Super all-around point guard

Chapter 567 Exactly the same as last year!
Tristan Thompson didn't know whether Xie Chen forgave what he did to Xie Chen, but it was obvious that Xie Chen was still angry with Thompson, but being able to make such a joke proved that the anger was not too great.

Tristan Thompson also replied with an embarrassed smile: "I was distracted last time. I will concentrate on tonight. You won't have a chance to buckle me."

James also hurriedly patted the shoulders of the two of them and smiled: "OK, I hope you don't hate each other. We are opponents, but not enemies. We can even be friends off the court. Basketball is something that brings people happiness. Let's not think about those unhappy things. Thank you. No matter who wins or loses, I hope we can all enjoy the process of the game."

Xie Chen also nodded with a smile: "Of course, I have been enjoying it."

This game was also broadcast on CCTV Sports Channel.

The commentators are Yang Jian and Yang Yi. Before the start of the series, Yang Yi predicted the outcome of the series, and he was more in favor of the Cavaliers. But until now, the tenacity and strength of the Knicks have impressed Yang Yi, and his prediction has been shaken.

As soon as the game started, Yang Jian immediately began to explain: "Welcome everyone to pay attention to the fifth game between the Cavaliers and the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. James and Xie Chen have also faced off in the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years. I believe that in the next few years, as long as they do not leave the Eastern Conference, meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals will be normal. Yang Yi thinks that the Cavaliers have a better team. Do you still think so now?"

Yang Yi analyzed with a serious expression: "Yes, I still think the Cavaliers are very strong, but I have to admit that I underestimated the Knicks, underestimated the role of Derek Williams and veteran Ray Allen, to reach this point, in addition to Xie Chen's miraculous performance in every game, the role of the two of them is also indispensable. In fact, I did not misjudge their strength, but I did not expect their chemical reaction with Xie Chen to be so good. Xie Chen helped them realize their maximum value, which I did not expect before. .”

Yang Jian watched as Xie Chen turned away and scored two points first, and continued: "It seems that Xie Chen's condition is getting better every game. I heard that his finger injury is recovering quickly. This game should control the ball more. Tristan Thompson also returned in this game, and he started the game. I don't know if there will be a fierce collision between them."

"Probably not. Thompson is not a stupid person, nor is his manager. He should know that it is not a wise decision to be an enemy with Xie Chen. The two of them have no deep hatred, but they were detained by Xie Chen." Yang Yi said.

Regarding the conflict between Xie Chen and Thompson, everyone knows that it is inevitable for the two to confront each other again, and this scene happened only 2 minutes after the game started.

After breaking through the defense, Xie Chen dribbled the ball up and down with his left and right hands. Because he was a little hiding from the defender's body, his footsteps seemed a little unstable. Then, without hesitation, Xie Chen used LeBron James' layup ability and went straight to the basket for a layup. Tristan Thompson happened to be standing under the basket at the moment.

Thompson faced Xie Chen again, and his attitude at this time was completely different from the last malicious foul. He would never hurt Xie Chen maliciously again. He even wanted to avoid Xie Chen a little bit, trying to avoid physical collisions.

The current league is not the same as the previous league. Think about the Bad Boys against Jordan at that time, and the entanglement between Rodman and Karl Malone. Now the league’s gunpowder has been reduced a lot. Business leagues are all about making money. How many of them are just for the championship like Kobe Bryant?

Thompson and Xie Chen are both young, maybe they will have a chance to be teammates in the future.

However, although Thompson's defense this time was very clean and there were no extra moves, the referee still blew his whistle. After Xie Chen scored a layup, the referee gave Xie Chen a free throw.

This is the rules of the NBA game. You don’t have to be blown when you foul, and you don’t have to be blown when you don’t. The referee blows the whistle. The referee is a human, not a machine. In addition to complying with the foul standard, there are many things to consider.

"I believe everyone is used to finding fouls. Thompson's defense this time is actually no problem." Yang Jian said with a smile.

Yang Yi also smiled and said: "The referee has expressed his attitude at this time, telling Tristan Thompson the scale they whistled tonight, and also wants Thompson to have a longer memory and stop messing around."

Thompson understands the rules of the game, so the ball called him a foul, even if he was wronged, he raised his arms without any anger.

After this ball, the game entered a normal state.

In the past four games, it can be said that the Cavaliers and the Knicks have played their own form every game. The probability of the two teams maintaining a high level in this game is still very high, and they will only play better than before.

James and Xie Chen, the two teams' two unkillable weapons, until now, neither team has found a way to stop them.

Xie Chen is too versatile. He can control the ball or not, can score or not, can attack the inside or not, can get rid of the opponent or choose not to get rid of the opponent. The diversity of his offensive moves makes the defender collapse.

And James is as strong as ever. The Cavaliers can lack anyone, but they can't lack James. Unlike Xie Chen and the Knicks, James doesn't have to get the team's highest score, but can still bring out the Cavaliers' maximum strength. If the Knicks want to show the best combat effectiveness, then Xie Chen must be the player with the highest score.

Love shared a lot of pressure on James in this series. Today, he received James' points and basically hit them. Love's three-pointers have become the biggest threat to the Knicks.

After playing for more than two quarters, Love is the Cavaliers' highest scoring player, but James is definitely the one who controls the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm. Almost every score the Cavaliers score is led by James. James is too threatening. As long as he moves and breaks through the defense, there must be three people to pinch him. James' passing has reached perfection.

The strange thing is that when James holds the ball for a long time, he often passes the ball, and every time he scores, the ball is hardly in his hands for more than two seconds.

After halftime, CCTV compared the statistics of James and Xie Chen. Yang Yi smiled and said, "Looking at the statistics of these two people, James is more like a point guard than Xie Chen, with 5 more assists than Xie Chen, and [-] points less than Xie Chen."

