warrior godfather

Chapter 286 Non-Focus Series
The next day, Stevens and the Markbaum family were all flown out of Oakland and back to Indiana.

The Warriors resumed training after a day off, but because they had just finished the series, their training intensity was not high, mainly focusing on recovering their physical fitness, which was mixed with two hours of tactical training with the Grizzlies as their imaginary enemy.

The series between the Spurs and the Grizzlies is not yet over. Even though Zhang Yu is very confident that the Grizzlies will succeed in black eight, he cut off Tony Allen from the Grizzlies after all. I don’t know if this will affect the series. In the end, the players were still not directly allowed to conduct tactical training against the Grizzlies. Otherwise, if the Spurs were not hacked, it would take a lot of energy for the players to change their tactics.

But G6 between the Spurs and Grizzlies will start tonight. This game is the same as the G6 between the Eagles and Magic. Basically, whoever wins will advance to the next round. Although the Spurs are one game behind, if the Spurs win this game The game returned home smoothly, and Zhang Yu didn't think Popovich would give the Grizzlies a chance.

In the past, the Warriors’ Black Eight Mavericks won G6 at home and won the series in one go. Last year, the Spurs Black Seven Mavericks did the same. Home court advantage is too important in the playoffs. Both the Grizzlies and the Spurs know this. The game is a life and death battle for them.

After training in the afternoon, the Warriors left one by one, but Zhang Yu and the coaching staff stayed in the conference room to watch the Grizzlies and Spurs' Game 6 together.

In the NBA, players can take regular breaks, but coaches can't, especially in the playoffs.

Every day in the playoffs is very precious. If the Grizzlies win the game tonight and successfully advance to the next round, the Warriors coaching staff must discuss tactics against the Grizzlies overnight and prepare for tomorrow's training.

But to the surprise of Zhang Yu and others, unlike the Eagles and Magic's G6, the Spurs and Grizzlies' G6 was not a suffocating defensive battle.

Back at home, the Grizzlies, backed by the enthusiastic support of the fans, got off to a 7-0 start after the game, and have been firmly in the lead ever since, making 9 of 1 three-pointers. , shot 52.1% from the field, grabbed 43 rebounds, 11 more than the Spurs, including 14 offensive rebounds, 5 more than the Spurs; 30 free throws in the game, more than the Spurs. The Spurs had 16 more, and finally won 99:91, eliminating their opponents with a big score of 4:2.

Randolph showed his power, making 22 of 12 shots, 8 of 7 free throws, and scored 31 points and 11 rebounds. He was the biggest contributor to the Grizzlies' victory. Marc Gasol was willing to be a green leaf, with 9 of 6 shots and efficient Scored a double-double of 12 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, including 5 offensive rebounds.

Black and white Shuangsha dominated the inside and also dominated the game.

On the other hand, for the Spurs, Parker managed to play an efficient game. He scored 17 points on 10 of 23 shots, but he couldn't stand alone. He scored 14 of 6 points and scored only 8 points. Duncan lost all his skills. He scored 2 points, 16 rebounds, 13 assists and 5 blocks on 12 of 10 shots. .

After watching the game, Zhang Yu signaled Jonathan to turn off the live broadcast of the game, and looked at everyone with a smile:

"Okay, you can rest assured now, our opponent in the next round is the Grizzlies, please speak freely, how should we fight?"

Silas clenched his fist and said excitedly:
"The Grizzlies are much easier to play than the Spurs. Mike Conley and Battier can defend Parker and Ginobili because they can't shoot three-pointers well. They are not so good against Stephen. Jimmy is not afraid. With Battier's technical flow defense, and Hollins will definitely keep one of Marc Gasol and Randolph on the court at all times, we can always play pick-and-roll against the Grizzlies inside!"

Ron Adams also nodded with a smile:
"That's right, we also have an advantage in terms of defense - the Grizzlies' offense focuses on the inside, but Drummond is not the old McDyess, and his footsteps are not at a disadvantage against Randolph. It doesn't matter if we are a little weaker. With Tyson to help fill the position, Yi and Andre are both new forces. We can maintain a high-intensity inside defense. The Grizzlies' inside is difficult to play, and Jimmy and Tony Allen on the outside can also Effectively limit the offense of OJ Mayo and Mike Conley."

Bruce chimed in:

"Yeah, we have defense as the foundation, we can fight any opponent we meet, and the Grizzlies happen to be a defensive team that lacks superstars, so it is difficult to compete with us on offense. Fortunately, Ronan came from the Grizzlies The Bears got Tony, and if the Grizzlies had Tony on Steph, it would be tough for us."

Silas and Ron Adams nodded together. Although Tony Allen didn't play much time in each game, only a little over 20 minutes, his defense was a strong hole card for the Warriors in the playoffs. In the last two games of the series, Westbrook's offense was locked up, creating a situation where the first four players fought for defense, and Curry and Durant fought for offense. Then Zhang Yu asked the substitute to suppress the Thunder's offense, and finally won easily. victory.

