Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 587 - 195 The Most Dominant, When the Deity Descends to the Mortal World Again (2nd Update, Begging for Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)_2

Warriors' bench, Ma Long turned to assistant coach Hollins and said, "I knew Messiah would definitely make that damn three-pointer for us!"

Upon hearing this, although Hollins nodded repeatedly in agreement, the expression on the old coach's face clearly said, "Really, I don't believe it."

After the timeout, the game resumed.

Every time it seemed like the Celtics were gaining momentum, Qin Yue would step up and change the course of the game, forcing Gentry to switch the Celtics' defense back to man-to-man and instructing Horford to follow Qin Yue wherever he went.

On CCTV, witnessing this, Zhang Weiping couldn't help but jokingly say, "Celtics mean even if Qin Yue goes to the bathroom, Horford must follow him?"

On the court, Horford tightly stuck to Qin Yue.

Under the tacit approval of "Qin Yue's Law," he even hugged his opponent directly multiple times during off-ball moments.

Seeing this, Qin Yue couldn't help but say, "Can we not be so close? I'm not interested in men."

Horford did not respond to Qin Yue.

But the next moment, Qin Yue noticed that Horford was sticking even closer.

However, when Qin Yue extended his long arms to catch the pass from his teammate, Horford's tight defense gave Qin Yue the chance to break free through physical confrontation.

Bang!

On the left side of the court, at the moment of a fierce collision with Horford, Qin Yue directly dribbled the ball and launched an attack against the Celtics' paint.

Faced with Qin Yue's unreasonable rugby-style approach, Duncan, responsible for helping defense, almost simultaneously thought of the image of LeBron James.

Except...

Unlike James, as the other fundamental player in today's league, Qin Yue clearly hadn't mastered the advanced skill of the Crab Dribble.

Thus, spotting the opportunity, Duncan pounced without hesitation at the moment Qin Yue jumped to attack the basket.

Under Duncan's strong interference, Qin Yue didn't rush to take a shot.

Until Duncan landed first.

With the referee's whistle, while still in the air, Qin Yue leisurely tossed the basketball towards the backboard.

Bang, swish!

"What a pity." Landing, Qin Yue said to Duncan, "If you were a few years younger, maybe you could have stopped me."

Duncan nodded and said, "You're right."

At this moment, time and age gave Qin Yue a precious assist.

Qin Yue did not waste this hard-earned AND-ONE, and after hitting the free throw, his personal score for this game rose to 25 points.

"This is just halftime!" Celtics' bench, Gentry said helplessly, "Can anyone tell me what we have to do to stop him from scoring on the court?"

In this game, Gentry's helplessness and frustration nearly ran through the entire first half.

Halftime ended, 60 to 63.

Thanks to Qin Yue scoring 14 points for the team after returning to the court, the Warriors unapologetically regained control of the game.

Warriors' head coach Ma Long during halftime interview said, "I know you want to say if it weren't for Messiah, we might have been trailing far behind by the Celtics. And what I want to say is, you're right, but who says we just happen to have Messiah?"

After the interview, Ma Long returned joyfully to the home locker room.

When Qin Yue regained his shooting touch in the second quarter, combined with his unusually excited physical state tonight—Ma Long knew better than anyone, as the head coach of this team, he only needed to consider how to arrange a lineup that Qin Yue would find comfortable to play with.

And in contrast to Gentry...

Gentry had a lot more to think about.

Firstly, how to maintain the Celtics' offensive quality after their stamina declined.

Secondly, if Qin Yue's state remains unstoppable, whether the Celtics should double-team him.

After a short halftime break, the game continued.

The Celtics players wildly probing within the limits allowed by the referees successfully raised the game's physical confrontation to a peak after paying the price of two fouls.

The Green Army hoped more intense physical contact would continue to affect the shooting touch of the Warriors' outside shooters.

From the result, they indeed achieved this.

Throughout the third quarter, no matter how Ma Long adjusted personnel, the Warriors players on the court were unable to capitalize on those usually sure opportunities.

Yet despite this, Little Zen Master remained as calm as ever.

Because this quarter belonged to Qin Yue.

On the court, during the Warriors' offensive round.

Faced with Horford's unconventional defense that kept his arm on Qin Yue's ball-protecting hand, Qin Yue first violently accelerated after receiving the pass, quickly pulling back the ball with a Drag Step, and completed the shot under Horford's reckless advance.

This was a three-point shot foul where the referee had to whistle for Qin Yue.

But as Qin Yue's basketball unbelievably banked in, he ignited the arena in the next second and gained a four-point play opportunity.

Horford did not protest the referee's decision.

Just silently stepped back.

At the free throw line, Qin Yue made the extra free throw.

On the rebound, similarly affected by intense physical contact, a Celtics player found Carter lurking in the corner, who then made a perfect assist off the board.

Carter's assist was considered perfect mainly because the rebounded basketball fell right into Qin Yue's hands.

Seeing this, Qin Yue immediately dribbled to initiate a fast break.

Pierce, who intended to stop Qin Yue with a foul, ended up one step too slow, and was mercilessly left behind by Qin Yue who slid through like an eel.

Next, an unstoppable Qin Yue completed a solo slam dunk!

Oracle Arena, the cheers of "MVP, MVP" echoed to the rafters!

At the scorer's table, at the moment Gentry was forced to call a timeout, his gaze continually fixed on the Warriors' number 77.

Previously, when Qin Yue chose to switch to the number 77 jersey, he said the reason was that since God left 23 for Jordan, the remaining 77 would belong to him.

But now, Gentry only wanted to say that on this night, Qin Yue's impact on the court clearly exceeded 77.

After the timeout, Celtics' offense.

Under Qin Yue's strong interference, Duncan's twist and shoot off the board missed.

Qin Yue turned and protected the rebound, then personally dribbled past half-court.

Old Carter tried to force Qin Yue to pass the ball through an early double-team.

But just as Carter moved, Qin Yue, highly focused, suddenly launched an attack.

Predicting Carter's early double-team, Qin Yue forcibly broke through Horford's defense at the high post and hit a long two-point shot from the right side.

On TNT TV Station, Barkley remarked, "Celtics finally figured out they need to use a double-team strategy against the deity, but the deity's response is——he doesn't care!"

Smith echoed, "Messiah's ability to break double-teams is top-notch in the history of the NBA. He can force a shot using his tall stature or easily transfer the basketball to his weak-side teammates."

Having actively increased their physical confrontation level in the second half, the Celtics gradually regained their shooting accuracy in the latter part of the third quarter.

However, by this time, the score difference between the two teams had already reached double digits.

In the final moments of the third quarter, thanks to Duncan completing an And-One over Brown, the Celtics could only close the gap to 9 points.

But holding the last possession opportunity, the Warriors were led by Qin Yue, facing Pierce and Horford's double-team, under the watchful eyes of all the fans, triggering his last shot of the quarter before the buzzer.

As the basketball pierced through the night sky, all Warriors fans collectively held their breath!

"Swish——!"

"Messiah scored his 21st point of this quarter! Warriors will enter the final quarter against the Celtics with a 12-point lead!"

Thus, the end of the first three quarters.

The scoreboard showed, 84 to 96.

As this quarter ended, Celtics coach Gentry's gaze was dull and wooden.

"We're fighting against a deity."

During the break, in an interview, Gentry's voice trembled as he said, "Now, we need a miracle to topple this deity tonight."

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