mountain top

Chapter 82 A surprising confrontation (8200 words long chapter, begging for monthly subscription!)
The regular season ends.

Before leading the Warriors to Dallas, Qin Yue turned on the [Mountain Top] system.

Compared to when he first entered the league, he now has two more badges on his badge wall.

One is that after the effect is triggered, it can increase his instantaneous explosive power by 3 points, but it can only be achieved through the [Charles Barkley's Gift] series of tasks to upgrade the badge level of [Pig Rush].

One was the [Ten Cents] which he received through a hidden mission during his junior year, which required him to complete 300 assists in the NBA.

In addition, Qin Yue's previously obtained badge levels of [Iron Wall] and [I am Sakuragi Hanamichi] have now been upgraded to All-Star.

In the badge system of the [Mountain Top] system, badge levels are divided into five levels.

They are: Rookie, Professional, All-Star, Superstar, Hall of Fame.

Among the badges Qin Yue has obtained, the corresponding levels of some badges can only be improved through exclusive tasks, some badges require his corresponding ability values to meet the standards, and generally speaking, ordinary badges can be improved as long as he accumulates enough experience points.

Of course, like the [Flying Man] and [Flying Pig] that Qin Yue had obtained earlier.
There is no such thing as badge levels for these two badges.

Because their default level is Legendary.

All in all, it has been a long, tiring, but fulfilling and enjoyable season.

Qin Yue's strengthening is not only reflected in his technical statistics.

Under the strict scoring system of the [Mountain Top] system, his current actual combat score has reached 90 to 91.

Moreover, the system also commended Qin Yue with a line of eye-catching words:

"The smaller actual combat scoring error means that under the actual combat algorithm, excluding unexpected situations such as on-the-spot status, the host's lower limit in the competition will be more secure than before."

Looking back at his performance in the regular season, Qin Yue had already discovered that he did have some similar characteristics to his senior.

For example, apart from those explosive games, his stability throughout the regular season can only be described as a replica of Duncan.

He scored in double figures in 82 consecutive regular season games during his rookie season.

Even on those nights when he is not in good form or when he focuses on creating opportunities for his teammates, he can still continue this record with his comprehensiveness and stability.

At present, although there are still "Qin haters" who believe that people should not call a rookie who has just entered the league a legend.

But in Qin Yue's eyes, he is fully worthy of the legend.

Qin Yue's only regret in his rookie season was that he failed to complete the mission "What you can't get will always cause you trouble" as he wished.

Although his averages far exceed the requirements of the task, the task also requires that his overall shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage, and free throw shooting percentage in his rookie season add up to more than 175%.
"This request is fucking outrageous!"

Outrageous? It is indeed outrageous.

Because even though Qin Yue's hit rate in his rookie season was good enough, he still had a long way to go to meet the hit rate requirements for this mission.

However, what Qin Yue never expected was that after this task automatically entered a cooling-off period due to failure, its cooling-off period only lasted less than a few seconds.

"It has been detected that Michael Jordan is currently in a state of agony, so the completion conditions of this task have been automatically reset to"

"The host needs to lead the Golden State Warriors to break through the first round of this season's playoffs, and the host's average data cannot be lower than '25+10+5' (points+rebounds+assists).

Also, the host's overall field goal percentage, three-point shooting percentage, and free throw shooting percentage added together cannot be less than 175% (no specific individual shooting percentage requirements)."

Obviously, Qin Yue's 71 points at the Staples Center and his outstanding performance in his rookie season have turned Jordan, who had not been able to get him before, into a complete madman.

Even after this mission was reset, it is still very difficult to complete.

after all
It requires him to lead the Warriors to defeat the Dallas Mavericks, the runner-up of this year's NBA, in the upcoming playoffs. At the same time, it also requires him to play with extremely high efficiency on the court.

But compared to the long regular season.
Qin Yue, however, believed that the difficulty of completing it had been reduced.

Because it now only counts its data from the first round of the playoffs.

This means that as long as Qin Yue can play well in the next series, he will be able to complete the task as he wishes.

