warrior godfather

Chapter 743 The Dynasty of Warriors Must Come to an End
After the preseason, the regular season is finally here.

The league arranged two much-anticipated traffic battles, both of which were strong dialogues, the Western Warriors vs. Rockets, and the Eastern Cavaliers vs. Celtics, to maximize traffic.

After the opening game schedule came out, the heat remained high before the game even started.

Some people say that this is a preview of the conference finals, but some people think that the Bulls and Thunder will advance to the finals, and they should also have a place on the opening day. People are arguing about this. Fans go shirtless for the stars they support, and for whom should play the opening game more And the fight was red-faced.

The fans of both sides also started to match up before the game.

The four teams were the opponents of last season's division finals. As the saying goes, when enemies meet, they are extremely jealous. In the few days from the end of the preseason to the start of the regular season, the two sides taunted each other and were ready to slaughter the area after winning. .

The grievances between the Cavaliers and the Celtics began 10 years ago. In the middle, James left Miami and broke up for a few years. After James returned to the Cavaliers in 2014, the grievances between the two teams deepened.

In the west, the Rockets fans simply hate the Warriors. The Rockets have met the Warriors twice in the past few seasons and were swept out. Harden and Curry are rookies in the same class. Curry is under pressure, making Rockets fans especially hostile to Curry.

After the end of last season, this emotion reached its peak. Harden ranked second in the mvp voting, but he was not even selected for the best team, and lost to Curry again.

This is the closest Harden is to the best team. After he joined the Rockets, his statistics have become more and more luxurious every year. The Rockets have never missed the playoffs, but Rose and Curry have been monopolizing for a while. Rose finally lost. After going down, Curry still firmly occupies a first-team spot, Westbrook rises, and even if Harden almost gets the mvp, he can't even get it for a while.

The Rockets fans are going to be pissed off. Second in the league + second in scoring + assists. This kind of performance can't be won for a while. What else should Harden do to be selected for a team?
Not only do they hate Curry, they also hate Westbrook, and they equally hate every guard who prevents Harden from being selected for the first team.

This time, the Rockets finally ushered in a chance for revenge, which made them extremely excited.

The Warriors lost three stars, and the strength of the lineup dropped sharply, but the Rockets traded for Paul to form the strongest backcourt in the league. With the ups and downs, what can the Warriors win?

This time, they want to see if Curry, who has no star around him, is still Harden's opponent!
This is the fundamental reason why Rockets fans have been dissatisfied with Curry. The Warriors' lineup is so good. Curry is surrounded by stars, and the substitutes are a bunch of good players. Even without much effort, the Warriors can easily win 70 wins.

The Rockets owner Alexander is stingy and never pays a penny in luxury tax. The Rockets make up every year, and the only star, Howard, hasn't played well for two years.

Harden can only lead the team with a single core, facing the Big Three and the Big Four Warriors. After being swept away, he will be defended with mocking eyes and soft feet in the playoffs.

The Rockets fans were dissatisfied, but they couldn't say it back. The Rockets lost too badly. The turn-based system has never been on the Rockets' side. The Warriors fans have all the right to speak, and they can only suffer.

The most important thing is that the Warriors' stars are not obtained in a group, they are all selected by Coach Z and cultivated step by step. They are the Big Five and the Big Six. They also have good vision and skills. Rocket fans can only call Morey too sb, Not as good as Coach Z.

But now, they finally waited until the Warriors' decline, God has eyes, and finally dismantled the Warriors' All-Star lineup!

The Rockets also took a turn for the worse, with a generous 7-for-1 trade to Paul, forming the league's strongest backcourt dual-core, and launched an impact on the championship.

The Rockets fans kept their eyes open and saw the moon, and finally felt elated. During the offseason, they released all kinds of rhetoric, threatening to "break through the Western Conference and go straight to the championship", "Harden wants to get back his own mvp", " When you give Harden an All-Star teammate, he will tell you what it means to be tough."

The only pity is that Paul failed to play in the preseason, but his comeback is imminent, just for the sake of caution, he did not play in the preseason, and the fans are not worried.

In the absence of Paul, the Rockets won all five preseason games. The team performed well and had high morale, which gave Rockets fans real hope.

