King Arthur's MVP coronation Night, the Pacers defeated the Pistons 94-87, and Kirilenko left the field in the middle of the fourth quarter. His departure inspired his teammates, allowing the team, which had already fallen into a desperate situation, to grit their teeth and fight for a victory.

Xie Hou played in the fourth quarter and played for 43 minutes. He tried his best to do his last bit of strength, but he didn't even walk like before.

In this game of escaping death, he scored nearly half of the team's points: 44 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists.

"Arthur, everyone can see your passion in your game. Why do you fight?"

"We fought for the championship at first," Xie Hou said, "We fought for victory tonight, but after Andre was injured, we started fighting for each other! The championship is no longer important, and victory cannot make up for our losses. We are now fighting for each other!"

Xie Hou was emotionally excited and could not calm down.

The reporter on the scene only asked this question and stopped asking more questions.

At the press conference, Claire burst into tears: "If Andre is seriously injured by this, I will not be able to forgive myself no matter what."

A reporter asked Xie Hou how to deal with the next game without Kirilenko.

Xie Hou got angry rarely: "I don't want to talk about any competition now, I just want to end this damn press conference as soon as possible!"

Generally speaking, Xie Hou would be punished by the alliance for this sentence and his attitude towards the press conference.

But the league did not respond, the media understood his mood, and the fans praised him.

The results of Kirilenko's examination came out that night.

Second-degree sprain of right ankle.

Fortunately, Kirilenko was a twisted foot without any confrontation. Many major injuries were caused by this situation.

Before the injury, Kirilenko was already very tired. He tried to relax before shooting. When he landed, his body's tense state did not adjust in time, and a twisting foot occurred.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Claire for not giving him a few more minutes of rest.

A second-degree sprain and absent for 4-6 weeks, Kirilenko has suffered a similar injury during the season.

He will return to home to play the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals in two days, and he is destined to miss.

Even if the Pacers miraculously beat the Pistons and reached the finals and played seven games with the Spurs (the Spurs had eliminated the Suns 4-1 at this time), he would not be able to return in the tiebreak game.

Therefore, the Pacers simply and neatly informed the outside world of Kirilenko's injury: "Andre Kirilenko was reimbursed for a second-degree sprain on his right ankle."

Different people feel differently when they hear this news.

The Pacers fans will definitely be sad and sad. Fans who understand the ball will completely lose hope and start paying attention to this year's rookies.

Some people have not given up yet, such as the Pacers team who need to return to home games.

Kirilenko stayed in the hospital until the next morning when he boarded his flight back to Indiana with his team staff.

Others took a special plane back.

Winning the game but losing Kirilenko, the Pacers' playoff prospects are already bleak.

Claire asked the players to clean up, don't have any burden, have a good rest, and prepare for tomorrow's game.

Xie Hou said as they said, without a burden, rest with peace of mind.

The displeasure on his face was quite obvious, and he sat on the sofa and watched the comedy expressionlessly.

Actually, it’s very simple to laugh.

Xie Nini thought he was too serious now, so she naughtyly scratched his waist, and Xie Hou immediately broke the effort.

"Don't bother me!" He laughed and loudly.

Xie Nini was pitiful. She just wanted to make Xie Hou happy. Why did he yell so loudly?

"Sorry, it's not your fault." Xie Houmo's sister's head.

Xie Nini asked: "Why are you unhappy? Mom said you won the game."

Xie Hou couldn't explain this to her, "I'm not happy."

"Then why don't you laugh? If you don't laugh anymore, I will start to suspect that you are a robot pretending to be your brother." Xie Nini gave a bad example, "just like the robot in "Terminator"."

Sometimes you don’t have to be happy, as long as someone chats, your mood will gradually improve.

"Then how do I know if you are my sister, or a robot pretending to tickle me?"

"Why do robots tickling you?!"

"Who knows? Anyway, my sister will never do such a thing. She is the most considerate and sensible little girl in the world."

