warrior godfather

Chapter 325 Killing Miracles (7000 words)
Kobe suddenly faced the Warriors double-teaming, caught off guard, and was forced to rush, but he quickly protected the ball, retreated beyond the three-point line, and passed the ball to Matt Barnes who was emptied.

After Kobe exited the three-point line, Butler didn't press forward again, handing Kobe completely to Leonard, and he immediately rushed towards Matt Barnes, his steps were quick and menacing.

Although Matt Barnes was open, Butler's timing of returning was very accurate. When he received the ball, Butler was about to pounce in front of him.

Matt Barnes didn't have time to hesitate, and he wouldn't hesitate either. He didn't make any adjustments after receiving the ball, and directly shot a three-pointer.

Bang!

Matt Barnes' shot was very resolute, but he was still interfered by Butler. The basketball went wide of the basket, and the long rebound popped out, just in the hands of Butler who turned around and ran towards the penalty area.

Kenny Smith said very quickly:

"Barnes missed a three-pointer, Butler grabbed a long rebound, turned around to get rid of Barnes' press, advanced with the ball, Barnes chased, Butler carried Barnes to the Lakers penalty area, he swayed One shot! Barnes gets hoodwinked, Butler leans in, makes a layup—and one!"

After causing Matt Barnes to foul, Butler roared in the direction of the Warriors' bench, and the players on the Warriors' bench stood up one after another, waving towels and responding strangely, while the decibels at the Staples Center, Just lowered it a little bit.

Afterwards, Butler stood on the free throw line, and amidst all kinds of interference from the Lakers fans on the bottom line, he made a steady hit and added a penalty, scoring 2+1.

68: 60.

Looking back, the Lakers were attacking, and Kobe still wanted to attack with the ball, but Leonard and Butler's pincer attack was very firm, and the two defenders surrounded him, so he had no chance to make a shot at all, so he could only choose to split the ball. teammate.

Bang!

Matt Barnes's confident shot turned into an iron strike again. The Warriors took the opportunity to counterattack. Curry missed a three-pointer on the fast break, but Chandler who followed up in the middle grabbed an offensive rebound and overwhelmed Bynum. Make up the spike.

70: 60.

"Di-"

Mike Brown saw that the point difference was stretched to 10 points, and the Lakers were about to collapse, so he immediately called a timeout.

The Warriors bench was boiling again. On the contrary, the huge Staples Center was quiet at this moment. The Lakers fans watched the Warriors fans who were celebrating with gnashing teeth, but they were powerless to boo.

If the home team's performance is not good, there will be no momentum at home.

After the timeout ended, the two sides returned to the court. Reggie Miller observed the lineups of the two teams and said:

"The Warriors still haven't changed. Coach Z left the Leonard and Butler striker combination on the court, and Mike Brown replaced Matt Barnes with Steve Blake, adding a Shooter, improved the offensive space of the Lakers, let's see the effect of this substitution."

On the field, Fisher sent a sideline ball to Kobe who was 45 degrees to the right outside the three-point line, and Leonard was waiting in front of him.

Kobe dribbled the ball into the three-point line, butler on the other side of the top of the arc immediately came up to pinch, Kobe protected the ball sideways, retreated beyond the three-point line, butler also retreated, without chasing.

Kenny Smith said:
"The Warriors defended a zone defense. They didn't have to force Kobe to play through flanking. As long as Kobe didn't enter the three-point line, the Warriors would not flank."

Barkley nodded and said:

"Yes, although I don't think Leonard can limit Kobe, but if Kobe can only attack face-up, Leonard will make him very uncomfortable. His defense against attacking the frame is obviously better than defending back-up singles. .”

On the court, Kobe also saw this. He didn't choose to hit Leonard face-to-face, but lobbed the ball to Gasol who raised from the low post.

Gasol came to the corner of the strong side, took the pass from Kobe, turned his back to Green behind him, and Kobe ran to the weak side.

The distance between him and Leonard is very close. If the Warriors defend the zone defense, Leonard should guard his own area, go to pinch Gasol inside the three-point line, force him to play, and hand over the defense of Kobe. Butler at 45 degrees on the weak side.

But Leonard didn't do this. He followed Kobe every step of the way. Instead, Curry, who was in the corner on the strong side, crossed a long distance and double-teamed Gasol.

Gasol was not in a hurry to split the ball, and he passed the ball to Fisher after Curry double-teamed him.

