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Chapter 92 Help him look decent! (8100 words! Begging for monthly subscription!)
Since entering the playoffs, O'Neal seems to have found his way back to dominating the paint.

In the first round of the playoffs, he averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game for the Heat, with an overall shooting percentage of 60%.

In fact, if O'Neal's free throw percentage in this series was not only 40%, and his average number of shots per game was only 14, his efficiency would not be even worse than when he was with the Lakers.

Although in O'Neal's eyes, Riley, the hateful farmer, would insult and criticize him all day long.
However, he did get more rest time as he only played 59 games in the regular season due to "injury".

The only drawback is, if Riley didn't ask him to lose weight, force him to get on the treadmill and stop him from eating sweets, how good would that be?
O'Neal's wonderful playoff journey continues.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, he averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game for the Heat. Except for his unsatisfactory free throw percentage (38.6%), his overall efficiency was still good. He was the second highest scorer in the Heat team after Wade in the semifinals.

O'Neal likes Wade very much.

Especially when compared to Hardaway and Kobe.

Not only does Wade have more in common with him, but the star guard, who has officially entered the peak of his career this season, is also far more sympathetic than Hardaway and Kobe.

Although Wade is currently recognized as the absolute leader of the Heat, he still calls himself "big brother" in public, which is very useful to O'Neal, who is already in the end of his career.

In addition, on the court, Wade would always pass him some "simple balls" that even if Kobe had passed them to him before, O'Neal had already forgotten them.

These "simple balls" greatly improved O'Neal's efficiency on the court and made O'Neal less reluctant to go to the high post to screen for Wade.

Because in O'Neal's view, Wade would never just throw away the ball like a "stinky snake" after he had worked so hard to set a screen for him.

In the three rounds of playoffs that the Heat have played so far, Wade's highest average number of shots per round is only 19.

As the leader of the Heat team, Wade can shoot as much as he wants on the court, but this "Flash" is more of a team player than that "Snake" and never ignores his teammates on the court.

"'D-Wade' is just the best guard I've ever played with."

In interviews, O'Neal has expressed his love for Wade to the world through the media more than once.

So, with this love for Wade
In this year's Eastern Conference Finals, O'Neal and Wade teamed up to crush the Pistons.

Crush the Pistons, who had successfully prevented the Lakers from winning the championship in the 03/04 season and indirectly led to the breakup of the "OK" combination.

Compared to the culprit who caused the Lakers' defeat in O'Neal's eyes in the 04 Finals, Wade had an overall hit rate of over 60% in this year's Eastern Conference Finals and had his way with the Pistons' proud defense.

And what about O'Neal?
He also repaid the Heat and Wade's trust in him with an average of 22 points and 11 rebounds per game, with an overall shooting percentage of 65%. In addition to his free throw percentage (41.7%), he also had an excellent transcript.

There is no doubt that this year's Eastern Conference Finals is definitely O'Neal's most wonderful moment in recent years.

"With D-Wade, you even have to force him to attack. One time I saw him having a good shot, so I asked him, 'Hey, man, why don't you take more shots?'

You know what D-Wade said to me? He said, 'No, Shaq, I've done it perfectly, and I want my teammates to share my happiness.'

That’s ‘D-Wade.’ I wouldn’t say he’s the best shooting guard in the league today, but it’s definitely true.”

After advancing to the Finals with Wade, the entire basketball world fully realized how happy O'Neal was playing for the Miami Heat.

The atmosphere on this Heat team is great.

Because they have gathered a group of like-minded veterans who all want to fulfill their dreams with a championship ring.

Not only did they equip Wade and O'Neal with championship pieces on the outside such as Antoine Walker, James Posey and "White Chocolate" Williams who were responsible for providing court space.

And in the interior, the always diligent Haslem and Mourning also greatly reduced O'Neal's workload on defense.

But after watching the Heat's Eastern Conference semifinals this year.
Qin Yue and the Warriors players have never had a moment when they felt that they were about to become members of the NBA championship.

As the 2006 NBA champions, is this Heat a perfect team?
of course not.

