Chapter 263: Rose, What Are You Doing!
In this Eastern Conference semifinals, Xie Chen forgot the joy of winning the MVP at the beginning of the game, and completely entered the fierce game, and the Bulls deserved to be the team that swept the opponent to advance, and beat the Heat to the north as soon as they came up.
There is a problem with the rebounding of the Heat team, the Bulls have two big men of more than two meters and one zero, as long as one can entangle Hassan, the Heat has no one who can compete with the Bulls for rebounds, although Xie Chen also has the ability to grab rebounds, but it is impossible to always rush to the inside in time.
And because of the threat of the inside, once the Heat puts the defensive focus on the inside, the outside line will inevitably leak people, even if the Bulls only have half of the crosshairs on the outside, it is quite terrible, not to mention that these guys have a terrible shooting rate today, as if the Bulls' home court.
"They are all veterans, and they are not afraid of playing away at all." Xie Chen looked at this experienced playoff team and felt a little melancholy.
Another offense, Jimmy Butler ran without the ball and received the ball quickly after shooting, and the basketball simply brushed the net out and hit again! Coach Spo had to call a timeout.
It's scary! The Bulls have hit the most catchandshots of any team in the league this season, but they didn't expect to face the Heat in the first quarter, what should I do? How do you stop the bulls?
Xie Chen found that not only was he stunned, but his teammates didn't expect this situation at all, and it seemed that he was going to do his best on defense at the beginning, and he couldn't let the Bulls have such an easy chance to shoot.
After the pause, the whole Heat team rekindled their fighting spirit, everyone was full of energy, Xie Chen found that Hassan Whiteside was in a good position on the inside, and he had already asked Xie Chen with his eyes, the first round against the Pacers. Hassan is average, and he vows to prove himself in this round series.
It's rare to see Hassan so eager to attack, Xie Chen directly handed the ball to Hassan on the inside, Hassan squeezed the ball with his body after receiving the ball with both hands, and immediately attacked the basket, but unfortunately missed. However, Hassan grabbed the rebound as soon as possible, launched a second attack and directly made the ball a basket!
There was a cheer at the scene, Hassan played the ball very aggressively, although the Bulls have two big men, but Gasol and Noah are both white centers, compared to Hassan, a black center, in terms of physical confrontation, aggression, and explosiveness.
The Heat finally scored the second goal of the game, which can be regarded as calming the hearts of fans. It's good to score, and if you score, you can at least let the opponent's attack fall into a positional battle, and then you can defend against the next one.
Or Rose dribbles, Rose looks slow, seems to be thinking about things or organizing an attack, in fact, Xie Chen knows him very well, this is the tranquility before the outbreak, and his breakthroughs often come from an instant. Catch you off guard.
However, even if you know yourself and your opponent. Xie Chen's ball was still not blocked, not only that, but he was also startled!
Rose suddenly started his speed at the top of the arc, and Xie Chen defended in front of Rose, but Rose seemed to be changing shapes, and before Xie Chen could make defensive moves. Rose had already passed Xie Chen, and instantly hit the basket!
The inside line quickly pounced to defend, giving him and Gasol a chance to link-up, only to see Rose break through to the left and then throw it to the right in the air. Gasol, who followed up, directly dunked with both hands!
After the victory, Rose still looked back to defend with a blank face. Playing against Rose, maybe one of the advantages is that he won't spew trash talk at you, one reason is that Rose and Xie Chen are good friends, unlike Noah and James, and the other reason is that Rose is a quiet old man on the basketball court, he once said that he will spew trash talk on any other occasion, even not on the basketball court, and he himself doesn't know why.
The counterpoint doesn't spray trash talk, but it makes Xie Chen's ears much cleaner in this series, but he can't win the ball!
"Oh, D-Rose seems to be back at the top! Look at the ball he broke through Xie just now, and the instant start speed is simply shocking! Even if it's compared to Russell Westbrook, which is the fastest now, it's not bad! This is a big test for Xie's defense! â
"You're right, man, not only on defense, but also on offense, we all know that although Xie is a breakthrough master, his breakthrough speed is not fast, and Kyrie Irving, Westbrook, Rose are all gaps, Rose is in such good shape now, Xie wants to successfully break through Rose, it is not easy, and once he can't break through, Xie's score and even the score of the entire Heat team will be affected."
