warrior godfather

At nine o'clock the next night, after a grand performance and appearance ceremony, the All-Star Game began.

Like the All-Stars in previous years, no one on both sides was serious about defending. You dunked one and I dunked one. The process was very tedious and made people drowsy.

The Western star's fishing was particularly serious. Kobe took the initiative to ask Brooks to end after playing for 3 minutes.

He has to play about 40 minutes per game in the regular season, and finally he can take advantage of the All-Star weekend to take a good rest, and he does not want to waste his energy in exhibition games.

Brooks followed suit, replacing Kobe and replacing the host Harden, which aroused the cheers of the fans in Houston.

But after Harden came on the field, he didn't have such a strong desire to attack.

Even if the East is not very defensive, Harden will not break through.

He just threw a three-pointer outside, but he couldn't make it. The Eastern team seized the opportunity to overtake the score.

The other stars of the Western team did not take the backwardness to heart.

After Howard made two dunks in the air, he started paddling.

The poor record of the Lakers and the intensification of conflicts with Kobe have made Howard very troubled recently. He is really in no mood to play tricks on the court.

Curry has never taken the All-Star Game seriously. He kept working on the court, threw two logo three-pointers, and scored one.

Then there was another dribble behind the crotch catch of the fox whistle, breaking through to the penalty area, and passing an alley catch to Griffin after hitting the ground, which caused the audience to exclaim.

Brooks still wanted to win. When he played 6 minutes into the first quarter, he had a five-up and five-down, replacing Curry and Howard.

Westbrook took possession of the ball after he came on the court. He didn't care whether the opponent was serious about defending. He just hit the penalty area with the ball. Every ball was completed with a dunk, helping the Western team stabilize the situation.

Off the court, after Brooks communicated with Curry, Kobe, and Howard, he didn't let them play for too long. They only played for 6 minutes in the third quarter, and they left the court to rest.

They take the All-Star wins and losses very lightly, and don't want to waste too much energy on the All-Star Game.

Brooks used the outside combination of Paul, Durant and Westbrook to finish the last quarter.

Originally, he wanted to use Harden, but Harden's state in this game is very average, and he has no desire to score.

Even if he played, he was paddling. Brooks let Harden brush the time in the first three quarters and replaced him.

Paul's state in this game is very good, and the All-Star's defense is loose enough, allowing him to get a lot of assists and has been suppressing the Eastern team.

The stars of the East team are also mainly fishing. Rose has a time limit in the regular season, and he has no interest in the All-Star Game.

He played for less than 15 minutes before he asked to end.

Spoelstra did not embarrass Rose, and replaced him early to rest.

Spoelstra will not let his Big Three waste their energy in the exhibition game. James, Wade and Bosh all played less than 30 minutes before taking a break. The middle two quarters were mainly played by substitutes.

It was only at the last moment that Spoelstra switched the starter back to the court, chasing points symbolically, but did not persist after no results, and gave up the game early.

He is also a head coach who is used to seeing the big world. He is under a lot of pressure and his only goal is to win the championship. He is too lazy to spend his energy on the All-Star Game like Brooks.

In the end, the Western team defeated the Eastern team 150:137 and won the All-Star game.

Paul won the All-Star MVP with a large double-double of 20 points, 16 assists and 5 steals.

This is Paul's first All-Star game MVP, but the enthusiasm of the fans is not too high.

They most want to see Harden win the All-Star MVP. At worst, Anthony, who scored 28 points, is also good. Paul's 15 assists are really nothing to watch.

……

After the game, Curry, who was watching the show on the sidelines, came to the court, hugged Rose heavily, and then walked to the player tunnel together.

On January 1, the Warriors challenged the Bulls away. That was the first time Curry met Rose after the start of the season.

In that game, Rose exploded, scoring 41 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds, but the Bulls still lost to the Warriors 96:107.

Zhang Yu insisted on a single defense against Rose, which blocked the offense of the rest of the Bulls, and Rose's scoring alone could not kill the Warriors.

Conversely, Curry scored 36 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. Although he was not as good as Rose in scoring, his running position on the offensive end greatly involved the Bulls' defense and created opportunities for his teammates. Ross under 40+.

This All-Star is the second time Curry and Rose have met.

"Congratulations, Stephen, your West has won again." Rose said.