Xie Chen has now scored 25 points, close to 30 points, and will soon challenge the legendary Cavaliers again.

"I don't know which legendary Cavaliers team we will meet today. James Love played very well tonight. I am afraid it will not be easy to win."

The two teams are currently tied. Whoever wins depends on Xie Chen's next match against the legendary Cavaliers.

Xie Chen quickly scored 5 points in a row, and once again started the story of the Legendary Challenge!
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The scene didn’t seem to have changed at all. The fans in the Quicken Loans Arena were still uniformly dressed. The tense atmosphere of the playoffs still pervaded the entire arena. The Cavaliers’ jerseys also remained unchanged. LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and JR Smith were all still there. This made Xie Chen feel like he hadn’t arrived at the Legends Challenge.

But when he saw Kevin Love in a suit, Xie Chen realized that he had come to the plot of the Legendary Challenge, and this time he was facing the Legendary Cavaliers, not far away, the Cleveland Cavaliers from last season!

The system scheduled the game for the day of the playoffs, and it was also the day of the Eastern Conference Finals!
In other words, Xie Chen will face a team that he has faced before!
"I lost to you three games in a row last year. At that time, I didn't have Michael Jordan's ability, I didn't have O'Neal's ability, and Curry's three-point ability didn't evolve into SS. Now, I want to avenge last year's me!"

Although they won the Cavaliers in the end, Xie Chen still felt ashamed when he thought of losing three games in a row to the Cavaliers. At that time, everyone was accusing Xie Chen of questioning Xie Chen's ability. The Cavaliers lacked Kevin Love's team!How could he lose three games in a row?

Because he has seen the importance of Kevin Love to the Cavaliers in the past few games, Xie Chen feels that it is too easy to play against the Cavaliers without Love.

But no matter what, this legendary Cavaliers team can be called the strongest legendary Cavaliers team of the year.Xie Chen's challenge tonight is not small.

After the start of the game, the Cavaliers played a few offenses and all of them were successful. However, seeing the Cavaliers scoring one after another, Xie Chen, as the opponent, not only was not disappointed, but smiled happily.

Kyrie Irving and James glanced at each other, wondering if Xie Chen had a brain problem, what's there to be happy about the opponent scoring?
Xie Chen was not happy, but just surprised, because...

"The opening shots of the Cavaliers, the attacking routines of these few times, are exactly the same as the third game of last year's series!"

It’s been a year since the series between the Heat and the Cavaliers last season. Xie Chen played many games during this period, and it’s impossible to remember the details of each game. Xie Chen did not notice anything in the first two shots, but the more he played, the more he felt familiar. Looking back on the third game against the Cavaliers last year, Xie Chen can be sure that this TM was staged according to last year’s plot!
Every time they pass the ball, every time the way they score, including whether the player's shot from that position is a hit or an iron, even the quality of the screen is exactly the same!
"Oh my God, if I knew this, I would have watched the video with them several times last year!" Xie Chen was a little annoyed. If he had known that the Cavaliers were playing according to last year's pattern, Xie Chen would have prepared in advance. At that time, Xie Chen would know how to defend every ball.
If this is the case, then Xie Chen has no possibility of losing at all!Even half-time can end the battle and give yourself a longer rest time.

Xie Chen is now trying to recall the Cavaliers' offensive routine last year and everyone's performance. Fortunately, this game is very important to Xie Chen, and there are many plots that can be remembered.

Xie Chen tortured his opponents with ultra-long three-pointers and fadeaway jumpers from the very beginning. No matter who the Cavaliers sent to defend, there was nothing they could do about Xie Chen. If the legendary Cavaliers wanted to win, they had to slowly catch up with the score.

James was very competitive, and suddenly went in with the ball from the top of the arc. Xie Chen watched James drive straight to the basket, and a picture of James' successful layup suddenly flashed in his mind. In that picture, James' defender was not Williams, but his teammate Luol Deng who was with the Heat last year!
"He scored this goal!" Xie Chen finally recalled that James completed a similar layup in last year's game, and it also caused a foul by Luol Deng.

This is an obvious opportunity for the Cavaliers to score three points, and Xie Chen will not just watch the Cavaliers get it.

Just when James was about to take off for a layup, Xie Chen suddenly rushed over, using Griffin's ability to block shots to stop him, and finally hugged James.

James gets a very deliberate foul, and the shot misses the basket.

Everyone can see that Xie Chen obviously wants to send James to the free throw line.

Because everyone doesn't know whether James can make progress with this layup, so he is quite satisfied with the result.

James was not angry either. After being hugged, he smiled and said to Xie Chen: "Very good, you can defend me like this for the whole game, I don't mind."

Xie Chen smiled, didn't reply, and then watched James miss both free throws...

"Damn..." James cursed secretly. If he knew that this was a goal that must be scored, he should be even more angry.

It's not just LeBron James who is unlucky, but also Kyrie Irving.

For a long time, Xie Chen has no way to deal with Irving's dribbling. Irving's dribbling is too good to be broken easily. Irving will judge the situation and change his offensive routine according to your defense against him. He is playing with you while changing, but you have nothing to do.

Last season, Xie Chen was fooled by Owen many times. This guy always showed off his ball-handling skills in front of Xie Chen, which is very annoying!
When we meet now, Owen will still provoke Xie Chen like this from time to time.

"This guy still loves to show off so much. I couldn't stop you last year because I didn't know what you would do next. Today I can't stop you from pretending to be aggressive. I write my name upside down!" Xie Chen also became serious when facing Owen.

Xie Chen thought carefully about Owen's passing routines, and he vowed to break Owen's ball this time!
(End of this chapter)