warrior godfather

Chapter 232 Brothers (First update, 6000 words)
The next day, the Warriors sit at home and face the Rockets back to back.

This arrangement does not hurt the two teams. They had a game yesterday, but the intensity of the match against the Lakers and the Suns is obviously different. Moreover, the Rockets also experienced a lot of lineup changes during the offseason. They did not renew their contract with Tracy McGrady. Yao Ming Still recovering from injuries, the core player of the Rockets now is Kevin Martin, a player who is famous in the league for making fouls.

In the middle of last season, Kevin Martin came to the Rockets from the Kings, played the remaining 24 games for the Rockets, averaged 21.3 points per game, and averaged 7.7 free throws per game. His scoring relied heavily on free throws.

Just yesterday in the game against the Lakers, Kevin Martin made 7 of 7 free throws and scored a total of 28 points. He played against Kobe and almost led the Rockets to overthrow the defending champion.

Tonight, he also caused a lot of trouble for the Warriors.

The starting lineup Zhang Yu sent was Curry, Clay, Matthews, Green and Chandler. They defended the regular matchup and let Clay defend Kevin Martin.

After Kevin Martin saw Clay, his eyes lit up, and he quickly fouled Clay twice, allowing Clay to go down to rest after playing for 3 minutes.

In a rage, Zhang Yu dispatched Tony Allen, and Kevin Martin calmed down.

But it is impossible for Zhang Yu to let Tony Allen mark him as soon as he encounters a strong outside player. In this case, Clay's defense will never be tempered. In the end, he can only grow into a pure shooter, not a historical 3D star with both offense and defense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Yu replaced Tony Allen, sent Clay, and specially asked him to match up with Kevin Martin.

The two fouls in the first quarter taught Clay a lesson. He didn't reach out easily, and his movements were very cautious, not giving Kevin Martin a chance to easily foul.

But Jiang is still old and spicy. Kevin Martin has been in the NBA for 6 years. Except for his rookie season, he scored more than 4+ in the other 20 seasons. His physical fitness is quite mediocre. His scoring mainly depends on shooting and fouls. He is full of fakes In terms of action, Clay lacks experience in the NBA arena. No matter how cautious he is, he will inevitably be deceived by Kevin Martin repeatedly.

Before the second quarter was over, Clay had 4 fouls on his back. Kevin Martin scored 9 points on 8 of 8 free throws on him alone.

Finally, when Clay made the 5th foul, Zhang Yu replaced him and replaced Tony Allen. Kevin Martin was completely misfired. The Warriors increased their intensity in the third quarter and scored a 33:20 point difference in a single quarter. , A wave of flow took away the game.

In the fourth quarter, Zhang Yu looked a little depressed, and Clay, who was sitting on the bench, chuckled and said:

"Clay, how are you feeling right now?"

Clay shrugged:

"Kevin Martin is a liar and I got sucked into him badly."

Zhang Yu was very amused by his gloomy expression, and continued to ask:
"Other than that? You haven't learned anything?"

Clay thought for a while, and said firmly:
"I will never play like him in the future. It is shameful to draw fouls. I hate drawing fouls! Also, I will learn defense from Tony."

The players on the Warriors' bench laughed when they heard Clay's answer. Clay glanced at them incomprehensibly, shook his head, and then turned his head to look at the field intently.

Zhang Yu also shook his head and laughed. I don't know why. It was a normal answer, but it was very funny when he said it from Clay's mouth. He always spoke seriously with an expression close to facial paralysis, and there was a very strong sense of contrast. .

Not only was Clay in trouble, but the Argentine diamond Scola also taught Green a good lesson. This diligent power forward polished his low-post skills and footwork day after day, and used them tonight.

He played Green in the low post and scored a double-double of 25 points and 13 rebounds, which complemented Kevin Martin's 22 points. Green's already dark face became even darker after defending Scola.

But this does not prevent the Warriors from taking a big lead. The center of the Rockets is Chuck Hayes, whose height is almost the same as that of Green.

Zhang Yu deliberately increased the Warriors' pick-and-roll ratio before the game. Curry and Chandler, Curry and Green, Jeremy Lin and Chandler, Jeremy Lin and Big Z, Hayes and Rockets backup center Brad Miller were repeatedly tortured , The Rockets also kept dropping points in the paint.

In the end, the game also ended with the Warriors beating the Rockets 105:90. After the game, Curry scored a double-double with 27 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds, including 2 offensive boards. Although Curry He is not tall, but has a very keen sense of rebounding. He also likes to grab rebounds very much. He can always grab 1-2 offensive rebounds in the crowd every game.

Zhang Yu once joked with Curry and asked him if he wanted to get a triple-double per game. If he wanted to, Zhang Yu could easily let him get it.