If they were really perfect
They didn't even need Wade's 16.2 free throws per game in the finals that year, which he earned through his repeated charges and body hair, to tie the Dallas Mavericks.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, facing the Nets, the Heat exposed their weaknesses to the world.

This is the worst series this year for O'Neal since entering the playoffs. It is worth mentioning that this Eastern Conference semifinals was also the series in which O'Neal averaged the least playing time.

As for the reason?

“They can’t even handle Nenad Kostic?”

In the video analysis room, while reviewing the video with his teammates, "No. 1 pick" Brown was stunned.

Nenad Kostic.

A space-evacuating center who has taken more than a third of his career’s two-point attempts from long range.

Since Kostic has a long-distance two-point shooting rate of over 40% this season, he has become O'Neal's nightmare when playing against the Nets.

Moreover, influenced by the times, Kostic is not an open-type inside player with three-point shooting range.

In the video footage, seeing O'Neal's slow and clumsy steps on defense, almost instantly, all the Warriors players turned their eyes to Artest and Murphy.

As we all know, the starting four of this Heat team, whether Haslem or Walker, is not tall enough.
Therefore, in everyone's opinion, the Warriors can completely use Artest and Murphy to partner with Qin Yue in the interior.

And so it comes.
Who can O'Neal count on to fill in for him and who can help him defend?

"We don't need to target him so much. In the game, even if Kwame is my partner, I have ten thousand ways to move him away from the inside." Qin Yue suddenly expressed his opinion in the video analysis room.

Hearing this, head coach Montgomery smiled and said, "Indeed, focusing too much attention on Shaq will only give their real offensive core more opportunities in the game."

After the regular season matches, Qin Yue knew very well that compared to O'Neal, Wade was the one that the Warriors needed to pay special attention to.

How to describe Wade during this period?

In short, no matter who you change to defend, it is difficult to stop him from completing tough solutions for the Heat on the court.

His dribbling ability is outstanding, his coordination with the ball is amazing, and he also has the instant start ability that is the best in the current NBA.
The above advantages determine that as long as Wade, who is at the peak of his career, decides to beat you, you can only wait for him to run out of energy.

Is this description an exaggeration?

No, not an exaggeration at all.

Because not everyone can win the championship with the top center who scores 5 points in a single game in the finals.

In addition, since entering the playoffs, Wade has a long-distance two-point shooting percentage of about 45%.

This makes him even more difficult to defend when he breaks through.

Therefore, compared to O'Neal, Qin Yue needs Brown to form a double tower lineup with him to limit Wade's breakthrough and increase Wade's physical energy consumption during the breakthrough.

That's right, because Wade's hard-core approach determines that his number of shots per game is limited, so the Warriors only need to control his average shots per game within an acceptable range.
Then the offensive capability of this Heat team will be greatly weakened.

Historically, including shots deducted by free throws, Wade's average number of shots per game against the Mavericks is about 31.

Although this data is still amazing, considering that the Mavericks' inside line was relatively weak in mopping-up ability at the time, Qin Yue had every reason to believe that he and Brown could do better together.

But now comes the problem.
Who on the Warriors should take the beating from Wade?
In the video analysis room, watching Richardson who didn't say a word, and Davis who suddenly became taciturn, Artest slowly stood up and said righteously: "I don't know if I can hold on."

At this moment, if Artest were to light a cigar, he would look just like the third brother in "Shaolin Soccer" who stepped forward in times of crisis.

"Jason is our most accurate shooter, and he can't be consumed too much on the defensive end."

"As for Baron, he can't even defend Tony Parker. I don't dare ask him to defend 'D-Wade'."

After Artest took the initiative to assume the responsibility of guarding Wade, the Warriors quickly determined their battle plan for the finals.

Moreover, before the finals, the Warriors also focused on practicing the Flex tactics initiated by Qin Yue as the core, as well as the 2-3 zone defense as a backup.

……

2006 6 Month 10 Day.

Oakland, Oracle Arena.

The Warriors players, who enjoyed home-court advantage in their first playoff trip this year, once again felt the enthusiasm of Bay Area fans during the pre-game warm-up.

In the stands, the fans shouted "We-believe" in unison.

