Super all-around point guard

Chapter 657 Los Angeles Derby!

The addition of Durant to the Warriors has made everyone have greater expectations for this super-strong team. People seem to think that they have secured the No. 73 spot in the Western Conference in advance.

73 wins is already the best record in NBA history. If it can be broken, it can be said that it will really shock the entire league!Last season, the Warriors won 73 wins, which happened to be Kobe’s retirement battle. Kobe stole the limelight of the Warriors’ 73 wins in the final battle of his career. Whether it was the degree of attention or the ticket price of the arena, he killed the Warriors.

However, according to ESPN statistics, teams that averaged 68.1 wins last season can only average 60.5 wins in the new season. ESPN expects the Warriors to win 66 wins at most this season.

However, history is made to be broken. If Durant really integrates well with this team, everything is possible.

People can't predict when the Warriors will lose the first game, but they can easily judge when the Lakers will lose the first game, which is the next game of the Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers at home.

The Clippers are the first test of the new season for the Lakers and Xie Chen, because the Clippers are an out-and-out strong team. Even if they can't touch the Western Conference Finals every year, a strong team is a strong team, especially when they only play one game.

The Clippers’ lineup for the new season has not changed much from last season. The most important players, Chris Paul, Griffin, and Jr. Jordan, have cooperated for many years and have a good understanding. Compared with the newly formed team of the Lakers, they have obvious advantages. However, they have not been able to win the championship for so many years, not even the finals. Chance to win.

During the two days of training, both sides attached great importance to the next game and trained very seriously.

Paul, Griffin, Jordan, coach Rivers and others got together and were talking about the next game against the Lakers.

Paul said: "Guys, we haven't won Xie once in a dignified manner. Instead, every game has made him stand out. He also won two championships in a row. I don't know what you think. In short, I am too jealous of him. Now that he has come to the West and changed to a brand new team, this is our best chance to win him. In the next game, I hope to win him again!"

Although the number of duels between Paul and Xie Chen is not too many, he is one of the opponents who know Xie Chen best in the league. Since Xie Chen first entered the league, Paul began to study Xie Chen's uniqueness. At the beginning, Xie Chen didn't dare to make mistakes in order to collect points. Paul was the only one in the league who saw how powerful he was.

Paul thinks he knows Xie Chen very well, and he is confident that he can win the match. However, he has repeatedly failed to break through in the playoffs, and he has no chance to challenge Xie Chen in the finals.

Griffin also nodded, agreeing with Paul's words very much. Every time he played against Xie Chen, Xie Chen would play empty catch to respond to Griffin Jr. Jordan and the others. Griffin's amazing jumping and dunking ability did not take advantage of each match. The key is that his past two teams, except for Xie Chen himself, did not have a decent dunk, which made Griffin feel very uncomfortable.

However, now due to Griffin's leg problems, he may no longer be able to dunk as frequently and ferociously as before.

Last season, Griffin recuperated for a month due to injury. During the playoffs, the leg injury recurred. In fact, Griffin’s leg injury has not fully recovered. During the offseason, Griffin received a bone marrow injection in his leg to help the injury recover better. He is still in the recovery stage and has not reached his best condition.

Griffin is troubled by injuries, and the greater responsibility falls on Jordan, who was in the first team last season!Although after the first team came out, Jordan caused a lot of doubts, but in the era of declining centers, you can’t find a better center than Jordan. Howard has experienced an avalanche decline. Cousins, Drummond, and Whiteside still need to grow.

Jordan said: "Paul is right. This game must be won, and it must be won beautifully. We are all playing in the same city. I don't want to be robbed of the limelight by him."

From the perspective of historical confrontation, the Clippers have a miserable record against the Lakers, but judging from the past few seasons, the Clippers have completely crushed the Lakers, and they have won very arrogantly, often winning by dozens of points. I believe there are still fans who remember how Griffin dunked Gasol in the Los Angeles Derby.

After Kobe left, Xie Chen joined the Lakers, but the Big Three of the Clippers had to use the game to tell Xie Chen that the Clippers were the ones who could represent the city!

Coach Rivers has the same idea as everyone else. The team has not achieved much in recent years, which makes it difficult for him as the head coach. Since everyone wants to win this meaningful game, let's play hard.

Rivers said: "I watched the Lakers' two games. They still rely on one person to win. If they want to win, they just need to stare at him, prevent him from scoring and cut off the connection between him and his teammates. However, the regular season is not the playoffs.

Paul said: "In addition to restricting Xie, I will restrict one person in the next game, Ingram."

"The rookie?" Coach Rivers asked, looking up in doubt.

Paul nodded: "Judging from the past two Lakers games, it can be clearly seen that Xie intends to train the rookie Ingram. He scored 30+ points in the first game and performed well in the second game. I don't want Xie to develop the confidence and ability of this rookie. We want to hit him."

"Since that's the case, how about letting me guard against him?" Several people were talking, when Rivers' son Rivers Jr. came over and said with a confident look.

Rivers Jr. renewed his contract with the team for three years this summer, with a total value of 3500 million U.S. dollars. He also changed his jersey number from No. 25 to No. 0. Xie Chen's achievements in the past few years are really impressive, and Rivers Jr. also wants to use this number to play better.

Jr. Rivers looks confident to deal with Ingram, but there seems to be a gap in height between the two...

