Chapter 759: On and off the field
Curry had 31 points, five rebounds and six assists, shooting 54.4 percent from three-point range. When he can play like that, the Warriors are often impossible to lose. But in today's game, the Warriors not only lost, but also lost by as many as 9 points!
In the last two and a half minutes, Yiyang used a misplaced attack to make the Warriors helpless. The guy's offense is just too strong, and he can not only score on his own, but also assist his teammates to score. One point of attack will instantly become two or three under Yiyang's organization....... In terms of assists, Yiyang is more dangerous than Curry.
Most importantly, Harrison. Barnes, a small weak point in the Warriors' lineup, was infinitely magnified under Carlisle's targeting!
In the final moments, Barnes and Iguodala's corner three-point shots spoke for themselves. The mature Iguodala is in danger, even if he plays dead all season, but he will not back down when it comes to key moments in the playoffs.
And Barnes, it looks like there's nothing big going wrong with the kid's performance. But at the critical moment, it is a little unreliable.
This is the most top-level matchup, and the key to the victory or defeat between the two sides is often not the huge difference in strength, but these subtle details.
After the game, when reporters asked Green again how he would evaluate Nowitzki's performance, the Warriors forward didn't open his mouth again, but hung his head and silently squeezed away from the crowd.
has been blown up by others, where are you embarrassed to talk about it in front of the camera. Even a "cheeky" guy like Green can't do that.
"Do you think you've been targeted by the Mavericks at the last minute!?" Of course, it's not just Green who is embarrassed today, but Harrison. Barnes.
Barnes' performance on both ends of the floor in the final moments was undoubtedly a big reason for the Warriors' loss today. Curry has already played so well that reporters have to start with these role players.
"God, stop torturing that child." Looking at Barnes' embarrassed expression on the other side of the court when facing the camera, Carlisle was a little unbearable.
But in fact, it was he, the "good old man", who pushed Barnes into such a situation.
That's the brutality of the playoffs, whether you're a rookie or a veteran. As long as you are weak, you will be targeted. I don't want to be targeted, I don't want to drag the team back, the only way is to make myself stronger!
Although he won a game, Yiyang did not become comfortable because of this. If the Warriors were to be beaten so easily, they didn't deserve a 67-win record.
Today, the Mavericks can only be considered to be temporarily ahead. But the real winner or loser may not be so easy to decide.
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The day after the game, the Mavericks immediately became the darling of the basketball media around the world. In the eyes of many, the Mavericks can beat the Warriors and have already lifted the O'Brien Cup in advance.
But the rhetoric and last night's win didn't make the Mavericks slack off in the second day's practice. The playoffs aren't about winning one game, and nothing is set until Game 4 is won. In the last series, the Grizzlies also led the Warriors by a 2-1 aggregate score. The result? As a result, the Warriors won three games in a row and are now standing in front of the Mavericks.
Cole is definitely an excellent choice for head coach, also retiring as a player to become a manager, and Carlisle thinks Cole is much more difficult to deal with than McHale in the previous round.
With Barnes being targeted, Kerr will certainly make the right adjustments. How he will adjust, Carlisle does not know. The only thing he can guarantee is for the Mavericks' players to continue to be in great shape for the next challenge.
Today's training also went very smoothly, and Yiyang stepped up the practice of long-range shooting in interference, and prepared for throwing the ball at any time. Maybe this entire series of Yiyang will not encounter a situation where you need to rely on a lore to win the game, but success is often built up by countless exercises. For that opportunity, the players often sweat hard off the pitch.
After regular training, most of the players go straight home to rest. Yiyang and Gobert didn't stay to continue to practice, after all, in such a crucial Western Conference Finals, the players must not waste any excess energy off the court.
Of course, there is another reason for this. That is, tonight, Yiyang has a charity event to attend. Charity activities are different from most commercial activities, Yiyang only needs to show his face, accept the interviews of reporters and thank the other party, and then he can easily go home and rest.
Although in charity activities, players not only do not have monetary income, but also have to pay backwards. But this kind of activity is a very important part of shaping the image of the players. And Yiyang himself also hopes to help some children who are worse off than himself. It's better to be in an orphanage than to let them live on the streets of Wood.
Drive through the streets of Dallas, which are littered with Mavericks posters. Every time the playoffs come, Dallas becomes a veritable "basketball city."
After about 50 minutes of driving east from the Center Arena of the American Airlines, an unobtrusive spot on the edge of the city center attracted a large number of reporters today.
Seeing Yiyang's car coming slowly, the reporters instantly exploded and filmed wildly at Yiyang after getting out of the car.
"Mr. Yi, did you come so early for dinner?" The director of the orphanage was a white-haired old man with glasses who looked very kind. When a celebrity wanted to donate money to his orphanage, he was naturally very happy and greeted him from the gate.
Just after Yiyang shook hands with the dean, the reporters' cameras immediately turned the lens! Yiyang Gang still thought it was strange, but when he saw the guy who came out of the pile of reporters, Yiyang and the comer both opened their mouths wide.
No wonder the reporters immediately turned the camera, it turned out that today Stephen. Curry will be here, too.
"Mr. Dean, I thought I was alone." Yiyang whispered beside the dean.
"Huh? I thought you were in touch with you. The dean also looked confused, it turns out that these two guys didn't know that the other party would come?
Yiyang and Curry looked at each other, and it seems that today's charity event will be quite "interesting".
