Super all-around point guard

Chapter 788 Thank you, don't do this!

Xie Chen was stunned for a moment. Facing Ross's question, Xie Chen finally understood why he felt deja vu when he watched Ross move just now, because Xie Chen did this action in the first place!

Drunk driving behind the back layup!
Rose actually imitated the classic moves Xie Chen made with the Knicks last season!Is this made inadvertently, or is it deliberately imitated to pay tribute to Xie Chen?

Judging by the expressions of Rose and other Knicks players, I am afraid that this is what Rose did on purpose, and his teammates may have known it for a long time.

Rose himself admires Xie Chen very much. The two of them had contact with Xie Chen earlier than Xie Chen had contact with other stars. When Xie Chen was not famous, he went to single-handedly go to Rose in person. Considering Xie Chen's achievements now, Rose feels that this is something to be proud of.

Since Xie Chen also imitated Rose, and this might be the last time the two fought, Rose also decided to imitate a Xie Chen move to pay tribute to Xie Chen, so he chose this move.

Rose likes this drunk-driving behind-the-back layup very much. The center of gravity is unstable when he swings left and right, which makes anyone look very worried, but he seems to be doing it casually, as if he is dancing, throwing the ball in while playing.

Xie Chen was very happy to see someone imitate his actions, smiled at Ross, and said, "Obviously, you are more drunk than me."

What Xie Chen said meant that Rose's center of gravity was so unstable that he was about to fall down. It was really dangerous to score this ball. Rose also laughed after hearing this.

The game continued, Xie Chen didn't expect that this was just the first move to pay tribute to Xie Chen in this game.

In a Lakers offense, the Lakers missed a shot and Porzingis grabbed a defensive rebound. An unexpected scene happened at this moment.

I saw that before Porzingis had time to pass the ball, Anthony, who was behind Porzingis, suddenly stepped forward and broke the ball in Porzingis's hand!

"He actually broke the ball from his teammates!" The scene was a little surprised.

However, Xie Chen suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar, but he didn't know whether it was because he was old or had played too many games. He really couldn't think of why in the first place.

Anthony didn't wait for Porzingis to pass the ball, he took the initiative to cut off the ball from his teammates and rushed forward. Obviously, he has to do this fast break by himself. His desire to score is very strong, and he can't wait!

The Lakers' defensive players were also a little caught off guard. They didn't expect Anthony to run so fast. Coupled with his strong body, he couldn't stop him without fouling when he forced a breakthrough.

Just when he was about to lead all the Lakers players, Anthony made another surprising move. He slammed the ball forward with one hand. Luol Deng, who had been wrapped around Anthony's body, was stunned for a moment, and Anthony once again accelerated and rushed forward to grab the ball.

When Anthony got the basketball again, he was already at the position where he could jump and dunk. Anthony stepped up, holding the ball with both hands, first put the ball on his waist, held the ball in the air and swung the lower right side, and then jumped up with both hands over his head, without looking at the basket to dunk the basket with both hands!

"What a handsome move! I didn't expect Carmelo Anthony to have such a gorgeous side!"

"Idiot, that's what Xie did in the Knicks last season! Anthony imitated Xie on purpose!"

This dunk brought Xie Chen back to last season. Xie Chen had never seen this action with his own eyes, because this action was done by himself. This was the first time he watched the ball as a bystander.

"Break the ball from a teammate... It seems that no one else has done this except me. Was I so impatient to get the ball and make a fast break? This dunk action is interesting. Why did I use this dunk action? Oh, I remembered. The person defending me at the time was JR Smith." Xie Chen finally remembered that this was a goal scored by the Knicks against the Cavaliers last season, and Porzingis was also broken at the time.

"Porzingis is so miserable. He was intercepted by Xie Chen last season and Anthony this season. If you want the ball, you are the boss, and I will not give it to you, haha." Some netizens sympathized with Porzingis.

"These guys..." Xie Chen really didn't expect to play against his old teammates this time. They would come up with such a way to play. It seems that it was definitely premeditated.

Next, it is not surprising that Porzingis paid tribute to Xie Chen.

The Knicks attacked, Anthony forced a shot after attracting double-teams, and Porzingis, who has always been good at dunking, jumped up. After getting the ball, he made a two-handed windmill and dunked the ball into the basket!

When making up the dunk, he actually dunked with a big windmill. Isn't this something that only Xie Chen would do?
For Porzingis' tribute action, the scene also gave a lot of applause.

Porzingis also proudly showed off to Xie Chen: "How about it, isn't it a bad job?"

Xie Chen didn't know how to answer. He was very moved that they were able to do this now that they were opponents. Then, Xie Chen became even more excited. If it was the last fight, he didn't want to have any regrets.

Then, the game seemed to be at the All-Star level. There was no double-team defense against Xie Chen. The Knicks players watched Xie Chen play singles. Xie Chen played singles with Rose, singles with Anthony, and singles with Porzingis.

In the end, the Knicks collapsed in the fourth quarter and lost to the Lakers. Xie Chen scored a quasi-triple-double of 50+ in this battle.

This game was not intense, there wasn't much tit-for-tat, it was more of a battle of memories.

Seeing the Lakers win so easily, some even suspected that Xie Chen's retirement was a conspiracy.

"I finally know why Xie Chen announced his retirement. He wanted the team to break the record of 73 wins! Just like today's game, the opponents all kept their hands because of Xie Chen's retirement, and the Lakers won this game easily. If every opponent plays with this mentality, the Lakers won't be able to lose in the next month!"

