Chapter 790: Remember This Ball?
There are still many players in the league who appreciate and even admire Xie Chen very much like Drummond, but unfortunately Xie Chen retired too late when he announced that he won the championship, and many opponents have no chance to play again this season. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Drummond asked Xie Chen, "I don't know if I will have a chance to play against you again after tonight, I have always admired you, your style of play is very cool, so will you give me autographed sneakers?" ”
"Huh?" Xie Chen was suddenly stunned, he really didn't expect the opponent to ask for sneakers for him, after two years in the NBA, he thought he had experienced everything he should have experienced, but this was the first time this kind of thing had happened......
Kobe Bryant retired last year, and every time he visited the opponent's arena for the last time on tour, he usually gave a pair of boots to the stars who loved him, such as Paul George of the Pacers, Draymond Green of the Warriors, Booker, the rising star of the Suns, and many players, including Xie Chen himself, all received Kobe's boots.
It's basically a tradition of NBA superstars, and it's not something that anyone is qualified to do, it has to be big enough to be influential enough, and it has to be a slightly more high-profile star, and a superstar like Duncan retired without saying a word, and no one has given it away.
Although Xie Chen's achievements are very high, he thinks that he has been in the league for a short time, unlike when Kobe Bryant retired, everyone grew up watching Kobe play, Xie Chen fantasized about the next tour scene, but he really didn't think about sending sneakers, after all, sending sneakers must be given to stars, and now the stars in the team are generally older than Xie Chen......
It's a bit too ...... for a junior to give a senior sneaker
However, after thinking about it carefully, the NBA divides players according to achievements, so Xie Chen agreed and said to Drummond: "Come to the locker room to find me later!" ”
After a brief interview, Xie Chen returned to the locker room, put the sneakers he was going to give to Drummond on the chair, and thought about signing a message for Drummond, so he asked his teammates, "Which of you has a pen?" Give it to me. ”
It happened that Luke Wharton had a pen over there, Ci Shiping took it and handed it to Xie Chen, and asked, "What do you want a pen for?" ”
Xie Chen pointed to the sneakers and said, "Sign." ”
The Lakers players were shocked at the same time, they are no strangers to this scene, when Kobe Bryant retired last year, he often gave his opponent signed sneakers after the game, but they never expected that this season, there would be people on the team who did this!
Of course, they already knew that Xie Chen would retire after winning the championship, but they didn't expect that Xie Chen would also meet the qualifications to give others sneakers!
Giving the opponent's ace player sneakers, this is something that only superstars + veteran stars can do, this is also a proper act of pretending, Nick Young looked envious, stepped forward and asked, "Who is this for?" ”
"Andrea Drummond." Xie Chen replied slowly.
Nick Young reminded: "Thank you, the person you want to give it to is two years taller than you, you know?" ”
Nick Yang was afraid that Xie Chen would only care about retiring in the most awesome and cool way, and ignore some things, so he reminded him.
Xie Chen also said truthfully: "I didn't want to give him sneakers, he took the initiative to ask me for them." ”
Everyone had to marvel at Xie Chen's charm, even the players who were older than Xie Chen have now become fans!
Nick Young sighed: "Andre, this guy is still good, much cuter than Draymond Green." ”
Xie Chen was thinking about writing something to Zhuang Shen at this time, Drummond is different from Draymond, he is not as bullish as Green all day long, from the fact that he took the initiative to lower his head at the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest and let Steve Nash touch his head like an elder, I know that he is still quite a cute person, laughing like a sunny boy, such a person is very likable, but unfortunately he can't get the championship.
Xie Chen quickly took out a pen and wrote a message, the content of which was: Desire more. Hope!
Xie Chen hopes that Zhuang Shen can have more desire for the championship and victory. Hopefully, only in this way will his strength rise by a level.
After Ci Shiping saw it, he praised it: "Xie, you write so well, this guy just doesn't have a strong desire for victory, bring a pen, I also have something to write to him." ”
"Huh?" Xie Chen and the Lakers were all stunned, and Ci Shiping also had something to write to Zhuang Shen? Hey, a pair of sneakers is so big, you don't have to paint them all over!
