"This is the craziest January in the NBA, the dusty history is constantly being refreshed, and they are all created by the same person, Satan, basketball artist, he is Xu Yong, he is crazy to expand the influence of the NBA, this is a real huge increase in the influence of the NBA after the Jordan era!"

ESPN's A. Smith blushed and shouted during the night's show.

On the other hand, Barkley is even more exaggerated, in the latest episode of TNT, when the screen lists Xu Yong's crazy performance in the past month, he directly kisses the screen and bows down.

Even a proud celebrity and NBA executive like Larry Bird spoke out in front of reporters: "We should be glad that Hsu is here, and now that the NBA has unparalleled global influence, we can't imagine what the league would be like without him." ”

When Jordan was still playing, the league had no shortage of his touters, and the current Xu Yong is no exception.

Although the data does not represent absolute strength, Xu Yong's continuous crazy data in the past month has made everyone compare him with the peak Jordan.

Even in this world where there is never a shortage of sunspots, some people blame this series of phenomena on the [small ball era].

But regardless, the NBA's influence and buzz did reach new heights this month.

The hype continues, and so does the Bulls and Cavaliers.

However, before the start of the series G4 between the two sides, the familiar plot reappeared, or the expected happened again.

James will miss G4 due to a hamstring injury.

Prior to this, James had three major injuries that plagued his career: groin, big toe, and hamstring.

One of them always exploded at some point, leaving James out of play, much to the Jammy's regret, and giving birth to a lot of sayings (what if James could play).

Then the Cavaliers pulled one back 106-101 in G4.

Owen scored 41 points, hit the difficult fairy ball several times, and won the title of [Ou Immortal] in the first battle.

Of course, more importantly, Xu Yong's performance in this game was not good, scoring only 28 points.

It's not that he feels bad from poisoned milk, but that he is indeed a little tired.

From Game 3 against the Raptors, he turned on a crazy scoring mode, and although he won't get hurt, the fatigue won't go away.

Especially in the last game, he was in a state of fatigue and scored crazy points in the last quarter, if he didn't get tired, it would really be superhuman.

It's just that in this way, fans found that James was embarrassed again, because what happened in Miami happened again in Cleveland.

It's not embarrassing to win, it's embarrassing to be missing!

At this time, fans don't know whether they feel that James is not smart enough, or if he is too smart.

But unlike in Miami, James did not choose to make a comeback in G5, and his hamstring injury is still bothering him, according to Fu Paul, James will most likely need hamstring surgery in the summer to completely cure this problem.

However, although he was unable to play, he still went to Chicago with an injury to support his teammates.

G5, the two sides fought fiercely.

Xu Yong has recovered from fatigue, but the Cavaliers have shown super willpower in a desperate situation, and this time not only Irving, but also Love and Davis have stepped up.

For the first time in the past two seasons, fans have felt like the Cavaliers' Big Four...... Well, it would be more accurate to say that the excellent combat power shown by the Big Three.

The two sides fought until the final decisive moment, Butler became the winner of the Bulls, and when the Cavaliers finally frantically sandwiched Xu Yong, he scored the last eight points of the Bulls to help the Bulls defeat the Cavaliers 116-112 and advance to the Finals with a score of 4-1.

Last season, Butler scored 13 straight points in the finals of the Finals, and this season, he has had three consecutive series highlights.

Even if Xu Yong was a scorching [real sun], it could not hide the diamond light emanating from Butler's body.

Xu Yong and Butler are the most successful draft cases of the Bulls in the past 25 years.

The opponent of the Bulls Finals has long been decided, and before they and the Cavaliers' G5, the game on the Western Conference side has ended, and the Mavericks were unable to fight against the Warriors after losing Leonard, and were swept out of the game by the Warriors 0-4.

The game would be played in two days, and because the Warriors had a better record, the Bulls needed to start on the road, so they flew to Oakland the next morning.

After arriving in Auckland, Xu Yong went to a private room in a local restaurant after training, and Ayers invited guests to dinner, fulfilling the friendship of the landlord.

After leaving James, he finally has a chance to make it to the Finals, and he is still a member of the Warriors' rotation.

"Congratulations, Jeff." Xu Yong said hello to Ayers.

"Xu, don't be sarcastic about me." Ailes shook his head with a wry smile.

"Sarcasm?" Xu Yong's face was puzzled, he really didn't mean that.

