121 to 83.

Barkley's commentary became the most appropriate adjective for this game.

The Bulls were like a wild beast that had been locked in a cage for two days and was finally released. They tore the Pacers to pieces. The Bulls and Pacers, the team names matched each other.

In terms of statistics, Xu Yong played three quarters and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Rose scored 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Butler scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, Adams scored 11 points and 20 rebounds, and Foye scored 10 points.

For the Pacers, Paul had 22 points and 7 assists, Anthony had 21 points and 5 rebounds, but only made 6 of 23 shots, and Bynum had 18 points and 7 rebounds.

Xu Yong attended the post-match press conference with Adams.

"Relax." Seeing Adams who seemed a little nervous during his first press conference, Xu Yong reached out and patted him on the shoulder. Adams was good in every way except that he had a very gentle temper.

"We all know that rebounds are the lifeline of the game, and he won that line for us. I can't remember the last time a Bulls player grabbed 20 rebounds, and he grabbed 6? Sorry, I remembered wrongly, 7 offensive rebounds, he has the potential to become the best center in the league."

When it came to the press conference, Xu Yong was full of praise for Adams, and the latter even blushed.

However, we should criticize those who fight badly, and praise those who fight well, so that things will develop in a positive direction.

After the press conference, Xu Yong met Paul in the player tunnel. He and Anthony were coming to attend the press conference.

Because of James, Paul and Xu Yong's relationship this season is much better than before. He even gave Xu Yong chocolates during the All-Star Game.

When they met each other, they smiled, hugged and greeted each other.

"You played so well. We're going to be in big trouble next." Paul sighed after putting away his smile.

"I don't think so. Our real competition is coming next." Xu Yong said seriously.

Paul was stunned for a moment, then both of them burst into laughter and went their separate ways.

The moment they separated, Paul put away his smile and his expression became extremely serious.

"What's wrong?" Anthony couldn't help but ask curiously when they were about to reach the press conference.

Paul glanced at Anthony, then smirked and shook his head.

But when he turned around, a look of worry unconsciously appeared between his brows again.

Originally, after a big victory, if Xu Yong acted relaxed and even confident, the Pacers would still have a chance later.

But with Xu Yong's mentality now, it will be difficult for the Pacers to win in the future.

After finishing the extra training, Xu Yong returned home and took a look at the situation in the west.

Because the divisional semifinals ended at different times, they had played two games here, while they had only played one game there.

As a result of the game, the Thunder won 116 to 110, Durant scored 38 points and Curry scored 28 points.

Xu Yong went to find the live video of the game. After watching it, he felt that it was indeed a little different. The Warriors were very strong, but they lacked a lot of experience.

If you really count it, this Thunder lineup is already in its fourth year, and the chemistry has reached its peak.

If the game continues at this pace, he and Durant might really have a belated meeting.

Two days later, the Bulls and Pacers moved to Indiana for Game 3.

The two sides tied 1-1 in the first two games, and the Pacers still have the advantage in terms of the situation because they now have the home advantage.

After the game started, the Pacers, like the Bulls, showed extremely high offensive and defensive intensity from the start.

Every win or loss in the series has a huge impact on the situation, especially in this crucial game after most of the games are tied, they don't have much room for retreat.

And on the offensive end, Vogel also made adjustments based on the situation in the previous game, allowing Anthony to play more without the ball. In addition, Anthony had a good touch today, and the effect was obvious.

However, the Bulls performed no worse than in the last game, and these changes by the Pacers failed to establish an advantage in the opening.

In the tense situation, tensions began to grow between the two sides, with trash talk continuing.

In fact, it’s not just tonight. There has been a lot of trash talk between the two teams on the court in the past two games.

Between Butler and Paul, between Xu Yong and Anthony, on a stage of this level, there are several masters of trash talk, it would be strange if they didn't talk trash.

Anthony was in good shape tonight and kept chattering in Xu Yong's ear.

"Don't be a nagging woman. Wait until you've played in the finals once."

Anthony was pissed off by Xu Yong's trash talk, and he continued to chatter right into Xu Yong's head.

Xu Yong also pushed forward. In this environment where everyone was trash-talking each other, whoever started first would get the T.

Anthony couldn't help it and reached out to push Xu Yong. Seeing this, Xu Yong immediately grabbed his hand and the two of them got entangled.

The referee's whistle sounded, and Anthony was still struggling, but the next second he suddenly felt his feet off the ground.

