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Chapter 81 The Crown! (16000 words per day, please subscribe to the monthly ticket and collect it!)
In his past career as president, David Stern has witnessed the rise of too many bright new stars.

Among them, there is Michael Jordan, who changed people's perception of basketball as soon as he entered the league; there is Hakeem Olajuwon, who led the Rockets back to the playoffs with an average of "20+10" in his rookie season; there is Vince Carter, who was named "half man, half god" shortly after his debut; and there is Tim Duncan, who reached the peak of his career as soon as he debuted.
But no matter who are the above mentioned, their performance in their debut season is far from as explosive as Qin Yue this year.

The rookie scored 71 points in a single game.

And this was against the backdrop of the war between the Warriors and the Lakers. Unfortunately, even the knowledgeable Stern could not find an accurate adjective in his dictionary to specifically describe Qin Yue that night.

Even Stern could have foreseen in advance that when the league awarded the major NBA regular season awards this year, it would inevitably cause huge controversy and protests from the entire Bay Area.

There is no need for any as ifs or hypotheses for Qin Yue this night, because he is a god.

This season, his appearance not only allowed the NBA to further open up the Chinese market, bringing unimaginable economic benefits to the entire Warriors team, but he also led the Warriors, who only won 13 games last season, to directly become a strong team that even traditional giants cannot ignore.

In Oakland, Oracle Arena tickets are no longer hard to come by. Instead, people have to spend several times the price to get tickets from scalpers and be there just to catch a glimpse of the game from afar.

Compared with Yao Ming, his physical fitness, which is envied even by a number of black NBA stars, has made more and more Chinese fans begin to believe that Asian players can also succeed in the NBA.

The Warriors have four games left before they finish their 05/06 regular season journey.

Bay Area fans are no longer discussing whether the Warriors can break through the first round, but instead are discussing whether Qin Yue can lead the Warriors to continue to create miracles in the playoffs.

In China, Yao Ming is no longer the number one star in the eyes of Chinese fans.

Although this is cruel to Yao Ming, it is the fact. So when Yao Ming formally applied for a trade to the Rockets management through Schwartz this year, even those "people around Yao Ming" who were in the way in Qin Yue's eyes had to weigh the impact and shock Qin Yue brought to this era.

"Do you think we should break tradition for him?" Stern asked, turning to look at Vice President Mark.

"His performance deserves us to break tradition for him, but David, do you want a Messiah who will deserve the title in the future, or a Messiah who will become the banner of the NBA right now?" Mark asked.

Stern thought seriously for a while and said, "What do you mean?"

Mark smiled and said, "We might as well let the bullets fly for a while."

Staples Center.

In the Warriors locker room after the game.

Looking at Qin Yue who couldn't even lift his arms while taking a shower, and looking at his teammates who were still celebrating Qin Yue's 71 points, Brown walked towards Qin Yue with a towel in his hand, looking sad.

In Brown's eyes, at this moment in this world, he is the only one who understands Qin Yue's feelings.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to help you dry off."

"Get away! Get away from me, @#!"

However, what Brown never expected was that Qin Yue actually misunderstood him.

Can.
Why did he agree to let Biedrins rub his back the next second?
"The expression you had just now was really obscene." Turning his gaze to Brown, Qin Yue said.

Obscene?

"I was so sad that I almost cried. How can that be disgusting?" Brown said with a puzzled look on his face.

After patting Brown on the shoulder, Qin Yue said, "Andre said that there are a few models from Latvia who have been wanting to date him recently. Are you interested in discussing life with them?"

Hearing this, Brown stood at attention and said, "Then I am very interested."

Qin Yue smiled and said, "Go ahead, but remember to be safe. I don't want to see you telling the media the next day that I asked you to do it."

Brown nodded and said, "Don't worry, Boss. I'm not as stupid as you think."

That night, according to Biedrins's recollection, the suave "literary champion" Brown fought one against three, and he won the hearts of the group of Latvian models with one move. But what puzzled Biedrins was that he didn't know why Brown insisted on taking a jersey from him, and didn't return it afterwards.

That night, Qin Yue's "Good night, Los Angeles" was like an alarm clock that would never stop, making the entire City of Angels toss and turn and unable to sleep all night.

