511. Hidden dangers

"The owners of the Nets have always believed that they are a New York team, and now their new owner still thinks so. They first wanted to settle in New York. Without sponsors, they could only come to play games in an abandoned factory here. You

Do you know how many people watched the Nets’ first game?”

"How many people?"

"3,000 people. The Knicks also had a game that day, and 20,000 people watched it. Even if they came to the countryside, no one liked the Nets. They didn't like it here, and the people here didn't like them. Later, they really moved there.

New York, but New Yorkers also don’t like them from the countryside. After staying in the big city for a few years, they can only return to the countryside, but now the mayor of the country people no longer begs them to stay, and sends them

We were dispatched to Rutherford Town, which is where we will go next.”

"Is Rutherford a bad town? I've been there twice and it feels like the people there are very wealthy."

"Of course the people in Rutherford Town are very wealthy, regardless of the poor quality of the hotels there, but it is a business hub connecting New Jersey, New York State, and Pennsylvania. There are many people who go to the Airline Arena to watch football, but

Not many are Nets fans, many are businessmen passing by. People in the three states do not like the Nets. What Kidd has been doing is to let local fans accept the Nets and conquer the fans in this place.

Become a leader of the times."

"Oh, I didn't expect Kidd to be such a dreamy player."

"Of course, Kidd is the best player in the world."

"No, I am."

"Oh, Sori, I know you are very powerful, Warden, but in my opinion, you will be the strongest in the future, and now, Kidd will be the strongest."

"I will prove to you that your perception is wrong..."

"..."

The teammates were also impressed by the warden's familiar character, and he could have such a lively conversation with the bus driver in the away city.

The day after G2 of the Finals, on the afternoon of June 16, the Trail Blazers flew across the United States to Jersey City. After getting off the plane, they got on the bus arranged by the team and headed to Rutherford Town.

After a long flight, even if there were seats customized by Paul Allen for each player on the special plane, most of the Trail Blazers players didn't have much energy to do anything else after arriving in Jersey City. After all, they played two games in the past three days.

After a game, they wanted to go to the hotel and have a good night's rest.

But the warden was in such good spirits that after coming out of the airport, he sat in the passenger seat and chatted with the bus driver!

And it’s obvious that the bus driver is a fan of Kidd. Now they and Kidd are playing in the finals. The bus driver’s tone was not very good at first, but the warden was able to talk! The two of them were able to complain about the Nets together.

How unpopular!

While walking, Liu Xiu noticed that the road was wrong and asked, "Karl, isn't this the way to Rutherford Town?"

The driver named Carl Calect responded: "Of course not, the route you booked is to Glinton Villa."

After hearing this, Randolph exclaimed: "Is it that luxury villa area in Jersey City?"

Before the driver could respond, the vice president sitting in the first row took over: "Yes, this is a gift from the boss after we reached the finals. Didn't Jayce complain when we played the Nets away from home last time?"

Is the hotel too bad? It is actually the best hotel in Rutherford Town. After the boss knew about this, he booked a villa hotel in Glinton Hills."

As soon as the vice president said this, everyone on the bus cheered, including the coaching staff and staff.

Liu Xiu also sighed: "The boss is so generous. Prices here in New Jersey are not cheap..."

The boss is generous! The vice president's eyes lit up when he heard this. The boss's secretary came up with the idea to spend so much money on the villa hotel just to let the team members feel that the boss is a generous person. The most important thing is to let Liu Xiu feel it!

At this time, Liu Xiu asked in confusion: "Kevin, it seems that the boss has not come to watch the game in the past two days. What's wrong with him? Isn't he a huge basketball fan?"

The vice president responded regretfully: "He also wants to come, and I also hope he can come and cheer for us, but he is a shareholder of Microsoft. Although he has withdrawn from the board of directors, he is still an advisor to Bill Gates and often needs to help attend various events.

Event, he seems to be exploring the market in South America recently, so he can’t come..."

…

When playing away games, you will inevitably be affected by the opponent's fans.

The regular season is okay, but in the playoffs, fans will carry out organized and premeditated harassment of opponents. Not to mention the finals. I heard that the Providence Park Hotel where the Nets stayed in Portland is haunted.

He even asked a priest to exorcise evil spirits.

Perhaps inspired by Portland fans, after the Trail Blazers arrived at the Hudson River Villa Hotel in Greenton Hills, the outlaws who loved surfing the Internet saw the people in Rutherford Town on the forum.

The legend that a hotel called Caesars Palace is haunted.

The outlaw maniac went to Liu Xiu and told him about this incident, and he sighed happily: "Fortunately, our boss is generous and didn't stay in that shabby hotel. I already felt that it was unclean."

