third quarter was also related to Curry's poor form in this game.

In the NBA, everyone inevitably has off days.

In this game, Curry's performance could only be described as missing nine out of ten shots.

then
The heavy burden thus fell on Qin Yue's shoulders.

In the match, Qin Yue had to both attack and defend.
They only breathed a slight sigh of relief in the latter half of the third quarter.

Because it was during that period when the Knicks were about to gain momentum and catch up...
JR Smith, who has always been concerned about Qin Yue, stepped up and hit two difficult three-pointers in two consecutive possessions to help the Warriors regain their footing.

In response, Barkley of TNT said, "Although 'Jr' doesn't perform this well in every game, I still have to say that the three million the Warriors spent on 'Jr' last summer was absolutely worth it."

In addition, veteran Ray Allen, who came on as a substitute, gave Qin Yue a rare chance to catch his breath.

After all, even if Qin Yue is in top form, he can't be the team's finisher in every round of a 48-minute match.

On the court, Ray Allen hit two consecutive three-pointers for the Warriors in the last two possessions of the third quarter, allowing the Warriors to maintain a 9-point lead after three quarters.

In the final quarter, to give Qin Yue a break, Malone kept Curry on the court to draw attention and sent Livingston in to take on some hard-hitting tasks.

That night, after personally experiencing the absurdly powerful refereeing at Madison Square Garden, Malone knew very well that if the Warriors couldn't regain home-court advantage on this night of Qin Yue's incredible prowess...
Every game in the upcoming Finals will be hellish for the Warriors.

However, things didn't go as planned. While Qin Yue was resting on the bench, Love, who had been dunked on by Qin Yue at the start of the game, stepped up.

Three-pointers from the outside, strong attacks from the inside.

As long as he doesn't match the GOAT (Greatest of All Time), Kevin Love, who can play both inside and outside, helped the Knicks erase the Warriors' lead in less than three minutes.

CCTV commentator Zhang Weiping remarked, "Qin Yue really couldn't rest for even a minute during this match."

As is well known, in the past few years, whenever the team has been in trouble, Ma Long has chosen to summon Qin Yue, the "divine dragon".

And that night, just as the fans watching on TV and at the stadium had predicted.
Qin Yue returned to the court early in the fourth quarter as expected.

Furthermore, as soon as he entered the game, Qin Yue scored a "two-plus-one" play in the Knicks' paint, which may have been a result of the referee's conscience.

On the court, as Qin Yue stepped to the free-throw line to take the extra shot, Barkley of TNT said, "If the referees had given Messiah the same leniency, Messiah would have taken at least twenty free throws in this game."

Twenty times?
To be honest, as a conservative, this is definitely the most conservative Barkley, the radical, has ever been in O'Neal's opinion.

In O'Neal's view, given Qin Yue's aggressive and relentless style of play, and considering the refereeing standards applied to Harden and Durant tonight, if Qin Yue had fewer than forty free throws, it would be an insult to the fans' intelligence.

The more O'Neal commentated on Qin Yue's games, the more he felt that the reason he was beaten by Qin Yue and suffered a "smart foot injury" back then was not because he was weak, but because Qin Yue's performance on the court was simply too overpowered.

For example, the Warriors' defensive possession on the court.

Can you believe that Qin Yue, who had already rushed to the outside, suddenly rushed in front of Durant?
"His defense, in my opinion, is like Hakeem Olajuwon having Michael Jordan's lateral movement."

On TNT television, after Qin Yue forced Durant's layup to miss, O'Neal offered this sharp comment.

Upon hearing this, Barkley said, "Although in the past we all said that hard work could make up for the lack of talent, it turns out that some talents cannot be compensated for by hard work."

Still incredulous at Qin Yue's perfect help defense, O'Neal said, "That's right, Messiah has basketball talent that is in a class of its own in history."

At Madison Square Garden, if you were to ask Knicks fans when they first came to the deepest belief that Durant did not have the potential to surpass Qin Yue.

That was undoubtedly on that night.

At this moment, Qin Yue, displaying his brilliance in both offense and defense, is not only showcasing his talent but also demonstrating to the world just how vast the gap is between him and his contemporaries.

On the field, in order to ensure the success rate of the attack.

When Qin Yue proactively moved into the low post, he pushed Howard aside in the paint and scored against Love and Durant who were helping on defense.

Before the match, the New York "wizards" who had been cursing Qin Yue even started cheering and applauding for this new generation GOAT.

At that moment, the first "MVP" was uttered for Qin Yue.

The jeers that used to fill the arena whenever Qin Yue got the ball were instantly drowned out by the continuous gasps of amazement.

CCTV commentator Yu Jia remarked, "Winning hearts and minds is the ultimate goal, not conquering cities. In this game, Qin Yue, who is leading the Warriors to conquer Madison Square Garden, has not only won over the Knicks fans with his actions, but has also completely conquered the city of New York."

Warriors' halftime, Knicks' offensive possession.

To prevent Harden from drawing fouls by actively clamping his arms during a drive, Qin Yue simply put his hands behind his back and waited until Harden released his shot before striking back and pinning Harden's layup to the backboard.

After enduring most of the game, Wallace immediately led the Warriors' substitutes in waving towels wildly for Qin Yue.

In this defensive play, Qin Yue didn't even try to find a balanced angle for the referee.

Therefore, Harden, who had just pretended to stagger during the attack, naturally became a clown.

"Look closely, this guy who can't even dribble properly is being sent to the free-throw line by you guys time and time again." On the court, after the block landed, Qin Yue said this to the referee.

Upon hearing this
Although Harden wanted to say that Qin Yue's opinion of him was not objective, he could only swallow his anger in the face of Qin Yue's textbook-perfect defense.

