The Knicks have reached the Finals six years in a row, five of which have been with the team that eliminated James, and many people think of the Lakers' Elgin Baylor, the first unlucky guy in NBA history.

There are also people who think James is more unlucky than Baylor, who reached the finals and lost, and James fished in the division finals. The only one to reach the finals twice, once was swept and once was hacked by the referee. The only thing he's luckier than Baylor is that he has three regular-season MVPs, which is also controversial. For example, this season, the league simply didn't want Zhou Xuan to win the MVP for the sixth time in a row and gave James one.

The MVP went out with a group of star teammates and became a laughing stock.

At the post-match press conference, Zhou Xuan said: "I knew the result would be like this, but I just reached the final, there is nothing to be happy about, wait for us to win the championship and then boast." Of course, I don't think that's that hard. ”

The reporter asked: "Who do you think will make it to the Finals between the Clippers and the Rockets?" ”

The Spurs fell, the Trail Blazers lost Aldridge, and the Rockets restrained the Warriors and successfully advanced. Now the two sides are fighting 2-2. The fifth battle will begin tomorrow.

Zhou Xuan smiled: "I'm optimistic about the Clippers, they have a lot of experience." The Rockets are certainly outstanding, and this season the roster has been improved across the board. However, they have no experience in the finals, and if they break through, the game will become very boring, and everyone doesn't want to watch the sweep anymore, right? ”

Before the start of the fight, he dared to say that the finals were swept away, and Zhou Xuan was so confident.

Howard against Jefferson can't be as pleasant as playing Jordan Jr. and Hawes, and it's hard to get into the box. Even without the "shark slashing tactic", the Knicks can reduce the efficiency of Warcraft. Leonard's defense of Harden is a good fit. Harden doesn't like to play pick-and-roll, and prefers heads-up. Dragic is great, but he is only a weakened version of Curry, with average defensive ability, and Zhou Xuanshi is confident that it will not be a problem to clean him up. The role player Knicks are all-round superior, and not sweeping him feels like a failure.

If it were other players who made such remarks, they would definitely be sprayed online. But after Zhou Xuan spoke, he received a high support rate on the Internet, and only Rockets and Clippers fans were unhappy. Too little to take their team into account.

The Knicks had no injuries in the playoffs and were in the best shape for the showdown. There are a lot of people in the rotation, the body is full, Nash is very healthy, and they are the absolute favorites in the finals.

It took seven games for the West to split the winners. The Clippers eliminated the Rockets 4-3 and reached the Finals for the third year in a row.

When the Finals started in early June, the Clippers players didn't have much confidence. They lost both of their duels in the regular season.

In the first game of the finals, joint defense was used, Hawes did not go out of the restricted area, and the periphery tried to rely on the rotation to change positions, but the Knicks broke the Clippers defense with only one adjustment, that is, Zhou Xuan singled out Paul.

Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball to the three-point line, leaned on Paul with his body and turned back to shoot a jumper, scored 6 points in a row at 60 degrees on the right side, and Paul jumped earlier in the fourth ball, changing from a sealed eye to a block, but was shaken by Zhou Xuan and made a foul. The Clippers do not change their defenses or clips, and Zhou Xuan plays unlimited singles.

He just leaned on his back, shook a little space and then made a step-back jumper, and the shot was very fast, like Pierce. The 7-centimeter height difference between the two is like an indelible ravine. Although Zhou Xuan is short and slightly poor, his shooting is extremely accurate and his back is very strong.

Paul's defensive offensive guards, such as Parker and Westbrook, are prone to being taken by opponents.

Zhou Xuan scored 19 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, the Clippers couldn't find anyone to replace Paul, and Famar was not defensive when he played, so he couldn't prevent Zhou Xuan.

In the second quarter, Zhou Xuan was still the main offense, scoring another 14 points and hitting two three-pointers. 35 points and 3 assists in the half.

"Magic" Johnson said: "One-on-one Zhou Xuan can guard Paul, Paul can't guard Zhou Xuan, he seems to be using this way to prove the unfairness of this year's MVP and the best defensive team, and the Clippers no longer dare to let Paul defend alone." ”

Crawford and Reddick have the same defensive results, Zhou Xuan always has a way to score, and does not rely on blocking and dismantling, completely relying on technical singles, as soon as he is caught by someone, he passes the ball.

The Clippers cooperate more, and the point difference is not too big. Zhou Xuan scored another 16 points in the third quarter and 51 points in the third quarter.

In the last quarter, Zhou Xuan made a powerful three-point line, hit two in a row, and hit Hoyce by blocking and dismantling, hitting two shots, attracting the bag to assist Bosh dunk, and the difference widened to 16 points.

The finals scoring record was Baylor's 61 points, and Zhou Xuan unknowingly tied the record.

Then the Clippers went on a 7-0 run. With 3 minutes and 19 seconds left in the game, Zhou Xuan ran back on the right side and took the ball to shake off, passed the chasing Griffin, and burst into the three-point line to make a one-step stop-and-go jump shot, refreshing the finals scoring record to 63 points.

Only 17 seconds later, Paul broke through and was stabbed off by Zhou Xuan from behind, and then quickly received a pass from Gay, and Europe broke through Griffin for a layup.

