After the Lakers won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Xie Chen and Lakers fans were also extremely excited, and posted on the Internet to express their joy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Congratulations to my lake for winning Tianwang Mountain! According to past historical statistics, as long as Xie Chen gets the series match point, he will definitely advance to the next round! I've already secured a spot in the Western Conference Finals! ”

"Thank you, please respect yourself! According to past history, as long as Xie Chen gets a win in the playoffs, he will be 100% advanced to the next round! ”

"Why don't you say that as long as Xie Chen puts his foot on the floor of the playoff court, he will definitely advance? Everyone knows that Xie Chen hasn't lost the playoff series yet, as for blowing it like this? Watch out for rollovers! ”

Xie Chen has not lost a playoff series since he entered the league, which is extremely terrible, whether it is the great Michael Jordan, Kobe or James, they have tasted the bitter fruit of the playoffs very early, and Xie Chen has not had a single one, once James's Cavaliers had the best chance to do it, but unfortunately in the good situation of 3:0, Xie Chen reversed.

If Xie Chen can retire with such a winning attitude, it will really be a perfect achievement that future generations cannot reach.

After watching the game, the players of the Warriors and Cavaliers were a little frustrated.

Curry frowned and said to himself, "Will you meet them again this year?" This time it's a bit earlier than the previous two years. ”

Durant is also gearing up and ready to play against the Lakers.

LeBron James is a lot easier than the Warriors' players, because even if Xie Chen passes the Spurs, there are still the Warriors' Big Four waiting for Xie Chen, against the Warriors, James does not have much confidence, to some extent, he hopes that the Lakers can advance, not the Warriors.

The Spurs players were very frustrated when they lost this game, especially Leonard, who used up almost all his strength, but in the end he still lost, and let Xie Chen get such a high score.

Popovich could see that Leonard was not satisfied with himself, and he rarely patted his disciple on the back of the head after the game and comforted: "You did a good job, if it weren't for you, Xie would have scored 80 points tonight." ”

Popovich also knew for the first time how painful and powerless it was to play against Xie Chen, in the past two seasons, he has been watching Xie Chen play other teams, and he can't personally understand Xie Chen's terrible, and now he is really against Xie Chen, and really forced the strongest Xie Chen out, Popovich knows that Xie Chen is really omnipotent, his all-round ability and desire for the championship are not comparable to ordinary superstars.

"This is a scarier guy than Michael Jordan." This is Popovich's evaluation of Xie Chen after the game.

At the post-game press conference, Xie Chen still tried to remain humble and cautious about the next game, not daring to say that he had already stepped into the Western Conference Finals with half a foot, the Spurs were difficult old drivers, and they should always be careful of overturning.

At the same time, the Raptors returned to their home court and finally won again, the Raptors fans have always been enthusiastic, giving the Raptors players a lot of motivation, Kyle Lowry and DeRozan both scored 23+ points, played a good role as team leaders, and created open shooting opportunities for teammates, Terrence Ross was also very efficient tonight, in fact, his shooting percentage this season was the best year of his career, and Valanciunas, who grabbed 18 rebounds, was also the key to the Raptors' victory.

The next day, when the Lakers had arrived in San Antonio to prepare for the sixth game, the Warriors and the Clippers also started the fifth game, the Warriors have been leading the score, they had a chance to end the series on their home court, but they didn't expect the Clippers to suddenly launch a counterattack in the third quarter, Paul also seemed unwilling to accept the ending of not touching the floor of the West Finals again, and hit three points one after another with his teammates, and in the fourth quarter, it became the Clippers leading the Warriors, and finally, The Warriors also didn't show a particularly strong desire to end the series. hope, and lost this game.

The series score between the Warriors and the Clippers became 3:2.

And on the eastern side, in the game between the Cavaliers and the Hornets, the Cavaliers returned to their home court, no politeness, and the Big Three worked together to defeat the Hornets and successfully advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!

