warrior godfather

Chapter 411 The Truly Selfless Superstar (6000 words)
When Chandler retracted his wandering thoughts, he had already returned to the Warriors' restricted area.

After Westbrook received the baseline ball from Ibaka, he tried to push back, but the transition of the ball in a dead ball state gave the Warriors enough time to retreat and did not give him this opportunity.

This allowed Chandler to have time to command his teammates to move and set up defensive formations.

"Jimmy, back!" This meant that Butler was behind a cover.

"Stephen, go back and follow someone!" This is to let Curry not over-help defense.

In the Warriors, Chandler is only responsible for screens when attacking, and he completely depends on the gestures of his teammates. Clay asked him to cover him and he screened. Curry told him to go down. He rushed to the penalty area without saying a word, ready to catch the ball dunk.

But on the defensive end, Chandler is the mainstay of the Warriors. He sits in the penalty area and has the widest vision. Whenever he sees omissions in his teammates' positions or running, he immediately reminds them loudly. They immediately ran according to his command.

This is the result of three years of running-in between Chandler and his teammates. It is also because of his excellent defense that he has won the trust of his teammates.

When Chandler commanded his teammates to run, Westbrook stopped at the top of the arc to dribble, and Butler also noticed the back screen set up by Ibaka under the reminder of Chandler, adjusted his position in time, and was not caught Durant, who runs without the ball, shakes off.

Westbrook controlled the ball for a while and found that his teammates had no chance to run out. To be precise, Durant did not have a chance to run out. He immediately beckoned and asked Perkins to cover him.

Perkins mentioned the position at the top of the arc, but Chandler didn't follow him. He quickly recalled the Westbrook scouting report he had read in the past two days, stepped on the free throw line, opened his hands and waited for it. Out of the corner of his eyes, he paid close attention to the bottom corners of the two wings, in case someone slipped from the baseline and cut to the basket, and reminded loudly:
"Klay, pick and roll, right!"

The situation on the court is constantly changing. In order to save time, the communication between the Warriors players is carried out in short words.

Perkins has a thick body and a solid screen, but he didn't block people, because Clay, who was facing Westbrook, didn't mean to squeeze the screen at all. He heard Chandler's reminder behind him, and immediately took a step back, bypassing Parkin Smith's screen gave Westbrook room to shoot.

But it takes time for Clay to go around the screen, and it was this gap that Westbrook caught. He took a big step and rushed straight into the three-point line. Clay wanted to keep up, but the speed was far away. Not enough time, Westbrook suppressed half of his body and rushed past him.

Chandler could see clearly from behind. It should have been shortly after the opening, and Clay hadn't adjusted to his best condition. His feet were a little slower, and he was passed by Westbrook in one step.

Under normal circumstances, even if Westbrook's athleticism explodes, it is impossible to pass Clay in one step.

Facing Westbrook rushing in, Chandler took it easy, stretched out his right hand, put it on top of his head, adjusted his footsteps, and always blocked Westbrook's breakthrough route.

But he can't just take Westbrook into consideration. After Perkins finished the screen, he immediately turned and slid down, only a little behind Westbrook. Chandler had to allocate part of his attention to prevent Perkins from hitting the penalty area.

Westbrook saw that he and Perkins formed a double ghost attacking the goal. Facing Chandler's defense, he not only did not slow down, but stepped on the ground, accelerated, and continued to compress the Warriors' defense. The action of Kings passing the ball allows Chandler to make a choice.

But Chandler didn't panic at all, and didn't even care about Perkins anymore, and put all his attention on Westbrook, blocking all his shot space.

Westbrook has suffered from Chandler's losses several times, and was extremely impressed by his frame protection. He didn't dare to attack the frame with a head iron, threw the ball into the sky, and hung it to Perkins, wanting to pass him an alley-oop.

But at this moment, Green shrank from the weak side to the basket, jumped up hard, and interfered with Perkins' catch. Chandler turned around to control the ball and succeeded in stealing.

It turned out that when Perkins put up a screen and Westbrook went inside, Green let go of Ibaka directly and shrunk to the penalty area to protect the frame. Since Westbrook was chasing after Clay and Chandler was in front of him. Blocking the road, with Perkins going down at the same time, the space is small, the vision is extremely narrow, and Green is helping to defend from the weak side, so he didn't notice Green who was helping to defend, and his pass was destroyed.

After Chandler controlled the ball, without any delay, he immediately passed the ball to Green beside him, and then buried himself in the frontcourt.

The Warriors attach great importance to defensive counterattacks, have strict regulations on every step of the counterattack, and have conducted a lot of drills, so that everyone can form muscle memory and be able to respond quickly on the court.

