Super all-around point guard

Chapter 508 The fierce second duel!
The second game of the series between the Knicks and the Raptors continued at the home court of the Raptors. The Raptors suffered a massacre by Xie Chen alone in the first game. Almost all Raptors fans hated and feared Xie Chen.

On Valentine's Day, Xie Chen impressed the Toronto fans, and they really fell in love with Xie Chen's flashy and violent dunk performance, but now they have become enemies preventing their team from advancing.

LeBron James and Stephen Curry, who didn't play today, also watched the live broadcast.

"I don't know if the Raptors can beat them in this game. If they lose two home games in a row, then there is really no suspense in this series." James sat in front of the TV early and cared more about the result of the game than anyone else.

All the players of the Raptors looked serious. The loss in the last game was so embarrassing. This time they must show the majesty of being number one in the Eastern Conference. No matter how bad it is, they can't let Xie Chen score 60 points alone. This is simply a joke!
Before the game, Anthony also said to Xie Chen: "I think there is something wrong with the people on the Raptors side. They can't let you take points arbitrarily anymore. Be careful that their defense may be much more brutal than the last game."

"I understand that they are not low-level guys, but in order to stop me, they will do the same." Of course, Xie Chen knew how the opponent was feeling, so this match was no longer going to be as crazy as the previous match. The record had already been broken, and the reward for the fusion point had also been collected. In this match, he would not rush for success.

From the very beginning, DeRozan kept attacking the Knicks inside. He performed very fiercely and scored consecutive points. From DeRozan's performance, we can also see the attitude of the entire Raptors, even if they desperately want to win this game.

Xie Chen also plays the same way as DeRozan, attacking the inside, but has no intention of confronting the opponent head-on. He just guides the ball outward, and his teammates continue to transfer the ball to whoever has the opportunity.

Derek Williams and Porzingis finally got back to their form. The two hit three-pointers one after another at the beginning of the game. The score was almost the same, and the Knicks still led.

Coach Casey shook his head: "I knew that they didn't have a good shooting touch in the last game. This time, it's definitely impossible to do the same. It seems that it is still very difficult to win this game!"

In the last game, they could win the game just by strangling Xie Chen. Unfortunately, the Raptors didn't do it. In today's game, even if they restrained Xie Chen, it would be difficult for them to win, because everyone else has already shown their strength, especially the rookie Porzingis.

In fact, Xie Chen has been encouraging Porzingis. After his poor performance in the first game, he was lost for a long time, and he also determined to show the level of the regular season in the second game.

"I'm the best rookie!" Porzingis cheered himself up.

Porzingis not only started to score, but also had a surprising performance on defense.

This is when the Raptors are passing the ball from the outside. Porzingis has been staring at their passing route. After predicting that the ball will be passed in advance, he strides forward, stretches his long arms, and immediately breaks the ball!

After Porzingis stole the ball, he didn't even think about playing a safe attack. He started to rush to the basket. Maybe he was too excited. He was so tall that Scola couldn't catch up!

"This big man is so fast!" Stephen Curry, who was watching the game, couldn't help being surprised.

Xie Chen and Anthony also followed all the way from the left and right. Porzingis can pass it to either side, but he is persistent, but he takes the ball all the way to the basket and dunks with one hand!

boom!
The ball was dunked and Scola's thugs fouled!

Because Scola's defense was particularly fierce this time, he directly pushed Porzingis to the ground.

Xie Chen and Anthony hurried forward to pull him up, and praised in unison: "Good job!"

Porzingis smiled happily, and seemed to have completely forgotten the pain he just suffered. From Scola's defense, it is also obvious that the Raptors' defensive attitude tonight.

"If you don't let such a ball go, it seems that the Raptors are going to have a tough game." Xie Chen also felt a little worried.

James, who was watching the game, was even more melancholy: "Porzingis must be taken seriously. His three-pointers and his height are very threatening."

However, the Raptors' offensive was still so fierce. DeRozan crazily caused damage to the inside, while Lowry mainly attacked the outside for three-pointers.

"It seems that I have to make a move." Xie Chen originally thought that his teammates would be in good condition, so he would not have to score so many points, and might avoid a Legendary Challenge, but now it seems that it is difficult to do so.

Now defending Xie Chen is No. 3 James Johnson of the Raptors. Johnson sticks to Xie Chen very tightly, and keeps making small moves. Xie Chen uses his speed to get rid of him and then goes straight to the basket. Unexpectedly, Xie Chen jumped together, and Johnson jumped from behind and threw Xie Chen down!

Fortunately, Xie Chen used James' layup ability, otherwise, this is not something ordinary people can bear.

The fans of the Knicks started to worry. The Raptors really adopted the toughest defense against Xie Chen. They did not hesitate to foul and prevent Xie Chen from scoring at all costs!
"With Johnson's weight and strength, it seems that Xie will suffer tonight." LeBron James murmured.

However, James didn't know that Xie Chen had his strength, so it wasn't too hard to fight Johnson.

Xie Chen relied on free throws to score points. With Xie Chen's personality, he would never be afraid of breaking through due to the improvement of defensive strength. However, the referee tonight was very annoying. Xie Chen was fouled many times in the interior, but he didn't even call for fouls.

At this time, all the Warriors who were watching the game also laughed. Green said with a smile: "If the Raptors and the Knicks played like this every game, I guess Xie Neng would not be able to walk to the finals. He shouldn't be so arrogant in the first game. He scored so many points at home. This is the playoffs. He is also No. [-] in the East. Although he is a few grades behind our No. [-] in the West, he is still inviolable."

