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With this little episode with Ray Allen before the game, Qin Yue and the team officially welcomed their first home game after five consecutive away games.

Judging from the main framework, the Supersonics seem to be still the same Supersonics.

But in the first offensive round after the game's jump ball, all Warriors players except Qin Yue clearly felt the changes in this Supersonics team.

Last season, under head coach Nate McMillan, the Sonics allowed an average of around 97 points per game.

Their offensive and defensive capabilities at the time were impressive.

But in the new season, the person who will coach the team is Bob Weiss, who has been away from the NBA for twelve years.
The Sonics were allowing an astounding 106.5 points per game through their first eight games of the season.

How to describe the defensive performance of the Supersonics?
Simply put, compared to them, the Suns, who are always defenseless in the game, are considered to have good defense.

Coach Weiss comes from the 80s when everyone was competing in offense and whoever was better at defense was the inferior.

Therefore, the word defense does not exist in Weiss's basketball philosophy.

Historically, there have been many rumors about the Supersonics inviting Weiss to come out in the 05/06 season.

However, there is one thing that is recognized by the world.

That is, the Supersonics hope to attract more fans by playing run-and-gun like the Suns.

The rise of Phoenix is enviable.

Seattle needs to play offensive basketball to gain more fans.

But more importantly, it won't be long before an investment group from Oklahoma completes its acquisition of the Supersonics.

In Qin Yue's memory, some people said that the Supersonics switched to playing offensive basketball in the hope of being sold for a good price in the future.

Some people also said that it was this failed reform that eventually led to the Sonics' owner becoming discouraged.

In short, no matter who is right or wrong, the team is about to change its flag, and the original Sonics players are not used to the new coach's tactical system, and the team's morale is gradually declining.
Accompanied by a series of chain reactions
The Supersonics are no longer the same team as last season.

Qin Yue couldn't personally feel the specific changes of this supersonic team.

But his teammates who played against the SuperSonics last season can.

Especially the Warriors veterans on the team.

because at this moment
The feeling given by the Supersonics is exactly the same as before.

On the court, through the pistol tactics, Richardson, who was responsible for holding the ball, easily got the opportunity to shoot from the outside under the cover of Qin Yue.

Ray Allen, who was given a throat-slitting ceremony by Qin Yue before the game, failed to bypass the high wall of Qin Yue.

And, sadly,
At that moment, not even a single Sonics player had the idea of delaying Richardson.

Swish-!
Although he has great physical fitness, it must be emphasized that Mr. Jason Richardson has always been an excellent three-point shooter.

Especially after ending his rookie contract with the Warriors, Richardson had a three-point shooting percentage of about 40% throughout the peak of his career, with considerable output.

Richardson scored this goal very elegantly, but the first thing he did after scoring was to pat Qin Yue on the back.

Richardson was not very good at complimenting people, so after attracting Qin Yue's attention, he said, "You made my shot as easy as going to the toilet in the morning."

At that time, Ray Allen, who happened to be passing by, had an expression on his face after hearing Richardson's comments that could only be described as extremely wonderful.

Because if Richardson had just urinated his first urine of the morning
What about Ray Allen?
Coming back, the Supersonics attack.

This season, under the leadership of Weiss, perhaps the only thing that the Supersonics can feel relieved about is that the personal data of Ray Allen and Lewis have become better.

But compared to the Suns' fierce offense that relies on Nash to coordinate, Stoudemire and Marion provide athletic talents.
The biggest problem with the supersonics changing to run-and-gun is that.
Throughout his career, their point guard Luke Ridnour has not been known for his speed.

As a future Thunder star, Nick Collison is unable to provide sufficient deterrence to the opponent in the run-and-gun tactics like Stoudemire.

As for the Sonics' star player who "refused to shoot", what about Johan Petro, the starting center they just selected in the draft this year?
It's a pity that as a center who can't even eat cakes in the NBA, his career finishing rate at the basket is only 58.1% and his true shooting rate is only 48.4%.
Petro's biggest role on the court is to help the opposing defensive players double-team Ray Allen.

