warrior godfather

Chapter 658 Invest in Peach and Repay Li

James wanted to name Curry, but Curry was not so easy to name.

In the next round, James continued to find Smith for a pick-and-roll.

Leonard had been on guard for a long time, and took advantage of his strength and size to forcefully squeeze through the screen. Smith staggered and stepped aside.

The guard is limited by height and size, and the quality of the cover is not high. Leonard has an exceptional advantage in strength. It is difficult for Smith to block him when he is on guard.

Even if Smith blocks Leonard's first shot, it doesn't matter. Leonard can go off the screen and give James room to shoot, as long as he blocks his driving route.

In the end, even though James switched Curry in front of him, Curry stuck to James, interfered with his shooting, drove him to the basket, and tried to create opportunities for his teammates to help defend.

In the rest of the first quarter, James named Curry several times, but the number of successes was not many. The Cavaliers also trailed the Warriors by 21 points at 33:12.

In the second quarter, Leonard and Clay led the Warriors' rotation and continued to expand their lead.

Leonard's desire to attack is particularly strong today. When Curry is on the court, he is still restrained, opening up space in the bottom corner, and will not take the initiative to ask Curry for the ball. After the ball is in his hands, he will attack a few times. indivual.

But when Curry is not on the court, Leonard will not be polite.

Clay has always played off the ball. Today, there are a few more post-ups, but he has to wait for someone to feed the ball. Leonard can launch singles with the ball from outside the three-pointer, and the upfront cost of developing offense is lower. .

The most important thing is that after Curry left the court, Leonard naturally became the most authoritative scorer on the court. Attacking with the ball is a matter of course and can be done freely.

In just 4 minutes, Leonard took 5 shots and scored 7 points. The Warriors' lead also expanded to 16 points.

This is also thanks to Irving's leadership of the Cavaliers' rotation, and against Leonard, he scored 6 points, and the point difference was not further widened.

Facing the Warriors' rotation, Irving's scoring became much easier, and after James went off the field, he stabilized the situation.

Irving's poor performance in the first quarter was criticized by the fans, but that was because the Warriors' lineup was too perverted.

Among the Warriors' four forwards, Clay turned out to be the one with the worst defense. Green, Antetokounmpo, and Leonard are the three masters of defense, and they guard the Warriors' penalty area as solidly as possible.

It is difficult for Irving to break through to the basket and score. He can only shoot mid-range and long-range shots against the defense, which is very inefficient.

But after the Warriors put on the bench, the defensive intensity dropped, and Irving immediately became active, scoring consecutively, supporting the Cavaliers' offense.

This has a lot to do with Irving's technical characteristics. He is called a point guard, but his organizational skills are average. In fact, he is a striker. He is best at singles with the ball. You will be able to seize the opportunity and score a high score.

However, Irving is limited by his height and needs a lot of dribbling and changing directions, sudden stops and quick starts to create shooting space, which consumes too much.

Therefore, in the long regular season, his state was always ups and downs, and he often suffered from injuries. As the team leader, his ability to lead the team was very average.

After James came to the Cavaliers, he undertook the task of organizing the offense. Irving was completely liberated and could focus on singles. At critical moments, James was also happy to give up the ball.

In the playoffs, with fierce confrontation and simplified tactics, Irving's singles ability was amplified, his scoring average soared to 25.2 points per game, and his shooting percentage also increased compared with the regular season. He is a superstar enough to be ranked in the top five in the league.

They were confused by Irving's style of play. Irving is the kind of one-hit assassin who is suitable for explosive output in a short period of time, so he often plays high-profile performances in the playoffs and at critical moments.

But his attendance in the regular season is not guaranteed, and his record of leading the team alone is very poor, and this is the primary criterion for evaluating the strength of a star.

After all, the regular season record is the foundation of a team. If you can't even make it to the playoffs, no matter how strong your hard-breaking ability is, there is no room for it to be used.

But a star who only performed well in the regular season is not a superstar.

The fundamental goal of a team is to win the championship, and the ability to solve the playoffs is indispensable.

Only players who lead the team well in the regular season and perform tough at critical moments in the playoffs can be called superstars.

And Irving is not a superstar in his singles field, which he is best at.

He doesn't have Curry's extraordinary shooting skills. In front of the top defensive strikers, his size, wingspan, and strength are all at a disadvantage.

Only when there are at least two single-defense weaknesses in the opponent's lineup, Irving can maximize his strength, but there are still weaknesses that cannot drive his teammates. It is really hard to call him a superstar.

Therefore, when the main players of both sides returned to the court, Irving's sense of presence was much reduced.

James and Curry are the protagonists on the field, plus a hard-edged Leonard and Klay with superb shooting skills, the Warriors have the upper hand.

At the end of the half, the Warriors led the Cavaliers by 73 points 52:21. Although it was not as good as the 27 points in the previous game, it was also an appalling number in the finals.

