Super all-around point guard

Chapter 552 James' doubts!

"Finally won the first game!" As the end of the game slowly approached, LeBron James clenched his fists, relieved.

The Knicks still lost in the end. Even though Xie Chen stepped forward to save the team again and again during regular time, in overtime, the team still had no one to stand up except him, and Xie Chen also had serious physical problems. In addition, the Cavaliers played so well from the beginning to the end, the Knicks lost this game can be said to be justified.

This victory is of great significance to James, because he wants to beat Xie Chen in the playoffs. He has been thinking and waiting for a whole year. No one knows how James spent and endured the past year. Watching Xie Chen snatch his championship, watching Xie Chen step on his shoulders and climb to the No.
"Before Xie Chen gets a better helper, I have to stop him in these two years." James is fully aware of Xie Chen's threat to his league status and historical status. Now is the best opportunity for James, because Xie Chen will definitely get a better helper in the future, or take the initiative to seek a better team, and James' state will deteriorate every year. At that time, James will have no choice but to stop Xie Chen.

Fortunately, the Warriors have now become a history-making team, and in the next few years, Xie Chen will not be allowed to dominate.

The game was finally over, and the Quicken Loans Arena was full of joy. I'm afraid only Kate Upton was unhappy. Her friend even said to Kate: "The man you admire doesn't seem to have so much stamina. He lost his energy after the first overtime. That's not your type. After all, you like to play a lot of overtime in bed."

Kate Upton gave her friend a blank look: "Shut up, people still don't want to play overtime with me!"

Upton felt very strange, because he had communicated with Kevin Durant about Xie Chen, and Durant thought Xie Chen was a guy with amazing physical strength, why didn't he work tonight?
On the court, Xie Chen and James hugged and bid farewell. James, who hadn't said a word before the game, finally smiled and said to Xie Chen: "If this is the first round of the playoffs, I'm afraid you didn't expect this result, right?"

James obviously still thinks that Xie Chen wants to put the Knicks against the Cavaliers in the regular season rankings. He thinks that Xie Chen wants to black-eight James and embarrass James. Xie Chen is not afraid of anything, but he doesn't like to be blamed.

James smiled and replied: "I will ensure that our team is unbeaten at home. See you in the next game."

Xie Chen can feel James' determination. Does he not only want to ensure unbeaten at home?He wants to win every win in the series!And no matter what the cost, in today's game, the Big Three played very well, and James didn't even play his full strength.

Fortunately, Xie Chen did not use all his energy.This time, it's a mutual test. Xie Chen's biggest task is to ensure that the Legendary Challenge is undefeated. In the next game, the Knicks must tie the score.

After the game, media experts and fans talked about Xie Chen's physical problems, and how long the Knicks could last with Xie Chen alone?Many people began to look down on the prospects of the Knicks, thinking that the Knicks' playoff journey is about to reach the end.

The Cavaliers are different from the two opponents the Knicks encountered before. The Raptors do not have super stars, and the Heat do not have the overall strength of the Cavaliers. No matter how you look at it, the Knicks will lose a lot to the Cavaliers. Everyone knows that Xie Chen is the Knicks. The only chance to win the Cavaliers, but judging from the current situation, Xie Chen has been used too much.

After the game, the entire Knicks team watched the video and reflected on their mistakes, while the Cavaliers were also not busy celebrating and summing up, but the overall atmosphere was already quite happy.

JR Smith disdainfully said: "Although it took overtime to win the game, I think it's easy to win this game. It's just that when you're exhausted, you can attack with all your strength. Compared with last year, he doesn't have Hassan Whiteside's inside pillar to protect rebounds, and he doesn't have D-Wade. A veteran star who has been in the finals all year round, not to mention the strength of the bench. I think we will win the next game more easily, right, LeBron?"

LeBron James smiled and didn't answer, but Kevin Love, who performed well, said: "It's so cool to win them in the first game. At this time last year, I was wearing a suit on the bench and watched that guy's reversal.

Tyronn Lue said: "Kevin is right. We just won one game. Anything can happen in the future. No one wants the tragedy of last year to repeat itself. But the good news is that Xie is not as strong as he was last year. His physical fitness, especially his mental concentration, is getting worse at the end of the game. I think the Knicks have been relying on Xie alone to win the game since the beginning of the regular season. This is even more so in the playoffs. They have used Xie, a second-year kid. You have to remember that no matter what kind of situation arises, no matter how many points you are behind, you must find a way to drag the score to overtime, as long as there is overtime, I think our chances of winning will be greater!"

Tyronn Lue's analysis made James nod frequently, but he still couldn't understand why Xie Chen changed from an iron man to this?
Xie Chen, who just entered the league last year, has amazing physical strength. After four quarters in a row, he can still take off to grab rebounds, block shots, and even dunk.
James suspected that this had something to do with Xie Chen's injury.

"Perhaps, we don't know about Xie's injury. Pat Riley once thought that Xie's body would have a serious problem. Maybe this kind of thing really happened." James secretly thought.

However, if Xie Chen really has problems in this regard, why does Xie Chen have the guts to challenge the knights in the first round? Why is he so confident that he can black the eight knights? !

"Could it be that Xie didn't lie? He really didn't have the idea of ​​blacking out us? But at the end of the regular season, he was obviously trying to lose." James became more and more puzzled.

Thinking of this, James was taken aback suddenly.

Seeing James move suddenly, Kyrie Irving couldn't help asking curiously: "What's the matter, LeBron?"

James said: "It suddenly occurred to me that Xie deliberately lost some games at the end of the regular season, not necessarily against us, they may want to choose the Toronto Raptors."

