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Chapter 67 Never Give In (2 words updated per day! Please subscribe!)

"Goodnight, Los Angeles!"

In the 05/06 season, if Qin Yue's performance in the first two games of his career was enough to make people think about it
那在生涯第三战砍下48分17个篮板15次助攻5记封盖2次抢断这种史诗级数据并率领勇士攻陷斯台普斯中心后，这位勇士队于今年夏天选中的弥赛亚，已然成为了今年NBA的首席主演。

How could David Stern, who has always been good at grand poetic narratives, have imagined that the Warriors led by Qin Yue would have such a striking storyline at the beginning of the regular season?

If time could go back, Stern, who knew the details of the Lakers-Warriors battle in advance, would definitely plan the game carefully.

At the very least, we have to arrange a nationwide live broadcast.

Then, we would invite those "bards" who are good at describing stories, and use their vivid words to sing this game into an eternal classic.

"Oh my God, the ball went in and the clock stopped, the Messiah defeated the Lakers! Even Kobe Bryant, who scored 70 points for the Lakers that night, had no chance to change the score. It's incredible. I can declare now that this game is the greatest battle of the 2005/2006 NBA regular season!"

TNT TV, although it didn't show up in the game until the very last moment
But fortunately, Charles Barkley witnessed Qin Yue's buzzer-beater with his own eyes.

And the "Good night, Los Angeles" that instantly plunged the entire stadium into silence.

On the court, holding the jersey in his mouth, he walked towards the player tunnel
Kobe's mood at this moment of his career night is extremely complicated.

When a milestone becomes a "milestone of sadness".
Obviously, even Kobe needs time to digest it.

On the other side of the court.
Although Richardson and Pietrus once again let Kobe score high points in front of them, and even set a record of 70 points in a single game, since the Warriors won, at this moment, Pietrus and Richardson must rush towards their Messiah with their teammates.

It is hard to imagine that the Warriors, who are now fighting each other on the court, were a chaotic team that was prone to fighting a month ago.

"This is definitely the best night I've ever experienced in my life." Anthony Lester, a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle who visited Los Angeles with the Warriors, said silently in his heart.

It was indeed a wonderful night worth recalling.

From the visual point of view, Kobe tonight was infinitely close to the "81-point dragon-slaying Kobe" in Qin Yue's memory.

To be honest, although Pietrus and Richardson have never been good at defending Kobe, especially when the Black Mamba is in hot form,
But in this game, if it weren't for the two of them who kept fighting and invested at all costs, Kobe might have really scored 80 points against the Warriors.

Fans who were born ten years later are destined to find it difficult to appreciate the shock that Kobe brought to the world in the 05/06 season.

Because in another ten years, as the number of NBA games increases, the statistics of the stars will become more and more impressive.
People will gradually become numb to so-called epic data.

As for Qin Yue?

After the game, as the mysterious feeling faded away, I looked at the records I had carved that night.
Qin Yue knew it very well.
A match like tonight's is something you only come across once in a while.

After all, apart from the buzzer beater, who could have thought that Mr. Kobe Bryant would raise the butcher knife in this game?

If there hadn't been Kobe's 70 points as a backdrop, and if he hadn't been in such a hot form and hadn't been competing with the Lakers' lousy inside players to cooperate with him, the epicness of this game would have instantly dropped several levels.

Indeed, the Warriors and the Lakers at this moment do not deserve the title of "NBA strong teams" no matter how you look at it.

But this did not prevent the entire Internet from being swept after the game with the highlights of Kobe and Qin Yue's game and Qin Yue's "Good night, Los Angeles".

In this era of the Internet, compared to Michael Jordan who relied on newspapers and word of mouth to become the GOAT,
Almost immediately after the Lakers-Warriors match
Kobe, who scored 70 points for the Lakers, and Qin Yue, who won the final victory and got an epic triple-double, stole the attention of the entire basketball world.

Especially Qin Yue’s “Good Night, Los Angeles” video.

When hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of hits come pouring in.
Even Nike, which had already placed a heavy bet on Qin Yue, couldn't believe what kind of player they had signed.

Lynn Merritt, who has always been decisive in his work, held an emergency meeting that night.

Nike founder Phil Knight also attended the meeting.

