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In this regard.

The sensible Frank angrily denounced such remarks: This assumption is very stupid. Basketball is a sport for five people. No one can be missing. Everyone plays his or her role on the court. The reason why I firmly support Xue Liancheng is that he can be a powerful driver among the five-man team and can also kill the game at the most critical moment. This is a standard perfect leader.

Frank has good appeal and immediately received responses from countless fans, who followed suit to defend Sabonis Jr. and Anunoby and refute such hypothetical remarks.

And the third game of the series is coming soon.

The Knicks still chose to fight on offense and used the same lineup from the second game: Darren Collison, Korver, Crowder, James, and Randle.

They are generally short in height, and if they fail to make three-pointers, they will be doomed because they cannot compete with the Nets in rebounding.

The fans at Madison Square Garden watched the Knicks step by step towards the abyss in disappointment.

In the end, the Knicks lost again 107:121, and the score directly came to 0:3, just one step away from being eliminated.

In the first three quarters of the game, with the referee's deliberate bias, the two sides fought back and forth, 91:95, and the Nets' lead was actually not much.

But in the fourth quarter, the Knicks' three-point shooting suddenly lost its accuracy, and then the Nets' front line only slightly contracted their defense line. The Knicks' offensive system collapsed on the spot, and they didn't score in positional battles for a long time.

The referees still wanted to strike a balance, and there was a serious bias in the standards of penalties. When the Nets were attacking, they tried hard to pay attention to details, but when the Knicks were attacking, they often turned a blind eye.

But even so, the score difference was gradually widened step by step, and then in the last four or five minutes, Xue Liancheng suddenly broke out, and three-pointers rained down, directly knocking the Knicks to death.

Even the referee didn't have time to react before the score difference reached 20+.

In the last one or two minutes, the Knicks tried to struggle, but it was too late. The score was fixed at 107:121, losing by a full 14 points.

薛连城依旧表现强势，24中14，三分13中7，罚球10中10，揽下了45分15助攻6篮板的劲爆数据。

Especially in the fourth quarter when the final decision was needed, Xue Liancheng lived up to expectations and stood up again, and was knocked down together with the referee.

The fans at the scene were undoubtedly disappointed.

The loss in the finals last season was hard for them to accept.

Unexpectedly, this season was even worse. After losing this game, we were already 0:3 behind and were only one step away from being swept.

of course.

They are mainly disappointed with James.

A-Smith, a decades-long fan, said bluntly: "James is definitely the most talented basketball player since the new century, but his achievements cannot be called great. If he had met Xue Liancheng two years earlier, he would have never won a championship. Unfortunately, this is the fact."

The Knicks won the championship two years ago, which really released the inner demons of countless New York fans. Although they were defeated by Xue Liancheng in the finals last year and were beaten 0:3 by Xue Liancheng again this year, they still have a strange feeling towards Xue Liancheng, the kind of love and hate, very complicated.

But it's different for James.

After two years in New York, he has torn the once defending champion team into pieces. Now he is facing a direct sweep by his predecessor, but James is powerless to do anything. The pain is indescribable.

Naturally, they don't like James, and they even hate him to some extent.

Including Dolan who was watching the game in the box.

At this moment, he looked at James who walked into the player tunnel in a daze, his eyes slightly sharpened: "Phil, is the era of New York really coming to an end?"

The Zen Master was shocked and quickly comforted him: "Sir, I think it can still continue. After all, there is no player in the league who can match Xue."

After winning the championship two years ago, Phil Jackson reversed the trajectory of history and successfully stayed in New York. He has not made any major mistakes in trades since then. He successfully reached the finals last year. Although he lost, the Zen Master's operation was not a failure.

This season, Oladipo left without leaving any chips, but they were still able to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, which can be considered a success.

but.

This ending doesn’t seem very good, it can even be said to be extremely ugly, it was swept away!

That's really embarrassing!

But disbanding the team now would be tantamount to committing suicide by seppuku.

What's more, apart from Xue Liancheng, there is no better cornerstone for building a team than James in the league.

and so.

