warrior godfather

The moment the red light came on, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was immediately boiling, and the Thunder fans stood up from their actions, raised their arms and shouted, wildly celebrating this hard-won victory.

In the past three years, the Warriors have been like the Thunder's nemesis. Whether in the regular season or the playoffs, the Thunder are no match for the Warriors. They have played nearly ten times in a season, and the Thunder can win once or twice. It was appalling.

Today's game was the first time the two teams met this season, and the Thunder won a big victory at home, which made all Thunder fans ecstatic.

The Thunder players also hugged each other excitedly. Durant and Westbrook excitedly celebrated each other. In this game, the combination of Wang Zha was in excellent condition. Strong confrontation.

Durant played 40 minutes, made 25 of 15 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, 8 of 6 free throws, scored 38 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block. With the ball, Butler was completely blown away by him.

However, Durant's outburst is acceptable to Zhang Yu, and he already has this kind of strength.

As a super scorer and a super breakup who is extremely good at indiscriminate singles, when Durant feels overwhelmed, no defense can stop him, unless the audience exerts high-intensity physical confrontation and tight double-teaming on him.

As long as Durant is given enough space, he is one of the scariest breakups in the world, and his three seasons in the Warriors have fully proved this point.

And Zhang Yu did not play this game as a playoff or even the finals like Brooks did, and did not double-team Durant.

The two sides have different judgments on the level of the game, so they put in different energy. The Thunder relied on this desperate momentum to achieve a big victory, which cannot reflect the strength gap between the two teams.

Westbrook's performance tonight is also very amazing. He played 39 minutes, made 20 of 13 shots, 7 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 5 free throws, scored 35 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds and 1 steal in a triple-double. Rand is bigger.

His zombie jump shot has a very high hit rate, no matter how he shoots, Clay habitually puts his shots to prevent breakthroughs, but Westbrook makes consecutive three-pointers and mid-range shots. Clay can only stick them to defend, and gives him With the opportunity to break through, the Warriors followed up to help defend, and Westbrook broke through and distributed the ball to his teammates, driving the Thunder's overall offense.

Facts have proved that a Westbrook with accurate shooting is unstoppable. In this game, he seems to be a muscular Curry. He is accurate in three-pointers, breaks through arrogantly, and completely penetrates the Warriors' defense.

When the Wang Zha combination scored 30+ efficiently, the Warriors' idea of ​​winning was naturally shattered, even though Curry's performance was not much inferior to the two.

他出战31分钟，19投10中，三分10中5，罚球4中4，砍下29分7助攻5篮板3抢断，其中在第三节单节砍下14分。

And this is his performance in three quarters. If Zhang Yu allows him to continue playing in the fourth quarter, he is likely to score 40+.

The reason why the Warriors lost was because other people didn't perform well enough.

Butler 17 points, Clay 14 points, Chandler 7 points, Green 8 points, Jeremy Lin 9 points, Leonard 12 points... Except for Curry, only three Warriors scored in double figures, and Leonard was still in the garbage The time came out. In regular time, only Butler and Clay can share the offensive pressure for Curry.

But their strength is limited, and they can't match the output of the crazy Wang Zang combination. Curry can't support it alone, and the Warriors eventually lost the game.

This is also the weakness that the Warriors have always had. Butler and Clay's star level is not enough, and their ability to digest the ball is limited. When a hard solution is needed, the Warriors can only rely on Curry to score.

Butler is a first-class small forward in the league, but he is not a top small forward. It is no problem to score 20 points per game, but it depends on the state of the game. It is difficult to score 25+. If you want to score 30+, you must feel Explosions, or crazy shots when playing against weak teams, can't guarantee efficiency.

Maybe after a few more years of training, he will be able to score 40+ triple-doubles and 30+ triple-doubles in the finals at his peak, but now, he is far from doing this.

The same is true for Clay. He has improved a lot this season, averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Compared with last season, he has improved by nearly 3 points, but he still has not reached his peak state. great distance.

