Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 588 - 196: A Great Performance, an Immortal Record (1st Update! Please subscribe and vote for monthly tickets!)

Alvin Gentry's interview represented the sentiments of many Celtics fans.

On this night destined to go down in history, in the final quarter, the Green Army supporters could only pray for a miracle to dethrone the divine.

And the Warriors fans?

They were praying too.

Except they were praying that this miracle unfolding at Oracle Arena could continue to mentally destroy the faith of those heathens.

After the break between quarters, on the court, the Celtics retained four starting players, substituting only House for Durin.

According to Ma Long's previous usage strategy for Qin Yue, often at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Qin Yue would get a rest period.

Therefore, in Gentry's eyes, this was undoubtedly a good opportunity for the Celtics to close the gap.

However...

As the players from both teams gradually took their positions...

Gentry noticed that the Warriors didn't seem to plan on having Qin Yue take a rest.

"Now the game is at a heated stage, it's all about who isn't afraid to burn, not afraid to heat this place, heat that place."

Before the start of the final quarter, Qin Yue said to Ma Long, "Mike, we must push forward and win this game at one go."

Upon hearing this, knowing the resilience of this Celtics team, Ma Long nodded and said, "You're right, we can't give them any chance to counterattack!"

In this game, if the Warriors' other players were in better form, Qin Yue could certainly choose to trust his teammates and return to the court to take control after a more adequate rest.

But after the first three quarters, Qin Yue was well aware that his teammates were not in form tonight, so it was destined that he couldn't throw all the pressure and responsibility onto them at this crucial moment.

Because that wouldn't align with Qin Yue's character.

On the court, the Warriors were the first to attack.

After Nash dribbled past half-court, Qin Yue, who had moved up to a high position to receive the ball, intentionally slowed down the pace of the game.

Holding the ball, Qin Yue patiently observed the Celtics' defensive positioning, and as the shot clock wound down, he seized the defensive loophole exposed by the opponent eager to catch up and delivered a knife-like pass to Brown, who had been lurking near the left baseline.

In the Celtics' restricted area, Brown caught the ball, rose, and easily finished the basket for two points.

84 to 98.

"I don't want to compliment the Messiah's calmness and rationality anymore," said Barkley on TNT TV Station, voicing the despair in the hearts of Celtics fans in front of the TV at that moment, "Honestly, the Messiah may very well be the most adept clutch player I've ever seen."

Unlike those super big men in the past who often couldn't receive passes from teammates in clutch moments.

Qin Yue, if he wished, could even dribble from the backcourt himself...

Not only does he have the ability to be a game-clencher like a super big man during crucial moments for the team.

He can also, like a perimeter star, influence the course of the game through dribbling breakthroughs, pull-up shots, and feeding teammates.

And the more these characteristics of Qin Yue manifest in crucial moments, the more lethal they often become.

Because his arsenal is so extensive that you can't predict how he will accomplish the finish.

On the court, it's Celtics' ball possession.

Noticing that the player forced to rotate in front of him turned out to be Nash, Carter, knowing it would be rude not to play at this point, decisively triggered his Barrett sniper trigger button after using a behind-the-back dribble to create space.

Swish—!

87 to 98.

This life-saving three-pointer by Carter immediately gave the Green Army supporters the hope of catching up on the score again.

They were shouting "Defense, Defense" at their TVs maniacally for their team.

And then...

Continuing to run down the clock for the Warriors, Qin Yue dribbled from the perimeter and pierced through the defensive zone guarded by Horford.

Despite Duncan's quick lateral movement attempt to intercept Qin Yue's offensive, moving swiftly.

But Qin Yue suddenly executed a hesitation dribble stop and gently lobbed the basketball towards the rim.

When a player with a shoe height of 211 cm and a wingspan close to 230 cm attempts a floater in front of you— even someone with Duncan's unparalleled rim-protection ability can only turn and hope the basketball will misfire after a brief flight.

But unfortunately, God did not respond to Duncan's earnest prayer.

Swish—!

Oracle Arena, with Qin Yue's floater finding nothing but net, nearly 20,000 Warriors fans on-site were immediately swept into a frenzy of sorts.

Under the sound waves created by the home crowd, coming back, House, who had rarely found an open shot opportunity, missed the three-pointer.

Qin Yue grabbed the rebound and quickly pushed the ball to the frontcourt.

The sudden fast break initiated by Qin Yue terrified the Celtics players.

But as they retreated to their half one after another...

Qin Yue calmly slowed down the game's pace once again.

Since the team was holding a 13-point lead at this moment, naturally, Qin Yue wouldn't speed up the game for the Celtics eager to close the gap, thus allowing the opponent more offensive possessions in the fourth quarter.

This possession, Qin Yue called Nash over on the right side of the court to execute a hand-off.

On the scene, House, unable to fight through the screen, forced his teammate Horford to take two more steps forward during the mismatch.

Seeing this, Qin Yue immediately launched an attack on the Celtics defense's inside.

The next second, a helpless-looking Duncan could only wrap both arms around Qin Yue, who had received the pass from Nash, under the basket.