Volume 5: Unrivaled

Durant was extremely focused. He quickly switched onto Bradley and moved in front of Curry. Mark Davis blew his whistle, and play resumed with the Warriors inbounding from the sideline in the frontcourt. Kerr had coached the Celtics for only one year, so many people still did not know him well enough. But Zhang Yu had watched the Warriors for ten years in his previous life, with Kerr coaching for more than half that time. He knew Kerr inside and out. Zhang Yu did not waste a second. He picked up the clipboard and began drawing up a play. Mike Brown was also deeply puzzled. Van Gundy was equally confused. The Warriors fans in the arena were all baffled. Jackson and Van Gundy could still make a guess at Zhang Yu's intentions, but they could not understand at all why Zhang Yu had called a timeout just as the game was getting started and about to become exciting. The Warriors players showed no surprise either, as though they had expected the timeout all along, and headed back to the bench. On the next possession, when Curry once again moved without the ball, the Celtics made a switching mistake. Wiggins, who had set a screen for Curry, was left unattended. He took the chance to cut into the paint, caught Looney's pass, and threw down a two-handed dunk, 17:7. "Now that's more like it! The Celtics don't need to hunt for open shots. They should just shoot. Who can stop Irving, Leonard, and Durant taking turns attacking? They should be like last season's Warriors, using overwhelming individual talent to crush every opponent!" After Covington scored, the Celtics continued running their pass-and-cut offense. They nearly got forced into a 24-second violation, and Leonard finally hurried up a three-pointer that clanked off the