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Chapter 74: Heart of a Champion (8000 words long chapter, begging for monthly ticket subscription and collection!)
The "Messiah Storm" that Qin Yue had stirred up since entering the NBA finally showed signs of abating after mid-January of the new year.

The Warriors began to enter a repetitive cycle of one win and one loss or two wins and two losses.

Messiah, who previously averaged a triple-double every four or five games, has failed to record a triple-double in eight consecutive games.

The impact of Baron Davis' absence due to injury seems to be beginning to show.

There is no doubt that all of the above finally made those who originally thought that the media over-hyped Qin Yue
Waiting for their chance to appear on stage.

现在
They finally have the chance to tap on the keyboard and turn their words into swords to show people a more real Qin Yue.

Generally speaking, when a rookie performs poorly in his rookie season, people often think of the term "rookie wall" first.

Since Qin Yue is also a rookie, he will naturally hit this wall.

at least
This is what those who try to present the "real Qin and Yue" to the world think.

But soon.
This group of people was disappointed.

Because although Qin Yue's technical statistics have become increasingly mediocre recently.

But as of the time of publication of this article by Los Angeles Times reporter Jovan Buha.
在布哈发现，进入2006年，秦岳场均仍然能为勇士砍下19.5分11.2篮板6.5助攻3.2封盖1.2抢断之后（这里只含1月数据）
Even this veteran NBA troll who once publicly criticized Kobe Bryant's unreasonable shooting choices and Shaquille O'Neal for being a lazy, fat, and greedy parasite couldn't help but gasp.

是的，倘若此刻场均仍然能为勇士砍下“19+11+6+3+1”的秦岳只能用平庸来形容
So in the NBA, what is the status of Qin Yue’s senior named Tim Duncan?
What about Kevin Garnett, who has now drowned in the West with the Timberwolves?
What are those inside stars who are well-known to fans throughout history?
then
As a rigorous and reasonable troll, Buha decided to find a new angle to restore a more realistic Qin Yue for people.

Because only looking at Qin Yue's main technical panel. In Buha's eyes, the so-called rookie wall theory and the theory of increasing mediocrity are simply untenable.

After all, in the NBA, every star player will have times of fatigue and poor form.

In the face of Qin Yue's technical statistics, which can still be called "phenomenal", Buha needs more evidence and sufficient reasons to prove:
This Bay Area Messiah is not nearly as powerful as the world boasts.

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The more Buha compared Qin Yue's performance in January with the previous two months, the more puzzled he became.

Especially when Buha looked up those so-called advanced technical statistics.

It is obvious that Qin Yue is present and absent
The Warriors are like two different teams.

And this situation showed no signs of improving even after they traded for Ron Artest.

Data shows that when Qin Yue is on the court, the Warriors are the team with the second-best offensive efficiency in the league this season after the Suns.

But when Qin Yue was not on the court, the Warriors could only compete with the Houston Rockets in offense.

In addition, when the Messiah is on the court, the Warriors can grab 48 rebounds per game, but when he is not on the court, the Warriors' data will immediately drop to around 40.

And even more terrible
Although the Warriors, who have been holding high the banner of offensive basketball this season, have not achieved ideal results in terms of points lost per game, Buha can still show that the Warriors have lost 3 points per 100 possessions.
Buha discovered that when Qin Yue was on the court, the Warriors' defensive efficiency per 100 possessions ranked among the top five in the league!
But once he is not on the court, the Warriors' defensive efficiency per 100 possessions can only be compared with the Supersonics.

Since the NBA introduced various advanced statistics, Buha has never seen a player like Qin Yue who can have a huge impact on the team on both offense and defense.

Especially this player.
He's just a rookie! ?
Therefore, in order to explore why Qin Yue has such a terrifying influence on the court, Buha decided to analyze every game video of the Warriors this season frame by frame.