This night, the entire basketball world needed time to digest Qin Yue's 71 points in his rookie season, especially when the battle between the Warriors and the Lakers came to an end, people needed to savor it carefully and think about it again and again.
What kind of change will this NBA No. 1 draft pick from China bring to the basketball world?
ESPN posted Qin Yue's world-famous painting titled "Good Night, Los Angeles" on the homepage of its official website and said: "If Sports Illustrated doesn't choose it as the cover this year, it will be difficult for us to recognize it."

Sports Illustrated responded the next day: "We are already working on it, it must be this one."

The Los Angeles Times followed the example of the Chicago media and complained: "Humph! Qin Yue is not a hero at all!"

The San Francisco Chronicle later joked: "After all, in the eyes of Chicago people, no one can be a hero in the NBA except the 'God of Basketball' who is proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling."

The reporter from ABC TV station, who was eager to join in the fun, once again asked Shaquille O'Neal the question during the focus battle between the Heat and the Cavaliers on the evening of the 12th.

"Shaq, do you think the Messiah is worthy of Jovan Buha's evaluation now?"

Seeing this, O'Neal immediately ended the interview, which he thought was unreasonable.

However, Wade and James gave their respective comments on Qin Yue's 71 points in a single game.

Wade described: "I was shocked by what Qin achieved in his rookie season. He was like a bigger Kobe Bryant."

James commented: "There is no doubt that he held an unprecedented coronation ceremony in Los Angeles. I hope that one day I can get more praise than criticism like him."

Although the Cavaliers are expected to win 50 games in the regular season this season, James has been criticized a lot recently.

As for the reason?

Of course, there is no harm without comparison.

Qin Yue is so outstanding that even in James' mind, he has been labeled as a very complex person: "a serious threat, but also a good brother".

The impact of Qin Yue scoring 71 points in a single game is still continuing to ferment.

Because after the second "Good night, Los Angeles", including the buzzer-beater he had previously completed at the Staples Center, the City of Angels had become the birthplace of his pursuit of godhood.

Although only looking at the statistics, Kobe scored 70 points in each game and had a "40+ triple-double" in each of these two games, but as the MVP of the losing team, even Kobe himself could not accept the statement that "the Lakers lost, but he did not lose."

"Jerry, there is no regret medicine in this world."

Lakers general manager's office.

As the general manager of the Lakers, Kupchak was well aware of the regret and remorse that Buss expressed to him on the phone. At the moment, it is impossible for this Lakers team to regret the past.

"His performance has indeed exceeded all of our expectations, but Jerry. If we can't find an inside player who can compete with him next offseason, then time will never be on our side."

Time will not wait for the Lakers.

In Kupchak's view, Kobe has entered the peak of his career.

Originally, the Lakers management could have been more patient and waited for the opportunity for revival.

But not anymore.

Because the powerful warriors and Qin Yue have told the world:
The future does not belong to any one team, it only belongs to the Bay Area.

It is foreseeable that the NBA will usher in an unprecedentedly turbulent and transaction-frequent offseason in two months.

This is a series of chain reactions triggered by Qin Yue, and it is also a world-destroying tsunami he brought to this era!
If you don't seize the opportunity to board the ark of escape.
By then, no player other than the Warriors, and no team other than the Warriors will survive in the entire league!

Although Qin Yue has not yet reached the top and achieved immortality, for those who have experienced the Michael Jordan era, how can they afford to wait for the next decade?
"That junior of yours is too outrageous, isn't he? 71 points in a single game? I watched the highlights, and every point he scored in the game was not easy."

San Antonio, looking at the newspaper, Parker looked up at Duncan and said.

Hearing this, Duncan smiled evilly and said, "It seems that he played for three years in college, but in fact, it only took him two years to become the tallest mountain in Wake Forest.

I have long warned the world that the NBA will change dramatically from the moment he enters the league."

Parker asked curiously, "Tim, do you also think he is stronger than you?"

The next second, Duncan grabbed Parker's head and said, "I don't think so, but he is indeed one of the best players in the league today."

[Well, apart from me, he is the best in the NBA]

At this moment, Duncan was thinking this.

"Damn the format! We're about to get our 60th win of the season, but we can only rank fourth in the Western Conference?"

Dallas.

With the Suns and Spurs basically securing the top two spots in the Western Conference, the scene that Dallas fans least wanted to see finally came into their sight before the playoffs.

That is, once they enter the playoffs as the fourth in the Western Conference, they will face the Warriors, who always perform miracles when playing against them, in the first round of the playoffs.

This is undoubtedly one of the most dramatic scenes in the history of the NBA playoffs.

