After the first two games of the Finals, the Bulls flew back to Chicago that night, and the Finals are now 2-2-1-1-1, and the next two home games are crucial.

On the plane back, looking at Butler, who was still a little dull, Xu Yong was also thinking about how to speak.

If you change people, even if you change to Pippen, Green's trash talk will not be so lethal, because of the difference in personality, the same words are completely different in the ears of different people.

If ordinary people hear this, they will probably reply "You win a championship first and then talk to me", but after being in contact with Butler for so long, Xu Yong knows that he is not that kind of person, but has an extremely competitive personality and even ambition.

He should also be that kind of character, otherwise with his talent, he would not be able to reach the height he is today.

If you want to find a similar person in the NBA, then that person is Kobe.

Even today's experience is somewhat similar, you must know that after Kobe Bryant and O'Neal won the triple crown, he was also questioned because of O'Neal, and he has always been unconvinced, and finally proved himself by completing two consecutive championships with Gasol.

So it's understandable why Butler reacted so much after hearing Green's words.

Butler is getting stronger and better, and he will want to prove himself one day, and Green's words are just getting his thoughts ahead of his time.

"Jimmy, go to my house for dinner." When he got off the plane, Xu Yong spoke.

Butler was stunned for a moment, but nodded anyway.

After a while, Xu Yong's chef was cooking in the dining room, while they were playing with the king in the courtyard at the back.

At this time, the little king was already an adult and huge, so in order to prevent it from being trapped in a cage, Xu Yong built a small enclosed courtyard for it, and there were rockeries and pools in it, which looked like a small zoo.

But even so, it is now just lazily lying on the rockery basking in the sun, Xu Yong and they came, it turned its head sideways, and then turned back, and it had completely lost the enthusiasm and interest it had when it was a child.

"What's wrong with it?" Since moving out of the villa in the city center and going to the house he bought, Butler and Xu Yong have seen each other in private a lot less, and they haven't seen the king for a long time.

"It doesn't belong here after all." Xu Yong looked at the king and said.

"Senior means he wants to release him back into the wild?" Butler was a little surprised.

"I'm trying, but I'm afraid it won't be able to adapt to the cruelty of nature, even if it has the genes of two kings of beasts." Xu Yong looked back at Butler and said.

Butler nodded in agreement, the liger was born at the zoo, which was very different from the kind of rescue from nature.

However, after seeing Xu Yong's gaze, Butler quickly realized that Xu Yong was talking more than just the lion in front of him.

"Jimmy, we've been fighting together for five years, and I know a lot about your abilities and character." Xu Yong continued.

"I shouldn't have fallen into Draymond's trap." Butler nodded to himself.

"How about we make a pact?" Xu Yong then spoke.

Butler looked up in confusion.

"If we can make it three in a row, then if you really want to prove something, I won't stop you, and then you should have that ability." Xu Yong said with a smile.

Butler stopped talking, and finally nodded movingly.

Aside from his adoptive parents, this was the first time he had truly felt that someone had been so good to him all along.

No matter what happens in the future, Xu Yong will always be his senior.

……

Two days later, G3 of the Bulls and Warriors Finals kicked off in Chicago.

Soon after the start of the game, the players on the field quickly felt the change in the scale of the penalty on the field.

It becomes more physically encouraged.

This is the mode that the Bulls like, of course not the Warriors, the intensity of the confrontation on the court makes the Warriors obviously uncomfortable, the offense has become a lot more jerky, and it can be said that except for Curry, everyone else's contribution to the game is weakening.

The Bulls seized the opportunity to build a double-digit lead in the first quarter.

One quarter wasn't enough to decide the outcome of each other, but by the second quarter, the Warriors' offense hadn't improved.

By halftime, the Warriors were almost 20 points behind the Bulls.

Are the Warriors really that much worse than the Bulls?

Not necessarily, but it's like adapting to it, and suddenly one day you let it try to loosen it, and it's going to be hard to get used to, and even if it does, it takes some time.

In the third quarter, Kerr directly opened the game with a sacrifice of five small deaths, although the pace did not play fast under the high-intensity defense, but the success rate of the Warriors' positional battle was significantly improved.

