Shortly after leading the Warriors through the first round of the playoffs, Zack received a call from his agent, Schwarz.
On the phone, Schwarz first congratulated him, then changed the subject, "Andy wants to ask you for so advice about the NBA."
At this mont, the "Andy" Schwarz ntioned on the phone wasn’t Biedrins of the Warriors.
It was this year’s highly touted No. 1 draft pick.
Andrea Bargnani, born in Ro, Italy.
The chain reaction Zack brought to this world also deeply affected his agent, Schwarz.
Even without Zack, Schwarz would eventually step on "Rich Paul" and beco the highest mountain in the world of NBA agents.
But...
Because of Zack, Schwarz had already accelerated his process of becoming the agent GOAT in this life.
Bargnani was a heavyweight client Schwarz signed this year.
In the 2005-06 season, Bargnani, playing for Benetton Treviso in the Italian Lega Basket A, averaged 12 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, and 1.4 steals.
He stood 7 feet (213 cm) tall with shoes on and weighed 110 kg. Before the draft, NBA scouts generally believed he was a physically and athletically weaker version of Zack, but with potentially better shooting ability.
As soone who had been through it, Zack knew very well that Schwarz was definitely pulling strings behind the scenes to make Bargnani’s template himself.
After all, this guy would later package Bennett as a No. 1 pick and make the world firmly believe in Wiseman’s talent—a marketing genius.
Schwarz also frankly admitted to Zack, "You know, my dear client. You are now the hottest star in the NBA. As long as they can be linked to you... even the cat at the entrance of Oracle Arena has a chance to beco a No. 1 pick."
Perhaps Schwarz’s words were exaggerated.
However, these words indirectly reflected just how excellent Zack was.
"Is Andy in trouble?"
"He’s different from you, because currently, in the various draft predictions, his probability of ultimately becoming the No. 1 pick is only 30%. So he needs to prove himself by trying out for teams that have a chance to get the No. 1 pick.
Next, he will go to Charlotte and be reviewed by Michael Jordan there. Before leaving, he wants to consult you on how to impress the ’Basketball God’."
So that’s it.
By now, it was no secret in the NBA that Zack was Jordan’s favorite.
Especially recently, whenever Barkley had nothing to do, he would use Zack to poke at Jordan’s already fragile heart.
"What if Michael has six championship rings? The ssiah doesn’t play for him (the Bobcats)."
"Hey, Michael, are you watching this ga? I know you must be. The ssiah just got his 45th point in the ga!"
"Oh, damn, look at the ssiah’s elegant jump shot. I admit I didn’t appreciate it before, but he really does have a soft touch like Larry Bird."
In fact, as Zack’s performance in his rookie season got better and better, Barkley, who had always known his place, no longer called Zack "a taller Charles."
However, Barkley took endless pleasure in using Zack to get under Jordan’s skin.
In short, under Barkley’s vivid descriptions, the entire basketball world now fully understood how obsessed Jordan was with Zack.
And this was the main reason Bargnani hoped to get so advice from Zack before heading to Charlotte for his tryout.
Hearing this, after simply understanding Bargnani’s request over the phone, Zack smiled, "Just tell him to be himself as much as possible in front of Michael. Michael never liked timid rookies."
"No problem, I’ll relay your advice to him word for word."
Next, Schwarz roughly explained this sumr’s schedule to Zack over the phone.
Then, imdiately after hearing the schedule, Zack uncharacteristically had a ltdown.
"I object to their arrangents! They’re treating like a draft horse!"
"In fact, we’re all ’draft horses,’ my dear client."
This sumr, facing the dense schedule of comrcial activities arranged by various sponsors, almost suffocating him, Zack truly felt the hardship of being a laborer that day.
But Zack was destined not to complain.
Because which struggling laborer could earn as much money as he did?
He who wears the crown must bear its weight.
While basketball stars earned vast fortunes that ordinary people couldn’t accumulate in several lifetis, this was also the weight they had to bear.
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### System Rewards & The "Curse"
"[The Unobtainable Always Stirs] mission has been completed, mission rewards have been automatically sent to host’s warehouse.
[The Preferred Are Fearless] mission has been triggered, this mission will officially begin next season."
