warrior godfather

Chapter 415 Match Point
After the Warriors lost to the Thunder, they got a chance to rest for a day. People's attention was attracted by the Eastern Conference Finals G3 between the Heat and the Bulls, as well as the draft lottery.

This has nothing to do with the four teams that are still in the playoffs. They can only get the picks at the end of the first round, but for those lottery teams that did not enter the playoffs, especially the bad teams Said, but it is an opportunity to change fate against the sky.

As for the ownership of the No. 7 lottery, many people have a common answer. The Bobcats only achieved a record of 59 wins and 25 losses in the regular season. , with a [-]% probability of winning the lottery.

Above the Bobcats, the Wizards ranked second to last with a record of 20 wins and 46 losses, and there is a fault gap between them and the Bobcats. The Cavaliers ranked third from the bottom with a record of 21 wins and 45 losses. The Hornets and Cavaliers have the same record, but the relationship between victory and defeat Dominant, ranked fourth from the bottom, and also the bottom one in the Western Conference, tied with the Cavaliers' record.

From the rankings of the three teams, it can be seen how obvious the situation is that the west is strong and the east is weak. The bottom three are all teams from the east, and the number one in the league is the Warriors from the west.

Moreover, among the 15 people selected for the best team, only four were from the East. Among them, James, Howard, and Rose were selected for the best team, Anthony was selected for the best third team, and the rest were all stars from the West.

Among the four teams that have played so far, the Heat and the Bulls met opponents with the best team players for the first time after they advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Warriors and the Thunder have already killed three players who were selected for the best team. They are fighting fiercely Among the two teams, there are a total of five players selected to the best team.

What is strong in the west and weak in the east?This is the west is strong and the east is weak.

But now it seems that the No. [-] pick in this year's draft should come to the Bobcats, and the East may add a star, or even a superstar. The pattern of strong west and weak east seems to be changing.

But when the results of the lottery came out, Charlotte was heartbroken. It was not the Bobcats, or even the top three Wizards and Cavaliers who won the lottery, but the Hornets, who were ranked fourth from the bottom, with a probability of 13.7%. Got the number one lottery!

The pattern of the west being strong and the east being weak seems to continue, and even tends to intensify.

The No. [-] pick and No. [-] pick belong to the Bobcats and Wizards respectively, but they are arranged according to their record.

However, this result was unexpected. Reasonably, no one believes that the Hornets won the No. 3 pick purely by luck. Just over a month ago, Tom Benson, the owner of the NFL Saints, spent 3800 million US dollars. Buying it from the league that hosts the Hornets, with the promise that the Hornets will stay in New Orleans, was a clear reciprocation from David Stern.

The first big gift he gave to the new Hornets owner Tom Benson was Anthony Davis from the University of Kentucky. Everyone knew that no matter who held the No. [-] pick, he would choose this bushy-browed Spider-Man. His talent is really mouth-watering.

When the league was in the draft lottery, the Warriors were not idle. Their draft picks were fixed, and they started trial training early. The Warriors are now playing away games. Larry Riley just took advantage of this time to try out A group of rookies.

According to Zhang Yu's arrangement, Larry Riley tried out a large number of players who were predicted to be at the end of the first round and the end of the second round. JaMychal Green, Jay Crowder, and Chris M. Delton, Will Barton and others, cover up.

In fact, Zhang Yu knows the characteristics of these people very well, and there is no need for Larry Riley to try them out, but the Warriors only have two draft picks, and the rookies that can be selected are limited. Zhang Yu must figure out their immediate combat power level , choose rookies with stronger immediate combat capabilities, and help the team as soon as possible.

After all, there is still one year left. The contracts of the first batch of rookies in the Warriors will expire. After that, contract extensions will take effect every year, and the salary level will rise year after year. Zhang Yu does not have too much time to waste on training rookies. He needs these players. Can quickly enter the rotation lineup and contribute his strength.

And Larry Riley naturally didn't understand what Zhang Yu really thought. He thought that Zhang Yu was just more optimistic about these players and didn't know them very well, so he observed very carefully during the trial training and tried to let Zhang Yu make a decision. There is the most reliable and detailed scouting report available.

When Larry Riley was working hard for the future of the Warriors, the Warriors players far away in Oklahoma had only one thought in their minds, that is to defeat the Thunder and win G4, and they must not bring a 2:2 draw Back to Auckland.

