Volume Five: Unmatched — The Happiest Fans
"Come on, the Cavaliers are so weak, getting swept every year, and they still want respect? Do you deserve it?" "I've heard of the league controlling the Finals, but never of a team deliberately throwing a Finals game." Stephen A. Smith said that fans holding Chase Center season tickets this season would receive Warriors merchandise worth $100. Warriors fans shared Curry's values: winning came first. Even if Curry's stats were unimpressive, they would not be upset over it. Someone had roughly calculated that, even with sponsor support lowering the costs, the Warriors' event would still cost at least five million dollars. Local Bay Area media also came to the airport, and the Warriors-aligned San Francisco Chronicle got the chance to interview Zhang Yu. When asked about the Warriors' giveaway event, Zhang Yu replied, "At this moment, they have received every bit of praise they deserve." Coaches, meanwhile, admired Zhang Yu's achievements even more. They knew better than anyone how much effort an NBA head coach had to put in to achieve something like this. Curry, however, could give everything for the team just to win. He did not care about touches or stats. As long as the team could win, he could endure being double-teamed all game and scoreless. They had never considered that a player did not merely sign a contract with a team—he also carried the fans' love, support, and even faith. That night, the Warriors surged onto the trending lists on Twitter and Weibo: "Warriors Dynasty," "Warriors Three-Peat," "Curry Deified," "Coach Z, Number One Coach," "Splash Brothers," "Leonard the Robot"... "Exactly. If LeBron had played normally in Game 4, how could they possibly have lost? Do the Warriors really think they're capable of sweeping the Cavaliers?" When the Warriors players