In fact, Zhang Chen said these words in front of reporters in a relatively fair attitude, and his own spearhead was only pointed at the more annoying "Los Angeles Post", but this sentence became a kind of Zhang Chen's declaration of war against Durant in the ears of reporters.

In this way, Durant was also a little annoyed, after all, the relationship between him and Zhang Chen during the All-Star Game Rookie Challenge was quite good, and they fought side by side to solve the invincible sophomore team, which should have been a testimony of the friendship between the two. During this period of time, Durant naturally listened to a lot of discussions between him and Zhang Chen, but he never held a grudge against Zhang Chen, because he knew that Zhang Chen, like him, wanted to effectively avoid this kind of thing. It's just that now when I hear Zhang Chen's words similar to a declaration of war, after all, everyone is about twenty years old, and when they hear this, they immediately become angry.

Fortunately, his agent assistant happened to be by his side, and quietly told Durant the back and forth of Zhang Chen's challenging words just now, Durant is not brain-dead, and naturally he can also think that Zhang Chen is just targeting the Los Angeles Post, and he does not want to fight him to the death. Durant was glad that he didn't have time to be impulsive just now, otherwise he might have a big enmity with Zhang Chen today, and this hatred is difficult to resolve.

Kevin ...... May I ask in the face of Zhang Chen's arrogant provocation...... What are you going to use in response to him? ”

Durant smiled and said: "I still have my own judgment on whether it is a provocation, in fact, I know Zhang Chen, and I also know that he is a very good player, although many times the public always likes to compare me with him, but in fact we are very good friends in private." After saying this, the reporters below also understood that this matter probably couldn't provoke any waves.

And the assistant next to Zhang Chen also told him what Durant said, Zhang Chen's good impression of this guy has also increased a lot, and he doesn't want to add an enemy, in fact, he had a very good relationship with Durant when he was fighting side by side with Durant at that time.

Therefore, a reporter asked Zhang Chen: "May I ask Mr. Zhang, are you provoking Durant?" Zhang Chen did not act to provoke people, but said: "No, this is not a provocation...... In fact, there is no way to avoid the battle between us, and you know that there can only be one real champion in the NBA...... But I also want to make the point that Kevin and I are actually very good friends, and we both want to be able to play each other, but we also want our friendship to last. ”

The two people's very loving speeches made the reporters have to go home in a huff, but they still tried every possible way to find some aspects to provoke the relationship between Zhang Chen and Durant, but they were all resolved by Zhang Chen. The game was about to officially start soon after these episodes, and Zhang Chen saw Durant during the warm-up and walked over. After all, when Durant faced Zhang Chen's words that were a little similar to provocation just now, his first choice was not to be his enemy, which made Zhang Chen feel that he had to go over to say hello in love and courtesy.

"Hey, Kevin...... Long time no see. Zhang Chen said to Durant with a smile.

Durant also gave Zhang Chen a smile and said: "Yes, after all, it is not easy to meet a person from all over the world in the huge United States, and we all have our own jobs." Durant actually made up his mind in his heart at the same time that he had just said something more amicable, if Zhang Chen ignored his overtures and still insisted on challenging him, then he would start to really be the enemy of Zhang Chen...... In fact, he knew that the two guys in the Golden Generation 03 hated Zhang Chen to the core, such as James Wade and the like, so he was not worried that he would have no allies in the future.

However, Zhang Chen's attitude is indeed quite friendly, which can also be heard from his current words. Zhang Chen was talking to him with a smile now, and he didn't have the slightest intention of becoming a life-and-death enemy with him.

In fact, Durant is still quite envious of Zhang Chen, this guy just entered the league and completely appeared in people's field of vision with a few shots, and then his high shooting rate and high score soon shocked the rivers and lakes. In the following time, Zhang Chen defeated his opponent in the rookie challenge, and slashed 42 points, creating an unprecedented 30 perfect score in the three-point long-range shooting competition, which also made him truly the king of rookies.

Compared to Durant, it is much more difficult, although he has just entered the supersonic and won most of the supersonic possession, but their team can only reflect on themselves in one painful defeat after another. They have no hope of making the playoffs this season, but the Suns are able to show themselves in the playoffs with their No. 1 record in the West.

Moreover, Zhang Chen's kind of anti-heaven shooting rate also made him feel incredible, Zhang Chen's shooting rate was simply fatal, at least Durant didn't dare to imagine.

"Okay...... Kevin...... Anyway, I'm sorry to say I'm going to give it my all. Zhang Chen said to Durant after arguing with Durant for a long time.

Durant also smiled slightly and said, "Yes...... But I want to say that I'm going to give it my all...... I think we're all going to have a duel where we can do our best...... I don't want to leave my rookie season with too many regrets. ”

"Me too." Zhang Chen smiled, then turned around and returned to his team's locker room to welcome the start of the official game.

