Super all-around point guard

Chapter 128 The Gorgeous Crawford

Xie Chen put all his thoughts on playing against the Thunder's second youngster. He never expected to get into trouble when he met the Clippers. As the old saying goes, an arrogant soldier must lose. Xie Chen defeated the Clippers once at the beginning of the season, thinking that he could beat them one after another. Little did he know that the game is like a battlefield, and every matchup should be prepared to fail.

Now that the Heat no longer have such a long winning streak, it doesn't matter whether they win or lose, but the problem is that if Xie Chen wants to work hard to get points, he has to keep rebounding and scoring assists on the opponent's head, but Paul's defense makes Xie Chen very headache.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Xie Chen played the game early, but Paul was put on the bench by Rivers, and he didn't know when he would be able to play. However, the absence of Paul in the Clippers lineup does not mean that Xie Chen can sit back and relax, because the Clippers have a guy named Jamal Crawford on the bench.

Jamal Crawford is definitely the most flamboyant player in today's league, the most coquettish, and the best at playing tricks on opponents. In Xie Chen's eyes, one is Irving of the Cavaliers and the other is Crawford of the Clippers. It is a pleasure to watch these two guys dribble past others, because you don't know what his next move will be. As an opponent, even if you know what his next move is, you may not be able to react because their speed is too fast.

Since he was a child, Crawford has traveled all over the street courts in Seattle. You can hear his name mentioned on any court in Seattle. His reputation on the street court is definitely much louder than his reputation in the NBA. As Jason Terry said, in that era, almost no one in the street court did not know the name Jamal Crawford.

Crawford's unrestrained and casual style of play has also been brought to the NBA court, and brought to this gorgeous alley-oop city. His crotch pass assists Griffin's dunk in the windmill, which is a must. In this era, as a Clippers fan, he is definitely the happiest.

After Crawford came on the field, Xie Chen was facing him.

After Crawford got the ball, he was ready to attack his own singles. He didn't have the slightest intention of assisting his teammates to play the team. The defensive player in front of him, Xie Chen, was three centimeters shorter than Crawford. For Crawford, he would have more confidence.

Crawford smiled: "Be careful not to be knocked down by me, don't you know that I am an ankle terminator?"

There are countless players who have been knocked down by Crawford. Last year, Rudy Gay unfortunately became the soul of his feet. It is a shame to be knocked down, especially when the ball is scored after being knocked down, because this goal will definitely be selected as the top ten, and then watched and reproduced by netizens repeatedly.

Xie Chen possesses Westbrook's personal defense skills, so of course he is not afraid of being knocked down when defending. Xie Chen said with a smile: "I don't think an old man will knock down a player who is at the peak of his body, Jamal."

"Old people?" Crawford was taken aback. No matter in terms of appearance or qualifications, Crawford was indeed much older than Xie Chen. Crawford had been in the league for 14 years. He had the face of a middle-aged uncle. Coupled with his good height, I believe that people who don't know him will never guess that he is a flamboyant player without watching him play.

Crawford smiled, and accelerated forward instantly. Xie Chen immediately followed, but Crawford suddenly dribbled backwards and stopped abruptly. Back dribbling can be said to be Crawford's best and favorite move.

"Oh? I didn't expect this kid to defend well." Crawford was slightly startled, and continued to dribble brilliantly, kept dribbling under his crotch, left and right, suddenly feinted, pretended to break through to the left, but it was only a pause, and immediately dribbled behind his back to attack to the right, but just took a step to the right, suddenly pulled back, and broke to the left again. At this time, Xie Chen couldn't keep up.

"It's so cool! Jamal!" Jordan shouted at Crawford off the court, and Paul and others couldn't help clapping and applauding. Crawford's style of play is still the same, not less than before!
No way, really no way, Crawford's extraordinary way is really too difficult to defend. Even with Westbrook's personal defensive skills and the same speed as Westbrook, it is difficult to defend, because Crawford is too good at cheating.

Sure enough, the next time, Crawford, as the strongest offensive point in the bench lineup, once again did his part to single Xie Chen, with the same "friction and friction like devil's pace", but Xie Chen interfered with his shooting and hit the iron.

Because Xie Chen has Westbrook's speed, it is still impossible for Crawford to completely get rid of Xie Chen's defense, so when he finally shoots, he will always be interfered by Xie Chen, and Crawford's shots are usually emergency stop jumpers, which is inherently poor in stability. Coupled with Xie Chen's defense, the shooting rate is even more unoptimistic.