After ending the call with Schwarz, Zack opened the [Summit] System again. With the help of "Little General" Johnson’s assist, Zack, who successfully won the "resurrection match," finally received all the rewards for the [The Unobtainable Always Stirs] mission that day.
After receiving a fragnt of the [The Zone] badge through this mission, even though two more fragnts were needed to activate it...
For Zack, who had experienced that mystical feeling this season...
This badge had already beco like Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake; every ti he thought of it, it would make his heart ache, wishing he could imdiately collect all three fragnts to see what effect this badge had.
Next, Zack also opened a legendary random technical attribute gift package obtained by completing the mission.
"Congratulations to host, dribbling potential 4, mid-range potential 2."
Again... dribbling again?
At this mont, looking at his dribbling attribute, which had already reached 86 potential in the visualized data, Zack always felt that he might not have no chance of becoming a 211 cm (6’11") Kyrie Irving in the future.
It was obvious that talent between people was definitely not comparable.
So people, though only in the league for a year, had already seen hope of becoming Kyrie Irving. While others might play in the NBA for a long ti and still be "dribbling-challenged."
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### Playoff Roundup & Awards
In early May, with Zack’s advice, Bargnani would be reviewed by Michael Jordan in Charlotte.
On May 6th, all results for this year’s NBA Eastern Conference playoffs’ first round were released.
The defending runner-up Pistons defeated the Hawks 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs.
The process of this series was not exactly exciting.
However, on the court, the referees, who always officiated Pistons gas with specific agendas, indirectly conveyed a fact through their unfair and biased calls:
The NBA was fed up with the last two NBA Finals.
Especially last year’s Spurs-Pistons series, which hit a new low in viewership...
A Finals that made Stern wish he could stab himself.
In their series against the Wizards, LeBron Jas, who pulled off a controversial ga-winner, ultimately led the Cavaliers to a 4-2 series victory.
In six gas, "The Chosen One" averaged 36 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers for the Cavaliers.
Although, putting aside that controversial ga-winner, Zack believed people should praise Jas’s aggressive drives to the basket and his historical physical talent more.
But what Zack found difficult to understand was that fans who didn’t understand basketball were actually praising Jas’s basketball IQ and the spectacular passes he made in the ga.
Seriously, guys.
You’re not Jas’s haters, are you?
Averages of 6 assists and 6 turnovers...
With such an assist-to-turnover ratio, are you sure you’re praising Jas and not digging a pit for him?
In their showdown with the Bulls, the Heat had the last laugh.
Beside the formidable Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal, whose "foot injury" automatically healed in the playoffs, seed to have regained his forr glory.
However, this Heat team, filled with veterans eager to fulfill their dream with a championship ring, had already used their sole option in crucial monts to tell the world who was the king of Miami.
The Nets defeated the Pacers, who were without Artest, 4-2.
Overall, this year’s Eastern Conference first-round playoffs could only be described as uneventful.
Pistons, Cavaliers, Heat, Nets.
These four teams, already favored by the public before the series, successively t in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In contrast, this year’s Western Conference first-round playoffs were quite surprising.
First, the Warriors unexpectedly eliminated the 60-win Mavericks 4-1 in the regular season.
Then, the outco of the Spurs-Clippers series wasn’t decided until May 8th, through a Ga 7.
In fact, as early as the regular season, Zack and the Warriors had fully experienced the strength of this Clippers team.
And in the playoffs, with Corey Maggette returning from injury, the interior anchored by Kaman and Brand, and the periter led by Cassell, Mobley, and Livingston...
Who dared say that the eighth seed in the West in this era wasn’t a tough opponent?
The Spurs’ ambition this year was clearly affected by last year’s championship.
Plus, the NBA didn’t want them to et the Pistons in the Finals again. Therefore, it wasn’t until Ga 7 that they narrowly advanced with a 4-3 series victory.
After Ga 7, Popovich’s expression could hardly be described as happy.
Because the defending champions had already expended too much ntal energy in the first round of the playoffs this year.
The outco of the Suns-Lakers series was also decided on May 8th, through a Ga 7.
This was a series that highlighted the true state of the Lakers this season.
Facing the Suns, whose overall strength was far superior to their own, led by Kobe, although the Lakers pushed the Suns to the brink, in the end...
The Lakers ultimately fell due to their overall lack of strength.
Zack’s two previous "Goodnight, Los Angeles" monts felt like trailers for the Lakers’ playoffs this year.