In this life, Qin Yue's previous heroic declaration of winning the championship has given another meaning to this slogan that has been passed down to later generations because of the Jinzhou Gang's achievement of the black eight in history.

On this night when the Warriors returned to the Finals after an absence of 31 years, all the fans in the Bay Area firmly believed that their Messiah would lead this Warriors team all the way to the top!
If miracles really have a color, then it must be the golden color that belongs to the warriors!
When the Heat players arrived at the arena, the golden wave on the scene had already begun to roll.

Rick Barry, who led the Warriors to the championship thirty-one years ago, will serve as the live commentator tonight.

Although the love-hate relationship between Barry and the Warriors cannot be explained in a few words.
But as a Warriors legend, Barry still supported Qin Yue before the game and said: "The Messiah is already the most important face of the NBA. He is better than anyone else."

In Qin Yue's previous life, about seventeen years later, Barry would give the same evaluation to Stephen Curry.

Since the Warriors are Barry's "roots" after all, he is destined to have only praise for Qin Yue, this outstanding junior.

Of course, Barry was not so polite to the shameless Chris Mullin. Before the game, Barry changed the subject and asked, "Why are we having Chris Mullin do the jump ball ceremony tonight? He led the Warriors to the finals?"

Finals?
Mullin did go in.

Only when he played for the Pacers.

As for why Mullin had to personally take the field tonight to perform the jump ball ceremony for the Warriors?

That's of course because as the general manager of the Warriors team, the Messiah's butler, he wants to touch the floor of the finals with his own hands!

Because this year's Warriors' entry into the finals was completely accidental.
So when he was in charge of all the preparations for the finals, how could Mullin leave such an important part as the pre-game jump ball ceremony to others?
In the center of the field, when Mullin walked towards the center circle with the ball, he was extremely excited.

Thirty-one years.

The Warriors finally rewrote history through an "Operation Overlord"!

Although it was just a symbolic jump ball, after the jump ball, Qin Yue suddenly got an inspiration and ignited the entire stadium in the next second.

After jumping off the basketball, he threw the basketball with one hand near half court to the next half court.

Bang, whoosh——!
Then, as the basketball hit the backboard and fell into the net, Barry laughed in the commentary booth and said, "It seems that luck is on our side tonight! We are sure to win!"

The Golden State Warrior, wearing the No. 30 jersey, hit a half-court three-pointer before the game started.

Is this reasonable?

This makes sense.

On the court, until the Warriors' pre-game activities were over, the famous Joseph-Joey-Crawford slowly walked towards the center circle with the ball.

As a referee highly respected by Warriors and Heat fans, Joe Crawford officiated the first game of the finals, and neither Riley nor Montgomery could find any fault with his performance.

Although Joe Crawford has made many controversial calls in his law enforcement career.

But one thing is that he is fair.

That is, in the games between the Warriors and the Heat that he officiated this season, Wade and Qin Yue both received a lot of star whistles.

In addition, it must be stated that.

Qin Yue is indeed the inside player whose average free throws per game in this year's playoffs is second only to Tim Duncan.

But Pat Riley apparently forgot that Wade's free throw attempts in the playoffs were the most among all guards.

In short, with Joe Crawford refereeing the first game of the finals, fans of both teams don't have to worry that the referee will treat their star players unfairly.

Before the game started, Qin Yue also jokingly called out to O'Neal: "Hey, Shaq, your 'foot injury' shouldn't affect your performance in the finals, right?"

Hearing this, O'Neal snorted coldly and said nothing.

Since entering the playoffs, O'Neal believes he has rediscovered his form and dominance in the low post.

Therefore, he was prepared to respond to this chattering brat with his performance on the field.

'Fuck, is this guy ever going to stop? Why is he holding a grudge like that bastard Kobe?'

At this moment, O'Neal was thinking this.

On the big screen at the scene, as the starting lineups of the two teams took their positions, the starting lineups for the first game of the finals between the Heat and the Warriors were immediately announced.

Heat: O'Neal, Walker, Posey, Wade, Williams.

Warriors: Brown, Qin Yue, Artest, Richardson, Davis.

In the jump ball, Brown disappointingly lost to the aging O'Neal.