Xie Chen thought that he would write on his sneakers, but he didn't expect Ci Shiping to take out his sneakers......
And then it was written: tougher!
At this time, Zhuang Shen Drummond also came over, followed by reporters, and they all wanted to take pictures of Xie Chen sending sneakers to Zhuang Shen.
Drummond shook hands with Xie Chen with a smile, and then Xie Chen handed over the signed sneakers to Drummond, Drummond was happy like Xie Chen's fans for many years, Drummond smiled: "Thank you, thank you for your message, I will work harder, I hope to win the championship like you one day." ”
At this time, Ci Shiping also stepped forward with his sneakers and said, "Andre, this is a gift from me, and there are words for you." ”
Drummond was suddenly stunned, he didn't say he wanted Ci Shiping's sneakers! You elbowed me on the court just now, who wants your sneakers!
"What are you?" Drummond looked confused.
Ci Shiping said: "Don't you know? Like Xie, I also won one more championship and retired, hey, after so many years in the league, I have won a lot of championships, and my career should be over. ”
Ci Shiping pretended to be a generation of superstars, but Drummond didn't appreciate it at all, Ci Shiping won a few championships, but none of them won it as the boss, it was all mixed.
Drummond said, "Why are you going to retire too?" I haven't heard of it yet. ”
Ci Shiping was immediately furious: "What? Don't you even use the Internet? Like Xie, I tweeted the news that I would retire after winning the championship! ”
"Yes, you tweeted the same as Xie, but Xie's tweet made the whole world know, and yours is only a few hundred people, and the news has not reported it, if we weren't your teammates, I'm afraid we wouldn't know." Nick Young also started to hurt his teammates at this time.
Drummond took Xie Chen's sneakers and turned to leave, and said to Ci Shiping: "Then I wish you a happy retirement." ”
"Oh shit, he won't even accept my sneakers!" Ci Shiping was very angry, while the others were very happy, and this is the treatment that Ci Shiping should accept.
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After the Pistons, the Lakers' next game is still at home, their opponent is very special, it is Xie Chen's team last season, the New York Knicks, like the Pistons, this is also the last time the two teams meet in the regular season, given that it is difficult for the Knicks to beat the Cavaliers to become the Eastern Conference champion, this may also be Xie Chen's last time against his former teammate Anthony!
Anthony said in an interview with the media before his visit to Los Angeles: "I can't believe that Xie will retire before me, although we have only been together for one season, but our friendship is very deep, you can't understand the kind of friendship that we have built from the bottom team in the East to the championship, to this day, when I play, when the team is behind, I still feel hopeful, I still look in the direction of my teammates, even if it is not him, But it still gives me strength. ”
Anthony is also the first time to expose this in front of the media, in fact, the Knicks have several games this season, and they were once behind by more than a dozen points, but Anthony always feels that Xie Chen is still on the team, if he is, Xie Chen will say, just a dozen points, a few three-pointers won't be chased back? Xie Chen led the team to turn the tide many times last season, which will give Anthony strength, and it is because of this mental strength that Anthony and Porzingis have led the team to reverse the score several times.
So don't underestimate the confidence that a championship brings to a player.
Staples Center Arena, on the day of the game, there is no need to emphasize that the seats are full, from this game to the end of the season, the Lakers don't have to worry about ticket sales in every game at home, the focus is on the atmosphere of the scene, this time Xie Chen met his former teammates, Carmelo Anthony is a superstar again, the audience is naturally enthusiastic a lot, everyone believes that Xie Chen playing the Knicks will definitely be a little different from playing other teams.
After the two teams played, everyone found that there was also a rare guest familiar to Lakers fans on the Knicks' side, Phil Jackson, after hearing about Xie Chen's retirement decision, the Zen master realized that this might be the last time the team played against Xie Chen, so he also came to the scene to watch the game in person.