On June 6, at 2:08 in the evening, G30 of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Thunder started at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

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Zhang Yu stood on the sidelines, pacing back and forth, staring closely at the fiercely fighting Warriors players on the field.

His expression was extremely serious, and there was a sense of anxiety and anger in the depths of his eyes. Behind him, on the Warriors' bench, Chandler was sitting in his seat, shaking his head constantly, his face full of anger. color, cursing something in a low voice.

At this time, the game between the Warriors and the Thunder had just progressed to 6 minutes and 15 seconds into the first quarter, but just 10 seconds before, the referee of the game, James Capez, whistled for an offensive foul by Chandler. Dele's second foul tonight, Zhang Yu had to replace him, and Whiteside stepped in.

Capes whistled very harshly. Chandler just pushed Perkins with his left hand when he was stuck in the position. Not only Chandler was extremely surprised, but even Perkins himself was surprised.

This is the Western Conference Finals, and the intensity of confrontation is extremely high. If such an action calls a foul, how can it be defended? Perkins himself does not think that Chandler's action is a foul. He competed with Chandler in the last round. When rebounding, the action is much more than this.

In fact, the first defensive foul Chandler received after 2 minutes and 46 seconds into the game is questionable. Although he touched Harden's arm when he helped defend Harden's breakthrough, it was Harden's initiative. When it hit, Chandler's arm did not press down, and Harden's cylinder was not violated, but Capes still whistled Chandler's foul without hesitation.

Now it seems that Capes is deliberately embarrassing Chandler. He has already premeditated, so that Chandler quickly receives two fouls and ends up resting.

However, apart from targeting Chandler, he did not target other Warriors players, which was within Zhang Yu's tolerance.

Zhang Yu understands that this is the home court advantage of the Thunder. The Thunder are now behind by a big score of 1:2, and Game 5 is played at the home court of the Warriors. The series will end soon.

The Warriors are naturally happy to see the results, but this is not in the interests of the league. From David Stern's point of view, he hopes that every round of the series can reach the tiebreaker, and every game can In the last minute to decide the outcome, the more intense the fight, the better. If there is another buzzer lore at the last minute, that would be the best.

In this way, the ticket revenue will be high, the ratings will be high, and the league's income will be high.

Therefore, there will be home court advantage, and there will be 14 more free throws by the Warriors in the last game.

Zhang Yu can understand David Stern's thoughts. From the perspective of the boss, he also hopes that the competition will be more intense, and the commercial income of the league will increase, so that the dividends of each team will increase.

Moreover, the Warriors also enjoy home court advantage. David Stern is fair, he never favors one side in particular, but he is unfair, as long as it can bring commercial benefits, he never cares about harming the game fairness.

Zhang Yu has no doubt that if the Warriors Curry is not a superstar, David Stern will definitely arrange for the referee to blow him down to weaken the Warriors' combat power to the greatest extent.

After all, in Zhang Yu's previous life, Xiao Hua did this. One of them won the MVP consecutively, and one of them was an unanimous MVP superstar. Yue Feixue is also a strange injustice through the ages.

However, after Green's two retaliatory actions, David Stern was obviously very afraid of Zhang Yu's ruthlessness and did not dare to do too much.

If Zhang Yu hadn't shown his firm determination to protect the interests of the Warriors in those two games, David Stern would never have given up so easily.

In fact, Zhang Yu just protested Capes' whistleblowing. Capes implicitly stated that he would enforce the law fairly and let the players decide the game before he let it go.

It is impossible for him to ask the Warriors to be treated completely fairly in the away game, that would be too picky, and he can only accept the reality.

However, Chandler is the backbone of the Warriors' inside defense, especially restraining Westbrook. His fate will greatly change the balance of strength between the two teams, so Zhang Yu still cannot restrain his worries. He hopes that the Warriors will be stable. After the first half, when the time comes, Chandler will be able to return to the field.

However, how could Brooks let go of this excellent opportunity? Chandler got into foul trouble. After being replaced, he immediately instructed the players to launch a fierce attack on the inside of the Warriors.

Facing the impact of the Thunder's three young men, Whiteside tried hard to defend the penalty area, but his defensive strength was far inferior to Chandler's, and his defensive habits were particularly poor. He liked to take off rashly, and his mind was only thinking about blocking the opponent's shots. , The Warriors quickly lost a lot of points in the paint.

After the first quarter, the Thunder led the Warriors by 32 points at 24:8 by constantly attacking the Warriors inside to score. Like the previous game, the Warriors played a normal offensive efficiency, while the Thunder played an abnormal offensive efficiency.

