Before Game 4 of the Warriors vs. Grizzlies playoffs on May 10, 2022, McBrown officially became the Kings' head coach for next season, but due to Cole's positive coronavirus test, McBrown could only be the head coach for this game.
McBrown has studied in the assistant coaching position for many years since following Kerr, serving as the Warriors' defensive coach in his final season and being responsible for the Warriors' overall defense. And this season, the Warriors are the league's first defensive efficiency in the league, and even without a qualified big center, they still get the league's first defense.
However, in this game with the Grizzlies, the Warriors played very hard, and even trailed the Grizzlies by more than a dozen points, if it were not for Curry's consecutive scoring at the most critical moments, Brown's Warriors in the first game of the playoffs would have lost miserably.
No one could have imagined that the Kings led by Brown could end the record of not entering the playoffs for 16 consecutive seasons, and no one could have imagined that in the case of a bad start, the Kings could reach the 3rd position in the West, and even have the opportunity to choose Brown's old club Warriors, but they finally gave up the Lakers and chose the Warriors to play the first round of the playoffs through the last two games.
The king wants to play the Warriors, the Warriors want to play the King, the Warriors don't want to face the Suns with Durant in the first round, and they don't want to fall to the playoffs, so the best choice is the Kings closest to the home of Golden State, and even the bus takes less than 2 hours away, not only reducing the fatigue of the journey, but also home and away are not so big, many Warriors fans have bought tickets for the King's home court, they are cheering for the Warriors on the road.
Zhou Yu fights Huang Gai, one is willing to be beaten, the warrior fights the king, one is willing to fight, and the other is more willing to fight. The Kings don't want to run into the Lakers, who have tall Davis, James in good form, and now the league's top 8 defense. The Kings want to run into the Warriors because the Warriors are so small that Sabonis can turn over the inside of the Warriors and Fox can shoot freely near the Warriors' paint zone.
The King wants to play the Warriors, Brown knows everything about the Warriors, what set of tactics the Warriors use Brown has been cracked on the tactical board, the Warriors' pass routes have been cut to death, and the Warriors' Curry and Thompson have been effectively targeted by Brown, is this really the case?
It is not so much that the king wants to fight the warrior, but that the warrior wants to fight the king more. The warrior is not tall enough, experience to make up. The Warriors' Curry, Thompson, Green, playoff experience, and Finals experience are the first in the league. The Warriors' Kerr is the league's best coach after Popovich, with 4 championships in 8 years, and as long as they enter the playoffs, they will not be the regular season Warriors immediately.
The warriors want to fight the king, the king's defense, and their own offense. Although the Kings have the first offensive rhythm in the history of the league in the regular season, they are the worst defense in the league, they raise the tempo quickly, fight with the opposing team, and completely abandon Brown's defensive system in the Warriors, which is exactly what the Warriors want, fight offense, how many teams can fight the Warriors?
The Kings have ended a 16-season playoff record and have been so successful that they've accomplished their season goal. The Warriors' goal is to defend their title, and although they did not have a satisfactory regular season, the return of Wiggins in the playoffs, the return of Payton Jr., and the good season of Kuminga and DiVincenzo have reached the nine-man rotation.
The warrior wants to fight the king, which is inseparable from Thompson, as the saying goes, when you meet the king, you turn into a dragon. In the 2015 Warriors game against the Kings, Thompson scored the second-highest 52 points on 16-of-25 shooting and 11-of-15 three-pointers, including 37 points on 9-of-9 three-pointers in the third quarter, breaking Anthony's record of 33 points in a single quarter.
Thompson wanted to play the Kings, and on November 25, 2018, Thompson made a basket in the final 5.8 seconds to kill the Kings. It's not just Thompson who wants to hit the king, Curry wants to hit the king, the two will fight chicken blood when they meet the king, they will be accurate when they meet the king, and they will want to abuse the dishes when they meet the king.
If the Kings and Warriors fight offense in the playoffs, it's hard for the Kings to win. If the two sides fight to defend, the king's defense is rotten and poor, and it is equally difficult to win. For the Kings to win against the Warriors, they must limit Thompson and Curry at the same time, either in the bag or around the front defense. As long as the ball is no longer in the hands of Curry and Thompson, there is a chance to win in the series of 7 games and 4 wins.
Whether Cole can defeat his apprentice Brown, or is better than Blue, depends on how the Warriors' tactics are cracked by Brown, or how the Warriors crack the Warrior tactics that Brown brought to the Kings. Although it is a bit of a twist, but the King's Warrior tactics run this year are really a lot, you see that Sabonis, how like the dream Green with the ball!