The Mavericks, who had a great chance of winning 60 games in the regular season, had to face the opponent they least wanted to face in the first round of the playoffs.

Phoenix city.

Mike D'Antoni also frowned at the basically clear situation in the Western Conference.

Because they and the Spurs both have the potential to become the first in the Western Conference, they have no idea whether they will be the first or second best in the Western Conference this year.

On the surface, the No. 1 team in the Western Conference will not encounter too much trouble in the first round of the playoffs, but in the second round, this year's No. 1 team in the Western Conference will face the winner between the Mavericks and the Warriors.

D'Antoni is convinced that no matter who the team is that wins in that round of strong dialogue, it will not be an opponent that the Suns can easily defeat.

After all, the strength gap between the top teams in the Western Conference this season is almost negligible.

However, compared to the Suns and Spurs, who can still choose their opponents.
This year's Nuggets and Jazz have no choice at all.

Historically, the Denver Nuggets, who would have ranked third in the Western Conference with 44 wins, are now facing a huge crisis.

That is the rise of the Utah Jazz in the Northwest Division.
As long as the Nuggets and the Jazz can win their next two games respectively, they will have a direct dialogue in the last game of the regular season to decide who will become the third in the Western Conference this year and who will be eliminated.

Yes, the winner, third in the West.

The loser goes straight home.

This is the fact that the Nuggets and Jazz must accept under the current NBA competition system after the Lakers and Clippers won successively on the evening of the 13th and secured a playoff spot respectively.

Anthony and Paul, only one of them is destined to get a ticket to the playoffs this year.

If Anthony had the famous "cannon catching master" Billups by his side at this moment, Qin Yue might be more optimistic about Anthony.

But unfortunately, Anthony didn't.

And the head coach standing behind Paul in this life is Jerry Sloan, so Qin Yue feels that Anthony is likely to be the first of the "Banana Boat Brothers" to be eliminated this year.

I have to say that the Western Conference this season is indeed full of drama.

In mid-April, the Dallas Mavericks, who officially won 4 games in the regular season, had to face the opponent they least wanted to face in the playoffs.

Due to the competition system, the Nuggets, who have been in third place in the Western Conference for most of the season, may be eliminated in the final moments of the regular season.

The entire Western Conference has become a mess in the final stage of the regular season.

Only Warriors.

From the moment they reached fifth place in the Western Conference, their ranking remained unchanged until the last day of the regular season.

But this does not mean that before the final regular season game against the Trail Blazers on the 19th, the Warriors, who had already won 53 games, did not hate the damn competition system and the abhorrent environment in the West.

Especially after what David Stern said in a recent interview.

"Qin undoubtedly played at the MVP level, but you ask me whether he will be the regular season MVP this year? Please rest assured that as a fair, open and just league, the NBA has always had strict MVP selection criteria. I believe we will give everyone a satisfactory result in a month."

Although he did not state it explicitly, Stern's words undoubtedly expressed to the world the league's determination to continue to abide by the basic law of the regular season MVP.

"Fuck fairness, openness, and justice! When has the NBA ever been truly fair?"

In the Warriors team, when seeing Stern's interview, almost all the players expressed their dissatisfaction for Qin Yueming.

Except Qin Yue.

Because he has done everything he can, including speaking to the league through the media.

So no matter what the final result is, Qin Yue doesn't care.

Since we have already fought for what we should fight for.

Now, he has to focus on the upcoming playoffs.

This is Qin Yue's way of survival. He has always lived a clear life.

On the evening of the 19th, the final game of the regular season, Warriors owner Cohen walked into the locker room before the game and said, "Gentlemen, I have prepared a grand celebration for you.

Your achievements this season are undoubtedly something to be proud of. You have to know that the last time the Warriors made the playoffs was in the 93/94 season, when I wasn’t even the owner of the team. "

As the Warriors boss that other team owners in the league most want to assassinate, except for Leslie Alexander
Cohan thought that his impassioned opening remarks would make the players in the locker room, who were either serfs or laborers in their previous lives, grateful.
But to his disappointment, the scene he expected did not happen.

To the extent that, if Qin Yue and Dunleavy had not taken the lead in applauding him, the only difference between him and the air at this moment was that air could be used for breathing, while he would only annoy the Warriors players in the locker room.

Seeing this, Cohan smiled and left the locker room, complaining to Chris Mullin: "I am the owner of this team, they are just a group of players working for me, why do they ignore my existence?"

