Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 706 - 244: A Player Even God Can’t Stop (First Update! Begging for Monthly Tickets!)_2
Third All-NBA Team: Little Gasol, Griffin, Nowitzki, Roy, Deron.
First All-Defensive Team: Little Gasol, Qin Yue, Iguodala, Tony Allen, Paul.
Second All-Defensive Team: Howard, Ibaka, Wallace, Kobe, Rondo.
With the dominance he gradually built at the Knicks, James was re-crowned and successfully beat his teammate Durant in this year's First All-NBA Team selection.
Due to the selection period for the All-NBA Team, there were only two slots for the forward position.
So, under the premise that Qin Yue was bound to occupy one slot, the judges could only choose between Durant and James for the First Team.
And given that James is currently the Head of the Family for these Knicks...
How could the judges possibly choose his "Pippen," Durant, for the First Team?
May 3.
Wielding the power of three consecutive MVPs...
The Warriors, sitting at home, easily won their first Western Conference Semifinals game against the Grizzlies, thanks to the outstanding performance of Qin Yue, who could finally unleash his full potential with the rise in the level of competition.
The young Ibaka had a night of feeling utterly crushed at Oracle Arena.
On the court, when Qin Yue performed various feints right in front of him, Ibaka couldn't understand why this new GOAT had so many tricks up his sleeve.
"I'm only twenty-one," Ibaka said to Qin Yue. "According to LeBron James, I'm still a kid; you can't tease me like this."
Hearing this, Qin Yue, amused by Ibaka, laughed and said, "Then how do you want me to play?"
Ibaka replied, "Can you play more directly?"
Qin Yue nodded, "No problem."
So, in the next Warriors' offensive round, even in the NBA, where Ibaka could usually crush others with his physical talent, he was mercilessly overpowered by Qin Yue.
There were no unnecessary moves.
Ball down and pick up speed, gather and start.
When Ibaka, trailing Qin Yue, tried to jump up and block Qin Yue.
A giant axe from the East fell upon him in an instant.
Bang—!
"Are you satisfied now?" Qin Yue asked Ibaka after landing from the poster dunk.
Seeing this, a very frustrated Ibaka said, "I'm not satisfied! Because I simply can't guard you!"
What an interesting kid.
At this moment, looking at the young Ibaka, Qin Yue suggested to him, "Serge, you can't rely solely on physical talent for defense."
Ibaka asked, "Can you teach me how to defend?"
Since entering the NBA, it was the first time Qin Yue was asked by an opposing defensive player to teach him how to defend.
But as he grew older, Qin Yue also realized...
He seemed to inherently enjoy teaching others how to play.
Therefore, when asked by Ibaka if he could teach him defense, Qin Yue nodded almost without hesitation, "Then you'd better learn well."
Ibaka, surprised, asked, "Are you really willing to teach me?"
Qin Yue said, "That's right, I'm planning to start teaching you now."
Ibaka: "..."
In the first Western Conference Semifinals match, under Teacher Da Qin's careful guidance, it's hard to say if Ibaka grasped the essence of defense, but this young player with limitless potential was indeed taught into a state of introversion by Teacher Da Qin during this instructional game.
Final score, 108 to 129.
Post-game, regarding Qin Yue, who scored 44 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 blocks, and 2 steals for the Warriors, Ibaka lamented, "He's definitely the most dominant player I've ever seen. You all saw it, before him, the only difference between myself and a toy is that I'm someone who gets upset and sad."
Actually, in terms of matchup feeling, Ibaka was already the league's best-performing player this season when facing Qin Yue.
Because compared to most defenders who could only barely match up against Qin Yue.
Ibaka, with a stature similar to Qin Yue and possessing both dynamic and static talents of a mythical beast, is one of the few current league interior players who can effectively match up with Qin Yue.
Unfortunately...
The vast experiential gap between Qin Yue and Ibaka has become a chasm that Ibaka is unlikely to cross in the short term.
That's what Jeff Van Gundy said before.