At the meeting, Nike executives, knowing that they had to take the lead at this time, voted overwhelmingly in favor of advancing the release date of Qin Yue's "Ba Wang Yi Dai".

"Let Tinker Hatfield put 'Messiah' on Qin's sneakers, and let him decide where to put it."

Just three games
Qin Yue conquered the entire Bay Area fans with his performance.

At the same time, it also conquered the entire Nike executive team.

so.
Knight and Merritt know better than anyone.
Now is the perfect opportunity to boost Qin Yue and help him thoroughly solidify the image of the Messiah.

The next day, at Nike's instruction, Nike's partners all took action.

On the front-page headlines of newspapers that have always had a good relationship with Nike, "Messiah" undoubtedly became the most eye-catching word of the day.

At the same time, Stern, who has always been good at taking advantage of the opponent's force, also added fuel to the fire.

Although it is a pity that I missed the opportunity to praise this game in the grandest poetry.
But if the league does not remedy this in time, David Stern will be doomed to sleepless nights.

At this moment, Stern's only slight consolation is
Perhaps only CCTV broadcast this epic showdown live.

Considering that Qin Yue and Kobe are both very popular in China.
Stern thought that the feedback from the Chinese market after this game would definitely be great.

However.
It was not until many years later that Stern realized that he had underestimated the impact of this epic showdown on the Chinese market.

because
This is an ultimate showdown that is destined to influence an entire generation of Chinese fans.

In the game, there was the tragic Kobe and the high-spirited Qin Yue.

Even 20 years later, whenever Chinese fans who experienced this game talk about that night, they still can't help but sigh with emotion.
"No wonder the NBA is so boring now. We've already eaten up all the good stuff."

Qin Yue was so excited about the buzzer beater against the Lakers that he couldn't sleep all night. He was dragged out of the hotel by his chief steward Evans early the next morning.

“Do you like the title Messiah?”

"It's okay, what's wrong?"

"I found you the best designer, and now we have to make 'Messiah' your label."

"why?"

"Right now all the media are raving about you being the 'Messiah' of the Golden State Warriors. This is a great opportunity for us to create your own unique label."

"But I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Messiah means savior in Hebrew, but in Christianity it means Jesus.

If I'm saying that I'm the Messiah, then what's the relationship between LeBron and me as the Chosen One?

At this moment, Evans was stumped.

But Evans immediately responded, "Anyway, you and LeBron James are brothers, I think he won't mind.

Besides, we just want to make sure you are the Messiah of the Warriors, not the Messiah of Cleveland."

Hearing this, Qin Yue laughed and said, "I was just kidding you, Ronnie. You don't have Tim Duncan's sense of humor at all."

Seeing this, Evans said, "Qin, is there a possibility that the jokes you and Tim Duncan told were really cold?"

That day, looking at the word "Messiah" composed of Chinese and English, Qin Yue immediately fell in love with it.

This is not because the designer is talented and designed this label to be unexpectedly beautiful.

It's just that Qin Yue simply thinks
His performance so far this season is completely worthy of the title of Messiah.

It is also worth mentioning that after this epic showdown, Qin Yue also completed the previous [Charles Barkley's Gift 1] mission.

At the moment of completing the task, the [Pig Rush] badge, which had an initial all-star level, was added to Qin Yue's badge wall.

But what puzzled Qin Yue that day was...
He did not receive any prompt to start the mission "Charles Barkley's Gift 2" in the system.

"It seems that we still need to explore the rules for triggering tasks in the Mountaintop system."

At this moment, looking at the [Pig Rush] badge that can give him a 3-point instant explosive power bonus when the effect is triggered, Qin Yue thought silently.

……

"Kenny, are you ready to honor your bet?"

TNT TV station, as Qin Yue scored "40+" in the third game of his career, the arrogant Barkley said to his good partner Smith with an aggressive look early the next morning.

Hearing this, Smith, who looked ashen, sighed and said, "If Shaq really doesn't want to let me kiss him, then Charles, can I kiss a pig's ass?"

The next second, Barkley, who was ready to take off his pants, was immediately hugged by Smith, "I'm not talking about you!"

Seeing this, Barkley lost interest and said, "Okay, then kiss the pig!"