This made everyone feel awkward.

When they looked carefully, they found that Adams appeared beside Anthony at some point, picked him up and carried him to the three-point line.gif.

Even though Anthony lost weight this season, he still weighs close to 108 kilograms, but now he looks like a small bird in Adams' arms.

Anthony struggled for a few times to get down, only to find that Adams' hands were like iron chains, firmly fixing him so that he could not move.

And when Adams put him down, he wanted to fight with Adams, but found that Adams raised his hand to indicate that he meant no harm.

Just this wave of operations was so bad that Anthony had never seen anything like it even though he had been in the league for so many years. He was completely speechless.

A conflict was resolved in this way, and Xu Yong was also happy to see it. It seems that having a mild temper is not all bad. This kind of "conquering others with virtue" is also a way.

After a brief conflict, the game continued.

As the game progressed, the Pacers gradually fell into a disadvantage because they invested too much in the beginning and consumed too much physical energy.

From the comparison between Games G3 and G2, we can see that the Bulls' strength lies not only in the iron triangle, but also in the strength of their rotation lineup. Rose has been in very good form since entering the playoffs. He and Butler playing as substitutes will make their opponents feel tremendous pressure.

In the end, after four fierce quarters, the Bulls defeated the Pacers 113-105 and took a 2-1 lead.

In terms of statistics, Xu Yong had 36 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Butler had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Rose had 17 points and 5 assists, Adams had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 1 goal, and West had 11 points.

For the Pacers, Anthony had 33 points and 11 rebounds, Paul had 18 points and 13 assists, Bynum had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Korver had 15 points.

Both games G1 and G2 were "accidents". The Bulls were lax in G1 and the Pacers were caught off guard in G2. Just as Xu Yong said, G3 was the official contest, and in this contest, the Pacers played very tenaciously, but there was still a clear gap between them and the Bulls.

After the game, Paul seemed very frustrated because the result confirmed his guess that the Pacers did not have many chances.

A week later, the Eastern Conference Finals ended first.

The Pacers still played very hard in G4 and G5, especially in G5, where they only lost to the Bulls by 1 point in a do-or-die battle.

However, as Anthony's buzzer-beater was blocked by Xu Yong, they were eventually eliminated with a score of 1 to 4.

At the end of the game, the Bulls players began to celebrate wildly.

Xu Yong suppressed his emotions on the court and in the press conference. He answered reporters' questions with words like "We haven't achieved our goals yet, we haven't done anything yet."

But when he returned to the locker room, he and his teammates shouted and gave Thibodeau a familiar champagne bath.

"We haven't done anything yet" was said to the media and the players, after all, they had just experienced the consequences of slacking off.

But the reality is that after two years, they finally made it back to the finals!

Thibodeau's eyes were a little red, and I don't know if it was because the champagne stung his eyes, but his almost bald hair showed the pressure he had been under in the past two years.

"Let's take back that damn trophy!" Thibodeau led the shouting after wiping the champagne off his face.

"Let's get that damn trophy back!!"

The shouts floated out of the locker room and spread to every corner of the United Center like the wind.

After the celebration and returning home, Xu Yong had a phone call with Charlize Theron.

Theron's due date is in July, which is just over a month away.

However, these calls are all about children and do not involve too many personal emotions.

Because of traditional concepts, Xu Yong has tried to contact Charlize Theron more often over the past six months to see if there is any possibility of developing a relationship.

After all, Charlize Theron has agreed to have a baby, so even if they don't want to coincide with their peak years, they can still try to get together for the sake of having a child.

But it turned out that the impulse that night was only temporary. Charlize Theron has a strong sense of independence, and there is basically no possibility of changing her idea of ​​not getting married.

In other words, he experienced a relationship between illegitimate parents, which he had never experienced in his previous life, but is very common among wealthy people in the West. They can do many things for their children except being together.

So now he has let it go and as long as the child can grow up healthily, that's enough.

Of course, he has learned a lesson. Even if he is immune to injuries, he still has to wear an umbrella. He doesn't want to end up like Howard.

After finishing the call, he turned his attention to the western region.

Unlike the clear situation in the East, the situation in the West is quite tense. The score was 2-2 after the first four games, and the decisive battle had just ended.

In the first four games, both sides staged a fierce offensive battle, but when it came to the decisive game, it turned into a hand-to-hand fight with constant misses.