After Williams dribbled across half court, he did not immediately look for Wade, but instead signaled his teammates to slow down the pace. Unlike the "White Chocolate" who was known for his free and easy style of play in the early stages of his career and always made the other nine players on the court nervous when passing the ball, Williams' style of play has taken a 180-degree turn since he "turned over a new leaf".

During the Heat's playoff run this year, his assist-to-turnover ratio was close to 4 to 1, and most of his shots were open three-pointers.

In this offensive round, Williams did not pass the basketball to Wade until Walker and Posey took away the Warriors' right defender through running.

After getting the ball, Wade passed Artest in one step.

Since the referee tonight is Joe Crawford, even Artest would not dare to act recklessly towards this "Cheek Man".

Wade made a two-point jump shot at the start.

2:0.

Regarding the Warriors' loss, Qin Yue directly kicked Brown.

"What were you doing yesterday? Did you just stand there and watch Ron get beaten?"

At this moment, the top scholar Brown looked aggrieved.

Because just now, if he wasn't worried that Qin Yue couldn't hold off O'Neal in the low post, how could he not go to fill in for Artest?

"Don't worry about that 'No. 1 center' who only has a false title. If he can score in double digits tonight, I will immediately retire and become an actor!"

After seeing through Brown's little thoughts, Qin Yue said this.

Next, it was the Warriors' turn to attack.

With the double screen of Artest and Brown near the low post, Qin Yue successfully launched the Flex tactic with Davis.

You see, to deal with O'Neal, why did the Warriors need to use a five-gun lineup?
Although tonight, when the Warriors sent Brown to partner with Qin Yue, O'Neal did not face Qin Yue, the Heat would also use a double team defense to protect him.

But during this period, O'Neal's footsteps moved very fast.
Can he keep up with the Warriors' high-speed operation?

At the top of the arc, after receiving the pass from Davis, Qin Yue even adjusted his hairstyle with interest.

Then, jump vertically, balance vertically, and shoot gracefully.

Qin Yue, wearing the No. 30 jersey of the Warriors, scored for the Warriors in the first finals in years.

This was a three-point jump shot that made the fans at the scene feel happy!

On the sidelines, Riley, who had foreseen this scene, roared at O'Neal: "This is the fucking finals, can you please move!"

in fact
O'Neal actually moved just now.

But, there is no "soft" use.

Coming back, the Heat attack.

O'Neal successfully reached a very deep position in the low post, which was his perfect chance to take revenge on Qin Yue.

But the moment he got the ball, Qin Yue immediately gave him two elbows.

Seeing this, O'Neal turned his gaze in amazement to Joe Crawford who was standing in front of him.

Not
This kind of defense is not considered a foul?
He is a superstar, so am I not a fucking superstar?

Sorry, if O'Neal was still wearing a Lakers jersey, Crawford would definitely whistle for him.

But as a traitor to the Lakers, and now only a nominal No. 1 center, are you worthy enough to compare your status with the Messiah?

Boom!
In the low post, O'Neal, who failed to get a whistle, forced an attack, but Qin Yue held him down with one hand while using his other hand to reach around in front of him and successfully snatched the basketball from his hand.

This time of defense, Qin Yue's previous two elbows were just testing how much intensity Crawford would allow him to put on O'Neal during defense.

Since Qin Yue has fully felt Crawford's love for him, he will naturally tear off O'Neal's hypocritical mask of being able to carry a tripod with his own hands.

In the Warriors penalty area, O'Neal fell to the ground after Qin Yue snatched the ball away. At this moment, he perfectly demonstrated what it means that an out-of-date star is worse than a dog.

At the scene, amid the cheers of Warriors fans, Qin Yue dribbled the ball quickly, found Brown who was following along the middle, and assisted the latter to complete a two-handed dunk that made the basket tremble.

When dunking, Brown deliberately pulled the basket frame, which made him look more like O'Neal than O'Neal.

As for O'Neal himself?
He was so angry that he went to Crawford to argue
He successfully received a technical foul and sent Qin Yue to the free throw line.

