Super All-around Point Guard

The impact Xie Chen brought to people was huge, especially after Kobe officially quit the league, Xie Chen became that spiritual symbol.

The NBA wrote in its farewell message to Kobe Bryant: "Thank you for your persistence. Even if your body screams 'no', your mind and heart keep saying 'yes'."

Xie Chen has the same persistence as Kobe and the same desire for victory. Many people think that there will never be a second Kobe in the NBA, but from this point of view, Xie Chen is undoubtedly the person most like Kobe in the league today.

In fact, Kobe is also watching this game now, in his office. During this period after officially retiring, many people don't know that Kobe still conducts regular basketball training every morning, yes, even if he does not play. However, he still insists on doing this, and never fails every day. After persisting in this life every day for so many years, it is difficult to change.

In his career kingdom, Kobe is still working very hard. He comes to work at his KOBE.INC at 8:30 every day. Since he has a lot of work to do today, he has not gone back until now. It happens to be game time. He is the big boss. I also put down what I was doing and went to watch the game.

"It's exactly the same as me back then!" Kobe sat casually on the chair and looked at Xie Chen and smiled happily.

For Kobe, he still hopes that Xie Chen can beat James, because Xie Chen has achieved such amazing achievements in only his second year. It is inevitable that his future historical ranking will be higher than that of Kobe. However, if from now on, Xie Chen will If James can be prevented from winning the championship every year, then James' championships will definitely be less than Kobe's. Kobe Bryant, the MVP, has already lost to James. If there is an absolute advantage in the number of championships, that is also good.

At the scene, everyone was amazed by a left-handed dunk. They didn't know Xie Chen. He did this when he was in the Heat, and it was still his conventional weapon.

In last year's playoffs, Xie Chen's "left-hand kung fu" was eye-catching. Now it's time to reappear in the league!

Without the rebounding maniac Tristan Thompson, the Cavaliers lost a lot of offensive rebound opportunities, and once the Knicks got defensive rebounds, the Knicks would become as quick to attack as before.

Previously, everyone thought that the Knicks would slow down in this game because Xie Chen no longer controlled the ball, and the others' advancement speed was slower than Xie Chen's. Moreover, Xie Chen's finishing ability was not as good as before. In the fast break, there were two people defending under the basket, and Xie Chen was able to do it with ease. But after Xie Chen's dunk just now, everyone knew that Xie Chen had not changed much.

Williams received the pass from the basket at half-court and quickly rushed forward. Fast break is his best way to score, and he could not miss this opportunity.

James, on the other hand, quickly caught up and followed Williams closely, never giving him a chance to score easily.

Xie Chen also quickly chased after them, right behind the two of them.

Derrick Williams is very fast and quickly rushed to the basket, but he was still very wary of James' defense, and he noticed that his teammate Xie Chen was already following behind him. Even if Xie Chen was injured, he He still chose to leave the ball to Xie Chen instead of forcing himself.

James noticed that Williams' speed dropped instead of rising when he was near the basket. He immediately realized that Williams was not attacking the ball by himself. Sure enough, Williams passed the ball behind his back and threw the ball to those coming from behind. The person who passed the ball moved aside.

James quickly looked back, and it turned out to be Xie Chen!

Xie Chen stepped forward, got the basketball in an instant, and flew into the air. James also quickly jumped on the spot and reached out to block Xie Chen!

Because the physical contact between the two teams was too intense in the last game, and there was also a beating incident, Adam Silver was extremely dissatisfied and warned both teams. The NBA has a great influence overseas, especially this is the Eastern Conference finals. There is a lot of attention at the scene, and fights must not occur on such a stage. This is not conducive to the future development of the NBA.

So there was another big showdown between James and Xie Chen. This time there was no physical contact between the two. James did not take the initiative to touch Xie Chen, and Xie Chen was also avoiding James in the air.

James was on the right side of Xie Chen. When Xie Chen got the ball, he used his left hand. After it flew up, he still used his left hand. James stretched out his hand to swipe the basketball in Xie Chen's left hand, but did not touch it. Xie Chen was He dodged in the air and then dunked directly into the frame with his left hand!

