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Chapter 94: Sweeping Declaration! (7300 words long chapter, begging for monthly subscription!)
After the first game of the finals, O'Neal was praised by the world.
Especially the criticism from the Los Angeles media.

All the Los Angeles media, with the main message of "reckoning must be done now, why wait till here", were mobilized.

They planned to use an unprecedented and massive reckoning to completely nail O'Neal, who scored 3 points in a single game in the finals, to the pillar of shame and reveal a more real Shaquille O'Neal to the world.

In his article, Los Angeles Times reporter Jovan Buha listed the detailed statistics of O'Neal in each round of the playoffs during the "OK Era" and his absence record in the regular season, saying: "I think people have always overestimated Shaquille O'Neal's dominance in the past.

Due to the glory of the 'OK era', many people have forgotten what kind of team the Lakers led by Shaq were before Kobe Bryant grew up.

Oh, let me think about it, he led his team to be swept twice, and once they were eliminated with a big score of 1 to 4. Is this the dominance of the league's top center?

How many fans still remember the 99/00 season? If Kobe hadn't averaged nearly 50 points per game for the Lakers with a hit rate of nearly 28% in the first round of the playoffs, would we have almost been eliminated by the Kings?

I admit that in that year, Shaq proved with his strength that he was the undisputed No. 1 center in the league after 'The Dream' Olajuwon.

But since then, he has changed after tasting the sweetness. He has become a king who is arrogant and looks down on others.

He constantly uses statistics to emphasize his dominance, and always waits for his teammates to fight to the crucial games in the second half of the playoffs before leading the Lakers to victory and the crown like a king.

In the 00/01 season, our sweep of the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals was a classic case, which Shaq often mentioned to people, his revenge on Tim Duncan.

But in fact, in that series, if Kobe hadn't averaged 33 points per game, Shaq, could you really have achieved revenge on Tim Duncan?

During our three consecutive championships, Shaq would never mention this to you. Especially after being traded to Miami, he would only say that he was the number one contributor to the Lakers' three consecutive championships, and he could have won three consecutive championships even without the other person (Kobe).

He is tired of Kobe Bryant who is competing with him for the team's status, but he can flatter D-Wade all day long in Miami, because he knows very well that only D-Wade can keep his hypocritical crown.

Shaq can continue to deceive future generations with his brilliant achievements, but now, I just want to ask Mr. Shaq O'Neal a few final questions.

Doesn't the Messiah, who can lead the Warriors to the finals in his rookie season, need to wait for his teammates to grow? You know, there is no Anfernee Hardaway and Kobe Bryant around him.

The 37 points Messiah averaged in this year's playoffs is destined to be a height that Shaq will never be able to reach in his lifetime. Yes, this is the report card that the overrated Messiah in Shaq's eyes handed in in the playoffs.

Shaq thought that Messiah was also a newcomer whom he could suppress through words and comments as he had done in the past, but he did not expect that Messiah was far more outstanding than his senior (Duncan).

Now, let us wait for a while. Wait for the end of this old king who still lives in dreams and rests on his past achievements!

Shaquille O'Neal, you are 'dying soon'! The Messiah will personally shatter the lies you have told, the lies you used to defend that false crown, to attack your former teammates and even great opponents!

As a basketball reporter, I am very pleased because the NBA has finally ushered in the most just day! ”

Under Buha's leadership, the Los Angeles media followed one after another.
There is no doubt that when the boomerang finally hit him, O'Neal himself probably did not expect that he would suffer such a terrible backlash.

After the first game, Qin Yue, who read the reports with a humorous attitude, also deeply realized the importance of playing the role of a senior in the NBA.

Is O'Neal really as bad as the Los Angeles media says?
The answer is obviously no.

only.
The backlash of public opinion was like a divine punishment, destined to make O'Neal's life a fate worse than death.

Again, in competitive sports, if you want to have a good ending, then when you start to go down the mountain, you must understand the importance of supporting successors and giving up your position when necessary.

Michael Jordan, who chose to retire in 1998, was undoubtedly perfect.

Because at that time he had already found a successor in the league and brought his career to a perfect end with the Bulls' second dynasty.

It's just that this god of basketball insisted on making flaws in his divinity and had to use an unnecessary career with the Wizards to prove that he had fallen from grace.

Heroes will eventually grow old.

Only a dignified exit can ensure that the world will always remember your past glory.