Seeing this, Qin Yue even took the initiative to plead for O'Neal: "Hey, Joey, please don't send him off. I'm still waiting to fight him fair and square!"

He is truly a decent man who never takes advantage of his opponents, a gentleman like Grant Hill - Crawford thought so in his heart at this moment.

However, O'Neal did not appreciate Qin Yue's kindness at all.

Even when Qin Yue stepped onto the free throw line, he was still complaining to Qin Yue: "The steal you just made was definitely a foul! You bastard who only knows how to play with a star whistle!"

Hearing this, Qin Yue was not angry, but responded calmly: "Without the star whistle, how could you show your ugly free throw to the fans?"

After a pause, Qin Yue added: "Watch out, your grandpa can make the free throw even with his eyes closed."

The next second, he closed his eyes and held the basketball steadily. In front of all the fans at the scene and in front of the TV, Qin Yue made the free throw with his eyes closed!

"When you see me next time, remember to call me grandpa, my dear grandson!"

While retreating, Qin Yue still reminded O'Neal warmly.

At the same time, Riley noticed that O'Neal's mentality began to fluctuate again and roared at him again on the sidelines: "Can you please stop arguing with that kid? You are no match for him!"

You are no match for him.

This sentence is very heartbreaking.

But Riley told the cruel truth.

O'Neal was indeed a majestic superman in the past.

But how could he be worthy of the crown now?

Now that the king is old, he should not continue to rest on his past achievements and repeatedly emphasize that he is still the king.

Tonight, no one can save Shaquille O'Neal without a "smart foot injury"!
In the Heat's offensive round, O'Neal took the initiative to move up to a high position to serve as a wall for Wade, and successfully led Qin Yue and Artest to double-team Wade.

At this moment, isn't Qin Yue worried that O'Neal will go down?
Don’t worry about anything!

On the court, as soon as Wade passed the ball, Brown held off O'Neal and gave Qin Yue time to return to defense.

Historically, even Diop and Dampier could make O'Neal score an appalling 5 points in a single game in the finals.
Therefore, with Brown's help, why should Qin Yue worry about O'Neal's pick-and-roll?

Snapped--!
In the penalty area, O'Neal, who failed to enter the best attacking area in the first place and could only shoot in advance, was coldly intercepted by Qin Yue in the next moment!

Moreover, after the block was completed, in order to avoid stepping on O'Neal who fell on the court, Qin Yue was very considerate and stepped directly over his head.

At the scene, Warriors fans were completely excited!
Because after defeating Dirk Nowitzki, catching Tim Duncan and beating Steve Nash, another famous superstar has been killed by their Messiah!

In the Warriors penalty area, after standing up, O'Neal, who could no longer bear it and didn't want to endure it anymore, immediately rushed towards Qin Yue.

But Qin Yue is not Garnett who fights and retreats.

At this moment, Qin Yue faced O'Neal with all his strength and simply pushed him to the ground!

How could O'Neal, who couldn't fight at all, be a match for Qin Yue, a wrestling expert who felt uncomfortable if he didn't wrestle Artest and Brown a few times a day in the team?

Fortunately, Crawford and two other referees separated the players from the two teams who were quickly surrounding Qin Yue and O'Neal.

On the court, after reminding Qin Yue to control his temper, since O'Neal had already received a technical foul, from the most fair perspective, Crawford did not punish Qin Yue and O'Neal for the conflict just now.

This is indeed a very fair fight.

after all
It’s true that Qin Yue knocked O’Neill down just now.

But O'Neal took the initiative to rush towards Qin Yue to provoke him. According to the rules, he would be penalized for a technical foul.

Of course, maybe at this moment O'Neal wanted Crawford to give him another technical foul.

Because I can't argue or fight.
Do you know how wronged and miserable O'Neal felt, and how much he wanted to find a piece of land to dig a hole and bury himself?

On the Heat bench, looking at his beloved disciple Eric Spoelstra, the always energetic Riley asked in a somewhat desperate tone: "If Shaq can't be our second output point in this round of the Finals, how do you think we should adjust?"

Hearing this, Spoelstra smiled bitterly and said, "Then we can only pray that 'D-Wade' can be like Michael Jordan back then and score 40 points per game for us."