"wow!"

The scene was shocked again!

Another left-handed dunk!

Kobe was also excited: "This ball... looks like the one Tracy dunked on me back then! The person who passed the ball to him seemed to be Alston."

It has been so long, but Kobe still still has fresh memories of that ball. He almost remembers every match he had with McGrady. The ball Kobe was referring to was when McGrady was in the Rockets, during a Rockets fast break, Als Just like Williams, Tong rushed to the basket first, and passed the final hit to McGrady behind him. McGrady flew into the air, dodged Kobe with his left hand and dunked successfully.

"Although Xie's dunk completion with his left hand is also good, it is still a little worse than Tracy." Kobe admired his old friend quite a lot, especially McGrady's left and right hands were very good, which made him particularly envious.

Xie Chen's left-handed dunk is indeed not as good as McGrady, but the people at the scene don't care about perfection at all, they are so satisfied that they want to scream.

"Haha, thank you for beating them with your left hand!"

"The Left Hand God appears again!"

James showed a helpless expression. As for Xie Chen's left-hand ability, he had experienced it as early as last year's playoffs. Many stars have good left-hand abilities, including James himself, who is also very good with his left hand. Regarding Xie Chen's left-hand ability, James is not too Too surprised.

Next, Xie Chen performed another McGrady-like move.

He was on the left wing and used the screen to jump to the basket. This time, he performed very gently. Unlike before, as long as he passed the defense, he would dunk against the defender under the basket.

This time, he did not hit the defensive player head-on, but dodged and hit.

There are many ways to avoid playing, but this one by McGrady is extremely cool. He dribbles with his left hand, approaches the defensive player, suddenly switches to his right hand, and then feints with his right hand to pass the ball to his teammates, then quickly pulls back, and then hands the ball over. To his left hand, he completed the layup instantly.

Xie Chen was so fast that the defender had no time to react before Xie Chen's ball was already released.

Seeing Xie Chen's goal, Kobe smiled again. Not only Kobe, but also Anthony. He also knew that this was a move that McGrady had used before, because when McGrady used this move, Anthony was standing behind McGrady. That ball was guarded by Anthony McGrady, so Anthony witnessed it all.

Stephen Curry, who was watching the game, also exclaimed: "Xie's skills are really incredible. If I didn't spend all my time shooting every day, my layup skills would definitely be better."

Curry is also modest. Although his layups are not as threatening as shooting, they are still outstanding.

With Xie Chen's outstanding performance as usual, the Knicks and Cavaliers were inseparable. This was not the result the Cavaliers wanted to see.

During halftime, James had a rare outburst in the locker room.

"This game is very important to us. If we can win this game at their home court and turn the series score into 3:1, then I guarantee you that it will be us 100% to enter the finals. Even if Xie can score 100 points in a single game, I guarantee that it will be us who win! Last year we were defeated by Xie 3:0, and it will never happen again this year! So we must pursue the victory before Xie’s injury is fully recovered. Recover and win this game!”

James' desire for victory this year is stronger than in previous years. Although the Cavaliers are already leading the series, James still regards this game as more important than any other game. If the series becomes 3:1, the Cavaliers will Only one victory is needed to end this series, and then everyone will try their best to move towards this goal. Everything will fall into place.

James' words still played a certain role. It may not have much effect on people like J.R. Smith, but it has a great effect on powerful and ambitious stars like Kyrie Irving.

"LeBron is right. Xie played with an injury today. The home fans gave him a lot of support. If he is allowed to equalize the total score of the series, there will be too many variables in the future. We must win this game. Get off!" Owen said secretly.

Even two outsiders, Kobe and Popovich, believe that if the Cavaliers win this game, the probability of the Cavaliers winning the Eastern Conference championship will be over 90%.

If they knew that Xie Chen had to face a legendary team every time on the road, they would not be so conservative and would make up for the remaining 10%.

This battle is crucial!

