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Chapter 152: Demons Dance in Dallas, the Obsessed Messiah ( words updated per day, begging for subscription)
Nash still needs time to think about the future.

And Qin Yue's desire to win over Nash was not a sudden whim.

This season, Qin Yue, who always experiences failure no matter how hard he tries, has deeply realized the limit of his current personal ability.

Basketball is ultimately a sport for five people.

Even the strongest superstar needs outstanding teammates to win the championship.

It is true that Qin Yue likes the excitement that challenges bring him, but this does not mean that he likes playing basketball with a group of CBA teammates all day long.

Although the Warriors have not yet fallen to this point.

But before Qin Yue can decide his own destiny and become an unrestricted free agent
He also has to make sure the Warriors' roster is competitive.

As for whether team owner Chris Cohan is willing to spend money on this team?
Now that I have torn off Cohan's mask myself
Then Qin Yue's attitude is destined to become tougher day by day.

And through previous tests, Qin Yue has already found out Kehan's bottom line.

This makes him invincible in the struggle with the team owner.

As long as Cohan can't afford to lose himself.
Then Qin Yue has ten thousand ways to make him spend money on this team.

……

After defeating the Suns and returning to their home court, the Warriors welcomed the Dallas Mavericks after a new coach.

The new head coach of the Mavericks is Mike Woodson, the former head coach of the Hawks, who was a disciple of Larry Brown in his early years.

But I have to say something for Coach Woodson.
Although he did inherit the Browns' defense.
But Woodson, who is known for his flexible coaching style, is not resistant and even actively asks his players to find ways to convert those damn two-point shots into three-pointers.
A famous three-point shooter.

Later, it was he who coached the Knicks, a team with Anthony as the core that once ranked second in the Eastern Conference in the regular season.

In the 12/13 season, under his leadership, the Knicks averaged nearly three-pointers per game, ranking first in the league.

In short, after General Johnson was fired, the Mavericks did find a head coach who fits their current style of play perfectly.

Moreover, before the trade deadline, the "brain-destroying" Steve Kerr personally sent Shawn Marion to Dallas.

This allowed Woodson to quickly build a tactical system for the Mavericks that was both offensive and defensive.

另外
After Duncan left the team, the San Antonio Spurs, who became more and more obsessed with saving money, gave the signing rights of Ian Mahinmi to the Mavericks for free last summer.

Mahinmi, who was originally only able to play limited minutes under Avery Johnson, was immediately reused by Woodson after the Mavericks changed coaches.

In Woodson's view, the Mavericks, with Kidd, Nowitzki and Terry, already have strong enough offensive firepower.

And no matter how much weight Dampier loses.
The center, who is about to turn 33, has inevitably experienced a decline in his footwork speed and defensive assistance ability.

Therefore, even if Mahinmi's offensive ability is infinitely close to zero
But his defensive range, which can extend from the restricted area to outside the three-point line, is what the Mavericks urgently need.

It is worth mentioning that in the original historical line, Mahinmi was also a member of the future Mavericks team that "bloodbathed Lion Camel Ridge".

However, the Mavericks, who had a "high-end version of Mahinmi" at the time, namely Tyson Chandler's team, could not provide Mahinmi with more opportunities to show himself.

But this defensive center who can shine even in the small ball era is definitely a high-quality inside blue-collar player.

In the second half of the regular season, under the leadership of Woodson, the Mavericks have won consecutive games and have raised their ranking to third in the Western Conference.

Through tactical design, Woodson not only provided Nowitzki with a sense of security on the court, but also, under Woodson's order, Nowitzki, who "let go and just swing" in the game, also handed in a horrible report card.

Before the coaching change, Nowitzki, who was deprived of shooting rights by Johnson all day, averaged only 20.8 points per game.

After the coaching change, Nowitzki's average stats were an astonishing 34 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Although as the subsequent games progressed
Nowitzki's technical statistical panel will definitely return to a relatively normal level.

But this coaching change had an immediate effect, allowing Mavericks fans to feel the charm of Nowitzki, the German chariot, overnight.

Pre-match warm-up phase.

Looking at this Mavericks team that did not send away Marquis Daniels, and used the "Three Horses" combination to escort Nowitzki on the court
Qin Yue suddenly felt as if he was watching "Journey to the West".

Because at this moment
This group of "ugly men" led by the "Silver Horn King" looked like a group of monsters no matter how you looked at them.

So much so that, compared with his teammates, the aging Jason Kidd looked handsome.

Qin Yue chatted with Nowitzki for a while before the game.

Ever since Nowitzki was defeated by Qin Yue in the playoffs that year, he has had an indissoluble bond with Qin Yue.

In this life, the "German Soft Candy" label that Nowitzki has not yet removed was put on by Qin Yue himself.

However, Nowitzki did not hate Qin Yue because of this.

In Nowitzki's view, since Qin Yue defeated him with real ability, he was naturally convinced of Qin Yue's dominance.