Even if you can find a player who can effectively match up against Qin Yue, it's difficult to limit him.
After all, in the NBA, if effective matchup meant you could guard those superstars, then why would they be called superstars?
Two days later, the second Western Conference Semifinals match between the Warriors and Grizzlies continued at Oracle Arena.
That night, the young Grizzlies gave the defending champions quite a hassle.
On the court, Mike Conley, who could always go toe-to-toe with opposing star guards, quietly carved out a star guard's stats of 24 points, 11 assists, and 5 rebounds for the Grizzlies.
Rudy Gay, too, held up Grizzlies' perimeter offense with an outstanding performance of 18 of 11 against the Warriors' wing defense.
And Tony Allen, who switched from the Celtics to the Grizzlies, pressured Warriors' number two, Curry, all night with his sticky defense, making Curry truly feel what an unbeatable defense meant.
When Curry is on a roll, this baby-faced assassin isn't afraid of any defense.
But under Teacher Tony's physical confrontations, Curry, who is still at least two and a half years away from his peak, was unable for the entire game to find his sniper scope.
However, on the night the Grizzlies played their best game since entering playoffs, they still lost the second match against the Warriors with a score of 109 to 117.
Because in the face of Qin Yue's relentless rhythm shifts, Ibaka's defense was rendered ineffective; at best, it was like a decoration.
On TNT TV Station, O'Neal gritted his teeth in anger, "That guy isn't that scary. Serge, can't you just act like a bus, letting anyone who wants to get on climb aboard?"
Beside him, Barkley took the opportunity to mock O'Neal, "Shaq, if Messiah weren't so scary, why did you always try to avoid direct confrontations with Messiah back in the day?"
In Qin Yue's past life, whenever Barkley had him at a loss for words, O'Neal would simply flaunt his championship ring, and Barkley would be forced to shut up.
But now, it's different.
This life, O'Neal wouldn't even get to the point of pulling out his championship ring before Barkley hit him with the hard truth.
At this moment, although O'Neal's original English meaning wasn't exactly so, his rebuttal to Barkley essentially meant, "What do you mean I always try to avoid direct confrontation with him, Charles? You're falsely accusing me."
Falsely accusing?
In the laughter-filled TNT TV Station studio, looking at an self-deluding O'Neal till today, Barkley smiled, "Happiness is all that matters, Shaq."
With a 2-0 lead over the Grizzlies.
Two days later, Qin Yue and the Warriors formally killed off any suspense in this series at the Grizzlies' home, FedExForum.
Though the Grizzlies, back at their home ground, continued to give the Warriors quite a hassle with their high-intensity physical confrontations.
In the final three minutes of the last quarter, the Warriors secured the win thanks to Qin Yue's consecutive 12 points for the team.
These 12 points were Qin Yue completely crushing Ibaka's spirit.
On the court, during a Warriors' offensive round.
Having earlier asked his teammate Gay to come over and help with defense, Ibaka thought he had positioned himself correctly.
But in the next second, as Qin Yue magically created space with two back dribbles, Ibaka, like he was bewitched by Ah Li's charm, froze in place.
Then Qin Yue made a jump shot over Gay's defense and scored.
And at FedExForum, the Grizzlies fans on site let out a chorus of groans.
In the first round of playoffs, having witnessed firsthand how unbeatable Yao Ming was inside, Grizzlies fans never imagined that Qin Yue's level of invincibility might even surpass Brother Yao.
"God said, 'He's impatiently eager to play in the Western Conference Finals.'" —The San Francisco Chronicle
Final score, 118 to 111.
Warriors claim another victory away, leading the series 3-0 over the Grizzlies.
Post-game, while shaking hands with Ibaka, whom he was quite fond of, Qin Yue proactively encouraged him, "Serge, you don't need to be so down. Because when I was twenty-one, I also met a player I couldn't guard no matter what."
Upon hearing this, Ibaka curiously asked, "Who was it?"
Qin Yue answered without hesitation, "Tim Duncan."
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PS: There will be another chapter later tonight!
