naaapseattle 0267 The darkest moment
0267 The darkest moment
The Warriors flew back to San Francisco instead.
After resting for one night, Su Yang received a call from Bingbing in the morning, saying that the investment promotion directors in several places in the country wanted to do some publicity through the construction of the film and television city, and hoped to fly there in person, and then use it as a positive case to attract more foreign investment.
Hearing that, Su Yang casually checked the schedule and found that the Spurs temporarily led the Suns 2-1, but the Suns won Game 3 after returning home. Not surprisingly, they can also win Game [-] at night. The two teams of the Suns will play at least six games in this series, plus the follow-up rest, the Warriors will have about a week of rest, and they can fly back to China to cooperate.
Anyway, I have to fly during the off-season, so let this time pass, even if I can’t make it back in time, the Warriors will play at home in the first two games of the Western Conference Finals. Even if Stevens is facing Popovich, there is not much pressure , It's easier to face D'Antoni.
After making up his mind and immediately arranging a flight plan related to the private jet, Su Yang briefly explained to Fina and Beyoncé.
Departing at 3:[-] in the afternoon and landing at Pudong Airport at [-]:[-] in the morning, Bingbing had been waiting for a long time, and the kiss lasted for [-] minutes.
Completely ignore the snapping paparazzi.
First in Shanghai for publicity, a busy day of filming and speeches, and then fly to Guangdong and Shenzhen, a total of seven film and television city construction plans were made, and then flew to Chengdu to arrange two film and television cities, and finally flew to Beijin to arrange three film and television cities, A total of eleven,
The construction land is all prime locations with urgent special approval.
If everything is successfully built, there will be 150 auditoriums, which is still far from 1000 screens, so take your time.
After finishing all kinds of publicity, I participated in the meeting in the hall as a well-known Chinese businessman, followed Dongzi, Huateng and others to make suggestions for the development of the new economy, and when the meeting was over, I met a few entrepreneurial teams looking for investment and voted $3000 million.
After busy work, I simply went back to my hometown with Bingbing to meet my father-in-law, and then flew a special plane from Shanghai to San Francisco.
Eight days of busy work, the Spurs narrowly beat the Suns 4-3 simultaneously, but Ginobili suffered a severe ankle sprain due to too much effort, and was absent for at least two weeks.Seeing the scout report, Su Yang thought to himself that he was really lucky, and he won the Western Conference Finals easily.
The Spurs can beat the Suns, all thanks to Ginobili's superb performance, mainly because Big Ben held Duncan in the paint,
But it was also because of the burden that caused Ginobili to be too heavy.
In the East, the Heat narrowly beat the Cavaliers 4-3 and joined the Nets in the Eastern Conference Finals. The mainstream view is that the Heat have a greater chance of winning.
After a day of jet lag, Su Yang returned to the team on the 24th, ushering in the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Spurs, a perfect connection.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, I rushed to the Chase Center as usual, arranged the warm-up content before the game, and rushed to the media center for an interview.
Speaking of Ginobili's absence due to injury, Su Yang said bluntly: "It's a pity that the strength of the Spurs has been greatly reduced, but I believe that Popovich and Duncan will lead the horses to fight tenaciously, and we will not underestimate them. Hit will go all out,
That is our greatest respect. "
Manu Ginobili's injury was not accidental. He suffered a right ankle sprain and foot injury in December last year, and missed eight games. On January 12, he suffered a right ankle sprain and missed three games. He averaged 1 minutes per game in the regular season. time,
As a result, he averaged 32.8 minutes per game in the playoffs, and 34.7 minutes per game against the Suns. Against strong teams and time, he couldn't handle his ankles. It was a bit similar to Curry's experience at the beginning of his career. Pure explosiveness and direction-changing breakthroughs have caused ankle injuries many times, and it is precisely because of his intolerance that he is called the 20-minute Jordan.
According to the original historical trajectory, Ginobili went to play in the 06 World Championships in Japan, but also suffered another ankle injury.
Therefore, facing the super fast-paced Suns, an ankle injury can be regarded as an inevitable accident, and it is nothing more than a matter of time.
It's just that the Warriors just happened to pick up a big deal.