"If you had changed your coach earlier, maybe you would be the player competing with me for the scoring title this year, Dirk." Qin Yue joked.

Nowitzki said with great self-awareness: "My recent outstanding performance just happened to be in hot form, but your hot form has been burning for a whole season."

This season, Qin Yue is very likely to break the single-season average score record of 37.1 points held by Michael Jordan since the NBA had complete technical statistics.

Although this record was slightly customized to exclude Wilt Chamberlain, who averaged 50.4 points per game for the Philadelphia Warriors.
But for a long time.
Except for Kobe in the 05/06 season who was close to this record, no one in the NBA has ever been able to score such high points like Jordan did back then.

However, Qin Yue had no interest in this extremely valuable record. "If possible, I would rather use the high points I scored for the team to exchange for the health of my teammates."

Nowitzki nodded and said, "You guys are unlucky this year, but I believe that when the playoffs come, no team will dare to ignore you."

In the past two and a half years, Nowitzki has been beaten into autism every time he met the Warriors. He was even slaughtered by the Warriors by 58 points. However, he will never question the strength of the defending champions at any time.

However.
On the court, as the game officially began, Nowitzki suddenly discovered that this Warriors team was no longer as difficult to deal with as before.

The incomplete lineup certainly prevented the Warriors from exerting their full strength.

But the reason why Nowitzki feels this way.
The main reason is that Woodson is not as stupid as Johnson.

In the first quarter, Mavericks coach Woodson repeatedly signaled Marion and Daniels to create mismatched offensive opportunities for Nowitzki through off-ball screens. He kept shouting from the sidelines: "Dirk, shoot that damn ball for me!"

but
Even though Nowitzki made 10 of 6 shots in the first quarter, including 4 of 2 three-pointers, Woodson was still not very satisfied with Nowitzki's performance.

"Dirk, you've shot 50% from three-point range in the last ten games. Why aren't you willing to take more three-point attempts?"

"Coach, I'm an inside player."

"Fuck the inside! Who said inside players can't shoot three-pointers?

Even if my teacher Larry Brown was in front of me, I would ask you to shoot more three-pointers! Three-pointers are the future, Dirk! "

to be honest.
Woodson's coaching style makes it hard to believe that he was once a student of Larry Brown.

Historically, when he was coaching the Knicks, Woodson also made similar demands on Anthony. As a result, under Woodson's earnest guidance, Anthony optimized his shooting structure and won the scoring title in the 12/13 season.

In Woodson's eyes, no matter how you look at it, 35% of three-pointers are more cost-effective than 45% of two-pointers, so as long as you can shoot and dare to shoot
Even if he has to bear the stigma of "violating the teachings of his mentor" for this, he will ask you to attempt more three-point shots from the outside.

In the second quarter, "Jet" Terry, who came off the bench, shot seven three-pointers in a single quarter and made three of them.

The Warriors had big problems with their perimeter defense tonight.

Since Hill was rested in this game, the Warriors could only use Barnes and Dunleavy to support the third position, and they were unable to effectively protect their own flanks. (Barnes:?)
Originally, Malone thought about letting Qin Yue play the third position and use his defensive area to stop the Mavericks' unscrupulous outside shooting.

But under the almost murderous gaze of the beautiful team doctor Ryan, Malone gave up the idea with a sincere look on his face.

then
Malone could only say to the team leader who was about to return to the court in the second half of the second quarter: "We have to rely on you tonight."

Qin Yue knew that this was exactly Ma Long's hint that he wanted him to play more selfishly on the court.

In this game, the Warriors not only failed to defend, but other players also had poor touch. So in Malone's opinion, the Warriors' hope of winning can only be placed on Qin Yue.

终场，永远值得信任的秦岳总计为勇士砍下了46分18篮板7助攻3封盖1抢断。

The Mavericks' "Three Horses" combination was named by him one by one on the court.

It’s a pity that Qin Yue was unable to stop the Mavericks’ iron hoof after the change of coach.

In the game, Nowitzki, who scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for the Mavericks, said in an interview after the game: "This is a valuable victory. It will help us rebuild our confidence in facing the Warriors."

Qin Yue, who once again failed to score on the court, was so depressed that he did "extra training" after the game.

When even the best-looking statistics cannot bring victory to the team.
Qin Yue, who has always aimed at winning, naturally couldn't be in a good mood.

after one day.

The Warriors continued to play at home against the Houston Rockets led by McGrady and Bargnani.

Compared with the "fake No. 1 pick" in history who could only be arranged to play a position he was not good at because the Raptors already had Bosh, in this life, Bagnani, who has received more resources from the Rockets, has undoubtedly put up a beautiful and outstanding technical statistics panel in his second season.

This season, Bagnani averaged 17.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game for the Rockets, which is very close to the standard of an NBA star center.

However, the Rockets did not play badly enough and their rebuilding period was visibly prolonged.

