From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 241 The magical operation of the genius coach Cole

at the same time.

Warriors tunnel.

Cole also called Curry aside alone.

他看了看库里的上半场比赛数据，11投3中，得到8分2篮板2助攻2失误的数据。

"Man, what did you think of your performance in the first half?"

"You are the best player in the entire league. Looking at your performance, do you think you are qualified??"

Cole said slowly, his tone was very calm, but it made people feel nervous for no reason.

"Oh, it's terrible. I was defended by Smart and Jiang and had no chance to play. That damn Chinese player always tried his best when he double-teamed me."

"And, I have to say, the Celtics' defensive ability is really strong."

"I tried my best, but to no avail."

Curry said seriously.

It seemed like he was boasting, but he was actually trying to excuse his performance.

His subconscious was that his poor performance was entirely due to the Celtics' overall defense. If he hadn't been double-teamed by Smart and Jiang Hu, he would have performed very well.

"Yes! I think so too! On this point, we have reached a consensus."

"Now that we have found the problem, I think we should work together to find a solution, otherwise there will be no hope of winning today's game. After all, you are the star of our team!"

Cole followed suit.

While guiding Curry, he also emphasized his importance to the team.

Curry's importance to the Warriors is indeed incomparable. The Warriors can be as strong as they are now. Everything they have is based on Curry's strong strength. It can be said that without Curry, there would be no such thing. .

"Coach, what can you do? As long as it can get me out of their double-team, I will do anything."

Curry said seriously, with a flash of pain in his eyes.

Just thinking about it makes me want to cry!
It's more than tears!
I don’t know which bastard I learned this from, but now whenever I play the Warriors in the playoffs, those people will double-team me like crazy! !

Curry felt like he was really going to be outflanked and had a psychological shadow.

Cole hesitated for a moment, then said firmly:
"My suggestion is that you come on the bench in the second half, so that you can stagger the time against Smart and the same court with Jiang Hu. When it's time to come off the bench, you can give full play to your offensive talents."

Cole finished speaking earnestly, and then looked at Curry with slightly worried eyes.

He was not sure whether Curry would agree with his approach. After all, in Curry's entire career, starting from the second season, except for the occasional first game after returning from injury, he never played as a substitute in the remaining games. .

For a superstar in his prime, playing as a substitute is also a challenge to his dignity.

Curry's expression also became serious, and he spit out the braces he had been holding in his mouth.

He could even imagine that the news about him being a substitute would become the focus of discussion on sports websites tomorrow.

To be honest, he really couldn't let go of his dignity.

But when he thought about facing Smart's mad-dog defense in the starting matchup, coupled with the unlimited double-teaming by Jianghu, Curry's heart was finally shaken.

"Man, I can't force you. You are the most important person on the team. It all depends on your own decision. And this method may not be effective. It is just an attempt to give us hope of a comeback."

Cole lowered his voice, continued softly, and then gave Curry the choice.

After all, in today's league, Curry is a well-deserved starter and the absolute core of the team in any team he goes to. The option of a substitute simply does not exist for him.

Curry sat on the chair, frowning and biting his fingers gently.

After hesitating for a moment, he stood up and said firmly to Cole.

"Coach, I choose to play as a substitute. As long as I can bring victory to the team, I can make any sacrifices, including the starting position."

After hearing this, Cole finally showed a smile on his face, patted Curry on the shoulder, and returned to the locker room together.

"Everyone gathered around me, and I will emphasize our game strategy for the second half! There is one more thing to announce. I will adjust the starting lineup in the second half, and Stephen will be on the bench."

Cole's voice was very deep and magnetic, but what he said struck everyone who heard it like a bolt from the blue.

Warrior generals: "???"

Curry on the bench?Are you serious?

This is really unexpected!
Could it be that Curry's hip-stretching performance in the first half angered the coach and was directly demoted to the bench?
This is outrageous too!

Curry is the team's leading scorer and the team's star.

And this is not the first time he had a bad half. He can adjust his condition in the second half. There is no need to go on the bench...

However, although everyone was confused, they still unanimously turned their attention to Curry.

This person is their leader and the biggest contributor to the team's success here. If he disagrees with the decision to substitute, everyone can speak for him...

"For victory!"

Curry waved his arms and said, his face expressionless, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or unhappy.

Cole looked at everyone's shocked expressions and felt quite satisfied! !
Unexpected, right? ?

That's right, that's what a master tactician is like, he uses his troops at random! !

Although he was very proud to have Curry as a substitute, Kerr still took the time to explain to everyone before starting to lay out the game strategy for the second half.

The long intermission is over.

The second half of the game begins.

The starters of both sides came on stage.

When the audience saw Curry sitting on the bench, and the person who replaced him as the starting point guard was Cook, they all opened their mouths in surprise, and then everyone was talking about what to say. All have:

“Is Stephen injured?!”

