Chapter 577: Advance to the Finals!
Blocking a dunk is the embodiment of the strongest defensive ability in itself, no matter in any situation of the game, whether it is a star player or an unknown substitute player who has achieved this feat, it will make people excited, not to mention, the person who did this action is the brightest star player of the New York Knicks, Xie Chen, and it is in the third overtime!
The fans of the entire home stadium became bloody because of Xie Chen's left-handed block, which was really enjoyable! They couldn't believe that Xie Chen could do such a thing, they had already played three overtime, wasn't Xie Chen tired? How else can he jump up and block other people's dunks so presumptuously?
More and more people think that Xie Chen's previous super long three points are not blind, he has absolute confidence, perhaps, Xie Chen does not have the "physical trouble" that everyone imagined at this moment!
After slapping on the rebound, Xie Chen quickly jumped up again to grab the rebound, ready to go down!
The Cavaliers also reacted quickly, Xie Chen was so unexpected that they had to adopt the highest standard defense against Xie Chen again!
"Quickly retreat!" Coach Tyronn Lue yelled on the sidelines, responding to the Knicks' shot being destroyed by Xie Chen's own hands, if he hits this fast break again, then the situation of the game will change at that moment!
JR Smith, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James They retreated very quickly, Xie Chen was very fast, but he couldn't hit the basket for the first time, Xie Chen held the ball after half the court, and quickly crossed the three-point line, he didn't choose to shoot three points, but broke through all the way to the right, JR Smith and James stood in front of Xie Chen, but they didn't follow very closely, maybe they were worried about Xie Chen's breakthrough layup, Xie Chen took this opportunity to jump directly back on the right side. Two-point shots, two people pounced to block, and in the face of the SS-level Michael Jordan ability, the two of them couldn't do anything at all.
Two-point shot!
"The Knicks are three points ahead! Xie Chen also scored 70 points in this game! It was a great show! Ke Fan was amazed.
Su Qun was also stunned: "It turned out to be a backward jumper after the breakthrough!" This action is too physically demanding! But Xie Chen was still able to throw in! Oh my God......"
Su Qun didn't understand how Xie Chen was getting more and more energetic the more he played, and his condition was getting better and better, he remembered in the last overtime. Xie Chen obviously couldn't shoot anymore, and during this period, Xie Chen almost never got a break.
Ke Fan glanced at Su Qun: "Teacher Su, I think we are wrong, Xie Chen doesn't seem to have any physical impact at all, the ball just now has clearly seen that Xie Chen's state is coming, after blocking the opponent's dunk, he can also hit the block back in the face of two people...... If there is a real problem with physical fitness, this ball must be three non-sticks. And it's also terrible, Xie Chen didn't make a single mistake after overtime, and we originally expected him to start adding errors in the second half of the fourth quarter, but that wasn't the case at all. ”
Su Qun was also surprised: "That's right, I also realized that after overtime, Xie Chen was the best performance among all the players." Whether it's scoring, defending or controlling turnovers, he's been very good. But he wasn't like this in the last game, so the better he performed, the more strange I felt, and the more I felt that Xie Chen should be at the limit, but this was not the case, Xie Chen's physical fitness was unpredictable! ”
The Cavaliers immediately called a timeout, at the same time. After Xie Chen hit this key back, the whole Warriors team and the Spurs team were also surprised and puzzled.
They all see the Knicks as their opponent in the Finals, and Xie Chen's physical fitness can be said to be a major weakness of their opponent, but now, they have always considered it a weakness. But it doesn't seem to exist.
Popovich frowned: "Thank you, this guy is not a person who will run out of physical energy after playing four quarters and a few more overtime, we underestimated him before." ”
Tony Parker said: "Could it be because they won this one and went to the Finals, so excited that they forgot about their exhaustion? ”
Popovich shook his head: "You let Leonard score 70 points, and then in the third overtime, you keep rushing from the back court to the front court to complete a step-back jumper to try, forget about the tiredness or really tiredness, it has already reflected on that ball just now." ”
Steve Cole was also a little depressed, but seeing that his players were even more depressed than him, he smiled and said, "We should be happy, and we should thank the Knights for letting us know that Xie is in great physical condition, that he can hold on to any time, and when we meet them, he won't be lax on him at any moment, right?" ”
James is under the biggest pressure of the season with more than two minutes left in the game, and those two minutes could be his final two minutes of the season.
