Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 618 - 210: Destroy it, Quickly!

"Brown, it's not your fault for not being able to limit Messiah in the first half."

Seeing that James's right hand was fine, although he didn't care about James's mood, he knew that the Knicks still had to rely on James to mainly defend against Qin Yue's Durant in the second half, so he decided to comfort him.

"A lot of his scoring was achieved through fast breaks," Durant explained to James, "It's because our defense wasn't fast enough that he managed to score 46 points in the first half."

In the past, Durant always wondered why Qin Yue had to placate Brown while playing.

But now, through James, Durant has realized the importance of treating the teammates who work hard for him on the court.

"Brown, if it wasn't for your excellent defense, trust me, Messiah could have already scored 60 points." Looking at James, Durant suddenly said earnestly, "In the second half, we will absolutely not leave you isolated."

First, he shifted the blame from James, and then he justified him.

Undoubtedly, from this moment on, Durant is no longer the schoolbag kid — the young man who always appeared in the public eye with a backpack, seemingly harmless and innocent.

"Brown, next I'll lead the team in passing to you." In the visiting team's locker room, Durant continued to build James up, "In the first half, we missed too many scoring chances created by your active movement."

Although James always felt something was off about Durant's comfort.

But at this critical moment when his mental state was nearly breaking, Durant's assurance indeed helped calm James's anxious heart.

After halftime, the game continued.

True to his word, Durant came out and provided a great pass to James on the wing.

On the court, using a teammate's screen, James freed himself from Qin Yue and received the ball, then made a move to cut inside.

"A glorious finish!"

In the Warrior Forbidden Area, as James executed his signature American Step to score against Brown's defensive support, Durant continuously provided emotional support to James saying, "Brown, I must tip my hat to you!"

And, previously, not completely bluffing James, Durant first retreated back to his own half during defense.

This scene greatly moved James.

The only minor issue was...

The Warriors, transitioning from a failed fast break to a positional battle, answered back immediately with a color assist from Brown to Qin Yue under the basket.

This assist from Brown was beyond everyone's expectations.

Even Qin Yue, who received the ball from Brown, felt incredible.

Qin Yue didn't know why Brown suddenly became enlightened.

Only Brown himself understood that his assist just now was purely because he failed to hold the basketball firmly at first.

Yes, it was just a misunderstanding caused by Brown losing grip.

60 to 73.

Back to Knicks offense.

Under the call of the big brother, Harden also actively sought a screen from James, and cleverly blocked Qin Yue with his backside, sending Nash before James.

James couldn't possibly miss this opportunity.

He took one step to overtake Nash, charged into the basket, and slammed it in with a tomahawk dunk.

It must be said, having two future MVPs serve James, such good fortune, even Qin Yue looked envious.

Warriors possession, Qin Yue set the wall for Nash at the top of the arc.

Harden failed to navigate the screen in time, giving Nash a chance to shoot using the pick.

Unfortunately, Nash wasn't in form tonight, and his wide-open three-pointer bounced out of the rim.

However, Knicks Forbidden Area, Westbrook intended to follow the pace of his big brother and third brother to pass the stats to James but ended up doing the wrong thing.

Because he didn't communicate with James in advance, focusing solely on boxing out, Westbrook clearly hadn't noticed that James had long been boxed out by Qin Yue.

On the court, seeing Westbrook voluntarily giving up the rebound, Qin Yue grabbed the board and easily scored on the layup.

"Nice boxing out!"

After scoring, Qin Yue turned to look at Westbrook and said.

Hearing this, Westbrook, feeling frustrated, wanted to throw up his hands in complaint.

But alas...

Big brother specifically instructed him during halftime to treat James well.

At this time, Westbrook still admired Durant.

So, even though he usually didn't get along with James, the restless Westbrook still forced himself to control his agitated hands.

Knicks' turn to attack, Harden brought the ball past half-court and continued to seek a screen from James for their pick-and-roll play.

Qin Yue couldn't be fooled by the same trick twice.

But James, who couldn't bring Nash in front again, completed a Bald Lion Cold Arrow in an unexpected instant after receiving the ball.

Swish!

Scoring seven consecutive points for the Knicks in the second half, Qin Yue noticed that James immediately regained his spirit.

This was no doubt the scene Qin Yue was looking forward to.

After all, the more the opponent resisted, generally speaking, the more excited Qin Yue became.

Warriors' offensive round.

Receiving Nash's pass and cutting into the basket, Qin Yue scored on a hook shot after being tackled by Mozgov football-style.

Initially, according to "Qin Yue's Law," after securing two points for the Warriors, Qin Yue was ready to retreat for defense.

But Tony Brothers, the main referee responsible for officiating the game, whistled after a delay of a fraction of a second.

In response, Mozgov, knowing he indeed fouled intentionally without playing the ball, had no objection.

But the infamous "black-hearted whistle" referee Tony had officially announced the short-term return of Qin Yue's star call.