NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 592 is all about the usual business alliance tactics.

Many people believe that with enough effort, they can develop a shooting touch like Kuzma. I can only tell you, anything is possible in dreams…

If this level of shooting touch could be developed through hard work, then the whole world would be full of sharpshooters. Hard work can certainly turn an average shooter into a player of average shooting ability, but becoming a sharpshooter requires talent. Even a "hard-working" player like Jimmy Butler has a mediocre shooting touch, and opponents often allow him to take long-range shots.

Hard work can prevent you from being completely ignored like Simmons, but if you want to become like Curry, hard work alone won't suffice. Just like no matter how hard you try, if your intelligence isn't high enough, you won't get into Tsinghua or Peking University. But if your intelligence isn't too low, and you work hard and master the right methods, you still have a very good chance of getting into a regular university.

Curry made the technical free throw, making it 6-15, bringing the lead to 9 points! That means he scored 4 points in this one possession.

Beverley had already come off the court, but he was still indignant and refused to sit down, continuing to talk to his teammates. At this moment, Art Mayork came on the court and, like an older brother, tried to talk to Beverley.

Beverley is generally disregarded by most players, but Art Mayork is a definite exception. Although Mayork hasn't been a regular rotation player this season, and the team has assigned him the role of team atmosphere manager and locker room leader, no one on the team dares to disrespect him. Even head coach Budenholzer treats him with utmost respect; it's obvious who's behind him, and there's no need to antagonize someone in this business.

Just like Ah Zu said, "When you're out in the game, you have to be assertive and powerful!"

Beverley's play just now was indeed a moving screen by Green, and Beverley was truly wronged. But Jia Fei knew that this was the usual practice in the business league. The Warriors' "moving screen" was practically tacitly approved by the league. If you enforced it too strictly, the opponent wouldn't be able to play; every screener would commit offensive fouls, and what would be the point of a screen-and-pass offense?

The Great Wall has already been tacitly approved; have you heard of "bravely not crossing the line"?

Just like when Running Man first entered the league, Stern praised him like crazy. Not only did he get a lot of calls, but he also tacitly allowed him to travel on layups. He could take 3, 4, or 5 steps, and even 6 steps was not an exaggeration. He even took the "Eight Steps of the Dragon"!

Moving pick and roll, the "Eight Steps of the Dragon" move, the "Big Circle" move, flopping... and many more. In the end, it's all because the league has spoiled them!

The league goes to great lengths to promote superstars and boost ratings, and sometimes you can't blame them because the NBA is a business league. Talking about absolute fairness in a business league is laughable; why don't they speak up when they're taking advantage? It's like when the Running Man cast formed a superteam, the league stopped promoting him, stopped giving him calls, and sometimes didn't even call fouls, while Harden got calls for even the smallest fouls. This made him resentful, resulting in the infamous "spread-hand technique"! Since mastering the spread-hand technique, whether a foul is called or not, Running Man habitually spreads his hands at the referee, as if he can't prove his existence without doing so.

Since the "spread-hands" gesture became a signature move on the variety show "Running Man," many fans have been surprised to find that many NBA stars have started to adopt this bad habit, such as Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant, and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

This proves a point: it's hard to learn good things, but easy to learn bad things. Running Man has been in the league for over a dozen seasons, and what he's brought to the league are traveling violations, hand-outs, team-ups, passing the buck, tenacious layups, and hands-on-hips defense.

Back to the game!

After Bridges entered the game, the Clippers were back to a five-forward lineup. The shortest of the five was surprisingly Dillon, while the long-armed and long-legged Bridges dominated the defense against Curry for the entire game, giving the latter a taste of the transformation from a sticky defender to a Spider-Man-like defender.

Bridges is also an older rookie, but he's actually very mature, an excellent defender, a precise shooter, and a 3-and-D player with immediate impact. As a wing player, he's fast and agile, able to guard the ball handler all courtside, making him an important defensive presence on the Clippers' wing.

But Curry is not so easy to defend, so the Clippers took advantage of the Warriors' two interior players' lack of shooting ability and would double-team the Splash Brothers from time to time, especially when they used screens.

Klay, facing Dillon's defense, made a mistake while dribbling and driving to the basket, and Bridges stole the ball!

Bridges intercepts the ball and launches a counter-attack, quickly passing it to Jia Fei in the frontcourt!

Jia Fei received the ball, dribbled behind his back past Russell, and immediately slammed it home with a dunk, making it 8-15!

The Warriors were on offense, and Green was left wide open. He couldn't resist taking a shot, but it missed!

Bridges finished the play, and Jia Fei pushed the ball forward.

Jia Fei pushed forward, and facing Klay's defense, he completely ignored the opponent's defense from beyond the three-point line on the left wing and directly pulled up for a three-pointer!

3 points for threading the needle!

At 11:15, Jia Fei scored 11 consecutive points, and the Warriors called a timeout!

Although the Warriors were still leading by 4 points, Kerr wanted to cool down Jia Fei's hot hand by using a timeout to disrupt his shooting touch, a common tactic among many NBA coaches.

The Chase Center was unusually quiet, and the home fans' reaction made it seem as if the Clippers, not the Warriors, were in the lead.

The Clippers' bench, on the other hand, presented a completely different picture. Art Mayork led a dynamic group, with Beverley providing strong support, making...

Over the past two seasons, Jia Fei has won over the team's fans. Although he hasn't yet defeated the Warriors on this court, the scent of champagne he once opened still lingers in the visiting team's locker room at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Warriors fans are filled with dread towards Jia Fei; this yellow-skinned, black-haired man is their eternal pain. If it weren't for him, Durant wouldn't have left; if it weren't for him, perhaps they would have established a dynasty much earlier than the Clippers!

Warriors fans are also criticizing head coach Steve Kerr, saying, "What the hell are you acting all high and mighty for? Tonight, they only had one superstar, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Paul George didn't even play, and you're still using that one-on-one defense and switching-everything tactic. Would he die if you double-teamed him? Let the other Clippers players shoot; we'd accept it if they lost. They never learn from their losses, still relying on one-on-one defense. You played with Jordan and got a ring, do you really think you're Jordan?"

After the timeout, the game resumed.

Neither side made any substitutions.

The Warriors' offense still revolves around Curry and Chase pick-and-roll!

The Clippers double-teamed Curry, leaving Green open!

Curry passes the ball, Green cuts to the basket and creates a 4-on-3 situation!

However, Green's pass to Rooney for an alley-oop was anticipated by Jia Fei, who intercepted the ball!

Jia Fei intercepted the ball and launched a counterattack. The quarterback made a long pass to Bridges in the frontcourt!

Bridges catches the ball and scores a touchdown!

At 13:15, the score difference has been narrowed to just 2 points!