Anthony finally won against James once, although he relied more on Xie Chen's strength, but no matter what, Anthony still became a winner in front of James.

In 2006, Wade of the 03 golden generation first stepped into this stage with O'Neal, and Wade, who reached the finals for the first time, dedicated his strongest combat effectiveness, not only won the championship, but also won the FMVP.

After that, James did it, he led the Cavaliers to the Finals, even if he didn't win the championship, Anthony envied him, at least he has been on the right path, but what about him? There is no hope in sight.

It wasn't until James and Wade Bosh joined together and almost built a dynasty that the other teams didn't have any chances at all, and Anthony's mentality was even worse, and he gave up on the dream of winning the championship at one point.

Until he met Xie Chen, this MVP-level player.

"Find the strongest opponent to unite in order to get what you want, isn't this the current rule of the game?" Anthony looked at the sky above the arena and looked at the excited crowd at the scene, he is now just a supporting role, the real hero is Xie Chen, but compared to being the hero of a team at the bottom of the league, Anthony still prefers this moment, what about the second leader?

Isn't it a few years of pride like Wade? Last year, he won the FMVP with Xie Chen as the second leader! If Anthony plays well in the finals, Anthony will also have a chance to honor this award!

At the thought of the FMVP trophy, Anthony's heart couldn't help but beat violently, and it was impossible for anyone not to waver in this award.

After congratulating Anthony, James still walked to Xie Chen's side expressionlessly, and the two hugged deeply. Media reporters continue to come forward to take pictures of the two, and the flash lights are on non-stop, and both of them are considered to be the top five players in NBA history!

James' place in history goes without saying, with two championships, two FMVP trophies, and four regular season MVPs. Scoring champion, Olympic champion, etc., and Xie Chen, this is the second season of his career, Xie Chen has entered the finals for two consecutive years, if he wins the championship and honors FMVP for two consecutive years, not to mention the top five in history, all kinds of news that replaces Michael Jordan as the first person in history will be very loud!

"Congratulations, thanks, although I don't want to admit it. But you're really the most amazing player I've ever seen, and I know I may not be your opponent in the future, so I'm going to challenge you to the best of my ability while I'm still capable, and I'll still stand up for you next season. James looked at Xie Chen and said what was in his heart.

Xie Chen's mood was very complicated, and James's cruel words made Xie Chen feel a little sad when he heard it. Xie Chen replied: "I can grow up so fast, and I can't help but say that it is without your credit." I've fought you so many times in a row, and you don't know how hard it has been for me. ”

Seeing that Xie Chen also spoke honestly, James continued: "I promise that we will meet in the playoffs for three consecutive years, I wish you success in winning the championship!" ”

"Thank you." Xie Chen thanked him, and watched James walk straight to the locker room, with a lonely look that no one could guess.

The atmosphere was still noisy and enthusiastic. Everyone was immersed in the excitement of advancing to the Finals, and the Knicks officially became the Eastern Conference champion, which should be celebrated, but Xie Chen didn't like to be too excited when he was the Eastern Conference champion, because if he lost the Finals. Then they are the top losers, and the Eastern Conference championship is not an honor.

At this time, the game was over, and Ke Fan also asked Su Qun one last question: "Mr. Su, do you want to predict the knights next season?" ”

Su Qun said: "Lefu may be taken away, the position of coach is not stable, if the Cavaliers are strengthened and replaced by a good coach, next season will still be a team with championship strength, the key is to look at James, I always feel that James has lost confidence in this team." ”

Many people realize that the losing Cavaliers must change a lot next season, but at this moment, no one cares how the Cavaliers will change next season, and it doesn't matter who goes and who stays, they only care about the winner now.

At the press conference after the game, the scene was very lively, there were many reporters, and the questions asked were also strange, Xie Chen and Anthony were a little too busy.