The difference is that the Thunder played exceptionally well in the last game, and this time it was the referee's extraordinary performance.

After the start of the second quarter, Brooks left Westbrook and Harden on the court together. The Thunder continued the strategy of the first quarter and stormed the Warriors inside. They wanted to seize every minute Chandler was not on the court.

Soon, the point difference was stretched to more than 10 points. Zhang Yu couldn't bear it anymore and sent Chandler back to the court. The Warriors' frame protection was greatly enhanced, and the inside defense instantly became tougher.

However, the Thunder not only did not stop attacking the frame, but instead attacked the Warriors inside more violently, challenging Chandler's defense, and consciously looking for physical confrontation.

This move, like a moth to a flame, quickly added two blocked shots to Chandler's data column, but no matter how good his defense is, there will inevitably be loopholes, and he needs to use fouls to prevent the opponent's layup , In just 3 minutes, Chandler received his third foul, and Zhang Yu had to replace him again. He couldn't bear the consequences of Chandler receiving four fouls in the first half.

This time, Capes didn't call the penalty indiscriminately. Chandler did hit Westbrook's hand. It is impossible for him to watch Westbrook layup in order not to foul.

During these 3 minutes, the Thunder was obsessed with attacking the Warriors' penalty area guarded by Chandler. Their offensive efficiency dropped a lot and their scoring stagnated. The Warriors chased the point difference back to within 5 points, but Chandler was beaten down. It's all worth it.

Soon, the Thunder regained the feeling of being able to get what they wanted inside the Warriors. Whiteside was disheartened on the court, and the Warriors could only rely on offense to bite the score.

At 5 minutes and 37 seconds into the second quarter, the Thunder's lead reached 13 points, and there was a tendency to continue to expand the point difference.

Zhang Yu made a decisive adjustment. He called a timeout, replaced Whiteside, replaced Leonard, let Green serve as the center, and played the death five.

The Warriors' opponents in the first two rounds of the series, the Mavericks and the Lakers, have strong insiders. Zhang Yu naturally cannot take the initiative to lower his height. Something the ball five can't provide.

But now, Chandler is in foul trouble, Whiteside is embarrassed to use it, and Zhang Yu can only use the dead five.

After returning from the timeout, the Warriors adopted a strategy of unlimited defense changes and caught the Thunder by surprise.

The Thunder wanted to continue attacking the Warriors' seemingly weak penalty area, but the Warriors rotated at high speed, collectively shrunk the frame, lowered their height, but greatly increased their speed and hardness, and their defense was extremely flexible. Immediately, they were encircled on both sides, solving problems outside the penalty area, frequently causing the Thunder to make mistakes, and making continuous defensive counterattacks.

At the end of the second quarter, the Warriors recovered the point difference and trailed the Thunder by 50 points at 53:3, stabilizing the situation, and the suspense of the game returned.

After the start of the third quarter, Chandler returned to the court, and the amount of three fouls was enough for him to finish the second half.

Capes also abided by his promise to Zhang Yu, stopped stealing the show, maintained the normal whistleblowing scale, and the game returned to the familiar rhythm of both sides.

Westbrook immediately misfired. He had the strongest sense of presence in the first half. Even if Zhang Yu ranked among the dead five, he could still break through and attract pincers, split the ball to the outside, and drive his teammates. But when Chandler came back, Westbrook The breakthrough is restricted, and we can only rely on unstable long-range shots to maintain output.

The Warriors, on the other hand, increased their defensive intensity in the third quarter as in the previous games, setting off a wave of flow, using continuous defensive counterattacks, and played a wave of 30:19 offensive climax in a single quarter. At the end of the third quarter, with 80:72 leading the Thunder by 8 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder tried to counterattack, but the Warriors gained experience after the first three games, and deliberately slowed down the pace of the game to grind their ground against the Thunder.

The Thunder players really couldn't hold their breath, and became impatient when handling the ball, wanting to tie the score with a simple strong shot.

This was in the Warriors' arms, and the Warriors seized the opportunity to play two more defensive counterattacks, which completely broke up the momentum of the Thunder and dragged the game into the rhythm of boiling frogs in warm water. Both sides can score goals and score points. Not much difference, but the Warriors have always maintained the lead.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Thunder 105:94. In the disadvantageous situation of Chandler's foul trouble, they defeated their opponents, leading by a big score of 3:1, and won the Western Conference Finals point!

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