If every next opponent is like the New York Knicks he met today, then Xie Chen is of course confident that he will not lose a game and break the regular season record, but he knows that this is unrealistic, that is, old teammates like Anthony and Porzingis will be merciful, and Knicks coach Hornacek is very grateful for what Xie Chen did before, so they are willing to lose this game and let the players enjoy the duel with Xie Chen, but other teams will not be like this.

After the game, Xie Chen also carried out the "quasi-retired superstar" sneaker delivery activity again, and gave former teammate Porzingis a pair of signed sneakers, hoping that he would become a superstar in the future, and also exchanged sneakers with Anthony.

In the evening, Xie Chen invited them to dinner at home.

Xie Chen and Anthony still drank some wine and talked about the game and life together as they did when they were at home in New York last year.

Anthony said: "I only recently found out about the matter between you and LeBron. I am on your side. LeBron shouldn't want to know your secrets so much. As your teammate last year, I was also curious, but I, like Phil, have always respected you. If you don't tell us, we don't want to find out. But Richard asked Michelle to approach you. LeBron didn't know about this beforehand. I didn't expect you to make such a big fuss in the end. I guess the stimulation of our winning the championship together last year was also one of the factors."

Xie Chen said indifferently: "Don't bring this matter up after it's over. LeBron also stood up and admitted that he flopped, didn't he?"

Anthony nodded and said: "He is still a good guy. If he said that he wants to force you to leave the league because you can't play, I absolutely don't believe it, and he will never be my friend again. By the way, I have decided with Porzingis. If you are eliminated in the playoffs, you will come to Los Angeles to be your audience."

Xie Chen did not expect Anthony to say such a thing. It seems that he is not very optimistic about the prospects of the Knicks in the playoffs. The Knicks had many problems last year. The reason why they won the championship was because Xie Chen used his super ability to pull the team back from the cliff. Now that the Knicks do not have such players, winning has become a difficult task.

"I will welcome you very much." Xie Chen said with a smile.

"Can you promise me one more thing?" Anthony asked with a serious expression. "Break the record for the best record in the regular season. You were born to break the record, and you Lakers still have a chance now. Go for it. You already have plans to retire, don't you?"

The Lakers have lost seven games now. If they want to break the record, they can only lose one more game. Next, the Lakers still have a lot of games, and they have to face many strong teams. The next two games, a home game against the Eagles and an away game against the Warriors are very difficult games. It is very likely that the hope of breaking the record will be shattered within a few days.

Anthony knew that it would be very difficult for the Lakers to break the record. After all, other teams would not be as friendly to Xie Chen and the Lakers as the Knicks. He also knew that Xie Chen didn't care about his body when fighting together. Of course, he didn't want Xie Chen to get hurt. He just wondered if Xie Chen failed in the playoffs because of a minor injury, would he be able to let Xie Chen play in the league for another year?

"Okay, I promise you, try to break the record!"

……

Three days later, it was home again, and it was the last match of the regular season, and there was a possibility that after this battle, there would be no chance to fight again.

However, this game is very different from the previous two games. The Eagles are stronger. They are currently in the second place in the East. They are attacking the number one in the East, so the outcome of this game is very important.

Before the game, head coach Budenholzer said to the players: "This time against the Los Angeles Lakers, I don't allow you to do anything to pay tribute to Chris Xie. I don't want you to do what the New York Knicks did in the last game. I know that most of you admire him and even admire him. I feel very sorry and sad about his decision to retire. Believe me, I am the same. But we still have to win this game with all our strength and forget the meaning of this game. He will definitely lead the team to the finals. In this case, we only need to become the champions of the Eastern Conference and enter the finals to meet him again. In that case, we can play at least four more games. If we lock the championship, I will personally arrange tactics and design actions for you to pay tribute to him."

In the Eagles, Schroeder, the young man, disdained Xie Chen at first, but gradually came to appreciate Xie Chen's demeanor. As a point guard, he really did everything all guards wanted to do. Similarly, the three-point shooter Korver also admired Xie Chen's three-pointers. The rookie DeAndre Bembry, who was selected by the Eagles this year, even regarded Xie Chen as an idol, and imitated Xie Chen's movements in training from time to time.

After the game started, the Eagles put a lot of pressure on the Lakers. The Eagles didn't think about the meaning of the game at all, and they didn't care whether Xie Chen retired. They played fiercely and were in very good condition, especially the newly joined Howard grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds.

With the addition of Howard, the Eagles' defensive efficiency has further improved, and the Lakers' scoring has become very difficult, even for Xie Chen.

Xie Chen's strong breakthrough to the basket was pulled down by Howard very fiercely, causing the audience to boo.

"Dwight Howard is too much, he didn't know that this might be the last time he played against Xie? It's fine if he doesn't pay tribute, but he treated Xie so rudely, did he want to hurt Xie?!"

"Maybe they think the Eagles can make it to the finals! Wake up, they are already lucky not to be swept by the Cavaliers!"

In addition, many fans of Xie Chen think this is a normal phenomenon. There is no rule that when Xie Chen announces his retirement, everyone should pay tribute to Xie Chen. After all, Xie Chen is just a rookie who has only been in the league for less than three years. He cannot force these old people to pay tribute to him.

Howard's fierce defensive action against Xie Chen also made Xie Chen clearly aware that even if he announced his decision to retire, the next possible limited games would not be all moving and peaceful, but fierceness and anger would still exist.

Faced with Howard's malicious foul, Xie Chen did not get angry. Instead, he said to Howard, "Dwight, just thinking that this might be the last time I will play against you, makes me feel so reluctant to part with you..."

Howard's ferocious face immediately became calm. This big boy who always loves to laugh, even looks a little embarrassed.

"Thank you, don't do this!"

(End of this chapter)