One game gave Derrick Williams a lot of confidence, he was excited all night, with the praise and encouragement of his teammates and relatives, he became more motivated, and the next day's training, he was one of the hardest in the team, and he didn't feel hard at all.

That's what Xie Chen wants to see, and he hopes that Williams can always remember this feeling of success and bring this excitement and momentum to the playoffs, Williams is definitely the one who can help Xie Chen immensely in the playoffs.

After him, Xie Chen's next teammate he wanted to help was Robin Lopez.

Lopez saw that when he played the Raptors, Xie Chen intended to give Williams the ball, but he didn't know why Xie Chen did it.

Lopez was signed by the Knicks for 54 million in four years, and in a sense, it was recruited by the Zen master in order to attract Xie Chen to the Knicks, but no one expected that Lopez was not as big as a rookie now.

Porzingis is so surprising, he even exceeded Phil Jackson's expectations, when Porzingis was chosen, there were doubts, Phil felt that Porzingis and Xie Chen were more compatible, and over time, he would definitely be able to become Xie Chen's major helper, but he didn't expect Porzingis to grow too fast, this season can already assist Xie Chen and Anthony, and has replaced Lopez as the third big man of the New York Knicks.

Fisher hasn't fully used Porzingis as a center right now, and while the Knicks are scoring 16 more points per 48 minutes than their opponents when Porzingis is center, they're five fewer rebounders. If Porzingis is the center and Carmelo Anthony is the power forward, you must know that Anthony has played very well in the power forward position in recent years, but in this way, Lopez's playing time will be greatly reduced, and he will become more non-existent in this team.

Porzingis, after all, is still inexperienced. Lopez's role in the playoffs cannot be ignored, so in the next away game against the Pacers, Xie Chen will help Lopez set a new personal single-game scoring record.

After the All-Star Game weekend, the Knicks won consecutive games, but the Nets, Timberwolves, and Raptors were not difficult to play against these opponents. The Nets and Timberwolves have no hope of making the playoffs, so it is impossible to fight with the Knicks with all their might, and the Raptors have already secured a playoff spot, and there is no need to fight too fiercely with the Knicks, but the Pacers who will play next will be different.

The Pacers are currently seventh in the East, close to the Knicks, and there are still a lot of games left in the regular season, and the Pacers may unfortunately lose the door to the playoffs, so every game is important to them. Especially against teams with similar records to them.

Paul George was nervous and serious before the start of the game, missing almost an entire season due to injury last season and not returning until the end of the regular season, and this season he barely missed a game, and the team's original roster was already torn apart, but he still led the team forward with difficulty, even though he knew that even if he made the playoffs. He couldn't get past the knight, but he still had to go in.

Opposite. Xie Chen is much more relaxed, even if the Knicks' record is not as good as the Pacers, Xie Chen doesn't care about the outcome of this game, the most important thing is whether Lopez can play the best game of the season, Anthony is suspended tonight, which also gives Lopez more offensive opportunities.

Lopez is the Pacers' No. 28 against Lopez tonight. Ian Masimmi, an interior player of the size and experience of Lopez, has been playing in the NBA for 11 years, although he hasn't played any impressive stats in those 11 years. But it is by no means the object that Lopez can easily wreak havoc on.

Xie Chen once helped Porzingis score 50 points, and it stands to reason that it should not be difficult to help Lopez score 30 points, but the characteristics of these two interior lines, offensive means and even mentality are completely different, Porzingis can shoot, especially Biao's three-point shot, but Lopez cannot, and the score must be hard chisel on the inside, so that with Xie Chen's exquisite passing, it is difficult to ensure that it breaks through 30 points, and can only rely on tactics.

Lopez held the ball in the left elbow area, Xie Chen was in the right bottom corner, Porzingis was in the left bottom corner, and the other two Knicks players landed in the two corners.

At this time, Xie Chen quickly rushed in the direction of Lopez from the bottom corner, Lopez dribbled the ball in the direction of Xie Chen at the same time, the two met halfway, Lopez passed the ball to Xie Chen, and at the same time made a cover to block the players defending Xie Chen.

