warrior godfather

When Bryant shocked the world with his 60-point retirement, the other 13 games on the final day of the regular season came to an end.

Many of these are key battles that determine the playoff spots, but in front of Kobe's final battle, they seem a little silent.

The next day, people came out of the warm, tragic, and sad atmosphere of Kobe's retirement, and began to pay attention to the upcoming playoffs.

No matter how great the star retires, the game will continue, and the eyes must always look forward.

There is a gap between the top three in the Western Conference. The Warriors ranked first with 67 wins and 15 losses, the Thunder ranked second with 62 wins and 20 losses, and the Spurs ranked third with 49 wins and 33 losses.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, the Spurs ranked second with 67 wins this season, second only to the record-breaking Warriors with 73 wins.

But Leonard was intercepted by Zhang Yu, and the Spurs lost the core of the striker and declined ahead of schedule. Not only did they not win the 2014 championship, but they also dropped one place in the ranking.

The Spurs without Leonard lost their appeal to Aldridge. He chose to stay in the Trail Blazers and helped the team achieve a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

The Clippers ranked fifth with 46 wins and 36 losses. Griffin missed most of the season due to a left leg injury, which seriously affected the Clippers' record.

The Lone Ranger is sixth. They have the same record as the Grizzlies, both 42 wins and 40 losses, but they have an advantage in the relationship between wins and losses, overwhelming the Grizzlies.

Harden scored 38 points on the last day of the regular season, led the Rockets to a 116:81 victory over the Kings, overwhelmed the Jazz who lost to the Lakers, ranked eighth in the West with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses, and won the last playoffs in the West quota.

The competition in the east is much more intense than in the west.

The Cavaliers established their lead early and won 58 wins, ranking first. Tyronn Lue sent a full bench to train on the final day of the regular season.

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Afterwards, the Heat, Eagles, Celtics, and Hornets all scored 48 wins and 34 losses. In the end, the difference was based on the relationship between the winner and the loser. From the fourth row to the seventh row, the Pacers scored 45 wins and 37 losses, leading the way. The Pistons have one win and rank eighth.

So far, all the places for the playoffs have been determined, and the teams entering the playoffs will have a two-day rest period to start the first round of competition on April 2.

The traffic attracted by Kobe's retirement began to return to the right track, and people began to discuss the situation of the playoffs, as well as the most talked about regular season awards.

The data kings have been decided, Curry is the scoring leader, Andre Drummond is the rebounding leader, Rondo is the assist leader, Whiteside is the block leader, and Leonard is the steal leader.

In the first half of this season, due to the decline of Green's state, Leonard took on more defensive tasks. His performance on the defensive end was very impressive, and he won the steals leader with 2.3 steals.

This makes him have a high voice in the selection of the best defensive player.

Although the help defense at the fourth position is the core of the Warriors' defensive system, and Green's state gradually recovered later, Leonard's highlight scenes on the defensive end are even more impressive.

Warriors fans certainly hope that Leonard can be elected as the best defensive player and keep this award in Golden State, but others are more concerned about the selection of mvp, which is also the most important regular season award.

But there seems to be no suspense. Curry won the fifth scoring title and is extremely efficient. The Warriors' record is far ahead of other teams. No one can prevent Curry from being elected as mvp.

The only competitive player is Durant. He was injured last season and was reimbursed for the season. The Thunder did not make the playoffs. For the most part, Durant is definitely the "Most Valuable Player".

Some people also said that although Curry's scoring has improved, the Warriors' record has not improved but declined compared to last season. His importance to the Warriors is not as important as Durant's to the Thunder, so the mvp should be given to Durant .

This kind of statement really has a lot of market. There is no standard for the selection of mvp. It is called the most valuable player. It should be the best player in the best team. But in fact, the reporter thinks which star has the best performance Shocking, the most surprising, then who will vote for, so mvp is often awarded to those stars whose data explodes but the team has a poor record.

But they forget that competitive sports are very utilitarian. The only goal is to win. If you can't win, the statistics are not worth mentioning.

But because there is only one winner, in order to create stars, the league and the media downplayed the importance of the record, exaggerated the importance of data, and even created false data prosperity to attract fans to watch the game.

But the irony is that many stars whose data exploded in the regular season turned into soft-footed shrimps in the playoffs. But he was invincible and killed all directions.

The fans don't buy it either. No one thinks that the mvp of the regular season is No.1, but the mvp of the playoffs under high-intensity confrontation is No.1. Although there is no such award, everyone can see that the team that wins the championship is absolutely Who is the core, he is the No.1 in the league that season.

