Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 477 - 158: With Me Here, You Can Only Compete for the Silver Medal (10,000 Words Updated in a Single Day, Begging for Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)_3
Chapter 477: Chapter 158: With Me Here, You Can Only Compete for the Silver Medal (10,000 Words Updated in a Single Day, Begging for Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)_3
With me here, you all only deserve the silver medal!
At this moment, Mike Breen commented on Qin Yue’s interview like this: "This is definitely the most arrogant gold-winning declaration I have ever seen in history!"
After the halftime break, the game continued.
As soon as the third quarter started, Qin Yue lifted James on the outside and made a heart-breaking 45-degree cut for American basketball!
Bulin, with a helpless expression, said, "The Death God from the East has swung his scythe once again."
Then, turning back, facing Anthony who dared to take a shot without even faking, Qin Yue directly blocked Anthony’s signature jump shot with a volleyball-style swat!
"Melo, who gave you the courage to shoot like that in front of me?"
If it were in the NBA, under the Nuggets’ tactical support, Anthony would surely seize a chance to redeem himself in front of Qin Yue.
But in this egalitarian United States team...
Anthony and those other American star players humiliated on the court by Qin Yue instead contributed to the image of Qin Yue standing tall, single-handedly suppressing the star-studded American team.
Such a stereotype is terrifying.
Because it will continually fuel the arrogance of those "Qin devotees" in the United States, and bind those fans feeling deeply disappointed by the US team’s performance, further transforming into a fervent admiration for Qin Yue in American basketball circles.
Admiring the strong has always been a part of human nature.
Maybe not everyone admires the strong.
But in the special cultural milieu of the United States...
The stronger Qin Yue is, the more fans he is destined to have in America.
From the latter half of the third quarter, the United States team once again unleashed their full-court press.
However, the purpose of the United States team’s full-court press was no longer to create turnovers from the Chinese Team for fast-break opportunities but to exhaust the new GOAT’s stamina.
Qin Yue found himself contradicting his own words.
Because while he had insisted earlier in the first half on preserving Yao Ming’s strength, he delivered several brilliant passes to Brother Yao in the latter half of the third quarter.
As long as Yao Ming could position himself down low, Qin Yue could always lob the basketball toward Yao Ming’s chest like a cannonball using his height and wingspan.
Seeing this, Zhang Weiping teared up and said, "We always used to say the passes from Chinese Team guards and forwards to Yao Ming were not up to scratch. Why not? Because those passes were either too low or too high, making it hard for Yao Ming to catch. But look at Qin Yue’s passes now; every pass is chest-high, allowing Yao Ming to immediately attack after catching the ball."
Qin Yue admitted, the US’s high-intensity full-court press truly was something.
But unfortunately...
This Chinese Team is not just him, the FMVP.
Moreover, Yao Ming on the FIBA court is also stronger than he is on the NBA court.
Howard picked up his third and fourth personal fouls in quick succession in the latter half of the third quarter.
Thus...
The United States team, which once had four centers rotating, in despair, once again brought in "Dragon King" Bosh.
Then...
Backing down for a dunk, side hook shot, turning fadeaway Dian Tou...
Throughout the latter half of the third quarter, Yao Ming, showcasing his full skill set, joyfully said, "There’s nothing more delightful in life than backing down Howard and having matchups with Bosh."
After three quarters, 65 to 81.
The United States team did not choose to give up despite being unable to close the score gap.
As the captain of this "Redemption Team," Jason Kidd rallied the morale before the start of the fourth quarter: "Now is the moment for us to fight for this country, for the fans who support us!"
In the fourth quarter, Qin Yue deliberately slowed down the Chinese Team’s offensive tempo.
If he felt unsure about any attack opportunity, Qin Yue would leverage his Human-Ball Integration ability to shoot directly against defenders from the outside.
Coach K did consider re-engaging double-team tactics to stop Qin Yue from taking shots.
But on this night, the Chinese Team’s outside shooters remained accurate.
So rather than leaving the Chinese Team’s outside players open for layups, in Coach K’s view, it was better to gamble on Qin Yue’s contested shots missing.
However...
The increasingly loud cheers at Wukesong Basketball Hall, and the songs sung in unison by the fans at the scene, were like slaps to the face of the United States team.
The funeral for American basketball was nearing its end.
If the defeat in Indianapolis in 02 was just an accident.
The debacle in Athens in 04 felt more like the United States basketball hiring a coach who didn’t understand FIBA, resulting in its Waterloo.
The crushing defeat in Tokyo in 06 was merely due to the US men’s basketball team still being inexperienced at that time...
Then after sending their strongest players to compete in the Beijing Olympic Games, the cold score of this opening match officially announced the doom of American basketball.
Throughout the game, Qin Yue scored 55 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 blocks, and 2 steals, shooting 29 for 16 from the field, including 9 of 17 from three-point range, and 14 out of 14 free throws.
Mike Breen referred to Qin Yue’s 16 field goals in the game as the "16 o’clock" that signaled the end of an old era.
Especially Qin Yue’s final attack before the game ended.
When double-teamed by Kobe and James on the wing, Qin Yue didn’t choose to pass but instead performed a high-difficulty turnaround fadeaway jumper, shooting the basketball toward the hoop from eighty thousand miles away like performing acrobatics!
Moreover, when this exhilarating high-difficulty three-pointer swished through the net, Qin Yue performed his signature celebration gesture:
——Goodnight, United States.
This was Qin Yue’s final blow to American basketball at this grand funeral.
Final score, 88 to 102.
This night, don’t ask for whom the bell tolls!
The bell tolls for all of American basketball!
The new GOAT in the basketball world swept this so-called strongest lineup of the Dream Team into the dustbin of history like sweeping trash!
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①: This interview is from Sina, with the original title "Yao Ming: Yao Hei motivates me to work harder, as Hei inspires Liu Xiang too".
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