Hearing this, Mullin, a veteran, said: "Players have always disliked high-handed capitalists."

Cohan frowned and said, "Why, you don't like it either?"

Mullin smiled and said, "As you said, you are the owner of this team, and I am only responsible for building a team for you that can make you a lot of money."

Looking at Mullin, who looked humble at the moment, Cohan said: "I am not Leslie Alexander. If this team really has a hope of competing for the championship, I am not reluctant to spend money.

But you have to find someone to teach these players that they have to respect the owner of this team."

In response, Mullin said: "That's difficult."

Cohan was puzzled and asked, "Why is it difficult?"

Mullin shrugged and said, "Because our Messiah never likes to be constrained. If I offend him, I won't be able to explain to you and the entire Bay Area."

Cohan sighed and said, "Damn it! Aren't Chinese people always low-key, pragmatic and humble? Why doesn't he look like a Chinese at all?"

Mullin explained: "He came to the United States when he was fifteen. In fact, before he showed his talent to the world, according to the description of the New York Times, he was more like an ordinary American high school student who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun all day long."

Cohan patted Mullin on the shoulder and said, "I feel relieved to hand over the team to you, and I am also very satisfied with your current achievements.

But I'm not as interested in basketball as Jerry Buss and other owners in the league. If a player really annoys me one day, the team may change owners at any time, you know?"

Mulin nodded and said, "I understand."

understand?

After watching Cohan walk away, Mullin immediately took out a bottle of fine wine that he had collected for many years from his pocket.

Although Mullin had long since given up his bad habit of drinking, he didn't mind having a few drinks at a moment like tonight when it was worth drinking.

"Master? Fuck the master! The master of this warrior group can only be the Messiah, and I, a former drunkard, can only be his steward."

In order to prevent his drinking from affecting the Warriors players who were about to play, Mullin even went to the bathroom and drank the glass of wine alone before the game started.

In the Warriors locker room, after learning that Qin Yue would hold another unique celebration party after the end of the regular season, the entire locker room suddenly let out bursts of wolf howls.

"Stop howling, or I'll have that drunkard trade you all to Minnesota!"

As the relationship with Mu Lin gradually deepened, "rotten drunkard" was Qin Yue's nickname for the left hand of God.

It was different from what Qin Yue imagined, those NBA general managers who always put on airs in front of the players.

This former Warriors star, who didn't officially retire until 2001, never put on airs in front of Qin Yue.

Moreover, he often complains about NBA stars of his generation in front of him.

"Don't believe what Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley say to you. Michael is an absolute bastard bully, and what about Charles? In my eyes, he is just like me, a poor guy without a championship ring."

"Should I call you Mr. Chris Mullin, or?"

"Just call me a drunkard! Old Don (Old Nelson) used to call me that, scolded me all day long, and even beat me. Anyway, the name is just a code name, you can call me whatever you want."

"You don't look like an NBA general manager."

"Fuck the general manager, remember, I'm just your steward of this team."

"Like Bruce Wayne and Alfred Penvonis?"

"Batman? Is that guy worthy of competing with you?"

Anyway, this is Chris Mullin.

Although in public, he would try his best to disguise himself as a gentleman, a well-read and knowledgeable general manager.

But in private, this "drunkard"
I just want to see Qin Yue lift the trophy for the Warriors.
The last time the Warriors won the championship trophy was during the Rick Barry era.

Mullin believes that day will come.

Because in Qin Yue, he not only saw superb basketball skills, he also saw a character similar to Larry Bird.

That's right, Larry Bird is the person Mullin admires most in the league.

At the end of his career, Mullin played briefly for the Indiana Pacers.

At the time, the Pacers' head coach was Larry Bird, Mullin's national team teammate at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Despite being led by Bird, the Pacers ultimately lost to the Lakers in that heartbreaking finals.

But when Mullin returned to the Warriors in the 00/01 season, looking at his former home team that had already been in ruins, Mullin secretly made up his mind.

at least
He wants to let Oakland fans feel the joy of the playoffs again.

The Golden State Warriors need a Larry Bird-like figure to revive their team.

Oracle Arena.

In the final game of the regular season, the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers with almost no effort and won their 54th victory of the season.

However, after the game, the home DJ did not immediately give the next playoff matchup schedule on the big screen.

