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Chapter 176 Great Goal ( words updated per day, begging for monthly subscription!)
"You are the second center in the league, then who is the first center in the league?"

Qin Yue turned his gaze to Brown and said curiously.

"Of course you are the first center," Brown said flatteringly, "You who play the center position."

Hearing this, Qin Yue felt comfortable.

Anyone who wants to accomplish great things must be close to wise ministers and stay away from villains.

But in Qin Yue's view
If a player like Brown is not only eloquent but also considerate and caring towards the star players, then who is a good minister if not a good minister?

On the court, the Knicks sent the ball from the baseline, and Lee finished with a catch and jump shot.

D'Antoni's offensive coaching of this Knicks team is undoubtedly successful.

The Knicks, who would rather finish each attack in seven seconds than in eight seconds, have become a serious team that is good at playing small ball under D'Antoni's coaching.

However, in terms of speed, the Warriors, who have Nash, D'Antoni's former favorite, are equally as good as the Knicks.

Coming back, under the cover of Qin Yue, Nash made a three-pointer.

Working with Qin Yue, except that his assist data was always washed away by the opponent, Nash's on-court experience in all aspects was greatly improved.

This improvement is very intuitively reflected in Nash's technical statistics panel this season.

截至目前，纳什场均能够贡献21分6助攻3篮板，其三项主要命中率分别为55%，45%和95%。

If nothing unexpected happens, Nash will set a new personal single-season scoring average record this season.

For an old comrade who is about to turn 36, this is a very incredible thing.

But next to Qin Yue, Nash, who can fully enjoy the "gravity of Qin", is indeed experiencing a reverse growth in scoring.

In Qin Yue's eyes, the only flaw is that Nash is not a scoring guard in the strict sense.

Many times, when Nash finds his teammates in open positions, he will still choose to pass the ball to his teammates based on the principle that passing the ball can make both the assister and the assisted person happy.

In this regard, Curry, who is eager to prove himself in limited playing time in his rookie season, is much better.

In the second half of the first quarter, Curry, who had just replaced Nash and completed a hand-to-hand pass with Qin Yue, ignored Qin Yue's request for the ball and decisively pulled the trigger button from the outside.

Swish!
Considering that he got an assist for free, Qin Yue did not blame Curry for his offensive choice.

just
This kind of free assist will inevitably make Qin Yue feel frustrated.

Because compared to those who need to direct teammates to run, or rely on exquisite passes to lead teammates to complete the finish.
As long as you have hands, anyone can assist.
What do you think it means?
It's the Knicks' turn to attack.

As Curry came on the court, Harden, who was originally sleepy, immediately became energetic.

In the high position, after signaling to his eldest and second brothers with secret signals, Harden took the initiative to apply for a singles.

Indeed, eating Curry alive is a career that many outside scorers will work tirelessly for in the future.

But at this moment, Harden ignored Nash in the first half of the first quarter and chose to play one-on-one with Curry. The main reason was that he and Curry had an indissoluble bond long before entering the league.

Curry and Harden have always admired each other and regarded each other as confidants.

So, since the relationship has come to this point, why don't you use your good brother to stab you in the back? Are you waiting for your good brother to stab you in the back?

On the court, Curry was squeezed behind Harden after just one encounter.

Swish!
It was really difficult for Qin Yue to evaluate Curry's defense in this round.

"Next time if he singles you out, just let him break through." Qin Yue taught Curry step by step, "Kwame and I will help you defend."

Hearing this, Curry nodded quickly.

Qin Yue has made up his mind that the next time the Warriors play against the Lakers, he will definitely suggest to Mike Malone that Curry should guard Kobe.

Qin Yue knew very well that without years of lessons learned, Curry's defense would be difficult to improve.

Because of being beaten
It is a compulsory course for every young player on the road to growth.

Just like Durant was once again being switched to him on the court through a pick-and-roll.

Watching Durant almost retreating to the three-second zone in order to avoid confrontation, Qin Yue, who inexplicably got a wide-open three-point opportunity, shot it quickly. Whoosh!
"'KD', don't be so afraid of me." Qin Yue smiled, "I won't eat people."

Seeing this, Durant, who was skinny, covered his still aching chest and thought to himself: "With a body of only 198cm in height and a weight of just 105kg, how can I withstand your rampage?"

Durant's frame makes it difficult for him to gain weight.

If Qin Yue remembered correctly, Durant's weight in the future would remain at around 110 kilograms for a long time.

Yes, 110 kg is exactly Durant's weight gain limit.

This
It also became a situation that Durant faced.
The gap between him and Qin Yue was destined to be insurmountable.

At the end of the first half, Qin Yue easily scored a near triple-double of 21 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in Madison Square Garden.

As for Durant?
在秦岳始终给予的高强度压迫下，渐渐在场上迷失自我的杜兰特半场10投仅3中，罚球4罚4中，总计拿到了10分3篮板1助攻。

It only took Qin Yue one and a half court to make the world feel the gap between Durant and him.

Although, Durant is still very young.

But this half made those who thought Durant had touched the corner of Qin Yue's clothes before the game fully realize that it is not so easy to touch the corner of the new GOAT's clothes.
"I don't think you should put too much pressure on 'KD'."

