Not long after the second quarter began, JR, who lived up to expectations, opened the scoring account with a graceful fadeaway jumper following a series of crossover dribbles.

It must be said that among the external players of his generation, merely judging by the flamboyance of style, JR is no less than Kobe.

However, the Warriors have Six Meridian Divine Sword.

That night, the Lakers also had Tathagata's Divine Palm.

Just like in Qin Yue's memory.

Entering his second season, you never have to worry about Klay Thompson lacking confidence, as he gradually showed shadows of the future "Buddha" figure.

Before the Achilles injury, if one had to describe Klay in one sentence...

It would undoubtedly be Zhang Weiping's oft-quoted remark, "Yo, he really dares to shoot, wow, he actually made it," that fits the best.

On the court, Lakers are on the offensive.

When Paul, wrapped up by Jack, could only transform into the spokesperson of jump pass techniques, James, and was forced to pass the buck.

On the flank, facing this sudden "black pot" of a pass.

Klay, who demanded the ball without hesitation, shot with no adjustments from the catch, and he made it.

Swish—!

Oracle Arena.

Klay's sudden burst allowed the Lakers to cling to the score on the court.

In the latter half of the second quarter, as Qin Yue was preparing to re-enter the court, watching on TNT TV, Barkley sighed, "If it weren't for the Messiah, I have no doubt this Lakers team has a chance to establish their second dynasty in the 21st century."

"Hey, Charles, did you forget about the Knicks?" O'Neal reminded beside him.

Yes, if not for Qin Yue, would just the Lakers have hopes of winning the championship?

In front of the TV, at this moment, watching as a spectator James taking big strides on that long step of ascending to gods, how can one not have thought, if not for Qin Yue, would he have already begun to establish some capital to surpass Jordan?

From the Chosen One to the Abandoned Child.

James knows very well, it's never been the lack of hard power that Durant often criticized him for.

After all, just by personal ability....

In modern-day small forwards, James doesn't think he is truly worse than others.

Just in this era dominated by Qin Yue, James, who suffered in the comparison, lost utterly in that struggle with Durant.

Now, as the loser, James can only sulk in the dark, growing more angry the more he thinks.

So here comes the question.

Is James angry because he is not competitive?

The answer is obviously no.

Because, under the constant brainwashing of media and himself for years, like how future James firmly believes that unfavorable rulings against him are all targeting by the league.

After being packaged as a "commodity" for so long, James long unable to see himself clearly, is always angry at his poor fate to this day.

He is unlike Qin Yue, who became the king of the Bay Area upon entering the league, enjoying endless adoration in the prosperous Bay Area.

Nor like Durant, rooted in New York by nature, an unshakable Messiah in the hearts of Knicks fans.

Even unlike Kobe, who had O'Neal to fall back on in his early years, and could reap a group of strong teammates through Lakers' golden recruiting later in his career.

He only wasted his prime in Cleveland for nothing, and then, a single mishap in New York led to a complete defeat for LeBron.

In this era ruled by the tyrant Qin Yue.

No one sympathizes with him.

Nor does anyone pity him.

So much so, everyone is taking pleasure in denying everything about him.

At this moment, James utterly hates this damned world.

Indeed!

It's not me that's wrong!

It's this f***ed-up world!

The camera shifts back to Oracle Arena.

In the first half, the halftime score of the Lakers and Warriors battle was fixed by Paul with a floater at 58 to 61.

Halftime break.

In the home team's locker room, Warriors coach Ma Long, unusually, took out a tactical board to explain tactics to the players.

"Mike, should we adjust the defense? The Lakers have gotten quite a few three-point shot opportunities through the blind spots on both sides in the first half." After Ma Long readjusted the offensive setup, assistant coach Hollins reminded.

Hearing this, Ma Long shook his head and said: "That's exactly what the Lakers are expecting. Currently, we can only trust the Messiah in the interior. Once we expand the defense too much, the Gasol Brothers will inevitably dominate our interior."

Ma Long knows very well, there is never a foolproof defense in this world.

Especially when facing a Lakers team whose offensive and defensive levels can match Warriors'.

With halftime over, in the second half, it was Warriors who attacked first.

Curry's setback jumper was clearly infringed by Paul's hand.

However, noticing the referee had no intention of blowing the whistle, Curry didn't argue with the referee this time.

Coming back, the Lakers attacked.

Big Gasol moved up to the high post to wall for Paul and conveniently carried Qin Yue away.

Seeing this, Paul, noticing the Warriors retracting on both sides to secure interior defense, decided decisively to pass the ball to Kobe.

After receiving the ball, Kobe nailed the outside three-pointer.

61 to 61.

On TNT TV, Barkley said: "In this game, while the Lakers' players' performance certainly deserves our respect, isn't the referee's discretion a bit too biased towards the Lakers?"

Beside him, knowing Barkley was complaining about that missed foul call on Paul, O'Neal said: "Charles, you know, missed calls have always been a part of the NBA."

On the court, Warriors attacked.

Not choosing to fuss with the referee, Curry obviously increased his action frequency during this possession, borrowing Qin Yue's screen.