Before facing the Warriors, the Rockets had won 30 regular season games.

Currently ranked tenth in the Western Conference, they have no hope of making the playoffs in the wild West, and they can't beat teams like the Timberwolves and Kings if they play badly.

This situation of being neither up nor down has led the Rockets to want to trade McGrady.

Although McGrady's true shooting percentage is only 49% this season, the Rockets often win unexpectedly on nights when he suddenly explodes.

However, it is not easy for the Rockets to trade McGrady in the short term.

Since McGrady's current salary is close to $2000 million.
So under the premise that McGrady's overall condition is no longer as brave as before
The Rockets may even have to accept a loss-making deal to send away McGrady, whose contract will expire in the summer of 10.

McGrady's current trading value, which is far below the Rockets management's psychological expectations, is related to the fact that he no longer has the aura of 22 consecutive wins in this life.

Plus McGrady's scoring efficiency is getting lower and lower every year.
At present, the once famous "T-Mac" has completely become a negative asset to the team.

McGrady, who will not turn 29 in two months, is in a very sad situation right now.

But Qin Yue, who was in desperate need of a victory to vent his resentment for the previous empty-handed victory, did not show mercy.

On the court, McGrady, who was arranged by the team's head coach Tom Thibodeau to face Qin Yue for the entire game, spent a night that is difficult to describe in words.

in spite of
Thibodeau, who took over the Rockets coaching position at the recommendation of former coach Jeff Van Gundy, arranged McGrady to play against Qin Yue for the following reason.
Bagnani is not good at defense, and McGrady is more suitable to play against Qin Yue.

But considering Thibodeau's habit of using key players in a way that can be described as slavery.
In the game, McGrady had no choice but to grit his teeth and endure the tall and strong Qin Yue all night long.

Fortunately, Qin Yue only took three quarters to free McGrady, who was almost emotionally collapsed.

After the game, Bagnani, who has the same agent as Qin Yue, revealed to Qin Yue during the handshake: "You don't know, during the halftime break, in order to change someone to defend you, 'T-Mac' almost knelt down to the head coach."

This is different from Yao Ming who always tolerated McGrady generously in Houston.

Because of this life, Bagnani also had the halo of "Qin Yue II" before the draft.
Therefore, after receiving strong support from the Rockets management, the Italian No. 1 draft pick, who was inevitably arrogant, was bound to have conflicts with McGrady.

Bagnani didn't like it when he pulled up to the high post to screen for McGrady, McGrady would always choose those inefficient long two-point shots to make forced shots.

Even McGrady occasionally gave him some wonderful passes.
But in Bagnani's view, that was just McGrady giving his bulldog, who was wagging its tail and begging for mercy, a reward as a master.

Bagnani couldn't stand the inefficient McGrady still monopolizing the ball on the court.

Especially after Qin Yue proved the feasibility of the ball-holding core play
Under the instigation of his agent Jeff Schwartz, Bagnani also wanted to get more ball possession on the court like Qin Yue.

Bagnani comes from the European league. He has been learning from those outstanding predecessors how to assist and how to break the double team defense since he was a child. He believes that he has the ability to do better than McGrady in the game.

Obviously, the emergence of Qin Yue and his having the same agent as Bagnani have boldly led this handsome Italian guy to take an unimagined path.

And what about Maddie?

From the high-spirited days back then, to now even Bagnani looks down on him.
In Qin Yue's opinion, if even Bagnani, who is in the second season of his career, cannot suppress
That only proves that McGrady has reached the last stop of his career.

It is really difficult for Qin Yue to evaluate the career of this four-point guard who has won two scoring titles and performed the miracle of "35 points in 13 seconds" in the game. It is difficult to describe it in a few words.

But for Maddie's fragile heart
Qin Yue always felt that McGrady overestimated his own talents and abilities.

Historically, McGrady's experience of being led by Yao Ming through the first round of the playoffs is not deceptive.

Compared with the other three of the four shooting guards, he is destined to be the bottom of the table.

Led the team to a big win over the Rockets.

Back to back to San Antonio.

Qin Yue, who was as fast as the wind on the court, scored 49 points in the game that night and led the team to a 40-point victory away from home, making the first debt collection against the Spurs led by Gregg Popovich.

And then, a day later, Qin Yue, who was as strong as Xu Rulin, led the Warriors to a leisurely victory on the road, defeating the Clippers who were forced to choose to play badly this season because "Captain" Brand was reimbursed for the season.

Then, after Qin Yue's aggressive performance in the Warriors vs. Supersonics game, he scored 45 points.
In the Warriors' extremely difficult final journey of the regular season, Qin Yue's crazy personal show has entered its climax.

"He has scored 40+ in five consecutive games! I don't know where his limit is, and I don't know when he will stop. He seems to never get tired. There is no doubt that we are witnessing the greatest scoring performance in NBA history!"

On TNT TV, Charles Barkley made this comment about Qin Yuedao, who has been obsessed recently.

……

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