For the Warriors, this victory brought their record to 50 wins and 31 losses. Even if they lose to the Trail Blazers tomorrow, the Warriors can still maintain their seventh position in the West.

If the Warriors beat the Trail Blazers and the Spurs lose to the Mavericks, the Warriors will overtake the Spurs in one fell swoop and rise to sixth in the West.

This unexpected victory greatly increased the morale of the Warriors. The Jazz are a veteran playoff team, but they have never been able to play against the Warriors who have made three starters, whether because the Jazz are in poor condition.

The Warriors are in good shape. After defeating strong enemies, the young Warriors are full of confidence in the upcoming playoffs.

In the home team's locker room, the players were talking and laughing loudly. Curry and the other three were wearing casual clothes and were smiling happily. They were already a little resentful about their respite, but since they won the game, the resentment became Zhang Yu.

A far-sighted admiration.

Chandler whispered:

"The coach is much better than Larry Brown. That old guy wants to let the main player play for 48 minutes and doesn't give me a chance to play. He definitely doesn't dare to start off like a coach when he plays a strong team and can win, and he will still win, just like a coach.

!”

He had too much resentment towards Larry Brown and would scold him from time to time. Although under Zhang Yu's strict orders, he would not talk about such things in front of the media, but in the locker room there was no taboo, and Zhang Yu only

He can go.

As long as you like basketball, it is unlikely that you like Larry Brown, including Zhang Yu.

Larry Brown will kill all the creativity, imagination and talent of the players, let them play the "most correct" iron-blooded defensive basketball. The team he coached is outrageous in the dullness and boredom of the game, Pistons

The finals against the Spurs are considered "the most boring final ever", no doubt.

"Boss, will we fight the Trail Blazers tomorrow and strive for the sixth ranking in the West?" Curry looked at Zhang Yu in anticipation.

He still remembers that Zhang Yu said yesterday that he might need to work hard when he opened the Blazers. He won the Jazz today. Naturally, he thought that Zhang Yu had already calculated all this and wanted to compete for the sixth place in the West. The rest was to allow him to accumulate strength.

, leave your strength to open the Blazers.

However, why does the Jazz, who is ranked higher, need to take a turn for the rest, and the Blazers do not take a turn for the rest, is not within Curry's consideration. He is only responsible for playing basketball and doesn't think much about the rest.

"Ahem..." Zhang Yu coughed a little embarrassedly, "Is this? I need to wait until tomorrow to see the situation, but you will indeed play tomorrow."

"Depending on the situation?" Curry asked in confusion.

"You will know tomorrow." Zhang Yu said vaguely.

Curry looked at him, his eyes were filled with confusion, but he didn't ask any more questions, and turned around and joined the celebration of his teammates.

Zhang Yu looked at the laughing team members and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

His original idea was to take a break, lose to the Jazz, and then wait for the effort to defeat the goal. The Trail Blazers, which is already at the end of their strength, will play against the Mavericks with the seventh place in the West.

But who would have thought that the Jazz's inside line would be so soft today? Zhang Yu couldn't help it for a while. Seeing that the Jazz showed flaws, he habitually made adjustments and won the Jazz.

But sometimes winning is not necessarily a good thing. The Mavericks will play against the Spurs tomorrow. If the Mavericks win, the Warriors will have to lose to the Trail Blazers, otherwise the Warriors' ranking will surpass the Spurs and rise to sixth. In that case, the Warriors will go

The sun is hit.

The Suns have always been the victim of the Warriors this season. In the four confrontations between the two sides, the Suns won three times. The Suns under Nash's control completely restrained the Warriors' running and shooting. The Son of Wind is best at hitting fast and Curry is also good at fighting fast.

Very immature and is no match for the Sun in rhythm control. Zhang Yu is afraid of the Sun.

But he cannot rest for two consecutive starters, otherwise the player's condition will definitely be affected. How to lose the game with both starters is a headache for Zhang Yu.

If it really doesn't work, I can only take the blame. In order to win, it will be unlucky!

Zhang Yu gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

...

The next day, April 14.

Today is the final day of the NBA 2009-2010 regular season. The league has arranged 14 games today. Except for the Nuggets and the Kings, all the other 28 teams will participate in the game, and 6 teams are back-to-back.

World War II, including the Warriors.

Since the Warriors were playing away, they came to Portland from Oakland this morning. Fortunately, the two places were not far away, otherwise the Warriors' team would have to spend another tired night on the plane.

Before the Warriors and the Trail Blazers game began, Zhang Yu found Jonathan and gave him a task to keep him paying attention to the game between the Spurs and the Mavericks.

Jonathan immediately responded, looking at Zhang Yu with a smile:

"Boss, I know what you mean, don't worry, with the Mavericks' strength, the Spurs are definitely not the opponent."

It turns out that boss, you will be nervous, I understand, you are afraid that the Mavericks will lose, and the Warriors will not be able to surpass the Spurs in the rankings. I will definitely complete this task well.

