Charles Barkley continued: "Chris Shea is the most talked-about star in the league today, and there's no reason why you can't find that, Shaq, but it's not much discussed at the moment, because his consecutive triple-doubles are still behind Westbrook, and second, maybe everyone thinks that three consecutive triple-doubles is already his limit." ”

"No matter how much you praise the greatness and difficulty of a triple-double, you have to admit that the number of triple-doubles is unavoidable, and you can control the score yourself, but what about rebounding? You can't expect your opponents to be tough every night, and you can't always grab most of the rebounds, which is even more difficult with Xie Chen's position and height. And the assists, it's more about luck and the performance of your teammates, which you can't control. ”

"In addition, I don't think it's a big triple-double of 30+10+10 in the regular season, and a real all-round superstar should be able to get such a triple-double on the stage of the finals."

Barkley said one sentence after another, expressing his opinion, and without waiting for others to speak, O'Neal continued: "Okay, Charles, we all know that you have won 30+10+10 in the finals, but compared to the number jù, whether you win or not is also the criterion for judging a player, you won a triple-double in the finals that year, lost to Michael Jordan's Bulls, Westbrook also scored four triple-doubles, but it was half a win, Xie is different, I am optimistic that he can tie Westbrook's four consecutive games, And ~ all four wins! ”

Barkley smiled: "Paul Pierce and John Wall won't give Xie this chance, everyone underestimates this Wizards team." ”

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Barkley was right, neither Pierce nor Wall were willing to be the ones who would be happy to be their opponents, on the contrary, they would do everything in their power to destroy their opponents' dreams, and Pierce was always unhappy with him. He knew Xie Chen's thoughts too well, Xie Chen was going to win another triple-double on their heads, and Pierce would never give Xie Chen this opportunity.

Washington, Pierce and Wall sat in a car as they left after a day of training, and Pierce handed Wall a cigar. I also took one in my mouth, full of ruffians, but full of domineering, the two stayed together, and it was obvious that Pierce was more like the boss.

Judging by Pierce's past experience, John Wall can't be above Pierce in momentum, Pierce is a tough guy, too strong to destroy.

On September 25, 2000, it was the first day of the new NBA season. Pierce returned to Boston from Los Angeles for the first day of training, after which Pierce and his teammate Tony Barty went to the bar to party, and after three rounds of drinking, Pierce walked onto the dance floor, at which point, a sexy woman also came to Pierce's side, and the music ended. Pierce approached the woman, and that's when he did. Pierce's nightmare comes.

A 183cm man appeared in front of Pierce, with fierce eyes and foul language, Pierce didn't know that this guy shot and killed people at the age of 14, and 16 crimes were recorded, so he reminded the man in front of him that it was best to show respect. He also looked down at the man with his usual contemptuous eyes.

The man then took out his dagger and stabbed Pierce, and a crowd surrounded him, kicking him to the ground whenever Pierce stood up. This is the famous "Pierce 11 Slash Incident".

It took Pierce just 18 days to return to the Celtics' training gym, and when people doubted him, he convinced everyone with his 25.3 points per game.

In March 2001, the Celtics challenged the Lakers, and Pierce scored 42 points, although he lost to the Lakers in the end, O'Neal said: "Write down my name, I'm Shaquille O'Neal, but Paul Pierce is the truth!" ”

Pierce's name "thetruth" has since spread throughout the league.

After all these years, "Truth" won the championship as he wished, according to his age, it is time to choose to retire, but Pierce is still not satisfied, he still wants to win the championship again, even if the current Wizards are not the championship team that everyone is optimistic about, his self-confidence lies in the fact that as long as he is there, there is hope for this team!

"John, tomorrow, we will have a special opponent, they are the first in the East, are you afraid?" Pierce asked with a blank face.

John Wall snorted, "I never felt like we couldn't beat each other, even if Chris Bosh and Dwyanwade were there." Now, there is only Xie alone, I can't think of why he won us? ”

Pierce nodded with satisfaction, he liked John Wall's confidence very much, and it was precisely because of John Wall's presence that Pierce felt that this year's Wizards team could make a difference in the playoffs: "You're right, the Heat is currently Xie alone's team, as long as you beat him, you can beat this Heat, but just winning is not a victory, you know Xie is now three consecutive triple-doubles, I won't let him achieve four consecutive triple-doubles here." ”

John Wall was stunned: "What are you going to do?" Now the ball is all in the hands of Xie alone, and frankly, with his ability, I don't think it's difficult to get 10 points and 10 assists. ”

"Then I'll let him get less than 10 rebounds." Pierce let out a puff of smoke and laughed evilly.