Instead, at the moment the game was over, the world-famous painting titled "Good Night, Los Angeles" was used as the background to give Qin Yue's average statistics for the 82 games in his rookie season:

27.0分（2214分）、13.1个篮板（1074个篮板）、7.0次助攻（574次助攻）、3.4记封盖（279记封盖）、1.3次抢断（107次抢断）。

The overall shooting percentage for the season is 50.8%, the three-point shooting percentage is 36.5%, and the free throw shooting percentage is 81.7%.

Throughout the 05/06 season, Qin Yue had a total of thirteen triple-doubles, including two "40+ triple-doubles".

The 71 points he scored at the Staples Center made him the first player in NBA history to score 70+ in a single game in his rookie season.

The Warriors don't need the league to crown their king.

Because at this moment, under the gaze of the Bay Area fans, Qin Yue has been crowned.

"MVP! MVP! MVP!"

In the stands, a golden wave of fans began to roll.

They shouted Qin Yue’s name together.

Their voices were so loud that some of them even saved up several months' salary just to watch this regular season finale. But since Qin Yue gave Oakland hope, the Bay Area fans naturally had to use their highest respect to add the well-deserved tile to Qin Yue's coronation ceremony.

In the center of the venue, when the cheers of Warriors fans came from all directions, Qin Yue almost instantly felt why Stephen Curry of later generations could be on par with gods in the Bay Area with his mortal body.

To get back to the playoffs.

Warriors fans waited twelve years, and historically it was thirteen years.

They waited for forty years to win the championship trophy again, and the O'Brien Cup that dates back to the Rick Barry era.

Twelve years is the youth of a generation.

What about the forty years?
When the boys and girls who witnessed the Warriors win the championship in the past are now gray-haired, how can they not be crazy about Stephen Curry?
On the court, when the 98-year-old Sweetie, supported by the staff, staggered to Qin Yue, the old man who had witnessed Rick Barry holding the trophy for the Warriors on TV, held Qin Yue's hands tightly and said, "Watching you play has become a way of life for many Oakland people, including me. Every night, I pray for you on the sidelines. From the moment I came to Oakland, I have never missed any game of the Warriors, not even a minute. Thank you for allowing us to return to the playoffs after twelve years. We don't need Chicagoans and Los Angeles people to recognize you as a hero, because you are our hero."

This is why competitive sports will always be fascinating.

When you witness history and create history, you have already become a part of history.

Elderly man Sveti.

This old lady, who will be recorded in the history of the Warriors, will witness the Warriors winning the championship forty years later on her 106th birthday in Qin Yue's memory.

This old Warriors fan, whom even Stephen Curry of later generations has to respectfully call "sweetheart", is undoubtedly lucky.

At this moment, Qin Yue seemed to feel that his destiny was closely linked with this group of warriors.

In the stands, Chris Mullin, the drunkard, was secretly wiping tears from his eyes and had already burst into tears.

Once upon a time, he failed to live up to the high expectations of Warriors fans.

Now, he hopes and prays that Qin Yue can bring back the long-awaited championship trophy for the Warriors fans in the near future.

On the night of the coronation ceremony, Qin Yue returned to his East Bay mansion and stayed awake all night.

Warriors fans hope to present Qin Yue with a crown that is certainly full of weight, but the weight of this crown is so heavy that even Qin Yue can't help but feel the strain.

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"The regular season of the NBA 05/06 season came to a successful conclusion. Andrei Kirilenko's winning steal at the last moment successfully helped the Jazz return to the playoff sequence. Jerry Sloan said after the game that basketball is damn good and basketball is wonderful." - ESPN News Express

"When talking about missing the playoffs, Carmelo Anthony choked up and said that he would fully learn from this year's failure and promised that he would lead the Nuggets back to the playoffs next year." - Denver Post

"LeBron James, who successfully led the Cavaliers to 50 wins and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, said that he and his teammates will show their strength in the upcoming playoffs." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Mavericks coach Avery Johnson said in an interview that he still couldn't understand how a team that won 60 games in the regular season could be ranked fourth in the Western Conference because of the competition system." -Dallas Morning News

"Talking about the Warriors' regular season celebration party, Kwame Brown said it was a wonderful night and now he and his teammates are ready to face the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs." - San Francisco Chronicle

"What was it like to be the league's rebounding and blocked shot leader in your rookie season? Messiah said he felt deeply sorry for losing to Kobe Bryant by nearly nine points in the battle for the league's scoring title." - Sports Illustrated

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