Super All-around Point Guard

Durant was slightly surprised: "You mean Michael Jordan's classic mid-air change of hands against the Lakers in 1991? No, no, my layup obviously did not reach that level. Even my idol T-MAC was at his peak. It can’t be completed.”

When Durant first entered the league, it was during the golden period of Kobe and Tracy McGrady. Fans at that time were not sure whether he could become a star like Tracy McGrady. But now, his deterrence to opponents in the league is obviously better than it was back then. Tracy McGrady is even more powerful, and his achievements have already surpassed those of his idol.

Seeing Durant flinching a little, Green couldn't stand it any longer. This guy is more respectable than anyone else. The people visiting today are all the top stars in the league. James Harden is even an MVP-level star. Karl Tang Si may be the first player in the league in the future, and Green knows that Xie Chen has imitated Jordan's hand-changing movements in the air. He just praised Durant's layup ability as better than Xie Chen's. What Xie Chen dared to do, Durant did not If you don’t dare to do it, how can you do it?

Green stepped forward and said to Durant: "Hey, brother, Xie dares to try, what are you afraid of? You are definitely better than him, and no one will compare you with Michael Jordan."

James Harden also encouraged: "Try it. I didn't have the opportunity to see you imitating MJ when you were with the Thunder. You did imitate Kobe and McGrady."

Durant thought for a while. If he wanted to reach the level of Michael Jordan, he would have absolutely no confidence, but if he was compared with Xie Chen...

"I also remember that Xie Xie imitated this action during the Heat. If any of you have a video, how about we take a look at his actions first?" Durant is also not sure whether his actions will be better than Xie Chen's, so far away. Now, he has also forgotten the effect of Xie Chen's original actions.

Harden casually took out his mobile phone and searched it, and immediately found the video from that year.

In the picture, Xie Chen used Rose's layup ability to imitate Jordan's classic hand change. However, Rose's jumping, mid-air and waist and abdominal abilities were completely different from Jordan's. .

"Xie changed hands too early, and the left-hand layup was not good." Harden commented unceremoniously. This is indeed a fact, and several people nodded after hearing this.

Durant naturally saw at a glance that Xie Chen's action was incomparable to Jordan's original version, and he felt confident, so he said, "I'll give it a try. In fact, I haven't practiced much."

Several people looked expectantly.

Durant held the ball and thought for a moment, then slowly ran towards the basket. Durant jumped up, holding the basketball in the big palm of his right hand, and seemed about to dunk. Suddenly he switched to his left hand, and then lightly hit it with his left hand. Board into frame.

"pretty!"

"nice shot!"

Warriors teammates and Zach LaVine and others simultaneously applauded Durant.

This was a good layup, although it still didn't imitate Jordan's charm, especially the surprise when he changed hands at the moment when he was about to dunk in the air, but Durant grabbed the ball with one hand and headed towards the basket. At that time, it still smelled like Jordan.

"How's it going? Is my move okay? Someone took the video, let me see it." After Durant made a successful layup, he first watched his own replay. Although he was not very satisfied, he felt that it was quite good. It was interesting, and with so many people praising him, Durant thought that if he practiced a few more times, he would definitely surpass Xie Chen's previous imitation.

Dream Chaser Green would not miss this opportunity to elevate his teammates and belittle his opponents. Green said: "KD, maybe you are not as good as MJ, but you are still much better than Xie's imitation."

Whiteside determined that Durant's layup was definitely not as good as Xie Chen's, so he deliberately said something ironic: "Kevin, can you promise me one thing? Don't do this action against the Lakers. You know what's going on?" Basketball is the only place where my good brother is not top-notch.”

Before Durant could answer, Green said first: "It's okay if you don't want us to provoke you. You have to go back and tell your good brother first to tell him not to provoke us in the game. But I think it's useless what you said. Every time we face off, , we all provoke each other, and this has become a tradition and must-have item for our duel.”

The showdown between Xie Chen and the Warriors is not only the highest-level showdown in the league, but also a showdown of the most show-off moves. It seems that Durant will also join the show-off showdown.