Liu Xiu asked strangely: "Aren't you afraid of nothing?"

The outlaw responded: "I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm afraid of ghosts!"

Liu Xiu's eyes flickered, and then asked: "Don't you dare to eat anything?"

"Does this have anything to do with my fear of ghosts?"

"Can't you just see that the ghost eats the ghost?"

"?????"

Although I don’t know why, after being teased like this by the warden, the outlaw was no longer so afraid when he thought about ghosts, and the idea of ​​how to become a ghost-eating boy came to his mind...

After a long journey, Liu Xiu and his teammates had a good night's rest. They were not in a hurry to train the next morning. They trained in a private indoor arena in Glinton Villa in the afternoon.

They don't feel that rest is a waste of time, nor are they worried about being surpassed by the Nets in preparation progress. It's not that they believe that the Nets will continue to be chaotic. On the contrary, the Trail Blazers coach believes that the Nets can

It doesn't matter if you prepare for the game in vain. The Trail Blazers coaching staff and management are willing to spend so much time resting because such rest is necessary, and the Nets' time is equally tight.

Because the two teams' planes flew from Portland to Jersey City.

If there is any disadvantage to the Trail Blazers, it is that they don't know how the Nets will play next.

McGrady's greed for FMVP, although it destroyed the Nets in the first two games, also made it impossible for the Trail Blazers to judge what adjustments the Nets would make.

…

After an afternoon of preparation, two rest days passed just like that.

On June 18th, the game day of Game 3 of the Finals between the Trail Blazers and Nets arrived.

One more win and the Trail Blazers will lock in the championship. They are now in full swing!

Commentators from major TV stations, based on the unstable factor of Tracy McGrady in the Nets and the performance of the two teams in the first two games, all believe that the Nets will repeat the tragedy of three years ago - being swept in the Finals.

The home atmosphere of the Nets' home court today at the Airline Arena is not strong, and it is incomparable to the atmosphere at the Rose Garden Arena on the previous two game days!

At 6:10 in the evening, when the Trail Blazers entered the stadium first, there were even cheers!

In the finals, thousands of Trail Blazers fans actually bought tickets for the away game!

Yesterday, someone broke the news on the Internet. Outside the Airline Arena, many fans who bought tickets for the G3 Finals were reselling the tickets. Most of them were not scalpers, because some scalpers were collecting tickets and selling them to visiting Trail Blazers fans.

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In the past few years since Kidd joined the Nets, he has actually built a certain fan base for the Nets. This year, they reached the finals again. The enthusiasm of the fans was originally very high. If he can win the championship, Kidd's dream in the Nets is said.

Maybe it can really be realized, and it can really help the Nets lay a foundation in this city and this state, and become the founder of the Nets' fan base in this city.

But the Nets lost the first two games, and they lost so miserably. The fans who had hopes for this team because of Kidd were dashed. They were slaughtered by O'Neal three years ago, and were blasted by Duncan two years ago.

The shadow strikes again...

Therefore, there was a strange scene where the Trail Blazers could still hear cheers on the road in the Finals.

When the Nets played at home, the cheers from the fans were not that high.

At 6:30 in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Nets started.

The powerful Trail Blazers started the game extraordinarily boldly. After Kwame Brown won the jump ball, the Trail Blazers launched a fast break. The Nets blocked the defense very well. Outlaws, Randolph

, Kwame Brown's impact was blocked, but Liu Xiu caught the ball on the left side of the free throw line and made an emergency jumper...

Missed!

Kwame Brown rushed into the paint and jumped high, dunking through Mourning and smashing the ball into the basket!

Kwame Brown's back-up dunk pushed the Blazers' already high morale to the limit! In the first half of the first quarter, with this momentum, the Blazers showed the dominance of the previous game on both ends of the offense and defense.

At 6 minutes and 22 seconds of the first quarter, Liu Xiu cut in to catch the ball and hit an underhand layup. The score was 17 to 10. The Trail Blazers' lead reached 7 points, stopping the Nets!

Unrestrained and wanton, the Trail Blazers had the advantage in this half of the quarter, making the Nets unable to resist.

However, in the first half of the game, Coach Bush warned Maurice Cheeks that the players were playing too hard.

There is nothing wrong with playing hard, but you have to learn how to hold back your energy and not rush in blindly. Just like many rookies have good physical strength, but lack of continuity because they don’t understand how to allocate physical strength in adult basketball. Even if they are

Kobe Bryant has such a physical strength, if you ask him to throw 50 times in a game... he won't be unable to throw, but he can't always maintain the best condition for throwing 50 times, even if he was in very good condition that night.
Chapter completed!