"You don't know, what the outside world says about us now, he said that even if we can win the championship, it will be the lowest gold championship in history, and Zaza's kick ruined all of our efforts." Ayres couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Yong smiled bitterly.

He remembers that Leonard was stepped on in the 16~17 season, when the Warriors gathered many elements such as shooting and stepping up, although winning the championship also caused a lot of controversy, if it were not for the popularity accumulated by the 2015 championship and the existence of Curry, the Warriors' reputation at that time would not be much better than the Bucks later.

Now that history has changed, Pachulia arrived at the Warriors ahead of schedule, and the stepping stone has also been advanced, and the Warriors did not win 73 wins this season, and there will be no risk of 73 wins in the overall runner-up, but the current situation, coupled with the fact that they did not win the championship before, it is difficult for Curry alone to recover the wind review.

In a sense, Pachuria's kick really put the Warriors in a state of invincibility this season.

"Actually, if we play normally, we have a better chance of winning with Dallas." Ayres continued with emotion.

Xu Yong picked up the drink in the cup and touched it with Ailes, and then drank it all, which was considered to agree with his statement.

The victory or defeat of a game does not show the strength between the Warriors and the Mavericks, a round of the series is played normally, Xu Yong feels that the Warriors have a better chance of winning, there are factors of comprehensive strength, and there is also the reason for the [vertical jump rule].

Chandler was instrumental in the Mavericks' ability to beat the Pacers to win the championship back then, but now this rule greatly limits him, not to mention that Chandler's own age-gaining strength is also declining.

The Mavericks' interior advantage isn't that big, and their outside advantage is a lot worse than the Warriors'.

Should I say it or not, this [vertical jump rule] really ruined this basketball.

Suddenly, Xu Yong seemed to have captured something, and the plan to let Xiao Hua step down seemed to be a little eyebrow-raising.

After getting together with Ayres, Xu Yong practiced daily in the evening, with Anderson, Adams, and Jokic with him.

"Boss, why do I think the Warriors are better than the Cavaliers?" Halfway through the break, Anderson couldn't help but speak.

"Where do you feel like you?" Xu Yong felt that Anderson thought a lot every day.

"You see, they didn't make it to the finals last year, and they got in that way this year." Anderson complained.

When he complained, Jokic and Adams on the side also smiled.

It seems that Ayers is right, and the Warriors are indeed being looked down upon right now.

"Kyle, everyone can look down on them, but we can't." Xu Yong looked at Anderson and said seriously.

His reaction made Jokic and Adams subconsciously put away their smiles.

Yes, other people look down on the Warriors at most as an attitude, but if they lose the enemy, all their previous efforts will be in vain.

"Do you play video games?" Xu Yong then asked.

"I'll play some 2K, and shooting stuff." Although he didn't know why Xu Yong asked this, Anderson still replied truthfully.

"I love Fortnite." Adams followed suit.

This surprised Xu Yongting, Adams has begun to grow a beard this season, and has become a serious [Aquaman], looking at the five big and three thick people, I didn't expect to like to play this.

"You know me, Boss, I like horse racing and tea." Jokic said with a look of enjoyment at the end.

Xu Yong then looked at Anderson and Adams: "Then you should understand the truth of [Generation Version and Generation God], they are the strongest team under this version of basketball rules." ”

Don't think that the Warriors in the 15~16 seasons are the runner-up in history, just think that they are weaker than the Warriors in the 14~15 season, in fact, on the contrary, the 15~16 season is the strongest warrior without the Durant version.

There is too much luck for the Warriors to win the championship in the 14~15 season, when the Thunder Durant was injured, and their opponents in the Western Conference Finals were Harden and Howard's Rockets, and that was already the strongest opponent they encountered, as for the finals, the Cavaliers were the Knights of the Jedi Seven Knights, which did not deserve the name.

If the 73-win Warriors hadn't consumed too much in the regular season, Curry was injured again in the playoffs, and Green was banned in the finals, resulting in a 3-1 turnover, Curry would have won the championship in advance.

Of course, as Xu Yong said, the Warriors are a team that eats rules and scales, and if you put them back in the 90s, they will never be able to play this kind of performance.

But that can't come true, because now they're going to face this version of the Warriors.

Xu Yong can guess that the penalty scale of the finals will be tightened, and the pace of the game between the two sides will be fast, because only in this way can the Warriors play to their full strength.

