Chapter 363: The Feast of Seconds!
Where exactly is Jordan's greatness, or rather terribleness? Once ESPN Katie's former colleagues talked about the current stars on the show, who has a chance to beat Jordan in a one-on-one duel, among which the people who are discussed are Durant, James, Wade, Kobe, they said that James will be in a one-on-one duel, Jordan's trash talk to make confidence collapse, James is very strong, but Jordan can destroy James's will, so against Jordan, not only you can win if you are strong, the only chance is Kobe, because Kobe and Jordan are the same people, Jordan's trash talk, Kobe Bryant will eat it as an energy pack.
Xie Chen joined the league too late, and he didn't have a chance to have a serious competition with Kobe, and the fiercest ones, such as James, Paul George, Rose, Curry and others, are far worse than Kobe or Jordan, so Xie Chen has not experienced the real "physical and mental torture" battle!
This time, the whole team attaches great importance to the game against the Bulls, because in terms of the strength of the Bulls, it is the absolute contender for the Eastern championship, so it is naturally the opponent of the Knicks, and for Xie Chen personally, it is even more important to pay attention to it, even more than the biggest rival in the East, the Cavaliers, because the legendary team of the Bulls, the team with Jordan, is the most difficult team to beat in history! If the NBA is compared to a game, then the legendary Bulls are the final boss!
During the offseason, the Bulls also had some minor changes, the big one was that the original head coach Thibodeau was out of class, speaking of which, it was actually related to Xie Chen, if it wasn't for the Heat team led by Xie Chen last season, maybe Thibodeau wouldn't have left, when Xie Chen knew about it. There are also some small sadness.
The new head coach of the Bulls is Iowa State University coach Hojborg, a white youth who was also a former player, a shooting guard, and he is a man who is very good at incorporating the team's players and talents into the system he has designed. At the helm of the Bulls, his first priority is to help Rose find a role that will benefit him personally and the team.
I see the newcomer laughing, how can I hear the old man crying? Also as a point guard who has won the MVP, Xie Chen is the absolute core of the team and has the supreme possession of the ball, while Rose is currently very embarrassed, on the one hand, his ability and his offensive efficiency are really no longer as efficient as before the injury. Last season, his long-range shooting rate was not even 30 percent, which was a lot worse than Xie Chen and Curry, and there were a lot of forced shots, but I don't know if it was because it was the era of point guards, and there were too many excellent point guards in the league, so this stimulated Rose, who desperately wanted to prove to the world that he was still the previous MVP candidate.
But the truth is, he can't even be selected as an All-Star.
In fact. With the right style of play and system, Rose can still play very well. Even a great performance, but it requires him to make adjustments to himself.
In addition to the coach, the biggest thing for the team is the renewal of the contract with Jimmy Butler, a contract worth more than 87 million with a maximum salary!
Jimmy Butler had his best season last season and won the Most Improved Player award in the playoffs last season. Jimmy Butler didn't cause trouble for Xie Chen's Heat, needless to say, this season, Jimmy Butler will improve again, and he has gradually become the most terrifying point for the Bulls.
Other than that. Regarding the team's interior Noah, he can also be regarded as Xie Chen's sworn enemy, because he was abused by Hassan Whiteside in the playoffs, and his performance in the playoffs was mediocre throughout the playoffs, so Noah is still angry until now, and he is very uncomfortable when he sees Xie Chen, even if Xie Chen has gone from the Heat to the Knicks.
"I want to remind you two that if the bull's mascot is going to provoke you later, you can't swing your fists again, save some energy for the game, and don't fight every time you play away." Knicks coach Fisher, before the players entered the court, warned Xie Chen and Lopez, the two mascot killers, that he had seen enough of the farce of the two.
Xie Chen and Lopez glanced at each other, shrugged helplessly, and looked unconcerned, it seemed that as long as that mascot dared to provoke, then these two people would dare to fight!
But remembering the last time, the mascot did provoke Xie Chen, but the mascot was not a mascot, but Derek Rose, Xie Chen was looking forward to it, I don't know if Rose will dress up as a mascot tonight to challenge himself?