If Qin Yue wants to avoid being hit in the face by a boomerang in the future, he knows very well that he must not forget his original intention and remember every word he has said in front of the world.

For example, now he must fulfill his declaration that he will lead the Warriors to win the championship this year.

Two days later, the second game of the finals between the Heat and the Warriors continued at the Oracle Arena.

Compared to his high spirits before the first game of the finals, O'Neal's mental state is far from being sluggish, but it is definitely not very energetic either.

Now he seemed like a walking corpse with his soul stripped away.

As the Heat's de facto "pseudo-starting" center, he walked numbly to the center circle, confusedly jumped the ball to start the game, and formulaically pulled up to the high post to screen for Wade.

Although the quality of his pick-and-roll and the timing of his roll were even better than in the first game.

But with seven minutes left in the first quarter, when he was replaced by Riley with Mourning, his technical statistics only included three rebounds.

The Warriors' strategy of blocking the restricted area made the aging king, who had officially lost his crown, look extremely powerless.

And what's more deadly is.
Dick Bavetta, who was in charge of refereeing this game, didn't care at all about the high-intensity confrontation between Qin Yue and O'Neal on defense.

Without the crown, O'Neal is no longer the star player that referees need to protect.

"They threw me like a doormat, into a corner where no one cares." At this moment, O'Neal said sadly in his heart.

On the court, without a stable second scoring point, Wade and the other championship pieces of the Heat need to do better and do more.

But after entering the finals, Riley felt as if his team was cursed.

Walker, Williams, Posey, these players who have made contributions to the Heat before, still failed to find their aim in the second game.

Eyes turned to the bench again and again that night, and Riley had to take a risk and replace him with Jason Kapono in the second quarter.

A three point accuracy.
But when the opponent is attacking, you can even completely ignore the existence of the fixed-point shooter.

"Damn it! Why did he miss such a good opportunity?"

Oracle Arena, Heat's offensive round, watching Wade break into the Warriors' restricted area to create an absolute open space for Kapono with no one within three meters
When——!
Riley couldn't believe that Capono, who always hit the target in training, would miss such a good opportunity.

The more the Heat fail to make shots in the game, the smaller the Warriors' defense will become.

This even forced Wade to finish with more jump shots.

after all
No matter how capable the Flash is, it is impossible for him to score a magical goal every time in the game.

As a result, the game came to the rhythm that Artest was more adept at.

Wade wanted to break through, and Artest really couldn't stop him.

But Wade wants to shoot.
Then Artest naturally had to give him some strength.

In fact, compared with the first game, Qin Yue's hard-solving feel in this game was quite average.

This was probably his worst game since entering the playoffs, as he made only 12 of 5 shots in the entire first half.

But at the end of the first half, the score board showed 47 to 59, and the Warriors entered the second half with a 12-point lead.

As the Heat were unable to punish the Warriors' defense with three-pointers in the game, Wade, whose living environment was becoming increasingly harsh, also performed poorly in the first half, making only 11 of 4 shots.

However, the way the two teams' star players broke the deadlock still indirectly affected the direction of the game.

Wade, who drives his teammates through breakthroughs, and Qin Yue, who coordinates his teammates through pick-and-rolls, hand-offs and high-post coordination, have very different physical energy consumption when the game enters the second half.

The slower pace of the game allowed Qin Yue to gradually regain his scoring feel, and he took over the second half of the game with ease.

Wade was trapped in the trap set by the Warriors' restricted area and could only delay the Heat's defeat on the court by making it rain points.

In the second half of the third quarter, during the Warriors' offensive round, Qin Yue made a one-handed shot from the outside to deflect Haslem, then broke into the basket and passed the ball to Brown, assisting the latter in a one-handed slam dunk.

Moreover, this assist also allowed Qin Yue to successfully achieve his first triple-double in the finals of his career.

At this time, Qin Yue's technical statistics had soared to 26 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 blocks.

Then, in the last offensive round of the third quarter, Qin Yue first cooperated with Artest by handing the ball to the basket, then moved to the top of the arc to assist and created a three-point opportunity for Richardson who was lurking in the bottom corner.

After getting the ball, Richardson made a three-pointer and locked the score for the Warriors at 71 to 91 in the first three quarters.

The 20-point lead has basically eliminated the suspense of this final.

Especially for the Heat who are afraid to speed up with the Warriors.

