Anthony left after saying this, leaving James alone to stand there stupidly and sigh, Anthony is a special existence for James, a more important opponent than Kobe, the former Celtics Big Three, Curry, Xie Chen, of course, for Anthony.

James and Anthony have known each other for so many years, he has never heard Anthony say such things to him, Anthony has always been bad at showing it, but today, Anthony said all the words hidden in the deepest part of his heart.

And how could James not understand Anthony's pain and struggles? In fact, James has been paying attention to Anthony's situation every year in the past few years, and when Anthony scored 62 points at Madison Square Garden, James was the first to know and more excited than everyone else, and even Anthony came to New York, which was James' suggestion.

James sighed: "Five years ago, I told him that only the New York Knicks could have a chance to beat us, and I didn't expect this day to come. Cameron, I'd love to get you to the finals too, but alas, I'm so sorry you have Chris Shea on your team. I'm going to beat you guys! ”

……

After defeating the Cavaliers, the Knicks only have two games left this month, one is an away game against the Pelicans, and the other is a home game against the Mavericks, the Pelicans have no hope of advancing to the playoffs at all, but the thick eyebrows Davis is still playing very energetically, and so are the others, plus Xie Chen didn't want to win this game, so the score has always been controlled by the other party.

After that, Xie Chen rebounded and double-doubled, encountered the legendary Pelicans, that is, the former Hornets, and met the older generation of "bearded" and "queen bee" Byron Davis, when he was in the Hornets. Davis can also average 23+7+5 per game, and he is also a first-class point guard at the time, even if he gets it now, he is still a first-class level. People often say that the Magic is the center training base, and in this way, the Pelicans (Hornets) have become the Western point guard training base, training beards for the Warriors. Train Chris Paul for the Clippers.

Xie Chen likes the duel with Byron Davis very much, because this guy has a street style on him, and that kind of counterpoint feeling is something that the current Irving Curry can't bring to Xie Chen.

In this game, the Knicks lost to the Pelicans, and then to the Mavericks, continuing to rank eighth in the East.

In the blink of an eye, it was April, this month. After 14 days, the regular season will end and the playoffs will follow.

After a whole year of waiting for the playoffs, it's finally here!

Every team is doing their best to improve their record, and the Golden State Warriors, who are No. 1 in the West, are still at eight games down until now, and they still have a chance to challenge the Chicago Bulls' best 72-10 record if they don't lose this month, or just one game. Then there is no doubt that another great team has been born!

And the first in the East. But in April, he changed from a knight to a raptor!

This is something that no one expected in advance, that the throne of the first place in the East would change hands at the last moment? Will the Cavaliers suddenly lose six in a row?

The Toronto Raptors became the No. 1 team in the East, which made them very proud, and the whole team was excited, and it was said that they had played really well in this period. Whether they meet a strong team or a weak team, they can win perfectly, and this is the stage where their self-confidence bursts.

DeRozan said happily: "We're the best team in the East, guys, Kyle Lowry has played so well in the last few games. This is totally the performance of the league's No. 1 point guard! Bro, you should definitely be in the top three on the MVP list, why is that guy standing on your head? They are the eighth in the East, and we are the first in the East! ”

Kyle Lowry waved his hand, but he was proud of this praise in his heart, this is the first place in the East, what an enviable position this is! How can Kyle Lowry, as the main point guard, not be proud as the leader of the team?

Lowry laughed: "We're going to go down in Raptors history this season, we're unstoppable this season, let's keep it up until the end of the season!" ”

Raptors black coach Casey, but at this time, he was not blindly immersed in the joy of winning the first place in the East, he frowned, and after everyone else left the arena, he left Lowry and DeRozan alone.

"Coach, is there something wrong?" Kyle Lowry could see the coach's unusual performance, and although the coach had never laughed much, it was clearly better than usual today.

