warrior godfather

Chapter 327 MVP Leaderboard

After Zhang Yu chatted with Hayward for a few words, he left. Curry and Butler passed on a few words of experience to Hayward, and returned to the locker room with their teammates.

After the eight-game winning streak, the atmosphere of the Warriors team was very relaxed. The players gathered together in twos and threes, talking and laughing happily, and burst into laughter from time to time, attracting teammates around to join in the discussion.

Victory is the best catalyst for the locker room, especially when the Warriors win every game. While the starters reap the victories, they have plenty of time to rest, and the substitutes can also get a lot of playing time. Except for the opponents defeated by the Warriors, everyone gets Get what you want and enhance the rapport with each other.

After Zhang Yu entered the locker room, everyone greeted him with a smile. Chandler had a good dunk today and was in a good mood. He laughed and said:
"Coach, arrange more pick-and-roll tactics for me and Stephen, I can smash the opposite basket!"

Zhang Yu smiled and nodded:
"No problem, Tyson, the next game is against the Heat, you know, their center is Joel Anthony, you will have a lot of opportunities, of course, if you don't make a dunk, I will replace you with Hassan .”

Whiteside laughed and moved to Chandler's side:
"Tyson, playing back to back must be exhausting, right? Why don't you take a break..."

"Impossible!" Chandler pushed Whiteside and scolded with a smile, "I'll rest more, are you going to defend James and Wade's breakthroughs? It's not that I look down on you, look at how thin you are, I I doubt you will be hit by James!"

He flexed his arms as he spoke, flexing his massive biceps.

Whiteside looked down at the muscles on his body, shrugged, and said angrily:
"It's all Bruce's fault. He said I can't gain too much weight at once, or I will increase the risk of injury, or I must be 245 pounds now..."

His words caused a burst of laughter. Bruce, who was standing with Silas and Ron Adams, smiled and shook his head when he heard it:

"No, Hassan, my exact words are you can only gain weight up to 235 pounds (107 kg), which gives you a balance of strength, confrontation and mobility, and if you add more weight, you will become a A wooden stake for people to pass by casually."

The laughter in the locker room grew louder. Chandler rubbed Whiteside's head. Whiteside spread his hands and sighed helplessly.

Whiteside knows how much weight he has, and he doesn't really expect to have the starting center position. He knows very well that he will never have the huge defensive range like Chandler, who can take care of the frame while also being able to play. Switch defense sweeps, as long as Chandler is around, he will be the Warriors' backup center.

But Whiteside is not dissatisfied. He is only a second-round pick, and because of ADHD, no team is willing to draft him. Zhang Yu can select him, sign a guarantee contract with him, and give him the position of backup center. , he was satisfied.

The most important thing is that the starting lineup can bring continuous victories, and the bench will not have other thoughts, nor can it have other thoughts.

Zhang Yu looked at Whiteside and Chandler who were fighting, coughed lightly, raised his hands, clapped twice, and after paying attention to everyone's eyes, he said:
"Everyone's performance today was great. We executed the game plan brilliantly. This is the key to winning. I am very happy. No one slacks, no one underestimates the enemy. You deserve this victory! In view of everyone's excellent performance, I It is announced that tomorrow will be a day off, everyone will have a good rest, relax, resume training the day after tomorrow, and welcome the game against the Heat on January 1!"

"Yeah!!!!"

"Boss, I love you~~"

"My god, this is the best news I've heard today!"

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, everyone cheered and jumped up, shouting loudly, venting their joy.

Since the start of the Christmas game, due to the intensive schedule, the Warriors players have not had a serious rest for half a month. They are not playing, they are training, or they are on the way to the away game. They are exhausted physically and mentally. Take a break for the holidays.

Rest and victory are the two things players desire most.

Zhang Yu put his hands in his pockets and looked at the cheering players with a smile. His heart was filled with a touch of joy. The taste of victory was the most fragrant and charming, and he was also deeply immersed in it.

……

The next morning, Zhang Yu slept until ten o'clock in the morning before getting out of bed.

He lazily came to the first floor, ate the breakfast made by Tina, went to the study, and turned on the laptop.

