Although with the use of the spell "Not as good as LeBron," Qin Yue successfully cast a spell on Durant in the first half.
But in the second half, the Knicks, supplemented by Whistle Power, still pushed the defending champions into a tough battle.
On the court, Wallace and Green, who both received their fourth personal foul, had expressions of helplessness when being substituted by their teammates.
"I was damn far enough from him."
Exploded by Harden's intentional foul tactic to clamp the arm, Wallace said: "Is it just because I touched his body hair, so I'm guilty of a foul?"
How disliked was Harden's playstyle in Qin Yue's past life?
In the future, during the season competing with Westbrook for MVP, a voting committee member once sharply criticized Harden, saying: "Even if you point a gun at me, I would never vote for that 'court fraudster'. His playstyle is utterly void of aesthetic appeal; trust me, he will never succeed in this lifetime because his playstyle utterly desecrates the sport of basketball."
Perhaps, this evaluation was somewhat biased in certain aspects.
But in the basketball world where everything comes with a price...
Harden, repeatedly attempting to dance at the edge of rules, is destined to pay the price he must afford for his playstyle.
Like this very evening.
If not for Qin Yue pulling him back, Wallace might very well have staged a famous pursuit of Harden on the court.
Don't ask.
If you ask, just assume that if it were a regular season game, Harden walking off the court tonight would be an insult to the "Golden State Gang" brand.
Of course, besides the add-on from Whistle Power, Knicks' ability to keep the score tight in the third quarter was also related to Curry's poor state in this match.
In the NBA, everyone inevitably has off days.
And in this match, Curry's state could only be described as ten shots, nine misses.
Thus...
The heavy load pressed onto Qin Yue's shoulders.
During the game, Qin Yue had to not only attack but also defend...
Only in the latter part of the third quarter did he slightly catch a breath.
Because just as the Knicks were about to rally in that phase....
JR Smith, who always cared for Qin Yue, stepped up, hitting two high-difficulty threes in consecutive possessions to help stabilize the Warriors.
For this, Barkley on TNT TV Station said: "Although 'Jr' doesn't perform outstandingly in every match, I must say, the three million spent on him by the Warriors last summer is absolutely a bargain."
Additionally, veteran Ray Allen, who came off the bench, also offered Qin Yue a rare respite.
After all, no matter how good Qin Yue's form is, he couldn't possibly play as the team's finisher for every possession in a 48-minute game.
On the court, Ray Allen hit two consecutive threes in the last two possessions of the third quarter for the Warriors, allowing them to hold a 9-point advantage after three quarters.
In the final quarter, to let Qin Yue catch his breath, Ma Long kept Curry on to draw fire and sent in Livingston for some tactical tasks.
That night, after experiencing the absurdly extreme Whistle Power of Madison Square Garden, Ma Long was well aware that if the Warriors couldn't retrieve their home court advantage on Qin Yue's heroic night...
Then every match in the subsequent finals would be a hell difficulty for the Warriors.
But unfortunately, during Qin Yue's break, Love, the one whom Qin Yue dunked at the start, stood up.
Outside threes, inside strong plays.
As long as he wasn't against GOAT, Love, inside and out, used less than three minutes to help the Knicks wipe out the Warriors' lead.
CCTV, Zhang Weiping lamented: "In this match, Qin Yue truly cannot take a break for a single minute."
It's well known that in recent years, whenever the team fell into trouble, Ma Long would choose to summon Qin Yue, the "Divine Dragon."
And that night, unsurprisingly to the viewers and fans, Qin Yue returned to the court early in the fourth quarter.
Moreover, upon stepping on the court, Qin Yue succeeded at the Knicks' inside with what may be the referee's conscience for a "Two plus one."
On the court, when Qin Yue stepped to the free-throw line to execute the plus-one, Barkley on TNT TV Station said: "If the referee could apply the same penalty scale to Messiah, then Messiah would shoot at least twenty free throws this match."
Twenty times?
Frankly speaking, as a conservative, this is definitely the most conservative assessment from Barkley the radical.
Because as far as O'Neal's concerned, with Qin Yue's aggressive style, given tonight's referee's penalty scale on Harden and Durant, if Qin Yue had fewer than forty free throws, it would be an insult to the fans' intelligence.
This lifetime, the more O'Neal commentates Qin Yue's matches, the more he feels that the reason he was brought to an intelligent foot injury by Qin Yue wasn't due to his weakness, but because Qin Yue is so astonishingly a court BUG.
For instance, in the Warriors' defensive return possession.
Would you believe it, Qin Yue, who had initially charged to the outside, returned to Durant's face in a split second?
"His defense, in my opinion, is like The Great Dream - Olajuwon possesses Michael Jordan's lateral movement."
On TNT TV Station, after Qin Yue forced Durant's layup to skew, O'Neal sharply commented.
Hearing this, Barkley said: "Though in the past, we always claimed that effort could bridge the gap in talent, reality proves that some talents cannot be bridged by effort alone."
