Tristan Thompson didn't know if Xie Chen had forgiven him for what he had done to Xie Chen, but it was obvious that Xie Chen was still angry with Thompson, but being able to tell such a joke proved that he was not very angry.

Tristan Thompson also smiled awkwardly and replied, "I was distracted last time, and I'll be engrossed tonight, and you won't have a chance to ride me." ”

James also hurriedly patted the two of them on the shoulder and smiled: "OK, I hope you don't have hatred for each other, we are opponents, but not enemies, we can even be friends off the court, basketball is something that brings happiness, let's not think about those unhappy things, Xie, no matter who loses or wins, I hope we can all enjoy this game." ”

Xie Chen also smiled and nodded: "Of course, I've been enjoying it." ”

This game was also broadcast on CCTV Sports Channel.

The commentators are Yang Jian and Yang Yi, before the series began, Yang Yi predicted the results of this series, and he was more inclined to the Cavaliers, but until now, Yang Yi was impressed by the tenacity and strength of the Knicks, and he was shaken by the results of the prediction.

As soon as the game began, Yang Jian immediately began to explain: "Welcome everyone to pay attention to the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cavaliers and the Knicks, James and Xie Chen have also faced off on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years, I believe that in the next few years, as long as they do not leave the East, it will be the norm to meet in the Eastern Conference Finals." Yang Yi thinks that the Cavaliers have a better team, do you still see it that way now? ”

Yang Yi analyzed with a serious expression: "That's right, I still think that the Cavaliers have strong strength, but I have to admit that I underestimated the role of the Knicks, Derrick Williams and veteran Ray Allen, and I can play to this point." In addition to Xie Chen's magical performance in every game, the role of the two of them is also indispensable, in fact, I didn't predict their strength, but I didn't expect their chemistry with Xie Chen to be so good, Xie Chen helped them realize their maximum value. This is something I didn't expect before. ”

Yang Jian watched Xie Chen take the lead in scoring two points against the host, and continued: "It seems that Xie Chen's condition is getting better and better than one game, I heard that his finger injury is recovering quickly, this game should be more ball control, this game Tristan Thompson also returned, and it was a starter, I don't know if there will be a fierce collision between them." ”

"Probably not, Thompson wasn't a stupid man, and neither was his agent. He should have known that it was not a wise decision to be an enemy with Xie Chen, and the two of them did not have a deep hatred, but they were just detained by Xie Chen. Yang Yi said.

Regarding the conflict between Xie Chen and Thompson, everyone knew that it was inevitable that the two would meet again in this game, and this scene happened only two minutes into the game.

After Xie Chen broke through the defense, he dribbled the ball high and low with his left and right hands, because he was a little dodging the defender's body. So it seems that the footsteps are a little unsteady, and then. Xie Chen did not hesitate, and directly used LeBron James's layup ability to go straight to the basket for a layup, and Tristan Thompson happened to be standing under the basket to defend at the moment.

Thompson faced Xie Chen again, his attitude at this time was completely different from the last malicious foul, he would never maliciously hurt Xie Chen again, and even he wanted to avoid Xie Chen a little. Try not to collide with each other, just jump high, cover it if you can, cover it if you can't, it's just a matter of just starting anyway. He didn't have to make a big deal out of it.

The current league is not the same as the league in the past, think about the bad boy army against Jordan at that time, think about the entanglement of Rodman and Karl Malone, now the gunpowder smell of the league has decreased a lot, the business league is all about making money, and a few are like Kobe Jordan******** just for the championship?

Thompson and Xie Chen are both young, maybe there will be a chance for the two to be teammates in the future.

However, although Thompson's defense this time was very clean and there was no superfluous action, the referee still blew the whistle, and after Xie Chen scored a layup, the referee also gave Xie Chen a chance to make a free throw.

This is the rules of the game in the NBA, you don't necessarily blow you when you foul, you don't necessarily blow you when you don't foul, it's the referee who whistles, the referee is a person, not a machine, in addition to complying with the standard of foul, there are many things to consider.

