Chapter 817: Giving You a Chance to Win the Championship!
The regular season is coming to an end and the awards are just around the corner, and while there's still a week to go, many of the awards are already on the cards. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xie Chen will undoubtedly be the biggest winner in the regular season this season.
Regardless of whether the Lakers can create a new regular season record next, the regular season MVP will definitely be Xie Chen's, and there is no suspense at all about the scoring champion, Xie Chen averages nearly 20 points more than Russell Westbrook, who is in second place! Wei Shao has no hope of overtaking at all.
Steals per game and assists per game, Xie Chen is also leading the opponent, John Wall and James Harden are ranked second, theoretically, they also have the possibility of overtaking, but judging from Xie Chen's current pursuit of record-breaking state, it is unlikely that the two of them can overtake.
Only the rebounding king is not Xie Chen, if Xie Chen's average rebounds per game is only 10, no one will compare Xie Chen with those big men inside, but Xie Chen's average rebounds per game have surpassed almost all interior players in the league, and now he is only less than Drummond, so everyone is very concerned about whether Xie Chen will succeed in counterattacking and become an unprecedented rebounding king, assist king, scoring king, steal king, and a super all-round player with four kings in one.
It is conceivable that Drummond is now bearing the expectations of all the big men, in addition to Hassan Whiteside, including James, Chris Paul, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, these players all hope that Drummond can always maintain this kind of lead, don't let Xie Chen even get the rebounding king, otherwise Xie Chen's achievements will be too rebellious, just this four kings in a single season is enough to go down in history and be worshipped.
At the home of the Miami Heat, Drummond and Hassan Whiteside have been competing for rebounds, and it can be seen that sparks are flying on the court, and unknowingly thinking that Hassan Whiteside wants this rebounding king, in fact, he is helping Xie Chen, because his own rebounding data in the last few games are not very ideal, he has fallen behind Xie Chen, and it is impossible to catch up with Drummond to get the rebounding king, since he can't get it, then help Xie Chen get it, Whiteside knows very well how hard it is for Xie Chen, a 193cm point guard, to compete for this honor with an interior player like Drummond.
As a result of such a fierce scramble, both of them did not have good rebounding statistics, and the two received two fouls each in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Hassan Whiteside still didn't give Drummond a chance to grab the rebound easily, even if his teammates grabbed it, and deliberately didn't let Drummond get it.
Drummond was a little annoyed, and he knew that it was not a way to go on like this, and he had to find a way to get Whiteside off the court, he knew that Whiteside had a bad temper, after all, he was a guy who had played in leagues from all walks of life, so he deliberately and secretly attacked Whiteside when he grabbed a rebound.
Drummond's black hand did not escape the referee's eyes and was whistled for a foul, but Whiteside still persevered, slammed towards Zhuang Shen and pushed him to the ground, and the scene looked like it was almost about to fight.
In the end, Big White was sent off.
Drummond finally breathed a sigh of relief, and without Whiteside, the rebounding of this game would be more assured.
But he never imagined that at halftime, Heat President Pat Riley walked to the Heat locker room, and then gave an order to Coach Spo: the offense in the second half always plays inside, deliberately making Drummond's fouls until he leaves the court with a full foul.
There are few players in the Heat team who have been teammates with Xie Chen at that time, strictly speaking, there are only three, Hassan Whiteside, Haslem, and McRoberts, and Derrick Williams has also been teammates with Xie Chen, but that was in the New York Knicks.
This Heat team is completely different from the Heat team when Xie Chen won the championship, but when Riley said this, everyone can understand Xie Chen's status and influence in this team, even if Xie Chen has been away from the Heat for so long, those newcomers to the Heat can always hear people here mention him, even if no one says Xie Chen's name, they always feel his existence.
Pat Riley did this, obviously helping Xie Chen defeat Drummond to get the rebounding king.
"Riley must now regret his decision." Coach Spo thought to himself.