Clay has a high rate of openness. After finding his own rhythm, he can ignore the defense and score a few three-pointers, but he is not "G6 soup". In the high-intensity confrontation in the playoffs and even the finals, he can still Against the strict defense, he scored an unreasonable three-pointer and scored 30+ and 40+ with almost pure off-ball offense.

The current Warriors still rely heavily on Curry's scoring. If the opponent is a dual-core or Big Three team and the stars explode collectively, it will be difficult for the Warriors to parry.

Last season, the Warriors beat the Heat to win the championship. Wade's body was exhausted, and Bosh had just returned from injury. If the Big Three were in better condition, it would be impossible for the Warriors to solve the Heat in six games. .

But being young has its benefits. Both Butler and Klay have yet to be finalized. There is a lot of potential to be tapped. In fact, they are both freaks who have been able to improve throughout their careers.

Butler has been in the league for ten years. After joining the Heat, he developed the league's top ball handling ability. As the core of holding the ball, he is not inferior to James.

Eight years after Clay entered the league, his scoring has been improving. It was not until Durant joined the Warriors that his scoring stabilized, hovering around 20 points.

After Durant was injured in the 2019 playoffs, Klay immediately exploded.

In the finals, he averaged 26 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Under the top defense of the Raptors League, he shot 54.1% of the overall field goal percentage and 58.5% of the three-point field goal percentage, which was highly productive and efficient.

At that time, the Warriors' third scorer was Green, who averaged 43.3 points per game on 26.3 field goal percentage and 12.5% three-point shooting percentage. In addition, no one in the Warriors scored in double figures.

And Clay supported the Warriors' offense together with Curry in such a poor offensive team with congested space, and he fought the Raptors until the sixth game, shocking the entire league.

This is the data that Clay was injured once in G2. After his comeback in G4, he played in four and a half games. If he hadn't been injured again in G6, it is still unclear who will win.

Now that the season has just started, Zhang Yu does not expect Butler and Clay to reach this level, but he believes that after a season of tempering, they will definitely make great progress and be able to help take on more offensive tasks in the playoffs .

At that time, the Warriors will not have to rely entirely on Curry on the offensive end like last season.

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In the post-match interview, the Warriors, as the loser, naturally kept a low profile. They just said that they should not lose this game and will fight back in the next game. Only Zhang Yu said indifferently:
"This game can't explain anything. We just played a game yesterday, and today we come to Oklahoma to play back-to-back. We don't have an advantage in physical fitness, and the Thunder obviously want to win this game. Durant and Willow Sbrook played nearly 40 minutes, which was completely beyond my expectation, after all, this is just an ordinary regular season, and we will not give the Thunder such a chance in the next game."

And this big victory over the Warriors greatly boosted the confidence of the Thunder, Brooks said:

"As you can see, we are not afraid of the Warriors. We have the ability to beat the Warriors. This game is just the beginning. The combination of Kevin and Russell will help us go further in the playoffs..."

Durant was even more straightforward:
"The number one in the league belongs to the Warriors now, but it will belong to the Thunder in the future. We will always win!"

He is no longer the same as before, maintaining the image of Baodu everywhere, and gradually letting himself go, daring to say anything.

Westbrook even released a declaration:

"Many people say that Stephen Curry is the number one point guard, but I don't think so. I am no worse than any point guard. This game is a proof!"

This is similar to the phrase "Who is Curry" he said later, fully demonstrating Westbrook's strong self-confidence, which has accompanied his entire career and has never weakened half a point of confidence.

The nearly 20-point victory also gave Thunder fans unprecedented confidence, and they became active online shortly after the game:
"This is Durant, there is no solution! In the face of absolute talent, no number one shooter or number one point guard will work!"

"Are Warriors fans still bragging? KD and Westbrook have evolved again! As long as they play hard, the Warriors can't stand it at all!"