How could Qin Yue have thought at the end of the regular season that he would actually reset the task in such a short time because of Jordan’s obsession with him?

And these days, Jordan's group of gamblers in Las Vegas never expected that Michael Jordan, the legendary big fat sheep, the eternal GOAT of Las Vegas, would be so generous and magnanimous.

"Michael, believe me, you will definitely make up for it next time!"

"That's right. In Las Vegas, who wouldn't recognize Michael's gambling skills?"

"Michael, try again! You were just unlucky before."

Jordan has been feeling very upset recently.

It was so chaotic that he even had the urge to press the nuclear bomb button to destroy the world.

……

On the 22th.

With the help of Jordan, Qin Yue successfully entered the "Loser Group" of the mission "What You Can't Get Will Always Be in Turmoil" and officially led the Warriors to Dallas.

Maybe it was because he had read too many reports about Dallas in his previous life, or maybe it was because he had already prepared himself mentally in advance. Anyway, every time Qin Yue visited Dallas with the Warriors, he would have an illusion in his heart: "Is this really the Lion Camel Ridge where demons roam everywhere?"

It turns out that the overly demonized Dallas is not as scary as the world imagines.

As for the group of Dallas fans who were beating drums and gongs at the hotel entrance shortly after the Warriors checked into their pre-booked hotel?
"Who do you think is crazier, them or those 'Cameron lunatics'?"

"That would have to be 'Cameron Madness.'

For Qin Yue and Jack, who both had played against Duke in the ACC League, they had already seen crazier scenes and images in college basketball.

Duke Blue Devils fan.

That’s right, those “Cameron maniacs” are truly crazy.

"So it's not without reason that the league wants young players to play college basketball for at least one year."

"Yeah, look at that guy who never went to college, isn't he almost pissing himself?"

That day, Qin Yue and Jack were disappointed with Brown's performance and reaction after arriving in Dallas.

After all, he is the No. 1 pick in the NBA.

In the first round of the playoffs, do you think you would have to go to the bathroom ten times before the game and stay awake all night?
Qin Yue had experienced the final four of March Madness and had been baptized by Duke, Wake Forest's arch-rival in the ACC, so he never thought that he was born with a big heart.

It was only during his college career that he gradually turned into Qin Yue, the man who remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe, through one game after another.

After a day of rest, on the evening of the 23rd, the first game of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs between the Warriors and the Mavericks officially kicked off.

American Airlines Center.

During the pre-game warm-up, Josh Howard, another legend in the Demon Deacons' history, second only to Tim Duncan, took the initiative to run to the Warriors' half and chatted with Qin Yue for a long time.

Howard, who is 6 feet 7 inches (201 cm) tall, has an excellent wingspan.

He is quick and agile on the court, which makes him a potential top wing defender. In addition, he has a reliable scoring skill after playing all four years in college.

He is basically proficient in everything, including breakthroughs, pull-up shots, and even post-up shots.

Although he is only in his third year of career, he has already become an important member of the Mavericks, averaging 15 points and 6 rebounds per game for the Mavericks in the regular season this season.

And strictly speaking, he is the second in command of the current Mavericks.

Avery Johnson, who was trying to make the team's offense and defense more balanced, built the Mavericks' defensive system in the "post-Nelson era" around Howard.

Compared to the old Nelson era, the running and gunning team that often lost three-digit points per game
After Johnson's transformation, the Mavericks' average points per game this season is less than 94 points. Johnson, who successfully led the Dallas Mavericks to the finals in history, has become extremely famous for this.

until
Until Johnson had the bizarre idea to support Howard and let him replace Dirk Nowitzki as the new leader of the Mavericks.

In Qin Yue's memory, the experience of being defeated by the Golden State Gang is a career stain that Nowitzki's fans can never wash away no matter how hard they try.

But there is a reason for Nowitzki's career stain.

Indeed, Howard's presence will enable the Mavericks to have a top-notch wing who is good at both defense and offense.

Can.
After Johnson gradually increases the number of times Howard fires on the court, he will discover a surprising fact.

