Super all-around point guard

Chapter 478 Ci Shiping: I want to get 40 points too!
One game allowed Derek Williams to gain extremely strong confidence. He was excited all night. With the praise and encouragement of his teammates and relatives, he became more motivated. In the second day's training, he was the hardest one in the team, and he didn't feel hard at all.

This is what Xie Chen wants to see. He hopes that Williams can always remember this feeling of success and bring this excitement and momentum to the playoffs. Williams is definitely someone who can help Xie Chen a lot in the playoffs.

After him, the next teammate Xie Chen wants to help is Robin Lopez.

Lopez saw that Xie Chen intentionally gave the ball to Williams when he was playing against the Raptors, but he didn't know why Xie Chen did it.

Lopez was signed by the Knicks for 5400 million in four years. In a sense, Zen Master was recruited to attract Xie Chen to the Knicks, but no one thought that Lopez is not as effective as a rookie now.

Porzingis was really surprising. He even exceeded Phil Jackson’s expectations. When he chose Porzingis, there were many doubts. Phil felt that Porzingis was a better match with Xie Chen. In time, he would definitely become Xie Chen’s great helper. Unexpectedly, Porzingis grew too fast. This season, he can already assist Xie Chen and Anthony, and has replaced Lopez as the third giant of the New York Knicks.

Fisher has yet to fully use Porzingis at center, although when Porzingis played center, the Knicks outscored opponents by 48 points per 16 minutes but grabbed five fewer rebounds.If Porzingis is the center and Carmelo Anthony is the power forward, you must know that Anthony has played very well at the power forward position in recent years, but in this way, Lopez's playing time will be greatly reduced, and he will become even less present in this team.

After all, Porzingis is still inexperienced, and Lopez's role in the playoffs cannot be ignored, so in the next away game against the Pacers, Xie Chen will help Lopez break his personal scoring record in a single game.

After the weekend of the All-Star Game, the Knicks have won consecutive games, but the Nets, Timberwolves, and Raptors are not considered difficult. The Nets and Timberwolves have no hope of making the playoffs, so it is impossible to fight with the Knicks with all their strength. The Raptors have secured their place in the playoffs, and there is no need to compete too fiercely with the Knicks.

The Pacers are now ranked seventh in the East, and their record is very close to the Knicks. There are still many games in the regular season. The Pacers may regret losing the door to the playoffs, so every game is very important to them, especially against teams with similar records.

Paul George was very nervous before the start of the game, with a very serious expression. Last season he was absent for almost a whole season due to injury, and he didn’t come back until the end of the regular season. This season, he hardly missed a game.

On the contrary, Xie Chen is much more relaxed. Even if the Knicks' record is not as good as the Pacers, Xie Chen doesn't care about the outcome of this game. The most important thing is whether Lopez can play the best game of the season. Anthony's truce tonight also gave Lopez more offensive opportunities.

Tonight, Lopez will be facing the Pacers' No. 28, Ian Mahinmi. This is an insider with a size that can't lose to Lopez in all confrontations. He has rich experience and has played in the NBA for 11 years.

Xie Chen once helped Porzingis score 50 points. Logically speaking, it should not be difficult to help Lopez score 30 points. However, the characteristics, offensive methods and even mentality of the two insiders are completely different. Porzingis can shoot, especially the three-pointer, but Lopez cannot.

Lopez holds the ball in the left elbow, Xie Chen is in the right corner, Porzingis is in the left corner, and the other two Knicks players are in the two corners.

At this time, Xie Chen rushed towards Lopez from the bottom corner. Lopez dribbled the ball towards Xie Chen at the same time.

After that, Xie Chen moved to the left with the ball and came to Maxinmi who was defending Lopez. He jumped up quickly.

This is a typical HORNS tactic, which gives full play to the off-ball screen and positioning among the players, and once this tactic is implemented, there are many offensive options and changes. In the same style of play just now, Xie Chen can also directly lean back and shoot. With Mahinmi's speed, it is impossible to cause much interference to Xie Chen's shooting.

Not long after, Paul George of the Pacers made a shot and Lopez grabbed a rebound, but the Pacers quickly returned to defense, and at this moment, Xie Chen and Lopez staged another wonderful cooperation.

Xie Chen saw that the Pacers had all settled down to defend, and walked slowly across half court with Lopez. Just two steps past the midfield position, Xie Chen launched a tactic on the left side.

First, Porzingis covered for Xie Chen and blocked Xie Chen's defensive player George Hill. After George Hill came over from the tall Porzingis, he did not expect another mountain in front of him!Robin Lopez gets in front of George Hill again!

Double cover!
This double screen caught Xie Chen by surprise, and provided enough time and space for Xie Chen. He almost crossed the free throw line in one step. Mahinmi and others who were standing next to him saw that the basket was empty. If they didn't guard against Xie Chen, Xie Chen would fly and dunk with one more step!
The few people who were attracted by Xie Chen all rushed over, there was no way, Xie Chen's step was too fast, they had to give up defense completely, or make a quick remedy, they chose the latter method, they had to pay another price, Lopez completely appeared vacant.

Xie Chen passed the ball behind the back, Lopez paused after receiving the ball, shot from the middle distance, and went into the net hollowly.

