Warriors locker room.

The locker room was surprisingly quiet, everyone sat quietly listening to head coach Steve Kerr speak alone, Curry occasionally stuffed popcorn from the cabinet into his mouth and chewed softly, Thompson kneaded his face with an expression that had not changed for thousands of years, and Green was silent like a beast ready to explode, both eyes glowing.

Tonight is the most exciting time in Kerr's coaching career, he is once again so close to the championship trophy, the last time he was robbed by Xie Chen, this time he finally managed to tie seven, he didn't want to be snatched away by Xie Chen again!

Kerr looked at the crowd and said: "At the beginning of the season, I couldn't coach because of physical reasons, and frankly, I was worried at the time, but Luke led everyone to a perfect start, and then I expected this season to be an extraordinary season for me and you, we had a perfect start and a perfect experience, and now we are just a perfect finish, no championship, so the 73-9 season is still a shame for us, think about how many tough opponents we have beaten this season." , how can we lose to a team that lost 40 games in the regular season! ”

Speaking of which, Kerr became very emotional, if he lost to the Cavaliers or the Spurs or even the Thunder would not make Kerr so angry, it was really the Knicks' record was too poor, Kerr couldn't accept losing to a team with such a poor record from the heart, ironically, they are the team with the first record or the first in history, if they won the first record in the regular season, but finally lost to the team with the lowest record in the playoffs, wouldn't it be laughed to death?

Klay Thompson raised his head and said, "Coach, don't worry, I will stare at Xie to death, and he will definitely not have a chance to break out in the second half." ”

Luke Wharton reminded: "Klay, watch out for your foul count, and watch out for his behind-the-back shots. ”

Thompson nodded, Wharton's reminder was in place, if Thompson limited Xie Chen to no chance, maybe Xie Chen would use the strange move of shooting from behind again.

"Hopefully he doesn't have any other moves to use." Klay Thompson prayed in his heart.

The Knicks' locker room is not as serious as the Warriors' locker room, or they are all pretending to be serious, in fact, they can't help but be happy in their hearts, and some people are even thinking about how to celebrate when they win, of course, even if they don't win the championship in the end, for most people, this ending is already perfect, after all, they should not even be able to enter the playoffs, they can mix in the finals, and they can drag the game to a tiebreaker, which is already earned.

Ci Shiping has been suppressing his excited heart, Lei Allen seems to be calm, but in fact, he is thinking about many things in his heart, such as whether he will win the championship later, and if he wins the championship, there will be no suspense about retirement, but if he does not win the championship, where should he choose to go and what to do in the next few days?

Phil Jackson was also in the locker room, he was sitting on the bench, his two long legs stretched straight, smiling like fascination, and eating the popcorn that Curry gave Xie Chen, as if he was not worried about the outcome at all.

An eight-point lead at halftime was enough to reassure the Knicks.

Xie Chen was thinking at this time, as soon as the second half started, he launched an attack quickly, without giving the Warriors a chance to catch up, and immediately expanded the point difference to double digits.

Phil Jackson kept smiling and looking at Xie Chen, probably able to guess what Xie Chen was thinking, Xie Chen took a sip of water and inadvertently saw that the Zen master was looking at him with a smile on his face, as if the whole person had been seen through.

The Zen master said, "Is there anything you want to tell us?" Mr. FMVP. ”

Xie Chen smiled a little embarrassedly, it's not appropriate to call FMVP so early, the Zen master is too optimistic, Xie Chen said: "The first half was almost all dunk points, a three-point didn't score, now my hand is a little itchy, I want to shoot three points, but Klay Thompson sticks me tightly, is there any way to help me get rid of him?" ”

Coach Fisher immediately fell into thought, and his brain was running quickly to see if he could find a three-point strategy suitable for Xie Chen, but generally Fisher knew, and Xie Chen also understood, if Xie Chen had confidence, he would mention it directly to Fisher, and he would not ask.

With the Warriors' current defense of Xie Chen, whether it is Xie Chen holding the ball to block and dismantle, or Xie Chen running without the ball, it is difficult to get a chance to shoot.