After all, he has always been a troll with a reason and a case.

then
Buha discovered Qin Yue's effective screens that could not be counted in the technical statistics, as well as the hand-to-hand passes he made with his teammates on the court that seemed simple but were actually extremely lethal to the opponents based on his own characteristics.

Then, Buha also noticed that since December last year, Qin Yue has gradually reduced his frequency of assisting defense in the game and increased the number of times he watches the show outside the three-point line during offense.
But when he is on the court, he still provides the team with indescribable help on both offense and defense.

Because they were wary of his shooting range and couldn't predict whether he would create opportunities for his teammates through pick-and-roll in the next second, the Warriors' opponents in the game did not dare to let down their guard against him.

As for defense, the Warriors took him as the core and gradually built their own defensive system.

"I understand that with Ron Artest coming in, they had a 'DPOY' caliber defensive player on the perimeter.

Therefore, he does not have to be ready to assist his teammates on the outside at all times as he did before. Instead, he can observe more carefully and expand the defense zone only when necessary to disrupt the opponent's offense.

He uses his keen observation and defensive reading ability to replace the work that requires a lot of physical effort to complete."

On the night that Buha found out the truth, the famous troll of the Los Angeles Times fell completely silent.

“The Warriors’ recent decline in performance is related to their reduction of Qin’s playing time.

In November, Qin's average playing time was around 11 minutes.

But in December, his playing time was reduced to 12 minutes per game.

In January, the Warriors reduced his playing time by another 1 minutes.

The Warriors are preparing for the playoffs in three months because they need their Messiah to be able to output at full power in the playoffs.
Even with the help of his overclocking, he can create the only possibility!"

As we all know, when people can't hold it back, they often can't hold it back.

Therefore, when Buha restored the "real Qin and Yue" for people in the Los Angeles Times through a series of evidence he found.
Not to mention what those people who have always disliked Qin Yue think of him.

Anyway
Buha successfully broke through the defenses of countless people on this day.

"I think people can end the discussion about who was the best player in the 05-06 NBA season because in my opinion, no matter how many points Kobe Bryant scored, he was not as good as the Messiah of the Warriors.

As for Steve Nash? Maybe he has an impact on the offensive end that exceeds that of the Messiah, but in today's league, who doesn't know that Mr. Steve Nash is a burden and negative asset to the team on the defensive end?
Tim Duncan was indeed the best power forward in the league in my mind, but he is no longer the best now, because in my eyes, his junior is far better than him.

And what about Shaquille O'Neal, who is still upset that he was not included in the top five MVP discussion?
Don't be funny. How can that lazy, stupid fat pig who always fantasizes about being the best center in the league compare to the Messiah?

There is no doubt that the Messiah is the hope of our time. He is the best NBA player in the 05/06 season in my mind! "

On the day Buha's article was published, although not everyone cared about Buha's personal opinion, the article still caused great controversy on the Internet.

Because in Buha's article, in order to prove how outstanding Qin Yue is, he basically stepped on all the players on this year's NBA regular season MVP rankings.

For example, Qin Yue’s senior and Nash, who is currently leading the Suns to sweep the league with one offensive game after another.

Fortunately, as veterans, Duncan and Nash are very clear that Qin Yue is indeed strong, but he is far from being as exaggerated as Buha described in this article.

after all
In this article, Buha completely ignored the tactical resources that the Warriors poured into Qin Yue.

In the NBA, due to the different playing styles and positions of each star player, the resources they consume on the court are different.
Therefore, no matter when, even the most advanced technical statistics can only be used as a reference.

Because advanced statistics can often only prove how much you contribute to your team on the court.

In fact, as an alliance that has always been full of discussions and controversies
Only by combining these so-called advanced data with the "trophy room" theory can you most intuitively feel which player is stronger.

For example, Michael Jordan, who also has advanced data to support him and has collected a large number of trophies from his contemporaries.

In the NBA, no one has ever said that you can't avenge your loss to Jordan by defeating him.

