Chapter 22

On the 22nd, after a day of rest, the Lakers and Warriors continued their Game 2 battle at the Staples Center.

After the Warriors lost the first game, experts generally believed that the problem lay with the Warriors' defense.

So, in this game, Don Nelson simply abandoned the defense altogether.

Staples Center.

On the court, when Su Feng saw Da Zhi in the Warriors' starting lineup tonight...

No cap...

In today's league, perhaps only a madman like Don Nelson could arrange such a crazy starting lineup.

Just...

While the Lakers players were still troubled by whether they should blow up Nash or penetrate Wang Zhizhi...

Because Wang Zhizhi had already decided to return to the CBA after the 07/08 season before the start of this season, Da Zhi, who cherished his last time in the NBA, also repaid Don Nelson's trust with his performance.

Defense?

Offense is the best defense!

Basketball is a sport where you compete to score more points.

So, what if I can't defend you?

Right wing, top of the arc.

Not long after the start of the game, Wang Zhizhi hit two three-pointers for the Warriors in a row.

In this life, in Da Zhi's 9-season NBA career, he averaged 6.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.

In the playoffs, due to the fact that NBA teams generally increase the playing time of their main players, Da Zhi's playoff career data dropped to an average of 3.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.

For Chinese fans of this era, who have both the big meat of Su Feng and Yao Ming to eat, have drunk Hu Weidong's meat soup, and have jerky like Yi Jianlian to chew on, they are destined not to be able to feel the progress Da Zhi has made on the court as deeply as Su Feng.

Perhaps Da Zhi will never reach the heights of those basketball fanfics in Su Feng's memory in his entire life.

But in this life, he has proven with his actions that he can not only gain a firm foothold in the NBA.

Moreover, under the right tactics, he can also play his role.

You ask why Don Nelson dared to start Wang Zhizhi in this game?

Because in Don Nelson's opinion, Wang Zhizhi is an NBA player.

Before the game, when Don Nelson asked his assistant if he knew Wang Zhizhi's NBA career three-point shooting percentage, his assistant didn't know how to answer Don Nelson for a moment.

After a pause, Don Nelson said, "40.8%."

"He's more accurate than Matt (Barnes).

So we need him in this game."

In January of this year, after Cohan ignored Don Nelson and the Warriors' players' requests and sent Marion to Los Angeles, Don Nelson knew that it was only a matter of time before this Warriors team fell apart.

Because many of the Warriors' main players, including Stoudemire, had actively requested trades from the team in the following period.

Although Nash's declaration in February reunited this Warriors team.

But Don Nelson was very clear...

By next year, except for Nash, this Warriors team will have nothing left.

But...

So what?

Since we have come this far relying on offense.

Then only the most insane offense is worthy of this Warriors' "funeral"!

Staples Center, first quarter, the Warriors successfully set a new NBA playoff record.

In this quarter, they took 17 three-point shots from the outside.

As everyone knows, in a quarter of a game, most NBA teams generally take between 20 and 25 shots.

Therefore, when the Warriors players frantically opened fire from the outside...

On TNT, even Barkley shook his head and said, "I admire the Warriors players' attitude.

But can they really win this game relying solely on three-pointers?"

Without a doubt.

This is a particularly wonderful feeling.

Because obviously, the Warriors, like those teams before Su Feng transmigrated, are all throwing three-pointers randomly.

But whether it's the fans in front of the TV or Su Feng himself...

Not only do they not think this Warriors team is playing "uninterestingly," but...

When the Warriors players are racking their brains on the court to find opportunities to shoot three-pointers...

Most of the neutral fans are hoping that they can make every shot on this night!

In the first quarter, in addition to Wang Zhizhi, the other Warriors players were only average, hitting only 6 of their 17 shots from the outside.

But thanks to the Warriors' outside players' madness, Stoudemire gained unprecedented offensive space in the paint.

Unlike the first game, where most of his points came from high post jump shots.