The reporter first asked how it felt to win the Eastern championship as the eighth in the East, and Xie Chen smiled and said: "The weakest ranking achieves the best results, what could be better than this?" However, the Eastern Conference championship is not the ultimate goal, the championship is. ”

The reporter then asked: "Now that the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs have not yet decided the winner, which opponent would you prefer to fight against?" Now it looks like Spurs have more hope of qualifying. ”

Xie Chen said: "Both teams have reasons why I really want to play against each other, the Warriors are Stephen Curry, the Spurs are Popovich, these two people, one is very similar to me, the other is very understanding of me, and it will be fun to play against any of their teams." ”

Another reporter asked: "In a few days, it will be the day of the finals, I heard that your child will also be born at that time, and then whether the Warriors win or the Spurs win, according to the record of the regular season, you must fly to the West to play away in the first two games, I wonder if this will affect your performance in the finals?" How will you choose between the kids and the finals? ”

Xie Chen, who was originally in a good mood, immediately became serious when he heard this question, and Anthony immediately said, "I'm sorry, this is Xie's personal question, and it's inconvenient to answer." ”

Anthony's family and Xie Chen's family are very good in private, and their wives often meet, Anthony naturally knows that the day Katie gives birth happens to be the first game of the finals!

On the way home, Anthony and Xie Chen sat in the back seat of the car at the same time, and asked the driver to drive them home, Anthony picked up a cigar in the car, and he looked at Xie Chen with great concern: "Xie, no one expected that things would be so coincidental, the day you prepared to be a father turned out to be the first day of the finals, I know you love Katie very much, I don't know if you have any ideas." No matter what you decide, brother will definitely support you! ”

Competition or life, Xie Chen faced this choice for the first time in his life, Xie Chen patted Anthony and said melancholy: "Give me a little more time to see who our opponent in the finals is." I'll tell you more about my decision. ”

……

In Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, the Golden State Warriors challenged the San Antonio Spurs!

There are results in the East, and it is still a somewhat surprising eighth team in the East, which is a big thrill for the Warriors and Spurs, especially for Stephen Curry.

Xie Chen can be said to be Curry's biggest enemy, last season Xie Chen robbed Curry of almost all the honors and records, this season Curry has basically snatched it back, only the most important championship trophy, Xie Chen basically does not compete with Curry this season. The regular season was banned from fighting, the MVP was basically lost, and the number of three-point goals couldn't catch up, Curry felt that winning was not glorious enough, and he had to compete with Xie Chen in a dignified manner.

In fact, in the series with the Rockets and Clippers, Curry was more or less injured, and his state was not particularly stable. But he had to persevere, regardless of the pain. Win against Spurs first.

Who can still be injury-free? In the worst-case scenario, the victory is even more precious.

Curry was very focused on the court today, and almost every offense, he reminded himself: "Thank you is waiting for me!" ”

Curry is under the Spurs' tight defense tonight. Still hitting six three-pointers and diching out 11 assists, Klay Thompson also played well as they beat the Spurs. Drag the game into a tie-break!

……

New York.

Xie Chen has been waiting for the news of the Western Championship, but there is still no result today, I didn't expect the two strong teams to hit the tie-break, the game is indeed fierce and beautiful, but as an opponent, Xie Chen is a little anxious, he wants to know who his next opponent is.

The Warriors and the Spurs are different for Xie Chen.

The Warriors are strong, this season is strong, last season was also strong, but apart from these two seasons, there is no moment when they are too strong, and the Spurs are different, strong this year, strong last year, strong the year before last, and have been pushed forward for ten years, *** is still a championship-level team!

As long as Xie Chen plays away, he will meet a legendary team, and the possibility of playing a Spurs against a super strong team is much more likely than playing a Warriors.

It can be said that as long as it is an away game against Spurs, there must be a difficult legendary challenge, but against the Warriors, the challenge is slightly less difficult.

Xie Chen has been concentrating on accompanying Katie for the past few days, and he hardly goes to the training hall much.