After that, Xie Chen moved to the left with the ball, came to the front of Marcinmi who was defending Lopez, and jumped quickly, Mashinmi had to chase after the defense, and at this time, Lopez went down, Xie Chen faked a real pass, passed the ball to Lopez, and Lopez easily dunked.

This is a typical HORNS tactic, giving full play to the off-ball coverage and movement between the players, and once this tactic is implemented, there are many offensive options and changes, the same way of playing just now, Xie Chen can also shoot directly backwards, with the speed of Ma Simmi, it is impossible to interfere with Xie Chen's shooting at all.

It didn't take long for the Pacers' Paul George to shoot and Lopez to grab the rebound, but the Pacers had quickly all returned to defense, and at this time, Xie Chen and Lopez staged another wonderful combination.

Xie Chen saw that the Pacers had all settled into a good position to defend, and he and Lopez slowly walked through the halfcourt, and just two steps past the halfcourt, Xie Chen launched a tactic on the left side.

First, Porzingis covered for Xie Chen, blocking Xie Chen's defender George Hill, and after George Hill came over from the tall Porzingis, he didn't expect that there was another mountain in front of him! Robin Lopez is in the way of George Hill again!

Double Cover!

This double cover was unexpected, providing Xie Chen with enough time and space, he almost stepped to the free throw line in one step, and Ma Xinmi and the others, who were standing next to him, saw that the basket was empty, and no matter how much they didn't guard against Xie Chen, Xie Chen flew directly to dunk in one step!

The few people who were attracted by Xie Chen all pounced, there was no way, Xie Chen's step was too fast, either give up the defense completely, or quickly remedy it, the latter method they chose. Then there is only another price to pay, and Lopez has completely empty seats.

Xie Chen made a pass from behind, and Lopez paused after receiving the ball, shot from mid-distance, and hollowed into the net.

Paul George couldn't help but secretly sigh that Xie Chen was really powerful: "Thank you for this guy...... Do you really think of yourself as a god? You can help whoever you want, and whoever you want to be the protagonist will be the protagonist. Robin Lopez only scored 6 points in the first quarter, and all from Xie's assists, he helped Derrick Williams score a career-high 37 points in the last game, do you want to help Robin this time? ”

Paul George clenched his fists in anger: "But, even if he really wants to do this, we still have to stare at him, only by preventing him to death, we can win!" ”

Paul George had already seen Xie Chen's motives tonight, but even if he knew. George doesn't care how many points Lopez can score tonight, he only cares about one result, win! Every win counts for the Pacers!

With the help of Xie Chen, Lopez scored easily, and his sense of hand was slowly cultivated, and the more he shot, the more accurate he became, and the more he scored, the more confident he became. By the end of the fourth quarter, he had already set a new career high. Got 40 points!

The audience couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they saw Lopez's stats, Lopez actually played the best record of his career in this game, not only setting a new personal single-game scoring record, but also breaking the number of blocks in a single game, this one had 7 blocks.

"Robin Lopez can be so powerful? Now think about the New York Knicks, this team is terrible, their starting five can all cut 40+! Isn't this the Big Five? ”

Xie Chen and Anthony have both won the league's scoring titles. Needless to say, the scoring ability is needless to say, and the rookie Porzingis has also scored 50+ with the help of Xie Chen, Derrick Williams scored nearly 40 points in the last game, and Robin Lopez has 40+ data in this game. Looking at the entire league, no team has five players who have achieved such an achievement, and many people say that the New York Knicks are not as good as the Cavaliers and Warriors, but just looking at the data does not compare the ability, it really can't be seen.

However, because most of the offense was played by Robin Lopez, the pace was relatively slow, and Xie Chen also gave up some opportunities to shoot three-pointers and chase points quickly, so the score has always been behind.

There are only 30 seconds left in the game, the Knicks are 2 points behind, this goal is quite crucial, there is still a chance to score, and if you don't score this game, you will be punished.