Brown, who has always believed that Qin Yue is the only great player in the NBA, said in an interview during the halftime break: "The Messiah led the Warriors to the championship in his rookie season. In my opinion, before being compared with the Messiah, KD should first prove that he is the best player in the Eastern Conference today."

After a pause, Brown added: "You should know that LeBron James, who was previously recognized as the best player in the Eastern Conference, has never defeated the Messiah even once."

As a staunch supporter of Qin Yue's crown, Brown sincerely hates those media who always like to compare other players with Qin Yue.

Because Brown, who serves as a sparring partner for Qin Yue every day, knows better than anyone that those so-called chosen ones cannot be compared with Qin Yue at all.

After the halftime break, the game continued.

不断在技术统计面板上添加着各项技术统计的秦岳，仅用三节比赛便砍下了35分14篮板13助攻4封盖1抢断。

Under his torture, Durant, for whom even piecemeal scoring began to become a luxury, only scored 2 points in the entire third quarter.

"Aren't you afraid that your little brother will hate you?" Brown said jokingly during the intermission, "You pressed him to the floor and rubbed him all night long."

Hearing this, Qin Yue, who knew that Durant's thinking was always unusual, smiled and said, "'KD' won't be so stingy. Believe me, he will definitely come over and shake my hand after the game."

The final score was 135 to 114.

The Warriors easily defeated the Knicks on the road.

As Qin Yue expected, Durant really came over after the game and said, "Boss, do you remember what you promised me last time?"

"What did I promise you last time?"

"You said that even if I wanted Scarlett Johansson's underwear, you could find a way to get it for me."

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Qin Yue felt that Durant was beyond help.

"Aren't you worried that you will be criticized by the New York media after this game?" Brown, who was standing next to Qin Yue, asked curiously.

"Don't worry, I'm used to fighting with haters online," Durant said proudly. "I've registered hundreds of small accounts, and I can often silence those haters."

Brown: “.”

Brown discovered that compared with other players in the league, Durant's brain circuit can only be described as amazing.

"Your little brother is indeed different from ordinary people." Brown said to Qin Yue afterwards, "He doesn't look like a professional player at all. He looks more like a loser with the quality of a professional player."

Qin Yue felt the same way and said, "I'm already thinking about whether to expel him from my fan club."...

After easily defeating the Knicks on the road, the Warriors were not in a hurry to leave because their next opponent was the New Jersey Nets.

It has to be said that the Warriors' schedule this season is relatively easy.

In the NBA, what kind of schedule can be called an easy schedule?
First of all, judging from the Warriors' remaining schedule this season, the league clearly intended to arrange a "strong-weak-strong-weak" schedule for them.

That is, after each game against a playoff team, the Warriors will face a relatively weaker opponent in the next game.

What are the benefits of such a schedule?
Simply put, if the Warriors won the previous game, they could take a proper rest in the next game.

And if they had lost the previous game, the Warriors could have taken advantage of an easy target to vent their frustration after the loss.

Secondly, for the Warriors' remaining back-to-back games this season, the league has been very considerate in arranging opponents who are relatively close.

For example, playing the Nets right after playing the Knicks away.

The Warriors, who can stay in New York to rest, will perfectly avoid the fatigue caused by traveling.

There is no doubt that such a schedule will indirectly help the Warriors achieve better results this season.

after all
Even in that season when Qin Yue believed that the Warriors had swept the entire league in an invincible manner, the Warriors were still inevitably defeated in the regular season due to the devilish schedule arranged for them by the league.

"Mike, do you think we have a chance to challenge the Chicago Bulls' record this season?"

Qin Yue knew very well that the reason why the league arranged a relatively easy schedule for the Warriors this season was mainly because the league was worried that he would not be able to dominate the game as before after returning from injury.

However, as Qin Yue proved his dominance through his performance on the court, it will be difficult for the Warriors to get such an easy schedule again.
It has almost become an impossible thing.

Therefore, with the Warriors strong this season.
In Qin Yue's view, this was undoubtedly a great opportunity for them to challenge the 72-win record set by the Bulls in the regular season that year.

Hearing this, Malone thought carefully and said, "Our upcoming schedule is indeed the easiest among all the teams in the league.

We have a lot of players on our team this season, and we definitely have the potential to break the Bulls' 72-win record!"

In the Warriors' 15-man roster this season, except for veteran Foyle, there are sufficient reserves for almost every position.

In Malone's view, he only needs to let the Warriors players except Qin Yue get enough rest through rotation, and the Warriors will not need to worry about the high level of concentration they need to maintain at all times in order to win.

As for, why didn't Ma Long consider giving Qin Yue a rest?

of course.
Without Qin Yue, how can the Warriors team with him as the core challenge the Bulls' 72-win record?
另外
Through the games so far, Malone is very confident that the Warriors have regained their dominance on the court this season.

Moreover, Malone was very clear about what breaking the Bulls' record meant to him personally, to Qin Yue, and even to the Warriors team.

"If we can create a myth this season, then I will be a better coach than Phil Jackson, the Warriors will be a stronger team than the Bulls, and the Messiah will also be known as a better leader than Michael Jordan!"

