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Chapter 197 The Most Dominant, When the God Comes to Earth Again (Second Update, Begging for Subscriptions)

In the first quarter, thanks to Qin Yue's 16 points and 7 rebounds for the team, the Warriors entered the second quarter with a 7-point lead.

On TNT, Barkley commented: "The Messiah almost single-handedly dominated the game, and the Celtics' interior defense was torn to pieces by him. I think he has once again proved that he is the most dominant player in the NBA throughout history."

That night, the toughness Qin Yue displayed on the offensive end was absolutely worthy of Barkley's most dominant comment.

but
Although Qin Yue's fierce charge and attack on the court gave people an extremely shocking visual experience, the physical energy consumption caused by this offensive method to Qin Yue was also astonishing.

There is no way, since Qin Yue still belongs to the category of earthlings
As he has been on the court fighting for the Warriors against the Celtics' high-intensity defense, his physical energy consumption will naturally be much greater than usual.

Ma Long saw that Qin Yue's outside shooting was average tonight, so he took the initiative to suggest to him, "This round of the finals has just begun, we don't have to rush."

Qin Yue knew very well that what Ma Long meant at this moment was that compared to proving himself by scoring, leading the Warriors to win the game was his main task.

In response, Qin Yue did not refute.

But in this game, Qin Yue, who could clearly feel that his body was particularly excited, also wanted to try whether he could regain his shooting touch in subsequent games.

"Mike, I won't hold on." Qin Yue said to Malone, "You know, I'm not a player like Kobe who will ignore his teammates once he's having fun."

Upon hearing this, Malone's reaction was exactly the same as Hollins' before.

If Ma Long didn't know Qin Yue well enough, he might have really believed Qin Yue's lies.

However.
In the second quarter, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Even if Ma Long wanted Qin Yue to save as much strength as possible to ensure that he could continue to maintain a good physical condition in the subsequent finals.
Ma Long can only place his hopes on Qin Yue.

As it turns out, after the first game of the finals, the Celtics players have not wavered in their determination to break the runner-up curse this year.

Moreover, this Celtics team also showed one of their characteristics in this game:
——Under the training of former head coach Rivers, they have become accustomed to playing against the wind on the court in the past. They are a team that has always been known for its resilience.

At Oracle Arena, with the Warriors' outside shooters collectively inaccurate, Pierce, who was responsible for leading the team during the lineup rotation phase, immediately led his teammates in a fierce counterattack and changed the score between the two teams to 45 to 44 before Qin Yue returned to the court.

This is the biggest drawback of a team that relies on shooting for a living.

Once the Warriors' shooters lose their shooting touch in a game, they can easily lose themselves in the sound of missed shots.

And the fatal thing is
Even if Qin Yue returned to the court, he would not be able to help these teammates regain their touch in a short time.

On the court, because Curry and Bell missed good opportunities for open three-pointers in succession, Celtics coach Gentry immediately switched the team's defense to a zone defense.

It's rare that the Warriors' outside shooters are collectively in a slump - in Gentry's view, now he only needs to block the restricted area by activating a double team defense and prevent Qin Yue from rushing and attacking in the game like he did in the first quarter. The Celtics have already seen hope of conquering the Oracle Arena tonight!

On the outside, Qin Yue, who was watching Horford retreating again and again in front of him following his teammates' steps, instantly became angry and unceremoniously completed a pull-up shot from outside the three-point line.

Qin Yue came from the future.

He is well aware of how the fans will ridicule the offensive core who gets an open opportunity but does not dare to shoot.

Therefore, even though his touch was not good before, as long as Horford dared to retreat, Qin Yue would dare to shoot in front of him.

just
When Qin Yue threw the basketball with a sense of resentment and fixed his eyes on the silky arc, he was suddenly stunned.

You may not believe it, but as soon as the ball was shot, Qin Yue had a feeling in his heart that it would definitely go in!

Swish-!
CCTV, seeing that Qin Yue finally opened the scoring account for the Warriors from the outside, Zhang Weiping wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "It's not easy, the Warriors' offense still depends on Qin Yue!"

In the next round, Qin Yue noticed that the Celtics were still playing double-team defense. After asking for the ball, he pressed the trigger button again almost the moment he received the ball.