The Zen master stuffed another popcorn into his mouth, then stood up, looking particularly tall in front of Fisher, the Zen master took the tactics board from Fisher's hand, and said with a smile: "Why don't you let me make a strategy for you?" ”

When I heard that the greatest coach, Zen Master, was going to formulate the tactics himself, the whole team was excited! He has always left the coaching to Fisher, and he himself has long since stopped doing this himself, and today it is rare to make an exception.

Ci Shiping patted Fisher on the shoulder and joked: "Old man, you are going to run out of work, Phil is going to go back out of the mountain!" ”

Fisher's work was already shaky, and he looked embarrassed to hear the joke, and the Zen master said, "Don't talk nonsense, Ron, my head has long since failed, and it's not a serious tactic, but considering that we are not very serious people, it may be appropriate." ”

Oh? The Zen master's unscrupulous tactics? Xie Chen also got up, becoming more and more curious.

The Zen master took the tactics board and said, "Cole, this kid is very good at doing things, Xie, he is going to kill you tonight, and there will always be someone in front of you to guard you, no matter what the situation." There's only one way to get Klay or someone else to let up on your defense, and there's only one way to get someone else open to shoot. ”

Speaking of this, everyone was a little confused, but Xie Chen understood a little, the Zen master did not let the player who got the vacant position to shoot, but let him pretend to shoot, in order to attract Klay Thompson's attention, reduce the marking of Xie Chen, and Xie Chen would have a chance to get rid of the opponent.

No wonder it was said that it was an improper tactic prepared for Xie Chen, which was indeed very in line with Xie Chen's improper style.

The Zen master drew on the tactical board: "At the top of the arc, Xie, you move to the right with the ball, Lopez comes up to cover, but this is not a real cover, but a fake cover, and then thank you for giving the ball to Lopez, so that the two people on the line are all taken away by you, there will be no one in this area, Lopez you hold the ball and hit the basket to attract the defense again, and then distribute the ball to Derrick Williams on the left, Williams is a big vacancy, Williams you just need to pause a little and pretend to aim at the frame, Everyone's attention will be on you, you just have to jump up and pretend to shoot, and then pass to Xie who is ready to get rid of Clay running to you. It's not a good way, and under Kerr's strategy of trying to prevent Xie from dying, there won't be any good way, and I'm betting on Klay's slack in the fraction of a second when Williams jumps up and shoots, Xie, and maybe it will have to match your acting skills. ”

Xie Chen smiled, he liked this not very serious tactic, but he still looked at Derrick Williams and said: "Derrick has already had an opportunity to shoot in the open position, and it is a bit ...... to risk passing it to me."

Derrick Williams hurriedly said: "Boss, you also know my three-point ability, I didn't score several empty three-point points in the first half, and now I feel guilty, even if you throw it in the half, it is more accurate than me, we believe in you." ”

Xie Chen really needed a three-point shot to hit the opponent, so he agreed: "Okay, just use it once anyway, I will give the Warriors the most painful blow at the most suitable time!" ”

The second half of the game started quickly, and as most people expected, both sides saw the beginning of the third quarter as very important, both the Warriors and the Knicks wanted to score first, the Warriors wanted to recover the difference, and the Knicks wanted to expand to double digits.

In the end, it was the Warriors who scored two points to narrow the gap to six.

On the Knicks' side, Anthony played first and didn't make it, but fortunately the Knicks grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then quickly transferred it to Xie Chen, who took advantage of the fact that the bag did not come up, and hit the interior like lightning, and finally made a foul with difficulty and got two free throws.

Yang Jian said: "Today, it has become difficult for Xie Chen, who can score seven or eighty points in a game, on the one hand, because of defense, and on the other hand, in this kind of situation where winning is the championship and losing is over, no one can not be affected." ”

Zhang Weiping also said: "Yes, Xie Chen's three points are the most scrupulous for the Warriors, as long as Xie Chen doesn't shoot three points in a row, then the Knicks will not pull the score away, the Warriors will always be in a safe range, Xie Chen's backward jumper is also very difficult, but today basically has no chance to play, and he was caught as soon as he dribbled." ”

Xie Chen's two SS skills were blocked by Kerr, and he could only rely on the dunk ability of Vince Carter, another SS skill, but this dunk could never dominate the game.

