Volume 4: Golden State Prosperity

Volume Four: Golden State's Golden Age — Chapter 664: You Finally Resigned Yourself to Fate

"That's right. This is Coach Z's postgame interview. He didn't express the slightest dissatisfaction with the officiating in G3..." No matter what the reporters asked or how they asked it, Zhang Yu refused to mention the referees. He did not complain about the standard of officiating, and his demeanor was remarkably calm, as though this were not an NBA Finals game in which they had seized match point, but merely an ordinary regular-season game. Silver took the iPad. A video was playing on it, and after double-tapping the screen, he watched a clip of Zhang Yu's interview at the postgame press conference following Finals G3. "Oh, that?" Zhang Yu said with a smile. "Kelly performed very well in practice. I believed he could help the team, so I made the adjustment. As you all saw afterward, Kelly played outstandingly. He made a lot of shots and helped us win." However, Silver would have to attend the next game in person, and he would need to bring the Larry O'Brien Trophy. If the Warriors swept the Cavaliers 4-0, he would have to present the trophy to Golden State. Unwilling to let it go, a reporter continued, "You started with a small-ball lineup today, but after Giannis played three minutes in the first quarter, you took him out. He never returned alongside the main rotation afterward. Could you explain why?" The seven-minute video quickly ended. Silver handed the iPad back to his assistant and chuckled. "No, I meant that after the coach finished speaking just now, he didn't seem very happy." Finally, seeing that they could get nothing out of him, the reporters could only end their questioning helplessly. Delighted by Silver's approval, the assistant continued, "And