Coach Kerr also had a confident face: "I hope Xie is not injured, otherwise it would be boring for our strongest team in history to win disgracefully."

The current Warriors don't take any team seriously. They have the best record in history and are considered destined to win the championship.

Xie Chen and Anthony played very hard, and the game finally looked like a playoff duel. It didn't become Xie Chen's individual exhibition match like the last one. Xie Chen didn't score more than 30 points until the fourth quarter, and he experienced countless physical confrontations. The players defending him took turns exhausting Xie Chen's energy. Most of them had committed more than 3 fouls.

It is still inevitable to challenge the legendary Raptors. This time, he did not meet the Dragon King Bosh, but Cousin McGrady. This is not the first time Xie Chen has played against them. During the Raptors period, McGrady was strong in blocking shots, but his offensive ability has not yet reached its peak.

Therefore, Xie Chen beat them all in three quarters, rested well in the last quarter, and when he faced Lori DeRozan and the others again, he still had enough energy, but the game was too long, and Xie Chen was a little annoyed.

"Playing two 48-minute games in a row is really not human. Judging from the situation, it is difficult to tell the result of this game until the last moment. If there is any overtime, then you will really vomit." After returning from the legendary plot, Xie Chen looked at the game situation in front of him, feeling a little sad.

In this game, the Knicks' inside line was really broken up by the Raptors. Lopez fouled and left the field. Porzingis also had 4 fouls, and even Anthony had 4 fouls.

Fortunately, the Knicks team played well, otherwise the game would have been defeated by the Raptors.

Coach Casey looked at the situation in front of him and thought to himself: "This is the best we can do. Today is home again. This is the most promising game in this series. If we can't win tonight, it's really over."

For the Knicks, it doesn’t matter whether they win or lose. Anyway, their goal is to win an away game, but it’s different for the Raptors. They must win two consecutive away games. Who would think that they will win two consecutive away games next time?
Therefore, the mentality of the players on both sides is different. The players of the Knicks are in good condition, but as the game drags to the end, the Raptors are still so strong.

In the last 2 minutes of the game, the Raptors and the Knicks tied again!
"It seems that this game is really likely to go into overtime. If it goes into overtime, the Raptors, which are better overall, may have a chance to win the game." LeBron James was still fully focused until this time.

The final attack at the last moment must be handed over to the ace. Xie Chen held the ball, and DeRozan was guarding him in front of him. Xie Chen leaned sideways on DeRozan. He didn’t think about how to attack. Instead, he observed the Raptors’ defense and slowly reached the free throw line.
"Damn!"

"This is simply a bug!"

The supporters of the Raptors were resentful. Xie Chen often used this extremely difficult fade-away jumper to score in these two games. What is annoying is that Xie Chen's shooting rate is extremely high. In their view, it is already a bug-like existence, because you can't prevent it at all. Curry's three-pointer is also very BT, but fortunately, it can be prevented.
LeBron James also shook his head lightly: "It's so accurate, it's so accurate! It's even better than Kobe! In our team, who can prevent Xie's back? I may be able to cause great interference to him, but I can't prevent him all the time. Can JR Smith be trusted? JR's bounce is not as good as before, alas..."

On the court, the atmosphere was a bit tense, the opponent led by two points again, the pressure was on the home team, Coach Casey did not call a timeout, Kyle Lowry held the ball in his hand, his face was dignified, and his breathing was short of breath.

"This game is very important to us, we must not lose!" Kyle Lowry's eyes were stern, and he brought the ball to half court, Xie Chen kept staring at him.

"Are you going to fight back? Go ahead and shoot. I won't guard against you. You will definitely miss it." Seeing that Lowry was nervous, Xie Chen took the opportunity to challenge Lowry and put pressure on him.

Lowry would not believe Xie Chen's nonsense, but this time, Lowry really wanted to single-handedly beat Xie Chen.

Lowry was one-on-one with Xie Chen at a 45-degree angle on the left wing. He still had no intention of passing the ball, and his body was floating outside the three-point line. Xie Chen had to beware of Lowry's three-pointer, because this guy has made 9 of 6 shots tonight.

Lowry controlled the rhythm, suddenly, stopped the ball, and made a shooting action!
Xie Chen quickly followed up, not in a hurry to jump, and fortunately he was not impulsive, because Lowry wanted to cheat with the ball!
Xie Chen moved in front of Lowry, and Lowry didn't care whether Xie Chen jumped or not, and leaned directly on Xie Chen. Xie Chen was also taken aback. He never thought that he would put his hope on Pingci in the end. Fortunately, Xie Chen was quick to react. Seeing that he had missed the best shot, he quickly moved away.

This fight also helped Lowry. Lowry used his body in front of Xie Chen to grab the ball quickly. At this time, Xie Chen didn't dare to touch Lowry anymore. He was afraid that this guy would try to make another foul. At this moment, Lowry quickly threw it to the basket and the ball scored!

Because he's already stepped inside the three-point circle, it's a two-pointer.

"It's a tie, Kyle Lowry is doing great!" The fans at the scene also became excited.

Xie Chen was a little depressed. Lowry had scored a lot of points against him today, which made him lose face. Just like this ball, he had defended it well, but Lowry still scored.

"We must not let them drag into overtime. My teammates have no fighting spirit to win." Xie Chen had to settle the game within a minute or so.

Since you don't want to play overtime, you have to choose to score a three-pointer, but at this time, will it be too risky to use Stephen Curry's three-pointer ability?Once the shot is missed, it may indeed not be called overtime, because they lost!
"Perhaps, I should trust LeBron James." After thinking for a while, Xie Chen decided to use another way.

(End of this chapter)