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In the past two seasons, he failed to reach the finals in the playoffs and lost to the Warriors, and the Warriors lost to Xie Chen for two consecutive years, which made Popovich very unhappy, because he felt that if they played the finals, they would definitely win Xie Chen.

This season Xie Chen came to the West, Popovich finally has a greater probability of playing against Xie Chen, frankly speaking, he is very much looking forward to that day, and has regarded the Lakers as the second-round opponent of the playoffs, so he left all the players to watch the Lakers' games together.

The Spurs players sat there in silence, thinking to themselves if the coach asked them to watch the Lakers because they were going to meet the Lakers in the playoffs.

"I'd love to meet you in the playoffs too, thanks." Leonard has a serious expression, and in the playoffs, it is a time when he needs to show his talents, Leonard can't compare with Xie Chen in the regular season, but in the playoffs, Leonard firmly believes that he and his team can go further.

Popovich said to the team: "Judging from the current ranking, the Lakers will play the Jazz or the Thunder in the first round of the playoffs, no matter who they play with, I believe the Lakers can advance, we should meet the Lakers in the second round, let's get to know the opponent more in advance." ”

Popovich didn't mention the opponent he encountered in the first round, but paid attention to the opponent in the second round in advance, and everyone knew that Popovich psychologically wanted to meet the Lakers to defeat Xie Chen to prove himself, just like he did in the past against LeBron James.

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Staples Center.

Before going on the court, Nick Young comforted Richard Jefferson: "Take it easy, Richard, although your score can't be compared to mine, but everyone will pass the ball to you, as long as you play steadily, there is still hope for scoring more than 30." ”

Richard Jefferson didn't show disgust in the face of Nick Young, who didn't forget to brag about himself for comforting others, and smiled: "Really? Then I'll just fight as usual. ”

Richard Jefferson was drafted into the NBA in 2001 and has played for the Nets, Bucks, Spurs, Warriors, Jazz, Mavericks, Cavaliers, and then came to the Lakers, he came for the championship, as for the single-game data, he didn't care at all, he didn't care at all.

However, Xie Chen and the team were willing to arrange such an important role for a veteran like him, and he was still very moved.

The game started soon, Richard Jefferson started with Xie Chen and others, after the opening, Xie Chen did not let Richard Jefferson hold the ball alone, nor did he pass the ball to him for the first time, Richard Jefferson and Nick Young have different personalities after all, and have different playing styles, Xie Chen still hopes that Jefferson will score in his favorite way of scoring.

Grabbing the defensive rebound, Xie Chen held the ball and advanced to the front court, Richard Jefferson habitually ran to the three-point line in the bottom right corner, Xie Chen immediately passed the ball over, Richard Jefferson after receiving the ball in the past would hesitate to see if there was a better opportunity, knowing that he was the offensive core today, and there was no pause, after receiving the ball, he made a three-point shot, and the basketball hit steadily.

Next, in the same position again, Richard Jefferson hit another three-pointer.

"It seems that this season, everyone's three-point shooting has been practiced well." Xie Chen is very happy to see this phenomenon, after entering the Lakers, Xie Chen asked everyone to practice three-point shooting, and now, the Lakers have more and more dangerous outside points.

It can be seen that Richard Jefferson feels good tonight, but he still didn't take the initiative to single, or wait for Xie Chen to give him the ball, he still stood on the right three-point line, and after receiving the ball, he made a shooting action again, but this time it was a feint, and then, striding into the basket, jumping and splitting with one hand!

A veteran who is almost 37 years old, jumping and dunking, he is still so light and relaxed, you can imagine how brutal he was at his peak.

Seeing Richard Jefferson dunk like this, I think of Vince Carter, a dunk genius like Richard Jefferson, who was once the Nets' three musketeers.

"These guys are almost 40 years old, they are still so able to dunk, and they look very easy and effortless, if I can still play free throw line jumping dunks when I am 40 years old, everyone should be able to accept it......" As long as Xie Chen's system ability is not lost, even if he is 40 or 50 years old, his ability is still so strong.