In the final quarter, O'Neal, who had been depressed the whole game, finally opened his scoring account with free throws and a signature hook shot under the basket.

In response, the on-site commentator Rick Barry mocked: "Shaq finally scored his first field goal in this year's finals.

At least it would allow him to cut a few seconds of highlights afterwards.”

In order to preserve the Heat's hope of a comeback in the 232 format of the Finals, Riley withdrew all the main players with about 7 minutes left in the final quarter.

After noticing that O'Neal was also substituted, Barry joked: "The old king still retains a bit of dignity. Unlike the young king, who was still happy to brush up his stats in garbage time in the previous Christmas game."

Obviously, Barry's ridicule fully proves that even though his love-hate relationship with the Warriors is complicated, he still pays attention to the Warriors' games.

otherwise
How could he possibly know that the young King had racked up big stats in garbage time on Christmas Eve?
The final score was 94 to 116.

The Warriors won two games in a row in the finals and led the Heat 2-0.

Since the next three games will be played at the Heat's home court, this is definitely the saddest night for Warriors fans since entering the playoffs.

because
This will most likely be their last home game of the year.

But at the same time, Warriors fans also don't want the team to bring this round of the finals back to Oakland.

全场比赛，4投1中，罚球8罚4中，总计拿到6分8篮板的奥尼尔连续两场没有在赛后接受采访。

In the game, Wade made 25 of 10 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, and 16 of 11 free throws, and he took it all on his own.

On the court, he scored 32 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals for the Heat through "explosive free throws". In an interview, he said: "We failed to live up to the fans' expectations in the first two games, but I believe that in the next three home games, we have the ability to complete the comeback."

Qin Yue didn’t know whether Wade would shout “This is my horse” to him after returning to his home court in this life.

But considering that this heavy championship ring cannot improve Wade's historical status in the future, Qin Yue believes that since Wade is destined to lose this championship ring, it is better to let him grasp it!

As for those veterans on the Heat who want to realize their dreams, and O'Neal who hopes to use a ring to prove that he can win the championship even without Kobe?

Who-Cares!?
Would Jordan deliberately lose to Barkley in the finals because he felt sorry for him?

What a joke! Jordan’s response to Barkley was that shocking average of “40+” in the finals!
第二战上，总计为勇士砍下33分14篮板13助攻2封盖1抢断的秦岳在赛后接受采访时说道：“我希望接下来两场比赛打完后，我能亲手为我们的支持者捧起那座分量最重的冠军奖杯！”

At the scene, a reporter asked: "Do you mean you will complete a sweep of the Heat in Miami?"

Qin Yue nodded and said, "I just made it very clear that there are only two games left in this round of finals."

mad!
At the Oracle Arena, as soon as Qin Yue finished speaking, a golden wave began to roll over the scene.

Because after the championship announcement, their Messiah has promised at this moment, two games later
He will personally bring back the championship trophy for the Warriors, which has been away for 31 years!
At this moment, isn't Qin Yue afraid that the NBA will play one more game in this round of the finals for the sake of ratings?

the answer is.
Since Qin Yue, as Stern's ally, had helped the league divert public attention, how could Stern possibly interfere with this year's finals at this time?
In this world, all transactions come at a price.

After the second game, the Warriors set out for Miami overnight and received good news after arriving in Miami.

Dan Crawford will be responsible for refereeing the next Game 3 of the Finals. This means that the league has announced their attitude to the world.

In this round of finals, they will remain neutral as always.

Even if the Heat are swept by the Warriors in the end, it only means that the Heat are inferior to their opponents.

Shortly after leading the team back to Miami, Pat Riley immediately asked the entire team to urgently practice three-point shooting.

This farmer, who usually wears a shiny slicked-back hair and dresses like a "Godfather", closely watches the practice of every Heat player on the training ground.

If anyone tries to cheat or shirk their duties, he will immediately raise the "whip" and whip everyone equally.

"Damn it! You stupid ass, do you think I'm not watching you? Go back and practice 500 more three-pointers!"

"Antoine, if you dare to use drinking water as an excuse to rest again, I will come over and break your legs!"

"Eric, keep an eye on James (Posey), he shot the worst in the first two games, it's just a stinking piece of shit!"

Riley knows very well that the Heat must make more three-pointers to have the offensive firepower to match the Warriors.

just
Originally, the "Pat Riley-style devilish training" that O'Neal hated the most has become the most heartbreaking picture for O'Neal at this moment.

