warrior godfather

On November 11th, at 14:08 in the evening, the game between the Warriors and the Eagles was held on time at the Oracle Center.

The Hawks made a change in the offseason when Joe Johnson was traded to the Nets for a bunch of role players and a first-round lottery-protected pick from the Rockets.

However, the Hawks did not enter the reconstruction. They left Josh Smith, Horford, Jeff Teague in the core lineup, and also traded Korver and Lou Williams. The new season still has an impact on the playoffs Strength.

Since the start of the game, the Eagles' record has been neither good nor bad, with 3 wins and 3 losses, ranking sixth in the East, far away from the first echelon, but they will not fall easily.

Like the Nuggets, they are a team that focuses on team offense. There is a lack of stars who can lead the team's offense. The scores of the starting players are relatively average, with no less than 10 points and no more than 20 points. of.

Facing the Warriors, the Eagles also suffered the same fate as the Nuggets
They used an excellent team offense and were able to score some points, but in front of the Warriors' defense with very few weaknesses, their offense was still a bit sluggish.

While Curry drew most of the Eagles' defensive attention, the rest of the Warriors got a lot of opportunities, and the pass and cut offense played well. In the first half, the Warriors established a lead of more than 10 points.

After the start of the second half, Curry suddenly took possession of the ball and fired with full firepower. Under his leadership, the Warriors set off a wave of offensive climax, completely fooled the Eagles, and opened the point difference to about 20 points, establishing the victory in one fell swoop. .

Although the Hawks resisted tenaciously and recovered some points in the fourth quarter, the main players of the Warriors failed to clock in in the third quarter, but their efforts only continued the suspense of the game for another half quarter.

After Zhang Yu switched the main force back to the field, the Warriors quickly regained control of the situation and consolidated their double-digit lead.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Eagles 114:103 without any risk, winning eight consecutive victories, and have not lost a single season so far!
全场比赛下来，库里出战34分钟，19投10中，三分9中3，罚球8中8，砍下33分7助攻5篮板2抢断3失误。

The Eagles strictly defended Curry's three-pointers. He didn't get a few easy shots, and the efficiency of long-range shots was not high.

But Curry is not only shooting three-pointers, he has strengthened his impact on the Eagles inside, breaking through to the penalty area many times, finishing at the basket, or causing fouls, and standing on the free throw line.

Neither Horford nor Pachulia's footsteps are fast, and their height is average. They couldn't keep up with Curry's footsteps and were played around by him.

During Curry's breakthrough in the fourth quarter, Horford was annoyed by Curry. When he finished his jump, he quietly extended his foot to Curry's feet. Fortunately, Curry's take-off strength was not strong. He fell to the side, but was not hurt.

Horford's actions annoyed Zhang Yu, he stood up from his seat, rushed to the referee, pointed at Horford, and roared:
"He's a stepping foot, he hurt people on purpose! You should call him a malicious foul and expel this murderer from the field!"

The head coach of the Eagles, Larry Drew, was immediately unhappy when he heard what Zhang Yu said, and retorted:
"Don't spitting blood! Al is just making a big move. He is doing his best to defend, not on purpose..."

"Fake! Stop fucking nonsense, do you have eyes? Watch the replay yourself! He obviously stepped on his feet on purpose! Could someone take a look at his own feet first, and then accidentally extend his feet to others' feet!?" Zhang Yu Roughly interrupted Larry Drew, shouting loudly.

Larry Drew looked at Zhang Yu, whose eyes were wide open, with ferocious facial features, and a look of wanting to devour others, he couldn't help but dodge his eyes, and said vaguely:

"There must be some misunderstanding, I know Al, he is not that kind of person..."

The referee also said to Zhang Yu:
"Sir, this is not a foul, please go back to your seat and don't interfere with the game..."

"This is definitely a malicious foul! If you are a fair referee, you should expel him immediately!" Zhang Yu snapped.

The referee narrowed his eyes and his voice became cold:

"Sir, please pay attention to your words..."

"I'm already very restrained, you can look up and look at the replay, this is definitely an intentional hurtful action..."

"Di-"

Before Zhang Yu finished speaking, the referee blew his whistle to stop the chattering Zhang Yu, raised his hands, and gave him a technical foul.

"Sir, please pay attention to your words. If you still don't respect the referee, I can only let you go back to the locker room to wake up!"

"You... well, sorry, I didn't control my emotions, I respect your judgment very much..." Zhang Yu took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart.

He turned his head and gave Horford a cold look on the field, returned to the Warriors bench, and waved to Green.

Larry Drew's heart skipped a beat when he saw Zhang Yu's actions.