"Without Xie Chen in the east, James is really invincible! Even if the Cavaliers make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, I don't think that will change in any way. ”

"If James also goes to the West, I'm afraid there will be nothing to watch in the playoffs in the East."

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The night before Game 6 between the Lakers and the Spurs, Leonard stayed alone and continued to practice in the training gym after all the players left.

He's shooting from different positions, and he looks very calm on the surface, but he's actually very concerned about tomorrow's game because it's probably his last game of the season tomorrow and he doesn't want to end the season yet.

The empty court soon sounded the footsteps of another man, and Leonard turned his head to see the white-bearded old man Popovich whom he met every day.

"Coach." Leonard yelled at Popovich, for fear that Popovich had come to drive him back to sleep, he had done this before, Popovich was not a coach like Pat Riley, he would not squeeze the players.

Popovich rarely showed a kind and kind smile, he was dressed in casual clothes, and he was not as serious as when he usually wore a suit or sportswear, Popovich smiled: "I guessed that you won't be able to sleep, and it just so happens that I won't be able to sleep tonight, so I'll come and talk to you." ”

Leonard looked shy in front of Popovich and didn't look like a player who had won the FMVP at all.

After the two sat down, Popovich said: "Kowai, I can understand your feelings, Tony Parker, Manuginobili, Pau Gasol, they have all won more than one championship, and they are about to retire from this team, their mood for this playoff is completely different from yours, at your age, you must be trying your best to prove yourself, especially when there are so many talented guys in the league, what does Chris Shea, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, LeBron do, There are too many players who will be ranked in the top 20 or 10 of history, and you want to win the championship in this great era and let the world remember you, right? ”

Leonard does think so, he knows that Tony Parker and Gasol, although they are teammates, their hearts are not connected, their desire for a championship is much worse than Leonard's, only Aldridge is the same as Leonard, because Aldridge has not won the championship since coming to the Spurs.

Seeing that Leonard was still silent, Popovich continued: "After the last game, Tony Parker talked to me, and he said that he felt very sorry for you when he saw you lose so much, but when you needed help the most, they were old and couldn't provide you with much help, I think Pau Gasol was in the same mood, don't blame them." ”

"How could it be, how could I blame them, they used to be great players, but I didn't have the luck to meet them at their peak." Leonard hurriedly said that although these old players were indeed a big reason for losing on the court, Leonard still respected them very much.

Popovich chatted a few more words, then suddenly stood up, smiled, and said to himself: "Tim Duncan is at ease, and now he doesn't have to face the trouble of the playoffs, it seems that I have to think about when I can live an easy life like him." ”

Popovich said, walking in the direction of the exit.

"Coach ......" looked at Popovich's aging back, and Leonard had mixed feelings for a while.

The next day, the Spurs home AT&T Center.

The scene is still full, compared to the last time the Lakers visited, this time the Lakers' visit made the Spurs fans very oppressive, they knew that the Lakers came to eliminate the Spurs and steal the promotion places, the Spurs have been forced to a desperate situation, they have no way out, lose this game a little, and their series this season will be over.

Before the start of the series, there were still many people who laughed at Xie Chen's remarks about winning the championship this season, they thought that Xie Chen had no chance to defeat the Spurs, let alone talk about winning the championship? But now, after only five games, Xie Chen has forced his opponent into danger.

"Xie is really powerful, before the battle with the Lakers, I thought that Xie alone would not be able to compete with the Spurs, but I didn't expect that they were the ones who got the match point first......"

"It's understandable if the Spurs didn't play well in the last game and lost the game, but the Spurs played very well in the last game, and Leonard also gave the best playoff performance of his career, but in the end he still lost, so that Xie scored so many points, I hope he won't be so crazy tonight, as long as we can drag the game into a tie-break, we can still reverse it."

Spurs fans all hope that the series can enter the tie-break, so with the stable team strength of the Spurs, they can still win this series, but how can Xie Chen, who is only one step away from victory, allow his opponent to catch up one game at a time?

As far as Xie Chen is concerned, he will treat this sixth game as the seventh game!