Especially the Splash Brothers, in addition to Curry still maintaining efficiency, Thompson is also firing on the outside, and the Warriors take the opportunity to close some scores.

However, as the score difference approached, after Thibodeau arranged Xu Yong to play tactics in the low post, their momentum of chasing points was curbed at once.

Barnes and Xu Yong were too inferior when they faced off in the low post, and when he couldn't give Xu Yong the first time to interfere, the Warriors' five-small rotation was too late.

The Bulls eventually stabilized the game in the quarter and held a double-digit lead at the end of the third quarter.

And at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Butler suddenly broke out, he first broke through to create a kill and scored 2+1, and then hit two step-back three-pointers in a row outside the three-point line on the right side, and one person scored 8 points in a short period of time, directly pulling the difference back to 20 points.

After hitting his second three-pointer, Butler turned to Green on the Warriors bench and yelled, "You don't have one." ”

Green was so angry that he couldn't say the word real ring because of Butler's performance.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Warriors 114-91 at home, rewriting the score to 2-1 in a hearty way, and at the same time, they also regained home-court advantage.

At the post-match press conference, Xu Yong could happily repeat the words after the last game: "I told you, Jimmy will be back." ”

In tonight's game, Xu Yong scored 31 points, and Butler also scored 27 points, including the 8 points that opened the score in one fell swoop.

"I don't think the game is decided, the next game will be the most crucial." And when talking about the trend of the finals, Xu Yong said in a very serious tone.

He's not being humble or showing weakness, but he's well aware that G3's results are the result of a change in scale, and the Warriors have the ability to adjust.

When he returned to the locker room after the press conference, Xu Yong reminded Butler as he did when he played against the Cavaliers.

"You have to watch out for Draymond."

The difference between people and people is not that big at times, especially between James and Green.

In history, he was extremely impressed in the finals this year, it was James who straddled Green, and then Green hit James's second brother with a backhand.

So if you really want to compare, Green will only be dirtier than James.

Kicking, poking in the eye, punching the crotch, and even turning 360° to elbow strikes, to paraphrase fans, Green's attacking body parts can make up a person.

Butler is now facing him head-on, and with the Warriors in an unfavorable situation, it's always right to be on guard.

Xu Yong's post-game comments were not [adopted] by the media, and in the two days of the offseason, the outside world's praise of the Bulls returned to the sky.

The 2006 finals, even including the finals that Xu Yong watched in his previous life, but its scale changes will only change once at most, and it is impossible to say that one game is like this.

So the media's perception is simple, in the case of strong confrontation, a big victory for the Bulls shows that they cannot lose on a new scale.

It was in this atmosphere that after a two-day break, the G4 of the Bulls and Warriors continued in Chicago.

The game was extremely physical, and Curry showed his best in the face of adversity, making nine three-pointers and scoring 45 points to almost single-handedly lead the Warriors against the Bulls.

But the Bulls did play well enough at this scale, especially after Butler evolved again in the playoffs, almost filling in the impact of Rose's absence, so even if Curry played like this, they didn't fall behind in the score.

The game entered the decisive period, and it was at this time that the gap between Curry and Xu Yong was reflected.

Curry is limited by his height and matchup ability, and there is only one way he can kill the game in crunch time: with a three-point shot.

This one-dimensional ability makes it easy for opponents to target when defending him, which also leads to his late finishing game being significantly weaker than any supergiant of his kind.

In contrast, Xu Yong's scoring means and stability at critical moments are much stronger.

Then, there were two decisive rounds.

One is when the Bulls and Warriors were tied at 105, Xu Yongjiao hit and shook off Barnes and threw a quasi-final mid-range shot against Green's help defense.

The other is that on the defensive end, he directly switched to Curry, sealed Curry's shooting space, and forced him to pass the ball to Thompson, and Thompson's final shot was deflected off the basket under Butler's interference, and the Bulls finally won the game 109-105.

3 to 1.

After winning two home games in a row, the Bulls ushered in their match point game.

"Is there a team in NBA history that has come back from 3-1? Yes, there have been 10 times, but how many times has the NBA history had a 3-1 comeback in the Finals? 0 times, yes, not once, let's congratulate the Bulls, who have won the championship four times in six years, great achievement! ”

On ESPN's show, A. Smith began to kick off champagne for the Bulls early.

