Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 410 - 137: Does Anyone Want to Bet on This? (10,000 Words Updated in a Single Day, Begging for Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets!)_3
Chapter 410: Chapter 137: Does Anyone Want to Bet on This? (10,000 Words Updated in a Single Day, Begging for Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets!)_3
But James said, "Mike, I think we should still give it a try. Have you completely given up on this Finals?"
Ever since the larger picture became clear, James found that as long as he first occupied the moral high ground, no one in the Cavaliers dared to disagree with his suggestions.
After all, whether it was the more unreasonable outside shots or teammates having to help him box out for rebounds to launch fast breaks, or decisively shooting after receiving his passes...
James could always justify that he was doing it for the team’s good, to find that sliver of possibility to defeat the Warriors out of the impossible.
And if you want to refute...
James just needed to put the hat of "have you already given up" on your head, and you had to cooperate willingly.
So...
The powerless bread before His Majesty the King, faced with the King’s undeniable gaze, after some calm thinking, could only choose to compromise and yield.
"Brown, maybe the trap tactics will allow the Messiah to achieve more assists on the court, but in this league, people have always been more concerned about scoring than assists.
As long as your scoring statistics can surpass the Messiah’s in the end, your supporters will surely think that the Messiah only beat you because he was in an immensely powerful team."
Undoubtedly, Richie Paul, who always only considered James and only viewed problems from James’ perspective, was right.
Because later generations, no matter how much the world questioned, James proved this with the long string of records he left in the NBA and the great project named "411."
As long as a player’s stats look good, failure can also become great.
As long as the records left by a star are enough, there will be experts and journalists to defend him.
Since basketball is a team sport, losing to a more powerful team is only natural.
But when Paul wholeheartedly plotted for James, he obviously forgot that the world does not only consist of James.
Quicken Loans Arena.
When the third game of the Finals officially started, and Qin Yue was trapped right from the start, he thought it was just the Cavaliers trying to see if trap tactics could change their fate.
Upon seeing this, Qin Yue didn’t hesitate and decisively passed the ball to Artest, who was open at the time, and successfully obtained an assist.
However, as the game went deeper...
Accompanied by the increasingly determined traps from the Cavaliers, Qin Yue slowly realized something was amiss.
Although by the end of the first quarter, Qin Yue, who encountered traps every time he had the ball, had already dished out 9 assists.
But the crazy, extremely committed trap tactics to shut him down from the Cavaliers reignited the grievances in his chest that had almost dissipated...
In fact, after the second game concluded, Qin Yue had already seen through that James was playing a "take the victory, I’ll take the stats" game with him.
In response, Qin Yue could fully understand his good buddy.
After all, competitive sports can be that cruel.
Faced with the Warriors’ absolute dominance, no matter what James did, it was hard to shake the Warriors’ advantage on the court.
So, since James just wanted his stats to look a bit better, why shouldn’t Qin Yue, whose stats were even prettier, let him?
But in the third game...
When the Cavaliers were on the court doing whatever it took to shut him down, Qin Yue couldn’t help but think...
Did the Cavaliers really believe that trap tactics could stop him from scoring?
Did they forget how he cracked the trap tactics on that Christmas night during his rookie season?
Qin Yue didn’t understand why the Cavaliers were so insanely persistent in shutting him down.
But the defensive strategy executed by the Cavaliers that night made Qin Yue feel offended.
Because such tactics, merely aimed at shutting him down, were entirely different from restricting him to win the game.
Qin Yue had always disliked being questioned.
If the Cavaliers thought that by doing this, they could stop him from scoring, and if the Cavaliers believed they would rather lose more embarrassingly just to target him...
Then Qin Yue just wanted to say, this Finals isn’t just this one game.
In the second half, when Qin Yue was trapped again and easily got his 26th assist of the game...
In only the first three quarters, he scored 12 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, provided 26 assists, blocked 2 shots, and stole 1 ball, and the resentment in his chest had already reached the peak again.
Final score, 135 to 90.
Under Qin Yue’s orchestration, there were up to seven Warriors players scoring in double digits in this game.
This should have been a night worth celebrating.
Because when Qin Yue tallied his 26th assist of the game, he officially surpassed John Stockton, becoming the player with the highest number of assists in a single NBA playoff game.
And since Qin Yue’s single-game 26 assists were created on the Finals stage, the new record he set was destined to be more valuable.
But in the locker room after the game, even with a big lead of 3-0 and holding three match points, the Warriors players felt Qin Yue’s visible fury.
"Next game, I want to shoot without limits."
"Unlike previous games, this time I need all of your help."
"If any of you disagree, it’s best to let me know in advance."
Disagree?
After being fed a series of delicious dishes by Qin Yue in the third game of the Finals, how could the Warriors players possibly disagree?
At this moment, looking at Qin Yue, Baron Davis laughed and said, "Whenever you want, we’re ready to destroy the world with you."
Afterward, everyone expressed their support for Qin Yue one after another.
The only one who chose to remain silent was Artest.
But when everyone turned their attention to him, Artest said, "Don’t look at me. I was just thinking about how many points this madman will score in the fourth game."
After pausing for a moment, Artest added, "Does anyone want to bet on it?"
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