Of course, there are also reasons why the Thunder players are inexperienced and Brooks did not make adjustments in time, but Tony Allen is definitely a key part of Zhang Yu's one-attack and four-defense tactics.

If he is still in the Grizzlies, Curry will definitely get the same treatment as Westbrook. Even if he can maintain the basic scoring output with a strong shooting threat, his efficiency will drop a lot. The coaching staff is well aware of this.

Zhang Yu smiled, did not comment on this, and said instead:
"There is no need to talk about these things. Let's discuss the tactics of the second round of the series based on the video of the Grizzlies and the Spurs..."

Zhang Yu is more aware of the effectiveness of Tony Allen's defense against Curry than the others. In his previous life, the Warriors and Grizzlies met in the second round of the 2015 playoffs. Under Tony Allen's main defense, Curry's shooting percentage dropped. When it reached 42.1%, he averaged up to 4 turnovers per game, and his scoring was lower than the average scoring per game in that playoffs.

However, Tony Allen can only limit Curry's offense, but he can't prevent Curry who has evolved into a super giant. In that round of the series, Curry averaged 40.6 three-pointers per game with a 4.3% shooting rate. , scored 24.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5 rebounds, leading the Warriors to a 4:2 victory over the Grizzlies.

But that was the 33-year-old Tony Allen after his athletic ability declined. If the current Tony Allen faced Curry in the playoffs, no one knows what he can do against Curry, and no one will know in the future.

With Zhang Yu around, this situation would never be possible.

The Warriors coaching staff stayed in the conference room until 11:30 p.m. to discuss the tactics to be used in the second round of the series before leaving the Oracle Center and going home.

This is still the time it took Zhang Yu to let the scouting department collect data and videos for the Grizzlies very early, and the coaching staff had a general framework.

It took most of the time to discuss the tactical details, and there are still many uncertainties.

But this is also something that can’t be helped. The Warriors and Grizzlies have never played against each other in the playoffs. The reference value of the regular season is limited.

On the second day, the team trained according to the arrangement of the coaching staff. This day was also a rest day. The first round of the playoffs was all over without a single game.

Tomorrow will start the second round of the playoffs with two games. The first is the Heat's game against the Celtics at 06:30 in the afternoon, followed by the Warriors' game against the Grizzlies at 08:30 in the evening.

The fire-green battle is the focus of the focus. There is even a view on the Internet that whoever wins the Heat and the Celtics will be the final championship, and the series between the Warriors and the Grizzlies has not received much attention.

The Warriors' rise time is too short, and the Grizzlies are only eighth in the West. Compared with the two Big Three teams in the East, their popularity is very different, but in China, it is natural that the Warriors pay more attention to their games.

Yao Ming has been injured for a long time. The Warriors have gathered the only Chinese head coach, Chinese players and Chinese-American players in the NBA. The home team of Huaxia fans.

Although CCTV still insists on the second, third, sixth, and seventh broadcast days, and does not broadcast NBA games at other times, the previous Game 5 between the Warriors and the Thunder was not broadcast because it was held on Thursday, China time. The online platform broadcast the whole process, which made the fans applaud.

Unfortunately, the G1 between the Warriors and Grizzlies was held on Tuesday, China time, and CCTV still did not broadcast it, and the current fans have not generally developed the habit of watching games online as they did later, and they are all scolding for this endlessly.

In the U.S., Warriors and Grizzlies fans also resented the fact that the league staggered the schedule of two games, leaving all the weekend prime time for the Heat and Celtics, who couldn't go out and party on weekend nights.

But the time difference between Miami and Golden State is really too big. Even in normal times, in order to take care of the local Californian fans, the Warriors’ game time is arranged very late. Their complaints are not particularly big.

But this is a good thing for Chinese fans. G1 between the Warriors and Grizzlies happened to start at 11:30 a.m. China time, so office workers and student parties could just take advantage of their lunch break to watch the game.

This convenience in viewing time is also a major reason why the Warriors quickly replaced the Rockets as the new home team for Chinese fans.

Amid all the commotion, May 5st finally arrived.

However, before the game between the Celtics and the Heat, there was another episode-the league held a press conference at the United Center, announcing that Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau won the 2010-2011 season coach of the year award.

The attribution of this award is expected. Tom Thibodeau scored 475 points in the selection and won the first place with an absolute advantage, while Zhang Yu ranked second with 318 points. For the coach award, many media people did not vote for him consecutively.

When Zhang Yu learned the result from Jonathan, he was in the office preparing for the game against the Grizzlies tonight. He just smiled and asked a question that Jonathan couldn't answer:
"Tell me, if I win this award again next year and be elected the best coach twice within three years, what will it look like?"

　Deep condolences for the passengers who died on China Eastern Airlines flight mu5735, and hope a miracle will happen...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)