For A. Smith's behavior, the outside fans cheered, after all, the Warriors are the villain now, the kind without brackets at all.

As a result, back at home, in addition to Curry's still excellent performance, there was a completely unexpected person who broke out.

Green, the one who needs to put a lot of energy on the defensive end, usually even if he scores 2 three-pointers in the opening game, and then scores those 2 three-pointers in the end, ushered in an explosion in the G5 game, he shot 4 of 7 from beyond the three-point line, this kind of shooting rate made Adams dare not shrink at all, and the Warriors pulled a lot of offensive space.

Of course, there is a premise for this, Kerr posed for the death five at the beginning of this game, which gave Green plenty of room to play, and he scored 28 points in the whole game second only to Curry, plus 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks, playing super inside statistics.

His performance made Xu Yong's 41 points an empty cut, and also allowed the Warriors to pull one back at home, rewriting the score to 2-3.

The victory in this game gave the Warriors a morale boost, and Green was also extremely excited when he spoke to the court reporter after the game: "There has never been a team that has ever come back 1-3 in the NBA Finals? Then we're the first one, man, and you're lucky because you're witnessing history. ”

Green's speech hatred value is full, but what he said is not completely impossible, because except for G3, which does not apply to scale adjustments, the Warriors' next two games are impressive.

While much of this is due to Curry, Green, as the Warriors' sounding board, clearly helped boost the team's morale.

Of course, Green was not the only one who said cruel words this time, and in this post-game press conference, Xu Yong also cut off the Bulls' retreat.

"The Warriors played well, they deserved it, but it's not all bad news for us because we're going to lift the trophy in Chicago and that's a good thing." Xu Yong's expression was relaxed when he said this.

Obviously, the game is not only a contest of skills and tactics, but also a contest of psychology.

Xu has always said that when Yong released such words, the morale lost by the Bulls side can be said to be full again, and even overflowed.

When the press conference came out, Xu Yong put away that relaxed expression after he came out.

Although they are still ahead in the big score, they can't afford to lose in the next game.

The performance of the Warriors, especially Curry, was indeed a bit unexpected.

He has the impression that Curry played the worst Finals of the year, averaging very low points per game.

But so far, Curry has averaged 33 points per game, which is a completely supergiant performance.

Although this has something to do with the Bulls' defensive strategy, Thibodeau did not blindly pinch Curry, but focused on cutting him off from his teammates, but Curry's ability to play such a performance obviously has something to do with the lack of attrition in the regular season and the absence of injuries in the playoffs.

"Don't worry, senior, that guy from Draymond will definitely not be able to shoot so accurately in the next game." Butler saw that Xu Yong was worried, and then spoke.

Xu Yong nodded.

It's really unlikely that Green will play two games in a row, but the next game is G6, and the G6 Warriors have another person to watch out for.

"Jimmy, you're going to have to drain Klay Thompson's stamina more when you're off the ball in the next game."

"Him?" Butler was a little confused, and Thompson's overall game performance was average.

"It's hard not to break out of his ability." Xu Yong explained.

Butler nodded thoughtfully.

"Draymond Green said they would be the first team in history to come back from 3-1, what do you think?" In the latest episode of TNT, Kenny Smith throws the conversation out to the two partners.

"I'd rather believe that my grandma can still play now." O'Neill shook his head.

"He's just a clown who wants to pay attention, and if I'm playing, I can hit him with one hand until he shuts up." Barkley is more direct.

"But we have to admit that the G6 will be a life-and-death battle for both sides." Kenny Smith made a judgment.

The G6 of the Bulls and Warriors, all eyes on it.

Ahead of the start of this match, the official number of pre-orders showed that it had reached an all-time high.

For the Bulls to complete their title defense, this is their best chance.

And if the Warriors really win G6, then they will most likely be able to complete a 1-3 comeback in one go.

A large number of big names also came to the scene at the United Center, Jordan and Kobe Bryant actually appeared together, and even Yao Ming, a Bulls legend who had not seen him for a long time, also came to the scene, which was a grand ceremony in the NBA.

By the time the warm-up began, the data was already showing a record global viewership for the game.