"It's just an All-Star, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose." Curry laughed.

"Yeah, it's just an All-Star. You even have a championship trophy, so how could you care about this?" Rose looked at Curry enviously.

Curry noticed Rose's emotional changes and comforted:
"You will have it sooner or later. You have played very well in the past two years and almost reached the finals."

"But it's so short, I don't know when we can get over it, the Heat have become stronger again, we can't even beat the Big Three, and now there is Ray Allen, I really don't know, if we meet the Heat in the playoffs , how can we win..." Rose sighed softly, with a rare look of confusion in his eyes.

Before the All-Star break, the Bulls and the Heat played against each other twice, all of which ended in defeat, with a loss of 2 points and a loss of 14 points.

Moreover, in these two games, the Bulls did not show too much power to fight back, and the audience was suppressed by the Heat.

Their proud defense is also stretched in the face of the Heat's offense with almost no dead ends.

"Uh..." Curry twirled his fingers, thought for a long time, and said, "When Ronan gave us video lessons, he always used your defense as an example, let us learn, the playoffs are all about defense, As long as you fight hard, you will definitely have a chance."

"But we have been fighting defensively for two years, and we have never fought. The Heat's offense is stronger now...Stephen, how did you beat the Heat?" Rose asked.

As the youngest MVP in NBA history, Rose has no pursuit of personal honor, and now he only wants to win the championship.

Especially seeing that his friend Curry won the MVP+ championship in one year and was ahead of him, Rose's desire for the championship became more and more urgent.

Curry froze for a moment, scratched his head:

"I just concentrate on playing and do what Ronan asked me to do. I won the game naturally. As for why, I don't know. Anyway, I will play as Ronan tells me..."

"Will Ronan arrange all the tactics in detail? I mean, whether he will attack or defend, he will arrange it in advance?" Ross asked in surprise.

"Of course, Ronan is the head coach. If he doesn't arrange the tactics well, how will we play? Before each game, he will arrange the tactics, and every detail will be arranged. If there is a problem during the game, he will make adjustments at any time. Isn't it the duty of a head coach?"

"Tom is not like this." Rose slowly shook his head, "He is very careful in defensive tactics. The specific positioning of each defensive tactic will let us practice several times, and different defensive tactics will be used in different rounds. But on the offensive end, he completely gave me the ball and asked me to let go of it. Sometimes even if he called a timeout, he only emphasized defense, and finally said to let me handle the ball."

"What? He doesn't even plan offensive tactics? Ronan said that defense depends on training and offense depends on adjustments. Isn't he putting the cart before the horse?" Curry asked in surprise.

Ross smiled bitterly:
"Tom doesn't care about offense at all. During training, he will let us practice offensive tactics, but during games, he hardly makes adjustments. Many times I think it is wrong to play like this, and try to change the style of play. Sometimes It works, sometimes the offense is worse."

"Uh, maybe he just trusts your scoring ability, so he puts all his energy on defense..."

Listening to Curry's persuasion, Rose shook his head slightly, lost in thought.

Maybe, it's time to make some changes.

……

After the All-Star Game, the players who participated in the All-Star Weekend left Houston one after another to continue their regular season journey.The generals of the Warriors stayed, and the players who remained in the Bay Area also set off for Houston.

The Warriors' opponent in the next game is the Rockets, and then they will usher in a wave of seven consecutive away trips.

This is also the last long away game for the Warriors in the regular season. After that, most of their games will be played at home until the end of the regular season.

When the Warriors were actively preparing for the game against the Rockets, a carnival was going on in a very popular nightclub in Houston.

The protagonist of the carnival is James Harden, the star of the Warriors' rival Rockets.

He embraced a half-breed blonde with extremely plump buttocks and an exaggerated figure. He rubbed the girl's buttocks vigorously with his right hand, and drank wantonly with a bottle of beer in his left hand.

Whenever Harden puts down the wine bottle, some wine will always be stained on his beard. At this time, the girl with huge buttocks will raise her head, stick out her tender tongue, and gently lick off the foamy wine, often He will also lick Harden's lips "inadvertently".

Harden looked down. The girl's cheeks were flushed and her eyes were blurred. She seemed to be drunk. Under the dim lights of the nightclub, she exuded amazing charm.