If Xie Chen really wanted to come back and play when he was 40 years old, he was afraid that he would not be able to use these abilities, so he hoped that these veterans would be as evil as possible, so that when he was old, he would make wonderful moves, and everyone would not be surprised.

"Richard, get a chance to perform a slam dunk for me." Xie Chen said to Richard Jefferson.

"No problem." Richard Jefferson was full of confidence.

It didn't take long for Richard Jefferson to receive Xie Chen's pass, received Xie Chen's ground-hitting pass from the free throw line on the middle, and instantly jumped to the basket, because Xie Chen's offense had attracted the defense under the basket, Richard Jefferson arrived quickly, and the Pelicans had no time to make up for the defense, at this time, Richard Jefferson faced the empty basket and made a big windmill dunk!

"Richard Jefferson big windmill dunk! Oh my God, I haven't seen this teenager anymore! ”

"It's still in the middle of the positional offense, and there's Anthony Davis standing under the basket!"

Richard Jefferson's confidence and domineering simply rose to the level of Xie Chen, which made Nick Young look amazed, but he didn't expect Richard Jefferson's performance to be completely inferior to himself.

And that wasn't all, as Richard Jefferson made another steal of his own and then made a 360-degree spin dunk in front of an empty basket.

"Top dunkers like Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter are still easy to dunk even if they are close to 40 years old, and I believe that Xie will not be worse than them when he is 40 years old."

"I'm the same age as Hsieh, and if I could still see him dunk at the free throw line at the age of 40, I'd definitely faint with excitement."

On the Spurs' side, Richard Jefferson's performance also shocked everyone.

Aldridge exclaimed: "I really didn't expect Richard Jefferson to be so athletic, he looks like a 26-year-old player. ”

Danny Green said: "It seems that in the playoffs, we have to pay attention to him. ”

Tony Parker wondered: "If Richard Jefferson is so good, why are the Lakers so eager to let the opponents of the whole league know?" I think they're just using the bench to scare the opponents, and that was the way it was last season, at the end of the regular season, Derrick Williams and those guys scored a lot of points in a single game, but so what? When it comes to the playoffs, isn't it still up to Xie and Cameron to win? ”

Popovich also said: "That's right, I let you watch the Lakers game, not for you to be scared by them, Nick Young scored 49 points on the court, we should focus on him, Richard Jefferson is acting like a player in his prime, we should focus on it, and in the end, the attention is shifted to other unimportant players, this is the effect that Xie wants to get, he knows that the playoffs will be covered, so he wants to tell his opponent that his teammates are also good, Desperate bets will make them lose out. ”

Pau Gasol laughed: "I thought Xie would be looking forward to the playoffs. ”

Richard Jefferson scored 27 points in the first half, only 3 points less than Nick Young in the same period in the previous game, which was not expected by Nick Young, who had been boasting for two days, and what he didn't expect was that Richard Jefferson's performance in the second half was even better than his last game!

Richard Jefferson is a veteran after all, very mature and sophisticated, and he can control the timing of his shooting just right every time, coupled with Xie Chen and Richard Jefferson's dizzying cooperative performances, the Pelicans can't do anything about the two of them.

In the end, Richard Jefferson scored 50 points, one more than Nick Young.

"Richard scored more points than me!" When Nick Young saw this scene, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Xie Chen still focused on rebounding and shooting three-pointers in this game, but this game had a more difficult opponent Anthony Davis, many rebounds were robbed by Anthony Davis, Xie Chen only barely got 10 rebounds, and it looks like he is going to lag behind Drummond in the competition for rebounding data.

As for the three-point shot, Xie Chen still maintained the habit of scoring at least 10 three-pointers per game, and when he got to the tenth three-pointer, he felt that he had completed the task and he didn't want to shoot, so he scored 10 three-pointers in this game.