Chandler is the core of the Warriors' interior defense. He can often grab rebounds, and his passing is very average, so after he gets the ball, the first thing he does is to pass it to Curry or Green according to the principle of proximity. If Jeremy Lin is on the court, it can also be passed to Jeremy Lin-Curry is the core of the Warriors' offense. Green's ability to launch a fast break is very outstanding.

Chandler didn't pass to Butler because although Butler is the Warriors' second ball-holding point, his absolute speed is not fast and his awareness of launching a fast break is average, so he is responsible for cutting the basket and compressing the opponent's defense.

Clay is responsible for opening up the space. If there is a chance, others will pass him the ball and let him make a conversion three-pointer.

If the remaining off-ball point is Curry, he will open up the space like Clay; if it is Green, he will hit the basket like Butler.

As a center, Chandler has the slowest speed. All he needs to do is to follow up in the middle, hit the penalty area, or grab offensive rebounds, looking for opportunities for a second attack.

In short, the Warriors' fast break requires everyone to participate. Five people perform their duties and have a clear division of labor. According to the situation on the field, choose the way to end the defensive counterattack. You don't stick to three-pointers, mid-range shots, or breakthroughs, and you can fall at any time. position, perform impromptu pick-and-rolls, screen coordination, and look for scoring opportunities.

This fast break, Chandler didn't come in handy. When he ran across the half court, he quickly went down to Clay, who was 45 degrees to the left, received a pass from Green, converted a three-pointer, and the rebound was recovered to the basket. Under the protection of Ibaka down.

But Chandler ran for nothing, but didn't complain at all. He immediately turned around and ran back to the Warriors' restricted area, ready to defend.

Before coming to the Warriors, Chandler did the same things on the court as he does now, but he was far from the good mentality he is now. He would not struggle to run fast breaks, but dawdled to the center line. If he fell, he would go to the frontcourt , Score or lose the ball, then return to the backcourt defense.

At that time, Chandler was playing for the contract, and the relationship with his teammates was just colleagues.

When he was a rookie in the Bulls, the veterans in the team bossed him around and even spoofed him a few times. Chandler was very angry about this, but the unspoken rules of the NBA were like this, and he could only swallow his anger.

The coach and the general manager don't care about this kind of thing either. They have their own jobs. As long as there are no obvious conflicts within the team, they won't interfere with the locker room. That's the player's own business.

After going to the Hornets and Bobcats, Chandler got rid of his rookie status, but he is just a blue-collar center who focuses on defense. His statistics are not obvious, his tactical status in the team is not high, and no one in the locker room listens to him. He will also play hard, but for the sake of getting a big contract, fast breaks and follow-ups, which have a high probability of running in vain, can't get data, and can't show the role of the defensive end, Chandler will never do it.

But in the Warriors, the rookies in the team respected him. Zhang Yu gave him a big contract, gave him a high tactical status and locker room status, which made Chandler really feel like a family.

The Warriors are different from other teams. There is no "team boss". Curry is the core star of the team. In the outside world, he is the "boss" of the Warriors, but there is only one "boss" in the Warriors, and that is Zhang Yu.

In the locker room of the Warriors, Zhang Yu said one thing, the players are equal, there is not even a difference between stars and role players, only the difference in tactical status.

This has a lot to do with Zhang Yu's strength. He is the owner of the Warriors and also serves as the head coach. No one can challenge his authority. In other teams, it is normal for superstars to override the head coach, but In the Warriors, there is absolutely no such possibility.

Secondly, Curry's "simpleness" also greatly exceeded Chandler's expectations.

Before he came to the Warriors, Curry had already played in the Warriors for half a season. He beat the Lakers and the Cavaliers. impression.

But after coming to the Warriors, Chandler was surprised to find that Curry's performance was getting better and more honors every year, the All-Star starter, the best first team, the scoring champion and the MVP one after another, rising rapidly He is a superstar, but he has always been very humble off the court. He has never been domineering like the core stars of other teams.

Moreover, Curry has no special status on the court. Zhang Yu gave him unlimited shooting power only because he has the strongest scoring ability, not a privilege that Curry forced. Running the ball, covering for teammates, defending with all his strength, shrinking and protecting rebounds, as long as it is the work of his teammates, he does it all, and even does it with all his heart, without any "consciousness" of being a superstar.

It’s not that there are superstars around Chandler. When he was still in the Hornets, Paul lost the MVP by one game, but he was also ranked second in the MVP. Stand still and never move like Curry.