Xu Yong didn't go to say hello to Yao Ming before the game, because the greeting had already been done last night, and what he needed now was to devote himself to the game.

Warm-up techniques, both sides start the furnace.

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

Bulls: Dellavedova, Butler, Xu Yong, West, Adams.

Kerr made a life-and-death fight with five starters in the last game, but by G6 he switched back to the regular lineup.

The main reason for this is that the Warriors actually suffered a lot on the inside in the last game, especially the rebounding, and Adams blew Green thoroughly.

If it weren't for Green's accurate shooting on the offensive end and making up for the defense with offense, it would have been difficult for the Warriors to win.

So what Butler and Xu Yong thought yesterday, Kerr also thought so, or he didn't dare to bet that Green could shoot so accurately.

With the fans cheering, Adams turned the ball back into the Bulls half, and G6 officially began.

Xu Yong arrived in the front court and soon found that Green was defending him.

Kerr obviously summed up the previous few games, using Green to defend his low-post offense.

When Xu Yong saw this, he had to sigh that Kerr was a tactical wizard, and then stood outside the three-point line and reached out to Dellavedova to ask for the ball, not even past Butler's hand.

When he got the ball, everyone else consciously opened up the space.

Xu Yong held the ball in one hand, and a change of direction from the right side passed Green.

The alignment between the two is essentially misaligned, and Xu Yong has no reason to go to the low post to fight Green.

The Warriors' right side defense came quickly, but Xu Yong didn't plan to break through from that side, only to see him pull back by a super large margin, and he returned to the right in an instant.

Green was directly shaken out at this time, and Xu Yong's change of direction exceeded his ability to react.

The audience burst into cheers, and Chicago fans discussed the Warriors from Pachulia and Green on the other.

Pachulia enjoyed Xu Yong's buckle service at the beginning of the finals, and Green enjoyed Xu Yong's ankle reset at the beginning of the night.

This opening also made Barkley in the commentary box climax: "There is a broken ankle in the Union Center, he belongs to Draymond Green, we can't see him in the camera, it's because he's been shaken off the screen!" ”

"Bang!"

Accompanied by Barkley's commentary, it was Xu Yonghuang who broke through to the inside after flying Green, and directly assisted Adams's empty dunk after attracting Pachuria.

The United Center was in a boiling state at the beginning.

When they stepped back to the defensive end, the Bulls showed their defensive changes, and after Curry received the ball, the Bulls began to pinch him.

Curry's consistently strong performance has also forced Thibodeau to make changes on the defensive end.

As a result, Thompson ran through the cover and received a pass from Green for a three-pointer.

Butler's return defense was relatively fast, but Thompson's whole movement was very fluid, basically ignoring the defense.

After seeing the ball go in, Butler understood why Xu Yong had said that before.

The two sides quickly entered the white heat, and the score alternated upwards.

Green was basically fancy-tricked by Xu Yong on the defensive end, and he ended up bouncing in place.

However, Kerr has no intention of adjusting, because then the Warriors can at least try to help defend, and Xu Yong is far away from the basket, and he will choose to pass the ball more often.

This is a pity for Green, who just became the savior of the team in the last game, and this one accepted a task comparable to being humiliated in public.

However, in turn, Thibodeau's defensive strategy did a good job of choking Curry, but Thompson exploded in the opening game.

The game has been played for six games, and theoretically they are already familiar with each other like an old couple, but they have unlocked a new position unknown to the fans.

The score rose alternately, and the two sides played to a 58-all draw at half-time.

The performance of both teams can be said to be very good, if you have to say who is more miserable, it can only be Green who has been constantly shaken by Xu Yong, a world where only Green is injured in the first half.

Fortunately, Green's tragic experience changed after returning from halftime, because Kerr saw that the situation was deadlocked, and he took a desperate step and began to play the death five again.

Green came up and went up and down from beyond the three-point line.

This can be regarded as allowing him to vent his emotions well, and his mouth is fragrant.

Green's two consecutive shots are indeed a small probability event, but Xu Yong carefully recalls that Green seems to have been haunted by the Warriors' loss this year, because he felt that the Warriors would be elected FMVP if he won the championship.

He's a bit of a big mouth, but he's not brainless, which at least shows that he should be in good shape.

