freeallnovels Chapter 782 278: The Undefeatable God_3
Chapter 782 278: The Undefeatable God_3
Of course...Considering Qin Yue's personal stats in the first quarter were an incredible 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 blocks, and 1 steal...
The score difference didn't seem as large as people imagined.
After all, that night, the Knicks Avengers led by Durant were facing Thanos Qin, who dominated the court on both offense and defense.
That's right, the real Thanos wouldn't go around the world begging for others to call him "GOAT" with the Infinity Gauntlet in hand, willing to give the gems to those superheroes for that title.
On TNT TV Station, Barkley described Qin Yue that evening: "I think this game, Messiah has shown me what equality truly means."
In Barkley's view, the Knicks couldn't be said to have played poorly in the first quarter.
Because they just happened to face Qin Yue, who was at his best in every aspect.
Barkley could guarantee, even five peak Michael Jordans would get beaten by Qin Yue and flee overnight after the game.
Fortunately, after a break between quarters, in the first half of the second quarter, the Knicks, keeping Love and Harden as substitutes and having Bradley Beal as a backup scorer, fully displayed at Oracle Arena what kind of formidable lineup they had assembled over the past few years.
Interestingly, Harden, who hit two consecutive threes for the Knicks, immediately turned his gaze to Stephen Curry, who was on the sidelines with a crutch that night.
As is well known, only fake friends compliment each other all the time.
And real brothers...
Of course, they'd happily tease each other.
On the court, with his mouthguard out, Harden nodded and said to Curry: "Good night, league's ninth point guard."
League's ninth point guard.
Clearly, at this moment, Harden was somewhat leaving Curry some dignity.
Because in the latest league position rankings updated by ESPN, due to playing only one and a half games this season before being hospitalized, Curry's ranking among point guards had already dropped to thirteenth.
Oracle Arena, Qin Yue returned to the court with 6 minutes and 34 seconds left in the second quarter.
And at this time, the Knicks, who made James ecstatic with their first-quarter performance, ended up leaving James downhearted.
Because the scoreboard read, 48 to 47.
During Qin Yue's rest, the Knicks, who were down by 12 in the first quarter, had already taken the lead.
On TNT TV Station, Barkley commented: "Despite our constant emphasis in the past that the Warriors' repeated championships were not solely due to Messiah..."
Beside him, O'Neal finished the latter half of the sentence for Barkley: "But the fact proves, they are a competitive team precisely because they have Messiah."
Live in Oakland.
Amid the eager anticipation of the live audience, Qin Yue, who had just returned to the game, hit a three-pointer from the outside that was like a reassurance pill for the Warriors.
And coming back down the court, Qin Yue completed his personal seventh block of the game.
Left side high post, double crossover slipped past Wallace.
Then, taking long strides, he strode into the Warrior Forbidden Area.
Durant, thinking he couldn't possibly choose to pass in this situation like someone else, resolutely gathered the ball and accelerated, charging toward the domain where only Brown could apply some interference before he jumped.
Then...
At the moment when Durant was about to finish, Qin Yue, arriving in the nick of time, made Durant feel the despair of standing in front of the wall of sighs.
At this moment, James undoubtedly became the biggest winner.
Because now, no one would doubt why he always chose to jump-pass when facing Qin Yue's help defense.
"This is God."
"The God of our time."
"An unbeatable God."
And on the sideline, watching Qin Yue thoroughly overpower Durant with sheer talent, Curry, who could only witness as a bystander, said:
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¹: This isn't something Ah Qiao made up, because just two days ago, O'Neal had just awarded the MVP of the 24/25 season's "Top 5 Embarrassments" to our Old James.
PS: Why does it feel like Hua Zi is losing the ball so much today? Could it be the ball actually gives out milk? Then the Pacers, favored by Ah Qiao tomorrow, would surely defeat the Knicks. (After all, Haliburton is a master of ball control with a career turnover ratio as high as 4.2 to 1.)