That is, Howard, who could have provided sufficient protection for the Mavericks on the defensive end, will lose the wing protection he provided to the Mavericks because he has consumed a lot of physical energy on the offensive end.

Another elite product of Wake Forest, Howard has never been able to play both offense and defense.

If Johnson only regards Howard as Pippen of Nowitzki, then he should invest more resources in Nowitzki and return the "simple balls" that originally belonged to Nowitzki to this super power forward who is famous for his offense.

But since Johnson wants Howard to play the role of Nowitzki's Jordan.
The Mavericks would naturally suffer from insufficient offensive firepower and inability to hold on to defense, leading to a total collapse.

Historically, Nelson, who left Dallas, would use the Golden State gang he led to teach the whimsical "Little General" Johnson a lesson.

In this life, as early as the regular season, the Warriors led by Qin Yue had already warned the Mavericks.

"Little General" Johnson certainly felt the warning from the Warriors, so he complained about the competition system madly after the regular season ended.

But even if Johnson scratched his head, he couldn't find the reason why the Warriors could always perform miracles in the games against the Mavericks.

Because this coach, who left the Mavericks and quickly told the world with his actions that he had nothing in his head, had no idea
The so-called root lies not with the Warriors, but with themselves?

On the court, after bidding farewell to his senior with a very unique appearance.
Next, Qin Yue will lead the Golden State Warriors and use their gang name "Show.Time" to tell the whole of Dallas that they are the wall-breakers of this era, the Dallas Mavericks!

In the center of the court, with the referee Dick Bavetta throwing the ball high, Brown, who was originally very nervous before the game, successfully won the ball for the Warriors.

On the first attack, the Warriors stood in a 2-3 formation, which is the standard starting position of the Flex tactic.

Disagana Diop, who played as the Mavericks' "pseudo starter" tonight, proved with his actions that he should have accepted North Carolina's invitation to play in college for a year.

Because at the moment when Qin Yue used Artest's screen to move up to a high position, the Senegalese center, who had made no progress since entering the NBA, completely ignored Qin Yue's running.

The next second, Nowitzki, who lost the protection of his teammates, had to rush towards Qin Yue desperately.

Seeing this, Davis passed the ball in time and the rest of the Warriors players quickly pulled away.

Now, Dirk Nowitzki must face his fate.

Boom-!
There are no unnecessary technical moves.

Almost in an instant, Qin Yue tore a huge hole in Nowitzki's defense, and then dribbled straight to the basket. In the Mavericks' penalty area, the Raptor took off, burning the sky and destroying the earth!

Bang-dang——!
This dunk was Qin Yue's first playoff score in his career.

At the same time, 1800 kilometers away at the Oracle Arena, the golden wave also began to roll.

Twelve years.

The Warriors officially announced their return with Qin Yue's domineering dunk.

After the dunk, Qin Yue turned to Bavetta and pointed at his arm that Diop had blocked just now and said, "Hey, Dick, you owe me a free throw."

Hearing this, he looked up at Qin Yue's heroic face. Although it was not the first time for him to enforce the Warriors' game, Bavetta still felt...
Compared to those superstars in this league who always complain about the referee's whistle standards and always think that the referee's favoritism is not strong enough, it takes a young person like Qin Yue to understand how difficult it is for the referee to whistle on the court.

Since entering the league, Qin Yue has never complained or insulted the referee once.

It is worth mentioning that although they hate each other, Qin Yue and Kobe's ways of dealing with unfair judgments are not exactly the same, but at least they are exactly the same.

Yes, Kobe has never liked to remind the referee by complaining or insulting.

Because most of the time, when Kobe encountered injustice, he would directly tell the referee that they missed a foul and please remember to call it back to him next time.

In the NBA, the so-called "star whistle" is a well-known unspoken rule.

Every superstar will try his best to gain more benefits for himself in the game.

However, different ways of fighting for one's own interests will often bring about different public opinion effects and impacts on the field.

For example, in the next Mavericks' offensive round, Nowitzki was desperate when his "One-legged Stand" was ruthlessly blocked by Qin Yue. This was because Bavetta, who had received Qin Yue's friendly reminder earlier, directly ignored Qin Yue's volleyball-style interception that blocked the ball with his hand.