Overthrowing the rule of the Warriors and establishing the hegemony of the Rockets is finally no longer a dream.

As the opening game gets closer and closer, Rockets fans become more and more confident. They regard the analysis of the media as their standard. Antetokounmpo only has a body, Wiggins is not good at anything, Jaylen Brown is a second-year rookie, and a bunch of others With a rookie substitute, the Warriors no longer have any threats.

As for the outstanding performance of Antetokounmpo and Wiggins in the preseason, they directly ignored the brilliant performance of Shuang Tanhua.

The Rockets' preseason opponents are the Thunder, Grizzlies, Spurs, and Mavericks, and the Warriors' preseason opponents are the Timberwolves, Nuggets, and Kings.The Warriors' match against the fish belly was mixed, and it was hard to hide the decline. The Rockets, Paul, showed their sharpness without losing a game, and the judgment was judged.

The Warriors fans themselves are a little worried. The Rockets are coming aggressively, but the Warriors played like the Tanks in the last two preseason games. The rookie scored high and the team lost.

Antetokounmpo only performed well against the Timberwolves, but no matter who beats the Timberwolves, it is difficult to beat the Timberwolves badly. Towns is a cash machine, and any insider who beats the Timberwolves has a chance to become O'Neal.

Antetokounmpo was only in the best third team last season. Many of his points were obtained by air-cut dunks after the Tsunami Brothers attracted the defense. They were all easy balls.

Now that he doesn't have Clay and Leonard by his side, can he still be invincible like last season?

This is a common concern of Warriors fans, and it is also pointed out by major media and commentators that the Warriors are most worthy of attention in the new season.

No one is worried about Curry's performance, but whether Antetokounmpo can continue to evolve directly determines the upper limit of the Warriors.

In this era of arms race, a single-core team is destined to miss the championship, at least it must be a dual-core team to have a chance to compete for the championship.

The reason why the Warriors can achieve dominance over the league is because many stars have emerged without interruption, and the reduction of dimensionality has allowed them to win five championships in six years.
This in itself is a miracle. The dynastic teams in NBA history have played to the end with one set of lineups. There has never been a team like the Warriors that keeps changing stars and can maintain its hegemony.

However, the empire will fall even if the sun never sets, and no matter how invincible the rule is, there will be a day when it will end.

Again and again, this time, everyone felt that it was time for the Warriors to end.

At worst, the Warriors' dominance should be interrupted. Before Jaylen Brown and Markkanen grow up, the Warriors should withdraw and must withdraw from the championship.

They can't accept that a team can never decline, and they can't accept that Curry will win more championships.

So far, everyone is happy.

The Warriors' home game against the Rockets should be, and must be, the end of the dynasty.

……

October 10, 18:[-] p.m., Chase Center.

In another half an hour, the game between the Warriors and the Rockets will officially start, but now, the auditorium is full, and the Warriors players have also come to the court.

Before the start of the game, the Warriors will receive last season's championship ring and raise the eighth championship banner at the same time.

This summer, the Warriors have experienced ups and downs and changes again and again, and it is very precarious, but at this time, the Warriors fans have all forgotten the unpleasantness of the past few months and devoted themselves to the celebration.

As the Warriors won the eighth championship in team history and the first three consecutive championships in team history, they have steadily surpassed the Bulls and become the third richest team in the NBA, second only to the Celtics and Lakers.

The ancestors of the two giants are too rich, the Celtics have [-] championships, and the Lakers have [-] championships, far ahead of the Warriors.

Zhang Yu once said that his goal is to build the Warriors into the No. [-] giant in the NBA. Many people did not take his words seriously because the Celtics and the Lakers have such a deep background that it is almost impossible for the Warriors to catch up.

However, no matter how deep the background is, there will be a day of exhaustion. The Celtics have not won the championship for more than 2008 years. In [-], the Big Three won the championship, and they have not won the championship for ten years. Team up.

The Lakers have also entered a long rebuilding period, being ravaged by others.

No matter how many champions they had in ancient times, they could not attract many fans. However, the Warriors rose in the mobile Internet era. Every time they win a championship, they can gain a large number of fans all over the world.

The market value of the Warriors is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more fans. It is the most popular team among young people, and its popularity on the Internet far exceeds that of other teams around the world.