Xie Hou pretended to be a robot and wanted to tickle Xie Nini, but she ran away with a smile.

She accomplished her goal: to make her brother laugh.

This is the best thing a child can teach adults.

They can always be happy without reason at all times, focus on something, and know how to strive for what they want.

Tomorrow night is the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, and it is still a game that cannot be lost. Losing is equivalent to a survival battle at the end of the season.

Claire did not arrange training today.

Xie Hou can stay at home to save his energy, find a place to practice football, and do something to make his mood better.

He chose to practice.

Xie Hou and Robert III made an appointment to practice shooting in the gymnasium. From afternoon to ten o'clock in the evening, Xie Hou made 1,200 shots in the middle and long shots.

Interestingly, he scored 1,000 of them.

1000 goals are just right, it's a perfect number.

"I suspect you missed the last few goals on purpose," said Robert III.

"So what?" Xie Hou admitted.

Besides cursing the idiotic behavior of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Robert III had no choice but to accept it.

Maybe it's time to formulate a related penalty for deliberately missing a goal that can be scored during training. Is there anything wrong with one goal of $10,000?

A peaceful and ordinary day ends in confusion and training.

When he woke up the next day, Xie Hou's body and mind were relaxed, and he could face the game without Kirilenko calmly.

Excellent players can make teammates depend on, and Kirilenko's defense is the dependent on the entire team.

With him here, there is no need to worry too much about someone who misses the defense on the outside. They know that Kirilianko will definitely help make up for it.

If he was not so outstanding, how could he be selected as a second defense based on his relatively average single defense and his less high attendance rate?

Xie Hou is a second defense like Kirilenko, but his defense is far inferior to the latter.

It can even be said that part of Xie Hou's second defense was thanks to Kirilenko's blessing.

He and Kirilianko are beautiful in defensive data, and Kirilianko's existence also brings Xie Hou's high-level defensive data very beautiful.

In fact, just think about it and know that with Xie Hou's physical fitness and current defensive influence, if it weren't for Kirirenko's drag, there would be no possibility of being selected as a second defense.

It can be said that he has achieved the best defense he can do so far.

But his second defense and Kirirenko's second defense are not the same concept.

Bill Simmons' rebuttal to those who questioned Kirilenko's low attendance rate but were selected as the second defense: "He can push Arthur into the second team of the year with 49 games, so the judges have no excuse to exclude him."

A good ball-holder can improve teammates' offensive performance, while a good defender can also improve teammates' defense.

Now that he can't play, Xie Hou has to rely on himself.

Anyway, it's not the first time. Let's look back at the ninth time last year on November 19 last year. Before the conflict, Kirilenko left the court. The injury left him missing for six weeks, and Xie Hou also survived.

Just as silent love will never forget the meaning of November 19 (I mentioned it too many times), Xie Hou will not forget the meaning of June 4th, that is, today.

Let's do it again, today, June 4, 2005, match day.

That night, many fans came to the scene wearing Miller's jerseys.

Many people are holding banners.

"Reggie, come another year"

"Reggie, please stay"

“Ind still needs you”

You can see fans trying to keep Miller in various ways.

They did this because they knew they didn't have much chance of winning tonight, and Miller had already had the idea of ​​retiring before.

Last night, ESPN suddenly revealed that Miller plans to retire after the end of the season.

They do not provide information sources, they only say messages.

This news shocked, which triggered all fans to spontaneously lobby Miller.

So what was he thinking? Xie Hou didn't know, he didn't ask, Miller didn't say that, everyone pretended that this thing didn't exist, and carefully prepared for tonight's game.

Some things are not something you pretend that they don’t exist.

The teammates put on their clothes and came to the locker room, while Xie Hou was still inside.

Miller is also here. He is so resolute that he is slow tonight. Those who like to do reading and answering may be able to read his nostalgia for the locker room.
To be continued...