Unlike the smoke-filled atmosphere Qin Yue imagined before a big battle.

On the 20th, Carmelo Anthony, who arrived in Oakland early with the team to prepare for the game...

Rushed to Qin Yue's mansion in the East Bay as soon as he got off the plane, and straightforwardly demanded that Qin Yue take him out for some fun.

Is Anthony someone who hasn't seen the world?

No way!

"Tell me, how do you plan to arrange tonight's program?"

"Why don't you ask Chauncey to take you to a nightclub?"

"I admit, elsewhere, Chauncey is always my big brother. But in the Bay Area... it's definitely you who calls the shots."

In his previous life, why was Billups the only point guard in Anthony's career who could suppress him?

Was it because Billups was adept at organizing and always created easier and more reasonable one-on-one opportunities for Anthony on the court?

Or was it because Billups had a social background that even Anthony feared?

The answer was neither.

It's because Billups, who was already known as the "Prince of Nightclubs" in his early years, not only played more in everyday life than Anthony but even more extravagantly.

Therefore, for a top guard like Billups who could bring him fun off the court and feed him on the court...

Anthony could only wholeheartedly express his admiration for Billups.

So much so that in the future, after retirement... Anthony, who was still unable to forget this comradeship of "going through thick and thin together," expressed indignantly on a guest appearance on a show that if the Pistons had selected Anthony back then, they could have won at least three more championships.

Billups's original words at the time were, "Bro, it's such a loss, if we had picked 'Melo,' we would've won at least three more championships. I always say, if 'Melo' came, LeBron might have left Cleveland even earlier because he could never beat the Pistons."

This exceedingly bold statement fully demonstrates how much Billups likes his little brother Anthony.

And Anthony's ambiguous expression at that time also fully showed how much he recognized Billups as his big brother.

The friendship between Qin Yue and Anthony deepened similarly to the process of Billups taming Anthony.

Last summer, because he was in Japan, Anthony was deeply impressed by Qin Yue's unique off-court lifestyle, so much so that until the World Championships ended, Anthony was always sticking with Qin Yue.

Just, facing Anthony's current demand...

Qin Yue always felt like he was using off-court tactics against his good brother.

And what made Qin Yue helpless was...

This off-court tactic...

Was even forced upon him by Anthony himself!

In the NBA, private contact between stars is not prohibited by the league.

For example, historically, Paul would stay at James's mansion every time he visited Cleveland, instead of staying in a hotel with the team.

As for Anthony's behavior of finding the rival's head of the family to take him out the night before the game?

Actually, it's also recorded in many autobiographies of Michael Jordan.

According to Jordan himself, no matter how happy he played with someone off the court, they would still treat each other as enemies once on the court.

Understanding this, and looking at the eager Anthony, Qin Yue immediately arranged for him a grand party that would make him forget any thoughts of returning.

Anthony was very satisfied with Qin Yue's arrangement.

Because it wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that, after being called endlessly by Nuggets coach George Karl...

Anthony reluctantly left Qin Yue's East Bay mansion, saying, "I really love you, bro."

...

22nd.

Oracle Arena.

During the pre-game warm-up, there was a moment when Qin Yue felt that George Karl's gaze towards him...

Seemed like he wished he could skin him alive.

"That damn bastard! This is a conspiracy! A complete conspiracy against us! He got our star player drunk the day before the game! He's resorted to all means to defend his crown!"

Usually bad-tempered Carl, at this moment, hated that he was old and frail.

If not, he would definitely engage in a free fight with Qin Yue...

To beat Qin Yue to death would be the only way to vent his anger.

That night...

Anthony, who joined the team with a weary body only on the afternoon of the 21st, and unfortunately missed all of the Nuggets' pre-game training sessions, his performance during the game that night...

Could only be described as...

Weak-legged.

However, it must be said that the Nuggets, who were forced to swallow the soon-to-become-lousy contract of Ben Wallace last year in exchange for Billups, at least this season, benefited from the misfortune.

Big Ben clearly still had some gas left in the tank.

Therefore, after Kenyon Martin was sidelined for the season due to a knee injury, it was Big Ben's defense that helped the Nuggets achieve 51 wins in the regular season.

Although achieving 51 wins in the regular season but only ranking eighth in the West is extremely absurd...

Without Big Ben, the Nuggets might have already started their fishing season early.

On the court, when the Nuggets starters of Big Ben, Nene, Harrington, Anthony, and Billups lined up, considering they also have quality substitutes like JR Smith, Steve Blake, and Linus Kleiza on the bench...

Qin Yue, who would be cursed by Carl every time he scored for the Warriors on the court...

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