The process of a charity event is usually not too complicated, at least it is more suitable for Yiyang's appetite than a business dinner that requires formal attire. After having fun with the kids, giving some speeches in front of reporters, teaching the kids to play basketball and, of course, the all-important donation, the whole process is pretty much over.
Curry's personal foundation and the Warriors Foundation jointly donated 1,200 gifts to the orphanage, while Yiyang's donation was a little more "vulgar", and he directly pulled out a check for $100,000 in his personal honor to renovate the orphanage's old facilities.
It is worth mentioning that after the donation event, Curry and Yiyang served as captains respectively, forming two teams to compete on the court. Although today, the protagonists are children. But for a while, Yiyang and Curry's three-point matchup on the court still made reporters reverie. The two super point guards who are fighting in the Western Conference Finals seem to be a bit of a secret competition.
After all the activities, the dean and the children became the subjects of the reporter's interview. Yiyang and Curry finally had the opportunity to "hide" on a small lawn with no one in the orphanage and rest quietly for a while.
Curry and Yiyang sat next to each other, looking at the group of children interviewed by reporters from a distance, but they were speechless. In terms of personal relationships, Curry and Yiyang basically have no personal relationship, so they can't be said to be friends. Professionally, the relationship between the two sides is also an enemy. So right now, it seems a little awkward to talk about anything.
"By the way, you ......"
Yiyang and Curry looked at each other, and then stopped talking, because they actually said the same thing at the same time!
"You...... How did you come here today? Seeing that Yiyang didn't speak again, Curry took the lead in asking. Actually, this is also the question that Yiyang wants to ask Curry.
"This is an event that my manager has arranged for me, and it has long been confirmed that it will be today. What about you? You don't often live in Dallas, so how do you come to an orphanage in Dallas? ”
"I'm here for the Warriors, and it's an event that the Warriors have scheduled in Dallas, but they've decided to send me alone, and the rest of us need to rest for tomorrow's game." Curry said, gesturing to his clothes. Yiyang realized that Curry was not wearing his own casual clothes, but a T-shirt from the Golden State Warriors.
In fact, this is Curry's fourth charity event this year. Not just in Oakland, Curry and the Warriors' philanthropy is all over the United States! Despite the intensity of the game, Curry has always maintained a high level of enthusiasm when it comes to participating in charity events.
After listening to each other's answers, both shook their heads. In other words, it was a complete coincidence that they met here, and God was really naughty.
"I thought you were a very cold guy, but I didn't expect you to have a lot of fun with the kids just now." After opening the chatterbox, the two were no longer silent. Yiyang's completely different side of the court made Curry very curious.
"It's easiest to get along with children, and it's easy to get along with them just by opening up and putting a smile on your face. I love that feeling because when I was younger, no football stars would smile at me, just black muzzles and corpses in the streets the next day. But when it comes to getting along with children, you also have a knack for it, and you're always proud on the pitch, and I'm worried that you won't be able to handle those kids. ”
"High up? Proud? Do I have one? Everyone says I'm easygoing, humble, and polite, and you're the first to say something different about me. Instead of getting angry, Curry smiled, and Yiyang's point of view is always interesting.
"Come on, those people haven't competed with you at all. Hey, I haven't forgotten that solo dance after you scored three points on my head yesterday. In fact, everyone will be a little different on and off the field. ”
Yiyang is right, easy-going, humble and polite, these evaluations are given to Curry by people outside the court. Because Curry is off the court, that's exactly what it is. But on the basketball court, Curry has absolutely nothing to do with those three words. If he could, Yiyang even wanted to give the title of "the second generation of the king" to Curry. His exaggerated celebration on the field made Yiyang grit his teeth every time, and at the same time couldn't help laughing.
It's hard for you to imagine that James, who is domineering on the court, is an "idiot" who likes to dance awkwardly to music off the court. It's also hard for you to imagine Kobe Bryant, who is paranoid to the point of perversion on the court, but off the court is a gentle husband and father.
'No, there are some people who are still the same on and off the court. Take, for example, Green. ”
"Drummond. Green? That's right, it's a good thing he didn't show up today, otherwise he might have sprayed me in front of the camera. ”
Curry smiled and shook his head, he never thought that Yiyang, who "didn't talk much" on the court, was full of humor off the court. If they hadn't met each other on the basketball court, they might have become friends. But...... It's a pity, as long as the Warrior and Maverick are not disbanded, they can never be friends!
"You just said ...... Everyone else needs to rest for tomorrow's game, so they didn't come. So, don't you have to rest? Sure enough, chatting and chatting, Yiyang chatted back to work.
"Of course I have to take a break, and for me to participate in philanthropy is also a break. It's you, too. You shouldn't choose to come here today, when tomorrow's game starts, you'll regret that you didn't take all the time to rest. The smile on Curry's face disappeared and he became extremely serious, looking confident, not like he was joking with Yiyang.
Could it be that the Warriors have found a strategy to deal with it?
Yiyang looked at Curry, and neither of them avoided their gazes, and it seemed that they were about to spark.
"Hey, gentlemen, come and take a picture with all the kids!" At this time, the dean's shouting in the distance broke the smell of gunpowder between the two.
Both Curry and Yiyang stood up and adjusted their emotions. Now, it's not on the pitch.
"Looks like you're confident."
"That's right, tomorrow's game, we won." Confident and determined, Curry's answer was chilling.
is high and arrogant, Yiyang's evaluation of Curry is really not wrong at all. (https:)
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