The cavalry battle he watched in his last life was very classic, and it was not uncommon for the two sides to serve in the backcourt and dunk in the front court, and then attack each other.

The kind of offensive battle that looks very exciting at first glance, for him, who grew up watching Jordan play, always feels that he lacks some soul.

But under the existing rules, after seeing Foster's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals G3, such a match is inevitable.

The trio nodded one after another, also realizing that it was an opponent they could not take lightly.

Before the official start of the finals, the league's publicity reached a climax.

The showdown between the old and new era of basketball is full of gimmicks.

As in previous years, ESPN conducted an investigation into the situation between the two sides of the finals.

According to the survey, more than 80% of fans believe that the Bulls can win the championship.

This ratio is slightly exaggerated, in addition to Xu Yong's dominance and the Bulls' strength in the Eastern Conference finals, it also further shows how unwelcoming the Warriors are now.

The day before the Finals kick off, the Warriors' workout at Oracle Arena was open to the media.

After practice, the Warriors returned to the locker room shortly after, leaving head coach Kerr on the sidelines for media interviews.

"A lot of people probably forget that we are the team with the best record in the league and we are all prepared."

When asked about ESPN's survey and the voices of the outside world, he said he didn't care and was confident about the upcoming Grand Finals.

By the time the first game of the Finals began, the Oracle Arena, the Warriors' home stadium, was filled up early.

The emotions of the fans in the Bay Area are unprecedentedly enthusiastic, and the emotions that come to the face can be felt as long as they are in the stadium.

41 years, it's been a full 41 years since the Warriors last reached the Finals, and you know how Warriors fans have lived these 41 years!

They have also been a three-championship giant, with superstars such as Chamberlain and Rick Barry!

But today's Warriors fans only know through the dictation of their dad or even grandpa.

But the passion for that legacy is still as hot as a flame.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the way the Warriors play today, and at the beginning of the small ball, its out-of-time and unique style of play was deeply loved by fans.

With an hour left before the start of the game, Curry made his daily three-pointers in the player tunnel, which was already one of the important parts that Warriors fans were keen to follow before the game.

He hit only the second attempt, which ignited the crowd, and Curry ran back to the locker room to the cheers of the fans.

Wait until half an hour before the start of the game for the players of both sides to officially enter the warm-up.

The on-site photographer also gave Xu Yong and Curry shots for the first time.

If you turn the clock back to the 2009 draft, I am afraid no one would have thought that the finals would usher in a showdown between them.

Because Griffin was the most popular in that class, followed by Thabit and Harden, Xu Yong was an unexpected leader, and Curry fell to the seventh pick.

During the warm-up, Xu Yong and Curry were still under the camera, and they circled the old ones on the court for a while.

Unlike James, with Harden as the middleman and a rookie in the same class, they have a good relationship with each other.

Although it may be because Xu Yong became famous early, it makes them look like they are a generation behind.

After the warm-up, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the arena boiled directly when Curry played.

While the Warriors have yet to regain the championship, Curry's popularity in the Bay Area is unmatched.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another: Bulls, Deravedova, Butler, Xu Yong, West, Adams;

Warriors: Curry, Thompson, Barnes, Green, Pachuria.

Amid the cheers of the Bay Area fans, Adams turned the ball back to the Bulls halfcourt, and the Finals officially began.

The Bulls came up for the first offense, Classic Butler organized with the ball, and Xu Yongran pindown to catch the ball.

Adams' solid body blocked Barnes solidly, and Xu Yong received the ball and went straight to the Warriors' restricted area, and directly flew into the air against Pachuria, who raised his hand......

"Bang!"

At the beginning, he contributed a brutal slam dunk.

Pachulia was directly pushed out of the bottom line, and there was a dull pain in his chest.

The [Vertical Jump Rule] is aimed at all centers, including traditional centers like Pachuria, who are a little sluggish.

Otherwise, why would this guy get dirty when he plays? Especially in the past two years, before Leonard, he also elbowed Westbrook to step Harden, because when he can't protect the basket, he can only rely on that to maintain his threat on the defensive end and survive in the league.

Now there was a stir, and Xu Yong gave the opening horse a ruthless enough.

When it comes to the transition between offense and defense, the Bulls' defense is also under a lot of pressure.

Although it is the first time for the two teams to play in the Finals, it is not the first time they have played each other, and Thibodeau knows how to play this Warriors team for the best.