Xie Chen hit both free throws, and the score returned to 8 points again.

Curry is still in that indifferent state, no matter how important the game is, how critical the moment, his catching and dribbling seem very casual, so casual that he will go out of bounds at any time because the ball hits his legs or feet, Xie Chen knows that Curry has grown up on the court since he was a child, he doesn't know what nervousness is, but Xie Chen just can't get used to Curry's not nervous appearance, so when Curry dribbles in the backcourt, he suddenly stepped forward and made a steal posture, Curry was startled, and his good ball protection ability made him not mess up, And he didn't choose to pass the ball, and still avoided this pursuit, but in order to deal with Xie Chen, he had wasted a lot of time to attack.

As a result, this time the offense, the Warriors did not succeed!

"This is my chance to extend the score to double digits!" As soon as Lopez grabbed the rebound and handed it to Xie Chen, Xie Chen realized that the next ball could become a turning point in the game!

Xie Chen wants to use the improper tactics formulated by the Zen master to shoot a three-point shot that no one would expect, once this shot is made, the difference will be stretched to 11 points, the Warriors' confidence will be greatly frustrated, maybe the Knicks will always lead this advantage until the last moment of the game!

Xie Chen slowly dribbled the ball, and after half the court stretched out his fingers, everyone knew that Xie Chen was going to carry out the tactics arranged by the Zen master.

As soon as he saw Xie Chen's gesture, Ci Shiping on the bench immediately stood up, and even slapped Calderon and these guys.

"What's wrong?" Calderón et al. are inexplicable.

Ci Shiping said: "Get up and get ready to celebrate Xie, and after a while, he will shoot three points, and we will compare James Harden's gesture together." ”

"......" including Fisher were very embarrassed to hear it, and it would be a pity to save character in a low-key manner, if Xie Chen missed the shot and wasted an empty shooting opportunity from Williams.

In fact, if it was Fisher's arrangement, he would not choose to let Xie Chen shoot three points.

Lopez stepped forward to cover Xie Chen, Xie Chen held the ball and marched to the right, the Warriors naturally thought that Xie Chen wanted to use the cover to get a chance, so they gave Xie Chen all the most important defense, and then, Xie Chen hit the ground and passed the ball to Lopez, there was no one two meters in front of Lopez, Lopez immediately held the ball and scored, and the person who was originally marking Williams immediately made up for the basket, and Lopez passed the ball to Williams.

Once again, Derrick Williams had an open shot at the three-point line.

Since Williams had missed several three-pointers before, and this time Williams got another chance to shoot, the first thought of everyone in the Warriors was: grab the rebound!

At this time, Xie Chen took a step back and took a straight step back. It looks like giving up this attack and pretending to go back to defense.

Klay Thompson's hand has been on Xie Chen's body, he felt Xie Chen walking back, and he didn't feel anything, because Derrick Williams had already jumped, and Xie Chen's running to the basket was a threat to Thompson, and it should be okay to step back.

However, in the next second, Thompson found that Xie Chen behind him was gone!

"What?" Thompson only had a moment's negligence, and Xie Chen ran in the direction of Williams on the left! Thompson didn't understand that Williams was already jumping.

At this time, Williams had a tacit understanding of the ball.

Williams makes a three-pointer...... Hey? Passed on? Commentator Yang Jian was shocked.

Xie Chen quickly rushed over, took the ball, and immediately shot a long-range three-pointer while there was no one to defend, and the basketball hit accurately!

11 points! The Knicks lead the Warriors by 11 points!

The Warriors immediately called a timeout, the Knicks were on the bench, and everyone was making celebratory gestures for Xie Chen.

"This Nima is too weird, Williams jumped up, how did you see Xie Chen running over?"

"The Warriors are going to collapse, let's congratulate the New York Knicks in advance on winning the championship, although Xie Chen didn't score much tonight, but even if he only scored these points, with his perfect performance in the previous six games, he will be the undisputed FMVP."

All the pressure is on the Warriors' side, and Kerr has never been so tough, and the 11-point difference is as overwhelming as 30 points!

Is this the end of the Warriors?! (To be continued.) )