Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 576 - 191 The Only Option: Become a God or Be Infamous Forever_2

Curry in this life is practically the son of Lady Luck.

Because when Qin Yue, under the spotlight of "Qin Yue's Law," was leading the Warriors' charge, referees who had always had a good relationship with Qin Yue would often feel guilty for not blowing the whistle for him...

Curry has officially become the player in the game for whom the referees blow the whistle in place of Qin Yue.

Of course, besides Curry, who was performing excellently, during the rotation phase, the aging Nash also taught the young Ellis a lesson with his stable scoring and control of the game's flow.

Under Nash's leadership, in this game, the Warriors' bench scored a full 20 points more than the Lakers.

Final score, 116 to 134.

The Warriors ended this year's Western Conference Finals at home with a stunning scoring performance.

They eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 4-1 and once again stepped onto the Finals stage after a two-year hiatus.

The Lakers players, who had just tasted the flavor of a championship last year, even though unwilling, had to accept their fate of being eliminated that night.

Kobe felt he had given his utmost in this year's Western Conference Finals.

To win, unable to beat them, he joined them, and from the third game onward, he was continuously finding ways to enhance his influence on the court.

However... 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

No matter how strong Kobe is, he couldn't bridge the talent gap between him and Qin Yue.

Even as the primary ball handler, Kobe could fill the stat sheet every night, but as Mike Malone said, the numbers couldn't fully reflect Qin Yue's actual value in the game.

For instance, the most straightforward defense.

The Warriors could always build a complete defensive system around Qin Yue.

But the Lakers?

The advantage of their interior players' model naturally made them more suitable than perimeter players to act as the defensive core of a team, so no matter how hard Kobe tried on the court, his defensive intimidation couldn't be compared to Qin Yue.

In the long history of the NBA, the only team that won the championship by building a defensive system with a perimeter player as the core was the Chicago Bulls in those years.

But even the Bulls couldn't build a defensive system solely around Jordan back then.

Because no matter how strong Jordan's one-on-one defense was, he couldn't single-handedly prop up an entire team's defense like Olajuwon in the same era.

In the future, many Bulls players were eager to criticize "The Last Dance" documentary, and not without reason.

As Pippen himself said: "If Michael Jordan was so strong, then surely before having us as teammates, he already had at least three to four championship rings, right?"

Unfortunately,

The number of championship rings Jordan had before he met teammates like Pippen was zero.

So no matter how stubbornly the old GOAT argued, he couldn't refute Pippen on this matter.

"Congratulations to you all." After the fifth game, Little Gasol, a fan of Qin Yue, said with tears in his eyes, "This year's championship can only belong to you. I'll be cheering for you in front of the TV!"

Qin Yue accepted Little Gasol's blessings and comforted him: "The future is yours, Mark."

Little Gasol immediately clenched his fist: "Next season, I will definitely prove myself."

After pausing for a moment and seeing Brown walking past behind Qin Yue, Little Gasol added, "I will never let those petty figures make people mistakenly think that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can claim to be the second-best center in the West."

"What does he mean?"

After Little Gasol turned and left, the greatly humiliated Brown asked Qin Yue.

Seeing this, Qin Yue quickly comforted Brown.

However, still feeling unsatisfied, Brown held up three fingers and said, "I'm about to win my third championship ring. Once Shaq retires, I'll have the most championship rings among active centers in the NBA! So, these damn young centers must learn to respect me! I need Respect! Respect! Respect!"

Hearing this, Qin Yue, knowing he could only change the subject to ease Brown's frustration, said with an amused expression, "There's a party later; are you attending?"

"Attend, absolutely attend!"

In this Western Conference Finals, Brown, who didn't gain Respect from Little Gasol, found his place at the victory party on the night they advanced to the Finals.

And after relaxing, Qin Yue immediately turned his attention to the East.

Compared to the Warriors who secured their Finals ticket in just five games...

As this year's Eastern Conference's top favorite apart from the eliminated Knights, the series between the Celtics and the Bobcats was brutal.

Earlier in the semifinals, the Celtics, led by Alvin Gentry, faced a strong challenge from the Magic.

It wasn't until the Celestial King Mountain battle that the Celtics, leveraging Paul Pierce's dramatic return after twisting his ankle during the game, tipped the scales of this semifinal match-up.

As in the story of Qin Yue, Pierce's decision to play through the injury not only greatly motivated the entire Celtics team, but also on the court, playing on just one leg, Pierce repeatedly hit crucial shots for the Celtics.

Pierce's resilience in this Celestial King Mountain battle stood in stark contrast to Dwight Howard. Although he had the chance to change the fate of the game for the Magic through free throws,

on the court, Howard stood at the free-throw line with a smile during the critical moments and missed six consecutive shots.

Post-game, the Orlando media, having had enough, immediately launched a massive media assault on Howard.

The Orlando media couldn't understand why Howard, who personally buried the team's hopes of victory, was able to smile like a winner.