On the Heat bench, wanting to alleviate Riley's concerns, Spoelstra found himself deeply entangled in a paradox.

This paradox is named Qin Yue.

In Spoelstra's eyes, he defies both common sense and the logic of basketball.

His presence shattered Spoelstra's long-held understanding of basketball; at one moment, Spoelstra even foresaw the massive upheaval about to occur in the basketball world.

American Airlines Arena, Warriors' offensive possession.

At the top of the arc, after releasing the ball and accelerating with a scissor step, Qin Yue once again violently dismantled the Heat's zone defense.

Facing James Posey, who tried to block his path with a slide step, Qin Yue pulled the ball back with a backhand, adjusted his body balance in time, and shot a graceful jump shot for a score—this was nearly a perfect Sam God shooting lesson, but these actions were completed by an inside player standing 211 centimeters tall.

This is precisely what Spoelstra finds incomprehensible about Qin Yue.

To prevent him from using his mismatch advantage to cause destructive damage to the Heat's defense, the Heat must use a zone defense, but the zone cannot contain his game style, which goes against traditional super inside players.

If he were just using high-position coordination like Vlade Divac or Brad Miller to dismantle the zone, the Heat would dare defend with a zone all night no matter how many wonderful passes he makes to teammates during the game.

"He can play like a superstar on the perimeter... This makes the zone defense utterly meaningless in front of him."

Zone defense has never been able to contain those true perimeter superstars.

Especially in the NBA, where the three-point line is longer, and there's a defensive three-second rule.

Perhaps, on a night when Qin Yue's jump shot feels off, the zone defense might have a magical effect on him.

"But this Warriors team happens to have a group of highly productive shooters!"

Qin Yue's off-ball ability and coordination ability determine that unless both he and his teammates are off, the zone defense is destined to be ineffective against this Warriors team.

After a grueling 82-game regular season, the whole Warriors team has been evolving along with Qin Yue's evolution.

Since entering the playoffs, Qin Yue, once again in full-power mode, has increased the Warriors' overall offensive level by several tiers.

Many accidental factors contributed to the Warriors' road to advancement this year, but the dominance displayed by Qin Yue in the playoffs has already deeply shocked this era.

Undoubtedly, he executed a dimensionality reduction attack on the current era.

In the latter half of the second quarter, Wade, puffing his cheeks and continuing to persist, once again delivered a point rain for the Heat during the game.

Since Brown and Artest both received their third personal fouls on the court, the Warriors had to send Murphy and Deng Liwei back in and have Richardson defend Wade.

This was a great opportunity for the Heat to gain momentum.

But on the court, the Warriors lineup, which besides Qin Yue, posed no real threat to the Heat's offense, maintained their lead under Qin Yue's leadership.

The Heat's tough defense, on this night that would determine whether they would be swept, limited the Warriors' three-point percentage to below 30% at halftime (4 of 15).

However, before the end of the first half, starting with high-position interior screen cooperation with Murphy, then quickly cutting into the Heat's interior, Qin Yue still plunged the entire American Airlines Arena into silence.

In the Heat's restricted area, receiving a fantastic pass from Murphy, Qin Yue forcefully scored over Moning, making the scoreboard read 55 to 50.

Qin Yue scored 28 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal in the half.

On TNT TV Station, Barkley explained during the halftime break: "As a supporter of the Heat, I must speak fairly for them—they cannot do better than they have on this night.

But... the tyrant from Oakland dominated the court's restricted areas on both ends, which is absolutely one of the greatest individual performances I've seen in the Finals!"

Beside him, Smith, seeing through it but not exposing it, laughed: "'D-Wade' has scored '30+' in every game of the Finals this year for the Heat, but now he might actually get swept with the Heat, which is simply unbelievable."

Barkley nodded: "'D-Wade' is already one of the top two shooting guards in the league in my mind, but that tyrant from Oakland has fiercely dominated this round of the Finals."

Since discovering that excessively praising Qin Yue is a way to counter Jordan, Barkley would praise Qin Yue in various ways whenever he got the chance.

Visitor locker room.

In the first half, the lousy-performing Artest and Richardson swapped roles with Murphy and Deng Liwei, who usually serve tea and water to teammates during halftime.

This is the charm of the championship ring.

To get this ring, even the proud Artest is willing to massage Deng Liwei's legs and shoulders.

Even Richardson, who has always valued the title of the best shooter within the Warriors, is willing to yield it to Murphy, who had the team's best three-point percentage in the first half.

Artest had long decided that once he got this ring, next season he would personally ask the soft-as-tofu Little O'Neal and the only growling Stephen Jackson, what kind of champions they are.

What? Jackson got his championship ring in 2003?

That's not important!

What matters is that I won this ring as the team's second in command. How could he, just a tiny piece of a championship puzzle back then, compare the value of his championship to mine?

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