Chapter 554: The Second Battle of the Eastern Conference Finals!

The Spurs, Cavaliers, and Knicks all want to beat this team that made history, because the Warriors don't look invincible, so they all have this confidence, which is definitely a meaningful thing, because everyone thinks that this regular season record will be maintained for many years, and many years later, there will definitely be people who will ask who defeated the Warriors team that made history, and everyone wants to be that hero.

The Spurs acted as a hero tonight, scoring only 82 points in the Warriors' home court, and Stephen Curry was completely limited, of course, it is not denied that Curry is not in the state tonight. The Spurs have a great coach, Popovich is the greatest and most legendary coach in the league, and the coach at the highest level, his research on the Warriors, the control of the field, and the layout of tactics are at a very high level, and he is also very good at playing psychological warfare, the Warriors this series is not destined to be as simple as before.

The first man in the league and the second man in the league lost one after another, which no one expected.

Anthony said: "It seems that whether it is on our side or on the western side, this series is destined to be very difficult to play, and the consumption of each other is also very large, so everyone has to pay attention to maintain their physical strength to fight until the last moment." ”

From now on, the Knicks are going to be mentally and physically prepared for this long game.

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Soon, it was time for the second game between the Cavaliers and the Knicks.

This second matchup is very important for the Knicks, their goal is to win at least one away game, if they return to New York with a score of 0:2, they will definitely be a little less confident, after all, the Cavaliers are absolutely capable of winning one game on their home court. At that point, the Knicks will become very passive.

The same is true for Xie Chen, playing away means playing two games, which is a huge physical drain on him, and there is a great unknown possibility of victory or defeat. And the Cavaliers have a home-court advantage, and if the Knicks want to win this series, Xie Chen has to win one game on the road.

While it's only the second game, and it's not the time to win the decisive game, this is the best chance to win an away game.

The Quick-Loan Arena is still full of people and still has a warm atmosphere, but this kind of formation is no longer intimidating the Knicks players, they are used to it.

This time, when entering the court, Xie Chen did not play the "three-point warm-up of the player tunnel". He is not Curry, he does not have the habit of warming up like this every game, plus the fans did not particularly boo him today, in the last game, although the Knicks lost, Xie Chen won everyone's respect, although Xie Chen snatched the first person in the league, which made the fans of the Cavaliers and James very unhappy. But judging by yesterday's performances, he deserves that title. Being able to fight the Cavaliers to the last moment on their own is a true hero.

Although the fans let Xie Chen go a little, the Cavaliers' mascot Moon Dog was not so merciful, and now that the Cavaliers are leading the series, the mascot has become arrogant.

When he came to the field, he walked to the entrance of the player's tunnel with the ball. It was where Xie Chen shot a super long three points before, and then imitated Xie Chen's shooting action and shot a super long three points!

"Hahaha......"

The laughter at the scene instantly rose higher and higher, and everyone was amused by the moon dog, and this guy's shooting action was very funny. And not once did the ball hit the basket.

This is obviously a provocation to Xie Chen, and the mascot killer Robin Lopez couldn't sit still: "Xie, I'll help you teach him a lesson!" ”

Xie Chen was very calm: "Forget it, Robin, save some energy, there may be overtime tonight." ”

Xie Chen did not respond to the mascot's provocation before the game, which is a bit surprising, in other words, he would have stepped forward to beat him up a long time ago, but after the game started, Xie Chen responded to the previous provocation with two three-pointers in a row!

"It started with two three-pointers! Did Xie still decide to take himself against the Cavaliers tonight? ”

Cavaliers fans were a little frightened, it stands to reason that the last game should prove that Xie Chen alone can't beat the entire Cavaliers team, this one, Xie Chen should be more likely to let his teammates help him, but Xie Chen actually shot two goals in a row as soon as he came up, and he didn't rely on teammates to assist, he completely relied on his personal ability to play alone, Kyrie Irving just started the game, he didn't expect Xie Chen to launch an attack so early, and he was caught off guard by Xie Chen.

After these two three-pointers, I believe that no one remembers the provocation of the Moon Dog.

The Spurs and Warriors are also watching this game, and after the Spurs won the first game, they were in a very good mood and talked about the game when they watched the game, but they did not disdain the two teams of the Cavaliers and the Knicks.

After seeing Xie Chen hit two three-pointers in a row, Popovich asked the Spurs players: "If we play with the Knicks in the finals, and Xie also throws two three-pointers in a row at the beginning like this, what will you do?" ”

Danny Green said lightly: "Find a chance to pay him back." ”

Aldridge also replied: "I believe we won't be intimidated by his two three-pointers, after all, the game has just begun. ”

"What if he starts with three three-pointers in a row?" Popovich continued.

At this time, Tony Parker replied with a smile: "Coach, you are exaggerating, on a stage like the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals, with such a level of defensive intensity, how can anyone shoot three ...... in a row at the beginning"

Tony Parker hadn't finished speaking, but on the big screen in front of them, Xie Chen was at the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, against JR Smith's defense, and forcibly pulled out another three-point shot!

Bang!

Xie Chen hit three three-pointers in the opening game!

"This ......" Tony Parker was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say anymore, Xie Chen was too powerful and crazy, he had never seen such a confident person.

The scene of the Quick Loan Stadium was also shocked.

After the opening of this game, the Knicks scored 9 points in a row, and the Cavaliers only scored 2 points, and the cautious rookie coach Tyronn Lue couldn't let Xie Chen's hot momentum continue, he wanted to call a timeout to calm the opponent. However, Tyronn Lue was just about to make a move, only to see James on the court suddenly wave his hand at Tyronn Lue, signaling Tyronn Lue not to call a timeout.