Hope is still there, but James is starting to feel a little disbelieving.
After the timeout, the Cavaliers' offense was once again unsuccessful! It's really hard to score right now, on the one hand, because of the Knicks' iron-blooded defense, and on the other hand, because the Cavaliers' form has declined.
If the Knicks don't have Xie Chen now, it will be difficult to score just a few of them.
Xie Chen held the ball again, and all the fans in the stadium stood up one after another, clapping their hands to watch Xie Chen play this ball, as long as the ball was in Xie Chen's hands, it could attract the greatest attention on the scene!
Su Qun couldn't hold back his excitement: "Xie Chen's goal is very important, now the Knicks are three points ahead, and the Cavaliers can't score after entering the third overtime, if Xie Chen hits this ball again, it can basically announce that the Knicks have entered the finals!" ”
Everyone at the scene also knows that this offense may allow the Knicks to lock up the finals!
Therefore, many people are excitedly holding hands with their partners and friends, they are excited, nervous, and at the same time apprehensive and eager.
Xie Chen dribbled outside the three-point line unhurriedly, everyone pulled away, JR Smith stared at Xie Chen, he thought that Xie Chen must still shoot this time, whether it was two points or three points, JR Smith would never let him shoot comfortably.
Almost all the Cavaliers players think that Xie Chen is shooting, and if he guesses correctly, it will be a backward jumper, because Xie Chen's backward jumper is incomprehensible, even if you stick to him, you can't cover it on your face.
Xie Chen also saw that the opponent's defense was mainly to prevent his shots.
"Finals, I'm here......"
Xie Chen silently said in his heart, quickly breaking through JR Smith's defense!
"It's coming!" James had long expected that Xie Chen would choose to break through. He won't risk shooting three-pointers, so he stepped forward immediately, he wanted to stick to Xie Chen, so that Xie Chen would not have a chance to shoot backwards and jumpers!
"Don't you think about it!" James appeared in front of Xie Chen, straightened his body and deliberately pushed Xie Chen, but Xie Chen's footsteps did not stop. When he met James, he turned his back and passed it, turning from the right to the left!
Go straight to the basket!
"It's a layup!" James exclaimed, he never expected that Xie Chen's shot was not a shot, but a layup!
But James was wrong.
Not a layup, it's a dunk!
Bang!
Vince Carter's dunk ability turned on instantly, and Xie Chen exerted all his strength to press Tristan Thompson and pour the ball into the basket fiercely!
The audience was shocked!
Ke Fan shouted frantically: "Dunk!" It's a dunk! Xie Chen rode Thompson again! ”
Su Qun also rarely commented so excitedly: "It's over." Friends! The game is over! Let's congratulate Xie Chen and congratulate the Knicks, they are going to the finals! ”
The scene also became crazy, with tens of thousands of fans high-fives, cheering, and shouting that they were going to the finals!
Knicks President Phil Jackson, who was watching the game from the sidelines, also squinted and laughed, at this moment, the Zen master looked particularly young and radiant, just like the last time he led the team to the finals.
This dunk directly knocked out the confidence of the whole Cavaliers. Xie Chen could choose to use a shot to complete this decisive goal, but he chose to use a dunk instead! This is his best response to those who question his physical fitness!
"Does anyone think I'm physically weak?" Xie Chen smiled. He saw that his teammates were also smiling, the game was not over yet, and there were indeed miracles in this world, but miracles would never happen to knights.
Although they made it to the Finals with one foot, the Knicks guys were still very cautious, and they defended as hard as ever. And in the noisy and crazy atmosphere of the scene, the knight's state was already poor, and it was even more difficult to score this time.
The Cavaliers are going to collapse, that's pretty obvious.
After a few attempts, James' attitude seems to have become less resolute. If fate was for him to lose at the hands of Xie Chen for two consecutive years, then he chose to believe in fate.
