The sudden change in the playoff plot that had been set up made Hornets coach Clifford excited, and I believe that the team's owner, Michael Jordan, will be happy if he knows about it.

However, there is still one point that makes Clifford feel that there is little hope, they win next, and the Knicks will also win, the 76ers, Raptors, and Pacers, the three teams, the Knicks should not have much problem if they want to win.

Just when Clifford was a little worried, the team's physical trainer suddenly rushed to the scene from the break room and said to Clifford: "Mr. Michael Jordan just called, and he said that the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers both called him, saying that as long as we can win the Knicks tonight, they will use the attitude of playing the finals to deal with the Knicks, and they will definitely do their best to beat them!" ”

Clifford was shocked at the moment, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors, and Indiana Pacers actually had the same hatred, all gathered together, just to prevent the New York Knicks from entering the playoffs!

Clifford couldn't help but look at Xie Chen, who was only a sophomore, and was shocked: "A guy who has only entered the league in his second year has made the two strongest teams in the East so afraid!" ”

Clifford certainly understands why they are doing this, every team thinks of themselves as Eastern Conference champions, and the biggest obstacle to them becoming Eastern Conference champions is Xie Chen's Knicks, for the Raptors, if they only play one game, they are confident that they can win, but to play seven games, they are likely to be torn apart by Xie Chen and Anthony.

"I didn't expect my game to have such a big impact on the pattern of the east, since this is the case, then this ball, let's fight to the death!" Clifford clenched his fists, and the fight started from now on. It has changed, and it is no longer an ordinary game, but it has become an important game where whoever wins will enter the playoffs, and whoever loses will be eliminated!

Xie Chen was chasing the joy of chasing. Clifford immediately called a timeout to let the players know what was going on!

The five people on the field didn't know what was going on, they just thought they were using the timeout to interrupt Xie Chen's fiery hand and chasing momentum.

Tonight, Jeremy Lin played his best, his hand felt hot, and if he wanted to win, he still had to rely on the players in the best condition, Clifford patted the panting Jeremy Lin and asked, "How is it." Can't hold on? ”

Jeremy Lin told the truth: "It's a little hard to keep up thanks, his touch is back, he's crazy chasing points now, but coach, don't worry, I'll try my best to defend." ”

Clifford treated him very seriously, and said to the other four at the same time: "I have timed this time to tell you that from the moment you play again. I don't want you to do your best, I want you to fight to the death to defend this victory for me! ”

Team center Al Jefferson asked curiously, "Coach." What's going on? ”

Clifford replied: "Something has happened, but I don't have time to explain it to you, you just have to remember that this game is very significant, it has the potential to change the landscape of the entire East, and even affect the championship this season!" I can assure you. As long as we beat them tonight, we can go to the playoffs instead of them! It's a win we have to win! ”

Jeremy Lin and the others were all dumbfounded, is the coach crazy? I hadn't seen him so hysterical about letting them win before I came, could it be that something happened during the game?

The pause is limited. There was no chance to communicate clearly with each other, and Clifford saw that the timeout was over, and hurriedly shouted: "Give me a rush!" Gotta win this one, gotta win! ”

Although the Hornets didn't know what was going on, the coach said this, and they all took it to heart.

After re-entering the game, the Hornets really changed teams, the defense became an impregnable wall, and the offense was not desperate to impact, which made the Knicks a little unexpected, and the score that was gradually approaching was instantly pulled back to 10 minutes.

Xie Chen was shocked: "What happened?" Why do these guys suddenly want to win this game so much? ”

Anthony also showed a tired look, chasing points is actually quite exciting, especially when the score is getting closer, you definitely don't feel tired, but once the score is stretched again, it makes people suffer.

In fact, for Xie Chen and Anthony, they don't necessarily have to win this game, their goal is to ensure that they can enter the playoffs, and now the Cavaliers want to fall to second place in the East, so they have to maintain the eighth position in the East in order to prevent them from meeting the Cavaliers.

Because they didn't have the mentality of having to win, the Knicks couldn't pull the score back.