Ma Long felt that he had endless fighting spirit in an instant.

As Qin Yue and Malone told other players on the Warriors about their ideas, this extremely bold goal immediately made the entire team excited.

"Although I want to prove myself in the playoffs," Nash said with a smile, "but if there is a chance to make history, who wouldn't want to have their name engraved on an NBA milestone?"

"This is fucking crazy! If we can do better than 72 wins," Wallace said, "I'll die with no regrets."

"Scottie Pippen always mentions their 72-win record every time he's on the show," Dunleavy said with a smile. "But if this record belongs to us, I'll be even crazier than him. I'll tell reporters about our new record every day!"

For a long time, the 1995-win regular season record set by the Chicago Bulls in the 1996/72 season has long become an unbreakable myth in the minds of the world.

After all, in the long regular season of the NBA, which team can guarantee that they can attack and win every battle like the Bulls did back then?

However, for Qin Yue, who came from later generations, he witnessed the moment when the myth was broken.

Although, the Warriors, who broke the Bulls myth in history, eventually became the backdrop for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win their first championship in team history.

But compared to the warriors of later generations
Qin Yue knew very well that the current Warriors not only had more championship puzzle pieces.

and
The league's carefully arranged schedule also means that the current Warriors don't have to worry that they will be like future Warriors teams that consume too much energy in the regular season in order to make history.

"David Stern finally did a good thing." Qin Yue, who had a deep grudge against Stern because of the Qin Yue Law, thought to himself, "It seems that not all Jews are bastards."

The new goals proposed by Qin Yue and Ma Long instantly brought the morale of the entire Warriors team to a peak.

Simultaneously
After Malone announced his rest plan in detail, his arrangement immediately received the support of the entire team.

Especially young players like Curry and McRoberts who are eager to get more playing time.

Malone, who always does what he says, plans to rest Nash and Murphy in the Warriors' next back-to-back game against the Nets.

"Stephen, you start next game."

"Oh!"

"Josh, I will arrange you to play in the rotation next game, and you will get the playing time that originally belonged to Troy."

"Okay, coach!"

……

The next day, the Warriors set out for the Continental Airlines Center.

On the night of the game, facing the Nets, which was about to be acquired by Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov
The Warriors, led by Qin Yue, were so full of energy that they defeated this team that had no intention of fighting in just half a game, and gave them an extremely embarrassing record:

——Seventeen consecutive losses at the start.

However, as a person who has experienced this, Qin Yue knows very well that the 17-game losing streak is not the end of this Nets team.

Because if Qin Yue remembered correctly, the Nets had created an appalling 18-game losing streak at the start of this season.

Moreover, in addition to breaking the NBA's record for losing streak at the start of a season, the Nets almost set the NBA record for the fewest wins in a single season (excluding the shortened season) this season.

If the Nets hadn't fought hard to win three of their last four regular season games in order to avoid becoming the worst team in history, their record for the season would have been 76 wins and 9 losses, which would have made the Timberwolves cry and the 73ers feel inferior.

What’s interesting is that the Warriors’ last regular season opponent this season happens to be the Nets.

therefore
If the Nets continue to lose as they are now, the Warriors, who are determined to break the Bulls myth, will likely create both the best and worst records in the NBA this season.

It is worth mentioning that in this game where the Warriors defeated the Nets, Curry, who started for the team for the first time in his career, scored a total of 28 points and 4 rebounds.

Qin Yue doesn't want to say that Curry is more suitable for bullying at this stage
But Curry, who had the night of his career on this night, did show his ruthless side in bullying the weaker players.

According to the schedule, the Warriors will travel to Memphis to challenge the Grizzlies in two days.

Both Qin Yue and Ma Long attached great importance to this game.

Because compared to the past few seasons
The Grizzlies are no longer the underdog team that everyone bullies in the Western Conference.

Before the game, Andrew Bynum, who was sent to Memphis by the Lakers as a bargaining chip, said in an interview: "This season, my personal goal is to become the No. 1 center in the Western Conference. Although I don't know why a player of Kwame Brown's level is ranked second among Western Conference centers by the media, I will prove through the game that I am much better than a 'fake No. 1 pick' like Kwame Brown."

Due to his outstanding performance in the new season, Brown has risen to a position second only to Yao Ming in the latest ESPN Western Conference center rankings.

just
Such a ranking will inevitably make Brown a thorn in the eyes of others.

For example, Bynum, the "Little Shark" who averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game for the Grizzlies this season, is ambitious and believes that he has made great progress, even to the point that even Yao Ming does not take him seriously.

Facing Brown, Bynum, who increased his weight to 130 kilograms in the summer, firmly believed that he could easily destroy the former "fake No. pick".

In addition, with Serge Ibaka able to take on the responsibility of defending Qin Yue, Bynum is not worried about Qin Yue, who almost broke him down in his rookie season.

"In my opinion, Kwame Brown is a Chihuahua who can only hide behind his teammates." Bynum added in a subsequent interview, "I only need a few rounds to make you feel how superficial a player like him who can only wag his tail and beg for mercy and survive by begging for food is."

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