Frankly speaking, when Rose broke through just now, Xie Chen was really scared, he himself had already obtained Westbrook's breakthrough skills, so he knew very well what the concept of the top and fastest first step was, Xie Chen felt that Rose's breakthrough just now was on par with Westbrook's speed, and Rose had been injured before, and now he must have used all his strength to have such an effect, it is conceivable that Rose is definitely stimulated today, he must want to win this time!
Although Rose didn't say it, he was already starting to get proud in his heart, although Xie Chen's layup ability was at the same level as himself, his breakthrough ability was worse than his own, where did he get a layup if he didn't break through? Therefore, Ross thinks that he has decided Xie Chen in this series, unless Xie Chen's three-point court is against the sky, otherwise, he will win this series!
It's a pity that he didn't know that Xie Chen still had a top-level breakthrough ability that he hadn't used! Once Xie Chen uses Westbrook's breakthrough skills, all the situation will change in an instant, and I am afraid that it will not only be the Chicago Bulls who will be shocked, but also the Cavaliers and those teams in the West will be shocked!
"Again, I can't expose Westbrook's breakthrough ability until I meet James' knights, I have to find a way to win them with my existing ability."
Xie Chen is one-on-one with Ross on the right side, this is a showdown between new and old MVPs, everyone feels that Ross has experienced too many injuries and is no longer as brave as he used to be, and Xie Chen is in full swing, Xie Chen will definitely be able to solve Ross in one-on-one, and before Xie Chen's video of Wade Ross Gasol two-on-two was uploaded to the Internet, Xie Chen and Wade defeated their opponents.
But when it comes to the game, it doesn't seem to be the case.
Xie Chen used Lowry's breakthrough skill to squeeze through with strength, but Rose tried his best and Xie Chen couldn't squeeze through at all, because the strength of the two was at the same level.
And Xie Chen wants to break through with speed, Lowry's speed can't beat Ross at all!
The knights and others who were watching the battle also laughed when they saw this scene. Dellavedova smiled: "Haha, boss, Xie wants to run over directly with his body like you, but he doesn't have this kind of strength at all." â
James was also happy, biting his finger and replied: "A player of his size can only rely on speed and strength confrontation. He doesn't have an absolute advantage over Rose, but unfortunately, his speed is not fast, and it seems that Xie is going to be planted in this round. â
I've been worried about what will happen to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, and now I think about what if the opponent is replaced by the Bulls? Just thinking about it, James doesn't care, the Bulls are indeed not easy to play, but James can win against Rose in the past, and he will win the same this year! And Ross and their bulls already know everything about it. Only Xie Chen gave James a feeling of insecurity.
On the playing field, a small area was almost divided, allowing Xie Chen and Rose to go one-on-one, and everyone else watched, seeing that his teammate Xie Chen was in a helpless situation, and his teammates were also very anxious, but Xie Chen was not a person who easily admits defeat. Before, heads-up and two-on-two were not afraid of Rose, on the court in the playoffs. It is impossible to be afraid!
"Since a reasonable way of playing is not good, then I will play unreasonable basketball!"
The most unreasonable and helpless move on Xie Chen's opponent is Kobe Bryant's backward jumper!
I saw that Xie Chen suddenly took a step forward to the left, and Rose instantly moved back to follow, Xie Chen still had no chance to break through at all, but who knows. Xie Chen's intention to be drunk this time was not to drink, he didn't want to break through at all, just to force Rose to retreat, he wanted to shoot!
"Oops! He's not trying to break through! Rose realized that Xie Chen wanted to shoot, and immediately flew forward to block after retreating. The two have exchanged hands many times, and Ross knows very well that Xie Chen's backward jumper is very difficult to block, so this time the action is very large, directly hitting Xie Chen's arm, and then Xie Chen's picturesque backward posture reappeared in the American Airlines Arena, and threw the ball out under Yan Zhan's interference.
The basketball actually hit the board! The referee also blew a foul on Rose's thug!
"Oh!" James was the first in the Cavaliers viewing group to exclaim: "I just don't understand how his backward jumper is practiced, I've seen his counts, and the shooting rate is not high, but it's strange, the more difficult it is, the more people are trapped, the more he can score, what a hell!" â
That's right, this is Kobe! The harder it is, the better! It's still unreasonable when you're old! Angry people don't pay for their lives!
"Good shot!" Xie Chen, who fell to the ground because of the difficult action, clenched his fists for the first time, and Wade was the first to come up and pull Xie Chen up and pat Xie Chen's back: "Good job, brother!" â
In fact, when he was in college, Wade was also a fan of Kobe, so he always fantasized about what the situation would be if he played with Kobe, and now, he can get his wish, because Xie Chen is sometimes the unreasonable Kobe.
