Super all-around point guard

Chapter 487 James panicked!
After Kobe announced the news of his retirement at the end of the season, every time the media interviewed him, he would ask Kobe if he still insisted on this decision?Has something changed?

Kobe's answer was very firm every time, yes, he will definitely retire, even if he scored 30 points or 40 points again, Kobe knew his body well, and he knew he should leave.

However, the question Xie Chen raised was very tempting. Xie Chen is the best point guard in the league. He became No.1 in the league after only two years in the league, and his help and improvement to the teammates around him is also obvious. If Kobe and Xie Chen partnered for another year, the Lakers would definitely become a contender for the championship again, and Kobe might win the sixth championship ring!
Everyone knows how much he wants to have the same number of rings as Jordan!

However, Kobe still shook his head with a smile. When he first entered the league, he assisted O'Neal to win the championship. In his later years, he didn't want to be a supporting role anymore. Moreover, Karl Malone's story told him that there are some things that cannot be obtained.

But what will happen in the future, no one knows.

A game made countless people feel a lot of emotion. There will never be a duel between Xie Chen and Kobe. Just like now we miss Jordan and Kobe very much. This kind of picture will never appear again.

After the game, Kobe also hugged every player and coach of the Knicks. Every hug was quite strong, especially for Fisher, Odom, and Phil Jackson. These old friends and old opponents, including Ray Allen, talked with Kobe for a long time before leaving.

The Knicks stayed in Los Angeles for five days, and they didn’t want to leave here. Almost everyone has a little affection for Los Angeles. Xie Chen’s wife grew up here. Ci Shiping, Lamar Odom, and Fisher are all old players of the Lakers, and they are all Kobe’s teammates. Phil Jackson has gained another glory here.

After two games in a row in Los Angeles, the Knicks' road trip did not end. They returned to the East and their next opponent was the Washington Wizards.

The Wizards have basically no hope of qualifying for the playoffs, and the Charlotte Hornets are on top of them. John Wall can also be said to have played the best season of his career, averaging 21 points, 9.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game.

Among them, the average assists and steals per game are all No. 2 in the league!And No.1, unfortunately, is Xie Chen.

If there is no Xie Chen, John Wall will be the season's assists leader and steals leader this season. Even if he can't make the playoffs, this is still an honor, and Wall is not a guy who easily admits defeat. He was not convinced that Irving voted higher than him in the All-Star voting, and he worked hard against Xie Chen.

It's hard not to recognize Wall's excellence, and there is often only a thin line between excellence and greatness. Wall is one of the very few players in the league who are capable of crossing this line. Although Xie Chen didn't play very seriously in this game, he was still seriously abused by Wall's excellent ability.

The days of the Wizards are not easy now. They seem to put all their bargaining chips on the pursuit of Durant in the summer, so it is expected that they will not be able to squeeze into the playoffs this season. The theory of the head of the Wizards Glenn Field is that any occupation of salary space will cause trouble for the Wizards to chase Durant. But the Wizards only have Walbier and Gortat. How can they attract Durant to join?
Now there is news that Durant will renew his contract with the Thunder for another year, and then wait to become a free agent with Westbrook to prepare for a bigger contract.

If so, what about the Wizards?Take another look?If Wall doesn't make it to the All-Stars, he'll jump in anger, and if he doesn't make it to the playoffs, Wall will go crazy.

"You know, I'm actually no worse than you. In any aspect." John Wall pinched his waist and said to Xie Chen. At this time, he had already got a double-double.

Xie Chen ignored him.

"Look, I can also lead the team to defeat the opponent, it's that simple." John Wall said to Xie Chen with a smile. At this time, it was already the fourth quarter, and the Wizards had a big lead, and the victory was already in hand.

Xie Chen still ignored him.

He thinks that if he hangs, let him think so. Xie Chen doesn't want to tell him that he actually let the water go on purpose this time. They will pack up and bid farewell to this season in less than a month. It's better to fish with a better mood.

……

Florida, Orlando.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are visiting Orlando. They have just defeated the Orlando Magic in an away game and continue to consolidate their No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference. James played very easily this time. Love and Kyrie Irving are both very powerful. There is no need for James to do too much.

The playoffs are getting closer and closer. They are No. [-] in the Eastern Conference, and they don't need to worry about their record. So after a big victory over their opponents, the team members talked about interesting things about this game when they ate together.

Shumpert said with a smile: "Irving, the 360 ​​layup you made with Oladipo is really beautiful. This guy is self-righteous when he hits a few difficult goals. If he insists on playing such fancy moves, he is simply overwhelmed in front of a fancy basketball master like you, haha."

Owen was also very happy when he thought of the hot pot he gave away: "This guy refused to accept me, he was against me the whole game, and spammed me. I was thinking about whether to beat him up like Chris Xie did so that he would be quieter."

Shumpert hurriedly said, "I'll be the first to teach him a lesson for you then."

When the two mentioned Xie Chen, James suddenly remembered that the Knicks also had a game today, so he asked, "By the way, did the New York Knicks have a game today? What was the result? They only have 13 games until the end of the regular season. I think they are very likely to win 13 consecutive games at the end of the regular season. They won't lose a single game. How many points did they win against their opponent today?"

Assistant coach Tyronn Lue knew that James was very concerned about Xie Chen's movements, so as soon as the game ended, he checked the game data between the Knicks and the Wizards, and replied to James: "They didn't win this game. They lost in Washington by 13 points."

"What? They will lose to the Wizards?" James was shocked when he heard this, and he lost his appetite. This time he became even more flustered, so flustered that he was at a loss!
James couldn't help shaking his head: "Impossible, they have no reason to lose to the Washington Wizards, especially at this critical time, any team hovering on the edge of the playoffs will try their best to win every game! Unless...they don't want to win!"

