Super All-around Point Guard

Michael Jordan was amazed by Xie Chen's all-around skills, and also by Xie Chen's unique personality and behavior.

Jordan looked at Xie Chen and asked: "Are you really not going to play in the second half? Aren't you afraid of being punished by the team and the league?"

Xie Chen smiled and said: "There is nothing more important now than going to have a drink with you."

Michael Jordan was willing to admit defeat, and he was already guilty of six offenses. He couldn't play this game even if he wanted to, so he followed Xie Chen and left the scene, causing an uproar among the fans at the scene.

"Where have they gone? Are they no longer playing games?"

A scene that has never appeared in the NBA before or in the future happened in the legendary plot.

Jordan had a car here. After changing clothes and leaving the arena, the two drove to a coffee shop. Jordan was very famous, and the two tall bodies were very eye-catching, so they met many fans and said hello. There is a group photo, which is one of the reasons why Xie Chen likes to come to the legendary plot. It is too real and not virtual at all, but the world here does not affect the real world, and Xie Chen, a person from the future, appears here, Doing something will not arouse the curiosity and suspicion of these people. This is probably the best benefit for time travellers, right?

Xie Chen and Jordan only chatted for a few minutes and already they were very happy, because Xie Chen knew Jordan very well and had talked to him a lot before. In fact, Xie Chen hadn't seen Jordan for a long time and had always wanted to find an opportunity to chat with Jordan. There was no chance to chat and talk about our concerns. Now that we met in the legendary plot, we just treated them as if we had met in real life.

Xie Chen said: "You once said that when a person's desire reaches the highest level, he can do anything. If he can't do it, it means the desire is not strong enough. I once relied on this desire to win. I hope I have achieved something before, but now, I kind of doubt whether I can achieve it again.”

In the first season, when Xie Chen trailed the Cavaliers 0-3 in the playoffs, Jordan said this to him. Xie Chen relied on his strong desire for the championship to equalize game after game until victory. Yes, Jordan has always played the role of teacher in Xie Chen's growth.

Xie Chen is currently the number one player in the league and the leader of the entire Purple Lakers. He is actually under a lot of pressure, but he just can't find anyone to talk to. Now that he meets Jordan, he can't help but express a few words of emotion.

Michael Jordan asked, "Why?"

Xie Chen said: "The opponent is too strong, just like...the current Lakers plus Kevin Garnett."

"Wow." Jordan couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard Xie Chen's hypothesis. The Lakers with the OK combination already made people feel invincible. O'Neal and Kobe were even considered to be likely to replace Jordan Pippen and become the best in history. The duo, now, add Kevin Garnett to such an invincible Lakers team?

Even someone as strong as Jordan would not know the answer, because he had never encountered such a situation in his career. In their era, there were no popular superstars teaming up. In other words, Jordan had never played in a super team.

Jordan said: "My opponents in the six finals were Magic Johnson, Drexler, Charles Barkley, Rainman Kemp, and Karl Malone and Stockton twice. They are all great stars, but they don’t have three superstars in their team like you said. Maybe one day, the league will change, and the great players themselves will be eager for success and join a team that already has the overall quality. For a team with championship strength, it will be easier to win the championship. If you encounter such an opponent, you must do a good job in attacking and defending, and treat every shot as a goal that determines the outcome of the series. Treat it like that, and make the person who defends you pay the price every time!”

"Let the person who defends me pay the price every time?" Xie Chen was surprised.

"Yes, no matter how strong one person is, he cannot be used as two people. Since you have such an all-round and unsolvable offense, you should make your offense more threatening. Not only must you score, but you must also score while scoring. Destroy the defender's confidence, consume the defender's physical strength, try your best to cause fouls on the strongest person, and even use some tricks, but this will greatly test your physical strength and endurance. If it is a whole series, I I think it will be difficult for you to persevere." Jordan took a sip of coffee and said slowly.

