Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 594 - 198: Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain! (First update, I forgot to schedule it, my bad!)

Opening tip-off, Brown won the ball for the Warriors.

In the frontcourt, seeing Qin Yue signal a one-four spread, the Warriors players quickly cleared one half of the court.

Seeing this, Horford, as usual, placed his arm directly on the opponent's ball-protecting hand while defending Qin Yue.

This was the most common defensive method in the NBA before the hand-check rule was abolished.

With the tacit approval of this rule, defensive players could use arm contact to weaken the ball handler's breakthrough ability and compress their shooting space...

So before the NBA abolished this rule, even the top perimeter stars had difficulty shooting at will. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Except for Michael Jordan.

In that era, which practiced defensive-ism, Jordan's abnormality was that...

He could not only shoot whenever he wanted but was also the most efficient perimeter offensive superstar throughout the entire nineties.

Although many new-generation fans now believe that if placed in later eras, Jordan might not still be Jordan.

But since the "Qin Yue's Law" came out, as the only player in today's league who still enjoys the benefits of the hand-check rule, Qin Yue believes that...

If he and Jordan both played under the later NBA's defensive sizing, they should be comparing how many seasons each of them averaged 50 points per game in the regular season before their careers ended.

On the court, fully aware that to break free from the constraints of the hand-check rule, Qin Yue had to be fast enough. At the moment of powerfully dribbling to the side, he quickly pulled the ball from his right hand to his left like a whirlwind, and as Horford's center of gravity shifted, he pulled the ball back to his right hand.

This is the terror of the deity that Horford has to face every night in this finals series.

Even when using the hand-check rule to limit Qin Yue, when Qin Yue cuts into the Celtics' defensive line as fast as the wind, Horford, completely being outmatched, can only strive to keep up from behind.

Bang, swish!

In the Celtics' restricted area, to save energy, Qin Yue scored first for the Warriors with an elegant airborne layup.

"Your help defense was slow." Under the basket, turning his gaze to Duncan who arrived belatedly, Qin Yue said, "Even if this kid can get hands on me, you can't expect him to single-handedly defend me."

Hearing this, Duncan nodded and said, "You're right, so I will try to do better next time."

Arguing with Duncan is probably the most boring thing in the world.

Because no matter how you provoke, Duncan will use his unique way to resolve the war of words you initiate against him.

On the court, it's the Celtics' turn to attack.

Finally able to use the same measure to defend Pierce, Wallace successfully single-guarded this somewhat personal grudge-laden wing isolation.

To gain shooting space, Pierce elbowed his way through, but under Wallace's continuous pressure, he almost lost possession.

"That was a foul, Dan!"

On the right side of the court, after forcing a shot and ultimately bricking it, Pierce complained angrily to head referee Crawford.

However, compared to that Crawford from Game 3, this Crawford, known for fair officiating, responded to Pierce by saying, "Are you sure that was a foul?"

"Of course!" Pierce said confidently, "He clearly touched my shooting hand!"

Crawford shook his head and said, "If I called the game by your standards, I would have to give Messiah at least 50 free throws this game."

Seeing this, Pierce was suddenly rendered speechless.

Because no matter how hard Pierce's mouth was, he didn't dare talk back on the matter of Qin Yue continuously getting reverse superstar calls from the referees.

After all, if he really angered the referees and caused Horford to lose the protection granted by "Qin Yue's Law," the Celtics would be facing a completely unrestrained deity.

Pierce knew very well that since the "Qin Yue's Law" was established, Qin Yue, who gets targeted by the referees every night, is not a product propped up by marketing and packaging.

So, at this moment, Pierce chose to obediently stay silent.

Then, it was still a one-four spread.

Only this time, what Qin Yue showed Horford was his unpredictable single-hand ball handling triple-threat offensive.

On the court, Qin Yue, as still as a forest, calmly baited Horford, who felt as naive as he could in front of the opponent. Horford could only watch as Qin Yue next made a clean pull-up to net the ball.

"I'm really foolish, really."

In the next second, Horford muttered to himself, "I knew it was a fake, but I just couldn't help but jump."

Looking at Horford, Duncan stepped forward to console him, saying, "It's not your fault, Al. Because nowadays, his fakes can only be described as being indistinguishable from reality."

If, in the future, every hair of James Harden's body came with a cylinder.

Then at this moment, Qin Yue, full of fakes, every twitch of his hair could likely cause a defender to be fooled during the defense.

Back to the Celtics' possession.

Trying to regain face in front of Wallace, Pierce once again got thwarted.

Although Pierce's butt-back is truly sexy, Wallace, who pushed Pierce back, severely disrupted Pierce's back rhythm and thus affected the success rate of his turn-around fadeaway.

Thud—!

In the Warrior Forbidden Area, Qin Yue snatched the rebound from above Duncan's head, who was preparing to put back for the Green Army.