In this game, almost all of Stoudemire's points were concentrated in the three-second area.

Because he had to be closer to the basket in order to be responsible for grabbing rebounds for everyone.

So on this night, Gasol became Stoudemire's background board three times in the first quarter alone.

Before Yu Jia's top five plays commentary becomes increasingly uninspired and unremarkable...

You must know that "forcing his way to the top" is the exclusive narration when Stoudemire completes a dunk in this era.

The Warriors are crazy.

Completely crazy.

In the second quarter, 34-year-old Nash did not rest.

Stoudemire, who is about to turn 26, also did not rest.

Facing the Lakers' second lineup led by Su Feng, they opened fire from the outside 8 times in the first half of this quarter alone.

As the Lakers' defense on the court had to continue to expand outwards...

Stoudemire also seized the opportunity his teammates created for him and fearlessly bombarded the Lakers' basket from the inside.

In the second quarter, after the Warriors' inside and outside lines started to link up and gradually gained momentum, Coach Lue immediately put Marion on the court, intending to replicate the previous game and have Su Feng and Marion manage Stoudemire.

But, without the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Su Feng and Marion can manage Stoudemire, but who should fill the gaps on the Lakers' outside?

In the second half of the second quarter, Bell and Nash, who gradually found their touch, hit three-pointers for the Warriors from the outside one after another.

At this time, the Lakers players also suffered from a "brick-laying epidemic" on the court.

After Su Feng's repeated drives and dishes were converted into Warriors' defensive rebounds by his teammates in open positions, the Warriors' offensive surge at the Staples Center was unstoppable.

Huh?

You say why Su Feng doesn't attack himself at this time?

Wake up, in a basketball game, Su Feng can take thirty, forty, or even fifty shots, but can he really take eighty or ninety shots every game?

Even with forty or fifty shots, Su Feng can't do it every game.

Because not to mention that no one in this world has such stamina...

Even in Kobe's retirement game, where the Lakers players were intentionally giving him offensive opportunities, his other teammates on the court couldn't just stand there and watch him play all the time.

To put it bluntly.

No matter how strong an individual is, in the team sport of basketball, their individual performance on the court is limited.

The so-called individual heroism also needs to rely on the team to reach the end.

In the first half, the Warriors, who launched an offensive surge in the second quarter, led 65 to 50.

After the halftime break, the two teams switched sides and fought again.

Anyone with common sense knows that in a basketball game, offense and defense are always complementary.

Therefore, with the offense going smoother and smoother, even if this Warriors' defense level is not high...

On the court, the more excited they became, the more they produced a defense that Don Nelson had never envisioned.

Conversely...

Because they were distracted by defense, the Lakers' offensive rhythm was obviously affected on this night.

In the third quarter, the Lakers failed to narrow the score gap.

In the final quarter, in a back-and-forth battle where one team scores a point, the other team also scores a point...

The crazy Don Nelson also used his crazy tactics to ignite the hope of the entire village of Oakland that had been extinguished by Cohan on this night.

In the end, 129 to 114, the Warriors captured the Staples Center.

In the entire game, Nash made 10 of 23 shots, including 5 of 9 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring a total of 29 points, 2 rebounds, and 10 assists for the Warriors.

Stoudemire made 11 of 20 shots, including 6 of 8 free throws, scoring 28 points and 15 rebounds for the Warriors.

Wang Zhizhi, who was dispatched by Don Nelson as a surprise weapon, played 18 minutes, made 4 of 7 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 11 points for the Warriors.

Raja Bell made 8 of 20 shots, including 7 of 19 three-pointers, and scored 23 points for the Warriors.

As for the Lakers...

When the Su Feng haters, who were overjoyed and crying, didn't even watch the game and wanted to bash Su Feng as soon as they saw the Lakers lose, discovered that the Maple Emperor had made 16 of 33 shots in this game, scoring a total of 46 points for the Lakers...