Clay was limited by foul trouble and only scored 5 points. Green did not perform well. Since the Warriors were mainly pick-and-roll offenses in this game, he had a lot less chances to deal cards. He only scored 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block. .

Chandler had a great time, scored 16 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks, and got his first double-double this season. Matthews made 13 shots, hit 6 goals, and made 8 three-pointers. 3. Got 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, continuing the outstanding performance of the previous game.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Rockets did not focus on Matthews in defense. Zhang Yu tailored a few tactics for him, and specially let him stand on the strong side when attacking, so that it is convenient for Curry to score the ball. The points are almost all open positions.

Jeremy Lin is not as sluggish as the previous game. He is gradually adapting to the NBA. Although his scoring has not improved much, he only scored 6 points in 2 of 5, but he sent 6 assists to Chandler and Big Z. He hit a few good shots, but the fly in the ointment was that he also sent up to 4 turnovers.

Zhang Yu is not worried about his performance at all. The four-year NCAA career has allowed Jeremy Lin to polish his skills to a relatively mature level. He only needs to adapt to the confrontation in the NBA. He is a very qualified backup point guard. All the Warriors need is to wait for a while.

After the game, Zhang Yu comforted Jeremy Lin:

"Jeremy, you played very well, take your time, take bold shots, don't be afraid of missing shots, all you need now is to adapt to this field."

"Thank you, Coach." Jeremy Lin nodded gratefully.

He was actually a little apprehensive, worried that Zhang Yu would be dissatisfied with his poor performance in two consecutive games. He read the newspaper this morning, and the local media in San Francisco were already questioning his performance, thinking that Zhang Yu, who was not drafted, should be the backup point guard for the Warriors. , let alone give him a fully guaranteed contract.

Tonight, his performance was still very bad, and he will definitely be criticized tomorrow. As a result, Zhang Yu still supported him very much, which completely stabilized Jeremy Lin's mentality.

After this game, since the Lakers and the Suns did not play today, the Warriors still maintain the No. 2 position in the Western Conference with a record of 0 wins and 20 losses. This is the best record for the Warriors in the past [-] years. Many Warriors fans Celebrated outside the Oracle Center for a long, long time.

……

Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma.

The game between the Thunder and the Bulls is in progress, the arena is packed, and the Thunder fans on the sidelines are crazily cheering for the home team. Although Oklahoma City is small, the basketball atmosphere is very fanatical, and the loyalty of the fans is very high .

boom!
After a fierce confrontation, Westbrook carried Rose into the inside, kicked his legs on the ground, jumped hard, glided for a distance in the air, took the ball with both hands, swung it behind his head, and smashed the ball into the basket!

Bang!

After landing, Westbrook took the overlord step and patted his chest hard, causing a louder sound.

"Russell, I love you and I want to marry you!"

"OKC! OKC!"

"Ahhhh, blast the bulls, blast those xxx!!"

On the sidelines, those well-dressed and gentle midfield elites showed their craziest sides. They shouted wildly, their faces flushed, and they vented their excitement and madness without any regard for demeanor.

Basketball allows people to release their truest selves.

Tom Thibodeau glanced at the big screen above his head, shook his head helplessly, gestured to the referee, and called a timeout.

At this time, the game is only 4 minutes away from the end of the fourth quarter, and the Bulls have fallen behind by 17 points.

The first game of the rookie coach's coaching career seemed to end in a disastrous defeat.

"Di-"

During the whistle of the referee, Rose, who was soaked in sweat, glanced expressionlessly at Westbrook, who was celebrating with his teammates, and slowly walked off the field.

This was a defensive battle like a meat grinder. Thunder was like the most heroic bullfighter in the Spanish bullring. He fought the bull for a whole round. The limbs of both sides were entangled, and the muscles collided fiercely. Every goal is extremely difficult.

In the end, the Thunder, which still had home court advantage, had the last laugh. Durant and Westbrook scored 30 points and 28 points respectively. Each of them made 13 free throws. Although Rose also scored 28 points, But it took 31 shots and only made 4 free throws.

Durant's 24-of-9 field goal percentage is actually lower than Rose's, but his 13-of-11 free throws have greatly improved his efficiency.

It was also this season that Durant's title of "Golden Wheel Punishment King" gradually became louder, and the giant swing with his arms will become one of his stunts, which will last forever.

"Fack! Those son-of-a-bitch referees, their hearts are black, I fuck their fuck..."

Back on the bench, Noah cursed in a low voice, his eyes full of unwillingness.

In this game, he scored 13 of 7 in the penalty area, scored 18 points, and grabbed as many as 19 rebounds, including 7 offensive rebounds, completely blowing up the inside of the Thunder. Otherwise, Noah is very likely to hit a double 20 horror data in the first game of the season.