With only three minutes left in the fourth quarter, team president Phil Jackson suddenly rushed to the scene.

Fisher was sitting leisurely in his chair at this time, and as soon as he turned his head, he was suddenly startled: "You...... How did you end up here? ”

Phil Jackson really wanted to bang him his bald head, but Phil grabbed Fisher's suit and ordered in a very stern tone: "We have to win this game, call a timeout immediately, I want to tell them how serious it will be to lose this game!" ”

Fisher quickly called a timeout, and when Anthony walked to the dugout, they were all shocked to see Phil Jackson appear, and asked him why the old man had suddenly come here.

Phil Jackson didn't have time to talk nonsense, and grabbed Xie Chen: "Xie, something happened outside just now, I got some news, the Hornets, Cavaliers, Raptors, Pacers, they have reached some agreements between them, they want us not to enter the playoffs, just start with this game!" ”

Xie Chen was also shocked, could there be an alliance in the alliance? It's no wonder that the Hornets players who returned to the court were all replaced, desperately trying to win this victory.

Xie Chen asked, "You mean, if we lose this game, then in the next three games, they will beat us at any cost?" ”

Phil Jackson nodded: "That's right, I know the 76ers, Raptors, and Pacers you won't take it seriously, but just play a game, not a series." No matter how weak a team is, we can win a game, just like tonight, when the opponent is better than us, we can only lose to the opponent. ”

Xie Chen can very well understand Phil Jackson's worries because of himself. I was already deeply worried.

As long as a team like the Raptors and Pacers wants to win, they are definitely qualified to win the Knicks, and the 76ers seem to be the bottom team in the league, but don't forget, in the 8 games that the Warriors only lost, except for two of which were given by Xie Chen's Knicks, one of them belonged to the weak team of the 76ers! They can even beat the Golden State Warriors, so why can't they beat the Knicks?

The most important thing is that playing the 76ers is away!

If you meet Iverson's legendary team that can make it to the finals. Xie Chen is very likely to lose the challenge and lose his ability, and when the time comes, the 76ers may also lose!

"If we lose three games in a row, we're definitely not going to make the playoffs." Xie Chen began to realize the seriousness of the matter.

Xie Chen looked at Phil Jackson, and could see that he had some complaints about himself, because he deliberately avoided the Bulls and the Heat, Xie Chen still hadn't given the Zen master a reasonable explanation, so Xie Chen said sincerely: "At this time. We should have sat back and waited for the playoffs to lead to this result. Totally blame me, I'll be responsible for it. ”

Outside of Madison Square Garden, James of the Cavaliers, Kyle Lowry of the Raptors and others also had a bad premonition when they saw the sudden arrival of Phil Jackson.

James even scolded directly: "Damn, this old guy has people who are embedded in other teams!" ”

Kyle Lowry also shouted that it was not good: "Xie's eyes have changed!" ”

Xie Chen, who reappeared, was like a different person!

Xie Chen's eyes seemed to be on fire. Anyone can see the anger in his heart, how can he not be angry? The Hornets, Cavaliers, Raptors, and Pacers wanted to unite to put Xie Chen to death and prevent him from entering the playoffs. Who can stop me!

Xie Chen, who got the ball again, stopped the ball motionless for a few seconds with both hands in his hands, looked at Jeremy Lin, who was desperately defending, and asked, "You really want to win, right?" ”

Jeremy Lin was highly concentrated on defense and didn't reply, and then, he suddenly felt Xie Chen's left shoulder shaking, and he knew in his heart that Xie Chen was coming!

Jeremy Lin quickly moved to the right, Xie Chen really broke through to the left, and he was still holding the ball in his left hand, and when his body was about to break through Jeremy Lin, he suddenly dribbled behind him, and the ball reached his right hand, instantly changing the direction of the breakthrough, and stepping into the three-point coil to the right.

Jeremy Lin swayed left and right with Xie Chen, sticking to Xie Chen all the time, but he didn't expect Xie Chen to suddenly pull back!

