Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 573 - 190: When the Gods Descend Upon Staples (Weak and Powerless, Yet Another Update)_2

Moreover, Murphy, whose three-point output dramatically increased in the latter stages of his career, did not lose his precision despite the rise in three-point attempts.

Qin Yue understood very well...

In his memory, Murphy was labeled "Big White Softy" merely because a champion puzzle piece like Murphy could not decide the brilliance of his own career.

Additionally, after Murphy's rookie contract ended, the high-salary long-term deal extended by the Warriors indirectly made him unaffordable for non-rich teams.

In this lifetime, during the first few years when Murphy received his high salary, the Warriors happened to be enjoying the benefits of Qin Yue's rookie contract.

So, in a certain sense, Murphy was lucky.

After all, big contracts were signed, championship rings were acquired; who can say Murphy isn't a winner in life?

On the Warriors' bench, Little Deng Liwei said to Old Hill sitting beside him, "Grant, you know, a phrase that Troy often says is that if he could go back to the past, he would let Messiah beat him up a few more times."

Hill, who was somewhat aware of Qin Yue's joining story back in the day, said, "If all it takes is getting beaten, to obtain an enviable career, I would be willing to get beaten too."

On the court, it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

Watching the Warriors players keep their defensive formation solid under Qin Yue's command, Kobe once again felt the pressure brought on by Qin Yue.

Kobe knew very well, were it not for Qin Yue, given the overall strength of the other four Warriors players on the court, the Lakers could completely crush them by sheer power.

But under Qin Yue's leadership...

Whether it was Murphy or Curry or Barnes, as long as they stayed united around Qin Yue, they would cause quite a headache for the Lakers.

There was a moment when Kobe even thought, if the Lakers had really spared no effort to bring Qin Yue's talent to Los Angeles, would he have surpassed Jordan in the number of championship rings by now?

However, it was merely a moment before Kobe put away this sudden thought that popped into his mind.

On the outside, refocused Kobe, at the slightly right position of the arc, leveraging Little Gasol's screen, drew his weapon and delivered an Answer.Ball to the Warriors.

And the crowd, still believing Kobe could lead the Lakers to flatten the Warriors' home court, erupted in deafening cheers.

Stubborn by nature, Kobe might lament at some point over not being able to team up with Qin Yue.

Yet, on this night, leading the Lakers to win the game was evidently what Kobe needed to contemplate.

Back to the Warriors' offensive round. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Having not bullied Odom for a while, Qin Yue, after actively asking for the ball on the right side of the court, saw Odom dare to be distracted, so Qin Yue instantly dribbled and launched an attack.

Odom, who collapsed in an instant, was almost left behind by Qin Yue.

In the Lakers' restricted area, the Gasol Brothers had to bear the blame for Odom.

On the court, while forcefully pushing away Big Gasol, Qin Yue, at a distance from the basket, fiercely slammed the basketball into the basket while against the other Gasol!

Landing, pointing at his arm reddened by Little Gasol's slap...

At that moment, knowing he again regrettably missed a two-plus-one opportunity due to that damn "Qin Yue's Law," Qin Yue neither extended his hands to the referee nor lashed out.

However, looking at Qin Yue's gracefully departing figure, the chief referee Dan Crawford, who was officiating the game, still found a "whistle substitute" for Qin Yue in the Warriors' next offensive round.

As Curry was touched by Battier to a hair during his cut for a layup, Crawford, who saw clearly, decisively blew the whistle and sent Curry to the free-throw line.

Qin Yue knew this was Crawford compensating for the missed AND-ONE just now.

However, looking at Curry, who turned into his "whistle substitute," Qin Yue felt an indescribable sensation.

On the free-throw line, Curry made both shots.

Lakers' ball possession.

Under Wallace's relentless defense, Kobe, trying to shake off his opponent with a hop step following his breakthrough, unfortunately got his shot blocked by Qin Yue.

"This is where you are less than Brown," Qin Yue continued to provoke Kobe, "Brown's hop step layup has never been blocked by me."

Kobe merely let out a cold grunt upon hearing this.

But Qin Yue knew very well that Kobe's psychological defenses were undoubtedly pierced by him at that moment.

After all, given Kobe's obsession with basketball skills, how could he accept himself being rated "less than James"?

Unfortunately, what Kobe didn't know was...

Qin Yue said Kobe was less than James because, in his view, Kobe didn't understand how to use the Crab Dribble, a high-level technique, to take one or two more steps after a hop step to avoid being blocked.

Warriors' counterattack time.

Still lost in thought, Odom caused Kobe to be forced to switch positions to face Qin Yue.

"Just you to guard me?" Qin Yue teased Kobe with a face full of disdain.

On the court, Kobe still did not respond to Qin Yue.

But just as Qin Yue was about to launch a drive, Kobe retaliated with a viciously sharp hand chop.

This revenge-seeking Black Mamba, at that moment, "bit" Qin Yue into a faint pain.