Since the absolute core of the winning team is generally fmvp, people usually assume that fmvp is the No.1 of the season.

But it is not without exceptions. It is not that the No. [-], No. [-] and even role players in the team will be elected as fmvp, which will cause great controversy.

This kind of situation is not uncommon. It may be due to tactical reasons. The opponent tried his best to limit the star of the other side, which made his teammates get many easy scoring opportunities. The data suddenly skyrocketed, which in turn affected the votes of the judges.

The fmvp jury is composed of 11 people, the scale is too small, and the votes under the small sample are affected by various external factors, such as only seeing the scores of role players and forgetting to attract the absolute core of the defense, driven by hidden interests, etc. , It is also common that objectivity and fairness cannot be guaranteed.

Last season, Green was intentionally emptied by the Bulls, and happened to feel hot. He seized the opportunity of an open three-pointer, helped the Warriors win the finals, and won 4 fmvp votes.

However, Curry's 47 points in a single game raised his scoring average, which left a deep impression on people, and he was successfully elected as fmvp in the end.

If the scoring gap between him and Green is smaller, if he doesn't have the heroic performance of 47 points in a single game, and even feels a little worse in one game, it's really hard to say whether he can be elected as fmvp based on how harsh the judges are to Curry.

Fortunately, the fans have a steelyard in their hearts. Generally, they will not say that he is the absolute core of the team's championship just because 11 people selected the best player in a round of the series.

Of course, such people do exist, either they are brainwashed and really think that fmvp is the strongest player, or they do it on purpose to achieve the purpose of derogating a certain star, either stupid or bad.

The fmvp selection is not a small accident, but more people participated in the mvp selection and voting, and the results should be more objective.

Only a small group of people think that Durant should be elected as mvp, but most people still prefer Curry, who led the Warriors to 67 wins.

His record, data, and efficiency are all better than Durant's. Durant's only advantage is that he has brought a substantial improvement to the Thunder's record, but in the face of Curry's excellent performance, he seems too thin to bear the weight mvp trophy.

But some media did not give up because of this. For the sake of traffic, or for other things, they are still keen to hype the possibility of Durant getting the mvp, and want to instill in people that Durant and Curry are "competing" for mvp illusion.

The two days before the start of the playoffs passed quickly amidst all kinds of disturbing news.

On April 4, the playoffs finally kicked off.

……

San Francisco, Chase Center.

Harden walked into this modern arena quietly, his lips were tightly pressed together, his eyes were lowered, and he looked at his feet.

He was wearing an apricot-colored turtleneck sweater and a white thick down jacket, with his arms open casually, and he was wearing red headphones covering his ears, playing rap music, turning the volume to the highest, and turning everything in the world The sound is all blocked out.

All the way to the visiting team's locker room, Harden found his place, opened the closet, took off his clothes quietly, and slowly changed into training clothes.

His face was very gloomy, with a strong look of boredom between his brows, exuding an aura that strangers should not get close to. His teammates were very knowledgeable and did not come to disturb him.

Before the start of the playoffs, the sports media was like a hound with a keen sense of smell, searching around for all hot news. As the top star in the league, especially this season's "top player", Harden was targeted early up.

Previously, Harden and Khloe Kardashian's relationship attracted the attention of the United States until the two broke up last month.

In the Kardashian family that became popular with marketing hype, Kohler focuses on the basketball circle. In 2009, she married Odom. Last year, the two entered divorce proceedings. They met at a birthday party, and their relationship quickly heated up, and they got together soon. The relationship lasted until March this year, when the two broke up.

This breakup had no effect on Harden. On the contrary, he felt a sense of relief.

There is no shortage of women around Harden, and when he was dating Kohler, he was not single-minded. After breaking up, he just happened to be able to find another one openly.

And he hates the life surrounded by cameras, and Kohler needs constant hype and marketing to maintain a high level of enthusiasm, which makes Harden very uncomfortable.

The most important thing is that Harden was seriously distracted by his relationship with Kohler, and his game state was very poor. After the two broke up, he quickly recovered his state and led the Rockets to success in the playoffs, averaging 29+7+6 per game The data is also the fourth person in NBA history after the big O Oscar Robertson, Jordan, and James.

But when the playoffs were about to start, Kohler jumped out again. He accepted an interview with the media and accused Harden of being unfaithful when the two were dating. He said that Harden strongly demanded to disclose their relationship at the beginning, but later he disliked it. Getting too much attention.

Kohler dismissed the term "Kardashian Curse" even more. She said that Harden should take care of himself first, don't make excuses, let's talk about it after the first round of the playoffs.

