Chapter 139: There is no hero under his command, making Shuzi famous

But to everyone's surprise, Zhang Yu didn't get angry, but comforted everyone with a smile:

"Everyone did a good job in the first half. Don't forget, we are facing the Suns, a super team in the past few years! And we are a rookie team, why, do you still want to lead the opponent by more than ten years? Points? I didn't even dare to have such a dream!"

Faced with Zhang Yu's slightly surprised eyes, everyone laughed.

Zhang Yu continued:

"Although we are behind by more than ten points, we still have a whole half-time to chase. Don't panic and execute our tactics well... Remember, we are the dogs, so don't be under pressure."

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, Ronny Turiaf, as the only veteran, stood up and shouted:

"Go Warriors!"

The other players quickly followed, and the atmosphere in the locker room revived.

Zhang Yu looked at the crowd with a smile on his face, as if he was very confident in the second half of the game, but he had already sentenced the game to death in his heart.

The Warriors do not have the defensive resources to deal with the Suns' offense, and their offensive firepower is not as good as the Suns'. Zhang Yu does not see any possibility of a comeback.

If Curry explodes from the opening, the Warriors still have a chance to win the game, but the huge 18-point halftime gap is an insurmountable gap.

The intermission ended quickly, and the two sides returned to the field for the second half of the game.

At the beginning, the Warriors regained a glimmer of style in their big win over the Rockets, and their points rose extremely fast.

After a halftime warm-up, Curry felt hot. Facing Channing Frye and Stoudemire, he succeeded in singles again and again, and kept hitting difficult three-pointers, which caused the fans of the American Airlines Center to exclaim.

But Nash is worthy of being a master of field control. He didn't panic at all, and even made the best use of the situation to quietly speed up the pace of the game again, entering the field the Suns are most familiar with.

After half a quarter of the game, the Warriors players suddenly realized that the point difference had not been narrowed, but had been widened.

When the Warriors scored, the Suns also scored, even more efficiently.

However, the Warriors' small lineup has achieved the ultimate rotation, and the defensive effect cannot be improved, so they can only continue to exert force on the offensive end.

Curry fully took over the ball, repeatedly rubbed Channing Frye on the ground, and occasionally found the more difficult Stoudemire for a change, and the Warriors' scoring speed increased further.

Even the American Airlines Center fans were gradually conquered by Curry's difficult three-pointer, and there were sporadic cheers supporting the Warriors.

But Curry was a little desperate to find that his three-pointers were very accurate, even more accurate than he expected.

He found the explosive state in the second half against North Carolina in March Madness, but he still couldn't deal with the firepower of the Suns.

Whenever he made a three-pointer, Nash turned around and used an assist that seemed to be an understatement, but in fact it was wonderful, helping his teammates hit three-pointers and dunks one by one, making all his points useless.

After the third quarter, the Warriors trailed the Suns by 86 points 110:24. Curry's outburst not only did not help the team recover the score, but the point difference widened.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Zhang Yu let the starting lineup try to play for 3 minutes, and found that their fighting spirit was almost exhausted in the endless pursuit, and the point difference expanded to nearly 30 points again. He decisively called a timeout. No more useless work.

Seeing Zhang Yu raising the white flag, Gentry also replaced all the starters, accepting the victory with a smile.

But the Suns spent too much money to keep to keep the starting lineup, and the bench strength was weak. The only Dragic didn't grow up, but he couldn't beat the fierce bench bandits of the Warriors.

The lead left in the starting lineup is big enough. Although the Warriors continue to chase points off the bench, there is not enough time.

At the end of the game, the Suns still retained a 16-point lead and defeated the Warriors 125:109, winning two consecutive victories.

Looking at the final scores of the two teams, although Zhang Yu was mentally prepared, she still felt very depressed.

He had never experienced this kind of competition, and he only felt a sense of powerlessness welling up in his heart.

His judgment is very accurate, he knows what the problem is, and he responds quickly, but it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice, and he can only watch the Warriors lose the game, powerless on the sidelines.

He had a deep understanding of Adelman's mood in the last game - there were no heroes under his command, which made Shuzi famous.

Of course, Nash and Gentry are not vertical, but the feeling is the same.

When Zhang Yu shook hands with Gentry, his thoughts had already flown to the distant shore of Lake Michigan.

The Warriors lost this game because of insufficient defensive resources, and he happened to know one of the strongest defenders in the small ball era.

Although this person called himself "Shi Yifang" and was ridiculed by everyone, his defensive strength was recognized by the entire league.

If the Warriors could have him on the defensive line, this game would never be so weak on the defensive end.