But at this moment, the referee's whistle sounded on the sidelines.

Ravendova was whistled for a defensive foul.

It wasn't an obvious confrontation, he just swooped forward as he went around the screen, not to mention that Pachuria's cover was suspected of a foul.

But the referee gave him the whistle anyway.

Xu Yong's previous judgment was right, the tightness of the finals and the East Finals are diametrically opposed directions.

To use an analogy, if Dong Duel is a woman, then the finals are an untrained girl.

The Warriors sent the ball out on the sideline, Curry cut back after a beautiful cut, and took advantage of Green's cover to receive a throw-in and turn around and shoot directly for a three-pointer.

Curry showed his shooting speed to the extreme, as a master of one-stage shooting, his push limit can be as fast as 0.3 seconds, and it is slow to say that second shots.

Of course, more importantly, he can maintain a super high shooting rate at such a fast shooting rate.

"Huh!"

A crisp sound came, and Curry scored a three-pointer with a knife in his hand, which also put the Oracle Arena into a boil.

The Warriors didn't win the championship, and Curry could still have such a high popularity, which was all because he threw three points after three.

The Bulls' offense, Xu Yong continued to run to receive the ball, and attacked the basket again.

But this time, the Warriors contracted with three people, Xu Yong distributed the ball outside, and Dravendova, who received the ball, encountered the Warriors' assistant defense and turned his hand wide.

Kerr was already on the sidelines at this point, and the Warriors had clearly adjusted their defensive strategy, or maybe he had arranged it that way from the beginning, but Xu Yong's opening offense cemented their minds.

Both the Raptors and the Cavaliers have benefited from the frantic flanking of Xu Yong, and there's no reason why he shouldn't keep up.

Butler took the opportunity to break through to the interior and put the ball into the basket against Green's help defense.

Green's defensive position is actually not bad, but he doesn't dare to take it lightly at this time.

The tightening of the penalty scale will inevitably mean that both sides will play a bogey on the defensive end, which will also mean that the offense will become easier.

The Warriors' opening offense was like that, and so was Butler's offense.

But in retrospect, Curry's [figure 8 run] pinned down the defense, and Thompson received a pass from Green on the weak side and hit a three-point shot.

And after Butler assisted on West's 17-foot jumper from the basket, Curry showed off his great touch in the tunnel, hitting a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line against Dellavedova's defense.

The Warriors hit all three of their opening three-point attempts from the outside, and their three-pointers from the outside tonight were like bikini girls on the beach in the summer in Miami.

At halftime, the Warriors led the Bulls 65-54.

Xu Yong was frantically pinched in the half, scoring 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, and Butler got plenty of opportunities, scoring a game-high 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting.

Curry made four three-pointers in the half, contributing a team-high 24 points, and Thompson made three three-pointers to score 16 points.

Under their leadership, the Warriors shot 10-of-18 from three-point range in the half, scoring 30 points on three-pointers alone.

The Warriors proved the basketball adage with a half-court performance: three points are always one more point than two.

At half-time, Cole was the happiest, and he even spoke to the venue reporters at half-time.

"I said we were ready, the Bulls were strong, but we came with determination."

Kerr's words also made Bay Area fans boil, if they can win G1, then the Warriors' confidence in the entire Finals will be completely erected.

At halftime, Thibodeau summed up the half of the game and arranged the second half of the game in the locker room, and the atmosphere in the locker room was somewhat depressing.

Thibodeau is not a person who is good at adjusting the atmosphere, but Malone is.

After Thibodeau summed up, Malone said with humor: "I think Xu has rested enough, and he is going to score 48 points in the second half." ”

Why 48 points? Because that adds up to exactly 62 points, and the record for the highest single-game score in the Finals is Elgin Baylor's 61 points.

After listening to this, the others all subconsciously laughed, and their emotions relaxed a lot.

Because for Xu Yong, who has already broken many records one after another, this may be a goal.

Returning from half-time, the two sides continued to compete in the second half.

Coming up, the Warriors attacked first, and they played a very classic elevator door tactic, Curry first cut in from the wing, then cut out from the middle, blocked the defender with the double cover of Green and Pachuria, and then received a pass from Thompson for a three-point shot.

The basketball passed through the net as if it were fitted with a positioning device, and the Oracle Arena was boiling again.

It's not just a matter of scoring, it's the Warriors who hit a three-pointer in the second half, which means they carried over the first-half touch, and that's the best news for the Warriors.