The United Center Arena, as soon as you enter, was infected by the noisy atmosphere of the scene, just a regular season, it caused so many people to watch, the Bulls' stadium has changed a lot, the home floor has changed, the basketball behind the original bull's head is gone, and the bull's LOGO has increased by 75%, the bottom line of CHICAGOBULLS has also changed to the Bulls' official font, the line color on the court has changed from the previous red and white to black, and the south sideline has added four stars on the Chicago city flag.
Standing on the new venue, Xie Chen also felt that this place had become different, but at this moment, he was worried, and he couldn't show a smile on his face......
"It's weird, you see, why did Xie enter the stadium and keep looking up at the retired jersey? Is he watching Michael Jordan? I know that Jordan is his idol, I can come here, and I haven't seen him so staring? ”
"Today, he is a little different, he hasn't smiled since he entered the stadium, maybe he is not in a good mood, I don't know if our team will suffer because of this!"
Xie Chengui was last season's double MVP, and he is currently the most popular and eye-catching star, so every move he made when he came to the court was watched by everyone, seeing that he had been staring at the No. 23 and No. 33 jerseys hanging above the stadium, he couldn't help but feel incredible, his opponents tonight were Rose and Jimmy Butler, why did he keep looking at Jordan and Pippen's jerseys?
"Hey, long time no see, congratulations on getting married." Ross noticed Xie Chen's strangeness and took the initiative to come forward to say hello.
Xie Chen looked at Ross and found that this guy was much older, his beard was not shaved, his beard was thick, and his skin didn't seem to be cared for much, and he looked even more vicissitudes, I don't know if it was because of the defeat to Xie Chen, but his hairstyle was changed, which was similar to Jimmy Butler's hairstyle. Very nice to see.
"Thanks, nice hairstyle." Xie Chen pointed to Rose's hair and said with a smile.
Rose grabbed his hair and smiled, this hairstyle is not just a two-person statement, he himself thinks it is fashionable and cool. Rose looked up at Jordan and Pippen in the air and asked, "Why do you keep staring at their jerseys?" Actually, every time I play on this court, I think of MJ, he has always inspired me, and I think the same is true for you. ”
Xie Chen nodded, and suddenly wanted to make a joke to tease Rose: "D-ROSE, do you think if I go against those two guys above." The result? ”
Rose laughed: "What? Do you mean your current team and that team that has won 6 titles? Haha, you can't have any hope at all, I know you're strong, but you're going to be stared at by Jordan, I'm serious, okay, don't think about them, think about us more. Lost to you last season, this season. If you meet in the playoffs, I'll definitely give you back the defeat! ”
Looking at Rose's departing figure, Xie Chen sighed, is it only James who wants revenge? And the Rose in front of me, and I'm afraid that Paul George, and Curry in the West...... Xie Chen's season. How many "enemies" do you have to meet?
The bitter fruit planted last season can only be tasted slowly this season.
In today's game, it is not the most important thing to deal with the Bulls of Rose, or in that sentence, the victory or defeat of the regular season is not important. Even, the ranking doesn't matter, as long as you can enter the playoffs, it doesn't matter who you play with, the most important thing today is to meet the legendary team with Jordan, and then copy Jordan's backward jump shooting skills, since you want to meet the legendary team, you must meet the criteria for triggering the plot, score 30 points, 5 blocks, Xie Chen has already tried, in order to better understand the triggering criteria, Xie Chen decided to use assists to trigger this time, to see how many assists will make the scene change.
The first time he got the ball, Xie Chen was quite excited, and quickly dribbled the ball to the left corner, Rose knew that Xie Chen's bottom corner three-point shooting rate was amazing, it can be said that he hit 100 shots, and he definitely didn't dare to let him shoot easily, who knows, Xie Chen just deliberately attracted the opponent, and then, he easily threw it to the right, and the follow-up Ray Allen shot out at a 45-degree angle three-pointer, and the ball hit!