Although it is impossible for Crawford to be successful singles against Xie Chen all the time, the fans already felt that Crawford had the upper hand against Xie Chen. The reason is very simple, Xie Chen did not reciprocate in the same way.

"Hahaha, Jamal is so handsome! He turned Xie Shu around, if the hit rate was higher, Xie would probably collapse!"

"Yes, it is a nightmare for anyone to play against a player like Jamal. Rudy Gay and Ray Allen have experienced this kind of torture. Let us continue to see what magical performance he can have on the court!"

Now that the Clippers are leading the score, the substitutes are also playing brilliantly, which made the fans feel relieved. Seeing Xie Chen frowning and seeming depressed, they applauded Jamal Crawford, but Xie Chen was not frowning because of Crawford at this time.

"Scores and assists are definitely needed in this game, but rebounds are rare. If you want to get high points in this game, you must work hard on other statistics. I fell into a misunderstanding before the game and only focused on the skills I learned. Now that I meet a Crawford who loves to play and show so much, it is definitely a good opportunity to steal. Even if I don't copy anyone's stealing skills now, with my strength, I may not be able to steal once or twice!"

Xie Chen decided that on the basis of trying hard to grab rebounds, he should also start to have the awareness of stealing!The goal of the steal is very clear: Jamal Crawford!
Another meaning of the gorgeous style of play is that it is too difficult to dribble too much and it is easy to make mistakes. Once a mistake is made, it is a great opportunity for the opponent to steal!From this moment, Xie Chen began to do his best to defend Crawford!

Jordan Farmar, the former Lakers general of the Clippers, took the ball and came out in a circle. There was no chance, and he passed the ball to Crawford. Now that the attack time is running out, Crawford is still showing off his dribbling skills in the face of Xie Chen.
Xie Chen cut the ball quickly and accurately, without giving Crawford a chance to react, Crawford complained to the angel female referee that the ball was a hitter!But he didn't get any response, so helplessly, he rushed over to defend Xie Chen who was about to go down.

Seeing that Crawford was catching up, Xie Chen suddenly made an emergency stop when he was approaching the three-point line. Crawford also stopped quickly and stood in front of Xie Chen, ready to defend Xie Chen's three-pointer. However, Xie Chen used his left hand to accelerate the breakthrough again, and this ball Xie Chen's center of gravity was extremely low, even lower than Lowry's center of gravity when he broke through!

He made a breakthrough with his left hand, did not change hands, slapped twice, pulled back with his left hand again, and withdrew from outside the three-point line. This time, Crawford was shaken down, his body center of gravity was unstable, and he slowly tilted up, but he did not fall to the ground.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xie Chen quickly got up and made a jumper and hit a three-pointer!

"OMG! Xie almost knocked Jamal down! Is this true?"

"I really can't believe it. Thanks to that left-handed dribble just now, it's really a bit like street basketball."

After Xie Chen made the shot, Jamal Crawford smiled awkwardly, sighing secretly that this young rookie really has a hand, but Crawford will not give up easily.

Successfully stealing Crawford once, plus hitting a three-pointer, this round is 8 points, which gave Xie Chen a taste of the sweetness, so he will pay more attention to Crawford's movements and be ready to steal at any time!

But this time, when Crawford was dribbling, he didn't give Xie Chen a chance. After making a dazzling pass, he directly broke through Xie Chen and entered the penalty area, and he was about to make a layup!
Everyone in the Heat's defensive focus was also on Crawford, thinking that he would take the opportunity to lay up, but Xie Chen's eyes were fixed on another person at this time, the big baby Glenn Davis!
The field was changing rapidly, and Xie Chen had only a second to think that Crawford might pass the ball to Davis behind him, so he didn't step forward to block Crawford, but deliberately left a distance.

Crawford, who has always played casually, did exactly as Xie Chen expected. He didn't even look at whether Xie Chen was keeping up with him. He saw the position of his teammate Davis early on.
He firmly believes that the ball will go to Davis, and his teammates will complete a heavyweight dunk. He believes that this will be a top ten pass!
But when Crawford looked back after passing the ball, he was shocked to find that Xie Chen had intercepted the pass!

Crawford was shocked: "How could this happen!"

(Congratulations to starci and Ruoru for becoming the disciples of this book! Thank you for the reward and the renewal ticket! Congratulations to Curry for breaking the historical record of three-pointers in a single season. In my heart, you are the MVP of this year’s regular season! The Heat may not make it to the playoffs, but this fire will not go out, it will continue to burn in this book! Please look forward to it!)
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