warrior godfather

"Di-"

At the referee's whistle, the game officially began. Gobert moved the basketball to the backcourt first, and the Thunder won the ball for the first attack.

This has become the normal state of the Warriors jumping the ball this season. Chandler, who was able to jump to the ball frequently last season, is now a bit powerless. In 10 games, he can only jump to the ball in 2-3 games.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook dribbled the ball halfway, Durant came to 45 degrees, opened his hands for the ball, and Westbrook passed the ball directly.

Leonard was ready to fight, and Durant used his iconic double dragging step to change his body forward and backward, swaying a little shooting space, and pulling out his hand for two points.

Leonard's interference was a step slower, and the basketball went into the net hollow, 2:0.

Looking back, Curry dribbled the ball across half court, instead of passing the ball to Green, asking him to deal the card, and running without the ball as before, he directly played a pick-and-roll with Chandler.

Gobert didn't come out, and Tony Allen struggled to squeeze the screen, but Chandler's screen was very solid, keeping him firmly behind him, and still giving Curry a gap.

And in this slight gap, Curry made a three-pointer without hesitation, the basketball flew past Tony Allen's fingertips, hit the front of the basket, bounced high, and fell into the basket In the net, 3:2.

The Thunder attacked, Durant used the cover to go out, came to the free throw line, received Westbrook's pass and made a shot, and hit the iron under Leonard's interference.

Looking back, Curry seemed to have made an appointment with Durant, and cooperated hand-in-hand with Green, and also hit the iron with three-pointers.

But this still did not reduce the resoluteness of the two shots. In the next round, Durant held the ball and played a pick-and-roll with Gobert, broke through to a reasonable collision zone, folded in the air to avoid Chandler's assist defense block, and wiped the board. A successful layup, 4:3.

Curry immediately returned his color and played a pick-and-roll with Green. After being caught up by Tony Allen, he returned to Green, and then immediately withdrew to outside the three-point line. After Allen, he took a step forward, stepped on the three-point line and shot a long two-pointer, hollow into the net, 5:4.

The opening rounds are the epitome of the first quarter.

Durant's shots have greatly increased, and Curry has also changed his habit of running without the ball in the first quarter to create opportunities for his teammates. Taking the ball is a pick-and-roll, as if returning to the big core play with the ball two years ago .

The Warriors and other Thunder players also seem to have made an appointment. They stepped up their marking on Durant and Curry. After seeing the two score at the beginning, they immediately flanked them.

This forced Curry and Durant to pass the ball to teammates instead of running without the ball.

But this is also the old line of the two people. Durant made his debut without the ball, and Curry's off the ball is the best in the league. The ball is not in his hands, but it increases the difficulty of the opponent's defense.

All of a sudden, a very strange scene appeared on the court. Whether it was the Thunder's offense or the Warriors' offense, the players on both sides only had Curry and Durant in their eyes. Anti-flanking is to prevent them from scoring easily.

After the first quarter, both of them took a lot of shots. Curry made 10 of 6 shots, 7 of 3 three-pointers, no free throws, scored 15 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound; Durant made 8 of 4 shots, 3 three-pointers Made 1, made 5 of 4 free throws, scored 13 points and 2 rebounds, Curry finally tied Durant in the total scoring list, and the two came to the same starting line.

During the break during the festival, the big screen also highlighted the score comparison between Curry and Durant, which caused loud cheers from the Warriors fans on the spot.

TNT, which was in charge of broadcasting the game, also paid close attention to the battle between Curry and Durant for the scoring title. O'Neal said with a smile:

"Look, Chuck, Curry evened the gap in just one quarter, and he will definitely win the scoring champion in the end!"

Barkley retorted:

"Don't be too happy, he just recovered 2 points. Durant feels very good today. When he is hot, he is unstoppable. He can ignore any defense."

O'Neill smiled and said:

"Really? Let us wait and see. I am looking forward to Durant's performance in the second half under the attack of the Warriors."

Barkley snorted, but said nothing.

Who doesn't know that Durant's physical strength is not good, and the longer he plays, the worse his performance will be, especially when he is flanked, he will easily make mistakes.

And Curry has long proved that he is not afraid of flanking, and his vision is much better than Durant, so that Curry can always pass the ball out of the crowd, and Green's follow-up processing also makes the Warriors' four-on-three always Can take advantage.

However, winning or losing today comes second, and scoring is the most important thing. This gave Barkley a little confidence in Durant. If it were any other person, he would not think he could compete for the three consecutive scoring titles Curry.