Then he talked about the fact that the Spurs may not be able to beat the Warriors for four consecutive years, leading to a complete rebuilding of the super-big deal. He shook his head and said: "That is definitely false news. The Spurs' team building ideas are completely fine. They have a mature operating logic.
It's not because they didn't do enough or well enough that they didn't beat us, it's because we were too good,
They were unlucky, like Ginobili was injured this time, and the previous shooting deviation was reversed by us by 18 points,
I believe that the Spurs management and coaching staff will take it correctly and will not seek change for the sake of change. They don't care about rumors. "
The historical trajectory has changed too much. It is indeed miserable for the Spurs to fail to beat the Warriors for four consecutive years, but unless the Spurs can trade Kobe or Nowitzki, it will be difficult to compete with the Warriors. The basics of Garnett and Dayao are too fear.
With 20 years of operation in the Spurs, it is basically impossible to send Duncan away. The Lakers are also reluctant to train Kobe from the age of 17. It is even more impossible for the Mavericks Cuban to take the initiative to send away tickets to guarantee Nowitzki. no climate,
The Kings, Grizzlies, and Supersonics are all facing reconstruction. The Clippers are short-lived. The Trail Blazers and Nuggets, who have more young people, still need to grow. The Warriors' record in the West in the next few years is guaranteed. fish.
Finally, he talked about how to view the Suns, which everyone had high hopes for, to stop in the Western Conference Finals, and center Ben Wallace has already confirmed that he will not renew his contract with the Suns, and Stoudemire's comeback disrupted the rhythm of Diao and others. He said with a smile: "To be honest, I haven't studied it carefully yet,
I have been working in China for the past week. If you want to know my opinion, you have to wait until I study it carefully. "
The Suns don’t want to participate in the discussion. It’s impossible for Savor to give Da Ben a long-term contract with a high salary, because Stoudemire + Nash is the record guarantee. It is estimated that Da Ben will go to the Bulls to get a big contract according to the historical trajectory, and then decline sharply. completely out of competition.
After the interview, I returned to the arena to observe the training. I didn't see Garnett and others for a week, and I felt a little more enthusiastic.
06:30 The game starts,
The Spurs arranged for Barry to replace Ginobili in the starting lineup. The offensive end suddenly had no effect, but the tactics initiated by Ginobili in the past were no longer applicable, and it became a duo of Parker and Duncan. It was difficult for the Warriors to defend. Drop in half.
According to what Su Yang said in the pre-match interview, he did not underestimate the Spurs at all. He also demanded the same standard from the Warriors. Dayao and Garnett followed suit and took the lead in defending. In the second quarter, the Spurs only got 16 points. Points, leading by a full 20 points at halftime.
During the intermission, Garnett said that after the series, he would persuade Duncan to join Pierce in the Eastern Conference, because Duncan would not be able to beat the Warriors to reach the finals after staying in the Spurs for a few more years, so he simply dispersed and regrouped with Parker and Ginobi Otherwise, the Jazz in the 90s was a typical case. They were defeated by the Bulls in two consecutive finals, or to the extreme, the Lakers teamed up with Kobe.
The topic opened, and Billups also joined the discussion, saying that it is better to go to the Cavaliers to join forces with LeBron to help the Cavaliers support the inside defense, or to help LeBron share the tough tasks at critical moments, or simply digest internally in the Southwest Division and go to Dirk Nowitzki Form another form of twin towers, allowing Nowitzki to launch an attack from any position such as the top of the arc, while Duncan sits on the inside...
Chatting nonsense for 10 minutes, Su Yang led the team back to the arena. The third quarter started quickly. The Warriors were troubled by fouls. Both Garnett and Dayao were fouled twice, so they had no choice but to leave the game early to rest, but Su Yang was not convinced. The command guarded against Barry and Parker on the outside of the Spurs, and allowed Duncan to eat Griffin and Thomas alone. Although he lost points in the interior, he firmly controlled the rhythm of the Spurs.