Although Horford, who had learned from the last defensive experience, interfered with Qin Yue to a certain extent this time, when Qin Yue found the feeling of shooting.
Horford's interference, in a sense, became a sight for Qin Yue to measure the shooting angle.

Swish-!
On the court, Qin Yue made two consecutive three-pointers for the Warriors, directly forcing Celtics coach Gentry to request a timeout in front of the technical table.

And this time.
Malone, the Warriors head coach, who had been a little worried that the Warriors would lose their shooting feeling, causing the Celtics' defense to shrink, thus affecting Qin Yue's ability to complete the offensive work for the team on the court, also regained his previous calmness and composure.

at this moment.
Gentry stood on the Celtics bench with an anxious look on his face and took out the tactical board with a frown on his face.
Ma Long, who was busy high-fiving his teammates one by one and looked confident, was in stark contrast to him.

“Everything is as I expected.”

On the Warriors bench, Malone turned to assistant coach Hollins and said, "I knew the Messiah would make that damn three-pointer for us!"

Upon hearing this, although Hollins nodded repeatedly, the old coach's expression clearly said "Really? I don't believe it."

After the timeout, the game continues.

Gentry felt that every time the Celtics gained momentum, Qin Yue on the opposite side would step up and rewrite the course of the game. He could only change the Celtics' defense back to man-to-man defense, and gave Horford instructions that he must follow Qin Yue wherever he went.

CCTV, seeing this scene, Zhang Weiping couldn't help but complain: "The Celtics mean that even if Qin Yue wants to go to the toilet, Horford must follow him?"

On the court, Horford tightly entangled Qin Yue.

With the tacit approval of the Qin Yue Law, he even hugged the opponent directly in the off-ball stage many times.

Seeing this, Qin Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said, "Can we not be so close? I'm not interested in men."

Horford did not respond to Qin Yue.

But the next second, Qin Yue noticed that Horford was obviously sticking closer.

However, when Qin Yue opened his long arms to catch the pass from his teammate, Horford always stuck close to his defense, which gave Qin Yue the opportunity to use physical confrontation to get rid of the opponent.

Boom!
On the left side of the court, at the moment of the violent collision with Horford, Qin Yue directly took the ball and launched an attack on the Celtics' penalty area.

Faced with Qin Yue's brutal and unreasonable rugby-style play, Duncan, who was responsible for assisting defense, almost simultaneously thought of LeBron James.

only.
Unlike James, another great fundamentalist in today's league, Qin Yue obviously has not mastered the advanced technique of crab dribbling.

So, Duncan saw the opportunity and pounced on Qin Yue without hesitation the moment he jumped to attack the basket.

Under Duncan’s strong interference, Qin Yue was not in a hurry to shoot.

Until Duncan landed first.

As the referee blew the whistle, Qin Yue, who was still in the sky, slowly threw the basketball in his hand towards the backboard.

Bang, whoosh!

"What a pity." After landing, Qin Yue said to Duncan, "If you were a few years younger, maybe you could defend me."

Duncan nodded and said, "You are right."

At this moment, time and years gave Qin Yue a valuable assist. Qin Yue did not waste this hard-earned AND-ONE. After the free throw, his personal score in this game has risen to 25 points.

"It's only halftime!" Gentry said helplessly on the Celtics bench, "Can anyone tell me what we have to do to stop him from scoring on the court?"

In this game, Gentry's helplessness and frustration lasted almost throughout the entire first half.

At the end of the first half, the score was 60 to 63.

With Qin Yue scoring 14 points for the team after returning to the game, the Warriors unreasonably regained the initiative of the game.

Warriors head coach Malone was interviewed during the halftime break: "I know you want to say that if it weren't for the Messiah, we would probably have been pulled away by the Celtics. And what I want to say is that your view is correct, but who makes us have the Messiah?"

After the interview, Malone returned to the home locker room with a happy face.

When Qin Yue regained his shooting touch in the second quarter, combined with his unusually excited physical state tonight - Malone knew better than anyone that as the head coach of this team, all he had to think about next was how to pair Qin Yue with a lineup that would make him play comfortably.

On the other hand, Gentry
Gentry has a lot to think about.

The first is how the Celtics can maintain their offensive quality after their physical strength declines.