……

In the second quarter, the rotation lineup took up half of the time. Curry and Durant played a lot less time, but the number of shots was only slightly lower than the first quarter.

库里单节6投3中，三分球4投2中，罚球2中2，砍下10分3助攻1篮板1抢断。

杜兰特单节7投4中，三分1中0，罚球3中3，砍下11分3篮板，反超了库里1分。

During the intermission, O'Neal looked at the technical statistics of Curry and Durant, and complained:
"Are we at Oracle Center or Chesapeake Energy Arena? Durant got 8 free throws in the first half! His gyro is so ugly it shouldn't be. On the court in the NBA! Look at Curry, he only made 2 free throws!"

Barkley laughed:
"Shaq, you have to learn to respect referees. Drawing fouls is also an ability. Curry has shot so many three-pointers, of course there won't be many free throws, unless he increases his own breakthroughs, but unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have that intention. "

Kenny Smith said:
"Guys, maybe we should pay attention to the score. 45:47, this is not a normal score. For the offensive ability of the Warriors and Thunder, 40 points is really too little. Their offensive efficiency this season is in the middle. More than 105, especially the Warriors, their offensive efficiency is as high as 110.4, but now they are still 2 points behind the Thunder, is the Thunder's defense already so good?"

O'Neill laughed:
"Kenny, don't pay attention to these minutiae. Let's talk about Curry and Durant's performance after get off work. I don't think Durant will get so many free throws in the second half. After all, this is the Warriors' home court, isn't it? Oklahoma..."

Buckley said:
"Come on, Durant is unsolvable tonight. The Warriors can only foul if they want to guard him. This is obvious..."

……

In the locker room of the home team, the Warriors players slumped on the chairs, relaxing their muscles. Zhang Yu stood in the middle of the locker room and arranged the tactics for the second half:

"Everyone played very well in the first half, and we will continue to work hard in the second half. Pay attention to playing more for Stephen. On the defensive end, we must strengthen the marking and flanking of Durant, and try to limit his scoring. It's much worse..."

After emphasizing the tactics again, the halftime break was almost over. Zhang Yu asked everyone to relax, while he walked up to Curry and said in a low voice:
"Stephen, I've already said that you can paddle while defending today and put your energy into scoring. Why did you defend so hard in the first half?"

In the first half of the game, Curry was no different from before, except that he regained the ball-holding big core style of play, and his possession of the ball increased significantly. He still defended very hard. , Both offensive and defensive ends went all out.

But Durant is different. Originally, he had developed a help defense this season, but today, Durant's help defense disappeared. He squatted in the bottom corner on the defensive end, followed Leonard, and did not swipe his card. He didn't shrink, and even when Leonard made an air cut, he didn't eat the defense and was very active, leaving him to Gobert and Ibaka to solve.

This allows Durant to keep his physical strength on the offensive end as much as possible, while Curry's consumption and load are much greater than Durant's.

The game time in the first half was not long, and the physical gap between the two has not yet been reflected, but in the second half, this gap is likely to have a fatal impact.

But after hearing Zhang Yu's persuasion, Curry shook his head:

"Boss, I'm used to going all out on the court. If I don't defend, I really can't do it."

Zhang Yu sighed softly:
"Okay, then try to win this game, maybe you can get more votes in the MVP selection, those media people like to watch this kind of head-to-head confrontation..."

……

While Zhang Yu was persuading Curry, Brooks was arranging tactics similar to Zhang Yu's in the shabby locker room of the visiting team on the other side:

"... Continue to pass the ball to Kevin in the second half, Kevin, don't hold back, we have secured the number one spot in the league, and helping you win this scoring title is our biggest goal today!"

Durant nodded lightly, and other Thunder players also nodded one after another. This kind of data collection has long been a tradition in the NBA, and they have long been used to it.

In 1994, in order to allow "Admiral" Robinson to win the scoring title, other Spurs players deliberately fouled in the last minute of the game when the team led by 1 points, saving time and allowing Robinson to score in singles.

In that game, Robinson scored 71 points, overpowering O'Neal, and won the season's scoring leader.

Before the last game, O'Neal still had a slight lead in the scoring list, but Robinson completely let go and scored 71 points, leaving O'Neal, who only scored 32 points with conventional play, helpless.

This is the "strength" of old-school stars. They are more obsessed with statistics than current players.

Although Curry and Durant didn't dare to score points so blatantly, neither of them would be reserved in front of the scoring champion, and their teammates were willing to be the honor of the leader of the global team.