Paul never slackens on the defensive end. He is less than 1 meters tall, but he has been selected for the defensive team all the year round. He is already one of the most unassuming stars in the league, but even he is inevitably privileged and does not run without the ball.

With Paul's ball quotient, which dominates the league, it is impossible not to run without the ball. He doesn't run because he doesn't want to run.

But Curry is different. As long as it is helpful to win the game, he is willing to do it. Chandler even thought that if one day Zhang Yu told Curry that it would be better for the team if you played on the bench, Curry May all readily agree.

Curry does not engage in special styles. In Chandler's view, he is not soft, but really tough. When he sees Curry using a slightly thin body to cover Butler and Green, he always feels in his heart. A sense of wonder arises.

This is the real selfless superstar!

Chandler is convinced by Curry and also likes the atmosphere of the Warriors very much. He is willing to do the dirty work, spare no effort on the defensive end, and the screen is extremely solid, and he doesn't care about the statistics.

The same is true for other players. In the Warriors, no one slacks, no one paddles, Curry leads by example, everyone is convinced, and they go all out on the court. No one cares about statistics, and they focus on winning.

This fast break is like this, Green advances with the ball, Butler takes the lead and goes straight to the basket, Clay and Curry fly on both wings, Chandler follows up in the middle, the Thunder's defense is instantly disrupted, Clay gets a small open Given the opportunity, Green passed the ball immediately.

Although Clay didn't make a shot, the other people who were responsible for tearing up the defense had no complaints, and immediately retreated to the backcourt and devoted themselves to defense.

The Warriors retreated extremely fast. Although Westbrook quickly dribbled the ball across the half court, he had no chance of a fast break and could only stabilize and land.

Chandler took advantage of the time when the Thunder launched an offense, quickly scanned the positions of his teammates a few times, and loudly directed their defensive positioning.

"Drummond, follow someone!"

"Jimmy, left!"

Beneath the rough voice, Chandler has a fiery heart. He firmly believes that he and his teammates will surely win the game!
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In the ensuing games, Chandler was as enthusiastic as he was calm as water. He not only roared loudly after every alley-oop dunk, but also made the most correct position selection every time he defended against a pick-and-roll. Little breakthroughs again and again.

His fighting spirit has always been very high, and his mentality has always been very stable, because the development of the game was completely within Zhang Yu's expectations.

The Thunder's favorite tactic on the offensive end is defensive counterattack, but it was restrained by the Warriors with stronger defensive counterattack.

In the positional battle, the Thunder relied heavily on the individual singles of the three players, but in the Warriors' very targeted defense, the offensive efficiency also dropped a lot, and only Durant was as sharp as before.

But only Durant is not enough. Westbrook encounters tough backcourt defenders and a big center with strong ability to protect the frame. He is best at hitting the basket and breaking through the ball. drop.

After Harden played, he received a very high standard of defensive treatment. In a moment of panic, he rushed the ball and made frequent mistakes. The Warriors seized the opportunity and played consecutive defensive counterattacks.

But San Shao's personal ability is there after all. Although Westbrook's COSCO shots at this time are not efficient, he can also make shots when the Warriors intend to let him shoot.

Harden also learned to be smart later. He no longer forced to play pick-and-rolls, but started individual singles like Westbrook and Durant. Curry couldn't limit his scoring at all.

But these losses were within Zhang Yu's expectations, and the Warriors could afford them.

Zhang Yu never thought of being able to lock down the Thunder's third youngster, and the current Curry is far from the later defensive level. As long as he can limit the scoring efficiency of the third youngster, he will be very satisfied.

The Warriors' real means of winning is still on the offensive end.

In addition to the strong defensive counterattack, the Warriors' positional warfare is also orderly.

Curry and Clay firmly grasped the shortcomings that Perkins could not prevent, and used the screen to find open shots. This trick has been tried and tested against the Mavericks and the Lakers, and it is the same in this game.

This is not a new trick. There has always been no shortage of shooters in the league, and there is no shortage of super shooters like Reggie Miller and Ray Allen. They have used various screens and hand-to-hand methods to create shooting opportunities. .

However, they shoot too few three-pointers, their output is too low, and they don't have the ability to shoot three-pointers with the ball. They can hurt their opponents, but they can't kill them.

But the Warriors have the best shooting backcourt combination in the history of the league. Curry is now the scoring leader and MVP. He has made the most three-pointers in a single season for three consecutive years. He is the best shooter in the league. It is also the first time in history. His pull-up three-pointers after the pick-and-roll and catch-and-shoot three-pointers after going around the screen are highly productive and efficient. As long as the Thunder does not change their defense, he can keep shooting the Thunder. This kind of production is all in history. None of the super shooters have it.