Curry hurried to the bottom corner, but he "traveled" to a place near the top of the arc, too far from the bottom corner to get back in time, and the old fish got a complete big open opportunity.

Fisher adjusted a little, raised his hand and shot a three-pointer.

This is what Mike Brown has repeatedly emphasized during the timeout. When Kobe encounters a double-team and distributes the ball, others must resolutely shoot an open three-pointer. Although Gasol was double-teamed this time, the reason is the same.

Bang!

However, Fisher's determination did not bring goals. Even if there was no interference, his three-pointers ended in iron strikes, and this also matched his 30% three-point shooting rate.

The rebound was protected by Chandler, he quickly passed it to Curry, and the Warriors immediately counterattacked.

Curry didn't shoot a fast-break three-pointer this time. He rushed into the three-point line, compressed the Lakers' defense, and passed his right hand back to Leonard who followed up. The latter held the ball with one hand, strode forward, and raised fire , Crack the buckle successfully.

72: 60.

Kenny Smith said in a little surprise:
"Whoa, the Warriors guarded a variation of the zone, with Kobe and Gasol following one guy all the time, and the other three guarding the zone."

Reggie Miller said thoughtfully:

"Warriors' defense can be called 'two-point-three'. It is not as extreme as 'BOX-1', but it is more targeted than ordinary defense. Coach Z wants to completely lock Kobe and Gasol's scoring. But it also gave the Lakers role players an excellent opportunity to open up. It depends on whether they can respond. If they can make an open three-pointer, the Warriors' two-pointer and three-pointer will be self-defeating. If they can't make the shot, the Lakers It will be very difficult.”

Buckley sneered and said bluntly:
"Didn't you see what Matt Barnes and Fisher did? They couldn't make threes at all. If I were Mike Brown, I would let Kobe and Gasol force shots. Others have to be accurate when they cast big open positions!"

Barkley scoffed at the role players of the Lakers, but Mike. Brown is not Barkley, he can not be impulsive.

In the next round, after Fisher hit the iron with an open three-pointer again, Mike Brown took advantage of a dead ball to replace the three-pointer Jason Kapono, further opening up space for Kobe and Gasol.

The substitution had an immediate effect. Zhang Yu did not change his defensive strategy because of the appearance of the three-point leader. He was still two-point three-pointer, strictly defending Kobe and Gasol, and emptying other Lakers players.

Jason Kapono seized the opportunity. He scored three open three-pointers in a row. Mike Brown's substitutions had a miraculous effect on the offensive end.

But Jason Kapono couldn't save the Lakers. He was just a marginal substitute who couldn't do anything except shoot open three-pointers.

His defense was like paper, and he was easily passed by Curry, and he paid two fouls on Butler, and all 9 points he got were sent out on the defensive end.

第三节结束时，勇士单节打了湖人一个34:23，以86:75领先湖人11分。

This is because Jason Kapono scored 3 three-pointers in the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, which greatly eased the embarrassment of the Lakers. Otherwise, the Lakers would fall behind by more than 20 points.

During the intermission, the TNT team analyzed the situation of the game in the commentary booth. Kenny Smith said:
"It seems that Mike Brown successfully resolved Coach Z's tactics, and Jason Kapono played the role of surprise soldier. If the Warriors continue the two-point three-up strategy, he will punish the Warriors' defense."

Reggie Miller shook his head and said:
"I don't think so. Jason Kapono is not Curry. He can make three three-pointers, which is already beyond expectations. You can't expect him to make more three-pointers in the fourth quarter, and Coach Z will probably change tactics and he won't have such good open opportunities again."

"In your opinion, what should the Lakers do next to make a comeback?" Kenny Smith asked.

"Kobe made the ball, it's as simple as that." Barkley interjected, "It's hard, but the Lakers can only rely on Kobe's performance if they want to win. Don't you expect Jason Kapono to lead the Lakers to win? Is it? Gasol and Bynum are also impossible to penetrate the inside defense of the Warriors league. Only Kobe, as he has done countless times in the past, can carry the offense of the Lakers, and the Lakers may win. ——Reporter , This is only possible, the Warriors' offense cannot be defended by the Lakers, except for Kobe to stand up, Curry has to be inaccurate like in the first half, this can only depend on the luck of the Lakers."