Irving and Love are in the same state as James, all frustrated and unmotivated, and they have a lot to think about, such as what should they do when the season is over? Where does next season come from here?
However, there is a person in the Cavaliers who does not believe in fate, or rather, he doesn't care if fate makes him win or lose, as long as there is time, he will shoot, he doesn't care whether the ball goes in or not, he has to throw it when he has the chance!
That man was J.R. Smith.
Everyone didn't dare to vote, everyone thought that they couldn't chase it back, and JR Smith might become a guy who played magic.
Xie Chen has been eyeing JR for a long time, JR saw that the whole team was in a bad spirit, James Irving and they didn't want the ball, this is in line with his heart, it's good not to play, I'll play!
JR Smith rushed to the front court when he got the ball, and when he reached the three-point line, he stopped directly, and I wanted to shoot!
Syllable!
Xie Chen directly fanned the ball out of bounds!
JR Smith was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xie Chen blankly, Xie Chen said to JR Smith: "Give up, I know what you want to do, you can't shoot a single three-pointer." ”
"Damn it......" JR Smith's nonsensical play has been seen through by Xie Chen, and the last glimmer of hope for the knight has been lost!
In the end, in the third overtime, the Cavaliers didn't score a point! The Knicks scored 8 points, all of which were scored by Xie Chen!
"Win! We won! We're finally in the finals again! "It is conceivable how excited and proud Knicks fans are that they have been a weak team for many years, and now they can enter the stage of the finals!
The contest is officially over!
The New York Knicks are the first to reach the Finals! They will challenge the winner of the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs!
At this moment, Coach Kerr and Popovich, who learned the news, had the same calm expressions, and no one knew what this calm represented.
"We're in the finals!" On the field, rookie Porzingis was the first to fly towards Xie Chen excitedly, the two-meter-two-one guy wanted to hang on Xie Chen, Xie Chen said that he really couldn't hold it, and directly threw him aside, and then reached out to high-five and hugged Ray Allen.
Lei Allen is the calmest of these guys, but his mood is still surging: "Thank you, you did it, I also chose the right one, thank you for letting me stand on the stage of the finals again, I will do my best to help you!" ”
Xie Chen patted Lei Allen on the back and said, "Thank you, Lei Allen, if it weren't for you, maybe we would have played the seventh game with our opponent, maybe we wouldn't have won so early." ”
After being with Lei Allen, Anthony couldn't wait to hug Xie Chen.
This is the first time Anthony has won the Eastern Conference championship in his career and advanced to the Finals for the first time, so you can imagine how bright the melon will smile.
However, Anthony acted very relaxed and asked Xie Chen, "How does it feel to reach the finals for two consecutive years?" ”
Xie Chen also asked Anthony: "It's similar to how you felt when you entered the finals for the first time." ”
The two laughed.
On the field, some people laughed, some people were sad, the Cavaliers had the most talented Big Three in the league, they should have won the championship two years in a row, but for two consecutive years, they all fell at the feet of Xie Chen.
James looked solemn, his head was lowered, his face was expressionless, a little scary, everyone knew that he must be in a bad mood now, but he did not choose to leave the field directly, he chose to congratulate his opponent and his old friend.
James walked to Anthony first, and when Anthony saw James, he hurriedly stepped forward, and the two peerless pride of the golden generation hugged each other deeply.
James said: "Brother, congratulations, seeing you reach the finals, I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart, I hope you can win the championship in the end, come on, I will be your supporter!" ”
Anthony was also very moved, moved and uncomfortable at the same time, after being eliminated by James's team in the past, Anthony was also uncomfortable, he thought that when he won James, it would not be like this, but he didn't expect to win James, Anthony was even more uncomfortable, maybe he was used to seeing James as the hegemon of the league, as a good brother, he didn't want to see James fall from that position.
Anthony looked at James and said, "Thank you, bro, this series I will always remember, I didn't tell you before that you were a great player, but now I'm going to tell you that you are great, I'm proud to have a friend like you, it's just, I'm sorry, I'm going to chase my greatness too, and I look forward to meeting you again next year!" (To be continued.) )