With a flash of inspiration, they immediately started bashing Su Feng for not scoring 60 points for the Lakers in this game, which led to the Lakers' loss.

However, any fan who has watched NBA games should know...

Because a game only has 48 minutes, so based on Su Feng's shooting frequency in this game...

As long as you turn on the TV, your impression of the Lakers can only be...

Su Feng is playing.

Su Feng is playing.

Su Feng is still playing.

But after all, they lost the game, so someone has to take the blame...

So after the game, Su Feng didn't even think about it and was being interviewed...

He was pushed aside by Coach Lue, who had decided to take the blame.

Su Feng: "........"

"The responsibility for the team's loss in this game is on me.

Because I failed to effectively respond to the Warriors' outside搶投 (qiang tou - quick shot) tactics.

But after this game, I believe that in the next game, we will be fully prepared for the Warriors' quick shot tactics." At the press conference, Coach Lue, wearing sunglasses and not caring about anyone, took the initiative to take responsibility.

Regarding the media's pointed out...

Coach Lue also fully accepted all the "groundless" problems that currently exist in this Lakers team, saying that he would conduct careful research after returning.

"Are these people all SB (stupid b*tches)?

This game has no reference value at all, how did they find so many problems for the Lakers?" Of course, afterwards, Coach Lue did not forget to complain to Su Feng.

Hearing this, Su Feng immediately laughed.

As Coach Lue said.

Anyone who understands basketball even slightly knows that the Lakers' loss in this game has no reference value at all.

In Su Feng's previous life, whenever a team won or lost a game, you could always see active basketball experts on a certain forum conducting various analyses of it.

But to be honest...

The details of winning or losing that the basketball experts talked about...

In actual games, players and coaches cannot pay attention to them at all.

To put it bluntly, it's like when doing reading comprehension, the meaning that the author didn't originally intend is pointed out by you.

In Su Feng and Coach Lue's opinion...

The reason why the Lakers lost on this night was simply because this team's level was not high enough.

Because if it were the Heat of that year, even if the Warriors launched an offensive surge on the court, the other players could immediately calm down and cooperate with Su Feng to counterattack the opponent with a wave of climax.

In addition, Coach Lue didn't think that the Warriors' shooting touch in the second half of the game would be so accurate every game in a long series.

Therefore, after finding the reason for the loss, Coach Lue knew...

In order not to affect the players' mood, he had to stand up and take the blame.

Anyway, no matter how the outside world criticizes...

As long as he holds on to Su Feng's thigh, no one in this world can take the Lakers' head coach position from him.

……

On the 25th, the game between the Lakers and Warriors moved to the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

As a result, regarding the experts' and fans' suggestions before the game that the Lakers must defend well in order to win this series...

Like Don Nelson.

Coach Lue only regarded these suggestions as "toilet paper."

On the court, the Lakers transformed themselves, and in the first quarter alone, they frantically took 14 three-point shots from the outside.

At this time, if you had to use a picture to describe the scene at that time...

Then it would probably be like this:

So you're Don Nelson, huh?

So you know how to shoot three-pointers like crazy, huh?

Let you "Iron Head Kungfu", call you "Vajra Leg"!

Oakland.

The Warriors were stunned.

Because on this night, the Lakers played even crazier than they did.

It is worth mentioning that because Stephen Curry also came to the scene for this game...

So he, who would silently pray whenever Su Feng took a shot on the court...

Was also misunderstood by Charles Barkley, who said, "Although that kid from Dell Curry's family has grown up, as expected, he still 'likes' Su as much as he did back then."

Alright.

That is to say, Stephen, who was wholeheartedly hoping that the Warriors could defeat the Lakers in this series, didn't hear his Uncle Barkley's commentary...

Otherwise, he would have jumped up and slammed Barkley's knee!

What a joke!

He was clearly praying to God that Su Feng would miss every shot!

But it may be because he didn't pray piously enough...

Which caused God not to hear him.