At this moment, Qin Yue didn't understand.
With such a supersonic team, how can they have the confidence to play a run-and-gun game?

In fact, just as Ridnour was dribbling the ball across half court, all the Warriors players had already retreated.

Then, he switched to the position. Since only Collison had some finishing ability after the pick-and-roll, Qin Yue simply handed him over to Brown and led his teammates to actively expand the defense zone.

At this moment, as the Warriors fans in Oracle Arena chanted "Defense, Defense".
Ridnour had no choice but to quickly pass the blame to Ray Allen.

Although Ray Allen is famous for his three-pointers, it must be stated that Mr. Ray Allen is not only good at shooting three-pointers.

The combination of breakthrough and shooting was also Ray Allen's signature during this period.

While dribbling, Ray Allen can punish his opponents with shots at any time.

And relying on his soft touch, Ray Allen also has a good finishing rate at the basket compared to outside players after breaking into the basket.

But after last season, everything changed.

The biggest change in Ray Allen's shooting composition in the 05/06 season was that he increased his outside shots and reduced his inside breakthroughs.

Although in the following 06/07 season, Ray Allen tried to find his former self.

But due to the decline of his physical function year by year, he went to Boston to form the Big Three.
Ray Allen will gradually transform into a three-point shooter who will leave a deeper impression on future fans.

And the culprit that caused Ray Allen's change.
Of course, it was the famous Bruce Bowen who had stepped on Vince Carter's UFO three times and forced it to fall to earth.

Last season, in the playoffs between the Spurs and the SuperSonics, Bowen truly "killed all four sides".

While forcing Lewis to miss the playoffs and Radmanovic to remain out due to injury, Bowen also used a tripping move in the game to completely shatter Ray Allen's fantasy of human nature.

As we all know, as one of Bowen's few friends in the league, Ray Allen once lent a helping hand to him during the most difficult times of his life.

But even so, Ray Allen was stabbed in the back by Bowen.

Although, under the description of the Spurs iron
After this tripping, Ray Allen, who had a sprained ankle, still played the remaining five games with the injury and averaged 5 points per game, which is enough to prove that Bowen's backstab did not cause much harm to Ray Allen.

But many years later, when Pachulia treated Leonard the same way.
This group of Spurs fans with flexible moral bottom line will immediately jump out and shamelessly say "The NBA does not allow foot-tapping, and foot-tapping is intentional injury."

Yes, in this league, anyone has the right to punish Pachulia.

But this group of so-called Spurs fans didn't have that.

Because when Bowen used his dirty tricks to destroy one basketball star after another and one classic battle after another, they never condemned Bruce Bowen.

Moreover, Ray Allen is by no means unaffected as described by these Spurs fans.

On the court, when Ray Allen shot this extremely reluctant three-pointer against Pietrus, he could no longer exert the same strength as last season and could only gamble.
Betting on his touch to make this shot.

However, reality will never change according to one's will.

Under the basket, after receiving the rebound for the Warriors, Qin Yue quickly launched a fast break with a pass.

Richardson worked hard, caught the ball, switched hands, and made a windmill dunk in one go!
At the scene, the Warriors commentator laughed and said: "Jason ushered in his 'Show Time' again. It seems that he has found a way to coexist with the Messiah on the court."

I have to say, Richardson is indeed a funny guy.

On the court, after completing the dunk, he actually posed five meaningless "poses" in a row.

If this had happened in the game against the Suns, Nash would probably have taken the opportunity to launch at least two counterattacks.

Coming back, the Supersonics have the ball.

Lewis stepped up and used his best catch-and-shoot technique to hit a two-pointer for the Supersonics.

Rashard Lewis, who is 6 feet 10 inches (208 cm) tall, has a unique skill of catching the ball with one hand and quickly transporting the basketball to the highest point of the shot.

It is difficult for ordinary forwards to interfere with his catching and shooting, and they can only prevent him from scoring by limiting his movement and catching the ball.

