Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 663 - 227: Earth-shattering Comeback, Never Give Up on Life! (Short and weak update)_3

"If the NBA is a huge circus, then in his eyes, we're all just clowns."

Anthony once described Qin Yue this way: "Aside from his teammates, no opponent can avoid being 'humiliated' by him."

Regarding this, after completely falling out with Qin Yue, James once asked Anthony, "What's the point of 'humiliating' opponents like that?"

"The point? There's no particular point, he just enjoys 'humiliating' opponents for fun," Anthony replied to James, "Of course, if you're not happy, you can choose to 'humiliate' him in return, but you'll face the consequences."

On the court, it was the Knicks' turn on offense.

Iguodala, whom Qin Yue ridiculed as a Chihuahua, used big Z's screen and, as if losing his mind, drove straight into the Warrior Forbidden Area where Qin Yue had already rotated to.

The result...

Faced with Iguodala's attempt to slam dunk in front of him, Qin Yue swatted him to the ground like he was swatting a mosquito.

BOOM——!

This is the consequence of challenging Qin Yue.

"Trying to dunk in front of me?" Qin Yue looked down at Iguodala with disdain, "Why don't you take a leak and look in the mirror, see how much you really weigh?"

This was yet another taunt that, without a doubt, made James feel a sense of satisfaction.

The only fly in the ointment was...

While James was delighted at seeing Iguodala get humiliated by Qin Yue, the half-time score was 54 to 78.

By halftime, the Knicks trailed the Warriors by 24 points.

Qin Yue's perfect performance in the second quarter left every Knicks player in awe.

When this young Knicks team stormed through the wild East to the Finals—it took only half a game for Qin Yue to show them why the Western superstars had been flocking to the East these past two years.

During halftime, Iguodala, beaten into silence by Qin Yue, was already in a stupor.

And previously, Westbrook, who thought it was James' poor defense that led to the Knicks falling behind in the first quarter, also obediently shut his mouth.

Because when the GOAT started exerting himself, the Big Westbrook, who went 0 for 4 in the latter half of the second quarter, became nothing more than a booster to Qin Yue's ascent.

"He's...really impossible to contain."

In the visiting team's locker room, after a long silence, Iguodala suddenly spoke up, "I'm not his match."

Upon hearing this, James, who had been thinking "You finally realize how tough it is to defend Great Qin,"...

With the teammates and coach all casting their eyes on him, said, "I think Andre has no need to blame himself, because in my view, Andre's defense on the Messiah tonight was still successful."

Successful?

At that moment, Knicks players found it hard to believe what James was saying.

Because considering Qin Yue's halftime stats of 30 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal, how could Iguodala's defense on Qin Yue be considered successful?

"Even before the Finals started, hadn't we realized that the Messiah couldn't be contained?"

James rationally and objectively analyzed for his teammates and coach, "The reason we lost points in the first half of this game was mainly due to our poor offense and failure to contain the other Warriors players."

After pausing for a moment, James even self-reflected, "For example, I let Antoine Jamison score 14 points in the first quarter."

First, encouraging and comforting Iguodala.

Then objectively pointing out the reason for the Knicks' point loss in the first half.

Finally, taking part of the responsibility for the Knicks' halftime deficit.

Same question again.

What exactly pushed James to this state?

After halftime, the Knicks still had Iguodala responsible for mainly defending Qin Yue.

Although, while Qin Yue was mercilessly humiliating Iguodala on the court, James wanted to tell him, is this really the "increased defense" you said was needed to defeat the Warriors?

But, whenever Iguodala's spirits were about to hit rock bottom, it was instead James who became the player responsible for comforting Iguodala.

"You're already doing great, Andre," James said, "It's not your fault you can't defend him, it's my slow help defense."

Not jokingly, at this moment, James' encouragement made Iguodala even more ashamed.

However...

Regarding the inefficiency of Westbrook in the second half, and James seizing the opportunity to counterattack, said during a timeout, "If we can't keep getting the ball to those teammates with higher offensive efficiency, then we're bound to lose to this Warriors team."

Up to this timeout, who was the most efficient offensive player on the Knicks?

Of course, it's the 8-for-14 Durant and the 5-for-10 James.

And who was the least efficient player?

Who else but the 4-for-15 Big Westbrook?

When tonight, when James, facing desperation, found a glimmer of hope, it was time for him to seize that damn "Tiger Talisman" from Westbrook's hands, he did not hesitate to initiate this "locker room coup."

The ups and downs of life can come so suddenly.

Originally, the most depressed player in the first half should have been James.

But under the repeated brutal training from Qin Yue...

Because as the Star Fury to Qin Yue, James' self-adjustment ability was noticeably stronger than others, so when he, who was known for his unselfish team play in the Knicks, made a sensible suggestion to DAntoni at a suitable moment that seemed reasonable to everyone...