Chapter 454: Pomp and circumstance with James!
Now the highest scorer on the first-year team is Winslow, and then Downs, followed by Porzingis, Winslow has Wiggins defense, Wiggins also promised to defend well, Xie Chen believes that Wiggins' ability does not need to worry, as for Downs, he is an inside line, Xie Chen is not in the right place even if he wants to defend, but Xie Chen also has a way to prevent Downs from scoring through his own defense.
Downs did score a lot of goals in the first quarter, but most of his scores came from the assists of Lakers rookie Russell, and many of them were after Russell rushed to the restricted area to attract the defense, jumped in the air and passed to Downs in seconds to let Downs pull up the dunk directly, so Xie Chen only needed to choke Russell and prevent him from breaking through easily.
The first-year guys weren't stupid either, especially Russell, who didn't have a good season but had a very smart brain, and he was aware of the change in his opponents as soon as he got on the court, and reminded his teammates: "They have to play hard, we have to get serious, and we just have to fight for a tie with them in this quarter." β
Russell thought very well, even if it was a tie in this quarter, they still led by 16 points at halftime, and in the second half, even if they lost a little in the third quarter, they still had a better chance of winning, but Russell was still too naΓ―ve and underestimated the ability of Xie Chen and Wiggins.
After Xie Chen came on the court, he first assisted Wiggins with an aerial relay, and Wiggins' aerial catch was very amazing, which instantly ignited the atmosphere of the scene and announced the beginning of the second-grade team's counterattack.
Russell saw that Xie Chen and they had already begun to fight back, and took the opportunity to ask Xie Chen, "Are you going to start chasing points?" It's just a rookie game, why take it so seriously? You want to shoot threes, don't you? I'll let you vote! β
Xie Chen smiled after hearing this, since Russell joined the NBA, he has not been very good at ball skills, but trash talk seems to have a lot of cultivation potential, and he obviously can't prevent Xie Chen's three-point shot. Instead, he said to let Xie Chen vote.
Xie Chen smiled: "You don't have to be nervous, I won't shoot three points." β
Russell laughed, walked over to catch the ball, just received the serve, just turned around and only dribbled one step, only to hear a "pop". Xie Chen suddenly followed up and stealed!
This was something Russell didn't expect! He never imagined that Xie Chen would steal in this position, so the basketball in his hand was knocked out by Xie Chen.
This time it was Zach LaVine's turn, LaVine's retreat was not very fast, seeing Xie Chen breaking the ball, he immediately rushed forward, after Xie Chen broke the ball, he saw LaVine coming, and then threw it forward, LaVine jumped with one foot. Finished with a nice back buckle.
Two dunks and two assists from Xie Chen quickly narrowed the gap to 12 points.
"Blame me, blame me, I'm too careless." Russell apologized to his teammates repeatedly, the first-year team returned to serve, and Russell became more cautious.
This time, Xie Chen didn't pick up the ball again, but it was just past halftime. When Russell just wanted to organize an attack, Xie Chen suddenly stepped forward to break the ball. Scared, Russell immediately retreated, but fortunately, Russell's dribbling still has a certain foundation, no matter how strong Xie Chen's ability to break the ball is, it is impossible to succeed every time, but at this time. Wiggins also stepped forward to wrap up.
As soon as he was trapped, Russell immediately panicked, and he only had one thought in his heart, to pass the ball out quickly.
At this time, Xie Chen had already withdrawn from the defense. Leaving Wiggins there alone, he took two steps back and stood in front of Winslow, ready to intercept Russell's pass!
Russell is still too young and inexperienced, and he will become helpless when he encounters the bag, and he often makes mistakes at this time, he doesn't seem to see anything in front of him anymore, and he doesn't know that Xie Chen is not there at all, he only remembers Winslow's location, so he quickly passed it out as soon as possible.
Winslow stood in place, seeing Russell pass the ball, he actually wanted to shout "no" in his heart, and then, soon, he saw that the ball that was originally passed to him was easily intercepted by Xie Chen.
"Run!" After another break, Xie Chen shouted at Wiggins, did not pass directly to Wiggins, but threw it high in the half, Wiggins shook off Russell, quickly rushed over, took two steps across the middle line and received Xie Chen's pass to assist, and easily dunked again.
