Only Matt Barnes combines agility, toughness, and ferocity.
If they DNP him, the Warriors can’t complete the task of pressuring Kobe.
On the training field, the unwilling Matt Barnes continued tirelessly shooting. After who knows how many misses, suddenly soone walked up next to him and slapped the ball out of his hand: "Enough, you’re better off not practicing like this."
Matt Barnes couldn’t stand hearing that, it was the third ti in his career soone told him "you’d be better off not practicing."
If hard work becos worthless, it will be the most humiliating mont for a man.
Matt Barnes furiously slamd the ball to the floor, shouting: "Damn it, fucking hell, damn it!"
His emotions had completely erupted, not because he was angry at Roger, but because he felt powerless against himself.
He really wanted to perform in the next ga, to shut up that bastard Mike Dunleavy once and for all.
But his shooting was simply like a short version of Ben Wallace.
He bet that even if the Olsen sisters sat on Roger’s shoulders, and with Elizabeth Olsen on his back, Roger’s shooting would still be more accurate than his.
"Perseverance" is a word that frequently appears in competitive sports, used so often by comntators, professional writers, and fans that it’s beco overused.
But executing this overused word is not easy.
Matt Barnes had persistently practiced his shooting throughout an entire season, patiently correcting his shooting form.
But up to now, he still couldn’t be considered a qualified three-point response point.
His three-point shooting percentage for the season was only 28%, which wouldn’t et the qualifying standard in any era.
He had persevered for so long but gained nothing, he had persevered for so long yet still couldn’t shut up Mike Dunleavy, those were the reasons Matt Barnes was so angry.
When you try so hard but get no return, only then do you understand the weight of the word "perseverance."
Now, he felt like he couldn’t persevere anymore, the weight of "perseverance" was suffocating him, causing him to doubt his efforts all along.
It seed Mike Dunleavy was right, his practice was simply a waste of ti.
Seeing Matt Barnes lose control of his emotions, Roger only looked at him with an indifferent expression: "Save it, this won’t solve the problem, want Mike to shut up? Then make him lose, make him struggle in defeat. Haven’t you noticed? That old bastard has never been a winner. Wherever he goes, failure takes its permanent place. He thinks he can win in Los Angeles? Tell him that’s a pipe dream."
"There’s only one thing that would make Mike Dunleavy’s disdainful remarks about you seem absolutely correct," Roger continued, "and that is if you do nothing in the ga. If you intend to let that old bastard succeed, if you keep playing like this, recklessly throwing shots, then you don’t need to play, the Golden State Gangsters don’t need wimps."
After Roger finished speaking, he had the team resu training.
He hoped the impact of last night’s defeat and conflict would end there.
But Matt Barnes’ mind was filled with two words: don’t play, don’t need.
Year after year, he was abandoned by every team he joined.
The Warriors were the team he had been with the longest, but ultimately it still ca to this point.
Matt Barnes looked at Roger, muttering softly: "It’s easy for you to say, you’re not the one being humiliated. Even if we win, it’s your credit. What about ? I’ll still be humiliated by Mike, he can still tell the world I’m a useless player who can’t score."
He wanted to shoot, he wanted to score, he was unwilling to be just a blue-collar winger.
Roger was greatly disappointed, he didn’t expect Matt Barnes to want to play a bigger role when the team had yet to win the championship.
The King’s hunting dog seed no longer loyal.
"I don’t need you anymore, do as you please."
The last person to hear Roger say this was Allan Houston, and then he left.
Matt Barnes felt he was probably next.
This was his fate, this was part of his career.
In the afternoon, Erik Spoelstra conveyed the G2 adjustnts to everyone at the tactical eting.
Simply put, the strategy was to put pressure on Kobe Bryant, as Roger said, aggressively double-team Kobe right from the start of the ga.
Roger also admitted that during the regular season, the scoring gap between Kobe and himself was very small, less than half a point.
Indeed, this was partly because the Lakers played at a fast offensive pace. But the ones truly benefiting from this tempo are Nash and Shawn Marion.
Even in this Showti 2.0 Lakers, Kobe has always undertaken a large amount of one-on-one isolation in the half-court offense, he always bags the toughest offensive plays.
Kobe’s average points per ga are genuine, which speaks to his current scoring ability.
Against such an opponent, not double-teaming won’t work, nor will lack of excellent leading defense.
But Matt Barnes had no reaction in the tactical eting room.
He didn’t say "I’ll definitely handle Kobe," nor did he say "I’ll show a different performance next ga."
He just sat in the screening room, staying silent since Roger lectured him.
eting over, Erik Spoelstra shrugged at Roger: "I’ll still give Matt playing ti tomorrow, but if he still can’t find his form, I’ll play Stephen."
"No," Roger imdiately refused, "If Matt can’t do it, I’ll personally lead the defense on Kobe."
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