On the court, Bogut, whose blood surged once again, recklessly charged at Qin Yue as the game resumed.
However, during the tussle for positioning under the basket...
Tonight, Qin Yue held the absolute upper hand once more.
Qin Yue would occasionally give Bogut a nudge with his elbow from an angle unseen by the referee.
Thus, the completely irrational Bogut...
launched his third consecutive challenge against Qin Yue.
And, unsurprisingly...
his irrationality was easily seen through by Qin Yue.
But this time, unlike before, Qin Yue directly caught Bogut’s turnaround bank shot with both hands in the air.
Upon landing, Qin Yue immediately threw the ball towards the front court.
Paul, having absolute confidence in Qin Yue from the earlier exchanges, had already raced forward.
From the stands, Sonny Vaccaro commented, "Qin showed the gap between Andrew Bogut, the challenger, and himself in just a few short rounds.
He is calm, composed, and adept at leveraging his own strengths."
Next to him, Kupchek commented, "After this game... Andrew Bogut’s draft prospects for next year are likely to plummet, as he has proven in his confrontation with Qin that he cannot exhibit his techniques against NBA-level players."
Undoubtedly, Andrew Bogut single-handedly destroyed himself on this night.
Even though, before the game, scouts noted numerous strengths on Bogut’s scouting report.
But under Qin Yue’s examination, when NBA team managers discovered Bogut’s weaknesses years ahead of time, and to some extent, these weaknesses were even magnified by Bogut himself...
The ’Bai Duncan’ label’s superficiality was immediately revealed to the public.
In front of Qin Yue, he appeared slow and sluggish.
His low-post offensive skills seemed clumsy and reckless, such that even fans who hadn’t been watching basketball for long could predict his next move on the court.
Before the game, Bogut, who intended to tear off Qin Yue’s mask, never imagined that he would be the one unmasked.
On the court, amidst the cheers of the home crowd...
Qin Yue, becoming braver as the battle went on, delivered dominant statistics of 20 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 blocks, and 1 steal to the NBA managers who came just for him by halftime.
Amid his repeated manic self-destruction, he was 0-for-7 from the field, 0-for-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 0 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 assist, unable even to secretly sabotage Qin Yue during the game.
Bogut hadn’t considered using some dirty tricks to completely silence Qin Yue.
But this summer, after changing his jump shot form...
facing on-court Qin Yue’s vertical jump, vertical balance, and vertical landing with the force of both feet stamping down after his shots...
Where did Bogut find the courage to try?
A lock arm would result in being body-slammed by Qin Yue instead.
He didn’t have the guts for heel kicks.
Occasionally trying small tricks on Qin Yue... would still be punished by Qin Yue’s righteous iron elbow.
Tonight’s first half undoubtedly became the most frustrating half of Bogut’s life.
And even more frustrating than frustrating...
was the fact that Bogut would have to endure one more such half after the halftime break.
"Tonight, the death knell tolls for Andrew Bogut.
In the first half against the University of Utah, Qin KOed Andrew Bogut with overwhelming dominance, tossing him into an unnoticed trash can." — ESPN Field News Flash
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