Under the hype of the Kardashian family, Kohler's interview quickly spread across the United States and attracted people's attention. The relationship between Harden and Kohler was once again mentioned.

Harden did not respond to this. The playoffs are coming soon, and he has no time to be interviewed, but Kohler's words made him very angry and very upset.

Yes, when I dated you, I did have in-depth exchanges with other women, but didn't you also find me many like-minded people?

Everyone is the same person, why are you pretending to be innocent?
You and your husband haven't officially divorced yet. He was lying on the bed and couldn't move, so you came out to attract others. What you love and what I want is now my fault!

If I didn't have an agent, I could make you a bitch so arrogant?
But if the manager wants to share my money, let's forget it... Whatever you say, as long as I play well, I'm not afraid of anything!
Thinking angrily, Harden scolded Kohler with all kinds of swear words he could think of in his heart, and his irritability calmed down a little.

But he was troubled by public opinion, and he was not in the mood to prepare for the game.

The Warriors' record ranks first in the league, with a deep lineup and strong strength. The Rockets only took advantage of the Warriors' rotation during the regular season to steal a game, and lost all the other three games cleanly. In the playoffs, there is no chance.

Kohler bitch, what did you say in the first round of the playoffs, who can win the Warriors?The XX of this XXX...

When Harden thought of this, another burst of anger surged in his heart, and he cursed Kohler fiercely.

He now understands that when Kohler was dating him, he had no good intentions. He used him as a tool for hype and marketing, and became popular again, but his own competitive state was greatly affected, and Kohler returned to the top trend. victim of.

Harden decided that he would never have anything to do with Kardashian women again, no matter how big their butts were!
There are a lot of women with big breasts and fat buttocks in nightclubs. After Harden and Kohler broke up, they returned to the comfortable life of feasting and drinking. ball up.

Facts have proved that Harden's state was affected because of Kohler's distraction, which had nothing to do with his lingering in nightclubs.

Before he came to the Bay Area, he had made up his mind that if he could win G1 by luck, he would go to a nightclub to celebrate, and if he lost G1, he would go to a nightclub to drink away his worries.

In short, regardless of the outcome of the game, Harden has to go to the nightclubs in San Francisco to check out the development of nightclubs in the Bay Area.

Thinking of this, Harden's mood improved a lot, the boredom on his face dissipated, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up, and he was already thinking about how to arrange the itinerary after the game.

As for the game, he will try his best to fight, but whether he wins or loses, he can only leave it to God.

……

Three hours later, Harden looked up at the score of 114:78 on the big screen, wiped the sweat off his face, and walked to the player tunnel a little depressed.

Tonight, although he didn't try to win like his teammates did, he didn't slack off either. Just like the regular season, he played hard on the court.

But the Warriors relaxed for half a quarter, and then tightened up, as if they were the eighth team in the Western Conference. Their tactics were meticulously executed, and every ball was contested in offense and defense. They didn't have the arrogance of being the number one in the league.

The Warriors' defense against Harden was even more insane. Clay was the main defense, and the others would assist at any time. As long as Harden called for a pick-and-roll, they would inevitably flank him, causing Harden to make 3 pass errors.

Even if Harden passes the ball, the Warriors' follow-up rotation can keep up. The other Rockets players have few open opportunities and the three-pointers are not accurate.

When Harden played singles, Clay shrank his hands and defended, giving him a physical confrontation while driving him to the three-point line. Green, Leonard, Antetokounmpo, Wiggins and other forward players came to help defend. Interfere with Harden's shot.

This made Harden's plan to make a foul come to naught. Coupled with the loose punishment scale in the playoffs, he didn't even get a free throw after the entire game.

在勇士天罗地网一般的防守下，哈登全场19投7中，三分5中3，得到17分2助攻3篮板1抢断6失误，命中率只有36.8%，完全没有常规赛第一分卫的风采。

Curry's performance was in stark contrast to Harden's. He played 30 minutes, made 17 of 11 shots, 10 of 7 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. He easily scored 33 points, 5 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals. The playoffs were also three quarters Punch out of get off work.

The Rockets' game is a random fight, with no defensive system, no offensive system, and it depends entirely on the personal abilities of Harden and Howard to solve the problem.

Not long after Zhang Yu opened the game, he had an insight into the state of the Rockets. After strangling Harden and Howard in a targeted manner, the Rockets collapsed on both offense and defense.

The Warriors' passing and cutting system and defensive counterattacks were all played out. Curry scored 33 points, Clay 23 points, Leonard 19 points, Green 14 points, Antetokounmpo 16 points, Bogdan 15 points, and the six scored double.