After the three quarters, the Warriors still led by 20 points. In the fourth quarter, the bench attack laid the foundation for victory. In the end, they defeated the Spurs 113 to 91. Dayao, Garnett, Bilu and Jackson scored 20+ points, and the Western Conference Finals scored 1-0. lead,
On the 25th of the next day, the league held a lottery ceremony in New Jersey. The Raptors were upset and won the No. [-] pick with an [-]% probability, while the Blazers, who originally had the highest probability of winning the No. Teams that meet the predicted probabilities,
Others predicted that the second Knicks will get second, and the bobcats who predicted third will also get third, but the second Knicks have been given to the Bulls in Eddie Curry's trade, and Aldridge can't get it even if he is greedy. Assassin Thomas's operation is ridiculous.
After watching the lottery meeting, Su Yang was about to laugh at the whole point. He received a call from Bobcat Jordan and was asked about the best choice for the third overall pick and the replacement plan. Aldridge and Tyronn Thomas,
Anyway, those two will be exchanged by the Bulls and the Trail Blazers.
"Adam? Morrison?" Jordan seemed to be unwilling to ask, and actually mentioned Morrison, whom he valued.
Su Yang suppressed a smile: "I focus on power forward players, and I basically don't study other positions. I'm not familiar with the person you mentioned..." As a matter of selfishness, of course, I would not suggest that Jordan choose Brandon Roy and others. Bobcats will become okay,
As a result, the Bobcats, who were originally exchanged with Richardson, declined in the first round of 09, which in turn made it more difficult to choose Curry.
But as a friend, I don’t want to cheat Jordan, saying that it’s okay to choose Morrison. Jordan mainly wants to bet on himself. He knows that Morrison has diabetes, but he thinks that Morrison’s pain when he was eliminated from the crazy three is a sign of competitiveness. Morrison is a lot like himself.
It’s hard to understand Jordan’s thinking. Why crying after losing is a sign of being competitive. Since Jordan wanted to gamble, he didn’t stop him. It’s like the pioneers in his previous life. The physical examination found that Oden’s legs were short, but he didn’t think it was a big problem. Special insoles will do.
Chatted a few more words and hung up the phone.
On the 26th of the second day, the second game of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Spurs continued at the Chase Center at Mission Bend.
It may be that they lost too badly in the first game. Popovich took the initiative to adjust the Spurs' offensive strategy, allowing Brent Barry to participate more in ball handling and tactical initiation, and forced him to use it as Ginobili. Doug Rivers.
Feed Michael Finley with chicken soup. As a result, both Barry and Finley returned to their peaks. Even Van Exel, who had degenerated to a point before, succeeded in making quick shots one after another like a god. Throughout the first half Forcibly draw with the Warriors.
Su Yang led the team back to the locker room. Garnett and others crazily complained about the fairy ball. Outburst, let alone Horry.
Thinking about it carefully, the Spurs lineup in 06 was really strong. The centers were all Strovic, Nazr and Oberto. On the contrary, the small forward position was relatively weak. Probably the small forward position did not want to be the main player. Bowen played 44+ minutes is fine.
The second half of the game continued,
The Spurs Finley, Horry and Barry continued to throw all kinds of fairy shots. They were stunned by Parker's abnormal performance and forced to bite the Warriors. It also frightened the warriors into confusion.
Fortunately, the game dragged into overtime, and the three Spurs centers and Duncan couldn't handle it physically. Seeing this, Su Yang temporarily ordered all shots to Dayao, and Dayao lived up to expectations and directly made 6 of 6 shots. He scored 12 points in a row. The Spurs' three outside offenses,
Leading the Warriors to a 123-121 victory over the Spurs.
Attending the press conference after the game, talking about how he felt about the narrow victory, Su Yang complained with a smile: "As I said in an interview before the first game, the Spurs will not surrender. Ginobili's injury made more of them stand up. Their lineup is very thick, and we will pay more attention to details and control..." Really miscalculated, I thought it would be easy to win without Ginobili,
I never wanted to encounter the strongest all-member Spurs.
According to the schedule, the third game was only less than 48 hours apart, and the Warriors set off for San Antonio overnight.Su Yang hadn't planned to join the team, but was going to continue to deal with the acquisition of the oil pipeline. He needed to be questioned by the Federal Trade Commission.
