When the warriors officially announced that they had signed Steve Cole for $25 million over five years as head coach, there wasn''t a strong feeling.


    Now, everyone is immersed in the fierce confrontation of the division finals, who has the mind to manage a team that has been eliminated early.


    No one but warriors fans will care who coach the warriors. It doesn''t matter whether they change Cole or van Gundy.


    But link frowned at the news. He is the only one in the world who knows that a new era is coming.


    Steve Cole''s joining the Warriors is a symbol and a turning point in the history of NBA.


    Before that, Steve Cole wasn''t very great, and the Golden State Warriors weren''t a big part of the league. Although most teams in the league are trying to change, their playing methods are still between the traditional and the new.


    But when Cole joins the warriors, everything will change. In the future, the league from the game style with pattern, will have earth shaking changes.


    The boundary between the future and the present is so vague.


    Link shook his head and didn''t go on thinking about the mess.


    At the moment, he is not thinking about the future or the future, but the San Antonio Spurs.


    A few days ago, after the game moved to San Antonio, the Spurs did make a tough resistance. They have regained rhythm at home as they did in 2007-08.


    On May 25, in the third game of the western finals, the Spurs finally pulled back a city 107-102, turning the total score of the series into 2-1.


    It was the first time the Grizzlies lost a month after the start of the playoffs.


    At the same time, GDP finally got their 111th victory in the playoffs, becoming the most frequent three person combination in NBA history.


    But after the game, Popovich was not as happy as people thought. Because the victory of the game came too late.


    In Popovich''s plan, the Spurs should have won two games before. But it''s too late to win the series when it''s already in San Antonio.


    This game, Tony Parker in the first three quarters of the shooting rate fell below 30%, the last moment suddenly burst out.


    He even hit a difficult three-point retreat on link''s head.


    Thanks to Parker''s last-minute magic scoring performance, the Spurs got away with it.


    But except for the last few minutes of Parker''s outburst, the Spurs were suppressed throughout the game, just like the previous games.


    Popovich knows that he can''t expect Parker to explode every day, just as he can''t expect green to explode every day.


    This time they won with Parker''s outburst, so what about the next game? What about the next one?


    There are always times when the Spurs can''t break out, and at that time, the Spurs often can''t do anything about Grizzlies.


    What''s more, grizzlies need to win one more game to win the match point! So it''s too late for the Spurs to win.


    Popovich, who won the game, was particularly upset, not to mention link, who lost the game.


    Although the Grizzlies are still 2-1 ahead of the total score, but link still feel not safe enough. So he was not in the mood to think about the impact Cole might have. Now, link has only the Spurs in his mind.


    Sure enough, Popovich''s biggest worry came in the fourth game of the series.


    At att center, the Spurs shed the magic aura of the first two games. Under the Grizzlies'' fast infinite defense system, the Spurs'' attack collapsed.


    Under such circumstances, the Spurs have neither the magical Denny green nor the "French sports car" that suddenly awakened in the last few minutes.


    Tony Parker scored only 14 points today, cavy Leonard had 10 points, Duncan scored 9 points, and Denny green scored the least among the starters. He scored only 3 points today. Substitute "coffee master" Dior 14 points, 10 rebounds, Corey Joseph 11 points, Manu Ginobili 5 points.


    Team attack and individual attack, the Spurs both overturned today. As a result, the Spurs were 27 points behind the Grizzlies at the most time, and in the middle of the fourth quarter, they dropped all the main players early.


    If only the Spurs'' personal attack was not good, it would not have been hit so badly.


    The key is that today, in addition to the Spurs'' poor performance, link also showed the best offensive performance since the Western Conference finals!


    The loss of the last game reminded link that the Spurs were the NBA championship of 2014 in the original history. As long as you give them a chance, they will be able to turn the tide.


    So the fourth game, link played very seriously, the desire to score is higher than the first three games.


    Although Leonard defended very hard, but link still used his comprehensive offensive skills in exchange for a way to score.


    Leonard was able to defend James in the original history. To be frank, he had to take a shot and not let it go. But for link, it doesn''t work.Link is the top player in the league, whether it''s a shot or a surprise. As a result, Leonard has little advantage on the defensive side.


    The prospective fmvp wants to become famous in the League for a long time than in the original history.


    In the end, link shot down 40 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds and as many as 5 steals! This is the second time that link has scored 40 + points in the playoffs this year, following the Clippers in the western semifinals on May 8.


    Although it''s not like the earth shaking 40 point triple double like last time, the data is still exaggerated enough. At the same time, it is the fourth time in his career that link has scored 40 + points in the playoffs.


    As a comparison, Kobe''s scoring frenzy has scored 40 + points in the playoffs 13 times in his career. According to the average rate of one game a season, it is not difficult for link to surpass Kobe.


    In the garbage time, the Spurs recovered a lot of points. But in the end, the Grizzlies won the crucial fourth game 105-92.


    At first glance, the difference of 13 does not seem particularly exaggerated. But in fact, it took the spurs a long time to narrow the gap to 13 points.


    This shows how there is no suspense about the game.


    3-1, San Antonio Spurs have almost missed the finals. This is the end of the playoffs for this aging team.


    Popovich is now facing reporters less frustrated than before.


    This is not because he found a way to deal with Grizzlies, but because he is numb to lose!


    He''s fully aware of the gap between the Spurs and the Grizzlies.


    "We''re not going to give up, of course, but... It''s been a tough series. I think, even in the finals, the Grizzlies will not meet their opponents


    Popovich laughs helplessly, he thinks he and Spurs have the strength to compete for the championship this year. If the Spurs play the heat or the Pacers right now, Popovich thinks they can win.


    But it''s a pity that they met one of the most powerful teams in NBA history.


    Duncan looked at link in silence and shook his head.


    He still remembers saying "the future is yours" to link after a game many years ago.


    But at that time, he never expected that the future would come so fast...


    maybe not too soon, but that he was too old.


    Duncan didn''t think much about it. He quietly walked back to the players'' channel.


    Next, all these troubles, to the heat and the walkers.


    The era of GDP is officially over! The 111th victory was their final reward and consolation.


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