Curry was also excited after the goal, making his trademark shoulder-shaking and head-shaking celebration into the camera.

68-54, the Warriors widened the margin to 14 points, which was also the largest margin between the two sides tonight.

The third quarter was the Warriors' best quarter, and they had a chance to pull the score away in this quarter.

The Bulls' offense, Xu Yong suddenly fell to a low position.

Scoring 48 points in the second half or something is just to adjust the atmosphere, and it is difficult for him to do it under the Warriors' defensive strategy.

The Bulls' half-court strategy adjustment was to let Xu Yong go low to attack, which was also Xu Yong's initiative to find Thibodouti before halftime.

That sounds counterintuitive, as the Warriors didn't give up on pinching him, and it was easier to get caught in the low post.

But the final result of this round proved it right.

Because Xu Yong held the ball in the low post and attracted the pinch, he immediately distributed the ball to Butler at the top of the arc, and Butler quickly shot a three-point shot after receiving the ball.

Butler also carried over the first-half touch.

And the point is, this is the reverse use of the Warriors' pinch strategy, through Xu Yonglai to create opportunities for outside teammates.

As long as the Bulls can shoot three-pointers from the outside, then this tactic is a good way to crack the Warriors' defensive strategy.

When they retreated to the defensive end, Thibodeau also signaled from the sidelines, and the Bulls also adjusted their defensive strategy and began to expand defensively.

The reason why Thibodeau didn't do this in the first half is because although the Warriors are good at three-pointers, they don't only shoot three-pointers, and their three-point tactics are accompanied by empty cuts under the basket at the same time, and there is a risk of losing the interior line when they expand outside, but now that the Warriors have been shooting outside, this risk must be taken.

The Warriors reacted quickly, too, with Curry making a nice turn to get rid of Dellavedova before receiving a pass from Green and scoring with a long-range shot from Adams.

Historically, Dellavedova used to limit Curry very well in the 2015 Finals, but now he has not been able to do that, because the Curry he is facing now is obviously not the same version as the 2015 one, and he is too much stronger now.

However, the good news is that Xu Yong continued to contain the defense in the low post, and gave the ball to Dellavedova at the top of the arc, who also scored three points at the top of the arc.

While he didn't manage to limit Curry as he did in history, he took the opportunity he should have taken.

The ball also knocked Kerr back to his feet off the bench.

The Bulls can shoot three points from the outside, and the defense does not give a three-point opportunity, and three points are indeed one more point than two points, but now it is the other way around, and it is the Bulls who shoot three points!

Moreover, Thompson's air-cut layup in the next round was interfered with by Adams and missed, and the rebound was also collected by Adams.

If you continue to play at this pace, the Bulls will soon be able to catch up with the difference.

After a moment of hesitation, he shouted at the retreating Warriors and made a new tactical gesture.

Xu Yong received the ball in the low post again, and he soon found that the degree of pinch he was getting lighter.

Obviously, Butler and Dellavedova three-pointers gave Kerr a shock, and that's exactly what he really wanted.

When he was still playing the Cavaliers before, he was already doing intensive training with Anderson in the low post, in order to use it when playing the Warriors.

Because the Warriors' current interior line is actually very weak without Bogut, Barnes' low-post defensive ability is not enough to prevent him.

After the ball came in, Xu Yong immediately launched an attack, he gave Barnes a hard matchup, then turned and wiped it to the basket, and faced the defending Green with a one-handed throw to score on the board.

62-70, the Bulls closed the margin to single digits.

There was a commotion at the scene, and the fans also felt the change in the situation on the field.

The momentum of the Bulls is starting to pick up, and their movement on the defensive end is not getting bigger, but the pace is obviously getting faster.

Curry's throw was blocked by Xu Yong and also deflected off the basket, and the rebound was protected by Adams.

When he advanced to the front court, Xu Yong continued to play in the low post, this time Green's contraction came faster, but Xu Yong turned around and shot at the baseline after hitting his back, and then jumped up and down along the baseline to score a layup.

In the case that Barnes could not give Xu Yong enough defensive pressure in the first place, Xu Yong was very easy to score in the low post in the face of this level of pinch attack.

Cole reached out and touched his head, now one was bigger than two.

Theoretically, under a relatively tight penalty scale, the Warriors will be easy to open up on the offensive end, and the pace of the game on the court will be very fast, just like in the first half.