And Durant is bound to win this scoring champion. He has ranked second in the scoring list twice in a row, passing by the scoring champion, and losing to Curry. Durant was eliminated by the Warriors in the game, and Durant was eager to beat Curry and prove himself.

Today is undoubtedly Durant's best opportunity. With the Thunder's first record in the league, he has the highest voice for being elected as the MVP. If he can defeat Curry in a head-to-head confrontation and win the scoring title at the same time, the MVP will be within his grasp. He is the real elated!
Durant felt as if there was a fire burning in his heart. In the first half, he and Curry were evenly matched. In the second half, he wanted to win the scoring champion at all costs!
……

After the intermission, the two teams returned to the field and the game continued.

The two sides were still the starting lineups in the first half. After the start of the third quarter, the scoring battle between Curry and Durant also entered a fierce stage.

The two have already played this game as the last moment of the playoffs. They don't hold the ball every round, but they must be the team's first choice on the offensive end. Others complete the attack.

As the intensity of the competition increased, the opponent's pincer attack became more and more tight, and the two had to do their best.

In the last round, Durant encountered a flank attack while holding the ball, distributed the ball to his teammates, and then withdrew to the three-point line to receive the ball. jump shot.

In the next round, Curry and Green played a pick-and-roll, and Ibaka directly wrapped it up. Curry passed the ball to Green, then cut inside, and then ran back to the bottom corner. With the help of Leonard's cover, he received a pass from Green. The hand raised the knife and fell, and the three-pointer went into the net hollowly.

Durant is a sharp machete, no matter who is facing him, he can slash head-on. Curry is a light throwing knife, which can always find the flaws in the Thunder's defensive formation and kill them with one blow.

But back to the defensive end, Curry and Durant performed differently. Durant stared at Leonard, while Curry ran without hesitation. Very hard.

However, this did not hinder Curry's scoring performance. In the third quarter, he made 12 of 6 shots, 8 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 17 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.

But Durant's touch has fluctuated. He made 11 of 4 shots, 4 of 1 three-pointers, 4 of 3 free throws, scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Curry regained the lead by 4 points. advantage.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors also achieved a lead in the score, leading the Thunder by 70 points at 65:4.

During the intermission, Curry returned to the Warriors bench and took a few deep breaths, but his breathing was still short, and his jersey was soaked in sweat.

Carrying the team on his shoulders for a season, Curry consumed a lot. The high-intensity offense for three consecutive quarters made him feel deeply tired.

Zhang Yu looked at Curry with concern:
"Stephen, how are you? Can you still hold on?"

Curry picked up the energy drink and drank it in small sips, trying to calm his shortness of breath:
"I'm fine, boss."

Zhang Yu stared at him for a while before saying:

"Let's do it this way, you can start after you have had enough rest, don't worry, you now have a 4-point lead."

"Okay." Curry breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, on the other side of the technical table, on the Thunder bench, Durant took the initiative to find Brooks:

"Scott, let me go early."

Brooks looked at Durant, his breathing was steady, his eyes were bright, and he obviously still had more energy, so he nodded and said:

"No problem, hurry up, take a 2-minute break, and get back the advantage later!"

……

"Di-"

As the referee's whistle blew, the fourth quarter began. The Warriors and Thunder's rotation players came on the field and fought hard for the final victory, but the fans and spectators had no time to pay attention to them.

Everyone's eyes were on Curry and Durant, and the broadcast shots were frequently shown to the two on the bench. They also looked at their teammates on the field with serious faces, with solemn expressions.

Two minutes later, Westbrook led the team and the Warriors led by Clay faced off in the rotation lineup, recovering the point difference to 2 point. Taking advantage of the dead ball, Brooks replaced Durant on the court and replaced Westbrook.

After he played, he immediately took over the possession of the ball. First, he made a super-large change of direction in front of his body, swayed Parsons, broke through into the paint area, and hit a horseback archery throw. Steady hit, in just two rounds, scored 4 points in a row, and also helped the Thunder overtake the score.

Seeing Durant scoring consecutively off the court, Curry couldn't sit still. He came to Zhang Yu's side and said eagerly:
"Boss, let me play!"

"No, it's only been less than 3 minutes, you can rest for a while." Zhang Yu shook his head and refused.

"But Durant has already played! Boss, I don't want to fall short, just play 3 minutes early, no big deal!" Curry said.

Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded helplessly and said:
"Okay, as long as there is a chance of dead ball later, I will replace you."

"Thank you, boss," Curry said gratefully.