Coach Casey said seriously: "Yes, one thing I do want to tell you is that now we are the first in the East, which is a very remarkable achievement, before the season, no one would have expected our Raptors to become the first in the East, this is a reflection of our strength, I have no objection to this." It's just that the playoffs are just around the corner, and if we stay in the first place in the East, have you ever wondered who we're going to face in the first round? ”

Of course, the first place in the East is the weakest eighth place in the East, but after Casey's reminder, Kyle Lowry and DeRozan suddenly woke up: "Now the eighth place in the East is the New York Knicks!" ”

This isn't the weakest playoff team in the East! It's not an exaggeration to say that they are the strongest!

DeRozan exclaimed: "Coach, are you worried that we will meet them in the first round? The combination of Xie and Anthony is indeed terrifying, and if Xie hadn't been banned for so long, his record would have gone to the top three in the East. However, they have been hovering around seventh and eighth, and based on their recent win percentage, they should end the season in seventh, not eighth. ”

Casey said, "Seventh? And then go to fight James's Cavaliers in the first round? Do you think Xie and Anthony are so stupid? ”

Kyle Lowry also panicked: "The coach is right, with Xie's wit it is estimated that he will deliberately watch the situation to play, if the Cavaliers return to the first place in the East, then they will rise to seventh, if the Cavaliers fall to the second place in the East, they will keep the eighth, anyway, their goal in the first round is us!" ”

DeRozan is almost crying, the Knicks don't really want to deliberately hit them in the first round, right? But Lori's analysis makes a lot of sense, if it were him, he would choose this way to avoid the knight.

"Hell, it's been such a good season to be eliminated in the first round. That's ......" DeRozan couldn't help but say frustrated words.

Coach Casey said: "That's what I'm worried about. ”

The three of them were silent for a long time and did not speak, and the two of them couldn't laugh anymore because of their excitement, and after that, Kyle Lowry looked up and asked the coach, "Against the Knicks, what do you think we have a chance of winning?" ”

Casey sighed: "Although you shouldn't say that as a team manager, but ...... If the opponent is Celtic. I'm seven or eight points sure of it, if it's the New York Knicks...... Less than half in 10. ”

Casey is still conservative, you know, although the Knicks have a bad record this season, they have won the Cavaliers, Warriors, Clippers, Spurs and other top teams in the regular season, and their absolute strength should not be underestimated, especially Xie Chen's strength is unfathomable, Casey doesn't know if Xie Chen will break out again in the playoffs, and he has nothing to do with that yellow man.

Lowry shook his head. He said: "Coach, your worries are very necessary, since this is the case, there is only one way. ”

Both the coach and DeRozan looked at Lowry.

Lowry said: "In the last six games, if the Knicks win one, we will win one, and if the Knicks lose one, we will lose one!" ”

The Knicks just lost two in a row, so. The Raptors' next mission is to lose. Trying to get the team to fall to second place in the East and not meet the Knicks.

Then, there was a third team in the East that deliberately lost.

Xie Chen would never have imagined that one of his ideas would lead to such a change in the East, the Knicks lost to avoid the Bulls and the Heat, and the Cavaliers and Raptors lost to avoid the Knicks, if the fans knew the truth. That's going to be fun.

And coincidentally, the Raptors will play the Cavaliers at home next time, which is even more fun because both teams want to lose!

Lowry only guessed that Xie Chen would avoid the knight and fight them, but he didn't guess that the knight's internal change was caused by Xie Chen. So I didn't know that the Cavaliers were also deliberately losing recently, and the Cavaliers obviously didn't realize that the Raptors were going to lose in order to avoid the Knicks.

The Raptors' home court, the strong matchup between the first and second in the East, attracted a lot of Toronto fans to watch, people thought that this must be a very exciting matchup, the two teams will definitely fight very fiercely for the first place in the East, but never expected.

