(② Sprint, the teacher of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Before the Christmas showdown, Qin Yue, who already scored 13 triple-doubles in the games so far, managed to equal his rookie season's single-season triple-double count in less than two months.

Moreover, Qin Yue's assist-to-turnover ratio this season has reached an astonishing 3.5 to 1.

It's well known in the NBA that an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5 to 1 is considered excellent.

Therefore, this assist-to-turnover ratio fully proves the value of Qin Yue's assist statistics.

According to the schedule, the Warriors will face the Supersonic in this year's Christmas showdown, which is also known as the Chinese Derby.

As of the Christmas showdown, the Warriors have a record of 23 wins and 6 losses, ranking second in the West, while the Supersonic have a record of 22 wins and 7 losses, ranking fourth in the West.

These are two Western Conference powerhouses with contrasting styles, meeting for the first time this regular season.

The Warriors are the NBA's fastest-paced team this season, averaging nearly 86 possessions per game.

The Supersonic, on the other hand, are a typical half-court team, averaging only 75 possessions per game.

Although Supersonic head coach Rick Carlisle isn't a defensive coach, with Yao Ming and Garnett in the half-court, Carlisle is clearly not going to look to speed up the game actively.

The Supersonic's offense relies mainly on their high success rate.

Just as in Qin Yue's memory, Yao Ming has officially entered his career peak this season.

Historically, Yao Ming averaged 25 points per game with a true shooting percentage exceeding 60% in the 06/07 season.

This is quite an impressive stat.

In this lifetime, with Garnett by his side, Yao Ming is even more terrifying.

Because of the various mocking tags like "advance and retreat" and "tough jump shot" attached to him, many people have misunderstood Garnett's abilities.

But actually, except for slightly weaker scoring ability, Garnett at his peak is undoubtedly an all-around warrior.

His height and arm length give him lateral mobility beyond that of ordinary power forwards, and when needed, he can even switch to the perimeter to guard the opponent's guards.

And on offense, Garnett, who can consistently chalk up "20+10+5," is also a power forward with excellent coordination abilities.

His height and vision allow him to easily pass the ball to Yao Ming in the half-court.

Even on defense, pre-weight gain Garnett could use his sweeping ability to form a despair-inducing wall of sighs with Yao Ming.

Earlier in December, the Supersonic utterly crushed the Knights 98 to 67 in an away game, which was a classic example.

On the court at that time...

No matter how hard James tried, he couldn't make any breakthroughs.

Throughout the game, James made only 4 out of 21 attempts, barely reaching double figures with free throws.

As for his teammate O'Neal?

Indeed, in this regular season, O'Neal is still achieving "16+8" averages.

But with O'Neal's significantly degraded athletic ability at this moment... do you know how desperate it is for him to face Yao Ming and Garnett at the same time?

This season, the magical chemistry between Yao Ming and Garnett has been so good that even Supersonic fans can't believe it.

And Ray Allen...

This three-point sharpshooter, once saluted by Qin Yue with a throat-slash gesture in his rookie season, has vented his frustrations from last season on the court under Carlisle's hand-gun tactic.

Having an unstoppable inside presence is the greatest blessing for outside players.

This new season, Ray Allen averages 9 three-point attempts per game, hits 4 threes per game, with a ridiculous shooting percentage of 45%.

As described by ESPN, this is a nearly flawless team in every aspect except for the point guard position.

It's also a team that Qin Yue has long marked as a "lethal threat."

...

Oracle Arena.

As the most anticipated game on Christmas night.

Since this Christmas showdown is both a Chinese Derby and a direct confrontation between Western powerhouses...

Players from both teams have already felt the unusualness of this game even during the pre-game warm-ups.

Out of respect for Chinese fans due to Yao Ming's influence, Ray Allen, who didn't want to give face to Qin Yue, didn't cast his typically cold look toward the Warriors' half during warm-ups.

However, the always equal-treatment Qin Yue clearly hasn't forgotten what Ray Allen said last year.

During the warm-up, whenever he made eye contact with Ray Allen, Qin Yue would point to the championship banner in the rafters.

However...

What Qin Yue didn't know was that his act of reminding Ray Allen of his championship status subtly got under the skin of Yao Ming and Garnett.

Yes, Ray Allen has never touched the floor of the Finals.

But...

Have Yao Ming and Garnett ever touched it?

Watching from the opposite half, Qin Yue's satisfied expression at that time made the Supersonic's big three unanimously resolve internally.

Normally, Garnett would step forward to trash-talk Qin Yue in this kind of situation.

But unfortunately...

Qin Yue's identity as a Chinese player makes Garnett always regard him differently.

Back in last season, Garnett showed how much he wanted to play the role of an amiable senior in front of Qin Yue.

Especially when this season's inside partner is Yao Ming?

Even so, Garnett couldn't tolerate Qin Yue continuously using championships to humiliate him.

"Hey, Yao, can you teach me some curse words in Chinese?"

Trashing in English is indeed crude.

But if I wield elegant Chinese, how would you counter?

At center court, just as both teams' starting players were getting into position, Garnett, after nearly thirty minutes of practice, suddenly yapped a bunch of gibberish at Qin Yue.

Faced with this, the baffled Qin Yue could only turn his gaze to Yao Ming.

Seeing this, Yao Ming translated, "He means later he'll use his stylish basketball shoes to kick you, you silly gopher to death."

Qin Yue: "..."

Honestly, Yao Ming is indeed a player with a great sense of humor.

No wonder Garnett couldn't get this sentence right even after thirty minutes.

On the court, post-tip-off, Warriors have possession.

Although pre-game, Garnett did not respond to Qin Yue with his usual trash talk, very soon...

Qin Yue would tangibly feel the difference between full-power Garnett and the Garnett he faced last season.

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