Zhang Yu first clicked on ESPN's official website and looked at yesterday's news. The first item was the new week's MVP rankings:
"1. Stephen Curry, Warriors (ranked 2nd last week); season average: 28.5 points, 9.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 0.3 blocks; Curry led the team to 4 wins and 0 losses in the past week. He scored 30+10 in the game against the Jazz, helping the Warriors lead the league with eight consecutive victories. With his fiery performance, he topped the MVP list for the first time, and was elected as the player of the week in the Western Conference last week..."

"2. LeBron James, Heat (ranked No. 1 last week); season average: 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks; As of 3 wins and 1 loss, he scored 2 points in the game against the Pacers and the Eagles. He performed well, but due to the number of games played and his record, he slipped from the top of the MVP list for the first time, but he was still elected last week. Player of the Week..."k
"3. Kevin Durant, Thunder (ranked 3rd last week); season average: 28.1 points, 8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks; Durant led the team to 2 wins and 2 losses in the past week, He scored 30+ in the games against the Rockets and the Suns, leading the Thunder to stabilize at the second place in the Western Conference. Although the Thunder lost to the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers, they are still in the Ranked third on the MVP list..."

"4. Derrick Rose, Bulls (No. 5 last week)..."

Zhang Yu briefly read the following rankings, smiled slightly, and withdrew.

This is Curry's second Player of the Week award this season and the second time he has appeared on the MVP leaderboard.

Since the start of the game, four teams have shown a very hot state. The Bulls and Heat in the East, and the Warriors and Thunder in the West are all ranked in the top four in the league. Among them, the Warriors and Heat have the best record.

The Warriors won all eight games and outperformed their opponents by more than 10 points in each game. They showed shocking dominance and stability and became the focus of attention in the league. The Heat are only slightly inferior to the Warriors. With a record of 9 wins and 1 loss, they only lost one game to the Eagles, which is close behind.

In the next game, the Warriors and the Heat will have a head-to-head confrontation. If the Warriors can hold the home court, they will be able to maintain the league's No. [-] ranking. If the Heat conquer the Oracle Center, the league's No. [-] throne will change hands.

Zhang Yu quit ESPN's official website, clicked on the Heat's game video, and concentrated on studying it.

The number one position in the league, if he doesn't want to give it, the Heat don't want to take it away.

……

Tuk Tuk Tuk.

Staring intently at the computer screen, Zhang Yu, who was immersed in the heat game video, was awakened by the knock on the door. He blinked, raised his right hand and rubbed his forehead, and looked down at the time on the computer screen. It was already 12 in the morning. It's 31:[-].

He took a long breath, stretched his waist, twisted his neck, moved his body that was a little stiff due to sitting for a long time, and said in a deep voice:
"come in."

The door of the study room was half opened silently, Tina walked in and said softly:
"Ronan, I'm ready for supper, pasta, you should rest first."

"Thank you, Tina. I just finished my work and went to bed after supper." Zhang Yu nodded, turned off the computer, got up and followed Tina out of the study to the first floor.

As long as Zhang Yu works at home until late at night, he will eat something around 12:30 in the morning. After a few times, Tina also figured out his habits. Today, he prepared a supper in advance and reminded Zhang Yu at the right time.

When the two came to the restaurant, Tina had already placed sauced spaghetti, fried sausages, and steaming coffee on the table. She pulled out the chair and placed it at the most comfortable distance for Zhang Yu.

Since Zhang Yu said that he was going to rest soon, Tina took the coffee aside before Zhang Yu.

"Put the coffee in the refrigerator, I'll drink it tomorrow morning." Zhang Yu urged.

"Okay." Tina nodded, walked into the kitchen, and put the coffee in the refrigerator.

Zhang Yu is not a coffee lover. He drinks coffee just to refresh his mind. Due to the uncertainty of his work, his schedule is irregular. He sometimes puts the coffee he made the night before in the refrigerator and drinks it the next day. Tina is used to it too.

After Tina left, Zhang Yu sat down at the dining table, picked up chopsticks, and began to eat supper.

He usually uses a knife and fork when eating Western-style food such as bacon and steak, but when eating pasta, he uses chopsticks.