At the beginning of the second half, just when Drummond wanted to grab the rebound as he wanted in the second half, he found that the opposing offensive players came to him again and again.
Zhuang Shen got a lot of block data in a few minutes, but the season block king is Anthony Davis, and he is not going to compete for the block king.
Soon, Drummond was inevitably fouled.
Soon, his personal fouls reached 5.
"No, I'll have to watch my foul count." Drummond was cautious as well.
But the task of everyone in the Heat right now is not to score and win, but to get Drummond off the court, and it is useless for Drummond to be careful.
Dragic took the initiative to crash into Drummond while he was covering his teammates and was blown for a fake fall, and it didn't matter, and Joshri Chadson.
Richardson deliberately stepped in front of Drummond as he grabbed the rebound, put his face in front of Drummond as he raised his arm, and then faked another fall, this time the referee awarded Drummond a foul.
Drummond left the court with six fouls and eight rebounds per game.
"Nope! I haven't broken 10 rebounds in this game! Drummond was shocked, his goal for this game was 16, but he was only half completed, in this way, he would soon be overtaken by Xie Chen!
In fact, Xie Chen was also watching the live broadcast of this game.
Seeing this scene, Xie Chen muttered: "The Heat's offense in the second half was all aimed at Drummond, and now they are deliberately taking him off the court, could it be that this kid Hassan made them do this?" No, he doesn't have that much power, and Coach Spo wouldn't do it for me, and it seems like Pat Riley made them do it. ”
Xie Chen immediately guessed that this was a gift from Riley, after announcing his retirement decision, Xie Chen had no chance to visit Miami again, and the farewell tour Heat did not have a chance to prepare a gift for Xie Chen, Pat Riley knew that Xie Chen wanted to win the rebounding king, so he did it.
Interestingly, Pat Riley's reckless recklessness of winning or losing the team and taking Drummond off the court at all costs allowed the Heat to win the game.
And not long after the game, Xie Chen actually received a call from Pat Riley.
Holding the Apple 7 mobile phone, Xie Chen hesitated for a long time, not knowing whether to answer the call, after all, Xie Chen and Pat Riley are not the kind of relationship that calls and chats when there is nothing to do.
In the end, Xie Chen still answered the phone.
Xie Chen said to Pat Riley: "I was watching your game with the Pistons just now, and it was your idea to deliberately get Drummond off the court in the second half, right?" ”
Riley laughed and said, "I can't hide anything from you, I didn't come to tell you this, I was also shocked after learning that you were going to retire, I was also shocked, I kept thinking about what gift to give you, but unfortunately you didn't play with us anymore, I know you want to achieve an unprecedented honor in NBA history, this is my gift to you." ”
"Thank you." Xie Chen thanked him, Riley was willing to do this kind of thing, and it could be seen that he still cared more about the relationship with Xie Chen.
"One more thing...... Ahem......" Riley was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted by a continuous cough.
"You're getting sicker." Xie Chen knew that Riley's health in the past two years was not very good, in fact, as early as when Xie Chen was in the Heat season, he felt that Riley's body was not very healthy, and now Riley is 72 years old, although he does not have cancer like the famous T.NT courtside reporter Craig Seger, but he must be very careful.
Riley laughed off, "I'm fine." Another thing I want to tell you is that we are missing the playoffs this season, I heard that Hassan Whiteside will go to Los Angeles to find you after the regular season, go there to watch your playoff games, and it just so happens that I have this plan, and I have booked tickets, and I hope that when the time comes, you will see me on the court, and it will not affect your mood. ”
"How so." Xie Chen smiled, "If I have time, you and Hassan can come and have a drink with me together." ”
"Thank you." After so many things happened, Riley was very happy that his relationship with Xie Chen could ease somewhat.
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After playing the Nuggets away, Xie Chen returned to Los Angeles with the team, and next, they will face the Timberwolves at home, Xie Chen likes to play with the Timberwolves, because the aces in their team are about the same age as Xie Chen, and two of them are in the same class as Xie Chen, and Xie Chen has always had a good relationship with them.
