NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 591 Passion

Like the shadow of a tree reflecting the skin of a person, Green, who has been in the league for so many years, knows better than anyone what kind of people Olynyk and Dillon are. Dillon is a dirty guy with a lot of underhanded tricks, and he's also a bully; he's the same kind of person as Olynyk.

As for Olynyk, he looks like a refined white player, but this guy is anything but "pure and innocent." He's already bad enough with his dirty tricks—the "God of War" card he'd stepped on has turned him into the "Resting Card" and "Security Card"—but Olynyk himself broke Kevin Love's arm with a simple "snap," like kids snapping corn in a field. Exciting, isn't it? Thrilling, isn't it?

Passion!

Now you know, the one with real passion isn't necessarily Westbrook, but could be the seemingly delicate and fragile Canadian basketball player Olynyk, who is as graceful and powerless as a willow branch.

When faced with a guy like this, even a ruthless villain like Green, known as "Black Whirlwind," couldn't help but put aside his petty thoughts of exchanging money, accept socialist ideological reform, and strive to become a successor to communism.

Although Jia Fei scored 4 points in a row, the Clippers were still down 4-11, a total of 7 points behind their opponents. They had a really bad start to the game.

Curry, chewing on his mouthguard, dribbled the ball over, shaking his head. This guy is actually over 30, but he looks younger than Green and George, who are supposedly in their 20s. His baby face seems ageless; he looked like this at 90, and he still looks like this at 30.

Some people just look young. Take Melon, for example, who also has a baby face and looks younger than the Running Man members who are even younger. The Running Man member looks like he's 50, older than Hong Kong's Andy Lau, and incomparable to the Taiwanese race car driver, Xiao Lin, whose age is the same as that of a crosstalk performer, but looks as young as Guo Degang's son, Qilin.

Kerr's system is all about passing and cutting. Even when Curry is open, he won't keep dribbling the ball and initiating pick-and-rolls. He'll just keep dribbling for 20 seconds or so, and then pass the buck to someone else when the shot clock is almost up.

Regarding "passing the buck," Harden, Running Man, and Westbrook are all masters at it. The person receiving the ball has no choice but to shoot. If they want to pass, the 24-second shot clock expires, resulting in a turnover and being criticized by the coach and teammates. If they shoot and make the shot, it's normal, and the person passing the buck gets an assist. If they miss, it's because they're not good enough and their shooting ability is poor.

For the person shifting the blame, there is no loss, they may even gain an assist, it will not affect their shooting percentage, and it will not lead to an increase in turnovers.

D'Angelo Russell doesn't quite fit into the Warriors' system. He's not a great catch-and-shoot guard; compared to the Splash Brothers in this aspect, he's like comparing a cheap electric car to an Audi in 0-100 km/h acceleration. He played well with the Nets because he had the ball in his hands most of the time. He prefers to create opportunities with pick-and-rolls, deciding whether to pass or drive and shoot himself. The Warriors' style of play, with Green initiating plays from the top of the key and the Splash Brothers using screens to move, isn't his preferred offensive approach.

There's nothing we can do, we might as well make the best of it. Even the Splash Brothers are making runs, and you, a newcomer, expect the team to change tactics to suit you? How much did you drink to get this drunk?

Russell received a pass from Curry. Instead of shooting immediately, he drove in and tried to draw a foul by sticking to Jia Fei's defense, but he didn't succeed!

The ball missed, but Dillon fought hard to grab the rebound and handed it to Jia Fei.

Jia Fei brought the ball over, facing Klay who was guarding him, he did a crossover dribble between his legs, then accelerated with a low crouch, and drove straight for the basket!

Klay's lateral quickness is among the fastest of any swingman, and he has a very good defensive awareness, constantly trying to contest for Jia Fei.

But Jia Fei was still too fast. His simple and brutal sprint showcased his most primal talent advantage: speed!

Just like in Gu Long's novels, the two drew their swords at the same time, but one of them was too fast, so fast that it seemed like a speed that did not exist in this world. The moment the two clashed, the outcome was already decided!

There are no complicated pick-and-roll plays, no communication and collaboration between teammates; it's just simple, direct one-on-one single-point demolition.

If you don't gang up on me, I'll just go one-on-one and crush you. No targeting, no looking for misalignments, I'll take whatever comes my way—that's how reckless I am!

Jia Fei drove to the basket, jumped, soared into the air, ignored Green, and violently smashed the rim with both hands!

Bang—the rim shook violently, just like your body trembling after firing.

6:11, Jia Fei scored 6 consecutive points, and the score difference was still 5 points!

But this wasn't Staples Center, so not many fans cheered for Jia Fei. Even though there were quite a few Chinese fans in the audience, this was the Warriors' home arena, and most of them were Warriors fans themselves. Even if they liked Jia Fei, they couldn't just applaud him indiscriminately.

"Teacher Su, Jia Fei's shot was so powerful! Absolutely so powerful!" Wang Zixing was so excited that he started waving his arms and legs. He felt as if he were there, as if he were one of Jia Fei's fans.

Su Qun, a man who had seen it all, calmly adjusted his glasses and said, "Zixing, this is Jia Fei's normal strength. You've seen it many times before, you'll get used to it!"

After Jia Fei came down, Beverley cursed at Green, "How does it feel to get dunked on?"

Green stubbornly refused to back down: "If I hadn't gone easy on him, he would already be lying on the ground!"

"You think you're so tough? Go ahead and try!" Beverley challenged Green head-on. He wasn't afraid of Green at all. He wasn't even afraid of Westbrook or Durant, so why would he be afraid of this tough guy from Liangshan Marsh?

During the Warriors' offense, Green set an off-ball screen for Curry, directly colliding with Beverley, but the referee didn't call it!

Curry slammed in a three-pointer and it went in!

6:14, the score difference is almost in double digits again.

Beverley was yelling at the referee, saying Green was moving to set a screen, but the referee didn't budge. Whether Green moved or not, the referee doesn't know, but I saw you nagging on and on.

Beverley continued to rant and rave, hurling insults at the referee, who "kindly" gave him a technical foul!

Are you satisfied now, Boy?

Beverley was furious and still disagreed with the referee's decision, determined to argue with him to the end!

Green clapped gleefully, and with the fans fueling the fire, Beverley completely lost his temper!

Seeing that things were not going well, Coach Buden immediately substituted Bridges for Beverley to calm him down.

Beverley was still grumbling as he left the court, trash-talking the crowd and drawing boos. At that moment, he was fighting against the whole world.

Curry stepped to the free-throw line, mouthguard in hand, and easily sank the shot. For him, free throws are like picking up points; don't let his seemingly nonchalant demeanor fool you, he's incredibly accurate.