new lord of the rings

Chapter 178

After a few games, the best players in the East and West for the first week were announced. In the East was LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the West was Zhang Xin of the Golden State Warriors.

Last season, Zhang Xin was the best player of the week a few times, so he is not too surprised about this list, and he should occupy this list for a long time. After all, there are still not many players averaging triple-doubles. Oh, not many in the future, after all, there is only one Westbrook.

Speaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers, this season, the Cavaliers who gathered LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love's Big Three have greatly improved their strength. They have shown amazing strength since the beginning of the season. No. 7 in the East.

The Golden State Warriors have won six games in a row, temporarily ranking first in the Western Conference, and the Spurs are temporarily behind the Warriors with 5 wins and one loss. If the Spurs win this game, the Spurs will surpass the Golden State Warriors and rank first.

For the Warriors, if it’s just a ranking, it doesn’t matter if they win or lose. Now that the season has just started, the veterans of the Spurs have not yet entered the fatigue period, and they can still play a very strong role. When the season enters the second half of the season, the drawbacks of veterans’ aging and frailty It will be revealed slowly. At that time, veterans will choose to rest or paddle, which will eventually affect the team's record.

But for the Warriors, it's not just about rankings.

Steve Kerr wants to show his abilities in front of Popovich, a teacher, and he certainly won't want to lose.

Zhang Xin and the others are implementing the principle left over from last season: when they meet a strong team in the Western Conference, they will fight to the death, and they must establish a psychological advantage over them.

The rookies want to show their prestige even when facing strong teams, since no one wants to lose anyway.

On the game day, the Oracle Center was crowded with people. The San Antonio Spurs came to challenge today. This is a veteran team. Although the Warriors swept the Spurs in the playoffs last season, it does not mean that the Spurs are a soft persimmon. The Spurs have always been old and strong , Maybe the Warriors will lose a tooth, how can a die-hard Warriors fan not come to the scene to support.

When Zhang Xin entered the court to warm up, he accidentally saw Wu Yanzu, a die-hard Warriors fan, in the first row. Zhang Xin knew that Wu Yanzu was a die-hard Warriors fan, but he rarely saw him come to the game, probably because of his busy work.

Zhang Xin walked over, Wu Yanzu looked at Zhang Xin with a smile, but he didn't think that Zhang Xin came to look for him, Zhang Xin walked up to Wu Yanzu, smiled and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Wu, are you here to watch the ball?"

Only then did Wu Yanzu confirm that Zhang Xin came to look for him, Wu Yanzu stood up happily, shook hands with Zhang Xin tightly, very excited: "Zhang Xin, I am your fan!"

Zhang Xin said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, I don't dare to be that, you are my idol!"

The two looked at each other and laughed, sympathetic to each other, and made an appointment to drink tea together after the game.

Zhang Xin doesn't have many friends, but I hope to have some friends like Wu Yanzu who have common topics and good character.

Wu Yanzu proposed to take a group photo before the game, Zhang Xin felt that there was nothing wrong with it, Wu Yanzu took a group photo of the two of them, Zhang Xin said goodbye and went to warm up.

Wu Yanzu smiled, edited and posted on Weibo: "I met my idol @张信 today and took a photo with him. Are there any fans of Zhang Xin?"

There were countless replies in a short while:

"Wow! Dashuaibi met Dashuaibi! Who is more handsome?"

"They're all so handsome, who should I choose as my husband?"

"Wow, Zhang Xin is so handsome! Why does Marshal Wu look even more handsome than he looks together!! And he's still a fresh boy!"

……

Zhang Xin didn't know anything, he just focused on warming up and shooting. Zhang Xin knew that the Spurs were not good at it, and the centipede was dead but not stiff. Although it looked old, it wasn't enough to be taken lightly.

Game start.

The Spurs sent Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Matt Bonner, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green.

The Warriors sent Stephen Curry, Zhang Xin, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Andrew Bogut.

Bogut and Duncan jumped the ball in the middle circle. Facing the old Duncan, Bogut finally won the jump, which was not easy.

Curry passed halftime with his braces on, and he didn't try. The Warriors attacked as soon as they came up. Bogut went up to make a high pick-and-roll for Curry and blocked Tony Parker. Curry went around Bogut and broke inside. The feeling is very good, Tony Parker chases and defends, Curry has no chance to take a calm shot, so he can only rush in, and Bogut goes down.

Leonard followed Bogut and planned to steal the pass from Curry to Bogut at any time. Curry flicked the ball to Zhang Xin who was emptied by Leonard. De turned a blind eye, pulled up and shot, and hit a three-pointer!
When Leonard turned his head, he saw that Mr. Bobo's expression was not very good, and he trembled in his heart.

Tony Parker hurriedly dribbled the ball across half court. Duncan went up to the high post to help Parker pick and roll without Parker calling. Bogut didn't dare to go up. Bogut has never been very good at defending pick and rolls.

Duncan's pick-and-roll is very solid, and Curry's small body is wrapped in Duncan's arms.

Parker bypassed Duncan Bogut two steps away, Parker pulled up and shot, and made a mid-range shot.

Green immediately serves the ball, Zhang Xin catches the ball and quickly dribbles across the frontcourt. Bogut quickly comes up to pick and roll Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin is so fast. Zhang Xin rushed to the bottom of the basket and hit the ground, giving it to Thompson in the corner on the other side. Thompson directly pulled up the corner and hit a three-pointer!
Zhang Xin's ghostly pass made the Spurs' tight defense leak, and Popovich frowned and said nothing.

This is the current Warriors. You can’t shrink. Once you shrink the outside three-pointer, you will be punished, but you can’t do it if you don’t shrink.

The Spurs' main tactic is the pick-and-roll. The high-position pick-and-roll hand-offs allow Tony Parker to constantly attack Bogut. Double-teaming the center will dunk down, and the striker double-teaming with Zhang Xin and Curry's shot is a three-pointer.

At the end of the first half, the two sides tied at 18:18, and the pace couldn't be fast, but the current Warriors don't care, the current Warriors can be fast or slow.

Zhang Xin scored 6 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds when he was off the court. He couldn't get up to speed against the Spurs, and couldn't get up to score.

The Warriors took Iguodala and the Spurs, Duncan and Tony Parker, and Baynes and Ginobili.

The Spurs lineup can only rely on Leonard and Ginobili to score. Today's Leonard is eye-catching. Several strong plays are very eye-catching. Facing Green's defense, he is very tough. , Leonard has improved again!

(End of this chapter)