warrior godfather

"Director Zhang, what do you think of the Heat's performance in the first half? Is it because the away game was affected, or because of other reasons?" Yu Jia looked at Zhang Weiping in the TV5 studio and asked.

In G6 of the finals, it was due to Jia, Yang Yi and Zhang Weiping's commentary. Taking advantage of the intermission, Yu Jia asked the question that had been bothering him in the first half.

Zhang Weiping frowned, and after deliberating for a long time, he said:
"The Heat did not play well in the first half. The offense had no tactics. The defense would only double-team Curry, and then they would not be able to defend. They trailed by more than 20 points at halftime. It was difficult in the second half... I think the Heat may be My mentality has been affected, I failed to win the Tianwangshan battle, and G6 is the home of the Warriors, is it too frustrating, or what, I don't quite understand..."

Zhang Weiping has run out of words. The Heat played in the first half was really weird. It didn't look like they were playing in the finals and competing for the championship. Instead, they looked like they were playing in a preseason game. The Warriors didn't put much effort into it. Why did the Heat suddenly become unable to play?

Yang Yi smiled and said straightforwardly:
"Director Zhang is an old man, and he is more cautious in his words. Let me just say it. The Heat have collapsed. Spoelstra used to like to stand on the sidelines and command, but today, he sat there. Just stop moving, that means very clearly, after the last match, you guys sprayed on me, let's fight with you today, I want to see what you can do."

"Without Spoelstra's command, the Heat really wouldn't be able to play. The offense has no rules, the defense has no rules, and we can see that James' mood is obviously wrong. When he has the ball in his hand , He can still play a dozen, as long as he delivers the ball, he just puts it there, and if he keeps playing like this, the heat will not be overturned."

"Okay, Yang Yi's observations are very detailed... Well, let's take a look at the audience who won the lottery in the first half..."

Yu Jia was shocked immediately, good guy, Yang Yi is so bold now?

James fans are not vegetarians. In the domestic commentary circle, who would dare to say a bad word about James?
Why is Zhang Weiping so cautious?
When he commented on the Heat and the Mavericks Finals in 2011, he was often scolded by James fans. Later, he had to restrain himself and didn't say a lot.

Yang Yi didn't hide anything today, which surprised Yu Jia.

However, what Yu Jia didn't expect was that this was just the beginning for Yang Yi, and he didn't realize what the real full firepower was until the second half.

……

After the intermission, players from both sides returned to the field.

What is a little surprising is that although they trailed by 22 points in the first half, the Heat players in the second half showed more fighting spirit on their faces. Although they still felt a little lifeless, they were much better than in the first half.

The Heat fans are a little relieved. It seems that the halftime break is still useful, and we still have the power to fight.

The Heat players did not live up to the expectations of the fans. After the second half started, they played more energetically than before, played some cooperation, and the defensive rotation was more active.

When James is attacking, he no longer stands still and watches. He will cover his teammates and actively sink to the bottom to threaten the basket. …

When defending, he mainly shrinks to the basket, but when someone rushes in, he will go up to help defend, and when there is an opportunity from the outside, he will also take the initiative to defend, which seems to be the same as the previous few games.

Relying on the proactive style of play of the Heat team, the Heat also recovered some points, narrowing the point difference to about 15 points, and there is a tendency to continue to narrow the point difference.

In fact, this is the true strength of the Heat. They played really poorly in the first half, especially after James took the initiative to strip himself out of the Heat's offensive and defensive system. As long as he plays seriously, the Heat cannot fall behind the Warriors by so many points .

Just when the Heat were about to gain momentum, Zhang Yu made adjustments.

He called a timeout, replaced Chandler, replaced Leonard, and sent the death five.

As soon as the dead five came out, the Warriors' offensive space became extremely wide, but the Heat still insisted on attacking Curry.

Spoelstra seemed to have a grudge against Curry today. No matter how accurate the other Warriors shot, how many assists Curry sent, and how many shooters Zhang Yu sent, his double-teaming of Curry has never wavered.

Clay has already made 4 three-pointers, Butler's three-pointers have also recovered, and he has made 2 three-pointers, Green has 2 three-pointers, Danny Green has 2 three-pointers... The Warriors' shooters are in full swing , Curry played a little more than two quarters, and he had 8 assists and only 1 turnover, revitalizing the Warriors' offense.

But in this case, the Heat have maintained a pincer attack on Curry. Spoelstra watched the Warriors move the ball smoothly, but remained indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with him.