“I didn’t see him injured in the first half!!”

"Did you get injured in the locker room..."

"Oh my god, are the Golden State guys going to have sex in the locker room!!"

Jiang Hu also frowned.

Ku Ritian playing as a substitute?

This is really off the mark!
It seemed that he was really afraid of being double-teamed and hid on the bench, but did he really think he could avoid it this way?
Jiang Hu showed a sly smile and glanced at Curry.

Curry felt this malicious gaze and had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Oh? Curry went to play as a substitute? Coach Cole's arrangement is really bold! Coach Zhang, what do you think of this adjustment?"

Yu Jia said with some surprise, and then his eyes shifted to Zhang Weiping.

"Hey! This method is really interesting! Letting a superstar player come on the bench is a very rare situation in NBA history, not to mention this is the finals!"

"Presumably Cole spent a lot of effort communicating with Curry during the halftime break."

"The most important thing is that Curry actually agreed. This is something I didn't expect."

"But this is a way to try and stagger the playing time of Curry and the Celtics starters so that he can avoid double teams and we can also see Curry's excellent offense."

"But will Coach Stevens really let him get his wish so easily?? I'm afraid it's not that simple!!"

Zhang Weiping said, with a look of expectation on his face.

on the field.

With a whistle.

The second half of the game officially started.

The Warriors took the lead.

Rooney served the ball to Green. After Green dribbled the ball past half court, he passed the basketball to Durant who got into position.

Since Durant felt hot in the first half of the game and had an advantage in the paint, he will naturally continue to consolidate his advantage in the paint in the second half of the game.

Durant played a post-up game, and after a struggle with Morris Jr., he turned around and used his signature jump shot.

Swish.

Hollow into the net.

The Celtics beat the Warriors 59 to 50.

The point difference came to 9 points.

The Celtics attack.

After Irving dribbled the ball past half court, he passed the basketball to Jiang Hu.

The person defending Jianghu was Nick Young. At this time, Nick Young had a bitter look on his face, which was somewhat indescribable.

Curry is on the bench, and he is the unlucky one.

To put it nicely, the team's status has improved.

To put it mildly, it means becoming cannon fodder!
Curry went off, and Cole replaced Cook and Looney. The Warriors' starting lineup for the second half was Cook, Thompson, Nick Young, Durant, and Green.

Green has proven that he can't defend Jiang Hu in the first half of the game. Thompson has to defend Irving. Durant will not be able to survive the final quarter if he uses his full strength on both offense and defense, so the task of defending Jiang Hu in the second half falls on him. .

"Man, your coach is not authentic! I won't be polite if I ask you to defend me."

Jiang Hu said with a grin. "Hmph! The coach has his own intentions in making arrangements. I will do my best to guard you!"

Nick Yang snorted coldly, but the tension in his eyes did not disappear. He forced himself to pretend to be fearless. He might not even believe what he said...

Jianghu is too lazy to waste time talking nonsense to him.

He launched an attack directly, made continuous changes, broke through from the right, stopped near the free throw line, and shot a mid-range shot.

"Shh."

Hollow into the net.

Celtics 61 to 50 Warriors.

Nick Young's defense is good, but his defensive habits are average and his interference is not strong. Coupled with Jianghu's own height and wingspan advantages, his defense can basically be regarded as nothing.

However, although Nick Young failed to guard Jiang Chen, he did not lose his position and kept up with Jiang Hu's movement speed.

But for Cole, this is already very comforting.

You must know that when Green defends Jianghu, sometimes it is difficult for him to even keep up with Jianghu's speed.

Warriors attack.

After Cook dribbled the ball past half court, he passed the basketball to Durant again. After Durant received the basketball, he turned over and shot another jumper.

bang.

The Warriors' tactics are quite simple, that is, give the ball to Durant and let him use his personal abilities to affect the game.

Durant's previous ligament injuries still affected the stability of his shots.

Although he is still at his peak, he is no longer able to make those large changes of direction like he did before 2014.

Horford grabbed the backcourt rebound and then passed it to Jianghu.

After Jianghu quickly dribbled the ball past halftime, he hit Nick Young and hit another three-pointer.

The basketball draws a perfect arc.

Swish.

Hollow into the net.

The Celtics beat the Warriors 63 to 50.

Nick Young looked sad...

This, this, this... are completely unpreventable!

How to defend, how to defend? ? ?
Apart from killing Jiang Hu and letting Jiang Hu lie on the ground, Nick Young could not think of a way for him to successfully defend Jiang Hu.

Now he finally understands the pressure Green faced in the first half.

He can understand why Green is so confused...

Outrageous, outrageous...

Watching Jiang Hu easily score one goal after another in front of him, and he couldn't stop it even though he tried his best. This feeling was desperate and painful.

At this moment, he thought of his former idol, Kobe Bryant. When he was with the Wizards, he was equally hopeless and helpless when facing Kobe...

