warrior godfather

Chapter 201 Never underestimate the heart of a champion!
For the Warriors, this victory brought their record to 50 wins and 31 losses. Even if they lose to the Trail Blazers tomorrow, the Warriors can keep the seventh place in the West.

And if the Warriors win the Trail Blazers and the Spurs lose to the Mavericks, the Warriors will overtake the Spurs in one fell swoop and rise to the sixth position in the West.

This unexpected victory greatly boosted the morale of the Warriors team. The Jazz is a veteran playoff team, but they failed to beat the Warriors who made three starters. The Warriors are still in good shape. After defeating a strong enemy, the young Warriors are full of confidence in the upcoming playoffs.

In the locker room of the home team, the players were talking and laughing loudly. The three of Curry, who were not on the court, were all wearing casual clothes and were also smiling. They originally had some resentment for being rested, but now that they won the game, the resentment turned to Zhang Yu. Visionary admiration.

Chandler said loudly:

"The coach is much better than Larry Brown. That old guy can't wait to let the main players play for 48 minutes. He doesn't give me a chance to play at all. He definitely doesn't dare to be like the coach. He takes turns starting against a strong team and wins. !"

His resentment towards Larry Brown is too deep, and he will scold him from time to time. Although under Zhang Yu's strict order, he will not talk about this kind of thing in front of the media, but there is no taboo in the locker room. Can let him go.

Anyone who likes basketball is unlikely to like Larry Brown, including Zhang Yu.

Larry Brown will stifle all the creativity, imagination and talent of the players, let them play the "most correct" iron-blooded defensive basketball, the team under his coach, the degree of dullness and dullness of the game is outrageous, the Pistons The Finals against the Spurs is considered "the most boring finals ever", bar none.

"Boss, are we going to fight the Trail Blazers with all our strength tomorrow and strive for the sixth place in the Western Conference?" Curry looked at Zhang Yu expectantly.

He still remembered that Zhang Yu said yesterday that he might be needed to play against the Trail Blazers. He won the Jazz today. He naturally thought that Zhang Yu had already calculated all of this. He wanted to compete for the sixth place in the Western Conference. The rest was to let him recharge his energy. , Save your energy to fight the Blazers.

But why the higher-ranked Jazz have to take turns, but the Trail Blazers don't take turns, this is not within the scope of Curry's consideration. He is only responsible for playing and doesn't think much about the rest.

"Cough cough..." Zhang Yu coughed dryly with a little embarrassment, "Is this, we need to wait until tomorrow to see the situation, but you will indeed play tomorrow."

"Look at the situation?" Curry wondered.

"You will know tomorrow." Zhang Yu said vaguely.

Curry glanced at him, puzzled in his eyes, but didn't ask any more questions, turned around and joined his teammates in celebrating.

Zhang Yu looked at the laughing team members, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

His original idea was to take a round of rest, lose to the Jazz, and then wait for work, and then beat the goal. The Trail Blazers, who are already at the end of their strength, will play against the Mavericks in the seventh place in the Western Conference.

But who would have thought that the Jazz's inside line would be so soft today. Zhang Yu couldn't hold back for a while. Seeing the Jazz's flaws, he habitually made adjustments and easily won the Jazz.

But sometimes winning is not necessarily a good thing. Tomorrow the Mavericks will play against the Spurs. If the Mavericks win, the Warriors must lose to the Trail Blazers. Otherwise, the Warriors will surpass the Spurs and rise to sixth. In that case, the Warriors will go Hit the sun.

The Suns have always been the Warriors’ pain point this season. In the 4 confrontations between the two sides, the Suns won 3 times. The Suns under Nash’s control completely restrained the Warriors’ running and bombing. Very immature, in terms of rhythm control is not the opponent of the sun at all, Zhang Yu is afraid to avoid the sun.

But it is impossible for him to take two starts in a row, otherwise the player's state will definitely be affected. How to lose the game with all the starters is a headache for Zhang Yu.

If it really doesn't work, I can only take the blame. In order to win, don't be shabby!
Zhang Yu gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

……

The next day, March 4.

Today is the final day of the NBA2009-2010 regular season season. The league has scheduled 14 games today. Except for the Nuggets and Kings, all the remaining 28 teams will participate in the competition. Six teams are back-to-back World War II, including the Warriors.

