Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 473 - 157: A Groundbreaking Solo Dance! (5,000-word - , begging for monthly tickets and subscriptions!)

Chapter 473: Chapter 157: A Groundbreaking Solo Dance! (5,000-word Chapter, begging for monthly tickets and subscriptions!)
When the starting lineups for both teams were announced, the American commentator Mike Breen exclaimed, "Oh my God! If I’m not mistaken, are they planning to have the Messiah play point guard?"
Breen was right.
Since the key to the Chinese Team breaking the United States’ full-court press was Qin Yue bringing the ball up himself, to avoid the US team disrupting China’s offensive rhythm with a full-court press at the start of the game, Yonas decisively put Qin Yue at the point guard position.
Moreover, he learned from his good buddy Anthony that the US team would start a dunk contest in this game... Whoever could dunk in front of Sun Yue would get a two thousand USD sponsorship from James, Qin Yue did not forget to say to the US team’s starting five before the game started:
"Do you want to make a bet with me too? If any of you can stop me once during the game, I’ll reward him with ten thousand USD."
"..."
Several seconds later, seeing no one in the US team dared to take this bet, Qin Yue said with regret, "How did Mike choose a bunch of players as cowardly as you to redeem American Basketball?"
"..."
Originally, facing the extremely arrogant Qin Yue, Kobe really wanted to take the bet.
But Jason Kidd pulled him back, "Kobe, don’t argue with him, winning the game is the key."
Anthony also advised from the side, "Arguing with him is meaningless; even the five of us together can’t outtalk him."
Anthony spoke the truth.
In today’s NBA, Qin Yue considered himself second to none in trash talk, and no one dared claim first.
Because to turn trash talk into an art form....
First, you have to be strong enough.
Just like in the 1990s, no one dared provoke Jordan.
Due to the painful price of trash-talking with Qin Yue, how many dare to exchange trash talk with him when he unleashes it on the court?
James, who would be primarily defending Qin Yue in this game, joked with Qin Yue, "Do I really get ten thousand dollars every time I stop you?"
"Brown, your price is different."
"What’s the price?"
"As long as you’re willing to primarily defend me the entire game, every time you stop me, I’ll give you twenty thousand USD."
Qin Yue liked matching up against James.
Because Qin Yue wasn’t afraid of the defensive style that James used to pressure offensive players with physical confrontation, so if James was willing to primarily defend him all game, Qin Yue didn’t mind raising the stakes.
At the center court, Jungbrand threw the ball high in the air.
Yao Ming won possession for the Chinese Team amidst the cheers of the audience.
Qin Yue easily brought the ball up the court under Young James’ full-defense.
Then, Yao Ming quickly moved up to set a screen for Qin Yue.
Usually playing for the Warriors, Qin Yue could only enjoy screens from Brown and Murphy, and immediately felt the difference in pick-and-roll support.
From the top of the arc, seeing Howard’s delayed defensive response, Qin Yue immediately pulled up for a shot.
Why was Qin Yue even more terrifying in FIBA games?
Because in the current era FIBA’s three-point line is only 6.25 meters from the furthest point of the hoop.
Not until 2010 would FIBA extend the three-point line to 6.75 meters.
And the NBA?
As we all know, except for a period in history when the three-point line was shortened, the furthest point of the NBA’s three-point line is always 7.25 meters from the hoop.
What does this mean?
This means that the hard solution where Qin Yue would use in the NBA with his fierce jump shots for the Warriors would all turn into three-pointers in FIBA.
Swish——!
At the Wukesong Basketball Hall, Qin Yue kicked things off with a signature pull-up three-pointer for China.
to 3.
Going back, Qin Yue actively matched up against Anthony.
In the US team’s starting lineup, only Anthony could be comfortable under FIBA’s rules.
Thus, against his good friend, Qin Yue had to hit hard with a one-on-four defense to effectively restrict his scoring.
On the court, in the US team’s first offensive possession, Howard wanted to screen for Jason Kidd at the high post but encountered an extremely awkward situation.
Since there’s no three-second defensive rule in FIBA, when Howard screened for Kidd, it was almost like an ineffective screen for the US team.
Yao Ming wasn’t pulled away from under the basket by their pick-and-roll.
Jason Kidd’s ball handling and shooting abilities decided that he couldn’t quickly pull up and shoot after the screen like Qin Yue did, thus giving Sun Yue the leisure to defend around the screen.
On CCTV, seeing the US team take seventeen or eighteen seconds to let Kobe take a shot against the defense, Zhang Weiping said, "Yi Jianlian needs to pay attention to protecting the rebound; Kobe’s shot definitely won’t go in!"
Under the curse of the die-hard Kobe Fan, Kobe indeed missed.
However, under Yao Ming’s boxing out, Yi Jianlian exposed his weakness of lacking physical confrontation ability.
With the late reaction, Howard actually managed to snatch the ball right over Yi Jianlian’s head.
Yet, just as Howard was about to score with a second-chance point as usual, Qin Yue descended from the sky and pinned Howard’s second-chance attempt right against the backboard!
And at the moment Qin Yue completed the block, almost everyone in the arena heard him casually shout a curse:
——Fuck you!
On the court, Sun Yue successfully secured the second point.
Originally, Sun Yue was planning to look for Qin Yue, but upon looking up, Sun Yue found that Qin Yue had already sprinted to the US team’s half of the court after landing.
Sun Yue knew clearly that if he didn’t dare pass the ball, Qin Yue beating him up later would be the least of his concerns, so after glancing at Qin Yue’s position, Sun Wukong immediately launched a long pass.