The Western Conference Finals have ended, but the Eastern Conference Finals have reached Game 6.

In the fifth game, at the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York, the Pacers and the Knicks played until the last minute, but the madman Ratlis Prewell broke out in the last wave, leading the Knicks to play a wave and finally win 101-94.

Five games later, the Knicks led 3-2 and took the lead to get the match point.

In the sixth game, the battle of life and death for the Pacers, Reggie Miller was once again dumb and hit iron continuously.

But his desire to lead the team to win was so desperate that Reggie Miller kept making shots even though he kept playing iron.

Fortunately, the Knicks' offensive efficiency is not high, so the point difference has not been widened, but Reggie Miller has been playing iron, and the consequence is that the Pacers have been behind.

The two sides are a defensive battle, or in other words, an iron battle, the two teams take turns to play iron, and the suspense of the game actually lasts until the end of the game again.

You know, in the fourth quarter of the game, Reggie Miller's statistics have become 2 of 14 shots and 12 hits.

With such an amount of iron, the Knicks still failed to open up the point difference, and I have to say that the offense on both sides of this game was quite poor.

At the end of the game, Reggie Miller, who exploded and hit the iron, still pitted the team, and at the critical moment, he continued to hit the iron, and the Pacers were originally behind, and the difference was directly opened by the Knicks.

In the end, the Knicks won the battle of Tianwang Mountain 90-82.

Reggie Miller scored just eight points on 3-of-18 shooting.

Had Reggie Miller not stubbornly made 18 shots, but had passed the ball a few more times, the outcome of the game might have been different.

Qiao Hai is a little regretful, after this game, the Lakers' opponents in the Finals are determined, and they will face the New York Knicks in the Finals.

The Knicks' playoff journey this season is legendary enough, they entered the playoffs in eighth place in the East, played Game 5 in the first round against the Heat, and won Game 5 to complete the Black Eight with a total score of 3:2.

Met the Hawks in the second round, and the Knicks, who entered the state, directly showed their strength, a 4:0 sweep, and the Knicks continued to go black.

In the Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks played hard against the Pacers, but finally advanced 4-2.

In this way, the Knicks actually went all the way to the finals as the eighth in the East.

It's legendary, but let Qiao Hai say that the Knicks' dark horse legend road to the finals will end, although the Knicks' tactical style may restrain the Lakers, but Qiao Hai is still not afraid, although Kobe Bryant is no longer Jordan, but obviously not Alan Houston can deal with.

Of course, Jeff Van Gundy can let Ratley Les Prewell defend Kobe, and the madman Sprewell may really be able to defend Kobe, but if Jeff Van Gundy really arranges the defensive alignment like this, it will be exactly what Joe Hai wants.

After Kobe Bryant is not Jordan, the Lakers' more important player on the outside will become Scott Pippen, if Sprewell goes to defend Kobe, then Scott Pippen will leak, and when the time comes, the Lakers' offense will play more smoothly.

At the end of the day, to sum up one reason, the Knicks still have a little less outside defenders.

As for the interior, Patrick Ewing is strong and even better than David Robinson, but without the assistance of Tim Duncan, the Knicks' defense is naturally not as good as the Spurs.

In the previous life, it was the Knicks who reached the Finals in the East, and the same Knicks lost to the Spurs 1:4 in the Finals, and the results have proven everything, this Knicks are far inferior to the Spurs.

The Lakers' preparation for the finals is very simple, starting from the inside, with O'Neal as the core, and playing a triangle offense.

To sum up, it's actually the Lakers' regular tactics......

The finals are about to begin, and the day Qiao Hai leaves the Lakers will be full, and it will be the end of June.

The schedule for the finals has been released, and the first game of the finals on June 16 will be held at the Great Western Forum Arena in Los Angeles.

The league has a four-game schedule, with the fourth game on June 23, but the chances of a four-game sweep in the Finals are low, and if the seventh game is played, the Finals will last until June 29 at most, and the draft will be held on June 30.

In other words, if it really hits the tie-break, the tie-break is over, and the next day, the draft will begin.

So, after thinking about it, Qiao Hai decided to play two finals, look at the situation of the two games, and choose the opportunity to announce his whereabouts for next season.

But before that, Qiao Hai has to talk to his coaching staff.

Before the Finals, no one thought that Joe would be sure of his next home, and even, long before the start of the Western Conference Finals, Jerry West and Mitch Kupchak were thinking that Joe would stay and assist Phil Jackson next season.

Now that Qiao Hai has led the team to the Finals, and various speeches have also expressed dissatisfaction with the Lakers management, Jerry West and Mitch Kupchak understand that Qiao Hai will definitely not stay.

It's just that whether the young Joe can find a home willing to give him the position, Jerry West and Mitch Kupchak are not sure.

Byron Scott, Jim Eden, and Stamford on the Lakers' coaching staff are also uncertain, but most of them believe that Joe will decide whether to coach directly after the Finals, or go to another team to be an assistant to other coaches, and they will not know until the Finals are over.

Qiao Hai's contact with the Grizzlies is hidden from the outside world, if it is suddenly announced and announced during the Finals, many people will be dissatisfied, including the Lakers management, but Qiao Hai does not care about the dissatisfaction of Jerry West and Mitch Kupchak, he wants to pay attention to the dissatisfaction of the Lakers' three assistant coaches.

went to the Grizzly Bears, Qiao Hai must have to find a few assistants, use practice is not raw, Qiao Hai wants to take Byron Scott and them to the Grizzlies together, so, out of respect, Qiao Hai felt that it was necessary for him to ventilate with his three assistants in advance, just to ask them if they would like to go to Vancouver with him.

In the pre-game meeting for the first game of the finals, Qiao Hai sat down with Byron Scott, Jim Eden, and Stan Love.

After talking about the tactics to be played in the finals for a while, Qiao Hai mentioned the next season.

"There's one thing I think needs to talk to you guys about in advance."

As soon as Qiao Hai said this, Stanley immediately felt that something was wrong, what did Qiao Hai need to ventilate in advance? It's definitely a big deal.

"I'm not going to stay in Los Angeles next season." Sure enough, Qiao Hai's first sentence directly shocked the three of them, and he continued: "Next season, I will go to Vancouver, the contract has been signed, and after the finals, I will be the head coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies." ”

"Grizzly bear?" Stan Loreford asked.

Qiao Hai nodded: "Let me tell you in advance, by the way, would you like to follow me to Vancouver next season?" ”

Qiao Hai glanced at the three of them separately, and Stanleford smiled: "I'll go back and discuss, but don't worry, Joe, I will definitely go to Vancouver." ”

Qiao Hai also smiled, Stan Lefu will follow him, that's for sure.

Next, it's up to Jim Eden and Byron Scott to attitude.

Jim Eden hesitated, and after a while he spoke, "Give me some time, Joe, I'll think about it." ”

Qiao Hai nodded, indicating that it didn't matter.

Finally, there was Byron Scott, who was very simple and nodded directly: "I am willing to go to Vancouver with you." ”

agreed so simply, it was beyond Qiao Hai's expectations, but Qiao Hai had already achieved his goal, three assistant teachers, at least two were willing to follow him to work in Vancouver, he was very satisfied, and the rest of Jim Eden needed to be considered, Qiao Hai was not in a hurry, anyway, it was still early.