No one expected that Matt Barnes would only provide his most brilliant performance of the night after the ga ended.
It’s like old Biden giving the best speech of his career only during his farewell address.
Though both ca a bit late, they certainly count as highlight monts.
A player jumping into the stands to punch an opponent team’s executive is definitely a first in NBA history, and Matt Barnes will gain fa from this incident.
In fact, he already received an offer for a comrcial—an invitation from Mission Bay Police Departnt for Barnes to star in a promotional video, playing a notorious prisoner.
People are talking about Matt Barnes’ "highlight", while he himself is very angry about it.
Twice in a row, that bastard Mike Dunleavy Sr. humiliated him without suffering any consequences.
Twice in a row, his fist was less than five centiters from that old bastard’s face, but each ti he was forced to let that guy go.
This went against his long-standing principle: never go ho crying.
Matt Barnes greatly despises the person who tarnished his effort, he doesn’t understand why soone could be so disgusting.
It seems like insulting players’ dignity makes Mike Dunleavy Sr. appear superior.
Paired with that standard Hollywood villain face, Mike Dunleavy Sr. looks even more evil.
Even the next day when Matt Barnes showed up at the training camp, his frown remained, with anger filling his entire body.
During the shooting practice afterwards, Matt Barnes started shooting off to the left again.
Jeff Hornacek had been correcting his shooting form for a whole season, and recently there was noticeable improvent. At least during practice, his jump shot had been getting increasingly better.
But today, his shooting form completely reverted to its previous state.
Matt Barnes knows perfectly well what has been limiting his playing ti; his offense is too terrible, his shooting is always unreliable. Once he steps onto the court, the Warriors’ offense severely deteriorates.
As a sport where only five people can be on the court at the sa ti for a team, you cannot ignore the impact of any individual on the whole.
Whether it’s 4-on-5 on offense or 4-on-5 on defense, it will put the team at a disadvantage. You can’t expect all teams to be like the Los Angeles Lakers twenty years later, accustod to suddenly losing a player during play.
Thinking about his three misses from beyond the arc last night, thinking about still dragging down the team’s offense in the playoffs, thinking about Mike Dunleavy Sr.’s smug face, Matt Barnes gets quite angry.
Recalling these, he is even more eager to make sure all shots go in, like an impatient child wanting candy.
But the more anxious he is, the less accurate he becos, the more he thinks about making the shot, the more his form deteriorates.
During the subsequent training ga, Matt Barnes was distracted on defense, only concentrated on making more shots on offense.
The King’s hound was completely overwheld by anger and anxiety, too obsessed with his jump shot, but it caused him to lose even more.
Training ga ended, Matt Barnes made 1 out of 5, and let Jason Richardson score 15 points. What’s more, Jason Richardson scored 15 points during the training ga almost without needing to drink water afterwards.
Anyone who has played 2K knows, when you only focus on scoring, you won’t concentrate on defense, only eager to start the next offensive round.
Sitting on the sidelines, Roger was a bit angry: "This way of playing won’t put pressure on Kobe, nobody plays like this, nobody crosses half court just to shoot bricks!"
In the last ga, Matt Barnes’ enthusiasm for offense actually surpassed defense.
He constantly thought about how to run into position for receiving passes and shooting jumpers, instead of considering how to make Kobe uncomfortable.
He seed eager to prove to Mike Dunleavy Sr. that he can make jump shots.
Thus, he expended his energy on aningless extra running, instead of using it to confront Kobe.
Ultimately leading to an extrely ugly ga performance.
Next ga, as per Roger and Spoelstra’s strategy, they must apply pressure on Kobe for 48 minutes, double-teaming him.
Matt Barnes is a critical part of this strategy, he must co off the bench fully energized, leading the defense to ensure the double team is effective.
Yet in his current state where he can’t even guard Jason Richardson, it’s impossible to put any pressure on Kobe.
Erik Spoelstra can see Roger is already very angry, but he doesn’t want Roger and Matt Barnes to clash.
Matt Barnes is a powder keg, already ignited, he might directly get into a fight with Roger.
So, Spoelstra decided to first appease Roger: "I know Matt played well during the regular season, but clearly he’s not prepared for the playoffs. Ultimately, he’s just a second-round pick, a second-round pick playing in the playoffs for the first ti."
"No, he must be ready!" Roger said, getting up and walking onto the court.
Yes, the Warriors still have plenty of wings available.
But there’s no one more suitable than Matt Barnes on the bench to defend Kobe.
Stephen Jackson, constantly gaining weight to fill in the power forward position, has greatly slowed his lateral movent.
Boris Diaw’s defense isn’t aggressive enough, his talents more prominently displayed on the offensive end.
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