Now, he no longer owes Qin Yue a free throw. As for Nowitzki who was blocked?

Since the Mavericks had already made a profit, why did Nowitzki ask Bavetta to change the penalty?
You just took a shot that might not go in.

But before that, Qin Yue lost a precious penalty opportunity!

Next, it's the Warriors' offensive turn.

Since Davis and Richardson both have size advantages over the Mavericks' starting backcourt combination of Jason Terry and Adrian Griffin tonight, the Warriors will naturally have to take advantage of their advantages in this offense.

On the left side, under the double cover of Artest and Davis, Richardson successfully found a good opportunity to shoot.

At the top of the arc, Qin Yue, who was in charge of holding the ball, had been waiting for a long time.

This wing double-screen tactic was initiated by him through hand gestures.

Therefore, the moment Richardson ran out of opportunity, Qin Yue immediately passed the basketball to Richardson.

Swish-!
I have to say that Johnson is indeed a coach who likes to keep a backup plan in the game.

In fact, in addition to center Diop who is a "pseudo starter" for the Mavericks tonight, Griffin, who plays as a shooting guard on the court, is also their "pseudo starter."

In the regular season, by keeping Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Eric Dampier and Marquis Daniels as backup, "Little General" Johnson's regular season can only be described as a losing battle.

After all, in today's league, which team's second lineup can compare with the Mavericks' luxurious bench?
But in the playoffs, Johnson, who was still thinking about keeping a backup plan, obviously forgot
In the playoffs, each team will reduce personnel rotations to ensure the team's combat effectiveness at all times.

If the Mavericks used Daniels to partner with Howard on the front line tonight and started Harris as the starting point guard, how could they be so passive at the beginning?

And in this way, can't they still use two scoring masters, Stackhouse and Terry, to lead the bench?
On the Warriors bench, looking at the genius coach on the opposite side, at this moment, Mike Montgomery couldn't understand why the Mavericks would willingly give up the advantage at the beginning of the game.

This is Avery Johnson, who will be gradually forgotten in the NBA after his mask is taken off in the future.

As for his coaching ability, the general managers of NBA teams are not fools. It is impossible for them to waste money to hire him after recognizing the reality.

Halfway through the first quarter.

The Mavericks fans at the American Airlines Center fell silent.

The score board showed 20 to 9.

Although before the game, Mavericks fans knew that the Warriors were a very difficult opponent.
But for the Dallas people who had witnessed the team's victory after victory in the regular season, they still couldn't believe that they would be defeated at the beginning of the game while playing at home.

As in war, defeat in basketball often has inertia.

In the NBA, there are indeed many teams that can dig a hole for themselves, fill it with subsequent performance, and then win the game.

But if such scenes happen every day, then the word "miracle" should be deleted from all human dictionaries.

How could Johnson, who hastily sent Daniels onto the court in the second half of the first quarter, know that in the first half of the first quarter, under the late-game strategy he carefully designed for the Mavericks, Richardson, the usually hidden three-point shooter, had successfully developed his touch?
This is the reason and underlying logic why the Warriors go crazy every time they play the Mavericks.

Because Avery Johnson, the outstanding Mavericks head coach, always uses his whimsical tactics and strategies to guide the Warriors players on the court.

In the second half of the first quarter, Richardson made two more three-pointers for the Warriors.

He took a total of five three-point shots in the first quarter and made four of them, almost single-handedly opening up a wide offensive space for the Warriors.

Richardson's condition became more and more courageous as the game went on. Under the good output environment provided by him, Qin Yue was like a fish in water on the court.

Although Johnson replaced Dampier in time after noticing that Diop could not provide effective protection for Nowitzki.

But facing the Mavericks' already defeated defense, can Dampier still beat five alone?

On the court, during the Warriors' offensive round, seeing that the Mavericks' defense was attracted by Richardson, Qin Yue, who felt that he was completely ignored, raised his hand and threw the ball under the gaze of Dampier who switched defense in front of him, and it went in!

