warrior godfather

Chapter 654 Selfless
During the halftime break, laughter filled the Warriors locker room.

"Haha, you didn't see James' expression, like an angry gorilla, and he couldn't find a target to vent..." Green patted his thigh and laughed wildly.

"Giannis, you really should go to the slam dunk contest again, you will definitely win!" Wiggins pushed Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo laughed:
"No, the slam dunk contest isn't for me. I don't have so many tricks. I'm already satisfied to be able to dunk in the finals."

He had 6 dunks in the first half, including tomahawk split dunks, alley-oops, dunks with both hands... He tried all kinds of positions, and his hands were numb.

"No, Giannis, you're too modest..."

Everyone talked and laughed loudly, and the atmosphere in the locker room was very warm.

With a huge advantage of 27 points in the half, the Warriors almost locked in the victory of the game. Everyone was very relaxed, and no one took the Cavaliers seriously.

Before the game started, everyone was quite nervous.

Zhang Yu's remarks about booking the championship in advance brought the Warriors to the forefront.

The response of the Cavaliers players revealed a momentum of fighting to the death, and they were all ready to face a tough battle.

Although the Warriors players don't think the Cavaliers are so difficult to play, but think about it differently, if the opponent attracts hatred like Zhang Yu, they will definitely work hard.

But after the start of the game, it was easy that no one expected. The Cavaliers kept pinching Curry, and the defensive end was full of loopholes.

Looking back, it was very difficult for the Cavaliers to break through the infinite defenses of the Death Five. The Warriors established a lead of nearly 30 points in the first half. scorn.

No wonder the boss said that the Thunder is our biggest opponent. An opponent like the Cavaliers can't even compare to half of the Thunder!
Everyone talked happily for a long time before Zhang Yu raised his hand to stop:
"Okay, let me talk about the tactics for the second half..."

"Boss, what tactics are you using? The knights have been defeated by us!" Green laughed.

Zhang Yu's words were interrupted, his face sank slightly, he glanced at Green, Green closed his mouth, and he said:
"We do lead the Cavaliers by a big score, but this does not mean that the morale of the Cavaliers has collapsed. This is an era of three points. The difference of 20 points seems to be a lot, but one half is definitely enough to recover. We will do it in the second half. Good defense, stick to it for another quarter, after the third quarter, if we still have a 20-point advantage, the Cavaliers should completely collapse."

"As for the offense, it's still the same in the second half. Stephen holds the ball and launches a pick-and-roll. If the Cavaliers flank, you split the ball, and the others deal with four-on-three opportunities; if the Cavaliers switch defenses, you play small and big; ..." Zhang Yu looked at Curry and said gently, "In short, you have unlimited firepower. You worked hard in the first half. Play a few singles until the mood improves."

"It's okay, boss, as long as I can win, I can score nothing!" Curry shook his head with a smile, and the towel covering his head shook from side to side, looking very happy.

Antetokounmpo heard the words and muttered in a low voice:
"How can this work, this is the finals, fmvp doesn't just look at the score..."

Dinwiddie, who was sitting next to Antetokounmpo, heard Antetokounmpo's whisper and leaned his head over:

"You don't know, do you? Stephen was double-teamed and scored no points."

"What? Really or not?" Antetokounmpo's eyes widened.

Dinwiddie's eyes showed memories, and he said softly:

"That's what Coach Stevens told me—that's the head coach of the Bulls now, you should know, when the boss coached the Bulldogs, he was the assistant coach of the boss, and later took over the boss's position as the head coach. I told my coach...he told us that it was 2008, when the Bulldogs played against Loyola University of Maryland, no matter whether Stephen had the ball or not, there were always two players on the other side sticking to Stephen, and then Stephen He simply didn’t participate in the offense, he just stood in the corner and commanded the offense, the others played four against three, and finally the Bulldogs won by 30 points…”

During Dinwiddie's narration, Antetokounmpo's eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, and he looked at Dinwiddie with an expression of disbelief on his face:

"How can there be such a defense? How can this win!"

Dinwiddie spread his hands:
"Loyola didn't intend to win. Their head coach was very proud after the game, saying that no one will remember that Loyola lost 30 points, but they will remember that they kept Stephen scoreless!"

"This is crazy..." Antetokounmpo muttered.

Dinwiddie said with emotion:

"So Stephen really doesn't care about scoring. When I was still in college, Coach Stevens told us a lot of Stephen's stories to motivate us. He is too selfless, not like a star. To be honest, I can become what I am today because of his influence..."

"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Wiggins asked curiously, turning from the other side.

He grinned, showing an innocent smile, and he was in a very good mood.

