Chapter 246: The Final Battle

The time is frozen on April 15, 2003, Indiana seems peaceful and quiet under the sun, but under this peaceful and quiet surface, there is a collision of passion and uncontrollable joy, all the players of the Knicks seem to be calm in the locker room, but they can feel everyone's joy in the greetings between each other.

Liang Xiao, who didn't know which third-rate university he was in, didn't know that Marbury, who was looking forward to the playoffs in the Suns, and Van Gundy, who might lose his job after this season, were all happy under each other's comfortable faces, and the Knicks officially stepped into the playoffs, nothing made a professional player more happy to have a playoff position, and nothing could make the head coach not happy about the playoff ticket.

Before the Pacers this away game, the Knicks' senior management and all the players officially made a small celebration of the team's victory at the Madison Square Garden Arena, which is also Van Gundy leading the Knicks to the playoffs again, for the team, for the coach, for the players, it is a very celebratory era, although the Knicks' championship time to move forward for decades, but this year everyone is with the championship dream,

In the night before the game, Liang Xiao has been in a state of difficulty sleeping, starting from the beginning of life, it is like a dream, just like Zhuang Zhou's dream butterfly, I really don't know if this is a dream or a reality, no matter what, Liang Xiao didn't know how to fall asleep in the end, but in the dream, he and his teammates stood among the fans and enjoyed the joy of the championship, drinking champagne and smoking cigars, so I didn't enjoy it,

Under the state of the Pacers led by Isaiah Thomas, the former representative of the Pistons' bad boy army, the Knicks, who are now getting braver, are somewhat relaxed, but Van Gundy may want to make the main team have more energy in the playoffs, and the last regular season game is not as nervous and desperate as in the past, but more to enjoy every cheer and every beautiful goal,

Thomas's Pacers are really not to be underestimated, otherwise they can get better results in the previous regular season, and have been ranked first in the East, after the All-Star Game, although the Pacers are not as brave as before, they are still a strong team in the East, in the playoffs, this team must not be ignored, O'Neal Jr., Brad Miller, Artest, this is the role of the current league red, but none of this can change anything, the current Knicks are a playoff team, This closing game is just a special playoff warm-up for the Knicks.

The last few away games made Van Gundy clearly realize that the biggest problem for the Knicks now is not the strength of the team, in terms of strength alone, the Knicks can be said to be in the top ten in the league is not a problem at all, the key is to play consistently, the first few games are proof,

Now the inside Harrington and Van Horn are veterans and have a lot of experience, but the problem with these veterans is that they are getting old step by step in age, and they don't have a very high level of strength, and the inside line has not had good seeds and reserves since the Gorilla Ewing retired, and Antonio McDyce, a strong inside line just introduced this season, was given the whole game by Liang Xiao before the season began, and was reimbursed for one season,

But fortunately, the outside line of the Knicks is a big guarantee for the team, and now the outside line, whether it is the starter or the bench lineup, is very strong, but the most important problem has also appeared, that is, the play is unstable, Lao Ma is okay to say, now is his playing year, and he is at his peak, for him there are few games that are not played properly, but the other two important starting outside lines, the madman Sprewell and Liang Xiao, one old and one young, although the old Sprewell can still average about nineteen points per game in scoring, But if you want to look at the performance of each game, it's a bit like a wavy line, and the ups and downs still make people worry about their state, although Liang Xiao's rise is so fast, but it doesn't really grow, it still has to be tested and tested, at least there is still a lack of fire in the single beam,

On the eve of the final battle, Van Gundy is still training this group of disciples, only by constantly running in every day can the strength of the team be better improved step by step, no team can be improved all at once, even if Jordan is alive, he can't raise the overall strength of the team alone,

Basketball is a sport of five people, not a sport of one person.

"Run, run, watch your own people, don't run with the ball." "Liang, you're slow, fast." "Steve, pass the ball, I don't need you to be alone with the ball all the time."

