Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 699 - 241: If God has 2, how would you respond (2 consecutive updates, seeking subscriptions and monthly votes)_2

Warriors' offense.

Curry, whose career field goal percentage at the basket even surpassed Hibert, perfectly demonstrated his center attributes after receiving a pass from Qin Yue.

In the moment of the reverse layup, despite being pushed by Boozer, Curry still gently placed the basketball into the hoop.

Unfortunately, this offensive play previewed Curry's future treatment.

Want a "2-and-1"?

No way.

Even at this moment, when Boozer's pushing action was extremely obvious.

The referees would just pretend not to see it.

Why?

Because this season, as Curry began to shine, he had long lost the qualification to be Qin Yue's "foul draw proxy" like in the previous two seasons.

Moreover, as Curry's shooting ability gained recognition across the world, he often encountered the legendary "hug and grab" on the court.

What is "hug and grab"?

Simply put, because Curry's off-ball abilities were too powerful, referees would always allow defensive players to perform all sorts of hugging and pulling actions on him when he's off-ball.

And since it's "hug and grab"....

Where there's hugging, naturally there's grabbing as well.

Qin Yue knew very well that the main reason Curry was prematurely experiencing his future treatment this season was that the Warriors had become the team that the league needed to "suppress".

This type of suppression was different from what teams on Stern's blacklist experienced.

Stern's intention in suppressing the Warriors was more about preventing their overwhelming dominance from making NBA games predictable.

Furthermore, in some important matches, Stern would still allow the Warriors to fairly and openly compete against their opponents.

This is the biggest difference between Stern and Xiao Hua.

As the league's main director, Stern wouldn't excessively manipulate this large NBA reality show.

He would merely balance the overly strong players by setting rules.

Undoubtedly, serving this Warriors team, aiming for a three-peat, Curry is destined to enjoy great fortune.

Because, regardless of whether Curry is wearing Nike or Under Armour, he will definitely face targeting from referees alongside Qin Yue.

However, isn't this a sort of training for Curry?

After all, in the NBA, it's unlikely that a superstar wouldn't play without calls, or even propose to referees, right?

At Oracle Arena, once Curry opened up his scoring account, he quickly secured 8 consecutive points for the Warriors.

Especially after that forty-five-degree step-back drifting shot in front of Lowry.

Suddenly going wild on the court, Curry instantly presented a world problem to the Pacers, who hoped to defeat God.

For the Pacers aiming to defeat God.

To win, they certainly had to intensify their defense on Curry like this.

But...

If the Pacers decided to focus their defensive resources on Curry, how would they then deal with Qin Yue?

"Stephen Curry violated the laws of geometry."

"This is a three-pointer that, from a geometric perspective, is impossible to make."

Curry and Qin Yue are possibly the most explosively powerful offensive duo since the inception of basketball.

And in the first quarter, the mighty Curry became the key figure for Qin Yue to potentially press the celestial god descending button that night.

By halftime, Qin Yue's personal score had rapidly risen to 28 points.

Before the game, Larry Bird, who was extremely eager for the Pacers to courageously challenge the divine, never expected that this night, alongside the omniscient and omnipotent God...

There was also another God from beyond the three-point line.

It's not an exaggeration to say that that night, Curry, who would score if left open, was essentially Qin Yue's humanoid cheat code.

In the second half, during a Warriors' offensive play.

With Curry fully extending the Pacers' wing defense, Qin Yue, going one-on-one with Boozer, almost instantly breached the opposing defense.

Then, riding into the Pacers' paint.

Under Bird's watch from the sideline, Qin Yue, raising a storm, immediately executed a jaw-dropping tomahawk dunk over Hibert.

This was a perfect 360-degree flawless slam.

On the court, after making this shot, Qin Yue proactively shouted to Bird sitting on the sideline: "Larry, a God who can be defeated by mortals is destined to be a false god."

At that moment, only Bird could understand the double entendre in Qin Yue's words.

"How could this kid be so arrogant?"

On the sideline, Bird commented on Qin Yue's previous shout at him.

Upon hearing this, Pacers' coach Vogel said: "He's always been like this."

Bird shook his head and said: "Frank, you don't understand what I mean."

Why did Bird think Qin Yue was arrogant?

Because earlier...

Qin Yue's words hinted that the Jordan Bird defeated was merely a false god.

Moreover, since Bird only defeated a false god...

Therefore, Qin Yue's other implied meaning was:

——Don't think in my mind that you're so damn impressive.

"What an arrogant brat."

"I'm really starting to like him more."

On the Pacers' bench, watching Bird show an increasing fondness for Qin Yue, Vogel could not understand Bird's mindset.

On the court, as Qin Yue was subbed out before the end of the final quarter, achieving his 52nd point for the game, the match had already lost its suspense.

Final score, 112 to 131.

As Qin Yue led the Warriors to another big victory, achieving over 50 points for the seventh consecutive game, he once again broke the consecutive "50+" game record that he himself held since the inception of complete NBA statistical records.

"I said, we came only to defeat God."

After the match, in an interview, Bird said: "But no one told me the Warriors had two Gods in this match."

If Bird admired Qin Yue....

It's because of Qin Yue's arrogance, which was on par with his own.

For Curry, Bird genuinely liked him because of his shooting prowess.

In Qin Yue's previous life, Bird never hesitated to praise Curry.

Even before the Warriors secured their first championship, Bird once said: "Even if he surpasses Magic Johnson in the future, I wouldn't be surprised."

Overall...

In Bird's view, the reason the Pacers, who should've been more fearless like a newborn calf facing the Tigers in the regular season, lost was primarily because the "Qin-Curry Duo's" excessiveness.

"I think people should thank us."

Bird said: "Because we demonstrated to all teams the upper limit of this explosive inside and outside duo."

Though last season's playoffs....

The Lakers felt the terror of the "Curry's Gravity" Qin Yue.

This season, because Curry's primary task was to carry the team's second unit during off-peak substitution phases.

So it wasn't until the season's final stages, when Coach Ma Long began frequently resting the team's veterans to ensure health...

That Curry, spending more time on the court with Qin Yue, made people fully realize the nature of the scene when both gravitational forces of Qin Yue and Curry combined.

However, compared to the "Qin-Curry Duo's" excessiveness.

On this night, when Qin Yue achieved his seventh consecutive game scoring "50+", most fans were visibly more concerned with Qin Yue making history.

"Will he score '50+' in eight consecutive games?"

"When will his crazy performance since the end of the All-Star weekend stop?"

TNT TV Station, shortly after the Warriors and Pacers' game ended, Barkley posed these questions to the entire basketball world.

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