Whiteside succeeded in luring Durant to imitate Jordan's layup on the court. Next, we will see how Xie Chen will respond after Durant makes such an action. After all, Whiteside and others have not seen Xie Chen use it with their own eyes. I don’t know my true strength to do this action.

After Whiteside, Harden, and the Timberwolves left the Warriors training facility, they did not go to Xie Chen or talk to Xie Chen again. They still maintained their gentlemanly behavior and did not use the trophy prepared by Green as a temptation. I told Xie Chen about Durant, and Xie Chen had been focusing on preparing for the Warriors and didn't ask anything.

…

Finally, the first series game between the Lakers and the Warriors arrived. Needless to say, the venue was still packed, and celebrities from all walks of life could be seen everywhere, not only in the front row, but also in the back row. There were many stars.

Naturally, all the members of the superstar viewing group were there. In addition to them, Hollywood movie stars and the most popular singers at the moment also came to enjoy the competition.

CCTV is also broadcasting this game.

Yang Jiandao: "It's the much-anticipated Western Conference Finals again. This year's Western Conference Finals is a little different. Although it's called the Western Conference Finals, it's a bit like the finals. In the past two years, the finals each year were the Warriors versus Xie Chen. This year Xie Chen is here. When we arrived in the West, the duel also took place in advance. Many people did not expect that Xie Chen would lead the Lakers to the Western Conference finals. I don’t think there is any need to elaborate on the grievances and resentments between them, including these two teams. Everyone knows it well. . This is a series between an omnipotent superstar and an omnipotent super team. Regardless of the result, I think this series will definitely be good to watch."

Yang Yi has a different opinion: "It can be said to be good-looking, but it may not be good-looking. I am worried that the game will be ruined now because the Warriors are too energetic to beat Xie Chen. Once they are in good shape, they will never stop. Really If there is no suspense at the beginning, the duel will not be exciting. If both sides can keep the score tight, then the duel between them will definitely be the most exciting and exciting in the playoffs this year. No matter who reaches the finals, the finals will be the best. The final showdown cannot be compared to them.”

Yang Jian smiled and said, "Are you so dismissive of Xie Chen and the Lakers?"

Yang Yi said: "It's not that I'm not optimistic, but I haven't seen a way to defeat the Warriors so far. The Warriors must still focus on Durant. Durant's shooting percentage is still above 50%. With such a high shooting percentage, how can the Lakers suppress him? ? To restrict Durant, but also to contain the Splash Brothers. Although neither of them performed particularly well in the playoffs, that is because the game does not require it. Once needed, they will perform a super battle at any time. "

Yang Jian also said: "Yes, the Splash Brothers look like the second and third leaders of the team, but once the two of them really perform well, they will be a level higher than the strongest Durant. This It is very scary. Like the Cavaliers, Irving and Love may play very well in a certain game, but Irving and Love cannot be so good. It makes people think that they are a level higher than the strongest James. Most of them are at or close to the performance of the best James, but Curry and Klay Thompson can completely surpass it."

The Big Three composed of Durant and the Splash Brothers are different from the Big Three that everyone is familiar with in the past. Even though there are differences in priority, no one loses in strength.

Before the start of the series, when both teams were interviewed by the media, unlike the Lakers and Spurs who fed each other poisonous milk before the game, the Warriors, both players and coaches, showed their determination and confidence to defeat Xie Chen, and said I don't think 74 wins is that scary, because they experienced 73 wins last year, and this year they are stronger than last year, so their strength is higher than 73 wins.

The Lakers are not afraid of this super team at all. When Xie Chen was asked by reporters if he would be afraid of playing against four star players alone, Xie Chen said that this is exactly what he is pursuing.

In this era, everyone wants to win the championship in the easiest way, but Xie Chen is different from others.

The two teams also completely represent the two extremes of winning teams. The Warriors bring together the best players in the league. Wang Zha bombed from beginning to end and easily solved the game, while Xie Chen did not want superstar teammates. Choose one person to do all the work.

Many people are saying that this is the biggest challenge Xie Chen has faced since entering the league! Perhaps it was also the most difficult battle of his career, even more difficult than the reversal battle against the Cavaliers in the first year's playoffs!

After the Warriors entered the court, Stephen Curry still shot a long three-pointer at the entrance of the player's tunnel as usual. Naturally, the audience booed. They just wanted to see Xie Chen play like this.