Zach LaVine, the opponent of the two-time slam dunk contest, Andrew Wiggins, the champion of the same year as Xie Chen, and Carl Dons, the future league's No. 1 center who was torn off by Xie Chen.
The Timberwolves are not a playoff team, and their three young and talented leaders have disappointed fans, at the beginning of the season, there were many people who were optimistic about the Timberwolves' results this season and expected the Timberwolves to make the playoffs, but Thibodeau and his little wolf cubs obviously have a long way to go.
The Wolves must have achieved a lot in a few years, and Thibodeau's personality has always been very eager for quick success, when the Bulls coached, in order to pursue the championship, he would desperately maximize the ability of the players, eager to spend a week to complete the task of a month, Rohrdeng was injured by him, and after coming to the Timberwolves, he is not only the head coach, but also the life coach of these young players.
Thibodeau is different from other coaches, who will separate life and work, but he is an exception, because he is still single, has no children and no daughters, and does everything himself, but will communicate better with the players.
Although the Timberwolves didn't make the playoffs this year, the three Carl Dons looked like they were enjoying the season, and everyone had a smile on their faces, knowing that they might not be in such a relaxed mood when their team had enough quality to win a championship, and that day would never be too far away for them.
Before the game began, the three guys took the initiative to chat with Xie Chen.
Speaking of which, this is also this season, and it may also be the last time Xie Chen will play against them in his career, and Xie Chen also wants to say a few more words to them.
Carl Downs laughed: "I know you're competing with Andre Drummond for the season's rebounding title, but I'm not going to let you go under the basket today, and I have to make it clear that I'm not helping Andre, although he did call me last night to ask me to do it, haha." ”
Carl Tangs is still the optimistic and outgoing big boy, in fact, many star players like him will be very envious and even jealous of Xie Chen, and are unwilling to open up and chat with Xie Chen, but he doesn't have so many thoughts.
Xie Chen didn't expect Drummond to really call, but he showed an indifferent look and said, "It's okay, I don't have many rebounding goals today, just grab more than 8." ”
The three Downs all laughed when they heard this, and they all knew that Drummond only grabbed 8 in a game at the critical moment of competing for the rebounding title.
Downs smiled: "If you only grab 10, I can still let you get it, haha." ”
Xie Chen ignored Downs, turned to look at Zach Lavin, and said, "I guess you prepared a lot of dunks today. ”
This may be the last time Xie Chen and Zach LaVine, the two dunk kings, will play each other, and Zach LaVine will definitely think of some moves to prevent this fight from ending in a too ordinary way.
"Of course." Zach LaVine said with a confident face, "The audience at the scene has a blessing, I want to challenge you for one last time!" ”
"You can find a way to escape my block first." Xie Chen joked that when he arrived on the court, Xie Chen would not be aggressive towards Zach LaVine, and he would let him dunk if he could.
Then, Xie Chen looked at Andrew Wiggins, the champion of the same year.
Xie Chen shook hands with Wiggins, who had been in the league for a few years but was still a little shy like a big boy, and then said: "Many people compare me to Michael Jordan, they think that when I was in the league with Michael Jordan, I almost dominated the league and won the championship. When I retire, will you win the championship? ”
Xie Chen compared himself to Jordan and Wiggins to Olajuwon, who won two championships in the two years that Jordan retired, and then Jordan came back and won another three-game championship to continue to dominate the league.
In fact, the meaning that Xie Chen wanted to express was very clear, Wiggins, Downs, and Zach LaVine all heard what he meant, that is, Xie Chen may be like Michael Jordan to stage the return of the king after retiring, and then continue to rule the league.
Xie Chen was telling them in advance to let the team or himself join the ranks of the championship competition as soon as possible, and in this gap after Xie Chen's retirement, he would win the championship as soon as possible, and he could get one.
Because, once Xie Chen announced that he would return again, they would never have a chance again! (To be continued.) )