Chapter 34: The Best Rookie Battle!
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Pat Riley and Spo stood side by side, looking intently at Xie Chen and Cole who were facing off on the field, Pat Riley couldn't wait to take a DV camera to record Xie Chen's movements at this moment, and wait to go back and study it slowly, for Xie Chen, he was really interested.
"Mr. Riley, who do you think will win this showdown? Tse or Norris? I'm more bullish on Norry Cole, he's been with the Heat for three years, and I'm very clear about what he's capable of. Bullfighting is different from official games, he pays more attention to a player's personal comprehensive strength, yes, Xie's three-point shot is better than Norris, and his breakthrough is more lethal than Kerr, but Norris's ball control, speed, steals, and defense are much better than Xie's rookie in terms of comprehensiveness. Coach Spo gave his opinion on the matchup.
Riley smiled, instead of looking at Spo, who was looking at him affectionately, but stared at Xie Chen intently, and said with a smile: "Really? I agree with you. ”
Spo shrugged helplessly, "Obviously not so, my teacher. ”
Riley then looked at Spo with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Eric, I didn't perfunctory you, I do agree with your point of view, in one-on-one bullfighting, comprehensiveness is the magic weapon to win, Xie currently seems to only have a three-point shooting as a means of scoring, and a smart child like Norris must know how to stop Xie from scoring, that's right, Norisker has been in the Heat for three years, we all know that he never fights uncertain battles, he only challenged Xie after finding out Xie's strength, and it was deliberately in front of us." But even if I'm bullish on Noriscoll, if I had to bet, I'd still bet on Xie, don't ask me why, I don't know. ”
As Pat Riley said, Noris Cole did his homework to challenge Xie Chen, not as reckless as Chalmers last time, Cole watched all the videos of Xie Chen in the past few games, and found that Xie Chen's attack means were very simple, three-point shots or empty jumpers after the breakthrough, except for a few layups, Xie Chen didn't dare to enter the restricted area at all!
Noriscoll stretched out his arms to block Xie Chen's sight, and said secretly in his heart: "As long as I contain your three-point shot, I will win this duel!" ”
Cole would never have imagined that Xie Chen's mind was full of layups to improve integration!
"Layup! Layups! I'm going to go to the basket! I'm going to improve my integration! ”
After Xie Chen dribbled, he used Lowry's breakthrough skills to accelerate straight past Kerr, and the other party was completely stunned, watching Xie Chen use Rose's layup to score the ball.
Spoo was taken aback, pointed at Xie Chen, and said with his face to Riley: "That action just now...... Jumping on both feet after dribbling, having a short stunt, and then folding for a layup, this is ...... It's ......"
"It's Derrick Rose's signature layup." Riley smiled and added to Spo.
Both of them were shocked, this Xie Chen is really a "copycat king", it's not enough to imitate Curry, and he even wants to imitate Rose for a layup? Curry's shooting posture can be imitated by anyone, but can anyone do Rose's layup moves?
His layup requires extremely high bounce, strong waist and abdominal strength as support, strength and stagnation are necessary conditions, judging from the ball just now, Xie Chen's layup is better than before, but compared to Rose, the bounce in the air is still far behind.
"Mr. Riley, aren't you going to keep looking?" Spo was thinking about it, and when he saw Riley turn away, he was puzzled for a while, Xie Chen was a player he was very curious about, didn't he want to see the result?
"No, I've already guessed what's going to happen next." Riley walked with a smile on his face, and before leaving, he didn't forget to tell Spo: "I know you plan to let Norry Schol start in the next game, but against the Timberwolves, let's let Xie be the starter, after all, the whole United States is paying attention to the matchup of the best rookie and giving him the status of a substitute, which is not very respectful to him." ”
"Yes, Coach Riley." Spoelstra respectfully watched Riley leave, he hadn't called Riley "coach" for a long time, in fact, Riley has always been the coach of the Heat, and he has the final say in everything, Spoelstra felt a little aggrieved, but what can be done? It was he who helped himself to this position, the era of the Big Three, who had no one before or since, and it was he who supported himself as the coach of the Heat dynasty, even if James expressed his dissatisfaction with himself with the shoulder door incident, even if Wade yelled at himself.
"When will I actually take control of a team?" Spo stared blankly at the floor, his expression gloomy.
At this time, the fierce duel on the court reawakened Spo, only to see Xie Chen break through Kerr's defense again and stage a Rose-style layup again!
"Damn! It's another layup! Did he see that I was focusing on his shots? Kerr was a little annoyed and decided that the next time the defense would pay attention to his layup.
The fusion degree of Rose's layup skills has been increased to forty percent, which is nothing, but because Xie Chen is in an absolute advantage in height, even if he only has Rose's four successes, it is more than enough to deal with Cole.