Kyrie Irving suddenly exploded in the second half. He first acrobaticly rushed to the basket, then threw a high ball, and performed an alley-oop dunk with Mozgov. Then, he attacked again and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. When facing Ray Allen's defense, he dribbled behind his back twice, both of which were very large. Then he rushed forward, quickly stopped to dribble under his hips, and took off to shoot. Ray Allen couldn't keep up with Kyrie Irving's footsteps. , was played very miserably.

This ball also made the Cavaliers' bench burst into jubilation.

Irving's dribbling is really good. Let alone veteran Ray Allen, even the young Xie Chen has a hard time guarding Irving.

The Cavaliers quickly extended their lead to 8 points.

How could the Knicks not know the significance of this victory or defeat! However, the Cavaliers already know the Knicks' tactics well. It seems that unless the Knicks rely on Xie Chen's extraordinary performance, it will be difficult to complete the reversal.

And just when some people felt that the Knicks were doomed, someone stood up.

He is the veteran who was almost knocked down by Irving just now, Ray Allen.

"Xie must stand up and score! If Xie cannot recover the point difference at this time, the game will enter the Cavaliers' rhythm. Once the Cavaliers win this game, I worry that they will not be able to come back here."

Everyone places their hopes on Xie Chen, and the Cavaliers also put their greatest defensive efforts on Xie Chen.

Xie Chen no longer dribbles by himself, but catches and shoots, so Xie Chen needs to run and be covered by his teammates. It is also very difficult to defend Xie Chen in this way. Fortunately, the Knicks players are not too covering. Bad, no excessive behavior. If Ci Shiping were on the court, JR Smith would have been worried about whether he would be hit by the elbow when covering the player.

The kind screen also gave the Cavaliers a chance to defend Xie Chen, but Xie Chen relied on his speed to receive the ball one step ahead of JR and immediately faked a shot. JR quickly chased after him and jumped because he had no time to care. Xie Chen, is this a fake move?

Xie Chen made a fake move and shook JR Smith, but the matter was not over. He still didn't get a chance to shoot, because Kyrie Irving came over again.

Xie Chen will have more than two defensive players at any time.

Xie Chen did not force the shot and quickly passed the ball to the open Ray Allen. Ray Allen has always looked very calm. Even though he was almost knocked down by Irving just now, he remained calm. He knows what he can do now. , can't do anything, he has also won the highest honor, been on the best team and in the most important position, played for so many years, he is the only one of the 96 golden generation who is still playing on the court.

When Ray Allen got the ball, Kobe shook his hand unconsciously.

"Must go in." Kobe actually prayed for Ray Allen.

In fact, Kobe and Ray Allen are not friends. They haven't been since they met in the 1996 draft. In 1996, they flew to Chicago to participate in training camp and participated in various physical examinations. At that time, Kobe's physical examination lasted about two minutes. Kobe kept saying, "I don't have any injuries in my body and there is nothing to check!", while Ray Allen said to Kobe from the sidelines: "That's because you are only 17 years old and you haven't done anything yet."

Kobe always had that kind of attitude and that kind of confidence, but Ray Allen just talked too much, and the two were destined not to be friends. Many people who went to college at the time didn't like Kobe. Later, Ray Allen even criticized Kobe. Selfish.

However, Kobe and Ray Allen were both in the golden generation 20 years ago. They have experienced too much together. Now the stars of the same generation, whether it is Iverson or Nash, including Kobe, have left the NBA. Only Ray Allen is still there. , Kobe hopes that Ray Allen can continue the glory of the 1996 golden generation and win another championship with Xie Chen.

Gentleman Lei Xiaosha took action and hit it accurately!

After that, Xie Chen, who had been wandering outside the three-point line, once again received the ball, once again attracted the defensive player, and once again passed the ball to Ray Allen, who once again lived up to expectations with the ball and hit!

No one would have expected that Ray Allen's two three-pointers were just the beginning!

When the Knicks went on a fast break, Ray Allen got a lot of shooting opportunities because the Cavaliers focused their defense on Xie Chen and Williams.

Ray Allen hit four three-pointers in a row in the crucial third quarter! Quickly overtake the score!