"I believe everyone is used to finding fouls, and Thompson's defense this time is actually no problem." Yang Jian said with a smile.

Yang Yi also laughed: "The referee made his attitude clear at this time, telling Tristan Thompson that they blew the scale of the penalty tonight, and also wanted Thompson to have a longer memory and stop messing around." ”

Thompson knows the rules of the game, so the ball blew him for a foul, even if he was wronged, he raised his arms and didn't feel angry at all.

It was only after this goal that the game went into normal.

In the past four games, it can be said that the Cavaliers and Knicks have played their own form every game, and the probability of both teams maintaining a high level in this game is still very high, and they will only play better than before.

James and Xie Chen, the two major unsolvable killers of the two teams, until now, neither team has found a way to stop them.

Xie Chen is so versatile, he can control the ball or not, he can score or not, he can impact the inside line or not, he can get rid of the opponent or choose not to get rid of the opponent, and the diversity of his offensive moves collapses the defenders who defend him.

And James is as strong as ever, the Cavaliers can lack anyone, but they can't lack James, unlike Xie Chenzhi to the Knicks, James doesn't have to score the highest score on the team, but can still stimulate the Cavaliers' maximum strength, if the Knicks want to show the best combat effectiveness, then Xie Chen must be the player with the highest score.

Love shared a lot of pressure on James in this series, and today's game received James's point-of-point, which basically hit it, and Love's three-point shot has become the biggest threat weapon to the Knicks.

After more than two quarters, although Love is the highest scoring player on the Cavaliers' team, James is definitely the controller of the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm, almost every time the Cavaliers score, James is guided, James's threat is too great, as long as he moves and breaks through the defense. It must have three people to pinch him, and James's passing has reached the point where he can deliver the most comfortable ball to his teammates, whether it is in the corner, at the top of the arc, or behind his back.

It's strange that James himself has the ball for a long time. It's often passing, and every time he scores, the ball is barely more than two seconds in his hands, which means that his scoring is done by cutting the ball and shooting directly from the ball.

After halftime, CCTV made a data comparison between James and Xie Chen, and Yang Yi smiled after seeing it: "Looking at the data of these two people, James is more like a point guard than Xie Chen, with 5 more assists than Xie Chen, and ten points less than Xie Chen." ”

Xie Chen now has 25 points. It's close to 30 points, and soon it's going to challenge the legendary knights again.

"I don't know which legendary Cavaliers team we will meet today, but tonight James Love played very well, I'm afraid it's not easy to win."

At present, the score of the two teams is tied, and who loses and who wins depends on Xie Chen's next result against the legendary knights.

Xie Chen quickly scored 5 points in a row, once again starting the plot of the Legend Challenge!

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The scene doesn't seem to have changed, and the fans at the Quickloan Arena are still dressed uniformly. The tension of the playoffs is still everywhere, and the Cavaliers' jersey hasn't changed. LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and JR Smith are also still there, which makes Xie Chen think that he has not yet arrived at the scene of the Legend Challenge.

But seeing Kevin Love in a suit, Xie Chen realized that he had come to the plot of the Legend Challenge, and the legendary knights he faced this time were not far away. It's the Cleveland Cavaliers from last season!

The system scheduled the game for the playoffs, and it was also the day of the Eastern Conference Finals!

In other words, Xie Chen has to face a team that he has faced!

"Last year I lost three games in a row, and at that time I didn't have the ability of Michael Jordan, I didn't have the ability of O'Neal. Curry's three-point ability has not evolved into SS, and now, I want to avenge me last year! ”

Although he won the Cavaliers in the end, but remembering that he lost to the Cavaliers three times in a row, Xie Chen still felt very embarrassed, at that time, everyone was accusing Xie Chen of questioning Xie Chen's ability, the Cavaliers lacked Kevin Love's team! How could he lose three games in a row?

Because he has seen the importance of Kevin Love to the Cavaliers in the past few games, so now playing the Cavaliers without Lefou, Xie Chen feels that it is simply too easy.