At this moment, looking at Barkley who looked bored, Smith was so angry that his teeth were itching and he simply said, "Charles, do you really want me to kiss your ass?"

Barkley nodded frantically.

"Okay, take it off! Let the whole American audience take a good look at your fat, ugly ass!"

That day, on TNT, O'Neal was unwilling to become the victim of Barkley and Smith's bet during the All-Star weekend.
So, Barkley and Smith had to find another way to reach the bet.
Complete the bet between them.

However, when Smith bit him, Barkley only lifted a corner of his underwear.

But this day.
To quote the comments of his peers, Charles Barkley not only polluted everyone's eyes, but also successfully disgusted Kenny Smith.

……

The Warriors, who had a perfect start with three consecutive wins after defeating the Lakers, suffered their first loss of the season on the 8th.

In Phoenix, the Suns, another run-and-gun team, taught them a good lesson.

Historically, as one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA in the 05/06 season (third from the bottom), the Suns have had only one secret to winning since Nash joined the team in the 04/05 season.

That is to score more points than they lose in the game.

For this Suns team, scoring over 110 points is just commonplace.

As for the game between the Lakers and Warriors where both of them scored 130 points?

Sorry, Phoenix fans are used to this.

Even in history, in the 05/06 season, the Suns and the Bucks had an unguarded battle with a final score of 149 to 152.

Do you think this score is outrageous?
If you think the points scored by the Suns in the game were outrageous, then I can only say that you are not a fan of this era.

Because fans who have truly watched basketball in this era know very well that the Suns were the most beautiful scenery in the NBA during this period.

Maybe not everyone approves of the way they play.

But they are indeed leading the trend of this era.

Including the current Warriors, they can only be considered latecomers.

There were many reasons why the Warriors failed to win this run-and-gun battle tonight.

For example, they had just experienced a life-and-death battle with the Lakers and were physically and mentally exhausted.

For example, they played consecutive away games, and the journey increased their consumption.

For example, during the game, Stoudemire and Nash, assisted by Marion, attacked them shamelessly.

but.
After losing to the Suns 108-125 on the road, Qin Yue immediately stopped the team's head coach Montgomery who was about to review the game to find out the culprit of the loss.

Because from the unwilling eyes of his teammates, Qin Yue saw that the cohesion of the current Warriors was getting better and better. "Mike, if we lose, we lose. We can make up for our shortcomings in the next training.

But we should try to avoid post-match reviews, which can easily affect the mentality of the entire team."

In Qin Yue's opinion, the team's coaching staff must of course find out why the Warriors lost.

But why can't the problem be solved on the training ground, instead of having to review the game afterward to find out who should take the blame?
There are 82 games in an NBA season, and the current Warriors are not a truly strong team.

Replay and pass the buck?

You don't have to.

On the 10th, the Warriors lost another game in San Antonio.

That night, the young Warriors were taught a lesson by the experienced Spurs and Qin Yue's senior.

This lesson is titled:

——Championship background.

In fact, no matter how unhappy Qin Yue remembers the fans will be with Gregg Popovich in the next 20 years, it cannot change the fact that the Spurs during this period not only had the top staff team, but also had Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili who were at their peak, and Tony Parker who was about to reach his peak.

In the game, Qin Yue, who had a hard time dealing with his senior, even had to face the siege of other Spurs players.

In response to this, Qin Yue said indignantly on the field: "We agreed on a one-on-one fight, why is it always a one-on-two fight?"

Hearing this, Duncan smiled evilly and said, "Welcome to the NBA, junior."

Two fists are no match for four hands, which became a true portrayal of Qin Yue on this night.

However, during this game
When Qin Yue completed a powerful one-handed slam dunk on the court, a small accident occurred on the sidelines.

At that time, Popovich, who was on the Spurs bench, sneered and said, "He is really a flying raptor, but who knows if he will fall into the mortal world like Vince Carter in the future." (Note ①)

Seeing this, Duncan, who was originally beating Ginobili's head, immediately became serious.

Then, before walking directly in front of Popovich, Duncan said solemnly, "Pop, I don't like this joke."

At that moment, looking at Duncan's extremely stern face, Popovich said in a panic: "Tim, I didn't mean that. Since you don't like it, I will never make such a joke again."

Duncan certainly didn't appreciate the joke.

