Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 514 - 170: Exclusive Love for Los Angeles, Golden State’s Strongest Dunker! (Overnight 10,000-word Update, Begging for Subscription!)_3
Boom——!
On TNT TV, Kenny Smith exclaimed while holding his head: "He may not like me saying this, but he’s just like Shaquille O’Neal bulldozing David Robinson, smashing through Pau Gasol!"
"Damn! Doing that makes me look bad," Brown excitedly rushed toward Qin Yue, "With a slam dunk like that, I’d die happy if I could pull it off even once!"
GOAT, at this very moment, announced his return with a jaw-dropping slam dunk over an opponent.
The Lakers players didn’t need Kobe to remind them, they quickly refocused their attention.
The next offensive play, Qin Yue was again isolated against Odom on the left side of the court.
Lowry deftly positioned himself early on Qin Yue’s anticipated path of breakthrough.
Yet as Qin Yue was about to collide with Lowry, he gracefully stopped, spun the ball behind, and smartly nudged it with his elbow, sending it accurately to Nash who was in a clear position.
Nash, with a career three-point accuracy nearing 43%, didn’t miss the golden opportunity, his shot was a flawless swoosh!
This marked Nash’s first three-pointer in his initial cooperative season with Qin Yue.
But even now...
Having tirelessly organized the team’s offense, Nash hadn’t yet accrued his first assist from partnership with Qin Yue.
Moreover, as Qin Yue started demanding the ball more for one-on-one plays, Nash, in a daze, realized that playing this way meant his assist numbers were destined to linger at "0" for a while.
Would Nash feel upset about this?
Perhaps, when Qin Yue’s brilliant passes convert into his personal assist stats, Nash might experience a bit of a mood swing.
But with GOAT tearing apart the Lakers’ wing defense repeatedly, Nash’s mood could only be described as refreshed and delighted.
Nash understood well that GOAT needed a grand performance for release.
So on this night, Nash wisely stepped aside, leaving the entire stage to GOAT.
On the right side of the court, it was Kobe this time assisting Odom in defense.
Kobe timed his defense perfectly.
This made it apparent that Qin Yue faced strong interference when trying to take the shot.
On the basketball court, even the tallest players need demand certain space at the moment of shooting.
This last play, to ensure enough shooting space, Qin Yue had to increase his shot difficulty by turning and falling backward.
Bang——!
Here, the biggest difference for Qin Yue between the FIBA and NBA games was revealed.
If on the international stage, Qin Yue’s high-difficulty three-pointer caused opponents to break into cold sweats even if missed.
But in the NBA, with such inefficient long two-pointers hitting the rim, Qin Yue’s one-man-two-player aggressive play appeared utterly unreasonable from any angle.
Just as live spectators cheered enthusiastically for Qin Yue’s inefficient play hitting fretboard, Brown, well-fed by Qin Yue earlier, tipped the ball back to Qin Yue above Little Gasol.
To make the horse gallop, hay must be fed to the horse first!
On the court, Qin Yue effortlessly banked the ball into the Lakers’ restricted area, scoring again for two points.
"Play relaxed, I’ve got your rebounds covered." Looking at Qin Yue, Brown confidently said, "You’re the Aragorn wielding Anduril, I am Legolas Greenleaf with the Lorien Longbow!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yue carefully recalled on his mind how Orlando Bloom portrayed Legolas in the movie "The Lord of the Rings," and thought that with Brown’s looks, he might be overreaching a bit.
However, to avoid dampening Brown’s increasingly high-spirited mood, Qin Yue still said with a guilty conscience, "Legolas Greenleaf isn’t as handsome as you!"
On the court, seeing the sincerity in Qin Yue’s eyes, Brown immediately felt great and promptly gave Qin Yue positive feedback.
The Lakers took over on the next offensive play.
Successfully shaking off old rival Bell at the perimeter, Kobe zigzagged onward, only to unfortunately hit a wall before the eager-to-repay Qin Yue’s Brown.
In the Warrior Forbidden Area, having failed three times to fool Brown with feints, Kobe was forced to raise the ball for a fearless attack to avoid a 3-second violation.
Though Kobe managed to use his iron elbow to create a safe shooting distance.
The time wasted previously by Kobe caused his enforced shot toward the rim to be given a solid block against the backboard by the quick-recovering Qin Yue.
Brown beat both Odom and Big Gasol to the second drop point protection and immediately looked up for Qin Yue.
The Warrior’s draft pick combination had fully exhibited their synergy in this defensive play.
Then, Qin Yue dribbled down the court swiftly across the half-court.
And then...
Under the gritted-teeth gaze of the live spectators, the King of Los Angeles proved with action just how much he loved this city.
Lift-off with a spin. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
And in mid-air, he swung his arms in full round.
As the image of Vince Carter’s 360-degree windmill dunk at the Oakland All-Star Weekend once flashed by the memories, TNT TV, Kenny Smith thereafter blurted out: "Everybody go home! The game’s over!"
The world kissed me with pain, but I returned each kiss with song.
At Staples Center.
After completing this stunning performance...
Qin Yue didn’t forget to bow in gratitude to the Lakers fans who had consistently showered him with boos.
"Los Angeles will forever be the city I love the most, the one and only!"
On the sidelines, after Qin Yue flawlessly recreated Uncle Carter’s classic dunk, Stephen Nephew was immediately summoned by head coach Mike Malone.
"Pull yourself together, Stephen, you’re up in a minute."
"Ah?"
On the Warriors’ bench, looking back at Curry’s dazed face, Malone kicked him and said, "If you’d rather not play, I don’t mind letting you sit bench throughout this match."
Seeing this, Curry quickly shook his head manically.
Despite this championship contender’s debut being earlier than Curry imagined, for the impending NBA stage appearance, Curry surely wouldn’t be unprepared, right?
In fact, though, that earlier "Ah" he uttered mainly arose as Malone called his name, he was mentally imagining scenes of himself doing dunk like Qin Yue just did on the court.
Indeed! More than being a three-point shooting god, ultimately, becoming a top-tier dunk artist was Stephen Curry’s ultimate dream!
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