warrior godfather

Chapter 417 Western Champions!

After the game, Durant immediately walked over to the player channel.

He didn't want to stay here, watching the Warriors players and fans celebrate the victory, and the only thing in his heart was to escape from this suffocating depression as soon as possible.

Durant's performance in this game is not bad. In the battle of life and death, he exploded with amazing scoring ability. He made 22 of 13 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, 10 of 9 free throws, and slashed. With 35 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover, he can drive the team's overall offense while being sharp, with very few turnovers, even exceeding the expectations of Thunder fans.

However, this still can't help the Thunder win.

Durant's performance tonight was actually not perfect. Most of his scoring was concentrated in the first half, and he scored 13 points in the second half, which is also very good, but compared with Curry who scored 21 points in the third quarter, It pales in comparison.

Curry's scoring in this game is not as good as Durant. He made 21 of 11 shots, 11 of 6 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, scored 31 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 turnovers. The explosiveness of scoring is far superior to Durant's. He scored a large number of points in a very short period of time and instantly changed the situation of the game. This is an ability that Durant does not possess.

And Curry perfectly fulfilled his duties as a point guard. In the first half, he was not too obsessed with personal offense, but worked hard to create opportunities for his teammates, and paid great attention to passing the ball to his teammates after the pick-and-roll.

This made the Warriors' offense very holistic, and it was more difficult for the Thunder to defend. Clay made 4 three-pointers and scored 16 points, of which 3 three-pointers were hit by Curry's pass.

Butler scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. He was excellent both offensively and defensively. He had 3 goals to get rid of Durant, slipped from the baseline to the penalty area, and received a pass from Curry to score.

Chandler steadily scored 11 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks in a double-double. Curry gave him a full 3 times. Although his dunks were extremely imposing, most of the credit belonged to attracting the Thunder's defensive attention on the line. Curry.

In the last game of the Western Conference Finals, on the highest stage before the Finals, Curry used his actual performance to prove his MVP-level strength.

Although Durant sent out 8 assists, most of them were simple passes to the outside after he showed a strong offensive threat in the first half and attracted the Warriors to help defend.

It is indeed very good to be able to accurately distribute the ball under the attack of the auxiliary defense, but there are factors induced by the Warriors. Clay and Curry have a lot of auxiliary defense, allowing Durant to distribute the ball to Sefolosha and Westbrook. When the special lineup came off the bench, Tony Allen joined in the defense and emptied Fisher.

The Thunder's guard line is generally inaccurate in three-pointers. Sefolosha, who has accurate long-range shots in the regular season, only shot 34.6% in the playoffs, which is also within the range that the Warriors can bear.

Durant's 8 assists seem to be a lot, but he wasted a lot of opportunities by his teammates, and the effect is not as outstanding as it seems.

In fact, Durant himself does not want to do it for him. He is a scorer, not a point guard. Westbrook and Harden should do the work of organizing the offense, but both of them were a little lost in this game, and Durant had to score. , The organization shoulders the burden.

Harden is better, he just scored a little low, but his efficiency is very good. He made 11 of 6 shots, 4 of 3 three-pointers, scored 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and completed the task of being a super sixth man. .

However, in this life-and-death battle of the Thunder, Harden didn't know whether it was because of his lack of desire to attack, or because he saw that Durant was so powerful, he took the initiative to reduce his shots and gave up the ball to his elder brother. He himself didn't take many shots on the offensive end. .

Even though the Warriors overtook the score in the second half, Harden still didn't have a strong desire to attack, and gave the ball to his eldest brother and second brother.

Harden just lacked fighting spirit. Westbrook's performance was unsightly. He made 24 of 9 shots, 4 of 0 three-pointers, 7 of 5 free throws, scored 23 points, 6 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block. 5 mistakes, extremely low efficiency, too many mistakes, wasted a lot of mobile phone opportunities.

Especially in the fourth quarter, Westbrook once again got hot-headed at the critical moment, took the ball and did it himself, and didn't even pass the ball to Durant, who had an excellent touch, frequently hit the iron, was intercepted, blocked, and ruined himself. Thunder's hope of reversal.

