Of course, Stephen A Smith, another host of ESPN, has a different opinion, in fact, when "James Black" Bayless has been praising Xie Chen and the Knicks for many years, Smith's face has become ugly, although he keeps his mouth shut, but it can be expected that once he opens it, it must be spit and can't stop, who made him such a passionate debater by nature.

Smith's habit is to look at you coldly and pause for a few seconds before he speaks, "I don't agree with any of the points you say!" Crischet is amazing, yes, he's been surprising, yes, but I think it's his ceiling at the moment, he won't have any hidden qualities, this is his second season, he's shown everything he can. ”

"It's really great to be the eighth in the East to blow up the Raptors who are the first in the East and the Heat who are fifth in the East, but you listen, the Raptors and the Heat are not at the same level as the Cleveland Cavaliers in my heart, although the Raptors' regular season record is a little better than the Cavaliers, but the Cavaliers are the strongest team in the East, there is no doubt about it!"

"The Knicks are by no means an underdog, but they are also by no means a strong team with championship strength, except for Shea and Cameron and that rookie rookie, you tell me what else they have? How do they go about playing against a team with LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson and J.R. Smith? There is no suspense for the Cavaliers to win the Knicks, Xie may win one or two games with his personal strength, but it is absolutely impossible to win the entire series, look, LeBron will solve the battle in six games! ”

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Fans around the world are discussing the upcoming battle between the Cavaliers and the Knicks, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their two teams, which makes the two opponents in the Western Conference Finals, the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs, seem a little left out in the cold. You know, in terms of strength, the Warriors and the Spurs should win more attention, the Warriors are the team that broke the Bulls' regular season record at a historic level, and the Spurs are the team that everyone thinks can beat the Warriors, but it's a pity. People still prefer to watch the matchup between stars, the Warriors have Curry, but unfortunately the Spurs don't have a popular star of the same level.

In Cleveland, in the Knight Training Hall, the Knights have begun serious practice.

Everybody was doing individual training, everybody's energy was very focused, very serious, and it could be seen that they were very concerned about the next opponent. They don't just think of them as eighth in the East.

At this time, Kyrie Irving was fighting with his teammate Dellavedova, Owen defended Della, Della stood outside the three-point line, held the ball and tried to get rid of Irving, and then shot a three-pointer, but Owen saw Dellavedova's hole and stretched out his hand. Directly cut off Dellavedova's dribble.

When LeBron James saw it, he immediately stepped forward: "Irving." Don't steal Della, you're not facing Della, it's Xie, Xie won't let you break his ball easily, and once you don't make a steal, he won't hesitate to take advantage of this opportunity to shoot a three. He's most comfortable shooting a three-point in front of you, and you have to give him more interference! ”

In fact, now Dellavedova is playing the role of Xie Chen, after all, the two are about the same height, and Dellavedova imitates the rhythm of Xie Chen's three-point shooting. Let Irving get used to how to defend.

Owen said: "Instinctive reaction, I won't break him next time." ”

James nodded, and also said to Dellavedova: "Be more careful with the dribble, if Owen can break the ball, Xie will definitely be able to do it." ”

Now, the Cavaliers are practicing how to defend Xie Chen's three-point shot, through the Knicks vs. Raptors and Heat series, James and Tyronn Lue feel that Xie Chen's three-point shot is the most threatening, as long as there is an opportunity, he can shoot immediately, and the shooting rate has been stable at a high level, which is really terrible.

Owen and Dellavedova practiced for a while, and then they were replaced by Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love, because not only will there be a situation where Owen will defend Xie Chen alone, after Xie Chen uses cover in the high position, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy is to change defenses, once the defense is changed, there will be a situation where the big man defends Xie Chen, you know, Xie Chen is also very experienced in the face of the big man to shoot three points.

Just like in the official game, Drailendova played Xie Chen, and LeBron James personally played Xie Chen's teammate, blocking and dismantling Dellavedova, and after the blocking, it became Tristan Thompson to defend Dellavedova.

Looking at Thompson's defensive movements, LeBron James kept shouting on the side: "Thompson, raise your arms, you must raise your hands in front of him at this distance, otherwise he will jump up and shoot the basket!" ”

"Go forward a little bit, don't think that Xie is far from the three-point line, he won't shoot three-pointers, he and Stephen Curry don't look at the three-point line at all now, as long as it's within half court, he can shoot when he has the opportunity! You're going to have to deal with them like crazy! ”

"Good, that's ......"

James kept directing his teammates on the court what to do, but as a coach, Tyronn Lue stood stupidly and watched, as a coach, Tyronn Lue was not majestic at all, at least in front of James.

After practicing for a long time, James said to everyone: "Defending Xie will be the key to the success or failure of this series, and the Knicks rely on Xie to win, which everyone knows, but the Toronto Raptors didn't do it, and the Miami Heat didn't do it, and if we can't do it, our fate will be the same as them, eliminated by the Knicks." And the most important thing to defend Xie is his three-point shot on the outside, which is the only thing he can rely on to defeat us, compared with last season's Eastern Conference Finals, he has one more ability to shoot backwards, and we have more Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, believe me, we will be able to complete revenge on Xie, and the victory belongs to us! ”

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Similarly, at the Knicks Training Gym, the Knicks players are seriously preparing for the series against the Cavaliers.

As the team at the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season, this season has become the biggest dark horse in the league, defeating the Raptors and Heat in a row, and it is also a very easy attitude, sweeping the Raptors, and finishing the Heat in six games. This is simply the style of the first in the East.

