Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA

Chapter 779 277: You ask when the god will descend, the god answers tonight_4

Owen ultimately scored only 19 points.While Novak only managed to get 18 points.

"Let's congratulate Messiah, who has become the first player in NBA history to win the dunk contest, skills challenge, and three-point contest!"

In fact, before the final of the three-point contest started, Barkley was the least optimistic about Qin Yue among the TNT commentary team.

In response, Barkley said, "We all know that Messiah has always been a 'passionate player' in terms of three-point shooting. But in this game, I couldn't see a single trace of passion in his expression."

Then, in the final, Barkley with an uncontrollable smile, was humiliated by Qin Yue.

Unfortunately...

The atmosphere at the George R. Brown Convention Center, which had been thoroughly heated thanks to Qin Yue's victory in the three-point contest, fell to unprecedented lows as the dunk contest began.

The dunk contest, which has been declining year by year, was eventually won by Terrence Ross.

Before the contest, James White confidently stated that this year's dunk contest would become an eternal classic...

Yet he defined what it means to show off without the skill required, only managing two dunks that totaled 77 points.

On the 18th, the NBA All-Star Game moved to the Toyota Center.

That afternoon, during the joint practice, you might not believe it...

In the Western All-Star Team, it's likely only LeBron James wanted to win.

This year, James, who was controversially selected as a reserve for the Western All-Star Team, was incredibly eager to seize this rare exposure opportunity with a perfect performance at the All-Star Game.

However, since James today is no longer the Chosen One of yesterday.

Before the game started, James couldn't even be sure how long he would play, let alone have the qualification to express opinions within the Western All-Star Team.

That evening, since no one else in the Western All-Star Team besides James wanted to win, Durant, determined to make up for not winning the regular-season MVP, was unsurprisingly the focal point.

Throughout the game, Durant made 15 of his 24 shots, totaling 40 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists.

While helping the Eastern All-Star Team defeat the Western All-Star Team 155-134, he also won this year's All-Star Game MVP.

And as for James, who was eager to prove himself before the game?

In the game, James only got 11 minutes on the court, ultimately scoring 6 points, with 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Undoubtedly, with such a performance, James was bound to fail in getting the exposure he wanted.

But in this regard, James was helpless.

Because as the current "New Wolf King" of the Wolves, ranked last in the league, James had already taken full advantage of the league's "East strong, West weak" benefit just by being selected as a reserve for the Western All-Star Team this year.

It's known that in the NBA, a star player from a bottom team can never have a say during the All-Star Weekend.

Therefore, no matter how much James wanted to win that night, he couldn't change the evident atmosphere of seeing who could coast more effortlessly within the Western All-Star Team.

Fortunately, after the game, Durant, who had duly won the AMVP, didn't forget his former teammate: "Has anyone seen LeBron James? What's wrong, did he not participate in this game?"

"..."

James, who had been carrying the weight in endless darkness for more than half a season, chose not to respond to Durant's comments after the game.

Because what's more upsetting than being brutally criticized by Durant is...

James has already felt firsthand the sense of being abandoned by the entire basketball world.

Thus, the All-Star Weekend concluded successfully.

On the 21st, after returning to Oakland for two days of rest, Qin Yue, who has been using "ancient data" to clear people's views since the New Year, faced a pivotal game that evening with his team.

As the Knicks and Warriors made their last regular-season matchup of the Oracle era.

With the Warriors set to say goodbye to Oracle Arena and formally move to the Great Qin Center starting next season.

Before the game, Warriors legend Rick Barry predicted: "I have a feeling Messiah will do something in this game."

"Why do you think so, Rick?"

Asked Adonal Foyle, commenting alongside Barry at the game.

Hearing this, Barry said, "It's just a gut feeling, because Messiah is always a nostalgic person; I always feel he'll leave something for this arena and the fans here before the Warriors bid farewell to Oracle Arena."

Though, from the perspective of the Warriors' future.

Moving from Oakland to San Francisco, whether in the past or present, they will likely gain a better regional advantage and commercial value from this relocation.

However, undeniably, in Qin Yue's memory, when the Warriors moved to the Chase Center, they simultaneously lost that golden wave which once terrified the entire league.

In later years, the old and small Oracle Arena may not compare to the upscale Chase Center.

But any Warriors fan who experienced the Oracle Arena era would never deny that the atmosphere at Oracle Arena far surpassed the Chase Center by a hundredfold, thousandfold, even ten thousandfold.

That night, Barry's intuition proved correct.

Because only when facing strong teams does Qin Yue fully commit to every sense of the word, he had already entered a state at the warm-up stage that no one dared to disturb.

You ask when does the God descend?

God answers:

——Tonight.

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PS: Today's chapter should be the longest recently, so it's a bit late (TnT). Speaking of which, tomorrow Hua Zi battles SGA. Ah Qiao still maintains that Hua Zi will break stereotypes in this year's playoffs, because with a changed scoring composition (focusing more on three-pointers), Hua Zi is no longer the same Hua Zi from last season.