Always just falling short, with Kobe pushing himself to his limits every ti, but the Lakers...
Just couldn’t win.
"This was not a great series. Perhaps for Steve Nash, for Amar’e Stoudemire, but not for us, because we are losers."
We are losers.
Kobe was right, as losers, the Lakers were far from great, even if they only narrowly lost 3-4 to the Suns in this series.
And for D’Antoni, he and his Suns team still had many problems to solve.
Because in the playoffs, Steve Nash, that defensive black hole, would undoubtedly be infinitely exploited by every opponent.
As for the most envied matchup in the Western Conference this year by the other six teams?
Unfortunately, the mphis Grizzlies, who successfully received the "Utah Jazz gift package," ended up becoming the Jazz’s gift package instead.
As the least-watched series in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs this year, with the twin towers of Boozer and Okur, the Jazz tornted young Grizzlies leader Pau Gasol almost every night.
Andrei Kirilenko, the de facto true core of the Jazz, once again showcased his power. In six playoff gas, he averaged 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 3 steals.
The other half of the Wake Forest Twin Towers, Chris Paul, also showed a higher basketball IQ than Deron Williams at the sa stage.
By quickly grasping Jerry Sloan’s tactics and facing the soft matchup of Atkins in this series, Paul delivered an excellent report card of 18 points, 8 assists, and 4 rebounds per ga in his first playoff run.
Both Wake Forest Twin Towers led their teams through the first round.
At this mont, it wasn’t NBA scouts and general managers who were most emotional, but rather the opponents that Wake Forest defeated with an undefeated record in the NCAA last year:
"See? Now you know how strong that Demon Deacons team was last year, don’t you? Losing to them, how could that be because we were bad?"
According to the schedule, in the Western Conference semifinals, the Suns would face the relatively softer Jazz.
And the Spurs would play the Warriors.
Tim Duncan, the longest river in Wake Forest history, would have a direct confrontation with Zack, the highest mountain in Wake Forest history!
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On the evening of May 8th, the NBA officially announced the regular season awards for the 2005-06 season.
David Stern, still adhering to the basic principles of the regular season MVP, personally delivered a "heavenly tribulation" to Steve Nash, despite imnse external pressure.
From this point on, Nash, who should have rightfully won his second consecutive regular season MVP, was destined to forever bear the stigma of "trophy thief" in this lifeti.
As a super guard whom the league considered thoroughly after much deliberation—soone with good popularity and image, whose team also had over 60 wins and led the Western Conference in the top two...
Because in the eyes of Zack’s fans and Warriors fans, Nash shalessly stole the MVP trophy that rightfully belonged to Zack, online...
Angry Warriors fans almost imdiately sward the NBA’s official website.
"Rigged! Rigged! Rigged!"
"Despicable Jew! You should be burned alive!"
"A point guard who has never won a championship, how can he win back-to-back regular season MVPs? A point guard widely recognized as having the worst defense in the NBA, how can he steal the ssiah’s trophy? The NBA has proven with its actions that the regular season MVP is the most watered-down award in the NBA, bar none!"
As for the public’s anger, Zack, as the party involved, was not that angry, or rather, he had already foreseen this day.
After all, this era of the NBA was not like twenty years in the future.
No matter how many objective reasons there were, the Warriors were indeed only ranked fifth in the Western Conference in the regular season.
Therefore, even if Zack believed he was the best, since the NBA chose to adhere to the basic principles of the regular season MVP, Zack naturally had no objections.
Just...
That day, when Stern personally delivered that "heavenly tribulation" to Nash, Heaven simultaneously cast a "curse" upon the NBA in this tiline.
This "curse" was nad: From now on, any player who dared to touch the NBA Regular Season MVP trophy, including Westbrook in Zack’s mory, if they did not et Zack’s standards...
They were all destined to be directly crushed by this "curse."
As compensation from the league, Zack was honored with this year’s NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.
Mike Dunleavy Jr. indirectly benefited, "stealing" the Sixth Man of the Year award, which originally belonged to Mike Miller, with an average of 11.4 points per ga in the regular season.
The Warriors gained a lot on award day, but this still couldn’t quell the anger of Warriors fans.
Even though Zack was also selected to the NBA All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive First Team this year.