All the Knicks players are excited, they feel like everything is like a dream, especially for the veteran players who were on this team last year, they feel that the team has not changed much, it is just one more Xie Chen, and this Xie Chen. can cause such a big change, as teammates, they also sincerely admire Xie Chen in their hearts.

The players were training, and the president of the team, Phil Jackson, came over with a smile on his face, and he was very relieved to see that everyone was very motivated.

"That's right, that's it, the road to winning the championship should be as simple as that, just find the star who can control the game." Phil Jackson wasn't in the slightest of surprise that the team was growing so quickly. He has always relied on superstars to win the championship, in the past, Jordan had O'Neal and Kobe, and now he has Xie Chen, even if he can't win the championship this season, as long as he keeps Xie Chen and finds a few more helpers for Xie Chen, the team will never win the championship for more than three years.

"When people get old, their patience is getting worse and worse. I really can't wait for Shea to help me win a championship this season. Phil Jackson was a little impatient.

After watching on the sidelines for a while, Xie Chen, who had practiced shooting for a while, was finally ready to take a break. The Zen master personally went over and handed Xie Chen a towel.

"How? Confidence in the next series? Phil Jackson asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Xie Chen took the towel and wiped the sweat from his face.

Phil Jackson smiled: "How do I think you are more confident in playing the Cavaliers than you are in playing the Heat?" ”

Xie Chen smiled: "After all, it's an old rival, after last season's series with them, I already know how to win them." ”

Phil Jackson pulled Xie Chen aside and said as he walked, "I'm glad to see you so confident." Your confidence is very important for me and for the whole team. But I still want to remind you that don't just look at this series in terms of strength, it's far from being as simple as you think. ”

Xie Chen was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

Phil Jackson said, "You may have seriously estimated the current strength of the Knights. But you don't have an estimate and can't estimate LeBron James's determination, first of all, his revenge, defeated by your Heat last season, made him miss the Finals for the first time in several years, and he lost to a first-year rookie with such a good advantage of 3:0, this hatred he will never forget, and he will definitely take revenge on you in this series. ”

"Plus, in addition to that, he has a greater hatred for you. At the end of the regular season, you don't know why you have to avoid the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls, so we have been staying in the eighth place in the East, and James, who was in the first place in the East at the time, thought that you wanted to complete the black eight against them, which was a great provocation to James, James knew how to forbear, and knew that the overall situation was important, so the team retreated to the second position in the East, but because of this, they had a big event like becoming handsome at a critical moment, and now it is finally unavoidable, you are finally going to meet, He will take out all his hatred for you. ”

After hearing this, Xie Chen nodded, what the Zen master said is right, this is by no means a simple series of competing strength, LeBron James has a hatred for Xie Chen!

The hatred of winning the championship and the hatred of provocation, no one can stand these two things.

Angry James is terrible, just like Jordan said to Xie Chen last year, the desire to win. Hope, how strong it is, is absolutely affecting the outcome of the game, last year's James's desire. I hope that it is not the strongest, but this year, it will definitely reach the highest value.

If the leaders of a team are angry, then other people will also be infected by James, and maybe, the crazy knights will be completely beyond Xie Chen's imagination!

"You must not underestimate the determination of a strong man to take revenge, the Zen master is right, this series is destined to be difficult to fight." Xie Chen sighed.

The Knicks team finally embarked on the journey to Cleveland, and then they first had to fight two consecutive games on the Cavaliers' home court, Fisher set their goal of winning at least one game, and for Xie Chen, there are too many uncertainties on the road, but on the basis that the legendary Cavaliers are not too terrible, Xie Chen must win one game, and he can't lose two games in a row like when he played the Heat.

The Cavaliers are a completely different opponent from the Heat, and they can easily catch up after losing two games in a row against the Heat, but if the opponent is a Cavaliers? With a 2:0 lead, James will never tolerate Xie Chen's reversal, and this will never happen again!

Otherwise, James would have died of laughter from everyone.

Therefore, for Xie Chen, the next two games are very crucial.

"Derek, are you good at defending LeBron? I see Anthony training with you in the past two days, your performance is very bad, if you really can't say it, I will be the starter to defend LeBron for you! On the plane to Cleveland, Ci Shiping, who had always wanted to be a starter, counted down Derrick Williams, who was going to target James.

Derek Williams is also a tough guy, very excited about the important task of defending James, although he is not sure that he can really limit James, but he will not be timid enough to hand over this task to others, Williams smiled: "Big brother, you are a post-70s, LeBron is a post-80s, I think it is better to hand over to me this post-90s defense, at least I can keep up with the speed, and I am strong enough!" ”

"But you're too simple-minded, boy, you're going to be tricked by LeBron James." Ci Shiping is still unrelenting.

Listening to his teammates giggling, Xie Chen looked at the sky outside the window, he was about to arrive in Cleveland, Xie Chen now remembered the scene when he came to the Cavaliers to play the Eastern Conference Finals at this time last year, and that mood was exactly the same.

"Dellavedova...... LeBron James ...... Kyrie Irving ......"

The picture of the battle with the Cavaliers last season came to Xie Chen's mind one by one, the despair at 0:3, James's early celebration, Kyrie Irving's provocation, Dellavedova's malicious injury, and the excitement of the 4:3 reversal......

Everything was as if it had just happened.

"Last season I won the championship against the Cavaliers, and a lot of people said that the championship should not belong to me because Kevin Love was not there, and Kyrie Irving ended up injured, and now, every one of you is healthy and the team as a whole is far better than me! I'm going to beat you guys in this series and prove myself to the full! ”

"LeBron James, Kevin Love, Irving, Dellavedova...... I'm coming! (To be continued.) )