The encounter between James and Garnett is well known. He looked up at the big screen and immediately made a decision. He returned to the Hawks bench, called the bench players, and replaced the main lineup.

Now only 2 minutes away from the end of the fourth quarter, the Hawks are still 10 points behind the Warriors, and the Warriors are completely in control of the situation on the court. Larry Drew decided to call for money and protect Horford from the Warriors' retaliation.

Afterwards, the eagle went up and down five times, and Zhang Yu snorted coldly when he saw Larry Drew's movements:
"You're acquainted..."

After the game, Zhang Yu slammed Horford at the press conference:
"Horford's action was too dangerous! I just wanted to hurt Stephen on purpose. I never thought that such a seemingly honest person like him could do such a thing!"

Horford retorted:

"I was just doing my best to defend, that's all, I didn't understand what he was talking about, I was never a player who hurt people."

Larry Drew also supported his players:

"I understand that Coach Z is concerned about Stephen Curry's feelings, but his reaction is a bit excessive. Al is definitely a good person. He would not do this kind of thing. On the contrary, Garnett was injured in the game against the Warriors... ..."

Neither side could convince the other, and the league did not impose additional penalties on Horford, so the matter was let alone.

However, in a private conversation between Zhang Yu and Cole, he was still aggrieved:

"It's best for Horford never to come to the West in the future. Whichever team he is in, I will beat that team to death!"

Cole wondered:
"Ronan, Stephen was not injured, and his past attendance rate was also very good. Although his figure looks a bit thin, he is actually an iron man. Do you care about him a bit too much?"

Zhang Yu was silent for a moment, then said softly:
"It's too late to wait until Stephen is injured... But you're right, my reaction was a bit extreme, and I will pay attention to it in the future, but Stephen's health is the team's top priority, and I will encounter this kind of thing in the future , I will never let it go!"

Cole still felt that Zhang Yu was a little too sensitive, but seeing that he had made up his mind, he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he could only agree:

"Of course, Stephen is the absolute core of the team. Our offensive tactics are all based on him. In the future, we should pay more attention to the protection of Stephen..."

Listening to Cole's indifferent tone, Zhang Yu smiled wryly and shook her head.

There are some things he cannot say to Cole. In his previous life, Curry suffered from frequent ankle injuries between 2010 and 2012, and his career almost came to an end.

Now that he has passed the past two years safely, Zhang Yu is really relieved, but this makes him extremely nervous when Curry may be injured. After all, he has seen Curry too many times because someone crushed his ankle, Injured wrist.

When he saw Curry step on Horford's foot and then fall to the ground, those dusty memories flooded him like a flood, and he immediately lost his mind.

If Larry Drew doesn't replace Horford, Zhang Yu will never let him go.

But what Cole said is indeed reasonable. Since Curry changed his way of exerting force in college, he will not be easily injured, and he should not be too sensitive to his injury.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, Curry also changed his way of exerting force after frequent ankle injuries.

In the following five seasons, Curry has maintained a very high attendance rate. It was not until the 2017-2018 season that he began to suffer frequent injuries again.

However, according to Zhang Yu's speculation, the reason why Curry began to suffer frequent injuries again is because the Warriors have reached the finals for many years, and Curry's physical load is too heavy, so he is injured every season in the regular season.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu suddenly said:
"Steve, maybe we should step up load management on Stephen."

"Load management? You mean, resting Steph like the Spurs?"

"Yes."

"But Steph is still young, does he need to start load management so early?" Kerr asked.

Zhang Yu explained:
"It's not too early. In the past three seasons, we have reached the Western Conference Finals once and the Finals once. The schedule is very long. If nothing happens this year, we will still go very far in the playoffs, and we will continue to do so in the future." As in the past two years, the physical load on the players will increase. Everyone else has no problems, but Stephen is the absolute core of the team's offense. He bears the most pressure and consumes the most. We must plan early."

"Then how are you going to arrange a rotation for Stephen?"

"I've already thought about it, let's arrange it like this..."

……

After the victory over the Eagles, the Warriors took a day off and flew to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves away.

The Timberwolves started the season well, with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, and are currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference.

If the Timberwolves were an Eastern Conference team, a record of 5 wins and 3 losses would be enough for them to rank fourth in the Eastern Conference, but the competition in the Western Conference is too fierce.

The Timberwolves' ability to enter the playoffs at the beginning of the season is closely related to their summer operations.

Kirilenko returned to Russia to play for a year after the league was suspended. This summer, he signed a two-year, $2 million contract with the Timberwolves and returned to the NBA.