In the blink of an eye, there is only a 10-point difference, does anyone think the sophomore team will lose? Is a 10-point margin enough for the first-year team to sit back and relax?
Especially for Payton, does he still feel that just the defense can't get back and lose points?
Payton, who was sitting off the court, was very tormented, feeling that his face was hurt and red as if he had been beaten, just now in front of his teammates in the same class, Peyton reasoned with Xie Chen so loudly, accusing Xie Chen of being irresponsible, not taking the game seriously, and also determined that Xie Chen was just defending and it was impossible to win the team for a year, but now, it is completely possible!
Commentator Yu Jia also said: "As Director Zhang just said, the game is really good, Xie Chen caught up just by defense, it's really terrible, I think the best defensive player this season is none other than Xie Chen." β
Are just two steals a serious defense? That's not even close!
The first grade team's next offense is much more cautious, every pass is paid special attention, and never reluctant to attack, and finally they handed the ball to Porzingis outside the three-point line, Xie Chen knew that Porzingis has the ability to shoot from a distance, and he grasped the rhythm of his shooting very accurately, so he immediately stepped forward, after Porzingis shot, snapped a big hat, and Xie Chen, who flew up, blocked Porzingis's shot!
"What?" Porzingis was shocked, he had never been an opponent with Xie Chen, and as a teammate, he could often appreciate Xie Chen's power, but until he was really an enemy, he knew that Xie Chen was not only powerful, it was simply terrifying!
This amazing bullet speed, this domineering block, Porzingis is really lucky to be Xie Chen's teammate.
Needless to say, after the block, it was also a dragon dunk, and the difference was already within 10 points, and then, Wiggins blocked Winslow again, and the rebounding ball was also firmly controlled by the sophomore team, and soon, the two teams were tied.
Payton off the court didn't dare to say anything more, the 16-point difference, Xie Chen only scored two points, and it was a dunk without defense, and the rest were all assists, in other words. Xie Chen really just relied on defense to chase back the 16-point difference.
After the two sides tied, Xie Chen and Wiggins did not chase after the victory, after all, it was All-Star Weekend, there was no need for the two to do such a desperate job, if it was a normal game, they would have gone from 16 points behind to 16 points ahead before they gave up.
Xie Chen didn't play for a particularly long time. Even on the court, it was also to give the ball to Wiggins for him to play, or to pass to assist teammates and defensive blocks, after the second half, no matter how hard the first-year rookies tried, they just couldn't take the lead again, and in the end, the second-year team won the first-year team without suspense, and Wiggins was named the most valuable player of the game. Xie Chen is the team's assist king.
Everyone can see that this is Xie Chen's deliberate fulfillment of Wiggins and letting Wiggins win this award, in fact, in the hearts of many people, Wiggins should have won this award last year, but unfortunately last year's Xie Chen played an All-Star for the first time, and he was also very concerned, so he played very seriously. It's impossible for Wiggins to win against Xie Chen.
Porzingis also hugged his teammate Xie Chen tightly after the game, and said happily: "I'm so lucky to be your teammate." Only today will your opponent know how terrible you are! β
Towns, Okafor, Winslow and others next to him looked at them with dull eyes, indescribable envy, but Winslow is a little better than several other rookies, because the Heat is also determined to enter the playoffs, and even compete for the championship. So Winslow also has a chance to appear on the stage of the finals in his first year. Others weren't so lucky, and after the All-Star break, the regular season would be very short and fast, and then, the regular season would be over. Those of them who can't make the playoffs will end their first year of career, and I believe everyone will find it unenjoyable.
The All-Star Rookie Challenge ended like this, and it didn't attract much attention on the Internet, for Xie Chen's fans, there is no regret about not winning the MVP of the Rookie Game, their requirements are very low, as long as they don't get injured on this day, everyone is staring at tomorrow, tomorrow's slam dunk contest that will definitely shake the world!
The day before the slam dunk contest, the all-star dunk contest on sinaweibo NBA2016 became the first hot search on the list, not to mention the other dedicated NBA community forums, where everyone was discussing tomorrow's dunk contest and guessing the results of the dunk contest.