Zhang Yu inserted the chopsticks into the pasta and stirred vigorously for a few times so that the sauce and the noodles were fully mixed together. Then he picked up a chopsticks of noodles, sucked them into his mouth, and chewed them lightly, feeling the texture of the noodles and the Bolognese meat. The strong aroma of the sauce made me nod again and again:

"Tina, your craftsmanship is really amazing."

Tina, who was tidying up the kitchen utensils in the kitchen, didn't respond when she heard it. She just smiled and relaxed her hands so as not to disturb Zhang Yu's meal.

She knew very well that Zhang Yu was also thinking when he was eating supper.

Sure enough, after praising Tina's cooking skills, Zhang Yu's attention was no longer on the pasta in front of him. His eyes lost focus, and as he slowly chewed the noodles in his mouth, fragments emerged in his mind—— James breaks through Paul George's defense and makes a layup, Wade rushes into the Hawks inside with a lost step, Bosh singles Horford for a mid-range shot, Wade and James suddenly pinch Deron Williams...

After eating lunch today, he has been studying the Heat's game video in the study, hastily ate dinner at six o'clock in the afternoon, and then returned to the study, and has been staying until now, recording the Heat's nine game video Pick the key points and read them all.

According to common sense, the Warriors and the Heat are teams in different divisions, and it coincides with a shrinking season. The two teams only need to play one game in the regular season this season. Zhang Yu does not need to prepare so meticulously. A video of a game, a simple arrangement of tactics on the line.

But Zhang Yu still spent a day and a lot of energy to study the Heat's tactics very thoroughly.

After returning from the finals, the Big Three of the Heat learned from the pain and made changes.

Wade handed over the ball, and James completely controlled the Heat's offense. Wade and Bosh can play singles and finish, but they must be deployed by James, which gives full play to James' organizational skills.

At the same time, James took advantage of the long offseason during the lockout to learn low-post singles, which made the Heat no longer afraid of zone defense. The situation of 8 points in a single game in the finals and being defended by Barea will never appear again.

The addition of Battier is a very powerful supplement to the Heat. His open three-pointers are stable, which makes the Heat's space more open. He can also defend the opponent's arrows and share the defensive pressure of Wade and James.

With James, Wade and Battier, Spoelstra tried a more extreme pressure defense on the ball. In the video playback, Zhang Yu saw Wade and Battier and Wade countless times. The scene with James, James and Battier pinching the opponent's ball-handler, and the Heat's subsequent high-speed rotations also impressed him.

If nothing else, Curry will encounter the tightest defense since he started tomorrow's game. The defensive treatment given by the Heat to the ball holder may be the highest standard among all teams in the league.

This is not only a challenge to Curry, but also a challenge to the rest of the Warriors. The Heat put a lot of emphasis on mobility, defensive assistance, and rotation switching. Their passing space and quick counterattack after completing the steal are similar to the Warriors' defense.

The difference is that the Warriors have more abundant defensive resources. Zhang Yu will adopt different defensive strategies when facing different opponents, while the Heat's defensive resources are all stacked on the outside. The inside is extremely weak. No matter what Spoelstra faces Any team can only go to the end on the road of pinching the ball holder, so as to take advantage of the small lineup's rapid rotation.

As for the Heat's offensive tactics, Zhang Yu just watched a few rounds before he knew it.

The individual singles of James, Wade and Bosh are the main offensive tactics of the Heat. The role of other role players is to open up the space, and then use the containment force of the Big Three to score open three-pointers. In addition, there is nothing else.

The only difference from last season is that Wade and James' off-the-ball cuts have increased a bit, so it won't be like last season, which is completely one-on-one.

But that's all. Compared with the complex and changeable offensive system of the Warriors, the Heat's offense is very monotonous, relying entirely on the personal abilities of the Big Three.

This kind of offense happens to be the Warriors' favorite type.

Zhang Yu smiled slightly, picked up the last chopsticks pasta on the plate, inhaled it, chewed it, swallowed it, got up and went back to the bedroom, after a little wash, lay back on the bed, and fell asleep soundly.

　I made up for yesterday, and I still have it tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)