"Facts have proved that the middle distance is the king. I am looking forward to the playoffs now. Kaka is just doing it. Can the Warriors withstand Adu's unsolvable attack and Westbrook's impact? Dreaming!"

Seeing that the Thunder has won a regular season, the Thunder fans are so arrogant, the Warriors fans can't sit still, and immediately refute:

"What kind of championship is Durant? There is no solution to being swept by the Warriors 4:1, right?"

"I really didn't expect that he could play in the regular season. What MVP is Durant? How many scoring champions? How dare you compare with Curry?"

"Durant has been playing for a few years, and he is still boasting about his talent? Can he lead the team to a championship? Let me put it this way, with his soft-footed shrimp style of play, he will never be able to lead the team to a championship in this life! "

Thunder fans did not expect that Warriors fans would dare to disobey the rules of the turn-based forum, and poke at their pain points, and immediately exploded:
"How old are you? If you say KD can't win the championship, then he can't win it? The Thunder will be able to compete for the championship this year!!"

"I have been watching Durant play since he entered the league. He can be said to be the toughest player I have ever seen. You say he is soft-footed? He will definitely lead the Thunder to win the championship, and not just one!"

"That's right, Durant will definitely have one person, one city in the future, just like Kobe is to the Lakers, Duncan is to the Spurs, he and Westbrook will help the Thunder win several championships, just wait and see!"

……

When the fans of the two teams met online, the Warriors had left Oklahoma and returned to Oakland.

The ten-game winning streak was ended by a big defeat, which rekindled the Warriors players' slack fighting spirit because they kept winning.

The arrogant declaration of the Thunder team made them deeply remember this loss, and they made up their minds to win back in the next game.

On November 11, the Warriors played at home against the Nets.

The Warriors players vented all their depression after losing to the Thunder on the Nets.

After the opening, they went all out with full firepower, playing against the Nets, and finally defeated their opponents 113:101, refusing to lose streak.

The Nets moved their home court to Brooklyn this offseason, renamed the Brooklyn Nets, and traded from the Eagles for "Eagle King" Joe Johnson, and together with Deron Williams and Brook Lopez as a team The core, supplemented by Gerald Wallace, Andray Blatche, Reggie Evans and other role players, has achieved remarkable results.

Before playing against the Warriors, the Nets achieved a record of 6 wins and 3 losses, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference, and they are on the rise.

In front of the Warriors who played with anger, they were also stubborn and cut to the fourth quarter, until Curry hit a key three-pointer at 1:26, opening the point difference to 11 points. Nets coach Avery -Johnson had no choice but to give up and replaced the main force.

这记三分只是一个缩影，库里在这场硬仗中的表现非常出色，他全场21投10中，三分10中4，罚球7中7，砍下31分8助攻3篮板2抢断，完全压过了砍下21分7助攻4篮板的德隆-威廉姆斯。

After the game, Avery Johnson told reporters:
"Steph Curry beat us, he was so hard to guard, he could score easily with or without the ball, it was a serious drag on our defense, honestly, I've never seen anything like that type of guard..."

After the Warriors defeated the Nets, they took a day off and rushed to the Denver Plateau on November 11 to challenge the Nuggets away.

Just like when the two teams met for the first time, the Warriors quickly gained the upper hand. Relying on their excellent defense, they contained the overall offense of the Nuggets and finally won the game 114:100.

库里的状态比较一般，他出战35分钟，21投9中，三分12中5，罚球5中4，砍下27分4助攻5篮板2抢断3失误。

The next day, the Warriors flew back home to face the Timberwolves back-to-back, but Curry didn't seem to be affected by the back-to-back, and performed very well.

他面对两个提款机，全场22投12中，三分13中8，罚球5中5，狂砍37分6助攻4篮板1抢断，率队以127:103大胜森林狼，取得三连胜。

At this time, the league also announced the MVP rankings for the third week. Curry averaged 31.9 points, 6.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, ranking first for three consecutive weeks.