Zhang Yu's expression froze and waved weakly:

"Go, tell me the result as soon as possible after the game."

...

Half an hour before the Warriors and the Trail Blazers game started, Zhang Yu was in the locker room to arrange tactics for the entire team:

"... Today we have to make some changes. Don't be too excited in the game, especially pay attention to protecting yourself during the confrontation, don't play too hard, the most important thing is to stay healthy and enter the playoffs. The regular season is

We say it's actually over. The playoffs are our stage, so I will control your playing time..."

Just as he was persuading everyone to keep their energy in the game, Jonathan, who had been browsing his phone in the corner of the locker room, suddenly raised his head, looked full of surprise, and came to Zhang Yu and said:

"Boss, the Mavericks won! The Spurs lost 7 points, and the final score was 96:89. As long as we win the Trail Blazers, we will be sixth in the West!"

His voice seemed a little loud in the quiet locker room, and everyone could hear it clearly. Everyone's originally dull expressions instantly became excited. They looked at each other for a few times, and suddenly they looked through each other's eyes.

The fighting spirit of the rise.

As long as you win the Trail Blazers, the Warriors will be the sixth in the West!

They heard Zhang Yu say for a long time, and they meant to keep their energy to play the playoffs. Although this is very reasonable, it is not something these young people like to listen to. They like to try their best in every game and win the first place.

If you are not at 6, you will be at 7th. If you can get 20 points, you will be unwilling to get 19 points.

Chandler was the first to speak:

"Coach, let's fight one game. If we win, we will be the sixth in the West!"

"Yes, boss, we are not tired, it doesn't matter if we fight again, are you right?" Curry shouted.

"Yes, coach, let's have another good fight!" Azubuk shouted

"Boss, I can play for 48 minutes, I'm not tired at all, really!" Butler looked at Zhang Yu with a gaze.

Zhang Yu glared at Jonathan, and Jonathan smiled embarrassedly, shrank his neck and retreated into the corner.

He didn't know why Zhang Yu glared at him, but he knew that the boss was unhappy, so he must have done something wrong.

Zhang Yu frowned slightly, and looked at the clamoring Warriors. Everyone felt a little scared when he saw it, and his voice gradually lowered.

The locker room was in silence, and Silas spoke:

"Ronan has his considerations. In fact, there is not much difference between the sixth in the West and the seventh in the West..."

"Do you really want to compete for the sixth place in the West?" Zhang Yu suddenly interrupted.

"Of course the higher the ranking, the better," Chandler said naturally.

"Yes, I have never tasted sixth in the West. Last time I entered the playoffs, I was eighth in the West... But we are black eighth, hehe." Azubuk grinned and said with some excitement.

"I think it's good to be seventh in the Western Conference. I really didn't expect that I would be able to follow the team into the playoffs by a undraft, but the higher the ranking, the better. If we can reach the first place in the Western Conference one day, it would be great

!” Reggie Williams touched his head and laughed.

Butler also smiled:

"Boss, what you said... Since we play basketball, don't we just want to win every game with all our might? Whether we compete for sixth place in the West or not, we have to win this game!"

Among the people, only Curry did not answer. He followed Zhang Yu for the longest time and knew him the best, and saw that something seemed wrong with Zhang Yu's emotions.

After the others finished speaking, Curry hesitated:

"Boss, don't you want us to compete for the sixth place in the West?"

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him in unison, and then turned their eyes to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu was silent for a while. He looked at the gaze mixed with doubts in everyone's expectations and shook his head slowly:

"No, Jimmy is right. As a team, winning is accusation of us. Whether we compete for the sixth place in the West or not, we will win this game! Come here, I will re-arrange the tactics..."

He took the tactical board from Silas next to him, called everyone to come and arranged it loudly.

"...Okay, that's it, you all understand?" Zhang Yu finished speaking quickly, and everyone nodded.

"Let's go, the time is up, we'll warm up and win this game!" Zhang Yu took a deep breath, threw away other distractions, and led everyone to shout slogans, watching the Warriors players walk out of the locker room one after another.

The coaching staff stayed at the end, and Silas approached Zhang Yu and asked in a low voice:

"Ronan, aren't we going to play the Mavericks? Why did you change your mind?"

In the entire team, only the coaching staff knew what Zhang Yu thought. After winning the Thunder, Zhang Yu discussed with the two that although the Warriors had the possibility of winning the sixth place in the West, the Suns were too restrained by the Warriors and would rather be ranked in the West.

At the seventh position, go to the Mavericks.

The Warriors' running and shooting have already restrained the Mavericks, whose lineup has been seriously aging, and intercepted Chandler. In addition, with Old Nelson, an adviser who knows the Mavericks well, it is not impossible to perform another Black Seven Miracle.

Zhang Yu sighed lightly, rubbed his cheeks with both hands, and said:

"I underestimated their desire to win."

Silas opened his mouth, closed it again, and said:
To be continued...