The Warriors then launch their attack.

It's Qin Yue again.

On the perimeter, an exhausted Howard wanted to use a foul to stop Qin Yue's advance.

However, the "Qin Yue Law," which was created to restrict Qin Yue, actually made things worse at this moment.

Because the referee didn't blow the whistle, Howard could only watch helplessly as Qin Yue, whom he couldn't stop, broke into the Knicks' basket and slammed it down with a powerful two-handed dunk that made the Knicks' rim tremble.

Meanwhile, at the scorer's table, with attention focused on the score that Qin Yue had widened again single-handedly, D'Antoni had no choice but to hurriedly call a timeout.

The Warriors' bench during a timeout.

She obediently handed Qin Yue a sports drink.

Curry, who had a poor performance in this game, was also pondering a question in his mind.

That is.
Will he really be able to take over power from Qin Yue in the future?

Obviously, Curry, who has always been self-aware, does not believe he has such ability.

Especially on this night when Qin Yue, with his unparalleled dominance, led the Warriors to a victory that left the Knicks, who were boosted by the referee's whistle, completely breathless.

Curry couldn't imagine what a crushing defeat the Warriors would have suffered on this night without Qin Yue.

So, I put away that desire to prove myself.

Now, if you absolutely had to ask Curry what his next life goals are...

He will definitely tell you.

He just wanted to lie in Qin Yue's arms like a salted fish and hug Qin Yue's leg tightly.

What are your life goals?
What does it mean to make a name for oneself?
Sorry, but in Curry's eyes, Qin Yue tonight would be someone even a prime Jordan would have to obediently serve as his dog.

After the timeout, the game resumed.

In comparison to Qin Yue, Durant, who already showed signs of being a "forsaken grandson," missed his outside shots.

Then, the horse trampled New York.

Qin Yue, who had noticed Ray Allen's movements out of the corner of his eye early in the morning, immediately delivered a perfect pass to Ray Allen.

In a basketball game, what kind of pass can be considered perfect?

Of course, it refers to a pass that allows the shooter to immediately shoot after receiving the ball.

From the corner, Ray Allen, who felt his rhythm being set in motion by Qin Yue the moment he received the ball, shot it into the hoop as if it were a routine training session.

On the scoreboard, the score difference between the two teams in Nyong'o also reached double digits.

In front of the television, James, the "forsaken son" of the game, received what he considered to be a rare instance of fairness from the TNT television station's comedic team during the latter part of the fourth quarter.

"So, what exactly is the difference between 'KD' and LeBron?"

"There is no difference, or rather, in this era, no one is worthy of being called a superstar in front of the Messiah."

In the fourth quarter, Durant, who made 3 of 8 shots, and Harden, who made 0 of 3 shots and even dared not take a shot towards the end, were destined to be unable to lead the Knicks to defeat the Warriors, who had already closely united around the GOAT because of Qin Yue's outburst.

The final score was 125 to 110.

Throughout the game, despite a 18-46 free throw deficit, the Warriors, led by Qin Yue's 61 points, 24 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 blocks, and 3 steals, defeated the Knicks at Madison Square Garden and successfully regained home-court advantage in this Finals series.

The final score was "60+20+10+5".

That night, when Qin Yue became the first player in NBA history to achieve such incredible statistics in the Finals, even those who usually liked to criticize Qin Yue could only pretend to be Qin Yue fans and kneel down to this basketball god.

The entire sports world was stunned by Qin Yue's explosive performance in Game 3.

In the post-game interview, Kwame Brown clutched his head and exclaimed, "You ask me why God didn't agree to redeem New York? Do you even need to ask, bro? Because God was wearing a Warriors #77 jersey during the game!"

"Yes, that's right, we won this game thanks to Messiah."

At the press conference, an emotional Malone said, "I really don't want to say it a second time, Messiah is the greatest player in the history of basketball! Even if you put ten Michael Jordans in front of me, in my eyes, they wouldn't be worth a single hair of Messiah's body! Note that I said a single hair!"

"This is absolutely my worst playoff game so far." In addition, Curry, who made 3 of 13 shots and two free throws in the game, and achieved the "8-point Curry" feat in the Finals, said in an interview, "But even like this, I became a winner along with Messiah."

have to say
Despite having the same script as the James in Qin Yue's memory.

But Curry, who was born in the same hospital as James, is clearly much luckier.

why?
Because some players score 8 points in a single game in the finals, and they only have Zhao Yun by their side.

But some players score 8 points in a single game in the finals, while standing next to an unparalleled overlord.

At the Knicks' press conference, Durant broke down.

That night, as Qin Yue's backdrop, Durant, who made 9 of 29 field goals (excluding free throws), inevitably became the target of post-game criticism.

At the press conference, Durant was bombarded with questions from reporters across the United States, including the following:

"With nearly three times as many free throws as the Warriors, 'KD,' can you tell us why the Knicks, who received so much support from the referees, were still no match for the Warriors?"

"'KD,' as a player who always gets preferential treatment from the referees, in your opinion, how many free throws does the Knicks need to beat this Warriors team?"

“KD, some experts believe that if LeBron received the same treatment as you, he would definitely perform better than you in this game. What do you think about this?”

What do you think?
What else can we say about Durant?
He now
I just want to destroy this absolutely fucking world!
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PS: The belated update is here. (I didn't expect to finish this chapter after writing it all night, but it's finally here. It proves that at least Qiao is more reliable than the Chinese national football team, which has made Qiao wait for 24 years. It's unbelievable that it's been 24 years since the Chinese national football team last qualified for the World Cup finals.)

(End of this chapter)