"What the hell are these guys doing? It's been a quarter, the score is only that little, and their shooting percentage is simply unwatchable, is this really a contest between the first and second teams in the East? It's worse than the Lakers and the 76ers! ”

"Hehe, I know that watching the game at this time is the most worthless, there is less than a month to go to the playoffs, if it is ranked seventh and eighth, the battle must be exciting, the fight is terrible, but the first and second, they don't worry about the playoff tickets, why do they have to work so hard?"

Both sides didn't play any passion in this game, so the fans were not happy to watch it.

Kyle Lowry has played well in these games, but he is not in good shape today, once he made an empty three-point shot, James glanced at Lowry and let him shoot three points, and Lowry actually threw a three-pointer.

This surprised James, who had always had a general relationship with Lowry, and began to care about the other party: "Man, I don't think you're in a good state today." ”

Lowry deliberately pretended to be depressed: "yes, this damn ball always can't be shot, in fact, I've had a bit of a headache since I got up in the morning, and if the opponent wasn't you, I probably wouldn't have played." ”

"That's right." James smiled.

James thought Lowry was really in poor health, but in the second quarter, Lowry gave up an obvious opportunity to score, and had to pass the ball back to his teammates, plus DeRozan also played the same virtue as Lowry tonight, and the smart James suddenly understood what was wrong with the Raptors.

"It looks like they've realized that if they win again, it's going to be against the Knicks in the first round." James said secretly.

As strong as the Cavaliers are reluctant to meet the Knicks in the first round, let alone the Raptors who have been in the first round in recent years, the Cavaliers deliberately lost the first place in the East to the Raptors, and the Raptors didn't even sit and returned it.

I'm sorry, but I won't want to come back what you gave you. James saw that DeRozan and Lowry deliberately hit iron, so he was not polite, and he also brushed three irons in a row.

Seeing this, the simple Lowry thought that James was really in a bad state, and also stepped forward to condole: "LeBron, you are also in a bad state tonight." ”

James touched his head: "yes, I have a headache too." ”

"Uh......" Lori felt his head hurt when he heard it.

What can I do? James has been so iron-clad, how can the Raptors lose?

……

On this day, the Knicks did not play, and when the Cavaliers and the Raptors were "in full swing", Xie Chen was at home with Katie, but he didn't expect his teammate Ci Shiping to visit suddenly, and as soon as he entered the door, he happily let Xie Chen watch the game between the Cavaliers and the Raptors.

At this time, Lowry happened to smash a pass on the Cavaliers, and Ci Shiping leaned back and fell back with a smile.

On the field, James was also angry: "This little bastard, such a bad pass can be passed, young people just can't play, and they don't pay attention to methods when they lose." ”

Then, James didn't care about it, after getting a defensive rebound, seeing that Irving had already passed half court, a long throw, Irving tried his best to chase it, but it was still fruitless, because James threw the ball directly out of bounds.

"Hahaha...... Hahaha, these two teams, laugh at me. Ci Shiping laughed even harder, and he said to Xie Chen: "Have you noticed that these two teams are not playing seriously, they both want to lose on purpose!" You know why? ”

"Oh?" Xie Chen also saw the Raptors' intention to deliberately lose, obviously not wanting to run into the Knicks, this is a situation that Xie Chen had expected a long time ago, but he wanted to hear what Ci Shiping had to say.

"I don't know." Xie Chen shook his head.

Ci Shiping suddenly put on a smug face: "Obviously, they realize that whoever is first in the East will meet us in the first round, you know, LeBron and DeRozan are afraid of me, and I will be a beast in the playoffs!" It's understandable that they want to avoid us. ”

"Uh...... I see. Xie Chen didn't know that Ci Shiping's narcissism was serious again, but Ci Shiping's arrival also gave Xie Chen a lot of joy, because this ball game was so interesting.

Kyle Lowry kept fouling in order to lose, especially when the opponent wanted to shoot three points, the absolute hitter sent the opponent to the free throw three times, James saw Lowry play like this, and he was even more neat, and put Carroll to the ground, Lao Tzu was sent out of the game, no longer played! (To be continued.) )