Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 533 - 177: When Paranoia Overcomes Reason (Not feeling well today, only 1 update, sorry!)
The development and formation of anything follow its objective rules.
Why, since the advent of "Qin Yue’s Law," have league teams favored a sagging defense against Qin Yue?
In fact, considering Qin Yue’s three-point output this season, the sagging defense favored by league teams has indirectly boosted his scoring efficiency.
This is a straightforward math problem.
By simply converting Qin Yue’s average attempts and successful three-pointers per game, one can easily conclude that the adjusted shooting structure results in Qin Yue achieving over 55% shooting accuracy.
However, during the long regular season...
League teams needed a highly cost-effective defensive strategy to counter Qin Yue’s terrifying Human-Ball Integration ability and the shooting opportunities he creates for his teammates.
Therefore, under the influence of "Qin Yue’s Law," the sagging defense became the optimal solution for league teams facing Qin Yue.
Moreover, regardless of how favorable Qin Yue’s outside shooting environment is, he is bound to have off days.
In actual games, the high-intensity confrontation and physical collision allowed under "Qin Yue’s Law" also impact Qin Yue’s long-range shooting touch.
Thus, Qin Yue cannot rely solely on attempted threes every play to solve his challenges.
Much like the future three-point expert Stephen Curry, who also needs to repeatedly attack the Celtics’ basket to maintain his dominance in that finals series.
However, given that every NBA game possesses an element of randomness...
On the court, facing Garnett’s unwaveringly persistent sagging defense, Qin Yue’s three-point shooting tendency silently reached 100.
Several plays later, Qin Yue once again pulled the trigger from the top of the arc.
Swish!
"Back up, keep backing up!"
Qin Yue gestured a "3" to Garnett, saying, "You might as well retreat to the paint and always hide behind Yao Ming without coming out!"
Faced with Qin Yue’s provocation, the experienced Garnett chose not to respond.
However...
In the subsequent games, the silent Garnett, through two high-standard physical collisions during off-ball stages, successfully disrupted Qin Yue’s touch on outside pull-ups.
Clang!
Clang!
On the court, after two consecutive missed three-point attempts, it wasn’t until the last moments of the first quarter that Qin Yue regained his long-range shooting feel.
The Warriors’ attacking possession.
After not punishing Garnett for a while, the moment Qin Yue received a pass from a teammate, his spirits surged.
So, he collected himself, pulled up!
Clang!
In Oracle Arena, as that crisp clanging sound reached his ears, Qin Yue was already preparing to retreat on defense.
But to his surprise, Curry, who replaced Nash, descended like a god, snatching the long rebound amid the crowd and promptly passed the ball back to him.
Upon witnessing this, Qin Yue, after taking a deep breath, calmly shot again from outside.
Swish!
Even though his previous three three-point attempts hadn’t connected, in that moment, Qin Yue displayed the excellent psychological quality of a top scorer.
And Qin Yue’s resolute attitude caused Garnett to waver on continuing with the sagging defense in the game.
"Although his first two three-pointers tonight had some luck, from what I know about him..."
During the break, observing Qin Yue, who only took outside shots in the first quarter with a tally of 7 shots and 4 hits, Garnett remarked to coach Carlisle, "Once he sets his mind on something, he will follow through."
Garnett’s assessment of Qin Yue was accurate.
In the second quarter, as soon as Qin Yue returned to the court, he immediately attempted a three-pointer from the top of the arc.
Although the basketball spun around the rim before ultimately falling into Yao Ming’s hands, Qin Yue’s determination to punish this sagging defense, still gave Carlisle a glimpse of Qin Yue’s natural obsession.
From a basketball perspective, Carlisle didn’t appreciate this obsession.
In Carlisle’s view, the overly obsessed Qin Yue had already heaved the entire Warriors onto his bandwagon in this game—he fired at will outside, always controlling the team’s possession, solely to prove he wasn’t afraid of this sagging defense.
However, what Carlisle couldn’t comprehend was...
In the subsequent games, Warriors coach Malone not only deliberately indulged Qin Yue’s madness but also the entire team unequivocally rallied around Qin Yue.
In the first quarter, Curry’s crucial offensive rebound was not an isolated incident.
In Oracle Arena, as Qin Yue’s three-point attempt missed again, Brown, swiftly controlled the long rebound spot before Posey, immediately looked up to find Qin Yue.
Upon receiving the ball, Qin Yue calmly adjusted his shooting power, swish!
"Just keep shooting with confidence!" Brown told Qin Yue, "No matter how many you miss, I’ll fetch the ball like a shepherd dog retrieving a frisbee!"
In the NBA, Carlisle had never seen a team as crazy as the Warriors.
Indeed, Qin Yue could shoot whenever he pleased on the court, but how could he do so in games without support from his teammates?
Therefore, Carlisle was amazed to find that the Warriors were not merely being carried along by Qin Yue.