With desire burning in his heart, Harden lowered his head and kissed it fiercely, rubbing his right hand more forcefully, until the girl was almost out of breath, he raised his head and took a big gulp of beer.

Around Harden, there were several black men sitting, each of them also hugging a woman, but they were not as good-looking as the girl in Harden's arms.

One of the black men raised the wine bottle in his hand and said:
"James, I wish you a big victory over the Warriors tomorrow!"

After finishing speaking, he raised the wine bottle and downed most of the beer in one go, which caused a lot of applause.

"The rocket will win!"

"What are the Warriors? As long as James wants to score points, no one can stop him!"

Several other people also clamored, and the atmosphere became more and more heated with the voices of women persuading them to drink.

Harden laughed, raised his head, drank the beer in his hand, but said calmly:

"The Warriors are number one in the league. It will be difficult to win tomorrow, but I will try my best."

After his words fell, several people immediately changed their tone:
"The Warriors are indeed very strong. Even if the Rockets lose, it is normal, but James will definitely not lose, because the Warriors will definitely not be able to guard James!"

"That's right, if the Thunder gave James the ball, how could they not beat the Warriors?"

"Those media always say that James goes to nightclubs, but going to nightclubs will not affect James' performance, those sons of bitches are just talking nonsense!"

"That's right! Those bastards only know how to smear James, what's wrong with going to nightclubs? Going to nightclubs doesn't affect James' high score!"

After the crowd finished talking, Harden shook his head and laughed:

"Haha, well, let the media say whatever they want. It doesn't matter what they say. As long as I can score high, their slander will never be effective. If one day I am hated by the fans, it must be I can't play well, it's not me hanging out at nightclubs."

"Look, James is the real superstar, how magnanimous..."

The black men praised him again, and the girl in Harden's arms also looked at him with admiration.

Harden laughed loudly, reopened a bottle of beer, and drank with everyone.

He seemed to be completely immersed in this luxurious atmosphere, but when he looked carefully, he could find that there was still a trace of clarity in the depths of his eyes.

These people are all Harden's "friends", and they don't have any proper occupations. Their main job is to accompany Harden to eat, drink and have fun. Harden will give them some money so that they can live.

They completely depend on Harden for survival, so they flatter Harden to the utmost, dare not disobey Harden in the slightest, and speak according to Harden's wishes everywhere to please Harden.

The existence of such people is not uncommon in the NBA. Many stars born in slums will have friends around them.

At the beginning, Iverson had a crisis in his financial situation because of supporting his friends.

The education level of NBA stars is generally not high, and they mainly play basketball in college, and they don't have any elegant hobbies. After entering the league, the pressure increases sharply, and they can only vent their emotions through drinking and sex.

And wine and sex pay attention to an atmosphere, and these stars generally have a few close friends.

When they want to have fun, enjoying the flattery of the little brother is a very suitable way for them to decompress.

And like Curry, a well-educated second-generation star, and Duncan, who has a bachelor's degree in psychology, has no friends around him.

They either like to play golf, or they like car modification, hunting, and they will use more normal hobbies to decompress, which are out of reach of stars born in slums.

Although no one knows why Duncan, such a quiet person, is so obsessed with car modification and hunting.

However, although Harden likes to go to nightclubs and has a few friends around him, he did not lose himself in the flattery of his younger brother.

Harden is very clear that everything he gets depends on his performance on the court.

If he can't score high points in the game, the girl with big breasts and fat buttocks and the flattering younger brother will leave him immediately.

So after drinking another bottle of beer, he kissed the girl in his arms wantonly, got up without hesitation, patted the girl's buttocks, and called her name:

"Rosa, come here first today, come to my house as a guest tomorrow, I have prepared a gift for you, you will definitely like it."

The itchy girl who had already been teased looked at Harden in astonishment, barely suppressed the desire in her heart, and said with a forced smile:

"No problem, James, I'm on call."

After speaking, she obediently got up and left.

Harden's little brothers looked at each other, reluctantly let go of the woman in their arms, and one of them asked in puzzlement:

"James, why are you leaving now? It's still early, even if there is a game tomorrow, you have to go back now, right?"

Harden shook his head with a smile, but his tone was very firm:

"That's different. The Warriors are number one in the league. I have to go back and rest early. Tomorrow will definitely be a tough battle!"