In fact, before turning his attention to his beloved disciple, Riley had already made a decision in his heart.

Then, he grabbed Wade's hand as he was about to restart the game with his teammates, and said in the most affectionate tone: "We have to rely on you. Only you can change the situation for us."

It depends on you, only you.

No wonder the Wade in Qin Yue's memory would be PUA'd by Riley to the point of being willing to work like a slave for him.

Just this speech.
Such deep affection and the absolute trust that the head coach has in you, in the NBA, except for that always shrewd businessman, how many passionate young people can bear it?

At this moment, Wade was completely "confused".

Looking directly at Pat Riley, Wade bet everything on his decision and said, "I will not let you and the team down!"

Oracle Arena, the game continues.

With little time left in the offense, Wade took the blame without hesitation, and after rushing into the Warriors' inside line, he forcibly pulled the lever to defuse the bomb.

In this regard, looking at Brown and Artest who failed to stop Wade just now, Qin Yue sighed and did not choose to blame his teammates.

Because in the NBA, a shot like the one Wade just scored
People usually call it the fairy ball.

However, no matter how capable Zhao Yun is at charging and fighting, there will always be a time when he will be exhausted by Adou.

On the court, in the Warriors' offensive round, after screen-and-rolls with Brown and Artest, Qin Yue successfully switched Antoine Walker to his front.

As the "black version of Larry Bird", Walker's mobility is not as good as before.

The width of the court he provides for the Heat is the reason why Riley arranged him to start tonight.

In the high position on the right side, Qin Yue first tested the opponent with a one-handed three-threat, and then, as the opponent moved, Qin Yue decisively released the ball and rushed into the Heat basket.

I have to say that God still favors O'Neal.

Because the moment Qin Yue rushed into the Heat's heartland, O'Neal was standing in the perfect assisting defense position.

There is no doubt that O'Neal once again has a great opportunity for revenge!
He made up his mind almost instantly. Even if it meant committing a foul, he was going to let this damn brat feel the power of Superman!

In the Heat penalty area, O'Neal stood firmly in his position, waiting for the moment when Qin Yue leaped.

However, just as O'Neill took the initiative to greet Qin Yue
Alonzo Mourning on the Heat bench suddenly recalled the scene that he regarded as a lifelong shame and even did not speak a single word to Vince Carter for six years after that.

Above the sky, Qin Yue was fully prepared to jump. He used his left hand to block O'Neal and pushed O'Neal away with his left shoulder. Then, with his astonishing air stay and bounce, he created the only window for his right hand that was tightly holding the basketball to complete the dunk!
The next second.
Bang-dang——!
The big diesel engine, the superman, the great shark Shaquille O'Neal, was ruthlessly smashed by Qin Yue!

This is a hard-hitting tomahawk dunk!
and
AND-ONE!

The ball goes in and the whistle blows, and there is an additional penalty!
Oracle Arena, facing this situation, how can you expect the Warriors fans to stay seated?

When the cheers of "MVP" resounded through the sky, when the entire Bay Area went crazy with this astonishing tomahawk dunk, when the Chinese fans in front of the TV were dumbfounded
At this moment, Qin Yue had already buried O'Neal, the so-called No. 1 center in the league, with his own hands!

Since the elderly king doesn’t want to be decent, Qin Yue will help him be decent!

On the court, after completing the slam dunk, Qin Yue walked towards the free throw line without looking back.

And what about O'Neal?
The world has no way of knowing O'Neal's feelings.

But the live broadcast camera immediately gave him a close-up.

Charles Barkley objectively and rationally commented on this dunk on TNT TV: "The era when Shaquille O'Neal dominated the league is a thing of the past. The Messiah just used a dunk to officially announce that the NBA has officially entered his era!"

Kenny Smith said, "Friends come and go, but the championship banner flies high in the wind. The Messiah buried Shaquille O'Neal, the former No. 1 center in the league, decently with a domineering dunk."

At the free throw line, Qin Yue made the extra free throw.

But tonight, the finals night that O'Neal had been looking forward to infinitely and full of all kinds of beautiful fantasies and desires, was obviously a little long.
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