However, Xie Chen did not compete with Curry on the shooting at the tunnel. After all, the two had competed many times before. Xie Chen won most of the time. Curry was just a habit. Xie Chen did not have such a habit, unless Curry He will only fight if provoked.

Curry was a little surprised that Xie Chen didn't compete with Curry in shooting from the tunnel. He thought that Xie Chen was probably focusing all his attention on the game and didn't even bother to participate in the pre-game entertainment.

"This guy must be very nervous now." Curry smiled. If it were him, facing a team with so many superstars and playing seven games in a row, he would definitely feel desperate.

After Curry finished shooting at the tunnel, he came to the court to warm up. During the warm-up, he did not practice shooting properly and actually played other sports.

When Curry was standing there, he noticed a basketball rolling towards him from the floor. Curry stood still with his legs together, waiting for the ball to hit him. When the ball hit Curry's shoes, Curry instantly leaned back and fell to the ground.

"Haha, Curry is so cute. Is he playing bowling? He is the ball."

After Curry fell, he stood up, took the ball in his hands, made a gesture of throwing a bowling ball, and threw the ball back.

Members of the superstar viewing group watched Curry's performance. Harden said: "It seems that Stephen Curry is very relaxed tonight and is still in the mood to play these things. In comparison, Xie will be under a lot of pressure."

Whiteside said disdainfully: "With so many helpers around him, of course it's easy for him."

The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat stirred up by Stephen Curry. The fans all turned their attention to Curry and talked about it. Instead of booing him like before, they were amused and delighted by him.

When Ci Shiping saw that Curry was stealing the show before the game even started, how could he bear it?

So, Ci Shiping also walked to the midfield position with the basketball and shouted to Curry on the opposite side: "Hey, you also catch the bowling ball I threw!"

Metta Shiping is obviously not a standard throwing bowling ball action. The basketball does not keep rolling on the ground, but hits the ground and bounces towards Curry. Although the height is not high, it is foreseeable that it should be able to hit Curry's waist. Position, and Ci Shiping's basketball throw is not small.

Curry was shocked, and others were also shocked. Was this a declaration of war before the game?

At this moment, Kevin Durant suddenly strode over and stole the ball heading towards Curry. The moment he got the ball, he quickly made a fadeaway jumper. Whoa! The basketball hits the net!

There was a burst of astonishment at the scene.

"Ci Shiping's pass was very unexpected and very fast. Kevin Durant was able to turn around and shoot a fadeaway jumper as soon as he got the ball, and he could hit it easily. His shooting will really have a great impact on the Lakers." threats."

"Nicepass." Durant smiled at Ci Shiping after making the shot.

"Damn it." Ci Shiping not only failed to stop the Warriors from showing off before the game, but also assisted the opponent to continue showing off.

Curry also laughed twice, picked up a basketball, and said to Ci Shiping, who wanted to attack him: "You seem to know nothing about other sports. Let me show you the standard movements of a baseball pitcher."

Curry raised his left leg, held the ball with both hands, and then made a swing with his right hand.

"You kid..." Ci Shiping saw that Curry's ball was hitting him, and he immediately turned around, fearing that Curry would hit him in the face.

Curry didn't really swing the basketball hard. If it was too strong, it wouldn't be a game. He didn't really want to hurt Ci Shiping. When Ci Shiping turned around, it was exactly what Curry wanted. I just want to use a basketball to spank Ci Shiping.

Curry quickly threw the ball to Ci Shiping.

How could Xie Chen allow his opponent to hit his teammate's PG? Wouldn't that be a joke? Xie Chen suddenly stepped forward, used Karl Malone's ability, stretched out his right hand, and caught the basketball with the back of his hand!

boom!

The basketball hit the back of Xie Chen's hand, and Xie Chen controlled the direction and bounced upward.

"What? He actually caught the ball with the back of his hand!" Curry was shocked. The force of the ball was not strong, but it was not weak either. Didn't Xie Chen feel his hands at all when he caught the ball like this?

"Larry Nance!" Xie Chen shouted, then made a volleyball motion and hit the basketball toward the Lakers' basket.