Ray Allen started today, he is still the bold gentleman Ray, there is no ambiguity when attacking, since entering the Knicks, Ray Allen has shot a lot of three-pointers, and he will soon reach the 3000 mark, which is a milestone achievement, because no one has ever shot 3000 three-pointers in history, so Xie Chen and his teammates are trying their best to let Ray Allen create this history earlier.
Immediately afterwards, it was the sound of ping pong, and suddenly, the bull just dribbled and prepared to pass the half, and was immediately cut off by Xie Chen, because he saw that Anthony was under the basket, Xie Chen wanted to quickly brush the assist, because Xie Chen felt that ten assists should trigger the plot of the legendary challenge, and he wanted to test whether it was right or not, so he didn't choose to score by himself, but handed it to Anthony.
It's a pity that Anthony is not ready to play strongly, there are indeed Bulls under the basket, but Anthony's position is very good, and there is no one close to him around him, as long as he wants to be hard, even if he can't get in, he is still very sure that the opponent will foul, what I didn't expect is that Anthony didn't play by himself, a second pass from behind, I'll strangle it, Xie Chen was shocked at the moment, this is the rhythm of the return pass!
Xie Chen complained while running, it's not a good thing to have too much tacit understanding!
Xie Chen really received the basketball, and Noah stood under the basket, with Xie Chen's speed and explosiveness, he would jump up and rush in the blink of an eye!
Noah is almost in danger of being detained!
As soon as Noah reacted, as soon as he saw Xie Chen coming over with the ball, he immediately dodged it, if you want to buckle it, don't want to ride and dunk me! A regular season game won't get a foul to pull you down!
Noah's humility gave Xie Chen a good opportunity to assist, and Xie Chen also made a second pass and gave Lopez on the left, and Lopez made a left-handed layup and scored easily.
Noah was startled: "It turned out to be not a dunk!" ”
Although he is the first player in the league to score 50+, in the position of the average score per game, Xie Chen is not even as good as his teammate Anthony, but his defensive performance amazed everyone, especially the big hats, of course, and the dunk in the last game, which is too domineering!
Even though Noah was not afraid to confront Xie Chen in his heart, he still felt that more things were better than less, people were old, and even trash talk was not as good as the juniors......
Rose still has the idea of wanting to fight against Xie Chen, after all, Xie Chen is the strongest player in the league now, which arouses Rose's desire to compete, but Rose beat Xie Chen a few times in a row, of course, the hit rate is not high, but Xie Chen did not play any response balls, but frequently assisted.
Rose couldn't help it, and asked him in the gap between the games: "Xie, your season seems to have become different, when I played in the regular season last season, I only needed to score a goal, and you would pay it back to me immediately, and now you don't bother to respond to me?" And you seem to play against the first few opponents, and you don't like scoring too much, and you end up passing to your teammates. ”
Xie Chen pointed to his team in front of him, and said seriously: "Yes, D-ROSE, you should be able to understand my good intentions, our team, I alone can't make the climate, we must stimulate everyone's abilities, otherwise in the playoffs, how to play when you meet you or the Cavaliers?" ”
Ross was skeptical, there was nothing to doubt that he wanted to lead the whole team, but Xie Chen, a player who was new to the league, would be so patient and wait for his teammates to grow? Ross believed that once Xie Chen was repeatedly disappointed, he would come by himself.
At the end of the first quarter, Xie Chen only scored four points, but had four assists, which also helped the team temporarily play on par with the Bulls, but in Rose's eyes, this is extremely abnormal.
"Last season's scoring champion, how did he only score four points in one quarter, and it was all fast-break scoring, it shouldn't be like this, unless he wants to brush assists, he won't want to get the assist king this year, so work hard to brush assists, right?" Rose, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly had a ridiculous idea, after all, Xie Chen was a brush from the beginning, brushing everything, rebounding and scoring something, it is not surprising that he wants to brush an assist king.
But after thinking about it again, I felt that it was impossible, this was a very important game, how could Xie Chen do this?
Then, not long after, Xie Chen performed an aerial relay given to him by his teammates into another trick...... (To be continued......)