Since the Warriors are playing away games, they came to Portland from Oakland this morning. Fortunately, the distance between the two places is not far away, otherwise the Warriors will spend another exhausting night on the plane.

Before the start of the game between the Warriors and the Trail Blazers, Zhang Yu found Jonathan and gave him a task to keep an eye on the game between the Spurs and the Mavericks.

Jonathan responded immediately, looking at Zhang Yu with a smile:
"Boss, I know what you mean, don't worry, with the strength of the Mavericks, the Spurs are definitely no match."

It turns out that you, the boss, will also be nervous. I understand. You are afraid that if the Mavericks lose, the Warriors will not be able to surpass the Spurs in the ranking. I will definitely complete this task well.

Zhang Yu's expression froze, and he waved his hand weakly:
"Go ahead and tell me the result as soon as the game is over."

……

Half an hour before the game between the Warriors and the Trail Blazers, Zhang Yu was arranging tactics for the team in the locker room:
"...We have to make some changes today. Don't be too excited in the game, especially pay attention to protecting yourself during the confrontation. Don't fight too hard. The most important thing is to stay healthy and enter the playoffs. For us, it is actually over, the playoffs are our stage, so I will control your playing time..."

Just as he was earnestly persuading everyone to stay strong during the game, Jonathan, who had been swiping his phone in the corner of the locker room, suddenly raised his head and came to Zhang Yu with a look of surprise on his face, saying:
"Boss, the Mavericks won! The Spurs lost by 7 points, and the final score was 96:89. As long as we win against the Blazers, we will be sixth in the West!"

His voice was a bit loud in the quiet locker room, but everyone could hear him clearly. Everyone's originally dull expressions instantly became excited, and they looked at each other a few times. fighting spirit.

As long as they win the Trail Blazers, the Warriors will be sixth in the West!
They listened to Zhang Yu for a long time, meaning that they must save their energy for the playoffs. Although this statement is very reasonable, it is not what these young people like to hear. They like to do their best in every game and win the first place. If you are sixth, you will be uneasy about seventh. If you can score 20 points, you will not be reconciled to only scoring 19 points.

Chandler was the first to raise his voice:

"Coach, let's fight. If we win, we will be sixth in the Western Conference!"

"Yeah, boss, we're not tired, it's okay to fight again, don't you think so?" Curry shouted.

"Yeah, coach, let's have another good fight!" Azubuike yelled.

"Boss, I can play for 48 minutes, and I'm not tired at all, really!" Butler looked at Zhang Yu anxiously.

Zhang Yu glared at Jonathan, who smiled shyly and retreated into the corner with his neck shrunk.

He didn't know why Zhang Yu was staring at him, but he knew that the boss was unhappy, so it must be his fault.

Zhang Yu frowned slightly, and quietly looked at the clamoring warriors. Everyone felt a little scared when he saw them, and their voices gradually dropped.

The locker room fell into silence, and Silas spoke:

"Ronan has his own considerations. In fact, there is not much difference between the sixth in the West and the seventh in the West..."

"Do you really want to compete for the sixth place in the Western Conference?" Zhang Yu suddenly interjected.

"Of course the higher the ranking, the better," Chandler said naturally.

"That's right, I've never tasted the taste of sixth in the Western Conference. The last time I entered the playoffs, I was eighth in the Western Conference... But we are eighth, hehe." Azubuike grinned and said excitedly.

"I think the seventh place in the Western Conference is not bad. I really didn't expect that I could enter the playoffs with the team after being undrafted. However, the higher the ranking, the better. If we can reach the first place in the Western Conference one day, it will be great. !” Reggie Williams rubbed his head and laughed.

Butler also said with a smile:
"Boss, what do you mean... Since we play basketball, we must try our best to win every game, no matter whether we fight for the sixth place in the Western Conference or not, we have to win this game!"

Among the crowd, only Curry did not answer. He had followed Zhang Yu the longest and knew him best. He could see that something was wrong with Zhang Yu's mood.

After the others finished speaking, Curry hesitated and said:
"Boss, don't you want us to compete for the sixth place in the Western Conference?"