The Cavaliers were stunned, not understanding what James meant. How could the eighth-ranked team not want to win?If they win the ball, they can at least keep the eighth position. God knows if they will be pulled down by the ninth and tenth in the end. Second, who would want to face the strongest team in the East?Will try their best to avoid it.

But in James' heart, there has always been a terrible guess. This guess is that Xie Chen deliberately wants to face the Cavaliers in the first round!Xie Chen wants to black eight James!
James asked anxiously: "What is Xie's statistic?"

Blatter on the side took a look, and Tyronn Lue replied: "22+10, Wizards point guard John Wall performed exceptionally tonight, maybe he managed to restrain Xie."

After hearing this, James immediately put down his knife and fork, stood up, and looked serious and scary: "This is not the stat that Xie should have. It is impossible for the Wizards to defend Xie until he only scored 22 points, and it is even more impossible for Wall! He can't stop Xie with 22 points in a single quarter! I want to watch the game video."

After James finished speaking, he quickly left and went back to the room. Blatter took a look and said to everyone: "LeBron is too sensitive, everyone don't need to be nervous, continue to eat."

James went back to his room to watch today's game between the Wizards and the Knicks. He tried his best to watch the game with a non-subjective attitude, but he still couldn't do it. Every offensive choice Xie Chen made made James feel that he was letting go and didn't want to play. This is not the attitude of wanting to win at all!

After watching the video, James lay on the bed and clenched his fists fiercely: "He actually wanted to meet me in the first round, and he wanted to blackmail me! What did I do to apologize to him? He insisted on being so cruel and insulting me in this way before he would give up!!"

why!
James doesn't understand!He and Xie Chen are not really feuding. Of course, the two must be the biggest competitors. They are both competing for No.1 in the league and the championship, but they don't have to meet in the first round of the playoffs, right?Is Xie Chen so confident?
James doesn't doubt that Xie Chen still has hidden abilities that are useless!
Two hours later, James called the main players and coach to his room.

"Xie plans to face us in the first round. They are deliberately losing to keep the team at No.8." James sat on the bed, completely changed from when he beat the Magic.

"Hehe, is it? Is this guy so interesting?" Coach Blatter sneered after hearing this.

But this sneer made James furious, and he questioned Blatter: "Knowing such a thing, you can still laugh? Do you know how serious this is? This will completely disrupt the rhythm of our playoffs!"

Seeing that James was really angry, Blatter quickly stepped forward and said, "No, no, that's not what I mean. I mean, even if he is confident enough to beat us, he doesn't need to take the risk of beating us in the first round. Everyone knows that the second-ranked Raptors are an easier opponent to deal with. They really want to do this. It's too stupid! Phil would not agree with Xie's crazy idea. In addition, even if he really wanted to do this, it is not that simple to be in the No.8 position at the end of the regular season. Be careful, they will still be No.9, and bid farewell to the playoffs!"

After Blatter finished speaking, Shumpert and the others also laughed.

James was very angry. None of these people could understand James' worries and fears!He was not afraid of meeting Xie Chen, but Xie Chen's motivation was too ruthless, and he wanted to blackmail James. This was too bad, James would never give Xie Chen this possibility!
But what about Coach Blatter and these teammates?Don't analyze Xie Chen's unruly intentions, but care about the possibility of Xie Chen's thoughts. James is not an idiot. How could James not know what they said!
At this time, Tyronn Lue stood up: "I think LeBron's worries are necessary. Xie these few games are really like letting go, not only Xie, but also Cameron. If they really reach an agreement and want to kill us in the form of black eight, of course, we are not afraid of them, but we cannot give them this opportunity."

James nodded to Tyronn Lue, the whole team, or he can best understand James' heart!

James said: "Tyron is right. I promised everyone that I will avenge the revenge of last season, but definitely not in the first round. Now the Knicks are trying their best to blacken us. This is a very shameless and immoral behavior! I feel sad for Phil, we must not give them such a chance!"

"Then what do you mean?" Owen didn't have much right to speak. In fact, he really wanted to fight Xie Chen's Knicks in the first round.

James gave assistant coach Tyronn Lue a look, and James was embarrassed to say the next thing in person.

Tyronn Lue knew the heart of Mousse very well, and said to everyone: "The Toronto Raptors behind us have a record that is not much worse than ours. In the next game, I think we will deliberately lose and become the No. 2 team in the East."

"What did you say? Let us intentionally lose the rest of the game and go to No. [-] in the Eastern Conference? Are you crazy? How much did we pay for the victory in the past period of time? The honor of No. [-] in the Eastern Conference was earned with the sweat of all of us. I don't agree to do that!" Blatter was anxious when he heard that the team was going to drop to No. [-] to avoid Nixton.

James sat on the bed and didn't look at Blatter: "I know that the halo of being No. [-] in the East looks beautiful, but for us, the championship is the most important thing. I agree with Tyronn Lue's proposal."

As long as James agrees to something, in the Cavaliers, it is basically a certainty. Coach Blatt is very embarrassed. He persuaded James: "This decision is too hasty. We are not even sure whether Xie really intends to humiliate us in the way of black eight. What if he does not intend to do so?"

James looked at Blatter: "Then let's pay attention to the next game of the Knicks. The next game of the Knicks is tomorrow, and we happen to have no game. Then you will know what he really thinks."

Blatter nodded helplessly, and finally left in anger.

After everyone left the room, James smoked a rare cigarette. He took a deep puff of smoke, and the smoke filled his eyes: "Why are you so confident? This year's playoffs, I will definitely kill you!"

(End of this chapter)