On the court, on this night, Su Feng and Coach Lue used their strength to prove how ridiculous the criticisms of those "commentators" were before.

Because to beat this Warriors team...

If you blindly try to stop their crazy offense through defense...

Then what's the difference between you and "Little General" Johnson?

After Game 2, after studying the video, Coach Lue discovered that the Lakers' offense was not bad at the time, but they were not decisive enough in handling some opportunity balls.

Because this Warriors team will choose to press more boldly with out-of-position steals during defense in order to attack, as long as the Lakers patiently look for opportunities, opportunities for open shots will always appear.

So, rather than saying that the Lakers played very crazily in this game...

It is better to say that when the Warriors were punching the Lakers crazily, because the Lakers were calmer than in Game 2, one opportunity after another appeared in front of them on the court.

In the end, 135 to 118, in the Lakers' first-round playoff Game 3 against the Warriors, the Lakers defeated the Warriors with a very un-playoff score and took a 2-1 lead in the series.

What's interesting is...

Those fans who were jumping up and down anxiously because the Lakers lost their home-court advantage after Game 2...

At this time, they also turned around and thought that the experts and fans who criticized the Lakers after Game 2 were not professional enough.

In addition, because Su Feng still did not perform well in this game, only scoring 38 points...

So those Su Feng haters who thought that he didn't score 60 points in Game 2, which was the reason for the Lakers' loss...

Immediately changed their faces and said:

The reason why the Lakers lost before was because Su Feng took too many shots, so that other teammates did not have the opportunity to play, so they lost!

Look!

What does it mean that even your breathing is wrong?

Fortunately, Su Feng has become accustomed to the harshness of the outside world towards him over the years.

On the 27th, the Lakers, who had found the correct way to win, won another game in Oakland.

At this point, the score of this series also came to 3-1.

The Lakers were in front, and the Warriors were behind.

Although in this game, Curry's prayers on the sidelines successfully made Su Feng repeatedly miss shots on the court.

However, God, who has always been "fair, open, and just", did not "protect" the Warriors players because of this.

So, in the back-and-forth brick-laying sounds of the two teams, Ben Wallace, who seemed to be ten years younger on this night, awakened his muscle memory in this way.

In the entire game, in the case of only playing 26 minutes for the Lakers, Wallace grabbed a total of 21 rebounds for the team.

Especially in the decisive moments of the final quarter, the three offensive rebounds that Wallace continuously grabbed for the Lakers on the court directly cut off the Warriors' hope of a comeback.

On the court, with 57 seconds left in the game, Su Feng, who received the basketball that Wallace had dialed towards him after missing three consecutive shots before, did not hesitate.

Under the desperate gaze of nearly 20,000 Warriors fans at the Oracle Arena.

Step on the ground, stay in the air, flick the wrist.

Swish!

The basketball went into the net cleanly.

The score between the two teams also came to 97 to 90 because of Su Feng's three-pointer.

After the game, when talking about this key three-pointer, Su Feng did not forget to play with his nephew's mentality, "I think, it should be that God heard Stephen's prayers.

Thank you Stephen, because in these two games, he has been praying for me piously on the sidelines."

As a "place where gossip is always happening", please do not doubt the ability of the American media to fabricate stories based on a few simple interviews with stars.

See, isn't that right...

Not long after the end of this game, the American media, which dug up old accounts from the past, compared the relationship between Su Feng and Curry to "Trajan and Hadrian."

One is a respected king, admired by thousands in the NBA.

The other is the "Great Nephew of His Majesty the King" who shined in this year's crazy March.

In addition, because a certain Jewish little old man has always liked this kind of "inheritance" story...

So for a time...

Don't say it, the number of people who stood on the side of "Hadrian" succeeding "Trajan"...

The number actually far exceeded the "rebellious traitors" of the "Grand Duke of Cleveland" succeeding the "only true god of world basketball."

Of course, what Stephen Curry's inner thoughts were...

Even if he wanted to say it, Old Curry would not give him this opportunity.