But the Heat's chaotic flanking was of no use to Curry. The Warriors' five small lineups moved the ball more smoothly and the space was more open. Leonard and Green made three-pointers respectively, and the Warriors immediately opened up the point difference.

The morale that the Heat had managed to gather with great difficulty also collapsed.

During the intermission, James encouraged his teammates to let them play well in the second half, and said that he would lead by example, play the game with the most devotion attitude, and strive to achieve a reversal.

This successfully aroused the hearts of the Heat players.

Although James did not play like a professional player in the first half, his performance in the first few games was convincing enough, and his teammates were more willing to believe that his mentality was affected, and now he has recovered, and he will no longer play with Spurs. Terra competes.

After Tianwangshan lost to the Warriors, James accused Spoelstra of his tactics in front of the media, and then had a quarrel with him.

Spoelstra arranged tactics, but James didn't listen, and played according to his own ideas.

Anyway, James is holding the ball on the field. If he doesn't play according to the tactics, Spoelstra has nothing to do.

It is also impossible for Spoelstra to put James on the bench. He is the number one star of the Heat, and the Heat must rely on his strength.

Even Pat Larry can't tear himself apart with James. After all, James hasn't clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with the coaching staff and management, but just mentioned it in front of the media.

And he has privileges as a superstar, but the privilege he wants now is greater than before.

In the end, the two sides reached a delicate balance. Spoelstra did not arrange tactics for James. When he got the ball, he could play casually. When invisible. …

On the defensive end, Spoelstra can only pinch Curry all the time. Although he doesn't think this is the best choice, James has already publicly complained about this in front of the media. Wade and Bosh also agreed. Quite critical, he had no choice but to compromise.

Without James' rotation and replacement, the Heat's defense inevitably plummeted.

This is also the main reason why the Heat's offense and defense collapsed in the first half. If James does not exert his strength, the Heat's tactics cannot be carried out, and they can only be beaten by the Warriors.

As for why James would do this...

No one could have imagined that his willpower would be so poor. Curry used a gorgeous performance of 52 10 to completely destroy his confidence and make him no longer have hope for victory.

And he encouraged his teammates not really to win the game, he just didn't want to lose the game too ugly.

The finals are too much attention. James has always remembered the lessons of 2011. Some things should not be overdone, otherwise people will repeatedly whip out corpses.

But the offense of the Death Five made James, who was about to fight hard, completely lost the mood.

In fact, James is not without fighting spirit. When he played against the Celtics, Pacers, and Bulls, he never gave up and played very well.

But the Warriors are different.

The Heat lost to the Warriors once, and the dead five seemed so incomprehensible. James scored 56 points without winning, and then Curry scored 52 points...

James thinks that he has achieved the ultimate, but still can't win the ball. He can only go back to the home court to win the game with the referee, and then rely on the Big Three to win the next game.

This twists and turns made James completely lose his fighting spirit. In terms of strength, he couldn't think of a reason why the Heat could still win. The five dead players couldn't prevent it at all, and the Heat were doomed to lose.

Since you can't win, then just let it go.

He started to play like the first half again. When attacking, as long as the ball is not in his hands, he will stick on the spot and almost retreat to the center line, but it can barely be regarded as opening up space for his teammates.

But when defending, James didn't help the defense directly, and didn't take turns. He slammed to the side of the penalty area and waited to collect the rebound.

That is to say, Leonard always stands on the weak side, and Curry's big cross pass is risky, otherwise he should be able to get several assists by taking this opportunity.

However, when the Warriors players broke through, James still didn't help defend, he just stretched out his hand symbolically, he didn't even jump, and watched his opponent for a layup.

After seeing James' performance, Yang Yi was surprised and said:
"Is James tired? He doesn't follow Leonard, he doesn't protect the frame, he just stands there and watches others go in? At least he has to reach out! The Heat's small lineup relies on mobility to rotate, and James is one of the Heat's defensive systems. The most important part, he stands still, how can the Heat have any defense!"

Later, the Warriors players also discovered that James was not defending anymore, and Green began to consciously pass the ball to Leonard.

After Leonard received the ball, he even had time to adjust, shot calmly, and made two consecutive corner three-pointers, while James' defense was a step slower. …

Yang Yi said:

"James really can't defend? Leonard is a shooter. He has a three-pointer. These two balls are too spaced!"

"Uh, it seems that the Heat's defense has a little problem..."

Yu Jia was very embarrassed at the side, although he also thought so, but you can't say it so bluntly, you are too courageous!

Maybe James heard Yang Yi's criticism, maybe he also knew that he had gone too far, so he restrained himself a little and started to defend.