Xie Chen thought about Jordan's words carefully. As a player, Jordan can give Xie Chen some practical solutions. Beating the Warriors is a difficult challenge. Although the Lakers have one win and one loss with the Warriors, Xie Chen knows that Once they meet in the playoffs, the odds of winning are slim.

Xie Chen and Jordan seemed to have a lot to talk about. Unfortunately, when the two were chatting happily, Xie Chen was called back.

At the scene, the Lakers teammates were walking towards him. Except for the Lakers dugout, everyone's expressions were not good, because Xie Chen had just hit the buzzer-beater, and he was leading by a big score.

After the game, John Wall also came up: "You really didn't even miss the last ball. Okay, you can go drink coffee now, but don't drink too much, be careful not to sleep at night."

Xie Chen smiled and said to Wall, "See you at the All-Stars."

The Lakers have achieved an astonishing thirteen consecutive victories. Everyone on the team is very relaxed and happy. They have long forgotten what it feels like to lose, and they have long forgotten what a losing streak is. Now they not only have Confident, and even starting to be a little arrogant.

After the game, we arrived in the locker room. No one was talking about the game anymore. They were talking more about things other than basketball, such as where to go tonight, which female star is beautiful, and which new young model debuted. Very on point, or something from other leagues.

Xie Chen always felt that this was a bad signal.

Two days later, the Lakers visit Boston's TD North Shore Garden Arena, where they will challenge for their fourteenth consecutive victory.

The Celtics attach great importance to the Lakers, their old rival, and they are very clear that the Lakers are no longer a weak team in their eyes. Even the fans at the scene did not dare to underestimate the Lakers. Xie Chen and other players have actually made them Nervous emotions.

"The momentum of the Los Angeles Lakers is simply too strong now. They have won 13 consecutive games. Even the Golden State Warriors can't compete with them. This guy Xie is really scary. It seems that no one except him is qualified to win the MVP this season. ”

"Had the Warriors not created a record-breaking record of 73 wins last season, the MVP should also be Xie. He can make his teammates better. Look at these guys around Xie. Who would have thought of them before the game started? Can you fight so well?"

Loyal fans like the Celtics also praised the Lakers' performance. You can imagine the mood of the Lakers players.

Accustomed to winning streaks and defeating opponents, these players' performance on the court was also quite casual. Coupled with Xie Chen's poor touch when he came up, the Lakers suffered the worst start of the season.

The Lakers made successive mistakes, missed shots one after another, and failed to protect the rebounds. They were beaten 10:0 by the Celtics, but even so, the Lakers were still not in a hurry because they were used to winning and felt that 10 The points difference is not that big and can be recovered completely. After Xie Chen scored two points to break the scoring drought, the Lakers thought they would open up the situation, but they did not expect that soon they would be beaten 22:7 by their opponents!

Luke Walton called timeouts several times and also shouted angrily, because Walton still didn't plan to let Xie Chen play for too long in this game. Now that Xie Chen is in control of the situation on the court, he is so far behind. If Xie Chen is put off the court, won't he be beaten?

The Celtics' defense is really good, especially today. Their defense is simply the best in the league. The Celtics have always used their tough defense to scare every team in the league. Last season, their defensive efficiency ranked fourth. This season, they are also among the top three defensive teams in the league. With the addition of Al Horford and Jaylen Brown, plus the original Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder , Marcus Smart, now the Celtics' dominance on the defensive end has improved a lot.

"Guys, we have encountered the league's top defense. This game will not be easy. Everyone, cheer up!" Xie Chen began to remind the players.

The Lakers team just started to cheer up and no longer behaved so loosely. They thought that as long as they played seriously, they would regain the momentum of winning streak against the Lakers, but they didn't. Xie Chen's three-pointer was seriously disturbed, and his layup was blocked again. Cover and Ingram's breakthroughs were blocked, Luol Deng was blocked and missed three shots, and Mozgov was unable to score in the paint.

Soon, the score became 35:15, and the Lakers fell behind by 20 points!