Anthony Davis is still a commendable opponent, scoring 50+15 in the game, which is not known how many times he has such stats this season, and he has become the leader of the empty slash team.

Anthony Davis scored a lot of 2+1s today, no matter who defends, he can always find a way to score, Xie Chen has imagined that in the next few years, if he gets a superstar teammate, then his team will be very scary.

After the game, Xie Chen and Anthony Davis, who may be the last time to fight, also hugged each other tightly, and Anthony Davis said: "I really don't want this to be the last time we will fight." ”

"Don't you want me to win the championship?" Xie Chen joked, "Even if I really retire, I may come back, if there is really that day, I hope that the first person in the alliance at that time is you, stay healthy." ”

"I'll wait for you!" Anthony Davis was so valued by Xie Chen, and he was also very excited.

After the game, Xie Chen and Anthony Davis swapped shoes.

In the locker room, the Lakers' players are in a happy mood, and they are all very happy for Richard Jefferson, after all, he is a respected veteran, and he has a good personality, and everyone has a good relationship with him.

Except for Nick Young.

Nick Young said with a little displeasure: "Xie, it's not right for you to do this, Richard Jefferson is the secret weapon in our team, how can you let him show his full strength so early?" I should save it until the playoffs and let him make a move, and it's enough for me to scare the opponent, isn't it? ”

Xie Chen knew that Nick Young was a little surprised because Richard Jefferson scored one more point than him, Xie Chen shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "I didn't want to let him score so many points, he feels so good, it's impossible for me not to pass it on to him." ”

Richard Jefferson modestly said: "It's the Pelicans' defense that doesn't do well, and I can't have this shooting percentage in the playoffs." ”

Luke Wharton said: "It's good to let them know that we have two players off the bench who can easily score 50 points in a single game, no, maybe three, Clarkson, are you ready?" ”

The next substitute to be selected is Jordan Clarkson!

Clarkson is the chief scorer on the bench, his role in the second team is very huge, Xie Chen can't be on the court all the time, and when Xie Chen is off the court, the team needs to rely on players like Clarkson to maintain the score, so that the hard work of Xie Chen and other main players is not in vain.

Xie Chen's expectations for Clarkson are high and the requirements are the highest, but unfortunately Clarkson's current three-point shooting rate still does not satisfy Xie Chen.

Jordan Clarkson had already guessed that it would be him, and he replied gently and confidently: "I was ready for a long time." ”

The next game is to play the Trail Blazers at home, and there is a very difficult guy in the Trail Blazers, Lillard, it seems that Clarkson is not afraid of no opponent in the next game.

Two days later, it is still the Staples Center, the home of the Lakers, and this time the Portland Trail Blazers are visiting here, they are currently ranked ninth in the West, and they are trying to compete with the Jazz and Thunder for a playoff spot, so every next game is crucial for them, and it can even be said that it can determine their life and death, maybe just because of one game, they will miss the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers, from the players to the coaches, took today's game very seriously.

Trail Blazers coach Stotts reminded the players of the importance of this game before the team came to Los Angeles, if you want to compete for a playoff ticket, this game must be won, the Trail Blazers are most likely to be eighth in the West, and there is no suspense for the Lakers to be the first in the West, that is, the Lakers are likely to be the first round opponent of the Trail Blazers playoffs!

Lillard himself is not convinced by Xie Chen, every time he meets Xie Chen, he plays against the sky, coupled with such a special significance, Lillard will definitely play for his life in this game!

Before the game started, Lillard found Xie Chen and talked a few words: "I guess what you want to say, you may think that this is the last time we will play each other, let me enjoy this game, but what I want to say is that we will enter the playoffs, and we will meet in the first round, and we will also stage the Black Eight Miracle!" You don't have to feel too sad, because after beating you, I'll quickly beat Stephen Curry and get him to stay with you! ”

Xie Chen looked at Lillard and said in a serious tone, "Man, your paranoia is getting worse and worse!" (To be continued.) )