The only drawback is that due to his average coordination and flexibility, his ability to attack with the ball has been below average for many years.

In addition, on the defensive end, his mobility also makes it easy for him to become a defensive burden for the team.

In the future, after going to Orlando, Howard's defense will not seem that bad because of his defensive coverage when he can be traded for James alone.

Next, it was the Warriors' turn to attack.

Tonight, Richardson successfully stole the show.

Because the Sonics' defense lost its discipline under Weiss's coaching, Richardson, who had outstanding physical fitness, ruthlessly snatched away the roles that should have belonged to Qin Yue and Ray Allen.

On the court, when preparing to post up in the low post, Qin Yue immediately passed the basketball from behind his head to Richardson's hands when he saw Richardson had already cut into the middle and was unguarded.

Under the basket, after getting the ball, Richardson turned on the spot and jumped, which made this mediocre finish under the basket more difficult.

at this moment.
If Qin Yue was Nikola Jokic twenty years later.

That Richardson is actually Aaron Gordon twenty years later.

Bang-dang——!
"Roar! Jason, do you want to participate in the dunk contest again? It can be seen that Jason really wants to be on the list of top five plays tomorrow." The Warriors commentator laughed in the commentary booth.

On the court, Qin Yue saw that Richardson was in good shape.

In addition, awakening the beast Richardson was originally part of the plan, so in the first quarter, Qin Yue took the initiative to ask for the ball many times, and through his attractiveness in the low post, he completed the connection with Richardson.

After the first quarter, the score was 21 to 33.

理查德森为勇士砍下了17分2篮板，除去两次罚球得分，理查德森的其余15分均来自秦岳的助攻。（3记3分，3记扣篮）
At this time, Ray Allen, who was quite unhappy with Qin Yue before the game, also lost his temper.

However, given Ray Allen's character, he is destined not to take back the comments he made about Qin Yue and James before the game.

But after seeing the other side's strength with his own eyes, it was not in line with his style to continue to chatter with the other side. (Kobe:?)

In the first quarter alone, Ray Allen saw Qin Yue's influence on the offensive end that was difficult to measure with technical statistics.

Even at the end of the first quarter, Qin Yue had already achieved luxurious statistics of 7 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block.

In the second quarter, the Sonics, who kept Ray Allen and Lewis on the court, still failed to turn the tide. Due to the lack of "explosive points" on the court.
No matter how good Ray Allen and Lewis' positioning is, it is difficult for them to always run into open space.

In basketball games, the so-called "explosive point" does not just refer to players who are good at breaking through.

Simply put, as long as you can attract the opponent's defense through your personal ball-holding offense, you will be the "explosive point" of your team on the court.

Before being backstabbed by Bowen, Ray Allen was undoubtedly the "explosive point" of the Supersonics.

But at this moment.
Even if Ray Allen wants to pick up a gun and ride a horse
The horse under his crotch was no longer the same one as before.

Because the horse that would have put him in the discussion of super shooting guards had died at the hands of Bruce Bowen.

On the court, after returning to the field, Qin Yue assisted Richardson again.

At that time, Qin Yue observed Richardson's running position and lightly changed the passing route of Davis to him in the air with a flick of his hand.

Even though at that moment.
Davis, who was "diverted" by Qin Yue again, wanted to curse, but after seeing Richardson take off
Even the original bearded man, whose beard stood up in anger, couldn't help but praise: "This cooperation is really fucking brilliant!"

Bang-dang——!
Above the sky, Richardson finished with a windmill dunk!

original
This is what Kwame Brown often talks about. Will everything become easier by playing with Qin Yue?

When retreating, he put away his usual laughter and looked at Qin Yue's tall back.
It was just a month and a half ago that he was pinned to the ground and beaten up by the other party.

But at this moment, Richardson thought
Qin Yue is definitely the one he deserves to follow.

So, after quickly catching up with Qin Yue, Richardson said, "You know, even Michael Jordan needs Scottie Pippen."

