Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA
Chapter 823 - 295: Tempering and Trials
On the court, Qin Yue won the jump ball for the Warriors at the start.
On CCTV, Zhang Weiping noticed the Warriors choosing to execute a double-high screen shooter tactic on the wing at the start and said, "In the last game, Curry only scored 8 points. Today, let's see if Curry can overcome the doubts from the outside world."
Swish!
Near the top of the arc, Curry, who came out to receive the ball thanks to screens from Brown and Qin Yue, hits a three-pointer.
In his previous life, as a player with very clear strengths and weaknesses, among Curry's many strengths, his ability to self-adjust was severely underestimated for a long time.
But actually, this is the key difference between Curry and other super guards of his era.
Just like a Saint Seiya won't be defeated by the same moves.
Curry is also a player who rarely falls in the same pit twice.
Back to the Knicks' offensive round.
Durant, whose mentality exploded last game due to Qin Yue's remark "not as good as James," also hit a three-pointer from the outside.
Wallace was defending very well.
However, Durant chose not to reason with Wallace and made a stand-alone shot, pounding Wallace.
Nonetheless, after scoring, Durant still hadn't walked out of the shadow that is named "James."
Because on the court, while retreating to defense, you can see Durant ferociously shouting at Qin Yue: "If you say once more that I'm not as good as that waste, from now on, my idol will be Kobe."
Honestly speaking.
This might be the most non-trash-talking trash talk Qin Yue has ever heard since entering the league.
But at this moment, Qin Yue had to admit.
This childish trash talk actually worked on him.
After all, to Qin Yue, who remains a youth at heart...
The one thing he can't stand hearing is, although you play stylishly, my idol is still Kobe.
On the court, Warriors ball possession.
Opening with a strike for the Warriors, Curry, in his repeated runs, even forced Iguodala to resort to pulling and tugging.
At this moment, Iguodala's inner voice was probably:
Folks, who understands the feeling of obviously playing basketball but being dragged to run a marathon?
Perhaps only Kobe could truly empathize with Iguodala.
Because from Hamilton to Ray Allen, then to Curry, running marathons on the basketball court almost ran through Kobe's entire career.
Curry, the grinder, in this round made Howard completely lose his protection from the wing.
So, the Warriors fans' favorite scene, known as "Great Qin eating, sleeping, beating the Magical Beast," was staged at Madison Square Garden.
If being dominated by Yao was a scene in Qin Yue's previous life that Howard couldn't forget even after retirement.
Then in this life, being smashed by Qin Yue has already become Howard's routine.
On the court, with just one encounter.
Howard, like the James story, was kicked dead at the roadside by Qin Yue.
At this moment, the only difference between Howard and James is that due to Howard's decent defensive habits, Qin Yue had to exert more force compared to facing James to gain better acceleration space.
Under the Knicks' basket, Love, who arrived to help, accepted the divine judgment with a smile.
However, on TNT TV Station, Barkley still gave Love high praise: "Kevin's spirit of sacrifice is undoubtedly the key to the transformation of these Knicks after LeBron left."
O'Neal nodded and said: "Yes, even if you can't stop the Messiah, you have to find a way to exacerbate his physical exertion during each offense."
Then, it was the Knicks' offensive round.
Harden's headache-inducing self-initiated arm trap to draw fouls came again.
On the wing, the player responsible for helping defense, Green, first got trapped by Harden, then kicked by Harden, and then penalized by the referee for a defensive foul...
To be honest, unless Green was mentally prepared for this game, anyone would be angry with this?
On the sidelines, Ma Long, who initially advised teammates to stay calm, became the first to break down this evening.
"Is this a defensive foul? Hahaha! Is this a defensive foul?"
Ma Long felt like he was going crazy.
Because at the moment Foster whistled for Harden, Ma Long felt his intelligence was being seriously insulted.
Fortunately, assistant coach Hollins grabbed Ma Long before he tried to argue with Foster.
"Mike, calm down! We can't fight with the referees!"
"Calm down? How can I calm down with this?" Ma Long said furiously, "These bastards aren't even pretending now; this is blatant biased officiating!"
Hollins wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "Mike, trust me, every team visiting Madison Square Garden thinks the same."
Indeed, the Warriors are not the only team this season targeted in the free throw sanctuary.
Moreover, the Warriors aren't the only team wishing they could beat Harden to death.
After all, Harden, in the current era, is just that hate-inducing.
On the free throw line, Harden made both shots.
Warriors' turn to attack.
Qin Yue's mid-range violent pull-up unexpectedly missed.
But Brown, who boasted before the game that the whole league feared him, managed to tip and grab the offensive rebound before Love.
Because he had to constantly watch for Qin Yue's joint defense with Howard.
Love's positioning choices in defense were clearly impacted.
Unfortunately, these influences brought by Qin Yue on the court would never show up in the technical stats.