It’s just that compared to Jordan’s unique trophy collection room, the trophy collection rooms of other NBA stars of his generation are a bit embarrassing.

Therefore, Jordan finally used the spoils such as "Magic's unwillingness", "Glider's pain", "Barkley's despair", "Malone's wreckage", "Stockton's championship heart" and other trophies to finally refine the magic potion called GOAT.

No matter how future generations discuss his scumbag behavior, no matter how many statistics you customize to pretend that you are strong, if you don't defeat all the stars of an entire era and put them all in your trophy collection, how dare you be the king of the NBA? How are you worthy of being the king?

of course
Although Buha's article is biased, it does prove in some ways how outstanding Qin Yue, who is in his rookie season, is.

However, in January of this year.
Even if it was Qin Yue, it would be difficult to steal the limelight from Kobe Bryant through Buha's article.

……

On January 1, Kobe's grandmother Cox came to Los Angeles.

She plans to be there in person to watch her grandson's performance on the field up close for the first time.

It was not until many years later that people learned that this day was also the birthday of Kobe's grandfather, who had passed away nearly five years earlier.

The day before the game, Kobe wolfed down a large pepperoni pizza with a bottle of grape soda.

Before the game started, he swallowed some hamburgers and French fries in a hurry.

In addition, the pain in his knee continued to accompany him until the game started, sharp and piercing, and never went away.

"Why did you bring Macaroni?"

"I think he also wanted to see how his father played."

According to "Mrs. Bryant" Vanessa, this was the only conversation she had with Kobe before the game.

Then, after looking at Maccaroni Bryant with a loving look.
Facing the challenge of the Toronto Raptors, looking at the Jalen Rons who had hurt him in the 2000 Finals
Kobe Bryant.

The best shooting guard in the league today just pressed the switch button called "God descending to earth".

Although at the end of the first half, Kobe made 18 of 11 shots and only scored 28 points.

But soon, after three quarters, Kobe's score quickly increased to 55 points, and he showed no intention of stopping.

This also caused panic to spread on the Raptors bench on the other side.

At the Staples Center, throughout the fourth quarter, the words MVP, MVP kept flashing on the scoreboard on the big screen.

With 4 minutes and 28 seconds left in the final quarter, reporters at the scene were no longer concerned about Kobe Bryant, but turned their attention to "Zen Master" Phil Jackson on the sidelines.

The reporters frowned.

Because the Lakers' lead had reached 17 points at this time, they were worried that Jackson would replace Kobe, who had scored 65 points in the first three quarters that night, early, just like he did against the Mavericks.

However, the "Zen Master" did not spoil the night and decided to keep Kobe on the court.

So, on the score sheet.
Kobe's score finally stopped at 84 points.

After the game, Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw said excitedly in an interview: "Before playing against the Mavericks, I discussed with Kobe whether he could score 80 points if the Zen Master continued to send him out in the fourth quarter.

After getting Kobe's confirmation, I knew right away that he could do it!"

On January 1 of this year, Kobe scored an unprecedented 22 points on the night of the Dragon Slaying Game.
The entire basketball world went completely crazy.

When former Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen learned from his friend at 84 a.m. that Kobe had scored points, he tossed and turned all night and immediately thought about what would happen if it were him.
How should he deal with Kobe like this?

"I think in some ways, Kobe Bryant has done better than Michael Jordan." Pippen said in an interview.

As for Pippen's teammate Michael Jordan, he did not immediately comment on Kobe's 84 points in a single game.

"This is the most exciting scoring performance I have ever seen in my life." Afterwards, "T-Mac", who was still sleeping, said in an interview that even in the game, he didn't know how to control a player to score so many points.

Overnight, Kobe stole the attention of the entire basketball world.

However, after the night of slaying the dragon, not all media gave positive comments about Kobe.

For example, the San Diego Union-Tribune said that the game was completely meaningless.