Then, after a pause, Richardson said, "I believe you are our Michael Jordan. Will you let me be your Scottie Pippen?"

Hearing this, Qin Yue showed his signature smile and said, "I'm not Michael Jordan. I don't need Scottie Pippen, but I need Jason Richardson."

Look at the communication between men, it is so simple.

On the court, Richardson, who was destined to take all the shots of tomorrow's top five plays tonight, completed two imaginative dunks at the end of the second quarter and the third quarter respectively.

One was a windmill axe shot after receiving a pass from Qin Yue during a fast break.

One was a windmill shot in a positional battle after receiving a wonderful pass from Davis.

The final score of the game was 90 to 118.

After the game, Richardson, who scored 37 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists for the team, said in an interview: "This is the most wonderful game I have ever experienced.

I hope I can enjoy basketball like I do every night.”

而轻松拿到18分14篮板14助攻3封盖1抢断的秦岳，则是不出意外地在翌日喜提了一张25000美元的罚单。

Ray Allen did not make any comment on Qin Yue's "throat-cutting ceremony" after the game.

Because compared to losing, Ray Allen needs to consider his future more right now.

The Warriors' Messiah has already told Ray Allen through his performance.

If he doesn't seize the time, he will be slapped in the face by one up-and-coming newcomer after another in the future.

After all, this is the NBA where winners take all.

However, Qin Yue's $25000 fine was not paid in vain.

Because as the NBA gets to know him better
More and more NBA players will understand how difficult it is to deal with him.

……

After a day of rest, on the 18th, Qin Yue officially wore his "Ba Wang Generation" sneakers.

On the day the Overlord series was released, a large shoe store in the Bay Area was temporarily converted into a stage.

Compared to James' sneaker launch event that year, Qin Yue was undoubtedly much luckier.

Because after learning from the lessons of James's widely regarded disastrous shoe launch,
Nike chose to release the Overlord series on the day of the Chinese Derby, which attracted a lot of attention from domestic fans as well as local Chinese fans in the Bay Area.
Moreover, on the stage carefully arranged by Nike, the "Ba Wang Yi Dai" shoes, which are mainly red, with the word "Messiah" printed on the upper and full of Chinese elements on the sides, are the most popular.
Just by appearance, Qin Yue has already won too much.

It is worth mentioning that shortly after Qin Yue received his new sneakers, his good brother James sent him a congratulatory message over the phone.

This season, regarding Qin Yue being built by Nike as the Messiah of the Bay Area, James, who felt that Qin Yue was similar to the "chosen one" he was when he was young, said on the phone: "Listen, brother, I have to pay you the highest respect, because this is a major moment since you entered the NBA.

Now that you have your own sneakers, I look forward to you creating your own era in Oakland."

As Evans had expected, James obviously didn't care about the relationship between the Messiah and the Chosen One.

Because at this moment, he cares more about the fact that as Qin Yue is built as the "Messiah" by Nike.
He has seen Nike in the post-Jordan era
That intention is to make himself and Qin Yue the banner of the NBA.

no doubt.

If you don't know about James' childhood, you will never understand where his shrewdness comes from.

In fact, on the eve of James being brought into the public eye by the New York Times
For a long time, Eddie Jackson, whom he once called "father", has had a profound influence on him.

Although in Qin Yue's previous life, many James fans liked to whitewash Eddie Jackson's identity and background and make him a so-called "middle and high-level official" in the local area to prove that his sponsorship of James and his mother was aboveboard.
But in fact, even LeBron James himself could not explain how Jackson supported them and their son.

As early as when James was a child, Jackson had been to prison for extortion.

When James was in high school, although Jackson had already broken up with James' mother Gloria, Jackson had never stopped supporting James and his mother.

Including James' first car in his life, and a mansion where James once lived temporarily.
So much so that when Jackson was sent to federal prison for real estate fraud again when James was in high school, people speculated whether this was related to Jackson's need for a large amount of money to support James and his mother.