Because in this life he and Qin Yue have the same "roots".

On the 11th, the Warriors lost another game in a back-to-back match.

This time, they lost to the Mavericks, who had not yet been renamed the Mavericks, in Dallas.

Compared to the schedule at the beginning of the new season
The Warriors were indeed punished by the schedule in this five-game road trip.

After all, the Spurs and Mavericks had 63 wins and 60 wins respectively in this season.
Not to mention that the Warriors still need to improve their overall strength.
At this moment, they actually have to fight "Oxen and Horses" back to back?
In Qin Yue's opinion, the NBA's schedule staff did not treat the Warriors as human beings, but as real cattle and horses.

"Playing back-to-back games against peak Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki, who the hell arranged this schedule?"

One day later, on the 13th, the Warriors finally faced a relatively weak opponent, which was also their last opponent in this five-game road trip:
The Los Angeles Clippers led by Dunleavy Sr.

During this period, the Clippers, which had "Captain" Brand, Corey Maggette, "Alien" Cassell, Chris Kaman, "Old Cat" Mobley, and Shaun Livingston, were not the bad team they would be in the future.

If Qin Yue remembered correctly, historically this Clippers team would have qualified for the playoffs with 47 wins this season.

In fact, if we only talk about overall strength
Then this Clippers team is actually better than the Warriors.

And compared to the Warriors playing away, they have the advantage of time, place and people when playing at home.

Plus the impression given by the Warriors in the past.
To be honest, before the game started, even Warriors fans were prepared for the team to return to Oakland with four consecutive losses.

However.
When the Warriors return to Los Angeles
No one expected that on the evening of the 13th, they would end the team's five-game road trip with a resounding victory.

一周前，刚用“晚安，洛杉矶”登上各大报纸新闻头条的秦岳本场比赛总计拿到了24分12个篮板5次助攻3记封盖1次抢断。

In the game, Qin Yue continued his previous performance.

But the outstanding performance of the Warriors team was the key to their big victory on the road.

The first generation of Mr. Beard contributed 19 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals in this game.

Richardson, who still remembered Tom Izzo's teachings, scored a total of 21 points, second only to Qin Yue, plus 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The "filial son" Dunleavy Jr., who broke the mentality of old Dunleavy with his own shots in the game, made 8 of 6 shots from outside and hit 6 three-pointers.

Murphy and Jack, who came off the bench, contributed 14 points and 10 points respectively.

There is also Kwame Brown, who fought side by side with Qin Yue and lived a better and better life every day, and scored 10 points and 11 rebounds in the game.

Although the Warriors did bring back many unpleasant memories for fans during the three-game losing streak, compared to the past
The Warriors, with a different spirit, successfully got back on track to winning with a 127-91 away win.

As Qin Yue's most loyal and capable warrior, Jack noticed that before the five consecutive games began, the warriors veterans who still called Qin Yue "that arrogant kid", "the self-righteous brat", and "the arrogant guy"
They have begun to unify their names for Qin Yue into that resounding name:
--Messiah.

During the three-game losing streak, Qin Yue always supported his teammates in interviews, which gradually helped him establish his prestige in the locker room.

And now, back from Los Angeles with a big win.
Perhaps, this five-game away game was not so wonderful.

But Jack, who has always been able to observe the entire Warriors from another perspective, believes that they have gradually accumulated some capital.

……

On the 16th, after two days of rest, Qin Yue, who finally returned to his home court with the Warriors, received a notice from Nike.

"Nike is planning to change the release date of your sneakers to the 18th of this month," Evans said to Qin Yue.

Hearing this, Qin Yue said, "Do I need to do anything then?"

Evans shook his head and said, "You don't have to do anything, Nike and Jeff Schwartz will arrange everything for you.

You just need to put on your nice new shoes that day and... hopefully lead the Warriors to win that 'China Derby.'"

On November 11, according to the schedule, the Warriors will host the Houston Rockets led by Yao Ming and McGrady.

Although this game will be broadcast live across the United States, if we only consider the influence of this game
That's obviously bigger in China.

Qin Yue knew very well that the reason why Nike placed a heavy bet on him was precisely to open up the Chinese market.

