The night in New York is so miserable, there is nothing more drunk than gold, nothing more than the lights, nothing more than this, and nothing more arrogant and extravagant. It's just that at this moment, Duncan didn't feel the warmth of the night in New York, but he felt extremely cold, and the cold pierced deep into his bone marrow, and the night here was really annoying.

Tim Duncan looked at his watch a little anxiously, he is an introverted and reserved person, but he also has his own emotions, he is not the eternal stone man in the eyes of outsiders, in life, he is a different look, how can he be stupid if he can like the punisher?

Duncan was waiting for someone, someone who didn't know how to describe it, and no one could tell whether he made him or he made him. That's his mentor Popovich, and here today, he wants to talk openly and honestly with Popovich, about the past, about the present, about the upcoming fifth game of life and death.

Calm, heavy footsteps sounded behind Duncan, and Popovich walked up, and the two men stood side by side on the balcony, looking down at the black New York below.

"You're here."

"I'm coming."

"You didn't have to come."

"But I'm here anyway."

"Why?"

"Because I want to hear what you want to say?"

Duncan lowered his head slightly, looking at Popovich, who was still very young at this time, the old man was also very handsome when he was young, and, most importantly, the old man had hair on his head, which Duncan never dared to move.

Duncan said: "I have some ideas for tomorrow's game. ”

Popovich tilted his ear to indicate that he was listening.

Duncan took a deep breath, spit it out softly, and said, "I think, singles Mo Xi, in the game to increase the proportion of singles a lot, with me and his victory to determine the trend of the game." ”

Popovich was slightly moved and said: "In the previous game, you were in a state of confusion, is this because of this? ”

Duncan nodded.

Popovich looked at Duncan with a strange smile, he has always used Duncan as the cornerstone of the team, with tactics, so as to maximize the strength of everyone in the Spurs, but Duncan is not included in everyone, but in Popovich's tactical thinking, personal strength can be had, but it will never be above the team, except for Duncan. In fact, he is the same as George Karl, he also doesn't know how to use his disciples, Mo Xi and Duncan are the kind of people who can turn the game around on their own, but Popovich and George Karl's basketball philosophy has to integrate these two people into the team, the two are still strong, but not strong enough.

It's not that he hasn't thought about the way Duncan said, but this means that all the pressure of victory and defeat is put on Duncan's body, he believes in his disciple, but the center opposite is not a good person.

The current Spurs are not strong enough, at least not as strong as the current Knicks, the current Knicks Houston and Sprewell are at their peak, Mo Xi and Wallace are also the ones who stand at the top, Arenas was put in the position of the sixth man, but it greatly liberated his firepower and increased the offensive ability of the second team, Arenas is not at the peak now, which may be the only regret of the Knicks at present. Popovich can guarantee that if the current Spurs grow into the ultimate state, they will definitely become the real king, but now neither Parker nor Ginobili have really grown, this is not the best state of the Spurs, but they have met the best Knicks, Popovich has a headache.

Popovich said to his beloved disciple: "I understand your thoughts, if you do this, you will be carrying all the pressure of the whole team, even me, the star singles decide the winner, then, what do you want us coaches to do?" Popovich said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

But Duncan's performance was extremely resolute, he said: "No, actually I wanted to do it as early as the second game, I can feel it, Mo did his best, but he didn't give it his all, just like me, me and him, we all want to give it a try, bet on the dignity and honor and faith of our basketball." ”

Duncan was so focused and serious that even Popovich couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

Popovich looked at his disciple's clear eyes and said, "In the entire history of the league, there are only two people who have really made the difference between victory and defeat in the Finals, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, which one do you want to do?" ”

Duncan said proudly, "Which one do I want to be victorious?" ”

Popovich patted Duncan's elbow, looked into the other's eyes, and said, "We're three games away, I want you to win three games in a row." ”

Popovich's movements were very light, but Duncan could feel that the force in Popovich's hands was as heavy as Mount Tai.

Duncan replied solemnly, "I will." ”

In the history of the alliance, there have been two major games of the East and the West, until that day, there was a twenty-third appearance, breaking this situation, but since then, it seems to have returned to the past, but people come and go, go and come, the general trend of the world, divided and combined, always so drifting, now it seems, he seems to usher in a new peak.

While the pair were talking, Mo Xi and George Carr were also sitting in the video room, and they both had a vague premonition that tomorrow's game would be tough, and both wanted to keep the O'Brien Cup in New York, but it was really hard.

George Karl knows that the outside world thinks that the Knicks are better than the Spurs so far, but in fact, it is better to say that the Knicks are more restrained by the Spurs in the lineup, but once they are countered by the Spurs, it is difficult to say.

Tomorrow is very critical, if they win, they will be the champions, and if they lose, they will have to return to the away stadium, and in terms of momentum, they will undoubtedly be much lower.

With such a big scoreline, the importance of this game cannot be overstated, and the whole Madison Square Garden is filled with festivities and tensions, and they are likely to witness the birth of a back-to-back dynasty here.

Today's Madison Square Garden is particularly exquisitely furnished, especially the golden one placed in a corner, which makes people can't help but want to bite into the O'Brien Cup, which for many people only exists in fantasy.

Mo Xi and Duncan both stood in the middle of the players' tunnel and did not come out, the two of them were far away, but they were both looking at the golden trophy from a distance, the color of the trophy was so solemn and intoxicating.

After a long time, the 30th and 21st walked in the opposite direction.

The two men stood facing each other.

At this time, people realized that these two people were so similar, but they were so different, it seemed that only the eyes were similar, because there was a raging flame in them, and their appearance and figure were no longer important, because their eyes had replaced everything else and became their most obvious sign.