After dinner in the evening, Wang Zhihui browsed the Internet for a while, and asked Xie Chen with a smile: "Do you guess who wins the championship in China's online voting?" β
Xie Chen felt that his popularity should not be worse than theirs: "Am I not the number one?" β
Wang Zhihui handed the phone to Xie Chen: "In the NBA bar, you are the first, in the hupu you are the second, and James is the first." β
Xie Chen shrugged his shoulders, not caring about these votes at all, how could those fans who didn't know the truth know Xie Chen's true strength?
After a while, Wang Zhihui answered a phone call and said to Xie Chen with a panicked face: "JAY-Z is in Toronto, and LeBron James personally went to the airport to pick him up just now." β
JAY-Z is an American hip-hop singer, a palace-level figure in the rap industry, the greatest rapper of all time, with great status and influence, and is also the owner of the Brooklyn Nets, many NBA players grew up listening to his songs, and LeBron James and JAY-Z have a very personal relationship, and they have known each other for many years.
After hearing this, Xie Chen asked suspiciously, "DID JAY-Z ALSO COME OVER TO SEE THE ALL-STARS?" β
Wang Zhihui shook his head: "It's not that simple, maybe only you will think that the dunk contest only needs to prepare for the dunk, according to the news I got, at the appearance ceremony of the slam dunk contest tomorrow, JAY-Z will help James stand on the platform, and will sing on the spot." β
"Oh." Xie Chen didn't feel too surprised, "I found that you know a lot about James's movements, should you have installed our people around him?" I didn't realize that you still have this potential. β
Xie Chen made fun of Wang Zhihui, Wang Zhihui couldn't laugh or cry, for superstars like Xie Chen and James, the appearance of every link is extremely important, especially if there are two superstars in a competition, it is indispensable to compare pomp and circumstance, but you can't just think about dunk movements, forget about these things, Zach LaVine and Wei Shao can do things hastily, but people like Xie Chen and James cannot.
Wang Zhihui said: "I mentioned this to you before, when you play, do you want to deliberately design it, you said that it is good to simply play, and now, your opponent has called JAY-Z, I heard that Westbrook and Zach LaVine are also looking for someone to help, are you sure you want to enter the field alone?" β
Wang Zhihui said that it was okay to be simple, but it was terrible to be lonely, thinking of the single life he lived before he got the basketball replication system, whether it was a white girl, a black girl, or a yellow girl, he was not as obsessed with himself as he is now.
Thinking of this, Xie Chen felt that it was necessary to ask someone to help him, Scarlett Johansson would definitely go tomorrow, but it was a little inappropriate to invite Scarlett, mainly because of the relationship between Scarlett and Katie, plus the two had an affair before.
"I think of a female star who is both beautiful and famous." Xie Chen suddenly said happily.
Agent Wang Zhihui also hurriedly became excited: "Female star? Who is it? It can't be Scarlett, right? β
James invited male stars on his side, and Xie Chen invited female stars on his side, but he didn't lose anything.
"Chen Yihan." Xie Chen replied.
Wang Zhihui was slightly disappointed, Chen Yihan is also a famous female star, but unfortunately his fame is only in China, and few Americans know her, as for the figure, how hot the body can you expect from a girl who is famous for being cute and fresh!
Xie Chen said: "In the afternoon, she texted me that she had arrived in Toronto, and if I invited her, she would gladly accept." β
Wang Zhihui said: "However, it's not interesting to have her alone to accompany you, I'm not saying that she is not beautiful, but the point where she attracts you does not necessarily attract the audience in Toronto, and she is not a singer, you just lead a cutie to appear so dryly, I think it is still not perfect." β
Xie Chen was of course displeased after hearing this, and quickly said: "She didn't come to Toronto alone, she came with her good friend Zhang Junning. I could invite both of them at the same time, and I don't think she would say no. β
"Who? Zhang Junning? Wow, is she here too? She's my goddess! The agent, who was already sullen, suddenly had a light in his eyes and became excited.
Xie Chen glanced at the agent with disdain and asked rhetorically, "Isn't she a little cutie?" Is her body hot? β
The agent blushed and was ashamed, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Since there are these two beauties with amazing temperament, I think it is necessary to hire another person." β
"Who?"
"Taylor Swift." (To be continued.) )