Back in the player tunnel, Zhang Yu called Larry Riley:

"Larry, there is a player named Draymond Green at Michigan State University, go get in touch..."

During the post-match interview, Zhang Yu went to the interview alone.

The reporter asked him:

"Why didn't Curry do a postgame interview?"

"Stephen's physical fitness was exhausted during the game. After the game, his back suddenly became tense and he was unable to accept interviews." Zhang Yu said indifferently.

"???"

We just saw him walk back to the dressing room by himself, nothing happened!

But the reporters saw that Zhang Yu didn't intend to answer properly, so they could only ask:

"Coach Z, the Warriors lost this game so simply, do you still think the Warriors can enter the playoffs?"

"We're a lottery team with playoff goals, and it's normal to lose to a team led by a two-time MVP. I'm proud of the hard work that the players have shown. His performance proved that he deserves the No. [-] pick, and we seemed to lose this game, but we actually won it."

"..."

Zhang Yu looked around for a week:

"It seems that there is no problem, I will go first."

After speaking, he got up and left, leaving behind the reporters who were messed up in the wind.

...

The next day, the Warriors flew back to Oakland.

Zhang Yu was normal, and after the loss, he asked the staff to buy a lot of newspapers and read them on the plane.

"The Suns beat the Warriors, Nash scored 17 points and 20 assists, and won a super double-double"

"Curry can't recover with 34 points, and the rookie is crushed by the seniors"

"Coach Z has nothing to do against strong teams. The rookie coach's real coaching ability is exposed, but he is still stubborn."

"The Warriors lost a lot, the new generation of point guards suddenly had back tension after the game, suspected to be avoiding interviews"

"..."

Curry was sitting next to Zhang Yu. He looked at the headlines in the newspaper and felt a little restless.

He recalled that after the victory over the Rockets, the media praised the Warriors and him, but overnight, the public opinion was completely reversed.

Zhang Yu flipped through all the newspapers in his hand, browsed through all the reports about the game indifferently, put the newspapers away, and said with a chuckle:

"How are you feeling, Stephen?"

"Well...it's not good, I just lost a game, but it seems that we have done something heinous, and everyone is criticizing us." Curry said depressed.

"That's what I told you, we're a villain, everyone is waiting for the Warriors to lose, the peace after the last game was just an illusion, and now it's what they really are. And you got 34 points , They only dare to target me, otherwise, you will experience the greatest malice." Zhang Yu said softly.

Curry clenched his right hand tightly, having experienced failure, he had a deeper understanding of Zhang Yu's words.

Although he tried his best to score 34 points, so that the media did not dare to smear wantonly, but words such as "empty cut", "score points", and "tumor" are frequently seen in reports.

It stands to reason that as a rookie, he can have such a performance against a powerful team, which is already very good, but the media has no goodwill towards him.

Zhang Yu handed the newspaper to Curry:

"This is all your coverage after you lose your first game...put it away and read it when you're in adversity."

Curry took all the newspapers, folded them neatly and put them away.

Zhang Yu was very relieved to see Curry's expression became much deeper.

As tragic as the defeat was, it came early enough that Curry wasn't basking in the joy of beating the Rockets, but was alert to the harsh media environment.

Zhang Yu was very puzzled in his previous life. Even though Curry played a performance that shocked the league and even won the undisputed unanimous MVP, he was still not favored by the media.

As long as the Warriors lose, critics against Curry will swarm, as if he is the biggest culprit for the Warriors' loss.

Every time a row of historical status is made, Curry will be inexplicably ignored. Even though he showed a peak state beyond 33 at the age of 2016, his historical status has not increased but decreased.

Zhang Yu doesn't know why, but Curry is not liked by the media, nor by the league.

As we all know, Curry has no cylinder.

If Harden is the "son of JDZ", Curry is the "abandoned son of JDZ". Many fouls against Curry happened in front of the referee, but the referee turned a blind eye.

Not only Curry, James also suffered "backlash" later in his career after enjoying the "benefits" in his early years. No matter how he was violated, the referee turned a blind eye.

Many people say that James "splits a game", but he did have a lot of fouls that were not whistled, otherwise James would not be so obsessed with one whistle.

"Boss, I will definitely remember all of this... I now deeply realize that the NBA is completely different from the NCAA. This is a paradise for winners and a hell for losers. Only winners can live with dignity." Curry put away the newspaper and said slowly.

Zhang Yu nodded and said:

"That's right, the media is always talking about it. As long as you don't play a good game, they will forget everything you have achieved before, unless you become a superstar... In this league, there is no equality."