Curry made 2 of 10 three-pointers, and Durant only made 9 of 25 shots. Under this intensity, rebounds became the decisive factor.

The Thunder grabbed 55 rebounds, 10 more than the Warriors. Ibaka grabbed 14 of them alone, including 7 offensive rebounds, which blew up the opposing Green.

After winning the decisive game, the Thunder also got the match point in the Western Conference Finals, and Game 6 was played at the Thunder's home court.

If nothing unexpected happens, the finals will be against the Thunder.

This is also expected, and it is time for the Thunder team to produce results with this lineup.

Moreover, the last time the Bulls won 72 games was in the 1995-1996 season, and their opponent in the finals was the Thunder's predecessor, the SuperSonics.

And that Supersonics team made it to the finals after Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton worked together for four or five seasons.

"History always repeats itself" is verified again here.

However, when you think there will be no accidents, accidents often happen.

Curry rebounded strongly after a slump. He made 6 of 12 three-pointers and scored 35 points, helping the Warriors to a big win over the Thunder on the road.

After the game, the situation between the two sides was reversed.

Not only did the Warriors restore their confidence, but more importantly, the seventh game was played in Oakland, and they had a good chance of reaching the finals.

After seeing the result, Xu Yong was silent for a while, but suddenly realized a problem. This year, he seemed to have a flag physique and could not do anything he liked.

So for the sake of his good brother Harden, he decided not to watch the seventh game.

And it’s actually the same whether playing against the Warriors or the Thunder. The game will definitely be more intense, but he is confident that he can bring the championship trophy back to Chicago.

At the end of the team training session that day, Butler suddenly came running over with great interest.

Because that day happened to be the seventh game of the Western Conference Finals, he thought the game was over, but then he realized that the game was in the evening.

"Nike announces it will not renew LeBron's contract."

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment. Although he had thought about this possibility before, after all, ESPN's abnormal behavior and the unexpected results of the best lineup have been sending out signals one after another, but it still makes people stunned when it really happens.

When this domino fell, the sound was like the collapse of a "kingdom".

James' biggest reliance is Nike. Now that this card has officially fallen, it cannot be said that his position in the league has been affected, but it can only be said that it has plummeted.

"Senior, which brand do you think LeBron will go to?"

"It's the same wherever we go." Xu Yong said indifferently after coming back to his senses.

Because as long as it is not Nike, no other brand can affect the league, which means that there will be no more traveling rules, vertical jump rules and the like, and there will be no need to listen to ESPN's embarrassing talk every day. Even if James kneels down again, it will not have any effect.

When he got home in the evening, Xu Yong turned on his mobile phone and couldn't help but take a look at the matter between Nike and James out of curiosity.

At first glance, it turned out that Nike offered James a 10-year, $180 million contract. James' team thought this was too insulting, so they rejected it.

This kind of operation is normal when negotiating a contract renewal, that is, negotiating the price.

However, what no one expected was that as soon as Nike saw that James refused, it announced that it would give up the contract renewal, which caught James off guard.

Xu Yong looked at the contract and felt that it was indeed a bit insulting. After all, the last contract Nike offered them was 100 million for 5 years. Normally speaking, let alone this price, it would be time to sign a lifetime endorsement contract.

But, at that time, James had just won two consecutive MVPs and formed a Big Three with the Heat. The market was very good. But now, not only has he not won a championship, he is also wandering around. Even the Big Four has been defeated. Nike is really not interested in continuing to train him.

Not to mention that Nike actually had this plan last year, because they matched the contract that AU gave to Durant and renewed a 10-year, 280 million contract with Durant, which clearly meant to support Durant.

So James' team probably wanted to get at least the same contract as Durant's, but they didn't expect to overestimate James' current influence.

The number of fans is always directly linked to the performance of the players. James has not achieved any results in recent years. Many James fans have stopped being his fans, and the sales of sneakers have declined. These are all chain reactions.

However, James still has a fan base, including Adidas, New Balance, and even Anta in China are rumored to be pursuing James.

If nothing unexpected happens, James will most likely choose one of these brands.

Although as he said before, it doesn't matter what he signs as long as it's not Nike.

After watching this, he turned to the Western Conference Finals.

Durant scored 43 points and the Thunder won the seventh game 106-101, returning to the finals for the first time since 2013.

This kind of Durant is probably the reason why Nike gave up James.

In this way, the long-awaited showdown between him and Durant is finally coming.