Chapter 63: The City of Emptiness
The Heat's home game against the Clippers has attracted the attention of many fans, and the current winning streak of the Heat is strong, and among the Heat's recent opponents, only the Los Angeles Clippers have the strength to end the Heat's winning streak.
Both teams were strong teams last season, and compared to the heavy adjustments of the Heat's personnel, especially the departure of core player James, the Clippers' core lineup has not changed, and it is not surprising that there is still a chance to play a pro-West final this season.
Due to Wade's continued absence, the Heat are still sending Xie Chen and Chalmers to the lineup of dual point guards, and the interior is a combination of Bosh and Sean Williams, which is very different from the Clippers' interior combination Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, and it is obvious that they are inferior to each other in terms of interior strength.
At the beginning of the game, the Clippers scored frequently in the restricted area, and after Paul's threading of the needle, Jordan Jr. and Griffin staged violent dunks several times, brutally ravaging the Heat's basket, and even when Griffin missed the basket, he was able to grab and shoot himself, and once again make up for it under the basket.
"It's too much to lose under the basket, although we can score, but it's too tiring to play such a game, the NBA official website is right, although we have been winning streaks, but we are still not a team that can impact the championship." Xie Chen scored 4 points in a row as soon as he came on the court, and also handed out an assist, although the table is good, but it can also be seen that the current team's problems are good.
In this game, the duel between Paul and Xie Chen has also attracted much attention, after all, Paul has been one of the top point guards in the league all year round, and Xie Chen, as a new point guard, must challenge Paul if he wants to become the first point guard in the league.
Although Xie Chen scored more points than Paul, in terms of assists and role for the team, most people still think Paul is superior.
Xie Chen currently has the right to copy the system once, and today he played against the S-level star Paul, but Xie Chen didn't think about copying his passing ability, because passing has nothing to do with physical elements, it is more a reflection of consciousness and basketball IQ, and Xie Chen, as a point guard, has his own pride, as a professional athlete, he can't have nothing of his own. Isn't it just passing? What Paul can do, Xie Chen can do too!
The Heat missed the shot, Paul launched a fast attack, Xie Chen defended closely, I saw Paul pause near the three-point line, and did not single Xie Chen, but threw the basketball high into the air, only to see the fast Griffin receive the ball and face the Heat's weak interior defense, and completed a two-handed dunk!
Relay in the air! LOBCITY'S FORTE!
After Paul joined the Clippers that year, Jordan Jr. first received a phone call and couldn't wait to call Griffin over to tell him the news, Griffin was ecstatic and said: Los Angeles will be an empty city in the future!
Fans at the American Airlines Arena also felt very happy to see this scene, once upon a time, when Wade was in his prime and James was there, the Miami Heat was also empty...... Thinking of these, it still can't help but make some old fans nostalgic, even if Xie Chen is currently playing very well, can score and assist, but he can't play ornamental.
After Paul threw a beautiful aerial relay, he smiled at Xie Chen, who was defending him: "Xie, as a point guard, if you can make the game more beautiful and enjoyable, it is also a manifestation of value, I think you shouldn't have realized this yet." β
After Paul finished speaking, he retreated to the defense, leaving Xie Chen alone in a daze, Paul was still more polite to Xie Chen, now most players in the league get along with each other, and most opponents are friends, and Paul's advice can be regarded as a kind reminder, because, so far, Xie Chen has not sent a single aerial relay dunk to his teammates.
At this point alone, Xie Chen is not as good as Paul in the hearts of many basketball fans, and the reason why Xie Chen has never sent an aerial relay dunk is that the Heat currently has not many talented dunk masters like Jordan Jr. and Griffin, and second, and the most important point, Xie Chen is afraid of mistakes, and one mistake deducts two points, for Xie Chen, who has just obtained the replication system, every point is very important, and now, Xie Chen doesn't care too much about one or two points, and rarely brushes the board.
At this moment, the system suddenly made a "ding" sound, and there was another acceptable task! Xie Chen was overjoyed, because the reward of the task was a fusion point that could improve the degree of integration, which was worth a thousand gold for Xie Chen!
Hurriedly turn on the system, and the screen is displayed.
Mission: Complete five open dunks with teammates in a game.
Reward: Five fusion points.
"There are only five fusion points, which is a lot worse than last time, but the requirements are simpler, and there is no requirement to win or lose the game." Xie Chen thought about it, okay, since the Clippers are known as the city of air pickup, then Xie Chen, as the commander of the backfield, also returns the air with Yan **!