His 3 steals were all gambling steals. The data looks good, but he often missed people on the defensive end. Infarction is about to happen.

But Brooks can't do without Westbrook. In the past four years, Westbrook has made one step at a time, rapidly growing into an All-Star and best team player, and has become one of the first-line point guards in the league.

Although he has never played like a serious point guard, the only way to organize offense is to break through and score the ball, but it is impossible for the Thunder to give up such a young player who has the potential to become a superstar. Brooks really wants to put Fisher on the court, but he Can't bear the consequences.

The three young men are the future of the Thunder, or in other words, Durant and Westbrook are the future of the Thunder. As soon as Brooks thinks of Presti's serious expression, most of his anger towards Westbrook disappears.

There are three less successes, and three less successes.

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The Warriors players had no time to take care of the Thunder's feelings. At the end of the game, everyone on the bench who had already been ready to go rushed to the court, surrounded the five main players, jumped and jumped, celebrating West decisive victory.

Zhang Yu also walked on the field quickly. He suppressed his smile and shook hands with Brooks. Brooks left with interest. Zhang Yu laughed loudly and clapped hard with the players. He was in a very happy mood.

Three years, after three years of hard work, the Warriors finally entered the finals!
After Zhang Yu acquired the Warriors, he has been under a lot of pressure.

In this world, only he knows how brilliant the Warriors will be in the future. It was because Curry was plagued by injuries in his early years and wasted his best few years of growth. In four years, he won three championships and created the Warriors dynasty.

Zhang Yu has the advantage of foreknowledge. He has formed such an excellent lineup. He has gathered Curry, Clay, Green, Butler, and Chandler as the core lineup in advance. Dynasty, or even create more brilliant achievements, that is simply a crime.

Now that the Warriors have entered the finals, Zhang Yu finally let go of his half-suspended heart. No matter whether the Warriors can win the championship this year, at least they will fall in the final step of the championship, and wait for the young players in the team to grow up. After getting up, the Warriors will definitely have a brilliant future!

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"Boss!" Curry rushed to Zhang Yu's side, hugged him heavily, and shouted excitedly, but there was no more words.

Zhang Yu smiled, hugged Curry with his backhand, and said loudly, regardless of the sweat on his body:
"Stephen, well done, you are really great, you deserve this Western Conference champion!"

Others also gathered together. Zhang Yu shouted loudly and praised his players. The Warriors fans at the scene stood up collectively and enthusiastically celebrated the Warriors' advancement to the finals. The Oracle Center was full of noise and had to use a roaring voice to communicate.

On the sidelines, the families of the Warriors players also came to the scene.

The Dell family, who have never lost a game in the Warriors playoffs, are already immune to winning. The promotion of the first two rounds of the series consumed part of their passion, especially Curry received the MVP before the game against the Lakers in G1 The trophy made them release their excitement and excitement in advance.

So today the Warriors advanced to the finals, but the Dell family was not particularly excited. They were still very happy, but not desperate.

Dale clapped vigorously, his face full of relief, Sonya raised her arms and shouted, Seth had a big smile on his face, happy for his brother, and Siddel looked proud.

Michael Thompson, on the other hand, had seen a lot of the world, so he just smiled and clapped, maintaining his demeanor.

When he was playing, his opponents were "Magic" Johnson, "Skyhook" Kareem, and "Cobra" James Worthy. He has won two championships, and his son's promotion to the finals is a joy, but it is not a big deal big event.

He is well aware of the difficulty of winning the championship. The Warriors have gone through 99 steps, and there is still the most difficult step. It is not time to celebrate.

Mary Green was almost crazy with excitement. He never thought that his son could also stand on the highest stage in the NBA. After she returned to Saginaw, she pointed at Green on TV proudly. To the relatives and friends around me:
"Look, my son is the Warriors' starting power forward, and he made it to the Finals!"

There are also Jeremy Lin's parents and brothers, Leonard's family, Tony Allen's family... They all came to the scene to witness the Warriors advance to the finals.