Because in the eyes of Warriors fans, being nad to both First Teams was simply what the league should have given Zack.
"Did you forget that no player in NBA history has ever been nad to both First Teams in his rookie season?"
Yes, it wasn’t until others reminded them that these angry Warriors fans finally realized that Zack, this legendary rookie, had inadvertently set another historical record.
The first player in NBA history to be nad to both All-NBA and All-Defensive First Teams in his rookie season.
And the first player in NBA history to be nad "DPOY" in his rookie season.
And if you combine these two, and customize it...
Then you can even understand it as Zack has created a record that is unprecedented and basically impossible to be surpassed.
In fact, even if Zack had a good defensive performance in the regular season, the voters could have easily used the excuse of the Warriors’ high average points allowed in the regular season to select Zack to the All-Defensive Second Team, or simply not include him in the All-Defensive team at all.
As for Defensive Player of the Year?
That was definitely a form of compensation.
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### Spurs vs. Warriors: Ga 1
"Rigged!"
Upon learning that Zack had been nad this year’s "DPOY," Duncan imdiately sent Zack a text ssage.
Seeing this, Zack imdiately replied, "Well deserved!"
"I saw your slacking defensive performance since January clear as day, you shaful trophy thief!"
"I averaged 3.4 blocks per ga!"
"Marcus Camby also averaged over 3 blocks."
"I also averaged 13.1 rebounds!"
"You think I don’t know Kwa Brown was boxing out for you every night?"
"As an inside player, I also averaged 1.3 steals!"
"You’re tall and long-limbed, with amazing athleticism, that’s just what you’re supposed to do."
"The league rigged my regular season MVP!"
"If the Warriors were top four in the West, I would raise both hands and vote for you, but the fifth seed in the West deserves to touch the MVP? Anyway, it doesn’t get my approval."
Triggered, triggered.
That day, even before the big battle between the Spurs and Warriors began, Duncan successfully sent Zack into rage mode.
2005-06 Season, NBA All-NBA Teams and All-Defensive Teams selections are as follows:
All-NBA First Team: Ben Wallace, Zack, LeBron Jas, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash.
All-NBA Second Team: Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, Chauncey Billups.
All-NBA Third Team: Amar’e Stoudemire, Carlo Anthony, Shawn Marion, Gilbert Arenas, Allen Iverson.
All-Defensive First Team: Ben Wallace, Zack, Andrei Kirilenko, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd.
All-Defensive Second Team: Marcus Camby, Tim Duncan, Ron Artest, Tayshaun Prince, Chauncey Billups.
In fact, compared to Zack, who had more joy than sorrow, this year’s NBA awards day invisibly "hurt" many players.
Yao Ming, who would historically receive the All-NBA Third Team as a consolation prize, due to the Rockets’ terribly bad record this year, after losing this consolation prize...
Looking at Zack, who was nad to both All-NBA and All-Defensive First Teams in his rookie season...
His so-called inner circle, and those who had vested interests with him, their mood could only be described as anxious and flustered.
Now, no one dared to say "you shouldn’t have left Houston" in front of Yao Ming, because Zack simply didn’t give them ti to think about what kind of future was more suitable for Yao Ming. If he didn’t imdiately leave Houston, which was already stagnant, how could Yao Ming continue to be their cash cow in the future?
And O’Neal, who should have been nad to the First Team based on his past honors and stats, due to the league compensating Zack with the "DPOY" that originally belonged to Ben Wallace, and considering his attendance rate of only about 50 gas, he had officially lost the title of the league’s best center.
After all...
How could a re Second Team center dare to constantly boast that he was still the league’s best center?
And "unranked player" Kevin Garnett.
Unlike the "Wolf King" in history who would stay with the Timberwolves for another season.
The current Garnett couldn’t wait another mont.
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak’s previous judgnt was correct.
The NBA was about to enter a turbulent and unpredictable offseason.
Because that rookie who had already led the Warriors to San Antonio and was nad to both All-NBA and All-Defensive First Teams—that rookie who didn’t even want to wait for the future—had put too much pressure on these veterans.
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"Every ti I co to play at the Spurs’ ho court, it gives a gloomy feeling. I hate it here."
On May 9th, during the pre-ga warm-up, Brown complained.
Hearing this, Zack felt the sa way.
Playing in this black and white colored arena felt like attending a funeral.
