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Chapter 17 The Beginning of a Legend (New book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets!)

Although he had heard rumors about Duke's home court a long time ago, when Qin Yue and his teammates arrived at Cameron Arena on December 12, he was still deeply shocked by the scene that came into his eyes.

Outside the gymnasium, there were rows of tents on the lawn.

"In order to buy a game ticket, Duke's crazy people can live and eat in those tents for several days and nights." Looking at Qin Yue who was very curious about the tents outside the stadium, Evans explained to him.

"For several days in a row, just for a game ticket?" Qin Yue asked.

"Just for a ticket." Looking up at Qin Yue, Evans said.

After a pause, Evans continued: "Of course, because Duke's opponent tonight is us.
So for this ticket tonight, I think the crazy people will just get even crazier.”

Before entering the stadium, Qin Yue saw the group of crazy people that Evans mentioned.

Compared to other parts of the United States, North Carolina is not that cold in December.

But even so.
When Qin Yue noticed the Duke fans outside the gymnasium who were shirtless and smearing blue paint on their upper bodies, he couldn't help but gasp.

"The Blue Demon is the belief of these crazy people." Evans said, patting Qin Yue on the back.

Duke Blue Devils.

An NCAA powerhouse that is recognized as having the most terrifying home stadium in the United States.

Another signature team of the ACC league besides North Carolina.

Their followers are generally called:

——"Cameron is crazy."

After entering the stadium, Qin Yue noticed that his teammates all showed serious expressions that they had never shown before, even when facing North Carolina.

Although this game will be broadcasted by many TV stations tonight as a focus battle, Qin Yue believes
This is definitely not the reason why his teammates look so serious at this moment.

Obviously, the more than 100-year-long feud between Wake Forest and Duke has quietly given this upcoming game a completely different meaning.

On the court, Qin Yue, who was preparing to warm up, had just taken the ball when he heard the boos that could almost pierce his eardrums in an instant, as well as insults coming from all directions.

"Don't be nervous, these crazy people are just trying to intimidate you in their own way." Looking at Qin Yue, Evans said.

Hearing this, after laughing, Qin Yue said: “I’m not nervous Ronnie, I’m just thinking, such a lively home court, how can I make it quiet later.”

Seeing this, Evans frowned and said, "Qin, although the United States is a country ruled by law, I must remind you
Don't do anything stupid and don't try to provoke these crazy people."

Cameron Arena, the short warm-up time is over.

Qin Yue, who will start for the Demon Deacons tonight, once again received "friendly" greetings from all the fans during his entrance ceremony.

If we say that Wake Forest's star player Paul is the number one public enemy in the eyes of Duke fans.

As the undisputed second-in-command of the Demon Deacons team, Qin Yue's treatment is naturally second only to Paul.

Inside the stadium, as the game was about to begin, countless pairs of eyes in the stands began to move towards the center of the venue.

At this time, Qin Yue, who was standing in the center circle preparing to jump the ball for his team, noticed his opponent tonight, Sheldon Williams, as well as Chris Duhon standing behind him, and JJ Redick, whom he wanted to punch at this moment. (Note ①)

"I must say, you are now a qualified player for the Demon Deacons, Qin." Evans, who saw Qin Yue glaring at Redick just now, smiled.

"It's our tradition to hate every Duke player for no reason, and even if JJ wasn't a Duke player, he's definitely a jerk who deserves a beating.

Look at his face, it's as if everyone owes him money.

And he has that mouth that never does good things, and he always likes to arrogantly mock his opponents after the game.

You know, Qin, our senior, Tyrese, has a classic comment about him. "

"What review?"

"Tyrese said JJ is just a bully."

After that, Evans took a deep breath and said, "Leave him to me tonight, Qin, you have more important things to do."

At this moment, looking at Evans who was rubbing his hands, Qin Yue nodded after smiling slightly.

On the court, after the jump ball, the game officially begins.

Amidst the boos, Paul dribbled the ball across half court for the Demon Deacons.

In a high position, Qin Yue moved up to catch the ball.

At this moment, Shelton, who thought that Qin Yue would screen with Paul again after getting the ball, deliberately left a safe area, ready to help Du Hong delay at any time.

But the next second, Qin Yue's action was beyond everyone's expectations.

He accelerated along the right side of the court and first deceived Shelton's center of gravity by dribbling quickly between his legs, and then completed a pull-up shot after changing direction.

Qin Yue's combination of punches caught Sheldon off guard.

He was just like Robert Collet, who was knocked out by Mike Tyson with a series of small moves in 1985, with confusion and astonishment in his eyes.

In basketball games, it is not uncommon for inside players to face up and play one-on-one. In fact, it is a specialty of many iron-blooded power forwards.