The old Rivers looked at his son helplessly. I am afraid that his father coach will not agree, and he will still use Mbah a Moute or others to defend against Ingram.

Two days after the last game, the Lakers ushered in the third game of the new season of the Lakers at the Lakers' home court. The opponent was not an outsider, but the Clippers. Although the Lakers are a wealthy team, they have been reduced to a weak team in recent seasons. They have been abused again and again when they meet the Clippers. Now with Xie Chen, everyone knows that everything will be different.

Many people even believe that the Lakers and Clippers are very likely to meet in the playoffs, and the probability of meeting in the first round is also very high. This game is likely to be a preview of the playoffs.

The two people who live together are not necessarily brothers. On the contrary, the closer they are, the more problematic the relationship will be. To a certain extent, the Lakers represent Los Angeles, but since the Clippers changed their doors and Rivers became the coach, the Clippers are already going to overtake the big brother of the Lakers.

When Rivers first took over as the head coach of the Clippers, he demanded that the Lakers' championship flags hanging on the ceiling of the Staples Center be covered during the Clippers' home games. Clippers owner Ballmer blatantly occupied the Lakers' locker room during the playoffs last season and posted a notice of "Boss Lounge" in front of the door, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among Lakers fans.

To change all this and regain the Lakers' previous status, there is only one way: win, enter the playoffs, and win the championship!

At the scene, there were still many fans, and many celebrities came, such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin and so on.

Rihanna looked at Xie Chen, who was wearing a Lakers tracksuit, with a look of fascination. She liked LeBron James and Xie Chen too.

"I think if Los Angeles wants to win the championship, it still depends on the Lakers. The Clippers have such a good lineup. They have not even made it to the finals after playing for several years." Rihanna expressed her opinion.

Justin Bieber smiled and said, "You support the Lakers because of Chris Xie, right? Although neither of these two teams can make it to the Finals this year, I am more optimistic about the Lakers."

On the field, the two teams were warming up before the game. Chris Paul also took this opportunity to chat with Xie Chen. He had a normal relationship with Xie Chen and had little chance to get in touch with him. However, Xie Chen had a close relationship with Paul's three best brothers in the NBA.

LeBron James, Xie Chen's biggest opponent, has fought in the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons.

Dwyane Wade, Xie Chen's best brother in the NBA, former teammates, won championships together.

Carmelo Anthony, last season, Xie Chen and Anthony won the championship together.

When Paul got together with these three people, he often heard them mention Xie Chen's name, so Paul also took the initiative to say hello to Xie Chen: "I didn't expect you to come to the West, and you are still in Los Angeles. Now I have to regard you as the biggest opponent. I hope you can make the playoffs this season. I haven't seen the Lakers make the playoffs for many years."

Paul's words were somewhat ironic. He wanted to say that the Clippers are now the iconic team in Los Angeles. Xie Chen, as the ace of the Lakers, naturally cannot lose his momentum: "Starting from this season, the Lakers will return to their former glory. Have you seen the championship banner above? We will add another one."

Paul laughed contemptuously and said, "Let's make it to the playoffs first. The West is not the East. Don't think it's a failure for us to stop in the Western Conference Finals every year. You are now a member of the Western Conference. Then you will know how difficult it is to break through in the Western Conference."

After the big talk, the next is the official game. Paul Griffin and the others have decided to win this game and continue to prove that they are the best team in Los Angeles. Xie Chen not only wants to win, not only to prove that they will replace the Clippers as the representative of Los Angeles again, but also take away their reputation as the "Lob City"!

After the start of the game, Xie Chen noticed that the Clippers were playing very seriously, and they were watching their defense very closely. Xie Chen wanted to rush inside to cause damage. He wanted Jordan to commit two fouls earlier and be replaced. He knew that Griffin had a leg injury and could not do the previous violent dunks for the time being.

However, every time Xie Chen breaks through, he will be immediately surrounded by the defense players. They seem to want Xie Chen to shoot from the outside. Xie Chen didn't force it when he came up.

Paul played very vigorously. He scored and added assists as soon as he came up, allowing the Clippers to score 15 points, while the Lakers did not exceed double digits.

Singer Chris Martin saw this and said: "I think the Clippers team is more mature than the Lakers, and the players have a better understanding. The scoring is very easy. The Lakers still need time to adapt, and these young players also need time to grow. It seems that it will take a few years for the Lakers to replace the Clippers again."

Hearing this, Justin Bieber laughed and said, "I've always been Xie's black fan, but I want the person in charge to remind you, don't think that the Lakers can't beat the Clippers if they fall behind by this point. If the Lakers want to win, it's actually very simple. Xie can get [-] to [-] points alone!"

Rihanna, who deliberately put on heavy makeup, added: "It may be eighty or ninety percent."

"Seventy to eighty points...eight to ninety points..." Chris Martin marveled, how could they say this like a joke...

The Clippers are a strong team that cannot be dealt with by Ingram and others, so Xie Chen must take over most of the offensive responsibilities in this game. At the same time, he did not give up his plan.

Whenever he has a chance, he will still rush to the inside to make Jordan's foul.

Relying on his extraordinary consciousness and the abilities of Westbrook, James and others, Xie Chen still caused Jordan to foul twice in the first quarter.

Coach Rivers unsurprisingly replaced Jordan!

"Next, it's time for the empty pick-up show!" Xie Chen said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)