Chapter 555: Zhou Yang can't do without basketball
Zhou Yang originally thought that after his basketball career reached its peak, he could enjoy life to the fullest, but after leaving the schedule, he realized how important basketball was to him.
Old Nelson watched from afar, smiled and nodded.
This season should be his last season in charge, and he hopes that after leaving, the Splash Brothers can continue to work together and win a few more championships for the Warriors.
Zhou Yang and his teammates quarreled for a while, and then walked to old Nelson.
"Yoko, how's it going? It's fun to make movies, isn't it?" Old Nelson asked with a smile.
"Coach, I regret it, it's still fun to be with my teammates!"
"Hahaha! Your boy's mouth is so sweet, why don't I believe it?" The old man lightly slapped Zhou Yang's head.
"Seriously, I've been away from basketball for the rest of my life!"
After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he stopped chatting with the old man, and immediately changed his clothes and went to train with his teammates.
The next opponent of the Warriors is the Nuggets, a highland powerhouse in the West.
In the past two seasons, the Nuggets' record has steadily improved.
Although the team does not have any big stars, their hard work, team play, and talent for running and jumping have also earned them the title of "track and field team".
Currently, the Nuggets sit in fifth place in the West, behind the Spurs.
But in the first half of the regular season, the Nuggets were still hovering between sixth and eighth in the West.
After the All-Star break, the Nuggets still have a high win rate.
They are already just one and a half wins away from Spurs.
And the Nuggets' current small forward is Andre Iguodala.
Long-time fans know that it was in this playoffs that Iguodala refused to perform the coach's task and refused to hurt Curry, and then came directly to the Warriors.
Now that the parallel world has produced a butterfly effect, Zhou Yang doesn't know if he will meet the Nuggets in this year's playoffs.
According to the current ranking, the Nuggets can only meet the Warriors if they beat the Spurs.
However, in the last parallel world, Curry was the absolute core of the Warriors, and the Nuggets definitely wanted to engage Curry.
Now that Zhou Yang is the absolute core of the warriors, will that ......
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang shook his head with a smile, he felt that it should be impossible.
Curry was sweating on the side, and when he saw Zhou Yang smiling and shaking his head, he came over curiously and asked, "Second Brother Yang, what good things have you thought of again?" Got another girlfriend?"
"Nothing...... Stephen, what do you think of the Nuggets?"
"It's okay, they're talented, they're physical, they feel like they can run from the first quarter to the fourth."
Zhou Yang nodded: "Then what do you think of Iguodala?"
"Iguodala? What's wrong with him?" Curry scratched his head.
"Not much, he's a very good striker, if only he could come to our warriors." Zhou Yang said lightly.
"We're really short of strikers, but Butler and Livingston are playing well!"
"Well, let's talk about it."
Two days later, the Warriors arrived at the Nuggets' home court.
This game is important for the Nuggets as he wants to finish in the top four in the West.
Originally, the Nuggets wanted to take advantage of Zhou Yang's absence to beat the Warriors with home-court advantage.
But Zhou Yang actually returned, which made the Nuggets feel very uneasy.
The starting lineup for the Nuggets is Tylawson, Gallinari, Iguodala, Farid, Costa Koufus.
The Warriors are still Zhou Yang, Curry, Chandler, Turkoglou and Tony Allen.
In the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets relied on the home court advantage of the plateau and took the initiative.
The Warriors players are a little out of breath and running.
Zhou Yang's physical strength is also a little insufficient.
In these days of filming, although he maintains two hours of fitness and basic training every day, the intensity of professional basketball players is very high.
I can't play for more than half a month, and if I come back suddenly, I will definitely not be comfortable.
As a result, the first quarter played more than 5 minutes, and the Nuggets led by 6 points, 15-9.
The Nuggets are so good at running that they don't seem to feel the thinning of the air, and they've long since adapted to it.
Curry was very uncomfortable defended by Tylawson, and after calling for cover, the opponent's forward delay was very positive, and Curry's timing was not very good.
And Zhou Yang has just made a comeback, and his physical strength is a little unable to keep up, he almost didn't make a shot, only threw a whistle ball, and didn't score.
Fortunately, Turkoglu and Chandler played well, were very tough, and maintained the offensive firepower of the Warriors.
Enter the official timeout.
Nelson Sr. knows that the players can't keep up, and he also knows that every time he comes to the Nuggets' home court, it takes time to get used to it. ap.
As long as the first half of the game is over, the Warriors should be able to play back in the second half.
So he didn't get angry at the players, but encouraged everyone to keep the players going!
At the end of the timeout, Zhou Yang went down to rest, and Curry led the team to continue fighting.
On the Nuggets side, it is still the main lineup.
Head coach George Karl was even more energetic when he saw Zhou Yang going down.
In his heart, the only one he was most afraid of was Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang sat below, not idle, waving towels with his teammates, cheering Curry and other Warriors players.
Curry's cardio is very strong, and after a few minutes, he has already gotten used to it.
When he came on the pitch, he shouted to his teammates, "We need to run better than them, help me cover, pass the ball to me!"
Curry has led the team alone during this period of time, and his temperament has come up.
When talking to his teammates, he is more confident and a leader.
Zhou Yang saw it in his eyes and was also happy for Curry.
The Warriors attacked, Curry did not advance with the ball, but handed the ball to Turkoglu in advance, and then began to run around the sideline and the baseline non-stop.
At first, the Nuggets players were unimpressed.
Can you run again, can you still outrun our "track and field team"?
However, after a few laps, Tylawson was unable to keep up with Curry.
Because Curry doesn't run at a uniform pace.
He's fast and slow, and he'll change direction abruptly, then use his teammates' cover to run in circles.
With 2 seconds left on the offensive clock, Tylawson was once again thrown away by Curry.
However, Tylawson didn't want to chase it, he felt that Curry was just running blindly and his teammates wouldn't pass the ball to him.
Who knows, at the moment when Curry just appeared in the vacant seat, Turkoglu had been waiting for a long time, whoosh!
With a shake of his little hand, he passed the ball directly.
There is not much time left on offense, and after Curry receives the ball, there is less than 1 second left.
Iguodala, who is closest to Curry, made a symbolic pounce, but he didn't pounce, and Curry made a quick shot!
At the moment when Curry made his shot, the red timing light lit up, and 24 seconds arrived.
The players on the Warriors bench, under the leadership of Zhou Yang, all raised their right hands and raised three fingers, just waiting for the goal!
Nuggets fans are praying that this goal doesn't go in!