However, the Spurs have played an unexpected strong strength, and they must follow the away game to lead the team in person to avoid losing too badly and losing morale.
The whole team landed at the airport at [-]:[-] in the morning, then took the bus to the hotel, slept until noon, and held a dinner party as usual in the afternoon, inviting players and friends in San Antonio to join, temporarily forgetting the tense game atmosphere, and it would be more beneficial to relax.
On the 28th of the second day, the third game of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Spurs started at the ATT Center in San Antonio.
The Spurs Popovich made another change, removed the original starting center Strovic, and replaced him with Finley, Barry and Bowen to form a three-forward lineup. Beat the sun's fast-paced offense,
On the defensive end, Popovich let go of his pride and adopted a three-two zone defense, while Duncan basically did not attack and defended with all his strength.
The Warriors were unprepared and fell behind 0-11 in the start. Su Yang hurriedly asked for a timeout to make adjustments to stabilize the situation.
However, I can't defend the Spurs' three-forward style. The main thing is that Parker caught Dayao as a pick-and-roll, and Duncan continued to cooperate and attack the inside line. Parker made a mid-range shot,
However, if Parker had a godsend in the CIC, he went into the net consecutively.
On the offensive end of the Warriors, Garnett can bully Bowen or Finley, but unfortunately, the scoring efficiency is too low to beat the Spurs.
Dayao's efficiency against Duncan on the offensive end is also mediocre. The Warriors mainly rely on the rotation to score, falling behind by 18 points at one point.
The rotation stage can be recovered, but the main stage is sent back, and it will be played until the end of the fourth quarter, and it has not been able to close the gap. The Warriors finally lost to the Spurs 113 to 119, making the Western Conference Finals series into 2 points. Leading by 1.
As a result, the whole team really put away their contempt.
Su Yang also temporarily postponed and postponed the business affairs, and led the coaching staff to concentrate on watching the video, studying how to target the Spurs' three-forward line and zone defense, and decided to try to fight the Spurs first, anyway, the previous thinking It is not easy to win again.
While he was busy, Colangelo from the Dream Team called and said that Kobe had rejected the invitation and was going to do his best to improve the three-point shot and recruit players to strengthen the Lakers in the summer, while LeBron, who had just lost in the playoffs, He also declined the invitation and devoted himself to CIC.
Su Yang didn't care, he just didn't want Kobe and LeBron to join, he just wanted to use Su's army as the main force of the dream team.
On May 30 the next day, Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and Spurs continued at the ATT Center in San Antonio.
Su Yang changed on the spot and asked Jackson to replace Prince as the starting small forward to deal with the Spurs' three-two defense.
The halftime game ended quickly, and the efficient scoring on the offensive end perfectly reflected Jackson's ability, but on the defensive end Jackson was far inferior to Prince, and all the points were sent back. The tie with the Spurs showed that the effect was not good, but it was a pity at halftime Not easy to change.
In the third quarter after the intermission, Su Yang bit the bullet and let Jackson continue to start. The effect was still the same as in the first half.
The Spurs continued to be superb, and the game went to the last moment, but Dayao was no longer miraculous. He only made 6 of 4 singles. In the end, Duncan made a tip-up lore. The Warriors lost 113 to 114 to the Spurs, leaving the Western Conference The series ended in a 2-2 tie.
The whole team flew back to San Francisco overnight,
Su Yang didn't panic. Encouraging him to lose two games in a row wasn't all a bad thing, at least he forced the Spurs' ultimate hole card ahead of time.
After waking up at noon, Su Yang received the visiting coach Tomjanovich, and Tang Shuai took the initiative to apply for the head coach of the Warriors Development League. don't feel used to it,
To put it bluntly, I still want the feeling of being with everyone, especially watching and learning from the strongest team in history.
Su Yang didn't worry about it, and directly arranged for Tang Shuai to be the head coach of the Development League, and at the same time gave him a million-dollar annual salary. The standard was the same as that of Joerger before, and someone really needed to train the two inside players, Morris and Powell.
The joining of Tang Shuai is also an excellent publicity, showing that his personality charm has been more widely recognized.