Green's agitated emotions made him incredibly active on the defensive end, and he disrupted Butler's layup.

However, in front of Adams, his rebounding protection is still not good, and Adams has to attack the basket directly after picking up the rebound.

But it was also at this moment that the familiar scene reappeared, and more directly.

Green defended and inserted the ball directly between Adams' legs, and then kicked it straight up.

Adams' attention was on the ball, and this time he was defenseless, and his poor second brother was hit hard by Green again.

Because it was on the bottom line, the referee reacted quickly and rushed directly into the field and pushed Green away.

Adams jumped away with a painful expression, then crouched down with his hands on his crotch.

Xu Yong's face changed instantly.

He reminded Butler before because he thought Green would attack Butler, but the past two games didn't happen, he thought Green wouldn't do it, but he didn't expect Green to choose Adams in the end, and it was Adams's egg again!

Did Adams dig up the ancestral grave of the Grimm family, or did he sleep with Grimm's wife?

And this kind of thing of cutting off children and grandchildren for the second time is simply unforgivable.

At this moment, a ruthless color flashed in Xu Yong's eyes.

You must know that this game can be said to be the world's attention, and Green dares to do such a thing, which is simply unscrupulous.

This is like Brother Kunshan Long, he must be made to have a long memory.

Then, unexpectedly, after a short break, Adams stood up again, took a long breath, and signaled that he was okay.

This guy's eggs are really made of iron.

Because Adams was fine, the referee only gave Green one technical foul and immediately afterfollowed the announcement that the game would resume.

After the technical free throws, the ball was still with the Bulls.

Xu Yong held the ball on the outside, and he did not continue to play the Warriors' interior, but directly signaled Adams to play the pick-and-roll.

Adams' blocking was solid, and he quickly sent Green to Xu Yong.

The scene began to resound with the heckling of fans.

Because Xu Yongyi humiliated Green throughout the first half, fans didn't think there was anything wrong with such a scene.

Xu Yong quickly attacked, but this time his attack options were unique.

Instead of getting past Green as quickly as he did in the first half and then breaking through the defense, he leaned on Green for a sudden and then a turnaround jumper that hit the pivot foot with a heavy hit.

And then his jumper was unique, because after successfully shaking Green, he chose a Nowitzki-esque golden rooster to shoot independently.

However, it doesn't seem to be very complete, because he doesn't have a backward movement, but basically stands up to Green's defense.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

There was a crisp sound as Green's hand hit Xu Yong's arm, and because there was no backlash, the ball was not able to completely get rid of Green's interference.

The other sound came from the collision between the two.

Because Xu Yong raised his knees without leaning back, his knees were impartial and had an intimate contact with Green's crotch.

That voice was only heard by Xu Yong.

Then, Xu Yong's body lost his balance in the air because of a foul, and in order to protect himself, he slid backwards after he landed.

The referee's whistle blew and he reached out to Green for a defensive foul.

Green hugged his head in frustration when he landed, but the next second he suddenly fell to the ground with a painful expression.

Because it was an instantaneous collision, he didn't feel any pain at first.

But the second time, a sharp pain caused him to gasp, and then he curled up in a ball.

The referee didn't know what was going on.

Xu Yong was also pulled up from the ground by his teammates at this time, and he also showed a confused expression.

The big LED screen at the scene is playing back the round just now, and the whole picture gives people the feeling that Green pounced too far forward, and Xu Yong collided before he had time to lean back, and unfortunately Xu Yong was in the process of shooting the golden rooster independently.

Then, Green's second brother and Xu Yong's knee came into close contact.

When they saw this, fans only felt a burst of joy in their hearts, because Green had Adams twice, and this time he finally suffered his own retribution.

Green didn't get up from the ground until the Warriors' team doctor came on.

It wasn't until Green was carried away on a stretcher that everyone noticed a clear pool of blood on the ground.

It seems that Green's second brother is a little badly injured.

Xu Yong also didn't expect it when he saw this, his original intention was just to let Green also taste the taste of his second brother being attacked, after all, only if he had hurt himself, did he know how deeply it hurt others.

But now the situation looks a little more serious than expected, which cannot be said that his knees are too hard, only that they are ...... Green's eggs aren't hard enough for Adams.

(End of chapter)