But in this goal just now, Qin Yue played like a defender.

Although his movements were not smooth enough, they were enough to impact the hearts of people of this era.

Swish-!
“Ouch!”

On the court, as the basketball went into the net, the Duke fans in Cameron Arena immediately responded to Qin Yue with their boos.

However, Qin Yue, who didn't care about it, smiled and, to everyone's surprise, opened his left hand completely and put it to his ear.

This is an action that means "listening".

Qin Yue's implication at this moment is obviously:

As the number one devil's home court in the United States, why is the volume of your boos so low?
For Duke fans, it was a provocation unlike anything they had ever seen.

So in extreme anger, Duke fans in the entire stadium began to rush to greet Qin Yue.

On the bench of the Demon Deacons, assistant coach Victor saw this and said with a worried look on his face: "Skip, is this really okay?"

Turning to look at Victor, Prosser said righteously: "What's wrong with that?"

As an experienced head coach, in Prosser's eyes, if young people are not a little bit passionate, what are they called young people?

From the pre-match warm-up to now, since Duke fans can greet Qin Yue countless times, why can't Qin Yue fight back after scoring a wonderful goal?

Now, it was the Blue Devils’ turn to attack.

Obviously, Qin Yue's "listening" action just now angered not only the fans at the scene.

In the low post on the left side, Sheldon, who was trying to keep his position, actively stretched out his hands to ask his teammates for the ball, vowing to teach this crazy oriental boy a lesson for the Blue Devils' supporters.

However, Qin Yue's subsequent defensive strength exceeded Sheldon's imagination.

After entering December, Qin Yue has successfully reduced his weight to 12 kg.

Although he became thinner and lighter, Qin Yue's strength and confrontation ability became stronger after replacing the fat with tendon meat.

In the future, Shelton will not be able to show his low-post offensive skills to people in the NBA. The main reason is that as the level of confrontation increases, his ability and talent cannot support his display.

Basketball has never been a sport where you can reach the top just by hard work.

Often the higher the level of the competition, the more important your talent becomes as you climb up.

Even those skills that people believe can be improved through hard work will show talent gaps as the level of competition increases.

To give a simple example, if everyone can become Stephen Curry through training, then why is there only one Curry in the NBA?
"It looks like the 'landlord' will be punished by Qin tonight." Looking at Sheldon who was completely unable to beat Qin Yue, Prosser smiled at the sidelines.

Compared with those short and strong inside players who will be able to dominate the NBA in the future, Shelton still has a big shortcoming that his offensive intentions are always too obvious, giving people a feeling that if he strikes with three axes, either he or you will die.

In college basketball, Sheldon's "Cheng Yaojin-style" play has been proven to be effective, relying on his 224-centimeter wingspan and strength that overwhelms players in the same position.

But tonight, facing Qin Yue, who is taller and has a longer wingspan than him and plays with his brain, Sheldon's three-pronged attack hit a wall.

In the penalty area, after deliberately letting Shelton turn around and come to his right hand, Qin Yue firmly pinned the "landlord"'s subsequent dunk onto the backboard.

On the side, Evans, who was protecting the second landing point, hurriedly passed the ball to Paul.

At the same time, Qin Yue quickly followed up after landing, and together with Paul and Monk, formed a three-person fast-break situation in Duke's half.

At this moment, Redick, who was the fastest on Duke's defense, was very desperate.

At this moment, he had no choice but to try to cut the ball from Paul's hand, but he not only failed
And at the moment when Paul threw the ball high up, he turned around and looked at his own basket, and witnessed a shocking scene:

Under the basket, Qin Yue, who received the order from the ground headquarters, leaped up, opened his body in the air and turned into a huge battle axe, and gave Duke's basket a shocking critical hit!

Bang-dang——!
The roc rises with the wind in one day and soars up to 90,000 miles!

In the stands, Cameron Arena fell into a brief silence because of Qin Yue's tomahawk dunk.

"Do you know how we will describe this scene to our children many years in the future?" On the sidelines, with clenched fists, Prosser turned his gaze to Victor and asked.

Hearing this, Victor shook his head.

"Your senior Qin, his legendary story begins right at this moment." Old man Prosser smiled as he suppressed his excitement and witnessed how Qin Yue grew up step by step.

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Note ①: Why did Qin Yue want to beat up Redick? Because as an NBA player who received a complete four-year college education and never exposed himself as an idiot in public, this guy used a word with serious racial discrimination to greet Chinese fans in the Spring Festival greeting video organized by the NBA.

According to Redick himself, he said the wrong thing because he was tongue-tied, but as an NBA player with a normal IQ who can also become the head coach of the Lakers, such a statement is obviously not convincing at all.

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