It wasn’t like other arenas in the league that were always full of passion and vitality.
And playing here, you also had to be careful of strange things that might happen in the visiting team’s locker room at any ti.
For example, in the future, Zack’s good brother, when visiting San Antonio, personally experienced the embarrassing incident of a locker room ceiling falling and water pipes bursting, leading to the entire locker being flooded.
At the ti, LeBron Jas remarked afterwards, "I survived here again."
Why "again"?
Because this wasn’t the first ti Jas had experienced such an embarrassing incident at the Spurs’ ho court.
Zack had never had a good impression of Popovich, who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals; he even felt a bit of disgust.
However...
It must be emphasized that even though the Warriors had defeated the historically strong Dallas Mavericks, this didn’t an they would easily advance in the upcoming Western Conference semifinals.
Quite the opposite...
The Spurs, with a coaching staff that dominated the league in this era, were precisely the opponent this Warriors team was least adept at dealing with.
The so-called stylistic matchups in the NBA were just that interesting.
If they could choose their opponents in the regular season, the Warriors would even want to play 82 gas against the Mavericks.
But the Warriors were by no ans without advantages in this upcoming Western Conference semifinals series.
First, the Spurs did not have an easy ti winning their first-round playoff series.
Second, the Clippers had brazenly presented two facts to the world.
The Spurs’ ambition this year was clearly far less than last year.
The league strongly did not want to see the Spurs and Pistons et in the Finals again.
Although both of these advantages ca from off the court, in Zack’s eyes, these two advantages were already enough.
After all, Zack, who would attempt to make the impossible possible even without a clear chance of winning, how could he choose to give up just because the Spurs had a stylistic advantage over the Warriors?
And in the NBA, who said off-court advantages weren’t advantages?
In competitive sports, you certainly have to fight with all your might to gain a glimr of hope on the court. But if you know you have an advantage and don’t use it, how are you any different from Duke Xiang of Song?
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### Ga 1 Begins
On the evening of May 10th, San Antonio.
AT&T Center. (Note ①)
During the pre-ga warm-up, Duncan ran directly to the Warriors’ half-court.
"I thought about it afterward, and what I said that day was a bit too much."
Turning his gaze to Duncan, who had co to "apologize," Zack pouted, "That’s it? You know, Tim, I can’t take it to heart."
Duncan shook his head, "Your expression just now betrayed you."
Then, as the senior and junior chatted, Spurs head coach Popovich, with his hands behind his back, also joined the conversation.
"I’ve watched your gas and your tapes. You’re excellent, but if you shot fewer threes, I believe you’d be even better."
At this mont, to Popovich’s advice, Zack, letting it go in one ear and out the other, decisively replied, "Really? Then I guess I’ll have to shoot a few more threes in the ga later."
Hearing this, Popovich, looking at Zack who had declined his good intentions, sneered and then turned to leave.
Seeing this, Duncan said, "You shouldn’t have talked back to Pop just now. Actually, he was praising you before the ga."
Zack said, "I have my way of playing. I don’t agree with what he just said. Trust , in five years at most, he’ll be shouting ’delicious!’ about three-pointers."
Duncan stroked the head of Jackson, who was walking by at that mont, and asked, "What does ’delicious’ an?"
Zack replied, "It ans he’ll take back what he just said later."
Duncan shook his head and said, "Pop has always been a very stubborn person."
Zack shrugged, "But that’s how it is. Do you see him complaining about Manu Ginobili’s irrational shots on the court?"
Duncan clutched his chest and said, "But I really dislike them. You know, we big n, we can’t stand those kinds of shots."
Indeed.
No interior player would ever like Ginobili and Kobe.
Because when they took shots at will on the court, they never considered whether their own big n had already secured favorable positions for offensive rebounds.
The pre-ga pleasantries ended.
During the player introductions, the already gloomy AT&T Center instantly transford into a giant "coffin."
It wasn’t until the floodlights ca back on that this "coffin" showed a little bit of life.
At center court, the famous "Emperor’s Personal Enforcer," Dan Crawford, walked to the circle with the ball.
In Zack’s previous life, Crawford was famous for being soone who could guarantee LeBron Jas would win whenever he officiated.
But in fact, this "Emperor’s Personal Enforcer" didn’t just escort Jas to his coronation.
