Chapter 192: Heaven Doesn't Take It
What level of Edmund's driving skills was, Mo Xi couldn't give an accurate answer, he could only say that he thought it would be an hour's journey, but as a result, Edmond was born twenty minutes early, still on the busiest street in New York.
Mo Xi walked into the airport with a pale face, and there were a few Knicks staff waiting there early, although his face was not good, it was still difficult to hide the fierceness in Mo Xi's eyes, Wang Zhi's contempt.
The staff was a little distracted for a while, and only then did they react under Mo Xi's greeting, quickly followed, and got on the plane.
Everyone in the Knicks was waiting for Mo Xi, Mo Xi came a little late, and the last loss made everyone's mood not very happy, but when Mo Xi appeared in front of them, everyone fell into silence.
All of them remember that last year, at this time, although the Knicks were united at that time, they really didn't have much confidence, until Mo Xi stood up and defeated O'Neal head-on, and at that time, Mo Xi's state was so similar to now.
George Karl also saw this scene, he didn't know what the championship players were like, he didn't know what the state of last year's ink was like, he just felt as if God had shoved something into his hands.
That's an authority.
Heavenly authority.
The Knicks' plane flew over the skies of America as if it were God's sword of punishment.
Above the blue sky, the flaming sword swung down fiercely.
"This is the sixth game of the league finals, welcome back to San Antonio, we will witness another battle of life and death between the two sides here~"
"Uh-what's going on, I beg your pardon, I've been explaining for so many years, and I've never seen such a brazen person!"
Off the field, while the players on both sides are warming up, the staff is moving the O'Brien Cup back. In the finals, once one side is on match point, the O'Brien Cup will be brought directly to the game site, whether it is home or away, but there seems to be no such shameless person on any occasion......
Several Spurs staff and staff from the league headquarters stood aside wiping the sweat that didn't exist on their foreheads, the reason why they didn't exist was because their work was taken care of by two people who were more than 1.90 meters long.
Sprewell and Arenas carried the table with the O'Brien Cup left and right, and it looked like they were going to carry it directly to the Knicks' locker room.
The security guard of the stadium directly stepped forward to stop the two people, but the two guys who didn't hesitate said that we just saw that they were too tired and came to help.
Under the commotion, Sprewell and Arenas finally reluctantly retreated to the Knicks' half under the forced gaze of the old-timers, Ewing and Larry Johnson, who were watching the game from the sidelines, and just like that, there were constantly security guards along the way to keep an eye on the movement of these two people.
This was probably the funniest farce ever at the finals, with fans laughing but not realizing that it had brought a different feeling to both sides.
"Boss, are they too arrogant?" The young and vigorous Tony Parker always felt a little irritated when he watched the Knicks' incomprehensible actions, and it was a strange feeling, he always felt as if someone else had robbed him of something that belonged to him.
Popovich's face sank, and he said sharply: "What? Do you think they'll be able to walk away with that trophy? ”
Tony Parker shuddered, lowered his head, and didn't dare to speak.
Popovich walked to the bench with small steps, but his heart was a little upset.
Under his tutelage, the Spurs are an iron army with strict discipline. On the other hand, the Knicks are the complete opposite of him, the players are often self-congratulatory, and their coach is also an enthusiastic guy, a very emotional and talented team.
It's like the recent CS game (2001), X3vsNIP, a classic duel between talent and tactics.
In a country full of romantic immigration legends, people tend to believe in the romantic flair of the individual, and there is a slight indifference to teamwork, discipline and tactics.
The Spurs-Knicks matchup is a microcosm of this.
Popovich was not at all wrong with what he feared, a team of extremely talented, young people with a fiery personality, who gained some incredible energy in the intentional or unintentional "tricks" of Sprewell and Arenas.
Next, the Spurs will face a completely ignited Knicks.
Popovich turned around and looked at the big man on Twenty-One, who was warming up on the field and didn't care at all about what had just happened, and felt a little calmer. If the Knicks' outburst doesn't last, then it will definitely be stopped by this man.
And meanwhile, on the other side of the venue, George Carr also started his show.
"Ratril! Gilbert! ”
The two people whose names were called shivered and shook their heads in unison.
"Fun, isn't it?"
The two heads nodded together, and quickly shook again.
"So, let you play a bigger game?"
The two heads shook decisively.
"Huh?"
The two heads immediately nodded decisively.
"Well, for a while, there's no requirement. Gilbert, you're back in the starting line-up this game, you two don't have to do anything, just hold the ball and rush in. Ink, you'll be standing on the inside for a while, don't move, and you'll both hit Duncan. ”
George Karl insidiously laid out a tactic that Popovich didn't expect at all.
The hard power of the Knicks and the Spurs is not much, or there is actually no gap, but the Spurs have a flaw in their hearts that is not a flaw, and their interior line is not good.
In fact, it's not impossible, but compared to the Knicks' inside, it seems a little thin, once Duncan is off the court, the Knicks' impact on the Spurs' interior will be very terrible, therefore, in the entire finals, Duncan rarely plays less than 40 minutes.
If Duncan's playing time can be limited by making fouls, it will be a good thing for the Knicks.
But Duncan's nickname "cornerstone" is not just an ornament, in Duncan's nearly 1,400 games, Duncan only 17 times six fouls off the court, and Duncan is still the team's defensive core, and in his playoff career, this number is even less, only six, and what is even more embarrassing is that in those six games, the Spurs also won three of those six games.
George Karl made a bold tactical set-up, but he didn't really expect to take Duncan off the court, as long as he could limit the opponent's playing time.