He has not been wasted this year, and he has maintained an excellent state. After returning to the league, he immediately showed impressive strength.

In these eight games, Kirilenko averaged 32.6 minutes per game, with 51.1% shooting, 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.4 blocks. He is extremely versatile.

He provided the Timberwolves with the league's top defense, first-class single defense, scoring, support, and rebounds, and quickly became an indispensable defensive core for the Timberwolves' front line.

Kirilenko paired with the strong offensive and defensive Love, supplemented by Montenegro center Nikola Pekovic who averaged 16+9 per game, and Derek Williams who averaged 12+5, the Timberwolves assembled a very A powerful combination of large strikers and the Spanish golden boy Rubio who averaged 10+7 per game on the back line, delivering shells for them. After lying down for so many years, the Timberwolves finally waited for the opportunity to turn around!

In the first eight games, the Timberwolves defeated the Pacers, Nets, Mavericks and other strong teams in the playoffs, and lost 82:87 to the second-ranked Bulls in the Eastern Conference, which fully proved their strong strength.

However, they can also lose to weak teams such as the Kings, Raptors, and Bobcats by a large margin, and their performance is very unstable. If they want to return to the coveted playoffs in the Shura Field in the West, the Timberwolves still need to make more efforts.

In this game, the Timberwolves faced the defending champion Warriors without the slightest timidity, and launched a fierce attack on the inside after the opening.

Both Love and Pekovic are good low-post singles players. In the first offensive round of the Timberwolves, Love hit Green with his back and turned around and made a mid-range shot.

Love's weight and strength are stronger than Green's. He is skilled and solid. He is the type of insider that Green is least willing to encounter, and it is very difficult to defend.

Pekovic is an atypical European white insider with excellent skills, very efficient low-post singles, excellent single defense, but poor coping ability and almost no pass.

He was selected by the Timberwolves with the first pick in the second round in 2008. He landed in the NBA in 2010. He averaged only 5.5 points and 3 rebounds per game in the first year. Last season, he improved to 13.9 points and 7.4 rebounds. He played eight games this season. The data has been improved to 16.3 points and 9.1 rebounds. His scoring ability is very good, but he is more prone to injuries and his attendance rate is a bit low.

But it is such a center who seems to have good potential, but no one dares to provoke him in the NBA. His nickname is "The Godfather", which is also his nickname in Montenegro.

This is because Pekovic has extremely close contacts with the Saric family in Montenegro, and the Saric family controls the white powder trade in half of Europe, and is the only Eastern European white powder lord who has direct contact with South American counterparts.

The Saric family can be said to be in charge of the wind and rain in Montenegro, and has a deep influence in the political, business, and military circles. Pekovic, who has a close relationship with them, naturally has a very high status.

This is why NBA players and the media rarely mention his name. Some media once reported Pekovic's news, and soon received a warning from the Saric family.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, after Zach LaVine was selected by the Timberwolves, he wanted to continue his No. 14 jersey number in college, but the number already belonged to Pekovic.

When LaVine saw Pekovic punching sandbags in the locker room with sweat profusely, he was so frightened that he didn't even have the courage to mention it to Pekovic.

In a game, after LaVine came off the field and shook hands with Pekovic who was sitting behind the bench, perhaps there was sweat on his hands, so Pekovic slowed down on the back of Timberwolves player Gion. Slowly wiped his hands clean, and Gion didn't dare to look back.

In 2016, Pekovic was reimbursed for the season due to a sprained ankle. After half a year of recuperation, he was waived by the Timberwolves.

In fact, after Pekovic was injured, the Timberwolves had already begun planning to remove him from the team, but they did not dare to cut him directly.

In order to maximize Pekovic's interests, the Timberwolves management persuaded him to apply for medical retirement. Pekovic agreed, but only if the salary was paid, and the Timberwolves immediately agreed.

After Pekovic retired due to injury, he successively served as the manager of the Serbian national team and the manager and head coach of the Montenegro national team. Later, he directly joined the white powder empire controlled by the Saric family.

……

Pekovic may have the deepest gangster background in the NBA, and no one dares to provoke him off the court, but on the court, he is no different from Love, they are all cash machines chased by Curry.

Pekovic is 2.11 meters tall and weighs 134 kilograms, which endows him with strong strength and confrontation, and also makes his steps very clumsy.

Love is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 114 kilograms. He is more flexible than Pekovic, but as a white insider, his athletic ability is also very average.

Facing these two cumbersome insiders, Curry can easily create opportunities whether he is running without the ball or holding the ball in pick-and-rolls.