Ross was very helpless, but he also had to watch Xie Chen walk to the free throw line, and as soon as he started the free throw, the scene suddenly sounded a neat "MVP" shout!
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This is not the first time Xie Chen has received the MVP shout, but it is definitely the most meaningful one, Xie Chen has just received the MVP trophy in the hands of Adam Xiao Hua, and now he is being shouted MVP by the fans, the taste is simply enjoyable.
As soon as he heard the MVP sound of the full court, Dellavedova of the Cavaliers was unhappy: "His backward jumper is not very good, it can't be compared with Michael Jordan at all, even if it is a big gap with Kobe Bryant at the peak, this ball is a board again, I don't think anyone will lean back to hit the board, he must be blind." â
James warned Dellavedova with a stern face: "It doesn't matter if it's blinded or thrown, as long as you score, you will score, as long as you score, you will have a chance to beat us, do you understand?" â
Xie Chen's free throw was missed, and when he turned around, Rose held the ball without the slightest pause and went straight to the frontcourt, Xie Chen followed closely, but Rose took a step back this time and shot from the middle distance, and he also hit!
"Rose is in such good shape today?" Xie Chen was stunned for a moment.
Rose's retreat is often a sudden retreat after a change of direction, the scary is not the retreat, but the change of direction, because Rose is a breakthrough master, when changing direction, you don't know if he wants to break through or retreat, Rose's shooting action is still relatively standard, even if there is a backward action, it is easy to block, but unfortunately Xie Chen can't keep up with his footsteps at all, otherwise he may not be able to block him with Griffin's blocking ability.
Isn't Ross the only one who is in good shape?
Next, Dunleavy made two more shots, but it was not a three-pointer, and the Heat trailed by 15 points in the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the bench lineups of the two sides competed on the court, and the Bulls were on Aaron Brooks, but I didn't expect Brooks to be unceremonious as soon as he came on the court, and he threw a three-pointer directly from a distance, and he also threw it in!
"What?" Xie Chen was stunned on the spot, why is this guy still like this? The Cavaliers have a Jr, the Bulls have a Brooks, and the three-pointers of these two nerve knives can sometimes be really invisible.
Fortunately, Walker on the Heat's side also returned a three-pointer, which finally calmed the mood of the Heat's main players, but what people didn't expect was that it didn't take long for Brooks to get another opportunity to shoot outside, and he made another decisive shot, and hit again!
The Bulls bench went completely crazy and Gasol jumped!
And after Brooks, the little man, shot this three-pointer, he actually made a shrug at Xie Chen in the Heat bench!
"Oh, is this kid provoking Xie? I remember when Xie broke the three-point record, the whole Heat team used this action to salute Xie! â
Xie Chen couldn't cry or laugh, this guy Brooks turned out to be the first person in the Bulls to challenge Xie Chen, a substitute who had no guaranteed playing time...... It's really interesting.
Xie Chen once taught Brooks a lesson in the regular season, and he hated the other party, maybe because of this, so he provoked Xie Chen at this time, but Xie Chen didn't take it to heart, after all, Brooks was just a substitute, and the two didn't have much chance to fight.
Soon, Brooks was replaced, Rose and Xie Chen came on the court, and the second quarter of the contest began, Xie Chen scored a goal as soon as he came up, Rose knew that Xie Chen was going to start chasing points, so he continued to exert his strength, it was still a lightning breakthrough, it was so fast that it was not like words, and then a difficult layup that was difficult to balance the body, and the ball was scored again.
Xie Chen felt that Rose was a little too strong, so he said to Rose: "Hey, I know you want to win me, but you play like this, be careful of getting hurt." â
Rose usually doesn't break through so fast, and this is not only fast, it's just fierce, it's the kind of fierce that doesn't care about the consequences, Ross just smiled coolly: "Just know that I will win you." â
It seems that he wants to show Xie Chen what the ultimate breakthrough speed is like in front of Xie Chen again, and next time, Ross will make a rapid breakthrough again, but this time he doesn't know if it is a problem with the floor or his footsteps, his right foot slipped, and suddenly the person turned over on his back, and the basketball flew directly away, and Ross fell to his knees and threw himself in front of Xie Chen, as if giving Xie Chen a big gift.
Xie Chen was very embarrassed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Rose, what are you doing here, I can't afford it!" (To be continued......) R1292