But this did not help the Bulls win a victory. After the whole game, the Thunder made 25 more free throws than the Bulls. This made Noah very angry. In the end, he couldn't make many free throws. Instead, Durant raised his hand and made two free throws.

Ross said in a deep voice with no expression on his face:

"It's okay, Jokin, we just need to win the next game."

"I just feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly. We played so well, as long as the referee is fair, they won't dare to defend you like that..." Noah said angrily, looking at Rose's blue arm.

The intensity of the defense Rose encountered tonight was astonishing. Every goal he scored had to go through a lot of physical confrontation, and the referee was extremely tolerant of the Thunder today, and the defensive moves Rose encountered became more and more unscrupulous. important reason for the low.

Rose didn't say anything else. He looked at the Thunder players on the opposite bench who were talking and laughing, and then at the referees on the field. He heard Noah's complaints in his ears. His left hand holding the towel was gradually exerting force, and the towel was shriveled by him. stand up.

After a while, Noah listened, he was still angry, but he had accepted the reality.

The home court advantage of the NBA has always existed. The Bulls and Thunder are not broadcast live in the United States. The referees will only take care of the home team. In addition, the Bulls are a young team with no stars in the team, while the Thunder has the strength of the league. Durant is favored, and with the superposition of various unfavorable factors, the Bulls will naturally not be able to please others in other people's territory.

A few minutes later, the garbage time was wiped out, the Bulls lost to the Thunder 95:106, and the players walked back to the locker room in silence.

Thibodeau was the last to enter the room. He scratched his head in annoyance and didn't know what to say. Although he had been an assistant coach beside Van Gundy for many years, Thibodeau was still a little clumsy and not good at expressing his thoughts. Bulls players see Looking at him, he looked at everyone, and the locker room fell into silence.

"The next game against the Thunder, we will definitely win back."

A voice broke the silence, and everyone looked at Rose who was talking, but he didn't continue talking, but he straightened his jersey and got up to take a shower.

"Derek is right, when we return to Chicago, we must let these guys know how powerful they are!" Noah suddenly said loudly, attracting everyone's approval.

"Yes, don't they just have home court advantage, those stupid referees gave them so many free throws..."

"I didn't dare to reach out at all in the end, otherwise I would be called a foul..."

In the bathroom, Rose turned on the nozzle and let the water flow over the surface of his strong body. With his eyes closed, the scene of last night appeared in his mind.

"Haha, Derek, we won the Suns, the revenge succeeded, and the Warriors are now No. [-] in the Western Conference!"

Ross listened to Curry's proud voice on the phone, curled his lips slightly, and said:
"You just won one game, are you so happy?"

"But that's the Suns, and as long as they win against the Rockets tomorrow, the Warriors will still be No. [-] in the Western Conference, and even become No. [-] in the league! Tomorrow, what are the chances of the Bulls winning against the Thunder?" Curry said triumphantly.

Ross smiled and said:
"Ten percent, we will definitely win!"

"Well, I will pray for the knight now."

"Knight? Why?"

"If the Cavaliers beat the Celtics tomorrow, then you have a chance to become No. [-] in the Eastern Conference!"

wow wow wow-

With the sound of running water, Rose opened his eyes, washed briefly, got dressed, and walked out of the bathroom.

He walked up to Noah and asked:

"Jokin, help me find out who wins, the Cavaliers or the Celtics."

Noah took out his mobile phone, flipped through it, widened his eyes, and said in surprise:
"Wow, the Cavaliers beat the Celtics by 8 points, and Monta Ellis scored 33 points!"

Rose pursed his lips when he heard this, nodded, returned to his seat, and packed his things.

Stephen, let me let you go first, you better not relax, I will catch up right away!
……

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

In the locker room of the visiting team, the Heat players were smiling and talking to each other. Head coach Spoelstra leaned against the wall, smiling and looking at his players with a relaxed look on his face.

Just 30 minutes ago, the Heat beat the 97ers away 87-76 for their first win of the season, and he could breathe a sigh of relief.

After losing to the Celtics yesterday, Spoelstra was the most scolded by the fans. It is generally believed that the Heat lost the game because the tactics he arranged were not suitable for the Big Three.

He couldn't imagine how he would be condemned and abused if the Heat continued to lose to the 76ers today.

Although the NBA's tradition is that the head coach of the losing game is responsible for the blame, but the Heat have three stars, as well as superstars like Wade James, and the number of fans is extremely large. Spoelstara received thousands of spam yesterday. Fortunately, he has not opened a social media account, otherwise the comments must be foul language.