Van Gundy's shouting is still so charming, although the team's Sprewell and Lao Ma used to be thorns, but under Van Gundy's **, they have become very obedient, which also has to say that Van Gundy is a good hand in personnel, although there are many times there are problems in employing people, but I feel that he is a decent coach,

With the coach's "Okay, everyone take a break." Liang Xiao picked up his training clothes and touched the sweat on his face, walked off the field and picked up the drink and poured it violently.

"Hey, it's the last one, I think our spring is coming." The madman smiled at Liang Xiao and Lao Ma and said,

"I think your spring is coming, spring is coming, the calf is about to come into heat, since the playoffs, you guys will definitely have a lot of women like it, up to eighty years old and down to eighteen years old, hahaha." Liang Xiao heard the madman say that spring is coming, and sarcastically ridiculed this guy, but since the Knicks' record has continued to improve, the nightlife of the madman has also decreased significantly, and Liang Xiao has more and more training time.

The madman pinched Liang Xiao with both hands, Lao Ma was also laughing next to him, Liang Xiao was constantly parrying, and now the Knicks are very harmonious, which made Lao Ma very hurt after being kicked out of the Suns silently, but he felt warm in his heart,

No less than six hours a day for four people to train for four people, sweat continues to flow, Liang Xiao keeps pedaling the exercise bike while holding a towel to wipe the sweat, now his talent system is close to a full score, I think I will be able to achieve it before the start of next season, I don't know if this talent system will give me a surprise at that time, but this is not a problem for me to consider now, the most important thing now is how to do a good job in the playoffs,

The Indiana Pacers' home stadium is full of Conceco Stadium, this season is one of the best years for the Pacers in recent years, although the big bird Larry Bird is not in management now, but due to the influence of the bad boy legion is still very large, plus not a good player, this season's record is very good, fans are happy to pay for the game,

In the locker room, after Van Gundy encouraged everyone a few words, he stretched out his hand, and all the Knicks players put their hands on the coach's hand.

"Come on, come on, come on."

Running onto the court one by one with the lights, feeling the tsunami-like sound of the stadium, no matter how many games, Liang Xiao is still enthusiastic when he hears these voices, just because he loves basketball,

"Friends from the audience in front of the TV, now you are watching the NBA broadcast by the Imperial Court TV to everyone, the Knicks away game against the Pacers, today we still invited the guest is our teacher Zhang Weiping, this game I believe many fans and I am looking forward to the same, this game is the Knicks' final battle, although now this game is not very meaningful to the Knicks throughout the schedule, but I think this game is a test of the Knicks a game, Zhang guide you how to watch." The host's long list of words made the fans in front of the TV immediately turn to the station in unison, knowing that this is the virtue of the imperial court TV station, and the picture will not be cut to the game scene without waiting for half an hour.

But there are still ** cheerleaders waiting for the NBA, but I know that those are all S-shaped babies who have a front and a back, but the imperial court TV still disappointed these people, Director Zhang analyzed the Knicks on the TV, as if the Knicks were running according to the ideas in his head,

Liang Xiao made a few shooting actions on the court, and it seems that today's hand is still very good, five balls went into four, and the old horse was aligned twice, and it felt very good.

The preparation time before the game passed quickly, and in the pre-game interview, Van Gundy was very confident that he would play well in the playoffs, and he also had high hopes for his disciples, and the opponent's head coach Isaiah Thomas also expressed his appreciation for the Knicks, but he still didn't pay much attention to the Knicks, which was his consistent style, and he seemed very domineering, otherwise he would not have the reputation of the Bad Boy Army,

"Okay, the game has officially started, the starting lineup for this game has not changed much, and the Knicks are as stable as Mount Tai in the back line because of the addition of Liang Xiao." Imperial court TV always likes to blow up how badly they are people, in his previous life, he was Da Yao, and now he is Liang Xiao, but Liang Xiao must be very happy if he hears the host praise him so much, maybe he will invite him to dinner,

When Liang Xiao was running forward in the backcourt, at this time, Artest and Reggie Miller, who were supposed to be defensive madmen, made a block, Liang Xiao suddenly crashed into Atai's body, and couldn't help cursing: "You dead pervert." ”

How could Reggie Miller let go of such a good opportunity, even if the old horse was in the back to fill in, Reggie Miller still hit a three-point shot,