Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 645 - 222: Everyone Admiring Qin, The Most Dominant! (Two-in-One - )_2

Therefore, before the start of this Western Conference Finals, Woodson had already found Cuban, hoping he wouldn't disrupt the team's quest for the championship.

"Matt, you can't keep complaining about the referees," Woodson said. "I believe that in order to ensure the excitement of the games, the league is likely to favor us in this Western Conference Finals. But if you keep complaining about the refs, our advantage will vanish."

Hearing this, Cuban looked confused, "But what if those damned bastards blatantly give star calls to the Messiah during the game? What should we do then?"

Woodson analyzed for Cuban, "Matt, to limit the Messiah, the league implemented the 'Messiah clause' as early as last season. So you don't have to worry about the league favoring the Warriors in this Western Conference Finals. In fact, since last season, the referees have been blatantly biased against all of the Warriors' opponents." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Under Woodson's earnest persuasion, the usually outspoken Cuban chose to stay silent during this Western Conference Finals.

Moreover, to show the league just how strong Qin Yue was, Woodson led the Mavericks' players in lavish praise of Qin Yue from before the first match.

"I know we managed to take away the Warriors' home-court advantage in this game," Woodson vented to the media during the press conference. "But I have no doubt that the Warriors' overall strength still far surpasses ours, because it's only when you face the Warriors with the Messiah that you can truly feel the omnipresent dominance of the Messiah."

During the game, Marion, who was responsible for matching up with Qin Yue, said, "I think my evaluation after the first game was too conservative; honestly, after this game, in my mind, the Messiah is at least a hundred times stronger than Michael Jordan at his peak."

On the court, Chandler, who was repeatedly bullied by Qin Yue, said, "Every time I help defend against him, do you know how devastated I feel? He's so strong that he doesn't seem human at all. I swear, he must be an alien!"

After the second game, regarding the Mavericks' players' obviously purposeful praise, knowing that they were trying to gain sympathy from the league by playing the victim, Qin Yue sighed and remarked, "No wonder everyone in the 90s was a Jordan fluffer."

Indeed, in the 1990s, praising Jordan in the NBA became politically correct not only because Jordan was really strong but also because his opponents didn't want him to get too many star calls on the court.

After all, Jordan, even in normal form, was already unstoppable...

Not to mention Jordan, who always got star calls?

Of course, no matter how much Qin Yue understood the Mavericks, the Warriors still had to fight for their interests.

"I always empathize with the referees for their difficulties during the game," Qin Yue said after the game when asked about the officiating. Pointing to his arm full of scratches, he continued, "But the refs can't always target me because if playing the game too well is a crime, who would want to improve their skills in the future?"

In recent years, the league had already reached a tacit understanding with Qin Yue.

That is, Qin Yue did not oppose the referees calling against him with reverse star calls, but the referees also had to ensure that he could apply the same defensive standards against his opponents.

Now, even in this second game, where the reason for breaking this tacit understanding was Williams' lack of experience, the league still had to use their stance to appease Qin Yue.

Sure enough...

The next day, the NBA responded to Qin Yue with the list of officiating personnel for the third game.

Before the team headed to Dallas, Qin Yue, noticing that Dan Crawford was assigned to officiate the third game, breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though since last year, Crawford's favorite thing to say to Qin Yue was, "You know, to ensure the spectacle of the game, I can only call biased against you."

But compared to other referees, Crawford has been the most impartial official in Qin Yue's eyes since the advent of the 'Qin Yue's Law.'

On the night of the 24th, the third game of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Mavericks took place at the American Airlines Center.

As soon as the game started, Qin Yue blocked Nowitzki's Golden Chicken Stand, which the world thought was unblockable, while helping defend.

Regarding this, even though Cuban had promised Woodson not to complain about the referees, he was so anxious on the sidelines that he jumped, shouting, "That's a foul! How could he block Dirk's shot if it weren't a foul?"

However, when the slow-motion replay on-site showed it was a flawless 360-degree block, Cuban instantly became the joker.

That night, under Crawford's objective and impartial officiating, Qin Yue, who could fully commit on defense, completed a total of 6 blocks and 4 steals.

This three-time DPOY used his defense, which almost covered half of the Warriors' court, to lead the Warriors to seize this tough win against the Mavericks on the road in a hard-fought game.

Final score, 108 to 94.

Compared to the first two games, this was a battle where both teams' offenses were somewhat offline.

During the game, Qin Yue's successful defense against Nowitzki in several crucial moments ultimately decided the outcome of the game.

After the game, Nowitzki, who scored only 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds for the Mavericks on 6-of-20 shooting, including free throws, said in an interview, "His defense suffocates me; he's definitely the toughest defender I've ever faced."

In the past two years, as Qin Yue gradually grew into a historically elite defender, there has been no one in public who accused him of being just a stat padder like they did in his early career.