Clay does not have Curry's ability to hold the ball and shoot three-pointers. His dribbling is very average, but his catch three-pointers are not inferior to Curry. When off the ball, he often focuses on the person holding the ball, and is perfunctory when squeezing the screen. This makes Clay even more comfortable. He teamed up with Curry to rain a three-pointer, which completely extinguished the momentum of the Thunder. .

Brooks certainly knows where the Thunder's weaknesses lie. The Warriors and the Thunder have played so many times in the past three years.

However, some weaknesses are destined to be unchangeable. If Brooks wants to use Westbrook's breakthrough and organization, he has to accept Westbrook's many problems on the defensive end; if he wants to use Perkins' frame protection and rebound protection, he has to accept his slow pace. Disadvantages; if he wants to use Durant's scoring and hard solutions, he has to accept the reality that there is one less striker and defender on the court.

The game is like this, both sides have shortcomings and advantages, whoever can make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses will win the game.

What makes Brooks jealous is that the Warriors have many advantages but few disadvantages. Even if there are, the Thunder can't catch them.

Chandler and Perkins are both big centers, but his mobility is much better than Perkins, and he just restrained Westbrook's breakthrough; Curry's defense is not good, but his huge influence on the offensive end, completely Offset the adverse impact on the team on the defensive end; Clay can't hold the ball, but his off-ball running ability is the top in the league, and he maintains efficient scoring only by catching and shooting...

Brooks has made comparisons like this many times. At the end of each comparison, he always has the same question in his mind-how did Zhang Yu form such a lineup?

He originally thought that Presti was the most vicious person in the league. For three consecutive years, he selected three rookies with great potential. Even Harden, who was the worst developed, won the best first prize this year. Six people, Westbrook and Durant were both selected to the best team, and they are rushing to superstars.

But now, this idea of ​​Brooks has completely disappeared.

The Warriors do not have as many high-ranked rookies as the Thunder. There are even many rounds and undrafted picks in the team. In the main lineup, only Curry is a real No. [-] pick. Chandler has always been considered a parallel importer in his early years. On the edge of the lottery, Green and Butler were selected in the final round of the first round. In terms of talent, the Warriors are far behind the Thunder.

But Zhang Yu used these less talented players to form a team with both offense and defense and a deep lineup, leading the Warriors to quickly become the number one in the league, entering the playoffs for three consecutive years, and entering the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years. And he repeatedly defeated the Thunder head-on, achieving results that shocked the league.

He also trained Curry to become an MVP and Butler to become an All-Star starter-this is genuine "cultivation". When the two were in college, Zhang Yu was their head coach. He has coached Curry and Butler for six consecutive years, and trained them step by step from high school students who no one cares about to superstars and stars. It has become a good story and makes Warriors fans feel proud and proud.

This is enough to prove how precise and vicious Zhang Yu's vision is. Presti is dwarfed by Zhang Yu. He can pick real talents with high draft picks, but he cannot find real talents with low picks and low draft picks. treasure.

This gap in vision, reflected in the game, is that the Warriors lineup is more reasonable than the Thunder, with more advantages than the Thunder, fewer weaknesses than the Thunder, and stronger strength than the Thunder.

Of course, the Thunder's ability to break into the Western Conference finals also has real materials. The personal ability of the third young master is the most solid foundation for the Thunder to overcome all obstacles.

Under the leadership of Durant, Westbrook and Harden played together, and the Thunder set off a counterattack. They wanted to reverse the situation, and achieved certain results. They narrowed the point difference to single digits, and they were about to come back. .

However, the generals of the warriors took their time and played at their own pace.

This situation was expected by the coaching staff. The Thunder relies on the singles of the three players, and the offensive efficiency will of course fluctuate according to their state. When the three players are in good condition, the Thunder's momentum will become much more violent. It's normal.

However, even if they are as strong as the Thunder's three, it is difficult to perform exceptionally throughout the game. As long as the Warriors do their own defense well, they will definitely be able to limit their offensive efficiency, unless Westbrook is strong enough to ignore Chandler's frame protection. Durant can ignore Butler's interference, but Harden's singles Curry's offensive efficiency has always been extremely high, but Curry worked very hard to interfere, which also made Harden's scoring not so easy
Soon, San Shao's personal status declined, and the momentum of the Thunder's counterattack was extinguished. The Warriors opened the point difference to more than 10 points again, and kept it until the end of the game.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Thunder 105:97, leading 1:0, and won the first victory in the series, taking a solid step towards the finals!
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