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Not only did Pierce and Wall annoy Xie Chen, but Xie Chen also hated the two of them, especially John Wall, who had long regarded him as an unfriendly rank, last time at the All-Star Game in New York, this guy didn't give Xie Chen a ball, and obviously stood on James's side to bully Xie Chen, and he could see the unfriendliness from his eyes, and afterwards, Xie Chen watched the replay of the video of himself taking the AMVP trophy, and found that John Wall was alone without clapping, and with a look of disdain.

Therefore, the battle between the Heat and the Wizards is destined to be fierce and sparkling.

Soon, it was the day of the game, the home of the Washington Wizards, the Verizon Center Arena, there were not many fans, and the atmosphere was not warm, and since the warm-up, the atmosphere on the court has been inactive, lifeless, basically no one talks and laughs with teammates, Xie Chen's side is like this, and Walpiers's side is also like this, it can be seen that both sides attach great importance to this game, especially the Wizards, a team that wants to fight for a playoff position.

The game finally started, Xie Chen didn't say hello to the opponent, the first goal of the opening game was grabbed by the Wizards, John Wall firmly controlled the situation, and found that it was Xie Chen who defended himself!

"I didn't expect this guy to take the initiative to defend me, heh, do you think you can restrict me?" Wall sneered, didn't care about Xie Chen's defense, against Xie Chen's body dribble, Xie Chen's left hand quickly attacked, snapped and broke Wall's ball, Wall looked a little careless when he came up, and Xie Chen broke a goal just at the beginning.

Wall, who was stealed, was very unconvinced, and immediately rushed forward to catch up with Xie Chen, and Chalmers also quickly participated, he passed the ball to Chalmers first, and the two played two, and it was absolutely easy to hit Wall.

Chalmers is also very happy, is it time to play again? Chalmers dribbled, Wall must have changed his guard to follow him, Wall was also very anxious, realizing that Chalmers was likely to give Xie Chen an aerial relay, but this was also a helpless thing, it was impossible for Wall to prevent this kind of cooperation alone.

Sure enough, when he was close to the basket, Chalmers threw the ball high, and Wall followed in an instant, no matter whether he could cover it or not, in short, he couldn't let Xie Chen dunk so lightly, let alone let him play fancy dunks!

I saw that Xie Chen did jump up, but after receiving the ball in the air, he could dunk directly, but he suddenly passed backwards, and even Wall was stunned.

Wall was very upset after being teased: "This guy ...... Obviously he can dunk by himself, but he prefers to pass it to his teammates, it seems that Paul Pierce is right, he really went for a triple-double this time! ”

Pierce was more sure of his guess after seeing it, and it was true, Xie Chen liked the title of "all-round point guard" very much, since he was all-round, of course, he had to have a three-double in a row to be worthy of being called all-round, Xie Chen was still the first to assist and then score in this game.

When it was the Wizards' turn to attack, the Wizards players were more likely to play inside rather than shoot outside, so that Xie Chen's chances of grabbing the rebound became smaller, seeing that the quarter was about to pass and he didn't grab a single rebound, Xie Chen couldn't help but be a little anxious.

"It's hard to grab rebounds in the frontcourt, so I can only grab rebounds in the backcourt, but the Wizards don't give me a chance." Xie Chen felt that Pierce was playing very strangely today, he obviously didn't shoot an open three-point opportunity before, so he had to rush to the basket with the ball to play.

However, as long as the Wizards' shooting rate is not good, whether they play inside or outside, with Xie Chen's ability to grab rebounds, there is a chance to scramble.

A shot from the outside of the Wizards, the basketball hit the iron, Xie Chen was just about to rush over to grab the rebound, but was suddenly hit by Pierce next to him with his body, and Xie Chen almost fell to the ground.

Xie Chen complained to the referee, but the referee ignored it.

Pierce looked at Xie Chen with a wicked smile, I guess I was stealing joy in my heart, it's still too tender, fight with me, you are still far away!

Again, Pierce was not in a hurry to retreat, and he was not afraid of being beaten fast by the Heat, he just wanted to stay in the front court to grab rebounds with a group of Heat players, and his body was stuck to Xie Chen, obviously not wanting Xie Chen to get rebounds.

"This guy...... Looks like they don't want me to rebound and double-double. Only then did Xie Chen know Pierce's purpose today.

"I can skip a triple-double, but you don't want to bully me with such a move!" Since Pierce is targeting himself, then Xie Chen must have a response!

The next time, when Pierce and Xie Chen were competing for rebounds again, because Xie Chen had a good position in advance, Pierce made some small movements with his arm behind him, only to see that Pierce's arm had just been put on Xie Chen's back, and before he could push it, Xie Chen lay directly on the ground!

The referee's whistle blows!

Pierce was shocked: "What happened! (To be continued......)

PS: Coincidentally, today's chapter is written about the truth, Pierce said that he is getting old, is today's ineffective lore the last shot of his career? I pay tribute to this tough guy with 11 knives in his body! If you like the truth, please like it! R1292