But now, the whole rhythm of the game has been suppressed by Xu Yong's low-post singles.

And the key is that the Bulls feel good on the outside, if he continues to shrink, the Bulls will only chase the points faster.

The Warriors wanted to play fast on the court, but Green threw Curry directly to the frontcourt in the backcourt, and Curry forced the rhythm.

But the Warriors made a mistake in their busyness, Curry's pass after being caught was directly tackled by Xu Yong, and the Bulls played a fast break, Xu Yong passed the ball to Butler first, and then followed up after receiving Butler's pass and staged a gliding flying dunk.

66 to 70.

The Bulls went on a 12-2 run to cut the deficit to four points.

Cole reached out and called a timeout.

The players on the Bulls bench were all boiling, and they all looked at Xu Yong with great excitement.

In this wave of climax, Xu Yong contributed 6 points and 2 assists, and exactly 12 points were all directly or indirectly obtained by him.

"You can't restrain Xu all night, it's something no one can do!" On the other side of the commentary seat, Barkley blushed and shouted excitedly.

After returning from the timeout, Kerr made his adjustment, which was to let Curry attack from a farther position.

After taking advantage of an off-ball cover, Curry received the ball one meter outside the three-point line, and after a moment's shaking, he directly stepped back and made a three-point shot.

This step directly allowed him to withdraw to the position of the logo.

The Bulls' defense expanded and went out again, and they were a little caught off guard by this one.

Curry made a three-point shot and hit a one-shot shot.

The Oracle Arena, which had been silent for a long time, was boiling again.

Curry's logo shot, with a historically unique range, is the bombshell of Oracle Arena.

Xu Yong, who continued to fall into a low position, also continued to ask for the ball.

After seeing the Warriors switch to Green for their defense, he turned around and leaned back after the back shot to hit a solid shot.

The cheers came to an abrupt end.

Xu Yong is too stable, so stable that it feels like he has not been affected by Curry's three-point point just now.

But why?

Of course, Xu Yong knows that Curry can logo three-pointers, but how many three-pointers can Curry throw all night?

Kerr's selection can't be said to be problematic, but he's a little too reliant on the three-point shot.

Sure enough, Curry continued to try a three-point shot from one meter outside the three-point line in the next round, but failed to hit.

West received the long rebound, Xu Yong continued to attack in the low post, this time Barnes directly chose to foul Xu Yong and sent Xu Yong to the free throw line, he really didn't have much to do with Xu Yong.

Kerr eventually turned around and called Iguodala up early, and Iguodala came on to replace Pachuria, and the Warriors sacrificed the [Death Five].

Seeing Cole's adjustment, Xu Yong's expression became more and more relaxed when he walked to the free throw line.

The forbidden area that Pachulia can't protect, can he protect it?

Facts have proved that Wuxiao really can't take Xu Yong on the defensive end, because Xu Yong does not have the ability to play one in the low post, but the ability to play two, and even like what was shown in the original Christmas game, it will make the Warriors' protection of the interior worse.

But the five are not without help, and it helps the Warriors a lot on the offensive end.

Previously, when Pachulia was on the court, Adams could shrink inside the free throw line, which allowed him to supplement the Warriors' air cuts, but Green was able to open up space during this period, he played center, and Adams had to expand beyond the free throw line as a pair, which made it difficult for him to form an effective protection of the restricted area.

As a result, neither side could prevent anyone, and the battle came as scheduled.

In the end, it was the Bulls who had the last laugh.

Because Thibodeau has always insisted on defensive expansion, this made the Warriors unable to shoot three points on the outside for a long time, and when it came to the last three minutes, Thibodeau suddenly gave up the expansion again, giving the Warriors some outside opportunities, and then the Splash Brothers, who had not shot for a long time, were cold on the outside.

On the other hand, on the Bulls' side, Xu Yong's killing in the low post is still the same.

The Warriors' restricted area has completely become his dessert position, and he can eat as much as he wants.

Three points were one more point than two, but the Bulls proved another basketball truth in the final three minutes: the closer you get to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Warriors 123-116 with a last-minute wave to win the first victory of the Finals.

In terms of statistics, Xu Yong scored 30 points in the second half and 43 points in the game, plus 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and Butler scored 14 points in the second half and also scored 40 points in the game.