Reggie Miller says:

"You're right, but the premise of all this is that the Lakers can withstand the Warriors' offense in the transition period. The question is, can they withstand it?"

……

The intermission ended quickly, and the two teams returned to the field.

The Lakers still have Gasol with four substitutes. For the Warriors, Zhang Yu sent Jeremy Lin, Clay, Butler, Yi Jianlian and Whiteside.

Among them, Clay was replaced by Butler in the middle of the third quarter and took a break, and now he is on the court, while Butler was kept on the court by Zhang Yu.

Seeing the lineup of the Warriors, Mike Brown's expression changed, he stood up from his seat, paced back and forth on the sidelines, his eyes kept scanning the Warriors generals on the court, and his uneasiness was palpable.

The Lakers' substitutes can't even beat the Warriors' pure substitute transition lineup, let alone this transition lineup that added Clay and Butler as two starters.

But the lineup has been set, and it is impossible for Mike Brown to call a timeout to make adjustments immediately. He can only look at the Warriors players on the field anxiously, and pray that the Lakers' bench lineup can survive this difficult time.

It is a pity that Zhang Yu did not give the Lakers this chance, and he did not leave any hope for Mike Brown.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors continued to resolutely pinch Gasol's strategy, and used one-on-one quadruple, or BOX-1, to firmly lock his offense.

As an insider with average mobility, Gasol can't use the cover to run without the ball like an outside player. He has no choice but to distribute the ball to open teammates under pincer attack.

But the Warriors’ shorting is a targeted shorting. Troy Murphy and Goodlock have a certain shooting ability. The Warriors’ defense against them is a little tighter. Artest and Steve Blake’s three-pointers are relatively poor. , loosen their defense and try to force these two to take open shots.

Zhang Yu has only one principle, and that is to let the Lakers attack the least efficient players and make the most unreliable shots.

Under the perfect execution and discipline of the warrior generals, the BOX-1 tactics arranged by Zhang Yu achieved very good results.

In the first 4 minutes of the fourth quarter, Gasol only scored 2 points, and the entire Lakers only scored 5 points.

Driven by Jeremy Lin, Clay, and Butler, the Warriors played well offensively. Jeremy Lin's pick-and-roll, Clay's hand-offs and screens, Butler's ball-handling singles, and the team's defensive counterattack , making it difficult for the Lakers' defense to parry.

These five people have been training together in the Miami training camp for five months. They have a good understanding, cooperate with the flow of water, and the quick counterattack from defense to offense is full of layers. They beat the Lakers 4:15 in 5 minutes and took the lead. Expanded to 21 points!
Mike Brown had no choice but to call a timeout, make an early substitution, and make a last-ditch effort.

During the timeout, Reggie Miller sighed:
"The Warriors should win this game. Coach Z locked down the Lakers' internal and external dual-core with two-point triple-link. Although Jason Kapono made three three-pointers, he lacked the scores of Kobe and Gasol. , the Lakers were still overtaken by the Warriors by 3 points in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Zhang Yu sent Klay and Butler with plenty of physical strength. The Lakers naturally couldn't resist. All of this was planned by Coach Z. .Brown switched back to the main force and fought desperately. It will be difficult for them to recover the 11-point difference. Time is not on their side."

After the timeout ended, the two sides returned to the field. The Lakers replaced Jason Kapono with Fisher's four-starter lineup, and the Warriors replaced Butler's four-starter lineup with Leonard.

As Reggie Miller said, the Lakers launched a crazy counterattack. Kobe and Gasol no longer took into account the Warriors' double-teams, and took turns to play singles with the ball, which also achieved good results.

Zhang Yu switched back to the defensive strategy of the first half, let Clay defend Kobe alone, and even went one step further, let Green defend Gasol alone.

This allowed the Lakers' internal and external dual-core scores to rise again after stagnating for a quarter and a half.

Especially Gasol, who has been double-teamed since the first quarter. Although he played a long time, he didn't have much offensive power, and his physical fitness was still very strong. At this time, he seized the opportunity and scored consecutive singles against Green.

And Kobe's physical energy consumption was too intense. Even though he recovered some of his physical energy by paddling on the court in the third quarter, his will to win was worn down a lot. There was an obvious feeling of fatigue inside his body, and his hand felt a little colder. , the efficiency is far less than that of Green's Gasol, but he can still hit some difficult fadeaway jumpers.

However, when the two crazily scored points, the difference between the Lakers and the Warriors did not narrow.