Because after the team returned to Miami, no one even asked him to practice.

Besides Wade, he would also care about his "big brother" from time to time.
It seemed as if I was worthless in everyone's eyes.

On the Warriors side, in the passionate Miami, Qin Yue once again felt how boring and tedious the life of rich people is.

Under the arrangement of his personal butler Evans, those bikini girls with outstanding figures and looks comparable to those of stars soon became the powerful medicine that made everyone deeply addicted to the party where the warriors used to relax.

This is the way of combining work and rest that the senior Michael Jordan taught Qin Yue after the second game of the finals.

"Only a relaxed attitude can help you find your touch every night."

Since the discovery of Qin Yue's treasure, Jordan's preference for Qin Yue has become known to everyone.

Now, after relaxing and resting, the Warriors will head to the stage for their third game against the Heat with their desire for the championship.

6 month 16 day.

Miami, AmericanAirlines Arena.

Before the game started, Wade and all the Heat players looked grim.

Because the Heat were trailing 0-2 in the finals, the first game back at the AmericanAirlines Arena became a life-and-death battle.

Although all the Heat players and fans were quite indignant about Qin Yue's threat to sweep the Heat
But the Warriors' restraint on the Heat in terms of playing style is a fact recognized by the world.

If the Heat want to defend the American Airlines Arena, every player needs to do better than in the first two games, including O'Neal, who has become a "waste".

In the center of the field, referee Dan Crawford walked towards the center circle with the ball.

During the jump ball, Brown, who had previously vented his anger at the party, won the ball for the Warriors.

Then, in the white wave of the Heat's home court, Qin Yue, at the beginning of the game, used the Flex tactic to complete an elegant and calm three-point jump shot at the top of the arc despite the boos from the audience.

Swish-!
“It feels really good.”

"Do you mean the two from the night before or..."

"Shut up! Don't disturb my concentration!"

On the court, Qin Yue retreated with Brown cursing all the way. In a trance, he found that the faces of the Heat's championship puzzles tonight seemed to be.
They all seem to be filled with fatigue.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Posey and Walker in the low post was actually bypassed by Brown with just one step.

This was almost impossible in the first two battles.

Because of the Warriors' defensive focus, Brown usually has to observe the Heat's movements first and then decide whether to go around them or not.

In addition to Wade and O'Neal
The entire Heat team only needed one encounter to make Qin Yue have the thought in his mind: "Could it be that the Heat did it too?"

It is obvious that Riley's devilish training before the game brought negative effects to the Heat team that was facing a life-and-death battle.

On the court, Wade could only defuse the bomb right from the start because he failed to make good use of the width of the court.

The Flash returned to the American Airlines Arena as if assisted by God. He completed a breakthrough amid the cheers of the white wave on the scene and scored the ball with an incredible mid-air pull-up shot.

"This-Is-My-House—!"

Moreover, after scoring the goal, while retreating, Wade patted his chest and shouted loudly to the Warriors players.

Qin Yue didn't expect that at the beginning of the third game, Wade would say this famous saying that will surely be passed down to future generations.

But this instead gave Qin Yue the motivation to lead the Warriors to win the third game.

Because Wade, who is full of fighting spirit and full of fighting spirit at this moment, is worthy of being included in his "treasure"!
Such a Wade will undoubtedly be a perfect trophy!
In the Warriors' offensive round, after cooperating with Davis at the top of the arc and testing the Heat's zone defense, Qin Yue changed his approach to violently break through the Heat's 2-3 zone defense.

Without the ball, he first pretended to go to the free throw line, then quickly moved to the right side of the court and completed a long-distance two-point jump shot with the help of Artest's cover.

Although Qin Yue, who came from the future, knew very well that a long two-point shot like this with one step back would result in a three-point shot, but in many cases, since the long-distance two-point areas on both sides were exactly the gaps that the opponent could easily expose to his own team, even if the shot was a two-point shot, he had to take it when the time came.

Swish-!
Qin Yue made another jump shot and scored 5 points for the Warriors at the start of the game.

He can break through the double team defense with the ball, and he can also break through the double team defense without the ball.

On the Heat bench, Spoelstra said with a sad face: "If we can't find a player who can match up with him on defense, then we can only let him do whatever he wants."

Riley feels the same way.

In the regular season, the Heat's defense has been tested by countless superstars.

