"Number 77, from Wake Forest University, Big ———— Qin!"

November 1, 2013.

This is the day when the Warriors held the season opener of the 13/14 regular season at the San Francisco Daqin Center.

The long summer wait ended.

When the announcer called out Qin Yue during the player introductions, the arena, named after a current NBA player for the first time, erupted in deafening cheers.

In the stands, fans from all over the Bay Area were uniformly wearing the golden T-shirts symbolizing the Warriors Dynasty.

From 09/10 to 12/13.

Four years, four championships.

At the announcer's table, Warriors legend Rick Barry, moved by the scene, said, "I think at this moment, no amount of cheering can express the Bay Area fans' love for 'Great Qin'."

On the court, he proudly walked towards the center of the field.

Although the past summer had gradually calmed Qin Yue's excited heart,

at the moment he stepped onto the high-tech, fully covered floor of the Daqin Center, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Fifteen minutes before Qin Yue's appearance, the retired jerseys and championship banners of the Warriors had already risen one by one to the top of the Daqin Center.

And now, what Qin Yue was about to do was receive the sixth championship ring of his career.

"As it turns out, no number of championship rings can satisfy my thirst for victory," Qin Yue later recalled.

Compared to the 12/13 season,

the Warriors were the only NBA team in the new season to have no changes on their roster.

At the draft, the two newcomers that CEO Larry Riley selected for the team, Nemanja Nedovic and Janis Timma, received their "unemployment packages" after the summer league.

For this, team general manager Chris Mullin jokingly said to Riley afterwards, "It seems we should consult the Messiah more during the draft."

Consult Qin Yue?

In fact, as a tiny draft class, without the ability to trade for higher picks, even Qin Yue couldn't turn the "trash" into treasures.

However, on the night of the opener, without new quality talent joining, the defending champions still showed the world their strong capability as the top contender for the title.

In this regular season debut, where the final score was 99 to 141, seven players on the home team Warriors scored in double figures.

In the game, Qin Yue, who was only allowed to practice with the team three days before the start of the regular season, played for less than 20 minutes before losing his qualification to continue participating in the game.

After all, being universally recognized as the GOAT, Qin Yue couldn't just stay on the court even during garbage time to pad his stats.

After the game, when asked by reporters what it felt like to play in an arena named after him, Qin Yue said, "It's hard to put into words, especially when I only played 20 minutes."

Only played 20 minutes...

That night, almost the entire basketball world felt the GOAT's resentment.

However, no one expected that...

Throughout November, after seven games at the Daqin Center, Qin Yue's resentment deepened further.

Because in these seven games, the most he played in one game was only 27 minutes.

"We all know how much he wants to deliver a signature performance in the new arena," Curry said, "but in November, our entire team was in such great form that it felt like we just needed to step on the court and any opponent would crumble before us."

It wasn't until December, in games against the Lakers and the Heat, that the defending champions felt pressured.

On December 10, on the road against the Lakers.

That night, facing longtime rival Kobe, Qin Yue was in form right from the game's beginning.

And with 25 seconds left on the clock, it was Qin Yue's winning shot that sealed the victory for the Warriors.

Additionally, this was also the first game in the 13/14 season where Qin Yue scored over 50 points.

"He's unstoppable on the court, while Kobe seemed old and weary in front of him."

Anthony Lester, a reporter from The San Francisco Chronicle, said, "He did whatever he wanted in front of the Gasol brothers, and the home crowd hoped he would miss one or two crucial shots, but almost every time, he left the entire Staples Center in silence."

Then, on December 18, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Qin Yue delivered another signature performance in December.

In the game, Wade and Anthony combined to score 68 for the Heat.

And Qin Yue?

The answer was an astounding 69 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, and 2 steals.

"It's crazy, 'D-Wade' and 'Melo' have torn apart the Warriors' wings," ESPN commentator A. Smith said, "but on the other side, the Messiah single-handedly tore apart the entire Miami Heat."

However...

Even as time passed, and though Qin Yue, who often used the beginning of the season as practice over the past few seasons, had already marked his return as "All-out Qin" with iconic performances in Los Angeles and Miami...

By the end of the year, he still couldn't break the curse of not being able to play over 30 minutes at the Daqin Center.

Fortunately, entering 2014, Qin Yue finally got the opportunity to prove himself in front of the home crowd.

On January 14, against the Lakers at home, Qin Yue scored a total of 51 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals, shooting 19 of 31, including 4 of 9 from three-point range, and making 9 of 9 free throws.