Three-point jump? Or is it a feint?

Voted!

Syllable!

Jeremy Lin hesitated for a moment, reached out to seal it, and hit Xie Chen on the wrist, and Xie Chen fell to the ground.

The moment the ball entered the net, Xie Chen, who fell to the ground, stretched out his arm and clenched his right hand.

Too tender! Still too tender!

Phil Jackson smiled and nodded: "Yes, no one can stop him as long as he wants to." That's why I'm so confident I'll get another ring as the team's president. ”

James and the others who were watching the game in various places also shook their heads, Xie Chen was angry, he was going to be serious, with his skills, talent and ability, even a team like the Cavaliers and Warriors was helpless, let alone the Hornets?

Xie Chen hit this ball steadily and made a 3+1, but what no one expected was that Jeremy Lin actually chased after him and threw a three-pointer! Xie Chen obviously sealed it on his face!

James, who was in Cleveland, jumped up excitedly on the spot: "I love this guy!" ”

Jeremy Lin didn't miss a single three-point shot tonight, which was amazing, which made Xie Chen wonder if this guy, who was also a Chinese star like himself, had obtained something more high-end than the basketball replication system?

Xie Chen realized that this game was definitely not something that could be easily reversed by his own magical performance.

"Finally getting a smell of the playoffs." Xie Chen was not frightened by Jeremy Lin's three-point shot, on the contrary, because of Jeremy Lin's blocking, Xie Chen was more sure of what he was going to do.

Xie Chen wants this victory, God doesn't give it to him, Xie Chen has to grab it!

"I don't believe you're really that god!" Xie Chen turned around and continued to hit a three-pointer!

All eyes are on Jeremy Lin, and they're looking forward to seeing Jeremy Lin continue to play well, and he likes that feeling when he hasn't had that much attention and pressure in years, and the whole team has to rely on him.

"Xie hates the smell of my hairspray, I shouldn't have done it, but at this point, I can only be despicable once." Jeremy Lin wanted to use his hair to help him hit another three!

Everyone pulled away, Jeremy Lin singled Xie Chen!

"Keep casting, Lin! You haven't missed a single three-pointer in this game, and Xie and Stephen Curry can't compare to you combined! James is cheering for Jeremy Lin from afar at the moment.

There's no reason why Jeremy Lin shouldn't continue to shoot threes, he knew from before the game that he would feel good tonight!

Jeremy Lin faced Xie Chen and said, "I don't know how much the outcome of this game will affect the pattern of the playoffs, I just know that I want to win you once!" ”

With that, Jeremy Lin quickly launched an onslaught!

Xie Chen tried his best to resist, Jeremy Lin's strength should not be underestimated, he rushed very fiercely, don't underestimate the yellow race, the two bodies collided together.

Jeremy Lin seemed to have deliberately hit Xie Chen, on the premise of not fouling, Jeremy Lin deliberately arched his hair up Xie Chen's nose, and Xie Chen was once again pricked by the hair like a steel needle, but this pain had no effect on Xie Chen, the most important thing was his unpleasant smell, Xie Chen couldn't stand it.

Xie Chen almost immediately felt the urge to vomit. Hope.

And at this moment, Jeremy Lin suddenly took a step back and chose to shoot a three-pointer.

"Chance!" Jeremy Lin found out that Xie Chen wanted to cough, and this was a godsend!

Jeremy Lin almost didn't hesitate to shoot this three-pointer, he was very confident in his shot, absolutely the same as the previous result, he was so good tonight!

However, what he never expected was that Xie Chen actually jumped up!

"What? How so? As soon as Jeremy Lin made a move, his face was stunned.

Jeremy Lin saw that Xie Chen was about to vomit just now, why did he jump in an instant? This is totally unconscionable!

You can hold your urine for a while, I have no opinion, when vomiting is coming, who can stop it?

"Ahem......"

"Smack!"

Xie Chen was still a little disgusted, but it was in the air, and at the same time, he fanned out Jeremy Lin's shot. (To be continued.) )