Durant looked at Zhang Chen's back, and suddenly had a premonition that he was going to face a big battle today.

After coming out of the locker room, the game will officially begin.

However, what disappointed everyone a little was that today's matchup was not taken for granted at the beginning, Zhang Chen and Durant were opposed, and at the beginning stood in front of Zhang Chen was a good player of the SuperSonics: Damien? Wilkins. This guy is also looking at Zhang Chen with a somewhat novel eye, he and Zhang Chen are not facing up against the Suns this season, but the last time they played against the Suns, Zhang Chen was just a young player who could only run and shoot with a lot of physical fitness. But now Zhang Chen's rising scoring and popularity are a reminder that this guy has become the best rookie, at least the best rookie in scoring.

Therefore, Wilkins is still a little curious about Zhang Chen.

The jump ball started, and the first ball flew into Nash's hands, and Nash saw that the supersonic retreat was relatively fast, so he was not in a hurry, but slowly controlled the ball over the half court, ready to start organizing this offense.

The SuperSonics' retreat was still relatively timely, they blocked the Suns' forward route in time, and Wilkins also began to defend Zhang Chen in close quarters according to the coach's instructions.

In the past few days, the coaches of the league have also conducted a lot of technical research on Zhang Chen because of Zhang Chen's limelight, and finally found that if they want to prevent Zhang Chen, the only breakthrough is Zhang Chen's physical fitness and his ball control skills! These two items are Zhang Chen's weaknesses.

We've always been able to see some of Kobe Bryant's and Wade James' aggressive breakaways, their crazy stabs going inside, their speed chasing the wind and the moon, and they're relentless. Then, in the face of the opponent's defense, if there are not many people, they will occasionally choose to touch hard, especially James, who likes that the most. Compared with Kobe Bryant's tossing and turning in the air and dancing with the wind, James' breakthrough is a kind of strong domineering that opens and closes and moves forward. Opponents are often knocked out under his strong physical fitness.

This is the role of physical fitness in the breakthrough, and Zhang Chen's breakthrough is undoubtedly much, much more difficult than them. Zhang Chen's breakthrough mostly relies on his own speed, so his breakthrough needs to be the most appropriate grasp of the timing, and his breakthrough also needs to solve the battle in a short instant, and if the opponent's defender collides with him, his breakthrough will most likely have to ride the wind.

Therefore, Zhang Chen's breakthrough is quite difficult, although he already has a speed of level nine, but he does not have many breakthroughs that can go down in history in a game. Because the coaches of the league have arranged their formations according to Zhang Chen's characteristics, and prepared a pocket for him to drill into, their strategy for Zhang Chen's defense is also to hit him and steal at the same time, and it is best to block Zhang Chen's breakthrough route. For Zhang Chen's shooting, they also came up with a lot of ways to limit it, the most important of which is to compress his activity space as much as possible, so that he can't get rid of the problem of defensive players.

This is also the reason why Zhang Chen's speed has broken through the ninth level recently, and the shooting has exceeded more than a dozen, but the average score per game has not reached 30 points, the NBA is such a league with a relatively complete system of all parties, and at the beginning of this season, Yi Jianlian was famous in the league, quite scratchy, but after the coaches found a way to restrain his physical fitness, Yi Jianlian was out of line. Therefore, the coaches of the league also try to suppress Zhang Chen's guiding ideology, but Zhang Chen is not Yi Jianlian after all, after Zhang Chen's shooting level reaches level ten, although the opponent tries his best to contain him, he can still find the right way to play with ease. Coupled with his perfect combination of nine-level speed and ten-level running, he often leaves opponents helpless.

Nash winked at Zhang Chen, ready to cooperate with him, so Zhang Chen began to run, leaving Wilkins' side in an instant. Wilkins naturally knew that this kid's running position was quite elusive, so he kept following Zhang Chen's side and didn't let Zhang Chen escape like this, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Chen's speed had reached the legendary ninth-level middle level, although he had worked quite hard, but there was still no use in front of Zhang Chen.

After Zhang Chen used two running feints in a row, he quickly came to the left side of the free throw line, and then he had changed his direction and cut directly into the inside. The SuperSonics didn't have a lot of defenders in this position on the inside, and the guy they were supposed to defend here was taken away by Marion.

Zhang Chen had already seized this opportunity, so his air cutting speed instantly became the peak of the ninth level, so that Wilkins, who originally thought that he had hope of defending against Zhang Chen, had no choice but to sigh, but at this time, another guy reflected that it was Durant. Durant saw Zhang Chen quickly cut into the air and felt that something was wrong, and quickly turned his body to meet the enemy, Zhang Chen also saw Durant's response in the way forward, so he sped up, and at the same time began to use another running feint.

So, in Durant's eyes, Zhang Chen quickly came to the bottom of the basket, but suddenly moved towards the other side of the basket, it looked really incredible, it is estimated that this guy still has some plans to empty the inside line and let Nash in, so Durant was a little vigilant in his heart, and his center of gravity also shifted a little in the direction he had just expected.