The next day, June [-], the Warriors will play against the Spurs again.
The situation has not changed compared to before, only returning to the home court, the Warriors have fewer defensive fouls, so that the Spurs' scoring efficiency is not so high, and the offensive efficiency is also higher than before. point.
With a 3-2 lead, the Warriors flew to San Antonio again and started Game 45 after [-] hours of rest.
The Spurs had all kinds of fairy balls, and the Warriors suffered some unnecessary fouls, and finally lost 114 to 117.
The Western Conference Finals series entered the tiebreaker,
ESPN's Kevin Pelton dug up the video of Su Yang saying in an interview last year that "the Warriors will never tie the game" and took the opportunity to mock the Warriors for being forced to the seventh game by the Spurs without Manu Ginobili. Not only broke the oath, There is also the risk of elimination.
Su Yang didn't give any encouragement here. Although he experienced the tiebreaker for the first time since becoming the head coach, he was extremely confident.
The tiebreaker on the [-]th started as scheduled. Celebrities from all walks of life rushed to the Chase Center to watch the game, and there were [-] fans waiting outside the stadium.
The game starts at 06:30,
The Spurs Popovich once again took the initiative to change the formation, re-let Duncan as a power forward, and gave up a very mature three-point line of play, but Duncan's main attack hit Garnett, attracted double-teams and efficiently distributed the ball, while Barry and Bowen three All shots were hit.
During the substitute rotation stage, Finley, Horry and Van Exel all went crazy, no matter how they shot.
After three quarters, the Warriors trailed by a full 22 points, which was more difficult than falling behind by 18 points in their first playoff encounter.
Steve Kerr yelled in the commentary booth: "This is the darkest moment for the Warriors. They should never have thought that they would be dragged into the tiebreaker against the Spurs who were absent from Gino Ginobili. 22 points behind before the start of the fourth quarter of the Seventh World War!"
In the midst of tension, Su Yang made a decision on the Warriors' bench, "If we continue to use the conventional routine, it will be very difficult for us to reverse the situation. Next, we need to take a gamble, and any of you, as long as you have a chance, make a move. Lose The ball counts on me..."
Before speaking, Su Yang adjusted his rotation,
Dayao, Billups and Prince went off the field, Garnett switched to center, power forward Tim Thomas, small forward Posey, shooting guard Raja Bell, point guard Stephen Jackson, with an average height of 204 Centimeter, the ultimate lineup of five strikers.
"On the offensive end, you play normally. On the defensive end, when you encounter an off-ball pick-and-roll, you can use unlimited rotations, or point-and-point rotations. When you encounter a pick-and-roll with the ball in the top area of the arc, you can directly pinch and rotate. .”
Garnett and others nodded one after another, and the whole team turned to shoulder to shoulder and fist-bumped, shouting in unison, 123 Warriors, come on.
At the end of the call, the whistle sounded, and the fourth quarter continued. The announcer loudly notified the adjustment of the Warriors' personnel.
The words flew out, and Cole on the live broadcast and Popovich on the Spurs bench felt inexplicably nervous at the same time.
The game then started, and the five strikers rotated strongly to lock the Spurs' offense three times in a row, stopping the Spurs 7-0 in a wave.
Popovich hurriedly changed his formation and arranged for Duncan and Strovic to appear in advance. At the same time, he sent Nazr to suppress the five strikers with three centers, but the five Warriors were invincible in mobility, and Garnett also made a shot. Three points, another wave of 14 to 4,
The strong chase was only 5 points away, forcing the Spurs to pause again, and the cheers of the Warriors fans went straight to the sky
Back from the timeout, the Spurs lost all momentum,
The five strikers of the Warriors made a 12-4 turnaround, and then went 6-0, completely smashing the Spurs who were "three and exhausted". In the end, they beat the Spurs 123-106 and won the tie-breaker, and defeated the Nets 4-2. The Heat will meet again in the finals.
ESPN's Kevin Pelton said: "Honestly speaking, although I acted like a clown, I must also say that the Warriors have not been defeated in the darkest moment. chance of winning,
I want to congratulate the Warriors in advance on their fourth straight championship..."