As the first substitute of the Warriors' striker, Wiggins played 9 minutes in the first half and scored 6 points thanks to "Kuyou Gravity", 2 of which were air-cut dunks.

Antetokounmpo, in a tone like discovering a new world, told Wiggins the story of Curry University being double-teamed. Wiggins was dumbfounded after listening:
"A full court attack... I've never heard of such a thing, it's crazy!"

Antetokounmpo laughed:
"Is it? I think it's crazy too, but on Stephen..."

The two looked at each other and said in unison:
"It seems very reasonable!"

……

The 15 minutes of the intermission passed quickly amidst the cheers and laughter of the Warriors players.

Everyone walked out of the locker room and returned to the field. Opposite them was a Cavalier player with uglier faces.

Needless to say, the Cavaliers trailed by 27 points at halftime, and the atmosphere in the locker room would definitely not be harmonious.

But what is surprising is that after the start of the second half, the Cavaliers continued to double-team Curry on the defensive end.

The Warriors' first sports goal in the second half came from Curry and Green after the pick-and-roll, attracting a pinch, passing the ball to Green, Green slid down, attracting help defense, passing the ball to the open Leonard, Leonard took a step Adjust the rhythm and hit a long two-pointer.

This made Yang Yi, who was looking forward to the Warriors winning the championship, a little bit unbearable:
"The Cavaliers still pinched Curry? They trailed by 27 points in the first half. Don't they adjust their defense? Leonard is rushing to 30 points!"

Not only Yang Yi, but Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, who commented on the game, were also puzzled by the Cavaliers' strategy of attacking Curry, and questioned Director Lu's choice many times during the commentary.

However, Director Lu is the kind of person who is easily shaken?

Perhaps because he felt that the Warriors' "role players" could not be accurate all the time, Director Lu insisted on flanking Curry, waiting for his tactics to work.

If the Warriors' small forward was still Barnes, Lue's strategy might really have worked.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy in the 2016 Finals was to flank Curry, then rotate to help defend, and completely empty Barnes-just like the 2015 empty Iguodala.

The difference is that the Cavaliers lost their bet last time, but won this time.

Barnes averaged only 9.3 points per game, shot 35.2% from the field and 31% from three-point range, and all of them missed wide-open shots. If he made one more three-pointer, the Warriors would not lose the finals.

The most bizarre thing is that Barnes shot 52.6% of his [-]-pointers in the Western Conference finals. He didn't make wide-open shots, but he suddenly languished in the finals, ruining the Warriors' two consecutive championships.

However, Leonard is no Barnes.

Leonard's 49.8-point shooting rate in the corners on both sides of the playoffs was as high as [-]%, which are the two points he is most sure of outside the three-point line. Lu's guidance to let him go is no different from sending points.

Leonard's autonomous offensive ability is far from what Barnes can match. Even if the Cavaliers' rotation is in place, he can also take advantage of the trend to switch to singles, scoring stably and efficiently.

After three quarters, Leonard scored 32 points, and the Warriors also led the Cavaliers by 106 points 84:22, entering the final quarter.

In the case of a big lead, the Warriors still slack on the defensive end. Otherwise, with the Cavaliers' mentality that is about to collapse, it is impossible to narrow the point difference.

However, a 22-point lead was enough. The Cavaliers fought hard to catch up for a quarter, but only recovered 4 points. Their morale was completely lost, and they had no strength to fight again.

In the fourth quarter, Leonard led the Warriors to rotate the lineup and stormed for a while. The point difference returned to 27 points, and Leonard's score also reached 37 points.

Subsequently, Leonard and Clay clocked out of get off work, while Curry, Green and Antetokounmpo enjoyed the treatment of clocking in for three quarters.

Now, Zhang Yu no longer regards Antetokounmpo as a rookie who needs experience. He has entered the Warriors' core lineup and has become a member of the load management list.

Rotation players such as Dinwiddie, Bogdan, Wiggins, Covington, and Rooney are the players who need a lot of playing time.

Wiggins enjoyed the treatment of the No. [-] pick and has the authority to play mid-range singles on the field.

For some reason, although Wiggins has nothing to do with the Cavaliers, the only intersection between the two is that the No. [-] pick he was selected came from the Cavaliers, but when he sees the Cavaliers, especially James, he will burst into the bottom of his heart. Infinite desire to attack.

The only regret is that Director Lu conceded early and James sat on the bench, so Wiggins couldn't face him head-on.

He can only vent this unknown anger on the Cavaliers' rotation players. Coincidentally, he is in exceptionally good form today, scoring 10 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, helping the team further expand the point difference.

最终，勇士以129:96血洗骑士33分，大比分1:0领先。

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