They also inspired the fighting spirit of the Warriors and generals. No one wants to lose such an important game in front of their loved ones.

Only the family members of Zhang Yu and Yi Jianlian did not come to the scene.

Zhang Yu proposed to Zhang Haijun and Li Yinghua that they would come to watch the game live, but both of them knew little about basketball and could not speak English. Watching TV is good, and there are explanations, so you can understand it.

But in Zhang Yu's view, the most important thing is that the two of them can watch the game with their relatives and friends. Now he can fully imagine that his parents are listening to relatives and friends praising their son with smiles on their faces.

After a brief celebration, Zhang Yu led the Warriors players, waved to the surrounding fans, and then returned to the locker room.

The players took a quick shower and put on the western champion T-shirts that had been prepared. Zhang Yu put on the first Zegna gray suit that Zhang Yu had worn after taking over from Emma.

The Western Conference champion deserves him to accept the award in this suit.

Afterwards, Zhang Yu led the crowd out of the locker room. The league built a stage outside the locker room, where the western championship award ceremony will be held. Compared with the championship award ceremony, it is much simpler.

In a few years, the awards ceremony for the division champions will become more and more grand, but in Zhang Yu's view, it is a bit overkill.

The biggest gain of winning the conference finals is to advance to the finals. No team will be satisfied with the title of "division champion". This is just a transition and not worthy of such a grand celebration.

The current humble award ceremony is a good reminder to the Warriors players that winning the conference finals is nothing, do you want to get real glory?Then go win the championship!

As the owner and head coach, Zhang Yu received the spherical trophy of the Western Conference Championship on behalf of the Warriors. Facing the interview with the host, he said:

"I am very happy. Today we have advanced to the finals. As I said, the goal of the Warriors this year is to compete for the championship. We have been unswervingly walking on this road. Now, we are only four weeks away from achieving this goal." It's been one game, we can't relax, tomorrow we will forget about today's victory and focus on the finals."

"Ronan, do you want the Bulls or the Heat in the Finals?" the host asked.

Zhang Yu said calmly:

"I don't care who the opponent is, because no matter who the opponent is, we will win in the end!"

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When the Warriors received the Western Conference Championship trophy, Huaxia's Internet was already boiling. Among the top ten hot searches on Weibo, six were related to the Warriors, and in the remaining four hot searches, there were two more. One is an advertisement.

The popularity of various basketball forums has soared. Everyone is discussing that the Warriors defeated the Thunder and advanced to the finals. Warriors fans celebrated wildly, bragging about Zhang Yu, Curry, Yi Jianlian, Butler and others. They could only hide in the corner and feel dejected. Even in their own fan area, it was captured by Warriors fans, and they were all posting about the victor's demeanor and praising the Thunder's three young masters.

"Warriors Championship!"

"The Huaxia players are no longer lying in the finals anymore. The UAE scored 1 points in G16, and they are surprise players on the bench!"

"Fuck, Coach Z will do what he says. I'm convinced. If you say you want to compete for the championship, you will fight for the championship. You've already made it to the finals. Let me see who dares to say that Coach Z is bragging!!"

"Get out of those cheaters! Didn't you guys say that the Warriors can't even go out to the west? Don't forget to live broadcast when you eat! @..."

"After three rounds of the series, Curry averaged 31.2 points per game. Is this human? This is his third year!"

"Nonsense, how can MVP be weak? From now on, it will be Ku Ritian!"

There are also people who can't understand the carnival of the Warriors fans, and said in a strange way:
"What are you proud of? Those who don't know think that the Warriors have already won the championship. Really think they can beat the Big Three? Funny."

This untimely remark immediately attracted a large number of counterattacks:

"Let's return to the Big Three. Let's talk about the Heat advancing to the finals. Those who don't know think that the Heat have already eliminated the Bulls."

"Your Zhan Huang is without Bosh, and even the Bulls are about to lose, go and save him, isn't Dongchang the most loyal to the emperor?"

　Make up for yesterday's.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)