George Couch, a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, commented in his article: "Kobe is not a hero at all." In addition, Kobe has also received polarized reviews within the league.

For example, Vince Carter said that Kobe set a wrong example.

For example, Kobe's former teammate Shaquille O'Neal said: "Give me 50 shots and I can score that many points."

Meanwhile, O'Neal's teammate Antoine Walker backed him up, saying: "If someone scores 84 points in front of me, I'll punch him next time we meet."

I have to say, in January of this year.
The player who scored the buzzer beater in "Good Night, Los Angeles" and the player who was scored seemed to have discussed it beforehand.

The former was first praised by Los Angeles Times reporter Jovan Buhay as the greatest rookie in NBA history.

As for the latter, in late January, he completely washed away the negative impact of the Eagle County incident with an 1-point scoring feast in a single game, and sparked a discussion in the basketball world about whether he could score 84 points in a single NBA game.

But whether these two people are intentional or unintentional
They all quietly teamed up to poke countless holes in Shaquille O'Neal's already small heart.

Previously, in an interview with reporters, O'Neal once said: "When will Jovan Buha shut up? I have teamed up with 'D-Wade' to defeat the Warriors before. How can the guy the Warriors selected be as good as he said?"

However, what caught O'Neill off guard was that, because Buha had always hated O'Neill, he had added a sentence in the article praising Qin Yue by name:
"Believe me, that lazy and stupid fat pig will definitely say that he and 'D-Wade' teamed up to beat the Warriors. So here, I must tell you that in that game, 'D-Wade' scored a total of 37 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. And what about our Shaq? Roar, let's see, he only made 14 of 4 free throws and only got 14 points and 8 rebounds. Is this the so-called No. center in the league?"

As the protagonist of this article, I am afraid that even Qin Yue himself did not expect
Buha actually helped him to attract a wave of hatred from O'Neal invisibly.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that when Yao Ming entered the league, O'Neal had suffered a loss for a racial slur that he said he was just joking.
After reading this Buha article, O'Neal even wanted to run to Oakland immediately to duel with Qin Yue.

Since he has always been narrow-minded, how could he tolerate Buha using a mere rookie to drag him down?
Even though Qin Yue was also a Chinese player, and even though O'Neal already knew the consequences of offending the Chinese market, he could not tolerate a rookie who had never even touched the finals floor having a higher image in the eyes of the world than himself.

As for the 1 points Kobe scored on January 22?
It was just like Kobe Bryant swinging his palm from Los Angeles to Miami.
It caused O'Neal to collapse on the spot!

"That was undoubtedly a great night, but I think you all know how difficult it was for me to lead the Warriors to a buzzer beater against the Lakers at the Staples Center.

I don't buy the idea that the game was meaningless, or that if everyone was given 50 shots he would have scored the same number of points.

Because if it means nothing, then what was that buzzer beater I made in Los Angeles?
If everyone gets 50 shots and can score the same number of points, why doesn't he do it right away? Why, can't he do it? " Qin Yue said this in an interview after leading the Warriors to an easy win over the Supersonics at home on the 23rd.

Hearing this, a reporter asked: "There have been rumors that your relationship with Kobe Bryant is not very good, but today you surprised us by speaking highly of him."

Seeing this, Qin Yue spread his hands and said, "Even until now, I will still tell you that I don't like him. But just because I don't like him doesn't mean I can't appreciate him scoring on the court."

"Shaquille O'Neal said in an interview yesterday that you are far from worthy of Jovan Buha's evaluation of you. He thinks you are overrated by Jovan Buha. What do you think about this?"

Qin Yue smiled and said, "Jovan Buha can evaluate me, and Shaquille O'Neal can certainly evaluate me, just like I can also say that without Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal would not have won even one championship."

The reporter was surprised and asked: "Are you declaring war on Shaquille O'Neal?"

Qin Yue shook his head and said, “I never thought Shaquille O’Neal was my opponent because I am a power forward.