But it didn't help. The Heat kept pinching Curry, and Curry's shots were very steady. The Heat couldn't keep up with the follow-up rotation. The Warriors could easily get open opportunities, and the point difference remained at around 20 points. , no shrinking trend can be seen at all.

And at this moment, James completely broke the defense.

When he broke through with the ball, Green came up to help defend and hit James. James staggered, raised his hands, and waited for the referee to blow the whistle, but the referee turned a blind eye and ignored James' complaints. The Warriors took the opportunity to push back.

James spread his hands and went to the referee to argue, but the referee ignored him at all, and the Warriors over there directly succeeded in five-on-four fast break.

Coincidentally, the referee of this game is Foster, the referee of G5 in the finals.

He looked at James with his hands outstretched, thought for a while, and explained:

"LeBron, this may be a foul, but I didn't see it, I will definitely look carefully next time, you should focus on the game..."

He puts emphasis on the word "saw".

"He blocked it. It's definitely a foul. You should watch it more carefully..." James still spread his hands and complained before turning and walking away.

Foster looked at James in surprise and stared at him for a long while.

No, you didn't understand me?
This is the Warriors' home court, and they have home court advantage!

You forgot how I blow the G5?
Why didn't you spread your hands with me at that time and complain that my whistleblowing was unfair?

In fact, seeing that the Warriors lead so much, Foster didn't favor the Warriors very much in the second half, but the scale was slightly looser, which is conducive to the Warriors' defense against the Heat's breakthrough.

If a Warriors player's breakthrough is blocked, he will not call a foul. This is his consistent style. He prefers to control the situation by controlling the scale of the game, rather than being too blatantly biased towards one side.

Only when he has to make a shot, he will go off in person. For example, Foster didn't call Curry's 3+1 in the last game.

……

In the next round, James still broke through with the ball, and he encountered the Warriors' tight defense again.

But James didn't seem to believe in evil, and he didn't pass the ball. He just hit his head hard. Green and Chandler hit the goal and stopped him in the air.

James raised his hand, threw the ball into the sky, and then turned to look at the referee.

You should always blow this, right? !
But what made James collapse was that Foster still didn't blow the whistle and the game continued.

Green turned around and grabbed the rebound, and the Warriors counterattacked.

James quit, don't you blow this kind of ball? …

In the past, it was a foul for me to rush in!

When I was playing Magic in 2009, I had to make 15 free throws per game!

Howard is even boasted that he can commit 5 fouls per game, and he will be sent off at every turn!
As a result, now I ask you for two fouls, and you don't give them. Where will I put the face of my alliance? !
He didn't pay attention to the Warriors' fast break at all, and followed the referee all the way, spreading his hands and complaining endlessly.

Yang Yi couldn't stand it anymore:
"The referee didn't blow, don't spread your hands, hurry up! The Warriors are five-on-four again!"

It's a pity that James couldn't hear Yang Yi's words. When he spread his hands and complained to the referee, the Warriors took advantage of the number difference and completed a counterattack. Curry hit a three-pointer, and the point difference came to 24 points. The maximum difference in the field.

"drop--"

Spoelstra couldn't stand it anymore, got up and called a timeout.

And James is still spreading his hands, persistently looking for the referee to argue, judging by his posture, he must ask for an explanation.

However, Foster still ignored James, even though he originally wanted to give James a superstar whistle, but James was so chattering that it disgusted Foster.

As one of the senior referees used by the league, Foster also has a temper. The more James fouled, he still stopped blowing.

After the negotiations were fruitless, James could only leave dissatisfied, but he kept shaking his head, and the complaints in his mouth never stopped.

James returned to the Heat's bench and sat down.

Suddenly, he saw Butler who was celebrating with his teammates on the other side of the technical table, and he had an idea and said to Spoelstra:
"Eric, I'm a little tired, let me take a break, I'll play again in the fourth quarter."

Spoelstra was taken aback for a moment, then nodded in response:

"can."

He didn't know why James said he was tired. The intensity of today's game was nothing to James, but since James proposed it, Spoelstra agreed.

Like James, he has no hope for this game.

But he is not because he is afraid of the might of the Warriors, but because he knows that when there is a problem with the atmosphere in the locker room of a team, he is not qualified to win.

However, since James is not playing, Spoelstra can arrange tactics. He gathered the players, took the tactical board, and said loudly:

"LeBron will take a break later, let's play like this..."

……

After the timeout, the two sides returned to the field.