In contrast to the Rockets, Harden's 17 points are the team's highest, Howard's 14 points, Trevor Ariza's 11 points, Motiejunas' 9 points, Jason Terry's 8 points, Josh Smith's 7 points, and others scored 5 points in a row. None of them.

For the Rockets, this was a complete fiasco, but Harden was only slightly depressed for a while, and then recovered his calm.

He had already expected that the Rockets would not be able to beat the Warriors, and he was prepared for losing. It's just that he lost too badly today, and he was a little embarrassed about his face, which made him feel a little bad. But when he thought about losing to the Warriors, he suddenly didn't feel ashamed .

Most of the Rockets' other players also have this kind of thinking. No one thinks that the black eight can be successful.

Howard really wanted to play well, but he was powerless, and was very uncomfortable being guarded by Green, Antetokounmpo, and Leonard.

Although the Warriors don't have a traditional blue-collar center, the Rockets lack shooters and have poor space. They can shrink and pinch Howard unscrupulously. If they can't, they will foul and restrict him to death.

After the whole game, Howard made 10 of 5 shots and 11 of 4 free throws. He only scored 14 points and was lost in the bite of the Warriors' five minors.

Beverly is the most passionate member of the Rockets team, even facing the defending champion who swept the league, he is not afraid at all.

At 6 minutes and 38 seconds into the first quarter, the Warriors led the Rockets by 16 points 4:12. Howard played a low single, and Curry shrunk to assist in the defense. He made a successful steal, took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and dribbled the ball all the way to the free throw line.

Beverly stopped in front of Curry and kept attacking. He moved aggressively and knocked Curry to the ground. The referee immediately blew his whistle, but he still refused to let go, trying to snatch the ball from Curry.

This annoyed Curry, he shook off Beverly's hand, turned around and shouted:
"Mad dog, let go of your hand!"

Facing the superstar Curry, Beverly didn't mean to be timid at all. He opened his mouth and sprayed back:
"What, do you want to fight?"

Players from both sides immediately surrounded him. Warriors players were eager to defend Curry and took a step faster. Green and Antetokounmpo rushed directly to Beverly. Leonard pushed away Josh Smith who was walking towards Curry. Clay ran over from the backcourt, looked at Beverly, pointed to his nose and said:
"Annoy Stephen? You will regret it..."

Subsequently, the referee separated the two sides and gave Beverly and Curry a technical foul each.

Complacent, Beverly turned his head to look at Curry provocatively, grinning, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

Curry was thoroughly enraged.

He didn't attack much after the opening, and he mainly passed the ball, but from this round, he entered the attack mode.

In the second half of the first quarter, Curry scored 9 points, debuted at 5:23 in the second quarter, scored 10 points, scored 12 points in the third quarter, 30+ in three quarters, 17 of which were singles Beverly Got it.

Originally, the mentality of the Warriors players was very relaxed, knowing that the offensive state was not good, there were 7 turnovers in the first quarter, and they didn't take the Rockets to heart.

But Beverly's provocation to Curry angered the Warriors. In the next three and a half quarters, the Warriors made only 5 turnovers and sent 13 steals, preventing Beverly from scoring only 2 points.

In the garbage time of the fourth quarter, the Warriors came off the bench, and they were merciless. They beat the Rockets by 36 points, which gave Curry a bad breath.

In the third quarter, Green even wanted to perform a tomahawk dunk in a fast break, but he overestimated his bounce and missed it. Fortunately, the basketball hit the backboard and just bounced back into the net, otherwise he would definitely have Top five embarrassments of O'Neill.

After the game, Curry was still angry and rarely scolded Beverly in an interview:
"I understand his thoughts, he seems to irritate me, but I will not let him succeed, this kind of small action is useless, today's game shows everything, I don't like his approach, this is beyond the normal game action Range, it was a very savage foul, he better restrain himself, or I will give him a little color."

Compared with the original troubles and disasters, Curry came all the way smoothly. The biggest setback was the accidental injury before the playoffs. The Warriors were out of the Western Conference finals.

Green, Clay, Leonard, and Antetokounmpo also condemned Beverly's rough fouls in interviews.

In the pre-match interview for the next game, Beverley retorted and got the support of his teammates, and the smell of gunpowder in this round of the series became much stronger.

But Harden didn't care about these. After the end of G1, he went to the most famous nightclub in the Bay Area.

The beauties in the nightclubs in the Bay Area all welcomed Harden. After some in-depth exchanges, Harden deeply felt that the beauties in the Bay Area are unfathomable.

On April 4, Harden dragged his exhausted body into the Chase Center.