"What? LeBron doesn't want to take a timeout at this time? As soon as Tyronn Lue saw James' movements, he gave up.

This rookie coach has just taken office, but he has not yet received enough rights. In other words, no matter how much power he has, in the face of James, he has to obey his words.

"The knight didn't even call a timeout? Stopped by LeBron? The Spurs players couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this scene, in the Spurs team, even the great historical power forward Tim Duncan did not dare to stop the coach from doing it.

When Popovich saw this scene, he smiled: "What to do? I'd love to meet both teams and I'd love to play against them. Shea is a guy with a unique style of play, and LeBron, he's the leader and coach of the team now, and it's going to be a lot of fun to play against any of them, so you're going to have to beat the Golden State Warriors so I can challenge them. ”

Popovich is not afraid of strong opponents, nor is he afraid of strange opponents, he especially wants to play against the top stars in history like Xie Chen and James.

Tony Parker then asked, "Coach." You haven't told us the answer yet, if it's us playing the Knicks now. What should I do if I hit three three-pointers in a row? Did you wrap him up at the beginning? Will he go to the fourth? ”

Popovich shook his head and smiled: "Actually, I don't know what to do, let's see how LeBron James does it." ”

At the scene, James reached out to stop Tyronn Lue's request for a timeout, and it seemed that he didn't want to interrupt the current situation. He was confident to deal with Xie Chen's fiery hand.

James was dribbling, the scene was very quiet, and they didn't want their voice to disturb James, who is now not only the leader of the team, but even the coach. No one doubts his high intelligence, but people are still worried.

Derrick Williams defended James alone, Williams was a little nervous, he didn't know what James wanted to do, but he felt that James was very serious now.

Williams felt that James would single him, his feeling was right, James saw that Williams was obviously defending and not shooting, without saying a word, without the slightest hesitation, he pulled up and shot three points!

"It's a three-point shot?"

Everyone was taken aback, is this how LeBron James responded to Xie Chen? Go shoot a three-pointer? Is James so confident in his three-pointers? However, statistically, James is not a three-point master.

Swish!

Basketball goes to the net!

"James responded with a three-pointer!"

This response ball made many Zhan Hei look at James with admiration, because in the eyes of many Zhan Hei, James is a person who does not dare to shoot, James will worry about the hit rate, and will seek teammates to maximize the success rate, like this, responding to Xie Chen's three points with three points, it is really rare to see James do this.

"He's so confident tonight?" Xie Chen was also quite surprised by this goal, this is not James's style of play.

And James thought to himself, "You're going to do your best tonight?" It's good, I'm putting all my energy out too! ”

James didn't give full play to his strength in the last game, this time, as long as Xie Chen wants to win, James will stop Xie Chen at all costs!

Xie Chen didn't have a fourth chance to shoot three points, he stuck too tightly, and after hitting three three-pointers in a row, Xie Chen didn't want to shoot any more three-pointers, so he passed Lei Allen to let the other party score a two-point.

And James, on the other hand, quickly went to the basket and forced two points in response!

After the opening, all the scores of these two teams are related to James and Xie Chen, this is like the duel between James and Xie Chen!

"It's kind of interesting, the last game LeBron never stood up to face Xie, this one accepted Xie's invitation at the beginning, and this game may become a superstar dominating the result, we have a good show to watch." Coach Kerr of the Warriors did not seem to be affected by the loss and was still in a very happy mood.

In the last game, he was robbed of the scene by Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, this time, James clearly planned to fight Xie Chen by himself, he didn't seem to want Xie Chen to be that amazing lone hero anymore, he wanted to tell the world that what Xie Chen could do, he James could also do.

"Tonight, if you score 50 points, I will score 50 points, and if you dare to score 60 points, I will also score 60 points!" James is completely on the bar with Xie Chen tonight, in terms of personal ability, James is confident that except for the long-range shooting, there is nothing to lose to Xie Chen. James not only wants to win, but also to suppress Xie Chen by himself!

This puts the Knicks in a difficult situation, if James plays to the same extent as Xie Chen, and the roles of the two cancel each other, then it depends on the other players whether they win or not, and Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, these guys are obviously stronger than these people in the Knicks, and the probability of the Cavaliers winning is too great, unless Xie Chen compares James to him, the Knicks have any hope of winning.

However, in the last game, the Cavaliers knew that the Knicks basically relied on Xie Chen to score, so this game attached great importance to Xie Chen's defense, especially when switching offenses.

The Knicks attacked quickly, Xie Chen broke through with the ball, the Cavaliers' defense was very fast, and just after the three-point line at halftime, there were four Cavaliers players who all followed Xie Chen!

Xie Chen was caught by four defenders!

The picture of this scene is shocking enough.

If everyone is in a good position, of course the knight will not dare to let go of others to surround Xie Chen so rashly, but when Xie Chen launches a fast attack alone, the knight will do his best to defend Xie Chen, because there is no one to defend under the basket, as long as Xie Chen breaks through to the basket, even if one or even two people follow, Xie Chen can easily score with his excellent bounce and incredible physical ability.

Xie Chen's fast-break scoring success rate is the highest in the league, and no one can defend him at all, whether it is a difficult layup or a dunk against the sky, as long as no one under the basket stands up in advance to stop him, then his talent will make scoring easy.

Xie Chen's ball was not alone, as soon as he saw the situation, he hurriedly passed the ball out, Derrick Williams happened to come from the half, Xie Chen jumped up and passed the ball out, Williams received the ball all the way down, two defenders have already switched to defend Williams, but is it not easy to defend Williams?

Williams, just like James, made a tough layup and scored the ball when the opponent fouled!

"The knight underestimates the abilities of others." Popovich said. (To be continued.) )

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