As long as Jason Kapono stays on the court, he and Gasol are the two defensive weaknesses of the Lakers. Kobe, who consumes a lot of energy, can't keep up with the opposing Klay at all times. The Warriors' passing and cutting offense can be easily obtained. Open opportunities, Curry and Clay made consecutive three-pointers, 1 point more than the difficult two-pointers of Gasol and Kobe, maintaining the point difference, and even expanding it from time to time.

At 4 minutes and 16 seconds into the fourth quarter, as Kobe faced Clay, he hit a fallback jumper from a near-limit angle. The score came to 114:96, and the Warriors still led the Lakers by 18 points.

On the sidelines, Mike Brown put his arms around his chest, stared intently at Kobe who hit the jumper, gasped heavily, and slowly retreated to the backcourt. With a soft sigh, he came to the referee and gestured for a timeout.

"Di-"

When the whistle sounded, the players of the two teams looked at the referee in a daze. From his gestures, they knew that it was Mike Brown who called the timeout.

The Warriors players looked up at the score and time of the two teams on the big screen, realized something, relaxed their expressions, walked back to the bench talking and laughing, high-fiving each other, bumping their chests to celebrate, and the bench players also greeted them with smiles.

They knew it was their turn to perform.

In the other half, the Lakers silently returned to the bench. No one high-fived or spoke.

Before this game, the Lakers had 4 wins and 4 losses and were in poor form, but in the 4 games they lost, none of them had a difference of more than 10 points.

Today, they are going to break their lower limit.

And what they don't even know is whether they will bottom out or continue to sink.

Kobe sat on the seat with a gloomy face, squinted his eyes, and looked at the field. His whole body exuded an aura of not getting close to strangers. Seeing this, the teammates around him quietly moved to the side. Saul didn't dare to comfort Kobe.

The Lakers players all know that Kobe, who is so competitive to the point of paranoia, definitely cannot accept such a failure. Now is his most irritable time, and he must not be provoked at this time.

Mike Brown glanced at Kobe, didn't say anything, and didn't comfort the other Lakers players. He just named a few marginal substitutes and let them play the last garbage time.

In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith said:
"The Lakers called a timeout. It seems that Mike Brown is going to be on the bench. There is really no suspense in this game. The Lakers can't narrow the point difference at all."

Mike Brown called a short timeout, and it was over quickly. He sent the Lakers to the third team. Zhang Yu also replaced Thomas, Danny Green, Parsons, Anthony Tolliver and Whiteside. field.

The next 4 minutes was complete garbage time. The Lakers fans at the Staples Center left early one after another to avoid being stuck in the parking lot after the game. Scar, added the last footnote to the Lakers' defeat.

Facts have proved that their choice is correct. Even though they are both in the third team, unlike the reckless play of the Lakers, the Warriors are still very disciplined. The players on the field cooperate with each other very tacitly, and the tactics are executed in an orderly manner , full of enthusiasm, both offensive and defensive ends blasted the Lakers' third team.

Thomas showed his speed and impact to the fullest. He made 6 of 4 shots and scored 10 points. He made two single-block three-pointers very resolutely, and even showed a bit of Curry's demeanor. The height of 1 dominated the last 7 minutes, becoming the most dazzling existence among the 4 players present.

When the light came on, Kenny Smith said:
Congratulations to the Warriors for beating the Lakers 128:105 for tonight's victory and seven consecutive victories. They are currently the only team in the league to maintain a complete victory! "

Reggie Miller says:

"I think we must face up to Coach Z's declaration of winning the championship. The Warriors are now unstoppable, and they have obviously built a mature offensive and defensive system, instead of relying solely on Curry to score high points to win the game like last season. Winning the Bulls, Spurs, and Lakers by a big score is enough to show that the Warriors are now a strong and stable team and a strong contender for the championship."

"Oh, no, Reggie, you are too sloppy." Barkley shook his head again and again, "The Warriors are really strong, but don't forget, this is a shrinking season, and the Warriors are a young team, they can play well. The performance is normal, and the performance of the Thunder, 76ers, and Bulls is also very good, but as the season progresses, you will find that those old powerhouses will rule the league again. The most important thing is that jump shots can't win the championship. The core of the Warriors It's Stephen Curry. He's a point guard. There's only one team in NBA history with a point guard as the absolute core. We have his jersey hanging above our heads. Curry is good, but he's not a magician. , He can't lead the Warriors to win the championship, absolutely impossible."