If we continue to tinker with this lineup and get an All-Star, we should be able to remain competitive. As for winning the championship?

That's really a bit illusory.

Because Xue Liancheng is blocking the way in the east, they will have to pay a huge price if they want to cross this barrier.

Dolan frowned, "But...what's the point of going on like this?"

Phil Jackson: "We can continue to chase a giant in the offseason, and fight for another year with this framework, and maybe there will be a turnaround."

Dolan was silent for a moment, and finally sighed heavily: "If I hadn't been so greedy back then, the Knicks would definitely have the strength to challenge for three consecutive championships. What a pity! There is no if in everything."

Phil Jackson: "This is not something we could have foreseen. I think the operation was impeccable."

Dolan's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Phil Jackson: "That's absolutely true. I thought so at the beginning, otherwise I would not have raised objections."

This consolation finally made Dolan smile a little more: "Yes! I did this to ensure that I won the championship, but...eh!"

The topic ends here.

But both of them knew how huge their operation was back then.

but……

If they knew that Xue Liancheng had made an agreement with Kobe, they would probably jump up and down and curse.

After the game.

The Knicks were hit by a storm as expected.

Or to be more precise, James was criticized to no avail.

"Haha! As expected, I'm going to have my head shaved again."

"I've embarrassed myself here at my grandma's house. Why do you always lose so badly?"

"It's only to be expected that someone who was brought up by his godfather would be beaten up."

"We meet every year and we lose every year. We brag before the game every year and get slapped in the face every year. How can you still call yourself a superstar? Go to hell!"

"This result is not surprising at all. To put it bluntly, James is the one who is overrated by the whole world. Without the involvement of the referees, his career would never have been so brilliant."

"You're just a coward. Without a thigh to hold, you can't get hard at all."

"Oladipo is so strong! There is no need to explain how important his role was to the team last year, but they still lost in Game 7 of the Finals. Now that Oladipo is gone, James alone can't make it."

"Randall is such a waste, he only scored 13 points with 3 of 11 shots. With such performance, he doesn't deserve to be in the All-Star Game. I feel that the trade in the middle of the season was a big loss."

"To put it bluntly, Xue Liancheng has a huge restraint on James in his playing style."

Actually, there is nothing wrong with saying this.

James is a master of combining breakthroughs and passing. His impact after the pick-and-roll is unstoppable, but his shortcomings are obvious. His outside shooting ability is insufficient, his offensive ability is not strong enough, and he is relatively fragile psychologically.

Xue Liancheng is just the opposite. His physical talent is not even one-tenth of James'. He simply does not have the impact, explosive power, speed and other things.

but.

But he always has a strong heart, absolute offensive ability, shooting ability is at a historical level, and his ability to read the game is unparalleled.

Therefore, there is indeed a huge gap in the playing styles between the two, and there are also some restraint factors.

For example, when it comes to attacking at a critical moment, Xue Liancheng is the best choice.

James, on the other hand, tried to avoid it as much as possible.

That's the difference between the two.

Faced with this level of storm, James did not respond. In the fourth game, he made 17 of 7 shots and gave up the game directly, scoring only 18 points and watching his team being beaten by the Nets 104:123.

This is the end.

James was swept by Xue Liancheng again.

Looking back at the four matches between the two, each time they lost more thoroughly than the last.

In the first year, Xue Liancheng was still in the Heat and James was still in the Cavaliers. Xue Liancheng was absent due to dissatisfaction with the referee's decision, which led to the Heat falling behind 0:3. Everyone thought the Heat were finished because there had never been a team in history that could pull off a comeback after falling behind 0:3.

As a result, Xue Liancheng led the Heat to become the first to try something new and nailed the Cavaliers to the pillar of shame.

James still has an excuse for this defeat. After all, it was the first year that the Big Three formed a team and there were various problems such as lack of coordination.

As a result, the two teams met in the Eastern Conference Finals the following year. With Irving spraining his ankle, the Cavaliers had no power to fight back and were swept directly.

James was in the middle of the storm, being questioned and criticized by everyone.

Then James, feeling suffocated and desperate, made decision 3.