The Warriors don't need to surpass the Celtics and Lakers in the number of championships. Young fans don't care about who Bill Russell is at all, and they won't be excited for the Magic Birds. Even the "God of Basketball" Jordan has great influence. Slowly fading, only Air Jordan, telling the glory of Jordan.

Young people only care about the present, and the Warriors' five championships in six years are the myth of this era.

When the eighth championship banner was hoisted on the dome, the Chase Center cheered loudly, and the Warriors fans all over the world were full of confidence. The fans who participated in the championship parade before were extremely proud.

The Warriors are making history, and they are part of that history.

When the faces of Zhang Yu and Curry appeared in the camera, this belief became more and more firm.

As long as Coach Z is still there, and Curry is still there, no matter who the Warriors leave or who comes, they will still be the Warriors, the invincible Warriors.

No matter who the opponent is, no matter how powerful the opponent is, they firmly believe that the warrior will win!
……

At the same time, the Rockets players stood in the player channel, quietly watching the Warriors receive the championship ring and raise the championship flag.

Harden looked at Curry, who is also the "09 duo", putting on his fifth championship ring, with a slight look of envy on his face.

When will he be able to wear his own championship ring?

After the baptism of last season, Harden finally matured, his desire for a championship overwhelmed everything, and he even went to nightclubs less often.

He is no longer young, if he cannot get a ring in the next few years, it will be difficult to have a chance in the future.

Paul stood next to Harden, also looking at Curry, expressionless, but his eyes became colder and colder.

He thought of his career full of regrets and unwillingness. From the god of point guards to the god of being overturned, the malice and ridicule he encountered far exceeded other people's imagination.

The continuous emergence of the new generation of super point guards makes Paul look like a primitive man. The impact is not as good as Westbrook, the breakthrough is not as good as Rose, the three-pointer is not as good as Curry, and the versatility is not as good as Harden. The most proud control field, It will only make people sneer.

It's so old, and he still controls the court, but it's just a fig leaf for his poor scoring ability.

There is a good saying, when you need Paul to get 10 points, he can give you 20+10, but when you need Paul to get 30 points, he can only give you 20+10.

甚至随着时间推移，20+10变成了19+10，又变成了18+10，又变成了18+9……

Paul, old.

Even if he has always had a higher heart than the sky, even if he does not hesitate to win the game and is willing to do all kinds of dirty work, he can't resist the invasion of the years.

When Paul fell again in the playoffs, he finally accepted the reality, parted ways with the Clippers, and joined the Rockets, just for a championship ring.

He is no longer a superstar, then find a superstar who can lead him to win.

Paul can't be ashamed to come and go to the Warriors, and the Warriors won't want him. The Rockets are his best choice.

D'Antoni is best at using super point guards. Harden can support the team by himself. Paul is also willing to assist Harden to stay healthy and play a role at critical moments. It is a match made in heaven.

People always say that he will lose the chain as soon as he reaches the playoffs. It is because he is the boss of the team and must lead the team forward, which consumes too much. Now that Harden has the bottom line, he wants people to take a good look at it. off the chain.

Although he failed to play in the preseason, Paul is full of confidence in the Rockets.

He agrees with D'Antoni's tactics very much, and Harden respects him enough to give up some of the ball.

Paul believes that no one is the Rockets' opponent, not even the Warriors.

The Warriors are the pioneers of the small ball era, but the Rockets are the masters of the small ball era. D'Antoni is a master of running and bombing. He integrated the Warriors' tactics and established this rocket that targets the Warriors everywhere.

Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. The Rockets understand the Warriors, but the Warriors don't understand the Rockets, so they naturally fall into a disadvantage.

This battle is the Rockets' battle of revenge, and it is also Paul's battle of revenge. It is the rocket's gauntlet to the entire league.

Paul slowly glanced around, looking at the boiling Warriors fans, a sneer quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Laugh to your heart's content now, you won't be able to laugh later...

Attached Warriors 2017-2018 season lineup:

Point guard: Curry, Brogdon

Shooting guard: Jaylen Brown, Bogdan, Caruso, Connaughton, Hart

Small forwards: Wiggins, Covington, Aminu
Power forwards: Antetokounmpo, Markkanen, Jerebko

Center: Looney, Zhou Qi

(End of this chapter)