Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 398 - 133: Heading to That Date! (Extra - for Alliance Leader Book Friend 2019...5725!)_3
The reason James did not receive this honor is related to his shoe sales in the first six years of his career not meeting Nike’s psychological expectations.
Because during the first six years of his career, James’s sales in the United States were less than 100 million US Dollars annually, so even though his shoe sales still provided him with a considerable bonus, it was far from the psychological expectation Nike had hoped of him being the second Michael Jordan.
But now, Qin Yue’s shoes are not only selling hotly in the United States, but also in China...
Qin Yue’s shoes have become a fashion symbol.
It turns out that Qin Yue’s consistently good cooperative relationship with Nike’s legendary shoe designer Tinker Hatfield has been the key to his shoes selling like hotcakes.
Because Qin Yue would never, like his good brother, arbitrarily change the designer’s drawings, nor point fingers at this legendary designer’s work...
Thus, a series of stylish and timeless "Overlord Series" soon proved with its market feedback that professional matters should be left to professionals.
In addition, the current American fans’ despair towards American basketball...
Also indirectly contributed to the booming sales of Qin Yue’s shoes.
This, in turn, reminded Qin Yue that if he could completely destroy the redemption battle of American basketball using the home advantage in 2008 at his doorstep...
Then, the American fans, unable to dispel that despair through redemption, would undoubtedly develop an indescribable sentiment towards him due to one of humanity’s nature — the admiration of strength.
As someone who has been through it, Qin Yue is well aware that the so-called 08 Dream Team is far from being as strong as the world imagines.
What’s more, on the FIBA court...
He would only be stronger than in the NBA?
Zone defense would greatly weaken the influence of American stars on the court then.
As long as he could maintain an excellent in-game performance against the Dream Team, Qin Yue does not consider defeating that U.S. men’s basketball team an impossibility.
Although it is indeed very difficult...
But for Qin Yue, who is increasingly eager to achieve more honors and always stand at the center of the basketball world, no matter how difficult it is, he wants to give it a try.
Additionally, on the day of signing the new contract with Nike, Qin Yue immediately shared this good news with his good brother James, who was once on equal footing with him.
To this, James, who had just produced a career-defining performance in the series against the Pistons by scoring 49 points in a single game and consecutively scoring 26 points for the team in the fourth quarter and overtime, could only describe his feelings as extremely complicated.
"Isn’t this just him showing off to you, Brown, don’t you think he’s never really treated you as a true brother?"
Randy Mims, who has always disliked Qin Yue, said to James after he hung up the phone.
Maverick Carter, who has close ties with Nike, reminded James, "Brown, I think Nike has declared the Messiah’s future flagship status with this new contract..."
Ever since Qin Yue entered the league, James has realized...
That if it has anything to do with Qin Yue, there can’t be anything good happening.
And what makes James feel hopeless is...
No matter how much he yearns to return to the spotlight, even after delivering a career-defining performance against the Pistons, he has only managed to snatch back a little bit of attention from Qin Yue.
This is not what James wants.
Because only when he is in the spotlight is he the Chosen One of Cleveland.
If before when Qin Yue flaunted and teased him about his rough skills with a superior tone, James would just think it was a joke between brothers.
But as time went on...
Having long realized that he cannot coexist with Qin Yue, James’s current attitude towards Qin Yue can only be described as "surface brothers."
James knows very well that the reason he can still maintain a "surface brothers" relationship with Qin Yue is only because they haven’t torn faces in private or public yet.
But that day...
James feels it is drawing nearer.
May 31.
Game six of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Supersonic moved to the KeyArena.
With match point in hand, the Warriors did not want to resolve the outcome of this series in a game seven battle.
But the league’s main director, David Stern, who didn’t want this highly topical and high-attention Western Conference Finals to end just like that, made things a bit more challenging for the Warriors in their match point game.
Even though compared to the open performances of later years...
The chief referee of the game’s night merely allowed both sides to play with the long-gone Hand-Check rule.
But when the Supersonic’s zone defense combined with the Hand-Check rule, and with their free throw attempts until the end totaling just 12 and 14 respectively for each team...
This game, with its once again intensified confrontation and unprecedentedly brutal defensive scenes, where no whistle would be blown unless "human lives" were at stake, severely restricted the Warriors’ perimeter shooting ability.
From the start, feeling that the officiating was particularly unfavorable to the Warriors, Qin Yue did not take a single three-point shot on the night of the game.
He scored a total of 25 shots, making 13 of them, with free throws of 8 out of 7, adding up to a game-high 33 points, along with 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal for the Warriors.
But Qin Yue’s outstanding performance could not prevent the team’s defeat.
Because in this NBA version of the "Battle of Verdun," the Supersonic, with its twin towers in the paint, had an advantage.
Yao Ming scored 25 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, and 4 blocks; Garnett scored 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, and 2 steals.
At the end, it was 70 to 74.
After the game, looking at those who, in the game, have become bricklayers, Richardson going 0 for 7 from beyond the three-point line, and Davis with a total of 15 shots and just 3 makes throughout the game, and those pegged by the team as key to breaking the game, Deng Liwei with 2 for 15 in two games combined...
Except for Artest, who still managed to score 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals under such game intensity...
Qin Yue’s mood could only be described as wanting to burn Stern alive.
Although Qin Yue is well aware that the Warriors did have the possibility of winning against the Supersonic that night, he never expected that, with him playing injured, Stern would impose such great intensity on the Warriors at their match point.
But now that things have come to this...
Unable to burn Stern alive, Qin Yue is destined to focus his attention on the game seven battle to be held at Oracle Arena on the night of June 3.
This will be Qin Yue’s first-ever game seven in his career.
Having the home court will be the Warriors’ only advantage in this game seven battle.
Qin Yue knew that in this life-or-death game, Stern would definitely not allow the referees to replicate the excruciating defensive intensity of game six.
But even so...
To win this year’s Western Conference Finals, the Warriors must seize those open shots like they did on previous winning nights.
Prior to the start of this game where anyone could become the Western Conference champion, the ever-growing anger in Qin Yue since his injury has reached its peak.
The good news is, as Qin Yue is nearing recovery, his ankle is no longer as restricted as before.
One day before the game.
Under the supervision of the team doctor, Qin Yue, who is moving more freely, was already as good as new.
Moreover, in the visible data of the Mountain Peak system, the attributes Qin Yue lost due to injury have all been restored, except for speed and jumping attributes which have temporarily deducted some ability points.
Undoubtedly, this will be Qin Yue’s healthiest game in this year’s Western Conference Finals.
And it’s also a game in which he desperately needs to unleash his pent-up anger.
Although a mere Western Conference Final is far from satisfying Qin Yue’s appetite.
But only by conquering the West first...
Qin Yue can get a chance to erase his resentment in the Finals.
Before the start of the Western Conference game seven, the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, had already eliminated the Detroit Pistons with a 4-2 series victory, advancing to this year’s Finals.
Qin Yue knows very well that if he wants to attend that date with James...
He must lead the Warriors to defeat the Supersonic in tomorrow night’s game.
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