Because in Old Curry's opinion...

If it weren't for his respectful attitude towards Maple Emperor back then...

How could Maple Emperor promote his unworthy eldest son everywhere?

It was also on this night that the Lakers returned to Los Angeles with a 3-1 lead...

A small shareholder of the Celtics named Joe Lacob officially made the decision to sell his shares in the Celtics and buy this Warriors team.

It's just that when his friends learned of his idea, they gave Lacob the most sincere advice as friends for Lacob's crazy decision: "Hey, buddy, this is an impossible gamble to make a return on.

Because even MacArthur wouldn't dare to bet like this at the gambling table.

Moreover, what's more, your current funds are not enough to support your idea."

Hearing this, Lacob, who thought for a while in his mind and felt that his friends were right, said: "Yes, so I plan to sell all my assets and find a like-minded friend to acquire this Warriors team together."

Lacob's friends: "........"

Lacob was very anxious.

Because for him, who loves basketball, Steve Nash's Warriors career should not end like this.

Of course, judging from the Warriors' market value...

This is indeed the best opportunity for Lacob to take action.

In addition, during his time as a shareholder of the Celtics, although he was unable to participate in the team's operations, Lacob also learned how to manage a team under his influence.

Therefore, Lacob knew that in order to not be in chaos when taking over this Warriors team...

Then he must complete the acquisition of the Warriors before Don Nelson goes on strike and retires.

Because the Warriors need a respected old man to stabilize the team's morale after the change of owner.

In addition, in Lacob's opinion, the Warriors' basketball market is not as bad as Cohan thought.

It's just that Cohan didn't spend any effort to operate and build it.

In the NBA, not only is the player culture very important.

In Lacob's opinion, how to develop fans' habit of watching games is also very important.

Because without fans, the NBA is nothing.

At the moment, due to the death charge initiated by Nash, Oakland both deeply hates Cohan and looks forward to the arrival of the savior.

Therefore...

There is nothing more important than giving this Warriors team hope at this time.

……

And a few days later...

Although in Game 5 against the Lakers, the Warriors pulled back a game.

But in the sixth game between the two teams, relying on Su Feng's excellent performance, the Lakers finally eliminated the Warriors with a score of 4 to 2 and successfully advanced to the Western Conference semifinals of the 07/08 season.

Oracle Arena.

That night, the Warriors fans who personally witnessed the Warriors being eliminated by the Lakers gave the highest respect to Steve Nash and his commander's team with applause at the moment the game ended.

Even on the spot, some Warriors fans shouted to Nash: "Leave, Steve!

We won't blame you!

Leave here, you still have a chance, you can still pursue your dream!"

Seeing this, after hugging Nash, Don Nelson also said: "Steve, no matter what happens in the future, I must remind you as an elder...

It is not wise to choose to renew your contract with Cohan's Warriors this summer."

Hearing this, after smiling at Don Nelson, Nash said: "Teacher, in my career, I have moved three times and won three championships.

And now...

I'm old.

So, I just want to accompany this Warriors team to continue on in my last career."

In Su Feng's previous life, even Nash, who was extremely eager for a championship, did not refuse when the Suns offered him a contract extension at the age of 34.

Then what's more, is this Canadian Son of Wind who has already achieved fame and fortune?

It's just that a few days later, Nash will find...

He was never alone.

Because someone boasted to Don Nelson that as long as you can stay, then no matter what you do, after completing the acquisition of the Warriors, I will support you unconditionally.

After suddenly thinking of something...

Don Nelson also replied to the other party: "What if I plan to do whatever it takes to trade back a pick that can select Stephen Curry?"

"This is crazy.

But, this is very Warriors." Hearing this, the other party said after pondering for two seconds.

As everyone knows.

There is nothing destined in this world.

Except for snatching Kobe Bryant from Jerry West in 1996.

And snatching Stephen Curry from Don Nelson in the year that Curry arbitrarily participated in the draft.

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