Irving didn't expect James to be thinking about this at this time. In fact, he was also disgusted by Xie Chen's plan to think about black eight. He felt that it was a huge provocation to every player in the Cavaliers. Owen said: "It doesn't make sense. They clearly had a chance to fight for the fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Although the Raptors were swept by them, it is undeniable that the Raptors are also a strong team."

"If it's not for the Raptors, then they want to avoid other teams?" James inadvertently told the truth!
However, even after he finished speaking, he thought it was ridiculous. Can a confident player like Xie Chen avoid a mid-level team?This is really unreasonable.

Seeing that James had been thinking about Xie Chen all the time, Tyronn Lue was afraid that he would become obsessed with studying Xie Chen, and said, "Forget it, don't think about him anymore. Whether he deliberately wanted to embarrass us by confronting us or not, we have all met now. In this series, we must win, and we must win thoroughly!"

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The series between the Cavaliers and the Knicks was discussed enthusiastically for a day, and then the topic turned to the West. The game between the Warriors and the Spurs is also an epic matchup in the Western Conference Finals. After all, the Warriors and Spurs have achieved great results this season. They are also great teams, but in the past, there have been too many classic matchups in the Western Conference Finals. The duel between the Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers, as well as the 2002 SuperSonics and Jazz, and the 1993 Lakers and Mavericks, these are all classics. If the Warriors and Spurs want to become a classic matchup in the Western Conference Finals, it depends on whether they can play that kind of passion and story.

The Warriors and Spurs are the two best teams in the league this season. There is no doubt that the two best teams are in the West. If one is in the East, I believe no one doubts that they will be the opponents in the finals. So this first makes this Western Conference finals more meaningful, because in most people's opinion, as long as they win the Western Conference championship, they are equivalent to winning the championship.

The Warriors made history this season, breaking the 72 wins and 10 losses of the Chicago Bulls that year. This is a remarkable achievement. Many people say that this achievement is more meaningful than the championship, because there are championships every year, but this record does not have a chance to be broken every year.

Similarly, this record has also given Xie Chen a lot of stimulation. If he is asked to repeat this season again, he may choose not to fight with Oladi and try his best to win every game. As a team leader, no one will not covet this record.Xie Chen feels that only by leading the team to achieve such results can he be considered a historical superstar.

The Spurs are also amazing, with the second record in the league and a winning streak at home, second only to the Warriors' winning streak at home.The Warriors and the Spurs also played a few games this season, each with its own outcome. The Warriors only lost one game to the Spurs, and it was still a narrow loss. In addition, Bogut, Iguodala, and Ezeli were not there in that game, but the Spurs lost by a large margin, so many people are still more optimistic about the Warriors.

The first game of the Western Conference Finals was played at the Warriors' home court, and the Cavaliers and Knicks in the East were also watching the game together at this time.

Phil Jackson also came to Cleveland and watched the Western Conference Finals with the Knicks. He said, "We have to learn from the Warriors' offense and the Spurs' defense. They will definitely do their best in the first game and see how they do. When you play the Cavaliers in the second game, you will do the same. Of course, if they play worse than us yesterday, I didn't say it."

There was laughter at the scene, but everyone was still very humble. After all, they all knew that the knights were weaker than the knights, and it would be even worse if they didn't put in more effort to prepare something.

Porzingis asked Xie Chen: "Boss, who do you think can win?"

Xie Chen smiled: "How did I know at the beginning? But I know you are optimistic about the Warriors."

As a teammate of Porzingis, Xie Chen is very aware of how much Porzingis admires and appreciates the Warriors, and is even a little afraid. Although the Knicks beat the Warriors in the regular season, Porzingis always believes that the Knicks are not as good as the Warriors.

Of these two teams, one is the unparalleled spear in the world, and the other is the world's number one shield. The Warriors' offense is really powerful. Everyone who has played against them knows that the Warriors are terrible. This is not only reflected in the Splash Brothers.

However, after halftime, the Warriors' three-pointers were terrible!
"The Warriors only made three three-pointers in the first half? Stephen Curry didn't hit any!" Everyone felt a little surprised. Did the Spurs' defense really suffocate the Warriors so much?
Anthony watched the first half and asked Xie Chen, "Do you want to meet the Warriors or the Spurs in the finals?"

Xie Chen smiled helplessly. This question is really difficult to answer. The Warriors' offense is terrible. The Knicks can't compete with the Warriors at all, and the Spurs' defense is difficult. Popovich is very good at slowing down the opponent's rhythm. Once the rhythm changes, the feel will become cold. Popovich has his own tricks against any team.

In the second half, an unexpected scene happened again. Stephen Curry's three-pointer was blocked!
"Danny Green's defense is so good?!" Even Xie Chen is not calm, because Green covering Curry is equivalent to covering himself!
Anthony also looked at Xie Chen in amazement: "I've never seen anyone who can block you and Stephen Curry's three-pointers, because your shot speed is too fast, and you will never shoot against people. This...is really scary."

On the Cavaliers side, James watched the game and said: "The Spurs' approach to Curry is the same as ours to Xie, except that they restricted Curry, but we couldn't completely restrain Xie. This is not because we are not good at defending, but because Xie is more versatile than Stephen Curry. Fortunately, Xie doesn't have as many good helpers as Curry. It seems that Popovich has found a way to deal with the Warriors, but I hope the Warriors will face us in the finals."

James imagined how enjoyable it would be if he defeated the team with the best record in history to win the championship...

(End of this chapter)