But they have never had a moment where they felt so helpless in front of a star.

What's more, what made Riley speechless was that in the first quarter of tonight's game, the Heat's championship puzzle pieces still couldn't find the damn sight.

Except for Posey who acted a little bit like a normal person, Walker and Williams made a combined 4 of 0 shots in the first half of the first quarter.

This season, Walker had a 36% three-point shooting percentage in the regular season, and entering the playoffs, as of the start of the finals, his three-point shooting percentage was 37%.

Can be used as the most important three-point firepower point for this Heat team.
Walker's three-point shooting percentage in the finals was only 25%.

This is a very interesting data.

Because of the historical 2006 Finals, the Heat's other three-point firepower points besides Posey also missed the target.

In fact, if the Heat had been able to seize more open three-point opportunities, they wouldn't have had to rely on Wade's one point rain in every game to defeat the Mavericks.

The Warriors really seem to be the team with a destiny.

Normally, the Heat could have punished their defensive strategy of blocking the paint with three-pointers, but they were suppressed by them throughout the game because they collectively couldn't find their touch.

O'Neal was not replaced by Riley until halfway through the first quarter.

This is not because he is so good at playing.
His model advantage does make Wade feel a little more relaxed on the court.

When he was substituted, O'Neal, who had a total of 1 point and 4 rebounds, had a look of sadness and grief on his face, which became the most true portrayal of the Heat in the first quarter.

The lone hero Wade clearly broke through the Warriors' defense for the Heat time and time again.

The one point he rained in the game, just halfway through the first quarter, forced Brown and Artest, who had received two fouls respectively, to leave the game early.

But so what?

In the first quarter, the two players, both of whom had won the NCAA championship, teamed up to shoot through the Heat's defense.

理查德森7投4中，其中三分球5投3中，单节便为勇士砍下了11分2篮板。

秦岳8投5中，其中三分球4投2中，罚球6罚5中，单节为勇士拿到17分5篮板3助攻1封盖1抢断。

On the court, at the last moment of the first quarter, Qin Yue's three-pointer at the 45-degree angle on the right side locked the score of the first quarter for the Warriors at 35 to 27.

During the intermission, the home team's white wave was still cheering for the home team players.

Wade, who would not take a step back in such a life-and-death battle, did not choose to rest in the first half of the second quarter.

just
On the court, the Heat's offensive round.

The Flash, who was a man on both sides of the inside, wanted to finish with a pull-up shot.

But the next second, the basketball in his hand was slapped out of the baseline by Qin Yue.

Murphy deliberately put Wade in the low post just now, just to wait for the moment when Qin Yue's help defense arrived!
At this moment, the image of Wade leaning on his knees and breathing heavily became the perfect background for Qin Yue and Murphy to high-five and celebrate!

And at the American Airlines Arena, this block became the turning point of the entire game.

Because since this block, the Warriors launched an offensive frenzy in the next quarter at the American Airlines Arena that stunned all the fans!

At the end of the first half, the score board showed 77 to 47.

The Warriors only took one quarter to turn this life-and-death battle that determined the fate of the Heat into garbage time!
About 3 kilometers away at Oracle Arena, when the game entered halftime, all the Warriors fans were chanting, "0-3, 0-!"

"I don't want to say this Finals is over, but even as a Heat fan, I have to tip my hat to the Golden State Warriors.
Because they have actually changed the score of this round of the finals to 3-0. "TNT TV station, Barkley commented on the first half of tonight's game.

On the side, watching Barkley commentating even in a Heat jersey, Smith always felt that
The Heat's outside shooters seemed to have been cursed by him.

This is bound to be a sad night for Miami fans.

The end.

128:88.

On this night that decided the fate of the Heat, the Warriors officially changed the score of this round of the finals to 40-3 with a bloody massacre of a full 0 points!

In the history of the NBA, no team has ever been able to come back from a 0-3 deficit.

Therefore, the Warriors, who were leading 3-0, had basically secured the 2006 NBA championship.

The third battle ended.

As usual, the league has shipped the championship trophy, which symbolizes the NBA's highest team honor, and the FMVP trophy, which symbolizes the highest individual honor in the NBA Finals, to Miami.

"One more game to go! We will become this year's champions!"

After the third game, Qin Yue said this in the locker room with an excited look on his face.

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PS: It’s a long chapter with 7000+ words, I’m begging for subscriptions and monthly tickets!
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