"Charles, I know you are very upset about wearing Curry's jersey for a year, but this is not the reason for you to belittle Curry. He is an epoch-making shooter. You also saw his performance in the playoffs last year. If It’s not that he lacks helpers, the Mavericks can’t easily win the Western Conference Finals, but now Butler, Clay, and Green have all grown up, Curry no longer fights alone, we must face up to the strength of the Warriors.” Reggie M. Le retorted.

Barkley still shook his head and said:

"No, no, no, Reggie, I don't mix things into my job. I respect the Warriors a lot, and I respect Curry a lot. He is the scoring leader. He was selected to the best team. There is no doubt that he will have a bright future. In the future, I even think he is one of the faces of the league, and his strength is beyond doubt."

"But what we are discussing now is the championship, which is completely different from the regular season honors such as the scoring champion and the best team. With all due respect, I don't see the possibility that the Warriors can go to the end of the playoffs. They are too Young, do you expect Butler, Clay, Leonard, and Green to perform so well in the playoffs? I don’t think they are all big-hearted players!”

Reggie Miller shrugged and said:
"Well, it seems that the only way to end the debate between us is to wait for the Warriors' performance in the playoffs this year."

Barkley thought for a moment and smiled:

"No, if I remember correctly, three days later, the Warriors will play the Heat. The Heat have only lost one game, ranked second only to the Warriors, and are in a hot state. If the Warriors can win this game, then I agree As you said, the Warriors will be a strong contender for the championship this year, let's wait and see!"

……

When Barkley and Reggie Miller in the commentary got into a heated argument, Zhang Yu happened to come to the technical stage and shook hands with the oncoming Mike Brown.

Mike Brown shook hands with Zhang Yu hastily, nodded expressionlessly, and was about to turn around and leave.

Mike Brown didn't have any friendship with Zhang Yu, and the Lakers suffered another big defeat. He was very irritable, and he didn't want to talk to Zhang Yu, and his mind was full of thoughts on how to appease the players and prepare for the next game.

After playing the Warriors, the Lakers have a day off, and then they will face the Grizzlies. This is also a difficult opponent, which makes Mike Brown feel extremely headache just thinking about it.

But just as he turned around, Zhang Yu stopped him:

"Mike, you did a great job of contingency. To be honest, I didn't expect you to have the courage to replace Jason Kapono. If you replaced any other substitute, the Lakers would completely collapse in the third quarter. "

Mike Brown stopped turning around, turned around, and gave a wry smile:
"I just slowed down the speed of losing. You didn't make any mistakes. Every adjustment was done just right. The Warriors deserved this victory."

Zhang Yu smiled modestly and waved his hands:

"I just win because I have a bunch of great young people... I can see that you are trying to deploy the Lakers' defense. Although the results are not very good, it is not your fault. The Lakers' roster is aging too seriously. There's no way to conjure up a bunch of defensive champions out of thin air."

Zhang Yu's words seemed to reach Mike Brown's heart. He nodded his head heavily and opened his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but then he realized that Zhang Yu was his opponent, which made him suppress the desire to pour out in his heart, and simply said said a sentence:
"It's okay, my players are only in a bad state temporarily, and I will play games again, and it will be fine when they get back to the feeling."

Zhang Yu smiled and did not continue to entangle on this topic:

"Of course, you are a head coach who is good at training defense and you are very popular with players. I believe that under your leadership, the Lakers will return to the state where they won the championship two years ago...Mike, we can contact more in the future, although we are Opponent, but I appreciate your basketball philosophy, you know, we are rare people who have not played professional games, but ended up as head coaches, I think we must have a lot of common language."

He reached out to Mike Brown again. Mike Brown showed doubts, but he still held Zhang Yu's hand, nodded hesitantly, and said:

"Okay... If we have time, we can communicate more."

He didn't know why Zhang Yu suddenly showed kindness to him, but he was a well-rounded person, and he would never reject the kindness of his peers, especially when this peer was a team owner.

Afterwards, the two exchanged their mobile phone numbers and email addresses before Mike Brown hurried to the player tunnel to appease the Lakers who had just experienced a big defeat.

Zhang Yu looked at his leaving back, nodded slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and turned to leave.

In front of him, the warrior generals who had won a big victory were laughing heartily.

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