Moreover, influenced by the times, Kostic is not a stretch big with three-point range.

In the video footage, watching O'Neal's sluggish and cumbersome footwork on defense, almost instantly, all the Warriors players turned their gaze to Artest and Murphy.

As everyone knows, whether it's Haslem or Walker starting at the Heat's power forward, they aren't tall enough...

Therefore, in everyone's opinion, the Warriors can fully use Artest and Murphy to team up with Qin Yue in the interior.

And in this way...

Who can O'Neal rely on to help him cover and help in defense then?

"We don't have to target him so much. In the game, even if I'm paired with Kwame, I have ten thousand ways to pull him out of the paint," Qin Yue suddenly expressed his opinion in the video analysis room.

Upon hearing this, head coach Montgomery laughed, "Indeed, focusing too much on Shaq will only give their real offensive core more opportunities in the game."

Having faced them in the regular season, Qin Yue was very clear that compared to O'Neal, Wade was the one the Warriors needed to pay special attention to.

How to describe Wade during this period?

In short, no matter who you switch to defend him, it's difficult to stop him from executing tough plays for the Heat on the court.

With exceptional dribbling skills, incredible coordination while holding the ball, plus a league-leading burst speed...

These qualities determine that as long as the prime-period Wade decides to pass you, you can only wait for him...to exhaust himself.

Is this description exaggerated?

No, not at all exaggerated.

Because not everyone can lead a Finals-winning team with the first center scoring only 5 points in a game.

Additionally, since entering the playoffs, Wade had a long-distance two-point shooting percentage of about 45%.

This makes him even harder to defend against when breaking through.

Therefore, compared to O'Neal, Qin Yue needed Brown more to form a twin tower lineup with him, to limit Wade's breakthroughs and increase Wade's stamina consumption during those breaks.

Yes, due to Wade's tough play styles that limit his shooting attempts per game, the Warriors only need to keep his average shots within an acceptable range...

Then this Heat team's offensive ability would be significantly weakened.

Historically, counting shots reduced by free throws, Wade's average shot attempts per game against the Mavericks were about 31.

Although this data is still astonishing, considering the Mavericks' weaker sweeping ability on the inside at that time, Qin Yue completely believed he and Brown could do better together.

But now the problem arises...

Who should the Warriors put up to take Wade's pounding?

In the video analysis room, looking at the silent Richardson, and Davis who suddenly became reticent, Artest stood up slowly and said valiantly, "I don't know if I can withstand it."

At that moment, if you gave Artest a cigar, he would look just like the third senior brother in "Shaolin Soccer" stepping forward in times of crisis.

"Jason is our most accurate shooter, he can't be exhausted too much on the defensive end."

"As for Barang, he couldn't even defend Tony Parker... I dare not let him go defend 'D-Wade'."

After Artest voluntarily took on the heavy task of guarding Wade, the Warriors quickly determined their strategy for the Finals.

Moreover, before the Finals arrived, the Warriors focused on practicing the Flex tactics initiated with Qin Yue at the core, and the 2-3 zone defense as a backup.

...

June 10, 2006.

Oakland, Oracle Arena.

This year enjoying home-court advantage for the first time in their playoff journey, the Warriors players felt the enthusiasm from the Bay Area fans again during pre-game warm-ups.

In the stands, the fans uniformly chanted the slogan "We-believe" (We believe).

In this life, Qin Yue's previous bold declaration of winning the championship added another layer of meaning to this slogan, made famous by the Golden State Gang's historic eighth-seed playoff run.

On this night, as the Bay Area fans witnessed the Warriors return to the Finals stage after thirty-one years, they all believed that their Messiah would surely lead this team straight to the Mountain Peak!

If miracles had a color, it would definitely be the Warriors' gold!

As the Heat players arrived at the arena, the golden wave had already begun to surge.

Thirty-one years ago, Rick Barry, who had led the Warriors to a championship, would be doing the live commentary tonight.

Even though historically, the love and hatred between Barry and the Warriors are not easily explained in a few words...

As a legendary player for the Warriors, Barry still stood by Qin Yue before the game, saying, "The Messiah is already the most important face of the NBA, better than anyone."

In Qin Yue's past life, about seventeen years later, Barry would give Stephen Curry the same praise.

Because the Warriors is ultimately Barry's "root," for this outstanding junior, Qin Yue, he is destined to only have compliments.

Of course, for the shameless Chris Mullin, Barry was not so kind. Just before the game, Barry turned the conversation, "Why is Chris Mullin doing the jump ball ceremony tonight? Did he ever lead the Warriors to the Finals?"

Finals?

Mullin indeed reached them.

But it was while he was serving with the Pacers.

As for why Mullin had to personally come forward to perform the jump ball ceremony for the Warriors tonight?

That is of course because, as the general manager of this Warriors team, and the Messiah's chief steward, he wants to personally touch the Finals floor!

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