Then, in the Mavericks' offensive round, Nowitzki's shot under heavy pressure bounced off the frame. After grabbing the rebound himself, Qin Yue immediately launched a transition offense.

The next moment, all the Mavericks players retreated to their positions, but Davis, who was also playing like crazy, had just received the pass and made an unreasonable pull-up three-pointer in front of Harris.

What's the point?
It doesn't make sense!

Because the Warriors shot more and more accurately tonight, they didn't even need to play any tactics. They just dared to throw the ball to you as long as they were past half court, and then you just had to see whether I made it or not!

Swish-!
At the scene, the Mavericks fans' emotions completely broke down.

After the first quarter, the scoreboard showed 45 to 18.

45 points in a single quarter in the playoffs.

The Warriors destroyed the defensive system that "Little General" Johnson built for the Mavericks in just one quarter.

Tonight, Mullin, who followed the Warriors to Dallas, was pleasantly surprised by the team's stunning return to the playoffs after twelve years. At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh: "If Don was still here, how could they not even be able to fight back?"

Nowitzki has to take the blame for the team's poor performance.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the live broadcast camera gave close-ups of Nowitzki several times.

He made 7 of 3 shots in the first quarter and was clearly one of the few normal people on the Mavericks, but this is the responsibility he must bear as a team leader.

As the king of Dallas, Nowitzki can't escape, let alone escape.

Unlike the regular season, Qin Yue did not choose to rest in the second quarter of this game.

This also made Johnson, who was trying to catch up with the points in the first half of the second quarter with the help of the luxurious bench, fall into confusion and panic.

Under the coordination of Qin Yue, Murphy and Dunleavy Jr. both got into the game right from the start.

These two brothers are good at playing in a favorable situation, let alone a one-sided favorable situation like tonight?

At the American Airlines Center, the Warriors continued to sprinkle salt and add various seasonings.
So, at the end of the first half, a shocking halftime score appeared in the eyes of the Dallas fans at the scene:
85:41.

The Mavericks, who won 60 games in the regular season, fell behind by as many as 44 points in the first half of their first game in the first round of this year's playoffs.

The American Airlines Center, which had been extremely lively and noisy before the game, first became quieter and quieter, and then one fan after another chose to leave early.

Perhaps, at the beginning of the second half, there were still a few die-hard fans willing to accompany the team to the end, but none of them would cheer for this game.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was in a desperate mood that night.

He couldn't understand why the Mavericks, who appeared to be much stronger than the Warriors on paper, were defeated in the game. This was beyond his understanding of basketball and his knowledge of the sport of basketball.

Cuban's voice can represent many Mavericks fans.

It can also represent the many neutral fans who came to watch this tragedy.

In the second half, the Warriors, who had begun to play more conservatively, set their final score at 135 points.

With their substitutes still playing hard, the Mavericks finished the game with a score of 97 points.

全场比赛，仅出战31分钟的秦岳，总计拿到了34分14篮板12助攻3封盖1抢断。

Although the G1 game actually entered garbage time from the second quarter, considering that this was his first playoff career.
Qin Yue could only shed tears as he continued to brush up his stats on the court.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Yue, who scored a "30+ triple-double" in his first playoff career, became the fourth player in NBA history to score a triple-double in his playoff debut after John McCarthy, "Magic" Johnson and his good brother James.

Since the game between the Cavaliers and the Wizards was on the evening of the 22nd, even Qin Yue could not ask the NBA to reschedule the game.

In that game against the Wizards
Although the process was different, James perfectly replicated his career debut in Qin Yue's memory, scoring 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the Cavaliers.

This allowed him to surpass Qin Yue and become the third player in NBA history to record a triple-double in his playoff debut.

After the game, when asked by reporters whether he was watching James "brushing" his stats during the game, Qin Yue said with a righteous look on his face: "I can't just play one quarter and not play. This is very unfair to the fans who like me, and it is also very disrespectful to our opponents."

In fact, if the Mavericks had not been defeated, Qin Yue's outstanding performance in the G1 game would have made it possible for him to create an even more amazing record.

After all, for the playoffs
Since entering the new January, except for the game against the Lakers, he has been hiding his edge.