Griffin knew that he had broken the record, so he jumped up and put down Zhou Xuan in a fit of rage. Zhou Xuan's fall hurt a lot, but fortunately, the protection action was good, there was no serious injury, and he hit both free throws and scored his 65th point.

Griffin was judged to have a malicious foul, the ball was still the Knicks's, the throw-in was issued, Zhou Xuan got rid of Paul by covering, and grabbed three points outside the three-point line on the right side, and added a small back. Griffin was still immersed in the foul just now, and he was slow to change guards.

People have inertia psychology, the last foul was too strict, if you do it again, even if it is an ordinary foul, you may be punished by the referee. Griffin's mood has not calmed down, so naturally he will not pounce very far, Zhou Xuan just played a time difference, the ball hollowed into the net, and he scored the 68th point personally!

This shot discouraged the Clippers players en masse, and the margin returned to 16 points.

Paul stepped back and missed a three-point shot, the Clippers defended an attack from the Knicks, and Crawford hit a three-point shot, which started a little momentum to chase the points.

Zhou Xuan ran backwards from the bottom line to the middle, and Jefferson and Bosh closed the door to cover. Leonard passed, Zhou Xuan received the ball and made a three-point shot in the middle, hitting his 10th three-pointer of the game, and once again stretched the score to 16 points.

The Knicks maintained their advantage until the end, and Zhou Xuan did not score again under strict defense, but was only responsible for sharing the ball and defending.

He finished with 71 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Broke two Finals records, individual points and single-game three-pointers. The previous Finals single-game three-point record was eight held by Ray Allen and Danny Green.

The Knicks' "elevator fit" is harder to defend than the Warriors' tactics. The big man on the inside can sometimes chase out and interfere with Curry. Zhou Xuan saw that the defense came out, he could not shoot, he passed with the ball, and it was difficult for the opponent's big man to prevent him after the dislocation. Griffin was angry, and he had been beaten too many times.

After the game, the Clippers players were silent in interviews. Rivers and Paul just said that we would not give up, not that we would win and win the championship. How do you win when you meet such an opponent? If Zhou Xuan's pass is the main thing next, Rivers will only feel less pressure, and it will be too exciting to cut a high score again.

Zhou Xuan's words made the Clippers players even more angry.

The reporter asked him how he felt about cutting a record high score. "I'm going to win the finals anyway, so I just want to see how many points I can get," he said. I expressed my wishes and the coaching staff laid out the tactics for me. I won't be so lonely in the end, I just care about myself. It was a risky way to win, and the Clippers were locked with us until the final quarter, and Griffin almost finished me. In the next game we will go back to the multi-point game mode, and I don't think they will want to kill people after we lose. ”

The reporters took pictures together, and one of them asked, "Do you think this is your personal strongest state?" ”

"I'm in good shape, but it's not the best Knicks, the best Knicks are the best. Today, in order to cooperate, I didn't play at a normal level. Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

This is also the psychological tactic that Zhou Xuan has thought of. Sue the opponent a few messages, I just play casually to win you, you are doomed. We haven't played our role players yet, and you can't stand it.

Zhou Xuan is confident that he can hook up the shadows of the Clippers' players in the first two seasons. The Clippers didn't make any substitutions at the core, which was the main reason for their tacit cooperation. But losing to the Knicks for two consecutive seasons is already at a psychological disadvantage. Now that Zhou Xuan has stimulated them again, many people with a bad mentality don't want to play anymore.

Matt Barnes is the player who has completely lost his confidence. What's the point of accompanying the prince to study every year? He even began to doubt himself. Am I cursed? God doesn't want me to win the championship? Let me go to the finals again and again, and then be beaten and start from scratch?

For Barnes, this is not a "clipper", but a "horror cruise", and he has fallen into the hell of reincarnation.

Garnett also can't play well, it's powerless. The shooting is not accurate, the defense can't keep up, and the strength can't resist people, these are all problems he is facing now. One-on-one Jefferson can abuse him as much as he wants. Time is a pig-killing knife, and Garnett knows that he has reached the age when he must retire.

The contrast between the glory of the past and the helplessness of the present is painful for Garnett, and he no longer has the joy of playing.

And these people are not as deeply touched as Paul. Because he is a point guard, he is the person who defends Zhou Xuan. After the game, Zhou Xuan was super counted, and a group of people said that his defense against super defenders was overrated, and he often entered the defensive lineup, but he never saw anyone who was blocked.

Some people also lamented that Paul had tried his best, he was a good defender, and he couldn't expect to surpass Zhou Xuan in this life. If it weren't for Zhou Xuan, he might have won three consecutive championships.

Knicks player confidence has reached its peak. Zhou Xuan has spoken, they will definitely win, and they have no pressure at all. They all believed what Zhou Xuan said, this was also a kind of sober hypnosis.

This is like Warren Buffett saying that if a stock is good, even a bad stock may rise in a wave, because everyone believes in the god of stocks, dares to buy, and everyone believes in things, it is very likely to happen.

Just like last season, almost every fan around the world thinks the Knicks will win the championship easily. Including Clippers fans, most people think it's good that the Clippers can win one game.