Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 640 - 219: A New Round of High-Stakes Gambling, Two Era-Defining Players (Yesterday’s Birthday Break)_2

Qin Yue didn't expect that his comment, filled with a teasing nature, would make Brown so nervous.

Even years later, when Brown talked about this event, he still felt a lingering fear: "How could I not be nervous? The thunder and rain, all are blessings from His Majesty!"

Brown knew very well that, in a sense, everything he currently had was given to him by Qin Yue.

Therefore, even though Brown no longer cared about what others thought of him, he had to seriously consider every word Qin Yue said to him.

On the 5th, the second game of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Lakers and Warriors continued at the Oracle Arena.

The Warriors, who adjusted their starting lineup, got immediate results at the start of the game.

Starting player Jamison brought an unprecedented sense of space to the Warriors on the court.

Although, in the situation where Qin Yue was pulled away from the paint, the Warriors' interior was still fiercely attacked by the Gasol brothers.

But as the Warriors found their offensive rhythm, the Lakers, who couldn't pull Qin Yue away from the paint every play, quickly lost their interior advantage from the first game.

Because as long as the Warriors shot accurately from the outside and stretched the space wide enough, Qin Yue's impact multiplied hugely on the court.

Since the start of the playoffs, Qin Yue, who fully unleashed his power for the first time in a game, scored a total of 51 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 blocks, and 1 steal for the Warriors that night.

His performance in the second game even made Phil Jackson feel an illusion in his heart that if he could provide a spacing lineup, he had the ability to crush any team's defense.

In Jackson's view, even if Qin Yue's teammates were replaced by others that night...

As long as they could make the most of the open shots Qin Yue passed out of double teams, the Warriors would still win.

This undoubtedly shook Jackson's long-held understanding of a championship team.

Because before Qin Yue appeared...

Many NBA coaches, including Jackson, believed that a superstar needed at least one All-Star teammate, supplemented by numerous championship pieces, to have a chance at a championship.

After all, even as strong as Jordan was, he was bound to have off days.

And during those times, without Pippen, Jordan would inevitably experience early career failures, regardless of how many points he scored, he could only accept defeat with the Bulls.

But Qin Yue was different.

As a ball-dominant core, Qin Yue not only used his game impact on both ends to dominate matches but also made his teammates better, thereby elevating the team's ceiling.

What a terrifying ability is this?

Before Qin Yue's crossing, if the Nuggets led by Nikola Jokic were championship contenders, you'd find that when Jokic was off the court, the Nuggets didn't even qualify as a playoff team.

Jackson felt that Qin Yue's appearance was redefining the concept of a superstar and the winning formula in basketball.

One can say that the Zen Master's understanding of Qin Yue was accurate.

The only limitation was...

Evidently, Jackson hadn't realized that there were actually two players in this Warriors team capable of changing the future development of basketball.

A day later, the third game between the Warriors and Lakers moved to the Staples Center.

That night, noticing how well Curry was performing even in warm-ups, Qin Yue started assisting him the moment substitute Nash entered the game.

Though Curry was only a sophomore in his career and still a long way from becoming the "Curry Almighty" of the future, during the game, when the GOAT himself set screens for Curry and got that damn basketball into his hands from all angles...

An unexpected three-point storm instantly shattered the Lakers' entire defense.

Why could Curry alter the development trajectory of basketball as Qin Yue remembered?

Because when people later realized that as long as you shot accurately enough, you could win any game...

More often than not, before Curry hit consecutive threes, he'd face double teams or even triple teams right after crossing half-court.

——This is the origin of "Curry's Gravity."

In Qin Yue's past life, until he crossed over, this baby-faced killer consistently led his era in the number of times he scored "20+" points in a single NBA quarter.

In a basketball game, if a player's scoring always erupts in a concentrated burst, that's a terrifying thing.

Just like in this match.

In the latter half of the first quarter, Curry, with a total of 8 attempts, hitting 5 out of 7 three-pointers, instantly widened the point gap for the Warriors on the court.

Facing such an incredibly on-form Curry, the Lakers' defense had to make adjustments in the subsequent game.

Yet, these adjustments ultimately led to the Lakers' complete collapse that night.

Because when Curry's Gravity appeared on the court for the first time, the offensive pressure on Qin Yue suddenly reduced. He didn't even need to exert force but could score for the Warriors through pick-and-roll pop-outs and rolls.

By game's end, 130 to 105.

The Warriors smashed the Lakers on the road, leading the series 2 to 1.

Interestingly, in the third game where Curry scored 31 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists for the Warriors, he also received Kobe's acknowledgment in the game.