At this time, Zhang Chen, who already looked like he was going to run out, suddenly accelerated, rushed in again, and struck in the direction of the basket, and Durant was completely too late to defend for a while. And Nash's imaginative but extremely accurate pass also appeared firmly in Zhang Chen's hands at this moment, Zhang Chen jumped high, grasped the ball in the sky, and then directly dunked the basketball into the basket.

It's just that Zhang Chen was also sniped by the opponent's center when he forced a slam dunk forward, although the slam dunk was successful, but the strength of the other party also made Zhang Chen unable to eat and walk, and there was a rather dull feeling in the chest, and for a while Zhang Chen couldn't control his body, his hands were out of the basket, and he flew back backwards.

This is the home of the Suns, and at the same time that Zhang Chen and Nash have just completed an aerial relay, the audience began to cheer, and the first ball is such a high-tech aerial relay, which makes them feel more realistic, and they are enthusiastic to watch.

However, Zhang Chen was hit on the shoulder by the other party, and he couldn't hold it anymore and fell from the air, but fortunately, Xiao Si reacted in time and just let Zhang Chen lie in his arms. However, Zhang Chen also felt a little ashamed, no matter what, his physical fitness was not enough.

Feeling the sensation coming from Xiao Si's body, Zhang Chen immediately ran away, and although lying in a man's arms was just an accident, it always made Zhang Chen feel weird.

Durant looked at Zhang Chen, who had successfully slammed the dunk, and snorted softly, just now when he thought he could defend Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen suddenly changed his moves, which caught him off guard, and after Zhang Chen's change of moves, his inference was completely wrong, which gave Zhang Chen a chance to use a feint. Durant is still a little panicked in his heart, but he also has to admire Zhang Chen's adaptability on the spot, especially his difficult to defend running feints, which makes him feel a little admired.

Zhang Chen's aerial relay still ushered in Nash's appreciation: "I think we are more and more tacit in cooperation...... This air relay is pretty good...... Of course, it's even more perfect if you don't fall off the basket. Nash said this slyly, but with a smile in his eyes.

Zhang Chen hummed depressedly and returned to the half court to participate in the defense, he had also played against Wilkins before, he knew that although this guy said that the average score per game was not too high, but if he was released, he would occasionally throw a few regrettable balls, Zhang Chen did not dare to relax him, although he knew that his defensive skills were not very good, but Zhang Chen still followed Wilkins more hard.

The opposing point guard quickly passed the basketball to Durant after possession of the ball in half court, and Durant's current position is near the free throw line, and the person who defends him is Bell, who has good defensive skills. Bale's defensive skills are not bad, so he has caused some problems for Durant, at least Durant is still in the middle of a stalemate with him.

Although Durant has also begun to accept the baptism of the real NBA, seeing Zhang Chen's quite wonderful air relay just now, he does not intend to let Zhang Chen win a good fortune in such obscurity, he himself wants to win a good fortune first.

In the face of Bell's defense, Durant began to think long-term, he is not very good at using his height and reach advantage to play back-to-back singles, and he uses more offensive means or his shooting, and his shooting is quite accurate. Of course, it can't be compared with Zhang Chen.

Durant's physical speed is not too good, and the dunk after the breakthrough does not give James or Wade the feeling of blood boiling like James or Wade, after all, his bounce power is not too top-notch. So, this also caused his technical characteristics to be mainly shot, and the two best rookies this year, their main means of scoring are jump shots.

Seeing that the ball couldn't break through, Durant put away his basketball at the moment, and then made two feints to break forward, and when the opponent reacted a little, he suddenly jumped high, raised the basketball above his head, and then jumped out.

Bell's St. Ao was already a little inferior to Durant, especially since the opponent was a super gibbon with a 223cm arm span, and he couldn't defend this sudden jump shot, so he could only helplessly watch the basket fly over his head, and then plunge into the net.

Zhang Chen opened with an aerial relay slam dunk, and Durant returned the favor with a two-point jumper...... Looks like this game is going to be pretty good! Many people have this idea in their hearts.

And Durant also smiled slightly at Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen could read the meaning of this guy's smile. Far away in Los Angeles on the other side of the United States, Brand, the reporter who wrote an article in the Los Angeles Post to bombard Zhang Chen, was staring nervously at the TV screen, and when he saw Durant's jump shot, he raised his arms and shouted: "Kevin, I believe you can do it...... Teach that soft egg from China a lesson...... Let him know what the best rookie is! Let him understand that his so-called air relay is nothing more than a pair of shit! ”

Brand had a lewd smile on his face, and several of his colleagues next to him were watching TV with him, agreeing one by one: "That Chinese kid is just a soft egg...... He's not at all as fascinating as Kevin. ”

(To be continued)