In 1998, Michael Jordan’s "Last Shot" was also officiated by him.
Moreover, in this life, in the 4 gas Crawford had officiated, Zack averaged 14 free throws per ga.
Clearly, the league had once again expressed its desire not to see the Spurs reach the Finals for two consecutive years through their officiating.
Although Crawford would not always overtly favor one side in the ga...
But being able to enjoy ho-court treatnt on the road, in Zack’s eyes, that was enough.
On the court, at Crawford’s signal, both starting fives imdiately took their positions.
Spurs Starting Five: Tim Duncan, Robert Horry, Bruce Bowen, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker.
Warriors Starting Five: Kwa Brown, Zack, Ron Artest, Jason Richardson, Baron Davis.
In the jump ball, veteran No. 1 pick Duncan tipped the ball over to academic No. 1 pick Brown, winning possession for the Spurs.
On the opening possession, the gradually peaking Parker suddenly accelerated with a screen from Duncan while dribbling up the court.
Davis failed to fight through the screen and couldn’t buy Zack enough ti to recover.
Then, Parker hit a jump shot from near the free-throw line.
0-2.
This was a typical "DP" pick-and-roll.
Duncan, who had anticipated his teammate’s movent, set a perfect and textbook screen at the optimal mont, giving Davis, who usually relied on Zack’s screens to bully opponents, a harsh lesson.
Seeing this, Zack stepped forward and patted Davis on the shoulder, "Next ti they run a pick-and-roll, we’ll switch imdiately."
Davis looked surprised, "No hedging?"
Zack shook his head, "Tony Parker’s first step is too fast. We’ll switch first, then find an opportunity to switch back."
Davis knew that Zack was going to go full power on defense tonight, so he didn’t hesitate.
On the Spurs’ half-court, facing the Warriors’ Flex offense, Bowen and Horry each elbowed Artest, who was setting a screen in the low post, successfully disrupting the Warriors’ offensive initiation.
At this mont, Artest, this tough guy, showed his "bully the weak, fear the strong" side.
In fact, in the NBA, many so-called tough guys also know when to take a step back and find calr waters.
But Zack still seized the opportunity of Artest taking a hit, successfully moved around to the top of the arc, and executed a hand-off with Davis.
Horry couldn’t accurately judge the intention of this Warriors’ play, so he could only retreat one step further back.
And it was this one step that allowed Zack to imdiately shoot a three-pointer after turning.
At the top of the arc, Zack decisively launched a three-pointer.
Clang!
On the sidelines, seeing this, Popovich said with a disdainful expression, "Inside players shouldn’t shoot too many threes, especially core inside players like him."
In Popovich’s eyes, Zack was indeed a very appealing gem, but this gem had already been transford into a flawed piece of jewelry by the Warriors’ clumsy polishing.
"He has too many inefficient shots on the court. We’re not the Mavericks. This series will definitely be his Waterloo."
With the help of the Spurs’ coaching staff, Popovich believed that the Spurs would use their tough and varied defense to teach Zack, this arrogant young man, what the correct way to play basketball was.
Coming back, Parker drove and kicked out to Horry, who was being guarded by Brown.
Unfortunately, Horry continued his slump from the first round of the playoffs, and his three-pointer bounced off the rim.
Zack secured the defensive rebound for the Warriors under the basket.
Then, the mont Zack dribbled the ball past half-court in big strides, Popovich, who, with the help of the Spurs’ coaching staff, would have different views on basketball in every era, said, "He shouldn’t do things that waste energy like that."
However, just as Popovich finished speaking on the sidelines...
Seeing all of the Spurs’ retreating defenders shrink into the paint, Zack simply pulled up for a three-pointer from beyond the arc.
Inside players indeed shouldn’t shoot too many threes.
Because in a basketball ga, once your big n are all out on the periter, who’s going to crash the offensive boards?
But...
Who told Popovich that only Zack could crash the offensive boards for this Warriors team?
In the Spurs’ paint, the mont Zack released the shot, Brown and Artest quickly ran downcourt and got into position.
Swish!
And, after successfully making his first three-pointer of the night, Zack, who felt good about his shot during the pre-ga warm-up, imdiately turned to the Spurs’ bench and shouted, "That’s the first one."
After a pause, Zack added, "There will be many more. Try to keep letting shoot threes if you dare."
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