The young Filipino coach looked around the room with a smile on his face, and his eyes stopped on James.

James looked at the printed game data form in his hand, his brows were slightly frowned, and his face was slightly gloomy, which was completely different from the others who were joking.

Spoelstra pondered for a moment and walked towards James.

"LeBron, you seem to be a little upset, is there something wrong?" Spoelstra asked with concern.

James looked up at him, put the data sheet down naturally with his right hand, and forced a smile:

"It's nothing. I'm just not satisfied with my performance tonight. I want to see what I didn't do well and improve next time."

In the game against the 76ers just now, he made 12 of 5 shots and only scored 16 points. Although he also got 7 assists and 6 rebounds, he sent up to 9 turnovers. His performance was very poor.

Bosh's performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory. He scored 12 points and 6 rebounds on 15 of 7 shots. There was nothing outstanding, but he did not slow down the team even though he sacrificed part of the ball.

The Heat's ability to win this game relied on Wade's outstanding performance. He made 20 of 10 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, 12 of 9 free throws, 30 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Data, offensive and defensive integration, led the team to suppress the 76ers.

In addition to Wade, James Jones also stood up. He made 9 of 6 three-pointers and scored 20 points. He was another major contributor to the team's victory.

"Uh..." Spoelstra organized his words, "LeBron, you have done a good job, but the team's running-in has not been in place yet, we will get better and better, what is lacking now is time .”

James nodded, and before he could say anything, Wade, who heard the conversation between the two, came over and said with a smile:

"That's right, LeBron, winning the 76ers is just the beginning, we have found the right path, and when the running-in is in place, the championship will be in our pocket!"

"You're right, Dwayne, I'm a bit worried." James smiled and put the data sheet aside.

Spoelstra also laughed:
"LeBron, I always think you are the most versatile player in the league. Although you made a little more turnovers today, it's not your problem. When the chemical reaction is established and you are in control, the team's offense will be very good. fear."

"That's right, the assist you gave James was very ingenious. I also tried to transform into a combo guard before, but the effect was not good. With you here, I can focus on scoring." Wade laughed.

Afterwards, the three discussed tonight's game before Spoelstra called Bosh, and the four of them went to the interview together.

After the game last night, the Big Three were also interviewed together. If there is no accident, this will be the case in every game in the future. Although everyone knows that Bosh is not as strong as James and Wade, in the Heat, the three treatment has always been equal.

Pat Riley, an old fox, will never put a certain person's status above others, and he does not allow such a person to exist under the team he controls.

In the eyes of the ruthless fortune teller, the interests of the team are above all else. He can offer a huge contract of 5 million US dollars for five years to O'Neal at the end of his peak, just for a championship. In Zhang Yu's previous life, he can also save a little money. , refused to give the team's absolute contribution to Wade, and offered a contract in line with his status, which caused Wade to leave angrily.

In fact, the Heat have never been Wade's team, but Pat Riley's team. Even though he is not the team's head coach, he has participated in almost all the tactical design of the Heat, and he is in charge of everything about the team. , He is the local emperor of the Heat.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, O'Neal revealed in his autobiography "Shaq Unedited" that after he came to the Heat, he found that Wade had always been trembling and was afraid of doing wrong things, so he was criticized by Pat Riley. Tell Wade that superstars are the privileged class in this league, "You have to realize who you are", and after the Heat won the championship in 2006, Wade really has the mentality that matches the status of a superstar.

James also knows the difference between the Heat and the Cavaliers. He is the real emperor in the Cavaliers, but in the Heat, he is just an outsider. It is not so easy to cash in.

But he didn't come to Miami to be the No. 1 point guard. He wanted to be No.[-] in the NBA. He had only one goal, and that was Jordan.

And these two games undoubtedly made him very dissatisfied, and even the win tonight made him even more unhappy. If he came to liberate Wade and let Wade play the best performance of his career, then why did he come to the Heat? ?Help Wade win the title?
He has to make Pat Riley realize that if he doesn't get what he wants, then Pat Riley can't get the championship he wants -- even if the championship is what both need, but the championship and the championship It's different, James can make any sacrifice, but it must be worth the money.

Now, he doesn't think he's getting paid enough to pay for it.

"LeBron, your performance tonight is far worse than yesterday, is it because of back to back?"

James, who had already sat in the interview seat, smiled when he heard the reporter's question:
"No, we just haven't run in well. I believe that as time goes by, we will establish a chemical reaction, and we will definitely achieve the goal we want."

"You mean to win the championship?"

James nodded and said meaningfully:

"Of course, as long as we can play happily, we will be able to get what we want, because we are brothers."

After finishing speaking, he and Wade looked at each other and smiled.

　This is the first update, there will be another update later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)