In addition, Jovan Buha is right in saying that compared to the so-called No. 1 center in the league, when we played against the Heat before, we really had no way to deal with D-Wade. "

If it was O'Neal in his prime, Qin Yue might still be afraid of his three-pointers.

But what about this Shark who only wants to show off his qualifications and tries to prove that he is still the league's No. 1 center by showing Excellence?

Excuse me.

In the eyes of Qin Yue, who always treats everyone equally, O'Neal during this period
Everyone can criticize it.

When Shaquille O'Neal complained that Kobe did not speak up for him, which led to him being kicked out by the Lakers.
Does he remember how he attacked Kobe in front of the media after leaving the Lakers?

Qin Yue not only has no good feelings towards O'Neal, who has always had a flexible moral bottom line, but he is even disgusted by his criticism of the league's rising stars after he retires.

Because those criticisms were too extreme and made solely for the purpose of gaining traffic, not only did those up-and-coming talents become labeled as "brain-dead", but they also had a very serious impact on their future careers.

Moreover, in Qin Yue's memory, after O'Neal teamed up with Wade to win the championship this season, he would show off to the Lakers and Kobe through the media many times.

This is Shaquille O'Neal.

Because Yao Ming took away his All-Star starting spot that year, he could even use racist words to humiliate Yao Ming in front of the media.

But after feeling the pressure from public opinion and seeing the prospects of the Chinese market, he immediately changed his attitude and became Yao Ming's good friend in the NBA.

He even took the initiative to put on a coat for Yao Ming when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the future.

Qin Yue couldn’t use an accurate word to describe O’Neill.

After all, in this world, everyone is an extremely complex individual.

But as a player who aspires to reach the top in the future
If O'Neal really wants to start a war, Qin Yue doesn't mind using a portion of "aged dried fish" as his magic potion formula to become the new GOAT in the future.

Two days later, O'Neal responded to Qin Yue's comment in Miami that "without Kobe, he wouldn't have won even one championship": "He (Qin Yue) is just a young boy who has not experienced anything in the world. I won't argue with him."

Compared to the former O'Neal who was the only one in the world.
This time, after noticing that the media intended to stir up a fight between him and Qin Yue, O'Neal made a decisive decision to take the initiative to calm down the public opinion storm.

After thinking it over, O'Neal calmed down and found that
In fact, Qin Yue did not have a deep hatred with him.

He was only angry at Qin Yue because of Buha's article.

Moreover, compared to the Yao Ming who liked to make a big deal out of a small matter, Yao Ming, who has always been low-key and humble,
Since Qin Yue entered the alliance, his actions have nothing to do with the word "low-key", but at least they can be said to be extremely arrogant.

In Los Angeles, he dared to sing "Good night, Los Angeles" after defeating the Lakers, making the City of Angels sleepless all night.

In Cleveland, even when facing James, the chosen one, he did not show any brotherhood, but directly used "The.Dunk" to nail Cleveland to the pillar of shame again.

To the extent that now more and more people in the world have begun to call him Little Larry Bird.

Yes, although Qin Yue's current playing style has nothing to do with Bird, people are convinced of his character. He must be Bird's reincarnation. (Bird:?)

In short, because he no longer has the arrogance of the past, after calming down, O'Neal did not want to have a new enemy when he was already upset about Kobe's 84 points.

However, what O'Neal didn't know was that.
Qin Yue has a great characteristic.

That is, once he starts to hold a grudge, his revenge will never take ten years.

What do you mean I don't deserve Jovan Buha's evaluation?
In Qin Yue's eyes, the only flaw in Buha's article was that he didn't praise it well enough!

You know, those data were obtained by him fighting hard night after night.

In order to lead the Warriors to reverse the downward trend, he started overclocking at full power from his debut in his career!

As a result, in the second half of the article, Buha did not even write about it because he was busy dragging down other stars.