Generally speaking, such a critical moment is handed over to Xie Chen to play, but tonight Xie Chen and Fisher mean to let Lopez try, after all, he is now feeling hot and confident, if he can score this goal, he will be perfect this game, if he can't score, Xie Chen feels better, he can let Lopez see his shortcomings, Lopez is a person who will only be motivated when he is hit, he must use some things to stimulate it.

Xie Chen held the ball to attract the defense, and quickly passed the ball to Lopez, Lopez took a step forward, a false dangling, turned around and made a layup with a low hand, shaking past the defender, but!

The goal was not scored!

The Pacers had a firm grip on the rebound, and the Knicks had no choice but to foul the ball, and as long as the opponent hit the ball, the Knicks had no chance to win again.

"What?" Lopez covered his head with his hands, incredulous that he had missed the fatal shot!

Lopez has some footwork and skill under the basket, but obviously the skill has not yet been practiced at home, this game is the best game of Lopez's career, 40 points, plus 13 rebounds and 7 blocks, all of which set a new high in scoring blocks, but he missed the key shot in the last attack.

Although he lost the game, Lopez was not as excited as Derrick Williams in the last game, but the two results are the same, and Lopez will go crazy because of this regretful goal! He'll be crazier to hone his under-the-basket skills.

In the evening, Xie Chen guessed that Lopez couldn't sleep, so he went to talk to Lopez, he talked about Porzingis to Lopez, Porzingis is indeed the future of the Knicks, and he is destined to have some achievements, but it is by no means in this season, in the playoffs, this rookie kid is difficult to guarantee that he will not make some low-level mistakes, and Lopez's role is irreplaceable by Porzingis for the time being.

Lopez scored 40 points today, has gained enough confidence, and in the end he didn't hit, and made him realize his shortcomings, I believe that in the next month or so, he will keep training himself, and he must not let such regrets appear in his body again.

After two consecutive role players on the Knicks scored close to or breaking 40 points, one man spotted something to speculate about, and that night, Ci Shiping, like Lopez, couldn't sleep, pacing back and forth in his hotel room.

"How can the two kids, Derrick Williams and Robin, score so many points in these two games? Could it be that Xie deliberately wanted them to get high scores? Strangely, Fisher, the bastard, also intended to do this, as if he, Xie and Cameron had agreed on it. ”

Ci Shiping smoked a cigar and kept thinking about it, he and Fisher and Anthony were teammates and friends who had known each other for many years, so they were very familiar with the two of them, this strange thing must have been Xie Chen's idea, but what did Xie Chen want to do? Why hide it from others?

Ci Shiping suddenly had an epiphany: "Xie this kid has always been arrogant and likes to control others, he helped Porzingis score 50 points and Robin Lopez scored 40 points, just to tell the world that whoever he wants to score as many points as he wants!" Although I don't like his self-righteous attitude, my brother finally has a chance to break 40 points! Hahaha, Xie will definitely continue to assist others to get high scores, and it will be my turn soon! Yes, I can be the main character on the NBA court again! ”

Ci Shiping YY all night, until the next morning he was still excited, as long as he looked at Xie Chen, he must have a smile on his face, which made Xie Chen feel a little inexplicable.

After Derrick Williams and Robin Lopez, Xie Chen is indeed ready to start from the bench, but what he wants to help is Ray Allen, but Ray Allen is also resting now, and Odom is not in good shape, so it is a bit difficult for him to break 30 points, as for Ci Shiping, a guy who has always wanted to dominate the court as the boss, Xie Chen has no intention of helping him. It really made him score 40 points, and he couldn't go to the sky in the locker room and on the court!

However, Ci Shiping wishfully believes that Xie Chen will definitely help him break his personal record, just in the next game against the Miami Heat.

Before the start of the game, Ci Shiping called all his relatives and friends, asking them to watch his game, and two Los Angeles friends were even invited to the scene by Ci Shiping, Ci Shiping said before the game that this brother would score 40 points! (To be continued.) )