If you don't understand, just ask: How could Jackson, a scum who is of no benefit to society except for helping James and his mother, and is either extorting money or serving time for fraud, be the so-called "middle and high-level official" in the local area?
Was every sponsorship he gave to James and his son clean?
This was LeBron James' childhood.

Full of darkness, he even had to rely on Jackson's illegal gains to make a living.

Therefore, as early as when James was growing up, he understood a truth earlier than all his peers.

That is, in order to achieve his goal, he must become smarter than the people around him at all costs.

This shrewdness, as he was officially brought into the public eye by the New York Times, will grow step by step with his ambition.

This summer, through his trip to China with Qin Yue, James has already felt the bright prospects of the Chinese market.

The group of brothers around James are destined to not understand why LeBron would go to such great lengths to please Qin Yue, even to the point of becoming a bootlicker in front of Qin Yue.

Because they don't have the experience of James, they don't understand what role Qin Yue plays in the future planning of the Nike empire.

Although at certain moments, James would also be jealous of Qin Yue.

For example, Qin Yue’s “Good Night, Los Angeles”.

But after calming down, James knew he had to suppress his jealousy.

Because that's the only way
Only then can he coexist in the NBA as the "chosen one" with Qin Yue, the "Messiah".

In James' eyes, the NBA is big enough to accommodate two iconic superstars.

Cleveland needs the Chosen One.

Oakland could certainly have their Messiah, too.

……

On the evening of the 18th, Qin Yue, who entered the Oracle Arena wearing new sneakers, had not yet fully experienced the difference of these new sneakers.
Yao Ming welcomed the new shoes in the traditional Chinese way.
Stepped on three times.

At that moment, looking at the nearly 300-jin Chinese strongman in front of him, Qin Yue said with a smile: "Brother, do you want me to retire tomorrow?"

Hearing this, Yao Ming, who even wanted to kick him a few more times, said, "I didn't use any strength, stop pretending."

I have to say that compared to those polite speeches, Qin Yue still prefers Yao Ming's way of congratulation.

As the NBA's most anticipated Chinese derby this season
Yao Ming and Qin Yue, two Chinese players who became the No. 02 draft pick in the NBA in 05 and respectively, have become the light of Asia in the eyes of Chinese-American fans.

This night, whether it was the Warriors players who had been gradually conquered by Qin Yue or the Rockets player who had not yet opened his sleepy eyes.
Everyone knew that this was destined to be a night that belonged only to Yao Ming and Qin Yue.

Before the game, a large number of reporters who came from far away in the country almost surrounded Qin Yue and Yao Ming.

But the harmonious atmosphere was different from what these Chinese journalists imagined.
Before the game started, Yao Ming and Qin Yue expressed their attitudes in interviews.

"I don't like the saying that this game will be a friendly match. As long as I start the game, I will go all out." Before the game, Yao Ming said this to the media.

Compared to Yao Ming's euphemism.
Qin Yue said directly: "Tonight, between Yao Ming and I, only one of us is destined to walk out alive."

Although after Yao Ming and Qin Yue were interviewed, Chinese reporters felt that the two brothers were deliberately creating an atmosphere before the big battle.
But they may not believe it.
In the NBA, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

Neither Yao Ming nor Qin Yue likes to bring personal relationships between players onto the court.

Just like Chris Paul had appeared in front of Qin Yue without hesitation in order to guard the Jazz's restricted area, and Qin Yue would not give him any face and would directly smash the basketball into the basket in front of him.

In Qin Yue's eyes, the NBA is too small.

Because only one team can make it to the end every year.

so.
The NBA is destined to only need one Messiah.

At the Oracle Arena, as "Overlord Breaks the Formation" sounded, amid the earth-shaking drumbeats, Qin Yue, who was walking towards the court with his head held high, almost instantly felt the murderous aura coming from the next half of the court.

This is Yao Ming.

The next second, Qin Yue decisively responded to Yao Ming.

While pointing at Yao Ming, Qin Yue's fingertips slightly bent, and then when the spotlights were turned on again and the entire stadium was at its quietest, he said:
"Come here!"

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