Leonard and Clay's singles ability is actually not as good as Irving's, but the Cavaliers' defense is too poor, and they don't look at their own conditions, turning unlimited defenses into brainless defenses. Leonard misplaced Irving and Smith in singles, and Clay also turned his back Forcing Irving and Smith, compared to Irving one-on-one against the Warriors' four strikers-although Clay is a guard, he is actually the height of the striker, and it is much easier to score.

However, the Warriors' unlimited defense changes are not truly unlimited defense changes. Curry will never change defenses until he is forced to.

James wanted to name Curry, but Zhang Yu arranged for Curry to chase back after a delay, and try not to switch defenses as much as possible.

This will not be successful every round, but it adds a lot of upfront costs to the Cavaliers' offense. Even if James finally switches Curry to the front, it will consume a lot of time. It is too late to start the offense calmly. Can start hastily.

And the Cavaliers have flaws in space. Neither Tristan Thompson nor Mozgov can shoot. There is always a point on the court that drags space.

As long as Curry is forced to switch defenses, the Warriors will either attack directly, forcing James to play the ball, and then rotate to make up for it later, or wait for James to break through to the inside, and then assist in defense.

Zhang Yu will never let James run Curry all the way in for a layup. He can only make a jumper directly from the outside so that he doesn't have to face the interference of the second person.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, James shot only 35% of Curry's singles in the Finals, which was surprising because the Warriors protected Curry too well. James finally found Curry, but there was not much time left in the end, so he could only make a hasty shot. Naturally, the success rate was not high, but in the statistics of the data website, they were all included in the singles rounds.

Now, the Warriors have a stronger lineup and better defense. Whether it is squeezing screens, flanking, assisting defense, or rotating to fill positions, they are much better than the original Warriors.

It was even more difficult for James to name Curry. When Curry was placed in front of and behind him, the Warriors' flanking and defense immediately came up. James was forced to split the ball. The Warriors' follow-up rotation was so fast that they hardly gave outside control. If there is a chance for the defender, the success rate of others handling the ball is even lower.

In the third quarter, James wanted to name Curry every round, but he consumed too much offensive time, and his scoring efficiency was not as good as he directly hit the Warriors forward and broke through to the inside line for a layup.

The Warriors' offense didn't have too many tricks. Zhang Yu continued the tactic of the first half, and it was also the simplest tactic - singles.

The Thunder's defense is infinite and can be broken by the Warriors with a single blow, let alone the Cavaliers whose defensive resources are far inferior to the Thunder.

There is no need to save energy in the finals. Curry, Leonard, and Clay take turns playing singles. If Antetokounmpo has a chance to misplace, he can also play singles with the ball, and the success rate is very high.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams further widened, and the Warriors led the Cavaliers by 104 points 79:25.

The Cavaliers fell behind in two consecutive games early and early, with no morale, the mentality of the whole team collapsed, and there was no resistance at all in the fourth quarter.

However, Zhang Yu did not let Curry check in for the third quarter today.

Although Zhang Yu is the head coach of all the Warriors players, he also has selfish intentions.

In the last game, Curry clocked in three quarters and only scored 12 points and 5 assists, while Leonard scored 37 points, three times that of Curry. After the game, he stole the limelight and the odds of getting fmvp were greatly reduced.

Although Curry attracted flanking attacks, changed the Cavaliers' defense, and created four-on-three opportunities for others, which is the biggest contributor to the Warriors' victory, but the fans, media and fmvp judges did not look at this.

They only saw Leonard scoring 37 points, but they couldn't see Curry's silent contribution behind him.

In this game, Zhang Yu put Leonard on the bench and specially asked Curry to play for a few more minutes in the fourth quarter to get more points, and then he will have an advantage in the fmvp selection.

Zhang Yu also values ​​Leonard, but he values ​​Curry even more.

He and Curry have spent 10 years together, and the relationship between the two has long gone beyond the scope of the head coach and his disciples.

In Curry's heart, Zhang Yu is also a brother and father, a teacher and a friend, who single-handedly trained him to become a superstar.

For Zhang Yu, Curry has also changed from the superstar he could only look up to in his previous life to his most proud disciple, a brother and friend who unconditionally supported him.

If the situation is tense, Zhang Yu will not have other ideas, and everything is based on winning.

But the Cavaliers are vulnerable, the game has lost suspense, Zhang Yu is about to use some means.

It is impossible for him to sit back and watch Curry lose this fmvp, even if Curry himself doesn't care whether he can get this award.

However, Zhang Yu cannot let Curry's selflessness go unrewarded.

Curry, as a superstar with 3mvp+3 crowns and No.1 in the league, is willing to act as a bait, actively attracts flanking attacks, and creates opportunities for his teammates to play more and less. He even scored 12 points in a finals, and the limelight was all taken away by his younger brother Go, don't care.

This selfless, selfless, all-for-winning mind, looking at NBA history, is only available to a few people such as Duncan.

Throwing in peaches and rewarding in return, Zhang Yu will not let Curry's efforts be in vain.

He wants to justify Curry's name, and he wants to let those who doubt Curry know that Curry is not without the ability to score, as long as he thinks, he is the strongest scorer in the league!
(End of this chapter)