This made Qin Yue very disappointed.

It was only because English was far less beautiful than Chinese that Qin Yue finally reluctantly forgave Buha.

But what Qin Yue didn't expect was...
Now, even an out-of-date star who always clings to Wade's thighs and only dares to discuss how beautiful his Excel was in the past dares to say that he does not deserve this evaluation.

Originally, Qin Yue was not so angry about O'Neal's evaluation.

But he became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and he had already quietly turned his attention to the calendar:

——September 2.

That day, the Warriors will host the Miami Heat at home.

At the same time, it is also the second time the two teams have met this season.

In order to prepare for the massacre that would officially add the "aged dried fish" to his trophy collection room, Qin Yue was looking forward to that day almost every night since February!

"The Heat are now second in the Eastern Conference. Are you sure we can beat them at home?" That day, after learning about Qin Yue's "shark-killing plan", Brown, who wanted to persuade Qin Yue to calm down, said.

Hearing this, Qin Yue said, "What's wrong with being second in the East? They have only won one more game than us."

"This Miami Heat team is full of great players, including Shaquille O'Neal and D-Wade, as well as Antoine Walker, James Posey and White Chocolate."

In response, Qin Yue was puzzled and said, "Don't we also have Ron, Jason, and you?"

Seeing Qin Yue getting excited, Brown said, "But they are a team aiming for the championship, and we..."

Qin Yue was surprised by Brown's suggestion and asked, "Aren't we a team aiming to win the championship?"

Now it was Brown's turn to be shocked. He said, "Our goal this season is to win the championship?"

After taking a deep breath, Qin Yue said, “I’m very disappointed with you today, Kwame.”

Brown: “.”

After a pause, Qin Yue continued: "I originally thought that you were like me, working hard every day to win the championship, but I didn't expect that I was overthinking."

Brown: “.”

Then, Qin Yue said, "Do you really not know what Barron, Jason, Troy, Mike and others are looking forward to every day?"

The next second, Brown was no longer silent and asked, "Do you all think that our goal this season is to win the championship?"

Qin Yue nodded, patted Brown on the shoulder, and said, "In the NBA, never underestimate the heart of a champion."

Seeing this, Brown, who was immediately in awe, said: "Well, in that case, the Heat is indeed the opponent we must beat."

Qin Yue knew it well, better than anyone else, that although this Warriors team was far from the level to compete for the championship, so what?

Is it true that in the NBA, people are not allowed to aim for the championship?
And it is for this reason that after entering the new year, Qin Yue accepted the advice from "Executive Vice General Manager" and "Executive Vice Head Coach" Mike Dunleavy.

"I know this sounds exaggerated, but if we want to make a difference in the playoffs this year, we must not overdraw your physical strength like we are doing now." Dunleavy Jr. said this to Qin Yue after returning from Charlotte.

Artest also echoed, "You are our only trump card, our only asset to fight against those traditional Western giants, so I personally agree with Mike's proposal."

In order to meet the playoffs, the Warriors must strictly control Qin Yue’s playing time and reduce the consumption he suffered in the regular season.

Perhaps, this will make Qin Yue miss out on more beautiful technical statistics.

But compared to the data generated by overclocking
Qin Yue knew very well that the ambitions of this Jinzhou gang had been completely awakened by him.
Doesn't he also want to go to the playoffs with this group of teammates to see to what extent they can disrupt the Western Conference this year?

On some nights, of course.

Face opponents who don't recognize you.

Both Dunleavy and Artest believed that it was absolutely necessary for Qin Yue to output at full power to let them see:
Does the Warriors' Messiah deserve those evaluations?
On February 2, the Miami Heat officially arrived in Oakland.

And that night.
Qin Yue, who had been waiting for a long time, also showed a fierce look on his face!
……

PS: I just came back from the hospital with an IV drip, and I have a big chapter of 8000 words here! I will try to be on time for the chapter at 22pm!
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