Due to the poor defense of the Pacers' lineup, Curry only played 27 minutes in this game and scored 39 points, 8 assists and 9 rebounds.
Although Curry scored 39 points, he only made two three-pointers in this game!
Why?
Because TJ Ford followed Curry all over the court from the first second!
You can hit the basket as you please, but you won't be allowed to shoot a three-pointer!
Obviously this is the head coach's request.
But the Pacers' interior defense was so poor that Curry kept breaking through to the basket to score.
You know, Curry's shooting percentage at the basket ranks first in the league!
Even so, TJ Ford did not waver and still followed Curry closely throughout the game.
Curry's two three-pointers were also made during fast breaks.
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At the post-match press conference, reporters started to criticize again:
"What are you dissatisfied with about this game?"
Over time, reporters all understood Deng Fang's tactics.
No matter how good the Warriors play, you still have to pretend to be dissatisfied.
In this case, just ask directly.
"The offense is not good." Deng Fang replied: "With the Pacers in this lineup, if our score does not exceed 130, we will fail!"
"But your defense is very good! You only allowed the Pacers to score 84 points!"
"In the regular season, I want to use offense to win games more than defense."
"Why?"
"Because if the offense is smooth, players can get good data, so their next contract can be bigger." Deng Fang replied: "In addition, if Curry wants to get the MVP, he also needs good data, and his teammates can't make shots.
, it’s impossible for him to have many assists!”
The reporters' eyes lit up.
What a great head coach!
Always think about the players.
No wonder the Warriors players work so hard during the game!
"In this game, the Pacers have been using full-court close defense against Curry to restrict him. What do you think of this?"
"I think they are shameless!" Deng Fang replied: "Since they have an offensive lineup, why don't they compete with us offensively? Why do they have to work so hard on the defensive end? Say one thing, but actually do another.
It’s shameless, extremely shameless!”
Haha, the reporters were speechless again.
"How many points can you win against the Nuggets next game?"
"At least 40 points!" Deng Fang replied.
"So confident?"
"Of course, the Nuggets are an offensive team." Deng Fang replied: "We are not afraid of anyone who is more offensive than others!"
"They are all offensive teams, why are you sure we can win by 40 points?"
"Because we not only have offense, but also defense!"
The reporters were immediately speechless:
Hey, who just said that you can't defend hard even if you have an offensive lineup?
Didn’t you say the Pacers are shameless?
Why are you the same?
Shameless!
Extremely shameless!
Most reporters secretly slandered, but some people still couldn't help but ask: "Don't you think it's shameless to set up an offensive lineup and still try your best to defend? How come you can do that?"
"Because we are a championship contending team! And we have Curry!" Deng Fang replied nonchalantly: "If you still have to do something if you can't do it, that's called imitating others. Do you understand?"
The reporters were stunned, what are these words?
"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, you don't understand even after I told you! Then forget it." Deng Fang replied: "There is no way, your cultural background is too shallow, I can't talk to you!"
The reporters looked at each other.
What?
We cultural people are actually looked down upon by a head coach?
Let no one live anymore!
"Of course, there is another reason." Deng Fang did not want to offend everyone present too much, and continued: "Because of George Karl."
"What happened to George Karl?" A reporter asked in confusion: "He is an old coach with outstanding merits!"
"Because I don't like him!" Deng Fang replied: "So we will beat his team to death!"
What Deng Fang said was not a joke, he really didn’t like George Karl that much.
George Karl is the seventh coach in the NBA to reach 1,000 wins. He was later elected as the NBA Coach of the Year in 2013 and was elected as the head coach of the NBA All-Star Game 4 times.
Overall, George Karl is pretty good as a head coach.
However, his character is not very good.
Why do you say that?
Deng Fang clearly remembers that in the 2013 playoffs in the world he traveled to, the Warriors, sixth in the Western Conference, faced off against the Nuggets, third in the Western Conference. The coach at the time was George Karl.
He also won the best coach of the year with the Nuggets' outstanding record that year.
The result of that round of playoffs was that the Warriors successfully eliminated the Nuggets 4:2.
Just when they were trailing 1:3 in the series and the situation was very critical, Nuggets head coach George Karl decided to find someone to eliminate Curry.
At that time, George Karl was replaced by Julian Stone, but it was not garbage time at all, and Julian Stone almost never played in the regular season!
The intention of letting a team's fringe figure face off against Curry, the opponent's core arrow, is understandable.
Even Su Qun, the commentator at the time, saw the problem. He directly said in the commentary: "The Nuggets are going to do something bad!" His tone was very anxious and nervous.
After the game, the Warriors head coach told the media directly in an interview that he had received internal information that the Nuggets intended to hurt Curry, but some people objected.
For this reason, George Karl also had a war of words with Mark Jackson at that time.
It was later learned that the person who tipped off the Warriors was Nuggets veteran Iguodala.
At that time, Iguodala had just been traded to the Nuggets, and he was the boss of that Nuggets team at the time.
It is for this reason that George Karl will ask Iguodala anything he wants to do.
"He (Curry) is a glass man. You (Iguodala) should be more fierce when you defend!" These were the original words of Karl, the Nuggets coach at that time.
Such words on the court can only be understood but not expressed in words.
When he learned that George Karl wanted to eliminate Curry, Iguodala, who was an upright person, was dissatisfied with the coach's approach and kindly reminded Curry to be careful of evil hands.
It is for this reason that Brother No. 1 was called a traitor by then Nuggets head coach George Karl.
You know, Iguodala only played for the Nuggets for one season and was traded by the team.
Later Curry gave a special thank you to Iguodala in his acceptance speech after winning the MVP in 2015, and was even moved to tears: "Andre, I will never forget the conversation I had with you at Oracle Arena two years ago. It meant so much to me.
It means so much because basketball means so much to me, but my family, my faith means probably 10 times more to me.
I will never forget what you said on the court. The decision you made that summer was very important. I am very grateful to you. I admire your character both as a player and as a person."
In an exclusive interview with the media afterwards, the reporter asked Curry, if he were to go to an isolated island, which Warriors player would he take with him?
Curry's answer is neither his good buddy Thompson, nor Green and Durant, but Iguodala!
The reporter asked tentatively: "Is it because he reminded you that the Nuggets wanted to hurt you?"
Curry responded: "Well, that's right!"
This shows that George Karl really thought about getting rid of Curry back then!
