That night, as soon as Qin Yue began, he performed miracles at Madison Square Garden...
The ensuing dead silence in the "Holy Land of Basketball" is undoubtedly the best tribute to this new era's God of Basketball.
On the court, Knicks on the offense.
To stabilize the situation, Durant responded to the GOAT's opening slam dunk with a clean jumper near the free-throw line.
Swish!
The basketball went through the hoop.
Yet, before the home fans could react.
On the Warriors' side, Qin Yue made Howard stumble with an ordinary crossover on the outside.
Then, with ample adjustment time, Qin Yue stepped back beyond the three-point line and made a jump shot.
It was only when the stadium screen replayed Qin Yue's move that people realized...
How Howard was stunned in that moment invisible to the naked eye.
Just like Ronaldo, nicknamed the Alien back then, whose dribbling finesse could only be appreciated upon slow-motion replay.
In the slow-motion replay, people discovered that Qin Yue miraculously controlled the basketball, completing a left-right, then right-left pendulum shift...
One would ask, what kind of body control is this?
What kind of human-ball integration ability is this?
On TNT TV Station, Barkley straightforwardly said, "I don't believe anyone in this world can stop Messiah's breakthrough one-on-one."
O'Neal agreed, "This is absurd, within a fraction of a second, he managed to maneuver his gigantic body like a kung fu star in Hollywood movies."
Smith commented, "Special effects! This must be special effects!"
On the court, as the star player for the Knicks, Durant initially wanted to console Howard, who was faked out by Qin Yue.
But surprisingly, Howard didn't care that Qin Yue made him stumble.
"'KD,' I don't need consolation because I've already gotten used to it all."
At this moment, Howard spoke to Durant with a face looking neither smiling nor crying.
Upon hearing this, Durant sighed heavily.
This is the GOAT on full fire.
Whenever he can score in ways that refresh the audiences' perceptions, apart from getting used to being dominated by him, which player dares to say they can definitely stop him?
Back again, Knicks on the offense.
Harden missed a step-back three-pointer.
Howard took advantage of Qin Yue being pulled away from the paint and got the rebound.
Next up, Warriors ball possession.
To prevent Howard from ending like LeBron when being dominated by Qin Yue, Love preemptively double-teamed, trying to force Qin Yue to pass.
But....
Having already observed Love's movements, Qin Yue decisively dropped the ball, turned, and bypassed Love's double-team.
At that moment, Howard, who was just about to turn, collided with teammate Love, his face filled with uppercase helplessness.
Howard knew clearly, Love's assist defense wasn't just a hinderance.
However, tonight's erupting Qin Yue is unstoppable by any earthling.
On the sidelines, D'Antoni, who rarely allows his CPU to catch up in speed, hurriedly instructed the Knicks to do zone defense in the next play.
Seeing this, Qin Yue, having played three consecutive rounds, stood calmly at the free-throw line, and through coordination, created a cutting opportunity for Wallace.
For the Knicks, this scene is definitely what they least want to see.
Because this means, with Qin Yue's firepower exceeding their defensive limit, the GOAT has reconnected with his teammates.
Fortunately, the Knicks, unable to currently defend against Qin Yue, managed to steady the situation with a "one-point rain" from Harden and Durant.
Halfway through the first quarter...
During the official timeout, Kwame Brown angrily cursed, "FUCK! Clearly it was James pulling my arm just now, but the damn referee called a foul on me!"
Before the NBA revised the foul rules, using a tactic to grab the defensive player's arm and exaggerate to get free throws was James Harden's specialty.
Admittedly, this type of foul drawing can easily break a defender's mentality.
Because Harden's foul drawing is typically extending his cylinder to draw contact.
Simply put, even if you don't grab Harden while defending, Harden will find ways to make you "grab" him.
In Qin Yue's memory, until the NBA revised the rules, Harden's skill was dethroned because in later times, grabbing an arm would count as an offensive foul.
Of course, since this era belongs to the "Pawn Master" phase...
No matter how annoyed the Warriors players are getting faked by Harden, they can only curse him in silence afterward.
On the court, after the timeout, Knicks' offensive round.
Durant acquired two free throws with a single-arm swing when he stepped to the line, the Warriors bench saw Iron Bull Green sharply criticizing, "Do the refs still want us to play ball? Is it practically a foul every time 'KD' raises his hand?"
Unlike Harden's bait tactic.
As similar to Qin Yue's memory from parallel times, Durant's foul drawing relies more on his anatomical advantage.
During shooting process linking motions, Durant's outstanding wingspan allows him to expand his cylinder, and visually, Durant's lean physique heightens referees' tendency to call fouls.
