Chapter 856: Conflict Returns!
The Warriors played too crazy, and not only the main team was crazy, the bench players could still continue this madness, and Clark's first three-point shot hit accurately, giving the already injured Lakers another stab. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Luke Wharton lowered his head and pressed his hands to his forehead, this was definitely the weakest battle he had encountered since he became the coach, and the opponents who stabbed him, every Wharton was very familiar with them, including the cold-blooded killer in front of him, Ian Clark.
Ian Clarke is the Warriors' second biggest scorer this season after the Big Four, and his three-point shooting percentage is still above Curry and Thompson! Of course, because he came off the bench and took fewer shots than them, this does not prove that his three-point points are better than the Splash Brothers, but it also proves that he has super strength.
Who would have thought that he had been an undrafted rookie in the past?
This season, Luke Wharton has heard a lot of praise from Ian Clark.
However, they don't know it......
"I dug this guy into the Warriors." Luke Wharton whispered to Xie Chen beside him, and he looked at Clark, who was already more confident on the court than last season, and fell into memory.
"Last season, the Warriors were looking at Isaiah Kannan, the kid who is now with the Bulls, but I found out that Ian Clark was the player the Warriors really needed, and then I talked to Travis, the special assistant to the general manager of the Warriors, and he also admired Clark, in my opinion, he was the strongest shooter among the players in that draft, and he also had some defensive ability, maybe because he came from elementary school, maybe because he didn't have good blocking ability, or maybe because he was too skinny, But I know he's going to make a difference without Curry on the court. ”
"I used him a lot last season when I was interim head coach of the Warriors, and he played well, but after Kerr returned to work, he wasn't used too much, and it wasn't until this season that they had too many personnel adjustments and sent away a lot of people, and Clark was able to reuse him, and he was finally going to play his role, but unfortunately, now it's a nightmare for us, and I personally selected someone who will cause us a lot of trouble."
Luke Wharton sneered, not knowing whether to praise his vision or mock his current situation.
Xie Chen also looked at Clark again, and found that after he cooperated with Durant, he hooked his finger with Durant with an "ambiguous" expression, Xie Chen was not clear about his story, but Xie Chen could see that he was also quite capable of pretending.
Why do the Warriors keep signing this kind of person? Or as soon as you get to the warriors, you will become like them? Can't be friends without pretending?
Xie Chen just wanted to ask, why didn't the Warriors choose me two years ago?
Everyone pretends to fly together, and no one has to suffer, how good!
The Warriors did not relax at all, even if these bench players did not have such a big hatred for Xie Chen, they performed like Curry and Durant, trying to play their best.
Soon, Ian Clark hit another three-pointer!
"Clark also made two three-pointers and two shots! Oh my God, today's Warriors are against the sky from the main force to the bench, and the shooting rate is hovering at 100 percent! Yang Jian has commented on many Warriors games this season, but I have never seen the Warriors play so well.
"If we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid the Warriors won't be able to keep Clark." Yang Yi said.
Xie Chen couldn't watch the Warriors abuse the Lakers, he had to stand up and fight back.
Soon, Xie Chen played again, and Green and Thompson on the Warriors' side also appeared immediately.
Although the Warriors had a lead of more than 20 points, Steve Kerr did not dare to be careless, and said to Green and Thompson: "Xie is going to start chasing points in this quarter, you must limit him well for me, and you must not let him get up!" ”
The Warriors' momentum has risen, and according to his previous experience with Xie Chen, Xie Chen will soon lead the team to respond to the Warriors, so even if Kerr is ahead, he is also nervous, and he doesn't know how many tricks Xie Chen still has not used.
Seeing this situation, the members of the superstar viewing group also started to talk about it, they were the ones who knew Xie Chen's secrets, so their views were more representative of Xie Chen's true thoughts.
Harden said: "In today's situation, Xie is not suitable to show his ultimate ability, it is meaningless, or he should shoot three points first to chase the difference back." ”
"That's right, no matter how strong his ability in the air is, no matter how unguarded the opponent is, it's only two points, but the opponent keeps bombing three-point bombs, fortunately, this is the Lakers' home court, if it's in the Oracle Center, I'm afraid the crazy atmosphere on the scene will make Xie more pressure." Wei Shao was also worried about Xie Chen.
