Sometimes, men's friendship comes just this simply...

Thomas-Mark Center, it's the Western All-Star Team's offensive round.

In that instant when Stoudemire and I used a hand-off to switch O'Neal in front of me, Qin Yue immediately executed a second hand-off with Kobe.

This was a carefully planned small-against-big layout.

Even though Qin Yue and Kobe hadn't practiced even once beforehand, they still completed the tactic with perfect synergy.

High position, looking at that big fat pig, Kobe started with a jab step, then pulled the ball back through a crossover, and as he shifted O'Neal's center of gravity, he drove full speed into the paint of the Eastern All-Star Team.

The next second, Kobe, as if walking in the air, executed a breathtaking gliding dunk, gracefully slamming the basketball into the hoop!

While retreating on defense, Kobe didn't even bother looking at O'Neal but headed straight towards Qin Yue.

Then, a big fist bumped a small fist.

At this moment, it's hard to believe, with three scores to settle with Qin Yue, Kobe...

would actually be "inseparable" with him like old friends.

Coming back, it's the Eastern All-Star Team's offensive round.

Since this year's Eastern All-Star Team coach is Mike Brown, James has always controlled the team's offensive discourse.

The O'Neal, who was disgusted by Kobe and Qin Yue's joint effort, knew Stoudemire wasn't good at defense...

So, he really wanted to respond in the next offensive round with his iconic low-post back-to-the-basket move.

However, even so, O'Neal still had to apply to his Cavaliers teammate James to sit in the low post.

The ever-emotionally-intelligent James generously approved O'Neal's request to attack.

But...

Just when O'Neal pushed Stoudemire out of the low post...

Without a word, Qin Yue and Kobe almost simultaneously rushed to the basket!

This was a double block usually only seen in volleyball!

Seeing this, the utterly heartbroken O'Neal could only weakly lean on Qin Yue and Kobe, forcing two free throw opportunities by deliberately drawing a foul in a woeful manner.

"Free throws are just free throws; he won't make them anyway!"

In the Western All-Star Team's paint area, turning his gaze to Kobe, Qin Yue said.

Upon hearing this, Kobe and Qin Yue hooked shoulders, saying, "If he makes both, I'll retire immediately and drive a truck."

Qin Yue nodded, "Count me in, I'll be your co-driver."

Swish—!

Swish—!

On the court, the extremely rare sight of O'Neal making both free throws finally gave him a moment to beam with pride!

However, just as O'Neal intended to settle the score with those two bastards and urge them to retire and drive a truck, Kobe and Qin Yue had already vanished without a trace.

"What did you just say?"

"I think I said there's a great steak in Las Vegas."

"Make sure to give me the address after the game, I'll try it next time."

While retreating, looking at Qin Yue and Kobe blatantly clearing up the previous incident with loud conversation...

O'Neal's mood could only be described as utterly aggrieved.

If provoking just Kobe was something O'Neal could barely handle...

Provoking both Kobe and Qin Yue at the same time, one can only blame O'Neal's bad luck.

It's the Western All-Star Team's offensive round.

Qin Yue, who actively provided a screen for Kobe from a high position, after quickly rolling down, received a return pass from Kobe.

This was an alley-oop pass that Kobe deliberately delayed for a fraction of a second in delivering.

Because he had to wait until O'Neal was in position to help, making O'Neal the perfect background for Qin Yue's spectacular alley-oop dunk!

On the court, always knowing how to avoid becoming a "background," O'Neal cleverly took a step back the moment Qin Yue leaped up.

This step...

perfectly avoided Qin Yue's next magnificent alley-oop dunk.

But it was also this step...

that left him defenseless against Qin Yue's long-planned "deliberate shove" after landing.

In 1999, in a game against the Knicks, to prove his "dominance," O'Neal, upon completing a dunk, immediately pushed down the Knicks player tasked with defending him at the time, Chris Dudley.

This action greatly angered Dudley, who, not hesitating to incur a technical foul, angrily flung the ball at the "show-off" O'Neal.

"I weigh less than 240 pounds, while his weight exceeds 350 pounds. But even so, I was seriously defending, and what about him?

To show me, to show everyone his ridiculous dominance, he deliberately pushed down a player seriously defending in the game."

Unfortunately, no matter how Dudley justified himself afterward...

Even though he later became the governor of Oregon, being deliberately pushed down by O'Neal, he was destined to be just the background for O'Neal's posterizing dunk.

And the funniest part is that every time O'Neal talks about the dunk, he says the reason he deliberately pushed Dudley was because the Knicks didn't respect him enough, not sending two or three players to double-team him in the game.

The ludicrousness of this statement is that if O'Neal were regularly double-teamed to the point of being fouled and sent to the free-throw line every night, he would probably be the one getting frustrated first.

Because later when talking about the finals where they were swept by Olajuwon's Rockets, O'Neal said: "They always double-teamed me in the game, and I always had to face him (Olajuwon) alone. If it were one-on-one, no one could stop me!"

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