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him in unison, and then turned their eyes to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu was silent for a while. He looked at everyone's expectant eyes mixed with doubts, and slowly shook his head:

"No, Jimmy is right. As a team, we will be blamed for winning. Regardless of whether we fight for sixth place in the Western Conference, we must win this game! Come here, let me rearrange my tactics..."

He took the tactical board from Silas next to him, called everyone to gather around, and arranged loudly.

"...Okay, that's it, do you understand?" Zhang Yu finished speaking quickly, and everyone nodded in unison.

"Let's go, it's time, let's warm up and win this game!" Zhang Yu took a deep breath, put aside other distracting thoughts, and led the crowd to shout a slogan, watching the Warriors players file out of the locker room.

The coaching staff stayed at the end, and Silas approached Zhang Yu and asked in a low voice:

"Ronan, aren't we trying to play the Mavericks? Why did you change your mind?"

In the entire team, only the coaching staff knew Zhang Yu's thoughts. After winning the Thunder, Zhang Yu discussed with the two of them. Although the Warriors may fight for the sixth place in the Western Conference, the Suns restrained the Warriors too much. Seventh position, go to the Mavericks.

The Warriors' running and bombing restrained the Mavericks with a seriously aging lineup, and even cut off Chandler. Coupled with the presence of old Nelson, a consultant who knows the Mavericks well, it is not impossible to stage another black seven miracle.

Zhang Yu sighed softly, rubbed his cheeks with both hands, and said:

"I underestimated their desire to win."

Silas opened his mouth, closed it again, and said:
"Why don't you explain it clearly to them? I think they will support your decision. We face the Suns. The chances of winning are slim, but the chances of playing the Mavericks are not small. As long as we let go of this game, there is a chance." Possibly in the Western Conference semifinals."

"And then?" Zhang Yu put down his hand and asked softly.

"Then, we should hit the sun..." Silas paused suddenly.

"You're right. I don't think the Spurs are the opponents of the Suns. Even if we get away with the Mavericks, don't we still have to play the Suns?"

"But, but we will play one more round of playoffs!" Silas said anxiously.

He really didn't understand why Zhang Yu suddenly changed his mind. In his opinion, with the Warriors' fierce momentum at the end of the season, it is very likely to overthrow the Mavericks.

Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had figured out something, and said in a relaxed tone:
"Stephen, I know you are thinking about the team. If we play one more round of playoffs, the team's income will be much higher, and our young players will also get more exercise..."

Silas kept nodding. Zhang Yu said exactly what he thought in his heart, but he was even more puzzled. Since Zhang Yu knew everything, he was the one who first proposed to fight the Mavericks. Why did he change his mind so abruptly?

"...But, is what we are after reaching the Western Conference semifinals?" Zhang Yu said with a serious face, "I went through all kinds of troubles to buy the Warriors. Wesley and Kyle were discovered in the second-round picks, not to buy tickets to enter the playoffs to make money, what I want is the championship!"

"I'm actually very sure of beating the Mavericks. Their lineup has a lot of flaws. This is one of the reasons why I rested three starters in the last game. I need to take the initiative and lead the ranking to the result I want. pick whoever i want to play...but jimmy is right, the players should try to win whether they want to be sixth in the west or not. why didn't i tell them before that i want to pick the mavericks? because i want them all Put your heart into the game and be a pure player instead of playing with purpose."

Zhang Yu laughed at himself and shook his head:

"But today I found out that I was wrong. The duty of a player is to win, and the duty of a coach is also to win. Picking opponents will not end well. A real strong team should not be afraid of any opponent. What is needed on the road to championship is bravery Fearlessness, not careful calculation, such things as the next victory and the miracle of black seven are not important to me, and it is not important to buy a few more tickets. It is very important to us to maintain a championship heart!"

"Haha..." Ron Adams smiled, his face full of relief, "Ronan, I'm very happy, you can see this, never underestimate the heart of a championship, winning culture is the most difficult to shape Yes, we should not be afraid of any opponent, the Warriors are a young team, what a young team needs is fearless failure, not tricky victory."

Silas shrugged and muttered in a low voice:

"Well, anyway, you are the boss, and you don't have the pressure of record, you can do whatever you want..."

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