Therefore, Qin Yue was not surprised that the release date of his sneakers was changed to the day of the first "China Derby".

just
"Nike also added 'Messiah' to my sneakers?" That day, Qin Yue said with a helpless smile while looking at the sneaker display picture sent by Nike.

"Qin, this is the NBA, it's a business alliance. Since we all know how to create our own trademark, how could Nike not know?"

"Ronnie, you are becoming more and more like a big shot now than before."

“Come on, Qin, how much I can achieve in this life is not determined by me, but by you.

Qin, in fact, you are not only the Messiah of the Warriors, you are my Messiah."

On the evening of the 16th, the Warriors played at home against the Seattle SuperSonics, whose team had not yet been snatched away by Oklahoma City.

Since the start of the new season, the Supersonics have only achieved a record of 3 wins and 5 losses.

For them, who ranked third in the Western Conference last season thanks to the unique NBA division advantage during this period, they urgently need a victory to get out of the losing streak.

In addition, before the game started, Qin Yue also saw Ray Allen's photo.
He offends people wherever he goes.

"The kids nowadays are getting more and more outrageous. They haven't even played in the playoffs, but they dare to call themselves the 'chosen one' and the 'messiah'."

However, Ray Allen's remarks in the pre-game press conference.
You may not believe it
It turned out that Kwame Brown, this "silly, black and sweet" guy, made a brilliant response to it.

"At least he's not like some veterans who haven't even touched the floor of the finals, but dare to look down on this and that all day long.

Oh, and Kobe Bryant, who has three championship rings, has just become the background of our Messiah. Does Mr. Ray Allen know about this? "

"However, please do not worry about the upcoming games, Mr. Ray Allen.

Because Kobe Bryant can score 70 points in a game, but we all know that Mr. Ray Allen does not have such ability, so Mr. Ray Allen does not have to worry about becoming the background board of our Messiah. "

wonderful!

He started with a yin-yang move and Ray Allen has never made it to the finals.

Then Kobe, who has always been at odds with Ray Allen, was brought up to poke his trachea.

Finally, finish it with a touch of the hand and a push of the foot!

"Did you really think these words yourself?" Qin Yue asked Brown as he watched him return from the pre-match press conference with the team's head coach Montgomery.

Hearing this, Brown touched his head and said, "I was just so angry at the time. Then the inspiration came to me out of nowhere."

Seeing this, Qin Yue thought about it carefully in his mind and said, "Are you going to write a memoir or find someone to write an autobiography in the future, Kwame?"

Brown spread his hands and said, "How would I know? In my opinion, if I want to write a memoir or an autobiography, at least I have to do better in life."

At this moment, looking at Brown with a serious face, Qin Yue said: "Promise me that you will spray me less when you write your autobiography and memoirs in the future."

On this day, Qin Yue had already seen the heart of a troll beneath Brown's "silly, dark and sweet" appearance.

On the evening of the 16th.
Regarding Brown's response before the game.
During the warm-up training of the two teams, Qin Yue noticed that Ray Allen always glanced at him with his cold eyes.

I have to say that the older generation of NBA players really have nothing new to say when it comes to hating someone.

Because either they glare at you or they glare at you in a different way.

It seems as if eyes can really kill.

"He doesn't think you taught me what I said at the press conference, right?" Brown asked with concern as he looked at Qin Yue, who was glared at by Ray Allen for half an hour before the game.

"Does it matter whether I taught him or not? What matters is that since he thinks I am not worthy of having 'Messiah' tattooed on my back, then let's see you on the court." Qin Yue said, looking at Brown.

Of course, at some point, Qin Yue was really annoyed by Ray Allen's stare.
So before the game, I was very concerned about this old senior who had been staring at me with cold eyes.
Qin Yue decided to respond in a more satisfying way.

He made a knife-like gesture with his hand, looked directly at Ray Allen, and gently wiped his neck.

This action is called:

——Throat-cutting ceremony.

Qin Yue knew very well that this action would definitely cause him to incur punishment after the game.

But in the NBA where the strong prey on the weak
Sometimes, even if he knows he will be punished, Qin Yue still has to show his tough side.

Because in the NBA, only the fittest survive.

……

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注①：文斯-卡特历史上一共三次被鲍文垫脚导致大伤陨落，分别是2000年4月、2004年2月和2005年2月。

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