This season, except for the Golden State Warriors, no one has led the Lakers by so many points!

"Oh my God, are we so strong? We actually suppressed the Lakers so much!"

"Our defense is suffocating! The Lakers' SHOWTIME can't be played at all! They can't even score now."

This was something even Celtics fans didn't expect. Originally, they were worried that their team would be beaten by the Lakers.

Not long after Xie Chen played, he was replaced by Walton again. Walton still wanted to protect Xie Chen. When Xie Chen returned to his seat, Walton said softly to Xie Chen: "This is our winning streak. I’m afraid it’s coming to an end.”

Walton has already seen from the game that the Celtics' defense made it impossible for the Lakers' offense to be used, and they fell behind by 20 points early. Although there is still a long time in the game, the Celtics are not the Warriors or the Lakers. They Will not be arrogant and lax on defense or attack haphazardly.

Xie Chen was a little unconvinced: "I don't care too much about the winning streak, but my playing today was really frustrating. Don't limit my playing time today."

Walton nodded, but in his opinion, this game is likely to become a garbage time game in the fourth quarter. By then, Xie Chen will no longer need to play.

Generally speaking, when a team leads its opponent by 20 points, the team's players will play relatively loosely and the point difference will gradually narrow. But this is not the case today. When the Celtics lead by 20 points Later, when Xie Chen came off the court to rest, the point difference continued to widen!

Thomas actually hit consecutive three-pointers at this time! These two shots seemed very random, and neither of them were the best opportunities, but they were all successful. I have to say that the Celtics were really lucky tonight.

Little Thomas was also happy. He looked at Xie Chen sitting off the court with a smile, and thought to himself: "The half-time score difference is close to 30 points. Haha, it seems that the entire second half will be garbage time. I thought tonight It’s going to be a tough fight.”

Everyone in the Celtics breathed a sigh of relief. Facing the Lakers, who had the best record in the league, they didn't have much confidence, but they didn't expect to lead by nearly 30 points at halftime. The Lakers were considered by everyone to be a pseudo-strong team, all thanks to Xie Chen is holding on alone, and Walton intends to reduce Xie Chen's playing time. Even if the Lakers return to their previous normal level in the second half, it will be impossible to get back.

The team fell so far behind, and Luke Walton was disgraced. He could accept the team losing the second game, but he didn't want to lose so miserably. He fell behind by nearly 30 points at halftime. Could it be that things went too smoothly before? Did God punish the Lakers on purpose?

Walton glanced at Xie Chen, who couldn't help but shake his head. He didn't appear to be on the court to stabilize the situation. Xie Chen wanted the Lakers players to feel the sense of defeat. The Lakers are by no means a team that can be arrogant. The team's winning streak has made the Lakers players lost. It is just a good opportunity to use this opponent's blow to make everyone sober.

Then, at halftime, the Lakers trailed the Celtics by a full 30 points.

"Hahaha, the Los Angeles Lakers are so vulnerable. They lost to us by 30 points at halftime! They are indeed a pseudo-strong team. The Golden State Warriors have not been able to beat them back to their original form before, but today we did it."

"We played the best defense, and they couldn't score at all. But to be so far ahead, the Celtics players felt really good. They basically didn't miss any shots."

The Lakers were too behind and the Celtics were too smooth, which resulted in such a big difference. In addition to luck, attitude and strength are also decisive. When returning to the locker room at halftime, Luke Walton rarely He yelled at all the players: "We lost to our opponent by 30 points at halftime! Is this ridiculous? Are we an NBA team? How can we deserve to be first in the Western Conference? I have given up on this game, but I want you to play back our offense and defense in the second half, and take every ball seriously. If we are beaten by our opponents to the largest point difference in NBA history, then we, the Los Angeles Lakers, will really become a joke! We have worked hard before No one will mention the 'Air Receiver City' or SHOWTIME we built!"

Almost everyone in the Lakers team, from coaches to players, has given up on this game, except Xie Chen.