After stepping onto the court, Xie Chen looked full of physical strength and energy, and he was ready to play two games in a row.

"I'm going to continue to play two Spurs in a row tonight, I've done my homework every year for Spurs, no matter what year of legendary Spurs I encounter, I believe it's not a problem to win games and keep my ability. But I can't play overtime against the Spurs tonight, otherwise fitness will no longer be my strength, but my weakness. ”

When playing at home, the more overtime it is, the more it can reflect Xie Chen's physical advantage, but it's different when it comes to the away game, Xie Chen has played two games in a row, even if many abilities don't need to consume physical strength, playing on the court for so long, he will definitely be tired, and constantly grabbing rebounds, shooting, and assists will make people's emotions become bored, but they can't continue to play overtime.

However, the Spurs and other spectators didn't know about Xie Chen, and they all thought that the Spurs should never play overtime with the Lakers, Xie Chen was a physical monster, and overtime was as omnipotent as the first quarter.

Even Wei Shao, who came to watch the game, said: "This game, if the Spurs want to win, they have to win cleanly, establish a lead early, don't have a chance to play overtime with the Lakers again, these guys from the Spurs, Leonard is considered to be physically outstanding, the last game fought for a full four quarters, and it will not work in the second overtime, and Xie is still as high as ever, not affected by physical fitness, not to mention the rest of the Spurs, the mistakes at the critical moment are caused by the decline in physical fitness." ”

James Harden also nodded in approval: "That's right, Xie's physical fitness is terrible, and others will feel very tired when they play overtime, but when he comes to Xie, he is very excited." ”

However, Hassan Whiteside has a different opinion, saying: "How do I remember last season there was a game, but Shea was not excited in extra time, but really tired, and there were mistakes such as passing and receiving. ”

Whiteside was obviously talking about Xie Chen when he was playing away.

Last season, Xie Chen was on the same team as Cameron Anthony, and the three of them all looked at Anthony and waited for an answer, but Anthony chatted with the three of them, and looked at the "big cousin" Jennifer Lawrence on the other side, smiled at him and nodded, and replied casually: "Maybe Xie caught a cold that day." ”

In Anthony's impression, although Xie Chen occasionally performed badly, after all, there were too few times like that, and what he remembered more was that he kept winning like crazy.

Popovich also said to himself before the game: "Don't play overtime with them." ”

The game started soon, the Spurs wanted to strike first, and Xie Chen also wanted to take the lead early and end the series early.

Just when Xie Chen missed two three-point shots, the Spurs took this opportunity to quickly expand the score to 8 points!

"Oops, the Spurs are going to get on the rise, and once the Spurs lead by double digits, the Lakers will have a hard time playing this game."

"The Spurs' attitude is very resolute, that is, to solve the Lakers quickly and not to play overtime with the Lakers."

The superstar watchers understood Popovich's intentions.

Xie Chen knew that once the Spurs expanded the score difference to double digits, the game would fall into passivity, so he had to take this opportunity to narrow the score, but Xie Chen was helplessly prevented from death, and after passing the ball, his teammates still didn't hit, and he changed to the Spurs' ball again.

This time around, Spurs have a chance to extend the margin to double digits, and if they do, it could be a key goal for the whole game.

Tony Parker held the ball on the left side of the three-point line, Spurs Leonard pretended to come forward to make a cover, Parker immediately handed the ball to Leonard, replaced it with Rohr Deng to defend Parker, Xie Chen to defend Leonard, Leonard did not single Xie Chen, but continued to transfer the ball to Danny Green on the right side, Green still did not play by himself, and quickly transferred the ball to Aldridge in the bottom corner of the right side again, Aldridge pretended to play with his back and quickly turned around.

"That's not right." Xie Chen suddenly realized that the Spurs' offense was not playing on the right side, although they kept moving the ball to the right.

Xie Chen saw that Parker was speeding to the bottom corner on the left, and there was already a vacant seat. (To be continued.) )