"Can't accept it, then try stopping me for another play."

On the sidelines, as Brown watched Qin Yue gradually gain the upper hand against Kobe in this "verbal duel," he was truly shocked.

However, in reality, once this "verbal duel" began, Qin Yue was destined not to lose, because he came from the future, with twenty years of accumulated trash talk and tactics in his mind, making it impossible for a mere high schooler like Kobe to defend against him.

At the Staples Center, after the first quarter, amidst the arguments and the thrilling offensive and defensive plays, the scoreboard showed 35 to 33.

Qin Yue scored 25 points, grabbed 3 rebounds, and made 2 blocks for the Warriors in the first quarter, achieving the "20+ points in a single quarter" milestone for the second time in his professional career.

Under Ah Tai's reliable defense, Kobe only added 11 points in the first quarter, but his stats showed a shocking 6 assists and 4 rebounds.

In the first 6 minutes of the second quarter, both Qin Yue and Kobe took a mutual rest.

Since this game had escalated from an ordinary regular season match to a war between the Warriors and the Lakers, both Qin Yue and Kobe needed more time to recover compared to usual.

This quarter, the battlefield gradually shifted from the court to off-court.

Online, Warriors fans and Lakers fans were also fiercely debating, blood was boiling.

Lakers fans called Qin Yue an arrogant madman, a lunatic, while Warriors fans mocked the Lakers as a fallen giant, only daring to live in the glory of the past, and what's the difference from the now-disliked Shaquille O'Neal?

It wasn't until halfway through the second quarter that the fans of both teams turned their attention back to this battleground tonight.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Lakers' bench fought the Warriors to a standstill. To defend the honor of Los Angeles and the Staples Center, these Lakers' bench players, often criticized as "useless," were fighting with their lives.

Such Lakers' bench players were undoubtedly respectable.

Maybe they had long been labeled as mediocre and incompetent, but when Kobe returned to the court, they successfully kept the Lakers' score at 47 to 45.

Returning to the court with Qin Yue, Brown noticed that in the second half of the second quarter, both Kobe and Qin Yue had reduced the frequency of their verbal attacks against each other.

Of course, this wasn't because they had run out of steam in this "verbal duel," it was just that both of them had unconsciously shifted their focus to the court, concentrating on their competition with each other.

Evidently, this war tonight was not about victory or defeat but a battle of life and death.

Just back on the court, Kobe used a dribble pull step-back pass to find Odom cutting to the basket.

Even though Odom's left-handed layup was mercilessly blocked by Qin Yue, Kobe, who followed up in time, managed to score after regaining control.

During the Warriors' offensive play, Chris Mims, who had been Qin Yue's favorite to face this game, was again forced to switch to him.

Thus, this historically weakest starting center in the Lakers' history, slow-moving in Qin Yue's eyes, could only foul and send Qin Yue to the free-throw line after he blew by his defense again.

At this moment, Zen Master Jackson faced a dilemma on the sidelines.

Because after this defensive play, Mim picked up his third foul, so the Lakers had to substitute a player for him.

But who to substitute?

Previously, in matchups with the Warriors, Ronny Turiaf was like a toy before Qin Yue, easily manipulated at will.

But as the Warriors kept using tactics to create mismatch opportunities for Qin Yue, it was impossible for Odom to keep up with Qin Yue for the entire game.

Fortunately, a proactive request from a young player relieved Jackson from his dilemma.

"Coach, please let me take over; I'm also a first-round lottery pick from 2005, and I'm not afraid of him at all."

Andrew Bynum.

This young man, selected by the Lakers at just 17 years old, decided to take the initiative on this night, grabbing the opportunity to showcase his abilities.

Selected at 7 feet (213 cm) in shoes with a 7-foot-6-inch (about 229 cm) wingspan, Bynum had an enviable physique.

Before gaining weight, he had decent coordination and agility when off the ball, so despite his youth, the Lakers were wholeheartedly betting on his yet-to-be-developed and activated talent.

Tonight, Bynum, who sat on the bench, continuously awaited an opportunity, waiting for the Lakers' coaching staff to notice him.

Because in his eyes, this was a perfect opportunity to gain fame overnight.

After all, young people... who doesn't have some dreams?

On the court, Qin Yue made both free throws, and the Lakers subbed Bynum in for Mim.

Then, as soon as he entered the game, Bynum showed Qin Yue his fearless rookie spirit, "I won't fear you like Chris did; in my eyes, you're just a rookie like me."

Seeing this, this was undoubtedly the time Kobe felt most impressed with Bynum, and for a brief moment, Kobe felt the "Little Shark," who often slacked off in practice, had grown, improved, and matured overnight.

So, after actively having Bynum come over to set a pick for him, although Bynum's pick was neither solid nor proper, noticing Bynum's early roll, Kobe made a no-look pass that even the Magician would've shed tears, passing the ball into Bynum's hands.

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