Yu Jia said in surprise:
"James actually stayed on the bench and didn't play!"

Yang Yi said:

"Did he not get fouled twice just now, and his mentality is a little out of balance? It's good to go down and take a rest, adjust his mentality, he spread his hands, the Warriors' fast break was too easy..."

Yu Jia couldn't help turning her head to look at Yang Yi, this is getting bolder and bolder!
Zhang Weiping was puzzled and said:

"The Warriors lead by 22 points. If James doesn't play, the Heat will be in danger. If the Warriors seize the 2 minutes that James is not on the court to further open the score, the Heat will directly explain. James has a problem with his mentality or physical fitness. If there is a problem, or where there is a problem, he has to fight!" …

Yu Jiayuan said:
"Maybe this is Spoelstra's intentional adjustment. Let's take a look at the last 2 minutes and 32 seconds of the third quarter..."

Yu Jia didn't expect that he was really hit by what he said.

Although the Heat did not have James, the game was inexplicably smoother than when James was there before, the offensive tactics were very organized, and the defensive rotation was tighter.

The Warriors were caught off guard, but the Heat recovered some points at the end of the third quarter, and the point difference was forced to close to 19 points.

But fortunately, there is not much time left in the third quarter, less than 3 minutes. The Heat's momentum picked up a little bit, and they entered the intermission.

Yang Yi hated iron for being weak and said:

"The Heat have played very well during this time, and they have good offense and defense. If they played this way earlier, they would not fall behind by so many points. Now that they know how to play, it is too late. Chasing 19 points in one quarter is too difficult."

On the surface, he feels sorry for the Heat, but he is already happy in his heart. The Warriors won the championship, and the T-shirts he prepared in advance can be sold at a high price. He seems to have seen the wonderful scene of a lot of orders coming in.

He is one of the people who most wants to see the Heat lose.

The Warriors fans couldn't sit still anymore. They all stood up from their seats, raised their arms, and chanted the slogan "Warriors", like a golden ocean that was constantly surging, setting off waves of sound.

They have fallen into a carnival atmosphere ahead of time. No one thinks that the Heat can come back. The fans have begun to look forward to the grand occasion of the Warriors winning the championship trophy.

In this restless atmosphere, the fourth quarter began.

The beginning of the fourth quarter was the transition period, and Spoelstra did not deploy the full main lineup. Wade and Bosh did not rest for a minute in the second half. No matter how critical the situation was, they had to stop for a while.

However, James returned to the court.

After a 3-minute break, he became lively again. After playing, he attacked the Warriors' substitute and quickly scored 6 points in a row and sent 1 assist.

Not only that, James also regained his vitality on the defensive end, actively rotating, shrinking the frame, sending out a block and a steal.

James' brilliant performance also helped the Heat narrow the point difference to 13 points.

Fortunately, Butler, who also traveled off-peak, hit two pick-and-rolls, so that the point difference was not narrowed to single digits.

However, James didn't have much time to travel off-peak. Less than 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, Zhang Yu switched back to the dead five, and Spoelstra was also forced to return to the starting lineup.

Seeing that the point difference was approaching nearly 10 points, James rekindled his fighting spirit.

Give it a try, maybe you can win?
With this in mind, James started his onslaught.

But his efforts didn't last long, and the results were minimal.

Zhang Yu came up in place of the Death Five to close the game. The Warriors did not have a big center inside, and it was much easier for James to score, but the Warriors had an extremely wide offensive space, and it was easier to score. It was still a three-pointer, which was one more than two points.

And James didn't let go of the ball, and he did every ball by himself. At most, he passed two balls to Wade, which was easily restricted by the Warriors.

At this time, James started to pass the ball, but his teammates didn't take a few shots throughout the game. They felt cold and their spirits were exhausted, and they couldn't make a shot after receiving a pass from James.

Soon, the point difference was quickly opened to more than 15 points, and the fighting spirit that James had accumulated with great difficulty also dissipated.

But this time, he didn't spread his hands anymore, and continued to attack very actively, reducing passing, breaking through when he had a chance, and shooting long shots when he didn't have a chance. He was not satisfied with the speed of his scoring increase.

But this does not help the Heat to recover the point difference, because James is very active when attacking, but it is just reversed when defending, and he shrinks near the penalty area and waits for rebounds.

The Warriors players also saw the clues, focusing on attacking James' side and scoring easily.

Under the integrity of the two sides, the point difference has not been narrowed, and the game has gradually come to an end.

All the fans stood up collectively, and a sea of ​​gold swept over the Oracle Center.