Xie Chen took advantage of the free throws and ran to whisper to each of his teammates, telling them that they were ready to dunk at any time, and specially told them that the completed action must be a dunk, Bosh and the others also patted their chests boldly to ensure that there was no problem, probably not used to seeing Griffin and Little Jordan so unscrupulous on their home court, if they could counterattack each other in the same way, it must be a quick thing.
At this time, Chalmers, the only one who did not receive the message, was jealous, he took the initiative to run to Xie Chen's side and asked, "What did you secretly tell them?" Why do all three of them have a share, but I don't? I thought we had a friendship. β
Xie Chen patted Chalmers on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Of course we have established a friendship, man, but even if I sue you about this matter, I believe that with your ability, I can't do it." β
The 188CM Chalmers held his head up and smiled conceitedly: "There's nothing on the basketball court that I can't do." β
Xie Chen saw that Chalmers did not give up, so he told him the truth. Chalmers was shocked when he heard this: "Oh, you want to play an open dunk? Belch...... That's a real problem for me. β
In the first quarter, the Clippers led the Heat by nearly ten points, and the Clippers' internal rampant abuse of the restricted area became more and more rampant. Knock Williams to the ground!
Heat fans are simply mad with anger, shouting loudly to sign a powerful inside, and some fans are shouting that the Heat will return color on the inside.
After being dunked, Sean Williams felt faceless, he and Xie Chen's eyes met, and when the Heat attacked, Sean Williams suddenly and quickly entered the inside, and Xie Chen, who had already been ready, threw the ball over as soon as possible, for the sake of conservatism, Xie Chen's position was still relatively close to the basket, Sean Williams received a heavy dunk after receiving the ball, completing Xie Chen's first empty dunk, it is worth mentioning that after Sean Williams dunked, he also hung on the basket and released the love xΓΉ, this ball, It greatly boosted the morale of the Heat team.
"Well done! Chris Shea! What Paul can do, you can do it! β
Fans began to cheer for Xie Chen, they loved Xie Chen's three-point shot, but they also hoped that he could make the game more beautiful and more enjoyable like Paul, this was Xie Chen's first empty dunk, and it was also the first visual feast for Heat fans.
Seeing this scene, Paul smiled, he is really a junior who loves to learn, no wonder he can grow to the point where he is today just by imitating Curry and Rose, but just reminded him that Xie Chen actually completed an empty dunk with his teammates.
On the contrary, Jordan Jr. was a little unimpressed, thinking that Xie Chen was just a three-point shooter, and the empty dunk just now was just because he dunked Sean Williams to avenge him.
What everyone didn't expect was that in the next round, Xie Chen would once again stage an aerial relay with his teammates, and this time the object of the empty match was replaced by Chris Bosh!
Bosh quickly hit the basket in the high position, in the past, Xie Chen gave the ball in the middle and low positions, but this ball was thrown directly into the sky, Bosh jumped high and completed a one-handed split!
"Beautiful! An air tie between the two Chris! This is LOBCITY! β
The fans were simply very happy, and it was really happy to play against the Los Angeles Clippers and hit two exciting open dunks, and these two dunks also disrupted the rhythm of the Clippers.
The Heat took the opportunity to chase the score to just five points, but there was no such easy opportunity for an empty dunk in this quarter.
In the second quarter, Xie Chen's main goal was still to cooperate with his teammates in the air, he saw that Luo Er Deng had an opportunity and was rushing to the basket, so he threw the basketball high, who knew that Luo Er Deng did not jump up, but watched the basketball thrown out of bounds.
There was a sigh at the scene, and Coach Spo also frowned, not understanding why Xie Chen kept passing this kind of ball tonight?
Paul stepped forward and said to Xie Chen: "I'm just telling you that as a point guard, you can make the game look good, but you seem to want the game to be an exhibition game from beginning to end, this is not an All-Star, I hope I didn't mislead you." β
As an opponent, it is indeed not easy for Paul to say such things, Xie Chen smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I know it in my heart." We don't have as talented dunks as you do, but we should have more open dunks tonight. β
Paul laughed, "Hehe, do you know that we have averaged more than 4 open dunks per game since the start of the game? β
"Then we'll do it five times tonight." Xie Chen smiled lightly.
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