Before the game, Xie Chen and Anthony came together to catch up, Anthony said: "You always give people surprises, but retirement is too sad, promise me, think about it again, okay?" ”
Xie Chen said with a smile: "I said that I would retire after winning the championship, and you only have one way to stop me now, which is to reach the finals and then beat me." ”
"Hahaha." Anthony also laughed, Xie Chen was still so strong, he suddenly remembered that when the two were just combined last season, Anthony also talked about it, "Remember last season when you were practicing your step-back jumper in the game?" I was so annoyed at the time that I even sued Phil Jackson against you, haha, it's so funny to think about. ”
Xie Chen also recalled: "I still remember the first time I played the Cavaliers last season, because I wanted to take revenge on Dellavedova for the damage he did to me last season, so I wanted to dunk him, but I didn't expect you to want to avenge me, when Della appeared under the basket, you rushed directly to the basket, but unfortunately ended up colliding with Tristan Thompson, but it also created an opportunity for me, and after that, I dunked him hard." ”
"Haha, of course I remember, that time I had a good fall with that Tristan guy." Anthony also remembers the incident vividly.
At this time, Porzingis also stepped forward and said to Xie Chen sincerely: "Thank you for everything you did for me last season, I am so lucky." ”
Porzingis scored 50 points in a single game with the help of Xie Chen last season, and this season, Porzingis has never achieved such a high score.
Xie Chen knew their feelings for him, but after all, today was a game, and victory or defeat was also very important to the Knicks, so he said to the two: "If you want to thank you, let's leave it until after the game, and I won't show mercy in the future." ”
Anthony also said strongly: "So do we. ”
After the start of the game, both sides wanted to attack. Wangdu is very strong, and it basically became Xie Chen and Anthony's attack at the beginning, if this is the last time Anthony fights Xie Chen, Anthony doesn't want to have regrets, Xie Chen is a very special person for Anthony, he brought Anthony a championship ring, which may also be the only one in Anthony's career.
In the first quarter, Xie Chen and Anthony each scored 15+ points, the high efficiency of the two, and at the same time let the fans once again appreciate the terrifying attack power of the golden twin guns, last season, the two were on a team, this is how they defeated the opponent by the individual ability of two people, if the two are still in the same team, it is conceivable that the Knicks are still a strong contender for the championship.
On the Knicks' side, in addition to Anthony, Porzingis also wants to show himself, for Porzingis, Xie Chen means too much to him, it is Xie Chen who makes him a star player.
Xie Chen knew Porzingis too well, and not long after playing, he had already broken two balls for Porzingis, and in a misalignment, Porzingis faced Xie Chen and even chose to play single, which made Xie Chen quite happy, because he returned to the training gym of the New York Knicks in a trance, and only when they were there, the two would play against each other.
Porzingis hit Xie Chen with his back, he had a height advantage, Xie Chen couldn't let him get too close to the basket, so Xie Chen tried to break the ball when he dribbled, but Porzingis also took precautions against Xie Chen, and when Xie Chen was about to pull out the ball, he suddenly turned around and chose to shoot.
Xie Chen tried to block, but Porzingis was too tall and he knew he couldn't cover it.
Finally, the basketball went to the net.
After the ball was scored, Xie Chen and Porzingis both smiled.
In addition to these two old teammates, the new signing Rose also reminded Xie Chen of the past time.
This time it was Porzingis who blocked Rose in the high position, but the quality of the cover was not good, and finally forced Rose to be trapped, and he almost dribbled and fell, under the bag of Xie Chen and Mozgov, it was difficult for Rose to pass the ball out easily, but the two did not dare to shoot rashly, and in the end, Rose actually dribbled the ball by himself, didn't think about passing the ball at all, and then broke through in an exaggerated way with his hands on the floor!
When Xie Chen saw this scene, he suddenly felt that this picture was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
Then, Rose swayed left and right as if he was drunk, and his center of gravity was always unstable under the basket, and in the face of the defender, he actually chose to shoot the ball from behind!
Swish!
Ball in!
The scene was amazed.
However, after Rose scored, he didn't excitedly vent his emotions to express how awesome he was, and his teammates didn't give Rose a high-five for the first time.
I saw Rose walking towards Xie Chen, smiling and asking, "Xie, do you remember this ball?" (To be continued.) )