Zhang Yu said angrily:

"Only this time, the next time is not an example!"

"Don't worry, there won't be a next time, this time it just happened to be together, and I won't fight for the scoring champion in the future!" Curry laughed.

Soon, 21 seconds later, Yi Jianlian's attack fouled Perkins, who was assisting in the defense, and stood at the free throw line. Zhang Yu also took this opportunity to replace Livingston with Curry.

With Yi Jianlian making two free throws, the ball returned to the Thunder.

Durant crossed half court with the ball and singled Parsons at the top of the arc. After dribbling the ball under his crotch, he shuffled and changed direction. Leading by 77 points.

"Durant's mid-range shot! He surpassed Curry by two points and regained the advantage! Shaq, did you see, this is no solution!" Barkley shouted excitedly.

O'Neal pouted, but said nothing, staring at Curry closely, looking forward to his performance.

The Warriors attacked. Curry did not call a screen, but singled Fisher. He rushed in with a change of direction, rushed into the penalty area, pulled the bar sharply, avoided Perkins' help defense, looked back at the moon, wiped the board and made a layup Got it, 76:77.

"Curry's layup! See it, Chuck, this is an artistic goal, Curry is the dancing elf on the court!" O'Neal shouted.

Barkley snorted coldly, but did not refute. At this time, the performance on the court is the most convincing.

The Thunder attacked, Fisher dribbled the ball across half court, and Durant in the bottom corner came out along the three-point line to catch the ball. Go straight to the hoop.

Curry at the top of the arc turned around to help defend, followed Durant, saw the timing, and slapped hard, cutting the basketball off!
Snapped!
After a successful steal, Curry took two quick and hard shots, controlled the basketball, and then strode towards the frontcourt.

After Durant was robbed, he had no time to have any thoughts, turned around to keep up with Curry, and ran wildly.

But Curry was two positions ahead of Durant, and Durant couldn't catch up. He could only watch Curry rush into the three-point line, but at the same time, he also found that the distance between himself and Curry Keep shrinking, exert force under your feet, and speed up again.

Curry, who was running wildly, glanced back from the corner of his eye, and also noticed the shrinking distance between him and Durant, but there was nothing he could do.

Normally, Durant would never be able to catch up with Curry, but his tired legs had reached the limit, so he could only maintain this speed. All the way to the restricted area, Durant finally caught up and stuck behind him .

Curry couldn't speed up, so he could only slow down. He leaned on Durant, stretched his right hand forward, and made a layup with a low hand.

But when Curry slowed down, Durant behind him had no time to brake and hit him directly!

boom!
The two collided heavily, and Curry, who had already taken off in the air, lost his balance and fell forward, but before falling to the ground, he did not forget to throw the basketball in his hand up.

brush!
After hitting the basketball high, he fell into the net, but Curry, who fell to the ground, didn't care whether he scored a goal. After he landed, Durant also lost his balance, fell down, and hit him hard. Above the left leg!
"what!"

Curry let out a cry of pain, and he quickly sat up from the ground, trying to stand up again, but he couldn't use his left leg, so he had to lie down again.

"Stephen!" Zhang Yu exclaimed, got up and walked quickly to the sidelines, looked anxiously at Curry, then looked back at Schwartz on the bench, and waved to him vigorously, "Quick, Elliott, See what happened to Stephen!"

The Warriors came running from the backcourt and surrounded Curry.

Durant, who stood up from the ground, also forgot the battle for the scoring title with Curry at this time, bent down hastily, and asked with concern:
"Stephen, are you okay? Sorry, I didn't mean to, I wanted to stop, but my center of gravity lost control, sorry..."

"Hiss..." Curry gasped, his face twisted, but he still did not forget to comfort Durant, "It's not your fault, Kevin, it was just an accident..."

"Please let it go!"

At this time, Schwartz carried the medical kit, pushed aside the crowd, came to Curry, knelt down on one knee, and began to check Curry's injuries.

On the sidelines, Zhang Yu didn't dare to enter the court without authorization. He could only look at Curry anxiously, but the scene of Curry's injury in the first round of the 2016 playoffs involuntarily appeared in his mind.

That year, the Warriors players strived to break the record with 73 wins. Curry played 79 games and had almost no rotations.

In the end, the Warriors got their wish. The record of 73 wins and 9 losses is astounding in the past, but it also buried hidden dangers. Curry was injured in the playoffs. He made a hasty comeback in the second round against the Trail Blazers. Not good, the Warriors lost the championship with a 3:1 lead.

This scene is so similar to that time.