But no matter what, this legendary knight team can be called the legendary knight team of the strongest year. Xie Chen's challenge tonight is not small.

After the start of the game, the Cavaliers attacked several times and all of them were completed, but seeing the Cavaliers score one after another, Xie Chen, as an opponent, not only did not lose it, but laughed happily.

Kyrie Irving and James glanced at each other, wondering if Xie Chen had a problem with his brain, what was there to be happy about when the opponent scored?

Xie Chen wasn't happy, but he was surprised, because ......

"The Cavaliers' opening shots, these offensive routines, are exactly the same as the third game of last year's series!"

It has been a year since the series between the Heat and the Cavaliers last season, Xie Chen has played a lot of games during this period, and it is impossible to remember the details of each game, and Xie Chen did not notice anything in the first two balls, but the more he played, the more familiar Xie Chen felt, and then carefully recalled the third game with the Cavaliers last year, Xie Chen was completely sure that this TM was staged according to last year's plot!

Every time they pass the ball, every way they score, whether the player's shot in that position hits or hits the iron, and even the quality of the cover is exactly the same!

"Oh my God, if I knew this, I would have watched the video with them a few times last year!" Xie Chen was a little annoyed, if he had known that the knight was playing according to last year's pattern today, Xie Chen would have prepared in advance, and when the time came, how to defend each ball, Xie Chen would have a good idea of which ball the knight could score and which ball could not be scored, Xie Chen would be able to predict the prophet!

If this is really the case, then Xie Chen has no possibility of losing at all! You can even end the fight at half time and give yourself a longer rest.

Xie Chen is now trying to recall the knight's offensive routine in last year's game, as well as everyone's play, fortunately, this game is very important to Xie Chen, and there are many episodes that can be remembered.

Xie Chen tortured the opponent with ultra-long three-point and backward jumpers at the beginning, no matter who the Cavaliers sent to defend, there was no way to take Xie Chen, and the legendary Cavaliers had to slowly catch up with the score if they wanted to win.

James is competitive, and suddenly scored with the ball from the top of the arc, Xie Chen watched James drive straight into the basket and kill the basket, and the picture of James' successful layup suddenly flashed in his mind, and in that picture, James's defender was not Williams, but his teammate Rohr Deng who was in the Heat last year!

"He scored the goal!" Xie Chen finally remembered that James completed a similar layup in last year's game, and also caused a foul on Rohrdeng.

This is an obvious opportunity for the Cavaliers to score three points, and Xie Chen will not watch the Cavaliers get it.

Just as James was about to jump to the basket, Xie Chen suddenly rushed over, used Griffin's blocking ability to stop it, and finally hugged James.

James was fouled very deliberately, and the ball was thrown, but it didn't even touch the basket.

Everyone can also see that Xie Chen obviously wants to send James to the free throw line.

Because everyone doesn't know whether James can improve this layup, they are still quite satisfied with this result.

James was not angry, and after being hugged, he said to Xie Chen with a smile: "Very good, you can defend me like this throughout the game, I don't mind." ”

Xie Chen smiled, didn't reply, and then watched James miss both free throws......

"Damn it......" James cursed, he would have been even more angry if he knew it was a must-score.

It's not just LeBron James who is unlucky, but Kyrie Irving.

For a long time, Xie Chen has not had the slightest way to dribble with Owen, Owen dribbles too well, it is not easy to break it at all, Owen will judge the situation, change the offensive routine according to your defense against him, and play with you while changing, but you have no way.

Last season, Xie Chen was played by Owen many times, this guy always showed off his ball control skills in front of Xie Chen, he hated it!

Now that he encounters it, Owen will still provoke Xie Chen like this from time to time.

"This guy is still so dazzle, I couldn't break you last year, that's because I don't know what you'll do next, today I can't stop you from pretending, my name is written upside down!" Xie Chen also became serious in the face of Owen.

Xie Chen carefully recalled Owen's passing routine, and he swore that he would definitely cut off Owen's ball this time! (To be continued.) )