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Regarding the rookie’s rookie mistake, Qin Yue laughed and said: "Your dribbling is still so rough, KD."
Hearing this, Durant awkwardly touched the back of his head and smiled.
Durant’s temperament makes him possibly one of the few in the league today who can be immune to Qin Yue’s trash talk.
However...
This also fully demonstrates how capable the future "Green Sports Talk" host is at breaking up a team.
Because even for someone like Durant...
Green managed to run him off with "we were champions before you came."
You can’t help but admire "Teacher Lv’s" precision in breaking defenses.
In the first quarter, hitting 7 out of 10 including a perfect 1 for 1 from three-point range and 6 for 6 from the line, Qin Yue scored 21 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, blocked 1 shot, and got 1 steal in a single quarter.
This was the eleventh time in Qin Yue’s career that he scored "20+" in a single quarter.
Unlike the old GOAT Jordan, who always preferred a slow simmer in games.
In this stat, Qin Yue, currently second only to Kobe among active players, has proven his explosive scoring on countless nights.
In the second quarter, thanks to the Knicks’ outstanding substitutes known for their high pay and low ability, Qin Yue sat on the bench for a full eight minutes before coach Ma Long sent him back on the court.
At Madison Square Garden, as soon as he got on the court, Qin Yue used a pick-and-roll to switch Eddie Curry in front of him.
Compared to last season’s Little Shark who averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds, this season, Curry’s decline was even faster than Qin Yue remembered.
After all, even the aging O’Neal is still O’Neal.
So Little Shark, who could only play as a backup to O’Neal this new season, just decided to tank outright.
So far, Curry is averaging only 5 points and 3 rebounds for the Knicks but his annual salary is as high as 11 million US Dollars.
Qin Yue doesn’t know what kind of spell Walsh’s predecessor, Knicks GM "Smiling Assassin" Thomas, cast on James Dolan, allowing him to damage the Knicks for so many years.
At the high post, effortlessly leaving Curry behind, Qin Yue charged into the Knicks’ paint and made a reverse layup over "Big Q" Richardson.
Unlike when Qin Yue first entered the league, Richardson was a balanced and nimble player.
It wasn’t until completing this play for the Warriors that Qin Yue realized this fat guy who came over to help defense was the three-point champion of that year.
They say people are shaped by the environment. Just how good is the Knicks’ team food to produce so many overweight players?
Unfortunately...
Durant, naturally without an ounce of extra weight, is doomed to miss out on the dietary boosts within the Knicks.
Conversely, after a bumpy drive into the Warrior Forbidden Area, while Durant was about to rise for a sky-high shot, he nearly flew out of bounds after strong contact from Brown.
"Youdu" still needs to improve his physical confrontation ability.
After Brown stopped this offensive, he immediately passed the ball to Qin Yue.
Originally, Qin Yue wanted to slow down the tempo to prevent too many game possessions.
But the Knicks’ undisciplined transition defense made Qin Yue feel totally disrespected.
So...
Swiftly bringing the ball across half-court, Qin Yue performed a massive windmill dunk, instantly sending the Knicks fans into a frenzy and making a certain female audience member overflow with excitement.
Mountain streams meet a kindred spirit—who says Scarlett Johansson doesn’t understand the aesthetic brutality of basketball?
Qin Yue poured in another 10 points in the final four minutes of the second quarter.
At halftime, soloing 31 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal.
At halftime, Qin Yue accepted an interview with the on-site host, being asked about his hot performance this evening.
Seeing this, Qin Yue laughed and said: "I don’t think anyone wouldn’t like New York. Every time I visit here, it feels like coming home."
Qin Yue is lucky.
In this era when the Knicks have not yet arisen, he doesn’t have to worry about receiving the fans’ "F*U*C*K" for his brilliant show.
After the halftime break...
Aiming to leave something in Madison Square Garden, the Holy Land of Basketball, while he’s hot, Qin Yue not only sent a mesmerizing text to Scarlett...
Before the third quarter began, Qin Yue told Ma Long: "Mike, you have to let me play the full third quarter tonight."
Since strictly following the "doctor’s orders" of the Warriors’ female team doctor Chelsea Lane, in previous games, Qin Yue would usually be subbed out by Ma Long with four minutes left in the third quarter.
But since Qin Yue wanted to play tonight, and with the tanking Knicks being no match for the Warriors, Ma Long wouldn’t be dumb enough to follow the rules at such a time.
In the Holy Land of Basketball, Warriors’ offensive possession.
Qin Yue, who only attempted one three-pointer in the first quarter, suddenly caught the ball at the arc after using a screen.
Beside him, Jack made a timely pass and assisted Qin Yue in hitting his second three-pointer of the game.
On the court, after hitting this three and looking down at his hands which had extra practice last night, feeling good, Qin Yue immediately completed another identical shot in the next possession.
Swoosh!
Qin Yue hits another three!
The Knicks’ defense is not only loose inside, in the game, facing the Warriors’ outside attack, the Knicks’ players basically only use eye contact to disrupt.
After all, this season the Knicks’ main task is tanking to secure as high a draft pick as possible.
No one is willing to play life-and-death defense for this team aiming to tank.