Kirilenko tried his best to help defend, but he still needs to mark Butler. He can't take care of Curry, so he can only watch Curry transfer Love and Pekovic to the three-point line, and then it is like a wooden stake Passed two people and easily broke through to the inside to score.

In the first half, Curry hadn't fully entered the offensive state. Like the previous games, he mainly ran without the ball. The Warriors continued to adapt their pass-and-cut tactics, exercised others' ability to handle the ball, and cultivated the team's tactical awareness. , The Timberwolves are not far behind in singles with the status of the two major insiders.

In the second half, Curry switched to the ball-holding mode, played a pick-and-roll with Green and Chandler, and replaced Love and Pekovic in front of him for military training.

At the beginning, Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman adopted a defensive strategy of squatting. Curry seized the opportunity and scored a few three-pointers before he changed the game and switched defenses.

But this still can't stop Curry from scoring. He regards Love and Pekovic's defense as nothing, shoots whenever he wants, and rushes when he wants to. He scored 24 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and the Warriors won by a single quarter. The Timberwolves scored 14 points, widening the point difference to 18 points.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Zhang Yu left Curry on the court and gave him unlimited firepower. Curry opened fire and gave the Timberwolves a fatal blow. In just 2 minutes, the point difference was expanded to 24 points. Totally killed the suspense.

The game entered garbage time. Both teams replaced the main players and replaced them with substitutes. Leonard got the opportunity to practice mid-range shots.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Timberwolves 127:104, winning nine consecutive victories, and they are also the only team in the league that has not yet lost.

库里出战33分钟，24投14中，三分13投8中，罚球4中4，狂砍44分5助攻6篮板3抢断2失误，表现极其耀眼！
44 points is also a new high for Curry this season. During the post-match interview, a reporter asked Zhang Yu to predict what his highest score this season would be. Zhang Yu replied without hesitation:

"At least 60 points or more!"

This answer caused a burst of exclamation. Curry has never scored 60+. Zhang Yu's subtext is that Curry will break the career scoring record this season!

This sounds unbelievable, but when you think about it carefully, with Curry's current fiery state, 60 points does not seem to be difficult for him.

Of course, Zhang Yu didn't just talk about it. Even if he scored Curry, he would score 60+ in one game.

The reason why Jordan is called the god of basketball is not only because he has six championships and five MVPs, but also because of his 10 scoring champions and countless scoring records that have shocked the past and the present, adding unmatched inspiration to his career. The comparable legend is hard to come by, and it also brought Jordan the commercial value that tops the league in the early days of his career.

Zhang Yu has not considered letting Curry surpass Jordan now, but he doesn't mind Curry's commercial value becoming higher at all.

Since the start of the game, he has implemented pass-and-cut tactics in the Warriors, but he did not follow Cole's advice and create a thorough team atmosphere in the team.

Even against a big team, Zhang Yu will deliberately arrange the ball for Curry to let him score as many points as possible.

For example, in the game against the Kings, after Curry scored 14 points, the Warriors' lead came to about 16 points. In front of the King's poor defense, Curry didn't need to play any more, and he himself lacked interest. , not much desire to attack.

But Zhang Yu deliberately handed over the ball to Curry in the third quarter, allowing him to score 8 points, and only after scoring 20+ did he replace him.

In fact, Zhang Yu did this in every game where Curry clocked in three quarters, but to different degrees.

If it weren't for his arrangement, Curry's scoring average would definitely not be as it is now, reaching more than 30+.

And averaging 30 points per game is not enough to satisfy Zhang Yu. With Jordan in the front and Kobe in the back, and Harden will be born in a few years, 31 points is really not enough.

There is a saying that if it is more than 30 points, one point is one level. Zhang Yu wants to see what level Curry is now.

……

Outside of Curry, Clay scored 24 points, 3 assists and 4 rebounds. He played a lot of hand-to-hand screens with Green and Chandler, targeting the weakness of Love and Pekovic's slow pace, the effect was remarkable.

Butler's performance under the defense of Kirilenko was relatively average, scoring 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

格林6分5助攻8篮板1封盖2抢断，钱德勒7分13篮板2封盖，得分不多，但防守非常认真，把后场篮板保护得很好。

Love scored a large double-double with 28 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. The statistics are as gorgeous as ever, but he couldn't defend Curry at all on the defensive end, and all the points he got were given away.

Pekovic scored 17 points and 6 rebounds. He was trained by Curry even worse. Of Curry's 44 points, at least half of them came from him.

伦纳德在第四节展现了一些他的训练成果，11投6中，三分5中2，罚球2中2，砍下16分5篮板1助攻2抢断，让张瑜非常满意。