The next attack, after Xie Chen dribbled, he broke through Cole again!
"Dare to break through! I won't let you get away with it! Cole resisted Xie Chen's breakthrough attack without changing direction at all, Cole thought that his speed and strength were not inferior to this yellow man, but when the two of them really faced off, Cole felt that Xie Chen in front of him seemed to be a different person! A stronger man!
With a whoosh, Xie Chen went straight through Cole's defense! Straight to the basket!
"Still want to go to the basket? You are delusional! "Even though Cole is only 1.88 meters tall, black people are born with amazing jumps, and with the height of Xie Chen's layup, it is not difficult to cover him!
Xie Chen still jumped with Rose's usual feet, jumped into the air, and the basket was close in front of him, but as long as Xie Chen dared to pick up the basket at this time, Cole behind him would stage a big hat chasing him!
Xie Chen knew that he didn't shake off Cole's defense, so he didn't go straight to the basket, but paused in the air!
After possessing Rose's ability, Xie Chen really understood what it meant to stay in the air! This is just to have the four powers, if all of them are fused, the wonderful feeling of being in the air is unimaginable!
Who says yellow people can never physically have the gift of black people? I can!
Cole gritted his teeth and covered it with a large hand......
Xie Chen actually dodged Kerr's defense in the air, pulled his arm to the other side of the basket, and hit a layup!
"Pull-up layup! How did he do it! "Coach Spo was shocked!
"It can't be!" When Cole landed, he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the basketball falling from the net!
Xie Chen picked up the basketball, threw it to Cole, and said condescendingly: "Now you should know, why did I dare to challenge Derrick Rose, right?" ”
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In that bullfight, Xie Chen's ten balls were all points scored by breaking through the layup, if it was Cole who didn't expect it at the beginning, then after that, even if he knew that Xie Chen was going to make a layup, Cole couldn't stop it, Xie Chen's height and strength, skills and confrontation in the air were all above Cole.
Kerr is a traditional point guard, and Xie Chen is currently a full offensive two-way guard, and there should be no suspense in this bullfight.
The game against the Timberwolves is getting closer, and the media is getting more and more fierce, and the battle for the best rookie is currently the hottest topic in the NBA, and even today's top superstars have expressed their opinions on it.
James is in a dilemma, because these two rookies are related to him, one is a "former teammate" who has never played together, because James was still in Miami when Xie Chen signed for the Heat. And James, in order to get Love, forced Wiggins to leave the country. All he can say is that both of them are very good, and he really wants to be teammates with them.
At present, Kobe Bryant, the league's scoring champion in the new season, also expressed his opinion, he also believes that both of them are excellent rookies, and it is rare to have two excellent rookies like this year, although Wiggins is amazingly talented, but he is more optimistic about Xie Chen, he said that he saw Xie Chen's desire to win, and a rookie dares to have so many shots, which makes Kobe Bryant very appetizing.
Durant and Harden naturally support Wiggins, and among the star players who have retired, AI is optimistic about Xie Chen, and Maddie prefers Wiggins, because he feels that Wiggins is very similar to his rookie season, excellent defense, and rich singles ability, and he also said that he is optimistic about surpassing Harden in the next three seasons or so.
The scales, slightly tilted in favor of Andrew Wiggins.
** On the host stage, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith gathered together to have a heated discussion about tomorrow's matchup between the Heat and the Timberwolves, and on the question of who is the best rookie between Xie Chen and Wiggins.
Smith didn't make a comment, leaving the question to the two fat men to argue.
Barkley said: "We're all players, OK? We know best whether a player is strong or not. Look at Andrew Wiggins' amazing basketball talent, which Xie can compare? The best rookie is definitely Andrew Wiggins! ”
O'Neal naturally disagreed: "You only see the talent of the two, but you don't see the number of the two, Xie averages 32.2 points per game, Andrew averages only 17 points per game, and the blind can see who is better!" ”
Barkley immediately countered: "Hsieh's scoring is based on crazy shots, and everyone knows that the Heat have one less offensive point after LeBron left, otherwise who would allow a rookie to have so many shots?" As far as I know, Coach Spo has decided not to let Xie start in the next game, and will strictly control his playing time, listen, in the next game, he won't even be able to score 20 points! ”
O'Neill laughed: "Are you kidding? Xie didn't get 20 points? 20 points for him, it doesn't take two quarters! ”
Barkley was also anxious: "I'm not kidding, haven't you heard that Andrew Wiggins will personally defend Crissie in tomorrow's game?" Xie only has the means to score with a three-point shot, but what can he do against a defensive strongman who is ten centimeters taller than him? I'm sure he doesn't score more than 19 points, and if he does, I'll kiss your ass! ”
Everyone laughed, this sentence makes people dream back to 2002!