Compared with Qin Yue, James is lucky.

Since he played the full 48 minutes for the Cavaliers in his first playoff game, how could he understand the pain of Qin Yue having to punch out after three quarters?
……

Two days later, on the evening of the 26th, the Mavericks continued to face the Warriors at home.

Johnson, who learned from the first defeat, put Daniels in the starting lineup, and formed the "Dallas Double Ugly" combination with Howard that was once famous in Qin Yue's memory.

In the second game, Qin Yue proved with his actions that he had never been staring at James to "brush" his stats.

Because in the game, how bad must he be to be able to replicate James' performance in the second game against the Wizards, where he shot 25 of 7, scored 28.8 points with a hit rate of 27% and had 10 turnovers? (Note ①)
This Mavericks team didn't protect Nowitzki like the Mavericks team under Carlisle would in the future.

Johnson tried to limit the Warriors' outside play by sending Daniels on the court before the game.

This is indeed a wise choice.

But Johnson missed the point in the game.

Because the Mavericks' defense was always expanded on the court, this inevitably forced Nowitzki to increase the distance between himself and his teammates.

In order to fight against super centers like O'Neal and Yao Ming, Diop and Dampier chose to gain weight during this period, which meant that they could only provide limited protection for Nowitzki.

"He is such a genius." On the Warriors bench, looking at Qin Yue who was getting whatever he wanted in front of Nowitzki, Dunleavy Jr. said.

Hearing this, Murphy smiled and said, "He is a genius."

The next second, Dunleavy Jr. shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about the Messiah, I'm talking about Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson."

Murphy was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Dunleavy Jr. held his head and said, "I have never seen a team that dares not choose to narrow the penalty area when facing the Messiah."

Murphy was still puzzled: "We were very accurate from the outside in the last game. Shouldn't the Mavericks limit our shots?"

Dunleavy Jr. explained: "Of course we have to limit it, but in order to limit shooting, can we completely give the restricted area to us?"

Then, after taking the tactical board from the assistant coach, Dunleavy fiddled with the tactical magnet and said, "Why don't you just defend the zone and wait for us to break it? Can't you disrupt our rhythm by switching between man-to-man defense and zone defense?

A shooter needs to catch the ball before he can shoot. So, they have so many ways to limit our shooting and movement, why do they have to choose the worst one? "

That night, Dunleavy Jr. was shocked by the defensive arrangement of "Little General" Johnson.

Because Qin Yue scored again and again on the court.
The Mavericks were forced to narrow their defense zone, and in the end they neither succeeded in limiting Qin Yue nor achieved their pre-match strategic goal of controlling the shots of the Warriors' outside shooters.

In Dunleavy's opinion, the Mavericks are just playing with a good hand.

Before the game started, those Mavericks fans who thought the Warriors were just difficult to deal with but that the team would eventually get through the game were in a panic.

Yes, panic was starting to set in at the AmericanAirlines Center.

Especially at the moment when the G2 game ended, the panic reached its peak in an instant.

The score board showed 119 to 104.

The Warriors won another game and lead the Mavericks 2-0 in the series!

And then, with the change of home and away sides, the Mavericks have completely lost their initiative in this round of the series!

At the moment when Game 2 came to an end, more than one Mavericks fan, including Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, asked a question in his heart.
That is, will this series return to Dallas?
We won 60 games in the regular season, so we won’t be swept out by the Warriors, right?
Panic, anxiety, restlessness, depression.
When the above emotions flooded into the hearts of the Dallas players after the game, who were defeated by the Warriors twice in a row, how could they still have the confidence and composure before the start of this series?

In stark contrast are the Warriors fans who are preparing to welcome the team back to Oakland.

At Oracle Arena, Warriors fans are preparing to welcome their heroes with a grand triumphal ceremony.

The golden tide has rolled.

Warriors fans will use the twelve years of waiting to tell the Dallas fans who are about to visit Oakland what a devil's home court is!
……

Note ①: Historically, James's stats were 26 points and 10 turnovers. In the book, he just made one more free throw, which was not a typo.

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