Xie Chen first used Maddy's three-point ability to shoot two three-pointers in a row, and in the case of strong defensive interference, Xie Chen still hit one, but at this time, the shooting rate of fifty percent was no longer enough to reverse the situation, and if you want to think of the momentum, you must score one after another, but the Warriors' defense of Xie Chen is too fierce, and Xie Chen must get the help of his teammates in order for the Lakers to really get up.
'I'm going to have to score three in a row and then lead my team-mates to score in a row to get the situation back.' Xie Chen said secretly.
With his determination, it is also difficult to defend, Xie Chen really took over the team's offense as Cole expected, looking for opportunities to hit two goals in succession.
Soon, the opportunity Xie Chen was looking forward to came again, and the Warriors missed the second shot in a row! Xie Chen firmly controlled the rebound, and he quickly launched a fast attack!
As soon as Xie Chen wanted to hold the ball and break fast, the Warriors immediately accelerated the whole team to return to defense, especially Dream Green, his main task in this game is to defend, in terms of scoring, his teammates are too explosive, he can't steal their limelight at all, but assists and defense, he is the best that the Warriors do.
Green heard Coach Cole shouting on the sidelines, and from the shouting, he could hear the panic in Coach Cole's heart, in fact, not only Coach Cole has it, but Green also has it at the moment, they have all experienced the nightmare of losing to Xie Chen for two consecutive years.
"Looking at Coach Kerr, they don't look like they're 20 points ahead at all." Wei Shao also chuckled when he saw it, there was no way, they had been turned over by Xie Chen too many times in the past.
Green knew that Xie Chen was terrible, and every time he led Xie Chen in the past, he could be chased back by Xie Chen, and I am afraid that this time will be no exception.
Xie Chen advanced at high speed with Wei Shao's speed, and Green, who had retreated one step earlier, watched Xie Chen rush over, and suddenly slammed in to block Xie Chen's way with his body, Xie Chen didn't notice Green at all, his body was hit by Green so fiercely, the whole person fell to the ground instantly, and the basketball flew out!
The scene was in an uproar.
The referee immediately whistled Green for a foul, but this is obviously not an ordinary foul problem, Xie Chen was hit so badly, Green is likely to be a second-degree malicious foul, that is, he will be expelled immediately!
The Lakers players saw that the boss was deliberately knocked down by the opponent, and they didn't know if their bodies were fine, so they were all angry and yelled at Green, and the Warriors players also hurriedly rushed to Green's side and pulled him away.
However, Green did not show a very guilty look, because in his opinion, Xie Chen could not be knocked down by himself so easily, he had competed with Xie Chen for rebounds under the basket, he knew how strong Xie Chen's physical confrontation was, and Green even thought that Xie Chen was aware that he was going to hit Xie Chen and deliberately made a performance.
Xie Chen usually uses the power of Charles Barkley when he grabs rebounds with Green, uses the power of Vince Carter when he dunks in front of him, and usually plays small moves with Green It is the power of Carl Malone, but just now, he didn't realize that Green, breaking through with all his strength, using Wei Shao's strength, just imagine, no matter how strong Wei Shao's body is, after all, it is one size smaller than Green, how can he withstand Green's fierce collision? Naturally, he fell to the ground all at once.
After all, it was the scene of the Western Conference Finals, no one dared to fight and make trouble, after both sides withdrew, Green was scolded by the opponent and the scene for a while, very unhappy, he walked to the audience, and even imitated the action of Xie Chen falling down just now to the members of the superstar viewing group, which seemed to be a metaphor for Xie Chen's fake fall, not how bad his behavior was.
The boos intensified, and the members of the superstar viewing group also disdained Green, and the referee was watching the video replay to determine whether Green should be given a first-degree or second-degree malicious foul.
Hassan Whiteside was very angry: "Draymond is so badly beaten that he hit Xie so viciously, and even said that he was Xie fake?" ”
Wei Shaodao: "I don't look at Xie like I'm performing, but Xie's physical confrontation is indeed not so weak." ”
Commentator Yang Jian also said: "In order to stop Xie Chen from chasing points, Green really did everything, and he also felt that this was Xie Chen's fake fall." ”
Yang Yi said: "Green is indeed not aiming to maliciously hurt Xie Chen, but Xie Chen is by no means a fake fall, Xie Chen's speed was too fast at that time, he just dribbled over half the court, and wanted to find a chance to score, he didn't notice Green who was inserted horizontally, and he didn't have a chance to perform, but usually Xie Chen's physical confrontation was indeed very strong." Let's see what kind of foul the referee will give him. ”
Xie Chen didn't have anything to do, he got up quickly, and he was also on fire, if it weren't for Green's malicious foul this time, it was likely that Xie Chen would score consecutive goals, and the Lakers would have played a wave of counterattacks. It's tidal.