"Hey, man, double team Jiang Hu."

Cole shouted to the court from the sidelines, frowning.

He had no choice but to adopt a strategy of outflanking Jiang Hu. He could not imagine what would happen if Jiang Hu continued to surrender...

Losing a game is a small matter, but losing American self-esteem and allowing American players to be ridden on the hip and beaten by a player from the East would be a big deal.

Even though Cole is just a coach, if something really happened, he would be the first one to be raped online...

As a result, the Warriors had no choice but to start double-teaming defense against Jianghu.

Jianghu found themselves double-teamed after halftime. Facing Nick Young and Green, they forced a shot and missed.

"Cole, Cole, you are playing with me, right?"

"Okay, you double-team me, and I'll double-team Durant!!"

"Hurt each other, who is afraid of whom!!"

In the next round, he started directing his teammates directly on the court.

"Smart, guard Kevin!!"

He asked the short but stocky Smart to defend Durant, and then took the opportunity to double-team him.

Durant was very uncomfortable facing Jianghu's sudden double-team. He made a mistake in the first round and dribbled the ball directly on his feet and out of bounds.

After returning to the offensive end, Jianghu was not reckless and frequently provided exquisite assists, allowing Irving and Brown to always get easy shooting opportunities.

The continuous wonderful passes also made the audience very excited and called them wonderful.

Jianghu's personal performance on the offensive end is already very pleasing to the eye, and his passing is even more exciting. All kinds of behind-the-back and crotch passes come at his fingertips. He seems to be born to play point guard.

"He is truly an all-around genius!"

Looking at Jianghu's performance, even as the opponent's head coach, Cole couldn't help but give a thumbs up and let out a heartfelt admiration.

But he may have been too focused on watching the ball and didn't seem to notice that in less than 4 minutes, the Celtics launched a 13:3 offensive climax.

Directly extending the lead to 21 points.

With a score difference of more than 20 points, the game is almost losing suspense. If the score difference cannot be recovered, then the Celtics will have to wait for Cole to replace the substitute lineup and let the game enter garbage time...

Looking at this huge point difference, Curry, who was sitting on the bench, was completely stunned.

I promised myself to shine on the bench and show off my offensive talents, but is it still necessary to play now?

You don't want to sit through the bench.
Curry looked sad and felt bad all over.

This is completely different from the imagined script!

He looked at Cole frequently and found that Cole was still staring closely at the court, seeming to have forgotten himself.

Isn't the head coach lying to himself?

Just when Curry was in depression and thinking wildly, Cole waved to him.

Curry immediately stood up and ran to the technical stage, ready to play.

There was a burst of cheers from the court. It turned out that Irving faced Durant's defense and hit a three-pointer and caused the opponent to foul.

Curry
At this time, Durant, Thompson and other main players were already preparing to leave.
Curry was stunned again.

No, what do these mean? ?
You both got off, so why do you beat your dad?

Let me play garbage time?
This Nima is a bit outrageous!
Now that the coach has replaced himself, let’s fight!
Otherwise, it would be a bit uncomfortable if he didn't get any playing time during the entire half.

"Huh? Curry just came on the scene at this time. Cole's rotation is really confusing! This game is almost entering garbage time, so Curry comes up to play."

Director Zhang was cheerful and said that he didn't understand Cole's operation.

"Hey, this is just to let Curry come up and play for a few minutes. Otherwise, the fourth quarter will be garbage time and Curry won't have a chance to play. It's a bit pitiful."

Mr. Zhang was also happy.

He knew what Cole meant, but the game situation did not develop as Cole imagined.

The Warriors collapsed too quickly.

It only took more than half a quarter of the third quarter to make the game almost no longer suspenseful.

This resulted in Curry having no chance to perform.

on the field.

Curry brought a bunch of substitute players to compete with the Celtics' substitute players.

No more constraints from Jianghu and Smart.

Curry showed off his power and scored consecutively. He scored 3 consecutive points in the last 17 minutes of the third quarter, helping the team narrow the point difference to 16 points.

However, Rozier and Irving on the Celtics side also showed great power, each scoring 8 points, which did not give Curry any more opportunities.

Although he performed well, Curry felt very unsatisfied.

After falling behind by a big score, what's the point of performing well?

Do you want to imitate a certain GOAT and waste time to gain points?

I didn’t undertake the 411 project, Gan! !

After the last three minutes of the third quarter, Cole did not replace Curry again.

The game went on for a while in the fourth quarter. As Thompson missed two consecutive three-pointers, the Celtics' Smart and Caruso blossomed and hit 4 consecutive three-pointers, widening the point difference to 25 points. , the game completely entered garbage time.

Finally the game is over.

The Celtics beat the Warriors 120 to 99.

The Celtics defeated the Warriors with a 21-point advantage in North Shore Garden, and then scored another victory to change the score to 2-0.

(End of this chapter)