Although Katie is happy to be accompanied by her husband, she is also very concerned about Xie Chen's game, and this night, Katie and Xie Chen talked about this topic.

Katie asked Xie Chen, "Honey, hasn't there been any results in the west?" ”

Xie Chen knew what Katie was going to ask, so he told her the truth: "I know you want to know my decision, in fact, whether the Warriors win or the Spurs win, I have already decided, I will not participate in the first game, I will stay in New York to accompany you and see our children for the first time." ”

"What? You've decided a long time ago? Katie thought that Xie Chen was still waiting for the winner of the Warriors and Spurs to make a decision, but in fact, this was not just Xie Chen's excuse to perfunctory Anthony, no matter whether the opponent was the Spurs or the Warriors, Xie Chen would miss the first Finals.

This is a very difficult decision, but in the game and life, Xie Chen finally chose the latter, the championship is indeed the honor that Xie Chen wants the most, and every game is very critical, Xie Chen's absence basically announced the defeat of the Knicks, which has a very big impact on the series, but, in the same way, Xie Chen cannot be by their side when the child is born.

Another reason why Xie Chen insisted on being absent was because it was away.

The away game, for Xie Chen, means two consecutive games, winning is a low-probability event, whether it is the Warriors or the Spurs, these two teams are stronger than the Cavaliers, playing the Cavaliers has not been able to guarantee a complete away victory, playing the two of them, and the probability of losing is definitely greater.

Since if you go to fight, you will lose, and if you don't play, you will lose, Xie Chen wasted an away game, relatively speaking, it is still worth it.

It's just a pity that his teammates and fans don't know this, Xie Chen doesn't know what the outside world will think of this decision.

Two days later, Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals.

Anthony knew that Xie Chen would make a decision after this game and whether he would play in the first game of the finals, so he specially came to Xie Chen's house on this day to watch this game with Xie Chen.

The three of them came to the gym at Xie Chen's house to watch the ball together with coffee.

The three of them watched the game and chatted casually, and Phil Jackson kept playing with a cigar in his hand and said softly: "I heard that LeBron James unfollowed the Cavaliers' official website on Twitter." ”

Xie Chen glanced at Phil Jackson and said with a smile: "The 70-year-old man still pays attention to things on the Internet, you are so energetic." ”

Phil Jackson smiled after hearing this: "If I wasn't a person who keeps up with the times, how could I recruit you here, haha, however, the Cavaliers are really big problems this summer, but it's a bit too early to think about this, after all, we haven't played this season well and won the championship, let's think about the opponents next season." ”

The Warriors' home court, Curry has always played very smoothly at home, and this ultimate battle is also of great significance to the Warriors, Curry has said before that if he can't win the championship, then even 73 wins are meaningless, and it's a bit early to talk about the championship, and it's a question of whether he can enter the finals!

The Warriors fans at the scene were also very excited.

"The weakest opponent in the Finals in history has appeared, whoever reaches the Finals will definitely win the championship, the Warriors must work hard! If we win this one, we can celebrate the championship in advance! ”

Xie Chen would definitely be angry if he heard such remarks on the spot, it turned out that they all looked down on the Knicks as an opponent, even if the Knicks won the Eastern Conference championship, they still regarded the Knicks as Xie Chen's team alone, as a second-rate team.

With their pride this year, even if the Cavaliers advance to the Finals, they will still release words of early celebration.

"Spurs are our biggest opponent this season! If we win against them, we'll win the championship! Warriors coach Coach Kerr encouraged the Warriors, and even he said things like this, in fact, he knew in his heart that the Knicks were very strong and not easy to deal with, but in order to make the players more combative, he also went with the flow.

Let's fight, if you win this fight, you will directly send the championship trophy!

Then, Draymond Green hit a triple-double, Klay Thompson hit seven three-pointers, Iguodala and Livingston broke out together, not to mention Curry, they relied on a strong force and fighting spirit to directly destroy the Spurs and stand on the stage of the Finals! (To be continued.) )