In the end, the referee gave Green a first-degree foul, and Green was not sent off.
"This guy ......" Xie Chen knew that Green would be a very troublesome point in this series, he was too tough and dirty, but Xie Chen also knew that the moment he hit just now, Green was not rushing to make Xie Chen injured, because of the usual competition, Green knew how strong Xie Chen's confrontation was, he just didn't know that Xie Chen just now was using Wei Shao's ability, and it was not as strong as when he usually competed with him.
Luke Wharton was naturally distressed, he looked at the Warriors' coach Steve Kerr, and Kerr also happened to look at him, the former partner, and now officially became enemies.
Wharton was expressionless, and asked in his heart: "With so many points ahead, do you have to be so ruthless?" ”
Steve Cole has been with Wharton for so long that he can naturally understand Wharton's meaning without listening, Cole has a smile on his face, as if to say: "You used to be my subordinate, and now you don't want to ride on my head!" ”
When the Warriors created a brilliant record of 73-9 last season, Coach Kerr's relationship with Walton began to deteriorate sharply, because Kerr had Wharton substitute for a long time, however, during the period when Wharton was interim coach, he almost never lost! How could he not be jealous of Kerr's record than when Kerr was the coach, and Kerr had long seen Wharton's coaching talent?
This year, Wharton became the league's best head coach in his first year away from Kerr, and broke the 73-win record he and Wharton set last year in his first year.
Wharton sensed the hatred of Kerr and all the Warriors for Xie Chen, and also knew that the Warriors would never allow the great lead to go down the drain this game, so he temporarily replaced Xie Chen and sent Ci Shiping on the court.
Everyone knows that Ci Shiping is not the material for playing at the moment, but he is a good fighter, and Kerr quickly replaced Green off the court, saving him a loss, anyway, the Lakers are so many points behind, and the only superstar Xie Chen is out of the game again, and the Lakers can't catch up.
After Xie Chen returned to the bench, Wharton knew that Xie Chen must be in a very bad mood at the moment, before that, Xie Chen planned to use his hidden layup ability to steal a victory in this first game, who would have expected the Warriors to play so against the sky today.
"Thanks, I know you'd love to win the first game, and you're even ready to surprise the world, but sometimes we don't decide too much, and besides, we've been lucky enough this season, you calm down, the first game of the series has just begun, we don't need to rush," Wharton said. ”
Wharton was afraid that Xie Chen would not be able to accept this defeat, Xie Chen's mood was indeed very bad, he couldn't use the ability he wanted to use, and he was beaten so badly by the opponent, in the current situation, even if Xie Chen's three-point shooting rate of 80% may not be able to catch up, because he couldn't prevent the opponent from scoring, besides, the Warriors didn't let Xie Chen shoot three points at all.
At halftime, the Lakers trailed by 25 points, and many were saying that the third quarter could be garbage time.
In the Warriors' locker room at halftime, there was no joy and early celebration, and Coach Kerr still used a very serious tone to constantly remind the players to focus in the second half to prevent the Lakers from catching up with the score.
"In the last two years, the series with Xie was in the lead, no matter what kind of situation he was in, he would have been caught up by that guy, and this year, I will never allow this to happen again, never allow it! In the second half, if one of you dares to slack off the game, I will never spare it! "Coach Cole has always been witty and humorous, mingling with the players, and rarely talking to the players in this tone, and he is really afraid of losing Xie Chen.
On the contrary, it was the Lakers player bench, and the atmosphere was a little more relaxed.
You know, the series is seven.
(Today's news says that Scarlett and Roman divorced and broke up a year ago, and I wrote about Scarlett's divorce from Roman in chapter 51 nearly two years ago...... As the New Year approaches, bow and thank all the gods who cooperate with the plot of this book. PS, I may switch to fortune-telling in the future. )