The second question is, if Qin Yue’s condition remains unsolved, should the Celtics double-team him?

After a short halftime break, the game continued.

The Celtics players frantically tested the referee's limits and, after committing two consecutive fouls, successfully brought the physical confrontation of the game to a climax.

The Celtics hope that more intense physical confrontations will continue to affect the shooting feel of the Warriors' outside shooters.

Judging from the results, they did exactly that.

Throughout the third quarter, no matter how Malone made personnel adjustments, the Warriors' players were unable to seize the opportunities that they usually had in their hands.

But even so, the young Zen master remained as calm as ever.

Because this quarter belongs to Qin Yue.

On the court, the Warriors' offensive round.

Facing Horford's unconventional defense of always putting his arm on his ball-protecting hand, Qin Yue, who received the pass from his teammate, first started violently, then quickly used a drag step to pull the ball back, and forced a shot under the opponent's reckless forward rush.

This was a three-point shooting foul for which the referee had to blow the whistle for Qin Yue.

But as the basketball thrown by Qin Yue incredibly hit the backboard and went into the net, Qin Yue got a chance to score four points while detonating the scene in the next second.

Horford did not protest the referee's call.

He just stepped aside in silence.

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

In turn, the Celtics player, whose shooting touch was also affected by the fierce physical confrontation, found Carter who was lurking in the corner through passing the ball back and forth, and Carter completed a wonderful assist.

The reason why Carter's assist was so brilliant was that the basketball that bounced out of the rim fell right into Qin Yue's hands.

Seeing this, Qin Yue dribbled the ball directly to launch a transition attack.

Pierce, who wanted to stop Qin Yue with a foul, was a beat too slow in the end and was ruthlessly left behind by Qin Yue, who was as slippery as a loach.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Yue, who had a smooth journey, made a slam dunk!

At the Oracle Arena, cheers of “MVP, MVP” also resounded throughout the dome!

In front of the technical table, at the moment when he was forced to request a timeout, Gentry's eyes were always on No. 77 of the Warriors.

Earlier, when Qin Yue chose to change to wear No. 77 jersey, Qin Yue had said that the reason he chose No. 77 jersey was that since God left 23 to Jordan, the remaining 77 would belong to him.

But now, Gentry just wants to say that Qin Yue's influence on the court tonight has obviously exceeded 77.

After the timeout, the Celtics attacked.

Under the strong interference of Qin Yue, Duncan twisted his body and shot the ball wide.

Qin Yue turned around to protect the rebound and dribbled across half court himself.

Old Carter tried to force Qin Yue to pass the ball by pinching him in advance.

But at the moment Carter moved, Qin Yue, who was highly focused, suddenly launched an attack.

Qin Yue, who anticipated Carter's double-team, broke through Horford's defense in the high post and made a long two-point jump shot in the right side.

On TNT, Barkley said with emotion: "The Celtics finally figured out how to use double-team tactics to fight against God, but God's response to this is - he doesn't care!"

Smith echoed: "Messiah's ability to break double teams is one of the best in the history of the NBA. He can use his tall stature to force shots and can also transfer the basketball to his teammates on the weak side at any time."

The Celtics took the initiative to increase their level of physical confrontation in the second half, and it was not until the second half of the third quarter that they gradually regained their shooting accuracy.

However, at this time, the score gap between the two teams had already reached double digits.

In the final moments of the third quarter, the Celtics narrowed the gap between the two teams to 9 points thanks to Duncan's two-plus-one in front of Brown.

But the Warriors, who had the last chance to attack, had Qin Yue, who was double-teamed by Pierce and Horford, and in front of all the fans, he pulled the trigger for the last time in this quarter before the countdown.

When the basketball cut through the night sky, all Warriors fans held their breath at the same time!
"Shh-!"

"Messiah scored his 21st point in this quarter! The Warriors will face the Celtics in the final quarter with a 12-point lead!"

At this point, the first three quarters of the game ended.

The scoreboard showed 84 to 96.

At the end of this quarter, Celtics head coach Gentry's eyes were dull and wooden.

"We are fighting against the gods."

During the intermission, Gentry said in an interview with a trembling voice: "Now, we need a miracle to defeat this god tonight."

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