AD and SGA were the first to gather around Chen, each giving him a heavy hug.
"How have you been lately?"
It was still the same old opening small talk~~
After Chen Xi had greeted each of the Thunder Team players, AD took the lead in opening the conversation and started chatting with Chen.
"Great. Of course I've been great—I'm already on vacation. You guys are the ones who seem to have run into quite a bit of trouble."
The Western Conference Finals had gone all the way to the 25th, with the series tied 3-3.
From one perspective, that development was unexpected, yet perfectly reasonable.
The powerful Thunder Team and the seasoned, battle-hardened Warriors had traded wins through six fierce games.
And tonight was the moment they would determine the ultimate winner.
Before such an important game, coming to the Thunder Team locker room to help ease the players' nerves was also one of Chen's tasks for the night.
As for who had assigned him that task?
All that could be said was that Chen had gotten in without a ticket—he was freeloading~~
"No, we haven't run into any trouble. The ones in trouble are on the other side! We're going to crush them! Just sit in the stands and watch us lift the Western Conference championship trophy again."
Turtle Turtle, who had finally put little Klein down, grinned as he walked over, hooked an arm around Chen Xi's shoulders, and cut in.
"You'd better."
Chen Xi turned around and gave him a hug, then looked toward SGA.
"I've already said everything I needed to say. The rest depends on your own performance."
SGA nodded at that, stepped forward, and lightly high-fived Chen Xi again.
The Thunder Team had struggled badly in this series and had even fallen into