Chapter 5: The Philadelphia 76ers
When Xie Chen left the American Airlines Arena, it was already more than 11 o'clock in the evening, and the integration of "Curry's three-point shooting skills" had also increased to 42 percent.
After leaving the stadium, Xie Chen took a taxi to the place where he rented a house, because his parents live in New York, so after Xie Chen joined the Heat, he shared a room with others, if he can become the core player of the Heat team in the future, Xie Chen will definitely buy a house in Miami and settle down.
Xie Chen's place of residence was a twenty-minute drive from the arena, and a night of high-intensity games coupled with extra three-point shooting practice overwhelmed Xie Chen, and he was startled on the spot after he took the key to open the door.
"What happened? Could it be that a thief came to the house? Xie Chen hurriedly walked in, and as far as the eye could see, it was a mess, drink bottles, snacks, and change were placed in a mess on the table, and the sofa was also messy, and the strangest thing was that there was a coffee-colored ** dress on it!
"How can there be a woman's clothes?" You must know that the guy who shared the house with Xie Chen had already left Miami, and now only Xie Chen lives here.
At this moment, a blonde woman walked out of the bedroom, she was tall, one meter seven tall, her face was delicate and sweet, like Jessica Alba, this white beauty wore long hair, wearing a rabbit hair short-sleeved sweater and a short skirt that showed off her figure, but her plump figure was difficult to hide, which made Xie Chen dumbfounded.
"Ahh The blonde beauty screamed, obviously not expecting Xie Chen's sudden appearance: "Who are you!" How did you get in! ”
Xie Chen explained helplessly: "This is the house I rented, of course I came in with the key." ”
The blonde beauty looked a little stunned: "Isn't this the house Robert rented?" He owed me a sum of money and to compensate me by promising to let me stay here for free for two months, so he gave me the keys. ”
Xie Chen explained: "It's clear that you've been deceived, miss, Robert moved out of here two weeks ago. ”
"Oh, damn Robert!" The blonde beauty cursed angrily, and knew that Robert was not a good thing, and he must have been deceived, but the blonde beauty did not mean to leave after learning the truth, but said very domineeringly: "Hey, I don't care, anyway, Robert let me live here for free, from today onwards this is my home, if you want to collect rent, go to him and ask for it!" Good night, big man, by the way, my name is Katie, Katy B. ”
Looking at Katie's graceful figure leaving, Xie Chen smiled helplessly, what is there to be unhappy about sharing a room with such a big beauty? He is already on the run a lot because of the game, and he is not in Miami, not to mention that Xie Chen has an all-round replication system, and he will soon be worth doubled, and he will leave here sooner or later.
Xie Chen was about to fall asleep, but this beautiful woman who made a mess of the room was obviously not the master who could be stopped, Xie Chen was just about to sleep, and he heard her catchy words that he didn't know what he was muttering, Xie Chen walked to her room, pushed open the door and said: "Miss Katie, I just finished an NBA regular season game, and I'm tired now, can you not disturb me?" ”
Katie, who was holding the A4 paper, looked surprised: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm preparing for tomorrow's interview, and I'm going to apply for a TV presenter!" Isn't that cool! Are you a basketball player for the Heat? No wonder it's so high, hey, when are you guys going to play the Thunder? ”
Xie Chen thought back to the schedule and replied, "It seems that there has been no game against the Thunder in the past two months, what's wrong?" ”
I saw Katie say with a serious face: "If you play the Thunder, remember to teach that Kevin Durant a good lesson, with the taste of a person like him, it is a shame to be a superstar in the NBA!" ”
Xie Chen didn't know why Katie hated Durant so much, and with the identities of the two, it was unlikely that they would intersect, and he didn't ask why, because Durant is now the second person in the NBA in the league after James, and Xie Chen is not sure that he will have the strength to teach the other party a lesson when the time comes.
Finally got a good night's sleep, after Xie Chen woke up the next day, he found that there was a hearty breakfast on the table, with pasta, salad, chicken wings, and a cookie on the plate, and a note under the plate, which read: "Dear unknown basketball player, Miss Ben has prepared breakfast for you, you must be deeply honored, put away your knees first, eat more, you are too thin, I wish you to beat Durant as soon as possible!" ”
"PS: If you dare to change the lock, I'll go to the American Airlines arena and break your third leg."
There is no signature, but a bright red lip print is left at the end.