Once again, he abandoned the Cavaliers and joined the Knicks, who swept them out, completing the most shocking case of surrender in history.

However, due to Xue Liancheng's departure from the Knicks, controversy arose over the leg-hugging dispute.

But it still cannot change the fact that James defected to the enemy.

This time without Xue Liancheng, James finally led the Knicks out of the Eastern Conference, but in the finals, he led the defending champion team that Xue Liancheng had once proven to be, and lost to their old rival Xue Liancheng again.

This time.

James really lost.

His popularity collapsed, his image collapsed, his achievements collapsed, his historical status collapsed, and his influence collapsed.

The character setting is completely ruined.

At this point, the gap between the two sides has widened infinitely, and they can no longer be considered rivals.

As a result, in the fourth year, James, his defeated opponent, was swept again.

This sweep completely destroyed what little popularity he had left.

This can be seen from the unanimous ridicule after the game.

After the game.

James has disappeared, and he may no longer have the face to attend any press conferences or face the public.

But avoiding the problem will only cause it to accumulate, it won’t make it disappear, and the voices of ridicule on the Internet have become even louder.

"Giant baby! If you can't do it, just retire right here!"

"It's not shameful to be unable to win. What's shameful is that you pretend to be unable to win, and you are unwilling to admit that you lost after you lost."

"It only took four short years for me to go from being the best player in the league to being a street rat."

"I don't deny James's ability, but his professionalism is really poor."

"We've lost four years in a row and have been living under Xue Liancheng's shadow. It's really miserable, but that's no reason for you to be a giant baby. You didn't even do a post-match summary. Are you the leader of the team?"

"After losing the game, it would be fine if you shed a few tears in front of the camera. What's the point of you not saying anything?"

"Decision 4 is coming soon. If it doesn't come, you will never make it out of the East."

Criticism of James has intensified.

obviously.

Their feelings towards James' current performance can no longer be described as disappointment, but despair.

Compared with the huge gap in the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference is extremely close.

In Game 4, after the Rockets narrowly defeated the Warriors 95:92 on the road, the score between the two sides came to 2:2. The testing and adjustments were basically over, and the two sides officially entered the stage of fighting.

Then in the decisive battle of Game 5, the Rockets defended their home court with great difficulty and won another game with 98:94, and the overall score was 3:2.

But outsiders predict that this series may go to a decisive seventh game.

Because the next game will be G6 at the Warriors' home court, Oracle Center, the Warriors have home-court advantage.

At the same time, the Rockets won G4 and G5 with great difficulty, feeling like a spent force.

Therefore, as long as the Warriors firmly maintain their home-court advantage and drag the series into a seventh game, it is still very difficult to predict what the outcome will be.

of course.

This statement is considered to be a cry for the Warriors.

After all, no one could have imagined that the Rockets could force the Warriors into such an embarrassing situation.

Predictions before this series showed that the Rockets were strong and should be able to fight, but people still honestly believed that the Warriors would beat the Rockets 4:2 and advance to the finals.

result.

At this point in the series, the Rockets are leading 3:2. If the ending is 4:2, the Rockets will eliminate the Warriors.

If this is the result, it would be truly shocking.

Universe Brave!

The strongest super battleship in history, based on a finals-level team, with the addition of an MVP-level superstar, actually played worse and worse and couldn't even make it to the finals stage.

How can this not be surprising?

The journalists, media and experts who made the predictions at the time naturally couldn't slap themselves in the face, so they could only grit their teeth and continue to cheer for the Warriors, which created such momentum.

But no matter what, the strength displayed by both sides was indeed evenly matched, and the fight was very exciting and thrilling.

Unlike the Eastern Conference, the Nets grabbed the Knicks' hair from beginning to end and beat them up, not giving the Knicks any chance to raise their heads.

This is another area where James has been criticized.

If a digital player had been replaced, even if the Raptors had made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, they would have been unlikely to be swept out. Only James made himself so embarrassed.

of course.

There are no ifs in everything.

The Nets led by Xue Liancheng have demonstrated absolute dominance in the Eastern Conference.