Xu Yong did not break Baylor's single-game scoring record in the Finals as Malone said, but he and Butler went to set a new NBA record, and they became the first pair in the NBA to score 40+ in the Finals at the same time.

For the Warriors, Curry scored 37 points and Thompson scored 21 points, but in the final three minutes they combined to shoot 1-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, which cost them the game.

This big battle is worthy of the fans' expectations before the game.

The Bulls were the winners, but the Warriors proved they weren't without chances.

Two days later, the G2 of both sides continued at Oracle Arena.

It's still the same penalty scale, and a more thorough battle than G1.

The difference is that this game is clearly more intense than in G1.

Because the penalty scale only makes you easy to foul, not that you can't foul.

With the stalemate, the confrontation and action on the field are also getting bigger.

In an offensive attack in the second half of the second quarter, Butler received the ball from Xu Yong and was fouled by Green when he rushed inside to try to dunk, which almost caused a conflict between the two sides on the court.

After being pulled away by the referee, the trash talk between the two sides began.

"This is not your place to be arrogant, this is the Bay Area!" Green shouted at Butler.

"I should give you a knee too." Butler is unceremonious, he has followed Xu Yong to a very high level of trash talk over the years.

"Who do you think you are!" The corners of Green's eyebrows twitched, and he pointed directly at Butler and scolded, which he was obviously poked in the sore spot.

Butler didn't speak, smiled and made a gesture to Green that Xu Yong had done to James, 1, 2, 3...... Three fingers.

It's just that unlike Xu Yong, the meaning of his trash talk is clearer: Who do you ask me? I'm the guy who has three or four championships.

But what is unexpected is that Green, who was originally extremely angry, suddenly quieted down at this moment, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said lightly to Butler: "To win a real ring." ”

Butler's face changed visibly.

Seeing this, Xu Yong went over and pulled Butler over.

It's clear that even Butler isn't Green's match for trash talk.

The Haslem formula is actually a copy of Green's formula, except that one object is James and the other is Durant.

"Ignore that guy." Xu Yong reminded Butler.

Butler nodded, but his face was still ugly.

By the time he got to the free throw line, he had a rare chance of missing both free throws.

And this became a watershed moment in Butler's performance, and he was lost in the second half.

The Warriors seized the opportunity and eventually beat the Bulls 116-106 to tie the score.

Xu Yong still contributed 45 points steadily, but tonight he was unable to lead the game.

At the press conference after the game, Xu Yong attended with Thibodeau.

'He's fine, everybody has bad times and he'll come back in the next game.' When talking about Butler, Xu Yong seems very calm.

Butler's question will need some communication later, but obviously not now.

And after a suitable moment, he told reporters what he really wanted to say: "I have a lot of respect for our opponents and I'm more satisfied with the performance of my teammates, but I want to say that this shouldn't be the intensity of the finals. ”

Although the words they said to Jokic long before the start of the finals showed that Xu Yong had been prepared, after really playing two games, he grew up watching Jordan play and had a natural paranoia about the style of basketball, and finally found that he still couldn't accept such a game.

Carnival over the stats won at this level of intensity? I'm sorry, he can't.

"I don't think the referees have any problems with blowing penalties, they're very dedicated and respectable, but I would say they need to be more relaxed and the fans want to see a good basketball game, not a shooting game."

Xu Yong's words were very direct, which also made the reporters in the audience restless.

Before that, when the players talked about the penalty scale, most of them said how much the referee was aimed at themselves, so that the league had issued relevant rules that did not allow players to talk about the referee's decision, but Xu Yong was the first person to question the penalty scale, or more accurately, the first person in the league.

Not surprisingly, on social media this night, the fans, even the media, who were supposed to talk about the victory and defeat, focused on talking about these words.

This is Xu Yong's unprecedented influence today, and it is already a real force.

New York, Office of the President of the Alliance.

When Xiao Hua learned of the news, as well as the media reports, his monkey-like pointed face was distorted.

Obviously, the ratings of the league in the past two games have reached a new high, but Xu Yong said such things after the game!

"Mr. Xiao Hua, what should we do then?" Next to Xiao Hua, his assistant couldn't help but ask, the work of the referee committee is all the work he docks, and that is also the work that Xiao Hua has done.

Xiao Hua was so angry that he picked up those media reports and looked at them, if he didn't control them, it would have a great negative impact on the alliance.

So what else can be done? Yes, of course...... Choose to obey Xu Yong!

(End of chapter)