Xie Chen had a beautiful breakfast, and then rushed to the stadium to train, at this time, the players had already arrived, Bosh practiced three-point shooting on the court, Wade was squatting with weights, Luo Erdeng practiced jumping with his knee joints on the sidelines, Chalmers racketed the ball with a basketball in one hand and circled with the defender, everyone was training hard.
Basketball is never a 48-minute game, it requires you to put in too much, even the talented Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have to train hard and even brutally every day, and only by putting in enough sweat off the court can you reap victory and glory on the court.
Xie Chen changed into sportswear, ran to the court to practice three-point shooting, in two days, the team will rush to Philadelphia to play against the 76ers, Xie Chen hopes that in the next game, his "Curry three-point shooting" fusion can be improved to more than 45 percent, preferably 50 percent.
Seeing Xie Chen's shooting posture that was the same as Curry's, Coach Spo and President Riley on the sidelines couldn't help laughing.
Coach Spo smiled: "Xie surprised you once, his table yesterday has already sparked public opinion." ”
Pat Riley, who had a big back and pale temples, also smiled: "Yes, he surprised me." Still, I still think that as a point guard, he doesn't do much for our team, and his shooting is more than just imitating Stephen Curry, and if he can really be a good three-point shooter, you might want to consider letting him play the role of Ray Allen last season. ”
Coach Spo has always obeyed the words of his mentor Riley, which is why after the Big Three were combined, Riley dared to put the head coach position to him, Spo was called Riley's puppet, although this sentence is exaggerated, but it can also be seen that Riley is at the helm of the future of the Heat.
In other words, if Xie Chen wants to occupy a place in the Heat, the first thing he has to do is to make Riley look at him differently.
After a while, Coach Spo walked up to Xie Chen and asked him how he was training, Xie Chen smiled and said that he felt good, and Spo smiled and asked, "Have you ever thought about being a pure shooter?" Since the departure of Ray Allen, Mike Miller and Rashad Lewis, we've lacked a dangerous three-point shooter on our roster, and I think maybe you can take on that role in the future. You're the same height as Dwyanwade, so maybe you can be his replacement. ”
"No, coach, I don't want to be a shooting guard." Xie Chen hurriedly refused. Although Coach Spo has good intentions, if Xie Chen really agrees to be a pure shooter, he will not be able to stand out in the future.
Wade is an all-time superstar who will enter the Hall of Fame, and if Xie Chen plays a point guard, he will definitely play as a substitute, and there is no possibility of starting to replace Wade.
"Oh, okay." Coach Spo was obviously a little disappointed and said: "Then you can only play after Mario and Norris, and your chances of playing will be pitiful." ”
"I'll prove my worth, coach. I'd be a good point guard! Xie Chen assured, but Coach Spo only smiled slightly, obviously not thinking so.
Two days later, the Heat team flew to the Wells Fargo Center Arena of the Philadelphia 76ers, the 76ers can be said to be the belly team in the East, and there is basically no possibility of entering the playoffs this season, and it is an out-and-out weak team, so the Heat team is relatively easy for all members, even if it is playing away.
Compared with the relaxation of other players, Xie Chen is as serious and nervous as ever, this is not only his second regular season, but also the stage for him to get system points, in addition, he also has to make the team's coaches and senior management realize their value through guò continuous good performance!
"Today's opponent is very weak, and it just happens to be a great opportunity for me to brush up points!" Xie Chen thought like this, looking at the position of the 76ers players, he was also a player, but found that the other party's players didn't know any of them!
The poor 76ers don't even have a star player who can handle it now. Last season's gorgeous 26-game losing streak failed to get the top pick, and this year is estimated to have to be a bad year.
As the audience entered the stadium one after another, this game, which did not attract much attention from everyone, finally began.
"Let's take a look at the Heat's starters, Chris Bosh, Sean Williams, Rohr Deng, Wade, Mario Chalmers. Chris Shea, a rookie who played well in the last game, was not in the starting lineup, and it seems that Coach Spo still doesn't trust him enough. ”
"Of course, the reason why Xie Zai gets so much playing time is entirely because of Stephen Curry, and he will become worthless when he plays the 76ers. On the team, both Mario and Noris Cole, who is out due to injury, are better point guard options than him. ”
At the beginning of the game, Chalmers played extremely aggressively, frequently breaking through to create opportunities for Wade and Bosh, and his own offensive desire was also very strong, and he even caused a 2+1.
Xie Chen, who was sitting on the bench, was very uncomfortable, Xie Chen knew that Chalmers was so excited today, just to tell him that he was the main point guard of the Heat team, this was a naked provocation!
Instead of improving integration, becoming the Heat's starting point guard is the most important task at the moment!