Paul George couldn't help sighing that Xie Chen is really good: "This guy Xie...does he really consider himself a god? He can help whoever he wants to help, and whoever wants to be the protagonist can become the protagonist. Robin Lopez only scored 6 points in the first quarter, and all of them came from Xie's assists. In the last game, he helped Derek Williams score a career-high 37 points. Do you want to help Robin this time?"

Paul George clenched his fists a little angrily: "But even if he really wants to do this, we still have to keep an eye on him. Only by preventing him to death can we win the game!"

Paul George has seen Xie Chen's motives tonight, but even if he knows, George doesn't care how many points Lopez can score tonight, he only cares about one result, winning!Every victory is very important to the Pacers!

With the help of Xie Chen, Lopez scored easily, and his touch gradually developed. The more accurate his shots, the more confident he was in scoring. By the end of the fourth quarter, his scoring had already set a new career high, scoring 40 points!
The audience couldn't help being dumbfounded when they saw Lopez's data. Lopez actually played the best record of his career in this game. Not only did he set a new personal scoring record in a single game, but he also set a new number of blocks in a single game. There were 7 blocks in this game.

"Robin Lopez can be so good? Now think about the New York Knicks team is terrible. All five of their starting five players can score 40+! Isn't this the Big Five?"

Xie Chen and Anthony have both won league scoring titles. Needless to say, their scoring ability. With the help of Xie Chen, rookie Porzingis also scored 50+ points. In the last game, Derrick Williams scored close to 40 points.

However, because Robin Lopez was mostly responsible for the offense, the pace was relatively slow, and Xie Chen also gave up some opportunities to shoot three-pointers and chase points quickly, so the score has always been behind.

With only 30 seconds left in the game, the Knicks are 2 points behind. This goal is quite critical, and there is still a chance to score.

Generally speaking, such a critical moment is left to Xie Chen to play, but tonight Xie Chen and Fisher meant to let Lopez try. After all, he feels hot and confident now. If he can score this goal, his game will be perfect.

Xie Chen held the ball to attract the defense, and quickly passed the ball to Lopez. Lopez took a step forward, made a feint, turned around with his back and made a layup with a low hand, passing the defender, but!

The ball is not scored!

The Pacers firmly controlled the rebounds, and then the Knicks could only resort to foul tactics, and as long as the opponent made the ball, the Knicks had no chance of winning again.

"What?" Lopez covered his head with his hands, unable to believe that he missed this fatal shot!
Lopez has certain footwork and skills around the basket, but obviously his skills have not yet been perfected. This game was the best game Lopez played in his career, with 40 points, 13 rebounds and 7 blocks. His scoring and blocks all set new highs. However, he missed a key shot in the final attack.

Although he lost the game, Lopez was not as excited as Derek Williams in the last game, but the two results lead to the same goal. Lopez will become crazy because of this regrettable goal!He'll hone his basket skills even more frantically.

In the evening, Xie Chen guessed that Lopez couldn’t sleep, so he went to chat with Lopez. He talked about Porzingis to Lopez. Porzingis is indeed the future of the Knicks, and he is destined to have some achievements, but definitely not in this season.

Lopez scored 40 points today, and he has already gained enough confidence. However, the miss in the end made him realize his own shortcomings. I believe that in the next month or so, he will train himself non-stop, and he must not let such regrets appear on himself again.

After two consecutive role players in the Knicks scored close to or exceeded 40 points, one person found something worthy of scrutiny. This night, Metta Shiping, like Lopez, couldn't sleep, pacing back and forth in the hotel room.

"How did these two boys, Derek Williams and Robin, score so many points in these two games? Could it be that Xie wanted them to score high points on purpose? The strange thing is that the bastard Fisher also wanted to do this on purpose. He, Xie and Cameron seemed to have negotiated."

Ci Shiping smoked a cigar and kept thinking about this matter. He, Fisher and Anthony are teammates and friends who have known each other for many years, so they are very familiar with them. This strange thing must be Xie Chen's idea, but what exactly does Xie Chen want to do?Why hide it from others?

Ci Shiping suddenly realized: "Xie is always arrogant and likes to control others. He scored 50 points for Porzingis and 40 points for Robin Lopez. He just wanted to tell the world that he can get as many points as he wants! Although I don't like his self-righteous attitude, but brother finally has a chance to break 40 points! Hahaha, Xie will continue to assist others to score high points, and it will be my turn soon! Yes, I can become the protagonist on the NBA court again! "

Ci Shiping flirted all night, and was still excited until the next morning, as long as she looked at Xie Chen, she must be smiling, which made Xie Chen feel a little baffled.

After Derek Williams and Robin Lopez, Xie Chen is indeed going to start from the bench, but he wants to help Ray Allen, but Ray Allen is also resting now, and Odom is not in good condition, so it is difficult for him to break 30 points.Really let him get 40 points, he is in the locker room and on the court!

However, Ci Shiping wishful thinking that Xie Chen will definitely help him set a new personal record in the next game against the Miami Heat.

Before the start of the game, Ci Shiping called all his relatives and friends, telling them to watch his game. Two friends from Los Angeles were even invited to the scene by Ci Shiping. Before the game, Ci Shiping said that he would score 40 points in this game!
(End of this chapter)